Pizza lovers, make sure you're sitting down. Pizza Pipeline is new in town, and is bringing you more pizza than you can handle. Its largest pizza measures in at a glorious 26-inch diameter.
If representatives from each of Walla Walla's three colleges have their way, the region will soon be transformed by an energy revolution. This, at least, is the hope of Walla Walla University physics...
Getting students involved in community activism isn't always about capturing their interest in the issue at stake; sometimes it's necessary to engage other interests first. In its kick-off events at Whitman College and Walla Walla University, the Network for Young Walla Walla opted for balloons and banana splits, respectively.
Catie MacIntyre Walker, the self-proclaimed “wild wine woman of Walla Walla," has been in the business for years. Though she's graduated from the Center for Enology and Viticulture at Walla Walla, many of her formative experiences as a wine lover have been hands-on—she's spent time doing the dirtier parts of wine making , digging holes, planting vines and working crush. More recently, she's written wine columns for the Union Bulletin, served as a judge in wine competitions and written for Tourism Walla Walla. She currently maintains her online store, Wild Walla Walla Wine Woman.
In an effort to educate Walla Walla's Latino community about political issues, a debate between Terry Nealey, the candidates for 16th District State Representative, took place Sunday, Oct. 18, at St. Patrick's...
Gathering for dinner is an important ritual for many families. Eating together is a time to unwind and reconnect after school or work. For those with overwhelmingly full schedules, family dinner might be the only time each day that everyone can sit down together.
For the newest members of the Whitman community, Family Weekend will be first time most of them have seen their parents or siblings since the semester began.
First-year Kelly Peterson expressed her anticipation.
“I'm really excited my parents are coming this weekend. I miss being able to hear about everyone's day, family dinner is so important to me . . . We're all going out to dinner!"
10. Show your parents your dorm
The small space in which students are confined to live is an important part of college life. While inevitable, this activity is notable for its brevity, because there really isn't much to do in a dorm room but stare at the walls and laugh awkwardly at the mess. Students, clean your dorm before before opening it up for parental examination.
My father and I have a tradition of patronizing one of Walla Walla's many elite eateries every fall, and after much consideration settled on Creektown Café as this year's venue of choice. We soon learned...
Downtown Walla Walla hotels and restaurants are set to get an economic boost this Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24, when parents of Whitman students come for Family Weekend.
Visiting parents, who book hotels and dine with their students, will bring business to sellout levels at several local establishments. That's good news for the bottom line of hotels and restaurants in the middle of a recession and is even prompting some to hire additional staff for the weekend.
Ron Anderson, general manager of The Marcus Whitman Hotel, expects full occupancy this weekend, as opposed to an annual average of 65 to 70 percent. Three-quarters of the hotel's guests will be Whitman families.
After a long, somewhat unconventional, journey that has taken him around the globe, Walla Walla native Thomas Kelati has finally reached the NBA, the unquestioned and seldom attained pinnacle of professional basketball. Roughly four and a half years removed from playing collegiately at Washington State, Kelati is now playing for the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers alongside 2009 Western Conference All-Stars Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, having taken career detours in Belgium, Poland and Spain.
