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ANNMARIE MORRISON NIKKI ANDERSON p. 2 The Trump Era: A year in review Wednesday, Nov. 8 marked one year since the election of President EMILY BIRNBAUM | NEWS EDITOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANNA LIBERTIN Donald Trump. The Collegian looks back on how the Trump adminis- tration’s decisions have affected the Kenyon community.

Feb. 22, 2017 The Trump administration revoked a set of 2016 Department of Education guidelines that outlined how schools could create a non-discriminatory envi- ronment for transgender students. The Nov. 8, 2016 Trump administration explained the de- Sept. 5, 2017 Donald Trump won the presidential cision by saying the guidelines did not Attorney General Jeff Sessions an- election. The next day, more than “contain extensive legal analysis … nor nounced the Trump administration’s 200 Kenyon students gathered in did they undergo any formal process.” decision to end the Deferred Action for Thomas Hall to share reactions to At Kenyon, Decatur, Vice President for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), the election, which included “raw Student Affairs Meredith Bonham ’92 which protects certain young undocu- emotion, frustration, optimism and and Civil Rights/Title IX Coordinator mented immigrants from deportation. determination,” according to a Nov. Samantha Hughes affirmed Kenyon’s Sessions said the administration would 10 Collegian article. President Sean continued commitment to its transgen- phase out the program after a six- Decatur spoke about confronting der students, despite the new policy. month delay, during which Congress those with whom you disagree. could choose “to act — should it so [ ][ ] [ choose.” ] an J . 27, 2017 April 18, 2017 Sept 22, 2017 President Donald Trump signed an President Trump signed a measure that executive order blocking citizens of increased federal oversight of the H-1B Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos seven Muslim-majority countries — visa program for highly skilled foreign- announced the Department of Edu- Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Somalia ers. (Higher education is the third- cation’s decision to formally rescind ay and Yemen — from entering the U.S. largest industry sponsor of H-1B visas M 23, 2017 Obama-era guidance on how schools for 90 days. The order also indefi- recipients.) The next day, the Chronicle President Trump released his should handle sexual assault under Title nitely stopped Syrian refugees from of Higher Education estimated this budget proposal for the 2018 IX federal law. The new guidelines of- entering the U.S. and suspended all policy — which created hurdles on the fiscal year, which called for a fered by DeVos make it more difficult to refugee admissions for 120 days. At pathway from college to work — could $9.2 billion cut to education adjudicate cases of sexual misconduct Kenyon, Director of the Center for deter international students from com- spending. Under this budget, by requiring more evidence. “It’s guid- Global Engagement Marne Ausec ing to the U.S. the federal government would ance, it’s not law,” Hughes said in an said in the Feb. 2 edition of the Col- [ ] stop subsidizing the interest Oct. 12 article in the Collegian, affirming legian, “Our advice [to citizens of on student loans and simplify Kenyon would not change how it deals these seven countries] is don’t leave student loan repayment plans. with Title IX complaints but adding that the country. Based on what we un- These proposals did not ulti- colleges tend to adhere closely to what derstand of the order, you won’t get mately make it through Con- the Department of Education says. back in.” [ gress. ][ ] [Follow us on ]social media: @kenyoncollegian | Send ideas and tips to [email protected] | kenyoncollegian.com 2 Thursday, Nov. 9 | kenyoncollegian.com Village Record Arabic’s future in question

Nov. 2 - Nov. 8 BETUL AYDIN | STAFF WRITER Nov. 6, 10:48 p.m. — Students found engaging in drug use on South Campus. There are only two Arabic professors at Kenyon: Assistant Professor of Arabic Qussay Al- Attabi and Chris Hemmig, a Mellon/Ohio5 Post-Doctoral Fellow in Arabic. At the end of this academic year, Hemmig’s position will expire, making students question the future of the lan- guage’s instruction. If there is only one professor, Arabic will no longer be an option for students as a minor, and A look at “Being a Barbarian” no intermediate or advanced classes will be available, according to Al-Attabi. Hemmig is the HARRIS WHITE | STAFF WRITER only faculty member who teaches intermediate and advanced level courses; Al-Attabi teaches exclusively at the introductory level. Molly Cox ’19 and Hannah Bryan ’19 sent out an email to students taking Arabic urging Professor Shao-yun Yang of Denison University studies what it means to be a barbar- them to sign a petition showing interest in the language. “We would like to use this list to dem- ian. onstrate to the Provost’s Office the large amount of interest students have in the current Arabic On Nov. 2, the Asian and Middle East Studies Program sponsored his lecture titled department, as well as their enthusiasm about possibly expanding the department,” they wrote “Being a Barbarian in Ancient China.” . Currently, 45 students have signed the petition. Professor Yang’s primary academic focus is ethno-cultural identity, and he is writing Cox believes the progress of the program depends on hiring more professors. “The arrival a book on the “changing interpretations of Chinese identity in the seventh through 13th of such dedicated professors and the restructuring of the Arabic courses is the cause [of im- centuries.” He used the talk to express “some of the thoughts I have had on what it actually provement in the rigor and vibrancy of the department], in my opinion. I have seen a surge in means to be a barbarian.” the numbers of students interested in Arabic and it makes me hopeful. Students and professors James P. Storer Professor of Asian History Ruth Dunnell invited Professor Yang to are very supportive of the petition,” Cox wrote in an email to the Collegian. speak as part of her Ancient and Classical China course in the history department. Bryan also noted that knowledge of Arabic is an important skill outside of the classroom. The topic of Professor Yang’s lecture was the relationship between Ancient China and “There are a lot of people who have career interests that lie in the Middle East and want to work specifically the Zhou dynasty, with non-Chinese people. Professor Yang explained that there,” Bryan said. “I know for me, being able to speak even a small amount of Arabic that I do the ancient Chinese had many different names for the people living outside of the “central has already been helpful for me. I got an internship this summer because of the fact that I can lands” or China itself. The ancient Chinese names for foreign peoples corresponded to speak Arabic.” north, south east and west, which Yang noted as the Di, Man, Han and Yi. H The Chinese Al-Attabi holds a similar view. “The study of language is not only the study of language, per believed their cultural superiority came from a moral code, or Li, which they had pre- se; it is usually a window to another culture, to a different set of mind, it brings in more under- served in their culture. Therefore, their perception of foreigners was not based on their standing,” Al-Attabi said. “It falls within Kenyon’s new global vision.” culture’s naturalism but on a sense of their culture, which Yang noted was different from Despite the uncertainty, the chair of the Modern Languages and Literature department, the historical stance of many western countries. Associate Professor of Spanish Travis Landry, is hopeful about the future of the department. The talk was well received with many students, professors and other community mem- “We are optimistic, and we are patient, and we are appreciative to have the support we have,” bers in attendance. The lecture concluded that the ancient Chinese people thought that Landry said. “The provost’s office wants what is best for Kenyon and for Kenyon students. They anyone “could be Chinese” if they could learn to live by Li, and thus no people were natu- have been very receptive and considerate of our need when it comes to additional staffing in rally barbaric. Arabic.” “Professor Hemmig’s position cannot be renewed; this is a position that has to be created,” Landry said. “It’s not like he is leaving and there is a hole.” The position has been funded by the Ohio5 Mellon Fellows Grant, a fellowship program that places fellows of the languages at Ohio schools for two year terms, meaning the College did not pay for it. Now that the position is go- Climate leads to muted fall ing to expire, College administrators are searching for a more stable solution. “We have been TOMMY JOHNSON | NEWS ASSISTANT submitting proposals and course programming templates to the administration,” Landry said. “We started that process last spring and we’ve continued since we discussed staffing again in August, and we are still talking about that.” This year, fall in Gambier is less spectacular than it has been in years past. This is due to Going forward, several students have suggested ways to improve the department. They warmer nightly temperatures in September and early October, according to Assistant Professor want more Apprentice Teacher (AT) sessions, and classes beyond the advanced level. AT ses- of Biology Chris Bickford. sions for other languages meet five times per week. On the other hand, Arabic AT sessions are “Temperatures at night set triggers for what’s to come,” he said. offered four times per week by two ATs, and students meet one hour per week. After the intro- This autumn, many leaves died immediately rather than first transitioning to vibrant colors, ductory level, there are no AT sessions offered. “There are fewer contact hours, which is even a fact Bickford attributes to an unseasonably cool August and unseasonably warm fall nights. harder for a language with a whole new alphabet and whole new sounds, so the acquisition is Though he was not sure of central Ohio’s longer-term climatic patterns, Bickford did indicate definitely slower,” Arabic AT Anni Coonan ’18 said. “It just does not make sense why one of the that climate change has the potential to impact Gambier’s idyllic fall. Specifically, he said it could more difficult languages to learn has one of the fewer contact hours.” change carbon uptake and the activities and behaviors of insect communities. Tate Serletti ’20 is interested in Arabic and wishes more AT sessions were available. “I can “It affects the leaves,” he said, “but it also has an effect on the whole ecosystem around the leaf, only really speak to comparing it with the Spanish department, but I think AT [sessions] are and that can have just as much of an effect on what you are seeing in the changing colors.” really effective at bringing that immersive element because you can really work on conversa- tion, vocabulary … it needs to go beyond the intro level.” Over the summer, she attended an immersive Arabic program at Middlebury College and now is considering transferring to a different college. “Obviously there are a lot of factors, but I think it is the way to continue my CORRECTION studies with Arabic specifically but language and linguistics in general.” In the article “Botched student experiment leads to brief Market closure,” There is high demand for more classes in Arabic, according to Al-Attabi. “There is a huge published in the Nov. 2 issue of the Collegian, we misidentified the substance demand from students for more advanced classes, but also more classes in translation, mean- a few students spilled in the Market Apartments as phosphorous, based on ing Arabic literature in translation, or classes about culture,” Al-Attabi said. misinformation from a source. In reality, the substance was camphor. Although there are courses about the Arabic-speaking countries, they are in other depart- ments and taught in English, according to Hemmig. Bryan said she is grateful for the department, but wishes it could be developed more. “I want The Collegian regrets this error. to emphasize how great it is that we have an Arabic department, but the fact [is] we could be doing a lot more,” she said.

