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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

RenFaire popular, yet faces uncertain future

Katie Combs April 30, 2008

"Unfortunately, I left my armor at home, in the laundry," said Ruth Garcia, an Oregon resident, as she peddled chain mail at Saturday's 38th annual Renaissance Faire. "Luckily vending is fun!" This...

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Sit, Ubu, Sit’

Mimi Pysno April 24, 2008

As long as you don't live under a rock and you've watched network television at some point in the last 20 years, you've heard the phrase, "Sit, Ubu, Sit" followed by a bark and "Good dog." "Sit, Ubu, Sit"...

ArtWalk inspiries young artists

Thomas Poole April 24, 2008

The program allows artists and performers to display their work downtown in Heritage Park (between Spokane and Colville on Main Street) on the first Friday of every month from 5 to 8 p.m., May through...

Senior art majors present their theses

Jamie Soukup April 24, 2008

One of the first art theses that greets visitors upon entering the Sheehan Gallery is Kento Ushikubo's "The Auq," a nearly 10-foot leech-like monster, whose open mouth visitors are invited to step into. "The...

Netflix It: “Thelma & Louise”

Katie Presley April 24, 2008

"Thelma and Lousie" gets a pretty bad rap. I will tell you right now: it is not a fun road trip movie. It is not a girly slumber-party movie. It has guns and blood and rape attempts and cars going over...

Chan and Li, together at last in ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’

Teal Greyhavens April 24, 2008

It's a good thing "The Forbidden Kingdom," the long-awaited first-ever collaboration between Hong Kong legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li, is so much fun, because deep down it's a little depressing. The...

Spoken word artist Staceyann Chin fills coffeehouse

April 23, 2008

Spoken word poet Staceyann Chin performed at Reid Coffeehouse Friday, April 18. The event was sponsered by ASWC, the Campus Activities Board (CAB), Coffeehouse, and Feminists advocating Change and Empowerment...

Phi Delta Theta raise over $1000 for local youth center with ‘Battle of the Bands’

Lisa Curtis April 17, 2008

Judging from the size and enthusiasm of the crowd, it was hard to believe that it was a Tuesday night. Whitman students cheered, danced and sang along to the lyrics for three hours as seven different groups...

‘What is the What’ provides unique perspective of Lost Boys

Lauren Beebe April 17, 2008

Dave Eggers' "What is the What" is the true story of Valentino Achak Deng, a young boy who escapes from the massacre of his home in Sudan to walk for months across the deserts of three countries to reach...

Wilbur reads celebrated poetry at annual Walt Whitman lecture

Sophie Johnson April 17, 2008

When Richard Wilbur, former U.S. Poet Laureate and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, ended his reading at Thursday's Walt Whitman Lecture by sharing a few of his lesser-known children's poems,...

Netflix it: Step Up

Katie Presley April 17, 2008

I do not personally find Channing Tatum attractive, so you know this review is legit and not hormone-driven. That being said, I did watch it because it stars Jenna Dewan and she once dated Justin Timberlake....

‘Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day’

Erin Salvi April 17, 2008

What better way to indulge in nostalgia than to make a period film? Bharat Nalluri's new film, "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," takes this idea one step further and actually mimics the style of films...

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