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TOMMY JOHNSON for Student Affairs Meredith Bon- NEWS EDITOR ham ’92 and Susan Morse, President Decatur’s chief of staff. This team -in On Nov. 15, juniors expected cludes members from the offices of to register for classes. As it turns Campus Safety, Facilities and Com- out, the weather, which resulted munications, as well as other key se- in a power outage on northern nior staff members. This group was parts of campus, had other plans. ultimately responsible for decisions When juniors again tried to reg- regarding class cancellations and ister at 7 a.m. the next morning, sending home non-essential staff. a second power outage continued KEPT convened over the phone to thwart their attempts. roughly every two hours from 6:30 From roughly 8 a.m. to just before a.m. until power returned to cam- 3 p.m. on Thursday, the power went pus, according to Bonham. Those out on North Campus after a tree fell who were on campus met in person. onto power lines on Chase Avenue, Despite KEPT’s efforts to stay up to north of downtown Gambier. date, Decatur said AEP was slow to The power cut out again from provide updates to the College. Students turn to candles for light. ARMIYA SHAIKH roughly 12:30 a.m. Friday morn- “The challenge in this particular | ing to 5:15 p.m. Friday afternoon case is that the power company held as a result of a larger problem with all of the information and really all American Electric Power (AEP) of the details of how things were pro- transmission lines north of town, gressing,” Decatur said. “So the ini- according to Chief Business Officer tial word from the power company Mark Kohlman. was that everything would be back The outage affected the east up before noon and then as the day and north sides of Mount Vernon went on, that kept getting pushed as well, including Apple Valley back over time.” and businesses on the furthest Since College officials were not east part of Coshocton Avenue, entirely certain what the status of according to reporting from the the power outage was, Kohlman said Mount Vernon News. that they were planning for the event Throughout the day, students that power stayed out overnight. For would receive updates through the students who were still on campus, College’s text and email alert system. they planned to relocate them to the The Kenyon Bookstore, the Gund dorms on South Campus that had Gallery and Peirce Hall remained steam power and thus could remain Students charge devices. | ARMIYA SHAIKH A gloomy Peirce | DEVON MUSGRAVE-JOHNSON operational in a limited capacity heated: Old Kenyon, Hanna, Leon- from generator power. All classes, ard, Manning and Bushnell. with the exception of film classes in At 4:01 p.m., the College sent out As of roughly 5:15 p.m., power I think we were lucky that it was Students were shouting out of the Wright Center, were cancelled. an alert informing students of “im- returned to campus, and a Kenyon the last day before break, so half of dorms, telling prospective stu- According to President Sean De- portant changes to operations over- College alert via text announced that the students were already gone,” dents to “come to Kenyon,” ac- catur, the decisions that students night,” highlighting the need for stu- all residences were to remain open. Kohlman said. cording to Bradley. received via text were from the Ke- dents to prepare to relocate to these According to Kohlman, there During the power outage, “The power outage felt like nyon Emergency Preparedness spaces either by staying in a friend’s was no damage from the outage. Ethan Bradley ’20 was giving a rally-around-the-flag effect Team (KEPT), a group of senior staff room or by sleeping in one of the “I would not say that there a tour to prospective students for the campus, a ‘stronger to- members including Vice President buildings’ common rooms. were any repercussions. I mean, that he said was successful. gether’ kind of thing,” he said.

Students react to new protest policy In this Issue Senate opens the floor to discuss proposed change. Native American Heritage Month RONAN ELLIOTT not condone behavior that threatens add clarity to the new regulations. CIRCULATION MANAGER the safety of individuals or is intended However, the consensus seemed to to prevent, obstruct or interfere with be that student protests wouldn’t For the first time since the Viet- any of its activities and programs.” look much different under the new nam War, the Kenyon administra- Some students worry that this policy. “When we discussed the tion is updating its protest policy. policy gives the administration too policy in club [Young Democratic p. 5 On Nov. 15, Campus Senate much say in what kinds of protests Socialists of America (YDSA) at hosted an open meeting in Leach are and are not allowed. Kenyon], we generally came to an Dining Room to discuss the chang- “It’s very vague,” Delaney Barker agreement that it wouldn’t have a es. A draft of the new policy had ’20, student co-chair on Campus Sen- huge impact,” Joe DeAngelo ’21, BEN NUTTER been distributed to the campus via ate, said. “What are ‘its activities and co-chair of YDSA, said. email the day prior, and the meet- programs,’ you know? What, does it Still, Barker is optimistic that the JPEGMafia Concert at the Horn ing was a chance for members of the mean to ‘obstruct something?’ We new policy will fulfill the needs of the Kenyon community to voice their wanted to create rules and guidelines Kenyon community. thoughts and concerns. to allow students to be able to protest “I’ve been with this since the be- As it currently appears on the without fear of repercussion.” ginning and I really like where it’s school website, Kenyon’s protest pol- The new policy was received fa- going,” Barker said. “I believe it’s the p. 8 icy is composed of a single sentence: vorably by the students and faculty right step for Kenyon and I think “Kenyon welcomes and encourages in attendance, according to Barker. it will make protests more equal serious discussion on any issue from Several changes were suggested to among students, regardless of their BEN NUTTER all points of view, but the College will the draft’s wording, primarily to financial background.” 2 Thursday, Dec. 6 | kenyoncollegian.com Federal government proposes ODEI brings ACLU activist new regulations for Title IX Catalleya Storm to campus Interim guidelines are currently still in place. Speaker shares a story of resilience, progress.

HENRY TERHUNE that sexual harassment is defined as EVEY WEISBLAT tions, and the way in which that resil- STAFF WRITER unwelcome sexual advances made in NEWS ASSISTANT ience, especially as demonstrated by such a way that either employment older members of the community, is On Sept. 22, 2017, the U.S. Depart- conditions are on the line, decisions On Nov. 27 about 40 students, staff the key to working towards progress ment of Education (DOE) issued in- of employment could be made or that and administrators gathered in Peirce for trans people. terim guidelines pertaining to the en- create a hostile work environment. Pub to hear transgender activist and In their lecture, Storm emphasized forcement of Title IX, which continue Employees of the College would be educator Catalleya Storm speak in the importance of seeing these vic- to stand. On Nov. 16 of this year, the beholden to two separate definitions honor of Transgender Day of Remem- tims as individuals with distinct sto- DOE proposed new regulations, but of the same term, which could lead to brance/Resilience. ries. “Not just a name but an actual it has not yet been determined when confusion in enforcement, according Originally scheduled for Nov. 20, person,” Bussey said, “with a life, with they will come into effect. In the face to Hughes. Storm’s talk was pushed back a week loved ones and with connections to of these changes, the Office for Civil President Sean Decatur’s greatest due to dangerous road conditions. the community.” Rights at Kenyon is working to en- concern is that the new regulations lack Storm is a policy associate with the Bussey said that, because of the na- sure that a just system is in place. clarity and specificity. Specifically, he American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ture of the topic, the atmosphere at the Among the major changes in these noted that while the Obama admin- of Ohio. The event was sponsored by the talk was generally solemn. At the same new proposed guidelines is the new re- istration’s regulations stated that the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion time, however, he said that Storm’s quirement of a hearing in cases of sex- standard of proof should be preponder- (ODEI), as part of their effort to increase message inspired motivation and pas- ual assault. In this hearing, individu- ance of evidence, the current admin- LGBTQ+ specific programming. sion in those who attended. als who served as investigators cannot istration has, via a lack of specificity, “We’ve been trying to make sure that “So I think that, at least from the serve as the adjudicator, nor can the opened up the possibility of schools re- we’re keeping an eye out and staying on feedback I heard from students, was Title IX coordinator. The guidelines quiring evidence of a violation beyond the lookout for relevant contemporary that they were really happy that this also mandate that this hearing must any reasonable doubt. Decatur notes LGBTQ+ speakers, both here in Ohio, event happened, they were happy to include direct cross-examination — that there is no mandate in this regard, but also nationally,” Assistant Director have the perspectives of Catalleya rep- that is, explicit questioning of both and that, as of this time, Kenyon has no of ODEI Timothy Bussey said. resented on campus,” Bussey said. parties. This regulation was not pres- plans to change its procedure. The Transgender Day of Rememem- ODEI hopes to bring more intersec- ent in the previous guidelines. “I don’t envision that impacting berance/Resilience began in 1999 af- tional speakers like Storm, a non-binary Also important is that Title IX our policies and the way that we have ter the death of Rita person of col- would no longer apply off-campus, operated,” he said. Hester, who was a We’ve been trying or, to campus, meaning that events that occur be- Once these regulations come into transgender woman to make sure that according to tween two members of Kenyon’s effect, Kenyon will have an as-of-yet killed the year pri- Bussey. He said student body, faculty and staff any- undecided amount of time to come or in Allston, Mas- we’re keeping an the LGBTQ+ where that is not on campus, includ- into compliance with the federal sachusetts. The day eye out and staying on the community ing off-campus study, would no lon- guidelines. During this process, the was intended as a lookout for relevant contem- comprises such ger be covered by Title IX. Regardless Office for Civil Rights would present vigil to commemo- porary LGBTQ+ speakers, a diverse array of these changes, Samantha Hughes, Campus Senate, Staff Council and rate her along with “ of identities that both here in Ohio, but also Kenyon’s Title IX coordinator, says faculty with the guidelines that the the countless other it’s important that the Title IX office is “always go- government would set forth for them trans people whose nationally. to include all of ing to do what we, as a community, to approve. lives have been cut them when try- feel is right by all people.” Much of the information in the short by violence, ac- Assistant Director of ODEI ing to represent The guidelines would also signifi- proposed new regulations is subject cording to GLAAD, Timothy Bussey that community. cantly change the definition of sexual to change until the regulations are an organization that “When we harassment. The new proposed regu- finalized, but Hughes wants the Ke- advocates for inclu- also think in- lations roughly define sexual harass- nyon community to know that the sive coverage of the tersectionally ment as requiring unwelcome sexu- Title IX office is working to be as LGBTQ+ community in the media. about things like race, gender, sex, al conduct as a condition for an aid, transparent as possible, and will relay Following tradition, the event start- sexuality, ability status, nationality, benefit, or service, or unwelcome con- information to campus as it arrives. ed with a moment of silence and rec- all of these different categories, that’s duct on the basis of sex that inhibits The proposed guidelines are cur- ognition to commemorate this year’s a very diverse community,” Bussey a person’s equal access to education rently in a 60-day public comment pe- victims of anti-trans violence, along said. “And so we’re also trying to programs or activities. This defini- riod. Members of the public may com- with a reading of the identified vic- make sure to be cognizant of really tion does not match the Equal Em- ment on the proposal on the Federal tims’ names. representing as many different inter- ployment Opportunity Commission Register website (www.federalregis- Storm’s talk centered around resil- sectional identities in [as] meaningful (Title VII) definition, which states ter.gov) until Jan. 28, 2019. ience within queer and trans popula- a way as possible.”

