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The Whitworthian

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The Whitworthian

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The Whitworthian

Opinion: Money is the lifeblood of elections

February 24, 2020

Money is what makes the world go round. Of course, this is not true in the physical sense, but when it comes to our everyday lives, money is one of, if not the biggest things that motivates our...

School shootings should not be a political rallying cry

February 24, 2020

What does it mean to be safe? For those of us who are students at schools of all levels around the country, that question is looming literally larger than life. And unfortunately, another individual...

Why we need to get rid of the stigma around therapy

November 25, 2019

Therapy: the word that people seem to whisper out of fear of judgment; that makes people shrink down and feel uncomfortable at the thought of it. The word that society seems to have turned into something...

Climate change, a three-sided argument

November 25, 2019

The world is on fire—at least according to the famous Bill Nye the science guy. Of course, he used a few more choice words that probably shouldn’t be printed. But it does raise an interesting...

Go appropriate a culture

November 25, 2019

As international week ends on Whitworth campus, we are oft reminded of the eggshells we must walk on to avoid the daunting label of cultural appropriator, but clearly there is another side of this...

Whose day?: Why 20/20 hindsight is blinding

October 23, 2019

History is tough. In today’s current climate of political correctness, it has become difficult to determine what exactly the benefit and or reason of our actions are. In this case, the raging...

Winging it: President Trump’s new style of governance

October 14, 2019

Out with the old, and in with the new. Along with “the old” goes any sense of reason. With the recent decision by the Trump administration to pull U.S. forces out of Syria, questions have arisen...

Keep children out of political activism

October 14, 2019

Damian Sanchez | Columnist It has now been roughly two weeks since Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, addressed the United Nations on the 23rd of September. The 16-year-old seemingly took...

To Vape or Not to Vape

October 11, 2019

Ah, vaping. It’s what the “cool kids” do now across the street on their lunch break instead of smoking cigarettes—because hey, isn’t it totally safe?  That’s where the controversy...

Impeachment: Does it really matter?

October 10, 2019

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the moment you have been waiting for. For only the third time in the history of our country is the Commander in Chief on the doorstep of impeachment, as the Democrats...

An incomplete guide to the dorms of Whitworth

October 4, 2019

For those of us who are blessed by the chance to pay about a grand per month to live on campus, it is important to get the most value for your money. You see, there are many different dorms, and with...

A Short case for controversy

October 2, 2019

Controversy: What a heavy and menacing word it is. It would even seem controversial to merely speak of controversy. And yet with the recent unveiling of President Taylor’s Task Force on Free Speech,...

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