Steve Charles—I can’t recall a single encounter with Professor Robert Cooley during which he did not surprise me. Sometimes with an opinion, sometimes with something he’d recently read, often with an encouraging […]
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Steve Charles—After writer and filmmaker David Bezmozgis captivated listeners with passages from his upcoming novel The Free World, a student asked, “What was your inspiration for this?” The answer he offered made […]
Steve Charles—Halfway through his talk to the Wabash students, faculty, and guests who filled the College’s Eric Dean Gallery Friday afternoon, University of Notre Dame Institute for Latino Studies Director Gilberto Cardenas […]
Steve Charles—Emory Simmons may be the most accomplished and esteemed scientist you’ve never heard of. That’s partly my fault for not drawing the Wabash community’s attention to the fact that in the […]
Steve Charles—From the line that stretched all the way out the door of the Caleb Mills House and the variety of professors, staff, and administrators that packed the place, you might have […]
Steve Charles—Joe Trumpey ’88 says that most straw bale houses have a truth window—a hole in the adobe on the inside where you can see what the walls are made of. In […]
Steve Charles—The judges who named Phil Dewey ’89 the 2010 winner of the Jerry Malloy Competition for Outstanding Negro League Art call his portrait of Kansas City Monarchs pitcher and National Baseball […]
Jim Amidon — Tomorrow is my 45th birthday, which means exactly nothing other than that I’m now closer to 50 than I am to 40. It also means I’ve been working at Wabash College […]
Jim Amidon — I’ve enjoyed reading all of the blog entries from our students doing on-campus research, traveling on Dill grants, studying in the Business Leaders Program, and those who are involved […]
Jim Amidon — I didn’t exactly know what to expect when I met Will Shortz Saturday night in Ball Theater. Given the breadth of his intellect, I expected Shortz might be aloof […]
Jim Amidon — Wabash College held its annual “Awards Chapel” last Thursday night. I’ve attended well over a dozen of them during my time at the College, and each year it’s a remarkable […]
Jim Amidon — Cody Grady has less than a month left in Crawfordsville. He’ll graduate as a theater major with the rest of the Wabash College Class of 2010 on May 16. […]
Jim Amidon — Roger Busch has almost never turned down a challenge. The head coach of Wabash’s cross country team and assistant coach of the track team was known as daredevil […]
Jim Amidon — I have a confession to make and it’s one I make with a little trepidation. I am a life-long Chicago Cubs baseball fan. I’m one of those fans […]
Jim Amidon — I read closely the article Journal Review editor Jay Heater wrote about Wabash President Pat White’s lunch with the League of Women Voters last week. In his story, Jay did […]
Jim Amidon — Just the other day I was working on a project for a local volunteer organization with a friend of mine. We were writing up a document and I emailed it […]
Jim Amidon — What’s the hottest job for graduates of some of the nation’s best private colleges and universities these days? Computer programmer? Nope. Business analyst? Natta. Graphic designer or […]
Jim Amidon — I sat down last Friday to write this blog and got a serious case of “blank screen blues.” What I mean is that when I sat down, I didn’t […]