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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Going back in time at the Kirkman House’s Whitman Exhibit

Pendhay Singay Yeshay, Campus Life Reporter November 7, 2024

Stepping into the Kirkman House Museum feels like a glimpse into Walla Walla in the late 1800s and early 1900s. With an ornately decorated interior, the building gives visitors an opportunity  to see...

What You Missed at the Undergraduate Conference

Conor Bartol, something of an undergraduate researcher myself April 11, 2024

Ah, the Undergraduate Conference: a momentous day of rigorous research, academic inquiry, startling results, salient questions and a free lunch. What could be better? The only problem with the Conference...

Tribute to an unsung hero: the legacy of March Fool

Tribute to an unsung hero: the legacy of March Fool

George Groebner, young and foolish then, old and foolish now April 4, 2024

April Fool. An icon of practical jokery, an inspiration to countless pranksters of today, regarded by the world as one of the finest to ever wear the squirting flower lapel. Who could forget Madame...

Illustration by Amelia Ebling.

Do we still need daylight saving time in 2022?

Ben Kearney, News Reporter November 17, 2022

In March 2022, the U.S. Senate passed legislation, the Sunshine Protection Act, to make daylight saving time (DST) permanent. While the legislation would not take effect until November of 2023, many...

Our college’s history is founded on a lie. We should talk about it more often.

Parsa Keshavarz Alamdari, Columnist April 1, 2022

We have all heard about Marcus Whitman, the man our college is named after. The way Marcus Whitman was murdered made him a character that is remembered to this day, and Whitman College had a big role...

Pio Past: Contextualizing the Symposium

Pio Past: Contextualizing the Symposium

Christy Carley and Martina Pansze February 19, 2018

"Assuming that the seriousness of racial issues can be measured by the publicly visible incidents brought to the attention of our entire community is problematic." -Veronica Willeto, published on Nov....

Shady Lawn Antiques Reopens After Winter Hiatus

Kate Grumbles, News Reporter February 19, 2018

This year on Valentine’s Day, Dave and Jill Emigh reopened the doors of Shady Lawn Antiques after a long winter hiatus for furniture restoration. Just five minutes from the center of Whitman’s campus,...

Through the Windows of the Barber Shop

Through the Windows of the Barber Shop

Alissa Antilla, Feature Editor February 8, 2018

Walla Walla native Ellen Saager has been watching Walla Walla grow from the windows of her barber shop — Ellen’s Cutting Edge — since 1987. Before that, she watched from the windows of her...

Photo by Samarah Uribe

What’s in a Mission Statement?

Christy Carley, News Editor February 1, 2018

On January 16, after months of feedback, meetings and revisions, President Kathy Murray presented the Whitman community with the final draft of the college’s new mission statement to be discussed by...

Revising Our Sordid Pasts

Jack Fleming, Columnist November 9, 2017

In this age of alternative facts and Russian-sponsored fake news, it behooves us to remember Spanish poet and philosopher George Santayana’s words of wisdom – “those who cannot remember the past...

The Evolution of the Whitman Outdoor Program

Alex Brockman, Feature Reporter April 6, 2017

One of the most common walks across Whitman College takes students from Reid Campus Center to Ankeny. Along the way, one might see busses loaded with kayaks for a weekend trip, students ascending Whitman’s...

A Prison Sentence Impacts Many

Alya Bohr, Columnist December 8, 2016

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...

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