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Vol. CLVI, Issue 5
Whitman news since 1896

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Whitman Wire

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Investigation: Budget Cuts Cut Deep for Whitman Writing

Chloé Williams, News Reporter March 13, 2025

“Frustrated, angry, tired.” These three words, professors say, describe the feelings of non-tenure track faculty as Whitman College’s budget cuts become a reality. Cuts have already led to the...

Women’s Rights March Clashes with Chalk-Guy in Call for Action

Danny Pottharst, News Reporter March 10, 2025

Sporting bright pink beanies and dressing their dogs in pink T-shirts, about 260 people gathered in downtown Walla Walla on International Women’s Day, March 8, to march for women’s rights.  Known...

Whitman Dominates Wisconsin-Superior, Eyes Possible Sweet 16 Appearance

Garrett Schreiber, News Editor March 7, 2025

No. 5 Whitman Blues (26-1) took on University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets (17-10) in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Menomonie, WI at 2:45p.m. Friday afternoon. Whitman was coming off...

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....

Addressing Race at Whitman After Black History Month

Addressing Race at Whitman After Black History Month

Poppy Lasher, News Reporter March 6, 2025

This February, Whitman promoted a variety of Black History Month events for faculty and staff. These events included presentations of Black history and African colonial history, a faculty panel discussion,...

Examining the "Women in STEM" Movement

Examining the “Women in STEM” Movement

Leah Chang, Science and Environment Writer March 6, 2025

“Women in STEM” is a phrase you will frequently hear on a college campus, spoken genuinely at times and at other times, as sarcastic words of encouragement during a grueling science lab. As a straightforward...

My Editor Won’t Let Me Write About Ducks

My Editor Won’t Let Me Write About Ducks

AJ Johnson, too busy complaining about her editor to write a byline March 6, 2025

I’ve been working at The Whitman Wire for a semester and a half, and for the most part, I’ve been treated well. My deadlines aren’t too strict, and I get along with the other Humor section writers....

Gnome Population Surging in Walla Walla

Gnome Population Surging in Walla Walla

Ben Sherry, Looking for the Gnome that Stole my Third Sock March 6, 2025

The Walla Walla Ecological Survey has received reports of an unexpected incline of Gnome sightings within the city. How this happened has many researchers befuddled, but The Wire has gone out of its...

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...

Chalk Talk

Chalk Talk

Zachary Peterson, Feature Writer March 6, 2025

It’s in your face, it’s powerful and, most importantly, it comes in affordable, portable containers — with so many colors it makes ROYGBIV look like a Charlie Chaplin film. Since my freshman...

Athletes are better than the rest of us.

Athletes are better than the rest of us.

Nick Pecora, Non Athletic Reprehensible Person March 6, 2025

I love our athletes, who wouldn’t? They’re not only physical specimens but they are also more intelligent and caring than the rest of us ordinary people. When I see a Whitman Athlete I think: “Wow,...

Whitman Women's Basketball Wins NWC Championship; Marches On Into NCAA Tournament

Whitman Women’s Basketball Wins NWC Championship; Marches On Into NCAA Tournament

Garrett Schreiber and Danny Pottharst March 1, 2025

Whitman Women’s Basketball (No. 1 seed) triumphed over George Fox University (No. 2 seed) in the Northwest Conference (NWC) Tournament Championship on March 1, clearing a big hurdle and guaranteeing...

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