OP strives for more than just financial accessibility
Rosa Woolsey, News Reporter
November 18, 2019
Due to a lack of campus-wide accessibility, Whitman College's Outdoor Program (OP) has been taking steps to cater their programs to a wider audience than just a largely white, upper-class population experienced with outdoor recreation. Using data from the Office of Institutional Research, OP staff f...
Swiftwater rescue class traverses Lakum Duckum
Emily Solomon, Sports Editor
November 7, 2019
On Friday, Oct. 18, Assistant Director of the Outdoor Program Stuart Chapin’s Swift Water Rescue class — a sports studies, recreation and athletics (SSRA) course — built a tyrolean traverse. A tyrolean traverse is when a rope is established across a gap in a cliff or a river in order to mov...
Whitties escape to Harris Park for fall break
Charlotte Elliot, Sports Reporter
October 24, 2019
For most people, fall break involved reuniting with family members, catching up with homework or getting prepped for the spooky season. For some Whitties, however, this wasn’t the case. On Thursday, Oct. 10, a group of nine students and two leaders left for an Outdoor Program (OP) backpacking trip, dri...
Kayak Guiding in the San Juans
Tyler Phillips, Student
December 7, 2017
Last month, the Sport Studies, Recreation and Athletics Department took ten students all the way to the San Juan Islands in the far Northwest corner of Washington for a four-day sea-kayaking trip. The trip was part of a course titled “Sea Kayak Guide Leadership”, which is designed to train stud...
Op-Ed: How to Become an Outdoor Program Leader in a Week with no Prior Backcountry Experience
Haider Anwar Ali, Guest Writer
May 13, 2017
Admittedly, the title is slightly misleading. It takes more than a week to become an Outdoor Program leader considering that a candidate will spend a significant amount of time completing the Wilderness First Response requirement, gaining van certification and probably even considering the possibility...
The Evolution of the Whitman Outdoor Program
Alex Brockman, Feature Reporter
April 6, 2017
One of the most common walks across Whitman College takes students from Reid Campus Center to Ankeny. Along the way, one might see busses loaded with kayaks for a weekend trip, students ascending Whitman’s famous climbing wall or even skiers moving through campus in the winter. These common sights are ...
OP Introduces New Beginning Kayaking Trip in Reid Basement
Anthony Reale, Barometric Pressurer
January 26, 2017
During the first week of Whitman’s second semester, the temperature dropped low enough for a pipe in the Reid Campus Center to freeze and burst, leading to a few inches of water flooding the floor of the Coffeehouse. Much to the Bookstore and Coffeehouse’s dismay, the water covered rugs, new furniture...
A Q&A Preview of Power and Privilege Workshops
North Bennett
February 15, 2016
The Pioneer previews four workshops from the 2016 Power and Privilege Symposium via a Q&A with workshop organizers.
Banff Film Festival comes to Whitman
Emma Cooper
January 28, 2016
Climbers, boarders, bikers, and river-surfers gathered into Cordiner Hall on Jan. 19 for this year's Banff Film Festival event. The Banff Film Festival plays annually in Banff, Alberta, where hundreds of outdoor films are displayed. An intense selection process is required in order for the festival...
Pio Picks: Week of Dec. 3
Martina
November 19, 2015
Each Thursday, The Pioneer highlights several events happening on campus or in Walla Walla during the weekend. Here are this week's picks. Annual Outdoor Program Gear Sale, Thursday, Dec. 3, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.,Reid Ballroom. Paper Tigers screening, Thursday, Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m., Cordiner Ha...
Palouse Falls Closure Affects OP Trips
Mikaela Slade
November 17, 2015
Palouse Falls State Park is closed due to accidents and vandalism on its trails; the decision will affect Outdoor Program trips to the area.
Whitman students join protest against Shell oil rigs in Port of Seattle
Allie Donahue
May 7, 2015
Shell's Arctic fleet is moving north to the Port of Seattle, and a coalition of environmental groups, including a group of students from Whitman, is planning to protest in a flotilla of kayaks on May 16. Whitman activists will join other environmentalists from the sHELL NO coalition to demonstrate...
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