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This News Article 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 CXXXIV, Number 23 www.kenyoncollegian.com PB News The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian News  The Kenyon Collegian Gambier, Ohio Thursday, April 26, 2007 16 Pages Trustees vote to build two new dorms housed in while other dormitories are million capital campaign, which will be in February, during which Gocial a process that involved multiple focus By AlLison Burket renovated, she said. formally announced and kicked off in presented her own assessment of the groups and open forums for students. News Editor The Board’s decision was in- July, that will cover a large portion of current state of residence halls, the Gocial said the group found a The Board of Trustees approved a formed by the results of a recent fa- the expense. “We believe that this will Trustees approved the hiring of Mackey clear “sense of distinctiveness between resolution last weekend for the design cilities audit, which reviewed Kenyon be a slightly more expensive project Mitchell Associates, an architectural the type of student who chooses to live of two new residence halls to be located student housing and identified the than that, so we’re looking at how to design firm based in St. Louis, MO, north and the student who chooses to on south campus. College’s future needs. “We basically put a whole finance plan together.” and the consulting firm ISES Corp. to live south” and that students did not The two new buildings will be came up with the idea that we would “I’d say we’d like to begin con- evaluate the student housing. respond very favorably to expanding situated to the east and to the west of have to do a series of constructions struction in February or March ’08 so Representatives from Mackey downtown Village housing. “Students Old Kenyon, slightly down the hill. and renovations over a long period of that it could be open for the fall of ’09,” Mitchell worked with administrators, like some degree of separation between The buildings, which will be “small time,” said Dean of Students Tammy Gocial said, but she said those dates staff and students to evaluate the stu- being in the Village and being at home,” residence halls,” said President Georgia Gocial, who estimated a 15 to 20 year were uncertain. dent-housing program and residential she said. Also, the desire for more Nugent, will house 86 students each timeframe for the projects. “What was life at Kenyon, Gocial said. They kitchen and study spaces was another and will be designed by Gund Partner- approved was essentially the first step of •Evaluating the need “helped outline what we thought the ship, the architectural firm headed by that process.” At the Trustees’ winter meeting ideal program would be,” she said, in see DORMS, page 3 Graham Gund ’63. When construction of the new The 172 extra beds will allow the buildings will begin remains unclear Earth Day Marathon College to reduce overcrowding and and rests largely on finding sufficient will eliminate the need for off-campus funds. “Construction would not go housing, said Nugent. In addition, ahead until we have figured out a -fi the new buildings are meant to cre- nancing plan,” said Nugent. There is a ate “swing space:” for students to be $12 million item in the College’s $230 ‘Bluish-green’ Kokosing prompts inspections of United Precast Inc.

BY Charlotte Nugent “I wanted to have [the contain- Editor-in-Chief ment facility] finished now, but we are about 95 percent complete,” said Ellis. Complaints of an unusual blu- “We want to make sure that we don’t ish-green tint to the Kokosing River have any spills into the Kokosing River. prompted the Ohio Environmental We want to be … good environmental- Protection Agency (OEPA) to inspect ists.” United Precast Inc., a Mount Vernon Founded in 1970, United Precast maker of “pre-cast” concrete items employs 300 and has $40 million in whose facilities are on the banks of the yearly sales, according to Ellis. Kokosing, in November 2006 and again last week, according to OEPA Environ- •Conflicting claims Paul Reed Arrington McCoy ’09 crosses the finish line after running the full Earth Day marathon last Saturday. The mental Specialist Greg Sanders. Several people report having seen marathon was part of an Earth Day celebration that also inluded a health expo held at the K.A.C. Although Sanders in neither in- bluish-green or turquoise colors in the spection found a connection between Kokosing. Last November, Sanders the complaints of strangely colored received a complaint from someone water and United Precast’s activities, driving along the river about bluish- Grill for sale, will remain restaurant, bar in November Sanders found concrete green water that he or she thought was BY Teddy Eismeier Buchanans can sell their stake in the rewritten, the transaction will include wash water runoff fromU nited Precast’s emanating from United Precast. Last Staff Reporter business. a portion of the equipment, the cement trucks leaking into the Kokos- week, Sanders received a similar com- The process for selling a busi- Gambier Grill name, and the right to ing, a violation of the 1977 federal Clean plaint from a person crossing a Kokosing Long a staple of village life and ness like the Grill is similar to that operate a restaurant on the property. Water Act, which prohibits discharges footbridge near United Precast. Kenyon’s social scene, the Gambier of selling a private home, said Tom The College will retain ownership of into a river without a permit. For such “I noticed some of it just as re- Grill, commonly referred to as the Buchanan, with a few additional the property as well as some of the discharges to be legal, Sanders said, cently as” three weeks ago, said Jackie ‘Cove,’ will be sold by its owners, contractual procedures. According equipment and utilities, said Linger. United Precast would need a National Baker, who has lived since April 2004 Tom and Lisa Buchanan. After 15 to Tom Buchanan, the Gambier Because the Grill also operates as a Pollutant Discharge Elimination Sys- on Lower Gambier Road in a house on years in the restaurant business, the Grill is currently “on the market.” bar, transfer of its liquor license will tem (NPDES) permit from the OEPA, the Kokosing, about four or five miles Buchanans cited family concerns as Lisa Buchanan declined to comment also be necessary once a new lease which the company does not have. downriver from United Precast. “Both their primary reason for selling the further on how or where the property agreement for the building’s sale is Sanders’ inspection on April 18 sides of the river were dark blue … and Grill. has been listed and how the sale was decided upon. found incomplete a facility to contain then straight down the middle of the “Our kids are heading into ju- advertised. “We’ve had a great experience wash water that the OEPA ordered river was milky brown. … I would say nior high, and we want to spend more According to Tom Buchanan, with the Gambier Grill and the Bu- United Precast to build last November, [it happens] once every two weeks or time with them,” said Tom Buchanan. they are in the process of negotiating chanans,” said Fred Linger. “We’ve according to an OEPA “notice of viola- every three weeks” “The weekends are when the place is a price with potential buyers. “Basi- had very little conflict in our time tion” letter dated April 23 and addressed “I’m mad as hell,” said John Den- busiest, and we’d prefer to have that cally, we’ve made an offer of a selling working with them.” to United Precast founder and president nis, who has lived since 1995 on Lower time to spend with the family.” price,” said Buchanan. “We’re sort of According to Associate Vice John Ellis. Additionally, Sanders found Gambier Road, also on the Kokosing. According to Kenyon’s Business in limbo right now, because we’re still President for Communications Tom sand and gravel piles eroding into Dennis said that whatever changes the Services Director Fred Linger, the waiting for prospective buyers to get Stamp, an unofficial town-and-gown the Kokosing and cleaning chemicals color of the Kokosing “takes the moss College owns the Grill property, as it back to us.” Although several offers historian, the community treated stored too close to the river, according off the bottom of the river. … It looks owns many of the buildings in which have been made, Buchanan says that previous transitions of the business’ to the letter. like somebody drove a big four-wheel Gambier businesses are located. they are still waiting for a better one. management with patience. “I think Ellis said his company is working drive down there in about three or four Linger said, “We rent to ten- The sale of the restaurant will there was initially apprehension about to comply with Sanders’ requests by places.” ants who are interested in running occur once the current leasers and whether it would be a welcoming moving the