TEDx WABASH PREVIEW SEE PAGE FIVE APRILFebruary 9, 2021 19, 2021 Help is Here: Vaccines Arrive at Wabash COURTESY OF WABASH COLLEGE SOCIAL MEDIA Wabah is expecting over 500 students to be inoculated at the clinic. Those who have not yet registered are welcome as walk-ins. AUSTIN HOOD ’21 | EDITOR-IN- for providing the supply of vaccines. And employment and internships.” the end of the month in order for the vaccine CHIEF • Thirteen months after the onset we all owe a huge debt to the campus team, The clinic is an all-hands-on-deck effort to be fully effective. of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United especially Nurse Chirs Amidon and Drs. from the community that will include the “My big takeaways from the Pfizer vaccine States, which has prompted alterations to Ann Taylor and John Roberts ’83, who put help of dozens of volunteers who will assist are: 1).Some side effects like soreness, nearly every aspect of life on campus during together this massive event on extremely in registration and vaccine administration. fever, fatigue, chills, and headache mean the past three semesters, Wabash College short notice.” Volunteers include parents, alumni, and your immune system has received the received its most promising sign of relief to Though the administration decided not to members of the Crawfordsville community. vaccine and is working. In short, side effects date. The College is hosting a vaccine clinic make inoculation a requirement for students “My husband, Dr. Doug Jansen, and I have are normal and expected,” said Dr. Rob in the Allen Center for the Pfizer shot today, and staff (at least for the time being), a been volunteering at our local vaccination Rudicel ’92, a pediatrician who works in April 9, 2021. significant share of the Wabash community clinic since January,” said volunteer Susan the Community Health Network. “2). It The clinic is the culmination is expected to receive the free-of-cost shots. Jansen, mother of Ben Jansen ’24 . “On one is not a free pass to stop washing hands, of the college’s months-long effort to At the time of publication, over 500 students of those first few days the local news was social distancing, avoiding large crowds, control the spread of the respiratory were slated to receive shots today in the there and asked why I was volunteering. and wearing masks in public.3). The vaccine virus on Wabash’s campus and in the Allen Center. Students who have not yet It’s simple really, this is our way out. Our is considered effective 2 weeks after dose Crawfordsville Community, which began signed up but wish to receive a vaccine are way back to spending time with loved ones, #2. You need BOTH doses and then 2 weeks with the unprecedented move to cancel welcome to show up to the clinic, where parties, concerts, sporting events, in a before it is effective.” in-person classes for the second half of the volunteers will help them through the nutshell, normal! We want this more than The clinic comes as a welcome sign to Spring 2020 semester. Unlike many peer registration process. anything for our friends and family, but the Wabash Community that the pandemic is institutions, the vast majority of Wabash “This is critical to getting us back to a especially our freshman and all students finally coming to a close and life on campus students returned to live on campus and closer-to-normal experience next year,” said who are trying to learn in this uncertain will return to normal. attend in-person classes for the current Wabash College Nurse Chris Amidon. “We’ve environment. If we can have a hand in “Based on my own experience of being academic year. This has been made possible been fortunate at Wabash that we haven’t helping Wabash have a normal semester in vaccinated last month, I suspect that this by a complex effort to mitigate the risk of a given up in-person learning and living the fall, we are all in! It’ll feel great to know will be an emotional experience for both our serious outbreak in the community through on campus, unlike so many colleges and we played a role in that happening.” students and our volunteers,” said Feller. social distancing, mask-wearing, testing, universities. But it’s still not the experience The College began planning to hold the “The pandemic has taken so much from us, contact tracing and quarantining. we want for our students (and for faculty and vaccine clinic last semester and those plans and young people have paid an especially “The vaccine clinic feels like the light staff, for that matter). Having these highly solidified as soon as the College was able to heavy price in both missed opportunities and at the end of a very long tunnel, “ said effective vaccines is important in preventing file with the Indiana Department of Health. sacrifices made to protect more vulnerable President Scott Feller. “To