January 24, 2002

Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange The Kenyon Collegian College Archives 1-24-2002 Kenyon Collegian - January 24, 2002 Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian Recommended Citation "Kenyon Collegian - January 24, 2002" (2002). The Kenyon Collegian. 403. https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian/403 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the College 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]. Viruses rage through Remembering Sam Andy Mills runs Guns v. soda in 'Crimi- George Christman p.2 7 Kenyon, Dobson, p. Olympic torch, p. 9 nal Hearts', p.10 heals all, p. 14 ill (WWKnimifr, H-- E K-E-N-Y-O-- N c O E -- G -- I -- A ;N Volume CXXVLX, Number 13 ESTABLISHED 1856 Thursday, January 24, 2002 Maintenance plans good, clean picket a ma- the He to at BY BRYAN STOKES II January io, Kusseit line, administration and put on pres continued work Kenyon, and was allegedly told by Lepley for six News Assistant chinist for Kenyon College sure to get this man his job back," without reporting this offense to that something could be worked years, received a letter of termina- said a UE member. his superiors. On December 21 he out, and for him to obtain driving Earlier today, members of the tion from Thomas Lepley, Super- The events that culminated in attended a court hearing and lost privileges to and from work and United Electrical (UE) and Ma- intendent of Grounds and Mainte- Cline's termination began on De- his driver's license, again failing when on duty. At the end of the chine Workers of America Union, nance. Yesterday, his fellow mem- cember 18, 2001, when the ma- to report the incident. On January next day, however, Lepley sus- Local 712, picketed on Middle bers of Local 712 planned the chinist was arrested on the charge 7, Lepley asked Cline to drive him pended Cline without pay. Path to show solidarity with a re- picket as an informational protest, of Driving While Intoxicated, a to the maintenance office. At this According to UE 712, Cline's six-poi- cently dismissed co-work- er. On in order to "convince people to call nt offense under Ohio law. point, Cline explained his situation see PICKET, page two Kenyon's Olympic Spirit Burns Bright .. m pii-iw..i.- .i.iiiiui..i i i ,.,.- nmmmmm - MAP gets a name - ,,i, .,.,lil.i-l..W- .i.i. M..1 am- 1 Science building gets Presidential treatment Regula, a Republican from Ohio's BYISANKYA KODITHUWAKKU 1 6th district who serves as chair of the Staff Reporter House Appropriations Subcommittee After being referred to as the on Labor, Health and 1 luman Services, Math and Physics building, or MAP, and Education. for over a year, the College's ne-.- v "When President Oden met Rep- building is to be officially named at resentative Regula they discussed get- Xi. ..... last. Kenyon College President Rob- ting a government grant for Kenyon ert Oden has announced that the buildi- College. While Representative Regula i . i ng will be named after Rutherford B. was keen about providing the best , ' ' i i I? 4 Hayes, the 19th president of the U.S. possible science education at this col- f. and an 1S42 graduate of the College. lege, Oden wanted this building to be The decision to christen the Math named. This government grant gives and Physics building comes on the us the opportunity to accomplish heels of a one million dollar govern- both," said Kimberly Klesner, Vice i ment grant to the College. "Kenyon President for Development. "We're can take great pleasure and pride in very proud of this grant. It's the first receiving this grant that will allow us time that a government allocation of i to name one ofour most im portant 21st this magnitude has been given to century buildings for one of our most Kenyon." Kenyon student Andy Mills '02 carries the Olympic torch through downtown Columbus. Mills is not illustrious graduates of the 19th cent- The naming of the Math and the only member of the Kenyon community getting into the Olympic spirt Director of Security and ury," Oden said. Physics building will complete the Safety Dan Werner is also living out an Olympic dream (see stories, p. 7). The grant will be used to cover new science quadrangle. The rest of the cost of the latest equipment and the quadrangle consists of the psychol- technology for Kenyon 's mathemati- ogy building Samuel Mather Hall, Laundrygate leaves town on spin cycle cs and physics programs. It was made chemisty building Robert Tomsich The focus of this testing was on water customers, inquiring about BY BRYAN STOKES II AND possible by U.S. Representative Ralph see SCIENCE, page three levels of chlorine