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the student voice of wabash since 1908October 8, 2010 volume 103 • issue 6

In This Issue:NNeeww s, 3s, 3Meet DrMeet Dr. P. Palmeralmer

CaCa vvelifelif e, 6e, 6The Social NetworkThe Social Network

SporSpor ts, 8ts, 8Baseball’s FBaseball’s Fall Seasonall Season

SSAAMM BBEENNNNEETTTT ‘‘1144STAFF WRITER

Every performance of a playhas its own, specific identity.Sometimes the play has an inter-esting, casting dynamic. Some-times the play needs to portray animage in its setting that is difficultto concretely convey. Sometimescharacters need to be dressed incertain, specific costumes toexpress their uniqueness. For thetheater department, Arthur Miller’sIncident at Vichy embodies mostof these qualities that make a playunique. They posed some difficul-ties that Director James Cherry,Costume Designer Andrea Bear,and set and prop specialist Dr.James Gross overcame.

“It’s a play that doesn’t get per-formed much at all,” Cherry said,“This play poses a daunting castrequirement.”

The cast is composed of 21male roles and not one femalerole. At Wabash, the cast require-ment is not that hard to justify orfulfill, and Incident at Vichy is aplay that fits right in to the Col-lege’s gender dynamic. Never-theless, the fact that there are nofemale roles makes the play high-ly unusual.

Another reason Cherry believestheater companies or departmentsrarely perform Incident at Vichy isthat “the subject matter is kind ofheavy.” The play is set in 1940sVichy, France during WWII. The

plot revolves around a group ofmen thrown together in a dismaltrain station who are individuallyinterrogated by German officialsregarding their ethnicity—whetherthey are Jewish or not. Liam

Smith, who plays the Waiter inthe production, commented on thedynamic of the play.

“It’s 90 minutes of quiet intensi-ty,” Smith said. “It’s a play ofwandering and talking. It’s just a

group of people who stand onstage and engage each other inconversation open forum-style.”

The setting of the play and itsstory provided difficulty in choos-ing costumes for the characters.Andrea Bear, the costume design-er for the production, had to find away to make all the men in theplay look like their own charac-ters. Some costumes were easy toput together so as to make somecharacters look unique, like theGypsy, played by Jose Gutierrez.But the majority of the costumesare business suits or professionalattire, and the costume departmenthad to find a way to diversify thecostumes.

The set also required a lot ofattention. The bleak stage settingproved difficult to hone in on. Dr.Gross, the set designer, needed toencapsulate the daunting natureof the play’s setting, making surethe audience would acknowledgethe sense of terror this play har-bors. Cherry described the keycontributions of Bear and Gross.

“They did a good job capturingthe period,” Cherry said. “Theydid a lot of research and there is anexcellent accuracy about the setsand costumes.”

The theater department’s per-

Career Services SeesLack of Student InterestKKEENNNNYY FFAARRRRIISS ‘‘1122STAFF WRITER

On Sept. 28, Director of Career ServicesScott Crawford greeted Wabash studentswith an e-mail titled, “DePauw’s About toEat Our Lunch.”

The e-mail’s subject concerned the poten-tial return of the Orr Fellowship recruitingevent to DePauw, where the event tradi-tionally has occurred, to Wabash, wherethe event moved this year.

“Unless more seniors (3.2 or above) sub-mit a resume tomorrow via WabashWorks,[the fellowship] is moving their event backto DePauw,” Crawford said.

For Crawford and the Career ServicesOffice, other incidents similar to the OrrFellowship instance reflect a reverse trendof Career Services event attendance so farthis fall. Bucking the recent practice ofstrong senior engagement with the Office,

this year has produced what Crawfordlabeled in his e-mail “the disappearing sen-ior”.

“Our goal is for each student to graduatehere satisfied,” Crawford said. “But with-out student motivation, we can do noth-ing.”

Helping seniors has proven especiallydifficult this fall. Many Career Servicesevents have been imbalanced in favor ofunderclassmen or seniors.

“Placing students in the Small BusinessInternship Fund has been like pulling teeth,”Crawford said.

Crawford cited three possible reasons forthe phenomenon: the economy, post-com-prehensive exam job searching, and uncer-tainty about career plans.

“It’s still relatively early,” Assistant Direc-tor of Career Services Betsy Knott said.“Name-brand opportunities (like Valsparand the Orr Fellowship) fill in the fall.

Vichy Debuts: All-Male Theater at an All-Male College

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COURTESY OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Cast members James Morey, Luke Robbins, and Austin Sanders rehearse on Monday night ahead ofWednesday’s debut. Directed by Professor of Theater James Cherry, Incident at Vichy focuses on thepsychological uncertainty that defined the Holocaust.

Personal Fitness GoalsInspire Weight LossGGAABBEE WWAATTSSOONN ‘‘1133STAFF WRITER

Everyone knows how to lose weight,right? Just eat less and exercise more. Itseems too simple to be true, but twoWabash faculty members recently discov-ered how straightforward and effective thisapproach is. And they’re not the only ones.

But simplicity does not imply ease. Feweasily attainable goals in life are worthachieving, while some of the simplest aremost difficult to commit oneself to. HeadSoccer Coach and Fitness Center DirectorRoberto Giannini, and Professor of Mathand Computer Science Dr. William Turnerrecently stuck with that commitment.

Giannini’s journey began when he torehis hamstring in 2002. This injury caused adecrease in his physical activity, and hegradually began to gain weight. As he wasencouraging some of his soccer players tolose weight for the season, Giannini cameacross a website that could chart individu-als’ weights and levels of health.

This site helped him set the goal of reach-ing a 175 lb. body weight. He gave himself108 days over the summer to lose 25 lbs.But by July 15, Giannini had surpassed hisgoal, and continued to trim down to around165 lbs.

Now he feels better, requires less sleep,and has even rediscovered clothes to wear.Giannini says his next step will be toreplace some of the weight he lost withmuscle, so that he can maintain a healthyweight of 170 lbs.

Turner’s journey was similar. After grad-uate school his physical activity decreased,and his weight gradually crept up. Butinstead of a soccer team, Turner’s catalystfor weight loss was his wardrobe.

“I had to decide to either start buying alarger pants size, or start losing weight,”

Turner said. With the help of his Wii Fit to chart his

progress, Turner began eating less and los-ing weight.

“I went to the gym every day, cut outsecond helpings, and I started noticingprogress,” Turner said. “Now I’m backdown to where I was when I graduated col-lege.”

After losing eighty pounds, Turner is stillamazed at what he accomplished.

“A third of me is gone, and I don’t believeit,” Turner said.

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COURTESY OF BALANCEOFGOODHEALTH.COM

Head Soccer Coach Roberto Giannini andProfessor of Math and CS William Turner arejust two members of the Wabashcommunity who have lost a substantialamount of weight.

