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Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Illustration by Kai Bowen

What I’m building with all these bike tires

Grace Canny, artist (officially fulfilled my art distribution) November 9, 2023

If you take a walk around campus, you might see a lot of bikes. If you keep walking around campus, you might see a lot of bikes without tires. And if you looked in my garage, you might see it full...

Illustration by Gus Cowell

Freeze rays cause controversy, shivering

George Groebner, fastest draw in the southeast central Pacific Northwest November 9, 2023

“What’s cooler than being cool? ICE COLD!” –Andre 3000   As Whitman finds itself in the throes of the seemingly implacable freeze ray trend, Mr. 3000’s poignant words take on...

Illustration by Helios Santoro

Student who Learned Too Broadly tells all

Grace Canny, I know my business here November 2, 2023

On Nov. 1st, she arrived at Penrose Library’s front desk in a haggard state. She smelled like she’d been soaking in Enlighten Mint Yerba Mate and her hand was reflexively curled in perfect 0.5...

Illustration by Jonah Rosen-Bloom

Local sourcing gone too far? Campus ducks added to Cleve menu

George Groebner, incapable of pronouncing “foie gras” November 2, 2023

Last week, cryptic signs outside Cleve heralded a new local food sourcing program, promising “scintillating flavors,” “dynamic nutrition upgrades” and “serious ethical quandaries in every...

Whitman’s Pessimists

Whitman’s Pessimists

Meghan Kearney, Unaffiliated Pessimist November 2, 2023

Whitman students, who once held emotionally-driven conversations ranging from weather to politics, have recently adopted apathetic stances courtesy of Cancel Culture. Disagreements that were once common...

Whitman [ ] Ends in [ ]

Conor Bartol, [ ] November 2, 2023

Editor's Note: Due to ongoing legal concerns this article has been heavily redacted. However, in the interest of informing the public, we have chosen to print it with these redactions. We trust our readers...

Illustration by M Hu

Down Low couple costumes

Grace Canny, ? costumes still undetermined October 26, 2023

Halloween is an introspective time of the year, where you choose a costume to communicate things about you only your diary knows. Maybe only your diary knows you're seeing someone new, but it’s not...

Upward Together – Educational Dysfunction

Conor Bartol, connoisseur of only the classiest jokes October 26, 2023

There has been a terrible mistake. Whitman College’s latest fundraising campaign, “Upward Together,” was intended as a thrust towards raking in tons of sweet, sweet money for education, outreach,...

3 ways to show your crush you like them without any emotional vulnerability

Carmel Stephan, a Romantic at heart October 26, 2023

Have you ever had a crush? The thought is horrifying, right? Even more horrifying if the crush isn’t based on an imaginative life you’ve dreamed for your Person Of Interest (POI), but actually from...

Illustration by Gus Colwell

Zombified taxidermy specimens run amok

George Groebner, harbinger of the taxidermy apocalypse October 26, 2023

In the wee hours of a recent undetermined morning, all was quiet across campus. The air held an eerie stillness like an inexperienced fencer holds a saxophone. The clouds, had anyone been paying attention...

Exposing the Wire

Meghan Kearney, Corporate Activist October 19, 2023

In the aftermath of the ASWC resolution that aimed to remove vending machines on campus under the banner of sustainability, a new battlefront has emerged at Whitman College, and this time, it involves...

Illustration by Kai Bowen

The Tale of Shityphus

Carmel Stephan, heard this one in safeway self checkout line October 19, 2023

There once was a man by the name of Shityphus, whose tale is sad but true, something to remember only in the chilling depths of a morning fogs brew.  Our Shityphus yearned to be a painter, to see...

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