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Vol. CLVI, CIRCUIT
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Whitman Wire

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Whitman Wire

What You Need to Know About the Housing Lottery

AJ Johnson, IHC bourgeois  May 1, 2025

Hundreds of freshmen and sophomores like me have, for whatever reason, decided to attend another year at Whitman. They’ve hedged their bets on the housing lottery after weeks of being led by the nose...

Top 5 Things Students Plan for Summer

Top 5 Things Students Plan for Summer

Ben Sherry, Planning to Write even more May 1, 2025

As we near the end of the Spring Semester, Whitman is eager to rest from the long and eventful year here. Many plans are already in order for the summer, and we want to share a few. Thanks to an online...

Senioritis Sonnet

Olivia Banuelos, American Poet April 10, 2025

Do I have a job lined up after I graduate? No. Do I have housing or financial security? No. After four years, do I feel ready to face the world on my own in the slightest? No! But… if one thing is true,...

Athletes are better than the rest of us.

Athletes are better than the rest of us.

Nick Pecora, Non Athletic Reprehensible Person March 6, 2025

I love our athletes, who wouldn’t? They’re not only physical specimens but they are also more intelligent and caring than the rest of us ordinary people. When I see a Whitman Athlete I think: “Wow,...

Whitman Parties and Other Unusual Forms of Torture

Whitman Parties and Other Unusual Forms of Torture

Nick Pecora, Fun Police and General Cynic February 27, 2025

Whitman parties end up being an Elizabethan parlor to be seen rather than a place to dance and be free. It seems that for a group of people who don’t care what people think, they sure seem to care...

Whitman and WWPD: A Love Story No One Asked For

Arham Khan, Aspiring Mall Cop September 26, 2024

Ah, Whitman College and the Walla Walla Police Department (WWPD) — one of those relationships that lasts too long and has everyone wondering, “Are they still together?” The dynamic between Whitman...

Whitman Fundraiser Campaign “Upward Together” Kicks off

Whitman Fundraiser Campaign “Upward Together” Kicks off

Aya Mahmoudi, News Reporter October 19, 2023

This week, Whitman College announced a goal to raise 200 million dollars in funds through their new “Upward Together” campaign. Oct. 13 was the official date when alumni from across the country...

Whitman’s identity crisis

Bex Heimbrock, Opinion Editor November 17, 2022

The New York Times Best Seller and subsequent non-profit Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL) describes Whitman College as a place which, well, changes lives. The CTCL’s entry on Whitman College reads:...

Op-Ed: Whitman’s unpaid debt

Jeff Mutethia, Junior March 3, 2022

On Jan. 30, the Whitman community received an email from the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) titled “Land Acknowledgment.” In their email, ASWC reiterated the truth that Whitman occupies...

Illustration by Kai Bowen.

Finding youth and happiness through Thomas Winterberg’s Another Round

Parsa Keshavarz Alamdari, Columnist February 24, 2022

“What is youth? A dream. What is love? The dream’s content.” Thomas Winterberg’s film "Another Round" begins with a poem from celebrated Danish poet, Søren Kierkegaard. Winning the Academy...

After 3 Weeks of Intense Love-Making, the Dreaded ‘Talk’ Comes Up Again, and The Whitman Student Body is Here For It!

Maddie Ott, Soil Salesperson March 7, 2019

They had met at an outrageous Whitman party. Hormones surged as the potential couple began to high-key grind on each other. It all happened in a split second. The next morning they were spotted at Cleveland,...

Whitman Student Relocates Third Time in One Hour After Getting No Homework Done at Previous Location

AQ, New Yorker Feature Writer and Cryer February 28, 2019

Martha has sh*t to get done before Spring Break. Last Saturday, Martha was resolved that she would at least get her reading and paper outline done. She reportedly sprung from her bed and headed out of...

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