sand and gravel piles, storing Sanders “could not find any con- businesses there.” As landlord, the the prospective tenants reach an place,” said Stamp, “but people got the chemicals properly and building a College has to approve any new ten- agreement and it is approved by the wash water “containment facility.” see INSPECTIONS, page 4 ants or lease agreements before the College. Once the lease agreement is see GRILL, page 2  News The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian News  Search nears completion for Grill: Owners sell to new Vice President for LBIS spend time with family mittee will review. Roy and Campbell were the three By Sarah friedman The candidates’ schedules finalists selected by the commit- Sports Assistant include meeting with senior staff, tee. President Georgia Nugent, LBIS “We’re hoping to have some The search to replace Vice staff, the VP-LBIS search com- overlap between when that person President for Library and Infor- mittee and students and faculty, starts and when Dan leaves,” said mation Services Dan Temple, said Krynski. Each candidate will Fitch. “Some of the factors that who will retire at the end of also host an open forum with a will affect that are when our com- July, continues this week as the presentation and question-and- mittee here makes a decision and three finalists travel to Kenyon answer sessions, she said. Sixty two, when … [that person] can for interviews and open-campus people attended White’s presen- disengage himself from his cur- forums. tation. rent position and come here.” After presenting a recom- The replacement will use Tristan Potter mendation to Nugent the first •The search process his time between July 1 and the The Grill, commonly refered to as the Cove, has been placed on the week of May, the committee hopes Nugent created the search beginning of school to plan for market to be sold. to make the official appointment committee in January. Krynski LBIS’s future. Said Krynski, by graduation time, saidAssociate represents the social sciences, “LBIS has actually already sched- CONTINUED from page 1 Professor of Economics Kathy while three other professors rep- uled a retreat in mid-July with the related to but not a result of Murray’s Krynski, the committee’s chair. resent humanities, arts and natu- idea of helping this new person over misgivings fairly quickly.” death. “It’s hard to say there was The new vice president of library ral sciences. Four administrators come in and really get a sense and Formerly the managers of the old actual cause and effect,” said Stamp, and information services should also participate. Rob McGuire have some kind of joint opportu- Village Inn, the Buchanans bought “but it certainly made sense for the be on campus by July 1, she said. ’07, who was appointed by stu- nity for planning for the future.” this restaurant in the fall of 2002, re- College to have more control of When asked what she hoped dent council, is the only student opening it as the Gambier Grill after the establishment considering the Temple’s replacement would be on the committee. •A good candidate the College closed the Pirate’s Cove, circumstances.” like, his administrative assistant Although LBIS staff meet Former President Robert as the establishment was formerly The College oversaw the prop- Lynn Manner said, “Until last with the candidates and have Oden Jr. hired Temple to merge called. The College purchased the erty’s renovation before turning Monday, I would’ve said someone opportunities for input, no staff computing and library services. Cove property for $633,250 from to it over to the Buchanans as the just like Dan, but then I met the members participate in the search That goal accomplished, Temple’s Jeannie Corrigan, whose family had restaurant’s new managers. The first candidate. And [Adminis- committee. “That just repre- successor will uphold the merged owned and operated the establish- Gambier Grill first opened its doors trative Assistant to the Associate sents President Nugent’s view on organization and “identify poten- ment from 1978 on. in September of 2002. Dean of Students] Susan Delozier searches,” said Krynski. “Her view tial new exciting directions we The College first announced Located at 100 East Brooklyn on the committee said the other is that she does not want people might be able to take as a division its acquisition of the Pirate’s Cove Street, the Grill currently serves a two they have picked are just as in the division hiring their own in providing those core services,” property and name in February 2002 traditional menu of pizza, sandwiches wonderful. Now I am open to boss.” The method should not be said Fitch. as well as its intention of leasing the and snacks during the day while main- anything.” interpreted as a “lack of confi- Nugent is “not looking for property to the Buchanans as the taining a lounge with 21-and-over bar Yesterday, John Campbell, dence” in LBIS on Nugent’s part, someone who would be an agent restaurant’s new managers. service at night. Though it has been associate vice president for teach- said Krynski. for change,” said Krynski. “She The change in ownership came operating under a different name for ing and learning technologies at The committee initiated the doesn’t think anything’s broke, in the aftermath of the disappear- five years, the bar and restaurant is Purdue University, arrived on search process by posting ads in needs to be fixed. I think the chal- ance and murder of Emily Murray, still referred to as the Cove by most campus. Andrew White, cur- the Chronicle of Higher Education, lenge for the new person coming a Kenyon student employed by the Kenyon students. rently the director of academic the American Library Association in is basically to move forward a restaurant. Gregory McKnight, an ex- One of the village’s few eateries, technology services at Bates Col- job listing, the Educause website very mature merged organization, convict also employed by the Cove, the Grill is a popular choice amongst lege, and Michael Roy, director of and “a variety of listservs such as to make sure the College is get- was tried and convicted for Murray’s students for food delivery, as well as academic computing services and the Oberlin Group, OhioLink ting as many benefits as possible murder in the fall of 2002. “In light a popular destination for upperclass information technology services and CLIRCIO,” said Krynski. It from this organization.” of the Emily Murray incident, the students for the bar scene. According at Wesleyan University, visited in is a “process to try to enlarge and College wanted to be able to control to Fred Linger, a mandate from the the past two weeks. enrich the pool as much as pos- All candidates’ resumes and the property so they could oversee Board of Trustees prevents any major Although Manner intended sible,” she said. letters of application are avail- the restaurant and its operations,” change in the type of business occupy- to leave when Temple left, she After advertisements and able online at internal.kenyon. said Linger. ing the property, so the establishment said, “I thought I wouldn’t want subsequent nominations to the edu/searches Stamp said that the College’s is likely to remain a bar-and-grill-style to work for anybody else. … position, the College received 40 decision to buy the property was restaurant in the future. [Now] I might stay.” to 50 appli- The search committee hopes cations, ac- to hire “someone who is both cording to technically savvy and people sav- Krynski. Af- vy,” said Krynski. “We want some- ter the “ini- body who can be a good manager tial screen,” especially of staff, because people the candi- in LBIS are probably the most dates were important resource there.” n a r r o w e d Megan Fitch, director of to 20 who information access, and Manner did phone said they hope Temple’s replace- inter views ment will be a “visionary.” Fitch w i t h t w o said that someone with “a strong m e m b e r s sense of connection to the insti- of the com- tution, who understands how the mittee. The work that the division does con- committee nects to and furthers the work of then iden- the institution” is necessary. tified seven “This is a really important candidates position … that interfaces with t o m e e t the whole campus,” Krynski said. w i t h t h e “We try to make this a very open entire com- process.” In addition to making mittee last the candidates’ letters of applica- m o n t h i n tion and resumes available to the C o lum b us campus, LBIS plans to create a f o r i n t e r - survey for students to voice their views, she preferences that the search com- said. White,  News The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian News  Trustees discuss Dorms: Construction date uncertain CONTINUED from page 1 Connell has been working with ISES longer range forecasting of needs.” recurring comment. Corp. to conduct a functional analysis buildings, diversity “From what I have seen, the con- of the buildings. “ISES