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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Letter to the editor: Debaters intrude into our home

Letter to the Editor November 15, 2009
Debaters are like an annoying house guest-they come every year, you endure and get to make jokes afterward.

Student input essential for Thursday’s ASWC Town Hall

Letter to the Editor October 22, 2009

Editor, This semester, ASWC representatives will make important decisions that effect students' Whitman experience. ASWC reps need to hear from students at the Town Hall this Thursday at 7 in the Reid...

Reponse to “Who needs ideology?”

Letter to the Editor October 15, 2009

Editor, In response to Gary Wang's piece entitled "Counterpoint: Who Needs Ideology?," I think Mr. Wang may be confusing ideology or "weltanschauung" (which translates, loosely, to "worldview") with...

Creative thesis no easy way out for English majors

Letter to the Editor October 7, 2009

Editor, I appreciate that The Pioneer ran a piece about the English creative thesis last week, but I feel that the article misrepresented the rigor of the creative thesis and my opinion of critical...

Letter to the Editor: More consideration for Jewish students needed

Letter to the Editor October 1, 2009

Editor, Being a Jew is a big deal. I don't mean to appear arrogant, but when your religion lives by the catch phrase, "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat," you know your ancestors had it...

Jewish community in Walla Walla should not be overlooked

Letter to the Editor September 24, 2009

Editor: As everyone who has read Tzvetan Todorov's book "The Conquest of America"  knows, if you go looking for an answer that you want, you're not likely to find a different answer to your question. In...

Letter to the Editor re: Walla Walla Youth UNITE!

Letter to the Editor May 18, 2009

Friday, May 8th was a landmark date for young people in Walla Walla. The first major gathering of young activists in Walla Walla: involving youth from Whitman College, Walla Walla Community College (WWCC),...

Enough with the greek bashing

April 30, 2009

EDITOR, ENOUGH with the greek bashing. I know, I know, you were really pressed for time this week. Let's see…I know! I'll write an article about the greek system! That way, I don't have to waste...

Radicalism has strong merits in our political environment

April 30, 2009

EDITOR, In his op-ed piece from April 23, Spencer Janyk claims, "Radical actions are far from productive, on the contrary, they invite their perpetrators to be smacked down by the policy pros who actually...

Medak-Seguin gets greeks wrong

April 30, 2009

EDITOR, Though I am absolutely flattered that Mr. Medak-Seguin believes sororities to be so omnipotent as to attract a significant number of women who otherwise would have remained independent simply...

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor April 16, 2009

EDITOR, I find this article to be in bad taste and hold little merit. Janyk believes the Peace Corps was developed as an instrument of American imperialism, equating volunteers to brainwashing missionaries...

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor April 9, 2009

EDITOR, I recently read your article on gender-neutral bathrooms and thought I would chime in on the issue. It seems to me that the Whitman community often looks at these situations from the wrong end....

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