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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLVII
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

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ABS is a Grand Slam for MLB Fans

Oliver Song, Opinion Columnist April 24, 2026

Throughout the long and storied history of our big and beautiful country, there have been three major constants: unnecessary war with the Middle East, some other hegemonic displacement of marginalized...

Mixed Bag for Whitman Sports Over Spring Break

Lukas Antes, Sports Reporter April 10, 2026

While many students enjoyed time off over their spring breaks, the Blues were at work and busy representing Whitman competitively. In particular, the lacrosse, baseball and golf teams saw a wave of activity...

Baseball Struggles on First Road Trip of Season

Lukas Antes, Sports Reporter February 27, 2026

After four games in Portland, Ore. against Pacific University to open the season, the Whitman baseball team headed to Los Angeles to play a three game series against the University of Redlands Bulldogs...

Whitman Athletics Winter Break Recap

Nicholas Baker, Sports Reporter February 6, 2026

While most students were enjoying time away from school over winter break, the basketball and swim teams continued to represent Whitman. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams began their conference...

Illustration by Eva Mangahas.

The Dodgers Are Ruining Baseball

Oliver Song, Opinion Columnist November 14, 2025

Well, it happened. The Los Angeles Dodgers have just hoisted the 2025 World Series trophy over their stupid little heads. Again. This makes them the only baseball team in 25 years to win the whole thing...

Being a NARP around ARPs

Meghan Kearney, Humor Writer November 9, 2023

My evenings typically begin with my daily trek across Ankeny towards Cleve. The sun is setting, the ducks are quacking and unbeknownst to me, a frisbee comes hurling towards my head with a sweaty player...

Contributed by John Lee.

Blues Baseball Shines at Safeco

Mitchell Smith, Editor in Chief March 9, 2017

The pitcher’s mound at Safeco Field in Seattle contains a six inch by two feet slab of white rubber placed exactly 60 feet, six inches from home plate. In the 18 years of Safeco’s existence as the...

Sports Teams Snowed In

Arie Knops, Staff Reporter February 16, 2017

Though many across campus have expressed extreme annoyance with the seemingly never-ending winter experienced by Walla Walla this year, few have been more frustrated than many of the athletes on our campus....

Illustration by Claire Revere

Seattle Mariners Fall Painfully Short

Quinn Salkind, Sport’s Reporter October 5, 2016

As the Major League Baseball season drew to a close, the Seattle Mariners were one game behind securing an American League wildcard spot. In order to make the playoffs for the first time since 2001, the...

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