Thursday, October 31, 2024

Feature by: Zoe Perkins ’25

On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Whitman College co-hosted a candidate forum with Michael Baumgartner and Carmela Conroy, candidates for U.S. Representative in the Fifth Congressional District. The event was held in Cordiner Hall and open to all Walla Walla residents, with simultaneous Spanish and American Sign Language interpretation.

Whitman students Reagan Bain ’25, Ava Brenkman ’25 and Tuma Mohamed ’26 helped organize the forum in partnership with the American Association of University Women, the Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin.

Asked why it was important to host such an event, Bain says it’s about resisting disenchantment with the democratic process and civic responsibilities. “I think it’s important for us to remember that the candidates we are presented with are directly related to our levels of engagement with the system, and that voting is the first step, not the only, to ensuring your beliefs are represented,” she says.

The audience at the event comprised a diverse group of community members and Whitman students, faculty and staff. Food trucks were on site before the event, enticing passersby to wander over to see what the fuss was about. And faculty from various departments encouraged students to attend the event or watch it online, where it was being live-streamed. 

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President Bolton will hold open office hours on Friday, Nov. 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Reid Campus Center (look for signage by the Fish Ladder). Throughout the semester, students can drop by these sessions to share their thoughts or just to chat.

The Center for Global Studies invites you to join O’Donnell Visiting Educators Margarita Fuerez and Segundo Moreta for a presentation on Andean concepts of life and death and celebrations of Día de los Difuntos (Day of the Deceased), on Friday, Nov. 1 from 4–6 p.m. in the Lyman House kitchen. Presentations will be given in Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation in English. Participants can also join in preparing and sampling colada morada, a drink made for the occasion, as well as the bread babies that accompany it. (Flyer attached.)

The Intercultural Center, Hispanic Studies Department and Unidos student affinity group invite you to a Día de los Muertos celebration on Friday, Nov. 1 from 6–7:30 p.m. in the Reid Campus Center Young Ballroom. Enjoy traditional foods, art, poetry and a performance by El Color de Mexico. (Flyer attached.)

Are you missing something? Many unclaimed water bottles make their way to this shelf in the Reid Campus Center by the stairwell. Not there or missing something else? Try the lostandfound@whitman.edu listserv.

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Trick or Treat & Tabling: Student Career Advisors

Cleveland Commons

Noon–12:50 p.m.

Movement That Matters: Step Aerobics

Sherwood Athletic Center

3:30–6 p.m.

Immersive Stories Lab Costume Open House

Olin Hall, Room 114

4 p.m.

Art & Soul

Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room

4:45–7 p.m.

Volunteer: BMAC Food Distribution

Leaving from Reid Campus Center Lobby

5–7 p.m.

Trick or Treat in the Residence Halls

Residence Halls

6 p.m.

A Songwriter's Workshop With Adriel Borshansky ’12

Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room

7–10 p.m.

Ghouls Get Down Dance (WEB)

Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom

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