Jim Amidon — The HDNet television production truck rolled out of Crawfordsville late Saturday evening, effectively ending this year’s edition of the 113-year annual tradition known as the Monon Bell Classic. Wabash […]
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Jim Amidon — It began about 4:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon, seconds after the final horn sounded in Wabash’s football victory at Denison University. Officially — at that moment — it became “Bell […]
Jim Amidon — My friend and colleague, Joy Castro, a professor in the English Department at Wabash, gave the 27th Annual LaFollette Lecture in the humanities Friday afternoon. Being selected to give […]
Wabash College is fond of its traditions — really fond of its traditions Homecoming is nearly a century-old Wabash tradition. It was the idea of the late Jasper Cragwall, a professor who […]
Jim Amidon — “The student is expected to conduct himself at all times, both on and off the campus, as a gentleman and responsible citizen.” That single, simple sentence, which seems to […]
Jim Amidon — I was pleased to attend an annual Wabash tradition: The Ides of August Friday morning. The day-long program celebrates the research and scholarly work of the Wabash faculty. The […]
Jim Amidon —Times sure do change. Ten years ago, summers at Wabash were pretty low-key; not much was going on. But today — even though no regular classes are held — there […]
Jim Amidon —Dr. Patrick White (right) was elected the 15th president of Wabash College at the end of January. About a month later Dr. White worked with President Andy Ford and an […]
Jim Amidon, June 19 — My drive to work each day takes me past three or four homes where the owners are taking advantage of summer weather to remodel and renovate. Someone […]
Jim Amidon — They say nothing happens at Wabash in the summer; that once the students leave, the place is dead. Faculty bug out for distant locales, they say. Staff have the […]
Note: Bill Cook ’66 returned for his 40th class reunion June 2-4. When he returned to his home in New York, he wrote this column that was published in the Livingston County […]
Jim Amidon —About four years ago, Tom Runge and the folks in the Wabash College Alumni Office took a giant leap. They decided to scrap the old way Wabash hosted alumni class […]
Jim Amidon — One of the great traditions of any Wabash Commencement is the awarding of honorary degrees. Over the years the College has honored heads of state, leaders in business, and […]
Jim Amidon — Wabash College held its 168th Commencement exercises on Sunday, starting with the Baccalaureate Chapel and ending with 203 young men earning their sheepskin diplomas late in the afternoon. Commencement […]
Jim Amidon — You read so much today about how young people are disconnected, lack focus, care little about the past, and are only whimsical about the future. If you really believe […]
Jim Amidon, April 25 — The curtain had fallen on the Wabash College Theater production of The Braggart Soldier on Friday night. The large crowd in Ball Theater, which had spent the […]
Jim Amidon — Fifteen or 20 years ago, Wabash was in need of pretty substantial upgrades in its science, athletics, modern languages, library, and arts facilities. When it came time to begin […]
Jim Amidon — I was rushing across the Wabash campus last Thursday — running behind, as usual — when a student approached me. “Do you work here?” he asked. “Yes,” I said. […]