CORRECTIONS

In the Nov. 15 article “Diwali dinner and dance brings festival to Kenyon campus,” the Collegian mistakenly credited three photos to Armiya Shaikh ’21. Eryn Powell ’20 took the photos. In that same issue, the article “‘Kenyon Kernel,’ a podcast on what STEM students are up to” stated that one of the topics of the podcast was “storm kestrels.” The topic in question was actually storm petrels, a type of seabird. TheCollegian regrets these errors.

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On Tuesday evening, stu- dents gathered in Peirce Lounge to celebrate the new edition of Kenyon’s Spanish-language newspaper, A Medio Camino. The paper was originally set to be published on Tuesday, but as a result of printer errors the publication has been postponed and copies will be available in Peirce today. “It was a good event, I wish we could’ve had our newspa- pers here, but we will have them Sofía Alpízar Román ’21 puts together a piñata. | ERYN POWELL A piñata made from a repurposed bookstore bag | ERYN POWELL out distributed sometime in the next few days,” Mijal Epelman sored by Fun Funds, a source of Latinx students a space to express nect, A Medio Camino will also Epelman also stressed that ’20, editor-in-chief of A Medio funding provided to student or- the culture that they have left be- be selling pins that give defini- non-Spanish-speaking students Camino, said. ganizations for hosting campus- hind when they come to Kenyon. tions of various Latin Ameri- shouldn’t feel excluded from A The event, titled “Papers wide events. “It does feel really good just can identities. Epelman said she Medio Camino, as the newspa- and Piñatas,” involved mak- Epelman said that, for many to read Spanish, hang out with hopes that the pins will spread per translates its cover article ing mini-piñatas, with the hope of the newspaper’s members, pi- other Latinx students,” Epelman awareness about the Latinx pop- on the second page. that students could save the pi- ñatas were a central feature of said. “It’s cool to be with people ulation on campus. She invited everyone to come ñatas for finals week, when they celebrations growing up, yet they who have a context similar to “We feel lots of Kenyon stu- to A Medio Camino’s publica- could open them to let off steam are absent from most celebra- yours, when all day it feels like dents don’t know the difference tion events as well. and get their sugar fix. tions at Kenyon. In this way, she you’re explaining yourself.” between Hispanic, Chicanx and “I enjoyed it, I think it was a Papers and Piñatas was spon- said that events like this one give As a way to bridge this discon- Latinx identities,” she said. fun crafts night,” she said. ON THE RECORD SONIA FRITZ AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER

BETÜL AYDIN on a woman painter, who, for me, was like to do these projects, even if it’s $40,000. You NEWS EDITOR the symbol of what I was looking in terms of need the cash to pay people and to move roots in Puerto Rico, like the beautiful land- around. So that to me is the hardest part. Documentary filmmaker Sonia Fritz is scapes and women inside their homes, but a professor of literature and cinema studies with the contrast of the interior-exterior, Can you talk a little about the project at the University of El Sagrado Corazón in and maybe some shadow. And then I was you worked on about the Latino commu- Santurce, Puerto Rico. She directed “About able to do four more features, so I have five nity in Ohio? Bands, Lives and Other Tunes,” which won feature films, but documentaries are eas- I did projects on a Puerto Rican com- her the Ariel Award for best documentary ier to make, like, this one we made in five munity in Lorain, Ohio, which is the first and co-directed Chapters 1 and 2 of the months. time that I visited Ohio. I was invited be- PBS series “Latino Americans,” which won cause they have a Puerto Rican Cultural a Peabody Award and Imagen Award in Out of all your works, do you have a fa- Center, and they wanted to see one of my 2014. She has directed over 25 documenta- vorite? Why? films. When I traveled, I realized that this is ries on migration, gender, and art and cul- I think ‘America,’ the feature film, is such a well-organized community and they ture. On Nov. 27, the Center for the Study one of my favorites — one, because it took had a story. They had migrated during Op- of American Democracy and the Latinx me like 10 years to do it. Second, because I eration Bootstrap in the ‘50s, the quality of Studies Concentration sponsored a screen- think it’s very revealing of the situation of a life was pretty good but they were rejected ing of her film “Community Projects and woman, not only in the Caribbean, but the when they arrived. They had to live in the Migration in the Production of ‘After Ma- situation of a woman who has to struggle same steel mill, because they couldn’t live in COURTESY OF SONIA FRITZ ria: The Two Shores’” in honor of Puerto so much to overcome a bad relationship. I apartments, they wouldn’t rent it to them. Rican Heritage Month. think that’s a universal story, sacrificing to The cafeterias had signs — no dogs or Puer- and I haven’t been able to finish it. I’m wait- give a better life to their kids. Also because it to Ricans allowed. They even screened them ing to see when the moment comes that I How did you become involved in was very hard to make. We shot it in 18 days — they had to look white, blue eyes, and you can close the project. filmmaking? and it did really well. It took me literally all find people like that in the mountains. So in When I studied communications in over — I was in Turkey in a women’s Film the beginning, they were really ostracized, Do you have any advice for people who Mexico City, I started working as a pro- Festival in Ankara, I went to Rabat in Mo- so they had to overcome so much and they are interested in pursuing film as a career? duction assistant for a director who was rocco, I went to Spain and to various Latino were so well organized that I did that piece. To me, the most important thing is to a professor at the university. Then, I free- festivals in the states. tell the story. Once you tell it, even if it’s not lanced from one job to the other to the What would you like to film in the the best camera, the story is there and you’ll other, mainly doing educational stuff, What are some challenges you have en- future? get money to develop the next story. There’s and then I moved to being an editor and countered as a filmmaker? What is your I have three projects, two documen- so much need for content, visual content, producer and we formed a collective of experience like coming from a minority taries. Actually, one is in the process and that I think you don’t have to specifically go women, Colectivo Cine Mujer. But then I background? I haven’t found the money to finish it. It’s to work with Hollywood; there’s so many moved to Puerto Rico and started a whole What I think the main challenge as a called ‘Mariachis with Trousers.’ It’s about a other outlets. So I think just do it. Do it different project, because Puerto Rico is woman director is that it’s the world of male. group of women mariachis from New York and pursue your dream and work. You do similar to the U.S. in the sense that you I mean, we’ve seen it with the MeToo move- City. They are very diverse, very talented have to concentrate work hard and get or- have to raise your project and the propos- ment very obviously, but they trust a man musicians, they do fusion and mariachis. ganized, but I think for every good job you al, you have to get the money for them, much faster than they trust a woman. So I followed them for three years and now I have to do that. and that was very different from Mexico that’s one thing. I really have to fight to pur- need to find the money to finish. They won where you could freelance from one job sue my projects but I think the worst chal- a Latin Grammy and now two of them have This interview has been edited for to the other. My first documentary was lenge is the money because you need money babies. So it’s like, the whole story evolved length and clarity. 4 Thursday, Dec. 6 | kenyoncollegian.com Ganter-Price Hall welcomes renovated, burrito-ready kitchen The Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and other student groups will be able to use the new facility.

