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...

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...

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,"...

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...

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...

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...

Whitman custodians cover almost twice the recommended amount of square footage per day: but said it's all in a day's work. While larger campuses like WSU maintain an extensive staff and come closer...

The face of the Walla Walla wine industry is changing. Lowden, Wash. will soon be home to Walla Walla Wine Works, a new winery under construction by Seattle-based Precept Wine Brands. "This time...

Sigma Chi: Last weekend the Sigs held their annual spring cleaning event where members' parents came to help clean the house. The house's scholarship luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27. Phi...

From Aristotle to antibiotics, the 10th annual Undergraduate Conference on Tuesday drew together various threads of undergraduate study in over 150 presentations. "Today we're celebrating this vibrant...

From April 4-6, five Whitman students immersed themselves in speeches and workshops at the Dream Reborn, a conference in Memphis, that coincided with the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s...

The Green Lantern, casually known as "The Green," has long been a favorite of Whitman students. With a significant remodel, The Green hopes to serve customers faster and more efficiently now more than...