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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

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Whitman Wire

PRISM and PPGA teach students "the sex ed you didn't get in high school"

PRISM and PPGA teach students “the sex ed you didn’t get in high school”

Grace Jackson, News Reporter November 11, 2021

Last Thursday, PRISM and Planned Parenthood Generation Action (PPGA) hosted an event to educate students on the “sex ed” they missed in high school. The talk took place in Olin Auditorium and...

Photo by David Lu.

PRISM restructures after year long break

Rosa Woolsey, News Editor November 4, 2021

After a year-long hiatus, Whitman’s organization for LGBTQIA+ identifying students, PRISM, is back up and running and aims to lay a new foundation for itself.  PRISM’s president, sophomore Kaleo...

Senior MJ Wilner welcomes guests to the event as they sign the LGBTQIA+ book, signaling that they either have come out or are an LGBTQIA+ ally

“Coming Out Stories” embrace community, bravery

Kaitlin Cho, A&E Reporter October 24, 2019

Nearly all of the lights in Reid’s Coffeehouse were dimmed, except for the ones that suffused the floor’s stage in a warm glow. There, students and faculty stepped into the light and spoke about their...

Glitter Ball: Queering the Fraternities

Nidhi Jaltare, Staff Reporter April 5, 2018

Glitter everywhere painted the scene of the Glitter Ball, the result of collaboration between President of Whitman’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity Jack Taylor ‘20 and Emily Bauer ‘18, the intern for PRISM...

Photo by Taj Howe

Coming Out Stories hosted by LGBTQIA+ Club PRISM

Alex Lupton, Staff Reporter October 19, 2017
Students and staff shared their experiences during the "Coming Out Stories" event held by Whitman LGBTQIA+ club PRISM.

NSA Activity Cannot be Ignored

Bill Landefeld December 5, 2013
Just when you thought you could escape the madness of class just before finals, Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald leak another classified National Security Agency (NSA) document that shakes the world.
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