{"id":1290,"date":"2012-10-19T07:14:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T07:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2012-10-19T07:14:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T07:14:29","slug":"tuition-free-day-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2012\/10\/19\/tuition-free-day-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuition Free Day 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1291\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/10\/cast-_MG_5816-Version-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1291  \" title=\"cast _MG_5816 - Version 2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/10\/cast-_MG_5816-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/10\/cast-_MG_5816-Version-2.jpg 864w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/10\/cast-_MG_5816-Version-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Castanias &#8217;87<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Greg Castanias &#8217;87, Wabash&#8217;s alumni board president, gave a Chapel talk yesterday entitled &#8220;Free&#8221;. \u00a0It will be on the College&#8217;s You Tube feed soon, if not already.<\/p>\n<p>Greg&#8217;s talk was on Tuition Free Day. \u00a0This day occurs about 1\/3 of the way through the college&#8217;s year. \u00a0Symbolically, it recognizes that funding the college&#8217;s operation to this point has been the monies provided by Wabash students and their families. \u00a0Past this point the college relies on the generosity of the college&#8217;s alumni and friends to keep going. \u00a0In other words, we count on our alumni and friends for 2\/3s of our funding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/10\/T-free-12-_MG_5824-Version-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1293\" title=\"T free 12 _MG_5824 - Version 2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/10\/T-free-12-_MG_5824-Version-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>Greg told the story of his own college search and how critical his Honor Scholarship was. \u00a0Without it, he was headed elsewhere. \u00a0With it, Wabash was possible. \u00a0A familiar story. \u00a0Grunge has been there.<\/p>\n<p>He then challenged the students to pick up the mantel and carry it forward. \u00a0Keep Wabash strong. \u00a0Keep Wabash providing a high quality education for young men. \u00a0Keep Wabash free from outside influence.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom isn&#8217;t free &#8211; no matter how you slice it.<\/p>\n<p>For a few other Tuition Free Day photos, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wabash.edu\/photo_album\/home.cfm?photo_album_id=3386\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Castanias &#8217;87, Wabash&#8217;s alumni board president, gave a Chapel talk yesterday entitled &#8220;Free&#8221;. \u00a0It will be on the College&#8217;s You Tube feed soon, if not already. Greg&#8217;s talk was on Tuition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/10\/cast-_MG_5816-Version-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}