Which mascot will you choose?
Marra Clay, Publisher
October 20, 2016
The Whitman Blue Ravens? The Whitman Appaloosas? The Whitman Blues? The Whitman Sockeyes? It’s up to you to choose. The college community has the chance to vote on the new college mascot now that the Mascot Working Group has released the four final mascot options. However, many students feel that...
College to choose new mascot
Marra Clay and Ellen Ivens-Duran
April 6, 2016
On April 6, President Kathy Murray announced that Whitman College will change its mascot. The decision came in response to the recommendations of a working group organized in December to determine the appropriateness of the Whitman College mascot. Murray wrote in an email to the college community...
Circuit Quiz: What Missionary Are You?
Lachlan Johnson
November 26, 2012
1. Someone cuts you in line at the dining hall. How do you respond? a) Walk to the front of the line and explain it is your destiny to have their spot. b) Chill out. This is but one of many meals. c) Deny the existence of the line. d) Tailgate. 2. When you go out on a Friday, you always remember... a)...
Defining ‘normal’ needlessly moralizes sex
Spencer Wharton
September 27, 2012
I have not had sex ever. I like the idea of sex; I respect it. However, certain things such as blow jobs and miscellaneous practices that don't involve vaginal penetration sound quite unnatural and even perverted to me. However, they seem to be frequently practiced. I guess my question is, in heterose...
The Missionary: Has its use run out?
Alfredo Villaseñor
October 27, 2011
There have been rumors that a cabal of student heretics are trying to replace our holy and enduring mascot. And what, I ask, would they change it to? A duck, perhaps, in reminiscence of the orgiastic rituals of spring that have soiled our student body's innocence? Or our campus' invasive and ubiquitous...
Whitman women look to fight for the postseason
Tyler Hurlburt
February 10, 2011
In a season filled with close matches, this past weekend found the Whitman women's basketball team splitting a pair of overtime games. After a 65-61 victory in double overtime against Pacific Lutheran, the Missionaries found themselves on the other side of an overtime loss, losing to University of Pug...
Men’s basketball starts second half of season
Tyler Hurlburt
January 27, 2011
On Saturday, Jan. 22 a packed house cheered on the Whitman men's basketball team as it trounced Pacific University 94-65. This win put the Missionary men at 4-4 against Northwest Conference opponents and 11-6 overall. With its 4-4 record the team finds itself in a tie for fourth place in the NWC with Linfield Colle...
Women’s basketball vies for top NWC ranking
Tyler Hurlburt
December 2, 2010
After a season plagued by injuries, the women's basketball team looks to capitalize on its newfound depth and added talent. Last year season-ending injuries for starters seniors Jenele Peterson and Anna Forge, along with other non-season ending injuries, forced an already small bench to step up a...
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