I'll admit, when I decided to write a column from abroad, I thought it would be a unique opportunity to report on international perspectives. Worldwide, opinions toward the United States have changed dramatically...
It's endemic: Money, for too many Whitties, is just an abstraction.
Magically, material comforts exist at the tips of their fingers. Including, until this semester, unlimited printing.
For many of...
Lest Democrats get too excited about their newfound dominance in the White House and Capitol, a recent Supreme Court decision serves to remind us that, alas, liberals still don't call all the shots in...
I use Facebook a lot. So yeah, you got me, I'm not actually planning to delete my account.
Nevertheless, in the spirit of defeating Lisa Curtis and Alex Kerr's article, here's why you should: in three...
Not only is Facebook a great way to procrastinate, it might help change the world. Recent studies have shown that virtual worlds sway real-life choices. If you apply that science to Facebook, all of us...
On his first week of office President Obama issued an executive order to close Guantanamo Bay within a year.
The camp has come to signal to the nation the "lost moral compass" of the Bush administration...
Editor,
Whitman's new printing management program is either misguided or deceptive. The WCTS email that introduces the program describes it as being part of a "multifaceted campus conservation effort."...
In former law professor Barack Obama, America has elected not only an incredible leader, but an extraordinary teacher as well.
Obama must recognize that now is the perfect teachable moment for the nation.
For...
As a country, we can't figure out what to think of ourselves. In our eyes, we're either the best thing that's ever happened to the world, or we're a "sick fucking country," as the movie Three Kings put...
I love being outside. I blame my small-town Alaskan upbringing for that. Or the wildlife-worshipping hippie types that I was exposed to as a young child. Or perhaps it was my privileged access to bikes,...
Welcome back! We would like to extend a special welcome to the new Jan. starts and transfer students—we hope that The Pioneer will be a useful tool that will help you engage and explore Whitman. We are very excited about our expanded opportunity to work with The Pioneer and Whitman community and have many new projects in store for this semester.
Editor,
This is in response to the article about the Motherruckers rugby team calendar and how it "objectifies" women. I have been on the women's rugby team for years and appearing in the calendar since...
