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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
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Whitman Wire

Whitman and WWPD: A Love Story No One Asked For

Arham Khan, Aspiring Mall Cop September 26, 2024

Ah, Whitman College and the Walla Walla Police Department (WWPD) — one of those relationships that lasts too long and has everyone wondering, “Are they still together?” The dynamic between Whitman...

How to Avoid Lymancest

How to Avoid Lymancest

AJ Johnson, Dating three people, all also named ‘AJ’ September 26, 2024

Lymancest: more contagious than the plague and twice as deadly. For those lucky few who’ve never heard of it, "Lymancest" is used to describe the sexual relationships that Lyman residents have with one...

Growing Behind Bars

Growing Behind Bars

Kaitlyn Salazar, Science and Environment Editor September 19, 2024

A small group of teenage boys vigorously dig through a trough of soil, yelling out the things that they see: worms, rollie pollies, millipedes. This is how the Garden Education Manager for the Sustainable...

Wire Watch: Week of February 1

Michelle Foster, A&E Editor February 1, 2018

The History of Animation: Thursday, February 1 at 4 p.m. in Fouts 201, experimental animator Mariam Eqbal will give a lecture on the history of animation, as well as on her own work. She will also give...

Faculty Art Show Features Kitchenware Sculpture, Scientific Studies, Foam Ice Cap

Faculty Art Show Features Kitchenware Sculpture, Scientific Studies, Foam Ice Cap

Michelle Foster, A&E Editor January 28, 2018

Sheehan Gallery now hosts a rare opportunity to experience art by all of the Whitman studio art department faculty in one space. This Whitman Studio Art Department Faculty Exhibition opened on January...

Illustration by Claire Revere

“Baby Driver” Soundtrack Drives Film

Alasdair Padman, Staff Writer September 11, 2017

"Baby Driver” is an action-driven film with no time for character development: a technically perfect example of its genre. It is also a masterful blend of music and movement—the synchronicity of the...


Photo by Samarah Uribe

Sheehan Gallery Renovations Give Artists More Options

Michelle Foster, A&E Editor September 9, 2017
The Sheehan Gallery has undergone various renovations for safety reasons and also in order to open the possibilities for artists displaying their work in the space.
"Collected Life of Ikune Sawada" ceramic collection comes to Sheehan Gallery

“Collected Life of Ikune Sawada” ceramic collection comes to Sheehan Gallery

Michelle Foster, Staff Writer February 2, 2017

There is a sense of beauty and serenity to be found between the walls of the Sheehan Gallery where a new exhibition, “The Collected Life of Ikune Sawada,” has been installed. On display from Jan. 23...

Waitsburg Weighs In on Nestle, Declines Offer

Kate Grumbles, News Reporter September 15, 2016

The Nestle America company will not build a $50 million water bottling plant in Waitsburg. Nestle’s proposed project would have tapped Waitsburg’s water supply, using around 150 million gallons of...

ASWC’s Plans for This Year

Georgia Lyon, News Editor September 15, 2016

ASWC is back and on track to explore new policies with a group of people who have a variety of talents and experiences. This academic year, The Associated Student of Whitman College (ASWC) intends...

IPECC Rallies Against Dakota Access Pipeline

IPECC Rallies Against Dakota Access Pipeline

Andy Monserud, News Writer September 15, 2016

Whitman’s Indigenous People’s Education and Culture Club (IPECC) held a rally at the steps of Penrose Library Tuesday evening in solidarity with protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing...

Who Rules the School? Trustees and Transparency

Lachlan Johnson February 4, 2016
This week a small group of powerful people will meet behind closed doors to decide the future of Whitman College, as the Board of Trustees hold one of their three annual meetings.
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