Student-Faculty Team Stage Play in Peru
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The passion project of Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Carlos Vargas-Salgado was recognized with an award for supporting the arts in Peru.
Along with research assistants Eyleen Menchú Tuy ’25 and Maura Kelly ’26, Vargas-Salgado staged a theatrical production of “Camasca,” written by Rafael Dumett, in the heart of Peru’s most Indigenous region in the summer of 2024. The play explores how the legacy of the Incan Empire shapes the struggles of identity, culture and belonging.
Peru’s Ministry of Culture funded the project with the 2024 Premio Estímulo Cultural en el área de Artes Escénicas (Cultural Incentive Award in the area of Performing Arts). The honor is part of the ministry’s economic revitalization initiative, which promotes economic recovery through strengthening cultural diversity and opening up access to the visual arts, music, performing arts and theater.
Menchú Tuy, Kelly and Vargas-Salgado staged the play for the Indigenous community on the island of Amantaní—in the middle of Lake Titicaca—near the ancient site where it is believed the Incan Empire began.
“The environment was key,” says Vargas-Salgado “It’s a sacred place. Just imagine the effect of being on an island in the middle of the sacred lake, the lake in which the Incan Empire starts. It was a really, really emotional thing to be part of.”
Read the full story in the Winter 2025 issue of Whitman Magazine.
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Professor’s Scholarship Featured in New York Times Article
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Associate Professor of Politics Jack Jackson’s scholarship on U.S. constitutional law and politics was recently featured in The New York Times in an article titled “Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional.” Columnist Jamelle Bouie draws upon Professor Jackson’s work to develop his argument: “President Trump is clearly not restrained by the Constitution. He’s also not restrained by another important element of constitutionalism—an interest in and concern for the future. ‘Constitutionalism,’ the legal scholar Jack Jackson writes, ‘both presumes and requires future-oriented commitments.’ ... But this future sense is missing from the president and his political movement. Set against it, Jackson correctly observes, is a ‘radicalized politics of apocalyptic orientation’ that ‘happily sacrifices the prospect of a future for a present-tense “victory” or redefines the sacrifice of the future as victory itself.’” The excerpts are from Jackson’s book, “Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right” (Penn Press, 2019; 2024).
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Library Hosts Crafting & Movie Hours During Break
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Penrose Library is hosting “Crafting and Movie Hours” events on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2–4 p.m. for any students who are on campus during the break. Movies will be played in Room 313 (“The Fishbowl”). The library will also have craft suggestions, jigsaw puzzles and board games available for use.
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Math Department Co-Hosts Film Screening
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Next week, the Mathematics and Statistics Department, in collaboration with several community partners, will host a free screening of “Counting Out” on Monday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in Maxey Auditorium. This award-winning film explores the role of math in modern society and examines how critical numeric literacy is to social and economic power. (Watch the trailer.)
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Find On-Campus Student Jobs on Handshake
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Students, are you looking for on-campus employment? Handshake is the place to look for open job opportunities. At the moment, there are more than two dozen listings, including: Communications Illustrator Intern, ARC Peer Tutor, Organic Garden Summer Intern, Commencement Marshal and more! You can also upload your resume to Handshake to expedite the application process. Visit the app store to download the Handshake app and use your Whitman email address to get started.
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At a recent Whitman Science Night, (from left) Sebastián Vera Cuevas ’27 and Catherine Gallo ’27 led a slime ball station—allowing local elementary school children to make their own colorful, bouncy slime. An online photo essay by Mas Ra’ed Aldardasawi ’28 examines this Science Outreach initiative.
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Penrose Library, Room 313 (“The Fishbowl”)
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Penrose Library, Room 313 (“The Fishbowl”)
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