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Vol. CLV, Issue 2
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Whitman Wire

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Whitman and Beyond
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Whitman and Beyond
Alexa Grechishkin, Campus Life Editor • September 26, 2024

On Sept. 15, members of Unidos, the Latine affinity group on campus, invited students to gather to celebrate the start of Hispanic Heritage Month with a barbeque on the side...

Club Noir Hopes to Electrify Whitman's Night Life through DJing
Club Noir Hopes to Electrify Whitman's Night Life through DJing
Isabel Mathy, Campus Life Reporter • September 26, 2024

Amidst the weekend nights spent frequenting sweaty basements and searching for the perfect party outfits, Whitman students can find a new group at parties that hope to...

You're Failing By Design
You're Failing By Design
Ayat’arrahman Mahmoudi, Opinion Columnist • September 26, 2024

The American education system, long heralded as a pathway to opportunity and prosperity by people such as my immigrant parents, is and has been failing its students. This is particularly obvious in the...

The Falsity of Social Mobility
Nohraine Rose Gaddi, Opinion Columnist • September 26, 2024

Let’s be honest here – no matter how hard you work on something in life, it will be impossible for you to reach the top if you weren’t born with a silver spoon or simply weren’t lucky enough.  Social...

The Political Rhetoric of Xenophobia
Kaela Babasin, Opinion Columnist • September 26, 2024

It is no surprise that during the presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024, Donald Trump engaged in racist rhetoric suggesting that Haitian immigrants were killing and eating pets in the city of Springfield,...

Doomscrolling: Understanding the Phenomenon
Doomscrolling: Understanding the Phenomenon
Danny Pottharst, Feature Writer • September 26, 2024

Be it Instagram, Tiktok, or any of the other hundreds of apps and websites designed to hijack our attention spans (or lack thereof), there is...

Wildland Women of the West
Wildland Women of the West
September 26, 2024

Since the early 20th century, wildland firefighting has been an enticing career for young men looking to work outside and get their hands dirty....

Visiting Professor of Chemistry suspected of Sorcery
Visiting Professor of Chemistry suspected of Sorcery
Ben Sherry, Academic of the Mystic Powers • September 26, 2024

In a shocking turn of events, visiting chemistry professor Dr. Ambilach Fortinax, or simply Dr. Fort, has been publicly accused of practicing...

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,...

How to Avoid Lymancest
How to Avoid Lymancest
AJ Johnson, Dating three people, all also named ‘AJ’ • September 26, 2024

Lymancest: more contagious than the plague and twice as deadly. For those lucky few who’ve never heard of it, "Lymancest" is used to describe...

Fan Mad Chappell Roan Asserted Boundaries
Fan Mad Chappell Roan Asserted Boundaries
Hunter Tucker, Not Like Other Music Fans • September 26, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, pop star Chappell Roan made a statement expressing that she was apparently upset about behavior like harassment and stalking....

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Consent Talk Round Two Comes to Cordiner
Bex Heimbrock and Chloé Williams September 26, 2024

On Sept. 16 in Cordiner Hall,  a speaker with SHIFT consulting delivered an hour-long consent and sexual health training for this year’s incoming students. The event comes...

Suspicious Fires Under Investigation in Walla Walla
Suspicious Fires Under Investigation in Walla Walla
Baran Abbasi, News Reporter • September 26, 2024

A series of suspicious fires in the Northwest side of Walla Walla have left police and firefighters flummoxed while wreaking havoc on the local community. Starting in early...

Dialogue or Degradation? Education Efforts Leave Students With Questions
Owen Jakel, News Reporter • September 26, 2024

The Dialogue and Dignity Series kicked off the fall semester last week with a workshop on antisemitism and Islamophobia from Zack Ritter and Marium Mohiuddin, lead facilitators...

Whitman Launches New Healthcare Resource for Students
Bex Heimbrock, News Editor • September 19, 2024

After the loss of Whitman’s 24/7 Health Center, the college has been looking to fill their healthcare gap. A new student group called Whitman College First Responders (WCFR)...

Out With the Old, CARTE In the New!
Out With the Old, CARTE In the New!
Owen Jakel, News Reporter • September 19, 2024

Starting this fall, Reid café replaced their Starbucks coffee brand with Carte Coffee, a local business in downtown Walla Walla.   The owner of Carte Coffee Ryan...

Suicide Prevention Walk Downtown Builds Community
Chloé Williams, News Reporter • September 19, 2024

Live music, yellow balloons, and 20 different mental health organizations filled the downtown Walawála Plaza last Tuesday for a Suicide Prevention Walk. Hosted by the Walla...

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