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FEBRUARY 17, 2017 THE BACHELOR THE STUDENT VOICE OF WABASH COLLEGE SINCE 1908 SENDING A MESSAGE SENATE RESOLUTION PASSES; ADVOCATES FOR PROTECTION OF UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS BEN JOHNSON ‘18 | NEWS attending the EDITOR • Weeks after Dean of the college, who College Scott Feller and President many fear could of the College Gregory Hess be subject to released a statement in response the Trump to Trump’s travel ban on several administration’s Muslim countries, none of which staunch stance are home to any Wabash students, on illegal members of the Student Senate immigration. authored a statement of their own President of that was passed as a resolution at the Student Body last Tuesday’s senate meeting. The Jack Kellerman Jack Kellerman resolution stands as a plea by the ‘18 referred the LEVI GARRISON ‘18 / PHOTO student body to the administration Ben Wade ‘17 and Andrew Powell ‘17 discuss matters during a senate meeting last semester. to protect undocumented students SEE SENDING, PAGE FIVE Senate Resolution Passes BICENTENNIAL Read the new senate resolution on 2032 protecting undocumented students CELEBRATION PLANNING P 4 COMMENCES New Mental Health Concerns Committee AHAD KHAN ‘19 | OPINION EDITOR high-quality facilities on campus, and Students, faculty, and staff enhance • Continuous improvement marks the upkeep of Greek life along with top- Wabash’s progressive attitude. While notch residential life experience. These preexisting mental health efforts some students might disagree with endeavors might seem far-fetched, even this when it comes to adding majors for 2032, but the enthusiasm and energies on campus and minors to the curriculum, almost of the alumni, faculty, staff, and students everyone would agree that Wabash’s in accomplishing the purpose of this P 7 heritage rests on its ability to foresee and committee is worth noticing. plan long-term goals. One such long- Thus far, the committee has met only term plan was recently introduced with once, but its first meeting proved more the creation of the Ad Hoc Committee fruitful and productive than was expected, for Campus Life. The committee was set according to several members of the Who Sports the Best Apparel on Campus? up to develop a cohesive campus life committee. Discussions about the various plan for the college in anticipation of sub-areas of the committee took place Sigs? Fijis? Phi Delts? Between IM jerseys its 200th anniversary in 2032. The plan effectively among all members. There entails reaffirming Wabash’s mission are four areas of focus for this ad-hoc and rush shirts, the competition is stiff. and ambition, which includes a multiple committee: Dining, Spaces and Facilities, Turn to Cavelife to find out number of factors, such as: ensuring the Gateways and Pathways, and Parking. structuring of the student life around the P 9 Gentleman’s Rule, maintaining strong ties between students and faculty, creating SEE PLANNING, PAGE FIVE VOLUME 109 • ISSUE 17 BACHELOR HI-FIVES TENURE REVIEW: 301 W. Wabash Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933 FIVE THINGS WORTHY LAMBERTON FIGHTS FOR A OF A HI-FIVE THIS WEEK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MORE INCLUSIVE WABASH Cole Crouch • [email protected] STUDENT SENATE: LIBERAL NEWS EDITOR Ben Johnson • [email protected] SPENDERS AUSTIN HARRISON ‘18 | STAFF her book project, which she described Hi-Five to the Student Senate for spending the the WRITER • The next addition of as “how 19th Century women argued OPINION EDITOR entire budget in one fell swoop. The senate has the Bachelor’s Tenure Review their way into higher education Ahad Khan • [email protected] approved nearly all the proposals thus far, and have will focus on Jill Lamberton, BKT into elite schools like Harvard and SPORTS EDITOR resorted to dipping over $80,000 into the reserves. Assistant Professor of English. Cambridge.” She has done plenty of Tucker Dixon • [email protected] Even though we may get a larger National Act budget, This is Lamberton’s eighth year at archival work on this project and is CAVELIFE EDITOR we don’t know if there’ll be enough money for one next the college, and she has been very trying to understand the stories from year. Only time will tell. involved with the greater campus the 19th century student’s perspective, Jade Doty • [email protected] community. Lamberton is an rather than the administrator PHOTO EDITOR honorary member of the Malcom X perspective on this topic. She also plans Levi Garrison • [email protected] ACT(S) DROPS Institute of Black Studies (MXIBS), on writing a few articles and exploring Hi-Five to the Student Senate for starting the first COPY EDITOR, BUSINESS MANAGER has served on the Advisory Board of Rome with her two sons. email war of the semester with a National Act survey. Benjamin Wade • [email protected] the MXIBS, and is the faculty Not only were students surprised to see all the emails, advisor of Kappa Sigma. She