by Dr. David Kubiak
I found it a great irony last semester that while the campus was meditating seriously on the dangers of drinking, every other happy memory of my late and much-lamented colleague Professor Placher seemed to involve a bottle of Scotch. But the irony is inherent in the nature of Dionysus himself. [...]

This summer, The Phoenix was able to obtain the first student publication interview with Wabash College’s new associate dean of students, Dean Will Oprisko. We discussed his background, his interpretations of the Gentleman’s Rule, his views on all-male education, and many other subjects.

Wabash College has an admissions brochure that is famous among prospective and current students. “It won’t be easy,” it says of the Wabash experience, “but it will be worth it.” The mailing, received by hundreds upon hundreds of prospective students each year, is brilliant in its salesmanship.

by Brent Kent ‘09
and Jay Horrey ‘09
On October 28, 2007, Wabash College freshman Patrick Woehnker, 19, fell to his death after gaining access to the roof of an academic building. Woehnker and four other students entered the building via an underground maintenance tunnel.
The five underage students had consumed alcohol, but it was ruled out as [...]