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OSCARPREDICTIONSSEE PAGE FIVEAUGUST 30,FEBRUARY7, 20192020Five Professors Awarded TenureCOURTESY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETINGBradley Carlson, Associate Professor of Biology, was one of five Wabsash facultymembers to earn tenure this past December. Carlson joined the Biology Department in 2014 where his research mostly focuses on zoology, ecology and animalbehavior.A L E X R OTA R U ’ 2 2 A S S O C I AT EC O P Y E D I TO R Tenure is one ofthe most important parts of one’sprofessorship: it is when the academiccommunity recognizes your workand decides to give you a permanentposition within an institution. AtWabash, five professors from the Art,Biology, and Philosophy departmentshave obtained tenure as of December2019. The Bachelor will share theirstories and plans for the future in atwo-part series. Today, The Bachelorsat down with BKT Assistant Professorof Philosophy Matthew Carlson and BKTAssistant Professor of Biology BradleyCarlson.Professor Matthew Carlson found hisinterest in philosophy during freshmanyear at a liberal arts institution, in anethics course. “The course soundedinteresting to me [ ] so I took it,”Carlson. “I pretty quickly realizedthat this was the sort of thing that Iwas interested in for a long time, butI didn’t realize there was a name forit.” Carlson then obtained his PhD atIndiana University. His dissertationwas on the Epistemology of Logic.“Epistemology is the study of rationalbelief, of knowledge,” Carlson said.“So, the guiding question for me was,‘What makes it rational for us to believethe things that we believe about logic?’I got really interested in that questionbecause logic seems like a very hardcase for answering that question. [ ]Part of what you’re going to be doing[to justify something’s rationality] isusing logic and trying to answer thatquestion. But if logic itself is the thingthat you’re trying to figure out whetheryou should believe it, and you’re tryingto use logic to believe that, then there’sa kind of vicious circularity goingon. [ ] I wouldn’t say that I’ve fullyanswered these questions, but I’vegotten better at articulating them.”Carlson continues to explore how andwhy logic is valid in his research. Atthe same time, he combined his passionfor video games with philosophy toboth do research and teach a classin the Philosophy of Video Games.Carlson also teaches Symbolic Logicand Modern Philosophy, and, when hewill be taking his sabbatical, he plansto overhaul Symbolic Logic. “Duringmy time at Wabash, I realized that theway I currently teach this course is agood way to prepare students to dograduate level work in logic,” Carlsonsaid. “However, that’s not why mystudents are taking the course. It’seither required for their major or theywant to get their quantitative literacydistribution, or because they want toprepare for the LSAT. So, I want tooverhaul this course so that it stillretains its mathematical rigor whilemaking more contact with the sorts ofthings my students will actually finduseful and valuable.”When Carlson came to Wabash, heencountered a two-fold culture shock:one based on tradition and anotheron the Philosophy Department’s mainschool of thought. “Every campus hasits traditions, and Wabash has someinteresting ones,” Carlson said. “Forthe first month or so that I was oncampus, on Thursdays at around 11, Iwould hear this kind of droning chantout in the Mall. And for that month Ireally thought this was some sort ofinteresting performance art. It took mequite a long time to realize that actualwords were being enunciated. And thenI realized ‘Oh, they’re just advertisingthe Chapel Talk’.”Professor Bradley Carlson was alwaysinterested in nature and all livingthings. “I grew up in a fairly rural partof Minnesota, and we had probablyabout 100 acres of forest behind us,”Carlson said. “I spent my childhoodexploring, catching animals, watchinganimals, climbing trees and sittingthere as night fell, and then wait foranimals to come by as I just sat there.I just always loved observing whatwas going on and I loved books. [ ]Ecology is basically going outside andthen reading a book about it.” Carlsondecided to teach in light of a summerresearch opportunity he had his junioryear at Bethel University, in Minnesota.