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Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

What students are really thinking during class

What students are really thinking during class

Elena Aragon February 23, 2012
What will I eat for lunch? . . . Screw Friday Encounters, hungover again. . . . Does anyone not own North Face? . . . I can't wait for the new season of "Downton Abbey." . . . Didn't do the reading, again. . . .

Political Cartoon

Julie Peterson February 23, 2012

Comic

Comic

Binta Loos-Diallo February 23, 2012

One-time payment for biodiversity raises ethical concerns

Sam Chapman February 23, 2012
For a one-time payment of $30 billion, we as a species could cordon off 25 hotspots across the globe and preserve 60 percent of the Earth's biodiversity, but is this plan worth the economic and ethical costs?

A Timely Warning

Backpage Team February 23, 2012

To All: We are wondering who left a frozen reindeer carcass in Narnia adjacent to "flerbruksrommet." According to eye witnesses, it has been there since autumn, and none of the "usual suspects" in...

High graduation rate wins Wa-Hi state recognition

Rachel Alexander February 22, 2012
Walla Walla High School was one of 48 schools in the state to receive a 2011 Achievement Award for having a high extended graduation rate.

Mad-Eye Moody drops F-bombs in ‘The Guard’

Nathan Fisher October 9, 2011
Brendan Gleeson stars as a foul-mouthed cop of questionable morals in the dark foreign comedy film "The Guard."

SAW crops expand to include basil, lettuce

Molly Johanson October 6, 2011

For the past two years, Student Agriculture at Whitman (SAW) has been providing Bon Appétit salad bars with crops of micro-greens grown in the greenhouse on the roof of the science building. This year...

Illustration: Alex Bailey

Area high school students take courses at Whitman

Allison Work October 6, 2011
You may be sitting in class next to a high school student. Because of a program connecting Whitman and the greater community of Walla Walla, a handful of high school students partake in classes on the Whitman campus each semester.

Whitman students discuss employment opportunities, job market with alumni at networking event

Rose Woodbury October 6, 2011

To schmooze or not to schmooze: that is the question. Last Friday, Sept. 30, many current Whitties decided to meet with past Whitman grads to schmooze and network at the Alumni Networking Reception. With...

Report shows decrease in crime on campus

Josh Goodman October 6, 2011
Whitman was a safer place in 2010 than 2009 according to the college's Annual Security Report released Thursday, Sept. 29. The report, federally mandated by the Clery Act of 1990, noted that incidents of robbery, burglary and forcible sex offenses at Whitman decreased from the previous year.

Numbers in the news

Shelly Le October 6, 2011

1,267 The number of government-sanctioned executions in the United States since 1976. 2.3 million The average cost of a death penalty case in Texas. 5 Number of executions in Washington...

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