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Most opportunities fill byFebruary. There’s stilltime.”

Crawford emphasized theimportance of a collegegraduate’s first career movesin their future.

“You often have to justifyyour first job forever,”Crawford said. “The worstanswer in an interview is,‘I’ll take anything’.”

Active seniors also canimprove their post-graduatesearch.

“A lot of students placetheir eggs in one basket, abasket of hot-button oppor-tunities like Teach for Amer-

ica,” Crawford said. “Theugly time here is in Aprilwhen students come in withsad faces and wishing theyhad started earlier.”

Crawford and Knott alsowarned seniors about rely-ing too much on graduateschool.

“Some should go to grad-uate school, like thosestudying to be clinical psy-chologists,” Knott said.“However, there’s a kneejerk reaction by many stu-dents to go to graduateschool in this economy.”

Fortunately for Wabash,14 additional senior signupskept the Orr Fellowshipevent at Wabash. At this

time of year, quick changeslike this have been shownto dramatically improveone’s search for post-gradu-ate opportunities.

“You don’t have to visitthe office,” Knott said. “Weattend many events, includ-ing football games and all-campus events. You cantalk to any one of our 14peer advisors, who are stu-dents also.”

Information on upcomingsessions can be found onlineat www.wabashworks.com.Each student can log inusing their username andthe password “Wabash”.All events are open toeveryone, except the New

York City Corporate tripand the Wine Educationevent. The New York CityCorporate Trip held asignup in the summer, whilethe Wine Education eventis open to seniors only.

“If we don’t know you,we can’t help you,” Craw-ford said. “The job searchis more or less free, and we

can help you start knockingthings off the list. To beopen in the evening is high-ly unusual but beneficial forstudents, and Wabash’ssmall student body allowsthe Office to speak individ-ually to everyone and learntheir unique interests andgoals.”

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After such positive results, Giannini andTurner have shifted their goals to main-taining that healthy weight. Everyone occa-sionally has bad days where they will noteat healthily, but the key is to bounce back.

Giannini recommended his method ofeating five smaller meals rather than threelarge ones. He also incorporates a lot offruit, salads, and proteins like legumes andchicken. For some people, more strictmethods of diet planning work very well.

However, any improvement is benefi-cial. Simply cutting out fried foods andempty calories like candy and deserts willbe effective.

“It’s easiest to cut things like chocolate allthe way out because once you start eating it,it becomes much harder to stop,” Turnersaid.

Both Giannini and Turner achieved theirdesired results and are extremely pleasedwith the results. They both feel better, live-lier, and are proud of their accomplish-ments.

These faculty members fought decliningmetabolisms to achieve great results.

“It’s not rocket science,” said Giannini.“Just exercise and eat well.”

So remember, weight loss probably willnot be easy, but it is simpler than it appears.

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formance of the playbegan Wednesday at 8 p.m.and will continue throughSaturday night in Ball The-ater. All performancesbegin at 8 p.m. and run forabout 90 minutes.

James Morey, who playsthe very dynamic characterof an Austrian nobleman,gave his impression of theplay.

“It’s very close to aphilosophical dialoguewith many speakers insteadof a few,” Morey said.“No ideas are reallyallowed to stand unchal-lenged.”

This is a testament to theplay’s “quiet intensity” andthe “heavy subject matter”that envelops the entireperformance. Each char-acter exhibits a hauntingrealization of human

nature, whether haughti-ness, altruism, bravery, orpity.

“It’s not about having aspot on the list or aboutparts individually,” Moreysaid, “It’s about finding apersonality in a sea of per-sonalities. What the audi-ence sees are little flashesof those personalities.”

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Interest

Hensley Seizes Wabash OpportunityTTIIMM TTAANN ‘‘1144STAFF WRITER

Seth Louis Hensley ’14 never doubtedthat Wabash College would be the rightplace for him. His uncle may have been aWally, but it is the combination of a rigorousacademic curriculum and an intimate cam-pus setting that suits the freshman fromIndianapolis just fine.

Coming from a mid-size high school witha small student-teacher ratio, Hensley want-ed more of the same from his college expe-rience. For Hensley, building strong relation-ships with professors and a close-knit cam-pus community are precisely the ingredi-ents that make for a great college career.

“Students at Wabash are just held moreaccountable than they would be at a largestate school,” Hensley said. “I appreciate thefact that I can get the structure and individ-ualized attention here that I need to suc-ceed.”

The Beta Theta Pi pledge also credits thefraternity system with providing a conducivelearning environment. This holds especial-ly true for incoming freshmen who are justgetting acquainted with college level course-work. Study tables and an organized sched-ule make for positive peer pressure and cul-tivate good time management skills. Hens-ley is on the Little Giants golf team, and likeany student-athlete at Wabash, getting thecritical balance right is no mean feat. Withpractice four times a week, and matches onweekends, Hensley finds the support system

incredibly beneficial for easing him intocollege life.

Hensley, unsurprisingly, has clear ideas ofwhere his academic goals will take him inthe long term. He talks about how the pow-er of stories and words has always left adeep impression on him. In our informa-tion-saturated era where news is king, Hens-ley is aware of the importance of integrityand accuracy in the media. The need forhas never been greater. For the Rhetoricmajor, the feeling of being up close to break-ing stories drives his passion for news.

“Locally, nationally, internationally,”Hensley said, “there’s nothing like beingthat guy who gets to be first on the scene.”

Having covered sports for his high schoolnewspaper and now for The Bachelor, Hens-ley believes his experiences have only sharp-ened his interest in journalism as a prospec-tive career. The budding sports reporterhopes to enter the world of television broad-casting someday. For now, his Rhetoric classputs him in close contact with the nuts andbolts of speech and communication.

Hensley also intends to take full advantageof the smorgasbord of extracurricular activ-ities and enrichment opportunities offeredhere at the College. The amateur pianistwants to hone his skill with his instrument,and is eager to take it up again. He looks for-ward to tackling the musical arts with thesame drive and enthusiasm that he bringswith him into the classroom and on thegreen. Hensley plans to look into the cours-es offered by the Music department and iseven considering being a Music minor.

ALEX MOSEMAN | WABASH ‘11

Freshman Seth Hensley, a Beta Theta Pi pledge, hopes totake advantage of the wide array of extracurricular andacademic opportunities that Wabash has to offer.

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Palmer Brings Asian FocusHHUUYY AANNHH LLEE ‘‘1133STAFF WRITER

Coming to the Collegewith a zeal for historical cul-ture study and a strongbackground in Asian histo-ries, Dr. Palmer is lookingforward to bringing a lot ofnew exciting experience tothe department of history atWabash.

Dr. Jesse Palmer is a Vis-iting Professor of History atthe College this year. He hasbeen teaching at Wabashsince September.

