Issue 12 Fall 2016

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ISSUE 12

Whitman news since 1896

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PIONEER

December 1, 2016

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rom the outside, The Atlas Cafe looks like any other modest-sized house in College Place. The forest green siding, the clean white trim edging the windows and door frame and a few unassuming shrubs do not call out for attention, and the cafe’s neon red “open” sign could easily be overlooked by the casual passerby. Take a step through the unremarkable front door, however, and you quickly realize you are in no run-of-the-mill establishment. You have entered the home of Walla Walla University’s entirely student-run coffee shop, where a crew of ten baristas, an assistant manager and a student manager serve up some of the best coffee in Walla Walla.

Heart of campus As the cafe’s student manager and WWU sophomore Jonathan Fitch explained to me, more than a few WWU students consider the coffee shop the heart of campus. Students use the space to both socialize and study in a comfortable, inviting atmosphere. “We are kind of a crossroads between a business and service to our students here at Wal-

The Atlas Cafe

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la Walla,” Fitch explained. “We are a business–obviously we sell drinks–but we are also a service in that we lend an atmosphere and a place for students to come hang out–chat, communicate, collaborate, all those things.” Fitch applied for and received the position of barista at The Atlas at the end of his senior year of high school and spent his first year at WWU making drinks behind bar.

“We are kind of a crossroads between a business and service to our students here at Walla Walla.” Jonathan Fitch ‘19

Student Manager, The Atlas Cafe

Fitch originally applied to work at The Atlas because of his interest in the crossroads between the art and science of coffee. “My major is mechanical engineering, and so it kind of correlates with my mindset a little bit, I think,” Fitch said. “Just the different variables you can manipulate when making a cup of coffee, tweaking those and seeing how it would affect the end product is really cool to me.” see CAFE, page 6

Senior Brennan Hoenes has worked as a barista at The Atlas since the start of the fall quarter. Hoenes tried over 60 cups of coffee this summer in his hometown of Los Angeles. Photos by Henry Honzel.

Whitman football: A brief history

ASWC passes Title IX transcript notation resolution by ELEANOR MATSON Staff Reporter

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Washington State University). Over the next few years, Whitman hired its first coach, J. Arthur Baird, who was paid $600 by students for his efforts. In 1909, Whitman hosted Washington State in a game attended by 3000 spectators. However, shocked by the injuries (five men were carried off the field) and threatening nature of the fans, faculty declared that if the games were not improved, they would vote to drop football. This notion never went through.

The next decade brought forth the most notable person in the football team’s history. Raymond Borleske, a 1910 alumni of the football team, was brought back by President Penrose to coach the team, and quickly became a celebrity on campus. After a 120-0 loss to the University of Washington (UW) in 1919, Borleske began scheduling games against smaller schools, like Pacific and Willamette, and this led to the team’s first foot-

ball championship in 1921. However, the next few years saw the team only win four games in a three year span. In 1926, Borleske Field was opened, and at the stadium dedication, 5,000 watched UW beat Whitman 44-0. Eventually, Borleske was dismissed in 1947 by President Winslow Anderson for becoming too independent and publicly criticizing Whitman’s President and trustees.

hree weeks ago, the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) passed a new resolution Title IX investigations and convictions notated on students’ transcripts. This move is in part an effort to increase accountability in the Title IX process and to prevent students from easily transferring to other universities after a conviction. As it stands, a student convicted of a Title IX offense, such as sexual assaulting another student, is able to transfer to another university without record of the conviction on their transcripts. There have been movements across the nation to alter the current policy. Two examples referenced in the ASWC resolution were Occidental College and Emerson College, which have already started transcript notation and Virginia and New York which both require transcript notation under state law. This ASWC resolution written by juniors Molly Unsworth and Kyle Fix seeks to pressure the administration into requiring transcript notations. Unsworth cited her dissatisfaction with the way Title IX does not hold perpetrators accountable for their actions as one reason why she felt compelled to write this resolution.

see FOOTBALL, page 5

see RESOLUTION, page 3

Inside News

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On Tuesday, Nov. 29 Dean of Students Chuck Cleveland sent an email to the Whitman community announcing that they identified a possible person of interest in the recent drugging incidents. PAGE 3

IPECC helped bring Navajo representative Danita Ryan came to campus to discuss Native American issues.

The Whitman Cross Country team competed in Conference and Regionals, and first year Whitney Rich qualified for the All-Region race.

What is the weirdest conversation that you had at Thanksgiving this year? Photographer Caroline Ashford Arya polled the community.

Didn’t have the chance to read last week’s articles? Catch up online!

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President Richard Nixon (left) receives a Whitman football jersey from the team’s captains in 1971 at the Walla Walla Airport. President Nixon was on his way to visit the Hanford Nuclear site. Photos courtesy of the Whitman Archives.

by ARIE KNOPS Staff Reporter

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e all know the ending to this story. But few of us know the dramatic highs and definite lows encountered by Whitman College’s football team on Borleske Field over its 80-year history. It all started in 1897, when Whitman won games against Whitman Academy, Waitsburg Academy and Walla Walla High School, before losing to WAC (now WHAT’S INSIDE THIS ISSUE?

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