send students severe illness and hospitalizations, and In that time, Wabash has stockpiled nearly populations. My hope is that this day is the home, and to jobs and internships, with should allow us to resume the kinds of close three-months of supplies in preparation for one that students remember years from now protection against COVID-19 seemed like relationships people on our campus have today. Nearly all of Chadwick Court will be when they return to campus and someone an impossible dream just a few weeks ago.I come to expect. People who are immunized taken up by the event, which will run from asks them what they recall from being on am so grateful to the Indiana Department of will not need to quarantine, and may 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Those who receive the campus during COVID times.” Health, and in particular Dr. Kristina Box, have better chances of securing summer vaccine today will need to return for a shot at Photo Spread: Daniel Cuevas ’21 Senior Recital BENJAMIN HIGH ’23/ PHOTO BENJAMIN HIGH ’23 / PHOTO Cuevas ’21 is a Double Major in Political Science & Music with a Minor in Spanish. On campus, he is The recital was the worldwide premier of two pieces. One was an original jazz-trio composition and involved with the CIBE, Glee Club, Sphinx Club, and a member of Kappa Sigma. the other, pictured above, is an arrangement of a Negro spiritual titled, “O Freedom.” VOLUME 113 • ISSUE 22 NEWS Students Prepare for 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research COURTESY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING Wi COURTESY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING Even amidst a global pandemic, the tradition of having the Annual Celebration of Student Research is still going strong. Students from all disciplines, interests, and walks of life are part of the ceremony, including Devin Vanyo ’22 giving his presentation at the event in 2020. COOPER SMITH ’23 | ONLINE of Tucker Carlson, to the mysterious on the mall, and oral presentations “Given the circumstances of this EDITOR • On April 16th, the Wabash origins of an eighth division British will occur in a variety of rooms year, the intellectual and creative community will gather for the 21st soccer club, these presentations cover around campus. The program book work of this celebration may be Annual Celebration of Student it all. displaying times, locations, and more meaningful than any in the Research, Scholarship, and Creative Dr. Lon Porter, Chair for the descriptions of presentations is event’s history and it is, in important Work. The Celebration will feature Celebration and Professor of linked on the Wabash website. respects, both a symbol of our 27 oral presentations and 12 poster Chemistry, explained the significance The Celebration offers two resilience and a moment that marks or exhibit presentations covering a of the event. “This is a major prestigious awards. The Celebration, a return to something resembling wide variety of topics. And to allow moment in the life of the College Research, Scholarship, and normal campus life. In a way, the students to attend the presentations, where students step up to become Creativity Awards go to students event is also celebrating a critical all classes for that afternoon are the teachers! The presentations place who demonstrate significant gains in moment in our journey toward a cancelled. As all Wabash students student achievement and passion personal development as a result of return to more normal campus life.” know, cancelled classes are rare – so for learning on display for the their work. This year’s winners are The Celebration is an essential an afternoon of cancelled classes entire community. These moments Patrick Carper ’21, Paul Haesemeyer tradition for a college that prides demonstrates the importance the are powerful and highlight the ’21, Ahmaud Hill ’21, and Justin itself on premier academics. Dr. faculty places on this Celebration. culmination of weeks or months of Kopp ’21. The other prize, the Robert Porter encouraged Wabash students The Celebration recognizes student student effort. They sometimes offer Wedgeworth Library Research, to attend, saying, “I encourage gents work that goes beyond normal a glimpse into the future paths of Scholarship, and Creativity Awards, to support their Wabash brothers coursework. Independent studies, Wabash gentlemen that ultimately go to students who utilize library presenting at the event by attending musical performances – and even a pursue research and creative pursuits resources in their work. Liam Buckley and honoring this 20-year tradition published book – are all fair game. following graduation.” ’22 and Andrew Freck ’21 are this of the College. It’s a special time And the topics vary as much as the Presentations will begin at 1:30 year’s recipients.