This past November, the faculty voted to create a new Curriculum Committee to address many of the concerns about enrollment pressure and course compression that have arisen this year after the faculty...

On Oct. 30, three Whitman students will be among the tens of thousands predicted to flood the National Mall for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's joint "Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive"...

The upcoming Nov. 3 election isn't a sexy presidential race, but Whitman students should still take it seriously. Two issues in particular dominate the Washington state ballot: the way we see it, R-71,...

Whitman College has consistently ranked among the top 20 list of the Princeton Review's schools that "run like butter." For the most part, The Pioneer agrees. We appreciate that when we have a problem,...

As the administration confronts the consequences of a tightening economy and shrinking endowment, it has had to significantly cut costs. These cuts have included decisions to postpone the search for a...

To the person who sent the bomb threat: In officially declaring your April 1 threat on Hunter Conservatory a hoax, Dean of Students Chuck Cleveland called it terribly inappropriate.   He couldn't have...

On Feb. 25, the ASWC Student Affairs Committee issued a security memorandum to the Associate to the President Jed Schwendiman and Dean of Students Chuck Cleveland detailing the state of Whitman's security. The...

Many Whitman students spend their breaks, semesters or years traveling abroad, working in amazing internships or participating in other unique and profound experiences. But many do not. There is nothing...

We were inundated with Letters to the Editor  this past week. We were excited to see the constructive  dialogue that has been started by these  letters, and appreciated the thoughtfulness of the  responses...

Early morning classes fail to help Whitman students get the education we are paying for. The lifestyle dictated to students by the college atmosphere is such that it is impossible to get a necessary amount...

For the entire history of Whitman College, the student body, faculty and staff have been represented by our mascot, the Missionaries. Perhaps it is time to reevaluate this representation. We understand...