Last Saturday, historians, railroad enthusiasts and Whitman alumni gathered for a dedication ceremony at Last Chance Road. This is where Walla Walla 2020, a local organization, unveiled a new sign...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