“I came to Wabash withthe belief that it would be aunique opportunity for meto teach at an all-male col-lege, which was something Ihad never given myself atry before,” Palmer said. “Ilike a small liberal arts col-lege environment likeWabash and I’m lookingforward to teaching WorldHistory courses, especiallyfocusing on Asian Histo-ries.”

Dr. Palmer was born andgrew up in Hawaii. Hewent to Brigham YoungUniversity, Hawaii. Hemajored in InternationalCulture Studies and Englishliterature, with a minor inJapanese and Chinese. Lat-er, he went on to graduateschool at University of Cal-ifornia, Irvine to pursue hisdoctorate degree in EastAsian Language and Litera-ture. He spent a year atBates College in Maine as avisiting professor of historybefore he came to Wabash.Having been living in Japanfor a year as a missionary inthe middle of his undergrad-uate career and living inXi’ang China to study Chi-nese, Dr. Palmer is fluent in

both Japanese and Man-darin.

“I think language is themost powerful tool for oneto study the history and lit-erature of that particular cul-ture. Therefore, Chinese andJapanese have been reallyhelpful for my specialty,”Palmer said.

Dr. Palmer specializes inthe study of Asian Culturesreflected through a varietyof factors such as language,literature and history.

“My dissertation is focus-ing on a Japanese monkwho traveled to China in thelate Tang dynasty,” Palmersaid. “He lived there in 838and then came back toJapan after nine years in847. He then wrote a greatjournal to sum up every-thing about his experiencein China. The journal hasbeen widely read as a pri-mary source for the studyof late Tang China dynastyafterwards.”

“What I particularly did

for my dissertation was thatI attempted to reread thewhole diary,” Palmer said.“I tried to analyze and lookinto the diary from differ-ent perspectives in order tofigure out the Japaneseappropriation of Chineseculture. I want to know howthese two cultures interactand balance with each other.Then I wished to see thepicture on a broader scale:how is this relevant to allthe other Asian countries?”

Dr. Palmer spent anotheryear doing research for hisdissertation in the bustlingmetropolis of Tokyo Japan.

“My research was affiliat-ed with the University ofTokyo. I utilized the univer-sity’s huge book resourcesand facility to strengthenmy dissertation,” Palmersaid.

Dr. Palmer is currentlyworking on turning his dis-sertation into a book. He isalso continually doingresearch on Asian poetry.

He’s particularly interestedin poems written by Japan-ese in classical Chinese text.

“I find it a very interest-ing, yet adversary fact thatin the countries whose cul-tures are influenced by Chi-nese elements, people arestudying about China butdisregarding texts written inclassical Chinese,” Palmersaid. “They do so becausethey think it’s not theirnational language. So thematter of connectionbetween study cultures andnational identity really inter-ests me. People are kind offorgetting history and there-fore putting nationalismbefore it. Culture is some-thing more universal.”

Growing up a beach boysurfing, hiking and rockclimbing for most of thetime, Dr. Palmer is enjoy-ing Crawfordsville withoutthe offerings of these hob-bies.

“I’m riding my bikearound town instead,”Palmer said. “Craw-fordsville is a small townwith friendly people. It hasbeen treating me well sofar.”

“I was born in Hawaii,which is a very culturallydiverse place,” Palmer said.“I grew up seeing and meet-ing people from all kinds ofworldwide cultures. Thishas a strong influence onmy decision to pursue acareer in Asian Studies.”

“I’m glad to come toWabash at the right timewhen the College is mak-ing efforts to boost up theAsian study area of concen-tration here. And I’m look-ing forward to sharing myexperience with Wabash stu-dents,” Palmer said.

ALEX MOSEMAN| WABASH ‘11

Visiting Assistant Professor of History Jesse Palmer camefrom Bates College in Maine with a focus on Asian CultureStudies.

Bon AppétitPlans Survey

Photo by Grant McCloskey ‘12

GGAABBEE WWAATTSSOONN‘‘1133STAFF WRITER

Bon Appétit GeneralManager Mary Jo Arthur,Catering Manager KeciaTatman, and Executive chefJordan Hall will be visitingrandom table in Sparks “incoming weeks” randomlyto spend five minutes at atable then move on. Theywill talk to students to getfeedback on how studentslike Bon appétit, what theywant different, etc. Theywill be handing out $5 giftcards “to area restaurants”like Subway and Wal-Mart.

Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy

Left: Castmembers goof around backstage.Top Right: Kristijonas Paltanavicius ‘12 sits in his booth as the stagemanager.Bottom Right: Austin Sanders ‘12 is ready for his close-up.Photos by Alex Moseman ‘11

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UpholdingResponsibility

Look around, Wallies.Autumn has finally creptinto our lives.

We are in a time of tran-sition; the school year isnow at the point where thelitany of exams and papersbegins to accumulate. Thework schedule is routineand dictates the vastmajority of students’ wak-ing hours. Wabash brothers– who were exciting to seeafter summer separation –have lost all allure and are,frankly, now annoying.

The situation as it standsmight not yet be over-whelming—though thattime lurks in the nearfuture. Fall serves as atransition, linking the nov-elty of returning to schoolwith the hectic fervor ofthe semester’s lattermonths.

It’s needless to divulgehow crazy Wabash canbecome during Novemberand December. At times,the entire world will com-pete for limited attention,and selfishly devour thehours of the day withoutleaving behind any senseof accomplishment. Con-versely, all motivation—to finish what needs to bedone, to attend the 8 a.m.lecture, to remain atWabash—diss ipa t e s .Stretches of days persistwhen the amount of workseems only to increase,without the aid of anysense of enthusiasm orinspiration.

The Bachelor under-stands that dealing withthis sense of desperationis difficult. We believe itessential nevertheless. We

also understand that anyadditional work or choiceswhich present themselvesmust be dealt with accord-ingly—no matter the levelof chaos.

In contrast, though, werealize that no excuses canjustify disregarding priorcommitments – period.Besides the select fewunconquerable situations,most circumstances shouldbe handled in the sameway in which they werepreviously committed tobeing handled.

It is a simple thing ofwhich to fall prey; it hap-pens all the time. Take forexample, the sheer num-ber of reservations madeon WabashWorks! thatnever seem to come tofruition. Even the recentreduction in the number ofcases doesn’t forgive theexistence of any suchepisodes of irresponsibili-ty.

The world outside ofWabash will not permitany such activity; theyexpect promises be kept.Employers in all capaci-ties are not interested inthe laundry list that circu-

lates the Wabash campus:this particular week is waytoo hectic, work hasloaded up, others didn’tcome through as expect-ed.

