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Vol. CLVI, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Activists Combatting Sexual Assault Make Strides as Semester Concludes

Sarah Cornett May 19, 2016

It has been three weeks since 19 women protesting sexual assault disrupted the April 29th Board of Trustees meeting. In the time since, significant progress has been made in resolving the three demands...

Contamination in Eastern Washington

Sarah Cornett and Ellen Ivens-Duran May 17, 2016

It was a sunny day in Eastern Washington, and General Frank Matthias was on a search for mediocrity. Matthias was on the market for a site that would become the first plutonium plant, designed to supply...

Climate Change in the Walla Walla Valley

Marra Clay and Ellen Ivens-Duran May 17, 2016

Many Waters Walla Walla is a Sahaptin phrase often translated as “many waters.” The Walla Walla tribe, and now the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, share history with the...

Photo Tywen Kelly

Phi Delta Theta, Sexual Violence Prevention reps look to the future

Ellen Ivens-Duran May 5, 2016
In the weeks since Phi Delta Theta's social functions were suspended, confusion and misinformation has pervaded campus, concurrent with rising frustration about sexual violence,
Photo by Hannah Bartman

A Walla Walla Taco Tasting

Sarah Cornett and Hannah Bartman May 5, 2016
After a sunny Saturday of what can only be described as a Walla Walla taco challenge, three senior Pioneer writers admitted defeat.
Students Demand Sexual Misconduct Prevention at Trustee Meeting

Students Demand Sexual Misconduct Prevention at Trustee Meeting

Sarah Cornett, Editor-in-Chief April 29, 2016

Editors note: this article was updated on May 5 to reflect developments since last Friday's interruption. Please see the concluding section to read about these developments. “Your silence is...

Photo by Anna Dawson

ASWC Striving for Gender Balanced Representation

Ellen Ivens-Duran April 28, 2016

If you wander into Memorial 331 on a Sunday night, you’re likely to find a room full of student representatives deep in discussion over the minutia of college policy and current issues. If you take a...

Photographed (R-L) are Sam Starr, Anya Tudisco, Maya Volk, and Brianna Brown. Contributed by Maya Volk

Students Head Out of State, and Country, For Conferences

Ellen Ivens-Duran April 21, 2016

Spring has come to Walla Walla, and with spring comes a mass movement of students to academic conferences all over the United States, with some even heading out of the country to present their research. Students...

Washington Charter Schools Persist

Ellen Ivens-Duran April 14, 2016
Public schools in Washington are underfunded, but at least one school in Walla Walla will see more money come next fall.
Infographic by Jess Faunt.

College to choose new mascot

Marra Clay and Ellen Ivens-Duran April 6, 2016

On April 6, President Kathy Murray announced that Whitman College will change its mascot. The decision came in response to the recommendations of a working group organized in December to determine the...

ASWC Needs You…To Vote

Ellen Ivens-Duran March 10, 2016
This year’s ASWC elections will encourage students to vote by keeping polls open for a longer period of time and having physical voting booths in addition to individual online voting.
Photo by Tywen Kelly

The Trains, They Are A Changing

Ellen Ivens-Duran March 3, 2016
Changes to the railroad tracks running through campus may be right around the bend.
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