Education as Emancipation
Nikolaus Kennelly, Columnist
September 19, 2017
Filed under OPINION
Shiny red delicious apples, a grainy photograph of Einstein overlaid with multicolored Comic Sans, plastic school desks with fiberboard tops, fluorescent lighting embedded in the ceiling, a chalkboard with wispy half-erased suggestions of calculus. These are the signs and symbols of the American classroom....
Q&A with Saladdin Ahmed
Benjamin Kunz, Staff Writer
September 12, 2017
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, NEWS
Dr. Saladdin Ahmed is an O'Donell Visiting Professor from Canada. Last April he was brought to Whitman for a two-week course called "Unpacking Racism." This year he is teaching a politics class on Totalitarianism as well as Intro to Race and Ethnic Studies.
Read more »Walla Walla calls for hope, action in response to DACA announcement
Christy Carley, Staff Writer
September 8, 2017
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, NEWS
Smoky skies didn’t stop a crowd from filling three street corners at 1st and Main Wednesday to rally in support of immigrants who are increasingly vulnerable after the Trump Administration’s recent decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).
Read more »Quacking the Case: President Irrevocably Tarnished Donald Duck’s Reputation
Winston Weigand, The One that Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
August 25, 2017
Filed under Humor
Donald Duck, the famous anthropomorphic waterfowl, was once one of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. Nowadays, however, Mr. Duck is struggling to make ends meet. As many know, his previously-immense fortune was a product of the hundreds of films and pieces of literature he has sta...
Theatre Department’s Unique “Echo Chamber” Project Breaks Boundaries
Michelle Foster, Staff Writer
April 6, 2017
Filed under A&E, Front Page Slideshow
Turning frustration and disagreement into a compelling and powerful theater production was Whitman student Lud Brito’s project in putting together “Echo Chamber.” The production is a play that utilizes music, dance and spoken word. Already performed twice in Harper Joy Theatre, the next showin...
Locking Horns with the Past
Wil Kotnik, Blogger
April 4, 2017
Filed under BLOGS, Breaching the Whitman Bubble
This has been a busy few weeks, and Trump has been attempting to assert his competence in the oval office by making true the commitments he made during his campaign. As promised, he immediately went about trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly known as Obamacare. The ACA has, sinc...
Paul Ryan’s search for love
Clara Wheeler, Pirate Administrative Professional
April 2, 2017
Filed under Humor
Paul Ryan (B-KN) has always looked like he is trying to hold back tears of disappointment, but in recent weeks, his expression betrays the great heartbreak hiding behind a thin façade. “I really thought this would be the one,” he said about his one true love, the American Health Care Act (AHCA). “But I ...
GOP Failure to Keep its one Promise Bodes ill for Trump Presidency
Cyril Burchenal, Columnist
March 30, 2017
Filed under OPINION
Last week the Republican party embarrassed itself in a cynical display of infighting and discord. As the Republican congress fought within itself due to displeasure with the GOP health care bill, President Trump and Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan decided not to hold a vote on repeali...
Muslim Identity Challenges America
Zuhra Amini, Columnist
February 16, 2017
Filed under OPINION
Many are familiar with “Hope,” the image of Barack Obama created by Shepard Fairey for Obama’s first inauguration in 2009. In preparation for Donald Trump’s inauguration, Fairey partnered with The Amplifier Foundation to resist hate-mongering speech. As part of their non-partisan “We the People...
The Bleeding Heart Question
Cyril Burchenal, Columnist
February 16, 2017
Filed under Columnists, OPINION
Would you, the informed reader, say that political divide is largely a moral issue? I’d say so. In daily conversation it seems that a great deal of the conversation is based upon what any given person believes is ‘moral.’ As such, it seems that the moral high ground has become some magical platform...
Humor: Whitman Border Wall Reaches Completion
Anthony Reale, Eats His Vegetables
February 9, 2017
Filed under Humor
Nearly everyone on the Whitman campus understands that we live in a bubble, seperate from Walla Walla. We eat different food, wear different clothing and speak in a different language. In recent years, The Bubble has been breached a few times. The Banff Film Festival brought an onslaught of rand...
Clinton Family Christmas Wish List
Megumi Rierson, Humor Writer
December 1, 2016
Filed under Humor
The Clintons have seen better days. In the wake of a momentous election and the slow drip of appointments straight from the basket of deplorables, the holidays are bound to be more tense than they were in New Hampshire and Iowa. The Wire has obtained a partial family Christmas wish list to shed some li...
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