ASWC Inflicts Racial Trauma, Begins to Grapple with Consequences

Kate Grumbles and Mickey Shin • October 12, 2018

At the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) Senate meeting held this past Sunday, Sept. 30, senators engaged in inappropriate questioning of a funding request for the 2018 PNW (Pacific Northwest)...

First-Year Senators Elected to ASWC

Rylee Neville • October 1, 2018

The Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) held its first Senate last Sunday, September 30th. The Senate recently welcomed five new additions, as the first year class of senators was elected after...

ASWC senators set standards for on-campus involvement

Katy Wills • March 12, 2015

Ask your senators what’s going on in ASWC. Ask them why they care, and ask them why students aren’t at least asked to write letters of recommendation for their tenure candidate professors.

Senate Happenings! February 22, 2015

Sonya Kuzminski • February 23, 2015

ASWC convened last night for a productive meeting which addressed a variety of issues, passed a significant amount of legislation, and witnessed multiple members of the Senate demonstrate their socks and...

ASWC Passes Act to Encourage More Student-Taught Classes

Lachlan Johnson • April 25, 2013

ASWC Senate passed an act on April 14 to make it easier for student-teachers to apply for funding to teach a class.

ASWC Senate Keeps Waiilatpu, Passes Resolutions on Student Taught Classes and Divestment

Sarah Cornett • April 15, 2013

Last Sunday night, April 15, ASWC Senate met for nearly six hours, discussing resolutions regarding student taught classes, divestment and the fate of Waiilatpu.

ASWC Senate convenes for year’s first official meeting in Memorial

Lachlan Johnson • October 4, 2012

The Memorial Building hosted the first senate meeting of the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) on Sunday, Sept. 30. Senate meetings this year will be held in Memorial, the physical and symbolic center of campus, rather than their traditional location in the basement of Reid Campus Center.

ASWC undergoes “major overhaul”

Maegan Nelson • September 27, 2012

With results of the 2012 Senate elections in, major changes are in store for ASWC. In addition to the freshly elected first-year senators, this year's ASWC has an unusually high proportion of new members...