Winter Art Salon exhibits new media and technology
The eighth annual Student Winter Art Salon opened at the Sheehan Gallery last Saturday, Jan. 24 and will remain open until Feb. 13. The art pieces featured are all completed in studio art classes at...
View ArticleOne Act Plays help students create memorable experiences
Next Wednesday, Feb. 11 marks the 26th-annual One Act Play Contest, a Whitman tradition that aims to introduce students to theater production and further promote the endurance of the arts. According to...
View ArticleMusic Department introduces unique courses for banjo, sitar
Whitman’s Department of Music does its best to remain open and accessible to all Whitman students, regardless of major or previous involvement in music. One option that welcomes all students is the...
View ArticleWalla Walla native returns home to build relationships through Wingman
On the corner of Main and Palouse sits Walla Walla’s first wings and beer restaurant: Wingman Birdz and Brewz. Owned by Brendon Mendoza, a born-and-raised Walla Wallan, Wingman has been open for...
View ArticleMusic 360 kicks off with Sam Jones
The kickoff for the roughly weeklong Music 360 Festival: Looking Back, Reaching Forward began on Wednesday, Feb. 25 with a masterclass taught by Seattle Orchestra’s former composer in residence Dr....
View ArticleHonor Band to play at WWU
Just 3.1 miles from Whitman’s small campus sits Walla Walla University, a campus of 1,831 Seventh-Day Adventist students. Within this school sits a variety of musical opportunities, one including the...
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Singled Out: Is profiling a problem on campus?
Hannah Bartman contributed reporting. *Some of the names in this article have been changed to protect the identities of students. Armed police officers approached the French House as sophomore Sami...
View ArticleWalla Walla Food truck culture expands, grows in popularity
The first Food Truck Night of the season took place last Monday, April 6 and was welcomed with open hearts and mouths by many Whitman students and community members alike. The Food Truck Night,...
View ArticleMr. Walla Walla raises funds for dance program
If Whitman students thought that Mr. Whitman was the only chance they had to see shirtless men shamelessly selling their talents and good looks for charity, they were wrong. On Saturday, April 18, Mr....
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Seniors install final pieces
As another academic year comes to a close, seniors throughout all disciplines have worked hard to provide a capstone to their Whitman experience in the form of a thesis. All 14 senior art majors have a...
View ArticleStudents produce independent projects at Harper Joy Theatre
Student-initiated and independently produced theater performances are few and far between outside of the main theater season, but in the upcoming month there will be three plays performed and produced...
View ArticleLocal artist redefines landscapes with graphite
“I’ve always known I was an artist, whether I wanted to be or not,” said Augusta Sparks Farnum, a local artist who is currently showing her work at Brasserie Four on Main Street. Farnum’s new set of...
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Walla Walla Cannabis Company
Amber Cole, owner of the new Walla Walla Cannabis Company, in front of the new dispensary. Photo by Tywen Kelly. At the very end of Main Street, where one would expect to see tumbleweeds rolling...
View ArticleHannah Bartman
Hannah is a senior Art major and Sociology minor and the Feature editor for The Pioneer. Her history with the Pio includes Feature, News and A&E reporter, A&E editor and infographic artist.
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The Complexities of Gun Control: Whitman and Walla Walla Perspectives
Growing up in a suburb on the outskirts of LA County did not give me extensive immersion into the world of guns. My parent’s interest in the Quaker society and Zen meditation probably didn’t help much...
View ArticleCyber Security
Scott Shields, head coach of the Whitman Cross Country Team, feels like he’s “a guy who is pretty careful,” when it comes to the art of computer-virus defense. He received an email recently from an...
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Greater than the grape
On Thanksgiving day in the balmy bosom of Bushwick, Brooklyn, Williams College Alumni pass around a jug of Carlo Rossi Burgundy and in succession perform the “Rossi Lean.” The Lean, yet to make full...
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Outside of the Classroom
What do professors do when they’re not teaching our classes and grading our papers? Whitman faculty from across the disciplines engage in interesting and powerful research outside of the classroom...
View ArticleSearching for Tha Truth
Why the cameraman? He points his drone-like gizmo at the back of Xavier Tre’s head. He glides and creeps stage right, stage left, always at the rear of the show, pulsating occasionally into the action...
View ArticleInternationally Renowned Public Artist Paul McCarthy To Visit Campus
Subtlety is not a word to describe American artist Paul McCarthy’s works. His performances and large scale installation sculptures might be termed as erotic, provocative and darkly comical, while some...
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