ASWC is working to alleviate pressure from an increase in club funding requests, as well as balance the student fee and lifecycle fund. While ASWC funding has remained relatively stable for the last five years, the recent budget crunch raises the question of whether this austerity is the beginning of a longer trend.
The Ask for It campaign attempted to removed the awkwardness from talking about consent. The All Students for Consent Club traveled around campus with a bag of chocolate kisses and asked students if they would like a kiss, intentionally leaving the meaning ambiguous. The goal was to get the entire campus involved and spread the conversation regarding consent.
The final Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) Town Hall of the year focused on three major subjects: the lifting of the international travel ban, addressing concerns regarding the ASWC budget...
Last Wednesday evening a group of about a dozen individuals gathered on the top floor of the GAC to share a loaf of banana bread and discuss the afterlife. The discussion was the first meeting of a new...
First-year Gillian Friedman was a competitive salsa dancer in Seattle before she came to Whitman. Now she hopes to bring the spirit and energy of salsa dancing to campus through a newly formed salsa club,...
The GlobeMed club at Whitman is an organization headed by co-presidents Katherine Runkel and Arika Wieneke that raises awareness about global health issues through hosting educational events around campus. They also fund-raise for their partner organization Burmese Women’s Union (BWU) in Thailand.
Whitman students Colleen Bell and Kaitlan Benner have started a new GlobeMed chapter at Whitman. GlobeMed is a network of university students across the United States who partner with grassroots organizations around the world to improve the health of people living in poverty.
