Hello Majors!

It was a delight to put together this drink list.  I highly suggest trying each of these drinks (not all at the same time!)  Drink your way through the arts, the humanities, the sciences, and more! Each drink was carefully selected and crafted for as much accuracy as humanly possible.

Drink responsibly and joyfully!

Anthony

Anthropology: The Commonwealth

Anthropology.  The study of human societies and their development.  What better drink for you than one that includes an ingredient from each continent/region of the Earth?  You’ll love The Commonwealth, despite the fact that the bartender might glower at you for ordering a cocktail that has a whopping 71 ingredients!  Here’s to world peace!

Art: Moonshine

Art, what can I say?  You want your alcohol straight up so you can get back to your work of reflecting the universe through your medium.  Moonshine, it’s quick, easy, and you can brew it in your studio. Raise a glass to your art and your existential suffering!

Art History and Visual Culture Studies: Manhattan

Art History and Vis Culture.  A pillar of American ideals. You’re kind of like the New York City of majors.  The Manhattan matches the complex individual you are: a whiskey-based drink garnished with a Maraschino cherry!  That’s a flavorscape that not many can handle. Here’s to you, the next critics and scholars of art!

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies: Cheralle

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, I was hard-pressed to find a drink that wasn’t a Sake bomb.  I didn’t want to do what one might expect here. After quite a few trips deep into the Internet, I found Cheralle, a beautiful cocktail that includes Lychee juice, vodka, and lemongrass.  Here’s to you!

Astronomy: Black Velvet

Oh, Astronomy.  You sweet angels of space.  I found the exact drink that encompasses the vast darkness of space and the sparkly, sweet glow of the stars.  Sure, it’s half brut champagne and half beer (a nice, dark stout,) but I’m sure that I’ve described it accurately after never having tried it.  Here’s to looking towards the stars!

Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology: Wahh Quantum Sensations

BBMB, don’t I have the thing for you!  I have no idea what you actually do as BBMB majors other than what I like to call “science-y stuff,” but I have something delightful for you.  Available only in Europe, Wahh Quantum Sensations is a sprayable alcohol mist that tastes like a fine mist of vodka. Because that’s exactly what it is!  Here’s to you, the scientists of the now and the future!

Biology: Fish House Punch

Dearest Biology, I think you’re great.  You have some of the grossest assignments in my opinion.  I mean, cutting open animals or dealing with snakes that literally shed their skin?!  Jeepers, I don’t know how you do that. I chose a drink that I saw as most likely to accidentally evolve into new life: the Fish House Punch.  Happy drinking!

Chemistry: The Ramos Gin Fizz

Hey Chemistry!  When I think of you, I absolutely don’t think of a mad scientist’s lab, with beakers of various potion boiling over.  Okay, you caught me. That’s exactly what I think of. So, I chose the drink that’s most like a beaker of some sort of beaker of chemicals that would give you superpowers!  Here’s to the graduated cylinder! Soon enough, you’ll be just like that cylinder.

Classics & Classical Studies: Mead

Classics, I have to come clean.  I spent so much time looking to see if there was something like the Dead Sea Scrolls of wine or beer, just so that I’d be suggesting that you drink literally the oldest drink in the solar system.  Alas, I couldn’t find anything like that, so I gave you the drink that I could imagine was most like the oldest drink in the universe. Here’s to the dead languages!

Computer Science: Whiskey, neat

Oh, Computer Science.  You don’t have time to mess around with your drink.  You want the quickest way to the booze cruise! Drink quick and then get back to those ones and zeros!  01000100 01110010 01101001 01101110 01101011 00100000 01110101 01110000!

Economics: LL Cool J

Economics, you’ve got a slightly strange one.  You’ll not find this drink on any menu, as it’s one that one of your own came up with.  If you can figure out which Economics major uses this drink when he wants to get ‘majorly shmacked.’  That’s right, you guessed it, this drink is a combination of whipped cream-flavored vodka and Fanta! May your numbers be crunched easily and your calculators never be full of corroded batteries!

English: Death in the Afternoon

English, you’ve captivated my heart.  You truly are an ace in the hole. For you, I’ve reserved a delicious drink containing absinthe and champagne.  Invented by Hemingway himself, this drink is reported to be decadent and strong. Here’s to you, English majors.  Go out and prove to the world that our major is not ‘useless.’ Show those naysayers just how powerful we are!

