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Vol. CLVI, Issue 5
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Whitman Wire

Law, Culture & the Humanities Minor Expands Liberal Arts Education

Isabel Mathy, Campus Life Reporter March 13, 2025

Editor's Note: the article's title was changed on 3/14 to more accurately reflect the academic goals of the minor. This year, Whitman added a new minor, "Law, Culture & the Humanities" (LCH), to...

Madeline Miller Talks Literary Witches in Classics Lecture

Madeline Miller Talks Literary Witches in Classics Lecture

Holly VanVoorhis, Campus Life Reporter March 13, 2025

On March 5, students, faculty and community members gathered in person at Kimball Theater and online via a Zoom video chat for a lecture on witches in Classical literature by author Madeline Miller....

Reflections on "Doubt: A Parable"

Reflections on “Doubt: A Parable”

Lucy Walker, Campus Life Reporter March 13, 2025

A dimly lit stage houses the office of a Catholic school in the Bronx, looking out upon seats packed with eager audience members. March 6 through 9, crowds gathered in Harper Joy for the showings of...

Penrose Library Awarded for Accessibility and Diversity Efforts

Penrose Library Awarded for Accessibility and Diversity Efforts

Lucy Walker, Campus Life Reporter March 6, 2025

As students congregate in study groups around the library to try and study for exams or work on projects, a group of staff is working behind the scenes making the space more accessible and inclusive....

Hair, There, and Everywhere: DIY Hair Styling on Campus

Hair, There, and Everywhere: DIY Hair Styling on Campus

Pendhay Singay Yeshay, Campus Life Reporter March 6, 2025

Hair is one of the many mediums that Whitman students express themselves through — whether you cut it yourself, ask a friend or go to a salon, there are many options for students to use hair as a...

Erik ReeL Fuses Fashion and Sustainability at the Sheehan Gallery

Erik ReeL Fuses Fashion and Sustainability at the Sheehan Gallery

Pendhay Singay Yeshay, Campus Life Reporter February 27, 2025

The Sheehan Gallery entices viewers in with bright pops of color and dynamic designs as it features a new artwork exhibition titled "FACT: fashion + art construct tomorrow." Featuring artwork from...

Reviewing the Sherwood Sauna, Whitman’s Hottest (and Emptiest) Club

Reviewing the Sherwood Sauna, Whitman’s Hottest (and Emptiest) Club

Holly VanVoorhis, Campus Life Reporter February 27, 2025

  Whitman College has a sauna. Two, technically, as the heated facilities are separated into a women’s and a men’s bathroom in the basement of the Sherwood Athletic Facility. During my...

Astrophysicist Kihana Wilson Speaks on Diversity in STEM

Isabel Mathy, Campus Life Reporter February 27, 2025

Over 160 eager audience members listened to astrophysicist Kihana Wilson speak on diversity in STEM fields during this year's Power and Privilege Symposium (P&P). Wilson, who has amassed nearly 100K...

Volunteers Hone Read-Aloud Techniques with the Walla Walla County Rural Library District

Holly VanVoorhis, Campus Life Reporter February 20, 2025

On Feb. 13, while snowfall covered Whitman’s campus in a sheet of icy white, students warmed up in Reid while Caitlin Hunsaker and Chris Eckstadt held a training session for a volunteer partnership program...

Accessibility in Walla Walla: How Project Sidewalk is Paving the Way

Accessibility in Walla Walla: How Project Sidewalk is Paving the Way

Lucy Walker, Campus Life Reporter February 20, 2025

Last semester, the word “ramp” was commonplace around campus, sprawled in colorful chalk on steps and next to cracks and ramps (or the lack thereof) as students highlighted the inaccessibility...

Bringing First Foods to Cleveland

Bringing First Foods to Cleveland

Lucy Walker, Campus Life Reporter February 13, 2025

On Feb. 7, Cleveland Commons’s rotisserie station transformed from the usual day-to-day salad toppers to an impressive display of bison steaks, fry bread with huckleberry jam, and Copper River steelhead...

SVP Debuts New Events in Collaboration with Recognize Violence, Change Culture

Pendhay Singay Yeshay and Chloé Williams February 13, 2025

Sexual Violence Prevention (SVP), a student-led club focused on creating campus-wide sexual wellness, held three events in Reid Coffee House last week. They collaborated with the Health Center to fund...

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