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Full-time sustainability coordinator position granted after ASWC advocacy

After meeting with the current student sustainability interns, Natalie Jamerson and Zoey Rogers, Freshmen Senator

Jack Percival and Vice President Marcial Diaz began drafting a resolution advo-cating for a full-time sustainability coor-dinator. They all hoped that a full-time sustainability coordinator would provide institutional knowledge, as well as dem-onstrate the commitment Whitman has to making the campus more sustainable. On October 21, ASWC passed the resolu-tion .

Soon after the resolution passed, Kay-von Behroozian, ASWC President, be-gan discussions with Peter Harvey, CFO

and treasurer of Whitman College about the potential for this new position. Diaz, in conjunction with the President’s Sus-tainability Advisory Committee, issued a formal letter advocating for the position.

Behroozian was then invited to pres-ent ASWC’s budget priorities to the President’s Budget Advisory Commit-tee where he continued advocating for the position. When he finally presented the proposal to the committee, Behroo-zian felt that the proposition was well re-cieved. This was confirmed when Harvey included ASWC’s budget request in his Budget Request to the Board of Trustees in February, where the proposal was fi-nally approved.

Better know your:

Library Advisory Committee

Student Life Committee

Board of Trustee Committee

General Studies Committee

Council on Student Affairs

Student Technology Advisory Committee

Students serve on several Board of Trustee committees. This is cur-rently the only way in which students are given a voice to the Board. Da-vid Fleming ‘14 sits on the Student Affairs Committee, Brian Choe ‘14 sits on the Enrollment Committee, Tim Reed sits on the Academic Af-fairs Committee, and Evan Griffis ‘15 sits on the Diversity Committee.

The Student Life Committee holds meetings when necessary for the purpose of considering any non-academic or non-disciplinary matters relating to student life. It may recommend changes in existing policies or the creation of new policies or actions in a wide spectrum of campus affairs. The committee is composed of six students. Committee members serve 2-year terms. Kayvon Behroozian ‘14, David Fleming ‘14, Brian Choe ‘14, Zach Gordy ‘15, Sam Adler ‘15, Victoria Karschney ‘15, and Kate McMurchie ‘15 are the current members of the Student Life Committee.

The Council on Student Affairs works with faculty to hear infraction cases of college policies. They re-

The Library Advisory Committee makes policy recommendations re-garding Penrose Library, archives, and collections. Committee members serve for one academic year. Laura Neff ‘15 is the only student member of the Library Advisory Committee.

The General Studies Committee is re-sponsible for making recommendations about the introduction of new courses, substantive changes in existing cours-es, and alteration of curriculum for the General Studies program. Committee members serve for one academic year. Corinne Vandagriff ‘15 and Spencer May ‘13 serve on this committee.

STAC makes policy recommenda-tions regarding technology services on campus. It works with WCTS staff to promote accessibility and efficacy of technology services. Committee mem-bers serve for their duration at Whit-man. Nick Budak ‘14, James Edison ‘14, and Noah Teller ‘14 serve on STAC.

The Student Budget Committee serves as an advisory body to the President’s Council during the formation of the College budget. It conducts student forums and solicits feedback from stu-dents to present these recommenda-tions. The committee is composed of the ASWC Finance Chair, ASWC Presi-dent, and three students. Committee members serve for one academic year. Sam Sadeghi ‘13, Margaret Yang ‘13, Jazz Campbell ‘14, and Tatiana Kaehler ‘15 sit on this committee.

College Committees

Formed only last semester, the goal of this committee is to get students’ input into the dining halls. The committee has already had many accomplishments and is spearheading many initiatives with Bon Appetit, such as the expan-sion of industrial composting. The com-mittee includes Andrew Reckers ‘16, Ali Holmes ‘16, and Savannah McNichol ‘16.

On Tuesday February 26th the year’s third Town Hall was held. Among other top-ics, ASWC and attendants

spoke at length about the ASWC 2023 committee, the full-time sustainabil-ity coordinator position (see article to left), the $14 increase of the student fee, unaccompanied international student travel, and the culture of ASWC. These discussions yielded interesting results, with people advocating for increased ASWC transparency, the continuation (or expansion) or the Green Fund, and an increased culture of responsibility in terms of the Associated Students. These sorts of changes could certainly be a byproduct of increased interactions between the students and ASWC.

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ceive extensive training on these poli-cies, such as the Sexual Misconduct Policy, and are responsible for serving the campus community as a peer adju-dicating body. The time commitment is attendance at regular meetings and policy training sessions, although the committee meets more often when cases are being heard. The Com-mittee is composed of three faculty members, five members of the student body at large, three alternates, and the Dean of Students as Chairperson. The current student representatives are Devin Kuh ‘13, Dandi Huang ‘13, Trevor Miller ‘13, Jake Harwood ‘24, Keiler Beers ‘14, Molly Dubrovsky ‘14, Helen Brown ‘15 and Amy Shearer ‘15.

