WOMEN of WABASH PATRICK MCAULEY ’20 | STAFF Japanese Educational Environment
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OCTOBER 20, 2017 THE BACHELOR THE STUDENT VOICE OF WABASH COLLEGE SINCE 1908 WOMEN OF WABASH PATRICK MCAULEY ’20 | STAFF Japanese educational environment. WRITER • Besides its students, For example, it is mandatory for Wabash College relies on a vast students to wear uniforms with array of influential people in little to no differentiation. For progressing the overall well-being Weir, this represents the collective of the college. More so, many culture that Japan is known to of these contributors happen to foster in its society. After her three be some of the most helpful and years in Japan, Weir attended professional women on campus. Harvard Divinity School where This week, The Bachelor takes a she studied comparative world more in-depth look at five women religions, specifically African that play crucial roles in making syncretized faiths. After Harvard, the College one of the best liberal she took an assortment of jobs, arts schools in the country in part including a professor role at IUPUI. one of two of the ‘Wabash Women’ Now that she is at Wabash, she mini-series. works with international students on their integration into College Amy Weir; Director of and American life in general. International Programs For Weir, this is a gratifying Weir is originally from Muncie, profession because she can relate Indiana. At a very young age, she to international students with her moved with her parents, both being background in world religions doctors, to Seymour, Indiana. She and culture. She lives with her obtained her undergraduate degree boyfriend, Michael, and enjoys from Wittenberg University with a playing tennis in her spare time. B.A. in English. Upon graduation, she spent three full years in Japan Cassie Hagan; Assistant Director of teaching in the Jet Program, a Career Services college exchange program in which Cassie was born and raised in LEVI GARRISON ‘18 / PHOTO American students teach English Montgomery County. She grew up Amy Weir is one of many women on campus working to ensure Wabash student success. to Japanese youth. While abroad, she learned many aspects of the SEE WOMEN, PAGE FIVE THE BACHELOR GOES ONLINE IAN WARD ’19 | ONLINE EDITOR • include an up-to-date sports roundup posted The want of a website to supplement the Today marks an exciting point in The only hours after events and a staff member of on-campus print edition came out of several Bachelor’s 109-year history; the launching the week page to highlight the men and women discussions with The Bachelor staff over the of the paper’s own independent website, that make Wabash College work on a day to summer of 2017. After all parties liked this wabashcollegebachelor.com. On this website, day basis. Other features will include a link to pursuit, the staff moved forward into these you will find all of the weekly news and previously published issues (in pdf form) as everyday stories that you love, plus more well as photo and video galleries to showcase content than ever before! This new content will Wabash College events and athletics. SEE ONLINE, PAGE FIVE THINKING ABOUT INK? SWIM & DIVE BEGINS CAVELIFE - PAGE EIGHT SPORTS - PAGE FOURTEEN VOLUME 110 • ISSUE 7 BACHELOR HI-FIVES WALLIES REFLECT ON 301 W. Wabash Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933 FIVE THINGS WORTHY OF A HI-FIVE THIS WEEK ABROAD EXPERIENCES Twitter: @WabCoBachelor_ Instagram: wabashcollegebachelor WALTERS AND ULERY RECOUNT THEIR TIME ABROAD SNAKES IN THE GRASS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NATHAN YOUNG ’20 | STAFF “However, a few of our students Recently, students have complained to campus Joseph Reilly • [email protected] WRITER • Studying abroad has like to go on a very unique path. security about personal items and effects turning up many cliches associated with it, In recent years, we have had a NEWS EDITOR missing from vehicles and housing units. Whether and many people, once they return few students who have chosen Braxton Moore • [email protected] these thefts and acts of vandalism are the work of from their specific study abroad to go on the ‘off the beaten path’ townies, students, or the squirrels, be sure to keep OPINION EDITOR location, never stop talking about program.” Although many students your crap under lock and key to ward off any further Ahad Khan • [email protected] their adventures they experienced. go to popular immersion and SPORTS EDITOR acts of