Environmental Humanities: The grittiest IPA you can find

Environmental Humanities, here’s to you.  You are great people, with hearts of gold and dirt spilling out of every pocket you’ve got.  I chose the grittiest IPA you can find because you’d probably love something that resembles river water closely.  You drink what you know, right? More seriously, I’d bet you’d be able to identify each and every plant that was used to make that beer.  Drink up, Environmental Humanities! May your futures be bright and be green!

Environmental Studies: The Beet Royale

Wonderful, wonderful Environmental Studies.  You are the backbone of this ecosystem. For you, I found a drink that encompasses your passion: the Earth.  The Beet Royale includes rose-geranium-infused beet juice, lemon juice, prosecco, and gin. Have this drink and just ponder the good you’ll do for world with your knowledge!  Here’s to you, the saviors of the Earth.

Film and Media Studies: Martini, stirred not shaken

Film and Media Studies, you truly are the backbone the film industry in Walla Walla and, soon, the world!  Your drink is a coy take on a classic featured on your passion: the silver screen. Of course, there are literally thousands of drinks had in movies around the world, but yours screams irony, a twinkle in your eye, and a nearly otherworldly ability to edit your indie-inspired filmscapes.  May your films be red carpet successes and may your actors not be method.

French: Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

French, you lovely major, you are probably not snooty about wine.  I don’t know you very well, but I feel as if I’m projecting something that the country of France does onto you merely because you study the language of that country.  That being said! I gave you the most expensive bottle of wine from Shafer Vineyards, a winery in California. I guess California does Sauvignon better–yes, I said it!  Anyway, raise your very expensive glass! À votre santé!

Gender Studies: The Camp Grenada

Gender Studies, I feel like you get a bad rap.  Y’all are doing great work and, if we’re honest, super emotionally exhausting work.  For you, I found a drink that is delicious, delightful, and described as ‘ultra bitter,’ just as bitter as you when you have to explain to some rando that gender is on a spectrum.  Here’s to you, Gender Studies!

Geology: The Flaming Volcano

Oh, Geology.  Y’all are a fan favorite for sure.  It’s so nice that all the hippies convene in one department.  Do you have big parties where you get together and lick rocks?  What’s your favorite kind of silt? The drink I found for you is a delightful rum-based drink that is described as ‘multi-user.’  Kind of like the Geology department, no? Here’s to you, Geology. You rock!

German Studies: Herrengedeck

German!  It’s been so long.  How have you been? Hopefully not the wurst?  Oh, how we laugh.  For you, I found a delicious drink combination: a shot of Korn and a beer!  Why take your alcohols separately? Get your hard alcohol and your wheat at the same time!  Prost!

History: The Brass Monkey

History, you are martyrs.  Truly. I don’t know how you have the mental tenacity to handle learning about history.  I mean, that’s so much reading.  So much.  It’s an impressive thing, friends.  For your drink, I found a beverage named after H. E. Rasske, a spy who worked during World War II.  More history: this drink became more popular when the Beastie Boys released a song by the same name.  Here’s to History. May we never repeat it!

Mathematics: Screwdriver

Math, you’re metal as h*ck.  You have to keep a solid GPA or you’ll get kicked out, you have the capacity to focus on numbers and letters in an equation at the same time, and you somehow know how to work the most advanced TI calculators (which are essentially spaceships?!)  Your drink is a classic: the Screwdriver. You like a kick to your life, so why not get it from the tanginess of orange juice and the bitter stab of vodka? Raise a glass for Math, the biggest sweetie pi at Whitman!

Music: Paloma

Music!  You wonders of five lines.  Seeing your performances is such a treat.  There’s such a tenacity in the way you work.  Does the language department know how many languages are flowing through the Music department at one time?  Extremely impressive! For your drink, I tried to encompass a Music major: sweet, the right amount of bitter, and a good kick.  Your drink is the Paloma: grapefruit soda and tequila. May your diaphragms be full of air and your whistle tones be clear as mountain streams!

Philosophy: Negroni

Philosophy, I wonder how you do it pretty frequently.  I mean, existential crisis must be a daily thing for you.  Thank you for doing the work you do. The deep questioning and thinking that goes on in that department is enough to send magnitude-10 rumblings through campus.  I chose the Negroni for your drink, because it’s the drink that I imagine Plato ordering if Plato were alive today (and personal theory: he would wear dark, circular sunglasses all the time, right?)  Cheers, Philosophy!