ELLIE KLEE will really make that more ef- the ADs will be able to cook wishing to reserve the space AD members have been in- STAFF WRITER ficient and allow us to raise a and deliver their burritos more may contact Kit Fluharty ’19. terested in renovating the kitch- lot more money,” AD president frequently Kenyon en for a few years. Dittersdorf Late-night burrito lovers, Herbie Dittersdorf ’19 said. thanks to maintenance credited Fluharty, treasurer rejoice: The kitchen of Ganter- Dittersdorf and his fel- the updates. The most excit- workers com- Matt Mandel ’19, former presi- Price Hall, commonly known as low ADs are looking forward All parts ing thing, for missioned the dent Samuel Troper ’18 and ad- the Ganter, is in the final stage to using the updated space in of the Gan- me at least, is the dish- kitchen’s cabi- visor Kent Woodward-Ginther of its renovation. the coming weeks. “The most ter are nets shortly ’92 with leading the project. The Alpha Delta Phi (AD) exciting thing, for me at least, open for washer. after Labor Alumni paid for the renovation fraternity frequently uses the is the dishwasher … That’s reservation Day, and in- through the fraternity’s endow- kitchen for philanthropic proj- always a whole extra hour of by student Herbie“ Dittersdorf ’19 stallation be- ment, which also funded the ects such as their burrito de- work, scrubbing things,” Dit- groups and gan in early construction of the Ganter. livery service, the proceeds of tersdorf said. individuals. Dittersdorf em- November. All appliances were “I think it’s a great example which benefit New Directions, The kitchen will feature all- phasized that one of his goals installed by Nov. 30. Once of alumni continuing to work a domestic abuse shelter in new appliances and cabinets, as as president is to make the workers finish painting the with student groups, support- Mount Vernon. well as additional storage space. Ganter more accessible for walls, the kitchen will be open ing their interests and efforts,” “The kitchen renovation Dittersdorf expressed hope that casual student use. Students for student use. Woodward-Ginther said.

The Alpha Delta Phi’s endowment funded the renovation of the kitchen of Ganter-Price Hall. The kitchen will feature new applicances and storgae space. | ERYN POWELL Global Kenyon: Unrest in Paris increases, protests escalate Protests, first organized online, erupted in November in response to a so-called “green tax.”

DEVON MUSGRAVE-JOHNSON have also began protesting for a high- ter hit her in the head. said. “If you start just randomly claim- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF er minimum wage, exam reforms, bet- Protesters from the far left and the far ing that you want to take over, but have ter working conditions for paramedics right have joined in the movement as the no plan, you can be sure that it will be Since the now infamous “yellow vest” and in some cases for French president riots have turned violent and shifted in chaos, there’s no future.” protests in Paris began in mid-Novem- Emmanuel Macron’s resignation. For focus from unease at Though the ber, at least three people have died, over some, these protests seem reminiscent the new taxes to a gen- French government 100 have been injured and about 400 of growing tensions not just in France eral sense of unrest and If you look at has not yet declared have been arrested. but across the globe. distaste for Macron’s what’s hap- a state of emergency What has now turned into riots, “If you look at what’s happening in leadership. According as of Dec. 5, Macron marked by burning cars and met by tear France with the gilets jaunes, it’s the to an article published pening in France with recently returned gas, began as a simple online petition. exact same reaction that we see with Dec. 3 on NPR’s web- the gilets jaunes, it’s the from a summit According to a Dec. 2 New York Times the Trump supporters,” said Olivier site, the French police exact same reaction that meeting in Argen- article, the movement that would come Seguin P’19, a resident of Strasbourg, force believe that these we“ see with the Trump tina and spent time to be known as the gilets jaunes, or yel- France. “The rurals, the farmers, far-leaning anarchists, supporters. surveying the dam- low vests, began in the suburbs of Paris the laborers, the people who feel like known as casseurs, are age from last week- when a woman named Priscillia Ludosky they’ve been left to the side by the elite responsible for inciting end’s protests. He started an online petition on Change.org and the establishment.” violence and encourag- Olivier Seguin P’19 initially ordered calling for a drop in gas prices. While the protests began peace- ing vandalism that has Prime Minister Éd- This came in response to a “green tax” fully, they have quickly escalated to left dozens of cars torched and the Arc de ouard Philippe to meet with protest- set to go into effect on Jan. 1 of next year, violence over the last three weeks in Triomphe vandalized. ers, but on Dec. 3 the BBC reported that which the French government set in an what the BBC is calling Paris’ worst ri- According to Seguin, the lack of union protesters have pulled out of the meet- effort to decrease reliance on fossil fuels. ots “since 1968.” According to the New backing for the protesters may also be a ings, citing death threats from hardline This tax was part of the government’s York Times, tear gas canisters “littered reason for the chaotic nature of the pro- protesters. On Dec. 4, The Huffington larger goal of reducing carbon emissions the city” after weekend protests. One tests. “The institutions are there to pro- Post reported that the French govern- by 40 percent by 2030, according to a of the people killed during a protest tect the population and the citizens. ment is set to suspend the tax and will Dec. 2 article in Reuters. was an 80-year old woman in Marseille Otherwise you go into chaos. The insti- potentially raise the minimum wage. Amid protests over fuel prices, people who died in the hospital after a canis- tutions were here to change things,” he Grant Miner ’19 contributed reporting. Thursday, Dec. 6 FEATURES kenyoncollegian.com 5 Kenyon hosts Native American Heritage Month celebrations Events highlight literature and cinema, with a focus on LGBTQ+ and Indigenous identities.

NOELLE O’NEAL will be published early next year. STAFF WRITER In his reading, Gansworth used personal narrative and numer- A wide range of groups on ous pop culture references to ad- campus came together to orga- dress a wide range of topics in- nize events in honor of Native cluding, poverty, racism, sibling American Heritage month this dynamics and superpowers. November, including a read- Following his reading, Gan- ing and workshop by Onon- sworth answered questions about daga author Eric Gansworth, a his use of comic book figures, his screening of the documentary different art forms and writing “Two Spirits” and a discussion practice. The event had many of Qwo-Li Driskill’s book Ase- sponsors: the Office of Diversity, gi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Equity and Inclusion (ODEI), the Two-Spirit Memory. Kenyon Review, the Society for On Monday, Nov. 12, Gan- the Advancement of Chicanos/ sworth read to a packed Cheever Hispanics and Native Americans Room. Before the reading, Gan- in Science (SACNAS), the Hub- sworth explained that when he bard Chair Fund and Indigenous started out he would frequently Nations at Kenyon (INK). send his writing to the Kenyon The following day, Gansworth Review, with little hope that it held a workshop for eight stu- would be accepted. “[TheKenyon dents from 9:40 to 11:00 a.m. Review was a] mythical place. in Peirce Lounge. During the Onondaga author Eric Gansworth teaches a writing workshop in the Peirce Lounge. | BEN NUTTER Kinda like my Hogwarts,” Gan- event, he talked about song lyr- sworth said. In honor of his re- ics and personal methodology. ing his book, Smoke Dancing, outside of traditional ideas of sex During the event, students lationship with the publication, “[The workshop was] directing in Gender and Sexuality in Na- and gender, in Navajo Culture. engaged with the book’s discus- Gansworth began his reading us towards ways we could find tive American Literature (ENGL In addition, on Thursday, No- sion of the effects of European with a poem our own writ- 389), taught by Professor of Eng- vember 29 in Lentz House 104, colonization on two-spirit iden- titled “En- [Eric Gan- ing processes, lish Janet McAdams. She de- there was discussion about Qwo- tity. Bussey explained that ODEI gagement,” he was able to scribed the workshop as “inti- Li Driskill’s book. was eager to participate in and which was sworth] was quickly com- mate” and focused on developing Timothy Bussey, assistant support November’s events. his first work able to quickly commu- municate a students’ personal voice. director of ODEI, led the book To Bussey, the importance of published nicate a genuine interest genuine inter- The ODEI lead two events discussion. He explained the im- the intersection was clear. “I don’t in the Ken- in everyone’s work. est in every- that explored the intersection portance of including narratives see how our office could not be -in yon Review. “ one’s work,” between LGBTQ+ and Indig- from different Indigenous na- volved,” he said. Looking to the He read two Claire Oleson ’19 Claire Oleson enous identity. The office hosted tions: “There is a lot of diversity future, Bussey hopes to see con- other pieces: ’19, who at- a documentary screening of the within the two-spirit commu- versations about queer and trans an incom- tended the film “Two-Spirits” on Nov. 13. nity, since this isn’t a monolithic Indigenous identities continue plete work that he described as workshop, said. Teahelahn The film examined the cultural identity,” Bussey said. Prior to beyond Native American Heri- “a memoir in verse” about his Keithrafferty ’19, co-president of significance of two-spirit iden- the event, free copies of the book tage month and into the upcom- childhood on a Tuscarora Nation INK, encouraged INK to reach tity, a modern umbrella term were distributed in hard copy ing Queer and Trans Studies Con- reservation and a short story that out to Gansworth after read- used to describe those who exist and via Kenyon’s website. ference, which will occur in April.

