Leaders from five religious traditions met at Congregation Beth Israel Tuesday, Sept. 29 for Walla Walla Interfaith Forgiveness Forum, in the spirit of forming an interfaith community that can foster understanding and peace between religions. The informal setting, with the panelists sitting before the audience in plastic chairs behind two ...
When students move off of the meal plan and subsequently start cooking on their own, they often have serious doubts about the Walla Walla’s grocery scene. Sure, there’s the farmer’s market, but it usually stops running around mid-October, and it only really helps with seasonal produce, anyway. As a smaller ...
Puzzle by Karl Wallulis 9/17/09 ACROSS 1. Bus. Bigwigs 4. Israeli-Palestinian conflict site 8. They may be grade A 12. Before, poetically 13. Improved, as wine 14. Shark product? 15. Open grassland 16. Outdoes 17. Oral tradition 18. “The Starry Night” painter 20. Referee, slangily 21. ___ Homo, Nietzsche ...
Whittie tennis players who couldn’t throw together an IM team before the deadline but who still want to play competitive tennis now have a second option: Whitman USTA club tennis. Started by second-year, Lizzy Schiller, club tennis offers members the opportunity to play competitive tennis against other schools without the substantial ...
If you’re like me, you love the Internet like you’re a nurturing parent. You’ve watched it grow—from the baby years of dial-up and AOL Instant Messenger to high-speed wireless and high-def video today. But in its adolescence, the open Internet now faces an influential bully—the greedy telecom industry. The telecom industry ...
When football was cut in March of 1977, after a sudden decision by the board of trustees without any student input, Whitman lost more than just a sport. Football was an important part of Whitman for nearly 80 years, although it was never consistently a winning team
This week, we reported on the ASWC first-year senate elections, updated you on the Valley Transit Board meeting, and showcased the Whitman mentor program starting up again this week. We talked to Don Locati of the Fort Walla Walla Museum about the Harvest Festival as well as President George Bridges, ...
In the 1950s, Whitman women had a curfew and a dress code. Men were not allowed past the Great Hall in Prentiss. Men either lived off-campus or in a fraternity after their first year. Women did not live off campus at all, and their rooms were inspected weekly. “This was ...
This Month in Whitman History How much has life at Whitman really changed in the last 10 years? In the last 50? To find out, The Pioneer traveled back in time—or maybe just to the Penrose Library archives—and dug up some front page news from Octobers past. New ASWC constitution proposed On Oct. ...
Anyone who has not been hiding under a rock for the past year and a half knows that the financial crisis has hit hard. Even inside the “Whitman bubble," major changes have had to be made to offset the damage. For members of the English department and ...
Each Thursday, the Pioneer highlights three events happening on campus or in Walla Walla over the weekend. Here are this week’s picks: Walla Walla Sausage Festival See our article, "Grills and homemade goods galore at Walla Walla Sausage Festival." DeSales High School. Friday, Oct. 2, 5 p.m.– midnight; Saturday, ...
1. William O. Douglas '20 Douglas was sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 1939. With a term lasting 36 years, he is the longest-serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court.
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I believe that traveling and living abroad, even if it is just for a few months, is one of the most important experiences a person can have in terms of broadening one’s personal view of the world. But the only thing people ever talk about when you travel or study in ...
The health care system as we know it is out of control. I wrote about the problem this past spring. I called for action on Obama’s part during his crucial first 100 days in office. I suggested that the federal government would have to raise taxes if it were to ...
Check out this debate between the number two Republican in the House and his Democratic colleague from Virginia. A thorough debate of the issues that unfortunately demonstrates just how much more thoroughly the Democrats have thought through the health care issue.
The Valley Transit bus system is sort of like Walla Walla; it’s kind of quirky, a little on the slow side but definitely worth spending the time to get to know. As a Whittie who loves to bike, I’ve rarely found myself utilizing the little red, trolley-like buses that pass ...
Do you love freedom? If you do, you might be an American. If you don't, you must have missed the memo. History ended in 1989, and now we're just tying up loose ends. Rebuild Russia. Defeat terrorism. Ensure China's rise into a “responsible stakeholder." Solve climate change. Free ourselves from ...
Andrew Sullivan said it best: “Obama is more the conservative than they will ever be.” He was speaking of Obama’s foreign policy towards Iran, but our “bleeding-heart liberal” President is also staking out such a hard-nosed conservative position on the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan that it has “them," the ...
This November, voters could deny basic rights to thousands of Washington State residents. If Referendum 71 does not pass, thousands of same-sex couples in Washington will be denied the right to domestic partnerships. In May of this year, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 5688, which guaranteed same-sex domestic partners ...
It was already 10 p.m. when I came back from the Instant Play Festival on Saturday night. It took me another 46 minutes to grab a cup of toffee nut mocha in Reid, to have a short chat with my Chinese friends, to upload a few photos and videos of tonight's plays to Facebook ...
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For almost a century, the Greek system has played a prominent role in Whitman culture. Providing opportunities for social connections, leadership, philanthropy and fun, every Greek has stories to tell. Here are a few glimpses of Greek life from yesteryear.
Many conservatives may be offended by the suggestion and many liberals may be dubious at best, but indeed gay marriage ought to be a conservative cause.
“Are you writing a sequel?” first-year Owen Lowry asked Thomas Mullen about his novel "The Last Town On Earth," during a lecture on Monday, Sept. 21 at 7:30pm in Cordiner Hall.
