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Vol. CLVI, CIRCUIT
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Whitman Wire

The Rewilding

The Rewilding

Eva Mangahas, Illustrator May 14, 2025

Apocalypse FM Presents: Dead Beats – A Survival Soundtrack

Apocalypse FM Presents: Dead Beats – A Survival Soundtrack

Apocalypse FM Presents: Dead Beats – A Survival Soundtrack with your hosts Apocalypse Vibes Correspondents, Ayat’arrahman Mahmoudi & Sebastián Vera Cuevas Welcome back to Apocalypse FM,...

Zombie Apocalypse Horoscopes

Zombie Apocalypse Horoscopes

Chloe Collins, Publisher May 14, 2025

Capricorn You tried to hold it together — rations, rotations, spreadsheets — but the weight of it all hit hard. You became a zombie at some undetermined hour, wandering quietly, contemplatively. Capricorn...

BREAKING: Cases of Zombie Virus in Walla Walla, Quarantines Ordered

BREAKING: Cases of Zombie Virus in Walla Walla, Quarantines Ordered

Bex Heimbrock, News Editor May 14, 2025

See the link here: to see how far you’d survive in a zombie apocalypse. It’s a beautiful day on campus. Maybe you’re on Ankeny playing hackey sack. Maybe you’re in the library wishing you...

Elephants

Elephants

Chloé Williams, News Reporter May 14, 2025

My apocalyptic visions recur every two weeks.  The first happened when I was five. In the dream, I put on my mother’s red lipstick. She grew so angry she took off her wedding ring and ran away...

Prepping for the End: Fear, Faith, and the American Way

Prepping for the End: Fear, Faith, and the American Way

Kaela Babasin, Opinion Columnist May 14, 2025

The Church of Latter-Day Saints describes the “Latter-days” (also known as the end of times, apocalypse or doomsday) as a time of crisis and destruction before the second coming of Christ. In these...

Ranking Zombie Video Games By Survivability

Ranking Zombie Video Games By Survivability

Garrett Schreiber, News Editor May 14, 2025

Zombie video games: an absolute classic genre of the gaming sphere. Infinite different games, each with unique style and mechanics (except the carbon copy Call of Duty games). These unique aspects...

“Graphic Depictions of Violence”: Apocalypse Alternate Universes and Fandom Culture

“Graphic Depictions of Violence”: Apocalypse Alternate Universes and Fandom Culture

Alexa Grechishkin May 14, 2025

In her 2015 research, Jennifer Barnes, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Oklahoma, argues that fanfiction uses its source material as a prop, transforming it into a starting point...

Letter from the Editors

Letter from the Editors

Nazaaha Penick and Chloe Collins May 14, 2025

Dear readers, Welcome to the Apocalypse.  When we chose the theme for this year’s edition of Circuit, we weren’t just thinking about zombies (though you’ll find plenty of those). We were...

Whitman to Install Security Cameras Outside of Memorial Hall

Whitman to Install Security Cameras Outside of Memorial Hall

Bex Heimbrock, News Editor May 2, 2025

UPDATE, 4:04 P.M.: President of Whitman College's AAUP Chapter, and Chair of Politics at Whitman College, Jack Jackson, responded to the request for comment, expressing concern about the lack of faculty...

Dean Joshua's Letter to The Wire

Dean Joshua’s Letter to The Wire

May 1, 2025

In December, the Wire received a letter from Perkins Coie LLP on behalf of Dean of Students Kazi Joshua in his personal capacity. We are publishing the letter in full, as well as our response  

Pickleball Club and IM Sports Collaborate to Host Third Annual Pickleball Tournament

Pickleball Club and IM Sports Collaborate to Host Third Annual Pickleball Tournament

Holly VanVoorhis, Campus Life Reporter May 1, 2025

April 25-27, Intramural Sports (IM) and the Pickleball Club collaborated to host the third annual IM Pickleball Tournament at Pioneer Park. Members of the Pickleball Club, which officially began this...

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