has evalu- •First step sultants have been very respective of the ated the infrastructure of our student For now, the approval of the concerns of the students and college housing and is currently developing design of the two new residence halls at spring meeting administrators,” said David Slochower reports on each facility,” said McCon- is the only definitive decision on the ’07, chair the Housing and Grounds nell. These reports will be loaded into future of housing. “Every time the BY Allison Burket tion of the new cottages to begin Committee for Student Council. databases that the College can update campus changes a little, you really News Editor soon. “Both of them are relatively “While discussing the relative strengths and maintain over time. want to see how that changes people’s small, relatively simple, we’re do- and weaknesses of the proposal, the “This is a rather extensive project interactions, travel patterns, things The Board of Trustees ap- ing well on raising the money for trustees and College staff were very because it deals with everything from like that,” said Gocial. “Until we start proved the decision to design two them,” said Nugent. “It’s possible sensitive to the needs of students and roofs to basements and everything in to see how those things play out, it new residence halls, which will be that we would try to put them up inquisitive to student responses in the between,” McConnell said. would be premature to say what we located on south campus, as part this summer.” focus groups.” According to Gocial, this project will do next.” of their annual spring meeting this The trustees were also up- The College has been working will allow the College to evaluate Gocial envisions the eventual past weekend. Updates on the art dated on the plans to renovate and with Mackey Mitchell to develop an the best way to improve the current demolition of the New Apartments facilities project and the diversity add on to Neff House, the yellow “ideal program” that will guide con- facilities and to ask, “If we are going and increased density of housing on initiative were also highlighted. cottage next to the Kenyon Inn, struction and renovation at Kenyon. to renovate or replace this building, north campus to ensure that Kenyon “It was an excellent meeting which is currently unoccupied One aspect of that program is the which is the more cost-effective way remains a walking campus, she said. with the Board,” said President and will house the Kenyon Review type of housing available. Nugent said to do so?” Whether Bexley Hall, currently hous- Georgia Nugent. “They were ex- and several English department of- that, “the conception that was being While Gocial and Nugent said ing studio art, will become a residence tremely excited and positive about fices that are currently in Walton suggested to us by the consultants,” is that McBride and Mather will most hall once the proposed art facilities are where the College is today and House. The Board also approved a system in which “you would sort of likely be the first dorms to be renovated completed, remains undecided. where it is going.” the relocation of the utilities cur- progress through types of housing as once the two new residence halls open, Overall, Gocial said she feels that rently located on the proposed you progress through Kenyon.” Nugent those decisions await ISES’s results. the Board’s decision is a victory for •Art facilities studio art facility’s site. and Gocial envision a housing mix that “The findings will be summarized and everyone on campus. “I am thrilled “The Board of Trustees ap- offers larger community spaces with announced most likely next fall and the at our ability to have presented a very proved moving forward on a •Diversity committee mostly doubles to first-year student and information will be used to assist Ken- thorough, careful assessment of what number of minor projects related The Trustee Special Commit- a move towards closer-knit, apartment- yon in establishing a priority plan for our current housing situation is and to the art buildings, as funds be- tee on Diversity, as recommended style living for upper-class students. making improvements to the facilities,” then a plan to address our concerns, to come available,” said Chief Busi- by the Diversity Task Force as said McConnell. “We currently have a really make housing better for a lot of ness Officer Dave McConnell. part of their recommendations •Evaluating the buildings priority plan, and the ISES evaluation students,” she said. “It’s very exciting, it’s Last fall, the Board of Trustees made and approved by the Board Chief Business Officer Dave -Mc will permit greater detail and allow for like my biggest win this year.” approved the locations for a new this fall, met for the first time this studio art building—a 40,000- weekend and discussed how they Ride the Pony square foot building behind the would operate as a committee. cemetery—and a new art history “They spent a lot of time talking building, a slightly smaller build- about their role in making sure the ing located between Olin Library objectives of the Diversity Initia- and Cromwell Cottage. tive are met,” said Bennett While the designs for the The initiatives were created to buildings have not been com- expand diversity in both recruiting pleted, because of the increasing and in the campus experience. The cost of the project and the needs trustee committee was created to of all the affected departments, oversee the implementation of the College is looking to identify those initiatives. a larger number of donor pledges According to Nugent, com- than was originally outlined in the mittee chair Aileen Hefferren ’88 capital campaign before beginning conveyed a sense that “the diversity construction. committee doesn’t want to take The start date of the con- some kind of oversight role over struction of the two art buildings the other committees, but rather remains uncertain. “Art facilities just ensure that we’re all working will begin construction when together to keep our diversity ob- Allie Wigley funding is fully identified,” said jectives at the forefront.” Alden Tigh ’10 rides a horse at the Equestrian Team’s seventh annual open barn this McConnell. past Saturday, which took place at the team’s Painted Bayou Farm. on Newcastle Rd. Multiple steps were taken •Other updates this weekend in preparation for The Board updated the status construction, said Nugent. “Once of the capital campaign, which we have the necessary funding has been in its “quiet phase” all Village Record identified, we want to begin as year and is targeted to raise $230 quickly as possible,” she said, add- million. “We approved the final Apr. 18 – Apr. 24, 2007 ing that construction costs have targets for raising the money, and Apr. 20, 7:34 a.m.—Vandalism to computer monitor at Gund Commons. been rising. we’ll be announcing that in early Apr. 20, 9:29 p.m.—Drug paraphernalia behind Mather Residence. Before construction can be- June,” said Board chair Bill Ben- gin on the art buildings, two new nett ’68. Apr. 20, 11:36 a.m.—Medical call – ill student at Taft Cottages. College physician cottage-style buildings will be “We’re on track with where we contacted. built to replace Wing Center and hope to be in terms of the fundrais- Apr. 21, 12:28 a.m.—Underage possession of alcohol at Leonard Hall. Walton House, both of which will ing,” said Nugent citing a goal of Apr. 21, 2:59 a.m.—Underage consumption at Lewis Hall lounge. be displaced by the art buildings. $110 to $115 million by the time Apr. 21, 10:13 a.m.—Tampering with fire equipment/fire hose unhooked at Lewis Hall. The Board approved construction of the June 1 official campaign of these buildings, and construc- kickoff. “I think we’ll have no Apr. 21, 2:10 p.m.—Medical call regarding injured visiting athlete at McBride Field. tion will begin once the funding problem reaching that.” College Township Squad called but person was not transported. is identified. Wing’s replacement In the Student Affairs Com- Apr. 21, 8:57 p.m.—Students being verbally harassed at the Horn Gallery. will be located between Horowitz mittee, the trustees were updated Apr. 22, 12:36 a.m.—Altercation among students at the Duff Street Apartments. House, and a new English cottage on the state of the efforts to im- Apr. 22, 4:11 a.m.—Vandalism to silhouette’s at Leonard Hall. will be constructed slightly north prove the Career Development of Cromwell, said Nugent, to Center (CDC). “I think … we have Apr. 23, 6:06 p.m.—Suspicious person reported on Wiggin Street. Person is known to house more faculty and classroom some terrific ideas for generally Campus Safety. space that will be displaced because improving the services of the CDC Apr. 24, 8:24 p.m.—Theft of bicycle from outside Middle Ground. of the construction. for students,” said Gocial. Apr. 24, 8:40 p.m.—Theft of money from room at Mather Residence. Nugent expects the construc- Apr. 24, 9:31 p.m.—Theft of refrigerator from McBride Breezeway.  News The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian News  Inspections: Company constructs $100k facility

