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The news that Assistant Profes-sor of Spanish Alberto Galin-do did not receive tenure came

as a surprise to many on campus, provoking confusion and sparking conversation about the tenure pro-cess among students and faculty.

Achieving tenure is among the defining events in a pro-fessor’s career. For many stu-dents, however, the particulars of this process remain locked in the ivory tower of academia.

“Personally, I was upset and concerned because I didn’t know if my experience of his teach-ing was something that had been overlooked somehow,” said sen-ior Meghan Bill of the decision.

Galindo, who arrived at Whit-man in the fall of 2006 directly after completing his doctorate in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cul-tures at Princeton University, sought tenure and promotion to associate professor in the fall of 2011 at the start of his sixth year of teaching.

This timeline of Galindo’s ca-reer at Whitman is standard for ten-ure-track professors. According to Provost and Dean of the Facul-

ty Timothy Kaufman-Osborn, af-ter three of years of teaching ten-ure-track professors may have their contracts renewed for another three years, eventually going up for ten-ure in their sixth year of teaching.

The subsequent decision to deny Professor Galindo tenure by the Faculty Personnel Committee, a faculty-elected group of six faculty members representing all three aca-demic divisions as well as the Presi-dent and Provost and Dean of Facul-ty as non-voting members, elicited significant reaction from students in the Spanish and Race and Eth-nic Studies Departments. The cur-rent voting members of the Facul-ty Personnel Committee are Profes-sor of English Roberta Davidson, Professor of Biology Heidi Dob-son, Associate Professor of Chem-istry Frank Dunnivant, Professor of Economics Denise Hazlett, Associ-ate Professor of Philosophy Patrick Frierson and Associate Professor of Anthropology Jason Pribilsky.

Several students convened to prepare letters to President George Bridges and Kaufman-Osborn in support of Galindo at the beginning of the semester un-der the name “Students Support-ing Professor Galindo.” A meet-ing with President Bridges has

since been scheduled for Feb 15.“I welcome the meet-

ing. Among the goals I have are to give students an opportuni-ty to speak with [Kaufman-Os-born] and me about the tenure and promotion process and to lis-ten very carefully to students’ con-cerns and views,” said Bridges.

“We would like to meet with President Bridges and to basical-ly express our support for Pro-fessor Galindo and to communi-cate how much he has affected our Whitman experience,” said sen-ior Spanish major Grace Evans.

Chair of the Spanish Depart-ment Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson echoed this support for Galindo’s promotion and noted that profes-sors in the department wrote letters of recommendation on his behalf.

“From the Spanish Depart-ment’s perspective, we are support-ive of Professor Galindo, would like to see him receive tenure and were surprised and very disappointed by the committee’s decision,” she said.

In accordance with the Faculty Handbook guidelines, Galindo has requested that a Review Committee be formed to evaluate the decision of the Faculty Personnel Commit-tee. The Review Committee, com-prising the three most senior mem-

bers and two most junior members of the full-time tenured teaching faculty, will determine whether ad-equate consideration was given to Galindo’s qualifications for tenure.

Kaufman-Osborn chose not to comment on any specifics regarding Galindo’s denial of tenure. The Fac-ulty Personnel Committee and col-lege administrators are prohibited from discussing personnel cases be-cause of rules about confidentiality.

Galindo also declined to com-ment on the particulars of the case, but emphasized his appre-ciation of his students’ support.

Galindo noted that one of his advisees was struck by the deep connection made between the late Dr. George Ball and his stu-dents after attending the memori-al for the late professor on Jan. 28.

“My student explained that the memorial was an amazing archive of the connection that took place be-tween an excellent teacher like Dr. Ball and his students. To my stu-dent, the parallels were evident. I have immense respect and gratitude for this student and all the other students, former and current, who in these Kafkaesque times, make words and take action,” he said.

Students have certainly tak-en action in the last month, using

various platforms to voice opinions about the Faculty Personnel Com-mittee’s decision around campus. For the last several weeks, a peti-tion has circulated to the broader Whitman student community in an effort to gauge support for Galin-do beyond the Spanish and Race and Ethnic Studies departments. As of Monday, Feb. 6, the petition had garnered over 700 signatures.

“The idea of circulating the petition is to gather a sense of how many people’s Whitman experienc-es have been affected by him and how many people on campus would be sorry to see him go,” said Evans.

Evans pointed to Galindo’s visibility around campus, wheth-er as a panelist in various symposi-ums or a judge at Mr. Whitman, as part of the reason so many Whitties have coalesced behind this issue.

The petition states: “We be-lieve Professor Alberto S. Galindo embodies the spirit of excellence in teaching through his consistent ef-forts in the classroom and the broad-er Whitman College community. In recognition of the strong commit-ment the college makes to a rich stu-dent experience shaped by dynamic and passionate professors, we urge the Board of Trustees, the President

by KELSEY KENNEDY& SUSANA BOWERSFeature Editor, Staff Reporter

Change is coming to Whit-man’s Off-Campus Stud-ies program, at least

where the class of 2015 is con-cerned. The new model, which is to be implemented in the 2013 fall semester, will expand the college’s list of partner pro-grams and charge Whitman tu-ition for all offered programs.

“We realized that it wasn’t really financially sustainable for us to continue to allow aid to go off-campus and not have some actual revenue coming back to the college. Like many colleg-es, in order to continue to have financial aid be able to be ap-plied to study abroad, we’re go-ing to be charging Whitman tui-tion,” explained Director of Off-Campus Studies Susan Brick.

Students currently have the option to participate in ap-proved programs, which are run through separate institu-tions and have their own sepa-rate tuitions. Whitman financial aid doesn’t apply to these pro-grams. After the change, some of these approved programs will become partner programs, ex-panding the partner program list from around 45 options to over 70, and students who elect to take a semester abroad through a partner program will pay what they would normally pay for a semester at Whitman plus the cost of room and board.

Brick said that this new model ensures that students with financial aid are able to choose from a variety of programs if they opt to study abroad. It will also allow the Financial Aid of-fice to package a student’s on-campus aid with the cost of go-ing abroad, lightening the fi-

nancial burden of traveling to more expensive destinations.

“The main principle is that we want students to be able to go abroad regardless of their financial need,” she said.

The change is also de-signed to more closely align off-campus programs with the academic goals and cur-riculum of Whitman.

“We’re meeting with each department and asking them what kind of program-ming would really help stu-dents in their major: for their intellectual development, for their careers, for their glob-al awareness,” said Brick.

Studying abroad is gener-ally a popular option for Whit-man students, but recent-ly there has been a downturn in the percentage of the stu-dent body choosing to take a se-mester abroad. Approximate-ly 37 percent of this year’s jun-ior class is going abroad, com-pared to last year’s 49 percent. Brick said the administration is not certain what is causing this change, although the econom-ic downturn could be a factor.

Some students confirmed that finances were a major factor in the decision to study abroad.

“It is fairly expensive to study abroad in certain are-as of the world depending on the exchange rates. I personal-ly would have had to fund my way there and my own living situation, which is what made me decide not to study abroad,” said sophomore Jane Carmo-dy. “I think the switch shows that the Study Abroad and Fi-nancial Aid office are now more sensitive to cost issues when choosing to study abroad.”

“Sometimes I go by it, and I’ll remember it and I’m like, I don’t

ever want to go back there.”When Kirsten Ratliff passes by

the Christian Aid Center on Birch Street, she recalls the months during her adolescence when the building was her only home. At age 11, Ratliff and her family lost their house, and, with no other options available to them, moved into the family house operated by the Christian Aid Center, where they stayed for a summer and into the beginning of the school year.

Ratliff’s mother and fa-ther didn’t discuss the details of their financial troubles with her.

“They were just like, we don’t have anywhere to go, this is what we’re going to have to do, you’re go-ing to live here whether you like it or not, because there’s no other op-tion,” she said. “I remember starting sixth grade in the homeless shelter.”

Ratliff, her parents and her three sisters lived two to a bed in a one-bedroom apartment unit. The strict rules at the Christian Aid Cent-er, cramped quarters and—most

of all—the sense of being home-less were very hard for Ratliff and her family. But the facility provid-ed them with two meals a day, cloth-ing and school supplies. Most impor-tantly, it put a roof over their heads and helped Ratliff’s parents find jobs and transition out of the home.

Ratliff’s family was able to benefit from the resources avail-able to them in Walla Walla. If Ratliff had been alone, however, her story would be very different.