“I like making discoveries,” Carlsonsaid. “I like being on the edge of ourknowledge. That was a big motivatingfactor to go to graduate school,although I kind of already planned onit.” Carlson obtained his PhD in Ecologyfrom Pennsylvania State University.Carlson’s culture shock when comingin to Wabash related more to thesize and level of interaction betweenstudents and faculty. “I was impressedwhen I interviewed here. I hadmeetings where I went out with a bunchof Biology faculty and they would betalking to each other about students ona first name basis.”Carlson’s research focuses onbehavioral differences within membersof the same species. For instance, thereare ducks that exhibit various behaviorsthat are different from one another,and, essentially, “there’s no best wayto be a duck,” Carlson said. “Instead,there’s lots of different ways to be aduck, and, somehow, they all do wellenough to exist.” Carlson’s main focusis on conserving box turtles, who havetwo distinct behaviors: “’shy,’ whohide in their shell a lot, and ‘bold,’who emerge from their shell quickly,”Carlson said.Carlson teaches many classes, such asGeneral Biology II (BIO 112), Ecology,Advanced Ecology, ComparativeVertebrate Anatomy, the SeniorSeminar in Biology, and, occasionally,Freshman Tutorial. His class onAdvanced Ecology has an immersioncomponent to the Everglades.The Bachelor congratulatesProfessors Carlson for their tenure.Wabash Unveils Partnership with Purdue ArmyROTCW IL L OSBORN ’21 S TA F FW R I T E R Over winter break, Overwinter break, President Hess announcedthat Wabash will enter into a newpartnership with Purdue University tobecome its first Army ROTC partnerinstitution. Freshmen in the upcomingacademic year will be eligible to apply.The program provides studentswith the ability to attain a Wabasheducation with the added opportunityto travel to Purdue’s West Lafayettecampus and fulfill the Army ROTC classrequirements. Per Paul Heslin, Purdue’sArmy ROTC Enrollment Officer, thisprogram, “focuses on recruiting,training, and commissioning leadersof character for the future leadershipof the U.S. Army. Army ROTC is achallenging, and exciting program ofinstruction that focuses on leadershipdevelopment not only in theory, butalso in practice.”As Dean for Enrollment ManagementChip Timmons said, “The goal is toenhance our student’s experience. Wehope they are able to thrive here inour classroom as well as thrive in theirleadership training.”The extension of the Army ROTCprogram to Wabash will afford incomingstudents with the opportunity to qualifyfor substantial scholarship money.Students can potentially be eligible fortwo different scholarship packages.The first scholarship, provided by theArmy ROTC program, covers full tuitionas well as room and board for all fouryears at Wabash. This includes variousother costs that may be incurred duringa students time in the ROTC program.Additionally, five students maybe eligible for the Wabash ROTCScholarship, which covers room andboard plus additional expenses duringthe first year. In years two throughfour, the students will receive a fullride scholarship provided by the ArmyROTC program. In total, this allows upto eight incoming freshmen to receivescholarships for attending Wabash andparticipating in the ROTC program atPurdue. The application process forstudents interested in this program isslightly different in comparison to thenormal Wabash process. Prospectivestudents must apply for admission toboth the Army ROTC program as wellas Wabash. The ROTC program willdetermine eligibility for scholarships, aswell as conduct interviews and physicalfitness assessments.Students who enroll in this programwill primarily be Wabash students.They will attend classes here and willgraduate from Wabash College. Theywill receive a liberal-arts education,where critical thinking and effectiveleadership are a hallmark in everydaylife. At the same time, they will receiveall of the benefits of being in Purdue’sArmy ROTC program.Mr. Heslin remarked, “The ArmyROTC program consists of a combinationof classroom instruction and hands onleadership training. Wabash studentswill integrate with their Purduecounterparts in the ROTC programdepending on their academic class.”When looking at the core values ofWabash, it is not hard to figure out whyPurdue chose our campus to be theirfirst satellite institution. Our emphasison leadership, critical thinking, humaneliving and responsible actions lineup well with the values employed byeffective candidates for the program.Mr. Heslin agreed in stating, “theArmy seeks well-rounded individualsfrom all different backgrounds whoexcel as scholars, athletes, and leadersto serve as officers and we believe thatthis perfectly describes the typicalstudent at Wabash.”This partnership affords a uniqueopportunity for future Wabash mento establish strong connections bothon our campus and in their programat Purdue. These bonds will allowstudents to have the best of bothworlds: they will receive a top-notchliberal arts education while attaining acareer path into leadership roles withthe Army.PHOTO COURTESY OF PURDUE ARMY ROTCPurdue Army ROTC Cadets perform training acitivity. Beginning next semester, Wabash students will be able to join Purdue’s ROTC as part of its program satellitetraining.VOLUME 112 ISSUE 13
