Pots Return to Wabash

Pots Return
to Wabash
September 14 . 2006
• volume 99 • issue 3
ROYCE GREGERSON
NEWS EDITOR
After more than 30 years, the
green and red pot has returned to
prominence on the Wabash campus this month. Originally
intended as a means for alumni
to purchase a bit of memorabilia
from the past, the pot has
exploded into a phenomenon of
renewed tradition. However, the
pot now being worn by much of
the freshman class were not
originally intended as a method
to bring back tradition.
“The renewed interest in pots
began with Cal Black [‘66] getting them for his 40th class
reunion this year. They were a
big hit. Other alums wanted
them,” Mike Bachner ’70 said.
Bachner is the manager of the
Wabash Bookstore, which currently sells the pots. “Ross Dillard [’07] came to the store in
August asking us to order pots
for fall. He had worked with
the manufacturer to make replicas of the original style. They
had come to a price and minimum order quantity. We knew
alums would buy them for
reunions and ordered extras.”
Before going to the bookstore
or seeking a manufacturer, Dillard went to the Ramsey
Archival Center to research the
pot. Archivist Beth Swift was
able to share a few examples of
the pot. The current pot is made
of a green felt-like material with
a red bill and red button on top.
The quick re-institution of the
Freshman Adapt to College Life
ELIJAH SANDERS | WABASH ‘10
Wally Wabash prepares to snatch a Delta Tau Delta pledge’s pot at a preseason Wabash scrimmage.
NELSON BARRE
EDITOR IN CHIEF
There’s joy in being a high
school senior.
You’re on top.
You run the school and
everything is going well.
You’re going off to college
after the long process of deciding a college choice. Then you
get there and everything
changes.
Freshmen
coming
to
Wabash soon learn their high
school days are gone. Whether
or not they are up to the challenge is another question. The
fact is: some are and some are
not ready for the life and academic challenges.
“We are trying to address
any issues the freshmen might
have,” Wabash counselor Scott
Cavins ’84 said. “We want to
know how to help them. What
do they need? Where do they
come from?”
Cavins has only been the
Wabash counselor for a little
over a year. The College recognizes that coming into a new
environment can be difficult.
The counseling service is
available to aid all Wabash students.
“College can be pretty overwhelming,” Cavins said.
“Adjusting to class, fraternity
or dorm life, making new
friends, et cetera. Here we can
provide student services for
anything from anxiety to
depression or other stress
related issues.”
All appointments are confidential and the counseling center takes the utmost care in
keeping things private. Any
questions can be directed to
Scott
Cavins
(cavinss@wabash.edu).
What if the freshmen think
do not think they need any
kind of help? Well, they may
be right.
“No freshman has left
through the first three weeks
of class,” Dean of Students
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“College can be pretty
overwhelming.
Adjusting to class,
fraternity or dorm
life, making new
friends, et cetera.”
Dr. Scott Cavins
See, ADAPT, Page 2
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pot to fraternity pledge classes
evoked strong responses from
many freshmen.
“I love the idea of the pots, and
the idea of bringing back an old
tradition,” Kevin Long ’10 said.
“I feel it just enriches our history.”
John Dewart ’10, a Sigma Chi
pledge, echoed Long’s sentiment.
“I’m glad the Brothers [of Sigma
Chi] brought back the pots
because it helps to restore traditions lost to time,” he said. Due to
their fraternity’s no hazing policy,
the Lambda Chi Alpha associates
themselves almost unanimously
voted to wear the pot.
“We feel that such unique traditions at Wabash deserve to not
only be preserved but flourish with
each new student,” Mark Schultz
’10 said. “[They are] just one
more way we like to promote a
sense of pride and tradition here.”
Not everyone is happy that
more people are wearing the freshman pot. Two pledges of Phi
Delta Theta, the one fraternity to
continue requiring its pledges to
wear the pot since the tradition
lapsed, spoke out.
“I’m proud to wear my pot
because unlike all the other freshmen on campus, I’m upholding a
tradition,” Joshua Coyle ’10 said.
“The pot is something that should
be worn with pride and kept like a
precious gift. I walk around cam-
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Tom Bambrey said. “As far as
we can tell, it’s all good. The
general dimension of the class
seems very positive. The time
we begin to see how the class
is developing is around Homecoming.”
The College offers a variety of services not only to
freshmen but all students
including the academic services, counseling services, the
career center and faculty
advisors. All of these can be
used to help a student acclimate himself to Wabash’s
campus and environment.
“Most of what we do early
pus and see people spinning them
on their fingers.”
Joshua Lopez ’10 also critiqued
other freshmen’s misuse of the
pot. “They disrespect them by
leaving them around and losing
them. If you wish to continue the
tradition, respect it at least,” he
said.
In addition to the Phi Delts, the
renewed tradition has a unique
impact on the independent freshmen, who have no pledgeship program to force the pot on them.
“I won’t consider getting a
pot,” Barry Ooi ’10 said. Ooi
cited the class scrap and the
intense rivalry between the freshmen and sophomores. “Nothing
like that will ever happen anymore, not in this day.”
The re-formed Senior Council,
itself a renewed tradition, weighed
in on the pot issue. The Council
decided to declare the pot the
“symbol of the freshman class.”
Members of the Council also discussed making the pot mandatory
for participation in Homecoming
events, but eventually tabled the
issue.
Wabash’s archives have plenty
of the history of the pot. It was
first mentioned in the minutes of
the Student Council (the early
predecessor of the Senior Council)
in its May 9, 1918 minutes. The
Council created a committee to
investigate possible designs for a
potential uniform cap for freshmen. The Council’s May 21, 1918
minutes note that the committee
“recommended [a] green cap with
red button and red-bordered bill.”
Then, the Council adopted the
“green cap with scarlet button and
scarlet visor” as the permanent
freshman cap. In the same meeting, the Council resolved that all
students would remove their hats
as a salute to the flag when entering campus. The January 6, 1919
minutes show that the Council
agreed to place an order with W.C.
Murphy and Co. for the hats. The
Council fixed the price of the cap
at one dollar.
