Steve Charles—About this time last week I was 30 miles out on Lake Michigan riding the bow of John Buford’s 27-foot Coronado sailboat, a hood-snapping northwest wind in my face as I […]
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Steve Charles—The spring issue of Wabash Magazine came out last week, so I’m thinking of all the good stuff that didn’t make the cut. Here’s one. From David Krohne’ s Earth Day […]
Steve Charles—A colleague stopped me in the Kane House parking lot yesterday to tell me the latest edition of Wabash Magazine—“39 Under 39”—was not a good idea. That focusing on only 39 […]
Howard W. Hewitt – In all lines of work effort is sometimes underappreciated, if noticed at all. Bon Appetit employees put in some special effort Friday morning to benefit not just Wabash […]
Steve Charles—The journalist chases the story, the essayist the idea, the memoir writer the dissipating vapor of her life. But the poet loves the word. The logos. The “in the beginning was […]
Steve Charles—At the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis last Friday, I heard this inspiring thing. I was interviewing David Orr —not David Orr ’57, trustee emeritus, citizen of Crawfordsville and San Cristobal, Chiapas, […]
Howard W. Hewitt – Here in the rolling hills of southwest Indiana, an area of strong German heritage and lingering cultural traditions, there is a field of dreams. It was a field […]
Howard W. Hewitt – During the summer months our students are engaged in a wide variety of internships and jobs it’s hard to keep track of them all. Some of them are […]
Jim Amidon — Two years ago, the folks in the Wabash College Alumni Office thought they had hit the peak for Big Bash Reunion Weekend attendance. I remember talking with Tom Runge and […]
McAlister ’10 on campus to help with Big Bash Coverage Howard W. Hewitt – For the past three years we’ve brought one or two student journalists back to campus for Big Bash […]
Rich Blastic ’82 found himself in an interesting position at the start of the year. As a new member of the school board for the Calvary Christian School in Highland, Indiana, he […]
Jim Amidon — The Class of 2009 was graduated from Wabash Sunday afternoon. The men in the Class of 2009 had much to reflect upon as they sat in the sunshine on […]
Jim Amidon — Yesterday Wabash celebrated its 171st Commencement and 195 young received sheepskin diplomas from President Pat White under blue skies on the College Mall. Some of the new graduates are […]
Howard W. Hewitt – Thursday’s Career Center Job/Internship Bootcamp was an opportunity for several alumni to return to campus and "give something back." That’s often a common reason when we query returning […]
Steve Charles—Earlier this year, I wrote the following short piece about Gary Livengood, an electrician with the College’s Campus Services, the guy who handles the sound system and taping for Commencement and […]
Kim Johnson – I always enjoy the opportunity to talk about Wabash men doing great things in the community. The last couple weeks have given me several chances to do just that. […]
Jim Amidon — Eight environmentally focused groups came together Saturday on a stretch of ground about 10 minutes southwest of town. When the ceremony began, perhaps as many as 200 people had gathered […]
Steve Charles—As a student I struggled with learning mathematics, so as a writer I’ve often asked friends who are mathematicians to describe for me the beauty they see in their chosen discipline. […]