dioxide, a gas- detergents used, articles of cloth- ROBBIE KETCHAM eous chemical used for water pu- ing damaged, locations of the cus- Collegian News Staff Election goes unnoticed rification. According to Professor tomers' homes and usage of acne Mayor Richard Mavis of of Chemistry James Keller, "laun-drdama- ge products in the consumers' homes, round of student council elections, BY GORDON UMBARGER Mount Vernon has spent three days could occur if concen- which can interact with certain de- but also a general lack of aware- fac- Senior Staff Writer a week immersed in the laundry trations are allowed to exceed rec- tergents. The two common ness on the part of many students. of his constituents. As of last ommended limits." According to tors in laundry damage reports "I haven't thought about.it," "Everyone wants to go to the how- fabric. Most of week, 83 complaints have been Burgess and Niple's testing, were color and said Rob Greisinger '02 on the up- events, but nobody wants to orga- were filed with the city concerning ever, the water met all recom- the splotched garments coming election for Social Board nize them," said Claire Larson '04, dark green or maroon, splotched garments, which accord- mended limits, having a concen- dark blue, co-chair. know it was who was unaware ex- "I didn't another student "tie-dy- usually 100 cotton. An ing to the mayor have a e" tration of .58 ppm near the plant, and going on." of the election proceedings. damage was show- appearance, as opposed to spotted which dilutes to .2 ppm by the time ample of this Asked for his opinion on the The uncontested race will page of the garments, which appear to be it reaches Gambier, thus meeting cased on the front importance of the election, Peter elect an official representative Vernon News, bleached. The first of these com- the EPA standard of .8ppm. January 7 Mount Gosselar '05 said, "I didn't know from Social Board to Student of originated in 1990, continu- In addition 1o contracting for with a large photograph 'here Social plaints was one." Council. This semester's Vernon per- - ing at a rate of one or two per year assistance, Mount four Megan Biddle '03 and Lauren Board is running as an ad hoc com- see LAUNDRY, page until 1999. By 2001, the number Coil '02 are running unopposed for mittee, a group of students who of complaints had skyrocketed to he co-chair position, left vacant expressed interest in the position 45. last spring because of a lack of in- via email to Student Council Presi- low Mount Vernon paid $5,000 to Tonight: Rain. High 46F, low Saturday: Sunny. High49F, terested this and qualified candidates. dent Nick Deifel '02. Because ' - the consulting firm Burgess and 27F. 33F- This election is apparently sufferi- Board is not elected, they must Mostly sunny. High Niple of Columbus, who sent Dick Friday: Mostly sunny. High Sunday: ng from not only the same lack of present their ideas before Student Reethmiller, a water testing expert. 43F, low 29F. 51F, low 34F. interest that plagued last spring's see ELECTIONS, page four 2 The Kenyon Collegian NEWS Thursday, January 24, 2002 Picket: Spotless Chief discusses being fired would lead to resolving the problem. BY ROBBIE KETCHAM viewed people from the community, FROM PAGE ONE or other major traffic violations." difficult decision to both CONTINUED News Editor A remove Kenyon administrators, Village Coun- termination was based on improper Cline was given a copy of this por- chiefs from their positions was recom- cil members, and they felt that ... the grounds, saying, "We realize that tion of the handbook with his ter- Ongoing personal differences mended." only solution was to remove the chief judgement in mination letter. there was improper among former College Township Fire Shira denies all claims of admin- and assistant chief from their positions. that this ever happened, but it Although he had his driving, Chief Craig Shira, Assistant Chief Neil istrative friction, however, and defends They didn't want them to leave the wasn't on company time or in a privileges restored, he was informed Bower and department staff led to their his administrative practices. "They department, because they're valuable company vehicle." by Lepley that he could not return demotion from the executive positions, suspended me and couldn't give me a members of the department, but that UE 712 also alleges that because of issues with liability. UE, according to a 50 page report sub- reason why, and the demotion and they should not serve as chief and as- false in Cline's claims that they have had an increase: Lepley made claims mitted by T.G.

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