Physics: Champagne Jello Shots

Hey, Physics.  Y’all are so fun!  You build instruments, play with vibrations, and understand how the universe is.  I chose a drink that would be the most fun for you to play with–and maybe even learn from?  Enjoy poking your cubes of alcohol while thinking about the 4th dimensional tesseracts. You deserve it!  Here’s to Physics!

Politics: Dirty Shirley Temple

Politics, whoa.  I can’t believe you literally are the political leaders of the future.  I chose a drink that encompasses your kindness, your intellect, and your ability to absolutely decimate anyone in a debate.  The Dirty Shirley is just like you: sweet and packing a serious punch.  Here’s to you, Politics.  May your speeches be full of sincerity and your campaigns be scandal-free!

Psychology: Long Island Iced Tea

Oh, Psychology.  You do such great work, I presume.  I have to honest, I don’t trust you very much because you know too much about the mechanics of my brain.  How many times have you diagnosed me without me knowing? I fear and respect you greatly. I chose your drink because Long Island Iced Teas make my brain feel when I hear about the things you learn.  Here’s to you, Psychology. You are the brains are the future!

Race and Ethnic Studies: Steeped Snake Wine

Race and Ethnic Studies, you wonders!  Your drink is based on my conception of you: badass, interdisciplinary students who know so many things.  That’s right, your drink is a poisonous snake steeped in rice wine for months. It’s so metal that you can only have a few shots at a time.  Here’s to you, Race and Ethnic Studies. You are the world!

Religion: The Corpse Reviver

Religion, I have to be honest.  I wish I had ended up taking more classes with you.  Your field of study is quite interesting and almost a type of anthropology if you think about it.  Your drink was chosen based off of the theme of revival, as you might have gleaned. It’s supposedly a hangover cure, so there’s that too!  Here’s to you, Religion. May your religious texts be easily translatable and your studies be holy!

Rhetoric Studies: The Last Word

Rhetoric, you’re a star.  I’m sure you’ve been reading through this and learning so many things based on what words and phrases I’ve been using.  I’m only a little frightened of you. But! Your drink is delightful. It’s described as a little sour, a little sweet, and a little pungent.  Kind of like rhetoric, right? To you, Rhetoric. Your words are carefully selected and powerful!

Sociology: Fireball Hot Chocolate

Sociology, I don’t think I could’ve picked your drink better.  You’re sweet and punchy, just like this drink. Is there anything better than the cinnamon-y, chocolate-y love that is a Fireball Hot Chocolate on a winter evening?  Well, same for Sociology. Nothing warms my heart like hearing about how your work is changing the world. To your health, Sociology!

Spanish: Tinto de Verano

Spanish!  I bet you expected sangria!  What a classic choice. But! I wanted to mix it up for you.  Tinto de Verano is a delightful combo of chilled wine and lemonade.  A perfect drink for your warm summer evenings full of guitar and conversation.  May your declensions be accurate and your conjugations be swift! ¡Salud!

Theatre: Lyonade

Theatre.  Light of my life.  Fire of my loins. I gave you possibly the best drink ever invented.  John Lyon’s family gives us this drink: limeade, vodka, and fresh mint.  A delightful beverage for those evenings pontificating on the meaning of life, art, and theatre.  Here’s to you. May you bring important art to the world and teach love by example. Cheers!

Love letters to the world as we would have it: With showtimes running from Thursday, April 12 through Sunday, April 15 at 8:00 p.m. each night at The Barn art collective in Walla Walla, “love letters to the world as we would have it” is an original play written by Whitman student Kenzie Spooner. Tickets are free at the door but donations are encouraged.

Music Masterclass with Drew Shoals: Friday, April 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Whitman Gall of Music Room 127, there will be a masterclass with Whitman alum Drew Shoals ’05, who is now the drummer for the band Train. The masterclass is free and open to the public.

KWCW Storytime: Friday, April 13 at Reid Coffeehouse, KWCW presents an evening of stories and poems told by Whitman students.

Planned Parenthood Art and Music Festival: Saturday, April 14 at 4:00 p.m., the Annual Planned Parenthood Art and Music Festival will take place. The event includes refreshments, live music, and art for sale. All proceeds from the art sold will be donated to Planned Parenthood.

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A voter registration table was set before and after the march.

Members of the Walla Walla community joined the local high school and many other high schools and supporters around the country for the March For Our Lives on Saturday, March 24th as a response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The local march was organized by a group of students from Walla Walla High School to protest gun violence in schools. The event opened with a public address by organizer Emma Case and a speech by Grace Steelman, another student organizer. Supporters marched around downtown Walla Walla.