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Clash Faculty Total: Senior Total: Junior Total: Sophomore Total: First-Year Total: Compiled by Dante Kanter 26 17 15 17 16 Answer Bruce Hardy Tyler Guerin ‘19 Michara Cramer ‘20 Yoshio Wagner ‘21 Elijiah Newman ‘22

Name one of the measures Additional seating Taking away the little being taken by student Grab-n-go options Removing the dish Paper plates More retrieval bins Paper boats boxes council to keep dishes in Disposable dishware pick up bins Dish sets for apartments Peirce Removing dish return bins Which recently released song was the first by a solo Ariana Grande, I Directions? I don’t female artist to debut atop “thank Weeklyu, next” Scores“Meow” by Toulie “thank u, next” “thank u, next” don’t know know. the Billboard Top 100 since Adele’s “Hello”? What is the one letter that does not appear in any US Q Q It’s not Q . . . T. Q Q J state name? As an undergraduate at Kenyon, poet James Wright would routinely mock the HIKA The Kenyon Review HIKA The Collegian Kenyon Review Collegiate editor-in-chief of which Kenyon publication? 2 1 3 2 2 6 Thursday, Dec. 6 | kenyoncollegian.com Language tables offer foreign language practice over dinner Icebreakers and table conversation create full immersion for language learners of all levels.

JOSHUA LIN dinnertime. The conversa- STAFF WRITER tions range from Thanksgiv- CHE PIEPER ing break plans to foreign STAFF WRITER films. “We talk about every- thing that our language level It’s hard to know exactly allows,” Camille Baxter ’21 what’s going to happen at a said. “Usually the first-year language table. speakers will only know how “It’s unpredictable,” As- to say certain things: what sistant Professor of Russian classes they are taking, where Anna Aydinyan said, “be- they are from, their favorite cause everyone speaks a dif- food, so we’ll ask them ques- ferent amount of Russian.” tions that they know how to The tables are open events answer. Usually we just end — meaning the attendees up telling stories, like any range from native speakers other conversation.” to first years in intensive in- The dinners are open to tro classes to members of the everyone — whether or not local community who have they’re comfortable with the taken up learning the lan- language. Faculty at the ta- guage as a hobby. Aydinyan ble are careful to make space feels this adds diversity, but for those who may not speak it also makes the events hard the language easily.. “Some- to plan. times we Still, the play games.” dinners are There aren’t Aydinyan more about many oppor- said. At a re- fostering tunities to converse cent table, at- Laura Reidman ’22 and other French language students play a memory card game. | ARMIYA SHAIKH a commu- in a foreign language tendees were nity than outside of a classroom tasked with hosting a identifying a setting. formal, or- “ mystery ce- ganized lebrity— one activities. Ellie Randolph ’21 who had been “There described en- aren’t many tirely in Rus- opportunities to converse sian. Still, Aydinyan says, there in a foreign language out- are challenges. “Often the first side of a classroom setting, years don’t have enough Rus- where the vocabulary and sian, so we just talk.” speed are pretty constrained The community is built to what the class level can un- from those who keep coming derstand,” Ellie Randolph ’21 back, and takes steps to en- said. That’s what Language courage new members. Tables offer students — not “It can be overwhelming only the opportunity to prac- at first to talk to people when tice their language in a con- you’re studying a language,” trolled way, but also to devel- Fulbright Fellow Varvara op a community. Bondarenko said, “but once Although many of the faces you understand the context of around the table change week what’s being said you become to week, the language tables more fluent.” (translated from are regularly fully packed at Russian by Dante Kanter) Chinese langauge students dine and talk together at Chinese table in Lower Peirce. | ARMIYA SHAIKH Kenyon’s Spoon University helps students to dine creatively School chapter of national online publication shares recipes, Peirce hacks and restaurants.

DANTE KANTER anna Maggard ’19 said. “But we well as the arrival of a new res- restaurant in Mount Vernon. pus, and a lot of their ingre- FEATURES EDITOR do. We just don’t quite know taurant, Chilitos Fresh Mex and This Sunday, the organization dients are from local sources.” how to use them.” Margaritas, on Gaskin Avenue. hosted a workshop that taught Gouchoe and Maggard also Spoon University, an online Many of the articles up on Since its first meeting this students how to prepare three stress finding the time to pre- publication about campus cui- the Kenyon chapter’s website semester, Spoon University has different breakfast recipes with pare your own meals, even if sine written by college students, have to do with Peirce Hall — partnered with recreational ingredients bought from the you live in a dormitory with no has 226 chapters in the United “Your Gluten Free Guide to and food groups on campus Village Market. shared kitchen, which is true of States. It’s most popular chap- Peirce” and “5 Members Share to host events, such as host- In addition to informing the dorm buildings in the first- ters are at New York University their Peirce Food Hacks” are ing a food students of year quad. “What we want to and the University of Southern some examples — but in the trivia night It feels some- the food op- promote is creativity on cam- California, schools whose cam- future, editors Maggard and at the Village times like we tions avail- pus,” Gouchoe said. “Using puses are adjacent to cities with Catherine Gouchoe ’19 want to Inn as well able to them your resources as much as you 24,000 and 8,596 registered res- focus more on dining out, both as a raffle don’t have many op- in Knox can, even if that means going taurants, respectively. It’s easy on and off campus. with a prize tions. County, the extra mile.” at schools like these for a food “We actually want to high- of either a Spoon Uni- According to Spoon Uni- blog to find content, but for Ke- light Mount Vernon, because free meal Brianna“ Maggard ’19 versity seeks versity, just because good food nyon’s chapter of the publica- there have been so many new from Sunday to help stu- might be hard to find doesn’t tion, the school’s rural location restaurants in the past three Night Nib- dents eat mean it’s not there. “Any big has posed a challenge. years that I’ve been here,” bles, a student-led food prepa- nutritionally with limited re- city has a guide of how to eat “It feels sometimes like Gouchoe said. The duo is also ration and delivery service on sources. “First of all,” said there,” said Maggard. “And we we don’t have many options,” excited about the planned re- campus, or a gift card to North Maggard, “utilize Peirce. It’s like to think about this cam- Spoon University editor Bri- turn of the Gambier Deli, as Main Cafe, Maggard’s favorite our one dining hall on cam- pus as its own city.” Thursday, Dec. 6 ARTS kenyoncollegian.com 7 Sarah Kay shares moving work at ‘A Night of Spoken Word’