Junior Katie Richard’s set sends a volleyball arcing high into the air, pushing through the palpable energy of Sherwood Athletic Center. It’s 29-28, match point for Whitman College against conference foe Willamette University.
Editor: As everyone who has read Tzvetan Todorov’s book "The Conquest of America" knows, if you go looking for an answer that you want, you’re not likely to find a different answer to your question. In the same way, if you go looking for a Jewish community in Walla Walla that you think ...
I will never forget my first night at Whitman because a girl who worked at Bright's said to me, "Welcome to Whitman! You will learn to love it!" After a pause, she continued with a wink, "If you don't like everything there, you will love our candies!" On one hand, I was amazed by ...
No one enjoys paying taxes. Giving money away is hard, especially if you’re not certain about the cause. But as a Washington resident, do not be fooled by Tim Eyman’s latest anti-tax initiative, I-1033—it is a really, really, really bad idea. Tim Eyman—Washington state’s crusading anti-tax activist—has gathered enough signatures to ...
America isn’t just a land, a particular group of people or a set of institutions. It’s also a set of ideals demanding realization. President Obama has repeatedly emphasized the phrase “a more perfect union,” as said in the Constitution’s preamble, in his calls for progressive reform. While the preamble does talk ...
At 11:50 a.m., I'm out of history and it's about time. The sun wrenches sweat from my brow as I haul my books across Ankeny. My stomach aches with unremitting fury, post-history class munchies no doubt, a common symptom of people in my circumstance. As I advance onto the flushed ...
If you ask a typical Whitman student how they participate in the political process, they’ll probably tell you that they vote. Voting seems a fairly simple and straightforward way of influencing government, but what if the candidates don’t speak your language, you can’t read the ballot and no one’s talking ...
Crossword by Karl Wallulis Theme: Whitman Frolf Course Theme Answers: “Frolf course”, “Steps to Jewett,” “Lakum Duckum” ACROSS 1 Messy person (SLOB) 5 Corn unit (COB) 8 Bullring cry (OLE) 11 ___ of use (EASE) 12 Cortez’s gold (ORO) 13 Colorful part of the eye (IRIS) 14 Rivulet (RILL) 15 ...
The Valley Transit Board voted Tuesday, Sept. 22 to keep transit services at current levels until the Walla Walla community could vote on a sales tax increase. The meeting was well-attended by a diverse group of community members, many of whom spoke in favor of keeping Valley Transit fully ...
Cartoonist Joel Pett knows his job is unconventional. “Once a day I have to figure out something I’m angry about, and then I make fun of it,” said the Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist.
This week's highlights are the Drive-in-Movie on Saturday and the Instant Play Festival Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy.
First-year Calvin Atkins walked briskly across Ankeny to the ASWC offices in Reid to learn his fate in senate elections on Monday, Sept. 21. For him, the news was good: he will be on ASWC's Finance Committee. "It was kind of like relief," he said. "I could see the election going ...
Many Whitties consider themselves environmentally conscious. And with nationwide interest in Whitman increasing each year, being “green” can be a huge selling point. But is Whitman actually as green as it claims? Junior Anna Forge isn’t sure. “Being here has made me much more aware of where my food comes from, how ...
For true competitors, mere respectability is rarely worth striving for. In the hearts and minds of such people, it is an underwhelming result that typically inspires indifference or, worse, a moderate form of disgust. Scott Shields, head coach of the Whitman women’s soccer team, leaned towards the latter reaction as ...
My high school gym class teacher once told me that if he could grade me on effort he would, but he said he couldn’t be that nice. Now, I knew I wasn’t that fast of a runner or that strong of a lifter but I didn’t know I was that ...
To echo the words of Dane Cook’s lame 2007 MLB post-season promos, there’s only one October. There's only one time of year when I check standings online more than I check my Facebook. There's only one time of year when my housemates will occasionally catch me yelling at the TV. ...
Nobody likes picking up garbage. But it’s not a far cry to assume that a Whitman student, who attends a college that considers itself to be fairly environmentally friendly, would go out of his or her way to pick up a piece of trash. To test the soundness of this ...
A communal Whitman farm might seem like a far-fetched idea with little possibility of success. Nonetheless as senior Sustainability Coordinator Lisa Curtis describes it, it would be “pretty awesome.”
Only 30 years ago, the concept of recycling would have bewildered many Whitman students. Today, as Associate to the President Jed Schwendiman can testify, that is emphatically not the case. “The attitude of students has changed,” said Schwendiman. “When I was a student, the cutting-edge environmental thing to do was recycle. ...
Just like the Eagles once said, there’s a new kid in town when it comes to Walla Walla restaurants. Cheap, close to campus and supposedly delicious, the Pita Pit seems to be the cool new place to go for relatively inexpensive food. But is it really as delicious as everyone ...
When it came out in 2008, it seemed like we all needed Alopecia for some reason or another. Maybe we were all just terribly depressed in early 2008. Regardless, Yoni Wolf's brilliantly written bad year writeup - breakups, jokes about the author's ...
Varsity Nordic has been reborn. Don't tell them that the name doesn't belong to them, though. "If the ski team comes back, they're going to have to get a new name," said senior Peter Richards, a member of the "new" Varsity Nordic. "Otherwise it would be awkward, like wearing the same ...
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