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Volume CXXIV, Number 2 Established 1856 Thursday, September 19, 1996 Capital campaign to raise $100 million by 2001 Oden hopeful for 'most ambitious fund-rasin- g campaign in Kenyon history' By Ari Rothman an administrator, a staff member sor of English and chair of the fac- Senior Staff Reporter and a parent. ulty, said "Right now Kcnyon's According to the committee's endowment limits us. Enlarging ENDOWMENT The Capital Campaign Plan- report, it sought to "develop recom- Kenyon' s endowment will make For Financial Aid $35 million ning Committee released its plans to mendations that would reflect the us less tuition-dependent- ." For Professorships $1 8 million initiate Kenyon' s fundraising efforts current sense, both on campus and President Robert A. Oden Jr. For Research $ 5 million last week. The capital campaign, off, of what the College requires to added: "I am convinced that raising Other $13 million to $ 100 mil- maintain and enhance its plant, its our endowment is of highest sig- which hopes raise over TOTAL $71 million lion, will run from 1996 to 2001. programs, and its reputation." nificance." FACILITIES Last fall, the campaign plan- At $62 million, endowment The committee's recommen- ning committee was formed after is a concern at Kenyon, the report dations include raising the endow- For Natural Sciences $28 million the trustees of Kenyon College finding it "modest compared to ment for financial aid from $35 to For Dept. of Music $4 million voted to endorse the fundraising those at the institutions the Col- $50 million, $18 million for twelve TOTAL $32 million initiative. Comprisedof 21 people, lege considers its peers, many of faculty positions and $28 million OPERATING SUPPORT ' members of the committee in- which have endowments five or for the construction of anew chem- Unrestricted giving $1 3 million cluded eight faculty members, five six times as large." istry and neuroscience building, GRAND TOTAL $116 million see two trustees, two alumni, two students. Tim Shutt, associate profes MONEY page Source: Report of the Campaign Planning Committee a;tti!jMastfflPi Returning sophomores prompt housing crunch Senate elections mini-loung- By Ben Bagodus mer. Some students would decide dorm room. Yet, this year, both ample, all ofthe es have upcoming were forced to provide an- been turned into student dorm Staff Reporter to transfer or to leave Kenyon for centers Students who wish to rep- other reasons. other room for student housing. - rooms. resent their class on Campus Due to the overcrowded hous- Zipp, believing that the high In Mather residence, for ex see HOUSING page two Senate, a governmental body ing situation this year at Kenyon, numbers of returning students is a composed of students, faculty various accomodations have been compliment to the college, stated, sub-m- men, it Woman shoots two and administrators, should made by student housing adminis- "We did a great job with retention. letters of intent and trators to ensure each student Most students returned." completed petitions to the Stu- recieved adequate housing. He further said that this year' s stabs self at Penn State dent Affairs Centerby 2:30 p.m. first-ye- Accord- ar and sophomore classes STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) "She said that she fired five shots and tomorrow. Elections will be ing to Doug are about the same in size. A woman armed with a rifle killed saw two people fall," Stormer said. held on the VAX from noon on Zipp, dean of i Another reason, although not a student and wounded another Witnesses said the woman sat Monday to noon Tuesday. residential life, I as significant, for overcrowded today on the campus of Penn State on the lawn and fired shots that and Jenny housing includes the low number University, then stabbed herself killed a student, and then started Letters of Intent due Ross, assistant of juniors who travelled abroad after a witness tackled her, police running. A man caught her, and he tomorrow to the dean of Dou9 ZiPP this semester. said. was wounded while struggling to Letters of intent for the residential life, Ross stated, "We used to have The shootings occurred at 9:35 wrest the rifle from her hands, standing committees of Student the shortage of about one hundred students going a.m. in front of a student activities witnesses said. Council are can be submitted housing space off campus during the first semes- center in