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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Entirely student-organized Seder celebration successful

Kara McKay April 24, 2008

Whitman Students of the Jewish faith joined together for an evening of celebration and remembrance during the campus' first completely student-run Passover Seder. The event, held Saturday, April 19 in...

Whitties help guide future of Cascade Climate Network

The weekend of April 4-6, three Whitman students: Gary Wang '11, Sarah Judkins '10 and myself/Camila Thorndike '10: joined 25 youth gathered in the Oregon woods to further plot the course of the Cascade...

Tour of Walla Walla draws 500 cyclists

Elsbeth Otto April 24, 2008

Several hundred people stood at the corner of Coville and Main Streets, the adults clapping, kids zealously ringing the yellow cowbells handed out by Allegro Cyclery like they hadn't been ringing them...

Local high-schoolers attend workshops, shadow Whitman students

Heather Nichols-Haining April 24, 2008

Club Latino collaborated with local high schools to bring 50 low-income and minority high school students to campus on Friday, April 18.   High school students shadowed Whitman students to a class, ate...

House of Clubs faces uncertain future

Melissa Navarro April 24, 2008

The House of Clubs' representatives may no longer have as large of a voice in ASWC as years past. On the April 13 joint session meeting, President Jeff Wilson presented the House with several amendments...

Mens’ tennis brings home NWC title

Kim Sommers April 24, 2008

On Saturday the Men's Varsity Tennis team earned their first Northwest Conference (NWC) title since 2004, with strong victories over both Willamette and Pacific Lutheran University (PLU).   The wins cemented...

Architect’s lecture gives hope for a sustainable future

Christina Russell April 24, 2008

We've heard about global warming. Water shortages. Peak oil. Failing states and animal extinction. But how often do we consider that these problems are interconnected? In a lecture entitled "The Ecology...

Local spas offer variety of services

Brennan Jorgensen April 24, 2008

Living within the Whitman bubble often leads to overlooking the simple pleasures that lie just beyond campus. Spas and salons are aplenty in our burgeoning city of wine and wheat. Three spas are even located...

Youth Adventure Program gains membership, momentum

Jamie Soukup April 24, 2008

The Youth Adventure Program, or YAP, as it is commonly known, is not just another group of students enjoying the outdoors. No: they want to change the world. "The official mission of YAP is twofold,"...

Chicago improv artists put on workshop, performance

Brennan Jorgensen April 17, 2008

Prison jokes, religion jokes, homosexual jokes, drug jokes, handicapped jokes, cancer jokes and old person jokes scattered the sketch of Miles Stroth and Dan Bakkedahl, two improvisational comedians brought...

Applicant pool of 2012 class more qualified, diverse

Kim Sommers April 17, 2008

On March 28, the admissions office sent out 1,416 acceptance letters to the potential class of 2012. Applications totaled 3,245, a 6.5 percent increase in applications since last year. "Of the 3,200...

ASWC candidates embrace change

Elise Otto April 17, 2008

Junior Elliot Okantey will be the new ASWC president next year after the election last week.   He is joined by Executive Council elects David Changa-Moon, Roman Goerss, Rachel Stein and Julia...

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