{"id":3078,"date":"2014-05-05T20:56:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2014-05-05T20:56:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:56:04","slug":"finals-week-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2014\/05\/05\/finals-week-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Finals Week Is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3079\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/Beta-bench-front-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3079\" alt=\"Beta bench front sm\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/Beta-bench-front-sm.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/Beta-bench-front-sm.jpg 504w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/Beta-bench-front-sm-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Senior Bench Featuring the Beta Seniors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today&#8217;s the first day of finals week&#8230;the beginning of the end&#8230;before the new beginning for seniors.<\/p>\n<p>The Beta seniors took the opportunity recently to paint the bench&#8230;for what might be the final time before they paint it&#8230;as alumni.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3080\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/beta-back-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3080\" alt=\"beta back sm\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/beta-back-sm.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/beta-back-sm.jpg 504w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/beta-back-sm-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Names on the back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My guess is the paint job will last about as long as the tulips do&#8230;in other words, gone before Commencement. \u00a0But it just doesn&#8217;t matter. \u00a0You see, they have painted the bench and celebrated it. \u00a0What happens next doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the bond they share. \u00a0It&#8217;s there and it will last forever. \u00a0Lives will change, people will go in 4,583 different directions. \u00a0But the bonds &#8211; Class of 2014, Betas, football team, soccer, Lambda Chi, Sphinx Club, Phi Delt, Theater &#8211; will last forever.<\/p>\n<p>This good place&#8230;roots grow here&#8230;Wabash is always going to be a home for these young men. \u00a0Not as students, though, but as Wabash men.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s the first day of finals week&#8230;the beginning of the end&#8230;before the new beginning for seniors. 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