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 The Westies 2004, Writers' Showcase
 Route Map
 Logbook and Photos
 Speakers
 Petroglyphs: A day in the West with Joe Pachak

The Westies
The Westies 2004

Teaching Staff

Paul Arbetan
Professor of Ecology - New Mexico Natural Heritage Program.

Phil Brick
Program Director/Professor of Politics
brick@whitman.edu.

Paul Hoornbeek
Professor of Rhetoric and Writing
hoornbp@whitman.edu.

Ellen Meloy
Professor of Rhetoric and Writing

Mary O'Brien
Professor of Ecology
mob@darkwing.uoregon.edu.


Support Staff

Alison Holland - Sacramento, California
Field Manager
hollanaj@whitman.edu.

Kalin Schmoldt - Portland, Oregon
Information Manager
schmolkm@whitman.edu.


Students, Writers Showcase

Western Epiphanies      After returning to the Whitman campus in early December, the students of Semester in the West 2004 gave brief presentations based upon writings - "epiphanies" - which they created on the road. Below you will find those writings along with the pictures shown during those final presentations...

Tory Amorello - Sutton, Massachusetts
Public Epiphany: Untitled

amorelvb@whitman.edu.

Peter Avriett - Seattle, Washington
Public Epiphany: Untitled

avrietps@whitman.edu.

Lindsey Case - Port Angeles, Washington
Public Epiphany: What the River Taught

casela@whitman.edu.

Brian Coggan - Tiburon, California
Public Epiphany: Eclipse Over Potholes

cogganbd@whitman.edu.

Isaac Cunningham - Mt. Shasta, California
Public Epiphany: "Within wildness is the preservation of the world"

cunniniw@whitman.edu.

Savanna Ferguson - Alexandria, Virginia
Public Epiphany: The Price of Gold

fergusra@whitman.edu.

Laura Fletcher - Seattle, Washington
Public Epiphany: My Role

fletchld@whitman.edu.

Becca Hartwell - Carnation, Washington
Public Epiphany: Two-Step Tradition

hartwerr@whitman.edu.

Kristen Kirkby - Bainbridge Is., Washington
Public Epiphany: Science and Attitudes in the West

kirkbyks@whitman.edu.

Noah Koerper - Corvallis, Oregon
Public Epiphany: Getting Old

koerpenb@whitman.edu.

Jessica Marks - Veneta, Oregon
Public Epiphany: Blind Bewilderment

marksja@whitman.edu.

Sarah McConnell - Newport, Oregon
Public Epiphany: Alternative Opinion

mcconnsw@whitman.edu.

Erin McMahan - Madison, Wisconsin
Public Epiphany: The Secret Life of the Desert

mcmahaee@whitman.edu.

Kevin McNellis - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Public Epiphany: The American Tradition

mcnellkp@whitman.edu.

Meg McPhaden - Seattle, Washington
Public Epiphany: "It is truly wonderful how the small voices of birds reach into one anothers' hearts, and into ours."

mcphadmb@whitman.edu.

Debbie Nelson - Kenmore, Washington
Public Epiphany: Scar Me Beautiful

nelsond@whitman.edu.

Brandon Nickerson - Port Orchard, Washington
Public Epiphany: Yosemite and Manzanar, Yellowstone and Auschwitz

nickerbs@whitman.edu.

Harmony Paulsen - Issaquah, Washington
Public Epiphany: Bleeding Red, White and Blue

paulsehs@whitman.edu.

Molly Smith - Ely, Minnesota
Public Epiphany: Untitled

smithm2@whitman.edu.

Ari van Schilfgaarde - Boulder, Colorado
Public Epiphany: A Day in the Bristlecones

vanscha@whitman.edu.