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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Big Tobacco begins drowning smokers to lower lung cancer statistic

CJ Fritz, Has a Rock in His Shoe February 14, 2019

On Monday, Big Tobacco rolled out its newest marketing campaign for smokers. For years, scientific evidence has conclusively proved that smoking causes several types of cancer, especially lung cancer....

Illustration by Elena Kaminskaia

Serious epidemic hits Whitman!

Anthony Reale, Campbell's Rat Noodle Stew February 14, 2019

Something is gleaming brighter than snow this winter season, blinding the entirety of Whitman students. No it’s not the shiny rejection letters that seniors are receiving from potential jobs — it’s...

Walla Walla Valentine’s Day Restaurant Edition: What Your Choice Means for Your Budding Relationship

Ann Karneus, Best Baked Alaska Runner-Up 1923 February 14, 2019

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and you know what that means: it’s time to forcibly define that blossoming relationship you’ve been tentatively cultivating. Two weeks in or four months in, the politics...

Illustration by Abby Takahashi

Helpful study tip: do your fucking homework you pathetic piece of shit

Ann Karneus, Eight Frogs in a Trench Coat February 8, 2019

Hey folks — this week I want to get personal and share some tips with you that have come in handy time and time again when I’m having trouble motivating myself. I’m all too familiar with the crippling...

Illustration by Nathaly Perez

Student Surveillance Soars to Sensational State!

Anthony Reale, Moistest Envelope Licker '73 February 8, 2019

After an extensive research project, The Wire has uncovered a shocking crime perpetrated by the administration.  The crime — student surveillance — was committed by Director of Bullhorns, Mad Lib...

Student Casually Closes Out of Forgotten Porn Tab in Front of Class Before Giving Powerpoint

AQ, Red Robin's Slammingest Chungus 2017 February 8, 2019

At 10:14 a.m. last Wednesday, in the classroom of Religion Studies 136, the professor and students thought it was going to be like any other day of student presentations. With the lights off and students...

Illustration by Megan Waldau

After Success of Chuck E. Cleaves, Board of Trustees and Administrators Look to the Seas for New Way to Drain Endowment

Anthony Reale, Can Opener's Brother-in-Law January 29, 2019

Deep within the chenille-lined boardrooms of Memorial Hall, there lies an unmarked mahogany door. Behind this door is a velvet ballroom, within which the most secret and important meetings that the administration...

Illustration by Nathaly Perez

Greedy uncle lands dream job in Alumni Fundraising

CJ Fritz, Soggy Broccoli January 28, 2019

On Monday morning, Whitman College proudly announced the addition of a new member to its ranks of faculty. Lenny Andrews, local greedy uncle, was added to the renowned staff at Alumni Fundraising. According...

In an Unsurprising Turn of Events, Reel Rock 13 Viewing Turns Into a Giant Whitman Orgy

Maddie Ott, Firmest Jello '06 January 28, 2019

With the thundering and heavy noises of Adam Ondra, a very well known rock climber, echoing in the ears of at least one hundred Whitman climbers and students at the much anticipated viewing of "Reel Rock...

Breaking: Patiss replaces coffee with well water; will only accept the king’s coin henceforth

Ann Karneus, Digestible Crayon December 7, 2018

In a shocking twist, Whitman students’ beloved Colville Street Patisserie has made the infrastructural decision to replace all coffee with well water. But how, and precisely why, is the coffee shop...

Illustration by Nathaly Pérez

Unfair: Whitman Student Has Ridiculously Productive Break

AQ, Crab Cake Organizer November 29, 2018

"I am just as surprised and relieved as you are!" Whitman junior Rodney Rodnus exclaimed and assumed of the interviewer regarding his shockingly productive Thanksgiving break. Rodney is one of one student(s)...

The Perfect Gift For the Perfect Lift: Three Heroic Stories of Gift-Giving Found in Rides-Digest

Maddie Ott, Tortellini Charmer November 29, 2018

Our first Good Samaritan was a simple man with a simple plan. Once his father brought him to the attention that he would need to find his own ride from Pasco back to Whitman, his heroic tendencies...

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