Outdoor appreciation is fully endemic in Whitman’s culture. Physical ability is something that many students at Whitman take great pride in and, in many ways, it dominates social culture. Love of the...
Charlie Hunter, Campus Life Reporter
• September 15, 2022
The Whitman student body has always valued the Outdoor Program as a unique and invaluable source of opportunities to get outdoors. A niche within Whitman, the Outdoor Program (OP) rental shop lives modestly...
The Outdoor Program (OP) led four different outdoor trips over the course of the first week of spring break, for the first time since 2019.
The trips primarily took place in Utah, featuring a...
After nearly two months of classes, as well as the stress of midterms, schoolwork and everything that comes with it, spring break has nearly arrived. While many students may take the time to relax or visit...
Amelia Leach, Feature reporter
• February 24, 2022
Whitties are not rocking with surface-level inclusion efforts. Campus-wide diversity issues are especially prevalent in athletics and outdoor spaces, and effectively addressing them requires careful...
Note: All of the names used in this article are pseudonyms.
Sophomore Bella Dickinson wishes people would call her “fat” more often.
“That sounds wrong—I’m not saying I want people...
Nothing could have prepared me for how pervasive Whitman’s outdoors culture is. My first day on campus, I maneuvered through Ankeny’s web of slacklines to meet my Chaco-clad peers, utterly out of my...
On Wednesday, April 7, Whitman students celebrated their spring break day by riding bikes through the wheat fields and participating in a range of activities organized by the Outdoor Program (OP).
Senior...
Whitman’s Outdoor Program has been making the best of recent heavy snowfall in the Walla Walla area to provide students with unique opportunities for outdoor engagement.
Hosting multiple snow-centered...
The Outdoor Program [OP] recently announced a new strategic plan that will help the department improve and change to better fit the students and the college.
The Director of Outdoor Programs, Brien...
Whitman has long discouraged the hazing practices of fraternities and sororities. But only recently, as the school and student body confronts the walls that restrict attaining the Whitman ideal of “outdoorsiness,”...
While many Whitman students benefit from the Outdoor Program (OP), many have questioned whether resources and trips are accessible and, if so, who benefits from them. This was the topic of a session held...
