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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Varsity Athletes and Co-Op to participate in ‘trick-or-canning’

Joe Volpert October 28, 2010

This Halloween, varsity athletes, members of the Community Service House and other Whitman College students will help collect food for the Blue Mountain Food Bank by "trick-or-canning." "Trick-or-canning...

Give students an incentive to volunteer

Give students an incentive to volunteer

Zach Duffy September 23, 2010
Whitman College should create some sort of incentive that encourages students to volunteer.

Breaking the Bubble: To all volunteers

Matt Manley December 8, 2009
Rather than highlight a program, Matt and Alethea asked community groups to share their thoughts this week, their response: Thank you.
Credit: Hong

Gift market aids humanitarian causes

Lea Negrin November 30, 2009
Money from the Alternative Gifts Market will assist Helpline's STEP Women's shelter and raise money for meals for Whitman students on Spring Break Service Trips.
Emily Lorente 11, who developed the College Coaches program set to begin spring semester at Whitman, poses in Penrose Library. Credit: Bullion

Junior creates College Coaches program for Walla Walla High School

Rachel Alexander November 24, 2009
New program would encourage college as an option for students who might not otherwise consider attending.
Credit: Loos-Diallo

Odd Fellows Hoedown: Dance for a cause

Alethea Buchal November 17, 2009
Columnist Alethea Buchal shares her experience at a hoedown at the Odd Fellows Home, a elderly-care facility just a block away from campus.

Walla Walla’s Christian Aid Center offers hope

Alethea Buchal November 3, 2009

The Christian Aid Center, serving food to low-income and homeless people in the Walla Walla area, is just like a school cafeteria: serving the same plastic trays with the little squares for milk boxes...

Breaking the Bubble: selfish service

Matt Manley October 22, 2009

"If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."- Lilla Watson Watson's formulation seems to me...

Habitat for Humanity work exceeds expectations

Alethea Buchal October 15, 2009

I didn't know what Sheetrock would feel like. I imagined some sort of cold rock but instead the leader of Habitat for Humanity pulled out a large square of gray, plaster-like material. "Have you ever...

SCOREs leader Matt Manley ‘11 and Erin Kiskaddon ‘13 work on a housing project. Courtesy of Lina Menard

SCOREs take first-years on a volunteering adventure

Liz Forsyth September 17, 2009
For many students, being at Whitman has nothing to do with Walla Walla. But for the first-year students who went on the first ever SCOREs, that couldn't be farther from the truth.

‘Cool the Schools’ campaign reaches out to local kids

Alyssa Fairbanks April 9, 2009

The "Cool the Schools Campaign" seeks to open an active dialogue with the youth of Walla Walla concerning current environmental issues facing the globe. The Whitman College Environmental Education for...

From top, clockwise: Christie Seyfort, ‘09, Carole Wilson, ‘09, Katelyn  Sorensen, ‘12, and Kristin Coverdale, 11, rehearse the “Cat in the Hat skit before children arrive for their Dr. Seuss Day celebration. Credit: Klein.

Kappas, kids celebrate annual Dr. Seuss Day

Jamie Soukup March 5, 2009
When local Walla Walla youth read the book, “Oh the Places You'll Go," they might not have realized that one of those places was Whitman College. Last Sunday, March 1, the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) put on their fifth annual Dr. Seuss Day event at Reid Campus Center, in conjunction with the Walla Walla Public Library. The event, which lasted from 2-3:30 p.m., honored the birthday of the children's book author Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodore Geisel. As part of the sorority's philanthropy project, the event was free and open to the public and focused on promoting literacy.
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