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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
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Wire Watch: Mar. 5-11

Wire Watch: Mar. 5-11

Gillian Mackay-Brown, Managing Editor March 2, 2023

Kissing the Witch March 2-5, Harper Joy Theatre Written by acclaimed Irish author and playwright Emma Donoghue, and directed by Dr. Laura Hope, "Kissing the Witch" puts the fairy tales ingrained...

Sociology senior’s groundbreaking thesis gets national recognition

Sociology senior’s groundbreaking thesis gets national recognition

Carmel Stephan, it’s me, I’m the soc senior February 9, 2023

Entitled "The Held Door: All Your Social Etiquette Quandaries Solved," a Whitman sociology senior’s thesis has shaken the ground of social science. As its title indicates, the study details and proves...

Report: Whitman students spend 65% of all time on campus clueless, just having no idea

Ian Lewis, Bear Attack editor October 27, 2022

In a groundbreaking new study, local sociologists have now confirmed that Whitman students collectively spend almost two-thirds of their time having no idea what they’re supposed to be doing, whether...

Photos by Dana Kendrick

Seniors cope with finishing final requirements virtually

Rosa Woolsey, News Reporter May 13, 2020

As the Class of 2020 reconciles with their last few weeks at Whitman, they are also finishing their final assessments under completely unexpected circumstances. Social distancing and online distance-learning...

Illustration by Abby Takahashi

Accessibility and Disability at Whitman

Audrey Hecker, Staff Reporter December 6, 2018

The word “disability” conjures up a multitude of subsequent phrases and ideas, most of which are limited to the framework within which disability has been talked about. Our own campus is home to a...

Visiting Professor Eva Hoffmann poses with the Walla Walla autumn. Hoffmann began working at Whitman in the fall of 2017.

Visiting Professors Enrich the Whitman Community

Sophie Leibsohn, Staff Reporter October 25, 2018

When Visiting Assistant Professor of German and Gender Studies Eva Hoffmann was growing up, she never imagined she would someday end up in small-town Walla Walla. Her path has taken her all the way from...

Life After Whitman; Whitties in Walla Walla

Sylvie Corwin, Staff Reporter September 24, 2018

Graduation day, for many Whitman students, is not the end of living and working in Walla Walla or at Whitman. Every year some alumni stay in, or return to, Walla Walla. “When my class graduated people...

Whitman Undergraduate Conference prepares for 20th edition

Chris Hankin, News Editor April 4, 2018

On Tues., April 10, Whitman will hold the annual Undergraduate Conference (WUC), showcasing student research and scholarship from all three divisions. The 2018 edition is especially significant, as it...

Illustration by Nathaly Pérez

Janning on Happiness

Rhône Grajcar, Staff Reporter March 6, 2018

Professor of Sociology Michelle Janning will be giving a talk at the Walla Walla Public Library on Thursday March 8. The lecture is entitled “Happy as a Dane,” and will examine why Danes...

Love Letters in the Digital Age

Andrew Schwartz November 17, 2015

The research of Professor of Sociology Michelle Janning on the use of written love letters in modern times has gotten some broader attention after a lecture at the University of St. Thomas and an article...

Senior Thesis Profiles

Natalie Berg May 18, 2015

Many seniors have spent this year researching and writing theses in their major. The Pioneer spoke to three of these seniors about their projects. Nate Higby - Sociology The Pioneer: Tell me about...

Illustration by Marlee Raible

Students to Teach Creative Writing at the Washington State Penitentiary

Dylan Tull April 11, 2013
A group of 15 students will begin teaching creative writing at the Washington State Penitentiary in a few weeks. They hope to increase dialogue between inmates and community members by publishing a literary journal of the inmates' work.
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