Mo Dow, A&E Reporter
November 12, 2020
Through an enlarged Zoom window lies a room full of abstract paintings, vibrant with chaotic energy — and in this room sits Prof. Ashon Crawly. He is an Associate Professor...
Jaime Fields, A&E Reporter
November 12, 2020
Adam Gordon is an associate professor of English at Whitman College, who has been published in a variety of journals. His first book, Prophets, Publicists and Parasites:...
Staying connected through playlists
November 12, 2020
From playlists like “cleaning out my first-year dorm while it rains” to “daisies in my toes!”,...
Tucker Grinnan, Sports Reporter
November 19, 2020 • No Comments
Whitman athletes have been busy making plans for the spring semester. Many must return before their peers. Currently, the college plans to return student-athletes to campus...
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
Genevieve Vogel, Feature Reporter
November 12, 2020
The Wire reached out to four Whitman students as voting numbers flooded in on Nov. 3, election night. Each hour, these students were asked to respond to a prompt and email...
November 5, 2020
Donations to the college: Alumni, philanthropy funds and defense contractors
November 5, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...

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

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...
The passage of Referendum 90 in Washington state will enact Senate Bill 5395 into law, mandating comprehensive sexual health education for K-12 students in public schools...
Governor Jay Inslee announced a new set of restrictions Sunday morning after the virus accelerated throughout the state to record-high COVID-19 case levels — including new...
Four Whitman staff members and one student in Walla Walla tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. Each case was self-reported by the five community members who were...

Before returning to Walla Walla for the fall semester, Whitman senior Yana Miakshyla spent three days without internet access in her home country of Belarus, starting the...

As COVID-19 cases rise, professors have struggled to decide whether to teach in-person or online this spring. The Whitman administration sent out a survey on Oct. 8 to faculty...

Though the full picture is still coming together, youth voter turnout is on pace to outstrip turnout levels in 2016. Tufts University CIRCLE projects that the final results...

The City of Walla Walla began distributing the $250,000 from their Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) fund to 220 local small businesses on Oct. 30. The...
Walla Walla County finally has its own COVID-19 website. On Nov. 2, the County Health Department published a new website that illustrates recent trends and resources for combating...












