A new art installation in Reid, “All the Rare Birds,” seeks to memorialize Kyle Martz ‘07, a beloved Whitman alum and staff member and victim of homicide in Walla Walla in the summer of 2019. Martz...
October 6, 2024 – Shots were fired near Tau Kappa Epsilon and Beta Theta Pi early this morning, around 2 a.m. Multiple cars were hit by the bullets, and photos of bullet holes in the walls and windows...
Freja Holmes, Campus Life Reporter
• October 3, 2024
A small yellow ball and a net stretched over a collapsible setup carry more meaning to the Whitman community than we tend to assume. Taking on an easy-to play, portable form, spike ball is the perfect...
Shelby Hearn, the new director of Whitman's LGBTQIA+ Student Services, has a vision for the future of LGBTQIA+ life at Whitman. Having recently left a role at the University of Utah where they felt...
Isabel Mathy, Campus Life Reporter
• September 19, 2024
A grandmother's living room, handwoven baskets, life-sized photographs and more multimedia elements made up this semester's exhibit at the Sheehan Gallery — "Picturing Family: Métis Life in the Walla...
Isabel Mathy, Campus Life Reporter
• April 25, 2024
Stage lights and the sunset illuminate a swirling crowd of swing dancers while bluegrass music plays in the background at the Whitsquatch Music Festival held on April 19. At Whitsquatch, hundreds of...
The inaugural Salmon Film Festival kicked off on April 12 and 13 on campus, drawing sizable crowds of community members and students with wafts of salmon cooking and the hum of conversation. The two-day...
On March 26, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed after a cargo ship collided with an essential pylon. Six workers who were filling potholes on the bridge were killed in the collapse....
Walla Walla’s 2024-2029 comprehensive transportation plan has “unprecedented” amounts of grant funding associated with it, according to Assistant City Engineer Monte Puymon, P.E.
“Within the...
Linda Sarsour, the 'homegirl from Brooklyn,' has one message for Whitman students: "This is not a sprint. It's a marathon."
Sarsour, of all people, would know. Among her many roles, including the...
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court overturned the use of race-conscious admissions in a 6-2 decision by the conservative majority in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard.
The decision...
Hot Poop, Washington’s oldest independent record store, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The store originally opened in San Diego in 1972 and moved to Walla Walla in the fall of 1973. In the...
