Later this month, the Wabash Christian Men will host Dr. David N. Menton, a creationist speaker from the group Answers in Genesis. If recent history serves as an indicator, the reaction from the most vocal corners of our campus will be swift and negative. Eyes will roll, skeptics will scoff, and The Bachelor, [...]

It was a typical day of class on November 5, 2007. The only difference was sitting to my left in Calculus 111. It is not the particular class that is important, but the person sitting to my left was someone I had been anticipating to meet. The man, Dr. Leonard [...]

“Now if we stipulate that for 340 years of our national history, there has been an uber-violent, brutal, rapacious repressing of the majority of people of color in this society by the white majority. For 340 years, lets stipulate that’s the case… if that’s the case lets take the last fifty years or the [...]

Excitement and anticipation. Those are just two words that describe the mood surrounding the new Christian Studies Center first proposed in the December issue of The Phoenix. The Christian Studies Center proposed by Professor of Religion Stephen H. Webb has struck a chord among students, alumni, and faculty. This new Christian Studies Center would [...]

by Sean Clerget ‘09
The Phoenix has continually covered the process of the strategic plan and will continue to do so. As you may remember from previous issues, President White decided to develop a bottom-up strategy for this plan. In his chapel talk last spring he outlined four main topics. A committee was created for each [...]

During the college admissions process, Wabash College admissions counselors often boast to prospects that the College’s professors are first and foremost teachers and mentors. The push to publish is not as great as at some of the behemoth-sized state research universities. However, that does not mean that Wabash professors neglect research or publishing. Dr. Robert [...]

The history of Wabash College beyond its academic achievements is overflowing with stories and traditions of our school’s athletic accomplishments. The great teams and individuals that Wabash has produced are too numerous to mention, as Jim Amidon, Director of Public Relations, so eloquently described this past fall in his Chapel Talk. But it [...]

By this point everyone has heard about the controversy surrounding the flag last fall and might even have witnessed students raising it with the sun and folding it at dusk every day since early October. The issue was first brought to light in the September 2007 issue of The Phoenix in an article written [...]

That is a loaded question, I know, so before my stoning begins, let me make it very clear that I am not saying we shouldn’t have women on the faculty, nor am I saying that women cannot be great professors at Wabash. The women faculty we have at Wabash are excellent teachers and fine colleagues. [...]