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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

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Booby traps & security lasers to be added to Reid Cafe

Grace Canny, spy in training (very observant) February 29, 2024

On Feb. 29, something arrived in Reid Café and it was not a new soft serve machine. The Café’s bold dual entrance design has been exploited by thieves from every class, leading to increasing security...

Illustration by Haley King

Reid Airlines Takes Off!

Anthony Reale, Tooth Fairy's Ex-Wife October 8, 2018

The Whitman College campus was a dreary piece of shit until the renovation of Reid Campus Center was completed. Some might say it was Stanton Hall that was the crowning jewel of the blood diamond crown...

Local “Reid Rat” Anthony Reale Found Squatting in Reid Campus Center

Winston Weigand, Always Angry About Anthony's Edits March 1, 2018

On Monday night, the Walla Walla Police Department responded to an urgent report that someone was found after-hours in the basement of Whitman College’s Reid Campus Center. According to a member of the...

Illustration by Meg Cuca

Reid dates: A Study

Alex Pitts, Columnist March 2, 2017

Everyone is watching you constantly. You know it; I know it; everybody knows it. We know it from eating at Whitman dining halls. Dining halls produce a feeling of being watched in you unlike anything else...

Bon App offers new “taste of Pyongyang” option at Reid Dinner

Ben Freedman, Humor Editor December 8, 2016

In a move to emphasize Whitman’s commitment to cultural inclusion on campus, Bon App will now be offering a new “taste of Pyongyang” option at Reid Coffeehouse. Whitman College prides itself on offering...

Mike Hammond: the Muffler Man

Alissa Antilla, Staff Reporter November 17, 2016

Stepping into Melody Muffler, an unexpected collision of an automotive shop and art gallery, is like entering a whole new world. This world is a culmination of disparate elements of artist, musician and...

Photo by Caroline Ashford Arya.

“I Too Am Whitman” gives voice to marginalized students, identities

Missy Gerlach, Staff Reporter November 3, 2016

Stepping into the Stevens Gallery in Reid, one is faced with an interesting set of images and writings. To the left, pieces of poster paper are taped to the wall, each one with a short statement. To the...

Sister Outsider inspires at coffeehouse

Sister Outsider inspires at coffeehouse

Natalie Berg December 6, 2014

This evening, on Friday, Dec. 5th, slam poetry duo Sister Outsider performed at the FACE Equality Coffeehouse in Reid Basement. This event marked the sixth annual coffeehouse put on by FACE, or Feminists...

Holi 2013 brings a colorful end to finals week

Holi 2013 brings a colorful end to finals week

Marie von Hafften May 15, 2013

Final exams ended on Tuesday, May 14, at 4 p.m. By 4:30 p.m. several hundred students filled the Reid sidelawn and pelted each other with colorful powder in MECCA and the South Asian Student Association...

American Politics Panel Provides Interesting, Drama-Free Discussion

Quin Nelson October 31, 2012

"The Future of American Politics: Civility vs. Gridlock," put on by the Diversity Coalition of Walla Walla, provided the community with a passionate panel on politics in Reid Campus Center Monday night,...

Make-A-Difference Day Brings Together Students, Groups, Communities

Lachlan Johnson October 31, 2012
On the morning of Saturday, Oct. 27, over 130 Whitman students, faculty and staff assembled in the Reid Ballroom to kick off 2012’s Make-A-Difference Day.
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