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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]. Established 1856 Volume CXXXVII, Number 22 www.kenyoncollegian.com The Kenyon Collegian Gambier, Ohio Thursday, April 22, 2010 12 Pages ECO Hosts Week of Sustainability Activities Suspicious Persons Posters Hung in Peirce Designed to provide information By August Steigmeyer ing with Hooper on Thursday. News Editor On Monday, April 21, Presi- dent S. Georgia Nugent said she A series of Campus Safety was not aware of the posters. On watch posters depicting suspicious Wednesday, she told the Collegian persons who have been sighted in that the intention of the post- Gambier were placed on a wall in ers was to urge students to be Peirce Dining Hall on Monday, alert and to provide students with April 21, and were taken down by information. “I take it that this Tuesday. was done in response to requests Director of Campus Safety from students for information,” Bob Hooper declined to comment she said. and referred questions to Chief Kohlman said the purpose of Business Officer Mark Kohlman, the posters was to “make people who said that the decision to post aware of safety issues on campus. the pictures and information was This is the time of year when we see August Steigmeyer made “through Campus Safety and a real spike in theft, people entering ECO’s “Trash on the Lawn Day” displays Kenyon’s waste on Ransom Lawn. discussions with the Safety and campus and going into buildings By August Steigmeyer sues at Kenyon, like where energy and understanding, we begin to Security Committee.” where they’re not supposed to be News Editor comes from and what happens act on an individual level to col- However, Michelle Bahan ’10, just because of the weather and the when we don’t recycle.” lectively incite change on a larger chair of the Safety and Security end of the year,” he said. Kenyon College’s Environ- “We must recognize our re- level.” Committee, said that her commit- All of the people on the list mental Campus Organization sponsibility as global citizens to The week is “primarily a tee was not notified of the decision had either had some actual criminal (ECO) kicked off its fourth an- serve not only the best interests culmination of things we do or involved in the process. She said charges brought against them or nual Week of Sustainability with of others but those of ourselves, throughout the year in ECO,” she was “surprised” to see the signs had been reported for behavior on “Trash on the Lawn Day” on on the individual and community Wardell said. “I think there’s a in Peirce. Bahan told the Collegian campus that caused Campus Safety April 19. It was the first of several levels,” ECO Coordinator Dan lot of energy on campus when the that she did not wish to comment to list them as “people of concern,” events that ECO Coordinator Tebes ’12 said. “By embracing an weather gets warm, so it’s really on the posting until she had all the according to Kohlman. Abby Wardell ’10 said she hopes ethic of sustainability, or a code good and really effective to have facts but intends to ask about the Monday was a major visit day will “draw attention to major is- rooted in mutual responsibility see ECO, page 3 situation during her weekly meet- see Posters, page 2 Sophomores Get Senior Student-Run Garden to Supply Fresh Herbs to Peirce Housing in “Weird” Lottery

By August Steigmeyer rooms and Caples Residential News Editor Hall suites were reserved. Dugas said Old Kenyon may have filled New Apartments, which are up quickly because of all the usually reserved for seniors or renovations being done on the juniors with high lottery numbers, building this summer, which will went to rising sophomores this include new hallway carpets, room year after “weird things” happened carpets, beds, mattresses, desks, in the Housing Lottery, accord- desk chairs, closets, dressers and a ing to Alicia Dugas, assistant fresh coat of paint. The fact that dean of students for housing and senior-only space had not been residential life. In addition, no claimed in the New Apts., which Joshua Gross ’11 tends the herb garden. Lili Martinez students received summer hous- are usually full after the senior lot- ing, she said. tery, was harder to explain. bread, all thanks to one intrepid said. “Ever since I’ve been here at By Lili Martinez After the rising senior class There was a price increase class project. Kenyon, I’ve been wondering why Staff Writer f i n i s h e d s e l e c t i n g overall for room rates, so maybe Sarah Bush ’12 began thinking there aren’t more of them on cam- housing, most of the financial issues had something to Something is growing behind about a campus garden last semes- pus and why students aren’t more Old Ke- nyon Resi- do with it,” Dugas said. Peirce Hall. Stone by stone, day ter for her final project in “Sus- involved with gardening.” d e n c e H a l l When rising juniors arrived by day, Kenyon College’s brand- tainable Agriculture,” a 200-level After talking with Damon at the Housing Lottery at 1:00 new herb garden is slowly being Environmental Studies course. “I Remillard, resident director of p.m., Dugas made an announce- constructed by a few dedicated knew from the beginning that I re- AVI Foodsystems at Kenyon, Bush ment that a certain number of students. Soon we’ll be dining on ally wanted to do a garden because decided to plan an herb garden. fresh basil and rosemary-scented I’ve always loved gardening,” Bush see LOTTERY, page 2 see Garden, page 3 in this issue Brother Ali Turns “Me” Into “Us” at Pub “Party” page 7 Notes from Gambier: Students Explore What Ohio Has to Offer page 5 Senior Abby Wardell on Campus Communication and Progress page 6  News The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 22, 2010 Thursday, April 22, 2010 The Kenyon Collegian News  Construction: Four New Houses to Be Complete by Fall Student Council April 18, 2010 • Judicial Affairs Coordinator Samantha Hughes and Student Council reviewed the College’s judicial process. They worked to clarify the regulations of the Judicial Board to separate complaints the College makes versus complaints students make. Hughes also said attorneys may not represent students in Judicial Board hearings, but students can have advisors from the College faculty or staff. • The Housing and Dining Committee, AVI and Environmental Campus Organization (ECO) are coordinating to discuss the future of Trayless Tuesdays. They will likely try to promote trayless days with posters that show how much money a trayless day saves and where that money goes. • The Housing and Dining Committee discussed this year’s Housing Lottery and the way in which students claimed apartments much later than they usually do. Many members of Student Council said they thought this change was due to increased room rates. • Student Council began planning for the upcoming Board of Trustees meeting, which will begin on Thursday, April 22. Student Council plans to discuss the possibility of the Athletics Department gaining control of club sports, a follow-up with Environmental Campus Organization (ECO), an update on Division Housing and the College’s response to Nick Griffin’s planned visit and its eventual cancelation. • The Building and Grounds Committee proposed adjustments to the August Steigmeyer campus parking policy. The Manning and Leonard parking lots will close in The concrete has been poured for the first floor of the new art history building, according to the fall of 2010 as a result of zoning issues. The Caples lot will also close due Director of Facilities Planning Tom Lepley. Next week, crews will begin to put up steel erectors to construction. According to the proposal, the Lewis, Norton and Watson for the second floor. Concrete for that floor will be poured about a month later. Roof trusses are parking lots will all become visitor parking. The College will make up for most of the parking spaces it will lose by opening the new South Park Lot, currently being built in Cleveland and will be put in place following the completion of the second which will have approximately 230 spaces. Student Council discussed the floor. possibility of limiting the number of first years allowed parking spaces to the The goal, according to Lepley, is to have the building closed up by next winter so finishing work number of spaces in the McBride Field Lot, which has 43 spaces. Because can be done on the inside. Within the next few weeks, crews will be working on a water line from this lot is where visitors park for football games, students who park in this lot the building towards Middle Path. Work on the mechanical and electrical aspects of the building, will likely have to move their cars to faculty parking spaces on game days. The Building and Grounds Committee hopes to eventually re-open the Watson such as heating and plumbing, will continue in the basement. parking lot as well. The Ernst lot has been re-seeded. Straw was put down, but, following a day of intense winds, • Student Council members discussed the role of Social Board and whether crews had to return to redistribute and replace some of the straw. Lepley said he is hoping for rain it should be a student organization or a committee of Student Council this weekend so the hill can start turning green in a couple of weeks. One finishing coat of black- because its role has been ambiguous this year. Social Board has been a part top is still required on the turnaround at the bottom of the hill. The circular area of the sidewalk of Student Council in past years, but Student Council approved changing its role so that this is no longer the case. Social Board will now operate as a running down the hill was designed for outdoor benches, which a donor is having manufactured student organization and will likely come to Student Council meetings once to custom-fit the area. a month. A groundbreaking ceremony for the North Campus housing will be held this Friday, but • The Business and Finance Committee changed its bylaws. The Committee construction on the building will not start until June. According to Lepley, the College still has to will pay for half of all personal registration fees for organizations such as club go through a bidding process in May for three to four weeks. Excavation will begin following that sports teams and half of all personal lesson fees. When student organizations travel, the Committee will pay a third of lodging costs up to $30 per person process, most likely in late June or early July. Four houses should be completed by this fall and all per night. Although the Committee plans to abide by these bylaws, it will nine are expected to be done by the fall of 2011. still have discretion over final decisions. —August Steigmeyer —Marika Garland Lottery: No Students Summer-Housed Posters: Suspicious Persons

From page 1 gether to claim the New Apts. live in this new housing next year. after seeing the e-mail. “I’m really The former Psi Upsilon division Notifications Posted in Peirce New Apts. were available. She excited about it,” he said. “I was housing in Leonard Residence Hall From page 1 on and people have recently been told students that they could expecting to get Old Kenyon at was also opened up after the frater- asking questions about what’s choose the senior-only space, best.” nity was put on for accepted students and their going on. … They just thought it but the rooms must be filled with “ I t f e e l s “I think, honestly, probation. parents. Anne Kruk ’10 said the was a good time to put up some only juniors. Once the rising great, especially “ In a d d i - posters gave Kenyon a bad image. information.” juniors had finished, the spaces since I had a re- upperclassmen didn’t tion to the in- “I was worried they would give “It’s a good idea to let students were still not filled. ally low num- creased room the wrong impression to prospec- know, but I’m not sure Peirce is “When they didn’t fill, we ber,” said Max want to pay.” rates, it costs tive students and parents walking the right place to display them,” thought the most fair thing Elder ’13, who —Max Elder m o r e t o l i v e around that day,” she said. “It Kruk said. was to send an e-mail to stu- will also be liv- in apartments makes it look like Gambier is not Kohlman said the reason the dents … before the sophomores ing in senior housing as a sopho- than residence halls. As Dugas as safe as it really is.” posters were taken down after start picking,” Dugas said. The more. said, however, that would not “Using this kind of tactic only one day was because “it was e-mail stated that any junior/ “It just kind of fell into our account for the single rooms on where you put up pictures of scary not intended to be up forever, it sophomore mix groups could laps,” said Herb Page ’13, who campus going so quickly. “If it was old men is not a way of bringing was just an informational thing. come back to is looking for- about the money, then why did the the community together,” Mad- It was just intended to be up there t h e l o t t e r y “I was expecting to ward to having singles go so fast?” she said. eline Gobbo ’12 said. “It’s a way for a short time. … It was up all day and claim the his “own little The best thing about the lot- of isolating us from the larger Monday. N e w A p t s . get Old Kenyon at space” but ad- tery this year, according to Dugas, community.” “That area in Peirce is used by s p a c e . “ We mits that he is was that no students were summer- “I think it was an effort to all kinds of groups for all differ- never expect- best.” “a little nervous housed for next year and every make people aware of the fact that ent things so it went up and came ed to have to —Tim Ladwig because it is so student was able to live with the Campus Safety does as much as it down,” he said. send that an- far north” and roommate of their choice. “That, can and people need to be aware Kohlman said the College has nouncement,” she said. Two that he may feel isolated. to me, is an unbelievable success,” of their surroundings,” Kohlman discussed providing the informa- groups returned and reserved Adding the Morgan Apts. to she said. said. “If they’ve done this in the tion in other ways, such as creating the housing. the lottery may have caused the “It’s just really interesting to past, it’s been several years and it a section on the Kenyon webpage. Tim Ladwig ’13 was in one shift in interest among seniors, see some of the changes from one kind of comes and goes as people’s “We’ll be working on that this sum- of two groups that joined to- Dugas said. Thirty-six seniors will year to another,” Dugas said. interest in knowing what’s going mer,” he said.  