thievery. The many unique programs that study abroad locations such as students can be apart of through England or Spain, the few that Tucker Dixon • [email protected] Wabash are much more varied than go to countries off of the beaten CAVELIFE EDITOR many people unfamiliar with the path feature most of the work Jade Doty • [email protected] process can imagine. Amy Weir, being done by finding the program PHOTO EDITOR Director of International Studies, and university or institution that KICK-SIX Levi Garrison • [email protected] clarified the best fits them. The importance ONLINE EDITOR H-Five to Schuyler Nehrig ‘20 for his touchdown many great of discovering and applying to during the Ohio Wesleyan game this past weekend. benefits of the program that best suits the Ian Ward • [email protected] While Nehrig field goal was initially blocked, the studying academic needs and wants of COPY EDITOR kicker picked up the loose ball and took it to the abroad. students cannot be overlooked. Bryce Bridgewater • [email protected] house for 6, landing him fame and glory in an ESPN “Many of Joseph Walters ’18 spoke highly feature. While its hard to celebrate this feat due to our students of the study abroad process and the loss Wabash suffered, it’s always good to see that go abroad visited many unique countries The purpose of The Bachelor is to serve the during the while spending last semester at Wabash Football getting positive media exposure. school audience, including but not limited to study abroad Harlaxton College in England. administrators, faculty and staff, parents, alumni, process go to While that may not seem like it is community members and most importantly, Amy Weir a few selective an “off the beaten path” type of the students. Because this is a school paper, countries program, he visited many places as the content and character within will cater to depending on if they need are a part of his experiences that are I JUST WANNA GO FAST the student body’s interests, ideas, and issues. trying to be immersed into a unique to a normal American. Further, this publication will serve as a medium different language,” Weir said. “Every place I experienced had Shoutout to Dominic Patacsil ’19 for making Wabash and forum for student opinions and ideas. proud as he raced to a top-ten finish in the 2017 Although an individual newspaper, the Board Cowbell Classic. Patacsil was the top Wabash finsher SEE ABROAD, PAGE THREE of Publications publishes The Bachelor. The with a ninth place finish. Whatever you are running Bachelor and BOP receive funding from the from Dom, it’s still behind you. Don’t stop now. Wabash College Student Senate, which derives its funds from the Wabash College student body. Letters (e-mails) to the editor are welcomed and encouraged. They will only be published if they include name, phone, or e-mail, and are not WINNERS, WINE-OS, AND longer than 500 words. HOW THE F#@% DID WE The Bachelor reserves the right to edit letters for content, typographical errors, and length. 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The Bachelor reserves the right to deny The construction fencing and generators between requests for publication of advertisements. Center Hall and Baxter Hall has posed a new Student organizations of Wabash College may navigational threat to students this week, as the purchase advertisements at half the listed rate. College unexpectedly blocked off the sidewalk. Woe to those poor souls who now must factor in extra COREY LEUTERS ’19 / PHOTO The Bachelor is a member of the Hoosier State time to properly navigate our expansive campus. and Indiana Collegiate Press Associations (HSPA Joseph Walters ’18 is all smiles as he reflects on his semester abroad at Harlaxton College and ICPA). in England. 2 | BACHELOR.WABASH.EDU | THE BACHELOR ENTREPRENEURS, ECONOMICS & EUROPE BRAXTON MOORE ’19 | economy and capitalism fails.” NEWS EDITOR • Last week, Orphanides also spoke in his Wabash College welcomed Dr. lecture about the global financial Athanasios Orphanides for the crisis which is directly affecting 2017-2018 annual Rogge Lecture. Europe as well. He stated that Dr. Orphanides earned his much of the world’s financial Undergraduate degree and Phd at crisis remains a problem, and that M.I.T. His Rogge talk, titled “Will a large factor that concerns the the Euro Area Survive?: A Diagnosis global economy is how free trade is not Prescription” was attended by a affected when the global economy sizeable number of students, staff, experiences fallout, or suffers.