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LEUTERS, RUDICEL, AGUIRRE-MORALES, ADNAN OPINION - PAGES SIX & SEVEN MARCH 30, 2018 LEVI GARRISON ’18 / PHOTO Members of the new Sphinx Club Executive Council, from left to right: Enrique Vargas ’19, Matthew Fajt ’20, Samuel Hayes ’19, Former President Jacob Woodward ’18, and Club Members Jordan Hansen ’18, and Logan Kleiman ’18. LOST TRADITIONS SPHINX CLUB ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP CAVELIFE - PAGE EIGHT BRAXTON MOORE ’19 | NEWS EDITOR • ’19, Vice President Scott Bye ’19, Treasurer Last week, the Sphinx Club held elections to Matthew Fajt ’20, and Secretary Enrique determine officer positions for the upcom- Vargas ’19. ing year. While members of the Club con- With the new leadership of the Club in sistently pride themselves on being campus place, the executive members now look to leaders, the need for executive leadership the improvement of the group, to establish BASEBALL RECAP within the group still exists to fulfill various a greater sense of campus unity, and to roles and responsibilities. The previous EC continue to promote campus spirit and board has stepped down, and have handed tradition at Wabash. Hayes, who follows the reins over to President Samuel Hayes former Club President Jacob Woodward ’18, SPORTS - PAGE 12 SEE SPHINX, PAGE THREE VOLUME 110 • ISSUE 21 BACHELOR HI-FIVES UNEXPECTED SETBACK 301 W. Wabash Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933 FIVE THINGS WORTHY DESPITE WINTER WEATHER INTERFERENCE, ADMISSIONS OF A HI-FIVE THIS WEEK Twitter: @WabCoBachelor_ DEPT. 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Events were next weekend, “students that SPORTS EDITOR scheduled throughout both Friday attended this past weekend can Tucker Dixon • [email protected] and Saturday, but due to safety come back [in] April so that they CAVELIFE EDITOR DON’T EAT THE YELLOW concerns for those travelling, the can specifically participate in SNOW events on Saturday, as well as Rush activities and get the meat Jade Doty • [email protected] a few on Friday evening had to of the programming on Saturday.” PHOTO EDITOR Last weekend’s blizzard may have stopped several be canceled. Among the events Admitted Students Weekend is, in Levi Garrison • [email protected] planned activities, but Wabash students still affected by the cancellations were many ways, very similar to Scarlet ONLINE EDITOR Fraternity Rush on Friday night, Celebration and other events that managed to turn up. 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We also want Club have made over the course of the year of the Sphinx Club,” Hayes said. “The Club has the Rhynies to wear some rainbow tape on their excite me, as Sam Hayes and his new executive been at Wabash for decades, and many students placards to show solidarity for LGBT students.