Whitman Wire

Pio Past: The origin of The Pioneer

Pio Past • March 3, 2016

The first article from the first issue of The Pioneer, published in November 1896, explains the origin of the paper's name.

Absence of houses for women’s fraternities has historic roots

Georgia Lyon • February 25, 2016

The sexism of the past reaches into the present through the housing options available to Greek Life at Whitman College.

Whitman’s Ethics Bowl team wins Ladenson Award

Lachlan Johnson • February 25, 2016

Seven students traveled to Washington, D.C. last weekend to compete in the Ethics Bowl National Championship, a competition where students from across the nation face off to see who can have the most thoughtful conversation about modern ethical dilemmas.