“There’s no actual youth shel-ter where its just youth by them-selves that are homeless, but there’s a lot of homeless youth in Walla Wal-la,” said Marcus Hepler, housing co-ordinator at Helpline of Walla Walla.

Walla Walla has emergency shelters for women, men and fami-lies who find themselves without a place to stay the night. But there is nowhere for homeless youth to go.

“There’s nothing,” said Su-san Kralman, Homelessness/Pov-erty Response & Grant Coordi-nator for the Department of Hu-man Services in Walla Walla. “No-body has resources for them.”

Kralman is working to start a shelter for homeless youth aged 13-17 in Walla Walla with Tim

Meliah, Regional Coordina-tor of Catholic Charities of Wal-la Walla, and Teri Barila at the Wal-la Walla Community Network.

There are funds in Walla Wal-la to support youth to some ex-tent. The school district can pro-vide small things such as shoes, inhalers or an emergency cell phone call. But for a teen with-out a place to sleep at night, shoes aren’t going to solve the problem.

“It doesn’t give a kid stabil-ity so that he or she can excel in life or even think about their fu-ture,” Kralman said. “They’re just worried about survival.”

In Kralman’s work for the De-partment of Human Services, she compiles data from “Point in Time” surveys of homeless populations in Walla Walla county. The surveys are collected on one date each year; the idea is to get an estimate of the amount of homeless people in the county on any given date. These surveys are part of a statewide directive from 2005 that required each county to come up with a plan to reduce home-lessness by 50 percent in 10 years. Seven years in, homelessness in Wal-la Walla has only declined slightly.

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NOWHERE TO GOHomeless youth in Walla Walla have few resources availableby PATRICIA VANDERBILTEditor-in-Chief

Off-campus studies to add programs, change tuition

model for class of 2015by EMILY LIN-JONESStaff Reporter

see QUESTIONING TENURE, page 5

see STUDY ABROAD, page 3see HOMELESSNESS, page 2

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With Walla Walla Coun-ty election day roll-ing around on Feb.

14, residents of the Whit-man campus who want to reg-ister to vote locally may be in for a confusing experience.

Although many students opt to register to vote in their home counties, some on cam-pus have experienced issues try-ing to register using the col-lege’s address. Resident Direc-tor Anastasia Zamkinos ‘10 re-ported having difficulties regis-tering while working as a resi-dent director for College House, Douglas Hall and Marcus House.

“When I went to change my driver’s license to Washing-ton from Arizona, I checked the box that said I wanted to change my voter registration at the same time. I listed 280 Boyer since that was my most consistent ad-dress while at Whitman,” she said in an email. “I got a big mailing back from the state say-ing that the school address wasn’t valid for registering to vote, it had to be a residential address.”

Zamkinos eventually found a way around this problem once she became a director for the In-terest House Community, which has a common residential and mailing address. Still, she says,

the issue could be a roadblock for students or resident direc-tors living in the dorms who want to register in Walla Walla.

“At best, I think it’s a re-ally counterintuitive pro-cess that could be discourag-ing for several voters,” she said.

Justin Daigneault, resi-dent director of Lyman Hall, noted that the problem of stu-dents voting locally remains a contentious issue in college towns, especially those with relatively small populations.

“I think it is a good thing for everyone to vote and have a say in the community they are a part of, even in a town you may only be spending part of your life in, however I don’t think it is helpful to drastically change the climate of a town through a temporary population,” he said in an email.

According to Walla Wal-la County Auditor Karen Mar-tin, students may register to vote in Walla Walla using the physical address of their dormitory, instead of the 280 Boyer mailing address.

“[Students] have to use their physical address on cam-pus, like which house [or dor-mitory] they’re in,” said Mar-tin. “They need to be aware that by registering, that makes them a citizen of Washington state and Walla Walla county, and that could change the way they’re registered in the school.”

by EMILY LIN-JONESStaff Reporter

“We’re trying the best that we can, but there’s so many varia-bles that we have no control over. We don’t have any control over the economy,” Kralman said.

Homeless populations can be difficult to measure because they don’t have a stable address, and homeless youth are particular-ly difficult to reach because there is no facility available to them. Still, the surveys from 2007-2011 sug-gest that there are around 20 un-accompanied homeless youth in Walla Walla on any given day.

Most of them are couch-surf-ing, according to Tim Meliah. Couch-surfing, the term used for teens who shift between homes of friends or acquaintances, can result in hazardous situations.

“This young girl—was living with two brothers of 30 years old. This 15-year-old girl was trading sex in order to have somewhere to live. That was happening here,” Meliah said.

Meliah’s example comes from a 2007-2008 study conducted by a Whitman student in a joint project with Whitman and the Walla Wal-la Community Network. Twen-ty-four homeless teens were inter-viewed in the study, which found that the top reasons that youth find themselves homeless in Wal-la Walla are drug use (mostly pa-rental), imprisoned parents, strife or conflict with parents and neglect.

Meliah spoke about the conse-quences of homelessness for the youth and the community at large. He listed poor health from untreated medical ailments, as well as untreated and/or undiagnosed mental health issues.

“Or they’re self-medicating, which would be the drug use,” he said.

Homeless youth can have difficulty attending school reg-ularly and are often in ju-venile detention facilities.

“It’s a real strain on the commu-nity. Economically, if they’re going untreated for either mental health or for medical needs, then they’re end-ing up in our ERs, and it’s uncompen-sated care. So it’s costing the com-munity,” Meliah said. “If they’re par-ticipating in crime, or selling drugs. If it’s vandalism or whatever else, it’s going to impact the community.”

Plans for a youth shelter are in progress. Meliah and Kralman envi-sion a six-bed shelter that would serve both genders and would be open year-round. Though operating costs and licensing requirements would re-strict the shelter to a night-only facili-

ty, Meliah hopes to form partnerships with other organizations in the com-munity that could operate at the shel-ter during the day and provide ad-ditional services to the youth such as counseling, chemical dependen-cy treatment, job skills training, etc.

The shelter is in-tended for short-term use.

“The idea is to get them in and . . . get them connected with servic-es to bring stability to their lives and move them along,” said Kralman.

Before they can do this, how-ever, they need to locate a site. The group is still getting past the obsta-cles involved in finding an appro-priate facility for the youth shelter.

The facility is required to have fire sprinklers installed in or-der to be licensed as a youth shel-ter; this regulation has made it dif-ficult to find a suitable facili-ty. According to Kralman, sever-al places have been suggested, but none of them ended up working.

“These kids can be in a detri-mental situation, and that’s okay, but we don’t want to risk that there might be a fire in a house,” Kralman said.

The difficulties in getting the project going speak to the rea-sons why the need for a youth shel-ter is still unfilled in the community.

“There’s a high cost and big liability in tak-ing on a shelter,” Meliah said.

Part of this liability is the threat of gang activity, according to Hepler.

“How are you going to do it?” he said. “Some of them may be in-volved in gangs, that may be why they’re homeless. You have them in this shelter, that makes the shel-ter a target. Even if you have a youth shelter you’d have to screen your youth. It’s really complicated.”

Meliah agreed that poten-tial youth involvement in gangs was a problem that the project co-ordinators would need to address.

“Its a concern,” he said. “And I think the hope is, maybe some-thing like this will just play a little part in helping to . . . facilitate get-ting out [of gang participation].”

Licensing requirements also state that staff of both genders must be at the facility overnight and must be awake at all times. A lead coun-selor must also be on site when youth are present. As a conse-quence, the shelter’s operating costs will be around $100,000 annually.

According to Meliah, fund-raising efforts will gain momen-tum as more details about the shelter are fleshed out. Despite the substan-

tial fundraising and coordinating ef-forts before them, Kralman and Me-liah hope to open the shelter in 2013. Kralman believes that the county’s efforts to reduce homelessness are finally beginning to have an effect.

“I can see it all com-ing together,” she said.

NEWS

Feelings of intense excitement and frustration are growing in all corners of the country as

the 2012 election approaches and America watches Republican can-didates desperately trying to gain voters’ favor and President Obama reacts to the GOP candidates.

According to Professor and Chair of the University of Washing-ton Department of Communications, David Domke, who lectured in Olin hall on Tuesday Feb. 7, this year’s election will define the future vision of America for years to come and possibly restructure the American identity permanently in either Re-publican or Democratic party terms.

Domke’s lecture touched on three central themes: the “public dread” of the upcoming election, the issue of American identity and the conflicting “visions of America” that are defining the 2012 election.

