Local News in Walla Walla

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…

Profits Over Pages: The Inequity of Whitman’s New Printing Policy

Whitman College has once again shown how it puts students’ needs on the back burner while raking in money from unsuspecting alumni and friends. Whitman’s…

Crushed Rocks for the Planet? A Dive into Enhanced Olivine Weathering

At a glance, green gemstones appear to have little in common with trolley problems. Yet a cloth of profound climate hopelessness and unlikely geochemical solutions…

The 10 minutes after putting your phone down

The 10 minutes after you finally get your grimy, doom-scrolling, unintentional-time-wasting fingers off your phone. The black box we all turn to for guidance every…

Rediscovering Religion

When faced with the dire reality of the flawed, fragile foundation of one’s entire being, your whole world feels like it’s falling apart. Growing…

“I leave dishes in the sink too”

I imagine that, at this point of the year, they are beginning to show themselves to many of you. That one person we have all…

U.N. Ditches Mercator Projection, U.S. Objects

Since 2005, Google Maps has used a variant of the Mercator projection for its digital maps. Because of a recent international measure, though, your favorite…

The Privilege of Laughter

At a party, a rich man scoffs at a server tripping on a rug and turns to his colleagues with patronizing laughter. The server was…

Siren DR-11

Extreme Sports Used to Mean Something

We just don’t do it like we used to. Extreme sports just aren’t what they used to be. Alex Honnold’s free solo of Taipei 101…

Spectacles of Yore

I Cry Your Mercy You Will Listen To Me If I Wear a Pointy Hat