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Vol. CLVI, CIRCUIT
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Sex Week Returns to Campus to Fight for Change
Sex Week Returns to Campus to Fight for Change
Pendhay Singay Yeshay, Campus Life Reporter • May 1, 2025

April 22 to 25 marked Whitman’s annual sex week — a week filled with a variety of different events and programs to rally together the campus community in hopes of...

Pickleball Club and IM Sports Collaborate to Host Third Annual Pickleball Tournament
Pickleball Club and IM Sports Collaborate to Host Third Annual Pickleball Tournament
Holly VanVoorhis, Campus Life Reporter • May 1, 2025

April 25-27, Intramural Sports (IM) and the Pickleball Club collaborated to host the third annual IM Pickleball Tournament at Pioneer Park. Members of the Pickleball Club,...

Open Letter from Whitman Faculty: Whitman Students Engaged in Hunger Strike
Whitman Faculty May 15, 2025

  Dear Whitman community, We are not sure how many of you are aware but three of our students (one senior and two first-years) are engaged in a hunger strike to protest the college’s failure...

Organizing Against the Apocalypse
Kaitlyn Salazar, Science and Environment Editor • May 14, 2025

Next time you're in a public library, art museum or university, thank a billionaire! The generous spirit of Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt and the like continue to be an inspiration...

Letter from the Editors
Letter from the Editors
Nazaaha Penick and Chloe Collins May 14, 2025

Dear readers, Welcome to the Apocalypse.  When we chose the theme for this year’s edition of Circuit, we weren’t just thinking about zombies (though you’ll find plenty of those). We were...

The It Girl: Capitalism’s Favorite Daughter
The It Girl: Capitalism’s Favorite Daughter
Riley Cooper, Feature Writer • May 1, 2025

In 2018, as I entered the world of YouTube, I grew familiar with a face that many girls my age knew, Emma Chamberlain. She was everything...

The Pursuit of Sustainable Landscaping on Whitman’s Campus
The Pursuit of Sustainable Landscaping on Whitman’s Campus
Alisson Alerte, Science and Environment Writer • May 1, 2025

The Whitman College website proudly boasts a one-to-one student-to-tree ratio. The factuality of this claim is up for debate, but that’s...

8 Reasons Why Cats & Dogs Living Together is Bad
8 Reasons Why Cats & Dogs Living Together is Bad
Ben Sherry, Dire Warnings Reduced by the Word Limit • May 14, 2025

It has become clear to us that things are pretty bad. Not cataclysmic yet, but there is cause for concern. The world is getting hotter, jobs...

Anonymous Quotes from Our Newsroom
Nazaaha Penick, curator of safe spaces • May 1, 2025

"My bear just got fucking amputated." "Did you thank Tay?" "This duck is ripping my ear apart." "Malcolm X did it, and he got shot!" "This...

What You Need to Know About the Housing Lottery
AJ Johnson, IHC bourgeois  • May 1, 2025

Hundreds of freshmen and sophomores like me have, for whatever reason, decided to attend another year at Whitman. They’ve hedged their bets...

That Whitman School Spirit
That Whitman School Spirit
Olivia Banuelos, Proud Whittie  • May 1, 2025

It’s time to rep that Whitman pride — so throw on your blue! Or yellow? Or gold? Or maybe baby blue? Honestly, just wear whatever’s...

Whitman to Install Security Cameras Outside of Memorial Hall
Whitman to Install Security Cameras Outside of Memorial Hall
Bex Heimbrock, News Editor • May 2, 2025

UPDATE, 4:04 P.M.: President of Whitman College's AAUP Chapter, and Chair of Politics at Whitman College, Jack Jackson, responded to the request for comment, expressing concern...

Dean Joshua's Letter to The Wire
Dean Joshua’s Letter to The Wire
May 1, 2025

In December, the Wire received a letter from Perkins Coie LLP on behalf of Dean of Students Kazi Joshua in his personal capacity. We are publishing the letter in full, as...

Whitman Baseball Seeks Tournament in Tight NWC Race
Danny Pottharst, News Reporter • May 1, 2025

Respect. Integrity. Commitment. Excellence. These four values guide Whitman’s baseball team. For senior pitcher and captain Wyatt Adams, they are a promise of the team’s...

Q&A with Versha Sharma, Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue
Natalie Comerford, Managing Editor • May 1, 2025

The Wire Can you first tell me a little bit about your background as a journalist, how did you get here? How did you become editor in chief of Teen Vogue?    Versha...

A SWEET Journey to Nationals for The Sweets
A SWEET Journey to Nationals for The Sweets
Garrett Schreiber, News Editor • May 1, 2025

Both Whitman Sweets teams have swept their regional tournaments and qualified for the national tournament.  The Whitman Sweets are Whitman's ultimate frisbee club...

Wusband and Wife: Whitman's Big Gay Wedding
Wusband and Wife: Whitman’s Big Gay Wedding
Chloé Williams, News Reporter • May 1, 2025

On April 25, Whitman College senior Lita Bacus and her now “wusband,” alum Fi Black, walked down a dental-dam blanketed white carpet to a flowered altar where they...

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