CONTINUED from page 1 So if the bluish-green water is not The runoff in from United Precast, what is it? Sanders question is water used nection,” however, “between the wash does not know. “I have not seen the blu- to wash trucks and ce- water [runoff from United Precast] and ish or turquoise color, so I’m not really ment mixers after use, the bluish-green tint,” he said. Sanders sure what that could be,” he said. which carries “sand and said the wash water “actually dissipated “Whatever it is, it’s man-made,” gravel, basically,” said within 100 to 50 yards downstream of said Baker. “It’s clearly a chemical, [and] Sanders. United Precast United Precast” and would thus not you wouldn’t mistake it for a natural currently collects water have been visible several miles down- color.” from the daily wash- river. Sanders said he has received com- Professor of Environmental Stud- ing of 18 to 20 cement plaints only from within the immediate ies and Biology Ray Heithaus, who sits mixers in a large pit that vicinity of United Precast and has not on the Kokosing Scenic River Advisory is separated from the spoken with downriver residents. Council, agreed. “The color change is Kokosing by an earthen Ellis disputes the claim that an unlikely to be caused by a biological pro- wall, Ellis said. United unusually colored Kokosing is his cess,” he said. “Algal blooms are green or Precast used to use a company’s doing. “They’re wrong if they brownish-green and unlikely to have oc- “Redi-Wash” machine accused us of discoloring that water,” El- curred at the time” that the complaints that processed waste lis said. “The spills that have been into were made, Heithaus said. water until that ma- the Kokosing have been minuscule, Sanders said that he and the other chine broke down in Courtesy Greg Sanders, OEPA and it wouldn’t have changed the water storm water investigator assigned to the late 2005 or early 2006, United Precast Inc. of Mount Vernon is building this concrete structure to contain waste at all.” Ellis said that any strange colors OEPA’s central Ohio district each inves- Ellis said. Since then, water. must be the result of sewage or agricul- tigate 30 to 40 water-related complaints and until the contain- tural runoff. “I would argue that point per month. ment facility is com- till my grave.” plete, the pit is the only place where •Effect on the river it’s sort of a tried-and-true system.” Ellis Other residents who live along •Clean Water Act violations vehicle wash water collects. “If [United Precast] continued said that the wash water containment the Kokosing’s banks say they have seen Because United Precast lacks the Ellis said that wash water runoff to discharge the wash water in the facility will be finished sometime in nothing unusual. Shelly Miller, who has proper permit to discharge wash water into the Kokosing is not, and never was, a volumes that I’d seen on [Nov. 15], it early May. lived for 32 years along the Kokosing on runoff into the Kokosing, any such dis- regular occurrence. “It wouldn’t happen could be a problem,” said Sanders. “It He is unsure, however, Lower Gambier Road, said she walks charges violate the 1977 federal Clean when we cleaned the pit out, but when could prevent the fish from getting the whether he will secure a contract for her dog on the Kokosing’s banks every Water Act. the pit would get completely full, that’s oxygen to the water and get to the gills pumping containment facility waste, day. “The only time it changes is when Runoff from United Precast has when it would leak into the Kokosing,” of the aquatic life, as well as sediment because he believes it can be reused. it floods,” said Miller. washed into the Kokosing at least twice, he said. deposition into the stream.” Sanders said that this solution may be Associate Professor of Classics evident during OEPA inspections in Following a Nov. 11, 2006, com- “I’ve never seen a dead fish, that’s acceptable to the OEPA. “If he can sub- Carolin Hahnemann, who lives on the April 2003 and in November 2006, ac- plaint, Sanders inspected the United the only good thing I can say,” Dennis mit a letter stating he’ll do 100 percent Kokosing even further downstream cording to Sanders, yet the volume and Precast facility on Nov. 15, 2006, and said. recycle and show us he’ll be able to do in Howard, said she has never seen frequency of these discharges remain found wash water from cement mixers Sanders said that the cement that, it’s something we’d consider,” he strange colors. “The river has very many unclear. The April 18 inspection found and trucks leaking into the Kokosing. runoff poses no human health risk. said. colors and I would not be able to tell,” no evidence of illegal discharges into Though Sanders saw on a second Nov. Baker said she has noticed changes in she said. the Kokosing. 20 visit that United Precast had created the Kokosing that are detrimental to •What comes of violations? an “earthen berm” her dogs’ health. “We used to be in [the Currently, Sanders said that Unit- to stop wash wa- river] all the time in the summertime,” ed Precast is not a target for further en- ter from flowing she said, “and now I [won’t let the forcement. “Since [the runoff] was not into the Kokosing, dogs in the river] because they all have a major impact to the river, we usually “there was a small developed dermatitis and itching skin.” give them a chance to remedy the issue,” amount still getting Baker said she herself has stopped Sanders said. “And so far they’re build- to the Kokosing,” swimming in the river. “I’ve seen it full ing a large containment facility; they’re he said. of some chemical, I’ve seen it really so stabilizing the banks; they’re putting Sanders could many times that it worries me about grass to filter out storm water; they’re not estimate the the dogs,” she said. storing cleaning solutions in a contain- volume of water Ellis said that United Precast ment facility and under a roof.” washing into the has been unfairly singled out for caus- The Clean Water Act violations river on either date ing ecological damage. “When some found at United Precast in November but said the earth- cement leaks into the Kokosing, it is 2006 were not the first: A previous in- en barrier was not not good, but it is not threatening to spection in April 2003 also discovered adequate. “Due to the fish,” Ellis said. “We don’t want it wash water runoff into the Kokosing. the large amount to happen, and that’s why we’re spend- After that inspection, United Precast of the wash water, ing this time and money so it doesn’t “created a document of how their some was soaking happen. … Farmers go out here and best management practices would be through the earth- spread lime on these fields in fertilizer, handled,” said Sanders, who was not en dike, and I told and then it goes off and runs in these involved in the April 2003 inspection. them they should streams and nobody cares. But we have “The facility stated [in April 2003] have a concrete a little bit of cement run in there and that there would be no discharge of structure,” he said. it’s a major problem.” wash water material or waste water to “Which should Sanders said that the OEPA plans the stream.” not be a hardship to conduct a comprehensive survey of Additionally, both of the OEPA for a concrete com- the Kokosing this summer, the results “notice of violation” letters written pany.” of which will show any effects on the in November 2006 and last week In a “notice of river of any runoff. “We should be able ordered United Precast to connect to violation” letter dat- to find any problem in the Kokosing,” the Mount Vernon municipal sewer ed Nov. 27, 2006, he said. system. “They are still using holding and addressed to tanks … for their restroom waste and Ellis, Sanders told •United Precast’s response everything,” said Sanders. “We’ve been United Precast to Ellis said that United Precast trying to get them to connect here for construct a “con- responded to the November OEPA the last year.” tainment facil- notice of violation. “We submitted a set Ellis estimates that such an action ity” to hold vehicle of drawings,” for a wash water contain- would cost United Precast around wash water and to ment facility Ellis said. According to $250,000. “We have to do it sometime, secure a contract Ellis, the containment structure cost but I just don’t know when,” he said. with an outside about $100,000 and “is our own design “I’m going to plead for mercy and ask company to haul based on experience. … We’ve installed for enough time to do it over a period the waste away. two of these systems at other plants that of a couple years. We don’t have just we own, and they’re working there, so $250,000 laying around to spend.”  Features The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Features  Why tiptoe through tulips when you can square dance?

