Wabash College News

The title of Larry Williams' first book comes from the name of a ridge high above Sugar Creek in Western Indiana.

"To the shores of Tripoli" is a line in the "Marine's Hymn" because of pirates. "The US was in an undeclared war against the Barbary States [now Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya], whose governments sponsored - or at least condoned - pirate raids on merchant shipping and took either part of the cut, or collected protection money from various ...

It's difficult to believe today, but in the 1920s, Indiana was a boom state for petroleum and natural gas.

Mr. Robin Tobias is the new assistant principal at Plymouth High School. He received his bachelors from Wabash College and he holds a masters from Indiana State University.

Friday, October 16, 2009 Republican Carlos May plans to make his 7th District congressional run official on Monday at noon at a business corridor location in the 2600 block of West Washington Street.

MUNCIE -- Attorney Robert C. Beasley has announced the establishment of his new law practice.

October 9, 1909, Greencastle, Ind. - A back-and-forth battle on McKeen Field this afternoon ended the way it began, with the scoreboard showing zeros for both DePauw University and Wabash College.

The Friedman Foundation mentioned in the passage below, was founded by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman who is often credited with creating the idea of education vouchers in his classic book Capitalism and Freedom .

Saint Mary's Student Government Association is off to a successful year with its first sponsored event, a trip to Wabash College, running smoothly this past weekend, student body president Jenny Hoffman said.

Jesse James of Sullivan, Ind. made an announcement Thursday to run for State Respresentative in District 45.

Pick your college yet? Hundreds of students and parents were working on making that choice Tuesday night.

Saint Mary's students visited Wabash College for a day of community service, football and Ben Folds on Saturday.

Fishers, IN September 15, 2009-After 10 months of touring nearly 70 counties in the Hoosier State as an exploratory candidate, Charlie White, Republican Fishers Town Councilman, has announced his intention to run for Indiana Secretary of State in 2010.

Saint Mary's Student Government Association discussed planning events for the College community to meet new faces - including events with the men of Wabash College and the Naval Academy - at their meeting Monday night.

John and Lisa Petrack of Wexford announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Patricia, to Kimmer Lee Graham.

Hello, I'm Kevin McCrea and with your help I plan to end the waste, fraud and abuse in Boston City Government.

Grade/subject/school: Advanced Placement U.S. government and politics and U.S. government, Brownsburg High School.

After a two-week service trip with the DePauw in Ecuador Program as a first-year student in 2007, Danyeal "Danni" H. Roseman '11 was hooked on the South American country and determined to find a way to return.

Once again, Wabash begins a school year anew, with all the hope and possibility suggested by new occasions.

Thanks to the financial support of two Smith alumnae, a pair of outreach projects developed at the college will have an impact on an even greater number of young people.