The lecture also focused on Domke’s perspective on the “spir-it of America” and how it may change depending on which vision is accepted. Domke described Pres-ident Obama’s vision of the nation as an inclusive community which works towards the betterment of all, regardless of race, sex or class.

In contrast, Domke argued that the Republican party’s conception of America places more value on self-improvement of the individual, a def-inition that will potentially create an exclusive American identity with a set of values that excludes minorities

and divides gender, class and race.Senior politics major Car-

oline Koehler commented on this aspect of Domke’s speech.

“I thought that the more theo-retical piece about the two Amer-ican identities was really inter-esting,” she said. “As our coun-try’s demographics are changing, it’s really important that we fos-ter a more inclusive America.”

According to Domke, the val-ues that the nation is slowly moving towards accepting will be defined by the upcoming election. Domke drew a parallel to Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980, when Reagan’s school of thought became the ac-cepted mode of thinking in America.

“I very much think that there is a lot on the line in this election,” Domke said. “If you support the ‘Obama vision’. . . then you want to give it momentum. . . Because four years in one of the worst econom-ic times in our country’s history is a very difficult time to spool out his vision. So if you support it, it’s very important to give it momentum. If you oppose it, you want to stop it now; you want to stop it today.”

But despite this, Domke stressed that whichever candidate one sup-ports, the most important thing in-dividuals can do is become involved in the electoral process—whether it be attending caucuses or voting.

“I think there is a negative im-age of Republican candidates in lib-eral areas,” sophomore Chelsea Darlington said. “But [Professor Domke]. . . said that when he met [the Republican candidates] he realized that they were humans too. Like he

said, when Rick Santorum looks an-gry, he’s actually just being serious.”

Koehler expanded on Domke’s message about being proactive in elections, no mat-ter your political preference.

“I think what he wanted us to take [from this lecture] was that we needed to get out there. . . there has been such bad voter turn out in the recent decade,” she said.

As it turns out, this is exact-ly why many students attended the lecture. Senior Arielle Paulson, the WEB Cultural Events Director, touched on why she thought students had come to hear Domke speak.

“I think that Whitman students are really interested in what’s go-ing on around us, but we’re not al-ways able to have the time to check in on what’s happening,” she said.

This is the first opportuni-ty to participate in a presiden-tial election for many Whit-man students, and, as a result, stu-dents feel a need to be informed.

“This is the first chance that students my age have to vote in the presidential election, and I thought it would be important to gain an understanding of how cam-paigns work,” Darlington said.

Domke outlines opposing visions of America

David Domke, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communications at the University of Washington, touched on a number of topics in his Feb. 8th lecture, including widespread “public dread” of the upcoming election, the issue of American identity and conflicting “visions of America” that are coming to define the upcoming election. Photo by Parrish

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NUMBERS IN THE NEWS

by SHELLY LENews editor

671,888Estimated number of people in the United States who experience homelessness in one given night.

1.6 millionEstimated number of people nationwide who use transitional housing or emergency shelters.

39Percentage of homeless persons nationwide who are children under the age of 18.

300,000Number of children under the age of 18 who are living on the streets without supervision, nurturing or regular assistance from a parent or responsible adult.

66Percentage of youths who are runaways and have no permanent housing and seek assistance from youth shelters because of problems with parental relationships.

0Number of homeless shelters in Walla Walla designed specifically for youth.SOURCeS: THe NATIONAL COALITION FOR THe HOMeLeSS, THe NATIONAL YOUTH DeVeLOPMeNT CeNTeR, THe U.S. DePARTMeNT OF HOUSING AND DeVeLOPMeNT, THe NATIONAL ReSOURCe CeNTeR FOR FOSTeR C ARe AND PeRMANeNCY PL ANNING.

Shelter plans in progressRes-life staff struggles with voter registration

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Sophomore Bailey Richards agreed that cost was a con-cern and said that the new model would probably af-fect some students negatively.

“Finances were a major con-cern for me because I didn’t want a program with a cost higher than what I’m currently paying for Whitman tuition,” she said.

“Universally applying Whitman tuition will make study abroad more expensive for most people, even if they do consider addition-al aid for pricier programs and waive the administrative fee.”

Erik Larson, a junior cur-rently enrolled in a program in Madrid, also noted the possi-ble effect on students who are paying full Whitman tuition.

“I can understand that the new system will reduce the work that the Office of Off-Campus Stud-ies and the Office of Financial Aid have to do. It’s unfortunate, though, for those students whose study abroad experiences will cost more,” he said in an email.

The change will primari-ly affect this year’s first-year class. The new model was out-lined for first-year students dur-ing opening week, and an in-

formational meeting is to be held in April to give prospec-

tive study abroad applicants more details about the change.

First-year students appear to have mixed feelings about the changes. First-year Lyd-ia Loopesko is not particular-ly satisfied with the changes.

“I think there will be less in-centive to study abroad now. Part of the joy of going abroad is not paying as much. If you’re not at Whitman, you shouldn’t be pay-ing Whitman rates,” she said.

However, first-year Da-vid Wilson doesn’t feel that the change in cost will have too negative of an ef-fect for students in his class.

“I feel like the increase in price could keep students from applying in the first place. But I guess if what you’re pay-ing is what you’d pay to stay here, you’d be paying it any-way. So unless you’re look-ing to save money while study-ing abroad, it shouldn’t make too much of a difference,” he said.

Brick noted that Whit-man’s commitment towards expanding students’ knowl-edge would remain constant even at the face of change.

“Whitman is very support-ive of global learning and inter-national understanding,” said Brick. “We want our students to have that perspective, and that’s why we’ve been so generous with financial aid for so long for off-campus studies. We’re go-ing to continue to do that, just in a slightly different way.”

NEWS

Every rock’s got a story. [Ge-ology is a] way of telling a story about the earth,”

said Visiting Assisting Pro-fessor of Environmental Stud-ies & Geology Ellen Bishop.

Bishop’s upcoming book “Field Guide to Pacific North-west Geology” will be published in 2013. In it, Bishop intends to tell the stories and histories of the land surrounding Whitman.

Bishop is currently using a draft of her book as the textbook for Geology 120: “Geologic Histo-ry of the Pacific Northwest.” With the feedback that her students give her, Bishop will make revisions and finish the final draft of the book at the end of this semester.

First-year Tim Reed, who is enrolled in the class, likes the idea of participating in the re-vision process of the book.

“It’s cool to have a teach-er who makes it clear that she’s looking for feedback, [and] be-ing able to be invested in the process, help her get informa-tion across in an intellectually stimulating manner,” said Reed.

Bishop was prompted to write her field guide by two factors. The first was to expand on her first book, “In Search of Oregon,” written in 2003, which was an in-depth look at the geologic history of Oregon as a state. Bishop’s new book would put Oregon in context, while providing a broad sweep of the geologic history of the Pacific Northwest as well as specific his-tories of regions and formations.

It took Bishop five years for the book to reach i ts current state.

“The problem with sci-ence is that we keep learn-ing new things,” said Bishop.

Even now, facts that are pre-sented in her field guide are be-ing disproved by new geolog-ic discoveries. At ten years old, “In Search of Oregon” is much in need of a second edition. Much of the information in her book uses information from dense-ly technical geology papers.

“[Bishop is] skilled in weav-ing complex history under-standable to a non-geologist, which is enhanced by her pho-tographic expertise,” said Pro-fessor of Geology Pat Spen-cer, who teaches the Geologi-cal History of the Pacific North-

west class at Whitman every fall.Bishop’s passion for both

photography and the out-doors compose her second mo-tive for writing this field guide.

“I like being outside. [I hope to] motivate people to get out and

see their surroundings. The aes-thetics of landscape draws peo-ple into Geology,” said Bishop.

Bishop additionally has a lifelong love of photography, and is looking forward to taking the photos for her book this summer.

by MOLLY JOHANSONStaff Reporter

Professor Ellen Bishop pens guide to Northwestern geology

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“Part of the joy of going abroad is not paying as much . . . you shouldn’t be paying Whitman rates.”Lydia Loopesko ’15

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“T he Artist” throws the recent onslaught of 3-D and “Avatar”-

esque visual effects out the win-dow, and returns to the era of black and white and silent movies. Yes, “The Artist” has no color, and the only sound is the noise of the back-ground musical soundtrack. The lack of high-tech special effects and incoherent dialogue is com-pletely and utterly refreshing, and I—nostalgic for the days of Char-lie Chaplin and Rudolph Valenti-no movies—absolutely loved it!