News The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 22, 2010 Thursday, April 22, 2010 The Kenyon Collegian News  ECO: Students Call for Reform at Kenyon Garden: Fresh Lavender, From page 1 County, Ohio, which has the so I have no doubt that we’ll have highest rates of asthma and lung a totally successful event next Thyme, Rosemary and Sage events at this time of the year.” cancer and the second highest year,” Wardell said. Trash on the Lawn is designed death rate from combined cancer These events are examples of From page 1 fessional stonemason to campus to to see how effective Kenyon is at in the state. “She got involved “how Kenyon, as it matures, has teach them how to build the garden recycling. “The answer is: not because everyone was getting adapted to fit the overwhelming “Damon heard about it and was beds. Bush admitted the building very,” Wardell said. “But we had a cancer around her,” Wardell said. needs of the time,” according really excited and said, ‘We love process took longer than she ex- better result than last year.” ECO “She started to Tebes. “We the idea of growing food for AVI, pected. “It was a lot more compli- collected 595 cans and bottles b y f i g h t i n g h a v e b e g u n but let’s make it an herb garden, cated than I thought,” she said. in one day’s worth of trash that the human ef- “We have begun to to recognize because that’s something that, in In keeping with the concept could have been recycled. This fects but then our role in the a small space, we could still grow of sustainability, half of the soil number, down from around 700 realized that recognize our role grander global a lot of food that Peirce uses and used in the garden is compost from last year, is a “pretty good reduc- she had to get context – our really make a difference,’” Bush Peirce itself. Bush said, “It’s just Ke- tion,” according to Wardell. involved with in the grander global everyday, in- said. Along with Jamie Katz ’10, nyon — Kenyon rock and Kenyon Trash was collected from t h e w h o l e dividual ac- another student who joined her soil.” According to Bush, they will all of the dorms on campus, but i n d u s t r y . ” context — our every- t i o n s , s u c h on the project, Bush began to plan begin planting the herbs after the apartments and buildings on the Wardell said day, individual actions a s c h o o s ing the garden, using funding from the last frost date of the spring, May 15. First-Year Quad were not in- th is le cture to turn off a Great Lakes Colleges Association, Herbs to be planted in the garden cluded. “It’s a visible event to help was very im- ... do add up to affect light switch, which awarded her a sustainability include oregano, lavender, thyme, educate the campus about what all p or tant b e - d o a d d u p grant for her project. rosemary and sage. Basil will be the of our trash looks like,” Wardell cause Kenyon the livelihoods of mil- to affect the Remillard was enthusiastic garden’s main component, however. said. “When people throw out a gets 80 to 90 l i v e l i h o o d s about the project. “What we’re Basil is the most commonly used to-go cup, they don’t know what percent of its lions of people.” o f m i l l i o n s going to try to do is, during the herb in Peirce, and Bush said she is it looks like at the end of the day energ y from of people by summer, pick the herbs,” he said. hoping to make a significant contri- when hundreds and hundreds … coal. f u e l i n g t h e “Then, whether we use them to bution to the dining hall. are thrown away.” The dorm — Dan Tebes ghosts of cli- make pestos or dry them to use Bush emphasized that the proj- Other events in the week energy reduc- mate change.” them later, even if it won’t be ect is all about student involvement included capture the flag at the tion competition was canceled On Thursday, Earthfest will enough for the whole school year, in sustainability. “The whole point Brown Family Environmental this year because of logistical be held on Ransom Lawn and it’s a start.” of this project was to do something Center, a discussion of eco-femi- issues. Wardell said the difficulty dinner will be served outside. On The garden, which will con- that’s sustainable, to get students nism hosted by the Crozier Cen- of having specific maintenance Friday, ECO and Greek Coun- sist of three beds, will be con- involved in the idea of local food ter for Women and a screening members check the meters for cil will throw an Old Kenyon structed on the lawn behind and sustainability,” she said. “I of Planet Earth, which was pro- each building combined with “Green/Greek” party. Local beer Peirce out of stone taken from want them to see that it’s there. I jected on the side of Old Kenyon. Ed Neal’s transition from su- and pizza made from local ingre- the art history building’s excava- like the fact that it’s right next to The most im- perintendent dients will be served. tion site. “We started breaking Peirce, so you can look down and portant event of buildings “I think we have a better ground a couple weeks ago,” Bush see it. Having that connection is of the week, “We have a better cul- and grounds culture at Kenyon than we’ve had said. “[Chief Business Officer] really important in having it matter according to t o s u s t a i n - in the past,” Wardell said. “Three Mark Kohlman told us about all to students.” Wardell, is vis- ture at Kenyon than ... ability direc- years ago, ECO had no presence this stone they’ve been excavat- Remillard agreed, saying, “You iting speaker in the past.” tor caused the on campus, and we’ve totally ing from the construction site. have the food service right there, Elisa Young. project to fall increased every year, and I think They’ve been dumping it behind you have the windows so you can Young is —Abby Wardell through. Next that every incoming class of first the KAC. We thought that would look and see things growing. I al- a community fall, however, years is more environmentally be a great source because it’s ways say that Kenyon needs to be activist and founder of Meigs ECO will host a semester-long aware.” pretty, it matches the building, on the forefront of these projects. Citizens Action Now, a group competition. By that time, Ke- “This is an exciting time for it would last a long time and it … The herb garden is a step in the that works to combat social and nyon will have completed its Kenyon,” Tebes said. “The Col- goes along with the whole idea of right direction.” environmental damage from busi- energy audit, giving ECO base lege is in the process of a green sustainability. It’s free, it’s right Thanks to Bush and Katz, nesses in the community. Young numbers for all of the dorms. “We transformation, with students there and we can just use it and Kenyon students can look forward has been organizing efforts to did it successfully last semester at the helm leading the call for recycle it.” to fresh and delicious herbs in the fight the coal industry in Meigs and last year and the year before, reform.” Bush and Katz brought a pro- months and years to come. Village Record News Brief April 14—18 Colleges Searches for Art Center Director April 14, 5:15 p.m. — Medical call: two students injured. Squad contacted; one student A committee of faculty content for the new Center,” transported to Knox County Hospital. and administrators has been which will include working April 15, 10:40 p.m. — Drugs/paraphernalia in Mather Residence Hall, east end. Items searching for a director of the with the academic programs in destroyed and report taken. new Center for the Arts since art history and studio art and April 16, 1:00 p.m. — Vehicle accident outside of Fink House. Sign struck. the beginning of this semester, “overseeing the evolution of the April 17, 12:01 a.m. — Alcohol violation: underage drinking outside of Art Barn. Student according to the chair of the College’s art collections and its committee, Provost Nayef accessions policy.” In addition, and non-student in violation. Report taken. Samhat. “The process is pro- the director will “be in charge April 17, 1:01 a.m. — Medical call: intoxicated student in Watson Residence Hall. Assessed ceeding well,” he said. of facility management, fund- by safety officers. The College has placed raising and public relations” April 17, 12:14 p.m. — Medical call: non-student injury on rugby fields. No squad advertisements for the posi- for the Center, according to contacted; student transported non-student to Knox County Hospital. tion, including one on the the ad. April 17, 5:07 p.m. Kenyon website, and hopes Samhat said the commit- — Suspicious persons on campus. Seven individuals escorted off to fill the position by the end tee wants to find someone who campus; trespass letters issued. of May, according to Samhat. will “reflect and enhance the April 17, 8:11 p.m. — Suspicious persons on campus. Six individuals involved, two “We will complete [the search] College and its commitment to of whom had previously been issued trespass letters by Knox County Sherriff. Officers as soon as possible but not in the arts” and “work closely with contacted. All individuals escorted off campus and temporary trespass letters issued. too much haste,” he said. “We students, faculty, staff, alumni April 17, 10:42 p.m. want to make sure we choose and colleagues.” Before the — Medical call: illness in Peirce Pub. Intoxicated student escorted the person who is the best fit committee makes its final deci- back to dorm room. for Kenyon College and for the sion, it will bring candidates to April 18, 1:55 a.m. — Vandalism in Leonard Residence Hall. Window pane in door broken. new art center.” the campus, but “the process of April 18, 8:12 p.m. — Medical Call: injury in Peirce Hall. Non-student injured. Injuries According to the ad, the narrowing is not yet complete,” attended to and non-student transported to Knox County Hospital by guardian. new director will “develop, Samhat said. lead and implement program —Marika Garland  Features The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 22, 2010 Thursday, April 22, 2010 The Kenyon Collegian Features  Murray Horwitz ’70 Not Clowning Around By Lili martinez of the College.” could do, you got hired and everybody director for WKCO and so I knew how should be on the Board of Trustees — or Staff Writer The life experience upon which liked you. If you couldn’t, you got fired. to write for radio. … I worked freelance, even think about going into any adminis- much of Horwitz’s course material is … They would literally hand you a pink not very many nights at all, before I got a trative level position — unless you really Murray Horwitz has been a pro- based is certainly not one that the current slip that said ‘goodbye’.” job with the Democrats in the New York have something you want to accomplish fessional circus clown, a public radio student might envision for a Kenyon After three years, Horwitz began to State Assembly writing speeches and … and I thought I could bring something personality and a co-creator of the Tony graduate. Horwitz was a double major look into other career paths, although he being a policy guy. I eventually became to it.” Horwitz said. From his position on Award-winning Broadway musical Ain’t in English and drama and conducted a remained interested in the performing Deputy Press Secretary. … That is a good the board, he served on various commit- Misbehavin’, among a myriad of other senior exercise on arts. “My example of why it’s so good to have a Ke- tees and gleaned a better understanding accomplishments. Most importantly, of slapstick comedy. last year on nyon education. I was a sort of minor in of campus life and the functioning of the course, he is a member of the Kenyon When a friend the circus, political