The Student Council established the Vigilance Committee on
October 4, 1920, which was
responsible for enforcing the various rules placed on freshmen. The
Council later expanded the membership of this committee to
include all seniors.
The pot seems to have enjoyed
a healthy life until the turmoil of
the late sixties and early seventies.
In the fall of 1968 the Freshman
Orientation Program, previously
known as Freshman Indoctrination, became officially voluntary
by pronouncement of the Student
Senate. Admitting failure, the
Senior Council had already dissolved itself in March of ’68.
The previous fall (1967), a
group of well-organized independent freshmen had succeeded in
undermining the Council’s program. Five students refused to
participate in Freshman Sing (now
Chapel Sing), effectively proving
that the program only worked
because freshmen voluntarily participated in it. The Bachelor con-
curred and ran an editorial claiming that the Council’s Freshman
Orientation program was, for all
intents and purposes, optional.
In January of 1968, the editor
of The Bachelor wrote an editorial
bemoaning the passage of Wabash
traditions. He placed much of the
blame on the President of the College, Ron Clark, for failing to back
the Council. Punishments (such as
green tights) remained part of the
code for the Fall of 1968, even
though the Orientation became
officially optional for the first time
and the Student Senate eliminated
the W haircut on September 13 of
the same year.
The Orientation program for
the fall of 1970, when the Student
Senate re-wrote the former Senior
Council’s orientation plan, finally
made all the provisions optional.
The statement on the pot read:
“Freshmen will be encouraged to
secure and wear pots.”
Unlike Freshman Sing, the
transition to a pot-less freshman
class was gradual. Alumni who
attended school at the time note
they just faded away, a contrast to
the pot’s sudden re-appearance on
campus.
“We have sold out of our original order of 150 and have
reordered,” Bachner said about the
bookstore’s efforts to keep the pot
in stock. “A reunion group has
already ordered for this fall. I
don’t know if this is a passing
notion for freshman or if the tradition has been renewed after nearly
40 years.”
on is at orientation,” Bambrey
said. “We introduce them to
the Gentleman’s Rule, help
them learn their responsibilities and prepare them for the
rigors of class.”
Does all of this actually
work?
Several freshmen writers
for the Bachelor wrote on
their early experience. The
Wabash webpage has three
freshman
student
blogs
chronicling the life of Daniel
King, Jon Short, and Jacob
Lee.
The Bachelor freshmen
staff offer their take on the
first few weeks:
The stories continue from
this page to page 3 and page
10:
Gary James
About a month ago, I arrived in
a brave new world. Though it
offered no new races of people, no
new species of life, and no new
languages, this new world was
abundant with the new faces of
people I had never before seen.
With these new people, I have
encountered new living arrangements, new daily routines, and
new freedoms.
I now find myself as a pledge
at the Kappa Sigma fraternity. I
am also involved with several
clubs and activities. Finding time
to study, hang out with friends,
rest, and complete my house
responsibilities is like getting the
last drop of Kool-Aid from the
pitcher. In one day, I have woken
up at 7:30 pm, taken three classes
by 11:30 am, worked an ESH job
for two hours, attended Chemistry
lab, and taken care of fraternity
responsibilities by 1:00 am. While
most of my days aren’t like that,
having one that is makes the
weekend that much sweeter. By
Friday, it’s time for a release.
Speaking of releases, I have
found college parties to be more
benign than advertised on movies
like “Never Been Kissed” or
“She’s All That.” All in all, College life rocks!
Victor Nava
I don’t think there is one freshman on campus who can truly say
that he was prepared to deal with
the academic standards that
Wabash expects of its students. In
just the few weeks that I’ve been
here, I’ve come to realize that
Wabash doesn’t just always fight,
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Wabash always studies as well.
Ok, perhaps I may be overdramatisizing the situation, but we
all have to agree that Wabash isn’t
exactly the type of college where
you simply show up to class, take
a test at the end of the semester,
and get your credit for the course.
Classes at Wabash have proven
to be a big transition from those in
high school. I used to think we did
everything bigger in Texas. I guess
we forgot to make the workload
bigger. Even though I only have
an average of ten hours of class
per week, I find myself spending
massive amounts of time studying
just to stay on top of all the work.
Even the four hour “study tables”
I attend daily don’t seem to begin
to cover half of what I need to do.
Academics at Wabash seem to
have many dimensions and levels
of depth to them. The trick is not
to get overwhelmed. I’m not
going to be one of those students
that say, “high school didn’t pre-
pare me for college.” Instead I’ll
say: High school prepared me the
best that it could.
Elijah Sanders
Living in a fraternity is a totally different lifestyle then being an
Independent. I have to wake up
before my first class to do my
house job, which usually consists
of sweeping, mopping, cleaning
toilets, showers, tables tops etc.
and cleaning up after all the
actives’ mess. Some of the jobs
aren’t so bad, like cleaning with
the vacuum, while others are a flat
out hassle. Then I go to class, try
to catch a nap, go swim, eat dinner, go to a four-hour study table,
and then I can go to bed if I have
finished all my work.
67 guys on campus that I can talk
to about anything.
My life is not so bad, every
time somebody cuts us down my
pledge brothers always build each
other back up. I am very happy
with my choice to be in a fraternity and live my life as a frat boy.
Without it I would not know what
to do with my time besides sit
around and think about home. It
keeps me busy and in line and I
know that I will always have a
blast.
Although, to most people, this
wouldn’t seem like fun there are a
lot of benefits. The active brothers
will look at my papers before I
take them to the writing center,
which doesn’t make me look as
stupid. I knew that no matter what
when I came to Wabash College I
was going to meet new people.
Also I know that there are at least
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September 14, 2006
The Bachelor’s opinion
The voice of Wabash since 1908
EDITOR IN CHIEF
STUFF EDITOR
MANAGING EDITOR
NEWS EDITOR
OPINION EDITOR
SPORTS EDITOR
Nelson Barre
Allen Chatt
Adam Hawkins
The Bachelor: Vector for
the “Grand Conversation”
Royce Gregerson
The Bachelor has played a
major part in most of the major
controversies that have beset
Wabash. People representing a
diverse range of viewpoints
have contributed articles, and
they have prompted much discussion. In the past year, the
campus discourse that resulted
from opinion articles in the
Bachelor took on forms ranging
from response articles to informal discussions on the Mall.