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Advisor Ivonne García 3 Thursday, Nov. 9 | kenyoncollegian.com The poetry of protest: Lecture analyzes slogans of revolution

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When Elliott Colla, associate pro- fessor of Arabic and Islamic studies at Georgetown University, traveled to Egypt in early 2011, he witnessed the protests of Hosni Mubarak’s presidency that swept the country in January and February of that year. The illegal dem- onstrations brought hundreds of thou- sands of people into the public squares and helped force Mubarak out of office. Most of these powerful protests, Col- la noted in his lecture at the Communi- ty Foundation Theater on Monday, Nov. 6, revolved around the collective reci- tation of chants or slogans. Colla came to campus as part of the Storer Lecture- ship Series, which funds Asian studies speakers. ANNMARIE MORRISON “[The protests] turned streets into Georgetown Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies Elliott Colla researches the role of poetry in Egyptian protest. stages,” Colla said, “the activists into actors.” Protesters would alter the tempo in or- portant to identify this as poetry, be- it looks like to protest in public,” Colla To Colla, these slogans sound a lot der to keep crowds engaged. cause these people see it as poetry,” Col- said. like poetry. His talk, titled “He who Colla also identified distinct genres la said. In addition to his research, Colla has sings will not die: slogans and protest of slogans. There were slogans of en- Even so, Colla said, it’s hard to know translated several literary works from culture in Egypt,” analyzed these pro- couragement and zeal, such as ones that what to gain from collecting these pro- Arabic to English. In 2014, he published test movements as indistinguishable ask the crowd to “raise, raise, raise your test chants. For one thing, the slogans his debut novel, Baghdad Central, which from the poetic forms of the slogans voice; he who shouts will never die!” are out of date. For another, many of looks at the U.S. occupation of Iraq used to embody them. Then there were insult slogans, which their authors have either died, been ex- from the point of view of an Iraqi police Most of the slogans Colla heard show contempt for specific enemies. The iled or gone to prison. officer. Channel 4 is adapting it into a consisted of rhyming couplets, which Egyptian protesters would sing, “Hey But, Colla thinks, even if they do television series that will air in 2018. the protesters shouted in a call-and- Gamal [Mubarak], tell your father/ Ev- not last the way other kinds of poems Monday’s talk attracted a sizeable response format in Arabic. The chants ery Egyptian hates your guts.” do, the Egyptian protest slogans, tied as crowd and drew questions about pro- made use of other common poetic strat- Most of the activist groups he en- they are to a particular moment in his- test movements in other countries of egies, like internal rhyme and asso- countered had their own composers, tory, did something else: “[They] pro- the Middle East, as well as the legacy of nance (the repetition of a vowel sound). who called themselves poets. “It’s im- vided a flesh and blood example of what such fleeting moments in history. Some report stigma against religious participation on campus

BILL GARDNER and students, especially those who prac- Alexander Powell ’18, a leader of New- he has seen an increase in religious diver- SENIOR NEWS EDITOR tice Christian and Jewish faiths, said they man Club who drives students to St. sity at Kenyon and believes religion has felt more support from the College, but Vincent for mass every Sunday, said he become less stigmatized on campus. Professor of Mathematics and Advi- that different factors affected participa- believes Catholic students face a simi- Nate Gordon ’20, a student manager sor to the Muslim Student Association tion in their faith groups on campus. lar dilemma when it comes to practicing of Hillel House, said he always feels sup- (MSA) Nuh Aydin believes that the way Chaplain Rachel Kessler ’04 and the their faith. Powell and Rhodes believe ported by the College and the commu- Islam is depicted in the media makes Donald L. Rogan Professor of Religious that many students associate Catholicism nity. some Kenyon students wary about iden- Studies Royal Rhodes believe that some with traditional religious conservatism. “I’ve never felt uncomfortable as a Jew tifying themselves as Muslim. Although students at Kenyon may feel a reluctance “I think it [discourages people], espe- at Kenyon,” Gordon said. Aydin said he has not faced discrimina- to participate in religious life because of cially at a place like Kenyon,” Powell said. Bragin said, in general, he feels there tion within the Kenyon community, he the religious conservatism that is often “And although some of that is true, a lot is a better dialogue between the different said, some of his family members have associated with Christianity, even though of it is based on false stereotypes.” religious groups on campus. been called “terror- they feel that is not re- When Rhodes came to campus in “Before, there was no connectivity. ists” in Mount Vernon. I’ve talked flected in Kenyon reli- 1979, the College was still Episcopalian. Now, we have a conduit where all groups Aydin said he feels with students gious services. He was the first Catholic professor Ken- can talk to each other and figure out how that Muslim students “I’ve talked with yon hired to teach in the religious studies to support each other,” Bragin said. “And and faculty members who have a reluctance students who have a department. He remembers a prickly re- just because we believe in different things do not get the same to even go inside the reluctance to even go ception from some members of the com- doesn’t mean different goals.” amount of support church. inside the church,” munity, partly because Catholicism was In the future, Bragin hopes that the from the College as “ Kessler said. “Just be- linked to Irish and Italian immigration, College creates a physical interfaith space other religious groups. Chaplain Rachel Kessler ’04 cause it’s this edifice, which some people viewed unfavorably. for students. “There is a different and there can be that “Some faculty were horrified by the “I’d like to see religion and spiritual- degree of support for fear or uncertainty fact [that I was Catholic],” Rhodes said. ity be a litte more prevalent within stu- different religions by the College,” Aydin about what am I going to get if I go in “But I tried to assure them that I wasn’t dent affairs and academic circles,” Bragin said. “For example, we have very big sup- here, or how am I going to be judged.” on some mission from the Vatican.” said. “Just so that students who identify port for Judaism —­­­­­­­­ there is a full-time Kessler said she understands students’ When former religious studies profes- as religious feel that they are supported person and facility for [Jewish] religious uncertainties, especially because she has sor Dennis Bailey jokingly introduced on campus. We can always do a better life, which is not the case for my tradition experienced this judgment firsthand. As him to the faculty, he called Rhodes “a job.” and many other traditions.” a female priest, she said she has often ex- Roman Catholic levin in an indigestible Although the different faiths on cam- Aydin said the only facility that Mus- perienced sexism and microaggressions Episcopalian lump,” which he said upset pus feel different levels of support and lim students have is the Prayer and on the job. the majority Episcopalian faculty. comfort, everyone who spoke to the Col- Meditation Center, which occasionally “Being told you look too young, I get Although many expressed seeing a legian said they believe the practice of floods. He said he often prays in his -of that a lot, a whole lot,” Kessler said. “I’m decrease in student participation in reli- religion and spirituality is essential to fice because of a lack of space for people in my mid-thirties. A male colleague in gious life on campus, Marc Bragin, Jew- the liberal arts curriculum and hope stu- of the Muslim faith on and off campus. his mid-thirties is much less likely to get ish chaplain and director of Hillel, said dents continue to reach out to those with He hopes that the College will update the that comment.” that he has seen an increase in student different beliefs. space soon. Kessler said she believes this stigma participation in religious life. Bragin said “I’m a math professor, so just like math In interviews with the Collegian, stu- does affect student turnout to service that he has seen more people participat- is essential to understand the world, reli- dents and faculty practicing different on Sundays at Kenyon, but also said that ing in Kenyon’s Interfaith Partnership, gion is essential to understanding human faiths at Kenyon expressed feeling vary- once students go to service, they realize which brings all faiths together on cam- behavior and society and history,” Aydin ing levels of support from the College. that the Kenyon faith community does pus, as well as Canterbury and Hillel. He said. “So it is very much a part of the lib- Other administrators, faculty members not follow strict traditions. also said that, in his 12 years at Kenyon, eral arts.” 4 Thursday, Nov. 9 | kenyoncollegian.com Departments unclear on regulations for dining in Peirce

