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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Illustration by Edyn Parsell

Education and Connection as a Non-Traditional Student

Natalie Comerford, Managing Editor April 4, 2024

College can be an incredibly exciting time in one’s life. While learning takes many forms, and academia is by no means exhaustive, there is something special about the collaborative learning environment...

Minimalism: Killer of connection

Chloe Hansen, Opinion Columnist November 17, 2022

The aesthetics and values of mobile-device technology have impacted every aspect of the human mind, but it is the ideals of production and efficiency behind these designs that have altered us. Especially...

In Defense of Dining

Chloe Hansen, Opinion Columnist September 22, 2022

Modern academia has lost track of the concept of balancing society and intellectualism; the cure for finding it again is to reacquaint ourselves with in-person discourse through the hosting of dinner parties. This...

Das Ende

Das Ende

Aleida Fernandez May 17, 2014

It's really over. I leave Vienna tomorrow. I arrived in Vienna with high expectations. I had heard so many great things about the city, study abroad, etc. that I figured I would be in Austrian heaven...

Issue 10: Voices of the Community

Issue 10: Voices of the Community

Tanner Bowersox April 16, 2014

What is something interesting that you have learned today? Videographer Tanner Bowersox polls the community on what they learned today.

Schools Should Be Judged by Their Covers

Sayda Morales March 7, 2013
Aesthetics have more to do with students' ability to learn than you might think, meaning investments in campus aesthetics are well spent.
Dropping out means new opportunities

Dropping out means new opportunities

Joey Gottlieb December 6, 2012
In explaining why he chose to withdraw from Whitman, Joey encourages all students to examine their own education and understand what aspects of it are nourishing or stressful.
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