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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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‘First-year-heavy’ IM basketball begins

Margaux Cameron February 14, 2008

Joe Wheeler knows the right way to play intramural basketball. The first-year team captain says his team's games will feature plays drawn on a whiteboard and coach Andrew Hess in a tie. "There's also...

On the Road: The tools of ignorance

Mike Rathwell February 14, 2008

I am Michael Rathwell, a senior catcher/pitcher for the baseball team.   On Feb. 9, Missionary baseball takes the field against Occidental to start a three-game series.   For the fourth season in a row,...

Collier wraps up Whitman swim career by breaking school records

Molly Smith February 14, 2008

Senior Clint Collier ended his Whitman swim career with a bang at last weekend's Northwest Conference Swimming Championships, placing high in the final standings and breaking school records. He placed...

Campus parties about much more than football

Lisa Curtis February 7, 2008

Super Bowl Sunday is not about football. After conducting a careful investigation of Superb Bowl parties, I have concluded that there are four key ingredients: food, facepaint, friends and frantic yelling....

‘Non-Shock Jocks’ Talk: Super Bowl upset

Brian Woods and Eli Asch February 7, 2008

ASCH: If writing can be therapeutic, then I should start working on my own "War and Peace"/"Atlas Shrugged"-length treatise on disappointment. A bit of my soul died with 35 seconds left in the Super...

College football recruiting rife with corruption

Andy Jobanek February 7, 2008

When you are at the age of 16, men in their 40s, 50s or 60s are watching you. They film you performing and then bring the tape back to their friends to watch it together. They examine your body, looking...

Swim team heads to conference meet with high hopes

Swim team heads to conference meet with high hopes

Derek Thurber February 7, 2008

Representing Whitman College, the men's and women's swim teams head off to the end-of-season, three-day conference meet this weekend with high hopes. "Everyone on the team is swimming very strong,"...

Female athletes deserve less objectified, more balanced media coverage

Andy Jobanek January 31, 2008

At the turn of the century, female athletes made up 40 percent of sports participants nationally, but received only 8 percent of the entire sports coverage. Those numbers haven't changed much since then. When...

Women’s basketball struggles to recapture early momentum

Melissa Navarro January 31, 2008

The 2007-'08 women's basketball team started out strong with wins on the road in California. They carried the momentum by beating league opponents they have had trouble with in past years. However, on...

Nordic skier Spika helps Whitman claim stake in national competitions

Brennan Jorgensen January 31, 2008

by Brennan Jorgensen staff writer Competing at a Div. I level, sophomore Nordic skier Devon Spika leads the pack with skill, enthusiasm and experience. Spika carved her mark early last year by placing...

‘Non-Shock Jocks’ Talk: Super Bowl

Brian Woods and Eli Asch January 31, 2008

This is the first installment in what will be a weekly column from Eli Asch and Brian Woods. Each Thursday, the two will debate the biggest national sports story of the week that will then lead into their...

Men’s and women’s swimming places second at pre-Conference meet

Margaux Cameron December 6, 2007

Both the Whitman men's and women's swim teams placed second at the Northwest Invitational meet on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at Linfield College. The meet reflected the strong season the team has had so far. "Our...

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