Taking a gap year between high school and college has become increasingly common. Although there is no official poll that tracks the number of students who choose to take gap years nationwide, Whitman students who choose to take a year off seem to support this notion.
The members of the Department of Sociology enjoyed reading Sam Chapman's article in the September 15 edition of The Pioneer, assuring Whitman students that we are in fact offering a full range of Sociology classes this semester, despite our personnel challenges of the past six months (challenges which are not really all that uncommon at our institution).
It's all part of a new composting program put into place this year by a team of students from Campus Climate Challenge, a Whitman club focused on environmental issues. The program looks to reduce the amount of garbage produced by the dining halls by providing an alternate place for the food waste to go.
Often considered one of Whitman's biggest selling points, its warm, friendly atmosphere was an idea driven home at this year's convocation. Walking onto campus is like being handed a Prozac, a lollipop...
We all know that piece of paper in our section bathroom stall. It's there. It's fun. It's profane. It's an age-old residence hall pastime, dating back to the early days of Whitman College, when they used quill and ink to pen dirty comments, such as, “My chap, I have the beer farts." To the point: have you ever wondered what the opposite sex writes on its bathroom-stall comment board? Thanks to Backpage's ardent investigative journalism (we stole these), we can now give you a glimpse.
President Bridges participates in a Mr. Whitman fundraiser event organized by contestant David Hancock '12. A second pie-pelting event occurred at noon, Thursday, Sept. 22.
Employment has lagged behind economic recovery. We need jobs and we need them now. President Obama's recent push in Washington has been for a piece of legislation known as the American Jobs Act, a piece...
Why is Homer's "The Odyssey" relevant to us? In our era, all the Greek heroes are dead, no one believes in Greek gods, and the only remnants of Greek life lay in frat houses.
On Wednesday, Sept. 14, Whitman's newly-formed curriculum committee had its first meeting. Formed/conceived at the end of last year in order to grapple with the problem of course compression, the committee is working towards making the curriculum more _ for students.
"When I prospied at Whitman, I spent my time with two of the women's ski team members who also both happened to be athletic trainers, so I got to see the [athletic training] program then."
