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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Champion of champions: RenFaire’s second annual Boffing Tournament

Champion of champions: RenFaire’s second annual Boffing Tournament

Tenzin Uden, Campus Life Reporter October 20, 2022

On Oct. 15, the Renaissance Faire planning committee hosted its second annual Boffing Tournament in the amphitheater and on Ankeny Field. The tournament, in which competitors fought with foam swords,...

Two students in fencing club duel in Italian style, the more artistic of the two fencing styles. Photo contributed by West Skrobiak-Bales

Spotlight on Whitman’s fencing club

Lennae Starr, Staff Reporter March 5, 2020

With roots dating back to the 1930s, Whitman’s fencing club is one of the oldest organizations on campus. While the club is less than a century old, the art of fencing dates back to the renaissance....

Fencing club arms new recruits

Lachlan Johnson February 19, 2015
The Whitman Fencing Club has nearly doubled in size in the past month after an unprecedented 10 new first-years began regularly attending practices. To equip the new recruits, the Fencing Club received emergency funds from the ASWC contingency fund.
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