This is part 2 of a multi-part Wire investigation into Whitman’s handling of sexual violence prevention. The following article includes depictions of sexual violence and other potentially triggering...
On Sept. 16 in Cordiner Hall, a speaker with SHIFT consulting delivered an hour-long consent and sexual health training for this year’s incoming students. The event comes just weeks after Whitman’s...
September 1, 2024 – Student leaders for Sexual Violence Prevention (SVP), accused Whitman’s administration of abandoning their work towards a safe campus. What was billed as a two-hour consent...
Shira Nudler, Campus Life Reporter
• November 2, 2023
For one October night only, students had the opportunity to watch the cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show” live and in the flesh. On the 28th, Cordiner Hall became a space for students to let...
Amelia Leach, Campus Life Reporter
• February 16, 2023
On Feb. 4, Sexual Violence Prevention (SVP) leadership members, representatives from Whitman Greek Life organizations (excluding Phi Delta Theta and Tau Kappa Epsilon) and Residence Life participated in...
Sex Week, started by Green Dot and the Sexual Health Advocacy Group (SHAG), features various workshops and events throughout the week aim to promote sexual health, education and positivity among Whitman...
Green Dot was not perfect, but the consent education-sized hole left in the wake of its removal is yet to be filled.
Consent and bystander intervention used to be much more common words in the...
Sophomore Paris Fox and senior Jack Anderson will fill the two vacant seats in the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) senate. Last week a special election was held to determine who would become...
In the weeks since Phi Delta Theta's social functions were suspended, confusion and misinformation has pervaded campus, concurrent with rising frustration about sexual violence,
Barbara Maxwell, the Associate Dean of Students and Student Life, has hired six student interns to work on the issue of sexual violence prevention on campus. The interns, who started working at the beginning...