science — I had an interest in it; College. “I think I have a much fuller College Class of 1970. Currently an told him about I decided it wasn’t foreign to me — and I did know understanding of what it takes to run an alumnus trustee elected by the Alumni the Ring ling that I was how to write, and so I did well, even in excellent college,” he said. Board, he returned to Kenyon this se- Brothers’ newly going to government and professional politics in One of the myths Horwitz hopes to mester to teach a .25-credit, three week- opened clown sort of play New York City at the age of 23.” dispel is the myth that Kenyon professors long course, “Selling the Story.” The school in Venice, this skein After collaborating with friends come to teach at the College simply for course, which he designed, explores how Fla., it seemed like out and and professionals to realize a “dream I’d the salary. “They don’t come here for the the performing arts and their marketing an opportunity see if I re- had for a long time,” bringing the music bread, they really don’t. … They want to reflect who we are asA mericans. too good to pass ally could of the jazz composer and pianist Fats spend their lives with students who are The idea to bring Horwitz back to up, even though make a liv- Waller to the stage in Ain’t Misbehavin’, smart and who are engaged and who are Kenyon came from Provost Emeritus he was still in ing in show Horwitz moved, along with his wife and, going to bring something to the game,” and Professor of Studio Art Gregory school. business,” by then, three young children, to Wash- he said. Even so, he said, “what teaching Spaid ’69, a good friend of Horwitz. “ Thereby he said. ington, D.C. He worked at the National has given me now over these last two or “The idea is that there are alumni who began a long pro- “Because I Endowment for the Arts and, eventu- three weeks is a real sense of regret for all know a thing or two and might have cess of getting ac- was reared ally, at National Public Radio as Vice of the work I didn’t do and all that I put something to offer to students,” Horwitz cepted at the … correctly, President for Cultural Programming, my professors through. ... Students can be said. “They would bring not only some Clown College in my parents where he helped to create the popular forthcoming: they can dig a little deeper. Susannah Gruder academic ideas, some scholarly ideas, let’s the fall of 1969, taught me program “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” If they’re listening to a record, put a vibe say, but also life experience to the teach- convincing Kenyon to give me permis- that you can’t make a living in show After several years in D.C. and many on it. Invest something in it. You really ing of some subject. There are people sion to leave campus for six weeks in the business … but I wrote my mom and I awards for his radio accomplishments, have to come to class with an idea about who can’t afford five or four months, but middle of my senior year … and getting said … if I wanted to be a teacher it’d be including the Peabody Award and the some of this stuff.I think teachers should who might come for three weeks and my parents to let me go. But all three really tough, I’ve looked into it. But I’ll National Medal of Arts, Horwitz took expect more of the students. teach a half-semester course.” hurdles successfully surmounted … I always have show business to fall back a job in 2002 at the American Film Insti- “The trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie said Horwitz is uniquely suited to his studied clowning there, and when I left, on.” Horwitz moved to New York in tute as the Director and Chief Operating to the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis once teaching position because, as he said, “I they offered me a contract to tour with 1973, met his wife Lisa just a year later Officer of the AFI Silver Theatre and about swing, which is so much a part of may be one of very few, if not the only the greatest show on earth,” Horwitz and settled down into a productive and Cultural Center. jazz and has to do with challenging the person, who has been at Kenyon as a said. He returned to Kenyon to finish successful life in show business. It was around this time that Hor- rhythm and moving forward — he said, student, a trustee and a faculty mem- his degree, but after he graduated, “I “I decided New York would be the witz was nominated to be an alumnus you can’t just get into a groove and think, ber.” Having experienced the College in went from studying at Kenyon to being best place for me, the place that made trustee of Kenyon. “I was very flattered ‘Oh yeah, we’re swinging now!’ You have these three roles, he said, showed him a professional circus clown, which was the most sense. I also had a possibility of when someone asked me to run for to think freshly about swinging every that “when you’re here [at Kenyon], great,” he said. working in radio there,” Horwitz said. alumnus trustee. To be honest, I said measure. He said, you have to chase the you really are part of a community in a Horwitz stayed with the Ringling Although he had always thought his no the first time because I had just got- swing. And we have to chase excellence. way that you aren’t at Harvard or NYU Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus for three future was in performing, New York ten the job at the AFI, I was opening a We really have to pursue it and think or Berkeley, and even, I’d say, at some years, improving his comedic routine as taught him a different lesson. “Where theater and it was too busy a year — I about it every day and in every phone other small liberal arts colleges. … The he went. “The thing about the circus is I thought I’d be a performer, I ended up couldn’t do it. But a year later I was very call. We have to keep it in front of us. That Gambier and Kenyon community is very that the only thing that mattered was writing more and having more success eager. By that time … I was really interest- way Kenyon will continue to be Kenyon important and in many ways [is] the soul skill. If you could do what you said you with that,” he said. “I had been news ed in higher education. I don’t think you — and that’s the whole idea.”

Matt Riley ’10 and Chris Camfield Haruhiko Itagaki Matt Witmer ’12 Visiting Asst. Professor Fac/Staff StudentsStudents Jenny Posnak ’12 of Mathematics Professor of Biology Totals so far: Gambier Students: 32.5 Grillin’ Faculty: 32 Vs

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Total Correct Two Three Three Three By Rachael Greenberg  Opinions The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 22, 2010 Thursday, April 15, 2010 The Kenyon Collegian Opinions  Progress Requires Communication “Most Wanted” The Kenyon or preserving aspects of life here at group of friends and the always-at- Not Welcome Kenyon? tentive listeners on allstu. Collegian Here’s an example I’ve been I’d like to assert that coopera- This week’s brief showing of thinking about recently. Mainte- tion and dialogue can solve individ- the campus’s “most wanted” surely nance is always breathing down the ual grievances, and that sometimes it caught most of us off-guard. In such necks of South Quad residents about takes systemic change to allow that an intimate and seemingly safe little Editors-in-Chief leaving cans all over the Quad. In- dialogue. When I hear the reasons Kenyon community, this wake-up Sarah Friedman evitably, Greeks end up taking most behind an opposing opinion, I can call might have been necessary in Kali Greff of the heat for this. The disciplinary make better and more informed Campus Safety’s estimation, given solution has been choices. Plus, I can the frequency of suspicious persons News Editor by Abby wardell to restrict drink- Sustainability articulate the rea- on campus this past weekend (see August Steigmeyer Guest Columnist ing outside. In my at Kenyon sons behind my Village Record), but we at the humble opinion, belief as well. In Collegian believe that the timing, Features Editors Let’s begin with the assump- this is not only un- my experience, this method and placement of these Susannah Gruder tion that effective, cohesive campus realistic, but also a total buzzkill. is pretty rewarding in both a political posters were poorly thought out. Phoebe Hillemann communication does not exist at On the other side of this situ- and a fuzzy-friendship sort of way. First and foremost, the timing Opinions Editor Kenyon. ation, ECO has been trying to get As one of the coordinators of the posters being posted Irene Wilburn The electrical blackout of 2008 outdoor recycling bins for upwards of ECO, I’d like to see a dialogue was especially unfortunate, proved that we’re practically fetal of three years. Perhaps — and I’m about this assumption of individual as Monday happened to be A&E Editor without the Internet and cell phones. just brainstorming here — if ECO, responsibility — who is defining one of three major accepted Bob Dorff And yet, even with the Internet, only South Quad residents and Greeks that? What does it mean to be re- student visit days. As we get 30-ish percent of students subscribe were to team up for outdoor recy- sponsible? To be an adult? If it means closer and closer to the May Sports Editor to allstu, nobody uses their listed cling bins, we could a) actually get the freedom to pursue whatever be- 1 deadline and the students Nate Oldach PBX numbers and student-info them, and b) drink to our spring- havior you please, the freedom to use visiting campus are (in e-mails are generally dismissed and feverish hearts’ content. up resources but be apathetic about theory) considering Ken- Design Editors deleted by loyal allstu subscribers. It’s true that all these things who’s providing them to you… well, yon more seriously than Erin Mershon The only people who attend all-cam- come down to individual choice that seems like a pretty apt descrip- students visiting earlier in Peyton Ward pus forums are those who are most — and individual responsibility. Yet tion of childhood to me. the year, the impression

invested — even if these individual- Let’s say that the daily norm staff editorial Kenyon makes is all the Business Manager the topic affects all Nobody knows who ist positions can is to be trayless — but that there’s more important. Accompanied James Austin students. sometimes end a small stack of trays for athletes by their parents, many of these Here’s a sec- to talk to at this school up undermining and students on crutches. Then the prospective students could very Chief Copy Editor ond assumption: our individual individual still has the freedom to well have been turned off by the Mara Pottersmith that student orga- when you have a bone liberties as stu- take a tray — but the vast major- faces of “Gambier’s Most Wanted” nizations cannot dents, because ity of students (who are admittedly posted right up in Peirce Hall for Photography Editor be effective in this they result in a apathetic) don’t take one by default. all to see. Paul Reed to pick. context. There are disjointed cul- Voila! AVI saves money, and the In addition, the method of Web Editor currently 160 registered organiza- ture of frustrated allstus, invisible students save their right to three cups advertising was outdated and over- James Asimes tions, which works out to ten stu- decision-making and a general dis- of Gatorade. whelming. Rather than sending a dents per organization — and that’s connect between our desires, other So I’ll leave you with these permanent link via Kenyon Web- News Assistant assuming every student is involved in people’s desires and the people who thoughts to approach the Week of mail for all students, faculty and Marika Garland an organization, which we know isn’t can fulfill (or restrict) those desires. Sustainability. This year, we (we- staff (not prospies) to see, the sus- true. Add to this the difficulty of ad- Not to mention that the ide- ECO, not we-Kenyon) have col- picious persons’ suspiciousness was Copy Editors vertising or communicating with the ologies of individual liberty often laborated with Greek Council and highlighted publicly but briefly. Monica Kriete, Lili Martinez, Nate larger student body, and what you conflict with the specific liberty that the Crozier Center, with the BFEC It’s obvious that Campus Safety Oldach, Libby Panhorst, Abby Scribner end up with is a Very Large Task. is desired: if it’s an individual’s right and the BSU, with AVI and Archons, did not think its decision through, ECO’s Very Large Task is made to be coddled by the system, is that with Res Life and PEAS, and... you as evidenced by the fact that the Faculty Advisors even larger when its projects overlap an individualist or a communitarian get the idea. Collaboration has been posters stayed up for only one day, John Elliott with administrative decisions, and sentiment? pretty effective. when the severity of general campus P. F. Kluge when the decisions affect (or are af- To summarize thus far: nobody But collaboration and com- safety would warrant (pun unin- fected by) the culture — intangible, knows who to talk to at this school munication shouldn’t be this hard