The PostSecret posts were recently removed from the wall in the Hixson Union Building. In their place is a poster with the Winston Churchill quotation, “Courage is what it takes to stand up and...

On the evening of May 1, President Barack Obama went on national TV to break the news that Osama bin Laden, the face of international terrorism and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, had been killed...

Our campus’ conception of diversity is slowly but surely eroding everything this university claims to stand for. Don’t burn me at the stake just yet - allow me to explain. Diversity as a...

If you’ve been in the Hixson Union Building recently, you may have noticed that the PostSecret wall has come down. A sign left by special events coordinator Brittany Roach, the campus coordinator for...

By Peter Dolan, Pierre Biscaye, and Taylor Zajicek The United States of America is in dire need of long-term, affordable, safe, and energy efficient transportation.  Politicians on both sides...

Last semester I wrote an article regarding the decline in Whitworth’s music scene. This article was before the famous all-ages Empyrean was closed because the owners just weren’t making money....

If you’ve been following this column for any length of time, you’ve noticed a recur­ring theme: athletes are inexplicably stu­pid. Now, I try to mix things up every once in a while and give...

Hullo, Whitworth. It’s a fine day. One of the finest I’ve seen. Why is this day so fine? Sim­ple: This day finds itself in this week. And this is a fine, fine week. And where dost this week find...

Over Easter I was able to spend the weekend with my grandparents. This interaction is not common­place in my life, and thus seems worth noting. They are both in their 80s, live in Wenatchee and are...

For weeks, I’ve hesitated to write about Libya. Events were unfolding at such a rapid rate that I feared anything I wrote could be obsolete before it was published. Now that the revolution in Libya...

Dear Editor,We are concerned about the lack of attention being paid to algae fuel as a potentially lucrative, sustainable, and ample source of biofuel. Americans cannot continue to let our consumptive...

The smell, the rotting aroma that makes it hurt to breathe. It’s palpable even before we get off our air condi­tioned bus. Normally luxuries like soft seats, cool air and general comfort aren’t...