For example, last year’s
debate between fraternity members and independents over the
relative merits of both lifestyles
started in the Bachelor and
expanded into face-to-face discussion. While there was some
flamboyant rhetoric, many
excellent points were raised and
debated. Such a discussion
would never have happened
without the all-campus forum of
the opinion page of the Bachelor.
The Bachelor is the only allcampus forum that requires the
author to think. The “send” button on the e-mail program is a
far more forgiving editor than
the various section editors who
read each article that comes
through their e-mail boxes. The
Bachelor does it best to minimize silly, destructive rhetoric.
While the Wabash community is
not massive, it is still just largeenough to make widespread
conversation difficult. The
Bachelor is the only venue on
campus that has both a broad
impact and enough review to
ensure sound, reasonable discussion.
Face-to-face discussion is
certainly the best method for
resolving conflicts between individuals. The Opinion section of
the Bachelor is not a place for
Patrick Smith
Aaron Parrish
individuals to resolve their differences or make their disagreements public. However, the
Bachelor has a role in campus
discourse and resolving disputes. From time to time, there
are problems and disagreements
between individuals or groups
that need to go public. Sometimes, there are problems on our
campus of which everyone
needs to be aware. That is when
an editorial in the Bachelor is
appropriate.
Please do send in your interesting debates and or topics,
which might require the attention of the campus. Not that we
are asking for heated debate in
the pages of the Bachelor; we
are asking for thoughtful opinion. Offer up opinions and let
your voice be heard. It is after all
the student voice of Wabash.
Interesting debate abounds on
campus, as is evidenced by the
topics of the previous Chapel
talks.
The goal of such an endeavor
should always been an increase
in information, the root of all
discourse. Sharing an opinion
can frequently be done in a manner that constitutes an increase
in information. There must be a
spark to ignite discussion.
Someone must be the first to
share his or her opinion. That is
the role of this Opinion section,
sharing thought-out opinions
with the goal of increasing information and discourse.
So, in friendly discourse faceto-face, please also put forth
your opinions into thoughtful
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Think, Before You Speak
PATRICK SMITH
OPINION
EDITOR
“Caught in that sensual
music all neglect / Monuments
of unageing intellect.” Thus
did William Butler Yeats indict
the Byzantine young. However, I prefer to think of Yeats’
comment as a warning for
Wabash. In the last several
weeks, the members of the
community have had their
aural fill of talk of conversation. New forums are springing up, among both faculty
and students, to facilitate discussion, face-to-face. It is, at
the very least, a start.
I suppose, by now, dear
reader, you’ve gathered that I
am not altogether positive
about this revolution. My
reservations about the new
order come from my firm
belief that the problems of
Wabash aren’t ones of communication, but ones of thought.
For, if they are matters of communication, they are mere
misunderstandings. That is, to
my mind, far too charitable in
many cases.
Too often, slogans are
shouted merely to make the
rhetorical point. Vain dramas
played out, if for no other reason than to shock the audience. The warden from Cool
Hand Luke could intone, by
way of rationalization, in that
delicious southern drawl,
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” But he’d
be wrong.
Luke wasn’t failing to communicate his point, and neither
was the warden. I am inclined
to say that the same situation
applies here.
In this melee, no one group
is blameless. It is a profound
and profoundly human failure
to fall victim to rhetoric at the
No. Often as not, the
things that give
offense were intended
to offend.
expense of content. That does
not, however, excuse it or
offer a general absolution.
Rather, the potential – no, the
likelihood – of it should keep
all participants in the conversation on guard.
No. Often as not, the things
that give offense were intended to offend. It is at this point
where we reach the limits of
conversation and tread, not so
lightly, where angels fear: the
land of the demagogue. This is
my issue with the new way of
Wabash.
Perhaps that’s not entirely
fair. Rather, I am afraid that
new emphasis on conversation
will provide, especially to
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Think
those with ulterior, but obvious-enough often as not,
motives, an excuse to spout
irrational, offensive screed.
That would be a betrayal of
the ideals of Wabash and the
noble calling of rational discourse.
If we are to have a conversation, then we must first
think long and hard about
what we wish to say. The goal
should not be to stick it to the
other side. That sort of silly
partisanship is destructive.
When sloganeering becomes
the order of the day, ideas suffer. Sometimes, the wounds
are terminal. Real conversation, i.e., conversation worthy
of the name, revolves around
reason and reasoned discourse. There is no place for
point-scoring or flamboyant
drama. Those things ensure
that the conversational gangrene progresses to outright
sepsis. And anyone with a reasonable understanding of how
the body works knows how
that will end.
Not well.
Sound and reasonable
ideas, especially at a college,
are far too precious to kill.
If we intend on running
headlong into conversation,
then we should prepare ourselves for it. This new order
requires firing certain things
in the crucible of intent. Of
our own volition, we must
give up rhetoric, silly posturing, and vain show. These
things are all intended to give
offense, and they are therefore
antithetical to conversation.
Perhaps you think that I am
arguing that everyone should
think good and non-controversial thoughts. I am, but not in
the way you think I am. Think
about it again and it might
become clearer. I hope it does,
when all is said and done.
That isn’t my point. I know
that there will be controversy,
just as I know that the sun will
rise tomorrow. My point is
this: think before you speak,
and you’ll see an exponential
decline in nastiness. That is
the unpleasant offal from a
conversation that is more of a
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Back To Campus
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If we intend on
running headlong
into conversation,
then we should
prepare ourselves
for it.
shouting match or absurd,
stylized debate-team Kabuki;
that is to say, it is the waste
produced from a conversation
that isn’t really much of one at
all.