“The Artist” follows the rise

and fall of George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a silent movie megastar. The movie begins in 1927, and fol-lows the home life and peaking mov-ie career of Valentin with his trusty sidekick Uggie, a Jack Russell terri-er. George is at the top of the game until sound testing for movies be-gins in 1929. George walks out of a private screening for the sound test-ing, laughing, saying that if talk-ies are the future, he does not want any part of it. “I’m not a puppet; I’m an artist,” he says. George becomes an insignificant dinosaur shunned from the movie business as talk-ies take over the silver screen, giv-ing rise to new faces like Peppy Mill-er (Berenice Bejo). Years before, George helped Peppy get her first job. Peppy—and she is quite pep-py—swiftly ascends to stardom and tries to help George along the way.

“The Artist” tells a tale of an actor’s struggles of leaving the si-lent movie era by making the mov-ie in black and white and mostly si-lent, the very medium that is be-ing left behind. Brilliant! The ac-tors must rely on exaggerated facial expressions and body movements and not their voices. The stripping away of both color and voices forced me to watch the movie more intent-ly, and I felt myself becoming more invested with the characters. Hands down, “The Artist” is one of my fa-vorite movies this year. I look for-ward to a repeat showing and hav-ing my senses shocked once again.

A&EOne-Acts display innovative visions of love

Senior Thomas Knook’s voice rang out in frustra-tion in Harper Joy’s “Black

Box” as the actor struggled to enter gun-first through the cur-tains. The rifle muzzle ap-peared under the curtain hem and began inching forward.

“Navy Seal!” quipped jun-ior Jeremy Howell, direc-tor of senior David Otten’s one-act play “Little Brother.”

With “Little Brother” and his other play “The Station,” Ot-ten has achieved what has only happened once before in Whit-man history—the selection of two plays by the same play-wright for the three coveted slots in the One-Act Play Festi-val, running from Wednesday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 12.

“The rules were that you could submit three plays and have three plays picked, but after it happened for the first time—it did happen before, but it was like 15 years ago that somebody had two plays—they kind of realized that they want to give more people the opportunity,” said senior Michaela Gianotti, author of “The Guests,” the third play in the contest. “Eve-rybody was like, really amazed that David did that, because it’s such a big accomplishment, so

nobody wanted to take that away from him, of course. So they’re going to change it for future years, but still, it’s awesome that David has two plays this year.”

Otten explained the prem-ises of his two unusual plays.

“‘Little Brother’ is a weird thing. It takes place in post-apoc-alyptic America—basically think ‘The Road,’” said Otten. “It con-cerns this old man who’s been liv-ing in a house by himself for the past 42 years; he’s in complete isolation. His granddaughter is now a soldier in the infantry of what remains of the human race—she comes to visit him once a year while she goes on patrol around the area. This is a wasteland that he’s in. [The other play] ‘The Sta-tion’ is very Chaplin-esque. A so-cially inept janitor who works at a train station falls in love with a woman. It’s very sweet.”

Junior Beth Daviess plays Dutch, the granddaughter in “Lit-tle Brother.” Daviess and her fel-low actors are under significant pressure, with one week less than normal to rehearse for the contest.

“It’s been really, really short. Last year felt short. This feels ridiculous,” said Daviess.

“The real challenge is that I’m working with a two-person cast for a 35-minute play—so it might seem like it’s easier to con-trol, ‘cause you only have two cast

members to direct, but they have as much on their plate as maybe a cast of 10 people,” said Howell.

Gianotti’s play, with an ensemble cast, takes a more traditional approach.

“I think the show, more than

anything, is about love—the three siblings are all in love or falling out of love in some kind of different way,” said Gianot-ti. “They’re all different ages and at different places in their lives, and it presents three very dif-

ferent kinds of relationships.”Audiences at “The Guests”

should expect some visu-al chaos, Gianotti added.

“Our show is last because we’re going to make a really big mess onstage,” said Gianotti.

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Kathryn bogley ‘15 and Nasko Atanasov ‘14 (above) rehearse a scene from ‘The Station,’ written by David Otten ’12 and directed by Ryan Campeau ‘14. The play tells the story of a lonely, shy janitor who falls in love with a woman at a train station. Photo by Bernstein

On Thursday, Feb. 9, ac-claimed author Camille T. Dungy will be vis-

iting Kimball Auditorium in the fourth installment of this year’s Visiting Writers Series.

“It is a tremendous event that the campus offers and absolute-ly invaluable to students of cre-ative writing,” said junior Eng-lish major Katie Haaheim. “The chance to interact directly with po-ets and other writers is an incred-ible opportunity for us. Any stu-

dent interested in the study of Eng-lish should go, without question. Otherwise, the readings are open and accessible to anyone curious.”

Dungy is a poet, author, es-sayist and professor of crea-tive writing at San Francisco State University. She is the au-thor of three books, “Smith Blue,” “Suck on the Marrow” and “What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison,” as well as edi-tor of several poetry anthologies.

“Camille Dungy is a wonder-ful poet,” said Haaheim. “I have only recently started with one of her books, but she has a great ar-

ray of stylistic choices that makes her poetry highly engaging. I am very excited to hear her read.”

For her part, Dungy says she looks forward to visiting Whitman, and hopes to impart her love of po-etry to those attending her lecture.

“I hope that at least one per-son who doesn’t think s/he likes po-etry will come away thinking that maybe s/he does,” Dungy said in an email. “There are so many types of poetry out there. Saying you don’t like poetry is like saying you don’t like apples. I bet if you just found the right one, prepared the right way, you could love apples too.”

Dungy is a recipient of numer-ous accolades, such as the North-ern California Book Award, a Silver Medal for the California Book Award, a position as a fi-nalist for the Balcones Prize and two consecutive nominations for the NAACP Image Award. She encourages all students to fol-low their passion, acknowledg-ing it took her down the right path.

“I decided I would build my life around what I loved, which happened to be poetry. I built my life around what I loved and fig-ured I’d see what happened. As it turned out, good things happened.”

Award-winning writer Camille Dungy visits campusby MALLORY MARTINStaff Reporter

On Sunday, Feb. 12, the 54th Grammy Awards, which an-nually honor the best of the

music industry, will be presented at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

This year, Kanye West leads the pack of nominees with sev-en nominations, including Song of the Year for “All of the Lights”, a standout track from his 2010 al-bum My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Puzzlingly, the album did not receive a nomination for Al-bum of the Year, though West also snagged multiple nominations for his work with Jay-Z on their collab-orative album Watch the Throne.

Competitors for Album of the Year include Adele for her smash hit 21, Rihanna’s Loud and Lady Gaga’s wildly uneven Born This Way an album that ulti-mately failed to live up to its sur-rounding hype. Also nominated

were the Foo Fighters for Wast-ing Light and Bruno Mars’ unin-spired Doo-Wops & Hooligans. From this list of nominees, Adele indisputably deserves to triumph.

The awards for Song of the Year, which honors the nominated tracks’ songwriters, and Record of the Year, given to performing art-ists, producers and mixers, share several of the same nominees. Adele’s blockbuster single “Roll-ing in the Deep,” Bruno Mars’ “Grenade,” Bon Iver’s gorgeous “Holocene” and Mumford & Sons’ “The Cave” each received nomina-tions in both categories. Since to-day’s music world is so vast and diverse, the Grammys might do well to spread the wealth of nom-inations around a bit more. As it stands though, the tracks by Adele or Bon Iver would be fine choices.

The list for Best New Art-ist, another major category, rang-es from rappers Nicki Minaj and J. Cole to dubstep producer Skrillex.

Also nominated were The Band Perry and Bon Iver, who released his debut album four years ago, leading me to wonder how exact-ly the Grammys define “new.”

There are a few surprises in the genre-specific categories, like the inclusion of Robyn’s Body Talk, Pt. 3 in Best Dance/Electronica Al-bum and her single “Call Your Girl-friend” in Dance Recording. I also appreciated seeing one last nod to the late Amy Winehouse, whose cover of “Body and Soul” with Tony Bennett was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Overall, this year’s Gram-mys lineup reflects a mix of com-mercial hits and critical darlings. Frustrating though they may be, the awards always provide en-tertaining speeches and mem-orable performances. Whether you’re a Kanye fan or one of Ga-ga’s Little Monsters, the Gram-mys will no doubt give you some-thing to talk about next Sunday.

