February 19, 2025 -- Whitman Students for Justice in Palestine are leading a 'teach-in' at Maxey Auditorium, following a mid-morning walk-out.
12:35PM: As protesters gathered in Maxey Auditorium, Dean...
Last Thursday, there were two separate protests against the Board of Trustees (BOT)’s unwavering decision to not divest from military contractors amid the war in Gaza. These events were not irregular...
Surrounded by hopelessness, Whitman Students for Justice in Palestine has always rooted divestment in our radical hope to disconnect our tuition dollars from genocide and inspire a broader movement to...
We are “Whitman Alums for a Free Palestine,” and last semester we started a No Donation Pledge with the goal of supporting Whitman Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in pushing Whitman to divest...
Whitman College’s mission statement concludes: “We help each student translate their deep local, regional and global experiences into ethical and meaningful lives of purpose.” In their reply to the...
Aya Mahmoudi, Opinion Columnist
• February 22, 2024
For over half of this school year, Whitman College has committed a series of questionable political actions that have disenchanted our community and lifted the veil on our administration’s incompetence.
If...
Jan. 25 marked the first installment of the Dialogue and Dignity speaker series. This series includes speakers, workshops and conversations that are an initiative to promote discussions around recent...
*Editor’s Note – 3/31/25: This article has been updated to grant anonymity to a source to immigration concerns related to President Trump’s recent executive order on deporting individuals deemed “Hamas...
Kainat Ansari, Opinion Columnist
• November 10, 2022
Non-European conflicts and human rights violations in parts of the world where non-White people reside are hardly ever acknowledged on campus. Take, for example, the horrific killings of Palestinians,...
*Editor’s Note – 3/31/25: This article has been updated to grant anonymity to multiple sources due to immigration concerns related to President Trump’s recent executive order on deporting individuals...
Following the rise of footage depicting the oppressive tactics Israeli settlers use on Palestinians, the phrase "Free Palestine" started to dominate my social media timeline.
In the spring of 2021,...
It’s that time of year again: sweater weather, curling up around the fire with hot cocoa and eating “freshly” baked goods brought to you by Pillsbury — made in the illegally occupied West Bank...