The following are quotes from Walla Walla High School organizers.

Macy Quinn, Senior

Why and how did you get involved?

I initially became involved with the March for Our Lives movement through reporting, as I’m a journalist. My editor in Oakland came to me and asked me what my town was doing with it (she knows we are a fairly conservative-minded region), and at that point we were just chatting about it casually, wondering how we could join the movement, but maybe not march because that would be difficult to organize. However, within a couple days, we’d had a meeting, and had convinced each other that the only way to participate to the extent we felt was necessary would be to organize a completely student-lead march.

What are you expecting of this event?

Personally, I am hoping that we can show our representatives that, even though the voter count may be deceiving, their youth isn’t happy with the way things are, and we are going to push until something changes for the better.

As a group, I think our hope is that this will unite the different voices calling out for change into one more concentrated movement, rather than several smaller groups within our region with slightly different messages.

What are the biggest challenges you faced in the process of organizing the march?

Quite literally, the biggest challenge was finding someone who would insure us. Due to the controversial, political nature of the march, and the fact that its organizers were high schoolers, every single insurance company we went to in town turned us away. We ended up finding someone in Spokane who helped us out, and our insurance came through at the last possible minute, the day we needed to have it in by.

Another big hurdle we had to cross was the disunity from the community, particularly from adults who wanted to support us. We found it sort of hilarious that, as high schoolers, we managed to organize a national-scale movement with less drama than the grownups. We’re proud of that. However, we would’ve had a much harder time doing this without immense support from countless people in our community.

Seidy Morales

I got involved in this march through my friends who had been reached out to my fellow communities members. I am involved with this march because I feel strongly about school safety and gun reform and I want to do what I can to make my voice heard and make a change. From this event, I am expecting and hoping for adults and law makers to understand what we want and that a change will be made following the March for Our Lives.  The most challenging part of helping coordinate this event was being under the eye of our communities adults. This is something very controversial and many of our community members don’t support this.

Katie Harvey

I got involved in the march through the Wa-Hi club I helped found, Girls’ League. We discussed taking action regarding gun violence in wake of the shooting in Parkland, and decided a march would be the best course of action. A strong group of students came together to plan the march, which was really powerful.

We are expecting a lot of community support at this event. It has been amazing to see how much our community has supported us so far- on facebook, and in our fundraising campaigns. We also expect to see a lot of students at the march. This issue of gun violence is one that intimately affects anyone who attends a school, and I think people are realizing that. Gun control does not to be a partisan issue, and the support we have received from people in our community from all walks of life really goes to show that.

The biggest challenge we faced in this process of planning the march was finding insurance coverage. The city required insurance in order to approve our permit, and after reaching out to ten local insurance agencies, we were rejected from each one due to the “high risk” and “political” nature of the march. We found insurance at the very last minute, thanks to Rea Culwell, a local lawyer. She reached out to an insurance agency in Spokane, who were willing to insure us. However, even after we found the insurance, it was extremely expensive. Fortunately, we received incredible generous donations from many community members on our GoFundMe page and through Bonfire T-Shirt sales, which allowed us to cover the cost of police protection and insurance.

Grace Steelman

I got involved through a Girls League meeting that was attended by one of the organizers of the Women’s March (although the club is completely uninvolved). I decided to insert myself into the organization process because it’s a great opportunity to learn to work effectively with others and because this is a very prevalent issue, not only to me but to my community.

I’m not expecting much more than a big local turnout. It’s unreasonable to think that this one event will change anything. But hopefully all of the events nationwide will open legislator’s eyes to the truth that change needs to happen now.

The most challenging part for me was finalizing the police escort. After I had turned in the request I didn’t hear back from them. After finding out that both of the officers in charge of scheduling off duty gigs were on days off I resorted to calling the police Captain. He told me that requests are automatically approved so I had been worrying for no reason! The lack of communication was just naturally frustrating to me.

Lily Clancy, senior

Why and how did you get involved?

I am on the senatorial board for a club at Walla Walla High School that my friends and I started last year called Girls’ League. We focus on social justice advocacy at our school and in the community and the issue of stronger gun regulation is definitely something that needs to be advocated for. The March was brought up in Girls’ League, but is completely separate and my fellow high schoolers that feel passionate about the issue decided that a March should definitely happen in Walla Walla and that it would be very impactful if conducted by high school students.

What are you expecting of this event?