2012 Grammys bring mixed bag of nomineesby ALEX HAGENStaff Reporter

Tasty recipes for Valentine’s treats show labor of love

If you and your sweetheart are going to brave the crowds this Feb. 14, I’d recommend mak-

ing your reservations yester-day. I think I’ve mentioned be-fore my undying love for Bras-serie Four, but I’ve also come to be a big supporter of the appetiz-ers and beer date. Public House 124’s truffle fries and wings are so delightful you’ll consid-er building a shack out back just to be closer to them at all times.

Personally, I would take a home-cooked meal over eating out any day. Whether you’re cele-brating Valentine’s Day, or the an-niversary of Oregon’s statehood, here’s a recipe that’s tasty, simple to throw together and won’t break the bank. Bonus points for how beautifully orange and purple it is!

Quinoa Beet Salad with Cashew Ginger Dressing

Start by getting your quinoa cooking. Some people swear that rice cookers work well for qui-noa, but my best results have been with a pot on the stove. Most qui-noa recipes call for two parts liq-uid to one part dry quinoa. I of-ten add a spoonful of vegan Bet-ter Than Bouillon paste, but you could just as easily use chicken or veggie broth, or just plain wa-ter. The quinoa that I buy from Su-per 1’s bulk section takes about 12-15 minutes to simmer once the water’s boiled. If you pre-fer a cold base to your salad, you can prepare the quinoa ahead of time and chill it in the fridge.

Wash a head of lettuce and rip into bite sized pieces. Wash a beet or two and trim off the skin. Use a cheese grater to shred. Wash and peel a couple of carrots and shred them just like you did the beets. Toss the vegetables in a large bowl.

For the dressing, place half a cup of unsalted raw cashews in your blender or food proces-sor and cover with water. Add a pinch of salt and either a cou-ple tablespoons of dried ginger, or a thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, peeled and diced. Blend for several minutes, testing the mixture every so often by rub-bing a drop between your thumb and pointer, feeling for grain-iness. When you can no long-er feel grains of cashew, add wa-ter bit by bit to your dressing un-til you reach your desired consist-ency, squeezing half a lemon into it at the end. Give it a taste and add more ginger or salt if necessary.

Serve the salad on a bed of quinoa, drizzled with your delicious homemade dressing. ¡Buen Provecho!

by ELLIE NEWELLStaff Reporter

‘The Artist’ triumphs with new, refreshing look at retro formsby NATHAN FISHERStaff Reporter

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Every week, The Pioneer searches out Whitties who bring an extra

splash of fashion consciousness and sartorial daring to campus. This

week’s Style Spotlight: sophomore psychology major Kalen Bergado.

Style Soundbites

“The shirt was actually just a regular long-sleeved Oxford be-fore I got it. I saw a picture on the

Internet of one that kind of looked like a three-quarter length with a piece of material sewn at the end, of a different pattern than the Oxford. I asked my mom if she could make one for me; she’s su-per into sewing and she made it. ”

“I love expensive clothes. There are so many piec-es I want that I just can’t af-ford. Like, designer pieces that aren’t meant to be affordable; they’re meant to be limited. But I also like vintage thrift stuff. You can find me searching on-line, like looking at the design-er collections for spring-sum-mer ‘12, but also in a thrift store buying cheap-ass T-shirts.”

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and the Provost and Dean of Faculty to grant Professor Galindo tenure.”

“Students Supporting Profes-sor Galindo” also tabled in Reid all last week, encouraging students to sign the petition and wear white rib-bons to raise awareness. As part of this effort, concerned students in-itiated a “whiteout” last Thursday, calling for students to wear white in support of Professor Galindo.

Senior Spanish major Zoe Kunkel-Patterson also argued while tabling in Reid last week that students should play a more visible role in the tenure process.

“Their decisions impact our day to day lives and we are paying greatly for it,” she said.

Despite her surprise at the Faculty Personnel Committee’s decision in the case of Galin-do, Bill emphasized that she can’t presume to know the com-plexities of the tenure process.

“I can see how there is pos-sibly a need for distance between Whitman as an institution and fac-ulty as members of that institu-tion and students that are just pass-ing through. I see the value in hav-ing some kind of distance in that process, but as a student of [Galin-do’s], while he was still in the pro-cess of awaiting a decision, I would have liked to have had a chance to voice my opinion,” said Bill.

Frustration over student repre-sentation in the assessment of pro-fessors is also felt by many students in the art department, who dispute the college’s decision to deny Lec-turer of Art Mare Blocker a tenure-track position. According to Kauf-man-Osborn, the lecturer position held by Blocker was converted to a tenure-track position after the col-lege was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant last June.

“In the case of Studio Art, we conducted a national search in order to identify the most qualified can-didate for the position. In this in-stance, Nicole Pietrantoni was rec-ommended as the most qualified by the search committee, and that rec-ommendation was endorsed by the Committee of Division Chairs as well as the president. She signed a

contract with the College in Decem-ber 2011,” said Kaufman-Osborn.

“All I can say about this issue is that Professor Blocker was hired as a visiting assistant professor. She was not hired on a tenure track. Con-sequently, she has never been eligi-ble for tenure and never been eligi-ble to apply for tenure,” said Asso-ciate Professor of Art and Depart-ment Chair Charles Timm-Ballard.

Blocker declined to com-ment on the specifics of her case.

Blocker’s students are dis-appointed by the college’s deci-sion, and wish they could have had more of a say in the process.

“All the art students that I’ve talked to about it are very upset and disturbed at what little atten-tion seems to have been paid to the people Mare taught, who should be considered the most informed judg-es of her teaching ability. The facul-ty in every department at Whitman should be taking a very critical look at their tenure processes, and see-ing whether they accurately reflect the needs and desires of the student body. I think it’s pretty clear that right now they’re failing to do so,” said senior art major Sam Alden.

Senior art major Sarah Canepa also emphasized Block-er’s popularity among students.

“I knew that conflicts over her rehiring had come up before, but her students, including my-self, had successfully advocat-ed for her in the past, and I was optimistic that the strong sup-port demonstrated by the student body on her behalf would contin-ue to have an impact,” she said.

In addition to calls for reas-sessment of their particular cas-es, Galindo’s and Blocker’s deni-als have raised more general ques-tions about the role of students in the decision-making process.

Currently, student input in ten-ure decisions comes mainly from

the course evaluations that stu-dents complete for each of their classes at the end of every semes-ter. The evaluations are includ-ed in the Faculty Personnel Com-mittee’s assessment. Students may also submit letters of recommenda-tion on behalf of a professor, how-ever, these letters are not open-ly solicited by the administration.

“Students have on occa-sion submitted such letters, but, at present, there is no for-mal policy for soliciting such let-ters,” said Kaufman-Osborn.

Bill and Evans both regret that they did not submit letters of rec-ommendation on behalf of Galindo last semester, and wish that the ad-ministration advertised this outlet for additional student perspectives.

“We really weren’t aware I think until the very, very last minute [that] we could have written let-ters, that we could have done some-thing. It was literally sort of the day before the Personnel Commit-tee was meeting that we were made aware that we could write letters of recommendation,” said Evans.

Student evaluations weigh heavily alongside peer reviews, as well as a written statement by the professor seeking tenure and his or her course materials, in an effort to measure what Whitman terms “Ex-cellence in Teaching,” the “most important criterion” in the Facul-ty Personnel Committee’s decision, according to the Faculty Handbook.

Evaluations of a professor’s “Excellence in Professional Activ-ity” and “Service to the College” are considered after this Excel-lence in Teaching criterion. A pro-fessor’s writing and research that appears in peer-reviewed publi-cations, other peer-reviewed pro-fessional activities and involve-ment in professional organizations are among the elements includ-ed in the Faculty Personnel Com-mittee’s assessment of a tenure-track professor’s qualifications.

Service to the College encap-sulates a professor’s involvements outside of the classroom. A pro-fessor’s service to the Whitman community may include involve-ment on college committees, ini-

tiation of new programs, mentor-ing and more general efforts to en-hance student life and Whitman’s commitment to diversity, as out-lined in the handbook guidelines.

Associate Professor of Reli-gion Melissa Wilcox argues that the Service to the College cate-gory may not receive the atten-tion it deserves in Faculty Per-sonnel Committee decisions.

Wilcox noted that professors who belong to under-represent-ed groups often engage in service to the college that is not openly recognized in the tenure process.

“Women faculty are far more likely to see students in their office hours or in private meetings else-where who are dealing with things like sexual assault. For the queer faculty, the queer students come to us with coming out issues or just any issue because we are some-one they are more likely to identify with. For faculty of color, students of color disproportionately come to them. So there is all of this unac-knowledged service time that most of us are very passionate about put-ting in . . . but how often, or do we even feel that it’s right to put it on our annual self-review?” she said.

