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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Navigating Gun Culture within America

Navigating Gun Culture within America

Baran Abbasi, News Reporter November 14, 2024

Increasing gun violence in Walla Walla creates impacts that are felt everywhere, including Whitman's campus. In the early morning of Oct. 6, a shooting near Tau Kappa Epsilon left bullets embedded...

Shooting on Whitman Campus Prompts Reflection

Nazaaha Penick and Bex Heimbrock October 10, 2024

Multiple shots were fired near the Tau Kappa Epsilon and Beta Theta Pi fraternity houses in the 1000 block of Isaacs Ave. around 2 a.m. on Oct. 6. Damages included parked vehicles and property belonging...

What to do about violence

Kaitlin Cho, Opinion Columnist February 2, 2023

Unbelievably, mass shootings are on the rise. On paper, it doesn’t make sense. Crime has been on a largely downward trend for decades, gun ownership in America is half of what it was a half-century ago...

March For Their Lives

March For Their Lives

March 29, 2018

Members of the Walla Walla community joined the local high school and many other high schools and supporters around the country for the March For Our Lives on Saturday, March 24th as a response to...

A Walla Walla resident trap shoots against a rainbow backdrop.  Photo by Tywen Kelly.

The Great Gun Debate

Olivia Gilbert, Feature Editor November 3, 2016

Gun control has been one of the most contentious issues in the 2016 election cycle. Increased awareness of police violence against communities of color, near daily mass shootings, and the alarming figure...

Illustration by Kelsey Lund

Lives of Black Youth Are Disposable in America

Gladys Gitau February 27, 2013
In light of recent mass shootings, it seems as if America is really adamant on preventing the slaughter of innocent lives. However, hundreds of black shooting deaths continue to go unreported in the mainstream media, suggesting that those black lives are worth less in America.

Gun Violence Research Requires Parity to Avoid Hypocrisy

Blair Hanley Frank February 7, 2013
As long as the NRA supports increasing research into the effects of violent video games, they cannot continue to oppose research on the effects of gun ownership on gun violence.
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