News across Walla Walla County
Looking Up: Four Stories of Astrophysics in the Columbia Plateau
It can be cosmically easy to get caught up in the rhythm of things: classes, work, loved ones and sleep. We become so transfixed by these core components that we forget we are all living on a rock orbiting the sun. We owe the very existence we spend studying, dancing and laughing…
The Tortured Artist Conundrum
In thinking of the late Kurt Cobain (the most notable and, for the sake of this article, recognizable example), we often tell ourselves that the music preceded the legacy. This is true on a broader, more external level, at least. The mythos of Nirvana, and the grunge scene at…
Women’s Professional Baseball League Makes History
The Los Angeles Queens prevailed against the San Francisco Firebells to win the first ever Women’s Professional Baseball League championship on Sept. 22, marking history for not only the WPBL itself but for North American sports as a whole. When discussing the Queens’ season in…
College Student Equates GenAI Use to Directing, Declares Theatre Major
True artists suffer for their work. Every stroke of a painting, every breath into a flute and even every finger used to hit ‘command + copy + paste’ into a Google Doc. Raw, human suffering and perseverance. And, nobody knows this better than junior Viktor Halas, who — after…
“Search continues for sorority members lost to depths of Prentiss basement.”
For the Prentiss Hall sororities, Rush Week should have been a period of excitement and anticipation. But this brief moment of happiness was usurped on the morning of Philanthropy Day following the disappearance of three Alpha Phi members. What began as a trek to find more tape…
The Debate Around Sydney Sweeney’s Novig Ad
Antiquated ideals have cast doubt upon women’s place in sports for a very long time, suggesting that women’s bodies belong elsewhere. Though males have traditionally dominated mainstream sports, women have made resounding progress in regards to taking up space in the field.…
Fake Plastic Therapists
The promise of an AI therapist is seductive: an on-the-go counselor that is cheap, nonjudgmental and always available. In a world facing a massive mental health crisis, and a country creeping on the verge of an economic crisis, turning to a chatbot for emotional relief feels like…
The Identity of the Youngest Child
I hate my last name. This hatred has become an inside joke, so few people know my last name; I often receive cards addressed to my Instagram handle. It appears to be truly nothing more than a joke, but it stemmed from my resentment towards where I stood in my family. A resentment…
Computers for all!
Every syllabus week, professors begin to drone on about their technology bans — aka no laptops, earbuds, phones or otherwise. Each reason seems more frivolous than the last: “I think typing is rude,” “your neighbor could be distracted by your screen,” “studies show…,” “this is a…
Invasion on the West Coast: The European Green Crab
On the shore of Willapa Bay along the Olympic Peninsula, clam farmer Katie Ruseink breaks open the carapace of a mottled green crab with her hands like she’d done many times before, watching the flashy set of ten neat, distinct spines adorning its shell split in two with a single…
NBA Season Preview
The 2025-26 NBA season ended with the New York Knicks besting the San Antonio Spurs to win the championship for the first time in 53 years. After a historical season for the Knicks and for the NBA as a whole and the emergence of new top contenders in the league, the scene is set…
We Need More Internet Controversy!
When I was growing up, my grandpapi always used to tell me about how “it” was so much better in their day. He never really…