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Swimming wins Women petition for a How do Kenyon and Gregory presents 6 8 one-a- ct 10 NCAC titles, page 16 change in Peirce, page 2 alcohol mix? page Kenyon, page plays, page ill nnfffiiK H - E EC - E - N -Y - O - N c O -- L E -- I - A -- N Thursday, February 18, 1999 Volume CXXVI, Number 15 ESTABLISHED 1856 Council considers changes, Greek representation voice, and the Chair of Business ing committees." BY MCDEVITT JENNY 'We see our duty as members of Student and Finance would have a vote," According to Pepper, the SCHULERT 8-- AND GRANT council voted Sunday 3 that Council ... to create the best possible proposal Pepper said. Collegian Staff "These changes were made Greek Council would not have a can.' with the intention of making Stu- vote, and 10--1 that Business and Student Council voted Sun that we dent council more efficient," Vice Finance should have a vote. How- day to propose major changes in Laura Maestas '01 President for Student Life Laura ever, it was then decided to wait the structure of Kenyon's student Student ness and Finance and the Greek Maestas '01 said. "As it is, the Stu- to bring the issue before Senate government, including the level of ing a Campus Senate and the current Council Representative. "In the dent Council does not have much until the council was clear that it Greek Council respresentation. Senate in the place of Coun- Council would power, nor many duties, because was speaking for the majority of This proposal would do away Campus Senate and Student proposal, Greek lose their vote but maintain their they've all been delegated to stand see COUNCIL, page three with the current Student Council cil," Pepper said. and create a more centralized Under the new proposal, the structure, according to Student student members of Campus Sen- The Beat Goes On Council President Kevin Pepper ate would be the chair, the four Presi- '99. class presidents, the Vice "The idea is to streamline our dents for Student Life and Aca- current student government, creat-- demic Affairs the chair of Busi Trustees settle on ; f next year's tuition J. 3 s i Scholarship of professors also discussed 7 s :n I Stamp, Director of Public Af- BY JESSICA ANDRUSS fairs. J News Assistant Although budget centered u The annual meeting of the issues typically headline the II. Kenyon Board of Trust- February Trustees meeting, the College I : 1 . V ees held last weekend produced Friday afternoon session this decisions regarding the budget year was devoted to a panel pre- the continu- Erica Collins-Wern- er for the 1999-200- 0 school year as sentation discussing Break. study break, held well as updates on Kenyon's cur- ing debate over the weight Members ofThe Evil Beat gather for a photo during the Freshmen Study The Kenyon should place on profes- by Resident Advisors. rent building and renovation las t Thursday, was sponsored . projects and the status of the sor scholarship in relation to "Claiming Our Place" capital other aspects of professorship campaign, according to Tom see TRUSTEES, page two Athletic facilities to be revamped? it will inter- list of projects to be funded by the re- similar colleges. Second, BY JOHN JORDAN involved in cent Claiming Our Place Fundraising view the users and parries Gambier: candidate for Staff Reporter Campaign, according to Bunnell. order to prioritize what needs to be when and where. Tentative plans for a new athlet- However, the recent efforts by done recognition see CENTER, page two national historic ics, recreation, fitness and wellness Omahan and Bunnell have given life center on campus were discussed in a to the possibility of a new recreation to how they might contribute to the BY LAUREN JOHNSTON meeting Monday. The meeting was center. success of the evaluation process. Editor in Chief held primarily to gauge interest and Bunnell emphasized that the pos- In an all-camp- us e-m- ail sent is gather input regarding the center. sibility of a new recreation center Friday Colum-bus-base- d earlier this week, Vice President for Representatives of the According to Dean of Students still very much that; there are no guar- Finance Joe Nelson stated that the Cloudy, snow. 30s. architectural firm Donald Omahan and Director of antees and should be no expectations HardLines, visit the cam- college has engaged HardLines, a plans, Inc. will Physical Education andAthletics Rob- mat anything will come of the Saturday pus meeting to firm specializing in historic reviews, tonight for an open ert Bunnell, it is a consensus among but mere is hope, said Bunnell. The certain to study local properties to deter- Cloudy. 