Two years ago, a member of the Washington State Penitentiary education staff, Dr. Joe Cooke, Jr., approached the Whitman debate program about hosting a debate where Whitman students and prisoners debate together over current issues. Dec. 3, 2013 marked the date of the first ever debate.
A lot of controversy has surrounded the movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel, "Ender's Game." Not because of the usual film-to-movie debate, but because of Card's controversial views on gay marriage. Still worth a viewing though?
With my 21st birthday approaching in February and the end of three-fourths of my college years looming in May, I feel a crisis coming on that I might actually have to grow up and make adult decisions... Nah, that’s not gonna happen just yet, because denial is still an option/my best friend.
