Faith Crossan, Opinion Columnist
• September 21, 2023
On the fateful day that was Aug. 23, swarms of anxious, overly eager freshmen flocked together in the streets that surround the Whitman campus, ready to move into their new home. Through the madness of...
Grace Jackson, News Editor and Yik-Yak Micro-Influencer
• May 12, 2022
12,048. That is my current Yakarma. You start with 100, so that means the 11,948 are individual comments and upvotes on my posts. For Whitman, mine is pretty high, as far as I can tell. Posts at large...
The past year, every weekend has been pretty much the same: Yik Yaks and Instagram posts begging “Parties tonight?” followed by comments saying something along the lines of “better luck next...
Lee Thomas, indie kid sitting on a roof at night
• November 11, 2021
"People watch Squid Game and think they're experts in Korean TV. But I'm the expert. I've been watching K-dramas since the beginning of time."
This tweet from Twitter account @iheartkoreanbabes was...
A few weeks ago, Wire Reporter Grace Jackson wrote “The Yak is back on campus”, an article introducing us to the most infamous app on campus—Yik Yak. Yik Yak is an anonymous Twitter/Ask.fm hybrid....
The anonymous location-based messaging app, Yik Yak, is back on the app store and downloaded on phones at Whitman. Yik Yak was founded by college students in 2013 and was surrounded by controversy until...
Allie Donahue, Martina Pansze, and Audrey Kelly contributed reporting.
Walking around campus, it is not unlikely that you'll hear a student or two talking about Yaks. While it is possible that they...
