If trees could talk, this one would have had plenty of stories to tell. The unusual twist of the trunk of "the Whitworth Tree" made it a landmark over the years for people familiar with the campus. The curve at the base of the tree provided a bench for friends and wooing couples, weaving it into stories that span Whitworth's history. The tree succumbed to a late-August windstorm despite the efforts of Whitworth's arborists over the past several years to save it.
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