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Provided food at the Poetry and Pie event, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, at Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. | Photo by Olivia Blank

Poetry on campus: A quiet revolution in self-expression

Andres Aguilera December 17, 2024

Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mind and Hearth, illuminated by the subtle lighting of the popular, quaint cafe, students gather together with one thing on their minds: Poetry and Pie.  "Poetry...

Students protest Whitworth’s hiring policy with chalk rainbows 

Students protest Whitworth’s hiring policy with chalk rainbows 

April 14, 2023

Protestors' messages are scrawled in chalk graffiti across campus. Covering public walking areas and several walls around Westminster Hall at Whitworth University, Spokane, Wash. | Ben Gallaway/ The...

Artist Cooperative Festival showcases students' diverse talents

Artist Cooperative Festival showcases students’ diverse talents

December 2, 2022

On Nov. 12, various art clubs demonstrated their talents in the Artist Cooperative Festival at Cowles Auditorium, from 4-6 p.m.  Junior Alyssa Sorce, the president of the Artist Cooperative,...

Bad Love Poetry

February 23, 2017

Tonight Westminster Round, the English department club, is hosting Bad Love Poetry. The event is a poetry reading held in the Mind and Hearth at 7 p.m. There will be readings of bad and hilarious...

Butterbeer and ballgowns

Butterbeer and ballgowns

December 7, 2016

The swing and ballroom dance club partnered with Westminster Round hosts first Yule ball Though lacking in floating candles, part-goblin professors surfing the crowd and sensational wizarding...

Poetry and Pie: Students share their stories

November 16, 2016

Westminster Round, Whitworth’s English club, hosts its annual Poetry and Pie event tonight, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. Held at the Mind & Hearth coffee shop, the event allows anyone to read or just listen...

Literary Live Action Clue

April 6, 2016

A quarter after 7 p.m. last Friday night, about 20 students pulled out their magnifying glasses and detective hats and started searching for clues around the halls of Westminster. Westminster Round...

Whitworth students host public reading

April 22, 2015

Words leapt from pages last Friday night as English students and faculty read poetry and prose at Boots Bakery & Lounge. The off-campus reading event hosted by Westminster Round is in its second...

Poets share best of bad love poetry

Poets share best of bad love poetry

February 18, 2015

On Friday the 13th, the eve of Valentine’s Day, the English department club Westminster Round hosted Bad Love Poetry, an event created to irreverently celebrate the holiday and the best of the...

Poetry and Pie sweetens a Friday night

November 19, 2014

If there is one thing that makes people come together universally, it is pie. But pie is only one of the attention grabbers for Poetry & Pie, an event hosted by Westminster Round, the English...

Book lovers throwback to youth

October 1, 2014

Whitworth students of both English and non-English majors were reminded of their childhood at the first English department event of the year, PJ’s and Picture Books. On Friday, Sept. 26 students...

English club to host off-campus reading

March 7, 2014

Westminster Round is putting on its first ever off-campus reading downtown at the Holley Mason Rocket Bakery Friday. This reading will consist of poetry and prose and is open to alumni, faculty...

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