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How did you wind up working as a custodian for Whitman?
I was born here in Walla Walla, moved when I was 9, and proceeded to go to 12 different schools in the next five years all over California and Idaho. I went to a culinary arts school in Spokane and got an AA degree in [...]
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It’s hard to find time to cook at this point in the semester. Lunches and dinners become hastily assembled sandwiches, bowls of cereal or quesadillas. We’re supposed to be gearing up for finals and when we’re not doing that we want to relax and not toil in the kitchen for hours. Frankly, we are tired, [...]
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Most Whitman students have had at least one late night experience at the health center. The friendly face we see after 11:30 pm is that of Dawn Chlipala, an RN whose duties consist of caring for the sick, the hurt and the intoxicated (depending on the night). The Pioneer made a midnight trip over to [...]
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I’ve never been to India and so I’ve never had authentic masala chai served on the street in tin cups. Nonetheless, I’ve gotten to know our watered-down American version of chai pretty well. Those of us that are connoisseurs of the milky, spiced beverage know how widely it can vary from overly sweet and [...]
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Winter root vegetables aren’t much to look at. They aren’t the most inspiring of foods. Parsnips resemble large, pale carrots; rutabagas are a long bulbous root with a purple top and creamy white bottom; turnips look like rutabagas but have a thinner skin and are rounder. These hearty vegetables are an affordable, tasty way to [...]
