Varsity Sports Uniforms
Jordon O'Roy, Sports Editor
October 12, 2018
Whitman’s varsity athletic department has a huge variety of supporters and spectators, so it’s always quite noticeable when a varsity team gets new uniforms. Each team is unique in there style of play, technique, equipment and space — meaning that varsity team uniforms really vary. Some teams...
Game management plays crucial role
Alden Glass, Staff Reporter
October 11, 2015
Every week, fans of Whitman athletics stand on the sidelines and watch as student-athletes, decked out in gold and blue, compete and represent the school. Yet, what many often fail to notice is that behind the scenes of every sporting event, there is a small army of unsung heroes clad in dark blue....
Women’s Soccer takes talents to the Big Apple
Alden Glass, Sports Reporter
September 24, 2015
Whitman Women’s Soccer returned from a preseason trip to New York last week having suffered a pair of close losses. With games against New York University and Vassar, the Missionaries had the opportunity to fine tune tactics and lineups the weekend before their first conference game against Whitwor...
Tales from beyond the Frat: Confessions in the wake of partaking in the Jaeger challenge
April 30, 2015
Now while the story I am about to tell is mostly true, details have been changed to protect the innocent as they were involved in the story. But the fear, passion, elation and misery that is discussed is all too real. I don't recommend doing this to anyone, unless they want to feel completely at a loss...
Why the Stanley Cup Playoffs are the best playoffs
April 23, 2015
I'd like to preface this column by saying that hockey is not usually my favorite sport; football is. And my favorite hockey team, the Los Angeles Kings, didn't even make the playoffs this year. Nonetheless, I am going to make every effort to watch as much playoff hockey as I possibly can, because the...
Girl, Bus Fall in Love
February 12, 2015
Libby Arnosti '13 and Bella, a 1976 green Volkswagen bus, met online. It wasn't your typical crash and burn Tinder thing; no, these two will grow old together. Arnosti, who described herself as a "Volkswagen creeper," first noticed the '76 bus sitting in an empty lot across from the Rose Street Safeway...
Sports are the new religion for many Americans
February 5, 2015
Immediately upon the Seahawks' glorious and absurdly lucky win against the Green Bay Packers a few weeks ago, I called my twin brother in Seattle only to hear an ear-assaulting flood of laughing and screaming surrounded by distant firework explosions. "Zan... I'm just, I'm just running around outside....
Ultimate Frisbee: A serious sport
October 23, 2014
The one aspect this country of America really holds above everything else is sports. That's why NASCAR has 75 million fans and no one watches soccer. Football has been America's love since day one except for baseball. It is a different story. Baseball is America's pride and glory. However, at Whitman,...
Whitman College Varsity Privilege-Checking Team wins regional finals against Whitworth
October 3, 2014
The sun was high as the Varsity Whitman Privilege-Checking Team made their way out onto the field (the maintenance costs of which alone could have fed a Somalian family for months as privilege checking Defenseman Ray Johnson later informed me). The team looked quite dapper in their uniforms made from...
Class of 2014 Student-Athlete Profiles
May 15, 2014
Ethan Parrish Ultimate Frisbee "I started playing ultimate in high school. I absolutely loved it. I was actually recruited to play baseball at Whitman, and I played on the team freshman year before I hurt my elbow and needed Tommy John's surgery. Two weeks after baseball season ended, I went to regionals for Ultimate and that year w...
Triathlon and Field Day
May 8, 2014
Whitman's Annual Spring Triathlon was held on the morning of May 3 this year, beginning at the Harvey Pool. Participants signed up as an individual or as a team and had to complete a 500 yard swim, 10 mile bike and a 5 k run. [portfolio_slideshow]
International Games Cost More Than Just Money
April 24, 2014
I wrote a column earlier this year discussing the chronic mismanagement of the Olympics and the havoc they wreak on the cities who host them. Perhaps my lens was too narrow––enormous global sporting events appear to bring this kind of chaos everywhere they land. Brazil recently deployed more than 2,000 troops into a sl...
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