When we accept such talk
as real conversation, we make
the error of Siegfried. In Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, the
hero makes the grave mistake
of casting his lot (albeit under
the influence) with the
Gibichungs, who “befriend”
him. Unbeknownst to him,
Hagen is the son of Alberich,
the Nibelung dwarf, and ultimate villain of the whole Der
Ring des Nibelungen. Needless to say, it ends badly for
Siegfried – he gets stabbed in
the back. If we allow bad conversation to beguile us, I warrant that we’ll find ourselves
with a similarly new orifice in
our collective back.
To heed the call of President White and Dean Phillips,
we must ensure that we are
trading in real ideas and working in the framework of real
conversation. To do anything
else is a disservice to Wabash
and to ourselves.
Back to Yeats, who is
alarmingly underappreciated
in modern American society
(thanks, W, “no child”
indeed). Let us not ignore the
single greatest monument of
Western culture, one forged by
Plato and refined by countless
minds since, the reasoned discourse. Let us not get caught
up in the “sensual music” of
conversation, lest we slip into
dissonance and atonality.
Let’s follow the wonderful
lead given to us by President
White and Dean Phillips. To
my way of thought, the first
step on that path is thinking
before we speak. It’s not hard.
Occasionally, I discover
something wonderful about
someone, something that
makes me re-consider my
entire perception of a person.
That happened Tuesday when
I went to the Ramsey Archives
to research the freshman pot
for my article in this issue of
The Bachelor. I expected
finding the information I
needed to be quite tricky, but
it turns out that someone had
done all the work for me. That
person was Ross Dillard.
I knew that Ross had been
working on the pot issue, but I
just understood it as a little pet
project of his, just as I understood his role in bringing back
the Senior Council. However,
those actions make little sense
outside of the larger role Dillard has played lately in reviving the history of Wabash.
All the information I sought
about the pot was easily available in a file Dillard put
together on the history of the
student body, dating to about
the turn of the century. It is
truly a work of love. He must
have sifted through every
issue of The Bachelor, The
Wabash, and every other publication that has ever focused
on life at Wabash.
The file contains relevant
points from the minutes of the
three governing bodies that
have controlled student government at Wabash, articles of
the afore-mentioned publications, and much, much more.
But what really is incredible is not so much the work
itself, but rather Dillard’s
efforts. The passion that Dillard has for the history and
traditions of this school is
inspirational.
I may not agree with Ross
on everything (an instance
when he claimed my beloved
Catholic Church has always
been and always will be a
means of suppressing the
masses comes to mind) but
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this week I’ve come to respect
him a lot more. I doubt everyone will share my opinion
after seeing the budget cuts to
their clubs, but Student Senate
Treasurer is a job that is bound
to make no one happy.
So, in the spirit of investigating the lessons of the past
to which Ross has inspired
me, I’d like to see what the pot
lesson has to teach us.
I chatted a little with Beth
Swift, Wabash’s archivist,
while doing my research about
how the actions of people on
campus demonstrate what the
campus was feeling at the time
(this is why The Bachelor is a
great historical indicator in so
many different ways).
Our desire (and I say “our”
because the campus has effectively decided to support it) to
bring back the pot must stem
from something. Mostly, it’s
nostalgia. However, it’s nostalgia for something we never
experienced. Why, then, do
we long for what we perceive
as nobler, greater traditions of
the past?
I think it’s partly because
modern society has failed to
provide us with meaningful
and sustaining traditions.
That too was the reason many
of us came to Wabash,
whether we knew it at the time
or not. We come from a culture that lacks ritual (a reason
so many of us take comfort in
our fraternities).
For the
upper-middle class from
which so much of Wabash
comes, we’ve also never gone
through a right of passage, a
In some respects, the
pot is a symbol of
something that’s
gone, something
that’s not coming
back.
time of extended hardship. So
we sought that at Wabash, but
we didn’t always find what we
were looking for. For many of
us, freshman year wasn’t the
great humbling experience we
thought it was going to be.
We were not dazed with awe
at the glory of Wabash.
In that regard, the pot is
about more than re-creating
the freshmen as an inferior
class. It’s about re-establishing the Wabash Myth (please
note that myth means legend,
not falsehood). We’ve struggled to define what the
Wabash Myth is, but we’re
always reshaping it, recreating
it. We’re trying to create for
freshmen-to-come the kind of
freshman
experience
we
thought we’d have, that we
wish we’d had.
Today, we have Ross to
thank for moving us in that
direction. In some respects,
the pot is a symbol of something that’s gone, something
that’s not coming back. That’s
partially a good thing.
Extreme, school-sponsored
hazing manifested in physical
assault and public humiliation
should not re-enter the
Wabash experience.
But there are many ways to
reach the result we want, a
greater freshman experience,
and a greater Wabash Myth.
We’re building it, piece by
piece.
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THIS WEEK: CHICAGO ROAD TRIP
September 14, 2006
BROCK JOHNSON:
Each week throughout the semester, Johnson ‘07 will
record what he sees around Wabash and elsewhere.
Contact him at johnsonb@wabash.edu
The Bachelor
Escaping the boundaries of Montgomery County is essential to surviving four
years at Wabash. Luckily, great opportunities are just a short road trip away. Chicago, possibly the most appealing of nearby destinations, is a vibrant big city that
somehow maintains its Midwestern charm.
Millennium Park, finished in July of 2004, is an extraordinary venue for any
weekend trip. Chances are you will stumble upon a concert, wine tasting, or street
performance during any random road trip. Best of all, it can be done on an average
student’s budget.
For example, the Lyric Opera of Chicago gave a free sampler of their season
under the stars, including pieces from Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Puccini, and
Verdi. Not only was the music world class, but the scenery was also wonderful. The
Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion served as the perfect backdrop.
Whether a Bulls fan or museum buff, Chicago has something for everyone. Steak
‘n Shake may make Crawfordsville a bit more appealing, but take a chance and discover your own adventure in the Windy City.
-- Brock ‘07
Above: Cloud Gate, a 110-ton steel sculpture, serves as a funhouse for children and
adults alike.
Below: The Downtown Chicago skyline.
