Whitman College News

George W. Bush's last ambassador to Iraq was appointed dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service on Friday.

The founder of Robert Young and Associates will be turning over daily operation of the Tri-City development firm to his son, Grant Young, at the first of the year, the family announced Tuesday.

Artist Lea Redmond gets all kinds of adorable with her "World's Smallest Postal Service" Lea Redmond does not suffer for a lack of ideas.

The first half of "District 9" does such a good job setting up clever allegorical situations - this time, the humans oppress the aliens! - and lovingly sketching out an alternate universe that it feels like a missed opportunity when the film's second half turns into a conventional chase thriller.

Four Whitman College students heading to an environmental convention in Eugene were injured this afternoon when their sport utility vehicle collided with a commercial truck on U.S. 730 near Irrigon, the Oregon State Police reported.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Cassady Walters is a 23-year-old Eugenean, now a Peace Corps volunteer in a 2,000-person village in Mali, one of West Africa's poorest countries.

Lewis-Clark player wins league honor Eds: APNewsNow. WHITEFISH, Mont. Demi Dlouhy of Lewis-Clark State College has been named the Frontier Conference Volleyball player of the week.

Whitworth University ran to its first Northwest Conference women's cross country title in school history on Saturday, while the Pirate men took second place overall at the NWC Championships held at McIver State Park.

Last saturday, the senior class had its first pub night at Campus Club. The event, which included beer, wine, appetizers and jazz, gave students a chance to socialize and drink responsibly outside of the eating clubs.

Whitworth University opens the second half of Northwest Conference play this week when the Pirates take on Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Puget Sound .

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Tired of huddling under Blair Arch in the wind and rain? The Katzenjammers will be performing a whopping two-hour show Friday night at Richardson Auditorium.

Andrew Wai a 13 navigates a hallway in Whitman College. Wai has a rare medical condition called Lebera s congenital amaurosis, which caused the degeneration of his retinal photoreceptors.

Photo by Greg Lehman, Whitman College [enlarge] Whitman College in Walla Walla has installed a new 21-kilowatt photovoltaic system on the rooftop of the Bratton Tennis Center.

As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq rage on and tensions boil over in the rest of the Middle East, Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to that region, will present a lecture, "A New Foreign Policy? Lessons from Iraq," on Wednesday, Oct.

Nine Princeton alumni are among the 400 wealthiest Americans, according to the Forbes magazine rankings released last week.

The new residents have arrived, Studio a 34 is stocked with candy, and the final bricks have been laid.

Students enjoy their dinner at the Forbes dining hall on Monday evening. Beginning in October, the Forbes dining hall will be closed Saturdays to help the University cut costs.

Offering a student perspective on campus life, college admissions ambassador Jazmine Huges leads a tour at Connecticut College.