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Vol. CLVII
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

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What Hitomi Johnson loved

Bhavesh Gulrajani, Campus Life Reporter November 3, 2022

Hitomi Kosaka Johnson, long-time Whitman instructor of Japanese, passed away on Sept. 27 after a battle with cancer. She was 66. The Whitman community gathered on Saturday, Oct. 29 for a memorial in...

Remembering Tom

Remembering Tom

September 10, 2015

Tom Zbyszewski, a rising junior from Carlton, Washington, was among three U.S. Forest Service firefighters killed in a vehicle crash on the night of Wednesday, August 19th. Zybszewski was fighting wildfires...

Divestment About Spectacle, Not Success

Divestment About Spectacle, Not Success

Sam Chapman February 14, 2013
Even if the current campaign to divest from fossil fuels is unsuccessful in its stated goals, it will still have succeeded in making a political statement that resonates with a nation-wide project to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
Credit: David Jacobson

Memorial seismic upgrade, more construction predicted

Shelly Le September 8, 2011
Though the last major earthquake to hit Walla Walla was in 1936 and seismic activity in the region remains fairly low, Whitman construction managers aren't taking any chances. This summer, Whitman seismically upgraded Memorial, making the building more structurally sound in the event of an earthquake.
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