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Vol. CLIV, Issue 8
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

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Political Cartoon

kellydouglas February 3, 2010

Letter from the Editor: New faces, ideas to propel The Pioneer

Molly Smith January 27, 2010

Dear Readers, As the Whitman community welcomes new faces to campus, in the form of Jan-starts, professors returning from sabbatical, and students, like myself, who are returning from semesters abroad,...

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‘I’m Scott Brown . . . I drive a truck’

Alex Potter January 27, 2010

That illustrious line ended Scott Brown's victory speech, as he became the 41st  Republican in the Senate and likely prevented the proposed health care bill from getting far in its current legislative...

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Everything I ever needed to know I learned from video games

Blair Hanley Frank January 25, 2010

Over winter break, I spent a lot of time playing video games, which led me to think about all the important life lessons I've acquired from my time spent in front of a screen. So, I compiled a list...

Why we failed in Copenhagen

Lisa Curtis January 25, 2010

Dec. 18, 2009, will be remembered as a failure of the international system. Fifteen years of negotiations, 22 years of research with  97 percent of climatologists convinced that humans are causing the...

A frequent conversation (with myself)

William Witwer January 25, 2010

Everyone has a story. Being me, I talk to myself. A lot. This is a (slightly embarrassing) fact. I do it often enough that I suspect that someday, somewhere, someone will catch me at it in earnest and...

U.S. military should step lightly in Haiti

jamessledd January 24, 2010

The images pouring from earthquake-devastated Haiti onto the Internet and television are heart wrenching. The nightly news shows New York City firefighters crawling over downed buildings in search of survivors,...

China: Complicated is an understatement

Gary Wang January 22, 2010

Maybe you haven't heard, but Google has found a new adversary after vanquishing Yahoo and Microsoft: China's Communist Party! Google recently announced (on its official blog no less) that it is threatening...

Letter to the Editor: Response to ‘Students weigh in on file-sharing’

Letter to the Editor December 10, 2009

Last week in a thoughtful, yet arguably misinformed piece, Caitlin Hardee likened music piracy to 'stealing your laptop and all of your hard work.'  We can all appreciate how horrific an event that...

Letter to the Editor: ‘Democracy’ in America now an empty cliché

Letter to the Editor December 9, 2009
Democracy is not a cliche, it's a euphemism for capitalism and way overused.

Letter to the Editor: ‘Graduate School Grief’

Letter to the Editor December 9, 2009
Pio's 'Graduate School Grief' article misrepresents the graduate school advising available to students at Whitman.

Direct from Copenhagen: U.S. Congress prevents progress

Lisa Curtis December 9, 2009
U.S. delegation fears another 1997 when they refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. U.S. wants developing countries to commit to set emissions.
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