JENNY TIE STAFF WRITER Although intended to facilitate academ- ic tables, the policy does not work so well In the first weeks of September, the in practice, because the tables are often run chairs and administrative assistants of the by only one faculty member. Those faculty Department of Modern Languages and members run out of College-funded meals Literatures (MLL) received an email from before the end of the month. Manager of Business Services Fred Linger Theoretically, multiple professors could clarifying the College’s policy on faculty take turns hosting the language programs. members dining in Peirce Hall. But many of the College’s languages pro- The email said the Provost’s Office will grams are run by only two professors, subsidize two meals per month for faculty making this less feasible. Some two-faculty members meeting with students in Peirce programs within the department are Chi- to discuss academics. This policy was al- nese, Japanese, Russian and Italian. ready in place before the email and most “If you have a language discipline frequently applies to the language tables that only has two faculty members, they sponsored by the MLL department. The wouldn’t both be able to attend all four groups meet every week in Peirce and are weeks of a month,” Landry said. overseen by faculty sponsors. These lan- When a professor dines in Peirce more guage tables offer opportunities for stu- than twice a month, the cost either comes dents to practice casual out of their own pocket SHANE CANFIELD Language tables allow students, teaching assistants, other language learners and conversation in a for- or their department’s faculty to have casual conversations in a foreign language outside of the classroom. eign language with fac- The principle funding. Meals at ulty, teaching assistants beneficiary of Peirce cost about $8. and other language this program is MLL. Associate Provost those benefits of the provost’s office sup- plore a subject of interest with faculty guid- learners. and Professor of Histo- port of student-faculty interaction more ance. Associate professor Associate Provost Jeff Bow- ry Jeff Bowman said he broadly across other departments, that’s “The philosophy table helped me to en- of Spanish and chair of man understands Landry’s another conversation we could have.” gage in conversations that focuses on deep the MLL department “ point but does not be- The policy applies to any extracurricu- thinking,” Damon Sun ’20 said. “I could Travis Landry said the lieve the policy should lar or academic club that meets with their not only learn from others’ impressive department understands what the policy be changed to accommodate the MLL de- faculty sponsor at Peirce, which encom- ideas but share my own perspectives.” is intended to do, but he is not sure it ac- partment specifically. “The principle ben- passes the political science table or philos- There will not be any changes to the commodates the specific needs of the MLL eficiary of this program is MLL,” Bowman ophy table, among others. These tables give College’s policy on faculty members din- department. said. “If he wants to talk about spreading many students opportunities to further ex- ing in Peirce in the near future. CHLOE VALDARY ONDIRECTOR THE OF RECORDPARTNERSHIPS & OUTREACH AT JERUSALEM U EMILY BIRNBAUM NEWS EDITOR as a result, I became more attrac- sion to fight the oppressors.” Mil- and bars empathy from being able tive as a speaker to multiple audi- lennials tend to be very optimis- to occur. If you want to encompass Chloe Valdary is a pro-Israel ac- ences because I think human be- tic and also indifferent. We want a pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian tivist, speaker and educator whose ings in general actually want to do to achieve positive change in the narrative, you have to have empa- work has been published in The At- that. I think human beings want world – positive change, not nega- thy for both peoples. It is a barrier lantic, The Wall Street Journal and to be compassionate. tive change. to that. The New York Times.Valdary is currently the Director of Partner- During your year as a Tikvah What is your definition of in- Last semester, Aja Monet, a ships & Outreach at Jerusalem U, fellow for The Wall Street Jour- tersectionality? Would Zionism poet and Black Lives Matter ac- a nonprofit that produces educa- nal, you conducted a study about fit into this definition? Can in- tivist, came to Kenyon. She spoke tional films about Israel. Kenyon the trends of sentiment about Is- tersectionality encompass pro- about her experience in Palestine Students for Israel hosted her in a rael on college campuses. What Palestine and pro-Israel stances? as an African-American woman. KIM DAVIDSON talk called “Zionism, Civil Rights, did you find? What do you think She sees potential for allyship and Intersectionality” on Nov. 7 in are the important takeaways I think I can encompass both between the Palestinian and Af- betans. Let’s say that the Tibetans Peirce Lounge. from your research? pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rican-American communities. used plastic bullets on the Chinese stances. I don’t know if intersec- What is your response to her when they were fighting against How have your views changed I found that there’s a discon- tionality can. Ironically, intersec- stance? Where do your interpre- them. It would be ridiculous for me since you first became a pro-Isra- nect between what the heads of tionality claims to be all-encom- tations of African-American his- to say, “Oh, also the police officers el advocate six years ago? the pro-Israel organizations think passing when it comes to talking tory diverge? in America sometimes use rubber about millennials and what mil- about how oppression is connect- bullets.” These have nothing to do I started out much more po- lennials actually think about Is- ed, but it doesn’t talk about op- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict with each other. It’s just the same litical. I used more politicized lan- rael. The pro-Israel community pression in South Sudan, and is, in no way shape or form, com- material, but the causes and the guage. My question was, “How believes millennials care about Is- it doesn’t talk about oppression parable to, or has anything to do contexts are completely different. do we get people to fight against rael but the reality is, millennials between the Chinese and the Ti- with, the question of police reform There’s this danger in which events anti-Semitism? How do we try to don’t care about Israel. If I’m deal- betans, and it doesn’t talk about in America. So there is a confla- that have nothing to do with each fight against the BDS [Boycott Di- ing with a neutral population, so oppression on the Malay popula- tion going on. We need things other are conflated. That’s what’s vest Sanction Isreael] movement?” to speak, then my task becomes, tion of Indonesia. It talks about like the end to for-profit policing, going on when it comes to the Black I wanted to answer both of these “How can I add value to their lives very specific types of oppression we need community policing, we Lives Matter and Students for Jus- questions but they are not the es- by telling them about Israel? How that reaffirm bias against certain need money to be allocated for tice in Palestine nexus. It’s just a sence of the point. Those questions can I not waste their time when groups of people. Those certain rehabilitation for both nonviolent matter of intellectual laziness. A have become, “How do we cre- I’m telling them about Israel?” groups of people tend to be in the and, to a certain extent, violent police officer arresting someone in ate empathy and compassion for That goes back to the whole idea of West or associated in some way drug offenders. Police reform is Chicago and an Israeli soldier ar- Israelis, who are hyper-critiqued relating Israel to what it means to with the West. In addition to that, just one of many issues that affects resting someone in the West Bank and over-criticized?” These be- be a human being, relating Israel no, because intersectionality — us, to say nothing of education re- … the only common thing is the ar- came the much more pure ques- to the struggles, yearnings and as- the pitfall of it is that it does not, form. I would put more emphasis rest. The arrest doesn’t tell you any- tion of, in general, “How do we pirations and hopes of human be- ironically, foster empathy for the on education than police reform, thing about either of the situations, foster compassion and empathy? ings in general. I believe in saying, other. It otherizes. It says that, be- because education opens up a lot which have different contexts and How do we empower, as opposed “See what Israelis can do, you can cause we have two different skin of doors. That has nothing to do different histories. to tear down? How do we uplift as do that too.” It’s much more com- colors, we have two different expe- with the conflict between Israelis opposed to denigrate?” [This ap- pelling than, “I am oppressed and riences and therefore we can never and Palestinians. Nothing. It’s like plies] whether you’re talking about you are oppressed, so therefore understand what it’s like so we can saying — let’s say there’s a conflict This interview has been edited for Israeli or Palestinian society. And, let us join forces in our oppres- never connect. It bars connection between the Chinese and the Ti- length and clarity. Thursday, Nov. 9 FEATURES kenyoncollegian.com 5 Once a barn, Horn Gallery now boasts a rich history of arts

