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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
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Students Mingle over Mooncakes at Mid-Autumn Festival

Students Mingle over Mooncakes at Mid-Autumn Festival

Isabel Mathy, Campus Life Reporter October 3, 2024

Every year over a billion people across the world celebrate the Mid-Autumn festival, and Whitman is no different. China@Whitman, in collaboration with Pan-Asian Club and Whitman Events Board (WEB),...

Finding New Family at the Mid-Autumn Festival

Finding New Family at the Mid-Autumn Festival

Shira Nudler, Campus Life Reporter October 5, 2023

On the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar,  the moon is at its brightest and fullest size. This is when lanterns are paraded around towns, mooncakes are shared, and families...

Photo by Aidan Tribolet.

Whitman celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival

Ben Kearney, News Reporter September 22, 2022

On Sept. 15, Whitman students caught a glimpse of some Chinese cultural traditions at Mid-Autumn Festival. In the Reid Campus Center Ballroom, China@Whitman hosted a celebration where students were treated...

Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival

Kaitlin Cho, A&E Reporter September 26, 2019

On Sep. 15, the Reid ballroom's walls were lined with numerous traditional Chinese activities and the room itself was filled with an excited crowd, transforming the space into the setting for a Chinese...

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