And the reasons for thisare pretty obvious: whenScott Crawford or anyoneelse plans an event basedon a commitment (verbalor otherwise), he haspledged—in a similar wayto somebody else—thatthe correct numbers showup. He has, in some sense,taken upon himself a riskthat he would otherwisenot have.

Wabash men need tolearn to uphold their end.Nobody told them to takethat extremely difficultclass or pledge that selec-tive house. They made thechoice. They can—andmust—deal with it. Care-ful planning and precisecalculations remedy theseproblems. In the class-room, professors adminis-ter syllabi so that studentsmay organize their timeeffectively and efficiently.

In most cases, respond-ing to choices with a ‘no’or ‘not able,’ is the betteroption when compared toa false assurance that lacksany recourse to actuallyfollowing through.Remember you are human,Wabash; you do not needto do everything—just thethings to which you com-mit or have committed.

As the leaves fall, take afew seconds to observe thebeauty. Breathe deeply foras long as necessary. Mostpeople forget to do justthat.

TThhee IIssssuuee::Students’ sense ofcommitment lackswhen the going getstough.

OOuurr SSttaannccee::The tough get going:keep yourresponsibilities or don’tmake them.

How silly of a system we have for evaluat-ing knowledge: a qualitative scale of letters,which then corresponds with a quantitativescale of numbers. What can really be distin-guished between the applicant who has a 3.0GPA from another who has a 3.45 GPA? Iinvite you to take some time to reflect onthe true difference between a 3.33, the gradepoint given for someone awarded an B+,and a 3.67, which is given for an A-.

I’m not convinced at all; this grade situa-tion mightjust be a dis-t i n c t i o nwithout anysubstantivedifference. Idon’t denythat substan-tive differ-ences doexist; it’s

just that they exist between professors andtheir personal, subjective grading scale. Asubstantial disparity also exists between dif-ferent institutions. What is the differencebetween obtaining a 4.0 GPA at IU and thesame GPA if I obtained it at Wabash?

I think it distressing that such a gradingsystem must exist in order for the education-al system to function. How much betterwould it be if every student came to class andactually took away every single goal thatwas outlined in the syllabus? If students dis-cussed readily, learned, and wrestled withcritical concepts without arbitrary grademarkers? How much more ideal would theworld be if there was no need to reward sim-ple enthusiasm or to punish sloth. However,the GPA status quo is the reality of our edu-cation system; the GPA matters.

I remember when my high school teachersdiscussed the separation between receiving anA and receiving a B. They talked about thecritical thinking problems on exams – prob-lems where the extra hour scrutinizing thetext distinguishes he who deserved the Afrom those who did not. In college, I learnedthe difference between an A and a B is not so

simple – it’s a ridiculous amount of work.Take for example a chemistry test, wheredifference between an A (92 percent) and a B(84 percent) is about 5 hours of studying anddoing practice problems.

Are 5 hours of my life locked in the libraryreally worth that extra 8-percent? As it turnsout, yes, it is. Graduate schools want thatstudent who pushed forward in the stormwith his head down when all the groundunder his feet was crumbling and peoplewere telling him to “live it up.” Employerswant the student who is willing to sacrificesleep in the face of exhaustion and come outon top. There is a 14-percent difference inacceptance rate to medical school amongstthose with a cumulative GPA of 3.59 com-pared to a 3.60. The difference between acareer as a physician and that of a former pre-medical student with an unused sciencedegree is literally an extra hour in the librarybefore a test, one extra practice problem, orone review session. From what I know oflaw school admissions, a similar phenomenonexists.

As depressing as it is, it is real. The factthat my amount of learning can be complete-ly quantified on a scale from 0.0 to 4.0 is ajoke. But it is real. I am never against sittingdown for a beer with a friend, a spontaneoustrip to look at the stars, or romantic get-aways; but nevertheless, I will not forget thatmy college career will be examined from aquantitative standpoint.

Maybe those experiences will mean a littlemore if they come after the extra 5 hours inthe library. Maybe life means a little morewhen I lay exhausted on the battlefield,knowing I pushed myself to the limit andthat if something is to destroy my dreams itwill not be because I did not try or because Ichose an easy way out. Spend the extra hourin the library, do the extra practice problems,and attend review sessions; your buddieswill still be drinking when you return andundoubtedly still arguing about politics, orlife, and in need of your sober enlighten-ment.

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TTHHEE NNUUMMBBEERRSS OONN TTHHEE TTRRAANNSSCCRRIIPPTT

“...most circumstances should be handled inthe same way in which they were previously

committed to being handled.”

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IN BETWEEN THE PASTAND PRESENT

It’s been a capricious three years for theculture of Wabash. What constitutes thegreater majority of the student body hasshifted from fraternity members to inde-pendents for the first time in decades. Stu-dent comfort in the social environment ofthe campus has been severely shaken, gar-nering drastic comparisons between theWabash of “then” and “now.” Students arenot alone in this unsettling furor; the facul-ty have suffered sweeping cuts and facedgrave junctions in our liberal arts curricu-lum. Likewise, the administration has strug-gled fiercely to maintain stability amidsttumultuous agitation from multiple sides.

We have lost a fraternity of men unique toour College environment. We have lostmore than a few loyal sons. We have lost atreasured mentor and guide as well. Andthe media has not treated these events light-ly.

So easy it is to recognize the tragedy ofour position, and so we have strived to

determine the effects of such convolutionupon our beloved institution. We cry that theweight of the Gentleman’s Rule has beendevalued. We sob over traditions that havebeen forever tarnished. Identity crisis haswithered these classic halls, standing now ina pool of our tears.

Never have such claims endured in thehearts of those most loyal to our wonderfulCollege.

Dean George Kendall once stated indefense of the Wabash Tradition: “Settlingdown placidly in the status quo, and restlessheadlong pursuit of the latest fads are thetwo non-thinking extremes which, in the

main, our tradition has not included.” Iclaim witness to the implementation of bothextremes in the above statements and thosesimilar.

Perhaps the community of Wabash hasundergone significant change in the pastfew years, but what indication of failuredoes this imply? Dean Kendall recognizedthe value in the constancy of, “criticism,experiment, and revision,” despite, “tempo-rary hostilities between groups of the facul-ty...or students.” Alteration or even elimina-tion of certain organizations and traditionspermeate throughout our College’s history,both ancient and recent. The fifth Presi-dent of the College, Dr. William Kane, had,“no reluctance in surrendering whateverthe changes of progress [made] necessary,”stating also that, “nothing is to be defendedsimply because it is venerable.”

What remains more troubling than petu-lantly grasping for the olden, golden daysand ways of Wabash is the tendency towaste time weeping over their graves. Pres-ident Sparks commented on the useless-ness of such longings, demanding that,“...conscious effort should be made to direct

attention and thought outward and forwardto current situations rather than inward andbackward to days on the campus.” Out-ward and forward does not involve a crip-pling desire for what used to be or neverwas, but instead a pride for what presentlyis or at least remains.