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The Horn Gallery was once a small, di- lapidated barn. After its purchase in 1994 from local mason Edith Horn, the soon- to-be gallery had to be cleaned. Horse stalls were removed and the entire floor had to be replaced. Twenty-three years later, the Horn has become a hub for the arts at Kenyon. Although the Horn is known primarily as a concert venue, it also houses student art exhibitions, slam poetry performanc- es and student activist group meetings. In the past, the once-barn has hosted such nationally-recognized artists as Danny Brown and Macklemore. “The Horn [has] … broad appeal. You might not like everything we do or put on, but there’s gonna be something for you,” said Nicky Ogilvie-Thompson’ 19, a co- manager of the Horn. Adelaide Sandvold ’18 is the other manager. Kate Painter ’95 introduced the idea to establish the Horn Gallery because she was concerned about the lack of art exhi- bition space at Kenyon. Painter petitioned and raised money for two years until, fi- nally, the little gray barn near Peirce Hall COURTESY OF GREENSLADE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES opened as a student-run gallery in 1994. Before it was torn down and re-built as a larger and safer space in 2000, the Horn Gallery was an out-of-use, refurbished barn. Students named it the Horn Gallery af- ter the building’s previous owner. Painter dents, though, demanded that the Horn cus from only exhibiting student artwork. ternative rock band comprised of class of envisioned the Horn as “a place in which remain in its original location and the The space is best known for the concerts 2015 and 2016 alumni, and Pinegrove, an students can exhibit artwork, whether it new space should maintain the barn feel- held there. In recent years, along with the indie rock band whose lyricist and key- had been created for academic classes or ing both for reasons of practicality and aforementioned artists, the Horn has also boardist both graduated from Kenyon in through purely the love of art,” according tradition. hosted other acclaimed musicians such as 2011. to an April 1994 article in the Collegian. The original barn structure was torn singer-songwriter Mitski, electronic com- Just last weekend, The Horn was filled In 1998, administrators and student down in the fall of 1998. The Horn moved poser Dan Deacon, hip-hop duo Shabazz with students as they danced and moshed coordinators at the Horn agreed that the to a temporary trailer (lovingly named the Palaces and Killer Mike of the popular to the music of the band Tall Juan. “You building could not exist in its current ‘Horn-mobile’) and work on the new gal- rap group Run the Jewels. Additionally, don’t get that kind of feeling from any- form. The old barn was both unsafe and lery began immediately. The building we the Horn Gallery hosted multiple former thing other than live music … That’s what too small. Plans were made to tear down know today opened in early May of 2000. Kenyon bands who have since gained na- the Horn is for: providing that outlet,” the old gallery and build a new one. Stu- The Horn has since expanded its fo- tional recognition, such as Sports, an al- Ogilvie-Thompson said.

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Weekly Scores 3 3 2 2 6 Thursday, Nov. 9 | kenyoncollegian.com AVI turkeys: life before the feast

KIM DAVIDSON About 300 turkeys live unenclosed on a pasture at Sweet Grass Dairy, a farm run by Elizabeth and Jacob Coleman in Fredericktown, about 20 minutes from Gambier. Two Collegian staff members visited the pasture that will source 40 birds for “Peircegiving.”

Sweet Grass Dairy is a fam- grass-based diet. After about 14 DORA SEGALL FEATURES EDITOR ily-run farm that uses organic weeks, when the turkeys reach We really try methods. Its cultivators, Jacob between 12 and 22 pounds, the and Elizabeth Coleman, rec- farm sends them to a local pro- to do local as From the back of a pickup ognize a growing interest in cessing company to be butch- much as we can. truck filled with stray grain and community engagement with ered. Finally, the meat is handed farm tools, Sweet Grass Dairy’s local agriculture. Despite bal- off to customers like AVI. AVI Resident Director Chris turkey pasture came into view. ancing their work on the farm Sweet Grass Dairy, which Wisbey“ The truck finally stopped at an with raising four young chil- was founded in 2013, stays true open area on one section of the dren, the Colemans manage to to its name; although they raise 200 acre farm where approxi- offer pasture tours and farming hogs and chickens as well as mately 300 turkeys roamed workshops. Both Elizabeth and turkeys, their primary livestock across the grass. Their pasture Jacob grew up on dairy farms is dairy cattle. They also raise includes in Pennsylva- several beef cattle. “The turkeys, two struc- The turkeys, nia. They use they have a lot more of a person- tures, one they have a lot all organic, ality than a chicken … they’re for food regenerative a little harder to start than a and water more of a personality permacultural chicken, they are a little more and one for than a chicken. techniques, fragile,” Elizabeth said. But she adolescent meaning that believes this challenge is worth birds to Elizabeth“ Coleman they don’t use it. “Once you get them started, perch on. pesticides. In- they thrive,” she said. Two geese stead, they opt This will be Kenyon Resident blend in with the turkeys and for methods which maintain Director of AVI Chris Wisbey’s honk to warn the other birds nutrient-rich soil over the span first Peircegiving since arriv- of nearby danger. Two dogs, of many years. ing at the food service’s Kenyon who greeted us when we first They receive their turkeys as branch in January. He was ea- arrived, roam around the farm one-day-old chicks and raise ger to seize the opportunity to to scare off predators. The Fred- them free-range; the turkeys bring Collegian staff members ericktown dairy, which rests naturally rotate to fresh pas- to see where the Peircegiving about twenty minutes from ture within a close distance of turkeys were sourced. “We re- Gambier, raises the turkeys for the water and the complete ra- ally try to do local as much as AVI’s “Peircegiving.” tion that supplements their we can,” Wisbey said.

KIM DAVIDSON Elizabeth Coleman runs Sweet Grass Dairy along with her husband Jacob. They both grew up on dairy farms and often bring their kids along when tending to the pastures. Thursday, Nov. 9 ARTS kenyoncollegian.com 7 Kenyon Review Literary Festival features new voices and established writers

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Colm Tóibín is the internationally-renowned author of the novel Brooklyn, which was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film in 2015.

Nate Marshall, Elissa Washuta and Nate White will give readings of their work this weekend.

