TKE Grapples With Basement Writing
Martina Pansze, Editor-In-Chief
May 3, 2018
This past weekend, The Wire received an anonymous email reporting racist and misogynistic writing in the basement of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), along with a photo. The writing reads “Not Afraid to ‘Hard R’” and “Tinder Slut.” The report came at the tail end of a tumultuous Greekend this year, wi...
Interfraternity Council, Fraternity Presidents Vote to Impeach Co-President Lorenzo Silva
Mitchell Smith and Marra Clay
September 22, 2016
Update at 8:00pm on September 23: This article has been significantly changed to reflect a disagreement between fraternities regarding the recruitment rules and former IFC Co-President Lorenzo Silva's involvement in the potential change of those rules. Additionally, the article now reflects opinions voi...
Senior John Lee Creates Whitman’s Own Sitcom
Megan Hearst
April 7, 2016
"Saturdays" is the brainchild of Whitman student John Lee.
The Greeks in Walla Walla
Quin Nelson
March 21, 2013
The bustling Whitman College campus is bookended by two essential social hubs: to the south, Prentiss Hall, home of Whitman's four women's fraternities, and to the north, Whitman's four fraternity houses. These Greek chapters have peripheral locations but are of central importance to life at Whitm...
Theft occurs in fraternities over Thanksgiving break
Shelly Le
December 1, 2011
Over Thanksgiving break all four fraternities on campus were hit with a string of burglaries. According to Interfraternity Council Community Relations officer and junior Alejandro Fuentes, the burglaries occurred on two separate occasions. The first burglary occurred between 11:30 p.m. on Thursd...
Sports, Greek life: A complementary relationship?
Matt Tesmond
October 20, 2011
Greek life and varsity sports share many core goals: building a sense of family, working together to accomplish goals and, above all, having fun. So it is not surprising to find at Whitman a thriving culture of Greek athletes. Athletes' participation in Greek life, however, spans the spectrum from a positive relationship ...
Allegations of hazing leveled against TKE initiation practices
Molly Smith
March 3, 2011
This article was also co-authored by Derek Thurber with contribution from Rachel Alexander and Josh Goodman. Several weeks ago, The Pioneer was approached by senior Dan Hart with some of the allegations described below. As a result of his coming forward, we began an investigation into his claims as we...
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