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Vol. CLVII
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Dos and Don’ts of Admitted Students Weekend

Conor Bartol, Humor Editor April 4, 2024

Admitted Students Weekend is coming up, which means gaggles of teenagers running around, gawking at people and asking silly questions like “what’s your major” and “why is that horse made of sticks?”...

Illustration by Jonah Rosen-Bloom

Whitman Sign Switcher brought into custody

George Groebner, Humor Writer November 16, 2023

After being eluded for months, Whitman Security has finally apprehended the Sign Switcher, the shadowy mischief-maker responsible for the replacement of campus signs with other campus signs. Interrogation...

First Month Bucket List

Grace Canny, Humor Writer September 14, 2023

Hello to all you readers of The Wire! Another academic year at our four-year-degree-granting-institution-of-choice has started and the buzz of ~1500 young people fills our campus again. Whether you’re...

Illustration by Nick Rogers.

Duckling Do’s and Don’ts

Conor Bartol, Humor Editor April 22, 2021

Spring has sprung and the ducklings have hatched! As we welcome a new generation of the most important creatures on campus, remember some simple rules for what to do, and what not to do, with our new...

The Smiles and Sorrows of Spring

Nikolaus Kennelly, Columnist April 1, 2017

On Monday, March 20 at 3:28 A.M. the first rays of sunlight crossed over the equator into the Northern Hemisphere, signaling the onset of those myriad feelings known as “Spring fever.” Soon, to quote...

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