NEWSStudent Senate Mason DeliversReconvenes in Rogge LectureFormal SessionJAKE VERMEULEN ’21 EDITORIN-CHEIF The Rogge Lecture is one ofDAKOTA BAKER ‘22/PHOTOThe Spring 2020 Wabash College pose for an official portrait. The Student Senateconevened on Monday January 27 in a formal session.DAKOTA BAKER ‘22/ PHOTOChase Cochran ‘20, Enviromental Concerns Committee Chairman, adresses thebody.campus’ longest running events. Sinceshortly after his death in 1980, theCollege has welcomed a distinguishedscholar for a lecture in memory oflegendary Economics Professor andDean of the College Benjamin Rogge.Rogge was well known as a free marketeconomist and taught at Wabash formore than 30 years.During his time at Wabash, he servedas Dean of the College, and organizeda lecture series from Milton Friedmanwhich eventually became the basisfor his book Capitalism and Freedom,one of the most influential economicbooks in history. The Rogge Lecturehas generally followed in the samevein as its namesake’s economic ideas.Last year’s Rogge Lecture was given byDouglas Irwin, Professor of Economicsat Dartmouth University, who analyzedPresident Trump’s trade policies froma free market perspective. This year’slecture was given by Professor JosephMason from Louisiana State University.Mason’s lecture was entitled “FilteringInformation in the age of MarketingSegmentation.” It focused largely onhow we do not learn to disagree whenwe’re only surrounded by things weagree with, and the consequences forthis in the marketplace, specifically foreconomic crises.Mason made the case that manyeconomic crises which are blamed onPipe Bursts atBeta House,Causes FloodDREW BLEUTHMANN ’22 STAFFWRITER Beta Theta Pi had a chaoticDAKOTA BAKER ‘22/PHOTOStudent Body President Mohammad Dayem Adnan ‘20 leads seators in swearingtheir oath of office at the beginning of theDAKOTA BAKER ‘22/PHOTOSenators rap their knuckles on the table in a display of good-humored applause.DAKOTA BAKER ‘22/PHOTOMembers of the Executive Cabinet deliberate during the Student Senate Session.2 WABASHCOLLEGEBACHELOR.COM THE BACHELOR‘economic shocks’ which could not havebeen foreseen actually had many warningsigns beforehand. He discussed severalexamples, like the Great Depression, andthe 2007 Financial Crisis. He argued thatthe information necessary to see both ofthese crises coming was available. Theproblem, he argued, was that it was notinterpreted correctly. In particular, hesaid that disagreement in the marketdid not arise quickly or strongly enoughto prevent the problems from growing,despite ample evidence existing aboutwhat might be coming.Mason also discussed how we havemoved forward from the 2007 FinancialCrisis as a country. He criticized manyof the regulation attempts as beingeither unenforceable or insufficient toprevent another crisis. He also criticizedhow the crisis has been treated as anunpredictable phenomenon and howefforts to learn from past mistakeshave been hampered by this. He said,“Healthy risk management culturesreview the causes of crashes andincidents” in contrast to what hasoccurred in the United States.Mason also held a lunch talk morespecifically focused on mortgage fraudin the 2000s while he was on campus.He drew extensively in his lectureson his experience at the Office of theComptroller of Currency and the FederalReserve Bank of Philadelphia. He hasalso written eight scholarly books and anumber of other scholarly articles.start to the semester. They had apipe burst on the top floor of theirchapter house during the first weekof the semester. Beta-President ChrisMcNally said, “I was in our seatingarea when it happened, and all of asudden the fire alarms went off. ThenI went into one of our brothers’ roomsand there was literally a waterfallcoming down from the ceiling.” Watercontinued to rush throughout the houseleaving damage everywhere. The floodhappened in the evening and Betabrothers were scattered across campusand had to regain access to salvagetheir belongings.Immediately after the flood, the73 Betas on campus moved intothe Holiday Inn in Crawfordsville.They were able to enjoy the pool,complimentary breakfast, andhousekeeping for the remainder ofthe week. Following the end of theweek, the Betas went to Nashville forthe weekend for their Formal. Afterreturning from the weekend, moreBetas were able to move back into thechapter house every day. “Dean Welchdid a really good job getting hotelrooms set up for us [and helping uswith the situation], so I want to thankhim for that. At least we had beds andthere was a pool and a hot tub there.”McNally said.The restoration was expensive.Included in the repairs were ceilings,pipes and plumbing, and the fire alarmcircuit breaker. The house was driedwith large industrial fans. Restorationcrews worked around the clock toensure a quick transition. During therestoration of the Beta chapter house,the Betas dined at the Frank HughSparks Center.“The house is now livable, andmost are living there. A few guys arestill living with buddies on campus,”McNally said, on January 31. Thereare still workers in and out of thehouse at the moment.