Never should the status quo, no matterhow utopian it may seem, be held in thehighest regard. Nor should we continue tojump headlong into the current trend ofcraning our necks to the sky, woeful of theonce-great Wabash. Wabash is great becauseof its unique ability to develop young meninto effective gentlemen and leaders of thecommunity. Only through adaptation andconstant revision can this ultimate successever be maintained.

Arthur Miller wisely imparts this in his“Holocaust” play Incident of Vichy: “Part ofknowing who we are is knowing we arenot someone else.”

We are NOT the Wabash of three yearsago; we are the Wabash of right now. Mayher loyal sons ever love her.

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“Settling down placidly in the status quo, and restless headlong pursuit of the latest fads are the two non-thinkingextremes which, in the main, our tradition has not included.”

Dean George Kendall, Honorary Alumnus ‘54

More Photos from Incident at Vichy

Top Left: Jordan Plohr ‘12 makes sure hiscostume fits.Top Right: Castmates and TKE brothers GusMcKinney ‘12 and James Morey ‘11 enjoy alight-hearted moment backstage.Bottom Right: Daniel Lesch ‘12, McKinneyand Director Dr. James Cherry duringMonday’s dress rehearsal.

Photos by Alex Moseman ‘11.

Cavelife 6The Bachelor October 8, 2010

Ever since your first meeting with a highschool guidance counselor, you’ve heard,“College is one thing and one thing only:Awesome.”

And if we’re to believe everything welisten to, current pop-culture music seems tonot only sing but also scream this message.

Heck, even the prison-bound LilWayne had time to drop the Zeta Phi Betasorority in his most recent album, I Am NotA Human Being.

The past two years, however, have showna dramatic rise in collegiate content. Perhapsthe most obvious origins of this phenome-nal subculture are rooted squarely with Ash-er Roth, known for his collegiate anthem “ILove College.” Both the music video andthe song weave a classically generic tale ofthe best aspects of university life throughtime-tested truisms: freshmen are feeble,nobody can beat me at Madden, and studiesalways come in second to mad skills atbeer pong. A simple beat and catchy chorusdefine the song, while Roth’s lazy rhymesreflect the “whatever happens, happens”

mantra of the modern age.At the other side of the spectrum is

Sam Adams, Boston’s premier college-agerapper. Both a fraternity man and a cap-tain of the Trinity University soccer player,Adams gained prominence through a clev-erly titled “I Hate College” remix of Roth’sutopian life. By taking Roth’s anthem toan entirely new, more PG level, Adams gar-nered the hip-hop community’s ear. Heleveraged his newfound fame into an entirecareer centered on his exploits during hisuniversity days. This big man on campushas since set the stage for the future, touringnationwide to mostly collegiate venues.

DJ $crilla, an underground award-win-ning hip-hop stylist and Cleveland nativehas made an entire subgenre of sorority-based songs. He seemingly studies everyminute aspect of a particular house’s histo-ry and incorporates it into rhythm andrhyme. While some parts seem extremelyforced (“Helping battered women and chil-dren” has never flowed well in hip-hop), thealways catchy chorus bellows out the sister-hood’s letters in an epic praise. With wellover 20 houses to choose from, it’s only amatter of time before this DJ gets the full setof the Greek system.

In terms of expansion, the recentlyrelaunched fratmusic.com serves as the go-to for new music. Any style or genre has aplaylist set to suit your needs, be they stu-dious or party-based. Like the aforemen-tioned Adams, most of the best content isfrom a more underground source; lesser-known names have a higher chance of being

discovered simply by being on a popularplaylist. Each playlist is user-generated,meaning that literally anyone with someextra time can hop on and enjoy mixingand mashing that utopian song set. Further-more, the site was founded by a handfulof seniors during late 2009, at which pointthe critical decision to remain frat boys for-ever was reached.

Yet, what makes the fratmusic.com serv-ice so great is the idea that college studentsare producing a unifying concept. Music,the universal language, is the vessel inwhich students from across the country col-laborate. There are no barriers, only fire-walls in this new generation of graduates.

MMIICCHHAAEELL CCAARRPPEERR ‘‘1133TECH COLUMNIST

Neither The Social Network, nor the bookit’s based on, The Accidental Billionaires:The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex,Money, Genius, and Betrayal, claim to becompletely truthful, though the author of thelater, Ben Mezrich, proclaimed to TIMEmagazine that in his writing, he “re-create[s]the story. It’s a true story. It’s nonfiction.”Mezrich main’s source of the humble andchaotic story of Facebook comes fromfounder Mark Zuckerberg’s ex-best friendand early investor of Facebook, EduardoSaverin, whom the Accidental Billionairesportrays as royally screwed by the stockagreement he unwittingly signs.

However, the movie isn’t based on thebook, but the idea of it. The Social Net-work refrains from condemning any of thecharacters in the Facebook lawsuits, whichincludes Saverin’s suit for recognition as aco-founder, and Tyler and Cameron Win-klevoss’ effort to redress Zuckerberg’sclaimed theft of their idea.”

As shown in the film, the Winklevossbrothers, or, as actor Jesse Eisenberg (not tobe confused with Michael Cera) call them,the Winklevii, had hired a previous devel-oper for a project they first called “Har-vard Connection,” an online networkingsite for Harvard students and alumni. Aftereagerly agreeing to develop Harvard Con-nection, Zuckerberg begins developing“The facebook.” He avoids the Winklevossbrothers and eventually launches his owncreation. In their suit, the Winklevoss broth-ers claim that they had an oral agreementwith Zuckerberg, using the emails and IMsexchanged during the development periodas proof. Here’s an IM from Zuckerbergto a high-school friend, sent during the rel-evant time period and published in BusinessInsider:

“I think the Facebook thing by itselfwould draw many people, unless it werereleased at the same time as the dating

thing. In which case both things would can-cel each other out and nothing would win.Any ideas? Like is there a good way toconsolidate the two...I feel like the rightthing to do is finish the facebook and waituntil the last day before I’m supposed tohave their thing ready and then be like“look yours isn’t as good as this so if youwant to join mine you can…otherwise Ican help you with yours later.”

The messages suggest that Zuckerbergconsidered the two sites as competing forattention; and he later considered finish-ing Harvard Connection after “the face-book” was launched. In the summer of2008, the Winklevoss’ were awarded with$65 million in cash and stock. The SocialNetwork ends as settlements are made,though final judgments on Zuckerberg andthe Winklevoss’ are avoided. An annoyedLarry Summers, as president of the Col-lege, dismisses the twins’ complaint. Theyboth can’t agree on whether is “gentleman-ly” to sue Zuckerberg. On the other hand,though Eisenberg appears distant and unfor-giving through most of the film, he eventu-

ally seems to repent. Despite the proximitybetween HarvardConnection and Facebook,we never know how closely the two werelinked in Zuckerberg’s mind. The easiestconclusion is that the former served as aspark for the later.