DELIVERY MANAGER but students were even more shocked to learn that the has also been heavily involved Kevin Griffen • [email protected] senate couldn’t get any of the acts previously promised. in the summer WLAIP Same old story, new administration. initiative, working closely with The purpose of the Bachelor is to serve the Crystal Benedicks, Assistant school audience, including but not limited to VIOLET AND TODD: A NEW Professor of English; the administrators, faculty and staff, parents, alumni, program aims to help improve community members and most importantly, ALLIANCE the retention rates of first- the students. Because this is a school paper, Oh no! Violet Benge has recruited another member generation and traditionally the content and character within will cater to to be a part of her alliance. Professor of Rhetoric underrepresented populations the student body’s interests, ideas and issues. and Senior Associate Dean of the College Todd at Wabash. She specializes in Further, this publication will serve as a medium McDorman sent an e-mail to the student body the teaching of writing, 19th and forum for student opinions and ideas. re-enforcing the iron fist of the evil scheduler. Benge’s century British literature and promotion of schedulism ideology into the faculty Although an individual newspaper, the Board audio-rhetoric. poses a new obstacle to students having their “public of Publications publishes the Bachelor. The Lamberton loves facilitating meetings” in the same place they have it every week. Bachelor and BOP receive funding from the discussions inside and outside Look out Wallies, the scheduler is always watching...just Wabash College Student Senate, which derives of the classroom. “She is PHOTO COURTESY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING its funds from the Wabash College student body. like the Eye of Sauron. energetic about all topics she teaches and she truly cares After eight years teaching at Wabash, BKT Assistant Letters (e-mails) to the editor are welcomed about her students’ opinions,” Professor of English Jill Lamberton earned tenure. and encouraged. They will only be published if IT=MVP FOR SINGLES English major Patrick Jahnke they include name, phone, or e-mail, and are not Hi-Five to the Wabash College IT Services for keeping ‘18 said. “No matter what you longer than 1,000 words. up with the heavy demands on Tuesday from guys believe, she wants to have a without valentines. Despite a surge in gentlemen The Bachelor reserves the right to edit letters discussion with you about it.” With her interest in the world accessing free premium content to certain websites, for content, typographical errors, and length. With the discussions, Lamberton abroad, she is also looking forward the campus Wi-Fi was not disrupted thanks to IT’s All letters received become property of this is heavily invested in getting to know to the possibility of teaching an premature actions. We’re sure there was a massive load publication for the purposes of reprinting and/ personally her students and hearing immersion course and taking her or redistribution. Profanity may appear in the of work due Wednesday, right guys? Wabash mens’ stories. “The extent students to England or Italy. She publication, but only in cases of direct quote or if she has gone to to make sure I found wants to encourage students to take profanity is necessary to the content of the story. INCORRECTLY CORRECTING my spot on this campus and to make advantage of Wabash’s study abroad Please do not confuse profanity with obscenity. sure I was well mentally, physically, programs, and believes that students No article or picture of an obscene nature will AN INCORRECTION and academically has surpassed any don’t pay enough attention to appear in this publication. Hi-Five to the Bachelor for running three corrections to expectation I could have had coming these opportunities. correct a single incorrection. Hopefully, the third time’s into college,” Corey Leuters ‘19 said. Looking to the future, Lamberton The Bachelor is printed every Thursday at the charm. One of Lamberton’s favorite classes is excited about the student- the Purdue Exponent in West Lafayette. It is she teaches is Audio-Rhetoric; “I love led conversations about gender, delivered freely to all students, faculty, and staff how open and honest and beautiful masculinity, and men’s mental at Wabash College. All advertising published CORRECTIONS: the students are when I let students health. She advocates for expanding in the Bachelor is subject to an established rate tell their stories,” Lamberton said. She mental health resources at the card. The Bachelor reserves the right to deny In the February 10 edition, the cultivates a safe place for her students college and wants to further requests for publication of advertisements. Bachelor misspelled Prof. W. Norwood to express themselves in a healthy and discussions, both outside and inside Student organizations of Wabash College may Brigance in the corrections section.