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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Waitsburg Weighs In on Nestle, Declines Offer

Kate Grumbles, News Reporter September 15, 2016

The Nestle America company will not build a $50 million water bottling plant in Waitsburg. Nestle’s proposed project would have tapped Waitsburg’s water supply, using around 150 million gallons of...

IPECC Rallies Against Dakota Access Pipeline

IPECC Rallies Against Dakota Access Pipeline

Andy Monserud, News Writer September 15, 2016

Whitman’s Indigenous People’s Education and Culture Club (IPECC) held a rally at the steps of Penrose Library Tuesday evening in solidarity with protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing...

Renaissance Faire Brings Fun to Campus

Sara Platnick April 28, 2016
Jugglers, blacksmiths and jousters made their appearance last weekend at the annual Renaissance Faire, a daylong source of entertainment hosted in front of Memorial Hall.

Whitman Events Board Shapes Student Programming

Georgia Lyon March 10, 2016
Whitman Events Board (WEB) is the student-run group in charge of programming on campus.
Photo by Anna Dawson

Bad News for Walla Walla Blueberry Farmers

Sara Platnick February 18, 2016
Farmers are on the hook to pay over $400,000 in fines for labor violations.

Students prepare for presidential primaries

February 18, 2016
While the most vocal Whitman students feel the Bern when it comes to their president of choice, Whitman students are backing many different candidates this presidential season.
Cherokee Washington 17 at the Whitman Teaches Movement table. Photo by Natalie Mutter.

Volunteers to teach civil rights history to Walla Walla students

Georgia Lyon January 28, 2016
Whitman Teaches the Movement (WTTM) is continuing its partnership to teach civil rights in local schools.
The crosswalk that many students use to cross Isaacs Avenue. Photo by Tywen Kelly.

Collisions between students, vehicles remain a common danger

Sara Platnick November 12, 2015
Two Whitman students were hit by a car while crossing Isaacs Halloween night
Photo by Natalie Mutter.

Voting initiatives on campus

Sara Platnick November 5, 2015
ASWC and Walla Walla for Bernie Sanders have separately implemented measures to encourage student voting on all levels.
Photo by Nace.

Locals, Students Against Mill Creek Levee Tree Removal

Mikaela Slade, News Writer October 7, 2015

The Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled this month to begin removing trees along the Mill Creek Levee and replace them with grass in order to comply with a government policy that requires all trees within...

“Walla Walla For Bernie Sanders” Hosts First Meeting

Sarah Cornett, Editor-in-Chief October 3, 2015
Over thirty members of the Whitman and Walla Walla community gathered on Thursday night in Wildwood Park to organize in support of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign.
State Supreme Court Decision Threatens Proposed Charter School

State Supreme Court Decision Threatens Proposed Charter School

Ellen Ivens-Duran October 1, 2015
A recent decision by the Washington Supreme Court declaring state funding for charter schools to be unconstitutional may cause trouble for the Willow School, a Walla Walla charter school that was slated to open in 2016.
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