{"id":3123,"date":"2014-05-20T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T15:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2014-05-20T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T15:17:24","slug":"our-rudy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2014\/05\/20\/our-rudy\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR Rudy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3124\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/rudy-5328.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3124\" alt=\"rudy-5328\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/rudy-5328.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/rudy-5328.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/rudy-5328-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wabash Alumnus Rudy Altergott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve watched the movie <strong><em>Rudy<\/em><\/strong> maybe&#8230;just an estimate, mind you&#8230;100 times. \u00a0The story is compelling and that educational institution is in the Top 2 of my favorites. \u00a0My Dad graduated from there and my oldest son Chris, Wabash Class of 1994, is a Double Domer.<\/p>\n<p>The movie tells the story of heart and drive&#8230;and several times through the movie I pause to remind myself, for the 100th time, that I have stood on that same ground.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I am here to tell you Wabash has its own Rudy&#8230;Rudy Altergott.<\/p>\n<p>I met Rudy when he was a prospective student. \u00a0He gripped my hand, looked into my eyes, and told me his name and the fact that &#8220;I want to be a Wabash man&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I stayed in touch with Rudy from that day forward. \u00a0Rudy was, just like the character in the movie, all heart and drive. \u00a0There simply isn&#8217;t anything he wouldn&#8217;t do for someone or for Wabash. \u00a0As the videographer for Wabash football, he did everything asked of him, and more. \u00a0Never a complaint about the elements&#8230;just thrilled to be a part of it. \u00a0I can&#8217;t begin to count the times that an on-campus encounter with Rudy boosted my spirits.<\/p>\n<p>So, last Sunday Rudy&#8217;s day came at Wabash. \u00a0Like 171 other fine young men, he marched across the stage, collected that sheepskin, grabbed a rose, and marched right into Wabash history.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the guys who graduated last Sunday have become friends&#8230;.good friends. \u00a0The kind of friends that transcend the fact that I am almost old enough to be their&#8230;grandfather! \u00a0They are good guys&#8230;they WILL change the world.<\/p>\n<p>And I don&#8217;t doubt for an instant that Rudy will be right there in front.<\/p>\n<p>Rudy&#8230;.Rudy&#8230;Rudy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve watched the movie Rudy maybe&#8230;just an estimate, mind you&#8230;100 times. \u00a0The story is compelling and that educational institution is in the Top 2 of my favorites. \u00a0My Dad graduated from there [&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-3123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/rudy-5328.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123","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=3123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3126,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions\/3126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}