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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Whitman Wire

Issue 1: Voices of the Community

Skye Vander Laan September 7, 2013

What is your favorite Whitman College / Walla Walla Fall event?  Videographer Skye Vander Laan polls the community on what they are looking forward to this fall.

Service: Fundamental to Communities, Student Experience

Sayda Morales April 26, 2013
For the most part, the majority of students when fulfilling a community service requirement will find that they enjoy giving back and being made to feel as if they made a difference. Perhaps like me, high school students will decide to take on service as a passion of theirs and pursue it as they go into college and even for the rest of their lives.
Illustration by Kelsey Lund

Whitman’s First TEDx Event Sells Out in Hours

Maegan Nelson April 18, 2013
TEDxWhitmanCollege creates a link between Whitman students and faculty and the broader community.
Small Business Development Center Builds Test Kitchen for Locals

Small Business Development Center Builds Test Kitchen for Locals

Daniel Kim April 11, 2013
Community Fellow and senior David McGaughy has helped the Walla Walla Small Business Development Center to plan and build a test kitchen for community members.
Zipcars Considered for Campus Use

Zipcars Considered for Campus Use

Hannah Bartman April 4, 2013
With the coming of a sustainability coordinator position, Zipcars may be in Whitman's future.
How I Met My Mothers Mothers Mother

How I Met My Mother’s Mother’s Mother

Quin Nelson March 7, 2013
One author's journey to find their ancestors at a local church, turns into a life changing experience.
Erin Pahlke, professor of psychology

New Program Preps Future Educators

Daniel Kim February 21, 2013
On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, the Whitman’s pre-advising program held their very first municipal dinner event. The idea behind the networking dinner was to have students who are interested in education to have the opportunity to meet expert educators from the Walla Walla area. It was a chance for the Walla Walla educators and Whitman students to come together at this dinner and build that bridge so that Walla Walla educators can see how Whitman students are involved with education.
Spring 2013s Trends Personalized

Spring 2013’s Trends Personalized

Clara Bartlett February 7, 2013

A Style Guide: Spring 2013 Trends Personalized Let's get real: what's in rarely reflects what actually works fashion-wise. So follow this easy flowchart to personalize spring fashion trends so they...

Anonymity Shapes the Whitman Encounters Community

Anonymity Shapes the Whitman Encounters Community

Evan Taylor December 6, 2012
There's only one place on campus where you can find declarations of love among intellectual discussion, where cackling trolls hide out under a bridge called diversion and where faceless people debate the merits of facelessness. Whitman Encounters, a website created and facilitated by Whitman students, provides an open discourse through anonymous posts by users. The site—whitmanencounters.com—allows for anyone, within or outside of the Whitman community, to view the various issues brought up in posts, ranging in topic from sex to Halloween costumes.
Several recent Walla Walla City Council meetings have included discussions about the citys biennial budget.  Photo by Halley McCormick.

Aviary Saved: Concerned Citizens Plan for Future

Emily Lin-Jones December 6, 2012

Thanks to the concentrated efforts of a group of citizen volunteers, the Pioneer Park Aviary will be preserved for the time being––and, if fundraising goes according to plan, for years into the future. At...

Second Presidential Debate Provides Open Forum for Student Discussion

Evan Taylor October 25, 2012
The Politics Department held a screening of the second presidential debate followed by a town hall discussion last Tuesday, Oct. 16 in Maxey Auditorium. Present at the discussion, moderated by Assistant Professor of Politics Susanne Beechey, were Whitman students and professors and Walla Walla residents.

Local performers get stage time at cantina

Hannah Bartman September 27, 2012

Strolling down Main Street and looking in the quaint boutiques of Walla Walla, one would be surprised to find out that there are battles raging just a mile from the Whitman College campus. However, these...

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