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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
Whitman news since 1896

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Whitman news since 1896

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Chuck, who wouldnt provide his last name, is one of many regular passengers of Valley Transits services. (Photo Credit : Bullion)

Students campaign for Valley Transit measure

Rachel Alexander January 25, 2010
Whitman students get the word out to Walla Walla residents about the valley transit vote on Feb. 9.

Whitman administration addresses student concern about thefts

Lea Negrin January 25, 2010

After returning to Walla Walla from winter break to find her off-campus house burglarized, senior Julie Grimm took action and organized a meeting with members of the Whitman administration to discuss students'...

‘Avatar’ hindered by heavy-handed allegories, pathetic plot

Becquer Medak-Seguin January 24, 2010

Love it or hate it, "Avatar," James Cameron's latest venture into exorbitant-budget cinema, is a bad movie. Let me explain: "Avatar" is, at best, half a movie. The 3D visuals are as breathtaking as the...

Credit: Van Neste

New Glover Alston Center features lounges, kitchen, private meeting rooms

Robert Crenshaw January 24, 2010
Center provides a comfortable space for Whitman community members to work and relax.

Beach House’s Sub Pop debut ‘makes good on its ambitions’

Andrew Hall January 24, 2010

Teen Dream is Beach House's best album. There is no question about this; the Baltimore duo's first album for Seattle's superindie label, Sub Pop, sees the band finally shake all of its inappropriately...

‘Critical Junctures’ brings installation art to Sheehan Gallery

Mehera Nori January 24, 2010

"Critical Junctures," the first of the 2010 exhibitions in the Donald Sheehan Gallery, features a genre unusual to the space. Sculpture and installation art pieces by Eileen Doktorski were unveiled at...

Walla Walla Public Library program makes new effort to attract Whitman students

Connor Guy January 24, 2010

Despite new efforts to reach out to Whitman students, such as advertising on Whitman's campus and including a Whitman professor on this year's line-up of speakers, the Walla Walla Public Library's 14-year-old...

U.S. military should step lightly in Haiti

jamessledd January 24, 2010

The images pouring from earthquake-devastated Haiti onto the Internet and television are heart wrenching. The nightly news shows New York City firefighters crawling over downed buildings in search of survivors,...

China: Complicated is an understatement

Gary Wang January 22, 2010

Maybe you haven't heard, but Google has found a new adversary after vanquishing Yahoo and Microsoft: China's Communist Party! Google recently announced (on its official blog no less) that it is threatening...

Ben Lerchin January 16, 2010

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