August marked the beginning of my third year working at Whitman’s Cleveland Commons café. Overall, I really enjoy my job. I cherish the bonds I've formed with coworkers and the skills I've honed as...

As the cold October chill set in, and the campus tours came to an end, Whitman College was sparked with the resurgence of life: "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." The less clothing, the better – people...

As I sat in Memorial Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 25th, the students surrounding me called for President Sarah Bolton to recognize the Palestinian genocide occurring in Gaza. In response, President Bolton said,...

The Venn diagram between Whitman students and inflated egos is a circle. We’re all guilty of having some sort of “better than most” mentality – whether you choose to admit it or not. Even Marriage...

This is what professors like to call a teachable moment. As one of the few Jewish faculty (albeit emerita) associated with Whitman, I feel compelled to weigh in on the report that Jewish students are...

In Dec. 2018, DanandPhilGAMES, the fastest growing YouTube channel at the time, went on an indefinite hiatus. A year later, after a long period of silence, both Dan Howell and Phil Lester (or Dan and Phil...

Everyone’s heard it. I’d even feel safe to say everyone’s heard it more than once. The notorious Golden Rule: Treat others how you wish to be treated. It was probably hung high in your elementary...

In an email recently forwarded to the Whitman student body, six faculty members condemned Hamas’s actions in Southern Israel. While Hamas’ killing of civilians is clearly a tragic crime, the email...

I finally decided to leave the iPhone cult and hop on the Android bandwagon. I got a Unihertz Jelly 2. It’s a $180 smartphone with a three-inch display and a perimeter the size of a credit card.  There...

Dear donors, students and alumni,  I am writing today to push the college to do the maximum good regarding their promise to meet “full need” of their students via the Upward Together financial...