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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

America's Dying Malls

America’s Dying Malls

Catherine Gallo, Feature Writer November 21, 2024

“This… is the Walla Walla Valley’s only mall”  The statement comes from the long-defunct blog "Walla Walla Valley Daily Photo". The accompanying photo is a bleak one: a vast blue sky was...

Parade of Lights ushers in the holiday season

Parade of Lights ushers in the holiday season

Ben Kearney, News Reporter December 8, 2022

December in Walla Walla always starts off merrily with the annual Holiday Parade of Lights. Held the first Saturday in December, the event is organized by the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation and features...

How is COVID-19 beyond Whitman’s campus?

Naia Willemsen, News Reporter November 11, 2021

Here on campus—where, according to the Covid-19 dashboard, last updated Sept. 27, 98 percent of the population is vaccinated—it’s easy to forget about Walla Walla's low vaccination rates and the...

Photo by Carson Jones.

Pine Cone Creamery: Walla Walla’s new ice cream spot

Lena Friedman, Staff Reporter October 1, 2020

Although the pandemic has led to many business closures in recent months, a new ice cream spot has managed to open in the heart of downtown Walla Walla — generating buzz among Whitman students spending...

DaMa Opens “Woman in Art”

Allison Hall, Staff Writer May 5, 2016
Juniors Lauren Benedict and Maia Watkins took part in an event to combat an all-too overlooked facet of feminism: the underrepresentation of women in the art world.
Study looks toward future of Heritage Square

Study looks toward future of Heritage Square

Andy Monserud February 26, 2015
Heritage Square Park, the small park near the corner of Main Street and Colville Street, has long been maligned as a center for street crime and a spot for Walla Walla’s homeless to crash. This summer a number of Walla Walla community members, including some Whitman students and faculty, looked more closely at the park’s regulars and their relationship to the outside community.
Students Must Engage More with Life Outside Whitman Bubble

Students Must Engage More with Life Outside Whitman Bubble

May 15, 2014
Senior guest columnist Jane Carmody urges students to experience life outside the "Whitman bubble."
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