1. Weâre poorer than our parents were at our age. Few people have been through as many economic ups and downs as the members of Generation X. Born between 1965 and 1980, any entered the workforce during the boom years of the Clinton administrationâbut then along came 9/11 and, a few years later, the Great Recession.
The shooter, Charles Whitman, was a student at the University of Texas. A former Marine who grew up with an abusive father, he admitted to killing his mother and his wife in a suicide note. The next day, Whitman began shooting people from the top of the Texas Tower with a sniper rifle.
Refraction by Ai Weiwei. Whitman College is honored to be the home of Ai Weiwei's sculpture Refraction for the next year. Click through to view the video of the sculpture's installation and listen to Associate Professor of Art Michelle Acuff's thoughts about its meaning and message on campus and in Walla Walla, WA.