According to Wilcox, this service to the college of-ten detracts from research time, which is weighed more heav-ily in the Excellence in Pro-fessional Activity category.

While there are concerns about the juggling of these various components in the tenure process, in recent years the number of ten-ure-track professors awarded per-manent positions has been high.

“[Of] the 10 persons con-sidered for tenure over the course of the past two years, nine were awarded this sta-tus,” said Kaufman-Osborn.

“Students Supporting Profes-sor Galindo” is hosting an infor-mation session for those interest-ed in learning more about the ten-ure process and Galindo’s case. ASWC representatives will be present at the event, which will take place Thursday, Feb. 9 from 7-9 p.m. at La Casa Hispaña.

Committee decision to be reviewedTenure:seven quick facts

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1. Professors are re-viewed for tenure in their second year. Assistant Professors are reviewed for tenure in their sixth year.

2. Tenure is indefinite.

3. In 2010-2011 there were 123 full-time tenure-track positions.

4. The Board of Trustees may award indefinite tenure at any time with a special vote.

5. Excellence in teaching, excellence in professional activity, service to the college are considered.

6. Course reviews are considered by the Personnel Committee.

7. If a member of the faculty has not been given tenure by the end of their sixth year, he or she shall not continue in service of the College beyond the end of their seventh year.

SOURCE: FACULTY HANDBOOK, SEC. 4

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“Their decisions impact our day to day lives and we are paying greatly for it.”Zoe Kunkel-Patterson’12

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A fter a weekend of electric crowds, furious rallies and stifling defense, the Whit-

man men’s and women’s basket-ball teams find themselves in a po-sition where everyone wants to be: in line for a spot in the four-team Northwest Conference tournament.

Boisterous crowds filled Sher-wood Center Friday and Satur-day nights to watch the Mission-ary men and women combine to win three of four games against Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Puget Sound.

Defense was the name of the game for the women both nights, holding the Tacoma schools to under 33 percent shooting.

“Defensively, we just took PLU out of their game complete-ly,” said coach Michelle Ferenz. “We held them to 42 points, which is a low for them this season.”

Whitman blew out PLU 62-42.The women took the floor Sat-

urday night in a winner-takes-third-place showdown with UPS. Once again, a strong defensive effort made the difference in a 66-59 victory over the Loggers, giving Whitman sole possession of third place in the NWC with four games remaining.

“UPS has one of the best shoot-ing teams in the conference,” said Ferenz. “We did a great job for most of the game getting out on their shooters, and they didn’t get a lot of open looks. That is what we needed to do to get the win.”

After trailing by 16 midway through the second half, UPS hit six three-pointers over the next six minutes to cut their deficit to only three. Whitman was clinging to a four-point lead with less than 90 seconds to play, but Whitman hit four free throws to seal the win.

Peterson ran the offense effi-ciently for a second night in a row, finishing with 19 points and five as-

sists while playing all 40 minutes. “Beating both PLU and UPS on

the road and then again at home was something that has not been done in a very long time, so everyone was very excited,” said Jenele Peterson.

The Whitman men entered two home games caught in a log-jam at second place in the NWC with its two opponents for the week-end, PLU and UPS. The Mission-aries split two close games, de-feating PLU and falling to UPS.

“I feel we competed, but didn’t follow our game plan(s) particular-ly well,” said coach Eric Bridgeland.

Trailing by eight points, with under six minutes to play Fri-

day night, the Missionaries fin-ished the game on an 18-5 run.

Senior forward David Michaels poured in 30 points and nine re-bounds in 32 minutes. Michaels also teamed with forwards jun-ior Drew Raher and sophomore Ben Eisenhardt to play phys-ical interior defense all night.

Saturday’s game with UPS was a grind-it-out battle that re-mained close throughout, and the game was not decided un-til less than a second remained.

Tied at 64 with 31 seconds to play, UPS’s Riggs Yarbro hit a jumper to put the Loggers up two points. After calling timeout, Whit-

man advanced the ball to frontcourt with 29 seconds to play. The Mis-sionaries got the look they want-ed, but could not convert, and UPS pulled out the win 66-64.

“I think that we played good, but not at the level we are capable of playing,” said Michaels. “We re-ally needed to win both games this weekend, so it hurts to see us drop such a close game on Saturday.”

Despite the loss Saturday, the Whitman men remain tied for sec-ond place in the NWC at 8-4 with UPS and George Fox University. The three teams trail Conference lead-er Whitworth University by three games. Both Missionary teams trav-

el to Oregon next weekend to face Pa-cific University and Linfield College for the final road games of the season.

For more notes and quotes on the weekend’s action, vis-it the new Whitman Sports Blog at www.whitmanpioneer.com.

SPORTS

BasketballMen’svs. Pacific Lutheran Uni-versityFeb. 3vs. University of Puget SoundFeb. 4Women’svs. Pacific Lutheran Uni-versityFeb. 3vs. University of Puget SoundFeb. 4

BasketballMen’svs. Pacific UniversityFeb. 10vs. Linfield CollegeFeb. 11vs. Whitworth UniversityFeb. 14, 8p.m.Women’svs. Pacific UniversityFeb. 10vs. Linfield CollegeFeb. 11vs. Whitworth UniversityFeb. 14, 6p.m.

SwimmingMen’s and Women’sNWC ChampionshipsFeb. 10-12

TennisMen’sWhitman College ShootoutFeb. 10-12Women’svs. Lewis & Clark StateFeb. 12

Baseballvs. College of IdahoFeb. 11-12

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Loss 66-64

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A fter an eventful pre-sea-son, men’s varsity tennis will mark the beginning of

a promising season with the Whit-man Shootout during the weekend of Feb. 10th. The Whitman Shootout is a weekend-long home event against many strong teams, including UC Santa Cruz, Montana and Lewis-Clark State. The matches will be played in the indoor tennis facility.

Coming off an outstanding sea-son last year in which they dominat-ed the Northwest Conference, men’s

tennis has had quite the pre-season. Between a trip to Hawaii in early January, and nearly beating Hawaii Pacific, the #22 team in DII, the ath-letes have been practicing and train-ing hard. Coach Northam is opti-mistic about the upcoming season.

“Obviously the strong compe-tition we have faced early this year will help us as the year progresses,” said Coach Northam. “I’m look-ing forward to seeing the develop-ment of the team and individuals on the team. The guys on the team have been working very hard on the games and fitness, and I’m excit-ed to see how the season unfolds.”

The team will face its big-gest home match of the year against UC Santa Cruz on Sat-urday, Feb. 11th at 6 p.m.

“[The match will be] a great opportunity for us to play one of the top teams in the nation on our home courts,” said Coach North-am. “We hope to have a great crowd at the match. We will be serving free pizza at the match, so come out, grab a slice of pie and watch some great tennis!”

The Shootout will start at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 10 with a match between Whit-man and Lewis-Clark State.

by SARAH DEBSStaff Reporter

Tennis kicks off with Shootout

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The Whitman women won both in-season games against UPS and PLU this year, a feat not achieved for more than 17 years.

The Whitman men remain in a three-way tie for second place in the NWC with UPS and George Fox. Photo by McCormick

W hitman’s Climbing-Club has made big strides since its forma-

tion two years ago, and is fast be-coming a popular new environ-ment for students of all skill levels.

The Climbing Club strives to be open to all students. “The climbing club really is for everyone—its not for really experienced climbers who want to climb 5.14 and that’s their whole life, really what we’re looking for is to create a fun, supportive so-cial environment that centers around climbing,” said junior Jack La-zar, who began climbing at a young age in order to approach a girl.

“When I was in 6th grade, there was a small climbing wall at my school, and my crush saw me and told me that I looked like I would be really good at climb-ing and that I should come join the Stoneworks climbing team in Port-land, and so I did, and we worked wonderfully, climbing and I,” said Lazar. The girl may not have last-

ed, but the climbing did for Lazar, who is now president of the club.

Junior Tom Vogt, a novice climber, recently joined the new club.

“I had been on the cycling team and wanted other sport activi-ties to get into, and I started climb-ing. I’m in a climbing class, and my friend told me that you could do outdoor climbing trips with the climbing club and get to know oth-er climbers. The wall has its own nice, really inviting communi-ty. It’s also a good chance to turn a fun indoor and outdoor activi-ty into a social activity,” said Vogt.

Over the last year, the club has spent much of their time planning for the future. Now they look forward to enjoying the fruits of all their la-bor. The club competes with other schools from the Pacific Northwest.

