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Vol. CLVI, CIRCUIT
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

ICE Crackdowns and Deportation Fears: What It Means for Walla Walla

Gauri Vaidya, News Reporter February 13, 2025

In recent weeks, the Trump administration’s contentious immigration policies have forced deportations and ICE operations to come into international spotlight. Reports are circling of ICE officers making...

Duck, Duck, Illness: Revisiting Bird Flu Concerns

Duck, Duck, Illness: Revisiting Bird Flu Concerns

Poppy Lasher, News Writer February 13, 2025

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...

Penrose Library's Failed AI Experiment

Penrose Library’s Failed AI Experiment

Danny Pottharst and Baran Abbasi February 13, 2025

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...

Walla Walla County Firefighters’ Involvement in California Wildfire Response

Walla Walla County Firefighters’ Involvement in California Wildfire Response

Danny Pottharst, News Reporter February 6, 2025

Walla Walla County firefighters recently deployed to support response efforts for the Southern California wildfires, which have ravaged the Los Angeles County region since Jan. 7. Nearly 20 firefighters...

Luka Doncic to the LA Lakers: NBA’s Biggest Trade OAT

Garrett Schreiber, News Editor February 6, 2025

At 9:12 p.m. PST, Feb. 1, 2025, Shams Charania, ESPN’s NBA Insider, the man known for dropping trade confirmations, tweeted out the following.  “BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka...

What is Postmodernism?

What is Postmodernism?

Chloé Williams, News Reporter February 6, 2025

Postmodern art aesthetics have skyrocketed in popularity within the last three years. Weirdcore, Liminal Spaces, Vaporwave — these are aesthetics which use grain-ridden, strangely familiar images...

Editorial Board: Super Bowl Predictions

Editorial Board 2025 February 6, 2025

News Garrett Schreiber: Sadly, we must all sit in awkward silence as we watch the Kansas City Chiefs complete their quest for a three-peat. Patrick Mahomes, despite having yet another mediocre game...

Hundreds March for Immigrant Rights in Downtown Walla Walla

Hundreds March for Immigrant Rights in Downtown Walla Walla

Danny Pottharst and Chloé Williams February 3, 2025

A march for immigrant rights drew hundreds in downtown Walla Walla. At 2 p.m., attendees gathered at the Walla Walla Plaza holding signs and Mexican and American flags.   Protestors marched from the...

BREAKING: Walla Walla Residents March for Immigrant Rights

BREAKING: Walla Walla Residents March for Immigrant Rights

Garrett Schreiber, News Editor February 3, 2025

UPDATE - 4:16 p.m., protesters marched on the sidewalk from S 9th Street and have arrived Jefferson Park. There are still roughly 100 to 150 people involved in the march. UPDATE - 4:06 p.m., police...

Rep. Baumgartner Meets with Whitman Students, Pres. Bolton

Rep. Baumgartner Meets with Whitman Students, Pres. Bolton

Kaitlyn Salazar, Science and Environment Editor January 29, 2025

On Tuesday, Jan. 28, a small group of Whitman College students met with Rep. Michael Baumgartner to discuss higher education, climate change, foreign affairs and more. The WA District 5 Congressman...

Failing to Follow Protocol: New Details Emerge in Discovery of Human remains

Bex Heimbrock, News Editor January 15, 2025

Over a month after a social media post broke the news that human remains were discovered during construction at Pioneer Park, city officials have alleged that Culbert Construction failed to promptly notify...

Mystery Remains at Pioneer Park Confirmed to be Native American

Bex Heimbrock, News Editor December 26, 2024

The unidentified human remains recently discovered near Pioneer Park have been confirmed to be of Native American origin. According to a press release by the City of Walla Walla, the discovery site, as...

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