Saverin gets the lightest treatment of thecharacters—ignored by Zuckerberg, whoprefers the advice of Napster founder SeanParker, and eventually shuttered out of hisstock share. He was awarded Facebookshares, totaling 5%, and recognition on thesite masthead. Such is the result of thisfriendship turned partnership.

Zuckerberg is publicly defensive aboutFacebook’s story, for the same reasonEisenberg is concerned with the chicken-cannibalism story in the film—it’s terriblepublic relations. The Social Network maycast Facebook in a more negative light thanwhat Zuckerberg would prefer. However, itprovides the perfect showcase for the com-petition among in winner-take-all tech start-ups, the new hires, the bridges burned, andthe awesome value of an idea.

Unsociably Social?

Coming out on top: College becomes core of songsJOEL BUSTAMANTE ‘11

CAVELIFE EDITOROVERTLY OVERPLAYED

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Once a no-name youngling, Asher Roth has risen to the top of the collegiate crop of hip-hop.

Adding friends can come at a cost

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Despite creating the social movement of the century, Mark Zuckerberg (portrayed by JesseEisenberg) manages to create multiple enemies along the way.

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Nevada Porter (Below)As always, Sierra Nevada brewing brings another piney, citrusy

take to the table. The beer lives up to the style, however, repletewith dark coffee and cream flavors that offset the definite hoppresence. The smell is light yet fascinating, accentuating thecoffee and roasted malt. Dry, medium to full bodied, this beer fin-ishes refreshing. I definitely recommend this beer if you arewould rather ease into the fascinating world of porters, and notbe thrown in.

Avery New World Porter (Below)I’ll start off by saying that this beer is definitely

worth the trip involved in finding it. Untraditional,the New World mixes the best of both the IPA andporter world, to blend bright, citrusy bittering hopswith a light chocolate and caramel sweetness,which leaves a sweet, yet bitter, aftertaste. Taketime to relish in this duality; it provides a sense ofclarity to even the most ambiguous of life situations.Before you take a sip, the smell is deceiving, andchampions an unusual fruity edge. After indulging,however, you realize that Avery has produced anextremely drinkable, complex, Maverick of a porter.

Sierra Left Hand Black Jack Porter(Left)Likened to a chocolate milkshake, the Black

Jack pours a dark(er) brown and tops with anaverage sized, tan head. As soon as it is held tothe lips, the dark mocha flavor pulls you in,reacting nicely with a rich blend of earthy fla-vors. As it goes down, the full, robust andcreamy body won’t leave you unsatisfied –though it might be slightly on the sweet side. Ifyou haven’t frequented Steak and Shake recent-ly, I’d advice you locate and purchase this beer.

Upland’s Bad Elmer’s Porter (Above)The Bad Elmer’s serves as the only Indiana non-

seasonal Porter worth reviewing. Brewed in love-ly Bloomington, this beer pours in the glass a verydark black, producing a small, caramel tan head.Not exactly the best contender with the other beerslisted, this beer seems more like the “Little Beerthat Could.” It has firm bitterness that yields (min-imally) to toasted coffee notes. Light, yet sweet, thisbeer is at least worth a shot.

Picking

Before you buffoons get too far into thereview of the beers, it’s best I start off describ-ing the style at hand. American Porters don’tneed much advocating this time of year –the dark ale sits abnormally well in the stom-ach as the winds pick up and the nights cooldown. Moreover, sweaters just don’t tastethis good: most Porters are flavor-intensive,matching dark roasted barley with pineyhops, while finishing the triad with lingeringchocolates or coffee overtones. The warmthand comfort of this dark, velvety beer mostassuredly won’t disappoint if you are in needof a late night companion to aid in that Phi-losophy paper or Physics homework.

With that said, all Porters aren’t made thesame. Consider these few – if only to sayyou have dabbled in the style. While localalcohol vendors should have some of thesestyles, others might require the short jaunt toIndianapolis.

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ALEX AVTGIS ‘11

OPINION EDITORBREWER’S CHOICE

Sports 8The Bachelor October 8, 2010

Air Attack Grounds LordsBBRRAANNDDAANN AALLFFOORRDD ‘‘1122SPORTS EDITOR

For 25 minutes Saturday after-noon, Kenyon’s football teamhad itself an upset over 20th-ranked Wabash. Unfortunately,for the Lords, there was still fiveminutes before halftime. As hasbecome the M.O. of this foot-ball team, Wabash went on ascoring binge to the tune of 28points in a little over five min-utes. That outburst was goodenough to spoil any upset hopesand send the Little Giants to theirfourth straight 4-0 start.

Ironically enough, the 40-pointperformance by the Little Giantswas lowest during the schools’four matchups. However, withthe Little Giants defense hold-ing the Lords to only three pointsthanks to a second quarter 38-yard field goal, 40 was more thanWabash needed to retain its firstplace tie in the NCAC.

After Wabash’s first threedrives were stalled by a fumble,missed field goal, and a forcedpunt, the Little Giants respondedwith their first drive of the sec-ond quarter. Sophomore ChaseBelton engineered a 12-playdrive that spanned 89 yards. Thesophomore completed all four ofhis passes for 38 yards on thedrive, which was capped by a 4-yard touchdown connection withfreshman James Kraus.

Following Kenyon’s field goalin its first drive of the decisive

second quarter, the Little Giantdefensive and special teams unitstook over. Over its final four pos-sessions of the first half, theLords only ran nine offensiveplays, amassing almost as manyturnovers (3) as total yards (5). Afumble forced by Austin Hodgesand a Kyle Najar interceptionflanked Jonathon Koop’s secondspecial team touchdown in as

many weeks. The sophomorescored after a Markel Brownpunt block in the same fashion ashe scored the week prior againstChicago.

“Jonathan Koop, he just timesit up right,” said coach Erik Rae-burn. “He gets in there when theball is bouncing around and heknows what to do with it. Koophas come up with a big play

every game this season. We’vebeen real happy with the wayhe’s played.”

The blocked kicks, which havetotaled six to this point in theseason, are a welcome surprise tothis group. “Our guys have prac-ticed that and they practice hard,”Raeburn said. “The last twoweeks our punt block team hasbeen fantastic. The thing is there

are like four different guyswho’ve blocked punts. It’s notjust one guy doing a good job.”

Linebacker C.J. Gum led theway defensively with eight tack-les, five being solos. Also, defen-sive back Austin Hodges con-tributed six tackles, one for loss,the previously mentioned forcedfumble, and a pass breakup in abox score filling performance.