“[In the] NC3 there’s about sev-en or eight [competitions] but we don’t necessarily go to all of them,” said Charlotte Hill, a junior and head of the Indoor Committee, a position which gives her responsibility for the indoor portion of the club’s activities.

“Last semester [junior] Kenn

Kochi and I decided that we real-ly wanted to start the climbing club back up and build a structure that the climbing community could or-ganize around. So we set about do-ing that and getting people togeth-er and having meetings,” said Lazar.

Even though the team is still getting on its feet, its mem-bers already have accomplish-ments under their harnesses.

“We’ve sent people to competi-tions, we have trainings on Wednes-days we’re looking to have train-ings three days a week. We have plans for all these different activ-ities and fundraising—and we’re going to make shirts,” said Lazar.

Vogt points out that this club is uniquely accessible, both be-cause of its openness to new members, and because of the flexible nature of the sport.

“It’s cool to see how all dif-ferent body types can find an ad-vantage in climbing. With climb-ing, all shapes and sizes find a way to approach it differently. There’s kind of a spot for everyone and eve-ry body type—its sort of neat.”

Climbers bring organization, competition to growing club by SYLVIE LUITENStaff Reporter

Open seven days a week, the Whitman Climbing Center caters to climbers of skill levels, from beginning to advanced. In climbing classes, students can learn everything from bouldering to top-roping. Most classes are taught by fellow students. Photo by Bergman This week’s sports

profile centers on the prolific climber and

head of the Whitman Indoor Climbing Commitee. Charlotte Hill is a junior English major from Seattle, Wash.

So when did you really get into climbing?

I think when I moved to Seattle in seventh grade. That is when I really started hooking in. There was a big climbing center close to my house called Vertical World and my dad started taking me. I joined the climbing team and competed in middle school and high school.

What was it like to compete on the climbing team?

It was pretty hard, but it wasn’t like an insane amount of work. There were three practices a week you had to go to. The competitions themselves were based on different things. I competed nationally, and they judge based on the difficulty of the route you take up the wall.

Wow, so you competed nationally? You must have gone all over the place!

Yeah I went from California to Maryland. My last year as a youth competitor I got to go to worlds, which was held in the south of France.

That must have been a great experience.

Well, I just did the qualifiers, but it was really cool to watch some of the climbers. The set up is different too. They have you climb until you fall, which is definitely a tough change. It makes it really intense!

So how does that intensity compare to the climbing you are doing at Whitman?

[The people here] definitely aren’t as intimidating, and it’s a nice change. I do miss the intense competition, but it’s certainly nice not to have to worry so much.

Yeah that must be nice. So what’s going on in the climbing world here at Whitman?

Well, we are trying to get some competitions going [through the club]. People’s interest in competing started around my freshman year, but it has really taken off this past year. I’m hoping it will be more successful than in past years, and I’m hoping we can get more participation.

Climbing Club meets Fridays at 2:30 in the climbing gym.

Profile: Veteran climbing whizCharlotte Hill ’13by MATT TESMONDStaff Reporter

Charlotte Hill ‘13 hones her boulder-ing skills in the gym. Hill has participated in climbing com-petitions at the na-tional level. Photo by Beck

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T he scale of the recent stu-dent protests regarding Assistant Professor of

Spanish Alberto Galindo’s tenure denial speaks not only to Galin-do’s impact on those who have tak-en his classes, but also to a large-scale student frustration regard-ing the process of faculty mem-bers receiving tenure. Most of the 700 students who have signed the petition in support of Pro-fessor Galindo have never had a class with him. These signatures should be taken as a sign that the tenure review process at this in-stitution is inadequately de-signed to measure a professor’s impact on his or her students.

In the view of the Pioneer Editorial Board, there are two major problems with the cur-rent system. The first is a lack of transparency about how the tenure process occurs and, moreover, an absence of efforts to communicate to students as to how our opinions are consid-ered in the assessment of a pro-fessor’s “Excellence in Teaching.”

Few of us realize as we scrib-ble blithe comments on Academic Evaluations in the last few minutes of our classes that this input will be a part of our professors’ futures at this college. Even few-er are aware that we can sub-mit letters of r e c o m m e n -dation to the Faculty Per-sonnel Com-mittee, and those who do may not know when their professors are go-ing up for tenure review. While this information may be avail-able to those who seek it, to the best of our knowledge, it has nev-er been advertised to students and recent alumni in any formal way.

Second, and perhaps more

importantly, student evaluations themselves are a deeply problemat-ic means of considering student in-put. Many studies have shown that these surveys are essentially popu-larity contests; attractive and char-ismatic educators tend to receive high scores on evaluations, regard-less of the quality of their teaching. They have also found virtually no correlation between student evalu-ations of professors and student ac-ademic achievement in a particu-lar class. A study on student eval-uations in the St. John’s Law Re-

view notes that “students’ con-tradictory and often hostile com-ments on evaluations of minority faculty, as well as their occasional direct references to gender or race, raise troubling questions about the role of bias in these assessments.”

Student evaluations do not take into account the advising

that professors give to students on nonacademic matters or to stu-dents who are not in their cours-es during a particular semes-ter. They often provide career ad-vice, help students with person-al projects, write letters of rec-ommendation and contribute to the Whitman community in many ways outside of the classroom.

Professors of color, female professors and LGBTQ profes-sors may be particularly help-ful in identifying with students from similar backgrounds. Un-fortunately, these professors tend to be underrepresented on col-lege campuses as is, and studies suggest that they are also more

likely to receive lower scores on student class evaluations.

According to Provost and Dean of Faculty Timo-thy Kaufman-Osborn, nine out of 10 faculty members who applied for tenure in the past two years were grant-ed it. But how many profes-sors have left this school in-stead of applying for tenure

because they wanted to avoid the stigma that tenure denial

would attach to their careers in academia? And how many were

unfairly represented on end-of-semester evaluations by students who didn’t realize the significance of the form they were filling out?

Students are undeniably tran-sitory at Whitman, however, we

are also firsthand witnesses to a professor’s Excellence

in Teaching. The limited and

problemat-ic means by which s t u d e n t v o i c -es are

considered in faculty tenure deci-sions marks Whitman College as an institution that is out of touch with the reality of those whose in-terests it ultimately exists to pro-mote. If Whitman is to sincere-ly embody the liberal arts spir-it it champions, the tenure re-view process must be reevaluated.

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November of this year will mark the fifth anniversary of the introduction of Ama-

zon’s Kindle. Back then, the Kindle was thick and clunky, with a poorly designed keyboard and a fairly lim-ited catalog to purchase from. Pur-chasing one on launch day would have set you back $400, and Ama-zon’s entire stock was bought out in a matter of hours. Today, the Kin-dle catalog has grown tremendous-ly, while the Kindle itself has shrunk both in size and cost, down to a pal-try $80. Kindle software is availa-ble for all the major smartphone op-erating systems, as well as Windows and Mac OS X. The availability of eBooks is absolutely unparalleled.

There’s not a doubt in my mind that eBooks will make up a significantly greater percent-age of the overall literary mar-ket in the next few years. Put blunt-ly, dead-tree books are less porta-ble, less available and more expen-sive than their digital counterparts. For example, when I’m on the go, I can download a new book to my iP-hone using my cellular data connec-tion with a few button presses, rath-er than seeking out a physical book-store that might not have the book that I’m looking for. What’s more, the second book that I buy doesn’t take up any more space in a bag, or weigh anything more than the first. It’s an incredibly convenient system.

Of course, eBooks do sacri-fice some of the inherent bookish-ness of their bulkier relatives. Flip-ping pages just doesn’t feel the same without physical pages to flip, and the smell of a book is something that you just can’t get from a hunk of plas-tic and circuitry. For folks who en-joy the way a novella sits in their

hand, or the nice heft of a fanta-sy epic, eBooks just aren’t the same.

However, those who wor-ry about the death of literature or the death of reading because of the rise of eBooks are missing the fantastic opportunities electron-ic readers have in store for them. I’ve read several articles worrying about what might come of librar-ies, if and when eBooks become the preferred method of reading. The way I see it, the idea of a library as a space that provides information to members of a community will re-main both valuable and relevant.

Furthermore, I’m most excit-ed by the opportunities for innova-tion in the storytelling space itself. While there’s still plenty of demand for books that are simply words on a page, there are a lot of really cool possibilities available when you think about the capabilities of eB-ook reading hardware. The story-telling capabilities of books are lim-ited by the physical media they were printed on: Color images are ex-pensive to print, and while it’s pos-sible to connect a dead-tree book to content on the Internet, it of-ten involves convoluted links, foot-notes and poorly designed websites.

