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Vol. CLVII
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman’s identity crisis

Bex Heimbrock, News Editor November 17, 2022

The New York Times Best Seller and subsequent non-profit Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL) describes Whitman College as a place which, well, changes lives. The CTCL’s entry on Whitman College reads:...

Encounters Curriculum Shakedown!

Anthony Reale, Satan with a Lisp April 26, 2018

A whirlwind of hate hit the Encounters program in the face this year, bringing the controversial program under fire yet again.  Criticisms included the classic “I don’t know how to write still and...

The Future of Encounters

The Future of Encounters

Andrew Schwartz March 8, 2018
Review documents, as well as interviews with numerous faculty, show the philosophical and political stakes of the debates around the future of Whitman College’s “signature program.”

Dear Mom

Mom, Advice Columnist September 29, 2016

Dear Mom, Last weekend, I hooked up with someone from my Encounters class at the 80s dance. It was really chill, but now I think I have feelings for them. I’m trying to play it cool, since I’m worried...

New Encounters Syllabus Approved for 2015-16

Lane Barton May 7, 2015
A new Encounters syllabus has been approved for the 2015–16 academic year, with Encounters faculty voting in favor of the new curriculum by an approximate 2-1 ratio during a meeting on April 21. The syllabus, which will remove five texts and add four new works, was created by the Encounters Curriculum Subcommittee with the aim of reducing reading and providing more time for discussion of the materials in the syllabus.

Guest column: Loss of Quran limits Encounters discussions

May 7, 2015
I also know that the decisions to remove the Quran, the "Gospel of Luke" and "The Book of the City of Ladies" was more complicated in context than a declaration that the individual texts are not valuable for the course. That said, I hope to see the Quran’s re-inclusion soon.
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