the middle of the wooded Lisa Beitman was sitting in the until 2:30 p.m. tomorrow and emerged as a ter, but now we're at about campus. Hundreds of students student activities building when On-camp- should be sent to the committee result of an un- seventy." us housing walking to classes scattered in fear. she heard the shots and saw people chair or put in the committee's usually high accomodations needed to be met Campus police Chief David running. "The fact that I have to go to mailbox in the Student Affairs amount of Jenny Ross for these students as well. Stormer identified the shooter as Center. sophomores Many provisions were made Mian Robbins, and quoted her as class right now seems pretty insig- Positions are available on who returned to Kenyon. to alleviate the housing crunch. saying she didn' t know any of her nificant This is the kind of stuff the Academic Affairs Commit- In past years, the sophomore The Crozier and Snowden Centers victims. Authorities said she is a that happens in the city, not out tee (SUGDENW), Committee class became smaller over the sum- - typically furnish only one student local resident but not a student here," she said. on Business and Finance (NICHOLSONJ), StudentLec-tureship- s 2000 considered one of Kenyon's strongest Committee Class of prove on are the male to female Not only is this class academi- By Grant Schulert fiMagsa-rga3i,)- i stu- " ratio and the percentage of cally stronger than other Kenyon Life (CROSBYT), Staff Reporter it numbers higher Committee on Housing and Average GPA 3.53 dents of color. classes, posts The 424 members of the class The Class of 2000 is 56 per- than those of other area schools. Grounds (HOWARTHML), Mean ACT Score 29 Security and Safety Committee of 2000 represent one of the stron- cent female, whereas liberal arts Oberlin College, Kenyon's top and the Committee on Informa- gest classes in Kenyon's history, Mean SAT Score (with colleges are typically about 53 per- overlap school, usually enters tion and Technology. The last according to the Department of recentering) 1290 cent female and the average classes with higher mean test two committees will elect their Admissions and Financial Aid. Kenyon class is about 52 percent scores. chairs from within the mem- The class, which was selected ways, which make for a great com- female. This year, however, Kenyon's near record applicant pool, Admissions Students of color comprise Class of 2000 scored higher on the i M from a munity," Director of I bership of the committee. r I Letters of intent for these com- possessed higher mean SAT and Beverly Morse said. only about 10 percent of this class, ACT and had higher average GPAs mittees should be sent to ACT scores than any class in Two areas which the Office which is down from the 13 percent than those reported by Oberlin's . i r CROSBYT. Kenyon's history. of Admissions would like to im shown in other classes. entering class. Fifteen percent of the class ng Rename the Shoppes ranked in the top 1 percent of then-graduati- more than International news P. 3 Flutist Leslie Burrs to begin Students can vote for the class, and IF TODAY: Sunny and 10 percent. 70-7- 5 residency P. 8 renaming of the Shoppes until half ranked in the top pleasant. H Pawlicki disappointed by the Class of noon tomorrow. Voting is tak- Not only does L FRIDAY: Sunny. H 75 election coverage P.4 High Holidays celebrated num- ing ing place on the VAX, using the 2000 post high academic SATURDAY: Chance of Kenyon Kickoff features up-and-com- this week P. 8 POLL program. The new name bers, it contains many students showers. H 70-7- 5 L 50-5- 5 bands P.6 Soccer squads feel right at whose applications received top of the Shoppes will be an- SUNDAY: Chance of showers. Emmet Gowin's artwork home at Mavec Field P. 1 2 marks for personal qualities. "This 65-7- 0 50-5- 5 nounced at its grand opening H L seeks to change the earth P.6 Water polo loses to Oh:o class was active in many diverse MONDAY: Parity sunny. on Friday, Sept. 27. back on the air p. 7 Stele P.11 flEfje .enpon Collegian Thursday, September 19, 1996 Cleveland area government program aims to hire welfare recipients hire qualified workers and get them when she joined nine other women ers. They say every person hired Thirty-on- e welfare recipients Program tries to off welfare, The Plain Dealer re- in a pilot program run by the county off the rolls by the county means who participated in this program "give something ported today.