Consider the possibilities, though, when reading on a smart-phone. Now, it’s possible for read-ers to interact with books on a device that is not only constantly connected to the Internet, but also to GPS. Im-agine a book that, in addition to pro-viding a compelling reading experi-ence, can also put you in the shoes of the protagonist. When the hero of the story gets a phone call, you don’t have to read a transcript of it—you can lis-ten to the real deal on your phone. Or, even more interestingly, your book could know if you happen to be near a place referenced within the pages you’ve just read, and can then guide you through a tour of exact-ly the footsteps outlined in the text.

The possibilities for eB-ooks to change the way we think about literature are phenome-nal. In the next few years, I think we’re going to see some really fan-tastic innovation come to market, and that’s great news for reading.

eBooks should expand

A ssertion: Until there is a drastic change in politi-cal discourse, no Repub-

lican will win a general election.In case you’ve been liv-

ing under a rock (or in case this MTV spinoff of a nomination race makes your stomach turn), the vic-tor of 2012’s primary slough is al-most certain to be Mitt Romney. This Romney may be the most bland man in America—a candi-date so middle-of-the-road I rou-tinely forget such basic informa-tion as his stances on the issues, or what he looks like. I once heard him described as seeming like a man playing the president in a movie.

He’s going to win the nomina-tion, but not the presidency. The rea-son why is best summed up in this headline from The Onion: “Mitt Romney Haunted by Past of Try-ing to Help Uninsured Sick People.”

For clarification: Romney’s most prominent political role prior to his candidacy was as the governor of

Massachusetts, a state well known as a bastion of Volvo-driving, clove-smoking NPR donors that is never-theless surprisingly prone to accom-modating the GOP. The reason for this is that Massachusetts Republi-cans tend not to toe the line of their or any other party—see the pleas-ant surprise of sleeper moderate Scott Brown after 2010’s midterm.

See also Romney himself, who, during his term, was able not only to bring healthcare reform to the uninsured, but to turn Massa-chusetts’ budget deficit into a sur-plus through the unheard-of bipar-tisan method of cutting spending while increasing revenue. In short, Governor Romney was the mod-erate all moderates aspire to be.

That was the past—before he set eyes on the land’s high-est office, before he was forced to dance the “Republican Shuffle.”

The Republican Shuffle re-fers to exactly what a right-wing candidate must do to win office: two steps to the right, two steps to the left. In response to the elec-tion of Barack Obama, the Tea Party movement floated the gos-pel that supply-side economics and a massive curtailment of govern-ment were the only solutions to the country’s woes; soon, they had everybody doing it, and every po-litical race became a battle to see who was the most conservative.

Witness Ron Paul, the liber-tarian knight at whom hordes of

young liberals have thrown their worship for reasons that remain in-explicable to me. My hatred for Paul is a subject for a different col-umn, but part of my ire is reserved for the way that, every time an elec-tion rolls around, he sweeps his few high-profile liberal views un-der the rug and runs ads extolling how gosh darn conservative he is.

Witness Romney, previous-ly reluctant to take public posi-tions, skewing conservative on eve-ry social and fiscal issue namea-ble. He’s a malleable enough man for his handlers to create the per-fect Republican, but no matter what he does before the Conven-tion, it will come back to bite him.

This is the consequence of the conservative base’s Obama-era slide away from the mainstream electorate: A candidate far enough to the right to win the base will be forced to perform the Republi-can Shuffle to win over independ-ent moderates in the general elec-tion, thus looking insincere to eve-rybody, whereas a candidate who is actually in the middle will never get the chance to shuffle because they are not willing to step to the right.

Though this is the first election in which we’ll see this theory play out, I am confident my prediction

will come true. Without a major rev-olution in thought, Republicans will have to continue being all things

to all people—and, as anyone at-tempting to do that inevitably does, end up being nothing to anybody.

SAM CHAPMANFirst-year

‘Republican Shuffle’ spells difficulty for general election

BLAIR FRANKJunior

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Voices from the CommunityIf Whitman were to recieve a $500,000 grant for anything, what would you spend it on? Poll by Beck

“I would have Whitman expand their financial aid program to make the campus more accessible to everyone else.”

“I would use it to fly in more pro-spective students to campus. If more people got on campus, more people would know about Whitman and want to be here.”

“I would have a permanent bouncy castle on Ankeny.”

“I think they should replace all the sidewalks on campus with the personal walkways you find in airports so no one ever has to walk to class.”

TANNER BOWER-SOXSophomore

HANNAH MOSKATSenior

KYLA FLATTEN Senior

KEVIN O’LEARYFirst-year

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The season for love is right around the corner and I thought this could be my big chance to tell you how I feel about you. So without further ado, Autumn, if I ever talked to you I would say: “You are the chicken of my chimichanga. You are my cherries and red wine, flowers and sunshine. If I could paint you a rainbow, I would only use your favorite colors: purple, baby yellow and orange. I would use that pick-up line I’ve been practicing in my head, “Autumn, I’m falling for you” (get it?). But alas, my sweet Persephone, I know that you will disappear as winter approaches, and the world grows cold without your warm presence and smile. I will patiently hold onto your love and memory until the day when you come back to me with your gentle, beckoning breezes and your precious pomegranates. We can dance together in the light of day, and even though I would prefer to dance in the refuge of the darkness at night because I pale in comparison to your dancing, I shall put that aside, just as I put aside doing my homework to write this for you. I would say,“I wish I could take your clothes off so I could see how angels hide their wings.” And although I love your eyes, I love mine more, for

without mine I couldn’t see yours. My friends are annoyed with me because I keep borrowing their hearts since you stole mine, but I would take you over them any day. If I were a stoplight, Autumn, I’d turn red every time you passed by, just so I could stare at you a bit longer. Me without you is like a nerd without braces, a shoe without laces and asentence-withoutspaces. If I got a nickel for every girl I saw that was as pretty as you, I’d be broke. But I’m not broke, Autumn, I’ve been working three part-time jobs all year, so that I can buy you that Valentine’s present (it’s a surprise). Writing this I realize that there is little point since words fall far short of you,my dear, so I will end it here.

With love,Your future husband

P.S. If there is one thing about you that I am disappointed in, it’s that your number isn’t in my cell phone yet.

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These pairs can range from adorable and cute to way too over the top, and the reason so many people hate this damn holiday in the first place. They do all the typi-cal agenda items: breakfast in bed, sweet cards, flowers, dinner date and movie. Oh god, it’s like a cheesy romantic comedy. Get me out of here!!

This fellow could not be more obvious that he has no one to love on Val-entine’s Day. Moping around with a pout and a downturned head, he is the embodiment of loneliness it-self, treating this day as a mourn-ing ceremony rather than a com-mercial holiday filled with candy. No amounts of Adele or tequila can bring him any comfort.

We all know those people who use Valentine’s Day as an excuse to try to get in on dat V-Day action. Just

because the emphasis is on love this day, it does not mean Cupid is ready to shoot around arrows

with condoms attached. The male version preys on

the lonely single girl who is just looking for reassurance.

Nothing is more refreshing than interacting with a person who is confident and doesn’t let the romantic drags of this day bring them down. However, this person likes to be involved in many “anti-Valentine’s” activi-

ties, which makes the dreary pain of this day even worse.

You can recognize this person if she is in a long dis-tance relationship and spends all day skyping with her sweet boo. Another tell-tale sign is tons of mail-

ordered flowers and balloons. It looks like her room was decorated by the Hallmark people

themselves. The best thing to do is avoid these people, or else they will inces-

santly talk to you about their loving cutie pie, which is enough sugar to make you want to puke.

These folks are cheery and give out loads of

chocolate and valentines to everybody!! Gotta love the people who don’t believe that the tasty as-pects of Valentine’s Day are limited to romantic couples.

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Bike ride to Waitsburg, time for a shower

Anthro prof just called me “301,” what the what? Totes naming my first-born after my bio prof

Dudes no homeworkkkkkkk over the weekend OH YEAH BABY

YES only two essays to write and 300 pages to read this weekend! MAMA’S GOIN’ OUT TONIGHT

Had to print out like 60 pages for psych, felt like a jillion pounds haha

Had to print out like 60 pages for psych; double-sided and four pages per side and I still cried a little thinking about all the trees I just murdered :’(

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(no statuses about grades)Got a 98 on my Psychology test!

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