September 1, 2024 – Student leaders for Sexual Violence Prevention (SVP), accused Whitman’s administration of abandoning their work towards a safe campus. What was billed as a two-hour consent...
There has been a terrible mistake.
Whitman College’s latest fundraising campaign, “Upward Together,” was intended as a thrust towards raking in tons of sweet, sweet money for education, outreach,...
Whitman, a college that prides itself on diversity and inclusion, has left immunocompromised people behind in its zealous search for a post-COVID-19 school year. We have all suffered as a result.
For...
At some point over Thanksgiving break, my family brought up The Wire, questioning why I have so many critical things to say about Whitman. My dad told me I need to try to have a positive attitude—I...
On July 26, 2020, the The Wire published “Results May Vary,” an op-ed listing the demands of Black, Indigenous, people of color and allies attending and working at Whitman College. “Results May Vary”...
This semester has been one for the books. With the controversy surrounding the FSR, President Murray announcing her resignation and the various adaptations we’ve had to make because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
On April 9, the United States Department of Education announced the amount that each higher education institution will receive under the CARES Act: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
Congress...
If you are a Whitman student, then you’ve likely seen the conversation about online racism on the student listserv. If you are not a student, then this article might be coming out of left field, but...
Rosa Woolsey, Copy Editor, Distributor
• March 3, 2020
On Feb. 15, members of the Whitman community received a Timely Warning from the Director of Security Marvin Viney, which described the “Hate Crime/Bias Incidents on Campus.” Seven hours after the initial...
The Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) is Whitman’s student government, responsible for representing student interests on campus, sponsoring all campus programming and funding student organizations....
Let’s face it. It has been a dismal three weeks. No one remembers what the sun looks like, students are eating shit left and right, and the buildings are resembling those ice hotels they have up...
The members of the Board of Trustees don’t care about you. If you ask them, they will sincerely insist otherwise because they truly believe they care about you. The problem is, they have no clue who...
