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WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT DURING THE 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS?

Sebastian Squire
News Reporter

With Democrats currently holding on to a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives and Senate, the outcome of the 2022 midterms may be decided in just a handful of toss-up elections. Several of these important elections are taking place in Walla Walla. While young voters have been a historically underrepresented demographic during elections — especially midterms — Whitman students vote at record high levels. Before you cast your ballot, make sure you know what the candidates in Washington's 5th congressional district are fighting for.

Read the full story here.

WHAT HITOMI JOHNSON LOVED

Bhavesh Gulrajani
Campus Life Reporter

Hitomi Kosaka Johnson, long-time Whitman instructor of Japanese, passed away on Sept. 27 after a battle with cancer. She was 66. Johnson-sensei loved flowers; she loved sharing food with her students and she loved to teach. She is remembered by her students and friends for her love and the love they shared for her.

Read the full story here.

Photo courtesy of Whitman College.

WHITMAN STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE SEEKS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING

Ben Kearney
News Reporter

Whitman Students for Justice in Palestine (WSJP) has a strong presence on Whitman's campus as one of several global awareness groups. WSJP is composed of a diverse group of students who work to educate the Whitman community on the violence in historic Palestine/Israel, which has been ongoing following the United Nation’s attempt to divide Palestine into Arab and Jewish states in 1947. With a history of conflict spanning almost eight decades, there is a lot for students to discuss.

Read the full story here.

BIKING FOR A BETTER FUTURE

Keathley Pinney Brown
Feature Writer

We are intricately connected to the environment, whether it be through our actions, where we make our homes, where we work, where we run or where we go when we need a quiet moment to ourselves. As Whitman students, we often find ourselves out of touch with the rest of Walla Walla. The Sustainable Living Center bike ride provided an opportunity for Feature Writer Keathley Pinney Brown to engage with the community, get to know the place in which Whitman students live so briefly and connect with other people who call Walla Walla home.

Read the full feature article here.

Illustration by Eleanor Amer.

AGREE TO AGREE

Natalie Comerford
Opinion Columnist

It is hard not to notice, sitting in these classrooms day after day, that opinions feel somewhat restricted. Those who were itching to play devil’s advocate in high school sit silently in a corner, soaking up information without so much as a sarcastic comment. Possibly from a place of fear of social exile, it’s few and far between that a student challenges the class with meaningful disagreement. This fear at Whitman impacts our learning negatively. Without disagreement, cultures of intellectualism in the classroom are completely destroyed as we all agree to agree, like the moral subjects we are.

Read the full opinion article here.

"ROCKY HORROR" FUCKED (A RECAP)

Samantha Fitts
very drunk (hungover)

Almost 800 students, faculty and Walla Walla community members showed up at Cordiner Hall last Saturday sporting a colorful array of lingerie, leather and V's painted on with lipstick. Although much of campus was present that night, many would be hard-pressed to recall the events of the evening in great detail ... or perhaps at all. Humor Writer Samantha Fitts has done us all a favor and reviewed the show the way it was always meant to be reviewed: absolutely hammered beyond coherence at 3:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning.

Read the full review here.

Photo by Oliver Baltzer.

HEAR FOR THE TEA:
THIS WEEK ON THE "WHITMAN WIRE PODCAST"

Audrey Marthin
Podcast Reporter

What attracts students to on-campus jobs? That’s a question that podcast reporter Audrey Marthin works to answer on this week’s episode of the "Whitman Wire Podcast." Through conversations with several working Whitties and Nikki Brueggeman from the CCEC, Audrey uncovers what keeps people working and discusses some of the restrictions student workers face.

The new episode will be released on Friday, Nov. 4 at 11:00 am.

Tune in here.

Illustration by Payton Davies.