The solution to our problems has arrived, and it’s MAX XTREME! Welcome to Collapseland, the official amusement park of the economic crisis. Collapseland provides an interactive, fun guide to the still-unfolding meltdown.
My fellow columnists Alex and Lisa are also concerned with issues of technology and nature, and the relationship of the two, and I would like to forward a way of looking at the use of technology and nature that I think will yield fruitful insights. In this, I am ...
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 the population what they need, and instead should punish for actions rather than possessions. The ban is more of a show ...
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 for topics. But what I have been running into recently is not bad professors, but easy ones. Professors who don’t care ...
One of the most telling characteristics of the Whitman student body revealed itself a couple months ago when this paper ran a column concerning the greek system. The particular column alleged that the greek system promotes conformity and ran counter to the goals of the College for churning out creative ...