KATHERINE FRANCO AND ULYSSES YARBER Northwestern University. Ohio State, is the author of the ent styles of writing.” adapted into an Oscar-nomi- STAFF WRITERS Authors Elissa Washuta and novel How to Survive A Sum- Washuta also articulated the nated film. Nate White will read in Finn mer. His short stories have been importance of flexibility with The keynote speaker and This weekend, poets and House on Saturday. A nonfic- published in the Kenyon Review, different media, specifically in their work is usually the high- writers from across the world tion writer and member of the Guernica, Indiana Review and relation to her own writing ca- light of the Festival and is al- will intersect on the Hill for the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washuta Hopkins Review, among others. reer. most always the recipient of the annual Kenyon Review Liter- is author of Starvation Mode Marshall, Washuta and “When I started...I was writ- Kenyon Review Award for Lit- ary Festival, which will feature and My Body Is a Book of Rules, White will each lead writing ing pretty traditional short sto- erary Achievement. three national-award-winning which was a finalist for the workshops on Saturday morn- ries. I The Kenyon writers and will culminate with Washington State Book Award. ing. The Review invited Kenyon was not For this spe- Review Award for a keynote presentation by inter- She is coeditor of the anthol- students to enter a drawing to writing cific festival, I’m Literary Achieve- nationally-renowned Irish nov- ogy, Exquisite Vessel: Shapes participate in Marshall’s poetry about ment has been elist Colm Toíbín. of Native Nonfiction, which is workshop, Washuta’s nonfic- my life really excited about the awarded since The three-day-long festival forthcoming from University of tion workshop or White’s fic- be- range of writers we are 2002, and for begins on Friday night at 8 p.m. Washington Press. tion workshop. cause I bringing to campus for many years was with a reading by poet Nate Washuta’s work has appeared “This workshop is com- thought the“ weekend. There’s solely a celebra- Marshall. Marshall’s first book in The Chronicle of Higher Ed- pressed, so the way I understand it wasn’t something for every- tory dinner for Wild Hundreds received the ucation and BuzzFeed, among it, students are not bringing any worth the author in New Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize and other publications. She is an outside work. They’re going to writing body. York. the Black Caucus of the Ameri- Assistant Professor of English come with just a pad and a pen,” about,” In 2007 — can Library Association’s award at Ohio State University. White said. He plans to use his she said. Associate Director of Pro- the year Marga- for Poetry “I write workshop to teach scene writ- Af- grams and Fellowships at the ret Atwood was Kenyon Review Tory Weber Book of Right now don’t personal ing, a topic he often considers. ter their honored with the the Year. be too con- essays that “It’s something that I’ve been morn- award — the Den- Mar- blend in focused on a lot as a writer,” he ing workshops and afternoon ham Sutcliffe Fund made the shall is a cerned with pop culture said. “What does it mean to have readings in Finn House, Mar- keynote speaker’s appearance at founding whatever your voice is or and some a good scene in a story? What shall, Washuta and White will the Literary Festival possible. member of what you think your sub- historical does a good scene require? And engage in a round table dis- “The Literary Festival is a the poet- ject matter is going to research,” it’s more than just dialogue... cussion moderated by Robert great way for students to have ry collec- be,” he said. “I think at this Washuta it’s also character interaction, P. Hubbard Professor of Poet- access to really big-name, im- tive Dark “ said. “Right it’s description of place, it’s de- ry Janet McAdams. The panel pressive writers,” Tory Weber, Noise, point in time it’s really nice now I’m scription of the people who are will take place at 3 p.m. in Finn Associate Director of Programs and coedi- to just let yourself explore working on moving around in that place, House. and Fellowships at the Ken- tor of The different styles of writing.” something it’s knowing how to pace the in- The weekend will conclude yon Review, said. “For this spe- BreakBeat that’s… teraction.” in Rosse Hall with Irish writer cific festival, I’m really excited Poets: New Nate White about More broadly, White advises Colm Tóibín’s keynote address. about the range of writers we Ameri- Fleetwood students against limiting the A native of Enniscorthy, Ire- are bringing to campus for the can Po- Mac and material they both produce and land, Tóibín is the author of sev- weekend. There’s something etry in the with the consume. “Right now, don’t be eral works of fiction, including for everybody.” Age of Hip-Hop (2015). His history of my tribe and another too concerned with whatever The Heather Blazing (1992); The A full schedule of this week- work has appeared in Poetry, tribe that I’m descended from your voice is or what you think Story of the Night (1996); The end’s events can be found on the and The New Republic, among and some things about astrol- your subject matter is going Blackwater Lightship (1999), Kenyon Review’s website. An in- other publications. Marshall ogy.” to be,” he said. “I think at this shortlisted for the Booker Prize; terview with Tóibín will be pub- has taught at the University of Nate White, also an Assis- point in time it’s really nice to and Brooklyn (2009), winner of lished in next week’s issue of the Michigan, Wabash College, and tant Professor of English at just let yourself explore differ- the Costa Book Award and later Collegian. Thursday, Nov. 9 kenyoncollegian.com 8 ARTS A century Peach Pit’s effervescent indie pop charms Horn of jazz Canadian band makes first stop on international tour at the Horn Gallery. evolution DAN NOLAN ARTS EDITOR

Professor of Music and Di- rector of Kenyon’s Jazz ensemble Ted Buehrer quipped that Albert Einstein once claimed jazz was so bad it would sound better played backwards. In their performance last Friday night, the Kenyon Jazz ensemble aimed to prove Einstein wrong. The program was entitled “A Celebration of 100 Years of Jazz Recording.” They began in the twenties with Louis Armstrong’s “Potato Head Blues” and played songs all the way up to today, in- cluding a Radiohead cover and an original composition by Jeremy Stern ’19. The ensemble open with Louis Armstrong’s “Potato Head Blues,” a five-person combo piece that represented jazz’s beginnings. Compared to the more modern songs the ensemble often plays, the Armstrong piece was short and simple. The combo imitated the song’s 1920s sound with ease. Oliver VandenBerg ’20, a trumpet player who soloed dur- ing the song, found it easy to adopt this early jazz sound. “The COURTESY OF PEACH PIT sound is very different,” he said. From left to right: Peter Wilton (bassist), Neil Smith (lead vocalist), Chris Vanderkooy (lead guitarist) and Mike Pascuzzi (drummer). “I tried to emulate the big Louis Armstrong sound as much as I ULYSSES YARBER could.” STAFF WRITER of other relationships that on their appearances than some; it didn’t matter how “Hottentot,” featuring Bri- have followed them into their their music (who only played many people were there, like an Sellers ’21 on guitar and Uli It wasn’t hard to spot the twenties. six minutes of their 30-min- the fact that there were … Schwendener ’21 playing a syn- members of the Vancouver, Vanderkooy and Peter Wil- ute requirement, while alter- people singing along was su- thesizer, resulted in roars from Canada-based rock band ton have known each other nating between two chords per cool,” Smith said. Wilton the audience as the two musicians Peach Pit at the Horn Gal- chimed in, “When you re- fed off each other’s energy. Sellers lery on Nov. 2, even as they If … there were a couple people who alize that you’re making a took the lead with complex guitar stood in the crowd to watch connection for just a couple solos as he hunched over Schwen- the opening band. Chris knew some words, that just made it people in the room, it makes dener, who provided the perfect Vanderkooy, Peach Pit’s lead awesome; it didn’t matter how many it special.” lively counterpart to Seller’s gui- guitarist, was easy to pick out people were there, like the fact that there were “For me, personally, it’s tar. in a bright orange turtleneck. … people singing along was super cool. just seeing everybody air To represent 2017, the en- What started as a joke has drumming,” joked drum- semble chose Jeremy Stern’s turned into one of Peach Pit’s “Neil Smith mer Pascuzzi, “but that’s “Falling For You.” The piece was defining quirks: Each band not happened yet.” constructed around a simple re- member wears the same outfit The show was not peating melody, and allowed for each performance — “like since preschool Vanderkooy and neglecting to use a drum packed, but the band and the ample room for Stern’s combo cartoon characters,” said Pe- and Neil Smith, the lead sing- kit they brought on-stage, audience were enthusiastic. to improvise for long stretches ter Wilton, bassist (who wore er, met in high school and according to Peach Pit), the A few students from Denison of time. Stern based this com- his trade- did not meet feedback they received from University made it to the per- position in the tradition of West mark over- again until the judges was disappointing. formance. Coast jazz and neo-soul, borrow- alls). years later at “One of the negative cri- Peach Pit played with en- ing from the laid-back sounds of The fun One of the a music fes- tiques was, ‘Being so normal,’ ergy, and added small quips, artists like Gerry Mulligan and color com- negative cri- tival where and I was like, ‘What does making the space that much D’Angelo. binations tiques was, ‘Being so they also that even mean?’” Smith said. more intimate. They start- The ensemble’s most impres- and youth- normal,’ and I was like, found their This question focused the ed off the night with their sive performances occurred dur- ful flair also ‘What does that even drummer, band, the critique being the hyped-up hit “Drop the Guil- ing the big band pieces. This set- apply to the Mike Pas- namesake of their debut al- lotine” and ended with the up demonstrated their immense themes of mean?’“ cuzzi. bum. more mellow “Tommy’s Par- dynamic power in songs like Ben- their music. Their The band came to Gambier ty.” ny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing,” Their first Neil Smith first EP, as one of the many stops in The Kenyon-based band Duke Ellington’s “Such Sweet album, Be- Sweet FA, their 12-show tour. The tour Mitch — made up of Grace Thunder” and their cover of Ra- ing So Nor- garnered began promptly after their Fuisz ’19, Jeb Backe ’19, An- diohead’s “15 Step.” Soloists often mal, was significant two-day visit home, follow- toinette Steely ’19 and Jake find it difficult to match the -vol released this September and attention on YouTube and es- ing their 22-show tour. While Zeisel ’19 — opened Peach ume and intensity of the full en- plays with ideas of fitting in tablished themselves as fig- this meant hours on the road, Pit’s show. semble on these pieces. “You kind socially. ures to look out for in the in- smaller shows like Kenyon’s Along with touring of have to ride the power of the Peach Pit’s songs are about die scene. were still worthwhile. through Europe this winter, big band,” VandenBerg said. “To high school heartbreaks and After narrowly losing a “If … there were a cou- Peach Pit will be playing at do that on trumpet — play fast flakey friends, while all navi- battle of a bands in Vancou- ple people who knew some the SXSW Music Festival in and high as much as you can.” gating the tumultuous terrain ver to a group more focused words, that just made it awe- Austin, Texas. Thursday, Nov. 9 OPINIONS kenyoncollegian.com 9

