Whitman Wire

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.

Breaking the Bubble: To all volunteers

Matt Manley • December 8, 2009

Rather than highlight a program, Matt and Alethea asked community groups to share their thoughts this week, their response: Thank you.

Letter from the Editor: Reading and writing

Gillian Frew • December 8, 2009

Editor-in-chief Gillian Frew highlights some of the Pioneer's successes and failures of the semester.

Comparing the Pio with my Chinese university newspaper

Rensi Ke • December 7, 2009

I applied to be a columnist mainly to explore how it feels to work with an American college newspaper. But a comparison of The Pioneer and The STU Journal, Shantou University's newspaper where I...

Access to abortion still threatened by Stupak amendment in House

jamessledd • December 6, 2009

The Senate has started debate on the much-anticipated health care reform bill. As they discuss the bill, senators face a crucial decision on abortion. The Senate must remove language in the house bill...

Uniqueness just another brand

Gary Wang • December 6, 2009

Who are you to yourself? We all have a self-image, or an idea of who we are from our point of view, with which we wrestle. We can't ignore the self-image, obviously, because then we wouldn't be self-conscious....

Palin Country: Sarah signs ‘Going Rogue’ at Tri-Cities bookstore

Alex Potter • December 1, 2009

Pioneer columnist Alex Potter stood in line with diehard Palin-fans at the politician's book signing in the Tri-Cities last Sunday.

It’s ridiculous: Too few American travel

Derek Thurber • November 29, 2009

Not to be repetitive, but the fact that fewer than 30 percent of Americans own a passport is, indeed, ridiculous.

Democracy in America has become an empty cliché

Gary Wang • November 29, 2009

Political deliberation has been usurped by feigned outrage. And that's the worst aspect of democracyâ€”its fragility.

Congress must act on more Americans going hungry

jamessledd • November 27, 2009

According to Northwest Harvest, 15 percent of children in Washington live in poverty, and nearly 300,000 live in households that find it difficult to put together three healthy meals each day.