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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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A Painted Ship Upon a Painted Ocean

A Painted Ship Upon a Painted Ocean

Halley McCormick August 23, 2012
To get home, I travel by ferry through Washington's San Juan Islands. On one of these trips home, a man sitting on the ferry bench politely declined my request to take his picture, but a few minutes later, he got up and joined me at my seat, eyeing my Whitman sweatshirt. He asked me if I went to Whitman College.

Fall 2012 Horoscopes

Elena Aragon August 23, 2012

Aries You will finally learn that it takes a whopping nine minutes to reach Olin Hall from the dreaded SoBo, after being late to class every day the first week. Taurus Victory will be yours next week...

On the way of St. James

Marie von Hafften August 23, 2012
Extending 500 miles across northern Spain, walking the Camino de Santiago is anything but the average vacation. Adventurous pilgrims from all over the world hike from St. Jean Pied du Port, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, where legend says the bones of Jesus’ apostle St. James the Elder (Santiago in Spanish) lie.

Profile: Whitman College athletics

Pamela London August 23, 2012
Whitties inevitably will find something to bond over. For those athletic � and sometimes not-so-athletic � types, sports can be the way to go. Whether you are joining your section�s IM football team, pulling on a Whitman jersey for a varsity soccer game, or watching your friends from the sidelines, you will find yourself drawn into the ever-growing Whitman sports community.

A Stranger in a Strange Land: Crayfish, Sea Urchins and Tahitian Culture

August 23, 2012
I started my three-week exchange in French Polynesia with enthusiasm, excitement and an unhealthy amount of ignorance. Tahiti, and the rest of the Polynesian islands, were not given even a cursory glance in my high school history courses and had been relegated, in my mind, to that class of ridiculously photogenic, tourist-filled islands located far at sea.
Anna Murveit and Sean McNulty examine a map showing contamination of household wells in Willywood.  Contributed by the WDA team.

Development Work Must Focus on Community Needs

August 23, 2012
Descending to Guatemala’s Pacific coast feels like stepping slowly into a sauna. As the air heats up and becomes heavy with moisture, the land flattens and the crops grow tall until the only perspective available is directly down the road you travel. Our bus, spewing diesel exhaust and splashing through puddles, turns onto a dirt road.
Rachel Alexander, Whitman Pioneers new Editor-in-Chief.  Contributed by Ted Hendershot.

Letter from the Editor: Welcome back!

Rachel Alexander August 23, 2012
In high school, I was always that weird girl who couldn’t wait for summer to end. As much as I loved camp and days at the beach, some part of me always longed for textbooks and missed sharing my lunches with friends while we traded stories about the more ridiculous teachers.
Horse Creek, Imnaha Canyon

Wallowa County: Through Young Eyes

Allison Bolgiano August 23, 2012
When I drove into Wallowa County in early June, I could not get enough of the landscape around me. I leaned forward in my seat and craned my neck to get a better look at basalt outcroppings carved by the Grande Ronde River charging downstream, the green pastures dotted with black cattle and at the snow-blanketed Wallowa Mountains growing ever bigger.

Lessons Learned at “Parenting Magazine”

Aleida Fernandez August 23, 2012

Before I started my internship at Parenting Magazine's headquarters in Orlando, Fla., I imagined my experience would be like "The Devil Wears Prada." In my imagination, I was going to be like Anne Hathaway's...

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