tended) having the information Advertising and Subscriptions spontaneous and diverse — among when you have a bone to pick. — and it may take some changes to stay in circulation for more than a Advertisers should contact James Austin for the students. Besides, of course, one’s immediate the system itself to change that. 24-hour period. current rates and further information via e-mail So here we are. Given these re- And finally, the placement of at [email protected]. All materials should be sent to Business Manager, The Kenyon Collegian, strictions, how can we (we-Kenyon, Corrections these posters was confusing and P.O. Box 832, Gambier, OH 43022. not we-ECO) be effective in talking borderline scary for students of Ke- Yearly subscriptions to The Kenyon Collegian • In “Kenyon Discusses the Future of Political Parties” (April 15, page 1), Jim are available for $40. Checks should be made about environmental responsibility? Ceaser ’67 was mistakenly called Ed Ceaser. nyon to view as they exited break- payable to The Kenyon Collegian and directed to About the fact that our electric- fast or lunch on a typical Monday the Business Manager. • “Judge O’Malley ’79 Appeals to Obama” (April 8, page 3) stated that O’Malley ity comes from cutting the tops off was nominated for a previous position by two Ohio senators; in fact, President in the Kenyon bubble. While these mountains? About whether or not posters have always been available Office: Room 314 Peirce Tower Bill Clinton nominated her. Mailing address: The Kenyon Collegian, using a tray is a significant act? • “Trayless Tuesday Now Permanent” (April 8, page 1) stated that ResLife to view in the Office of Campus Student Activities Center, Gambier, OH 43022. More importantly, how can we Safety and the information is im- Business address: P.O. Box 832, Gambier, OH, partnered with AVI on Trayless Tuesday; in fact, it was the Housing and Dining 43022. be effective in doing — in changing Committee that partnered with AVI. TheCollegian apologizes for the errors. portant to preserve the safety of the E-mail address: [email protected] students, they should not have been Internet address: www.kenyoncollegian.com Space Lion Cavalry by Jack McKean up in Peirce. Many students com- The opinions page is a space for mented that they thought it was members of the community to discuss a joke at first, or an advertisement issues relevant to the campus and the world at large. The opinions expressed for an event hosted by a student on this page belong only to the writer. organization. The fact of the matter Columns and letters to the editors do not reflect the opinions of the Collegian staff. is that the wall in Peirce is typi- All members of the commuity are welcome cally a space for student groups to to express opinions through a letter to the editor. advertise events; the severity of the The Kenyon Collegian reserves the Campus Safety announcement was right to edit all letters submitted for length and clarity. The Collegian cannot accept out of place in, and thus diminished anonymous or psendonymous letters. by, that context. Letters must be signed by individuals, not organizations, and must be 200 words or We, the editors of the Col- less. Letters must also be received no later , appreciate the efforts of than the Tuesday prior to publication. The legian Kenyon Collegian prints as many letters Campus Safety to protect the as possible each week subject to space, students but hope that in the interest and appropriateness. Members of the editorial board reserve the right to reject future suspicious persons will be any submission. The views expressed in advertised in a more appropriate the paper do not necesassarily reflect the views of Kenyon College. and permanent way.  Arts The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 22, 2010 Thursday, April 22, 2010 The Kenyon Collegian Arts  Brother Ali Celebrates Community and Equality by Ned LittleField we overlook … killed it. And had a phat died. Brother Ali glanced around, He had successfully made the audience of equality and community. Kenyon Staff Writer beat.” Others manifested their dissent shrugged and started clapping the an integral part of the music, and the should reflect on the Brother Ali party with chants of “U! S! A!” after the song. rhythm. Once the speechless audience synchronized declaration of “PEACE!” not just as a chance to dance and rap During his performance Friday, Particularly enjoyable was “Pedigree,” an picked up the beat, he and Fashawn in which he then led the room was a along, but as an opportunity to come April 16, in Peirce Pub, Brother Ali ad- incredibly soulful braggadocio rap, and wrapped up their rhymes, no energy lost. fitting conclusion to his celebration together for something greater. dressed a common perception of what “Room with a View,” a vivid portrait of exactly makes his music so compelling. the urban landscape and its inhabitants. Reviews always start, he said, by calling As a musical experience for both artist him a fat, white, albino, Muslim emcee and audience, the concert was a resound- from Minnesota. They say he has learned ing success. to accept it. Brother Ali called the concert not “I don’t f------accept who I am,” he a “show,” but a “party.” It was not about told us, “I love who I am!” Undoubt- “me”, but “Us” (the name of his new latest edly, Brother Ali’s talent, topics and album, in fact). Not an emcee rapping at biography combine to create quality hip an audience, but a performer and a people hop. However, it was Ali’s celebration getting down as one. This emphasis of community, of the collective over the on deconstructing traditional hip-hop individual, that made his concert this past hierarchies and constructing commu- Saturday so memorable. nity was what captured this fan the most. Brother Ali hit the Peirce Pub stage Brother Ali’s musical persona, of course, at around 10:15 p.m., following a stellar contributes to this paradigm shift. Part of opening act by Fashawn, a Fresno, Calif., loving his albinism and growing up white emcee. The Horn Gallery booked the art- in African-American culture is “seeing” ists, along with deejay BK-One, as part of (an ironic choice of words on his behalf, the rappers’ nationwide Breakin’ Dawn since he is legally blind) everybody as the Tour, and the students, faculty (“Shout same skin color. He voiced this perspec- out to Professor Vernon [Shubel]!”) and tive frequently during the concert. “How visitors in attendance were hungry for the many of you out there, before identifying light. The sing-songy, self-esteem-drip- as a race or ethnicity, identify as a human ping “Forest Whitaker” appeared to be being?” he asked, sending a message that a fan favorite, as many joined Brother was particularly resonant after the Ken- Ali in the chorus. The political diatribe yon community had united around Take “Uncle Sam Goddamn” moved some, Back the Night the previous week. as well, particularly after he delivered the These themes permeated the music third verse a capella. until the very end. In the middle of his According to Peter Certo ’10, this encore, during which he and Fashawn CHRISTIAN MARTINEZ-CANCHOLA “incendiary critique of the little sicknesses electrically exchanged bars, the sound Fashawn and Brother Ali perform in Peirce Pub. Pod Profiles Drama Preview

Saul Nathan-Kazis ’11 Megan Lahr ’10 “Plastic Man” “The Way I Am” The Kinks Ingrid Michaelson

Why: “Good song, and The Why: “I listen so I actually get Kinks are one of the better British work done.” Invasion bands.”

Charlie Bittermann ’11 Lee Orr ’10 “Naive” “Who Says?” The Kooks John Mayer Why: “It was on Genius.” Why: “Because Pandora told me to.”

CHARLOTTE WOOLF

Whether students are working out at the KAC, poring over their Phèdre, Jean Racine’s adaptation of the Greek myth of Phaedra and Theseus translated by Ted Hughes, ex- books at the library or chilling in their dorms, iPods are a part plores a twisted love triangle in classic Greek tragedy fashion. The play’s beginning reveals that the eponymous of this campus. We decided to find out what you are listening to Phèdre, in the absence of her husband Theseus, has fallen in love with her stepson, Hippolytus. The drama that on those little contraptions. As a recurring feature, we will ask unfolds as the result of Phèdre’s actions has earned lavish praise for Racine and the title role. Phèdre will be Kenyon students what they are listening to and why. performed in the Peirce Pub this Friday, April 23, and Sunday, April 25, at 8:30 p.m. and tickets are first come, first served. by Bob Dorff, design by Daniel Streicher — Monica Kriete and Mara Pottersmith  Arts The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 29, 2010 Thursday, April 29, 2010 The Kenyon Collegian Arts  How I Met Josh Radnor: Alum Speaks on New Movie, Life at Kenyon by Sarah Friedman & chatty, as first screenplays generally are. all come together. deal with in my own life. I realize most don’t. But I still love coming back and Kali Greff Then I wrote about a third of another A perfect day to me is waking up of my misery is self-generated whenever it’s been really great this time. Editors-in-Chief screenplay, and then during the first two and realizing that I don’t have anything it descends, so I think it’s just a matter of TKC: Has it caused further reflec- seasons of How I Met Your Mother I to do but write. But I also really deeply shifting perspective and saying yes, kind tion on your experience here? The Kenyon Collegian: When did started writing this [Happythankyo- love the collaboration of making a film of agreeing to change is the secret to JR: If I have a mission statement you get started writing? Which came umoreplease]. and being on a set, all this manpower and happiness if you could boil it down. The as a writer, it’s to take a mallet to cyni- first, acting or writing? TKC: You didn’t originally plan technological power rising up to support mind obviously doesn’t see the future, cism, which I think is a really lazy and Josh Radnor: I wrote at Kenyon, to direct this movie. What made you this vision I had for this movie. … It was it can only unsophisticated certainly. I took [Writer-in-Residence decide to do it? really thrilling to look around set in the recollect the position to take. P.F.] Kluge’s fiction-writing class;I took JR: I initially wrote it to write summer when we were shooting and real- past, so it’s like I know that all a playwriting class with [Playwright-in- myself a great film role.I just thought, I ize, ‘oh, this is because of my imagination. an accoun- the evidence is Residence/Professor of Drama] Wendy have a sense of what I can do really well This is becauseI sat down and wrote this tant. It’s just gathered to say, [MacLeod]. I felt like I really came alive on screen and I’d like to write something thing that all these people are here.’ And kind of sift- ‘oh we should be as a writer when I went to the National that just exploits all that. I started doing there’s something great about that. ing through really cynical,’ but TheatreI nstitute at the O’Neill in Con- readings with actors, I did seven or eight TKC: Do you have plans for when the receipts, I also think we’re necticut where I did my spring semester readings over the years, with really good you finishHow I Met Your Mother? telling you more in charge abroad. We had playwriting and the actors that were just people I knew in JR: No. I mean… no. I guess me where you’ve of this stuff than teacher, who was a playwright named New York and L.A., and I found that and my fake wife will be very happy been. So if we realize. I think Donna DiNovelli, really took to my the tone of the movie was very tricky and together. We’re doing another season you depend that Kenyon by writing. She was one of the first people sometimes really good actors missed it, for sure; I imagine we’ll go seven or eight on your mind and large, even that said, ‘keep writing, keep writing, and I also found that as I talked to people years. We’re about to start season 6. Then or logic to tell though there’s an keep writing.’ I could say something before the reading maybe some time off.I ’m learning Span- you where epidemic of irony I’ve realized looking back, a big that would really help them. So I began to ish right now, I’d like to see a little more you should go and sarcasm here part of my Kenyon growing into myself feel as the kind of gatekeeper of the tone of the world. it will just tell like there is at any as a writer here was doing Fools on the of the movie, which is I think a big part I want to keep writing certainly, you to keep place, but there’s Hill, not least of which because … the of what directing a movie is, I started to and I’d like to direct other films. I’d like doing what also something rules of improvisation are good, useful feel like I was probably the best person to to be in some movies, that would be nice, you’ve been very sweet and for a writer. I don’t know if they still do do that. … My producer Jesse Hara said, maybe ones I didn’t write and direct. I doing. And uncynical about it, but half our stuff was sketch comedy ‘there’s no other person to direct this couldn’t have planned how this would that’s what I SARAH FRIEDMAN Kenyon, and that that we wrote and rehearsed. So myself movie than you,’ and I foolishly believed all shake out. It’s not like I was at Kenyon think the movie is about, about people was something I probably responded to and another Fool, who’s still a very good him and it all seemed to work out okay. and was on a hilltop taller than Gambier who are faced with more of the same in picking it without maybe even know- friend of mine, named Kip Conlon TKC: What do you like best, writ- and suddenly saw how this was all going or leaping into some unknown change, ing it, but it’s also one of the things I love. [’96], we wrote the bulk of the sketches ing, acting or directing? to look. It’s surprising to me. It’s been a big and getting to play God as a writer, I You could be obsessed with a class or a for three years. And writing comedy, a JR: Whatever I’m not doing at the improvisation. I guess hopefully I’ll just said, ‘No, dammit, you’re going to leap field of study and everything would rise well-crafted comedy scene, is like a well- moment. I loved directing, I really loved keep saying yes to things that scare me, into the unknown and you’re going to up to support you in your passion about crafted ‘scene-scene.’ You’ve got to have it. Directing myself was not my favorite would maybe be a good policy, because be rewarded for it.’ that. I think that’s a really wonderful all the elements. thing, to be the director and actor on this really scared me, to direct the movie, I don’t know how much my child- quality in a school. It’s not frowned upon, I never took a screenwriting class, the same day. When writing is happen- and it was the best decision I ever made. hood — certainly, I think everything your enthusiasm. And also I was worried but I feel like I’ve seen enough movies ing, when it’s working, when the muse is TKC: How did your upbringing stacks up to bring you right to this stair- as I aged, as I got farther away from here and digested enough cinematic vocabu- cooperating, there’s nothing like it. I love influence your writing, especially for case that we’re sitting on. You can’t rule I was worried that my own enthusiasm lary that you kind of figure out, ‘okay that so much. But I think that I really Happythankyoumoreplease? You men- out any of that as a factor in everything would be revealed to be a kind of col- this will work,’ or ‘it will work better need to keep doing all of them because tioned that it was basically about people else, but I had really good parents, I legiate phase, and in fact I found it to this way.’ Mostly I’ve taught myself by if I’m alone with my laptop for too long who had happy childhoods. had really good teachers. I think it’s re- be exactly the opposite. I find myself less doing, pretty much. And when I was I miss people and I miss interaction. … JR: Barring some sort of hor- ally good to get very educated and then cynical as times goes by, more energized, unemployed as an actor when I was I’m always thinking of ways to get out rific childhood trauma, most problemsI unlearn it all, kind of disabuse yourself more engaged in things, and more curi- first out of grad schoolI started writing of being an actor because sometimes it found among at least people I encounter of what you think you know, and I like ous about things. So all of that is to say short stories, which I was very serious provokes the worst parts of myself, and so are really self-generated problems; there’s unhooking myself from rational thought. that I think Kenyon was the perfect about, but I found I was always look- I always thought, maybe it’s not a healthy no problem except someone’s perspective There’s nothing rational about being an school for me in that regard. ing forward to writing dialogue. So I way to age. Sometimes I worry about too on something. That’s what I found in actor, there’s nothing rational about say- TKC: What were you picturing thought ‘why don’t I write a screenplay?’ much as an actor, which makes me think the writing of these characters. It’s like, ing ‘hey, I’m going to write and direct a would be the outcome of your movie, like My first screenplay was calledThe Adult- I have a bit of director DNA in me, that well these are good people who are really film.’ Most of the great things in my life what genre? Did you have a vision for it? hood Project, and my agent got it out to even as a young actor I was always wor- smart and they’re equipped with all the have been irrational decisions, generally Was it meant to be an indie film? a bunch of producers and I had some ried during tech, like ‘oh are they going skills they would need to make their way and statistically frowned-upon decisions, JR: It was certainly meant to be really lovely meetings. It was kind of a to fix that light?’A nd it had nothing to through the world with some measure of and then just seeing if you can open an indie film, almost whether or not I great writing sample. No one said, ‘here’s do with me or my part, I just see the big happiness, and yet they’re really in their yourself up to a bigger vision. had a say in that, the budget determines some money, let’s make this.’ It was a little picture, I was interested in how it would own way. That’s certainly something I TKC: How does it feel to be back whether it’s an indie film or not.I t wasn’t at Kenyon? like Fox or Sony said, ‘hey, here’s some JR: I’ve been back with some money.’ They just don’t make films KFM Preview frequency. I still have friends who are this small. And they would’ve ruined On Friday, April 30, at 9:00 p.m. in Peirce’s Great Hall, the Kenyon Filmmakers will host the Spring Film professors of course, as is the Kenyon way. this film without question. It would’ve Festival. The festival will feature Kenyon alumnus and screenwriter Joshua Adler ’98 and two student films, senior This time feels kind of uniquely sweet in been cast differently or wrong.I n terms Ethan Ross’s Leaving Woodbury and senior Katie Gruman’s All The Pretty Girls. Trailers will be shown for two other some ways, just because I’m coming back of a genre, I don’t know if this movie’s student films. with this thing that I’m very proud of and really a romantic comedy. I don’t think On Thursday, April 28, at 7:00 p.m. in Higley Auditorium, Kenyon alumnus Karl Shefelman ’80 will show happy to show people. My younger sister it’s like a coming-of-age — I think it’s a his short film Elysian Fields. —Bob Dorff is a Kenyon grad and she said to me, ‘I hard movie to pigeonhole. I was trying think these Kenyon students are really to write my favorite movie, is all I was going to love it. It feels like the quintes- doing. I like movies where people who KFS Preview sential Kenyon film for some reason.’I t’s feel recognizable and human to me are OUR FINAL FILM SCREENING OF THE YEAR ... SAD TIMES like, most of Kenyon is conversation, talking and going through stuff, and I and a lot of films that I love, and that I like a great soundtrack. And I do know Friday, April 30 — The Color of Money miss, that I don’t see made very much, that’s the movie I made, I mean whether are smart people with problems working you like this movie or don’t, I like it. And themselves out and talking through it that’s the hope, that your taste somehow What better way to end the year than with The Color of Money, the film that won PaulN ewman ’49, one of Kenyon’s most and that’s a lot of what Kenyon’s about. lines up with other people’s tastes. And so famous alums, the Academy Award? The Color of Money is the sequel to another noted Newman film, The Hustler. Newman reprises his role as pool shark Fast Eddie Felson. Directed by Martin Scorcese, the film was a critical hit and features performances I know that I’ve grown up a bit far that seems to have been the case. by Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Forest Whitaker and John Turturro. because when I used to come to Kenyon To read about more on Josh Radnor’s my heart would ache a little bit because I passion for meditation, its effects on his To celebrate our year of films, KFS will be hosting aD VD giveaway before the screening. Come and try to snag copies of several great wanted to be back here and I really missed creative process and his new book coming the meal plan. Not the actual food, but films we have shown throughout the year — the featuredD VD is Slumdog Millionaire, and who wouldn’t want a copy of that? out: the notion of a meal plan. When you get out of school, adulthood can bully you a View the full interview with So, come join us at the KAC Theater at 7:30 p.m. this Friday to view this wonderful film. The screening is open to anyone and Josh Radnor online at completely free. bit, and even the notion that you should —Miles Purinton be feeling like an adult. You certainly www.kenyoncollegian.com  Arts The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 22, 2010 Thursday, April 22, 2010 The Kenyon Collegian Arts  Savage in Limbo: Subplots Suprise, Ending Disappoints by Miles Purinton the appeal of friendship, and make enigmatic, relatable and genu- several such moments, but they ence left with many unanswered Staff Writer up their minds to live together in inely touching. Director Matt were missed dearly whenever the questions, perhaps not all needed one big house. Of course, how- Crowley ’11 is most effective in play’s action went back to the to be answered. The play, after One pub in the Bronx, five ever, everything falls apart when the moments between these two primary love triangle. all, was not written for us to slightly unbalanced 32-year- Tony arrives — prompting three characters. Notably, one inter- Overall, the play was an am- know where these five will end olds, four marriage proposals of the aforementioned marriage action involving a Santa Claus bitious production, and one that, up. All we know is that the bar and more than a few Brandy proposals. Tony’s entrance expos- suit and a healthy dose of rouge for the most part, worked well. will continue to stand and that Alexanders — these were the es the underlying rivalry between was beautifully done. In these The committed cast members April will probably be there elements that made up Savage in Denise and Linda, and the opti- instances, Crowley captured the brought us into their world of waiting for Murk to pour her Limbo by John Patrick Shanley, mistic glow of their newfound audience’s attention. There were limbo, and although the audi- another drink. KCDC’s Dessert Theater pro- friendship quickly fades. This duction this year, presented this offbeat love triangle of Denise, past weekend. Linda and Tony takes up the The Black Box Theater was majority of the play’s action, transformed into a nameless bar, but the play loses focus when it managed by Murk (Will Dag- centers on this plotline. The mo- ger ’10), which serves as an im- tivations of the characters never promptu meeting place for three fully come to light, and so most friends who have not seen each of their actions seem unsatisfying other since high school. We have and are difficult to follow. This April (Caroline Lindy ’12), who, is in no way the fault of the tal- it becomes immediately obvious, ented performers, each of whom is either drunk, crazy or both. attacked their roles with energy There’s Linda (Maria Krovatin and conviction. Sachnoff ’s por- ’10), whose reputation concern- trayal of Denise was especially ing men is not the most flattering, convincing, effectively display- although she’s now going steady ing the character’s desperation with town hunk Tony Aronica and numerous insecurities. (Charlie Schneider ’11). Round- Although the main relation- ing out the cast, there’s Denise ships may have not come to a Savage (Rachel Sachnoff ’12), head, the production came to life who, as the title seems to suggest, when the action was focused on is living in limbo. Whether that a separate relationship, that be- limbo refers to her hometown or tween Murk and April. As April, her quest to lose her virginity is Lindy was immensely watchable up for debate. and brought much comic relief At first, everything seems to the show. Dagger, as the gruff KEVIN HOLLOWAY fine. The three women discover bartender devoted to April, is Maria Krovatin ’10 and Charlie Schneider ’11 in Savage in Limbo. Find and Sign Recontextualizes the Bard J Street U Provides by Miles Purinton While abroad with the Kenyon-Exeter Shakespeare dealt with are diminished. Staff Writer program two years ago, MacLeod saw “I think it has to deal with race and love Forum for Poetry a performance of Othello in Britain. and jealousy. Let’s just say they’re timeless Playwright-in-Residence Wendy MacLeod found herself taken with the themes,” she said. Poems Explore Israeli-Palestinian Politics MacLeod is known to students as a background of this famous story. “We At 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 25, professor of playwriting and introduc- hear in Othello about a promotion that MacLeod will present her play as a re- by Andrew Ebner beauty of the poetry incited deep tory drama courses. For those outside Iago didn’t get, which is one possible hearsed reading in the Black Box Theater. Staff Writer thinking within me. the Kenyon bubble, however, MacLeod