Vigil downtown for DACA recipients
Lena Friedman, News Reporter
November 21, 2019
On Tuesday Nov. 12, members of the Walla Walla and Whitman community gathered downtown for an evening vigil held in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The vigil, which took place on the corner of 1st Street and Main Street at 6:30 p.m., reflected nationwide activ...
The FINCH hotel opens downtown
Louis Moench, News Reporter
October 31, 2019
Walla Walla's newest hotel, The FINCH, opened on Thursday, Oct. 24, just in time for Family Weekend (Oct. 25-27) and Fall Wine Release Weekend (Nov. 1-3). The new hotel is located at 325 East Main Street, the former site of the Red Lion, a hotel that closed in January 2018. The FINCH is an indepe...
Walla Walla launches Neighborhood Engagement Program
Rylee Neville, News Reporter
October 19, 2019
On Thursday, Oct. 24, the City of Walla Walla will launch its new Neighborhood Engagement Program (NEP), led by Whitman senior Cameron Conner. The Neighborhood Engagement Program aims to bring Walla Walla neighborhoods closer together and spark conversations about the needs of each community. Af...
Whitman Connection to Schools
Sophie Leibsohn, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
Lauran Schaefer, the head of the debate program at Whitman, doesn’t see it as just an ordinary extracurricular activity. It is also an activity that builds skills, confidence and community. This community is now being extended to Walla Walla High School as Schaefer is working to help with their d...
Hummus Hummus Now Serving Walla Walla
Will Booth, Staff Reporter
November 9, 2018
The Beginning of Hummus Hummus There is a new way to indulge in everyone’s favorite spread as Hummus Hummus — the newest addition to the fantastic Walla Walla food scene — has arrived to the Gut Grub Lot on 509 E Main Street with plenty of fresh chickpeas and tahini. Th...
Oblivious Walla Walla tourist verging on third week at Stanton after mistaking it for resort
Ashlyn Quintus, Hard-Boiled Leg
September 28, 2018
Ahh … the end of September – when the leaves begin to turn, the air begins to crisp and Whitman’s campus says “adieu” to its first whole month in action. Well, all but one particular resident, who doesn’t know he really should say “adieu” … really … please … it’s weirding...
Life After Whitman; Whitties in Walla Walla
Sylvie Corwin, Staff Reporter
September 24, 2018
Graduation day, for many Whitman students, is not the end of living and working in Walla Walla or at Whitman. Every year some alumni stay in, or return to, Walla Walla. “When my class graduated people made a Facebook group for the people that were staying and I’d say it’s about 20 to 30 that...
Op-Ed: Whitman’s Commitment to the Community
Ethan Graham '17
April 19, 2018
The disparity in demographics between students at Whitman College and those living in Walla Walla is striking. Whitman’s most recent Fall 2017 Class is comprised of just 9 percent self-identifying Hispanic/Latinos and 64 percent self-identifying White/Caucasian students. Meanwhile, 38 percent of Wal...
The Barn Hosts Student Play “love letters to the world as we would have it”
Alasdair Padman, Staff Reporter
April 19, 2018
Sadie, Penny and Geo, all portrayed by Whitman students, lie motionless on a few threadbare carpets. Ocean circles them, her eyes drifting over the audience; she is dressed in the sea-green of the tormented ocean. The others are more traditionally Northwest: leather jackets, ripped and patched jeans...
Op-Ed: ‘Culture of Silence:’ What the WWU Administration Will Not Address
Jake Sloop, WWU Sophomore
April 12, 2018
These past few weeks at Walla Walla University have been rocky, to say the least. Therefore, in this week’s Swap Issue, I hope to address some of the questions many Whitties have asked me about the blackface social media post at WWU and the discussion it has sparked. I think that this issue is intrinsical...
Whitman Alum Helps Found Art Studio Cooperative
Alasdair Padman, Staff Reporter
April 12, 2018
Whitman alumni have gone on to succeed in many of their ambitions and projects, and Hannah Bartman ‘16 is no exception. She is one of the many artists involved in the new art studio cooperative that opened on Sunday, April 8. The cooperative, known as The Barn, serves a dual purpose: it offers studio...
WWU Grapples with Blackface Incident
Martina Pansze, Editor in Chief
April 5, 2018
Just before the student body of Walla Walla University departed for Spring Break two weeks ago, a racist photograph with the school’s logo circulated through social media. The photo is a publicly posted snapchat screenshot of six individuals, five of them wearing what appear to be black facial masks. The photo has a WWU logo filter and the caption #prettyHurts, as well as the w...
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