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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
EDITOR,
I appreciate the concerns some independents present regarding the conformity the Greek system fosters on campus. However, I'd like to remind the substantial majority of the campus not affiliated...
I'm writing from the Powershift '09 conference, a congregation of 11,000 students and young people from across the country to address the problem of climate change. It is at once inspiring to witness the...
While sipping wine and texting on their matching red blackberries, two sorority women confessed their plans to colonize Whitman. Apparently, Whitman has been violating international Greek law (not the country) and has entirely too many girls for Whitman's three sororities to handle.
“If the fire department ever saw how many girls we squeeze into our chapter room, shit would go down," said Kappa Kappa Gamma Recruitment Chair Sarah Deming.
Pan-Hellenic chair Rachel Wallace has decided to take the matter into her own hands, forming a committee to find sororities interested in starting a chapter at Whitman, a process she refers to as “colonizing."
“If they're interested in colonizing us they will send us sorority propaganda," said Wallace.
