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The Whitworthian

The Student News Site of Whitworth University

The Whitworthian

The Student News Site of Whitworth University

The Whitworthian

Stop! We’ll Take Your Babies…

December 6, 2012

“I’m pregnant…now what?”  Many young women every day are faced with an excruciatingly difficult decision to keep or end their baby’s life once they discover they are pregnant and are unprepared...

Jan Term Tales — Students experience Welsh hospitality

February 21, 2012

by Kelli Raines and Stephanie SembGuest Writers Culture and Technology through Britain, Ireland and Wales — Tale 1 Traveling is a great way to expand the mind and see life through another culture’s...

Jan Term Tales — Students spend night with Muslim hosts

February 21, 2012

Of all the places to travel for Jan Term, I think South Africa was literally as far as we could get from Spokane. While some of the trip embodied that other-worldly feeling, at other times it didn’t...

Jan Term Tales — Southeast Asia travelers learn international business

February 20, 2012

by Ryan Wood and Mason VigilGuest Writers Southeast Asia — Tale 1 Over 26 days, the Southeast Asia Jan Term trip navigated South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, multinational boardrooms,...

Jan Term Tales — Student teaches children in San Francisco

February 20, 2012

Story by David PerrierGuest Writer In order to practice teaching diverse groups of students, I spent the month of January teaching children in San Francisco — the home of the 49ers, Alcatraz, and...

Jan Term Tales — Tanzania travelers dance like no one is watching

February 17, 2012

Poverty, Altruism and Hope in Tanzania: Story by Jacqueline GoldmanGuest Writer When I think about our trip to Tanzania, so many things come to mind: amazing food, wonderful people and new opportunities....

Human trafficking deserves more attention

February 16, 2012

The movie “Taken” was released in theatres in 2008 and depicted the world of human trafficking through the kidnapping and selling of two American teenage girls in Europe. However, human trafficking...

Thinking green Whitworth?

April 26, 2011

What is it about taking that long, warm, soothing showers that drives you to stand in a rectangular box minute after minute, simply letting the water run over your body and down the drain? You were...

Nicaraguan landfills a home for many

April 20, 2011

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...

Abortion should not be merely an intellectual issue

April 20, 2011

Letter to the Editor by Mark Baker/Assistant Registrar When you think about this topic, what kind of a response do you have? Do you feel some­thing in your gut, or merely in your head. When I was...

Undocumented, not unAmerican

April 20, 2011

My name is Luis Flores. I sit next to you in class. I am undocumented. That means that I am currently living in the United States illegally, but not by choice. It also means that I am only one traffic...

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