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Vol. CLIV, Issue 10
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Trustees want YOU! (to think they care)

Megumi Rierson, staff writer May 5, 2016

Whitman has recently undergone a number of name changes to the various campus institutions that promote a history of colonialism and a general white supremacist attitude. There’s that fun line slash...

Gummy Overdrive: And Now, the Weather

Gummy Overdrive: And Now, the Weather

April 30, 2016

Comic by Lya Hernandez

Wolves Successfully Observe Sabbath, Crush Heathens

Austin Biehl, staff writer April 28, 2016

Last Saturday the WWU Wolves faced off against the Whitman Missionaries in a Club Volleyball match that once again proved the necessity of the #prayforwhitman campaign so generously instigated by the WWU...

God kinda busy right now, so hold on just a sec

Jeffrey Gustaveson, staff writer April 28, 2016

According to reports, God (of Heavenly Father fame), is kinda busy right now, so you’re just gonna have to hold on for a couple of minutes, ok? Telling reporters that the number of prayers he’s received...

Two Cats in the Nighttime

Jack Swain, staff writer April 28, 2016

Enter the scene: two vivacious, rapscallious alley cats descend a long brick staircase, old and worn, full of new-growth weeds and dandelions, finding their way among the cracks, surviving on just enough,...

Whitties Helping Non-Whitties

Megumi Rierson, staff writer April 28, 2016

As a humor writer for the Whitman College Pioneer (we’d love input on a less-racist name change, by the way), I am a vociferous proponent for making fun of the Whitman student body. Every day, I am bombarded...

I Will Cut Your Hair For Free

Jack Swain, staff writer April 21, 2016

  I walked along the river. The sun was out, and it sparkled across the surface of the water. Two old men exchanged a glance through the shop window. She ran the needle again and again through...

Prentiss Introduces Penetration Themed Study Breaks

Megumi Rierson, staff writer April 21, 2016

As Whitman College begrudgingly catches up with the twenty-first century by removing such highly visible vestiges of colonialism as the mascot and the name of this newspaper, efforts have been directed...

ASWC Passes Pio Bylaw, Gets Off

Austin Biehl, Jeffrey Gustaveson, staff writers April 21, 2016

The night of April 17 will go down in history as the freakin’ Independence Day for members of the small, deformed, name-ambiguous situation that is The Pioneer. Queen Clarra May sent out an email to...

Sheehan Gallery Presents New Pretentious Modern Art

Clara Wheeler, staff writer April 21, 2016

In order to increase the number of visitors that flow through Sheehan Art Gallery like nonexistent molasses, the Whitman art department is announcing some new installations of modern student art. The director,...

How to Get Rid Of Your Prospie

Clara Wheeler, staff writer April 14, 2016

Ugh. It’s the weekend, time to have fun, but you’re saddled with a prospie that follows you everywhere like an ugly duckling. But this is one baby duck that won’t be swooped up by a crow and leave...

Admissions Whitman Reveals Itself

Austin Biehl, staff writer April 14, 2016

As we all know, Whitman is an abysmal place to be between the end of October and the middle of March. It’s cold, rainy and a thick wet fog settles over everything, carrying with it the scents of decay...

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