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Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Letter to the editor

Student Contributer February 5, 2009

Editor, An experimental printing management system for the on-campus computers will be implemented this semester. Students used to have to pay for printing until 1994 and now, after churning out about...

What would Jesús say? ‘Remember, remember, the 26th of November’

Jesus Vasquez February 5, 2009

During campaign season, then-Senator Obama pledged to withdraw from Iraq within his first 16 months in office, take the fight back to Afghanistan, and redouble efforts to capture and bring Osama bin Laden...

Questions about us: Diplomacy – an uncomfortable truth

Gary Wang February 5, 2009

The U.S. is currently a willing accomplice in Israel's tragic war against Hamas. Hamas, a Palestinian social and political organization, rules Palestine and hides rocket launchers and terrorists in...

Response to ‘Environmentalism misses the point’

Gary Wang December 4, 2008

Before Thanksgiving, the Pioneer published an Op-ed titled "Environmentalism misses the point" in which the author alleges that Whitman's environmental movement is misguided. Yet, the reasons for the misguidance...

Obama policies pragmatic, geared toward long-term change

Jesus Vasquez December 4, 2008

The race issue aside, political commentators were quick to point out something very important after Election Day –– the election of Barack Obama means liberals are once again viable candidates for...

Who let the blogs out?

Elsbeth Otto December 4, 2008

Recent strolls through the Olin computer lab and the cubbies in the back of Penrose Library revealed, among other things, one girl scrolling through Post Secret, one kid watching what looked like the new...

College trend towards need-based financial aid a good decision

December 4, 2008

The tides of college financial aid continue to flow away from need-based aid and toward merit-based aid. According to the recent study by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, from...

Letters to the Editor 12/4/08

December 4, 2008

Editor, It's impossible to be completely successful at not offending someonewhen discussing culture. I am personally sorry if what we did was misinterpreted as an attempt to fully represent Moroccan...

Response to French House criticism

December 4, 2008

GUEST COLUMN: Amelia Singer '10 This is the current RA of the French House. I am a Junior who has lived in the French House for almost a year and a half, a year of which I have been the RA. I am a double...

Which is your favorite amendment?

Connor Guy December 4, 2008

It seems like it was just yesterday that John McCain and his supporters were calling President-Elect Barack Obama "not a real American" in a last ditch effort to defy increasingly telling poll numbers...

Is Water Liquid Gold?

November 20, 2008

GUEST COLUMN by Paige Devlin When was the last time you bought bottled water? Did you think that consuming that refreshing drink would have impacts on the environment, and maybe even your health?...

Environmentalism misses the point

Spencer Janyk November 20, 2008

Living at Whitman has been a struggle for me so far because I don't recycle, and that seems to be the only thing people get a hard-on for around here. At times, the ethical silence generated by the galaxy...

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