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Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange The Kenyon Collegian College Archives 9-10-2015 Kenyon Collegian - September 10, 2015 Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian Recommended Citation "Kenyon Collegian - September 10, 2015" (2015). The Kenyon Collegian. 2387. https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian/2387 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]. Serving Kenyon College and Gambier, Ohio Since 1856 9.10.2015 VOLUME CXLIII NO. 3 The Collegian 12 pages College now renting rooms for growing student body LAUREN ELLER AND NATHANIEL SHAHAN | COLLEGIAN STAFF Tucked away above the Village Inn are two apartments occupied by Kenyon stu- dents. And a little farther away, down Wiggin Street, is a house the College is rent- ing and putting to use as a student residence. This year, it seems more upperclassmen than ever are living in nontraditional housing spaces, with five living in the apartments above the Village Inn and three others occupying the house on Wiggin Street. While off COLLEGE MAKES campus, both residences are classified as official College NEW HOUSING housing this year. Additionally, the lounges in the base- OPTIONS ments of Manning and Bushnell Halls were converted into The VI Apart- triples and may be used as quad rooms in coming years. ments, a house Plans to adjust housing began last winter when the Col- on Wiggin Street lege became concerned about the potentially large size of and converted the first-year class and the expected number of transfer stu- basement lounges dents, according to Lisa Train, associate director for Hous- in Manning and ing and Residential Life. Though the Class of 2019 proved Bushnell Halls are not to be larger than the College could handle, Train said recent housing ad- the decision had already been made to turn seven lounges ditions for upper- in Mather and McBride into triples. classmen, driven “The total number of students … this year would be by an especially large, and so as a result early in the summer it was a little large first-year bit tighter than it was when we opened,” Director of ResLife class. Jill Engel-Hellman said. “So we thought it’s always better to have a few extra beds than be incredibly tight.” Previously, smaller class sizes meant more open rooms, but the Class of 2019 is particularly large, clocking in at 493 students. Student housing consists of accommodations for 1,772 students and currently there are 77 vacancies. Typically, there are over 100 vacancies, Train said. However, the housing situation is constantly in flux, as students switch rooms due to room- KRISTEN HUFFMAN | COLLEGIAN mate issues or require alternate housing for medical reasons, according to Train. Alex Pinkus ’17 lives in an apartment above the Village Inn with Mikey page 3 Alex Pinkus ’17 is living in a VI apartment, one new housing space the College is offering. Behind Bexley, a new It’s Cove o’clock somewhere... party space emerges Take a look into the history of the Gambier Grill. NATHANIEL SHAHAN FEATURES EDITOR REGAN HEWITT still be available for smaller STAFF WRITER events, such as meetings and dinners. Across from Gund Commons and between the Where once students Weaver was too small and firehouse and Gambier’s main drag, in a small, slight- worked hard, now they’ll be had too few restrooms for ly grungy building, lies the Gambier Grill and Pizza. partying hard. the number of people at all- On any given Wednesday, Friday or Saturday night, Colburn Hall, which sits be- campus parties, according to students and community members can be found hind Bexley Hall and most re- Smith. In addition, Weaver talking, drinking and smoking outside of Gambier’s cently housed studio art space, smelled “like the basement of late-night bar and restaurant. will replace Weaver Cottage as Old Kenyon,” Chief Business The Grill’s owner, Andy Durbin, has been looking a party venue this year. Officer Mark Kohlman said; to sell the business for over a year, according to Fred Renovations to Colburn are Smith attributed the odor to Linger, Kenyon’s manager of business services. This expected to be completed by the beer-soaked carpet. would be just the latest development in the establish- COURTESY OF THE GREENSLADE SC&A Oct. 10, according to Associate Weaver will instead be used ment’s storied history. Known colloquially as “the The Gambier Grill was formerly the Pirates’ Cove. Dean of Students Tacci Smith. for professional events, such Cove,” the Grill’s moniker comes from another res- The decision was made af- as receptions and sit-down taurant