Mandarin is the first oral language I have studied. In high school, I took four years of Latin, but we rarely read aloud, as Latin is a dead language and impossibly difficult to converse in (Latin grammar...
The Board of Trustees met Friday to decide whether or not a permanent sustainability coordinator, who would oversee all of the green projects happening at Whitman, will be installed at the school. Back in November of last year, ASWC sent a request to Whitman College for the approval of a permanent sustainability coordinator position. The Board of Trustees met to determine whether or not the position was officially approved, and their decision will be made public within the next few days.
Students, city council members and representatives from around the community gathered for a meeting of local working group Sustainable Walla Walla in the Walla Walla Public School District board room Tuesday night, Feb. 5.
Sustainability is not about image, admissions or rankings but rather about working towards solutions to our global environmental crisis. It’s time for Whitman to stop standing back and watching as students work endlessly to create a greener campus.
Whitman�s Green Leaders, a group of students on a quest to decrease the Whitman community�s carbon footprint, hosted am environmentally friendly fun run on Saturday, April 21 in honor of Earth Day.
Juniors Danielle Broida and Zoe Rogers have recently introduced the Greeks Going Green program in an effort to make the Greek system become more organized with their recycling programs and encourage overall environmental sustainability.
When I told a professor that I'm working on a project to install energy efficient compact florescent light bulbs (CFL) in low-income areas in Walla Walla, he became excited. Then I told him that I'm writing...
This past weekend, Washington, D.C. was a hot spot for student activists seeking ways that they could positively influence the environment. Members of Whitman's Campus Climate Challenge (CCC) accounted...
