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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Illness, graduation shape cross country season: Men

Illness, graduation shape cross country season: Men

Mallory Peterson October 9, 2008

With captains Nick Littman and Ian Bell guiding the pack, the men's cross country team is determined to surpass all conference teams this season. Although three principle runners graduated, the rebuilding...

Swim, bike, run, raise money

Swim, bike, run, raise money

David Jacobson October 9, 2008

For the fifth year in a row, the Whitman swim team organized the Whitman Triathlon, which took place on Saturday, Oct. 4. All proceeds from the triathlon go towards helping the team go to California to...

Multi-talented Graves leads ‘scrappy’ volleyball team

Erik Korsmo October 9, 2008

She played almost every sport imaginable when she was young, but when she first tried volleyball at the age of 12, she knew it was the one. Alex Graves, a junior outside hitter for the Whitman women's...

Otto, Oost advance to tennis nationals

Billy Low October 2, 2008

Whitman is home to two new All-Americans. On Monday, Sep. 29, sophomore Elise Otto won the singles draw in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Pacific Northwest Fall Championships in Salem, Ore.,...

Men’s tennis to compete in ITA tournament at Whitman

David Jacobson October 2, 2008

The men's tennis team will get a chance to see its spring competition early when it plays in the annual ITA Regional Tournament this weekend. The team which had 12 players in the final 16, and seven of...

W Club attracts new athletes

Kim Sommers October 2, 2008

Class of 1966 alumnus Jim Moore slipped into his baseball stripes last Saturday and stepped up to the plate at Borleske field against Whitman's varsity team for the annual alumni baseball game. Several...

October classic: Cubs vs. Angels

Andy Jobanek October 2, 2008

Major League Baseball has never had a similar postseason to this one. The Tampa Bay Rays are in it for the first time in franchise history, the Milwaukee Brewers are in it for the first time in 26 years,...

From one art  to another

From one art to another

David Jacobson September 18, 2008

Last semester senior Stephen Phillips was playing soccer on dirt fields with balls that weren't fully pumped up, and against people wearing no shoes.   On Sat. Sept. 12, he was back playing under the...

Sherwood displaces I.M. sports, promises bright future

Erik Korsmo September 18, 2008

The ongoing $15 million renovation of Sherwood Center is causing quite a stir in the Whitman Athletics and Intramural Sports communities.   Last year, Sherwood housed many I.M. Sports such as basketball...

Whitman Athlete of the Week: Corina Gabbert

Whitman Athlete of the Week: Corina Gabbert

Andy Jobanek September 18, 2008

Corina Gabbert, junior forward for the Whitman Women's soccer team, is the inaugural winner of the Whitman Athlete of the Week award. During Whitman's 2-1 overtime win against St. Martin's University,...

Preseason NCAA football rankings unfair, create bias

Andy Jobanek September 18, 2008

What if before each kid entered school in kindergarten, a board of teachers assessed their mental ability based on their parental lineage, their performance in preschool and the overall ability of their...

Navarro steps to the plate with Mariners

Billy Low September 18, 2008

Sitting in a major league dugout, meeting ballplayers, and having lunch with the president of the Seattle Mariners as one of the Mariners' interns this summer was not what junior Melissa Navarro envisioned...

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