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CHICAGO ROAD TRIP
September 14, 2006
BROCK’S EYE VIEW
THIS WEEK:
BROCK JOHNSON:
Each week throughout the semester, Johnson ‘07 will record what he sees around
Wabash and elsewhere. Contact him at johnsonb@wabash.edu
Top Left: Crown Fountain by Juame Plensa lights up
Millennium Park and allows spectators to walk on water -at least it appears so in their photos.
Bottom Left: Musicians filled Millenium Park with classical
music for many spectators.
Right: Under the Skyline, Lyric Opera of Chicago
performed at the Pritzker Pavilion.
Why Wii Will Win: Nintendo’s Latest Revolution
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September 14, 2006
AUSTIN CROWDER
GAMING
COLUMNIST
The new console generation is just
around the corner. This is a magic
time for gamers; the faithful pick their
ponies, the game companies parade out
new games with slick graphics and
amazing new features, the good games
well dries up, and we’re all left waiting
with baited breath for the next big
round.
Microsoft and Sony are plugging
along at their market strategies: bringing the bigger, badder console to market, speeding up the processor, and
increase the graphical detail. It’s
worked up to now, so why stop?
But Nintendo, the grizzly veteran of
the console world, stopped.
At first, the move sounded like a
disaster waiting to happen. Without
any semblance of a public strategy
Nintendo stated its new console would
not be as powerful as the offerings by
Sony or Microsoft.
They then said that they’ll be pushing toward a new demographic, an idea
that usually leads to a company’s
destruction. But Nintendo’s marketing
genius has turned a dangerous marketing move into the biggest video game
buzz in years.
Calling the Nintendo strategy tightlipped would be an understatement.
Instead of laying everything on the
table at once, Nintendo decided to
reveal details a little bit at a time.
The result has been a media frenzy
that fed itself; the public consumed,
analyzed, and debated over every little
tidbit of information. We didn’t wait
for Wii information. We clawed for it
like animals.
At the first Electronic Entertainment Expo in which Wii appeared,
only the graphics were shown.
The next year, after the other companies began to finalize their console
plans, Nintendo dropped their bombshell and mentioned that their controller would rely on motion and a simplistic button layout.
Still Nintendo only allowed a select
few reporters to try limited demos of
the controller. Because of the lack of
information, speculation electrified the
internet, full of editorials and possibilities. “I tried the controller,” a blogger
would say, and suddenly that person
was the most popular one around.
At the next E3, lines waiting to try
the playable Wii demos stretched on to
four-hour waits that snaked their way
through multiple convention halls.
The Playstation 3s both topped out at
thirty minutes.
Nintendo even manipulated the
media in getting more than its fair
share of attention. Shortly before the
Playstation 3’s debut, Nintendo
announced that the prototype name of
their new console – at the time, the
Nintendo Revolution – would be
changed to the Nintendo Wii.
The controversy exploded as gamers
raged at the decision – how could such
a smart company replace a trendy
name like Revolution with a silly nonsense word? And, in the Nintendo
hype, the wind in the Playstation 3’s
sails was calmed.
The Wii will win because it has a
winning combination of affordability,
smart marketing, and, most importantly, a sense of mystique.
We have no clue how well the Wii
will work. After years of pressing buttons, the concept of a remote that
reacts to space, rotation, and speed of
movement is a bit of a shock. We want
to know: where to buy it, when to buy
it, how to play it, why it will change
the way we play games.
Whenever the Wii hits the market,
gamers will be happy to shell out the
money to have these long-standing
questions answered.
United 93 Soars Some New Music that is Good
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ROB FENOGLIO
FILM CRITIC
Everyone in America knows
the story about the ill-fated passengers on United Airlines Flight
93. On September 11, 2001 that
flight would change not only the
passengers’ lives, but all the lives
in this country.
United 93 is now out on DVD
and is a triumph. The film is shot
in real time (as in the television
show “24”) and it shows us those
horrific 111 minutes that changed
the nation, and the world, forever.
The director, Paul Greengrass,
knew exactly how to approach
this hot-button portrayal. Before
he even started writing the movie,
he interviewed the family members of all the passengers and
received detailed descriptions of
conversations on cell phones
before the last moments. He
wanted this film to be as real and
un-Hollywood as possible. This
is why this film works so well.
The way the film is shot is also
extremely personal. It feels as if
you are there with the passengers,
which is even more chilling.
Naturally, this type of film will
be engulfed in controversy and
outrage. Is five years too soon for
a movie like this? No. Not if it is
told in such a respectful manner,
which this film accomplishes.
The actors in the movie are all
unknowns, which creates a sense
of ultimate realism. Nowadays,
the influx of A-List actors to portray heroic people is rampant.
Greengrass truly wanted this film
to look and feel as real as it possibly could.
The acting is superbly moving,
the characters grow on you
immediately due to the fact that
we know what is going to ultimately happen to them, and the
real footage of the first two
planes crashing into the Twin
Towers is so grotesque that it
opens old wounds. This is vital
for the film because United 93
also focuses on the government’s
reaction to the hijackings and the
air traffic controllers who had to
hear some of the commotion on
the flights and how they reacted.
Greengrass thought it was
absolutely necessary that he use
many of the traffic controllers
and military officials involved
with United Flight 93 to help
recreate the emotions and tension
correctly. This is fundamental to
aiding the movie in its quest for
realism.
United 93 is exceptionally
graphic and should not be taken
lightly. The death of one passenger is particularly horrifying and
the tone of the movie stays consistently dark and dismal.
The ending of the movie is so
daring and appropriate. As the
plane goes down with two passengers in the cockpit thwarting
the terrorists plan to crash into the
White House, the movie ends as
the plane ultimately crashes into
the ground.
This film is not for the faint of
heart. If you are not ready to see
it, then do not. If you feel that you
need to see this movie (which I
strongly recommend to all of
you), then be prepared to either
cry or feel utterly horrified afterwards. This movie will stir you
emotionally.
As a final side note: Universal
Pictures, the studio that made the
film, donated 10% of the film’s
opening weekend gross to a 9/11
fund for the victims. At least Universal went about this film in an
extremely tasteful fashion.
Included in the special features
on the United 93: Limited Edition, are a commentary by the
director, a chilling documentary
on all of the family members of
the victims of United Flight 93,
and a memorial page that contains information on every individual passenger.
