I just participated in the largest climate march in history, 100,000 people from all over the world who gathered together in a shared desire for a fair, ambitious and binding climate deal here in Copenhagen, Denmark. We held torches for Climate Justice, acknowledging the fact that 75% of the ghg emissions in the atmosphere have [...]
The Valley Transit bus system is sort of like Walla Walla; it’s kind of quirky, a little on the slow side but definitely worth spending the time to get to know. As a Whittie who loves to bike, I’ve rarely found myself utilizing the little red, trolley-like buses that pass behind the science building every 45 minutes.
After [...]
At Whitman we enjoy talking about “breaking out the of the bubble.” As the semester wears on, many of us sign up for OP trips or go on road trips to Seattle, attempting to satisfy this nagging feeling that there is more to life than lies between Maxey Hall and Reid.
As a senior, it has [...]
Just wanted to put out a quick blog post to say that I’m actually not allowed to keep a blog this summer, a couple of people have been asking me to update, I really wish I could! If you want to know what’s going on in my life, send me an email at LisaCurtis777@gmail.com and [...]
May 7th
Seattle Airport
This morning I woke up at 5:30 am to get on a plane to New York. I sat next to one of those inquisitive elderly types that love to ask young people questions about their life. Somehow I found myself relating my entire life story. At the end of the flight [...]
This weekend I went to Austin, Texas to attend the Clinton Global Initiative, a youth conference put on by Bill Clinton’s foundation. I went with three other members of the UN youth network I’m a part of. Like the rest of the participants, we made a “Commitment to Action,” a project that we pledged to [...]
I didn’t do any homework today. College students tend to use that phrase a fair amount. Usually the sentence is completed with because I watched six episodes of Lost or because I talked to Joe for two hours or because I was stalking people on Facebook. My sentence is a little different. I didn’t do any homework [...]
Today I answered a question in a class I am not in, at a school I do not go to. I’m down in Santa Barbara, visiting my sister for a couple of days before I head back up to Walla Walla. Since Joni has already started school, I decided it would be fun to go to [...]
August 7th 2008
The funny thing about going places is that you also have to leave places. Sometimes people tell me that I’m “going places.” It’s an interesting phrase, meant to be a compliment as if there was something inherently bad about staying in one place for too long. I love going places but sometimes I [...]