OPINIONJAKE VERMEULEN ’21EDITOR-IN-CHIEFAUSTIN HOOD ’20NEWS EDITORSamuelHansen ’22Reply to this editorialat sjhansen22@wabash.eduOn December 30, 2019, I steppedinside a humidor for the last timeuntil I turn 21. Over at Smoker’sChoice by Walmart, I took some timebrowsing my favorite brands of cigars beforepicking out 3 to buy: a Java, a Macanudo,and a Perla del Mar. As I was checking out,the clerk reminded me of the new Tobacco21 law that had been passed by Congress afew days before. He shared with me someresentment of how this would start to affecthis business immediately, and I respondedwith the resentment of losing access to oneof my favorite hobbies. After paying up, Ithanked him for his service and the goodtimes past, and I left. Looking forward, I willget by fine until my birthday on the 4 stogiesI have. However, I will not be able to pick upcongratulatory gifts for friends that graduatehigh school this May, nor will I be able to bondwith friends and strangers at Pipe PuffersJakeVermeulen’21Reply to this editorialat jkvermeu21@wabash.eduThe Iowa Democratic Caucusesearlier this week were a mess,but they were not rigged. To beclear, it was a complete disaster from anadministrative perspective. No officialresults were released until almost a fullday after caucuses were supposed to end,and complete results took even longer tocome in. At press time, official numbers(with 92% reporting) had Pete Buttigiegleading in the number of state delegateswon with Bernie Sanders in second place.Buttigieg narrowly trailed Sanders in thepopular vote.Before any official vote counts wereannounced, many people were alreadyclaiming that the results were rigged.Most of those people were supportersof Senator Sanders. They saw the voteAndrewGonczarow’22Reply to this editorialat algoncza22@wabash.eduLast Saturday, Lebron Jamespassed Kobe Bryant on the alltime scoring list in Philadelphiaagainst the 76ers. After the game,Dwight Howard said “We don’tappreciate each other as much as weshould as humanity. Something likethat should be appreciated. We shouldappreciate people while they’re alive.”Dwight Howard felt like we have takenwhat Lebron does for granted and thatwe should be more appreciative to beable to see him. The day after, KobeBryant passed away along with hisAlexRotaru ’22Reply to this editorial atarotaru22@wabash.eduAs a Wabash man, the mantraWabash Always Fights iseverywhere: from shirts tobleachers, from the Sphinx Club to thefaculty, from August to May. However,as Wabash men, we have to also actgentlemanly and responsibly, to thinkcritically. Therefore, I invite you all tothink critically about the core principlebehind fighting: revolt.The trope for any sort of revolt isadolescence: the time reserved forquestioning and figuring things out byyourself. Yet, somehow, some peoplenever reach the state of revolt, someare suppressed, and some might just bedoing this from an early age. Going backto the tropes, people see rebels andteenagers as people who wear certaincolors, dye their hair a certain way,have piercings and tattoos etc. Yet,CHRISTIAN REDMOND ’20OPINION EDITORBLAKE LARGENT ’22SPORTS EDITORAUSTIN RUDICEL ’20CAVELIFE EDITORDAKOTA BAKER ’22PHOTO EDITORREED MATHIS ’22ONLINE EDITORJOHN WITCZAK ’21COPY EDITORAt What Cost?near my hometown in Greenwood, Indiana.This is what concerns me. Amid the scare of ahealth crisis prodded by tobacco corporationsand their appeal to young people, ourdemocracy has sacrificed a portion of personalliberty in order to remediate individualconsequences.First of all, I recognize the truths thatchronic tobacco use is a widespread healthproblem in the United States, especiallyfor youth. I am sure that raising tobaccopurchasing age will be affective in reducingtobacco-related health issues, which willinstill the law as standard for years tocome. By all standards, this law is goodfor America’s physical health, but at whatcost does it stand? Yes, there may be lesshospital visits from young adults who abusee-cigs and cigarettes, but there will also befewer meaningful conversations betweenpeople over some good cigars. The federalgovernment has successfully accounted for thehealth costs of smoking, but, in doing so, ithas failed to account for a resource that seemsto be growing more scarce in our society:social capital. Many readers may be unfamiliarwith this term, and I was until I began readingBowling Alone by Harvard Professor RobertD. Putnam. This book makes a frighteninglyconvincing argument about how Americansare less involved socially than they used tobe and how this is, in turn, dwindling thebenefits that result from people being engagedwith others frequently. As Americans havefiltered out of churches and bowling leagues,they have done the same with the voting pollsand volunteer organizations. In consequence,Americans have become less interested intheir own communities, less empathetic tostrangers in need, and, as a number of pollshave indicated, less happy in general. It turnsout that many of the benefits that our societyreaps stem from our social capital, whichrefers to the intangible resource of humancomradery and interaction within a society. Ihave had many meaningful conversations andmet a few friends over burning cigars, andI know that I am not alone in this scenario.While this social activity is still available tomany, it has been taken from people like us.So, why is this trend overlooked? Whyis it that our governments are constantlystriving to meet higher health and economicstandards, yet also neglecting the