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For more information, please contact [email protected]. mil Bistro Blues City Choosing our battles, Spooky folktales, Keene visits "Cloud 9", Football thrashes 2 6 ,pens page page pageS page 10 Oberlin, page 16 T'H - E 9K - E - N -Y- ON C -- o E G -- I - A -- N iumeCXXVII, Number 7 ESTABLISHED 1856 Thursday, October 21, 1999 BFEC announces plans for construction BYSETH GOLDEN AND These plans were made public Sat- will likely be completed six dents in there to do animal behav- ".There are no base facilities GRANT SCHULERT urday at a dinner celebrating the months after ground is broken, ac- ior." for research on the center itself," Collegian Staff center's fifth anniversary. cording to Jordan Professor of En- The building will incorporate said Will Fletcher '00, a biology Currently, the only structure vironmental Science Raymond the finer aspects of barns in the student who carried out a Summer Construction will hopefully at the BFEC is an old farmhouse, Heithaus. immediate area. As an academic Science Project at the BFEC. The tain this spring on a new 3500 with approximately 1000 square According to Heithaus, the center, the new building will have new building will have "a full lab foot facility at the Brown jare feet, used for indoor activities and decision to make a new building space for both environmental edu- facility, geared up for conducting 'mily Environmental Center de- offices. The new building, "came out of realizing we have cation information and public en- lab work on the center itself, get- 3FEC), formerly the Kenyon signed by NBBJ Architecture De- needs not being met in the house. vironmental programs, as well as ting samples from the river and enter for Environmental Study. sign Planning of Columbus, Ohio, We couldn't get 16 Kenyon stu a student research lab. see BFEC, page two Happy birthday ;" M.n Traffic situation monitored by NBJJ v r BY DANIEL CONNOLLY serve to have a car here if they want - C " . one," he said. 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The consultants will present It was a lucrative two days suggestions about how to maxi- work for the 15 or so temporary mize parking space with minimal workers whose jobs brought them damage to aesthetics based on the to Gambier Monday and Tuesday. traffic pattern data collected at "- One worker told the Collegian he Kenyon this week and during other K - fVr "'""" " "... i J' ir" ' was making $14 per hour to stand times of the year, including college on a street corner counting pass- breaks, Werner said. ing cars and available parking Kenyon's security office con- spaces, aided by a clipboard ducted its own parking survey equipped with multiple mechani- Monday night and early Tuesday cal counters. morning, sending an officer out to Dan McCarthy This was all part of an effort count empty parking spaces at 9 in to find a solution to Kenyon p.m. and again at 2 a.m., Werner Members of the Kenyon community participated in hayrides and other festivites Saturday celebration College's chronic parking shortage. said. of the Brown Family Environmental Center's fifth anniversary. The temps were employed by "On Sept. 23 the parking Parsons Transportation Group, a consultants came in to talk to Sen- subcontractor for NBBJ Architec- ate," said Brent Shank '01, vice Council considers voting changes ture Design Planning, a firm president of academic affairs. which has" worked extensively Shank said that the senators pro- LUKE W1TMAN people in our positions were with Kenyon in previous years. posed a number of solutions, in- Staff Reporter 'The previous it Kenyon hired NBBJ several cluding repainting the lines in the given the right and then they didn't want months ago to come up with pro- Acland parking lot, cutting down For the second time in this posed solutions to its parking trees to expand the South lot, and ademic year, the Kenyon College anymore. We want it.' shortage. The root of the parking making other such rearrangements. went Council considered a pro- - problem is simple: more students "Our feeling was that the consult- wal to amend the voting privi Torrey Androski '02 are bringing cars to campus than ants weren't really interested in es of its members, and for the and Jeremy in previous years, and the number what we had to say," Shank said. i!ond time, council members asking that this position have vot- Torrey Androski '02 a new plan ask- of parking spaces remains limited. "At the end they said, 'thanks for ed skepticism regarding the ing rights on all issues, rather than Suhr '02 laid out of student lec- A likely solution will involve the your time, we'll see you in six fflts of such a proposal. only in the case of a tie as stated in ing that the positions chair also creation of new parking spaces, months.'" Earlier this year, Council the Student Government Constitu- tureship and social board full voting rights. The said Director of Secuirty and "We kind of feel it's a dead President Mike Lewis '00 pro- - tion. Council overwhelmingly be granted Werner. until they get back to us in ,Sd current constitution fails to list Safety Dan issue a change in the voting sta-- & shut down this proposal. of "We have to build a new park- March," Shank said. for the position of president, On Sunday, council members these positions as members council at all, making their repre- ing lot. I'm sure of that," Werner Werner said that he was not firm - unofficial. The proposal said, explaining that plans to limit sure when the consulting t Vth My sum- - tlimm- sentation would change the constitution to the number of cars on campus (for would hand in its recommenda- Friday: Showers possible. Sunday: Chance of rain or include these chairs as voting example, not allowing freshmen to tions. High in the mid 50s. snow. High in the low 40s. members of council. have cars) are not feasible and Ultimately, the senior staff and Before 1992, these positions might be unfair. "I think that re- the president will decide which of Saturday: Chance of rain or Monday: Partly cloudy. were legitimate voting members of gardless of their class year, stu- the consulting firm's recommenda-se- e snow. High in the low 40s. High in the low 50s. see VOTING, page two dents who come to Kenyon de PARKING, page three Kenyon Collegian 2 The NEWS Thursday, October 21, 1999 Blues City Bisto expands local dining options Columbus restaurant owner's new venture serves Mount Vernon area 1 Victorian Plan- r'.- - BY DAVID DONADIO Restaurant and the bin Staff Reporter tation, two top-1- 0 restaurants in Columbus. It is staffed by a total At 11 a.m. yesterday, Mt. of 25 part-tim- e servers, about 12 - Vernon welcomed its newest restau- kitchen personnel and four man- , t rant, the Blues City Bistro. The Bis- agers. It has a full liquor license tro offers a range of Italian, French and service bar, and a seating ca- and American cuisine in a casual pacity of 100. New York cafe atmosphere. It serves The Bistro will be open Tues- pasta, steaks, salads and sandwiches days through Thursdays from 11 and has plans to feature blues and a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays and Satur- jazz acts on Friday and Saturday days from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and 1 nights in the near future. Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is Blues City is owned in part located at 222 South Main Street in by Joe Turley, owner of Turley's Mt. Vernon. - - - - - October 13-2- 7 J - -- - EddyEctart Blues City Bistro, located at 222 South Main Street in Mt. Vernon, opened for business yesterday. Oct. 6, 10:41 p.m. Underage to and theft from display case at possession of alcohol at Gund Peirce Hall. Hall. BFEC: new structure eco-rriendly Oct. 16, 5 p.m. Medical call Oct. 8, 10:22 a.m. False fire regarding a cross country meet CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 May a $1 million gift from only 15 to 20 people, has failed to alarm at Taft Cottages. Alarm ac-tivat- ed participant. The athlete was trans- area to take back for study," he Cleveland's Minigowin Founda- adequately meet the needs of the by steam from the ported to the hospital. said. tion to support the center. "While burgeoning numbers of BFEC vis- shower. "Our main goal in designing the environmental center has in- itors who take part in its programs. Oct. 16, 6:42 p.m. Fire alarm at this building was to create a func- spired an astonishing level of cre- The center's student manager will Oct. 8, 12:10 p.m. Theft of item Mather Residence. Alarm was re- tional and environmentally sound ativity and commitment in its ac- still be housed in the old building, from room at Lewis Hall. set. structure," said Co-Direct- or of the tivities and programs,"Oden said however.