reason for why he does what he does to The play has previously been read inN ew What especially resonated is recognized as the author of several ac- Othello. So my story is really a play about York, and two of the actors performing Last Tuesday, April 13, J that evening were the stories claimed plays including Sin, The Water a promotion,” she said. on Sunday participated in previous read- Street U, a new student organiza- some of the readers told about Children and The House of Yes. The House In MacLeod’s play, Iago is a white ings. Susan Pourfar (Nurse Jackie, Law tion dedicated to a two state so- their experiences in the region. of Yes achieved added notoriety when the artists and repertoire representive at a pre- and Order) will read Julia, and Chad lution in Israel-Palestine, hosted The poems they read seemed to 1997 film version took a Special Jury dominantly black record label. He wants Goodridge (Passing Strange) will read a reading of English, Arabic and fully embody their memories Award at the Sundance Film Festival. to be promoted to head his department, the part of Cal, Iago’s rival. These outside Hebrew poetry. Community and emotions. Students and pro- Given her impressive track record, any and hopes to sign Mac, a high school-age actors will be joined by members of the members and students were invit- fessors shared their own work; new output from MacLeod is a point of rap artist, to a record deal. The situation Kenyon community, including Visiting ed to listen to and read works by one student even read a poem he interest, and this weekend will provide is complicated by Julia, Mac’s school Assistant Professor of Drama Ben Vic- both Arab and Israeli poets. In the wrote at the event, inspired by Kenyon students with the chance to teacher, who wants him to pursue his cellio, who will read the part of Iago, and words of of Helen Zuckerman ’12, others’ readings. experience one of MacLeod’s plays before academic dreams by accepting a scholar- Associate Professor of Drama Jonathan co-president of J Street U, said the The event was a great suc- anyone else. ship to Columbia University. Tazewell, who will read the part of Andre, group wanted to cess; the poems MacLeod’s new play, entitled Find MacLeod has shifted the characters Iago’s record label boss. Visiting Assistant reveal the “hu- were extraor- and Sign, draws inspiration from one from Othello into the present day, but she Professor of Drama Robin Gordon will man side of the The event aimed to dinarily well- of history’s most famous playwrights. said she does not feel that the concepts read for Mona, Julia’s friend, and the cast conflict” and reveal the human side presented and Paid Advertisement will be completed by Dominique McKoy that the politi- ea g erly read , ’10, who will play Mac. cal aspects of- of the Palestinian and f u l f i l l i n g J Shipping? PAKMAIL Storing? This weekend, there will be two ten overshadow Street U’s pur- other related events for interested deeper connec- Israeli conflict. pose of show- We can ship your belongings home students. On Friday afternoon at 4:10 tions between casing Israelis’ or store them for the summer p.m., the acclaimed acting teacher the two groups. and Palestin- We will pick up your packed boxes and Karen Kohlhaas will offer an acting The evening featured stu- ians’ humanity. Several people SHIP them to your home workshop in the Hill Theater. This will dents, faculty members and Gam- often stood at once to claim (or wherever you would like) be followed by a panel at 4:10 p.m. on bier residents reading both origi- their chance to read. As the event We will also pick up your packed boxes and smaller furniture and Saturday focused on “Getting Started nal poems and poetry published closed, listeners were invited STORE them for you (for the summer or longer), and return them to in the Business.” Those interested in by Israeli and Arab poets. Some to talk and share more ideas you in August. improving their acting chops and learn- of the poets read included Dahlia together; it was clear that even Please check our website for complete details ing about the reality of Hollywood Ravikovitch and Mahmoud Dar- after almost two hours of poetry, and to register. and acting or those who just want to wish, whose poems were echoed few were truly in a hurry to leave. pakmailmountvernon.com see one of the first readings of a new through many new voices as day It was a memorable night full of 1558 Coshocton Avenue 740-392-6245 play should mark their calendars for a turned to night. I left the presen- human communication, contact jam-packed weekend. tation in a reflective mood, as the and beauty. Weekend Sports Picks The Kenyon Collegian Illustrations by Ellie Jabbour Weekend Weather Collegian he enyon ollegian

T K C S S a LadiesPage Lacrosse 10 Lords Baseball F Thursday, April 22, 2010 u t r u n Saturday, April 24, at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at 2:00 p.m. i d r d d Kenyon hosts College of Wooster Kenyon hosts Anderson University a a

Sports y a y Mostly Cloudy y Showers Thunderstorms A Guide to the First Round of Sportthe NBA Playoffs s 65° / 46° 70° / 55° 68° / 46° Thursday, April 22, 2010 | Page 12 The Equestrian Team By kegan borland at least 12 points, and Crawford added the free throw line. Meanwhile his point Guest Writer 17 as well. This season John Salmons guard, Jason Kidd, had a double-double and Andrew Bogut have led the Bucks in points and assists. The Spurs have been Eastern Conference: because, unfortunately, the best player led this season, as they have for ten years, Expands Awareness #1 Cleveland Cavaliers (2-0) vs. on their team, Michael Redd, is out with by two-time NBA MVP Tim Duncan. #8 Chicago Bulls (0-2) an injury. However, rookie Brandon Jen- With the help of point guard Tony Parker The heavy favorite to win the East nings has electrified the Bucks. Jennings and shooting guard Manu Ginobili, the is the Cleveland Cavaliers led by Lebron had 34 points in Game 1. Unfortunately, Spurs have won three NBA titles this James. In their first round matchup, the Jennings did not show up for Game 2 and past decade. This Spurs team has been Cavaliers look to defeat the Bulls for the was held to single digits, while the Hawks troubled by injuries, as Parker was unable first time in 16 years. L ebron James was had 3 players score over 20. TheH awks to start in Game 1. Duncan and Ginobili the MVP of the 2009 regular season and lead the series 2-0. scored 27 and 26 points respectively, but will likely repeat this year. To get the job it was not enough as they lost Game 1 done in these playoffs, he will hope to get #4 Boston Celtics (2-0) vs. #5 by 6 points. For the Spurs to move on, support from Mo Williams and Antawn Miami Heat (0-2) they will need all three of their all-stars Jamison. In Game 1, both Williams and The Boston Celtics come into the performing at their highest levels. The Jamison put up double-doubles, while playoffs with their “Big Three”: Paul Mavericks lead the series 1-0. James led the way in points with 24. In Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Game 2, James did it on his own, putting This season, however, point guard Rajon #3 Phoenix Suns (1-1) vs. #6 up 40 points on the Bulls. The Chicago Rondo has emerged as a superstar. If these Portland Trailblazers (1-1) Bulls managed to squeak into the playoffs four players are able to put together the During the regular season, Amare by finishing the regular season one game post-season that they are capable of, they Stoudemire averaged 23 points and nine ahead of the Toronto Raptors. Derrick might just be the most dangerous team in rebounds per game. Two-time NBA Rose, a second-year point guard who the Eastern Conference. But, they have MVP Steve Nash averaged a double- scored 28 points in Game 1, has led them to get past the Heat in Round 1, led by double this year with 16.5 points and 11 all season. The Bulls are a talented, fast- Dwayne Wade, who has the ability to assists per game. In Game 1 of the play- paced team but they need to find a way to dominate the game. This season, he has offs, Nash had 25 points, Stoudemire had slow down James, which is no easy task. averaged 26.6 points per game, and it was 18 points and nine rebounds, and Jason During the regular season, James averaged only four years ago that he was named Richardson had a double-double with REENA DE LANEROLLE 29.7 points per game, finishing second in Finals MVP. He isn’t the only Finals 14 points and 10 rebounds. There’s no Caitlin Richardson ’13 jumps at the OSU Horse show. the scoring title race. The Cavaliers lead MVP in this match-up though, as Paul question that the Suns have the firepower the series 2-0. The series moves to Chi- Pierce earned the award two years ago, to go deep in this tournament. Their By nate oldach While most of the time we are cago now, and the Bulls desperately need when the Celtics won the Champion- opening round match-up is against a Sports Editor here to ride and to learn, we also a win because no team in history has ever ship. In Game 1, Dwayne Wade led the team who is playing without their best want to have fun, whether it be on come back from a 3-0 deficit. way with 26 points. Rajon Rondo had a player, Brandon Roy, who is injured. In One of the greatest aspects of the road at competitions or going double-double with 10 points and 10 as- Game 1, they looked to guard Andre the Kenyon community is that if out to dinner with each other.” #2 Orlando Magic (1-0) vs. #7 sists. Game 2 was a chance for the Heat to Miller, who led the team to a victory, an individual has a passion, he or Maintaining an active roster Charlotte Bobcats (0-1) get back in it because Kevin Garnett was scoring 31 points. In addition to Miller, she can create a group dedicated of 22 members, this group looks Last season, the Orlando Magic serving a one game suspension, but Ray the Blazers had 4 other players scoring to cultivating that passion. One to extend its influence and recog- came as close to an NBA Championship Allen shot an amazing 78 percent from double digits. Even without Roy and example that differentiates Ken- nition within the community, but by winning the Eastern Conference, but beyond the arc and ended with 25 points. with all the talented players on the Suns, yon from a vast number of other finds it difficult as a result of cer- lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Kevin Garnett’s replacement, Glen Davis, the Trailblazers were able to squeak out schools is the fact that it main- tain College restrictions. “We’ve Championship. Dwight Howard will added 23 of his own. This series is quickly a win in Game 1. They were the only tains an active equestrian team. tried to get people involved lead the Magic once again. Howard led slipping away form the Heat. road team to win Game 1 in this season’s Founded in 1996 to support the through our fundraisers, but it’s the league in blocks this season with 228 playoffs. Game 2 was a different story as sport of horseback riding, the hard to promote awareness when (53 more than the next best). This playoff Western Conference: the Suns dominated the Blazers, led by Ja- club has become a fixture on the no one knows where the barn is,” season will be different forH oward and #1 Los Angeles Lakers (2-0) vs. #8 son Richardson’s 29-point performance. Kenyon campus. Through bake de Lanerolle said. “We can’t just the Magic, though: they will have their Oklahoma City Thunder (0-2) This should prove to be an interesting sales, pancake bring a horse onto starting point guard, Jameer Nelson, who The Los Angeles Lakers are the series as it moves to Portland tied at 1 breakfasts and “We just want to campus, so people was injured for most of the playoffs last defending champions, and they will game apiece. their trademark don’t know who we season. Now however, he is healthy and not settle for anything less than another O p e n B a r n s , make sure the Ken- are. There is also ready to go, and proved that by scoring championship this season. Kobe Bryant, #4 Denver Nuggets (1-1) vs. #5 t h e s e y o u n g a limited amount 32 points in Game 1. The Magic led the a 12-time NBA All-Star and the NBA Utah Jazz (1-1) w o m e n r a i s e yon community re- that people can do league in three-pointers made this season Finals MVP from last season leads them For the past six seasons, small for- awareness and if they do come and outscored the Bobcats 13-3 in three- into the playoffs. In Game 1, Bryant ward Carmelo Anthony has been the funds for their alizes that this team down to the stalls. pointers made in Game 1. Stephen Jack- scored only 21 points, while last season he leader of the Denver Nuggets. He has sport. For instance, there son and Gerald Wallace, who averaged averaged just over 30 points per game. It been in contention for the scoring title Th o ug h a is about more than is an art to shovel- 20 and 18 points per game, respectively, was the big guys underneath who sealed multiple times, and this year has been no large part of the competition.” ing [horse excre- in the regular season, lead the Bobcats the victory for the Lakers. Both Pau different. D uring the regular season, An- club