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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLVII
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Spotify in the Age of Unethical Consumption

Oliver Song, Opinion Columnist October 17, 2025

Remember when Joe Rogan signed a Juan Soto-esque contract (200+ million- that’s more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is getting paid over five years!) with Spotify in May of 2020? The height of a global...

Illustration by Meg Cuca

Insidious Advertising Corrupts our Lives

Peggy Li, Opinion Editor February 16, 2017

In childhood, it started with the commercials on all of our favorite TV channels, but as we’ve gotten older, advertisements have morphed and adapted with us and to us. Lately, no matter where you’re...

Illustration by Meg Cuca

Stop staring, protect yourself

Nikolaus Kennelly, Columnist October 27, 2016

I have a friend who has an unhealthy penchant for stale metaphor. Just last week we were discussing the Ruth Fluno retrospective at Sheehan when he referred to the art as “a delicious feast.” Normally...

Illustration by Meg Cuca

Treat your journalists right

Andrew Schwartz October 20, 2016

Two headlines off the impetuous digital press dateline September 8, 2016: “The Entire Seattle Seahawks Team Will Protest the National Anthem at Opening Game” and “Entire Seahawks Team Planning to...

High Consumption Demands Tough Choices

Danielle Broida October 31, 2012
Unless we can significantly reduce our resource use in America, blaming environmental issues on overpopulation is simply unethical, leaving us with the hard choice: to stop having kids like we suggest to the third world, or consume less.
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