Jim Amidon — Once I swallowed the last of the tail feathers, the crow I had eaten didn’t taste all that bad. See, almost a year ago I wrote a piece in […]
Jim Amidon — I wish I had a nickle for every call or email I’ve gotten this week that began with, "Jim, I know it’s Bell Week, but…" Yes, it’s Bell Week. […]
Jim Amidon — About two months ago I got a call from Mary Smith over at Nicholson Elementary School. She was working on a grant-funded program to encourage kids at her school […]
Jim Amidon — It’s been a busy fall, so I guess I hadn’t noticed it was again time for the "studio one-act plays" to be performed. So when Denis Farr sent out […]
Jim Amidon — Since the day our office got the new Canon camera lens I’ve used to shoot sports this fall, I couldn’t wait for the colors of autumn to arrive. Finally, […]
Howard Hewitt – MEADVILLE, Pa. – Odd thoughts while wandering Interstates 74, 70, 270, 71, 76, 77 and 80: (with apologies to former Indy Star sports editor Bob Collins!) – The 7.5 […]
Jim Amidon — It was late last spring when a handful of Wabash folks learned that Joy Castro would read from her then-forthcoming memoir, The Truth Book. Quietly, Steve Charles and I […]
Jim Amidon — We’ve just heard in from our Italian Bureau Chief, Mark Shreve ’04, who is on assignment in Perugia, Italy, where he works with an American study abroad program at […]
Jim Amidon — I was in the Wabash Bookstore Wednesday purchasing Monon Bell tickets for my family and there stood Justin Gardiner. Justin asked Ben Gonzalez how many tickets he could buy, […]
Howard Hewitt – Football is often described as the world of machismo. It filters down from the NFL and the college level to high school and even pee wee ball. That’s why […]
Steve Charles—Mike McCoy ’91 felt honored when World War II veteran Hobert Winebrenner trusted him to co-write the memoir of the 82-year-old’s experiences with the 90th Infantry Division at Normandy, the Battle […]
Jim Amidon — Jeremy Robinson returned to Wabash Monday to recruit for the Teach for American program, which he joined after graduation in 2004. We had a few minutes to chat late […]
Jim Amidon — Remember Ryan Smith ’03 — a tall, skinny drink of water who majored in poli-sci and wrote for The Bachelor? The guy has an uncanny knack for landing in […]
Howard Hewitt – Greg Mahoney ’06 sees responsibility as a triangle. The triangle’s three sides are self, friends and family. Mahoney weaved his love of racing into his Thursday Chapel Talk about […]
Jim Amidon — Saturday should be business as usual at Wabash: the football and soccer teams are home and students will be entertained by the national act, The Roots, on Saturday night. […]
Steve Charles — JP Morgan Chase investment banker Bill Kennedy ’83 had the rapt attention of students at his table when host Lu Hamilton ’76 interrupted the conversation to make some necessary […]
Howard Hewitt — For anyone who has never gone on the road with the Little Giant football team, you’ve missed out. Add it to your fall list of things to do! Approximately […]
Steve Charles – More than a month before his novel Olympos made the New York Times extended bestseller list, Dan Simmons ’70 presented the first public reading from the book to a […]
