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Nader: A different kind of Green

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[caption id="attachment_5689" align="alignright" width="261" caption="This is a caption."][/caption] Ralph Nader might have run for president twice as a Green Party ...

Point: Keep it down there

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We have become a culture dependent on having background music throughout every moment of our lives. On most Whitman bus ...

An amusement park built for our times

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Over 100 days into the new administration, the nation is still grasping for an answer to the recession. Look no further. The solution to our problems has arrived, and it’s MAX XTREME! ...

Counterpoint: we are all cyborgs

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“Some differences are playful; some are poles of world historical systems of domination. ‘Epistemology’ is about knowing the difference.” - Donna Haraway What is nature?  That’s a useful question that people ...

New weapons ban follows footsteps of past gun legislation failures

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The Assault Weapons Ban is a failed attempt at gun control and will not work again. Taking its cue from sophomore gun enthusiast Harry Hixon, the government should not mandate to ...

It’s ridiculous: easy professors waste my time

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Everybody knows bad professors should be avoided. One of the first things I learned when I was a first-year was that it was better to select classes for professors than ...


the latest
Letters to the Editor
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Jun 23, 2009

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Apr 30, 2009

EDITOR, ENOUGH with the greek bashing. I know, I know, you were really pressed for time this week. Let’s see…I know! ...

Apr 30, 2009

EDITOR, In his op-ed piece from April 23, Spencer Janyk claims, “Radical actions are far from productive, on the contrary, they ...


the latest
Board Editorial
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Registration needs reworking

Apr 23, 2009

Whitman College has consistently ranked among the top 20 list of the Princeton Review’s schools that “run like butter.” For the most part, The Pioneer agrees. We appreciate that when we have a problem, there is almost always a patient individual willing to help us. As the sophomore class passed ...


the latest
Letter from the Editor
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Apr 9, 2009

We have heard multiple direct references around campus that connect The Pioneer to a newly formed independent publication, The Secession. These comments, made by a variety of individuals, have compelled us to clarify. As figureheads of the newspaper, it is not our place to offer our personal opinion of the publication. ...