By Sarah Goldstein of the bright gym and spill out of the and “contra” dancing come from, grip my waist and swing me with as color, though, that excites me; the Staff Writer open doors. Mixed in to this incred- although the music and the dance firm a hand as the 30-year-olds. The movement of a contra-dance is ab- ibly alive music were the intermittent moves are typically identical. These youngest is the caller’s five-year-old solutely thrilling. Although to some Last Saturday, a friend and I stomps and shouts of individual dances are like recipes, each with a daughter, who is already a better this dance might seem a haphazard took advantage of a roommate’s car dancers and the sing-song-smooth title and infinite variations depending dancer than many on the floor. In fact, confusion of bodies being flung and the delicious weather to sneak voice of the caller. Perhaps I am overly on the caller. Many callers write their the only thing these people seem to about, I can see the intricate pat- away to Oberlin’s eighth Dandelion nostalgic but, for me, these sounds own dances and all trade or borrow have in common is a sort of freedom terns they weave around each other. Romp, a weekend-long dance festival combined into an almost tangible favorite dances from others. of enjoyment. As people follow the calls—grand that annually draws square- and con- force, one that seemed to spin the I’ve been contra-dancing in Ap- My favorite part of the Dande- right-left around the square, pull-by, tra-dance enthusiasts from Ohio and dancers up and down the hall, flinging palachia since I was five, when I used lion Romp was the clothing. Many gypsy, California-twirl, balance and surrounding states. them from one partner to the next. to catch fireflies with other children of the women wore long full skirts swing your partner—they are part of while our parents whirled the night that whipped out into brightly col- a beautiful choreography that only away. The Firefly Festival, Balance and ored circles as they were swung by those sitting on the edges of the floor Swim, Wild and Wonderful Week- their partners. In fact, skirts are so can fully appreciate. And I do—I do end, the Dandelion Romp—even universally fun to dance in that it’s fully appreciate this scene: the skirts, hearing these festival names today not unusual to see men wearing them the people, the colors, the music, the makes my feet itch to dance. I’m along with their wives. It’s not just the movement. Even the do-si-dos. not the only one; each year, people travel from all 50 states to attend Features Briefs these weekends, some of which are so popular that reservations must A Cut Above: KAC employee cuts students’ hair be made months in advance. True Though many students wait until they return home over breaks for devotees, like my parents, often at- their bi-annual haircut, you now have to go no further than your own tend several festivals a year. They have dorm room. their favorite bands and callers, know Since last fall, Kenyon Athletic Center employee Fran Wilson has of- the other regulars, and wear practical fered professional hair cuts, coloring, styling and brow waxing to Kenyon dance shoes well worn at the heel and students at their dorms or at her house. Wilson has worked at the KAC at on the ball of the foot. the information desk since its opening. I, in fact, recognized some of Though it has been an active interest of hers for a long time, Wilson these regulars at the Dandelion has been working as a hairdresser and stylist for the past two years, after Couples dance around the gym. Sarah Goldstein Romp. Beth Molaro, the second caller attending the Ohio State School of Cosmetology in Westerville for their For many, the term “square danc- The Dandelion Romp lasted of the evening, is one of my all-time 14-month managing cosmetology school. ing” calls to mind clichéd images of a from 8 p.m. until midnight. There favorites and called at the weekend I “I love everything about what I do, and I have not run into anything in dusty barn filled with cowboy-hatted were two callers and two bands, attended over winter break. A man this profession that I dislike or have trouble with,” said Wilson who works dancers stomping around to heavily all of whom are talented and well- with tight, curly black hair and a at Fiesta Hair and Tanning during the week as well as freelancing. accented shouts of “Hey y’all! Do-si- known on the contra circuit. Each woman with a soft white braid waved “The hours are long, but you are working with many people’s schedules, do your pard-ners!” The Dandelion dance, each set, began with people at me; I couldn’t remember their and you have to be there when you say that you will,” she said. “People work Romp, like all the square- and contra- choosing partners and lining up on names, but I did remember that they their lives around getting their hair done, and that is no understatement.” dances I’ve attended in my life, was the dance floor. A “contra dance” were both talented dancers. Wilson said that she tries to break down what she charges into the nothing like this hokey stereotype. means that these couples form long Dandelion Rompers are Ober- cost of the products she uses. “Whomever I am working on I let them just When we arrived at the Hales lines down the hall, like train tracks, lin students, locals, white-collar tip me for my time, because I know what it is like to be a student… and the Gym on Oberlin’s campus, the dance while a square dance calls for groups workers, hippies, musicians and—of money you do have goes to the stuff you need,” she said. “I just hope that was already in full swing. Fast-paced, of four couples to form independent course—the regulars. The oldest people give me a fair amount for my work and if people give me a budget, complex Appalachian folk reels and “squares” across the floor. This is are men who off the floor seem too I tend to work with it with ease.” dance tunes swelled to fill every corner where the separate terms “square” decrepit to walk, but on the floor —by Naomi Blaushild Gambier Grillin’

Students vs. Faculty & Staff

Correct Question Mike Hsieh ‘07 Caroline Rotenberg ‘10 Joseph Downes, Safety Officer Megan Fitch, Information Access Answer

How do you escape a Get a clock. Hit it in the face or nose Gouge its eye. Hit him in the nose. That’s Jab it in the eyes. crocodile’s grip? or snout. for sharks, isn’t it? Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president Erase stuff. Write with it. Re-key it. Type the State of the Union Use it in the to do what with a Address. White House. typewriter? The New York Times rates what as the most Construction worker. Some sort of fisherman. Cabby. Ocean Fishermen. Astronaut. dangerous job? In the legend, what Silk. Or paper bags. Gold. Spun gold. Nothing. were the emperor’s Magic cloth. new clothes made of? On average, how Men don’t cry. 2 2... That’s probably way .5 2 often does a man cry high. each month? Total Correct Zero. One. Two. Zero. Students: 46 / Faculty: 42

By Mara Alperin  Features The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Features  TBTN: More than a carnival

By Sarah Friedman Take Back the Night is an Kenyon’s Denim Day, last Thurs- Sports Assistant international event that usually day, “was pretty easy to put together includes a march, a vigil and a and it worked,” said O’Neill. Many By Jay Ulwick Despite the dunk tank, snow Speak Out. According to O’Neill, people participated, albeit some Staff Writer cones, face painting and Motown it began in the 1970s and Kenyon’s unwittingly, but an outsider visiting music, last Saturday’s carnival was week-long version started in the campus may not have noticed an While we count down the days to summer’s release, lighter beers will not just about entertainment. early 1990s. abnormal count of jean-wearers. begin to shift into our repertoires as we leave their heavier brothers behind The carnival was the annual Take Another member of the The carnival and Speak Out with the winter. As the weather steadily improved last week, I decided to hit Back the Night (TBTN) week’s TBTN committee, Matt Sargent are “pretty consistent” events every my third stop on my tour of Gambier’s drinking establishments: the Gambier second-to-last event and stood in ’10, said, “I feel like anything that year. O’Neill said that Speak Out is Grill, more affectionately known as “the Cove.” sharp contrast to its concluding draws attention to [TBTN’s pur- the “best and most valuable part of Speak Out, an event during which pose] is helpful.” He said that the Take Back the Night. Everybody For all of us Cove-frequenting Kenyonites, the establishment represents men and women gave testimonials best part of the carnival was “watch- who goes is really impressed by the something more than a mere college bar. To us it is a rite of passage. First nights about their experiences with sexual ing people getting dunked” in the strength of the people who speak there are remembered as legends and, for better or worse, many of our Lords assault. dunk tank manned by his fraternity, and the courage it takes to get up and Ladies eventually end their nights under bartender Jamie Gump’s watch- “The main goal of Take Back Delta Kappa Epsilon. Another en- there and share any experience you ful eyes. Jamie and his staff are ever friendly, always ready for a conversation the Night is just to raise awareness joyable part of the night, he said, [or someone you know] has had on anything from the car bumper on the wall behind the bar to the merits of