Editors note: this article was updated on October 6 to reflect new information released surrounding a source mentioned in the article.
On Sept. 22, a Washington State Patrol trooper was shot in the...
On Feb. 15, members of the Whitman community received a Timely Warning from the Director of Security Marvin Viney, which described the “Hate Crime/Bias Incidents on Campus.” Seven hours after the initial...
Spring Break is often a time when the campus sees an increase in crime. Normally, there are several incidents of theft and some students will choose to report the crime to Whitman’s Security Office....
Due to the recent ineffectiveness of gun control laws to keep dangerous firearms out of the hands of criminals, police all around the country have started taking more drastic measures to keep the streets...
It’s not news to say that our criminal justice system is broken. The United States constitutes 5 percent of the world’s population, but 25 percent of that population are imprisoned individuals, the...
As the holidays approach, Whitman Security and the Walla Walla Police Department are preparing for what is typically the busiest time of the year for thefts and burglaries of Whitman students' belongings....
I've been watching the films of Alain Robbe-Grillet lately. He's best-known as the writer of Alain Resnais's "Last Year at Marienbad" but after "Marienbad" he went on to write and direct quite a few...
A trial date for a former Whitman student who has been charged with identity theft in the second degree and burglary in the second degree has been set.
Whitman was a safer place in 2010 than 2009 according to the college's Annual Security Report released Thursday, Sept. 29. The report, federally mandated by the Clery Act of 1990, noted that incidents of robbery, burglary and forcible sex offenses at Whitman decreased from the previous year.
Sophomore Gia Anastasiou and first-year Julia Bowman were walking down Boyer Avenue toward Reid at 8 p.m. on Oct. 17 when, practically out of nowhere, a man on a bike bumped into them and pulled Anastasiou's purse from her hand. The pair chased after the thief but couldn't keep up. Anastasiou called the police, who arrived within minutes, but they have yet to recover her purse or any of its contents.
1. Campus Crime Log
Campus Security Officers are required to document their activities during each shift. These activities are then translated into a security log, which details any alleged criminal...
