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Vol. CLVI, CIRCUIT
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From The Archives: A Commentary

Grace Canny, prolific (humor) writer May 2, 2024

When I heard the Circuit theme for this year, I was overjoyed. “From The Archives” plays perfectly into my hand; another year where I can write an article for Circuit without being creative or original....

Inside

Rachel Husband, Publisher May 2, 2024

It was October 2020, and I was enrolled at Whitman College for my first semester. Of course, Whitman College, like many institutions, was operating virtually and I was living at home with my parents, attending...

A Tribute to Youth Soccer

Garrett Schreiber, Opinion Columnist May 2, 2024

From the time I was four years old until I was 14, I played in a recreational youth soccer league in my tiny home town of Stevensville, Montana. Stevensville Youth Soccer (SYS as I so fondly remember it)...

Preserving Memories Through Cooking

Preserving Memories Through Cooking

Natalie Comerford, Managing Editor May 2, 2024

I have always enjoyed cooking and baking, well before I knew how to do it properly. A personal favorite, that I then forced my poor parents to eat, was “cabbage soup,” a salt-less and mushy concoction...

PFAS: Transcending History

Sebastian Squire, News Editor May 2, 2024

Few substances have reached the level of public notoriety as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS for short. As public awareness has grown, they’ve been given the ominous name “forever...

Those With No History

Those With No History

Isabel Mathy, Campus Life Reporter May 2, 2024

Quick! Name one famous historical male … okay now a female. This was probably easy and simple; you can name dozens if not hundreds of people for both categories. Now name one famous transgender person...

Whitman Majors as Kaiju

Conor Bartol, resident Godzilla enthusiast May 2, 2024

Have you ever wondered, “Gee, if I were to transform into a giant monster in accordance with my major, what monster would I be?” Then look no further: I have here compiled for you a list of majors,...

In preservation of history: a look inside the home and collection of Fred L. Mitchell

In preservation of history: a look inside the home and collection of Fred L. Mitchell

George Groebner, Humor Writer May 2, 2024

In an outwardly unassuming house a few blocks from Whitman’s campus, a man with six decades of public service in Walla Walla keeps the largest collection of Plateau Native American beadwork ever amassed....

Logging back On: Using Nostalgia to Explore the Virtual Worlds of the Past

Alexa Grechishkin, Campus Life Editor May 2, 2024

I was a latchkey kid during late elementary school and middle school, giving me what felt like free reign over the two hours between school ending and my parents coming home. With the whole house at my...

Primary Sources

Primary Sources

Kasey Moulton, Editor-in-Chief May 2, 2024

In his 2024 Hosokawa Journalism Lecture, Vann R. Newkirk, senior editor at The Atlantic, described journalism as “the first draft of history.” This year, as I’ve straddled the line between historian...

What's getting left out: my fantastic ideas

What’s getting left out: my fantastic ideas

Grace Canny, Humor Writer May 4, 2023

I have had one or two hits in my storied career as a Wire Humor Writer, but what if I told you that everything you’ve seen is just a fraction of what could have been? Each issue, we Humor Writers...

Whitman to install turf field despite environmental concerns

Whitman to install turf field despite environmental concerns

Zoe Schacter-Brodie, Feature Editor May 4, 2023

On March 5, the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) Senate passed a resolution urging the College to conduct an environmental review. Four months earlier, Whitman had announced plans to install...

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