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Vol. CLVII
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Illustration by Genesis Lobos.

Eyes to the Sky for “Spacewoman” Screening

Kaila Garcia, News Reporter April 24, 2026

On April 1, 2026, NASA launched a four-person rocket heading for the moon, the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17. While Artemis II has since returned to Earth, the space craze continues in Walla...

Illustration by Kai Bowen

Way Beyond The Bubble: Recent Moon Landings

Baran Abbasi, News Reporter March 7, 2024

  On Jan. 19, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) "Moon Sniper" mission culminated in a “soft landing” on the moon’s surface. This feat was repeated a few weeks later by NASA’s...

Illustration by Anika Vučićević

Confession: I’m addicted to taking up space

Madeline Kemp, Humor Editor October 19, 2019

I’ve thought about it, and this confession needs to be made publicly. Only recently did I start to notice my strange habit, and I am hoping it doesn’t get any further out of hand.  I became aware...

Familiar Faces, Strange Places

Familiar Faces, Strange Places

Olivia Gilbert, Feature Editor March 30, 2017

The multi-generational, the secluded, the tiny: enter the living spaces of four Whitman students who call their unconventional dwellings “home.” By upending traditional college living experiences,...

'Interstellar'

‘Interstellar’

Nathan Fisher November 13, 2014
I am a huge fan of movies that explore the final frontier: space. My voyages to unknown worlds in “Star Trek” and going to infinity and beyond in “2001: A Space Odyssey” (or maybe that was “Toy Story") left me chomping at the bit for Christopher Nolan’s newest film, “Interstellar.”"
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