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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 10
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Annual debate tournament brings high schoolers, tension to Whitman campus

Lea Negrin November 3, 2009
Large debate tournament continues despite major inconvenience for Whitman students.

College hook-ups defined: “Thinging”

joeykern October 29, 2009

"So are you guys dating or do you just hook-up a lot?" My friend squirmed over the question. "Well, we're not really dating or anything but it's not just random hookups either, I'd say we're . . . thinging?" Ah....

Whitman campus crime investigated

Hanna Ory October 29, 2009

Take a town like Walla Walla and a college like Whitman, put them together, and it may seem like you have achieved the ultimate safety utopia. Maybe we have: Whitman students are notorious for leaving...

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College Fair supports students looking for life after college

Eric Nickeson-Mendheim October 29, 2009
Over thirty graduate schools attended Whitman's eighth annual grad school fair this past Tuesday, Oct. 27. The schools attended to recruit potential applicants and give students a first hand look at the rigorous application process. “With the economy, it's definitely getting harder to get into graduate school," said Student Engagement Center Director Susan Buchanan. “There's going to be at least a year before there are significant job opportunities, especially in certain fields."
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Whitman GLBTQ, Coalition Against Homophobia hold own Coming Out Day celebration

Josh Goodman October 22, 2009
Ryan Creal ‘12 jumps through the Coming Out Door on Ankeny on Oct. 16. GLBTQ and Coalition Against Homophobia hosted the door to encourage Whitties to embrace their identity, be it sexual orientation or any other identity. National Coming Out Day is observed each Oct. 11, but GLBTQ and Colalition Against Homophobia decided to host the Coming Out Door last week to avoid overlap with Mid-Semester Break. For a preview of the event, click here.

Whitman offers special dining, shows, volunteer options for this year’s Family Weekend

Liz Forsyth October 22, 2009

Family Weekend, coming up Oct. 23 through Oct. 25, is an opportunity for students to see their families and for families to get a glimpse of the student's life at Whitman. But changes in campus life:...

Student input essential for Thursday’s ASWC Town Hall

Letter to the Editor October 22, 2009

Editor, This semester, ASWC representatives will make important decisions that effect students' Whitman experience. ASWC reps need to hear from students at the Town Hall this Thursday at 7 in the Reid...

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Whitman from a first-year’s parent’s perspective

Hadley Jolley October 22, 2009
Upon my arrival at Whitman, the first thing one of the RAs in the Prentiss Hall lounge said after I picked up my room key was, “I had that room! It's tiny!" Yes, compared to other Prentiss rooms, my room was particularly tiny. So tiny that we had to carry some of what I brought to campus back to the car and take it home. When a man saw my father carrying a few boxes back to the car, he said, “So you over-packed?" “No. We were under-roomed," my dad, Michael Jolley, said.

Experiment: student life exclusively on Firefox for week

Blair Hanley Frank October 22, 2009

Earlier this year, Google hired several student interns to work with the team behind Google Docs, its free internet collaboration suite, with features similar to Microsoft's Office and Apple's iWork. ...

Our Picks of Events on Campus – Oct. 22-29

Connor Guy October 22, 2009

Each Thursday, The Pioneer highlights three events happening over the weekend on campus or in Walla Walla. Here are this week's picks: Romeo and Juliet See reporter Caitlin Hardee's preview of the...

Parents’ questions about Whitman answered

helenjenne October 22, 2009

As a Whitman parent, especially if your Whittie is a first-year, you probably have many questions, not all of which your son or daughter can answer. To help inform you, The Pioneer asked current parents...

WEB Cinema Arts Director hopes for student input

C.J. Wisler October 22, 2009

Junior Chris D'Autremont's involvement with campus activities began his first year at Whitman when he joined the Campus Activities Board. "It was sort of a fad in Anderson to be a part of campus programs...

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