Several members of the Wabash Conservative Union will be graduating next month: former Editor-in-Chief Sean Clerget, former Event Coordinator Tyler Gibson, former Business Manager Trent Hagerty, and staff writers James Inman and John Moton. As can be deduced by the abundance of titles, this group of men has contributed greatly to the Wabash Conservative Union. They were all here from the beginning, and they helped take the organization from the ashes of the old Wabash Commentary and make it what it is today. We congratulate and thank them for all they have accomplished, and we wish them the best as they move on to greater things.

We recently learned of a tense Wabash College faculty meeting, where a certain professor launched accusations of racism against a number of superiors and department colleagues. We mention this incident not to embarrass or demonize the professor involved, but rather to make a serious point: Accusations of racism should not be taken lightly—but they should not be made lightly either.

In the first edition of The Phoenix, in Spring 2007, Josh Bellis ’08 wrote an article about the problem created by the construction of the Malcolm X Institute. He suggested that if the College wanted a diversity center, they should have created something for all minority groups. In an apparent effort to prove him right, this fall a handful of minority student groups, with the aid of the Multicultural Concerns Committee, have been promoting the idea of a Minority Student Center. They have attempted to get in the long line of those petitioning to use the recently vacated Kendall House or the soon to be vacated Hovey Cottage.