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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Food recall and the executive privilege

Bryant Fong March 5, 2009

Most Americans still do not know the full extent of the recent peanut food recall. I ask you: what is the role of government in a society? Recent events have brought to attention the contamination of...

Northern Trust apology shows promise

Connor Guy March 5, 2009

By now, it's a cliché to say that we're entering a new economic era. It's just about impossible these days to have not heard that the national and global economies are in trouble. Just as cliché is the...

A response to feedback on ‘greek shirts’ column

Kim Sommers and Jamie Soukup March 5, 2009

We were inundated with Letters to the Editor  this past week. We were excited to see the constructive  dialogue that has been started by these  letters, and appreciated the thoughtfulness of the  responses...

An independent view on the Greek article

Letter to the Editor March 5, 2009

EDITOR, I agree whole-heartedly with Gabriela Salvidea's statement that the Greek system enforces conformity. In last week's column she wrote that "College as a breeding ground for such conformity is...

Proud to be a Phi

Letter to the Editor March 5, 2009

Dear Gabriela, It makes me sad that you feel so poorly towards the Whitman College Greek system, an institution that I am so grateful for. In an effort to try and change your opinion I would like to...

Egregiously irresponsible depiction of a minority group on collegiate grounds

Letter to the Editor March 5, 2009

Dear Gabriela, We know people will always disagree. Disagreement leads to two potential outcomes: the first, as your article demonstrates, is one of anger and exacerbation of differences. The second,...

Keystone Regional Leadership Conference

Letter to the Editor March 5, 2009

EDITOR, I went into the Keystone Regional Leadership Conference: for executive members of Beta Theta Pi: with a fairly open mind, hoping to learn something about a culture I'm not familiar with by normal...

Lower wages will not help economy

Letter to the Editor March 5, 2009

EDITOR, Bryant Fong thinks that lowering the minimum wage will help "save the economy."   He's certainly not the first person to make that claim nor, as long as conservative economists continue to...

Obama needs a student movement

Russ Caditz-Peck March 5, 2009

The "Change" has begun. Last week President Obama announced his budget proposal. It is visionary, necessary and historic. As young Americans with an interest in our nation's future, now is the time...

Against Greek shirts as conformist

Letter to the Editor March 5, 2009

EDITOR, I was shocked and saddened by the editorial, "Greek Shirts fittingly convey conformity culture." As a member of the Greek Community, but more importantly, as a member of the Whitman community,...

Obama has a Latin American obligation

Becquer Medak-Seguin March 5, 2009

Jesús Vásquez forlornly wrote last week that "all we (the U.S.) have is the audacity of hope that freedom will survive in Venezuela." This contentious statement, like the rest of his article,...

Another view on Gabriela’s opinion piece

Letter to the Editor March 5, 2009

EDITOR, Gabriela's recent opinion piece on conformity in the Greek system was a provocative article, and it is not surprising that it has generated some strong reactions. Underlying her conformity critique...

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