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“Audio Cassette, Video Cassette;” Professor Ashon Crawly explores musicianship, Black queerness and religion
Q&A with Professor of English Adam Gordon: Chronicling the rise of literary criticism
Staying connected through playlists

Staying connected through playlists

November 12, 2020

From playlists like “cleaning out my first-year dorm while it rains” to “daisies in my toes!”,...

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Student-athletes plan return to campus in three waves

Whitman swimming completes annual ‘Hour of Power’ in remote format

November 19, 2020

Athletic trainers assess heightened risk of injuries ahead of new semester

November 19, 2020

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Walla Walla’s Grand Cinemas reopens with empty seats, M-F Drive-In finishes its year with silver linings

Walla Walla’s Grand Cinemas reopens with empty seats, M-F Drive-In finishes its year with silver linings

November 5, 2020

Donations to the college: Alumni, philanthropy funds and defense contractors

November 5, 2020

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The ABC's of universal basic income
Scout Hutchinson, Columnist • November 19, 2020

Due to mass shutdowns, work from home protocols and an overall decline in our economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged legislators on both sides of the aisle to understand that government assistance...

We need better COVID-19 communication from the administration
Victoria Helmer, Columnist • November 19, 2020

By now, you’ve probably heard about the four staff members and one student who recently tested positive for COVID-19. Perhaps you first found out through The Wire. Maybe you found out through last Thursday’s...

The morality of voting for the "lesser of two evils"
Ava Liponis, Columnist • November 19, 2020

Voting as it is practiced under U.S. “democracy” is a process by which eligible people are obligated to choose between narrowly determined policies and politicians. All youth under the age of 18, convicted...

Bye bye, Betsy DeVos
Sile Surman, Columnist • November 19, 2020

I know I’m not alone when I express my excitement for the U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos leaving office. Educators everywhere celebrated the news on Nov. 7, sharing their joy on social media...

What this record-breaking election can tell us
Ava Liponis, Columnist • November 12, 2020

The 2020 election is finally over and broke quite a few records. Voters set a new record for early votes, casting 101 million pre-election ballots. This figure is roughly twice as high as the number of...

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Illustration by Allyson Kim.
New BuzzFeed quiz about ‘Your Dream Job’ is shockingly accurate
Kiara Paninos, Second Tier Bank Robber • November 19, 2020

BuzzFeed has released yet another truth-telling quiz, but this time it’s not just some trivial questionnaire about which Disney Princess you...

Illustration by Hayden Cooper.
Why humor writers are doing the most right now
Madeline Kemp, Humble • November 19, 2020

With just a couple of issues of The Wire left to publish as this semester crawls to an anticlimactic close, we have got to talk about the real...

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