Wabash’s defense has been sti-fling over the past few weeks, awelcome surprise to a group thathad to replace some big piecesfrom last year’s group. Asidefrom the Lord’s 57 yards theygained on their 12-play scoringdrive, Kenyon was limited to 105total offensive yards for the restof the game. Those are the kindsof numbers that are going to putthe Little Giants in a position towin no matter how the offense isplaying.

However, fortunately theoffense decided to get in on theact Saturday as well, rolling upbig yardage en route to the 40-point outburst. Belton orchestrat-ed his best performance to dateof his young career. Passing fornearly 400 yards, Belton com-pleted 31-41 passes, includingfour touchdowns. While he alsotossed two interceptions, thenumbers the sophomore put upwere certainly eye-popping.

Settling in as Belton’s go-totarget, junior Jonathan Hornmatched Belton’s career day withone of his own. Hauling in a

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Junior Jonathan Horn put up career numbers Saturday, finishing with 13 cathes for 195 yards and two TDs

Fall Season Has BaseballTeam Excited for Spring

RRYYAANN LLUUTTZZ ‘‘1133staff writer

A lot of teams talk about over-coming adversity. The Wabashbaseball team has been doing a lotmore than just talking about beat-ing adversity.

Without a home field for the fallseason our baseball team wasforced to practice over at localCrawfordsville High School. Evenwith this inconvenience the base-ball team still had a very successfulfall season.

“My first year here we had todeal with the same thing” CoachStevens said, “we just made adjust-ments, and besides Crawfordsvillehas a nice field to play on”. Thelack of a home field is always anuisance to teams. “It wasn’t toobig a deal for us, I mean you got todo what you got to do to get better”Deig said. Even with that the base-ball team has had success this fallseason.

“The theme for this fall seasonhas been competition and evalua-tion” Stevens said. Only graduat-ing two players from last year’steam, they have essential kept theirentire starting lineup. In addition toplaying a lot of games this fall sea-

son, the teams help a lot of intersquad scrimmages. “We had liketeam one, team two, and team threeand played each other a lot” saidChris Deig.

In addition to keeping their entirestarting line up the Little Giantbaseball team also kept their lead-ers of the team as well. “We havea lot of great leadership on thisteam and we will be relying onthem as the season goes on”Stevens said. Players like JoeJohnson, Brian Van Duyn, andDavid Seible are going to be thecore leaders for the Little Giantsthis year. “I definitely think that wehave a lot of junior and senior lead-ership this year” said Deig “andwe have the underclassmen talentto go along with it”.

Throughout the fall season boththe players and coaches have seena lot of improvements to theirgame. “We hit really well through-out the fall season and that’s some-thing that I think will carry overto the spring. Also out pitchinghas improved by leaps and bounds”Deig said. Coach Stevens is alsoon the same page when it comes toevaluating the fall season. “Wehave talent and depth on the field”Stevens said.

In preparation for the spring sea-son the team has set some goalsfor itself. “Our goal is to win theNCAC and go to Regionals, as wellas set the wins record for WabashCollege” Stevens said. It is anachievable goal for the baseballteam. But it will not be easy. Theteam has three division one teamson its schedule mainly Purdue andButler. “A Division one team isjust like any other team” said Deig,“the field still has the same dimen-sions and you still have to get hitsto win, so not too much is differentin our eyes”.

In addition to playing divisionone teams they will be traveling toLos Angeles during spring breakto play some baseball powerhous-es.

“We won’t take a differentapproach to those games, but ourgoals will be different” Stevenssaid. The spring break trip is some-thing that will challenge the teambecause it will be their first gamesoutside since the fall season. “Wejust have to face the adversity andmove through it” said Deig “if any-thing it will get us motivated. Imean we can compete with any-one in the country and our teamreally believes that”

ALEX MOSEMAN | WABASH ‘11

The groundwork has been laid for the baseball program, both in onfield performance and in literal field structure.

Wabash WinningOld-Fashioned Way

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By now, the term “cliche” doesn’t even begin tocover the phrase “defense and special teams win cham-pionships.” However, it’s getting harder and harder toignore what is becoming clearer with every Saturdayvictory: this football team knows how to win the “oldfashioned” way.

Sure, Chase Belton threw for nearly four hundredyards and Jonathan Horn did his best Wes Welkerimpression, but the eye-popping numbers the offenseput up wasn’t what won this game. It was the defense,and special teams play that even Frank Beamer couldbe proud of, that was the difference from the start.

Sputtering through the first quarter, Wabash founditself trailing 3-0 five minutes into the second quarter.Credit the offense. It went down the field and got sevenpoints and a lead it wouldn’t give up the rest of theafternoon. But the way the defense was playing, thattouchdown was all it was going to take to win.

I may be guilty of giving the defensive secondaryquite a bit of ink over the last few weeks, but say whatyou want about that group, it finds ways to make plays.The yardage numbers aren’t gaudy, and teams havebeen able to move the ball on this defense at times thisfall, but some way or another, it has found ways toforce turnovers. And in bunches.

It happened two weeks ago when Wabash was ableto turn two interceptions and a blocked punt into a 24-0 halftime lead. And it happened again this pastSaturday, as another blocked punt (which are becom-ing ridiculously frequent for this special teams unit) aninterception, and a fumble recovery bolstered a 28-point, five minute outburst that sent Wabash well onits way to a 4-0 start.

An integral part of Wabash’s great start this seasonhas been just that, great starts. While the offense hasbeen able to tally 41 first quarter points to start theyear, the defense has held its opponents to zero. As inzilch, nada, nothing. While they tend to “slack” in themiddle quarters, allowing a whopping 17 points, it’spretty clear that this defensive group has been hesteadying force when the offense has had some enig-matic spurts.

For years, at least the previous three in particular,Wabash has been a team known for putting up bigyards, points, and landslide victories (yes, similar toSatuday’s result), but something different may bedeveloping as October turns to NovemberandWabash’s two biggest games (Wittenberg,DePauw) pproach on the horizon, this team may bewinning a different way: with defense and specialteams.

The cliche says that’s how you win championships.I think Wabbash would be okay with a few cliche tro-phies sitting in the Allen Center come this winter.