socialstructure that is foundational to our country?This diminishment is as evident as anyhealth crisis our nation has ever faced, yet itseems that laws like Tobacco 21 are usheringsociety from a foundation of freedom andpersonal responsibility to, for lack of abetter phrase, a “nanny state”. As anotherexample, entrepreneurship on a communitylevel was once the prime innovation of youngAmericans and a pathway to an honest living,but now a wall of regulations and layers ofred tape make this pursuit more difficult.Small businesses like Joey the Cat, a ski ballarcade in San Francisco, have been impededChill About Iowareporting app problems as a ruse for partyofficials to rig the caucus results. Theybizarrely pointed to Mayor Buttigieg’spurchase of software from the companythat developed the app as evidence thathe had paid off the company to help himcheat the system. They also said that his‘declaration of victory’ on Monday night,before any results had been released, wasevidence that the fix was in.The simple truth is that all of theseclaims are bogus. The changes to theIowa caucus that were introduced thiselection cycle make it arguably the mostdifficult election to cheat in the UnitedStates. Let’s talk about how.The most important change made thisyear is in which results are reported. Inprevious cycles, the only results whichwere made public were the number ofstate delegates won by each candidate,and how many delegates that equates tofor the Democratic National Convention.However, for the first time, this year’scaucuses will report those numbers alongwith the ‘initial alignment’ (how peoplevoted when they initially entered thecaucus room) and the final alignment(how people voted once ‘non-viable’candidates were eliminated). This is anincredibly comprehensive breakdown fora caucus to release, and when looked aton a precinct by precinct basis, it allowsthe public to check the results of thecaucus at the most basic levels.That change was prompted by concernsfrom Sanders voters in 2016 over alack of transparency and it is a big partof the reason for the delay. In order tofacilitate this expanded reporting, theIowa Democratic Party paid a company todevelop an app that would allow them todo it relatively easily. It was a fine ideain theory. In practice, it was a disasterbecause the app did not work, and theyhad to switch to compiling and countingthe results by hand, a much more timeconsuming practice. However, the appfailing still does not make it any morelikely that the votes were rigged becausethere is still a trail of paper ballots.These paper ballots are verified by localcaucus leaders and make it almost certainthat the end results will be correct. Afterthe breakdown of the app, they switchedto using the paper ballots. This is a muchslower process, but it is also more likelyto be correct. Election experts haverepeatedly argued over the last few yearsthat paper ballots are the most effectiveway to combat concerns over hackersmanipulating websites.The other feature of the Iowa Caucuseswhich makes it nearly impossible forAppreciate While We’re Heredaughter in a horrendous helicoptercrash. Since Kobe’s retirement andthroughout his career, Kobe has alwayshad his stats and accolades comparedto Michael Jordan and Lebron James.We as a society seem to always have tocompare different things. We comparerestaurants like Little Mexico and ElCharro and argue why one is better.We compare video game consoles allthe time and argue that Xbox is betterthan PlayStation or vice versa. I say weshould not have compared Lebron andKobe, but we should have appreciatedboth their wonderful careers.That is why I ask why can we not bemore appreciative of each other andwhat we have? There are many thingsthat I could complain about, but I feellike complaining doesn’t solve anything.All complaining does is show negativity,so why be negative? There are manypeople in this world that would begrateful just to be in your position. Ibelieve that we as men do not let peopleknow that we appreciate them. That ispartly from the societal stereotype ofwhat a man is, but that’s not what I’mgoing after. I only believe we shouldbe able to tell each other that weappreciate each other more. All it doesis show that you care about a person,so why not let them know. I appreciateall that the school has done for BetaTheta Pi since the flooding happened,and I appreciate all the hard work thatour leaders of the house have done. It’sa bad situation, but complaining doesnot solve anything, it just makes theproblem seem larger. If the problem islarger, you’re going stress out aboutwhat you’re complaining about. Whycomplain if it only brings unneededstress? A lot of the struggles you gothrough in life are about the mindset,and there is no point in having anegative mindset.This is where I come back to Kobe andthis could go for many other celebritiesand athletes. Why do we not appreciatethe art that somebody has? LamarJackson was called a running back duringmock drafts before he was drafted tothe Baltimore Ravens. Teams tried tofrom doing business