DYLAN HARTMAN a perfect person to try to sort of pull STAFF WRITER over for that crossover appeal, to bring people who aren’t necessarily normal- In the middle of her set on Satur- ly looking at spoken word.” day, Dec. 1, the spoken word poet Sar- A large crowd gathered in Pierce ah Kay began a piece she described as Pub for the event. “I think at one point a love poem: “In most of the dreams we had 160 people in the Pub,” Deluc- that I remember from childhood, I am chi said. a boy, rescuing a maiden from a tower, From the moment Kay walked or not rescuing anyone in particular, on stage until the end of her hour- but definitely a boy.” Her poem went long set, she spoke in a light, warm on to subvert common understand- voice about innocence and goodness ings of gender to tell a personal story framed within the challenges of life. of finding and accepting love. Much of Kay’s performance con- Kay’s set headlined “A Night of cerned the process of coping with Spoken Word,” hosted by Kenyon pain and finding agency in small Magnetic Voices (KMV) and the truths. She often adapted a tone simi- Black Student Union. Student poets lar to that of an inspirational speaker, opened for Kay with spoken word a role that aligns with her career as a performances of their own. The event TED Talk keynote speaker and as the was a continuation of KMV’s recent co-director of Project VOICE, a group efforts to bring of spoken word Virginia Kane ’22 shares poetry Tariq Thompson ’21 performs Sarah Kay, spoken word poet, prominent spo- poets dedicated in Peirce Pub. | ERYN POWELL original work. | ERYN POWELL visits campus. | ERYN POWELL ken word po- I think she’s to using the art ets to campus. someone who of performance yet she spent much of her time delv- culminated with the exclamation, “I ing this approach with her own stu- Marc Delucchi to enrich edu- ing into her personal struggles. Kay’s feel so beet-trayed by you!” dents. “Show me how many colors ’20, the prima- has a lot of crossover cation. stories contain an ever-present lone- Later, Kay detailed her feelings you know how to draw with,” she said. ry organizer of appeal with both spo- Toward the liness: “Most of the time in my life I of weakness in what she described as “Show me how proud you are of what KMV events, ken word and traditional end of her set, have found that the right words are “an open letter to whoever broke into you’ve learned. And I promise, I will said that Kay poetry.“ Kay provided not there when I need them,” Kay my rental car and stole my vibrator.” do the same.” ­— whose per- words of en- said, “and sometimes I wonder if Kay paused, then smiled as she said, “I Kay also spoke about her experi- formances have couragement maybe the right words do not even wonder if you use it. I wonder what it ence as a child in New York City af- Marc Delucchi ’20 earned upwards to those feeling exist yet in our language.” means if you do.” ter 9/11 searching for a place in which of 5 million that they have Frequently, humor served to un- Kay ended her set with a portrait she could feel at home. She found this views on YouTube — would be likely lost their place in the world. “You have derscore the most painful moments of of her elementary school principal, a home in a spoken word performance. to encourage attendance from mem- always been the place,” she said. “You her poems. In her recount of a break- woman who gave all of her students “Every time people have gathered bers of the community beyond KMV. are the woman who can build it your- up that took place inside of a Whole individual attention, excited to talk together like this,” she said, “I think it “I think she’s someone who has a self. You were born to build.” Foods Market, Kay explained her feel- about their education and inspiration. is an important and powerful refusal lot of crossover appeal with both spo- Kay’s almost constant smile and ings of desperation and frustration As she reached the end of the poem, of the powers that are trying to sug- ken word and traditional poetry,” De- reassuring declarations lent an inher- through a series of increasingly ri- titled “Mrs. Ribeiro,” Kay spoke of her gest that there is no room for you here, lucchi said. “We thought she would be ent degree of positivity to the night, diculous grocery-related puns, which own experience as a teacher while us- because we insist that there is.”

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: SHANE WELLS ’22

CASSIE COALE ery song is a letter to someone he loves, STAFF WRITER with a “me” and a “you” in each tender set of lyrics. Although his songs tend It is a beautiful, uncommonly warm to follow the folk-punk format, and Sunday in December. Shane Wells ’22 are often tinged with melancholy, they and I sit outside Wiggin Street Coffee have none of folk-punk’s occasional on two Adirondack chairs. He is wear- dreariness. There are simple acous- ing a jacket studded with dozens of tic songs, but there are also dissonant, bright pins and patches. As he speaks, frenetic, electric songs that reverberate his earrings glitter. from one’s speakers. The album is an “When I first started finding my unexpected puzzle of many different own music, the first band I was ever sounds and feelings that somehow fit into was Metallica,” he said. “Around into each other just so. eighth grade I entered a sort of emo/ Wells describes himself as a “hu- Shane Wells ’22 shares the people and places behind his music. | BEN NUTTER scene phase — I don’t trust anyone man sponge”: someone who takes in who didn’t — and in high school my the narratives of the people around The music scene of rural Ohio first-year punk band Chocolate For friends started introducing me to, like, him. Songwriting is, in a sense, his way could not be more different from that Dogs along with writing and playing Andrew Jackson Jihad [now AJJ] and of understanding and removing him- of Nashville, where, in Wells’ words, his own music. The Mountain Goats, my favorite band self from these narratives. For a year “there’s a really high barrier for entry “Here, it’s different,” he said. “There of all time.” and a half before attending Kenyon, he with music. It’s a place people go where are really only three places to play: par- Now 20, Wells has been writing mu- lived on his own in Nashville, where they decide ‘I want to take my music se- ties, The Horn and Peirce Pub. There’s sic since he was 16. At first he released he unloaded trucks at a garden center riously,’ so everyone has kind of a chip less competition, and it seems like the music under the name Jenny Sector, and later worked as a line cook at a lo- on their shoulder.” people here are a lot more willing to which he also used for the occasional cal café. Wells came to Kenyon to be an talk and listen. You aren’t the 18th per- high school drag performance. Now “I met a lot of very broken people with English major — searching out some son to shove your music under their his musical persona is Organs, and he very intense stories … I would come way of honing his ability to tell sto- nose that day.” uses it to earnestly tell the stories of his home at four in the morning just sad and ries. Kenyon’s ragtag, close-knit music Wells’ punky, lyrical music can be friends. On his most recent released fried, wanting to put distance between scene has been inspirational for him found at woundshealhere.bandcamp. album, Wounds Heal Here, almost ev- myself and those things,” he said. as well. He’s even joined the intense com/releases. 8 Thursday, Dec. 6 | kenyoncollegian.com Stagefemmes presents experimental play on life at Kenyon

DAVID W. CARSTENS cause the playwright wrote it around STAFF WRITER the real-life personas of individuals in the play,” said Walter Michalski Building a work entirely around ’18, who attended the show Saturday, the actors who will perform it while “and knowing some of them, [the maintaining even a semblance of play] was interesting and revealing.” narrative structure is an undertak- Greenberg elaborated further on ing of epic proportions. Staged on the almost yearlong process of pro- Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 in the Black Box ducing the play. “Early this semester, Theater, the Stagefemmes-produced Kate visited again and we had a week- Kankedort set out to do just that. end long workshop of her first draft Directed by Erica Christie ’19 of the script, during which we read and written by Kate Kremer ’11, through it several times with vary- the play tells the story of several ing casting, discussed what we heard college friends over the course of and later asked clarifying questions,” three years as one character works Greenberg said. The feedback and on a play. It ranges from serious to observations from the early readings satirical and from melodramatic to of the play, as well as the updated sentimental. It’s an unconventional casting decisions, further informed play, likely due to its highly uncon- Kremer’s writing process, resulting ventional writing process. in a play that was heavily modeled on “We met with the playwright — the personalities of the cast. Stagefemmes’ cast of Kankedort rehearse at the Black Box Theater. | COURTESY OF KIT FLUHARTY Kate Kremer — for three separate “Some of the language in the play workshops and she wrote the play is taken directly from things that the definition is unclear. According to The performance featured a min- sional attention that the play called to based on the activities and dialogues actors and the rest of the devising the show’s playbill, the title is meant imalist set and took place in a small the audience itself, only enhanced this we had during those workshops. In team said during the devising pro- to describe “some deep inner turmoil, performance venue. These creative feeling of intimacy. the first one, which was early last cess, across those three workshops a state of suspense, a critical position, decisions, when paired with the gen- Overall, Kankedort leaves one spring semester, we did some activi- with Kate.” Greenberg said. an awkward affair.”Kankedort was uine feeling of the characters and act- feeling as though one understands ties she gave us and had conversa- Writing Kankedort was a com- a bespoke creation, tailor-made for ing, made the entire theatrical expe- the process that went into its cre- tions about topics she provided,” plex process, and the characters Kenyon’s theater community. Several rience feel exceedingly intimate. The ation, a process that permeates the assistant director Mollie Greenberg seemed to properly reflect both scenes took place in what was effec- metanarrative elements of the play– entire performance and is at the ’19 said. There was a second work- the actors playing them and Ken- tively a small party in an North Cam- the fact that the play is being written core of the production. “It was cer- shop later in the spring, though the yon’s liberal arts culture. The word pus Apartments, during which the by a character in the play, as the play tainly an unconventional process,” second was conducted over Skype. ‘Kankedort’ originates from Chau- cast discussed several hot-topic Ken- is happening– did not feel needlessly Greenberg said, “and new, as well, “The process was interesting be- cer’s The Canterbury Tales,but its yon political issues. artificial. This in turn, with the occa- for most involved.” Rapper, hip-hop group and JPEGMAFIA shakes up the Horn student musician gave striking sets.

