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Vol. CLVII
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

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Valentines Missed Connections

Grace Canny, Humor Writer February 15, 2024

Have you ever held prolonged charged eye contact while waiting at the Grill? Made charming and witty banter in the Post Office line? At a school this small, Missed Connections are somewhat superfluous...

Loneliness

Peggy Li, Columnist February 18, 2016
Because if you’re single and feeling torn up inside because of an overwhelming loneliness, you should reflect on yourself.

69 activities for exuberant Valentines Day weekend

Callie Brown February 12, 2015
First, there’s the obvious: some afternoon delight. The sweet, sweet taste of... ice cream. Wait, that’s what you were thinking too, right? I personally think ice cream can fix just about anything (even on the rainiest of days). Some Rocky Road or Cherry Garcia can alleviate even the gloomiest of overcast days.
Students Celebrate Love on Valentines Day

Students Celebrate Love on Valentines Day

Annabelle Marcovici March 5, 2014
Photographer Annabelle Marcovici documents how Whitman students celebrated love on Valentines day this year. Among the students profiled, Marcovici profiles students from the Spring Break Community Service Trips who are selling Valentines Day cards to fundraise for their trips in March.

Student Who Has Watched a Lot of Nelly’s Music Videos Has Skewed Idea of Valentine’s Day

Matt Raymond February 14, 2013
For the small, in-breeding population of Whitman students who are in happy relationships, Valentine’s Day is an opportunity for partners to celebrate each other and acknowledge their inherent superiority over the rest of the student population. For most other Whitman students, though, Valentine’s Day is only a consumer-supported reminder of their loneliness and disappointment with the conventions of Whitman’s “dating scene.”

Cheesy love story brings chuckles in ‘The Vow’

Nathan Fisher February 16, 2012
My 16 year-old sister suckered me into seeing “The Vow" on Friday night by saying Channing Tatum was an 100 percent better actor than Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Lautner. In honor of Valentine's Day, I forced myself to see this amnesic chick flick.
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