about sexual assault and the fact was being approached with ques- with sexual assault.” having an emergency exit available for, well, whatever “emergency” one may that it affects so many college wom- tions about Take Back the Night. As for the rest of the week’s have. This particular evening I found myself and a friend doing a crossword en,” said Ricki O’Neill ’08, chair Of the disparity between the schedule, “it depends on what kinds with Brandy, our favorite bartendress, and having a nice conversation over a of the TBTN committee. “It even serious cause and the light-hearted of events people sponsor,” said pint of beer. Not a bad way to spend the end of a busy day. While the Cove is happens here at Kenyon; it happens event, Sargent said that canceling O’Neill. “Usually, there are lectures famous for its rowdy, line-out-the-door weekend bashes, it was nice to sit down or panel discussions.” during a lull in their business to take in this week’s brew. As in past years, the commit- tee elicited help for TBTN week This Week’s Brew:Grimbergen Blonde from student organizations and Kenyon employees; this year, how- After considering whether to go with the Cove’s tap selection or ever, nobody responded to O’Neill’s something from their diversely stocked fridge, I picked the latter. I figured e-mails, she said, perhaps because I would try something a little more out-of-the-ordinary, perhaps something they were given short notice. Usu- not brewed here in the good old U.S. of A. Settling on Grimbergen Blonde, ally, she said, organizations such as a Belgian, I started in. Kenyon Democrats, Kenyon Men, Brewed by the Brouwerij Alken-Maes Brewery in Belgium and im- Crozier Center and the Health and ported by the Newcastle Imports Co. in San Rafael, Calif., this beer boasts a Counseling Center sponsor events. 6.7 percent ABV and its bottle proclaims that its taste is distinctive, thanks Some people expressed interest in part to the special “Gatinas” barley used in its mixture. Brandy supplied in participating but were too late. the proper Grimbergen-labeled goblet, and I poured out this beer myself. Theta Delta Pi wanted to help out It poured a clear, sunny golden color and lacked any obvious bubble move- and Professor of Psychology Sarah ment. The head was just short Murnen wanted to give a lecture on of pure white and remained rape culture, said O’Neill. sizable even after a few minutes “Now that I know how to do of settling. The smell was decid- The dunking booth is a popular way to raise money at TBTN. Paul Reed it, it will be a little bit easier,” she edly malty and certainly not said. Next year, again as chair of hidden behind anything else. more than people realize.” the carnival “is something to con- the committee, O’Neill will hold This somewhat overwhelmed The carnival is “the one thing sider because obviously you don’t meetings before second semester the other smells, but I didn’t let people usually associate with Take want to be like, ‘Sexual violence so the committee can “get the ball it bother me. All in all, it looked Back the Night,” said O’Neill. The – and fun in a carnival!’ It is defi- rolling and put in a lot of effort to fantastic, and I was excited to fun commenced at 10 p.m. on nitely going to be reconsidered.” have a week of really solid events,” get my first taste. www.inicia.es Peirce Lawn to the sound of student she said. Oh, how often first impres- band Fruity and the Handsomes. •Campus Participation Another impediment to this sions do not last. At the first taste, my mouth was inundated with carbon- Impromptu dances juxtaposed “Speak Out is the most impor- year’s TBTN was the sizeof the ation, and the bubbling almost erased the taste. After getting past the initial with Delta Phi’s self-defense class tant part of [TBTN] and also the committee. O’Neill said that in blast of carbonation, the taste came through, offering a slight apple flavor provided a few hours’ entertain- most unattended part of it,” said 2005, her first-year spring, the toward the back of my mouth accompanied by a strong, malty aftertaste ment before the crowd moved O’Neill. “[Students are] willing TBTN committee was large but and a stick-to-the-roof-of-your-mouth feel after swallowing. As I took down to Aclands and Milk Cartons to show support for the carnival mostly comprised of seniors. The subsequent sips and swigs, I noticed that the beer was very drinkable and in celebration of the first non-dry [and] the Denim Day, anything number of committee members is went down smoothly, but that the aftertaste from each sip seemed to clash TBTN. that doesn’t have a huge time com- diminishing every year, as there are with the initial taste of the following sip, so that with each successive sip One third of sexual assaults mitment.” currently only seven. Last spring’s the taste degenerated. It was a shame that the malt became the dominant involve alcohol, according to the The committee this year fo- TBTN was run almost entirely by taste, because the initial tastes of citrus and apple were tantalizing in their plywood cut-outs lining Middle cused on its two new event ideas: Jim Stevens ’07. This year, she said, brevity. The taste continued to deteriorate toward the bottom of the pint, Path. In the past, to show respect for a reading of “The Vagina Mono- “I was the only remaining person and by the end of the beer I found myself wishing I had ordered something this fact, TBTN at Kenyon has in- logues” and Denim Day. The from [last year’s] committee, so I else. With such a promising start I could not have possibly foreseen such a cluded a dry weekend. This year, said reading was “very last minute,” said ended up just having it fall in my disappointing finish. The taste I was left with was over-pronounced hops O’Neill, “We decided that people, O’Neill. “We had wanted to do it lap.” laid over something that resembled Sprite. I was sad to leave the Cove with because it was a dry weekend, would at Middle Ground and the owners At the student activities fair such a bad taste in my mouth, and you will not find me ordering Grimbergen deliberately drink just to flaunt … of Middle Ground never got back last semester, 69 first-years ex- again. Overall, the beer started and finished very differently. This Belgian that they were breaking the rules, to us.” The logic behind holding pressed interest in the TBTN blonde may be very attractive to older and bitterer tastes, but I advise all which was kind of dumb.” the reading in a public space was committee, said O’Neill. But only you Kenyon kids to stay away from this one. Perhaps the sexual assault that people who did not intend one, Sargent, showed up to the Make sure to check back next week, as I will be sampling beer over facts on the cotton candy labels to participate in the event would first meeting. He said he joined at Kenyon’s most trusted beer drinking establishment: The Cove. And as were not enough to rein in the fun notice it and perhaps be moved to “because it seemed like a really always, enjoy your beer! of the carnival and remind people join in, she said. good cause and anything you can of the event’s solemn background. Denim Day is an international do to prevent [sexual assault] is Said O’Neill, the “let’s celebrate and event in which people wear jeans to worthwhile.” have fun” attitude is contradictory show their opposition to an Italian If his fellow first-years share Sunblock for Sendoff— to the spirit of Take Back the Night. high court decision that overturned such a sentiment, they have not She hopes to create “an alternative a rape case because the victim was acted on it by joining TBTN. “If event” for next year that will yield as wearing jeans that were, according you can’t keep building the organi- Don’t forget it! high a turnout but be more closely to the court, so tight that she must zation with younger students, then tied to TBTN’s goal of raising have helped the rapist remove them, it just fizzles and doesn’t continue,” Love, Features awareness. thereby making the sex consensual. said O’Neill.  Features The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Features  Earth Day Marathon Saturday, April 21, 2007 Notes from the Starting Line Sheryl Hemkin, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

From my perspective on the side of the starting line, the race seemed to be a smashing success. From the beginning it seems that this race was built not only to be a marathon, but also to be an experience. Unlike many marathons that are strictly road races, this event allowed the runners to enjoy the countryside and contemplate the importance of the environmental messages of Earth Day. In fact, several runners commented that the beautiful course was one of the main reasons they signed up. The race created fantastic opportunities for families and friends to come to- gether in a very positive and healthy way. Based on comments from my colleagues and other relay participants, all the sweat and hard work during training not only helped keep their physical health in line, but also strengthened their friendships and family bonds. I’m looking forward to being able to help out with the second annual Earth Day Challenge, I know it was a lot of work for Emily Mountain and David Heithaus, the faculty manager of the Brown Family Environmental Center, but I think they really produced a quality product on many levels. The Kenyon student volunteers made the event possible on the day and gave the community from mid-Ohio a window to the quality of our students that came out to help.

