The drive east along Highway 12 from the Tri-Cities back towards Walla Walla and the Whitman campus rarely fails to amaze me. At the left turn by Wallula Gap, I stare west at the vast expanse of land carved out by the ancient Missoula floods, captured by the exposed magnificence of the land in all its contours and forms and patterns.
Two Whitman students were in a car accident on Monday, Oct. 31. The collision occurred at the Highway 12 and Heritage Road intersection near College Place. According to the police report, the student driving the car failed to yield to a pickup truck.