AMELIA MOTT | COLLEGIAN STAFF EDITORIAL Kenyon can succeed in computer science

CHRIS PELLETIER fectly as parts of a computer science ma- ties. CONTRIBUTOR College should pro- jor. For example, there could easily be a Due to the difficulty of hiring and With its distribution requirements cross-listed computer science/natural keeping people working in the relevant and interdisciplinary culture, Kenyon science class that studies neural nets, ma- fields, Kenyon must develop an innova- vide equal spaces aims to enable students with a broad chine learning and the mind. An English tive major. One of the benefits of comput- skillset. This goal may seem at odds with and computer science course could study er science is the vast amount of free infor- for religious groups precision-based disciplines such as com- natural language processing, and Ken- mation and instruction available online. puter science, so seamlessly integrating a yon could even allow students to fulfill Coding courses are not taught well in a computer science minor in the coming their language requirement with a cod- lecture or discussion setting. Coding lan- It is no secret that, in recent years, the Col- year may be difficult. While the current ing language. guages are much more precise than natu- lege has been moving toward a more inclusive scientific computing concentration is fo- Kenyon needs to treat the hiring pro- ral languages. In natural languages you environment on campus. cused on math and statistics, the poten- cess for the computer science program can have a sentence that is mostly correct We see these efforts in the increase in gen- tial computer science minor and major differently than for other departments. and still functional despite its imperfec- der-neutral bathrooms on campus, in the newly should require a greater variety of inter- A professor in computer science from tion, but in programming languages the renovated Snowden Multicultural Center and disciplinary courses. an Ivy League school could still be un- slightest error will cause an execution er- Unity House, in the CSAD panel on free speech The discipline of computer science der-qualified to teach relevant comput- ror. If learning takes place outside of the and the new plans to increase physical accessi- changes faster than any other at Ken- er science courses if they lack adequate classroom and correction happens with- bility in its buildings to 90 percent. yon, and the school’s department must knowledge of newer programs and pro- in it, students would avoid fundamental Inclusion and diversity have been, and con- be built around technological progress. gramming languages. Arpanet, an early misunderstandings by first achieving tinue to be, a priority for Kenyon, but have we Failing to do so will doom the computer precursor to the internet, was invented mastery in each skill. done enough? science minor, which may be introduced by the United States government in 1983, A successful computer science pro- While speaking with people of faith on cam- as early as 2018. The computer science and the internet didn’t take its modern gram at Kenyon could bolster our en- pus this past week, a Collegian reporter discov- minor must be a priority, and the school form until the ’90s. Professors from other dowment just decades after its imple- ered that some members of our community feel should aim to expand the program. But colleges who have spent the past decades mentation. According to Forbes’ “The as if there is a stigma against religious expres- the minor must also eventually grow researching rather than innovating likely College Majors with the Highest Start- sion among students and faculty. into an interdisciplinary major with the lack knowledge held by their contempo- ing Salaries,” computer science students Although our staff members are not equipped potential to bolster academic and finan- raries. have the highest average starting salaries to speak on behalf of those students and com- cial opportunities at Kenyon. For the ad- Specialties such as neural nets, mo- of any major. In the Kenyon Institution- munity members who have expressed this senti- ministration to give the major a backseat bile software development and block- al Research Factbook, the top five most ment, the apparent disparity in the physical and would be shortsighted. chain technology didn’t exist until the popular majors are English, economics, material support given to different faith groups Computer science is a study which 21st century. The rising prevalence of political science, psychology and history. by the administration seems evident. branches many disciplines, and, as a these technologies is unavoidable, and Of these majors, economics is the only For example, Episcopalian students have the major, it would fit perfectly within Ken- ignoring them would be depriving stu- one that falls onto Forbes’ list of the top opportunity to attend services at the Church of yon’s current curriculum. Kenyon cur- dents of cutting edge opportunities. The ten highest-paying majors. The majority the Holy Spirit — a conveniently located and rently offers “Programming Humanity” problem with these specialties is that tech of Kenyon students graduate with lower- central building on campus. as a special topic class in the integrated companies often attract potential profes- paying majors, and while college should Those who practice the Islamic faith, on the program in humane studies (IPHS). The sors specializing in these fields. The Wall be driven by students’ academic interests, other hand, are equipped with facilities like a course studies the mechanisms behind Street Journal’s 2016 article “Universities’ it is still a business. Clearly, a greater en- frequently-flooding basement (as is the case cutting-edge technologies as well as the AI Talent Poached by Tech Giants” de- dowment would benefit all students. with the Prayer and Meditation Center). current and future ethical and social im- scribes how professors can make signifi- This is not to say that the College has made plications of these innovations. Classes cantly more money elsewhere, making Chris Pelletier ’20 is undeclared from any purposeful decisions to treat certain faith which study the intersection of technol- financial incentive less viable than with Stowe, Vt. You can contact him at pelle- groups differently on campus, but there are dis- ogy and the liberal arts would work per- generally low-paying academic special- [email protected]. parities between the opportunities afforded to these groups. It would be a disservice to our fellow stu- dents and other community members not to DA Question Box: Facing Insensitivity recognize these differences. To acknowledge RITA CARMONA | CONTRIBUTOR these differences as a problem on campus is to acknowledge that we have an obligation to pro- Question: How should you respond to insensitive acts? How do you cope when someone targets vide equitable opportunities for all faith prac- your culture, gender or religion? tices. Comparable facilities should be made avail- Insensitive acts can be jarring — don’t beat yourself up if you’re not sure how to respond when you able to each faith and additional supports see one. Each situation has its own circumstances, so there is no perfect, universal protocol. But here’s should be given to those faith communities that a rule of thumb: When in doubt, act. need them. When you see a friend slip up, speak up! Everybody makes mistakes — I sometimes have moments Kenyon may have been founded as a school where I’m unaware that something I’m doing is offensive, and I appreciate my friends calling me out so for the clergy when Bishop Philander Chase first I don’t look like an insensitive jerk. saw this hill, but the College has rightly tried When it comes to strangers and acquaintances, though (for example, some white student in a som- to increase religious diversity on campus since brero at an Old Kenyon party), you must assess the situation differently. Do you feel safe saying some- then. We encourage them to follow through on thing? If so, act. If you see that someone is upset , take a moment to make sure they are alright and ask this mission. if they want help confronting it. Show them respect by allowing them to speak and supporting them as they do so. In this situation, the feelings of the distressed matter most. The staff edtiorial is written weekly by the -ex Remember: your discomfort with calling someone out is much less than that of someone whose cul- ecutive editors of the Collegian, co-editors-in-chief ture, gender, religion or other identity is being targeted. There is one rule: Never be passive. Bailey Blaker ’18 and Gabrielle Healy ’18 and man- aging editor Lauren Eller ’18. You can contact them Rita Carmona ’19 is an anthropology and modern languages and literature major from Lincolnwood, at [email protected], [email protected] and Ill. You can contact her at [email protected]. [email protected], respectively. 10 Thursday, Nov. 9 | kenyoncollegian.com Letters to the editor Since there has been no response about Recently, the College was alerted the homogenization of water and Chemistry has profound trans- the “stealthing” issue raised in the October to an event in the Village involv- oils required for a traditional may- formative power. It can heal and 26, 2017 issue of the Collegian, I am writing ing hazardous materials. We, with onnaise. The same is doubly true destroy. The materials that enable this letter to express my deepest disapproba- the rest of the College, are first and for non-culinary chemistry. All this power are contained in Tomsich tion that we have students who do stealthing. foremost relieved that everyone is chemistry is best learned through Hall, the academic home of chemis- Stealthing is so common that, language being safe. hands-on experience in collabora- try students, faculty and staff, past, social, there is a need to have a word describ- The materials leading to the alert tion with skilled mentors. present and future. The materials ing a man surreptitiously taking a condom came from outside the College. The We in the department provide and facilities are inanimate, but they off his penis in the midst of a sex act. Even in Department of Chemistry, in the this mentorship, and encourage are purchased, delivered, stored, re- the wild ‘70s and pre-AIDS early ‘80s, we had person of Dudley Thomas, was in- students to pursue it. The acces- trieved, inhabited and maintained no such word, and I’m trying to imagine the volved in cleanup, saving the Col- sibility of such opportunities has by your fellow human beings. character and intent of the students who do lege the substantial cost of an out- long been a hallmark not just of The actual or perceived unsanc- this on our campus. The words that come to side crew. As noted elsewhere, the chemistry as a field, but of this col- tioned use of these materials outside mind (that can be published in this paper) in- odiferous material was not phos- lege as a whole. In many of the most of Tomsich can negatively impact us clude “selfish,” “arrogant,” “foolish,” “irrespon- phorus, as originally reported, but intriguing areas of chemistry, prac- all. With the supervision and assis- sible,” “indifferent,” “negligent” and “delusion- camphor. A large quantity of the ticing with skilled mentors is re- tance we joyfully provide, chemistry al imbeciles.” But I also see stealthing men as former would be of greater concern, quired not only to minimize risk, can be safely pursued for the pur- “deplorable,” “reprehensible,” “felonious” and due to the high reactivity of this el- but to maximize reward. poses of pedagogy, scholarship or “vicious.” There may be legal consequences to ement in its common forms. There are many educational outreach. stealthing, including parenthood chaining you This is an opportune time to re- and entertaining components of for 18 years to a child, but there are also com- mind the community that chemis- chemistry that do not fit under munity consequences. I urge students to shun try is not just fun, but also a skilled the framework of collaborative re- Kerry Rouhier, Simon Garcia, Sha- stealthers and make them bear the natural so- trade. We in the department are search or existing courses. In the non Hashman, Denny Wiegman, cial consequences of their trust-breaking and here to share our knowledge and past, the American Chemical So- Dudley Thomas, Jamie Keller, vicious behavior. And, recipients, please whisk craft and we also have a profes- ciety student club has perfected Matt Rouhier, John Hofferberth, the cobwebs from your mind and understand sional obligation to encourage its demonstrations to share at local Yutan Getzler, Carolyn Waggoner, that stealthing is a Title IX violation that puts responsible use. schools, during departmental gath- Mo Hunsen, Sheryl Hemkin, Viv- your life at risk. A novice would not expect to erings, or other events. All we ask ian Ezeh and James Heironimus master, without guidance, the of those of you with an interest in Michelle S. Mood, Assistant Professor of aqueous extraction and protein de- chemistry is that you share your Faculty and staff of the Depart- Political Science and Asian Studies naturation needed to make tofu, or enthusiasm with us. ment of Chemistry