Final Grade: A
In this week’s brief missive
regarding worthy contemporary
music, your humble critic wishes to
adulate on two solo efforts from
singer/songwriters who made their
name in a different context. Additionally, he intends to use as many
GRE words as possible, with the
possible exception of “putrefaction,” because we are talking about
music that is good.
Róisín Murphy
Ruby Blue
Róisín Murphy represents one
half of British electronic/pop duo
Moloko – she was (memorably) the
one wearing the disco-ball dress in
the video for “Sing It Back.” Now
that Moloko has broken up, Murphy proves she doesn’t really need
any help to turn out a great album –
except for her producers, but
nobody really counts them.
Murphy has a remarkable and
unique voice: sultry with a touch of
twang and a subtle lisp. If she wanted, she could make an album of
21st century bubblegum pop interesting. The tunes, however, play
just as strong a role in making Ruby
Blue a great album as the vocals.
There’s an odd 1920s lounge-y feeling throughout, but Murphy and
producer Matthew Herbert spice it
up with unconventional instruments
and sound effects, assiduously
placed so as to not overwhelm the
dance-pop core, but complement it.
Songs range from the straight piano
ballad “Closing of the Doors,” that
sounds like a lost Carpenters record,
to the nigh-indescribable “Ramalama (Bang Bang),” that shuffles as
much as it bounces on some sort of
steel drum. Regardless, it will burrow into your cortex for days.
While some of the songs can
blend into each other, most are
memorable. Ruby Blue is a great
first album with a unique sound that
promises a lot for the future from
Róisín Murphy – I’m hoping she’ll
head in the more experimental
direction “Ramalama” suggests …
but then I’d also love to hear another great pop song like “Sow into
You”. Conflict!
Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Neko Case was first known (i.e.,
became the object of countless
indie-rock crushes) as part of Canadian super-ish group the New
Pornographers, but what you may
not know is that she is also an altcountry star! (such as that is).
Case’s Fox Confessor is her fifth
album and it’s much more straightforward than Ruby Blue, probably
because Case knows exactly what
she is doing. Her alternative-country sound is faithful to its roots, but
she mixes it up with some unconventional structures and recondite
but evocative lyrics. The melodies
are memorable, particularly the
occasional singalong chorus (viz.
“Hold On, Hold On”). It’s modern
to be sure, but it’s almost as if Case
is simply covering lost American
roots songs. In fact, there is only
one song credited to “traditional”.
While Ruby Blue used unconventional instruments, Case’s album
inserts them in unexpected place,
such as the barroom piano in the
gospel-toned “John Saw That
Number.”
Oh, hey, I forgot to mention that
Case has possibly the most gorgeous voice in contemporary
music. It’s smooth and smoky,
much like Róisín Murphy’s. But
while you might expect to see Murphy in a cocktail dress draped
across a grand piano, Case is like
the unassuming waitress who
makes all the cowboys put their
guns down and start crying into
their whiskeys. Fox Confessor is a
polished alt-country gem that will
certainly appeal to rock fans with a
hankerin’ for their roots, but I could
see it drawing some good ol’ boys
as well.
Ajob
Ajob
I close my panegyric with the
new album featuring Wabash’s very
own Taz Ahmed. Ajob, from
Bangladesh, play a fusion of traditional Bangla music with Western
rock influences. I can’t speak for
someone from that side of world,
but I can give my impressions as a
Rock Critic. Ajob take typical rock
instrumentation, plus Taz on tabla,
then wrap that around central Asian
songs and scales. Add in some
healthy prog influences and an
array of effects pedals and you have
a CD that sounds as strangely familiar as it does exotic. It’s also a mere
$1.85 in mp3 format, so there is no
excuse for not picking up these
songs!
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Andrew Parrish
I am assimilating nicely into college life.
My days have consisted of late-night runs to
Wal-Mart, staying up until dawn doing
homework and writing papers, and hanging
out with friends in the dorm. Wabash is
slowly feeling like home. Having an older
brother on campus helped in the transition
period. Just being on campus all the time
before coming here aided the transition. I
walk around campus and see familiar faces,
people I met through my older brother and it
is like I have been here for a while. Wabash
is the perfect fit. It is a place where I can get
to know a lot of people on campus, and there
is always something going on. I also love the
fact that I can be involved on campus. In
high school I was involved in numerous
activities, many of which I can continue
here. Since I come from a small town, these
qualities are an important part of Wabash
becoming my home. I love the freedom of
living the college life.
WABASH COLLEGE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Patrick McAlister
You know, I probably slept in the last Freshman Elijah Sanders shoots a photo at the Franklin game on Saturday.
three weeks. There really isn’t any way to be
sure, though. All I can remember is working thousands of miles away from home is provide an ideal liberal arts education,
on the production of The Elephant Man at always very difficult. When I arrived at which prepare its students to face the intim10:30 p.m. and listening to a lecture on Wabash a month ago, I was astonished to idating world dauntlessly.
Chuck Summers
Plato’s Republic at 8:00 a.m. The events that face a new culture, new food, new people,
As I sit here, writing this column, I find
lie between these two points were a con- new experiences and many other “new”
things.
myself
having difficulty coming up with
fused jumble of homework, line memorizaI
first
knew
about
Wabash
while
I
was
how
to
describe
student life as a freshman.
tion, and possibly sleep. Although, I really
surfing
websites
of
U.S.
News
and
Princeton
My
mind
is
far
too
busy with vivid and glowon’t ever be too sure.
Review
during
my
high
school
years.
Apart
rious
dreams
of
soft
pillows, humming fans,
What I am sure about is that my few
from
generous
financial
aid,
the
academic
and
that
once-common
treasure - sleep.
weeks of college have left me more exhaustreputation,
and
level
of
academic
challenge
For
a
freshman
adjusting
to the student
ed than at any other point in my life. This
beats out waiting in line for Star Wars: were the important factors that I considered life at Wabash, sleep can be hard to come by.