SAM BRODSKY stage name, Orderbot. Drawing childhood and mid-teens in rural STAFF WRITER inspiration from the grimy and Alabama, where he says he experi- dark production of JPEGMAFIA, enced a significant amount of racism Thrilling beats. ScreamingWhitcomb found it exhilarating that later influenced his music. At voices. Gritty verses. These were to perform for so many audience the age of 18, Hendricks joined the the sounds of last Friday’s JPEG- members, all of whom vibed with Air Force and served for four years MAFIA show. Dozens of people, his music. in Iraq. Many aspects of his music many of whom were not Kenyon “There was a line starting at are taken from his personal life, but students, crammed into a sweaty 7:45,” he said. “That’s never hap- he has received criticism for going and packed Horn Gallery to hear pened. At least in my time at the too far with his lyrics. “I Just Killed industrial noise rapper and pro- Horn, we have never had so many A Cop Now I’m Horny,” a song ducer Barrington Hendricks, better people in there. The energy was in- from Veteran, garnered controversy known as JPEGMAFIA. His loud, sane.” for sampling larger-than-life presence cemented After the audio re- his show as one of the most exciting Whitcomb’s At least in my cording of a and invigorating Horn performanc- performance, time at the real murder es of the year. the Chicago- Horn, we have never of a police of- Distinguished by his provoca- based hip-hop ficer in 1998. tive and aggressive lyrics, glitchy group Dial-Up had so many people in “I Cannot F— JPEGMAFIA rapping as the crowd floods the stage| BEN NUTTER production and punk-esque aes- went on stage. there.” ing Wait Un- thetic, JPEGMAFIA has become “Bounce, “ til Morrissey one of rap’s biggest up-and-coming bounce, Logan Whitcomb ’20 Dies,” which names. He released his record Vet- bounce!” they he performed eran in early January to huge praise called out, ges- on Friday, has from Pitchfork, Stereogum and The turing toward the large audience. also received backlash. Fader, among other outlets. The The Horn rattled. Nevertheless, JPEGMAFIA’s massively popular vlogger and mu- Once JPEGMAFIA finally got performance was unparalleled. sic reviewer Anthony Fantano, who on stage, the crowd went wild. Audi- The Horn Gallery usually books gave JPEGMAFIA’s Veteran a rare ence members took their shirts off, indie/alternative rock bands such 8/10, is also partially responsible for and others started screaming. Peg- as Peach Pit or gobbinjr – groups his fame. gy, as he is sometimes called, rocked with quiet instrumentals, soft vo- The rapper’s popularity and his head back and forth, swaying his cals and gentler lyrics. JPEGMA- success drew quite a crowd: High tattoo-covered body to the glitchy FIA’s off-the-wall, in-your-face, schoolers from Akron, Ohio, and beats. At one point his foot went punk-and-rap-fused energy felt Oberlin College students showed through the table on which he was like a revelation to students. To up; even University of Cincinnati standing. The rapper had to per- share his performance with other students drove three hours to see the form the last song a capella-style fans made the experience even show. According to Logan Whit- with the entire crowd because his more special. comb ’20, a Horn sound technician, computer stopped working; it was Near the end of the show, in be- the Horn had never seen so many too soaked from his own sweat. tween songs, JPEGMAFIA stopped to people in his time at the venue. Hendricks was born in East speak. “I have to say, this has to be one Whitcomb opened the show Flatbush, Brooklyn, to Jamaican of the best shows I’ve done in the last Logan Whitcomb ‘20 performing a set as Orderbot | BEN NUTTER with a performance under his parents. He spent the bulk of his five years,” he said. “Y’all are crazy.” Thursday, Dec. 6 OPINIONS kenyoncollegian.com 9 STAFF EDITORIAL Middle Path can’t hold its ground to cold

We all know the image that grac- es most promotional material for the school: the College Gates, perfectly centered, framing the red and orange tree-lined Middle Path. How different would that image be if Middle Path was made of some- thing other than mud, dirt and peb- bles? The prospect of paving Middle Path has been a contentious issue for years. In 2011, Chief Business Offi- cer Mark Kohlman said that Middle Path was “never going to be paved,” according to a Collegian article from that October. In December, the Col- legian staff called for the College to pave Middle Path “to stand in soli- darity with past, current and future students with disabilities” in an edi- torial. Seven years later, we are reit- erating that call. Each year, as the heavy rains of early winter fall upon the campus, ANNA ZINANTI Middle Path turns into an obstacle course of puddles and mud patches that even the most able-bodied stu- dents may struggle to navigate. When Preventing gun violence is not ‘politically students arrive back in January for spring semester, the pathways are of- ten icy and dangerous. convenient,’ but it remains chiefly important Concrete is ugly and tradition is important, but mud is uglier and Gun violence still looms as a pressing issue in present-day America. safety is more important. To be clear, we are not advocating for Middle JESSIE GOROVITZ tionately high number of extremists. “youth,” to solve this problem. After Path to be paved over in a way that CONTRIBUTOR What separates us from every other all, we are the ones who have had our detracts from its character; there are developed nation in the world is the entire upbringing defined by mass ways to make paved pathways look Every Monday, Wednesday and sheer number of guns that exist in this shootings, of which we are frequently like gravel. Or, maybe there are ways Friday, my class on American gov- country and the ease with which they the targets. Our political calculation to maintain the aesthetic of the path ernment begins with a discussion of can be acquired. is different. We are weighing the in- while also maintaining the structural current events. On Friday, Nov. 7, we Surviving one shooting in this coun- convenience of taking a controversial integrity of the ground beneath our discussed which party won the mid- try only to be killed in another should stance with the inconvenience of get- feet. Either way, something needs to terms. But on Wednesday night be- not be the price of freedom. As a coun- ting shot, and for us, getting shot is a be done about Middle Path. fore class, a shooter had opened fire try, we are morally responsible for more pressing concern. in a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., these deaths. There We are the next The staff editorial is written week- killing 12 people. One of the victims is blood on all of our generation of civic ly by editors-in-chief Cameron Mes- was a survivor of the Las Vegas shoot- hands for failing to We must be leaders, and we have sinides ’19 and Devon Musgrave- ing. No one, including my professor, make clear to our willing to take to make preventing Johnson ’19, managing editor Grant mentioned this shooting. Just as I was elected officials that politically inconvenient these deaths a prior- Miner ’19 and executive director Matt about to bring it up, we transitioned we will not tolerate stances and defend ity. Wherever we live Mandel ’19. You can contact them at away from discussing current events this level of violence. in the country, what- [email protected], musgrave- and began talking about the structure Generation after them publicly. ever the prevailing [email protected], minerg@ken- of the American presidency. generation of Ameri- “ sentiment, we can- yon.edu and [email protected], My experience in class was indica- cans has looked the not continue to push respectively. tive of the American condition. An- other way because admitting the truth gun violence to the sidelines out of fear other shooting, another day. Back to about guns in America is politically in- that any stance on guns is an unpopu- talking about the president. We have convenient. After every shooting, I see lar one. The onus is on us to convince The opinions page is a space for members of the become so desensitized to the level a plethora of Facebook posts saying, our communities that taking a bold community to discuss issues relevant to the campus of violence that occurs in our coun- “Enough is enough!”, “The buck stops stance on gun violence prevention is and the world at large. The opinions expressed on this page belong only to the writer. Columns and try that it does not even merit a men- here!”, “How can we let this happen?”, necessary to prevent deaths like this letters to the editors do not reflect the opinions of tion in conversations about current because taking a stand on Facebook is from occurring right in our own back- the Collegian staff. All members of the community are welcome to express opinions through a letter to events. Our collective failure to act on, politically convenient. But a week and yard. And we need to turn the tables, the editor. let alone discuss, the consequences of a half later, we let it happen again. to make it politically inconvenient for The Kenyon Collegian reserves the right to edit all American gun culture and the Second If we really believe this level of vio- anyone to oppose gun violence preven- letters submitted for length and clarity. The Collegian Amendment has cost the lives of thou- lence to be unacceptable, we must do tion. We can do this by voting out poli- cannot accept anonymous or pseudonymous letters. Letters must be signed by individuals, not sands of Americans. more than hold vigils, say prayers and ticians who fail to support policies that organizations, and must be 200 words or fewer. We are abdicating our responsibil- call our representatives in Congress. are proven to save lives and by running Letters must also be received no later than the Tuesday prior to publication. The Kenyon Collegian ity to our fellow citizens when we ac- We must be willing to take political- for office ourselves. Until that hap- prints as many letters as possible each week subject cept that 91 people die every day from ly inconvenient stances and defend pens, nothing will change. to space, interest and appropriateness. Members of the editorial board reserve the right to reject any guns in this country. Relative to other them publicly. It is clear to me that submission. The views expressed in the paper do not countries, we do not have a dispropor- no one in power will take any legiti- Jessie Gorovitz ’20 is a political sci- necessarily reflect the views of Kenyon College. tionately high number of mentally ill mate, concrete steps to reduce gun vi- ence major from Berkeley, Calif. You can people. We do not have a dispropor- olence in America. It is up to us, the contact her at [email protected]. 10 Thursday, Dec. 6 | kenyoncollegian.com ‘Lord’ and ‘Lady,’ as mascots, stereotype and divide campus