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ADAM SCHWAGER punt from the DePauw one-yard line. SPORTS ASSISTANT But on fourth-and-4 from the DePauw 25, Lords quarterback Thomas Merkle’s DEPAUW 37 ’20 pass was intercepted in the end zone, KENYON 32 giving the Tigers the ball on their own 20-yard line. The Lords football team gave the Two plays later, Dustin Clute ’21 8-1 DePauw University Tigers a run for forced Tigers quarterback Jake Lasky to their money on Saturday, losing by a fi- fumble, with the Tigers recovering their nal score of 37-32. Holding the Tigers’ own fumble for a four-yard loss. The play third-string quarterback to only 37 would have forced the Tigers to convert points and 267 passing yards was a cru- on a third-and-14 to continue the drive, COURTESY OF KENYON COLLEGE ATHLETICS Ian Robertson ’19 reels in a pass to contribute to his 279-yard performance Saturday. cial factor in the Lords’ near-upset. but instead the referee found that the The game was tight throughout the Lords were too aggressive in the pile and Tigers’ only points of the second half. Merkle said after the loss. “I was proud first half, as the teams went into the called them for unnecessary roughness. On the Lords’ next possession, they of how everyone played … but going into locker room with the Tigers ahead 31-19 On the following play, the Lords’ de- drove down to the DePauw 23-yard line the fourth quarter with a taste of a win after a late touchdown. fensive line once again pressured Lasky, before being stopped on fourth-and-1 in your mouth and having it taken away Coming out of the half, the Lords’ hitting him as he threw and forcing the with an extremely close spot. The Lords’ from you, you never really get past that.” defense stepped up and kept the Tigers ball to wobble in the air. After the jump defense then forced the Tigers to punt Ian Robertson ’19 had a career day offense off the field. After a Brandon ball fell to the ground, the back judge with three-and-a-half minutes to go for the Lords with 243 receiving yards Byrd ’18 touchdown reception to open called the Lords’ secondary for ques- when wide receiver Ian Bell ’18 muffed and three touchdowns. The outstanding the third quarter, the Lords’ defense tionable pass interference. While any the punt on an attempted fair catch at performance puts Robertson only under was able to produce five stops in a row play in a football game is up for inter- the Kenyon 25-yard line that was recov- Chris Myers’ ’71 279-yard performance against the high-powered Tiger offense. pretation, the way the ball left Lasky’s ered by DePauw’s Chandler Nicholson. against Centre College in 1969, on his This included a forced fumble by Mi- hand gave the impression of a ball that “Obviously we would have liked to way to becoming the first Associated chael Picone ’21 that was recovered in was tipped by the defense during the have the ball on the 35-yard line, decent Press All-American from Kenyon. With the end zone by Jacob LaPoint ’18 for a release, negating the referee’s ability to field position to start a drive with three 976 yards on the season, Robertson will Lords touchdown to take a 32-31 lead call pass interference. and a half to play. Those are the situa- need 16 more yards to break into the into the fourth quarter. After the two consecutive penalties tions you live for,” Merkle said. College’s all-time top 10 receiving sea- For the third time this season, the that gave DePauw’s offense a combined The Lords were able to get the ball son, and 167 to finish top five. Lords found themselves up in the fourth 30 yards, the Lords still forced the Ti- back with less than a minute remaining The final game of the season will take quarter. This time, the Lords had a gers to fourth down and six yards to go and no timeouts, and could not sustain place against the Denison University Big chance for a definitive victory when from the Kenyon 35 yard line. Lasky an offensive attack as time ran out and Red as the Lords on Nov. 11 as they hope they got the ball 31 yards away from then dropped back and found wide re- the Lords lost their 15th-straight game. to avoid their first winless season since the end zone after the defense forced a ceiver Andy Hunt in the end zone for the “I would say it was proud frustration,” 2011.

