Lucy Walker, Campus Life Reporter
• February 13, 2025
On Feb. 7, Cleveland Commons’s rotisserie station transformed from the usual day-to-day salad toppers to an impressive display of bison steaks, fry bread with huckleberry jam, and Copper River steelhead...
When I initially toured Whitman during the summer of my senior year, I remember being taken aback by how good the food at Cleveland was. I had a bowl of poke and a couple of pieces of sushi from Global....
The first time I came across a comment about Cleveland Commons on YikYak’s Whitman thread, I laughed out loud.
“God probably knew if i had the patience to wait for a burger at Cleve, id be...
My fellow Whitties,
In the days following spring break, change will be in the air. Clocks across the country will have sprung forward, sparking a projected 17 percent increase in yawning. Some students...
George Groebner, incapable of pronouncing “foie gras”
• November 2, 2023
Last week, cryptic signs outside Cleve heralded a new local food sourcing program, promising “scintillating flavors,” “dynamic nutrition upgrades” and “serious ethical quandaries in every...
Carmel Stephan, guess which one is the self insert
• September 28, 2023
“Trisha Johnson, first year, undecided (deciding between psych or soc), athlete”
Cleve is a pretty great place. It’s straightforward, I get my meal, I get my Cleve cup, fill it to my liking...
When all else fails
And it feels like I can no longer prevail
What is the one precious thing
To which I cling?
When all has been lost
What is free of cost
That lets me have my fill
And...
Grace Canny, proponent of radical fry neutrality
• February 24, 2022
The world shifted on Feb. 8, 2022 when the Instagram account @longestfrywhitman reappeared on our feeds. The two year long hiatus was broken by an extra long sweet potato fry, currently ranked at #2. In...
Thick, dense, salty soup with an awful amount of white mushrooms floating around—no, these are not the words used to describe a miso soup. But they do describe the “miso soup” I had in Cleveland...
Cleveland Commons is back in full swing, with reusable dishes, indoor seating and the beautiful salad bar all available again. And yet, one cannot go a day without hearing someone complain in some...
Returning students and first-years alike may have noticed that the array of cutlery and plates at Cleveland Commons has been inconsistent this semester. At times students come in to find paper plates...
