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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
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Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Administrators and Students Communicate at College Governance Forum

Andy Monserud October 20, 2016

ASWC hosted its first-ever College Governance Forum last Thursday, where President Kathy Murray, Chair of the Board of Trustees Brad McMurchie and Faculty Chair Melissa Clearfield took student questions...

Illustration by Emily Jones

ASWC President Sex Tape Scandal

Evelyn Levine February 27, 2013
This past week, a sex tape of Associated Students of Whitman College President junior Beemon Shethmoozian surfaced. The video of the ASWC president, a plate of kale, a giant stuffed teddy bear and multiple members of the Whitman Events Board in what is presumably an empty Town Hall meeting has spread across campus like wildfire.

ASWC Town Hall Provides Forum for Student Voices

Evan Taylor October 31, 2012
The first ASWC town hall meeting of the semester was held in the Reid Ballroom Thursday, Oct. 25 and was open to the general student body. ASWC senators, club representatives and other students were given the opportunity to bring up any issues or questions they had about ASWC or the college in general.
Credit: Faith Bernstein

ASWC townhall meeting focuses on diversity concerns

Rose Woodbury October 27, 2011

When prospective students apply to Whitman, they are required to write a short essay addressing the question of diversity.  Yet  despite Whitman's focus on diversity,  some students remain concerned...

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