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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
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Whitman Wire

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Two weeks in: recovery efforts following Alumni Weekend

George Groebner, future alumnus October 5, 2023

Alumni Weekend has swept over Whitman once again, flooding campus with former Whitties hell-bent on reminiscence and leaving behind a wake of wet outdoor tables. With reports coming in that the last...

Whitman parents take on Family Weekend

Carsten Wallace-Bailey, Podcast Reporter October 27, 2022

From Oct. 21-23,  the campus community welcomed Whitman families for Family Weekend 2022. For some parents, this was their first time getting to experience all Whitman’s campus has to offer. Although...

Family Weekend returns

Family Weekend returns

Allison Cohen, Editor-in-Chief October 28, 2021

  This past weekend, Family Weekend featured the usual array of events including a welcome by President Kathy Murray, the Whitman Music Sampler Concert, spikeball and cornhole tournaments,...

Illustration by Eli Rodriguez.

Tips and tricks for family weekend

Conor Bartol, The Big Cheese ‘Round These Parts October 21, 2021

Family Weekend is here, and for many of you that means only one thing: your parents and guardians have come to check up on you, a source of great dismay. But fret not! Here are some tips to keep things...

The FINCH hotel opening featured a live painting event featuring Whitman student artists

The FINCH hotel opens downtown

Louis Moench, News Reporter October 31, 2019

Walla Walla's newest hotel, The FINCH, opened on Thursday, Oct. 24, just in time for Family Weekend (Oct. 25-27) and Fall Wine Release Weekend (Nov. 1-3). The new hotel is located at 325 East Main Street,...

Photo by Hannah Bashevkin

Harper Joy Theatre performs ‘The Liar’ over Parent’s Weekend

Emma Cooper October 28, 2015
In the Harper Joy Theater from October 22-25, Whitman students performed the comedy The Liar.
Mease not Mooses: Parents Weekend

Mease not Mooses: Parents Weekend

Luke Hampton October 31, 2013

Cartoon by Asa Mease

Whitman faculty teach, parent college-aged young adults

Audrey Davis October 19, 2012

Beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, Family Weekend will commence, uniting Whitman students with their parents for the next three days. Many Whitman staff members can relate to the visiting parents, as...

Parents' gifts crucial to growth

Parents’ gifts crucial to growth

Hannah Aguirre-Clayshulte October 18, 2012
Parents might not be immediately present while students are at college; however, parents are still more involved in the lives of students than sending care packages and paying tuition. Parents supply the momentum to keep the college striving for new heights.
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