Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange The Kenyon Collegian Archives 9-12-2019 Kenyon Collegian - September 12, 2019 Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian Recommended Citation "Kenyon Collegian - September 12, 2019" (2019). The Kenyon Collegian. 2503. https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian/2503 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives at Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Kenyon Collegian by an authorized administrator of Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ESTABLISHED 1856 September 12, 2019 Vol. CXLVII, No. 4 Finally! Lords victorious, end 26 game losing streak ADAM SCHWAGER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF page 12 Since last year, Lords football players have had September 7, 2019 circled on their calendars. “We better beat Catholic,” cor- nerback Bobby Strunk ’22 said in the week leading up to the game. Part of the anticipation came from its location and tim- ing: The season opener is always exciting, and having a game in Washington, D.C. allowed easier travel for a large portion of the athletes’ families. Adding to the anticipation was the chance to see Head Coach James Rosenbury II’s system play out in a live game. The most exciting part, however, was the quality of their opponent. With a 26-game losing streak, the Lords looked at the Catholic University of America Cardinals, whose only vic- tory last year was a 20-14 win against Maine Maritime Acad- emy, as a prime candidate to finally end their 1,077-day skid. As a result, the Lords were able to draw one of their largest crowds ever, despite being so far from the hill. Among the near- ly 600 registered guests in attendance were college faculty, col- lege officials, athletic department officials, over 20 alumni who had attended Kenyon with the current senior class and Presi- dent Sean Decatur. Even against the high hopes of attendees, the game exceeded all expectations. After a promising drive early on ended with an intercep- tion, the Lords almost entered a tailspin that could have de- railed them for the rest of the game. Between multiple special Justin Bosch '21 fights his way into the end zone to seal the game-winning two-point conversion in double overtime. The Lords won 32-31.| COURTESY OF STACY SMITH In this issue LUCY FRIEDBERG New Chalmers Middle Path material sparks campus debate page 4 Library "topped out" with purple Muslim faith center moves to Thomas House page 3 beam COURTESY OF NATE HOLLANDER ERYN POWELL ELLIE KLEE Kenyon community, atop the li- uled to open in July 2020. Winter NEWS EDITOR brary construction site. weather and excavation issues de- “By adding our names to the layed the project at its onset. Though the Olin and Chalm- beam, we mark for posterity our The original Chalmers Me- ers Libraries of yesteryear are shared value and commitment to morial Library, named for Ken- gone, President Sean Decatur an- this project moving forward,” De- yon’s 13th president Gordon Keith nounced on Tuesday that a piece catur said in a speech at the cer- Chalmers, opened in 1962. of them will live on: Kenyon’s new emony. The new library will also com- library will also bear the Chalm- Decatur also announced that memorate his wife, Roberta Teale Student spotlight: Surf Party, USA page 7 ers name. the construction of the library will Swartz Chalmers H’60, who was The name of the library was be complete at the end of 2020, a poet, teacher and co-founder of announced at a “topping-out” cer- with an opening scheduled for the Kenyon Review. She also served emony, during which Smoot Con- 2021’s spring semester. The library, as an advisor to John Crowe Ran- Toni Morrison memorial reading honors author page 8 struction workers placed a purple previously referred to as Kenyon som, the Review’s first editor. beam, signed by members of the Commons, was initially sched- page 3 2 Thursday, Sept. 12 | kenyoncollegian.com Village Council discusses housing demand at meeting RUIKUN GENG Kenyon people more by word of mouth, so STAFF WRITER they do not go on the market,” Kimmell ex- plained. “I am not complaining about this, During the last Village of Gambier Coun- because I bought my house by word of mouth cil meeting on Sept. 4, Mayor Kachen Kim- in 2006.” This style of market makes it difficult mell mentioned that “Gambier’s ability to meet for prospective community members to move the needs and house the increasing number of into the area. people trying to move to the Village are on the Kimmell also said that it is challenging to table.” build new houses in Gambier. As the town Young working adults often seek long- or has always been quiet and small with a close short-term residence in the Village, as do retir- community, the increased population sparks ees. With the expansion of the College, more worries about a lack of infrastructure in place Kenyon employees are also trying to move into to handle it. As a result, even though there is a town. desire for more housing, developers find it dif- Trash bins by the broken Peirce dish rotator are full of paper plates. The rotator will “However, there are 189 houses in Gambier, ficult to build new houses here. “Some, or even be operational again in a few days, when its new parts arrive. | CHUZHU ZHONG and right now, only two are on the market, and most, of people in our community have the there are rarely houses on the market,” Kimmell nostalgia of the past quiet community with less said. “13 percent of our houses are dedicated to traffic and slow life back in the 90s and 80s,” Peirce relies on paper plates Airbnb, which means that those houses are nei- Kimmell stated. “But we can be bigger and ther in the market of renting nor are their own- grow, and our community should be diverse.” ers here.” “This might be a little conservative,” she due to broken dish rotator Including the seven houses built recently, said, “but I do not think it is appropriate any- about 25 percent of houses in Gambier are not more to look at Kenyon in that paternalistic EVEY WEISBLAT served 2,070 people for lunch. When you available for people who are interested in living way and say that Kenyon should provide the NEWS EDITOR have 600 people come between 12:00 and here. residential housing here. Gambier should be 12:15, they all pretty much leave at 1 p.m. This issue hints at the exclusivity of Gam- more generous and welcoming, and 43022 is Contrary to student speculations, the So that thing was designed to handle a bier’s housing market. “Houses are known to not a private club.” paper plates and bowls currently offered certain volume of people that are coming at Peirce are not a result of missing dishes, in on a regular basis, [but] not all at once.” but rather due to a damaged dish rotator. Kohlman says that this second break- “The thing broke and we’re waiting on age has inspired a new round of discus- Gaskin Avenue print shop to the parts,” Chief Business Officer Mark sions about overhauling the dish-clear- Kohlman said. “They’ve got it working, ing infrastructure all together. However, but they’re afraid to go with full plates be- the dish conveyor is custom-built and become mail-only facility cause of their weight.” designed for its particular space, which According to Kohlman, parts to fix the brings up several obstacles in replacing rotator will arrive within a few days, at it. Namely, it would involve bringing in TOMMY JOHNSON also be delivered to administrative and academic EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR which point the servery can return to us- a specialized kitchen designer who could buildings once per week, with the exception of ing reusable dishes. examine the infrastructure to determine On Sept. 10, Fred Linger, manager of business library and overnight mail, which will be deliv- The rotator, which has already been how best to manage the space and dish services, announced via email several changes to ered daily. For urgent outgoing mail, faculty and rebuilt twice, is compromised partially intake. print and mailing procedures that will go into ef- staff can use the Gambier Post Office and pay for because of the sheer amount of dishes it “AVI doesn’t want to use paper plates; fect on Sept. 16, including the full conversion of postage using their “P-card,” a credit card desig- takes in at once. Large groups of students we don’t want them using paper plates,” the on-campus print shop to a mail-only facility nated for Kenyon-approved purchases. often come to Peirce around the same Kohlman said. “It costs more, [and] it’s all by Oct. 1. Some of the changes will directly impact time — after morning classes, for instance a lot of waste.” Due to an increase in students receiving how students receive mail. Package pickups will — and the conveyor is not designed to The one consolation: Rather than be- packages and a decrease in printing requests be- now only be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on handle very much instantaneous weight. ing shipped to a landfill, the temporary yond the capabilities of on-campus printers, the weekdays. United States Postal Service (USPS) “I think lunch is probably the worst,” paper dishes are getting pulped to go into College will be converting the print shop located packages can be picked up from the Gambier Kohlman said.