Washington 16th District candidates square off in virtual forum
Abby Main, Staff Reporter
October 15, 2020
On Oct. 6, the forum for candidates running for 16th Legislative District office was dominated by subjects such as COVID-19, the economic recovery, taxes and recent wildfires. The forum was conducted over Zoom and candidates received 60 seconds to respond to questions and 2 minutes for opening and closing stateme...
Club cycling: A history of community and success
Tucker Grinnan, Staff Reporter
October 1, 2020
Club cycling at Whitman has been characterized by its fusion of competition and relaxed environment. The club cycling team at Whitman was founded by a trio of students in 2001. After riding together for a while on an impromptu basis and sensing interest around the college, they decided to create a...
Chastity Belt and Reptaliens in review
Ann Karneus, A&E Reporter
March 5, 2020
Four Whitman alumni returned to campus on Saturday, but they weren't here for a reunion. They returned as Chastity Belt, a Seattle-based indie rock band with the intent to illuminate Reid Ballroom. Before Chastity Belt took the stage around 8 p.m., the Reptaliens – another indie rock band – pla...
Tracking the demise of the Whitman yearbook
Rosa Woolsey, News Reporter
February 4, 2020
After years of budget cuts and vacillating student interest, Whitman’s yearbook, previously known as Waiilatpu, went quietly out of publication in 2017. Its discontinuation has repercussions for both the Alumni Association, which utilizes the yearbook in their reunion efforts, and the Penrose Librar...
Basketball and swim teams host alumni events to kick off season
Dylan Mathias, Sports Reporter
November 7, 2019
Over Family Weekend, Oct. 25-27, some students could be found giving their family a tour of campus, attending a planetarium show or dining out — putting their parents’ wallets to good use. The swim and basketball teams, on the other hand, were wrapping up the preseason by competing against Whitman al...
Eddy Vasquez ‘15 talks liberal arts, art and design
Ann Karneus, A&E Reporter
October 31, 2019
Last Wednesday, Sept. 23, Eddy Vasquez ‘15 gave a talk at Fouts Center for Visual Arts as part of the second installment in the Visiting Alumni Artist Series. Raised in inner-city Los Angeles, Vasquez arrived at Whitman with the intention of becoming a biology major. “Growing up and bein...
Alum looking forward to wild night in Health Center
September 30, 2019
Last weekend was alumni weekend, and Dave Teppner, class of ‘83, knew exactly how he wanted to relive his favorite party nights at Whitman. There would be the obligatory spots, of course, to show the kids how it's done. But what really mattered was making it to the only place that truly signifies a lege...
Alumni Share Advice On Teaching In The Humanities
Kylin Brown, Staff Reporter
September 28, 2018
On Monday night, the Whitman Classics department hosted the “Symposium on Study in the Humanities as Preparation for a Career in Teaching." The department brought three graduates from varying Humanities backgrounds at Whitman, who had all since begun professional careers in Education. Each of them pres...
Life After Whitman; Whitties in Walla Walla
Sylvie Corwin, Staff Reporter
September 24, 2018
Graduation day, for many Whitman students, is not the end of living and working in Walla Walla or at Whitman. Every year some alumni stay in, or return to, Walla Walla. “When my class graduated people made a Facebook group for the people that were staying and I’d say it’s about 20 to 30 that...
Student loan fraud impacts campus: Loan provider Navient accused of mishandling payments
Andy Monserud, Staff Reporter
February 2, 2017
It’s an uncertain time for Whitman students, and especially for those accumulating debt to pay for their education. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau sued student loan servicer Navient earlier this month, accusing the company on its website of “systematically and illegally failing borrowers a...
Alumni weekend helps students meet future selves, confront mortality
Megumi Rierson, staff writer
September 29, 2016
I walk into Reid on a Thursday afternoon to pick up my mail and my senses are immediately bombarded with the sounds of our prestigious alumni and their hoards of near-identical spawn, checking in for their weekend of nostalgia and quiet desperation. For students, alumni weekend provides a sobering r...
Former Astronaut, Alumna Returns to Whitman College
Marra Clay, Publisher
April 7, 2016
Dorothy "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenberger '97, a first-generation educator astronaut, returned to Whitman to speak about Science, Technology, Engineer and Math (STEM) education