Town Hall facilitates diverse discussions

B e s t e l e c t i o n w r i t e - i n c a n d i d a t e s :

Power and Privelege Symposium to feature race and ethnicity

The first annual Power and Privilege symposium will al-low for Whitman to further

discuss issues race an ethnicity. Titled Why Race Matters, the symposium will offer two days worth of workshops, dis-cussions and presentations on March 27 and 28. The objective of the event is to talk, educate, and challenge students’ conceptions of race and ethnity in rela-tions to power and privilege.

1992 Nobel Laureate prize winner Rigo-berta Menchú will be giving the keynote address. Focusing on her expereriences

as a Mayan woman in Guatemala, her in-volvement in the Guatemalan civil con-flict , as well as her worldwide advoacy for indigenious rights, her speech will take place in Cordiner at 7:30pm on March 28.

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Colin Smith, CCC leader, during open mic

Upcoming Events

Better know a senator!

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Anya (Likes) Tudisco is a freshman undeclared major, with interests in liberal-artsy things like politics, history and soci-ology. A proud Seattleite, Anya revels in the glory of hailing

from place where one can be fully in touch with both the urban and wild sides of life simultaneously. She spent many hours in high school volunteering, playing music, and participating in and leading vari-ous groups in her Jewish community. She is thrilled to be involved in ASWC and has great respect for all it does as an organization. She is a Mentor for a vivacious 4th grader, participates in Hillel-Shalom, plays saxophone and clarinet in the Whitman Jazz Ensemble, and is pious-ly devoted to Jazzercise in Walla Walla. Every Thursday she lets off steam by spicing up the dance floor with her fellow Salsa@Whitman-ites. Anya loves talking to people, swing dancing, finance committee meetings, hanging with monks in Laos, and getting food in the mail.

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Advocating for you to the administration

Allocating your student dollars Recognizing

campus clubs

Appointing campus media heads

On February 24th Shelly Le was nominated and conformed as Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer for the 2013-2014 school year.

On February 10th Genevieve Jones was nominated and con-firmed as the 2013-2014 Whitman Events Board Chair.

A new committee was recently created to look at ASWC’s long-term goals. Coined ASWC 2023, the committee is currently devel-oping long-term goals so that stu-dents in the future will know what ASWC endeavored to accomplish in the past.

ASWC has recognized four clubs since the first senate in January. On January 27th Senate recog-nized Knit Whit and Whitman Classics. Knit Whit hopes to bring a social atmosphere for knitters

$600 Salsa Class SalariesOn February 24th, Gillian Fried-

man requested compensation for the Salsa classes she has been offer-ing to the campus. In conjunction with Ian Gregoire, another highly

qualified Salsa dance instructor, she will be offering classes to the Whit-man community.$1650 Spring Break Climbing trip

Jack Lazar and Matthew Morris, as representatives of the Climbing Club, were granted funds for the an-nual spring break climbing trip. $2500 Power and Privilege Symposium speaker

Members of the Student Affairs Committee who have been working on the Power and Privilege sympo-sium were granted funds to bring Nobel Peace Laureate to campus as the keynote speaker.$2850 Backcountry Ski Club Avalanche Training

On January 27 the Backcountry Ski Club received funds to train students in Avalanche safety. The trained students will then be able to take other students backcountry skiing safely.

ASWC passed a resolution on February 24th advocating for Gen-der Neutral Housing. It is currently the policy of the college to only offer gender neutral housing to return-ing students, and it is the belief of ASWC that this has the potential to deter incoming students who would prefer to live with students of the op-posite gender or with similar gender identity. ASWC believes that this change in policy would align with Whitman’s current non-discrimina-tory policy towards members of the LGBTQI community.

on campus while the Classics club will hold events and weekly meet-ings. Additionally, Salsa@Whit-man, which will host Salsa events on campus, and Active Minds, which hopes to broaden discus-sion of mental health on campus.

Sunday: Senate, Memorial 328, 7pm

Monday: Nick Engerlfriend on Divestment, Olin 130, 7pm

Tuesday: Kinsey Sicks! Drag A Capella, Reid Ballroom, 7:30pm

Wednesday/ Thursday: Power and Privilege Symposium- Race & Ethnicity

Sunday: Senate, Memorial 328, 7pm

Thursday: Town Hall, Reid Ballroom, 6pm

Friday, Leadership Transition Workshop, Reid G02,