EMMERSON MIRUS not only within the athletic sphere, see, only use gendered language to and superiority, but “Lady” implies bels “Lords” and “Ladies,” the social STAFF WRITER but also as an inclusive and pro- refer to women’s teams. Mascots for decorum, softness and, ultimately, and historical implications of these gressive campus on the whole. As women’s teams are generally just subservience to a lord. Moreover, epithets eclipse the more substan- When I first received my accep- of 2015, 95 schools among all col- feminized versions of the college or the two categories, Lord and Lady, tive nuances we give to them. tance letter for Kenyon, almost ev- leges and universities in the Nation- university’s “standard” mascot. This reinforce the gender binary, imply- I acknowledge that we selected erything about the school seemed al Collegiate Athletic Association reinforces the notion of men’s ath- ing that there is nothing in between. the names “Lords” and “Ladies” to perfect. I loved the beauty of the (NCAA) used gendered mascots letic teams as the “standard,” broad- Now that I’ve spent over a year pay homage to the second Lord Ke- campus, the history and compan- to differentiate men’s and women’s ening the rift in equality we see be- as a swimmer on Kenyon’s wom- nyon, who, along with Lord Gam- ionship of the swimming and div- athletic teams — many of which use tween men’s and women’s sports at en’s team, I know that being a Lady bier, gave Bishop Philander Chase ing team and the intimacy and “Lady” (or some form of that word) intermediate, collegiate and profes- means so much more than these the funds to inaugurate a new semi- rigor of Kenyon students’ academic to signify women’s sports. sional levels. sexist, antiquated stereotypes. The nary in Ohio. Still, I think there are life. However, one aspect of Kenyon Fundamentally, gendered mas- Kenyon’s own mascots, the Kenyon Ladies, as I know them, ways that we at Kenyon College can struck me as off-putting: My new, cots emphasize the difference be- Lords and Ladies, carry similar and have reclaimed many of the conno- simultaneously celebrate our past defining mascot was a “Lady.” That tween men’s and women’s sports ultimately damaging gendered con- tations of their label. We are classy and create a more equitable future moniker didn’t fit me — as an indi- teams, prioritizing an athlete’s gen- notations, even if they sometimes and proudly feminine. But we are for gender on this campus. Chang- vidual or as a student-athlete. der — and the gendered expecta- do so subconsciously. Because they also many things that complicate ing our mascots could be just the I think it’s time to discuss the tions that go along with it — over are used to designate gender, the la- the traditional gender stereotypes thing to get the wheels turning. Kenyon community’s continued use their efforts in their sport. It’s also bels of “Lord” and “Lady” bear gen- of a “Lady”: We are loud and messy; of the labels “Lords” and “Ladies.” important to recognize that nearly dered images that are then linked strong and fierce; dominant and in- Emmerson Mirus ’21 is a Spanish While one-third of students at Ke- all gendered mascots, such as the to the object of that label. Although dependent. Although Kenyon stu- and sociology major from Madison, nyon participate in varsity athletics, “Lady Vols” women’s basketball both hold a sense of regality, “Lord” dents and student-athletes write Wis. You can contact her at mirus1@ it’s an important discussion to have team at the University of Tennes- further connotes elitism, power their own significance into the la- kenyon.edu.

Cameron Austin

CROSSWORD Opinions Editor

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Did you finish this crossword? Email a photo of your finished crossword to [email protected] for a chance to get a shoutout! Thursday, Dec. 6 SPORTS kenyoncollegian.com 11 Lords soccer Track and field starts season at Mount Union The Lords and Ladies donate toys and compete in weekend events. finishes no. 10 Lords Towle ’19 ended the day with some of The Ladies had a variety of high the top finishes for the team in sev- finishes throughout the event. Duffy DYLAN GOODWIN DAVID COSIMANO SPORTS EDITOR STAFF WRITER eral events; he finished 11th in the Lemire ’21 placed fifth in the high 400-meter dash with a time of 53.62 jump, finishing with a mark of 1.50 On Nov. 16, the Lords soccer team trav- Last Saturday, the Lords track seconds and took 16th place in the meters. Anna Barrett ’22 placed eled to Case Western Reserve University in team traveled to Alliance, Ohio to 200-meter dash where he crossed the ninth in the high jump, recording a Cleveland, Ohio to play in the third round of kick off their season at the Univer- line with a time of 24.11. mark of 1.40 meters. the National Collegiate Athletic Association sity of Mount Union’s Toy Drive Col- Looking ahead, the team will trav- In the women’s 200-meter final, (NCAA) tournament. In a heartbreaking end legiate Invitational. The Lords had el to Wooster, Ohio to compete in the two Ladies placed in the top 15. Abby to the season, the Lords fell to Case Western in solid finishes in several of the field North Coast Athletic Conference Tri McCarty ’22 placed 12th, with a time a penalty shootout, 2-2 (5-4). Just 11 days later, events during the meet. Meet at the College of Wooster on of 28.72 seconds, while Caitlyn Haas Bret Lowry ’19, David Anderson ’19 and Brice The top performer for the team Jan. 19, 2019. ’20 placed 15th with a time of 29.10 Koval ’19 were selected to the United Soccer was Tanner Orr ’19. Orr placed eighth seconds. Both McCarty and Haas were Coaches All-Great Lakes Region Team. Lowry overall in the long jump with a mark Ladies within three seconds of the top time, and Anderson were then selected to the Unit- of 20 feet, 3.5 inches. Another strong posted by Walsh University first-year JACKSON WALD ed States Coaches Second Team All-America. performance for the Lords came from STAFF WRITER Juanita Gray. This is all on top of Lowry winning the North Jordan Potter ’19, who finished in In the 400-meter final, Haas placed Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Defensive 10th place in the shot put. Potter’s fi- Ladies track and field started their sea- ninth with a time of 1:06:44. McCarty Player of the Year Award and Anderson win- nal throw on the day was recorded at son on Sunday in Alliance, Ohio by com- placed sixth in the 60-meter dash in a ning the NCAC Midfielder of the Year Award. 43 feet, 1.75 inches. Rounding out the peting in the University of Mount Union’s time of 10.20 seconds. Just yesterday, the final United States Coaches top performances for the Lords in the Toy Drive Collegiate Invitational. Ke- The Ladies’ next event will be on Jan. Division III poll of the year was released. The field events was Ifeatu Menakaya ’21, nyon has competed in this event for the 19, where they will compete in the North Lords finished at No. 10 in the country, mark- who placed 17th in the weight throw past three years, and because it’s a charity Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tri ing the sixth straight season Kenyon’s finished with a distance of 29.5 feet. event, each team donates toys to the City Meet. This event will be held at Wooster the season in the top 25. In the running events, Kevin of Alliance Fire Department Toy Drive. College, and begin at 12 p.m. Ladies basketball starts season with a four-game win streak Paige Matijasich ’20 scores an average of 15.0 points per game, leading the team early on.

MARLI VOLPE 14 points and eight rebounds. four more to take a lead into the STAFF WRITER Gerber earned 12 points while final period. In the final six min- Lane Davis ’19 showed a strong utes, DePauw’s Sydney Kopp gave The Ladies basketball team second-half performance with the Tigers the lead with a score of played three games leading up to eight points, nine rebounds and 41-40, and Maya Howard added Thanksgiving. They went 3-0, -in three assists. Finishing strong two free throws to ice the game. cluding a conference win against with the team’s contributors Last night, Kenyon trav- Wooster to start the year. After was Hull who added on eight elled to Oberlin College to eight games, the Ladies have a points, six boards, three steals take on the Yeowomen where 5-3 record going into the bulk of and three assists. they fell by a score of 51-47. It their season. On Dec. 1, the DePauw Uni- was a close, hard fought game On Nov. 20, the Ladies basket- versity Tigers came out on top at throughout with both teams ball team played a strong game the end of their game against the trading buckets. The problem and defeated Muskingham with a Ladies, but Kenyon stayed strong for the Ladies was their inef- final score of 65-54. Muskingham as the game ended in a close fi- ficient shot percentage, which started the game off hot, scoring nal call, 45-42. Hull gained a was 24.6 percent on a total of the first eight points of the game game-high and season-high 17 69 shots. However, Matijasich and even extending its lead to points on 7-of-11 shots. Davis led the team in scoring once 17-5 and then 21-12 by the end of added an additional 11 points, again with her 15 points on the first quarter. However, Sharon seven rebounds, and two blocks. five made shots. She also tal- Hull ’19 earned the Ladies their Throughout the entirety of the lied 10 rebounds to give her first lead with a score of 32-31. four quarters, neither team held the double-double. Before the next two minutes were a lead bigger than five points. De- Kenyon’s next game is this done, Jessica Gerber ’19 made a Pauw, which is ranked 20th in Saturday, Dec. 8, in Spring- layup, ending the second quar- the WBCA, fought back in the field, Ohio where they will ter with the Ladies in front with final third quarter, gained two take on the Wittenberg Uni- a score of 34-32. The Ladies tri- turnovers and was able to score versity Tigers. umphed at the end of the fourth quarter to win the game. The Ladies then played the University of Mount Union and were smothered by the Purple Raiders in a tough loss. The team fell behind in the very beginning while Mount Union began with 8-0 lead and continued to force four Kenyon turnovers, as well as two missed shots. Paige Mati- jasich ’20 ended the game with 15 points scored and nine rebounds, but the Purple Raiders finished the game by scoring seven points in the final quarter. The loss was followed by a triumphant win against the Denison University Big Red in which Kenyon finished with a final score of 55-45. Leading Kenyon again was Matijasich, who tied for the game-high with Jessica Gerber ’19 dribbles while looking for an outlet. | SEJIN KIM Paige Matijasich ’20 shoots free throws after the foul. | SEJIN KIM 12 Thursday, Dec. 6 | kenyoncollegian.com Lords and Ladies swim teams dominate TPSC Invitational