Episode VI, watching it, and driving to my before making my final decision to enroll at Increased workloads in classes, clubs,
high school for class four hours later. It even Wabash. And when I attended Physics class sports, and even jobs have freshmen all over
beats out standing in line for almost two on the first day of class, the first class of my the campus dreary-eyed and in definite need
hours to receive my very own copy of Harry undergraduate experience, Long syllabi with of a caffeine fix. If only I didn’t hate coffee.
Personally, my first few weeks have been
Potter and The Half-Blood Prince. Yes, I loads of assignments to do in the next sixteen
weeks
are
the
only
things
I
received
in
an
incredibly difficult adjustment. My
have reached new heights of exhaustion.
my
first
classes
of
each
course.
schedule
has been booked with obligations
Never has my time been so “maximized” (or
Although I am taking only four courses to school, a job, The Bachelor, and, of
stolen, whichever you prefer). I move from
one daily duty (hehe….duty) to another this semester, I am feeling challenged by the course, my pledgeship to the greatest fraterwithout so much time as to stop and smell rigorous curriculum that require lots of read- nity on this, or any campus, Delta Tau Delta.
In the small time between activities, I
the putrid stench of my week(s) old laundry. ing, writing, and participating both inside
and
outside
of
the
classroom
from
the
very
have
often found myself still missing old
And the worst part is I don’t even have it
As
a
first
week
of
the
semester.
friends
and teachers and remembering what
that bad.- I am independent, and therefore
Physics/Math
double
major,
I
know
I
have
it
was
like
to sleep in room without 22 other
do not have to go through the trials of
to
get
ready
to
face
tougher
times
in
coming
dudes,
or
to
go to class and see a bunch of,
pledgeship. I can’t even imagine what it’s
what were they called? Ah, yes, girls. It’s
like for those guys. And … aww shucks. My four years.
Coming from a high school that had tough getting used to a whole new world and
“time management skills” that everyone
around
50 students in each class, I am defi- the responsibilities as a student, employee,
I’ve ever met at Wabash say I need to learn
nitely
influenced
by the small size of writer, and pledge, especially while working
here tell me that I can’t neglect my homein
fact,
I
had
not attended a class on just a few hours’ sleep.
Wabash;
work anymore. I also probably need to get
that
has
less
than
15
students.
Pledging the Delt house has easily been
some of that sleep I’ve been missing…
For
an
international
student,
like
me,
one
of the most constantly demanding things
Rabin Paudel
from
a
very
different
educational
setting,
it
is
I’ve
been a part of, and official pledgeship
It has already been a month full of new
experiences to me. Coming to a new place very difficult to adjust in an entirely different hasn’t even kicked up yet. The house jobs,
academic setup. I have found that Wabash study tables, night kitchen, chapel sing prac-
tice, interviews, and assignments have a way
of really wearing you down. Like many, I
have wondered why I chose this path, and
feel like I had more freedoms in high school,
but all I have to do is look at the actives to
remind myself why this is so right. They are
really brothers, people from incredibly
diverse backgrounds, who all have a definite
bond and loyalty to the house that is remarkable. Us “pukes” are still working on it. In
the meantime, we’ll just have to learn the
sometimes difficult lessons of respect,
responsibility, accountability, and, of course,
how to clean the hell out of an aging house.
But growing with these brothers over the
next four years is something that keeps me
excited, keeps me going, no matter how
tired.
All in all, I’m just getting a taste of some
of the qualities, values, and traditions that
make this place so loved. And I’m all about
it. Now, I’ll see if I can sneak in a quick nap.
Kyle Frederick
Should I live in a dorm or fraternity?
Am I going to be spending the next four
years of my college career pledged to a fraternity where I have obligations and people
who depend on me or should I just go the
independent route and make my own rules
and create my own schedule?
My response was the dorms.
I came to Wabash intent on living in the
dorms and I thought there was nothing that
could change my mind. I lived in Martindale
and had friends at Kappa Sigma so I would
visit them quite frequently and that’s when I
began to see the genuine bond that the brothers seemed to have that’s when I became
enticed. The more time that I spend there the
more I began to appreciate it until I finally
decided to accept my bid a week or two into
the school year.
Moving away from home and adapting to
college life has been a challenging transition. I
was spoiled there and never had to do too
many chores or even a load of laundry for that
matter. Now I am doing laundry, the dishes,
taking out the garbage and whatever else is
asked of me.
You quickly learn that staying up until 3 or
4 in the morning isn’t really the best idea when
you have a 9 a.m. class the next morning.
After the first week or so you begin to
figure out where you can start taking quick
naps in between classes to recuperate from
the two hours of sleep from the night before.
I can see that I have a long road ahead of
me and I am more that willing to accept the
challenges that I am presented with. College
life is a difficult adjustment but I am sure
that it will be an enriching experience in the
end.
Red Pack
Soccer Takes First
was Mentally Win in Philadelphia
Unprepared
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ASHLEY R. STEPHEN
WABASH ‘07
The body was ready but the
mind was weak. That was the
theme for the Wabash cross
country team this past Saturday.
After running the first couple of miles with the leaders,
the Wabash runners began to
move back through the field.
“We got out well, we tested
ourselves early but we just
didn’t test ourselves late,” Acting Head Coach Roger Busch
said.
Senior Dennis Frazee and
sophomore Sam ComptonCraig led the Little Giants, finishing eighth and twentieth,
respectively. The Red Pack
finished the meet with a team
score of 134 points, which
earned them sixth place.
“We were probably the most
physically fit team there on
Saturday,” Busch said. “But
we need to work on being
mentally prepared.”
Junior Matt Maher echoed
Busch’s words. “We ran hard
but we didn’t run smart,” he
said.
With the help of a one-two
individual finish, DePauw won
the meet with 38 points, while
NCAC rival Ohio Wesleyan
was second with 72 points.
Albion finished third with 92,
Oberlin was fourth with 94,
and Denison was fifth with
100. Kenyon, Earlham, and
Kalamazoo rounded out the
field finishing seventh, eighth,
and ninth, respectively.
The GLCA Invitational was
the first meet for the Red Pack
under Acting Head Coach
Roger Busch. Busch is currently serving as the acting
head coach of the Wabash
cross country program while
Coach Rob Johnson is taking a
leave of absence for medical
reasons.
