ASWC Public Speaker Dr. Michael Shermer will visit campus Wednesday, Sep. 31, at 7 p.m. in the Maxey Auditorium. Dr. Michael Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech, and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Claremont Graduate University.

Nominations Committee applications are due Thursday, Sep. 25, at 5:00 p.m. to the ASWC office.
Questions can be directed to Julia Nelson at [email protected].

A record number of 18 first-years ran for Senate this year. Elections were successfully executed on Tuesday. Results can be found posted on the door to the ASWC office, found on the top floor of Reid. You can find information about elections conduct at whitman.edu/content/aswc/governmen/oversight/elections or contact Kendra Vandree at [email protected].

The annual ASWC Retreat will be held this weekend for all elected and appointed officials. The agenda includes a review of Robert’s Rules and presentations by Executive Council members of their immediate and year-long goals. Executive Council Members include Elliott Okantey, President; Ryan Lum, Clerk; Rand Biersdorff, Communications Director; Aisha Fukushima, Ombud; Kendra Vandree, Oversight Chair; Roman Goerss, Policy Chair; Julia Nelson, Nominations Chair; David Changa-Moon, Finance Chair; and Rachel Stein, Programming Chair.