Volleyball’s season ends at NCAC tournament CORRECTIONS Three Ladies are honored for North Coast Athletic Conference excellence. in the day. In our article last ADAM SCHWAGER SPORTS ASSISTANT The all-NCAC team was an- week entitled “La- nounced during the tourna- dies wrap up sea- OBERLIN 0 ment, and three Ladies were son; Swanson named KENYON 3 recognized. Outside hitter Del- KENYON 1 aney Swanson ’19 finished as a player of the week,” DENISON 3 second team all-NCAC player, we inaccurately re- despite missing a good chunk ported that the vol- The Ladies volleyball season of the season with a knee injury. ended on Friday after the team She finished the season seventh leyballs first-round toppled its first-round oppo- in the NCAC in kills per set, and match-up in the nent of the North Coast Ath- second on the Ladies in kills. North Coast Ath- letic Conference (NCAC) tour- This was her third season in a nament, the Oberlin College row finishing all-NCAC, as she letic Conference Yeowomen in straight sets. The finished second team in 2015 (NCAC) tournament Ladies subsequently lost to rival and first team last season. COURTESY OF KENYON COLLEGE ATHLETICS Mackenzie Bruzzio ’20 spikes the ball during NCAC tournament. The would be against Denison University 3-1. Honorable mentions for all- Ladies won the first match against Oberlin before falling to Denison. The NCAC tournament ad- NCAC were right side/middle Denison University. opted a new format this year, hitter Mackenzie Bruzzio ’20 yon career as second in all-time son said on her class’s success. We overlooked that giving a greater advantage to and setter Jensen Shurbert ’18. digs with 1485. Despite losing the solid se- the NCAC changed teams with regular-season Bruzzio finished the season first The Ladies had a strong sea- nior foursome of Ashley Mar- their tournament success. Instead of the previ- in kills, second in points and son. The team finished with a tens, Thorson, Shurbert and ous single-elimination format, third in blocks for the Ladies as winning record for the third Grace Riley, the Ladies volley- format, now giving where the top seed would play she received her first-ever rec- straight season after 24 years ball team has a bright future the top four teams the worst seed and so on., this ognition from the conference. without going over .500. ahead of them. The six Ladies first-round byes in- year, the top four seeds earned Shurbert got her third honor- The seniors became the first who finished the season with byes into the second round, able mention in a row, as her class of volleyball players to have over 100 kills are all returning stead of having every while the top two seeds earned 841-assist season puts her sec- a majority of winning seasons to the team next year, including team play in the byes into the semifinals. This ond in the all-time Ladies re- since the class of 1991. “Our se- two of the aforementioned all- first round. The La- format means the fourth and cord book with a career 2,944 nior class has put blood, sweat NCAC players. third seeds were waiting for assists. She also finishes second and tears into this program over “Whether they’re a first-year dies played Oberlin the winners of the first round, in assists per set (minimum 200 the past four years, and it’s so or senior, have started every College in the first and the first and second seeds career sets) at 8.11. humbling to see our hard work game or not, every single mem- round, and Denison were waiting for the winners of A possible snub for the La- pay off. Coach Our coaches are ber on this team makes it what it in the second round. the second round. This led to a dies was libretto Rachael Thor- hold us to a high level of athletic is, and we all have trust in each well-rested fourth-seeded Deni- son ’18. She finished the regular and academic excellence, and it other’s abilities … I therefore son team playing a tired Ladies season fifth in the NCAC in digs motivates us to be the best play- know the future of our program team coming off a match earlier with 437, and finished her Ken- ers and people we can be,” Thor- is bright,” Thorson said. 12 Thursday, Nov. 9 | kenyoncollegian.com

Lords and Ladies fall short in NCAC tournament

PETER DOLA SPORTS EDITOR

COURTESY OF KENYON COLLEGE ATHLETICS Defender Bret Lowry ’19 dribbles the ball in the NCAC finals. Despite the loss, Kenyon’s season will continue after the team recieved an at-large NCAA tournament invitation.

Lords soccer upset of the match. Both came from Brice Koval ’19. just as important. We plan to perform just as well how to play our game,” Camila Kirtzman ’18 Koval had his first opportunity as he ran down this year as previous years.” said. “It wasn’t until well into the second half by Ohio Wesleyan the left side, drawing one defender. He suddenly Despite the loss, the Lords will still partici- that we really started playing how we know cut into the box, shed the OWU defender and pate in the NCAA tournament when first-round we’re capable of playing.” OHIO WESLEYAN (PK 3-2) 0 tried to fire the ball over the keeper. But the play commences on Nov. 11 against Transylva- In the second half, the Ladies picked up the KENYON 0 OWU keeper lifted his left glove at the last sec- nia University. offensive pressure but failed to break through Kenyon Lords soccer’s hope of a fourth- ond to tip the ball over the crossbar. Koval had a stout Tigers defense. Kenyon fired off eight straight North Coast Athletic Conference another breakaway chance minutes later, but his Ladies’ offense stalls shots, three of which were on target. (NCAC) tournament title was dashed on Sat- shot went wide. The Ladies’ best chance came in 61st min- urday with a tough loss to Ohio Wesleyan Uni- In penalty kicks, the Lords and OWU were in tournament final ute, when Gillian Blackwell ’18 streaked down versity (OWU), which ended in penalty kicks. tied after five shots. Ian McInturf ’21 saved two the left side and passed the ball across the The Lords still received an at-large invitation shots and OWU keeper J.P. Baughman, who WITTENBERG 1 box to Samantha Hayes ’21, who couldn’t get KENYON 0 bid for the National Collegiate Athletic Associa- came in as relief for the starting keeper, saved enough power on her shot to get it past the tion (NCAA) tournament. This will be the 14th three. After Kenyon women’s soccer marched goal line. NCAA tournament for the Lords. “A goalie switch isn’t very common, but through North Coast Athletic Conference One more opportunity for the Ladies came The first half was a stalemate between Ken- some keepers are better at shot stopping but not (NCAC) play undefeated during the regular in the 65th minute on a free kick just outside yon and OWU. Each side mustered a combined necessarily strong at other aspects of being a season, the Ladies fell in the tournament fi- the box, but the shot from Campbell Fee ’18 10 shots, none of which threatened either goal- keeper,” Billy O’Neill ’18 said. nals 1-0 to Wittenberg University, ending the sailed just over the crossbar. keeper. On their sixth shot, OWU’s Jack Shadoan Ladies’ bid for an automatic slot in the Nation- With the 1-0 loss, the Ladies were shut out In the second half, Kenyon dominated pos- found the back of the net to put the Battling al Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of the NCAA tournament, but the youth of session. The Lords’ best chance to find the back Bishops up 3-2. Collyn Carpenter ’21 stepped up tournament. the team moving forward leaves players opti- of the net was a three-minute span between the to the ball, trying to push the game into a sev- The first half was dominated by Witten- mistic about the future. 59th and 62nd minute, when the team had three enth round of penalty kicks, but his shot sailed berg, which fired off nine shots while the -La “We had an incredible season, and do not scoring opportunities, but each sailed wide. In left, sealing the win for the Battling Bishops. dies fired off zero. want to let our loss in the finals of the tourna- the 85th minute, Greg McNeer ’19 fired a shot “Losing in the PK shootout this past week- The Tigers broke the scoreless draw in the ment take away from any of that,” Kirtzman from just inside the OWU half that drifted just end doesn’t change how we’re going to prepare 16th minute when Wittenberg’s Kaitlyn Krieg said. “I hope the underclassmen can take the to the right of the net. for the NCAA tournament,” O’Neill said. “We took a shot from the top of the box and tucked momentum and confidence from this year After 90 scoreless minutes, the game went played well and were unlucky to not put a goal the ball into the top left corner of the net. into next season. I think over the next few into overtime. The Lords continued their of- away during the run of play. Losing the confer- “Wittenberg came out strong from the years, we will see KCWS bringing the plaque fensive pressure with two of their best chances ence championship hurts, but the NCAAs are start, and it took us some time to figure out back.” Ransom goes undefeated at Oberlin THIS WEEK PETER DOLA SPORTS EDITOR IN KENYON The women’s and men’s ultimate teams, Ransom and SPORTS HISTORY: Serf, respectively, traveled to Oberlin College this past weekend to take part in the annual Force Freedom tour- nament. This week in 1977, Ken- Ransom ran the table on their opponents, beating De- yon’s wrestling club was Paul University 13-6, College of Wooster 13-2, Oberlin Col- revived with 15 new mem- lege 10-9 and Denison Uni- versity 9-8 on the first day of bers. After going 0-10 in play. Ransom was poised to make a run at the tournament 1975, the club was dis- title, but the second day of the tournament was canceled mantled by the College due to severe thunderstorms. “It was a great way to end just before Thanksgiving the semester,” Ransom cap- MARY LIZ BRADY Audrey Neubauer ’19 pulls a disc at the Force Freedom tournament break the following year. tain Audrey Neubauer ’19 held at Oberlin College. Ransom went 4-0 during first day play. said. “We played cohesively and showed our improvement going 3-1 on the weekend. versity of Mount Union 13-0 through the year, especially The team defeated John Car- (forfeit). Serf’s second day of our newbies.” roll University 13-10, Deni- play was also canceled due to Serf found similar success, son University 10-6 and Uni- thunderstorms.