BRANDAN ALFORD

SPORTS EDITOR

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Soccer Faces Must-Win Scenarioto Keep Playoff Hopes AliveSSEETTHH HHEENNSSLLEEYY ‘‘1144STAFF WRITER

It’s life or death now for the WabashLittle Giants. The Little Giants soccerteam started their conference play 0-2.They yielded their two losses to Hiramand Denison. The inability to sustainthe first half lead for the entire gamewas the contributor to the loss againstHiram. As for the Denison match, itwas a physical battle ending in an over-time goal scored not in Wabash’s favor.“ We didn’t do anything wrong, the balljust didn’t bounce our way” said CoachGiannini “We just have to keep doingwhat we are doing and keep our headsup.” There are six conference gamesleft on the schedule, with at least fourif not five needing to be victories forWabash. Winning the next five of sixconference games would put the LittleGiants in the top four of the NCAC;good enough to advance them to theconference championship. This is quitethe feat considering the next two ofthree games are against number one-ranked Ohio Wesleyan and numbertwo-ranked Kenyon. “The goal to winconference seemed more attainable thisyear than any other year” FemiOluyedun explained “ We have theplayers to win conference, but stayingfocused for 90 minutes is key. If weare focused there is no doubt about usbeing atop the NCAC standings at theend of the year.”

Last Tuesday night againstnon-conference opponent Transylvania,Coach Giannini rested most of thestarters to insure they are fresh for this

weekends contest againstconference foe Allegheny.“ We had a great practicesession earlier this week;we just need to stayfocused for 90 minutes onSaturday.” Coach Gianninialso explained that theteam is where they want tobe, they just need to finishgames. “If we play theway we practice everythingshould take care of itself.It is going to take a collec-tive effort to win out therest of these conferencegames.” ExplainsOluyedun. There is posi-tive team chemistry thatshould only prove benefi-cial in the rest of the sea-son. The team plays wellwhen they have that goodteam chemistry. Why isthat true? It’s because eachplayer rides on the positiveperformance of anotherteammate and also thatthey respond well and pickup each other when facedwith adversity during thecourse of a game.Oluyedun said that theteam understands that you need to pre-pare to win and you can’t just expect towin and the Little Giants are confidentin their preparation.

The overall consensus of thesoccer team is that it have done what ittakes to win; yet a few unfortunatebounces of the ball have consistentlyput the team in a tough position. The

team seems to have confidence in theirability to win games even after demor-alizing losses. Wabash has that abilityto absorb the loss, but not dwell on itand move on. This team loves to play and they haveput in the time. As Coach Gianniniputs it “They have earned their right tocry.” With the amount of dedicationand effort this team has exerted, emo-

tions will be running high, whether thatbe positive or negative. With the posi-tive outlook and the amount of talenton the Wabash soccer team thereshouldn’t be any reason to cry anytimesoon. The only tears shed should betears of joy.

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Forward Femi Oluyedun has been a strong offensive force for the Little Giants this fall.

Cross Country Hopes Adjustments MakeDifference as Nationals Soon Approach

KKYYLLEE BBEENNDDEERR ‘‘1122STAFF WRITER

After a subpar performance at the NotreDame Invitational, the Wabash Cross Coun-try team will use a different approach thisweekend to get back on track.

Head Coach Roger Busch ’96 will takefive runners with him to Iowa to compete atthe pre-national race at Wartbarg College,the site of the 2010 NCAA Division IIINational Championship meet held inNovember.

The rest of the team will head south toTerre Haute for the Gibson Family Invita-tional, held at Indiana State’s Cross Coun-try Course.

At Notre Dame, the Little Giants fin-ished 12th out of 16 teams in their division.The team was once again led by seniorSeth Einterz, who finished 30th overall.

“We’re disappointed,” Busch said afterthe meet. “I think we learned as a team

that we can’t show up and run and hope todo well. We have to prepare and plan for therace. We have to know how we want torun.

“We’ll run against some very strong com-petition at the pre-nationals in Iowa thisweekend. We’ve got five weeks to puteverything together so we are ready to com-pete as a team.”

Junior Donavan White looks to use theteam’s early season success to overcome therecent setback. It was only three weeks agothat the team won the Little State Champi-onship at Purdue University.

“The biggest difference from years past isthere is more a positive attitude on theteam,” he said. “We’re going to be finebecause there is confidence on this team.We know that we are better than what weshowed last week so we just have to moveforward and continue to work hard.”

Upcoming Schedule10/9 Gibson Family Invitational

(Terre Haute, Ind.)

10/9 Pre-National Invitational(Waverly, Iowa)

10/16 Inter-Regional Rumble(Oberlin, Ohio)

10/30 NCAC Championships(New Market, Ind.)

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Junior Kevin McCarthy looks to advance to nationals this year in the coming weeks.

“I think we learned as ateam that we can’t showup and run and hope to

do well.”Cross Country head coach Roger

Busch ‘96

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By The Numbers2 - Number of special teams touchdowns by

Wabash this season. Both have been scored by sophomore Jonathon Koop after blocked punts.

6 - Blocked Kicks by the Wabash special teams units this year. Two have been by junior defen-sive back Sam Smith.

8 - Number of Wabash players who had rushing attempts Saturday against Kenyon.

19 - Number of touchdowns scored by the Little Giants in four games compared to four by its opponents.

41 - First quarter points scored by Wabash this season, while shutting its opponents have been shut out.

76-17 - Scoring differential in the first half of Wabash games thus far.

114.0 - Yards receiving per game by juniorJonathan Horn. Good for 3rd in the NCAC and 24th in all of division III.

157.5 - Rushing yards per game by Wabash,leading the NCAC.

297.25 - Total offense per game by sophomore quarterback Chase Belton, leading the NCAC and 17th in all of division III.

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a career high 13 passes for 195 yards,Horn reeled in two touchdowns passes onthe afternoon. Accounting for almost halfof Wabash’s yardage through the air, Hornturned in more yards than the entire Keny-on offense for the afternoon.

“Jon has really stepped up with injuriesto Kody and Wes. We really need him tobe the go-to guy. As teams decide to blitzus and play some man coverage, we feellike when he’s dialed in Jon can get open.We’re going to need huge games fromhim every week.”

Sure to draw the attention of defensivecoordinators for the rest of the season,Horn will need the help of freshman JamesKraus, who has continued to impress.Kraus, who has been Wabash’s second-leading receiver, had another productiveday against the Lords, having six catchesfor 64 yards and a second quarter touch-down.

While the passing attack explodedagainst Kenyon, the Wabash ground gamewas still churning out yards. As has been

the case through four weeks, a balancedattack led to 143 yards and a touchdownfor the Little Giants.

Sophomore Derrick Rowe led way with39 yards on eight carries. Rowe was one offive Little Giants with at least 15 yardsrushing on the afternoon.

Football

“We really need (Horn)to be the go-to-guy. ...We’re going to need

huge games from himevery week.”

Head football coach Erik Raeburn

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Photos from Saturday’s 40-3 victory over Kenyon on the road in non-conference action. Top Left: Receiver Jonathan Horn fighting for extra yards. Top Right: Running back DerrickYoder, who gained 34 yards on five carries for the afternoon. Bottom: Freshman receiver James Kraus dives for the endzone. Kraus finished with six catches for 64 yards and a TD.

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