Lords ing time of 2:00.25 in the 200-yard anne Kahmann’s record set last year. ment with these times. The 100-yard ahead of the closest competitor, New breaststroke with Luis Weekes ’22 Five seconds later, three Kenyon freestyle proved to be another enor- York University. JOE WINT STAFF WRITER and Kieran Allsop ’20 following Ladies came to mous victory “I was most proud of our joy for Bartholomew. The margin of victo- the line right be- for the hosts. racing and our resiliency over the The Lords swimming and div- ry extended after the 400-yard free- hind her. Del- Teams that are Eight of the weekend,” head coach Jess Book said. ing team had a strong showing this style relay led by Fitch, Black, Mc- aney Ambrosen resilient and first 10 places “Teams that are resilient and love to past weekend, winning the overall Mahon-Gioeli and Weiss. The team ’19, Caitlin Foley love to race are teams were Ladies, race are teams that can be successful team event at the Total Performance noted a time of 2:58.71 and acquired ’19 and Kaitlyn that can be successful in including the in any situation.” Sports Camp (TPSC) Invitational Kenyon’s fifth win of the evening. Griffith ’21 all any situation. champion Kenyon will look to continue held at home. Kenyon finished with The Lords look forward to a re- finished within Abby Wilson their success as they head into a key a team total of 3,124 points and was laxed schedule over the next month. a half second of “ ’19 (50.43). stretch of the season, with a meet in trailed by Carnegie Mellon (1996.5) The team will travel to Venice, Flor- each other. All of Head Coach Jess Book These indi- Venice, Florida in less than a month and New York University (1877.5), ida for their annual winter trip on the top four fin- vidual per- and the North Coast Athletic Con- which finished in second and third Jan. 3, 2019. ishers qualified for the National Col- formances yielded a point total of ference Championships not too far respectively. legiate Athletic Association Tourna- 2,721.5 for the team, over 500 points off on the horizon. Connor Rumpit ’20 came up big, Ladies securing his season best with a time JORDY FEE-PLATT of just 15:34.43 in the 1,650-yard STAFF WRITER freestyle race. Mick Bartholomew ’20 also had a strong outing in the After their second-place finish 200-yard backstroke with a time of at the Malone Invitational, the Ke- 1:46.70, and Grant Thompson ’21 nyon Ladies swimming and diving followed close behind and finished team was in complete control as they in third. coasted to victory at the Steen Aquat- Tommy Weiss ’20 also had an ics Center in Gambier, Ohio. Kenyon incredible weekend and won the hosted the TPSC Invitational over the 100 freestyle with a time of 44.73. weekend, a three-day event, and had Weiss was trailed by four of his fel- most of their success on Saturday. low teammates, including David The Ladies achieved five event Fitch ’21, Cole McMahon-Gioeli victories on the day, and the top ’21, Joe Black ’22 and Robert Wil- three finishers in three of these liams ’19, who secured the top five events were all wearing the purple- finishes. and-black. In the 200-yard back- Bartholomew won his second stroke, Crile Hart ’21 set a meet re- individual victory of the invita- cord with a time of 1:57.35, passing tional as he came in with a qualify- Ohio State University Buckeye Mari- Patrick Olmstead ’21 finished fifth in the 400-yard individual medley in TPSC Invitational.| SEJIN KIM Lords basketball season is off to a rocky start Weekly

CHRIS ERDMANN ell had a game-high 16 rebounds In the following game against 11 points in the first 13 minutes Scores STAFF WRITER and contributed 12 points. Albion College, Shifrin and Elijah and going 3-5 from three-point Kenyon then traveled to Albion, Davis ’22 both scored 11 points range. The Scots got themselves The Kenyon men’s basketball Mich. for the Albion College Tour- for the Lords, but they were out- into the game and commanded Women’s Basketball team had an unfavorable 0-8 start nament, where they took on Trine matched by Albion. The final score the lead for the rest of the contest. to their 2018 season. University and Albion College. In ended 112-61. Aubakirov led the Lords in scor- WOOSTER 66 The Lords played their season the game against Trine, they strug- The team traveled back to the ing with 17 points. Davis also fin- 11/14 KENYON 87 opener at Tomsich Arena against gled to get their shooting stroke, Hill in order to take on Earlham ished with 13 points. KENYON 58 Geneva College traveling from only shooting 35.7 percent from College during Thanksgiving The next opponent for the Lords 11/17 GROVE CITY 44 Beaver Hills, Penn. The Lords the field and 27.5 percent from out- break. It was a back-and-forth af- was DePauw University. The team KENYON 65 ended up falling to Geneva Col- side the arc. Alex Cate ’20 was the fair all the way until the end, but a got off to a hot start by leading by as 11/18 WILMINGTON 57 lege 72-57. The Lords had strong leading point scorer for the Lords late run by the Quakers in the final much as 11, but it was short-lived. MUSKINGUM 54 play from both Matt Shifrin ’19 with 10 points. Powell also contrib- minutes ended up sealing the vic- The Tigers fought back to take the 11/20 KENYON 65 and Carter Powell ’20. Shiffrin uted with nine points and nine re- tory for Earlham. Shifrin scored a lead before going into halftime. In MOUNT UNION 56 put up a game-high 16 points bounds. The final score was 79-53 team-high 17 points, while Powell the second half, the two teams went 11/25 KENYON 39 along with two assists while Pow- in favor of Trine. shot 50 percent from the field and back and forth, but the Tigers free- 11/28 DENISON 45 added 12 points. Kenyon fell 69-59. throw shooting proved to be the di- KENYON 55 Their first match following vider. Shifrin had a monster night 12/1 DEPAUW 45 Thanksgiving break, Nov. 26, saw by tallying a career-high 34 points, KENYON 42 the Lords host Westminster Col- beating his previous record by 11 12/5 KENYON 47 lege. It was a tough first half for points. But this was not enough to OBERLIN 51 the Lords that saw them put up a overcome the Tigers, as the final 24.2 shooting percentage from the score was 83-75. field. They got back into the game Thursday night, Kenyon took Men’s Basketball in the second half, bringing the dif- on the Yeomen from Oberlin Col- ferential to as little as three points. lege where they fell by a score of 84- GENEVA 72 11/12 KENYON 57 After the comeback was almost 69. Davis led the team in scoring complete with 4:06 left in the game, with 23 points. KENYON 53 11/16 TRINE 79 the Lords were not able to secure “With each coming game the another basket, leaving them to improvement that our team is KENYON 61 11/17 ALBION 112 be defeated 67-56. Shifrin finished making is noticeable,” Tim Black the game with a double-double: 18 ’19 said. “Every team we have EARLHAM 69 11/19 59 points and 11 rebounds. played are good teams that would KENYON On Nov. 28, they began con- do well in our league. We are get- WESTMINSTER 67 11/26 KENYON 57 ference play against The College ting better, and we should be com- of Wooster, who came into the petitive in our league.” WOOSTER 90 11/28 KENYON 70 contest ranked 16th in the coun- The Kenyon men’s basket- try, according to D3Hoops.com. ball team will continue to play DEPAUW 83 12/1 KENYON 75 The final score was 90-70 in -fa conference foes when they trav- KENYON 69 vor of the Fighting Scots. Kenyon el to Granville, Ohio to take on 12/5 OBERLIN 84 started out the game strong with the Denison University Big Red Carter Powell ’20 grabs one of his 14 rebounds. | SEJIN KIM Kamal Aubakirov ’22 scoring on Dec. 8 at 8 p.m.