Suicide Leap Moves Students to Action Near the beginning of the school year, a woman who suffered from depression perched on the railing of the Ship Canal Bridge in Seattle.Traffic stopped, while rescue teams attempted to persuade her not to jump. Some frustrated drivers close to the ... Read more
Graduates Challenged To Light the World The lieutenant governor of the state of Washington, Bradley Owen, on Sunday, June 9, delivered a message to Walla Walla College’s Class of 2002.It included hope, poetry, and even a bit of song. “You are setting off,” he said, “on the single greate... Read more
Other Awards Commencement services on June 9 honored more than graduates. Awards also went to the following:Michaelynn Paul, instructor in nursing, received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. It is Paul’s second year of teaching at WWC.Terrie Aamodt... Read more
Whisper a Prayer in the Evening It’s 10:45 p.m.For Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH) nurse Becky Saranto, it’s almost routine. But for her patients—many of them in crisis—it’s anything but ordinary.Tonight, as on hundreds of nights before, Becky visits each of her patients bef... Read more
