APRIL 25, 2014 THE BACHELOR THE STUDENT VOICE OF WABASH COLLEGE SINCE 1908 SPEECHLESS IN THE SPOTLIGHT “STAGE LIGHTS,” THIS SPRING’S NOVEL SILENT PLAY, RECEIVES STANDING OVATION ON OPENING NIGHT PAGE 4 PECK MEDAL HONORS NEWS P.3 CAVELIFE AT THE MOVIES CAVELIFE P.8 VOLUME 106 • ISSUE 24 BACHELOR PRE-LAW SOCIETY HONORS EXCELLENCE IN THE LAW HI-FIVES 301 W. Wabash Ave., TYLER HARDCASTLE ‘15 | STAFF FIVE THINGS WORTHY Crawfordsville, IN, 47933 WRITER • Earlier this week the Pre- OF A HI-FIVE THIS WEEK Law Society hosted the 41st annual EDITOR-IN-CHIEF David W. Peck Lecture and Awards Scott Morrison • [email protected] Banquette. Students, alumni, and STUDENTS PRESENT AND community members gathered to VIEW RESEARCH NEWS EDITOR recognize the Honorable Thomas B. Jacob Burnett • [email protected] Griffith with the Senior Peck Medal for Yesterday afternoon the Psychology OPINION EDITOR his contributions to the legal field and Department hosted its 6th annual Research Patrick Bryant • [email protected] work as a federal judge on the United Symposium. Seniors presented their research States Court of Appeals for the District SPORTS EDITOR in poster presentations to fellow students and of Columbia. Leading up to the Jocelyn Hopkinson • jehopkin15@wabash. community members. The event featured award, the Pre-Law Society bestowed edu Barron Hewetson exceptional students with a number ’08 currently a CAVELIFE EDITOR of awards for their performance at Graduate Research David Myles • [email protected] Wabash College. Assistant at PHOTO EDITOR Attendees gathered before the Purdue in his talk Ian Baumgardner banquet to listen to Griffith’s Peck “Wabash College: [email protected] Lecture entitled “The Hard Work of The Keystone for Understanding the Constitution.” Success”. COPY EDITOR Griffith graduated summa cum laude Adam Alexander from Brigham Young University and [email protected] then went on to study law at the GALLIVAN TO SHAVE HAIR PHOTO BY COREY EGLER ‘15 BACHELOR ADVISER University of Virginia. He then worked FOR RELAY FOR LIFE Howard Hewitt •[email protected] in private practice for a number of Patrick Bryant ‘16 and Derek Andre ‘16 review a draft of recently passed inventory policy. years before serving as the chief legal Max Gallivan ‘16 helped organize a Relay for The purpose of The Bachelor is to serve the officer of the United States Senate. Life team for his fraternity, Kappa Sigma, school audience, including but not limited to While advising both Parties during Gallivan pledged to shave his brunette tresses administrators, faculty and staff, parents, alumni, President Clinton’s impeachment tri- if the house raised at least $1K - and to date, community members and most importantly, the als, Griffith first learned of Wabash Kappa Sig has raised over $1,250. Gallivan SENATE PASSES NEW students. Because this is a school paper, the con- College through David Kendall ’66 is keeping his word and will be sheared at tent and character within will cater to the student who represented President Clinton. the Relay for Life event being held at North body’s interests, ideas and issues. Further, this The lecture highlighted Griffith’s Montgomery High School this Friday. The publication will serve as a medium and forum for understanding of how a judge should event will run start at 7p.m. and end at 7a.m. INVENTORY POLICY student opinions and ideas. interpret his or her role. Although an individual newspaper, the Board “It’s hard work if you try to under- SUGAR CREEK PLAYERS SCOTT MORRISON ’14 | EDITOR- of Publications publishes The Bachelor. The IN-CHIEF • Next week, Student Senate’s “We’ve already Bachelor and BOP receive funding from the OPEN AT VANITY THEATER Audit and Finance Committee (AFC) will put in motion a new inventory policy Wabash College Student Senate, which derives The Sugar Creek Players open their production requiring all Senate bought club items spoken to every its funds from the Wabash College student body. of On Borrowed Time 7:30p.m. tonight. The to be stored in a central location during Letters (e-mails) to the editor are welcomed and play is adapted from L.E. Watkin’s novel to the breaks. club that will be encouraged. They will only be published if they stage by Paul Osborn and tells the story of a The goal of the new policy is to cut include name, phone, or e-mail, and are not lon- young boy and his grandfather as they interact down on wasteful and over spending. ger than 300 words. with a personified death. The play runs April “We always knew wasteful spending and affected by this.” The Bachelor reserves the right to edit letters for 25-27 and May 2-4. Tickets can be purchased overspending were issues in student government, and we finally got around PATRICK BRYANT ‘16 content, typographical errors, and length. All let- through the box office (765) 362-7077 to saying