Prior to my freshman year at Whitman, I had never done any running. Even three-mile runs seemed like an unfeasible distance. The idea of running a marathon was simply crazy. But last month I ran the full, 26.2-mile Portland Marathon.
This past Saturday, Dec. 3, saw students lining up to get into the WEB-sponsored Q&A with famed flop director Tommy Wiseau and a screening of his magnum opus, “The Room."
Dancers and choreographers alike are busily preparing for "Airport!!!," a production scheduled to hit the stage of Cordiner Hall on Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10.
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, “An internship is a legitimate learning experience benefiting the student and not simply an operational work experience that just happens to be conducted by a student." This is the standard to which Whitman adheres to when supporting student internships and considering which ones to fund through the Whitman Internship Grant.
Greenhouse gas emissions are up at Whitman, according to the third annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Audit, though more thorough calculations may explain the difference.
This article was updated at 9:04 p.m. on Sunday May 8, 2011
This article was co-authored by Rachel Alexander.
Since the seniors graduating on May 22 first came to Whitman in 2007, the annual cost...
Though a discrepancy between the enrollment number listed in the course catalog and admissions brochures and that in the factbook seems strange, the explanation might actually be very simple: printing costs and changing numbers make it much easier to print a simplified average than an exact number.
This summer, 12 environmental studies students are going on a mini semester-in-the-west-inspired excursion. Whitman in the Wallowas, a new six-week-long summer program, gives students the opportunity to learn about the ecology of the northwest and to work with the Wallowa Resource Council on environmental issues.
Upperclassmen have completed preregistration for Fall 2011 semester, leaving many introductory-level courses completely filled with no space for first-year students. Departments including politics, philosophy, sociology, and psychology are struggling to find space for incoming first-years. Meanwhile, the administration plans to solve the problem by increasing class sizes or creating more classes, which will most likely be taught by visiting professors.
Two-thousand eleven has been a whirlwind for the students bringing back a Whitman yearbook, but lost in the process was broad discussion about their decision to stick with the yearbook's historical name -- Waiilatpu.
