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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Banff Mountain Film Festival in review

Ann Karneus, A&E Reporter February 6, 2020

Last Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Walla Walla community packed into Cordiner Hall for the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival. One of the many stops on its 285+ destination world tour, Banff showcases a variety...

“Fire Stories” explores ecology and history

Renny Acheson, A&E Editor February 6, 2020

The jagged remains of a ponderosa pine marked by centuries of fire stand feet away from a flourishing specimen of the same species. Entitled “Enduring Witness,” this photograph depicts two adjacent...

Illustration by Sienna Axe

Wire Watch: Feb. 6-13

Sienna Axe, A&E Reporter February 6, 2020

Feb. 6: Visiting Writers Reading Series: Johanna Stoberock Thursday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m., Kimball Theatre in Hunter Conservatory Whitman’s own Senior Adjunct Assistant Professor of English and General...

“Ripe Frenzy” demands dialogue on school shootings

Rohan Press, A&E Reporter December 12, 2019

For senior Miranda LaFond, dramaturge (i.e. literary advisor) for “Ripe Frenzy” — a play by Jennifer Barclay telling the story of a high school shooting in a small town in upstate New York — the...

Wire Watch: Dec. 12-19

Wire Watch: Dec. 12-19

Ryder Brookes, A&E Reporter December 12, 2019

"Ripe Frenzy" Thursday, Dec. 12 - Dec. 15, 8 p.m. (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday), Harper Joy Theatre The third production of the fall semester: a play centered around a school shooting...

Tara Graves is Sheehan Gallerys newest assistant.

Tara Graves joins the Sheehan Gallery team

Kaitlin Cho, A&E Reporter December 12, 2019

Tara Graves is many things: a former corporate worker who resigned after 10 years to go to art school, a photographer, an art studio owner. On Oct. 28, she also became the Sheehan Gallery assistant. Graves...

Senior Serina Vue sings a solo with a capella group Schwa.

WEB Winter Wonderland: Skating and singing into the season

Sienna Axe, A&E Reporter December 12, 2019

On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the platform outside of Cordiner Hall was turned into a winter wonderland — WEB’s Winter Wonderland, to be exact. Between hot drinks, ice skating and performances from Whitman’s...

“JESUS IS KING” in review

Ryder Brookes, A&E Reporter December 5, 2019

On his ninth studio album, Kanye West turns his focus towards God, creating a short album with some notable triumphs, yet which overall shows little substance and zero musical growth. The highly controversial,...

Sophomores Maya Mohan and Hannah Paul sing at the karaoke event

Power and Privilege karaoke: Singing to create connections

Rohan Press, A&E Reporter December 5, 2019

There were smiles on students’ faces as first-year Nomonde Nyathi took to the Reid basement stage for the second time that evening — this time, for a karaoke rendition of Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold."  “It...

Wire Watch: Dec. 5-13

Wire Watch: Dec. 5-13

Kaitlin Cho, A&E Reporter December 5, 2019

Whitman College Student Voice and Piano Recital Thursday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m., Chism Recital Hall The Whitman College Music Department presents performances from vocalists Haley King, Evan Marks and Chloe...

Illustration by Elie Flanagan

Video games club unites hobby, leisure and community

Sienna Axe, A&E Reporter December 5, 2019

Whitman’s video game club provides a space for students to kick back, relax and game at their own speed. Best known by the greater Whitman community for their biweekly Super Smash Bros. tournament...

Scrub In, an art performance piece, centered around the Marcus Whitman statue at the intersection of Main Street and Boyer Avenue.

“Scrub In” opens opportunities for discussion

Rohan Press, A&E Reporter November 21, 2019

The “Scrub In” performance art piece, in which participants scrubbed the Marcus Whitman statue on campus with water, was hardly literal.  “In fact,'' said senior co-organizer of the performance,...

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