and bar, the Pirates’ Cove, that occupied the ter a year of discussions among dinners, and smaller stu- space from 1978 to 2002. watering holes: “Where to next?” Smith, the Student Affairs dent events, such as Weaver Nowadays, students who are of age flock to the bar On the flip side, underage students often order staff and Dean of Students Wednesday. “Alcohol is still late, when parties begin to wind down and they are the Grill’s greasy bar food to their dorm rooms to Hank Toutain. Weaver will allowed in Weaver, page 4 left with a dilemma in a village with only a handful of cap off their night, or mill around out- page 5 Washington Post African band Dafra How to be a Kenyon Men’s soccer starts INSIDE THIS P.3 blogger talks policing P.6 Kura plays at Kenyon P.8 student: speak up P.11 season undefeated ISSUE WWW.KENYONCOLLEGIAN.COM 2 THE KENYON COLLEGIAN | THURSDAY, SEPT. 10 | KENYONCOLLEGIAN.COM President Sean Decatur on increasing the College’s endowment: I think it’s important for us to think about how we’re dowment. That now starts to become the majority going to double the endowment from $200 million of that $30 million number that we have for finan- NEWS to $400 million, and that then has an effect of dou- cial aid, and even if that is just taking pressure off of bling the amount of funds that we have available to the rest of the operating budget, that then gives us EDITORS: MAYA KAUFMAN support operations every year from roughly $10 mil- room to think about how we can increase financial AND ALEX PIJANOWSKI lion from the endowment to $20 million from the en- aid spending in a sustainable way. VILLAGE RECORD Aug. 27 - Sept. 9, 2015 Phony cash hits Gambier MAYA KAUFMAN Aug. 27, 4:24 p.m. — Visitor backed vehicle into employee ve- NEWS EDITOR I’ve been in retail many years, hicle at Eaton Center. No injuries. Damage sustained. Knox County and it’s pretty rare we get these Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) took report. Gambier businesses discovered sev- things.” Aug. 28, 5:36 p.m. — Male individual appeared to be intoxicat- eral counterfeit $20 bills last week, ed, talking with students and making them uncomfortable. Safety prompting some of them to put up “ responded. Warning of trespass communicated. KCSO contacted. warning signs. Angus MacDonell, Kenyon Bookstore general manager Aug. 28, 10:26 p.m. — KCSO cited student for possession and A Kenyon Bookstore customer used underage possession. Student found again with alcohol (third cita- phony money to purchase energy drinks tion) and arrested. last Thursday, according to Bookstore nesses have a detector pen, according to Aug. 28, 10:26 p.m. — KCSO reported student cited for under- General Manager Angus MacDonell. Director of Campus Safety Bob Hooper. age possession. The cashier tested the bill with a coun- In response to the counterfeit bill Aug. 28, 11:19 p.m. — Student tripped and fell, receiving minor terfeit bill detector pen, which con- sightings, the Village Market and the scrapes, swollen lip and chipped tooth at the Craft Center. Safety firmed it was fake. Gambier Deli posted warnings to mer- responded, assessed and cleaned wounds. The People’s Bank of Gambier also chants and customers that all deposits Aug. 28, 11:26 p.m. — KCSO cited student for open container. discovered two counterfeit $20 bills at would be thoroughly checked before Aug. 28, 11:35 p.m. — Student report of assault by another stu- the end of the day last Thursday, ac- being accepted. The use of counterfeit dent at Hanna Residence Hall. KCSO contacted and report taken. cording to Assistant Bank Manager money is unusual, according to Mac- Aug. 29, 1:55 a.m. — Fire alarm sounded at Mather Residence Penny Givens, who filed a report with Donell. Hall. No smoke. No fire. Boiler room found to be flooded. Mainte- the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. The “I’ve been in retail many years, and nance notified. Alarm reset. incident was classified as a fourth-de- it’s pretty rare we get these things,” Aug. 29, 2:20 a.m. — Student appeared to be intoxicated and gree felony charge for forgery, but the MacDonell said. attempted to hug another without permission on Peirce pavement. active investigation is stalled at the mo- A man in the bookstore incident was Aug. 29, 10:20 p.m. — Student approached Safety officers with ment by a lack of reasonable suspects. interviewed by a Knox County sheriff’s injury to hand at Old Kenyon Residence Hall. Safety provided treat- MacDonell said the bookstore checks deputy, according to Lieutenant Tim ment. all bills above $20. Most Gambier busi- Light, and the investigation is ongoing.