consists of ment], but people into battle. In order to compete with the Gasol and Andrew Bynum, who just thony averaged 28.6 points per game, fin- simply raising — Reena de Lanerolle don’t really want Magic, the Bobcats must find an answer returned from an injury, scored double- ishing third in the scoring title race. The awareness about to do that, so we for Dwight Howard and Jameer Nelson. doubles in points and rebounding. The Nuggets’ opponents, the Utah Jazz, also the proper treatment and main- try to find innovative ways to get But, with Tyson Chandler (center) and Thunder have been led by KevinD urant, have some scoring power. Carlos Boozer tenance of horses, the group is a people involved, including the Gerald Wallace both day-to-day with the youngest player in history to have and Deron Williams both averaged team and individuals do compete. Open Barns.” injuries, the Bobcats might see an early won the NBA scoring title, this season. double-doubles this season with both In fact, several individuals have This Saturday, April 24, from exit from the playoffs. Durant was held to 24 points in Game scoring just under 20 points per game. qualified for zone and regional 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the team 1, defended for most of the game by Boozer added 11.2 rebounds per game competitions in events including will host an Open Barn at the #3 Atlanta Hawks (2-0) vs. #6 Ron Artest, who is well known for great and Williams averaged 10.5 assists per jumping, Western and, come next barn, which is southeast of the Milwaukee Bucks (0-2) defense. Game 2 saw Durant scoring 32, game. In Game 1, the Jazz were unable to year, dressage. Gap Trail crossing. The event The Atlanta Hawks finished the but Kobe Bryant answered that with 39 keep these two in check. Anthony put up “Our goals are really struc- is open to the public and will regular season with the best record of his own. 42 points on the Jazz, while the Jazz’s top tured around our members,” said include a tutorial on dressage, a they’ve had since 1996 and they hope to performer was Williams with 26 points. Co-Captain Reena de Lanerolle demonstration of Western style take that momentum into the playoffs #2 Dallas Mavericks (1-0) vs. #7 But in Game 2, the Jazz held Anthony to ’11. “We have a new coach this riding, a raffle, a jumping demon- this year. Joe Johnson, one of the most San Antonio Spurs (0-1) 32 points, while Deron Williams scored year who knows a lot about dres- stration, pony rides and lunch. underrated players in the league, and This match-up is a repeat from last 33 for the Jazz. Anthony also fouled out sage and so we hope to branch out “We just want to make sure Jamal Crawford led the Hawks into the year’s opening round match-up, in which with 25 seconds left in the game, so he was and compete in several different the Kenyon community real- playoffs. Johnson averaged just over 21 the Mavericks eliminated the Spurs from not there to take the game winning shot. events next year, but that all de- izes this team is about more than points per game this season. Crawford the playoffs in only 5 games. This season, When Anthony fouls out the Nuggets are pends on the team. If our mem- competition,” de Lanerolle said. will provide support from the bench, as former NBA MVP Dirk Nowitzki once 1-11. If the Jazz advance, they have a great bers want to be more competitive, “We want them to know it’s about he has all season, averaging 18 points per again led the Mavericks in points. In chance at winning the next series because our team will grow, but we want the love of horses and learning to game. Crawford is the likely favorite to Game 1, Nowitzki scored 36 points, they should have Andrei Kirilenko, one to ensure that our members have ride. So if you’ve ever been inter- win the Sixth Man Award this season. shooting an amazing 86 percent from of their stars, back from injury. The series fun and get to know each other ested in horse-riding, come down In Game 1, all fiveH awks starters scored the field. He also went 12 for 12 from now moves to Utah for game 3. while learning about the horses. Saturday and we’ll teach you.” The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 22, 2010 Sports Page 11 Fighting Culture Draws Lords Baseball Fails to Wrangle Gators Massive Crowds By James Asimes with little separation between the play- Sports Columnist ers and the fans. The fighting culture in the NBA is slowly passing into oblivion, After boxing, mixed martial arts however, as fewer players “trash talk” (MMA), chess boxing (as ridiculous — with the exception of the washed-up as it sounds, it is an actual sport) and Kevin Garnett — as players, especially other brawling sports of the like, hockey superstars, have become too wrapped is frequently thought of as the sport in up in developing personal clothing which the fighting culture is the stron- lines and developing themselves into gest. There is a strong outcry amongst a brand name to hold a grudge over a traditional hockey fans against the tough opponent. movement to adopt Olympic-style rules In the MLB, the fighting culture in the National Hockey League (NHL) has evolved from an eye-for-an-eye that would ban fighting. While most culture that has traditionally dominated fans would contest that they do not at- the sport for over a century. The layout tend hockey games solely for the fights, of a ballpark prevents the fans from the violence of the sport does bring fans being involved in the fighting culture, to the ice arenas. The fighting culture as most baseball brawls happen in the in professional hockey is facilitated by middle of the diamond, many feet the strong separation between fans in from the nearest fan. Also, the umpires attendance and the athletes on the ice. and usually the coaches of both teams This separation allows the fighting to quickly disperse fights in baseball. not spill into the stands and does not While most of the major profes- PAUL REED threaten the safety of those in atten- sional sports in America have moved Dan White ’10 delivers a pitch in the Lords’ victory over Allegheny on Saturday. dance. Furthermore, it does not often toward punishing all types of fighting spill into brawlish style fighting in which between players, one professional sport By sam katz they sent Tyler Dierke ’10, 1.88 runs and struck out three batters both teams empty their benches and has begun to embrace the confronta- Staff Writer ERA coming into the game, to the over his seven innings of work. turn the ice into a back-alley-style battle tional culture within, at least within mound. Dierke, though, was hit Kenyon, for the fourth time that straight out of The Outsiders. Fights in reason. NASCAR, the National As- The Kenyon baseball team hard, giving up six earned on nine weekend, faced a strong pitching professional hockey are kept to a low sociation of Stock Car Auto Racing, hosted Allegheny last weekend, hits over his two innings of work. performance from Allegheny, and number of individuals per fight and rarely followed by many in the Kenyon splitting Saturday’s and losing But the Allegheny team didn’t could only muster one run. controlled, but not prevented, by the community, has attempted to increase Sunday’s double headers. The care who was pitching; they didn’t Leadoff hitter Pat Gunn ’10 officials on the ice. the candid interaction among drivers, Lords won Saturday’s first game stop hitting all weekend. Alleghe- led the team with two hits in his All potential irony aside, the most especially rivals. While this could be a 5-4 after rallying back from 2-4 in ny’s potent offense led them to a four at-bats and scored the team’s violent non-combat sport in America knee-jerk reaction to the pre-packaged the seventh inning, but failed to 9-2 victory in Saturday’s second run. Hitting third, Tom Hardacker also provides the fewest fights among Jimmy Johnson winning the past four recapture the same magic in the game behind a complete-game ef- ’10 drove in Gunn in the bottom players. Professional hockey, as well as championships, it also is a reaction to second game, losing 2-9. Sunday, fort from their pitcher. of the first inning, but the team collegiate for that matter, has a very fan outcry at the bland style of driver the Lords fell 0-10 and 1-6 to the Sunday was more of the same, couldn’t keep the tone throughout subdued, if not nonexistent, fighting developing in NASCAR. hands of two very strong Allegheny as Allegheny overpowered the the game, as Allegheny scored nine culture. Football is considered a brutal Fans do not choose to go to sport- pitching performances. Lords in both games, winning by unanswered. enough sport where rivalries need not ing events for the fights that may erupt After traveling to Denison a decisive combined effort of 16-1. The Lords (11-17), experi- be intensified through extracurricular between athletes or even, unfortunately, on Wednesday, April 14, and win- Right-handed pitcher Mike Kalis enced a bit of a frustrating season clashes between rival teams. Regardless between athletes and fans. Furthermore, ning the game convincingly, 14-5, ’11 started the first game, allowing after falling short last year to of the lack of fighting culture in football, supporters do not buy tickets to see two the team couldn’t build on their seven runs, three of which were Wooster in the conference cham- National Football League commis- microwavable-dinner teams, predictable momentum for the final stretch earned, over his five-inning effort. pionship. After many players sioner Roger Gooddel has succeeded and amicable toward one another. Fans of the season. In Saturday’s first The Lords’ defense did not make graduated last year, and as the team in removing as much carnage from find it easiest to throw great support be- game, Kenyon responded with two plays behind Kalis, committing welcomed fresh young faces to the professional football as possible. hind players with an edge, players who outs in the bottom of the seventh three errors, which accounted for starting lineup, growing pains were The league commissioners for show more than a perfect media façade after Craig Wocl ’11 singled in the most of his runs. to be expected to some degree. both the National Basketball Associa- both on and off the court.S urely fans do first of three runs. Catcher James The Lords faced an impres- There were high points tion (NBA) and Major League Baseball not look for diplomatic, straight-laced Wendt ’10 walked after Wocl, and sive pitching performance again though, as nine Lords batted above (MLB) have both vehemently opposed superstars to lead their teams as though the two then advanced to second though, as their starter went the .300. Dierke also experienced a lot and attempted to prevent fighting in they are running a business. While and third respectively after a distance, throwing a two-hit shut- of first-year success, as his ERA is a professional basketball and baseball. money is having an increasing impact wild pitch. Jesse Weiss ’13 laced a out. hair below 3.00 as the team enters The fighting culture in both of these on the executive decisions of sports walk-off single to right field that In Sunday’s final game, right- its final weekend. sports is very limited, and only sparingly teams, fans, for the most part, negatively plated Wocl and Wendt to win handed pitcher Andy Hoffman ’11 The Lords’ final game will be arises, likely due to personal grudges respond to this movement of athletes the game. put forth a gutsy effort, throwing this Saturday, as Anderson College or intense team rivalries. In the NBA, full of cliché one-liners learned from a The Lords were hoping to a complete-game but tallying the comes to McCloskey Field for a fights quickly turn into full team brawls few screenings of Bull Durham. sweep the day’s doubleheader as loss. Hoffman allowed four earned double-header at 12:00 p.m. KSA: More ThanS upport for Athletes; Also Has Humanitarian Mission By Melissa Hart water in Africa. KSA recently won Levy ’10 said she hopes this change water bottles.” make a difference as we support other Staff Writer a grant from the National Collegiate in fundraising technique will boost KSA’s next big project for the programs,” she said. Athletic Association for its Earth funds for the project. “We’ve been year is the Earth Day Clean-up. The organization is looking to Kenyon Student Athletes Day Cleanup program. selling water bottles for the past The NCAA recently awarded the increase support next year. “We are (KSA), a service organization dedi- The organization’s Clean Water couple of years and that’s allowed us organization with a grant of $1,000 looking to get a lot more student cated to improving the community Campaign is the longest-running ser- to raise a lot of money for our clean for this program. Levy believes the involvement, getting more people and the lives of athletes on campus, is vice program KSA has participated water campaign,” she said. “We hope money will help the organization to at meetings and keeping student involved in many events throughout in. KSA has been selling water bottles that switching to selling T-shirts get athletes involved in the various athletes involved in activities outside the year. for the past three years in efforts to will bring in more money for a good causes. “We’re really excited about of their sports,” Myers said. This year, its members have raise money to benefit the Clean Wa- cause.” the grant,” she said. “We hope to Levy, as a graduating officer, participated in several fundraisers. ter Foundation. KSA has increased KSA Secretary Mary Myers ’12 raise awareness of our presence said she feels confident in the rising The organization worked a booth at its fundraising efforts, selling T-shirts said she feels the T-shirts will sell on campus and get more athletes leaders of KSA. “I think we have the Take Back The Night carnival, with the slogan: “The only thing bet- better than the water bottles did. “I involved.” really strong leaders emerging,” Levy provided workers for several YMCA ter than ’bier is clean water” at home think it was a good switch because KSA member Morgan Korinek said. “Hopefully they will be able to swim meets and raised money for sporting events for $10 and putting the T-shirts can appeal to the student ’12 said the money shows the effect get more people involved and will the Water Project, a nonprofit orga- up a website where people can donate body, not just athletes,” Myers said. of organization’s presence on campus. be able to continue the projects that nization that works to provide clean to the cause. Vice President Rachel “Also, people only need so many “It gives us hope that what we do does [my class] started.” Weekend Sports Picks Illustrations by Ellie Jabbour Weekend Weather Collegian he enyon ollegian

