The Whitman campus generally seems to have a reputation of being an isolated community, but often, this stereotype proves shallow and unwarranted. Recently, The Pioneer set out to see if students who are "of age" break out of the bubble while imbibing at Walla Walla's local bars.
If today is May 6 and it's still 2010, you're in luck. Los Campesinos! and No Age are performing in Reid Ballroom this evening and it's really in your best interest to see them.
This Sunday, May 9, at 4 p.m. the first ever Blank by Blank Festival will feature original, student-written, student-produced plays, many of which were not picked as finalists in this year's One-Act Play Contest. The festival, organized by the student-run theater company 12 Stones, will be presented in various locations around campus. The audience will congregate in the amphitheatre adjacent to Lyman Hall for food and drink and walk from there to the location of the first performance.
Though Whitman students may be stuck in the library's silent reading room for the next couple weeks, there is a sound at the end of the tunnel—the end of the semester and the start of summer concert season.
The Whitman College Bookstore is planning to implement a new, web-based system that will allow students to find out which books their courses require at the time of registration. The system is expected to be ready by the start of the fall 2011 semester, although this could be pushed forward to as early as the start of the spring 2011 semester.
Are you finding yourself anxious about those inevitable summer doldrums? Are you looking for the adventure of a lifetime to spice up the monotony of a summer job or internship? Then consider going all in and attending a summer music festival. Here are six enticing events occurring all across the country—pick and choose and have a blast!
Walla Walla residents walking down Main Street last weekend were treated to the smells of fresh baked bread, ripe local produce and handmade beeswax soaps. The source of this aromatic array was the Walla Walla Valley Farmers' Market, which opened for the season on Saturday, May 1. Several dozen vendors sold everything from jewelry to apple-carrot-ginger-beet juice to a diverse group of patrons.