simply because zoninglaws and regulatory review processes standin the way. Innovation is, without a doubt, avaluable product of social capital, so why docities and states diminish it so frivolously bystunting the growth of small businesses? I askthis rhetorically, but the passage of Tobacco21 and business regulations show that ourgovernments often overlook the factor ofsocial capital when forming laws.This is not to say that government is theenemy of social capital. In fact, I think it hasdone plenty to advance its growth in the past.Civil Rights Laws provoked Americans tobridge racial divides, parks and trails give usplaces for leisure and social interaction, andmany of us would not have met our friendswithout public education. In writing this, Ilacked examples of laws that explicitly deterAmerican social capital, but the truth standsthat our social foundation is harmed wheneverthe government impedes personal liberties.The Communists and Fascist governmentsof recent history have had a shocking dearthof social capital due to state authority overreligion, business, and speech, and whileI do not see a Red Scare on the horizon ofAmerican politics, Robert Putnam has showedus that something more valuable than oureconomy is at stake. In light of this, I urge allpeople that are or will be involved in Americanpolitics to recognize the value of our socialsphere and to defend its development withinour society.them to be rigged is the public natureof the caucuses. The votes are countedin the open, and most people walk outof their caucus knowing who won howmany votes and how many delegates thattranslated to. In addition, the leadingcampaigns had volunteers at nearly everycaucus site. This allowed the Sanders andButtigieg campaigns to release resultsfrom 40% and 75% of precincts, beforeofficial counts were in, which are stillremarkably accurate. The data Buttigieg’scampaign collected was the basis forhis ‘declaration of victory’ on electionnight. If the reported results variedsignificantly from what actually occurred,campaigns and voters themselves havethe information necessary to raise thealarm. So far, despite the vote countingdebacle, no credible reports of fraud havebeen brought forward, even as theseare the most closely scrutinized caucusresults ever.To be clear, none of this is to say thatcaucuses are a good system overall. Theyare terrible, but that’s an opinion piecefor another day. The point is that theresults for this year’s Iowa DemocraticCaucus are as close to 100% certain to bethe truth as is humanly possible. In fact,it was arguably the most secure electionin the United States.get him to switch positions. Why didteams not appreciate the abilities thathe had and be negative just becausethis quarterback is possibly the fastestplayer on the field. People always hateon Eminem because he is still makingmusic, but they should be appreciativethat they were able to listen to hismusic and be appreciative because hemade good music in the past. For somereason, athletes and celebrities alwaysget talked about their negatives, andwhat they cannot do. When society getsinto the greatest of all-time discussion,we always pit Kobe, Lebron, and Michaelagainst each other, but we can neverjust appreciate all the greats. Why can’tthere be more than one GOAT? Why can’tKobe be the greatest of all time in the2000’s and Lebron the greatest now?Why do we have to compare others fromdifferent times and situations to say“Yeah, that’s how good they are”? AfterKobe’s passing, I feel like we shouldappreciate each other more while we arealive, because tomorrow may not alwaysbe here.Revolt, Rebellion, Revolutionsomehow, that ‘revolting’ might just beanother way to conform with society’snorms for that age group. To this day Istill claim that I expressed my teenagerevolt by refusing to break the rules andtrying to understand why they exist.So, revolt generally involves breakinglaws or rules on purpose. Some mightconsider the protesters as lesser fordoing so, because they do not see therationale behind the laws. I certainlyfell into that trap one too many times.For me, rules are made to be respectedbecause they have a rationale, and onlyif that rationale is flawed or immoralshould people break that rule. Yet, itmight just be me not seeing how therule is flawed or immoral that causesme to sometimes be narrow-minded,and why people are actually breaking it.Take a look at the most widelyknown protests of the last century:Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s protestfor equal rights regardless of race,and Mahatma Gandhi’s protest forthe liberation of India from Britishrule. They fought for principles notaccepted by the ruling powers, becausethey saw that oppres
The extension of the Army ROTC program to Wabash will afford incoming . students with the opportunity to qualify for substantial scholarship money. Students can potentially be eligible for two different scholarship packages. The first scholarship, provided by the Army ROTC program, covers full tuition . as well as room and board for all four