30s. discuss the eligibility of students and other members of the initial plan, said Omahan and Bunnell, Gam- mine whether the districts in ques- properties and districts in the Ccecommunity that there has been is to select an outside firm that will Sunday criterion established bier area for possible inclusion on tion meet the two-ste-p plan. First, it will a longstanding need these facilities. perform a Cloudy. 15-2- 0. the Historic by the National Register. National Register of Behind academic priorities such as the evaluate the current conditions and the Representatives of the Na- Places. The meeting is open to the building under construc- longevity of the existing Ernst Center Monday standards new music public at 7 p.m. tional Register state their and Mid-teen- s. convene . how and will tion and the planned chemistry build- and Wertheimer Fieldhouse Clear. in Higley is in- for evaluating the significance of with those of Auditorium. It ing, this need just missed making the these facilities compare tended to inform local residents as see HISTORY, page three 2 The Kenyon Collegian NEWS Thursday, February 18, 1999 Trustees: scholarship conversation Senate petition on dining hall The following petition was ers try to avoid the catwalks by CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 drafted by the 1998 Senior Semi- moving along the sides of the such as teaching and community nar in Women's and Gender room as unobtrusively as pos- was pre- involvement. The panel Studies and will be put up for sible, hoping to become invisible sented by faculty members from debate in Senate: to the men. of Kenyon's four academic each Part of the appeal of Kenyon This situation should not ex- Anthropol- divisions: Professor of ... is the community atmosphere ist at Kenyon. Women students ogy Rita Kipp, Assistant Profes- I - ' in which students can grow per- should not feel that they cannot sor of Mathematics Carol ' sonally, socially and intellectually comfortably use Peirce. Schumacher, Professor ofArt Gre- ... Unfortunately, it has been a The arrangement of the tables gory Spaid and Assistant Profes- long time since Peirce Dining Hall in Peirce facilitates this sor of English Ted Mason. was a comfortable, welcoming harrassment of women students. Schumacher, a long-ter- m ad- s place for women students. Groups We therefore request that the table vocate of equal emphasis on of students from exclusively male arrangement be changed ... We scholarship, teaching and commu- organizations have appropriated further suggest that at least some nity involvement, said "The trust- certain tables, situating them- of the tables in Peirce be replaced ees seemed very enthusiastic Miranda Shafer selves to create what the students with round tables. about what we had to say. They The still fa- Ian MaJone '99 converses with the Trustees during the Trustees lunch. A refer to as "the catwalk." round tables will are trying to see where this issue cilitate conversation among groups similar lunch is held during every Trustees Weekend. The men use their seating to of scholarship belongs. What are publically ... rate the women's of friends ... and will rriiiiimize the the benefits to our students? Are dation of $53 million, with over chairman of the campaign commit- clothing, body shapes and eating likely creation ofa new "catwalk." al- there ways in which this detracts $12 million (the highest single tee, reported that Kenyon has in Peirce. This has made many As an added bonus, the round tables from the teaching mission of the amount of the operating budget) ready received commitments for women so uncomfortable that with chairs will facilitate seating college? ... The various remarks being set aside for financial aid $62 million of the $100 million the they no longer eat in Peirce. Oth of women wearing skirts. that we made in the meeting ad- expenditures. school hopes to raise by June 2001. dressed various issues like these." Also included in the operat- Kipp, a Firm believer that ing budget is the addition of two "publications produced through a new staff members and another Center: athletic facilites proposed process of ... blind peer review security officer, as well as a dis- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 mittees on Building and Grounds and consistent sense of community. push faculty to develop their ideas abilities coordinator to assist stu- In regards to the plan, Omahan Student Affairs.