I am expecting a lot of people in the Walla Walla community to turn out for this event. I think it is an issue that matters to a lot of people, especially students and teachers. We will also have a lot of students registering to vote at the end of the March.

What are the biggest challenges you faced in the process of organizing the march?

I would say finding insurance was really difficult because we, as organizers, are all pretty young. We received a lot of advice and help from the Walla Walla community though, so we managed to get a lot done and are thankful for that.

Calvin: Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy

In a forceful display of coordinated institutional authority, the November 16, 2017, issue of The Wire included an op-ed essay co-written by Whitman’s Chair of the Faculty, the Vice President for Enrollment and Communications, the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of the Students, and the Provost and Dean of the Faculty.

In response to recent controversial incidents at colleges and universities throughout the United States, the authors assert, “some on Whitman’s campus are asking about our ‘free speech code.’” Who exactly is issuing this call is left unspecified and no information is furnished about any specific proposals that have been advanced. Apparently these details are of no consequence, however, for the larger issue has already been resolved: “[W]e do not have, and do not plan to create a ‘free speech code.’”

As members of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), we applaud the co-authors’ opposition to adoption of a code regulating speech at Whitman. For more than a quarter century, the AAUP has argued against such policies on the ground that “free speech is not simply an aspect of the educational enterprise to be weighed against other desirable ends. It is the very precondition of the academic enterprise itself.”

We are deeply troubled, though, by the authors’ contravention of the commitment to free speech they claim to uphold. This inconsistency is most obvious in the essay’s declaration that the question of whether or not we should adopt a speech code has already been decided by administrative fiat.

Again, we do not disagree with the substantive position advanced in this essay. But we can readily imagine persons of good faith articulating cogent arguments in favor of such a policy. Indeed, on many campuses, students of color and members of other disenfranchised groups have done exactly that.

At Whitman, however, those who might wish to initiate a campus-wide discussion about this issue have been told to save their breath. By rendering this debate pointless, publication of this essay by persons in positions of considerable institutional clout has effectively short-circuited advancement of the college’s educational mission.

The value of free speech is subverted in yet another way when the authors state that, in lieu of fashioning a new policy, they “decided to create common ground by articulating previously-implicit values around free speech that we believe are fundamental to Whitman.” On this account, it would appear that everyone at Whitman already shares certain core beliefs about free speech, and the authors of this essay are merely giving expression to this established consensus.

This self-representation obfuscates the fact that Whitman is a collectivity of individuals from diverse backgrounds who see the world from sometimes overlapping but often divergent perspectives. As a community, we have not gathered together in order to advance, debate, and come to agreement (or not) about our convictions regarding free speech and its appropriate parameters.

Instead, what we purportedly believe has now been revealed to us by those who, near the summit of the college’s governance structure, assure us that they are only giving voice to what we already tacitly endorsed. Here, rather than calling us to participate in the messy and frequently contentious practice of free speech, the authors’ sleight of hand renders such engagement unnecessary.

What, then, are the substantive beliefs about free speech that we ostensibly share? To answer this question is to identify the most disingenuous way this essay diminishes free speech under the guise of defending it. According to its authors, “the four principles that we believe already underlie Whitman’s values about speech” are those proclaimed by President Murray at this past fall’s convocation.

Because they are readily available, we need not reproduce those principles here. We do, however, want to suggest that at least certain of these precepts appear to privilege particular forms of speech and so to disqualify speech that does not conform to their undefended but very real norms.

At first blush, it is hard to imagine anyone objecting to President Murray’s call for “intellectually responsible speech,” which, we are told, requires that assertions “be supported with evidence, and other speakers’ evidence needs to be considered.” What this exhortation obscures, however, is the fact that the most heated controversies often turn not on the question of who advances the most persuasive evidence, but on the far more fundamental question of what persons are willing to accept as evidence in any given dispute.

For example, at the turn of the twentieth century, to many, the Biblical injunction that wives submit to their husbands unequivocally demonstrated the fallacy of the women’s suffrage movement. To challenge evidence that appeared incontestable to patriarchs, early feminists often found it necessary to speak loudly, passionately, and stridently. And, when they did so, their speech was often suppressed on college campuses and elsewhere because their uncompromising insistence on women’s equality was deemed “shrill,” “offensive,” and, indeed, “irrational” in the sense that no amount of evidence could possibly sustain the truth of this proposition.

