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Vol. CLVI, Issue 5
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Whitman Wire

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Whitman Wire

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BREAKING: College Brings Conduct Cases Against Two Students in SJP

Bex Heimbrock, News Editor April 6, 2025

Editor's Note 4/7/25: A previous version of this article stated that Dean Joshua and Dr. Johnson "filed complaints" against students. This is incorrect, as students' official conduct letters state...

BREAKING: Red Paint and Chalk Cover Reid During "Spring Into Whitman"

BREAKING: Red Paint and Chalk Cover Reid During “Spring Into Whitman”

Nazaaha Penick, Editor-In-Chief April 5, 2025

Around 2:00 p.m. today, red paint was discovered splashed across Reid Campus Center at Whitman College, followed by chalk messages surrounding the building. Phrases such as “People over Profit” were...

BREAKING: WWU Students Walk Out for LGBTQ Rights

BREAKING: WWU Students Walk Out for LGBTQ Rights

Bex Heimbrock and Kaitlyn Salazar March 11, 2025

BREAKING: Walla Walla University (WWU) students are rallying to protest the school’s “discriminatory action against its students based on sexual orientation,” according to a post on “wwu_stand_together,”...

BREAKING: Students Walk Out for Palestine

Bex Heimbrock, News Editor February 19, 2025

February 19, 2025 -- Whitman Students for Justice in Palestine are leading a 'teach-in' at Maxey Auditorium, following a mid-morning walk-out. 12:35PM: As protesters gathered in Maxey Auditorium, Dean...

BREAKING: Penrose Evacuated After Fire Alarms Sound

Bex Heimbrock, News Editor February 17, 2025

February 17, 2025 8:20PM: Librarians are unsure what caused the fire alarms to go off earlier this evening. Instruction Coordinator and Outreach Librarian Emily Pearson told The Wire it was unclear...

Hundreds March for Immigrant Rights in Downtown Walla Walla

Hundreds March for Immigrant Rights in Downtown Walla Walla

Danny Pottharst and Chloé Williams February 3, 2025

A march for immigrant rights drew hundreds in downtown Walla Walla. At 2 p.m., attendees gathered at the Walla Walla Plaza holding signs and Mexican and American flags.   Protestors marched from the...

The location where a human femur was discovered is now the site of an active police investigation.
Photo contributed by the Walla Walla Police Department.

BREAKING: Human Remains Found Near Pioneer Park

Garrett Schreiber and Bex Heimbrock December 9, 2024

UPDATE -- 5:17 p.m., the Walla Walla Police Department has confirmed the discovery of additional remains near Pioneer Park. The area of the investigation remains closed, and residents have been asked to...

BREAKING: Students To Be Evacuated, Power Killed at Reid for Faulty Equipment

BREAKING: Students To Be Evacuated, Power Killed at Reid for Faulty Equipment

Nazaaha Penick and Bex Heimbrock December 4, 2024

Wednesday, December 4 — Reid Campus Center (RCC) is set to be taken completely offline and powered down from 7PM to 8PM due to a mechanical malfunction that may damage equipment on campus. In a Community...

City of Walla Walla responds to fallen branch on Valencia Street

BREAKING: Wind Storm Takes Down Trees Around Walla Walla

Kaitlyn Salazar, Science and Environment Editor November 20, 2024

Heavy winds began early last night in Walla Walla, as several students reported lights flickering in Whitman buildings and off campus houses around 8 p.m. A post on the Facebook page Walla Walla Scanner...

BREAKING: Students Continue to Protest Board of Trustees Visit at Three Rivers Winery

Kaitlyn Salazar, Bex Heimbrock, and Nazaaha Penick November 15, 2024

November 15, 2024 — Student protesters have gathered again at Three Rivers Winery, where students say the Board of Trustees has moved the day’s meetings. Previously, the Board was set to meet at Memorial...

BREAKING: Sheriff's Office contacted for Student Protest

BREAKING: Sheriff’s Office contacted for Student Protest

November 14, 2024 — At roughly 6 pm a representative from Three Rivers Winery called the Walla Walla Sheriff’s Office, requesting that officers respond to student protesters outside a Whitman Board...

BREAKING: Trustees Relocate as Students Protest

BREAKING: Trustees Relocate as Students Protest

Garrett Schreiber and Kaitlyn Salazar November 14, 2024

November 14th, 2024 – At 6:12 this morning, a shuttle bus parked outside Cordiner Hall with the goal of taking members of the Board of Trustees to their meeting. The location of the meeting changed recently...

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