Nearly two decades following its discontinuation, there is a group of Whitman students who want to bring back the school's yearbook. The original yearbook, entitled "Waiilatpu," ceased production in the 1990s due to the misuse of funds and deposits.
On Oct. 30, three Whitman students will be among the tens of thousands predicted to flood the National Mall for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's joint "Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive"...
Starting next semester, all students on campus will have swipe card access to Residence halls. The changes comes as a result of persistent requests from students for the change.
In the footsteps of deceased President Andrew Jackson, ASWC held its first Big Block of Cheese Day to gather student voices on a variety of pressing campus issues.
Senior Will Canine, student advocacy chair for ASWC, could not have been happier.
“That's student input right there," he said as he held up a stack of responses to the Whitman policies that were discussed at the ASWC Town Hall last Thursday, Oct. 22.
A “ballot" was offered to the more than 50 people who attended the ASWC Town Hall meeting, asking them to give their input on everything that was discussed. The topics put forward for students to consider were the GoPrint system, the Alternative Voices requirement and a discussion of Whitman's plagiarism policy.
Most known for selecting campus concerts and funding student clubs, ASWC is emphasizing another role this year under the leadership of senior President Nadim Damluji: student advocacy.
Damluji believes there is an opportunity for student voices to be heard by the administration and faculty that ASWC has wasted in the past.
“I think they really are receptive to student input, we just haven't been providing it. We've been waiting for them to come to us and ask us what we think, but my administration is much more proactive," he said.
Editor,
This semester, ASWC representatives will make important decisions that effect students' Whitman experience. ASWC reps need to hear from students at the Town Hall this Thursday at 7 in the Reid...
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This semester, even more than most, has been a time of transition for the Pio. We hired a predominantly new staff of reporters, columnists, photographers, illustrators, production and...
