Take Back the Night events occur internationally throughout the year—the time and place are irrelevant. What matters instead is the message that’s conveyed: a message of empowerment and of intolerance for sexual violence.
The Green Dot campaign is Whitman’s newest tool to prevent sexual assault. “A green dot is any behavior that makes our campus safer,” said Barbara Maxwell, Associate Dean of Students for Student Programs and Activities. Green dots are positive actions that fight negative behavior, which is represented by red dots. Red dot ...
The incoming class of 2013 will read “The Last Town on Earth,” a novel by Thomas Mullen, for their required summer reading. The Last Town on Earth is a fictional novel set in 1918 in a small logging town in Washington state. The residents choose to isolate themselves to avoid contracting ...
Next fall, Whitties will lose one more excuse to avoid exercise. The new rock climbing wall, housed in Sherwood Athletic Center, will open in the fall—just in time to strengthen students and faculty members for the new school year. “I’ve been kind of a slug lately,” admitted geology professor Kevin Pogue, a ...
A hefty historic association, difficult spelling and similarity to the word “succession” make “secession” a rich word—so it’s understandable that Whitman’s newest literary publication would use the word as its title. Juniors Carly Spiering, Bryan Sonderman and Iris Alden founded “The Secession” to provide an alternative venue for student’s creative work. According ...
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