As a sophomore a couple of years ago, I helped organize Chapel Sing and Homecoming activities for the independent freshmen. Every night for the first month or so of my sophomore year, we would meet behind the Sparks Center to practice the words of “Old Wabash” and go over what was expected of them [...]

Rebellion was in the air in the fall semester of 2008. As Student Senate elections approached, students eager to display their disapproval of the Wabash College administration ran on combative platforms—proposing, in various different forms, a “student judiciary” to counter the power of the Dean of Students in disciplinary decision-making.
“Here’s what I would advocate [...]

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.

Newly appointed Associate Dean of Students Rick Warner was getting ready for church on Sunday, October 5, when he received the news that Wabash freshman Johnny Smith had passed away early that morning. The tragedy pulled him away from his usual Sunday worship and back to the Wabash campus to deal with the situation.
Three [...]

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 [...]