Wabash College - Class of 1991

First off, loyal blog perusers, sorry I haven’t posted lately. My laptop incurred a particularly nasty virus and had to be put down. I have bought a new computer and am back up and running.

So, just in time for the new school year, Wabash has fostered an agreement with iTunes to place audio and video content that you can download for free. We’re one of over 70 national and international colleges and universities with channels on iTunes U.

It’s still being set up and a bunch of content is being ported over, so I can’t get you a direct link right now. Click here for instructions and don’t forget to Subscribe to get all the latest from Wabash.

Imagine, watching Bell Game hightlights on your iPod. What’ll they think of next?

As the College readies itself for what looks to be a record enrollment of students this fall, Greeks will undergo the last “fraternity shuffle” as new and renovated facilities come online and the last housing projects begins construction. Here’s what’s happening:

Tekes

The Tekes have a new house and a new location, on the site of the old Sigma Chi house on the corner of Crawford St. & Wabash Ave. Dedication of the new house is set for the day of the first home football game: Saturday, September 20. The house will be open for tours at 9:30 a.m. with a dedication and ribbon cutting at 10:30 a.m.

While the new TKE House has beds for 40 students, I’ve heard that the Tekes have been hitting rush really well, and expect to fill up the new house. Construction began last year and was completed this summer.

Delts

The same day, Sept. 20, the Delt house will open its doors at 10:30 a.m. for tours with a dedication at 11:30 a.m.

Like the Betas, the Delts did the only true renovation project, with a 63-student capacity. Construction straddled the school year over two summers. Last year construction included the basement, kitchen, and dining room. This year the renovations re-configured and re-modeled student rooms.

Kappa Sigs

Much to the rejoicing of the Phi Delts, the Kappa Sig house has been torn down. For the school year, the Moids will take up residence in the old FIJI house. The new Kappa Sig house will house 50 students.

I heard a funny story recently. It seems that the College couldn’t host a class dinner at the Phi Delt House during the Big Bash weekend because of a new cockroach problem. Turns out, the intrusion of insects migrated across the street after the demolition crew knocked down the Kappa Sig house. In 2004, when the old Phi Delt house was knocked down, a pack of rats scurried across Walnut to the Moid house. I guess karma is a funny thing!

 

This is pretty cool.

Rising senior running back Brock Graham is featured on the cover of the NCAA’s quarterly Champions magazine. Here’s the online story and a photo gallery. (Read about Brock’s trip to Botswana, the photo shoot, and how this happened.)

I’m constantly amazed when our little college gets national recognition and exposure.

Pretty cool indeed.