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Vol. CLVII
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

BREAKING: Students Walk Out for Palestine

Bex Heimbrock, News Editor February 19, 2025

February 19, 2025 -- Whitman Students for Justice in Palestine are leading a 'teach-in' at Maxey Auditorium, following a mid-morning walk-out. 12:35PM: As protesters gathered in Maxey Auditorium, Dean...

Who Does the Educating Here?

Aya Mahmoudi, Opinion Columnist February 22, 2024

For over half of this school year, Whitman College has committed a series of questionable political actions that have disenchanted our community and lifted the veil on our administration’s incompetence. If...

White silence on campus

White silence on campus

Kainat Ansari, Opinion Writer November 10, 2022

Non-European conflicts and human rights violations in parts of the world where non-White people reside are hardly ever acknowledged on campus. Take, for example, the horrific killings of Palestinians,...

Illustration by Ally Kim.

We need to keep talking about Palestine

Alanna Sherman, Columnist October 21, 2021

Following the rise of footage depicting the oppressive tactics Israeli settlers use on Palestinians, the phrase "Free Palestine"  started to dominate my social media timeline.  In the spring of 2021,...

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