we are going to do stuff about ters received become property of this publication it,” AFC Member Derek Andre ’16 said. with a large inventory in the Dork Club, for the purposes of reprinting and/or redistribu- PORTER RECOGNIZED When a club bought something with Freeman is concerned with how the tion. Profanity may appear in the publication, Student Senate funds, that article, be it a policy will affect large inventories in the but only in cases of direct quote or if profanity is FOR COMEBACK Tesla coil or wally balls or whatever, has future. However, his club will comply necessary to the content of the story. Please do not confuse profanity with obscenity. No article CP Porter ’14 received the Brady Sports been the property of the Student Senate. with the new rules. “A lot of it, for me, Despite this fact, clubs have tradition- came down to [the fact that] on one or picture of an obscene nature will appear in this Achievement Award yesterday in Indianapolis. publication. He was recognized for his comeback in the ally been responsible for keeping track of hand I appreciated it because clubs that 2013 season. In October of 2012 Porter sus- and storing its own inventory through- don’t necessarily have their own storage The Bachelor is printed every Thursday at the tained an injury in a game that resulted in a out the entire calendar year. “We have facilities or an adviser that does store it Purdue Exponent in West Lafayette. It is deliv- fractured and dislocated hip. The award aims to passed out of committee a policy that for them, this allows for us to maintain ered freely to all students, faculty, and staff at recognized individuals with ties to the state that over breaks, clubs are going to check in that property,” Freeman said. “But for Wabash College. All advertising published in The have made significant contributions to athletics. their inventory with Student Senate, and my club, we have ten years of inventory, Bachelor is subject to an established rate card. it’s going to be stored in a centralized, and we are going to inventory it anyway. The Bachelor reserves the right to deny requests local facility,” Andre said. “That way, That’s just the prudent thing, but we are for publication of advertisements. Student Senate can better track what we own. not going to have to move that every sin- RECRUITMENT SEASON organizations of Wabash College may purchase According to Student Senate Treasurer gle semester and that’s why I opposed it. advertisements at half the listed rate. Jocelyn Hopkinson ’15 hung up his cleats about Patrick Bryant ’16, only club inventory I think it’s a lot to ask of clubs, especially two-and-a-half years ago, but that doesn’t purchased in the last semester under if you have that situation.” The Bachelor is a member of the Hoosier State mean colleges are no longer interested in the this AFC can be called in at the end of Freeman and the Dork club already and Indiana Collegiate Press Associations (HSPA former football player. CCIW power, Wheaton the semester. keep their materials secured in a safe and ICPA). College, gave Hopkinson a call last week, ask- “We’ve already spoken to every club location on campus. The new policy ing him to visit. Word is the Thunder heard that will be affected by this,” Bryant could put some of their materials at risk about him dominating in the intramural football said. “We want to make sure we’re com- and also takes responsibility from their games the last two years. Unwisely, Hopkinson municating as effectively as we possibly club. “They mean well and I understand turned down the offer despite Wheaton’s loca- can in sharing information and fielding that, but I would rather have been able tion in the Chicago area and co-ed student questions.” to ask for an exemption or assume total body. Senate member Nick Freeman ’15 responsibility rather than being told was one of two people to vote against the new policy. As treasurer of a club SEE SENATE, P5 2 | BACHELOR.WABASH.EDU | THE BACHELOR PRE-LAW SOCIETY HONORS EXCELLENCE IN THE LAW TYLER HARDCASTLE ‘15 | STAFF stand what it [the constitution] meant WRITER • Earlier this week the Pre- according to those who wrote and rati- Law Society hosted the 41st annual fied its provisions,” Griffith said in his David W. Peck Lecture and Awards lecture. “In my view that is the under- Banquette. Students, alumni, and standing we must seek. … More dif- community members gathered to ficult still is understanding the prob- recognize the Honorable Thomas B. lems they were seeking to address; it Griffith with the Senior Peck Medal for has been awhile since we’ve labored his contributions to the legal field and under a monarchy, or were compelled work as a federal judge on the United by law to give financial support to an States Court of Appeals for the District established church.” of Columbia.