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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor April 2, 2009

EDITOR, We, The Secession, are indeed an "object of excessive suspicion." While this is an undeniably exciting thing to be, the anger caused by said suspicion confuses us.   A suspicious stranger in...

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor April 2, 2009

EDITOR, I graduated from Whitman College in 1993, and like most alums I have very fond memories of my Whitman experience.   Two years ago, I moved back to Walla Walla with my family, and for the last...

Musings from abroad: Everyone gets fat

Margaux Cameron April 2, 2009

In high school, I read "French Women Don't Get Fat" by Mireille Guiliano. While I thought the book gave some interesting tips on how to appreciate your food, I couldn't get past the title. Every time I...

‘Whitman’ has a genocidal name, state-of-being

Spencer Janyk April 2, 2009

"...[A] concerted, sustained, and in some ways accelerating effort has gone into making Indians unreal. It is thus of obvious importance that the American public begin to think about the implications of...

Whitman administration fails to consider student concerns, needs

Derek Thurber March 12, 2009

The Whitman administration has made some terrible decisions in dealing with the economic crisis. These decisions include leaving the director of student activities spot unfilled and cutting varsity skiing....

Why everyone at Whitman should read the blogs I read

Russ Caditz-Peck March 12, 2009

Imagine a discussion class at Whitman, only your classmates are the smartest people in the world, and you don't pay a cent. Welcome to the "blogosphere"! Matt Damon put it well in Good Will Hunting...

Letter to the Editor: I came to Whitman for skiing

Letter to the Editor March 12, 2009

EDITOR, I came to Whitman for the ski team.   I really wish it weren't that simple, but it is.   In high school I was a fairly successful skier, I was a successful student too, but I really considered...

Cynicism is an excuse for inaction

Gary Wang March 12, 2009

Cynicism is so easy.   It's a way to view the world; to view every idea and every person as inauthentic.   Those people who volunteer?   It must be because they feel good from it, not because they like...

What makes great music: Part I

Jesus Vasquez March 12, 2009
I must admit, when I first became a music major, and began to take music theory courses, I felt so optimistic. I felt that through learning the tricks, techniques and styles of myriad composers, from Bach to Debussy and beyond, I could absorb a bit of this beauty. I felt as if there was some code to crack, something that made these composers stand the test of time—furthermore, I felt that this code could be analyzed and applied to music that I wrote myself. Let's just say I was young, naïve, and a bit too optimistic. Suffice it to say, upon learning more about music theory, after analyzing more pieces, delving deeper into structure, there was no code to crack. I was left face to face with the geniuses of music, who've managed to withstand centuries of war, changes in aesthetic opinions and collective amnesia.

Peace, love and environmentally friendly war machines?

Lisa Curtis and Alex Kerr March 12, 2009

After coming back from a youth conference on climate change, I excitedly described the event to a friend who responded, "Wow, that sounds cool, maybe I should be a hippie too." This prompted what can...

Not a pointless chore: finding beauty in senior oral exams?

Miles Pengilly March 12, 2009

A couple Tuesdays ago I finally confronted a fact that I'd been avoiding for over a month: my orals were in four days away and I hadn't studied one bit. I like many of the texts I read as an English...

Letter to the Editor: American support of Israel

Letter to the Editor March 12, 2009

EDITOR, The op-ed piece entitled "Diplomacy: An Uncomfortable Truth," (2/5/09) is overly simplistic. Not only does the author omit vital facts; he makes unfounded assumptions. It is true that the United...

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