Who is the Symposium for? P&P Grapples with Theme of Resistance and Question of Purpose
Rylee Neville, Staff Reporter
March 1, 2018
On February 22, 2018, the annual Power and Privilege Symposium invited students to examine systems of power in society and brought attention to the manifestation of racism and other forms of oppression on Whitman’s campus. The Symposium covered a variety of topics that ranged from mental health at...
Dialogue and Difference: Race and Ethnic Studies Class Leans Into Discomfort
Kate Grumbles, Staff Reporter
February 8, 2018
Each Monday night from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., 19 students take part in a class offered for the first time at Whitman called “Dialogue, Difference, and Social Justice.” This class explores how different aspects of identity, such as class, race and gender impact our social interactions with each oth...
Black History Month
Rina Cakrani, Columnist
February 8, 2018
The reason why I wanted to write on this topic is because of the fact that the majority of students on campus do not know that February is Black History Month. I don’t know whether it is because of ignorance or because of conscious negligence, but I wanted to bring more attention to it since it is...
Pepsi Offers Peace with an Empty Can
Zuhra Amini, Columist
April 27, 2017
On April 5, Pepsi released an ad starring Kendall Jenner making peace with the police at a “protest” by offering a police officer a can of Pepsi. The protest depicted was ideologically ambiguous with signs asking to “join the conversation” and fashionable millennials having a good time. I...
Reflecting on Race
Christy Carley, News Editor
October 13, 2016
On Thursday evening the words of “We Shall Overcome” echoed across the steps of Penrose Library, while candles flickered in the dark. Members of the Whitman community gathered together to mourn the black lives lost to police brutality. The vigil, sponsored by Whitman’s Black Student Union (BSU) inclu...
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