Notes from a Runner Aerin Curtis ’07 Notes from the Sidelines Mara Alperin ’07 I’m not really sure what prompted me to run in the marathon –other than a friend asking me to be on her relay—because I’m not much of a runner and I’d much I think the marathon was an excellent idea, but rather than run, I was happy to stand on the side rather run alone than with a group of people. (dressed in bright orange) and cheer the runners on. I was stationed somewhere between miles six and I’m glad I went through with it, though I must admit I was a little nervous seven, at the corner of Kokosing Drive and Rand Drive, pointing out the right direction and directing about the whole thing. To be honest, I wasn’t sure I was going to make it through. traffic—not that this was actually necessary on the back streets of Gambier, where the only “traffic” My “training” was a little haphazard because I joined my relay team about a month consisted of a family on bikes and a woman with a stroller. We were told to say encouraging things before the race. That’s definitely something I would do differently next time around. and avoid comments such as “Wow, you look tired!” or “You’re almost there.” I hope runners never Not that I’m sure there’s going to be one. tire of hearing “Great job! Keep it up!” or “You’re looking so strong/amazing,” because after the first I was also a little hesitant about having the first leg of the race, setting the pace three runners passed, I ran out of original things to say. If I was running, I would have been too busy and all that. But I’m really happy it worked out that way. I think I lucked out since I breathing to be able to answer back, but many of the runners engaged in conversation, thanking me had the prettiest part of the course (even if it included the hill) and definitely the most for being there and commenting on how nice the weather was, and the banter was enormous. “No, interesting. Race volunteers cheered us on and the hardcore fans were quite inspiring. you look strong,” one of the runners called back. “You’re barely breaking a sweat!” It was hard work, There was a clump of runners at the start, but it stretched out pretty quickly and by but I could have kept it up all day. the time I got to Gambier I was almost completely on my own. It was much easier to get into an internal rhythm once there weren’t people around all running at different Notes from an Aid Station paces, though I did overhear some amusing stories about others’ training mishaps. The morning was beautiful (I was really hoping that it wasn’t going to snow) and the back Kaleb Keyserling ’09 stretch in Gambier was peaceful—I could hear the birds over my music. Being an avid distance runner myself, it was interesting to see all that goes into organizing a road race. When I run a race, I take it for granted that traffic will be stopped, there will be water for Notes from a Runner me to drink, and people will take my times and be ready to help me if I’m in need. Without the many volunteers to provide all of these conveniences, these road races could never be put on. I found the Terrell Fuller ’07 number of Kenyon students willing to help out with the Earth Day Challenge very encouraging. Of course, there were free t-shirts and pizza as incentives, but it takes commitment to wake up early on I had a great time participating in the marathon relay. I ran the 10-mile Sunday and stand in the hot sun for two hours. Working the water station was more rewarding than portion that went through Gambier and it was great to see my friends as well I originally thought it would be. I don’t think I’ve ever pleased anyone so much by just handing them as total strangers cheering me on. I was impressed how well the marathon was a half-filled cup of water. organized. There were water stations every two miles with friendly people handing out water. The best part of the race for me was the strange feeling of a runner’s community. I usually run alone, but for this race I trained with my relay team members, Stu and Mac. We even made T-shirts to show our team spirit. I also liked meeting runners from all over Ohio. As a rookie runner, it was fun to meet such a combination of runners, some who had started with their high school track and others who started after retirement. Although running is a sport usually focused on the individual, the marathon was a great opportunity to meet people.

Notes from a Driver Colleen McLellan ’09

I brought runners and volunteers to and from various points on the course in a Kenyon chariot—erm, mini-van. I guess I felt pretty helpful. Much of the course was out-and-back, all the way to Danville. A volunteer actually needed to be driven three miles down a dirt road to get to her aid station! ADVENTURE! The runners were all very pleasant, even on the way back to their cars after running 26.2. I call this a very successful pilot marathon, and I’m so impressed with the people who put it together. Hopefully next year we can scrounge up a little more enthusiasm at the finish line, but hey, live and learn. Photos by Paul Reed  Opinions The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Opinions  Over the hill: Students deserve to Class of 2007 bids farewell We arrived the smartest and left the dumbest, made friends and lost friends, choose meal options philosophized with professors and stood in line for hours to vote. Here is a look at some of the events and trends that have shaped the class of 2007. and where, those eating in the dining halls would actually have chosen to Freshman year eat there, rather than going because July 2003—President Nugent arrives on campus. Students dub her “The Nuge.” they feel obligated and wasting plates August 2003—We are told that we are Kenyon’s smartest class ever. Yay! full of food at every meal. September 2003—Administrators ban drinking games. Students play them anyway. For the number of times I have Ban repealed after student uproar and Senate discussions. heard complaints about the dining January 2004—Henry Goudge ’05 takes his own life. For the first—but sadly not the hall food, it surprises me that more last—time, the class of 2007 experiences such a loss in our bubble on the hill. people are not actively protesting the The Kenyon April 2004—Graham Gund ’63 reveals Kenyon’s new Master Plan, which is guiding fact they are forced to pay three grand the physical changes that will occur on campus for decades to come. Collegian By Blake Ellis to eat it. The College should allow us, Staff Columnist since we are college students, to select Sophomore year which meals we would like to spend Editors-in-Chief • August 2004—We become Kenyon’s second-smartest class ever. This year’s tuition was $43,432, our money on eating in the dining Willow Belden • October 2004—Facebook debuts. Stalking commences. according to the admissions office. halls, and which meals we would like Charlotte Nugent • November 2004—Students stand in line for up to 11 hours to vote in the $3,120 of this amount went toward a to have elsewhere without feeling presidential election. Gambier makes national headlines, and Kenyon students meal plan for each student. Not only we are paying for six meals a day and Senior Production Editor show commitment to democracy and active civic life. is this a lot of money to spend on din- wasting our money by wanting to eat Dayne Baughman • April 2005—Colin Boyarski ’08 dies of alcohol poisoning. Administrators ing hall food, but the fact that meal somewhere else. and students begin an ongoing examination of campus alcohol policies, which plans are a required part of tuition Of course, without a required Managing Editor this year has led to a new party-monitor system. makes it very hard for students to eat meal plan, students would most likely Michael Vandenburg elsewhere from time to time without be required to scan their shiny new Junior year wasting the money that automati- K-Cards at a checkpoint in order News Editor • August 2005—We become Kenyon’s third-smartest class ever. Chief cally went into a meal plan. It makes to enter the dining hall, preventing Allison Burket Business Officer David McConnell arrives. The bookstore now has pink me wonder what other colleges see as anyone from casually stopping by staff editorial sweatshirts. advantageous in allowing students to the dining hall at any time of the Features Editor • Fall 2005—The school ousts food service provider Aramark (remember Pan Geos?) select from several meal plan options day. This would undoubtedly detract Mara Alperin and hires AVI Foodsystems to serve food to students. Reviews are mixed. The class of and pay accordingly. from the relaxed, informal attitude 2007 misses the omelette lady until she is reinstated by popular demand. Allowing students to choose of Kenyon as well as slowing down Opinions Editor • January 2006—The KAC—also known as the Big-Ass Recreational Facility, or which meals they would like to eat the process of obtaining food while Hannah Curran B.A.R.F.