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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Tradition or Tragedy: The Story of the Marcus Whitman Statue

Tradition or Tragedy: The Story of the Marcus Whitman Statue

Deogracious Rubangakene, News Reporter October 31, 2024

The vandalism of the Marcus Whitman statue on Oct. 14 joins a list of several actions amidst controversies surrounding this particular statue. In 1953, the first Marcus Whitman statue was installed in...

Decolonizing Whitman: Rethinking the landscape

Decolonizing Whitman: Rethinking the landscape

Sara Marshall, News Editor November 17, 2022

Whitman’s landscape is typically advertised as idyllic scenery amid the arid Walla Walla Valley. With creeks meandering through campus and trees towering over sidewalks, Whitman embodies a lush “park...

Op-Ed: Whitman’s unpaid debt

Jeff Mutethia, Junior March 3, 2022

On Jan. 30, the Whitman community received an email from the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) titled “Land Acknowledgment.” In their email, ASWC reiterated the truth that Whitman occupies...

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