Immigration during the pandemic
Claire Maurer, Columnist
April 29, 2020
Since the coronavirus has spread worldwide, border closures and strict lockdowns have led to a steep decline in migrants coming to the United States from Central America. Our immigration system is backed up and masses of people are still detained within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facil...
Maintaining faith during a pandemic
Grace Jackson, News Reporter
April 29, 2020
In the face of COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders, faith communities at Whitman College and around the world have had to adapt their worship. For the Abrahamic faiths, important holidays occur in April. Easter was on April 12 for most Christian sects, Jewish communities celebrate Passover from April 8...
Walla Walla County faces spike in coronavirus cases
Alissa Antilla, Editor-in-Chief
April 25, 2020
While coronavirus cases in the state of Washington have been lowering, coronavirus cases in Walla Walla County are spiking. “Although the State of Washington has seen a 'flattening of the curve’, Walla Walla County has not,” Meghan DeBolt, the director of the Walla Walla County Department of Co...
Whitman professors adapt to online learning
Grace Jackson, Staff Reporter
April 10, 2020
The faculty and staff of Whitman College spent spring break preparing for the transition to online learning forced by the global outbreak of COVID-19. One of the core features of Whitman and other liberal arts colleges are the small, discussion-based classes. Whitman’s average class size is 15,...
Finding “good” during the coronavirus pandemic
Gavin Victor, Columnist
April 9, 2020
It is my belief that nothing is ever an unequivocally “bad” thing. If we look closely enough, we can find, in anything, at least a sliver of good. COVID-19 is both a tragedy and a divine reminder of human values and the need for transformation in the way we operate as humans on a global scale. ...
The consequences of panic buying
Elise Sanders, Columnist
April 4, 2020
Lately, it’s not been uncommon to see pictures of empty store shelves and people with cartloads of toilet paper and essentials on social media. These pictures reflect back the anxiety, despair and pandemonium of the new decade’s zeitgeist back at us. In addition, they serve as a catalyst for another...
Breaking: Governor Jay Inslee issues statewide “stay at home order,” effective immediately
Samarah Uribe, Publisher
March 23, 2020
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee issued a “stay at home order” on Monday, March 23, effective immediately. This order directs Washington residents to remain at home (except to conduct essential business, such as grocery shopping and visiting the doctor), bans all gatherings and mandates the clo...
Breaking: Whitman College moves to online classes in wake of coronavirus outbreak
Alissa Antilla, Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2020
Whitman College has made the decision to suspend all in-person classes and move to an “online learning model,” according to an email sent by President Kathy Murray to the Whitman community this morning. The College’s decision comes in the midst of a rapid increase in the spread of novel coronavi...
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