To appreciate this example’s contemporary relevance, consider those who discredit the Black Lives Matter movement by claiming that young African-American men who fear stops by white police officers are “suspicious” or even “paranoid.” To undermine these activists by affirming that their apprehension is unsupported by the facts, as many have, is to fail to acknowledge that often what we “see” and hence what we are willing to recognize as evidence is itself irreducibly tainted by the insidious workings of racism.

Insofar as the principles announced by President Murray and repeated in the November 16 op-ed essay have been enunciated for us rather than emerging from engaged deliberation among students, staff, faculty, senior administrators and governing board members, consideration of their contestable character has been chilled. And insofar as these principles presuppose substantive norms of appropriate speech, however ironically, the authors of this essay advance something not unlike a speech code.

The educational mission of Whitman College is not well-served by shielding us from opinions that some may find distasteful, disagreeable, or even distressing. True, we all bear responsibility for creating and sustaining an ethos of mutual respect. But achievement of that ethos neither demands nor dictates adherence to amorphous standards of academic correctness or, for that matter, civility. Again, we concur: Whitman does not require a “free speech code.” What we do now urgently need is a collectively generated and genuine affirmation of our principled commitment to robust free speech.

Paul Apostolidis

Shampa Biswas

Julie Charlip

Andrea Dobson

Timothy Kaufman-Osborn

Leena Knight

Thomas Knight

Bruce Magnusson

Gaurav Majumdar

Matthew Reynolds

Elyse Semerdjian

Jonathan Walters

The Whitman men’s soccer team has had a solid 2017 season thus far, winning five games, tying three and losing three. This record has placed the team in fourth place in the Northwest Conference with 18 points, a single point behind third place Whitworth.

Carson Jones
Senior Noah Cavanaugh during practice.

This past weekend was the last one at home for the team, and Sunday, the Blues celebrated their four seniors: Noah Cavanaugh, Ben Freedman, Jacob Fritz and Gabe Jacobson, as well as junior Ridley Eastland-Fruit, who will finish at Whitman this year as part of the 3-2 program.

Both Cavanaugh and Freedman spoke to the value of bonding with teammates and playing four years with the same group of players.

Carson Jones
Senior Ben Freedman during practice

“I am very thankful to all the players I’ve been able to play with at Whitman, and especially those in my class who have had my back for the past four seasons,” Cavanaugh said. “Senior night is special to me because it is a culmination of four years of fun hard work with my best friends at Whitman,” Freedman added.

In addition to celebrating time with teammates, Jacob Fritz was able to thank other people who made it possible, his parents.

“It was also a really nice opportunity to thank my folks for all they have done to keep me in the game throughout the years and help me along the way,” Fritz said.

The weekend began with a 2-2 tie against Pacific Lutheran on Saturday as Cavanaugh opened the scoring with his sixth goal of the season, a penalty early in the first half, before PLU responded with an equalizer before halftime. In the first minute of the second half, Cavanaugh’s cross found Fritz in the box who knocked it in to once again take a one-goal lead. PLU again replied with a goal of their own, and after a scoreless final half hour, each team walked away with a point.

Carson Jones
Senior Gabe Jacobson during practice

Whitman’s Sunday opponent was the Puget Sound Loggers, a team that came into the contest a single point ahead of Whitman in the NWC standings. Whitman began Senior Night by once again gaining an early lead via the head of sophomore Jadon Bachtold off a Cavanaugh cross, the eighth shot of a first half dominated by the Blues. After mitigating some early pressure from the Loggers, the scoreless second half gave Whitman a 1-0 victory that vaulted them over Puget Sound and into fourth place in the conference.

Cavanaugh described what it felt like to finish his collegiate career.

“I don’t think it’s quite hit me yet that I won’t play another home game in a Whitman jersey. Today was spectacular and to get a win for the squad was important for our season goals … it means the world to me to be part of a team like Whitman’s,” Cavanaugh said.

In addition to celebrating the careers of all the seniors, the weekend was a success on the pitch, putting the Blues in a position to have their best NWC finish in a while.

“Senior Night was really special and to get the win with my team was really awesome but we aren’t done, we got more work to do,” Fritz said.

The Blues will continue the season by travelling to Oregon next weekend to face off against Pacific University Friday and George Fox on Sunday. The regular season finale will be the following weekend against the team directly ahead of them in the standings, their eastern Washington rival Whitworth Pirates. Whitman lost two of the three first meetings with these teams, so the Blues will need to perform better the second time around in order to keep their position or even move up to close the season.

What do parents do best? Whitman families reveal how they succeed in embarrassing their students. A video poll by North Bennett.