On a snowy Saturday night at Whitman, Shante Thompson, also known by her stage name RosieGold, struts into Reid Ballroom with all of the confidence expected from a drag performer. Thompson, one of...
AJ Johnson, proud middle child to two middle children
• February 15, 2025
I like to think my sharp wit and keen insights are a gift from on high, a token of favor from the powers that be. Unfortunately, my penchant for the written word is not a talent from within, but instead,...
My palms clam up as I sit down in my 11 a.m. My fellow classmates are preying on my downfall. I can feel it.
I can already hear the slew of “I would like to piggyback off of that” ringing...
Ben Sherry, Totally Not a Crow (caw)
• February 15, 2025
The Wire has continued its due diligent job to bring these peculiar stories to light this year. But none have been as unreal as this story. One may be tempted to call what we have seen a conspiracy,...
Meghan Kearney, channeling Vanna White
• February 15, 2025
Welcome to The Wire’s first ever interactive game! Here, you will find six questions and four interviewees. One of these interviewees is secretly a frat boy. Based on the following questions and...
Whenever I’m asked if I’ve had a romantic relationship, or any sort of fling in my life, I’m constantly met with surprised faces when I utter the word “no.” (At least nothing that I would...
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...
Experts are concerned about new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, also known as Bird Flu (HPAI), in Washington and throughout the U.S. Washington saw its first confirmed case of HPAI when...
"POV: you used to be normal but now you drink colostrum, avoid seed oils, block blue light, and get in bed by 8:00." This caption, posted by Ava Noe (@cleanlivingwithava) on Instagram, encapsulates...
Isabel Mathy, Campus Life Reporter
• February 13, 2025
Every few years, Whitman participates in the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium survey. This climate and culture survey aims to give Whitman critical information about culture and discrimination...
Leah Chang, Science and Environment Writer
• February 13, 2025
When I enter Frank Dunnivant’s office, I am greeted by a plethora of plants, some towering to the ceiling. He’s wearing a purple tie-dye shirt and sitting criss-cross applesauce in a swivel chair....
Whitman College's library, Penrose, took a chance on AI last semester. Beta-testing a new generative AI-powered research tool called WOS (Web of Science), it seemed the library was embracing what many...
