March For Their Lives
March 29, 2018
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, NEWS
Members of the Walla Walla community joined the local high school and many other high schools and supporters around the country for the March For Our Lives on Saturday, March 24th as a response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The local march was organized by a group of students from ...
Pretentious Student Overly Proud of Guatemala Spring Break Service Trip
Ben Freedman, humor editor
April 7, 2016
Filed under Humor
Intent on venturing abroad during break while still helping out the less fortunate, first-year Brian Saunders selflessly spent his Spring Break painting doors throughout rural southeastern Guatemala. Having turned down tantalizing offers from friends to go to Cabo or Miami, Saunders is satisfied with...
Discovering How to Travel Alone
April 29, 2014
Filed under BLOGS, Off-Campus Blogs, Sprechen Sie Englisch?
When you travel alone there is a definite fear that you'll be lonely. With just your thoughts as company in a strange, new city it's hard to imagine having a good time without someone to share it with. Isn't that what travel is all about? Experiencing and sharing in new cultures with other people? Whe...
Phi Delta Theta Installs New Solar Panels
April 17, 2014
Filed under NEWS
Over spring break, junior Joseph Heegaard finished his three-year project of installing 14 solar panels on the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, making Whitman's Phi Delta Theta house the second fraternity in the nation to have installed solar panels. The panels are Oregon-made and the entire sy...
The beginning of passover break
April 6, 2014
Filed under Living in History
This is another post written on a bus. This time we're heading home from a school trip titled "yam le yam" or "sea to sea". The idea is to hike from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee, but in reality we did a couple day hikes inbetween driving from place to place. Regardless, it was a great few...
Upcoming Movies for Pre-Finals Procrastination
April 1, 2014
Filed under A&E, Circuit, Movie Reviews, Reviews
After a (hopefully) adventurous spring break, it will be prime time to buckle down as spring semester ends and finals loom. This means the books really need to be cracked open, but those still in denial and in need for continued procrastination will welcome the spring crop of movies Hollywood is offering...
Ãguas de Março (Waters of March)
March 14, 2014
Filed under A&E Blogs, BLOGS, Tuggboat Art Life
Hey. I'm done with midterms. It's officially spring break. I hope everyone has a great one and here's a song to kick it off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qle1OrunKnE It's called "Ãguas de Março" and it's performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina. Cheers, -DJYT Tom Job...
How to Have The Best Spring Break Ever!
March 13, 2014
Filed under Humor
Have no idea what to do over spring break? Have no fear! As everyone knows, the best solution for any type of confusion is to view a Hollywood film on the mystifying topic. Over the years, film has taught me so many incredibly valuable lessons. "Iron Man 2" showed me that women can fight crime as...
Summer Movie Preview
May 2, 2013
Filed under A&E
Sun's out, shorts on, jacket ditched, finals looming and summer vacation with lots of time for movies is just around the corner. New releases coming out this summer thankfully seem interesting and filled with huge explosions and a few laughs. Here's a brief list of the movies that have caught my eye to ...
Whitman Group Rafts the Grand Canyon
March 7, 2013
Filed under SPORTS
Over spring break, senior Devin Kuh, three other students and a group of 11 Whitman alumni will be rafting through 277 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. For Kuh, the trip is a culmination of interests he has fostered during his time at Whitman and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to...
Walla Walla Airport Announces Spring Break Schedule Change
February 28, 2013
Filed under NEWS
Beginning March 10, Alaska Airlines flights departing from Walla Walla Airport in the morning will leave at 6:25 a.m. instead of 6:50 a.m. The change will likely impact the travel arrangements of students traveling home for spring break. Daily evening flights will also be arriving earlier, at 8:24 a.m....
My Moment as the Super Talented Foreigner
March 23, 2012
Filed under I Didn't Bother to Pick My Category
Tokyo, 3/20/12 (pictures pending) The Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo is famous for guess what? Fish! And therefore, sushi (it's Japan, after all). So for breakfast I feasted on fresh, raw fish atop rice and seaweed. Ah, sushi, one of Japan's greatest treasures. For lunch, I picked out a tuna roll...
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