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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
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Whitman Wire

First-Gen Day Celebrates FGWC Students’ Contributions to Campus
Isabel Mathy, Campus Life Reporter • November 14, 2024

Nearly a fifth of Whitman is first-generation working class (FGWC) and Whitman has implemented numerous programs to ease the transition to college and reduce the pressure...

First Foods Festival Frontlines Political, Social, and Cultural Engagement with Salmon
First Foods Festival Frontlines Political, Social, and Cultural Engagement with Salmon
Angela Froming, Campus Life Reporter • November 14, 2024

Salmon fishing is a way of life for many people, especially for the Tribal communities in the Pacific Northwest. The second annual First Foods Festival, previously called...

Self-Care and Society’s Hyperindividualism Epidemic
Nohraine Rose Gaddi, Opinion Columnist • November 14, 2024

If we go on any social media platforms, the primary advice we get about self-care from influencers is to get facial massages, buy scented candles, get the newest iPhone version or do anything involving...

Chromakopia Establishing Tyler, the Creator's Legacy
Chromakopia Establishing Tyler, the Creator’s Legacy
Garrett Schreiber, Opinion Editor • November 14, 2024

Tyler, The Creator, real name Tyler Okonma, has been a part of the mainstream hip-hop and rap scene since his single “Yonkers” became a huge hit in 2011, with him describing this as the moment...

Letter to the Editor: Open Letter to BOT
Whitman Students for Justice in Palestine November 14, 2024

Surrounded by hopelessness, Whitman Students for Justice in Palestine has always rooted divestment in our radical hope to disconnect our tuition dollars from genocide and inspire a broader movement to...

Dynamic Pricing: How prices can change in a flash
Dynamic Pricing: How prices can change in a flash
Danny Pottharst, Feature Writer • November 14, 2024

It’s no secret that frustrations with the United States economy are widespread among many Americans. Complaints about inflation, the cost of...

Big Tech Coming to Wallula Gap
Big Tech Coming to Wallula Gap
Kaitlyn Salazar, Science and Environment Editor • November 14, 2024

On Oct. 21, the Union Bulletin broke the news that the Port of Walla Walla Commissioners were considering selling 500 acres of land in the...

New Study Says Pretending to be a Goblin has Mental Health Benefits
New Study Says Pretending to be a Goblin has Mental Health Benefits
Ben Sherry, Currently stealing gold and eating mushrooms • November 14, 2024

Conflict, Climate Change, Economic Downturns, the Election, Prejudice, On-site Office Work, Rude Drivers and Pineapple on Pizza. All these...

Fighting the System for Those Too Chicken to Miss Class
Fighting the System for Those Too Chicken to Miss Class
AJ Johnson, will fight to the end (with many naps in between) • November 14, 2024

The system has beaten you down, left you tired and bloody on the floor, but you’ve never been one to throw in the towel. You’ll do everything...

I Am Arham Prime (a manifesto)
Arham Prime, aka Arham Prime • November 14, 2024

I am Arham Prime. Gone is the simple time when I was just humble Arham; in his place stands a being of unparalleled self-regard, forged by weeks...

We must imagine Sisyphus happy…., listening to Christmas music in November
We must imagine Sisyphus happy…., listening to Christmas music in November
Emmett Schink, stealing presents with my dog • November 14, 2024

  It’s that time of year again, and no, if you thought I was going to say the lead-up to Thanksgiving, you would be wrong. Instead,...

City of Walla Walla responds to fallen branch on Valencia Street
BREAKING: Wind Storm Takes Down Trees Around Walla Walla
Kaitlyn Salazar, Science and Environment Editor • November 20, 2024

Heavy winds began early last night in Walla Walla, as several students reported lights flickering in Whitman buildings and off campus houses around 8 pm. A post on the...

BREAKING: Students Continue to Protest Board of Trustees Visit at Three Rivers Winery
Kaitlyn Salazar, Bex Heimbrock, and Nazaaha Penick November 15, 2024

November 15, 2024 — Student protesters have gathered again at Three Rivers Winery, where students say the Board of Trustees has moved the day’s meetings. Previously, the...

BREAKING: Sheriff's Office contacted for Student Protest
BREAKING: Sheriff’s Office contacted for Student Protest
Natalie Comerford, Nazaaha Penick, Kaitlyn Salazar, and Bex Heimbrock November 14, 2024

November 14, 2024 — At roughly 6 pm a representative from Three Rivers Winery called the Walla Walla Sheriff’s Office, requesting that officers respond to student...

BREAKING: "Shut the College Down!" Students Protest the Board of Trustees' Visit
BREAKING: “Shut the College Down!” Students Protest the Board of Trustees’ Visit
Garrett Schreiber and Bex Heimbrock November 14, 2024

November 14, 2024 - At 11 a.m., roughly 50 students walked out of class and assembled in front of Memorial Building to call for divestment from military contractors in...

Students Present Research at Annual Science Conference
Poppy Lasher, News Writer • November 14, 2024

November 8th-9th, 2024 -- Whitman co-hosted the annual Murdock College Science Research Conference in Vancouver, Washington. Twenty-two Whitman students studying life sciences...

Navigating Gun Culture within America
Navigating Gun Culture within America
Baran Abbasi, News Reporter • November 14, 2024

Increasing gun violence in Walla Walla creates impacts that are felt everywhere, including Whitman's campus. In the early morning of Oct. 6, a shooting near Tau Kappa...

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