NW Connections: Second-annual Day of the Dead festival draws crowd for art

By James Kennedy, The Pioneer Last weekend, Walla Walla’s Day of the Dead printmaking event showed the community both the iconography and culture surrounding the tradition as well as the talent...

NW Connections: Whitman swimmers drench feet in early meet

By Garrett Atkinson, The Pioneer The Whitman men’s and women’s swimming teams have begun their 2014-2015 season last weekend with a successful showing at the first meet of the season in Salem,...

NW Connections: Whitworth a strong choice for non-Christians

By Matthew Boardman, Columnist for The Whitworthian  According to the Whitworth website, “Whitworth is a private, residential, liberal arts institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.” One of its mottos is to...

NW Connections: Racism hides beneath the surface of professional sports

By Dylan Synder, The Pioneer I have been a fan of professional sports for as long as I can remember. Watching college and professional football every weekend hasn’t been a hobby;...

NW Connections: Sharing stories across generations

By Natalie Berg, Web Content Editor of The Pioneer One of my big projects this summer was to set up the Northwest News Network, a collaborative news-sharing project among college papers throughout...