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Amber Ebarb ’03 Appointed to Serve as Minority Staff Director for the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
January 27, 2023 “I am pleased that Amber has accepted her new position as Minority Staff Director. She has helped the committee navigate complicated areas of federal Indian policy and has pursued common ground that resulted in good outcomes for all Native peoples. I thank Lucy for her incredible leadership, expertise, and mentorship as Interim Staff Director. Her wisdom and counsel is invaluable to the important work of the committee. I am excited to continue working with both of them and our team to address the unique challenges facing Native communities across the country,” said Vice Chairman Murkowski.
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold '06 Reflects on Secretary of State Races in Midterms
November 12, 2022 Griswold chairs the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State. “We really believe, and continue to believe, that these races have a tremendous effect on whether this country will continue to have a vibrant democracy,” she said. “Or be able to have one at all.”
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Patrick Page '85 Stars in Musical Comedy Film Spirited With Will Farrell
November 7, 2022 Page plays Jacob Marley in a new musical version of Charles Dickens' holiday story about a miserly misanthrope who's taken on a magical journey, in theatres this weekend.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Pavel Blagov Sheds Light On Halloween Costumes
October 29, 2022 "One might speculate, based on theory as opposed to research, that people who see themselves as especially creative and original will try to convey that to others through their choice or design of costumes."
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Mariners Owner John Stanton '77 Brings Baseball Buzz Back to Seattle
October 15, 2022 The Mariners broke the longest active playoff drought in sports this year, hosting their first playoff game in 21 years at T-Mobile Park. “It’s really John’s leadership that made this possible,” said Jeff Raikes, a former Microsoft exec and minority owner of the team.
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Author Laura Krantz '00 Balances Curiosity and Exploration in Children's Book About Bigfoot
October 14, 2022 Her new book for pre-teen readers, The Search for Sasquatch, explores Bigfoot through a scientific lens.
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Sociology Professor Michelle Janning Mulls Emotional Infidelity in Modern Relationships
October 6, 2022 "Partners want clarity and parameters, but they want to decide these for themselves, more than ever before,” she explains.
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Assistant Professor of Politics Andrea Sempértegui Explores Ecuador's Historic Strike
October 5, 2022 The essay looks at how an Indigenous-led general strike wove together anti-neoliberal and anti-extractive demands, and articulated a broad grassroots coalition of Indigenous, rural and urban movements. It also offers a brief history of Ecuador's Indigenous movement and its political leadership.
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President Bolton Introduces Herself to Walla Walla
September 25, 2022 In this special guest column for the local newspaper, President Sarah Bolton reflects on her arrival at Whitman and the college's many enduring connections to the Walla Walla community.
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Assistant Women's Soccer Coach Georgia Cloepfil Pens Ode to Saabs
September 8, 2022 "If a vehicle is meant to be only a dependable means for transportation, the Saab has failed me more than once. But I like to think of my car as endangered and animate, precious not for its convenience or use-value but for the history that it carries."
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Associate Professor of Sociology Alissa Cordner Warns About PFAS Contamination
July 10, 2022 Associate Professor of Sociology Alissa Cordner Warns About PFAS Contamination.
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies Eunice Blavascunas Discusses Snake River Dams
July 7, 2022 Associate Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies Eunice Blavascunas Discusses Snake River Dams.
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Associate Professor of Sociology Alissa Cordner on Unintended Consequences of Discovery
April 11, 2022 In this overview of lab accidents that changed the world, including the invention of Scotchgard, Associate Professor of Sociology and Garrett Fellow Alissa Cordner explains how products with hormone-disrupting PFAS are “pretty much everywhere you look.”
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Simple Homes CEO Jeff Hopfenbeck '11 Reimagines Housing Construction
April 5, 2022 At the factory, each piece of wood is printed with assembly instructions and moved to one of three assembly lines, where a team of framers nails together a frame. The process is powered by detailed digital plans and customized computer software, and has drawn new focus during the recent labor crunch and housing shortage.
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Whitman's Early Financial Aid Guarantee Provides Transparency, Clarity
March 18, 2022 According to The New York Times' "Your Money" columnist, Ron Lieber, Whitman College is "in the vanguard of a movement toward transparency about the price of college and the process for lowering it."
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Tommy Lloyd ’98 named Pac-12 Coach of the Year
March 14, 2022 Tommy Lloyd ’98 wins Pac-12 Coach of the Year and the tournament title in his debut season as head coach at the University of Arizona.
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Professor Michelle Janning Shares Insights on Cultural Values and Romance
February 14, 2022 Janning, a professor of sociology and author of Love Letters: Saving Romance in the Digital Age, explains how couples control the presentation of their love story to others, and how for celebrity couples, relationships and breakups "are happening in a marketplace where their image as people who abide by romantic values is a lot more scrutinized, and therefore probably a lot more controlled because their livelihoods depend on it.”
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Professor Eunice Blavascunas Sheds Light on Poland-Belarus Border Region
February 14, 2022 The Polish government has begun construction of a massive wall across its eastern border to block migrants traveling through neighboring Belarus. Human rights groups and conservationists warn it will damage fragile ecosystems, including Białowieża Forest, which Blavascunas wrote about in her book Foresters, Borders, and Bark Beetles: The Future of Europe's Last Primeval Forest.
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Professor Jim Russo on History and Vaccine Hesitancy
February 6, 2022 In a Spokesman-Review opinion piece, Jim Russo, associate professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (BBMB), says dissension over masks and vaccines distract from our common microbial enemy.
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From One Great Leader to Another
January 16, 2022 Chair of the Whitman College Board of Trustees Joe Davis and Chair of the Presidential Search Committee Danielle Garbe Reser '97 welcome Sarah Bolton and express appreciation for Kathleen Murray ahead of the presidential transition this summer.
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