T K C S S a Ladies Lacrosse Lords Baseball F u t r u n Saturday, April 24, at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at 2:00 p.m. i d r d d Kenyon hosts College of Wooster Kenyon hosts Anderson University a a y a y Mostly Cloudy y Showers Thunderstorms Sports 65° / 46° 70° / 55° 68° / 46° Thursday, April 22, 2010 | Page 12 Ladies Lacrosse Prepares for NCAC Showdown Lords Tennis Chews Up Big Red in NCAC Weekend Play By Mark motheral ence (NCAC) Championship, this Staff Writer loss could still negatively impact his seeding at the National Colle- Following a tough loss to the giate Athletic Association (NCAA) seventh-ranked Carnegie Mellon Singles Tournament. “At this point, University Tartans, the ninth- it is hard to say if the loss will have ranked Lords tennis team faced any impact on [Greenberg’s] seed- four unranked teams this past week: ing,” Thielke said in an e-mail. “Most the Denison University Big Red, the likely it will.” Case Western Reserve University A few days after Kenyon’s win at Spartans, the Oberlin College Yeo- Denison, the Lords traveled to Ober- men and the College of Wooster lin to face the Case Western Reserve Fighting Scots. Predictably, the Spartans and the Oberlin Yeomen. Lords returned to their winning In beating both teams 9-0, the Lords form and crushed these relatively used the opportunity to give some of weak teams. their reserves a chance to gain more Marty Fuller Kenyon began its latest win- match-play experience, particularly Isabel Plourde ’10 streaks past a number of Denison University defenders in Tuesday’s win. ning streak against the Denison McNeil Parker ’10, Adam Sendor By Nate oldach score 5-1 with 18 minutes left in the half. conference rival, this victory sets the stage Big Red last Wednesday, April 14, ’11, Jared Goldstein ’13, Austin Grif- Sports Editor The BigR ed were able to cut the deficit to for the biggest Ladies lacrosse game in re- in Granville, Ohio. In doubles, the fin ’13, Kevin Ye ’13 and Jake Mat- three just one minute later, but from there cent history. TheL adies will now take on Lords picked up a 3-0 lead fairly thews ’13. All of these players took Since losing to the Allegheny Col- the Ladies controlled the remainder of a Wooster team that is still undefeated in easily. Will VandenBerg ’10 and Paul advantage of the opportunities given lege Gators on April 10, the Ladies the half, scoring three more unanswered conference play this season. “This game Burgin ’13 claimed the first victory to them, going undefeated in their lacrosse team has been on a tear, winning goals. Going into halftime, the Ladies was a big confidence booster, but we have for Kenyon with a trouble-free 8-2 respective matches. Ultimately, even four straight matches. The Ladies’ last enjoyed a sizable 8-2 lead. more work to do before we play Wooster,” win at third doubles. Although the with weakened lineups, the Lords win came against North Coast Athletic The second half was much like the Buzzi said. “The team knows that. We other two doubles matches were only conceded two sets among the Conference (NCAC) rival Denison Uni- first half, with the Ladies seemingly in still need to work on our ball control on more competitive, the Lords headed 18 matches played that day. versity this past Tuesday, April 20, by a control of every aspect of the game, not offense and some basic things, but at this into singles with a 3-0 lead after To- Finally, on Sunday, April 18, score of 13-8. allowing the Big Red to get within more point it is all about knowing everything mas Piskacek ’10 and Jeremy Polster the Lords went to Wooster to face “Allegheny was a special game,” than five points of the lead. As the buzzer we can about our opponent.” ’11 took the second doubles match the Fighting Scots. Playing multiple said Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach sounded, the Ladies celebrated, extend- The battle for the regular season 8-5, and Mike Greenberg ’10 and reserves once more, Kenyon turned Meredith Buzzi. “It was one of the best ing their record to 12-1 and 4-1 in the NCAC crown and, more specifically, Charlie Brody ’10 continued their in one of its most dominant wins games of the season, but unfortunately we NCAC with a 13-8 victory over their the right to host the NCAC tournament fine play by winning the first doubles this season. Despite benching three came up short in the end. Since then, we bitter rivals. Though this was a complete in a couple of weeks are on the line this match 8-6. starting singles players and one start- have been playing high-quality lacrosse. win by a strong team, there were several weekend when the Ladies take on the In singles, the Lords’ second ing doubles player, Kenyon only lost Our offense has been scoring well, but standout performers. Midfielder Jenny Scots on Saturday, April 24, at 1:00 p.m. through sixth singles players all 18 games in nine matches. And, on our defense is the real story. It has stepped Fitzgerald ’11 finished with a personal According to Buzzi, this game is going to managed to win, despite the ab- a day on which all the Lords won in up, holding opponents to a total of 14 best, four goals on the afternoon. Monty be a hard-fought battle to the end. “Year sence of Piskacek, who was given comfortable fashion, VandenBerg goals [coming into Tuesday]. This is a Sherwood ’12 and Alicia Florin ’11 add- in and year out, Wooster is considered a break by Head Tennis Coach stood out: he won both his match real tribute to both of our goaltenders ed two goals apiece to the Ladies’ total. the team to beat in the conference,” she Scott Thielke. The predominant at second doubles and his match [Chase Kreuter ’10 and Casey McKone Finally, Emily Nichols ’13 added a goal said. “They’ve earned that recognition by story from this match, though, was at third singles without dropping a ’11], who have been playing very well. and two assists to the winning effort. continuously living up to that reputation. Greenberg’s unexpected 6-4, 3-6, single game. The confidence and prowess that we are “The Ladies played very good We want to be one of the first Kenyon 10-12 loss at first singles. Coming After their four consecutive playing with speaks volumes about this lacrosse in the first half of the Denison teams to beat them in a while. I expect into the match, Greenberg was the wins, the Lords now have an overall team and its potential.” game and that is what helped us to the [Saturday’s game to be] one of the best la- top-ranked player in the Central record of 16-5, and they are 2-0 in At the first whistle, it was obvious win,” Buzzi said. “This was a big win. crosse games that Kenyon has ever played. Region, while his opponent was NCAC play. They’ll next put their that the Ladies were ready for their con- Denison [versus] Kenyon is always a This is a big match-up of good teams in only ranked as the 21st-best player winning streak on the line against ference rival, scoring three goals in the rivalry, whether it be in swimming, tennis our conference. I expect fans to be there. I in the same region. According to the Allegheny College Gators, who first three minutes. The BigR ed refused or lacrosse, we always want to beat Deni- expect it to be full of energy. It is extremely Thielke, Greenberg “wasn’t doing have won three straight matches, to quit and, less than a minute later, the son. This was a big, exciting win, the best exciting for Kenyon to be in this position well and had nausea during the entire albeit against weak teams. This Big Red put one past Kreuter to make win of the season so far, and we’re look- where we can host for the first time in the match against Denison.” Although match will take place at Kenyon on the score 3-1. Fortunately, the Ladies ing for an even bigger one on Saturday history of this program and that energy Greenberg will likely have a chance Sunday, April 25, at 2:00 p.m., and remained undaunted and responded [against the College of Wooster].” is feeding our practices and our efforts to to exact his revenge on his nemesis will mark the end of regular season with two goals of their own, making the Though theL adies have beaten one prepare for this game.” at the North Coast Athletic Confer- play for Kenyon. Lords and Ladies Track Teams Dash Toward NCAC Championship Meet By nate oldach all that impressive, with the Ladies year] and doing an outstanding job. going into the final few events of the in a time of 51.76, a time that, ac- Sports Editor placing 15th and the Lords placing It’s really impressive how well she has season. Pat Meyers ’12 ran an out- cording to Gomez, will score at the 19th, the individual performances done at such a young age.” standing 800-meter run in which he NCAC meet. Nate Spagnola ’10 set This past Saturday, April 17, and the implications for the confer- The final top-ten finish for the placed eighth in a time of 1:57.76, a a personal record in the pole vault, several members of the Kenyon Col- ence championship tell a whole dif- Ladies came from Lauren Metzger personal best performance and a time clearing a height of 3.80 meters. That lege Men’s and Women’s Track and ferent story. ’11, who finished seventh in the that ranks him in the top five for the height places him sixth in all of the Field teams competed at the All-Ohio The Ladies’ highlights began 5,000-meter race. While Metzger and upcoming NCAC meet. Following NCAC. invitational held at Ohio Wesleyan with Alexia Derkasch ’13 as she Derkasch were the only two Ladies to his performance in the 800, Meyers TheL ords and Ladies have a busy University. continued her outstanding first year. score team points in the afternoon, placed sixth in the 1,500-meter race week ahead of them, first competing “TheO hio Athletic Conference She placed fourth in the 200-meter there were a few personal records set. in a time of 3:59.98. Friday, April 23, at the Last Chance has some of the most talented [track dash with a time of 26.51, seeing Gaither Smith ’11 ran the 1,500-me- “[Meyers] is just running out Meet held at Denison University, and field] athletes in the nation,” her as the number-one qualifier for ter race in 5:05.74, breaking her own of his mind,” Gomez said. “Not then at the NCAC Multi-Event Head Cross Country and Track and the North Coast Athletic Confer- personal record by five seconds. Kara many people run two events at the Championships at Oberlin College Field Coach Duane Gomez said. ence Championships in two weeks. Pellegrino ’11 finished the 3,000-me- All-Ohio, but he did it, and he did it on Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and “We were glad to be invited and to Her second race of the day was the ter steeplechase in a time of 12:18.96, really well.” Though he was the only 25. This all leads up to next week’s compete as well as we did. There were 100-meter dash, in which she placed eclipsing her personal record by a full individual to score team points on the NCAC Championships on Saturday, not many personal records broken seventh with a time of 12.97. “Alexia minute. afternoon, there were several others May 1, and Sunday, May 2. because the wind was blowing really is doing phenomenally,” Gomez said. On the men’s side, there were that set themselves up to perform at “I think that our efforts at the hard, but we did really well.” Though “She’s competing against some of the also several impressive performances the NCAC Championships. Bob All-Ohio meet will transfer over at the results on the surface do not look best athletes in the nation as a [first- that bode well for the Lords’ chances Wolf ’12 ran the 400-meter dash the upcoming meets,” Gomez said.