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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 10
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

White Male Grateful for Power and Privilege Symposium

April 11, 2013
Two weeks after the Power and Privilege Symposium, Michael Anderson is still talking about race. A first-year upper-middle-class white student from Portland, Michael is thrilled to have had the two-day lecture series confronting the issues of power and privilege. “I wasn’t sure at first if I’d have enough time to even attend a workshop, but then I realized I could probably watch the finale of 'Girls' on HBO Go anytime," he said.
Illustration by Marlee Raible

Mother Nature Loves to Torture Whitman Students in Spring

Tabor Martinsen April 11, 2013
Spring has sprung! The grass has rizz! I wonder where all them Whitties is? Oh, that’s right, they’re all inside and going crazy because Walla Walla springtime weather is so goddamn fickle!

Fouls of Instagram

Elena Aragon April 4, 2013
Fouls of Instagram. Don't do it
Illustration by Emily Jones

Veteran Cigarette Smoker Anchors the Sweets

Matt Raymond April 4, 2013
A profile of Paul Cathcart, a smoker and current frisbee player who is tearing it up on and off the field.
Police Inaction Leads to Destruction of the Condemned House

Police Inaction Leads to Destruction of the Condemned House

Evelyn Levine March 28, 2013

The Walla Walla Police Department decided to implement a new strategy with the parties at Condemned: Do nothing. "Because parties are nearly every weekend, we thought to try to let the party manage...

17 Percent of Students Too Drunk to Take Survey

Lachlan Johnson March 28, 2013

Whitman's annual student lifestyle survey has revealed that 17 percent of students have too many drinks on the average weekend to fill out the questionnaire. Administered by the Whitman Office of Propaganda...

(Not) Eating Bin Food: A How-to Guide

Karah Kemmerly March 28, 2013
Bin food getting you down? Solve your mealtime woes with this handy guide on how not to eat whatever is inside those white containers.

3 Descriptions of Tabor Articles

Tristan Gavin March 28, 2013

Tabor Martinsen is a frequent writer for the Backpage known for outrageous lists and numerical rankings of silly concepts. To further thrust young Tabor into the humor spotlight, I have compiled a numbered...

Senior Runs into Problems

Tristan Gavin March 28, 2013

While most varsity athletes spend the offseason preparing for the next year, things are a bit different for senior Tyler Mejosnik. Mejosnik was a member of the cross-country team for each of his four years...

New Campaign Name to Battle Campus Sexual Ineptitude

Adam Brayton March 28, 2013

In the new title-taking wave that is sweeping campus campaigns and organizations, there is a new player that hopes to re-imagine itself in a way that another campaign has already imagined itself: the Green...

Frank.  Photo by Marie von Hafften.

Typewriters Next Generation of Computing

Blair Hanley Frank March 28, 2013
Typewriters are the next big tech thing, think I'm wrong?
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