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Vol. CLVII
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Whitman Wire

Whitman players (light blue) and George Fox contend for the ball. Photos by Lizzett Zaragoza.
Men’s Soccer Maintains Powerhouse Status Atop NWC
Ashley Sontay Tzun , Sports Reporter • November 7, 2025

Undefeated and leading the Northwest Conference on Saturday, Nov. 1, the Whitman men’s soccer team stepped onto James Hayner Field to compete against rival George Fox —...

Whitman Pickleball Competes in First Intercollegiate Tournament
Lukas Antes, Sports Reporter • November 7, 2025

Whitman students sent pickleballs flying at The Flying Pickle — a pickleball sports center in Meridian, Idaho — on the weekend of Oct. 25-26 in the Intercollegiate Idaho...

NBA Rocked by Gambling, Mafia Ties in Federal Crackdown 
Kai Alexander, Sports Reporter • November 7, 2025

What began as whispers in Las Vegas sportsbooks exploded Thursday, Oct. 23 into one of the biggest scandals in modern sports history. Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey...

Ozempic Nation
Ayat’arrahman Mahmoudi and Stephan Hermann November 7, 2025

Corporations make their money re-selling our insecurity, distilled into an injection pen and wrapped in a tempting label. It's a manipulative system that preys on that ill-informed image of American health...

The Left is Eating Itself Alive
Oliver Song, Opinion Columnist • November 7, 2025

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election in New York City on Tuesday, defeating disgraced former governor and Independent nominee Andrew Cuomo amid a massive blue wave in elections across...

Illustration by Mar Tachek.
The Advertisement Epidemic
Calliope Duford, Opinion Columnist • November 7, 2025

Back in 2016, mobile games developer Playrix released "Gardenscapes." Featuring a butler who guides the player through a match-three adventure to fix up a cartoon garden, it was soon named a top-100 mobile...

Illustration by Genesis Lobos.
Sincerity in the Walls: Movie Theaters and Community
June Thackray, Feature Writer • November 7, 2025

Throughout the past decade, the role of movie theaters in American society has felt like a rollercoaster. Their popularity in the 2010s was high,...

Illustration by Lucas Pinaire.
A River Reborn: The Klamath River Shows Signs of Healing
Jesse Grubb, Science & Environment Writer • November 7, 2025

A year after the landmark removal of four dams on the Klamath River, the ecosystem is showing signs of recovery beyond scientists’ expectations.  The...

Illustration by Natalie Rhim.
I Robbed The Louvre And All I Got Were These Gems
AJ Johnson, Humor Writer • November 7, 2025

I’ve tried every method I can think of to combat seasonal depression: I bought a snake (died of loneliness), bought two snakes (died in a lover’s...

Freaking Finally, The Halls Are Open!
Ben Sherry, Humor Writer • November 7, 2025

Humble Readers of The Wire new and old … we are nearing the end of the openings of the halls. At long last, we have the majority of the Junior-Senior...

Illustration by Avery Hargrove.
Man Uses Generative AI To “Start a Family”
Charlie Staudinger, Humor Writer • November 7, 2025

Last night, while most of Whitman College slept and my roommate raged at “Banner Lords 2: Mount and Blade,” I was scrolling through various...

Illustration by Sylvie King.
Without Farmer’s Market, Students Begin To Get Scurvy
Hunter Tucker, Humor Writer • November 7, 2025

A recent outbreak of scurvy among the Whitman student body initially baffled Welty Health Center and St. Mary’s employees, until they looked...

Illustration by Sylvie King.
We Need To Make DnD Lame Again
AJ Johnson, Humor Writer • October 31, 2025

Back in my day (circa 2017), we didn’t talk about playing “Dungeons and Dragons.” It was a secret society, only whispered about in the...

Photos by Juliette Silvers.
Piecing Past and Future: Walla Walla Archaeology
Allie Fredrickson, News Reporter • November 7, 2025

On Oct. 30, local archaeologists Leah Bonstead and Scott Hall presented a talk on “Preserving Cultural Heritage and Uncovering Hidden Histories: USACE Walla Walla Archaeology"...

Art Therapy Workshops Create Space to De-Stress
Dany Moreno, News Reporter • November 7, 2025

The Welty Health and Counseling Center started a new workshop focusing on integrating art and therapy that is open to students every Friday. The Inner Landscapes Art Therapy...

Lena Dozemen (Iphigenia), center, performs with members of the chorus. Photo by Marlow Cuseo.
Iphigenia and Other Daughters Performed at Harper Joy
Brooke Clark, News Reporter • November 7, 2025

Whitman’s theatre department debuted Ellen McLaughlin's "Iphigenia and Other Daughters" this Thursday, October 30. The play ran through the weekend, with the final show...

Illustration by Eva Mangahas.
Rocky Horror Tradition Continues with Inclusive Spirit
Lucy Walker, News Reporter • November 7, 2025

For more than three decades, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" has been a hallmark of queer community at Whitman College. This year, the annual shadow cast production continued...

Photo by Chloé Williams.
Alumni Short Film, “Roll Modelz”, Celebrates Local “Lowrider Cultura”
Chloé Williams, Managing Editor • October 31, 2025

Whitman alumni Yahir Tzec-Carrasco ‘25 and Oliver Dickson ‘25 traveled across the Pacific Northwest this summer to document the Washington State Lowriders. The resulting...

ASWC Printing Resolutions Address Equity Concerns
Lucy Walker, News Reporter • October 31, 2025

After significant budget cuts at Whitman College reduced student printing funds this academic year, student leaders in the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) passed...