“We were probably
the most physically fit
team there on
Saturday, but we need
to work on being
mentally prepared.”
Coach Roger Busch
Senior Dustin Beck finished
32nd, junior Geoff Lambert
finished 36th, and freshman
Micah Milliman finished 40th
to round out the scoring for the
Little Giants.
“Micah Milliman had a
good first 8k,” Busch said.
Coach Busch was also pleased
with the performances Milliman’s fellow freshmen, Graham Johnson and Cole Jeffries. Johnson and Jeffries,
who were the eighth and ninth
men for the team, ran to 69th
and 76th place finishes,
respectively.
“Dennis Frazee did a good
job battling back late in the
race,” Busch said. He then
admitted that was the only
positive comment he could
give about the performances of
the team’s returning members.
The Red Pack looks to
improve its season when it
competes on Friday in the
Indiana Intercollegiate Cross
Country Championships. The
meet, hosted by Indiana State,
will be held on the LaVern
Gibson Championship Course
at the Wabash Valley Family
Sports Center. The open race
begins at 3:30pm, while the
men’s race begins at 5:15pm.
“I’m looking for steady
improvement at Intercollegiates,” Busch said. “It’s a
fast,
cross
country-only
designed course in Terre
Haute.”
WABASH ‘10
Last Saturday was certainly a
special day for Wabash head
soccer coach Roberto Giannini.
On this, the day of he and his
wife’s 16th wedding anniversary, his team came through with
about as good a present as he
could ever ask for. Led by junior
Gary Simkus’ hat trick, the Little
Giants defeated host Haverford
4-1 to give Giannini his first
ever win as a collegiate head
soccer coach.
“It’s about time!” said a
laughing Giannini after practice
on Tuesday. “It was a great present they gave me.”
The obvious star of the game
was Simkus, whose hat trick
against Haverford was the first
of his career. “I was very pleased
with (the performance),” Simkus
said, who attributed his careerday to great teamwork and
assists. “The guys were giving
me good chances. They were
setting me up perfectly. All I had
to do was finish.”
Finishing is something this
team has struggled with over the
first few games. “If we capitalized on Alma and Rose Hulman,
we would be 3-2,” Giannini said.
The Little Giants found the cure
to this problem against Haverford. With the first goal from
freshman Luis Quiroga to open
the second half and the additional three from Simkus, the team
had more goals than in their first
three games combined. “We
were all on the same page,” said
Simkus. “We had good pressure
on the ball in that second half.”
Giannini added, “Tactically, we
were very mature. We were
lucky (Haverford) didn’t score
goals in the first half. We were a
little flat. But we came out
strong in the second half.”
The win was the first of two
games the Little Giants played
over the weekend in the Haverford Invitational Tournament in
Philadelphia. The team lost the
second game to Cabrini, 1-4, and
took second overall in the tournament. Despite the loss, Giannini believes his team played
well in the second game. “In the
second game, overall, we played
better than the first. But we just
had 60 minutes of foolishness,”
said Giannini. “We hit the post
twice, and then, all of a sudden,
we blacked out and allowed four
goals in 60 minutes. The whole
team fell into a black whole.”
Simkus sees this weekend as
more important than the 1-1
record the recorded there. “It
was a great bonding experience,
being on a long road trip like
that with all the guys,” Simkus
said. The team spent about 26
hours on a bus traveling to
Philadelphia and back.
The team finally has a number in the wins column and looks
to build off the successes in the
tournament. “They’re getting
better and better and better.
They’re really believing in what
we do,” Giannini said, who is
still looking to eliminate mistakes. “It comes down to not
committing suicide,” he said.
“We are too generous.” Simkus
also recognizes the need to be
constantly improving in order to
be competitive this year.
“There’s always something to be
working on,” said Simkus,
“That’s why we go to practice
every day.”
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Wabash Tries to Restart Streak against Millikin
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Sports
The Bachelor
September 14, 2006
After a disappointing start to the season at Franklin, the football team looks ahead to the Big Blue to regain winning form.
CHAD FINLEY
WABASH ‘08
The Little Giant football team
looks to rebound after a frustrating
loss in Franklin last weekend. The
team lost their first regular season
game, a 45-38 overtime loss that
saw an emotional 4th quarter
comeback. Senior Jeff Walker led
the Little Giants with 175 yards
receiving and 3 touchdowns. Billy
King got his first start at running
back and gained 92 yards. These
efforts were not enough to overcome the dominance of Franklin in
special teams. The kickoff team
gave up 175 return yards, which
gave Franklin great field position
for most of the second half.
The Little Giants will have to
rebound at home against a very
tough Millikin team from Decatur,
Illinois, this weekend. It will be
the Wabash’s first home game of
the season. Millikin enters the
game at 1-1. They are a member
of the CCIW, a very good conference. They defeated Illinois College in their season opener and lost
to Ohio Northern in their second
game. Ohio Northern, a member
of the OAC, defeated defendingnational champion Mount Union
during the regular season last year.
Millikin will provide the Little
Giants a difficult non-conference
game. They are an offensively balanced team. They enter the contest
averaging 112 yards rushing and
142 yards passing per game.
Defense will be key for Wabash.
The Little Giants have to stop Wallick, a preseason All-American,
and Albin, a senior quarterback.
Wallick is Millikin’s all-time leading rusher, and is averaging over 4
yards a carry for Millikin this season. Albin is completing just over
50% of his passes this season.
Millikin also had 3 other players
earn Pre-season All-American
accolades. Senior defensive lineman, Chris Williams, senior defensive back, Robaer Williams, and
punter Aaron McLean round out
the list of Pre-season All-Americans.
Wabash will enter the game
averaging 186 yards rushing and
313 yards passing. The teams
theme for the week is “win this
play.” The Little Giants are going
to try to focus on each individual
play and just win that play. The
home opener is shaping up to be an
exciting game. The Sphinx club
will begin a cookout at 11:30. Go
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The Sphinx Club urges on the Wabash comeback at Franklin.
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