—opens. Sushi, smoothies and tight buns are now available in Gambier, the in the dining halls would provide standing in line. latest step in the gradual takeover of the bourgeoisie. a much-welcomed diversity in stu- Furthermore, forcing all stu- A&E Editor • May 2006—The class of 2007 eats its last meal in Peirce. All mourn the Great Hall, dents’ dining habits. Many students dents on campus to squeeze into Leslie Parsons and the Collegian mourns the loss of its tower office. with apartments have kitchens and two dining halls, and eat every meal prefer to cook their own meals at there together, makes Kenyon a more Sports Editor Senior year their own times, some students intimate community. Presenting the Sara Kaplow • August 2006—We become the dumbest class at Kenyon. We go to the Cove to mourn use dorm kitchens to make meals option of eating out at restaurants ev- our precipitous decline in intelligence. We realize that for us it never was the Cove. and still others take advantage of ery day and night would create social Photography Editors • August 2006—Meals in Ernst commence and we are back in elementary school. the many meals offered by campus and financial divides among students. Tristan Potter The Collegian is banished to a modular trailer. groups such as APSO’s pancake The more financially privileged Paul Reed • January 2007—The price of market dogs is raised to 75 cents. Laundry becomes breakfasts or Hillel House dinners. students would have the ability to that much harder to do. Many people never have the time or eat out more frequently, leaving the Editorial Assistants • February 2007—Caleb Gottinger ’10 dies in an accidental fall, and the class of inclination to get breakfast. Elimi- students with less spending money Sarah Friedman, Laura Garland, 2007 once again mourns. nating a required meal plan would to eat in the dining halls even if their Maia Raber, Dan Streicher • May 2007—We drink for a week and depart the hill to live in a box. We harbor give students the flexibility to, say, friends are out eating somewhere else. glorious memories as we eat Ramen and consider our $160,000 debt. eat lunch in the dining hall most The meal plan that Kenyon presently Business Manager days of the week, but eat dinner and mandates for students places every- Tanya Volochkovich These four years have been a time of intellectual stimulation and personal growth, breakfast less frequently. one on an equal level. a time spent with inspiring professors in intimate and rigorous seminars, debating Kenyon is already one of the College students deserve free- Distribution Managers global issues while drinking up the serene beauty of our hilltop campus and making most expensive colleges in the na- dom to select their own dining rou- Megan Shipley 4 a.m. trips to Hot Rod’s in the middle of all-nighters. tion to attend. Especially with Peirce tine and the ability to spend money But some of us will also remember the less magical aspects of Kenyon: the stu- Laura Johnson gone, many students question what on what they want instead of wasting dents who ditched extracurricular activities for fear of lowering their all-too-precious they are actually spending their meal it on uneaten or unfinished meals. GPAs and the administrators who unveiled intricate plans for the College without plan money on. They trek down the However, as Kenyon moves toward Online Editor discussing their ideas with students or Village residents. As we leave the Kenyon Andrew Cunningham hill to Ernst and stuff their faces with a more K-Card, grab-and-go phi- bubble, we have a few words of advice, both for the students who are staying and for food they consider sub-par just to losophy in many respects, students Copy Editors the College administration. make themselves feel this tuition in- should consider how different Ke- Andrew Cunningham, Samantha Students: Involve yourselves in the campus and the greater community. Run clusion isn’t completely squandered. nyon would be without the current Goodin, Ilana Feldman, Elizabeth for student council. Work with local farmers through organizations like PEAS. Join By giving students options about open accessibility the dining halls on Gottschalk, Lisa Harn, Tim Miller, Mock Trial. Contribute to a campus publication. Concentrate on academics, of what meals they want to have when campus offer. Rebekah Morris, Elle Norton, course. But forget your resume for a moment, try new things and throw yourself into an extra-curricular activity that you love. Appreciate Kenyon for what it is, rather than Reaching The Collegian Hema Ramharrack just considering it a stepping stone for future achievements. Office: Rooms #3 and #4 in the modular trailer south of Ernst Center. Administrators: Encourage student involvement. Host more forums. Invite all Mailing address: The Kenyon Collegian, Student Activities Center, Gambier, OH Faculty Advisors 43022. Pamela Camerra-Rowe community members, not just a few hand-picked students and faculty, to make sug- Business address: P.O. Box 832, Gambier, OH 43022. P.F. Kluge gestions about Kenyon’s physical and academic future. Admit quirky individuals who E-mail address: [email protected] may not raise Kenyon’s national profile but who promise to contribute to a dynamic Internet address: http://www.kenyoncollegian.com Advertising and campus life. 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Checks should who remains at Kenyon, we hope you’ll strive each day to realize your personal vision subject to space, interest and appropriateness. Members of the editorial board reserve be made payable to The Kenyon Collegian and and in so doing transcend it. the right to reject any submission. The views expressed in the paper do not necessarily sent to the Business/Advertising Manager. —Willow Belden and Charlotte Nugent reflect the views of Kenyon College.  Opinions The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Opinions  Tech shootings raise questions of Kenyon must deliver its campus security and control promise with free speech are inevitable, but when turned against emotional instability and yet were unable confidential (secret) judicial process? people who have barely lived, who have to intervene despite their reservations Student Council? The philosophy probably never negatively affected the is another flaw in the system. One of department? The mathematics de- world, who are just starting to understand Seung-Hui’s professors, who was teaching partment? Unity House? The SAC? their own place in the world, it is somehow him privately because of how much he un- Maintenance? President Nugent? more wrong, more distressing, more cause nerved his classmates, had a code worked TheC As? Me? for alarm. out with her assistant in case something got One may reply that because we Professors, administrators and par- out of hand. Yet again, they were unable to are a private community, we may set ents have been talking about the Virginia do anything about this perceived threat, certain values (such as speaking so Tech shooting ever since. On bleachers and and so Seung-Hui was allowed to continue By Sara Kaplow as to not offend others) above free in classrooms it has been a major theme of his extensive planning of the massacre. Senior Sports Editor speech. We could then restrict and discussion. Strangely, students don’t seem Finally, the school’s security team is punish certain forms of speech we to be talking about their peers who will under fire for failing to notify students of By Eddie Rice “This is one of the days that the pages find offensive.I f Kenyon were to take never reach graduation day. Is it because the first shooting, two hours before the Guest Columnist of history tell us are best spent lying in this path, then it would neglect the Blacksburg is a six-hour drive from here? more deadly attack at Norris Hall. Though bed” is a classic one-liner from the 1950’s The Kenyon College student education of its students by denying Is it because Gambier is secluded in its they had plenty of reason—they believed movie The Philadelphia Story. It’s a joke, handbook begins with the President’s them the opportunity to use their own little bubble? Or is it because it is too it to be an isolated shooting and they obviously, but in hindsight maybe we all open letter in which the college com- education to respond to any idea. The difficult a subject to focus on? thought the shooter had left campus—it would have been better off if, last Monday, munity is described as a “collective best response to free speech you dislike Whatever the case, it must be talked still has sparked a debate on response and we had all just stayed in bed. enterprise of learning in which we all is more free speech. Kenyon gives us about. Something positive has to come notification in similar situations. Could But we didn’t. Students and teachers participate, valuing diversity of back- an education that prepares us to enter out of this terrible situation. Otherwise this and should this affect security proce- all of the country, including 32 at Virginia grounds, beliefs, interests and goals a world where there will be only one the victims have died not only tragically dures at Kenyon? Surely it should be talked Tech, got out of bed and did what we al- while adhering to the liberal-arts pre- speech code. but in vain. about somewhere. ways do: Shower. Grab a bite to eat. Head cepts of open inquiry and freedom of ex- But what tools does Kenyon’s The fact that Cho Seung-Hui had Gun control, responsibility and off to class. pression.” TheC ollege cannot promise education give us? How do we received treatment for mental illness and rights of faculty and administrators, school Unfortunately, it wasn’t just an- freedom of expression and then deliver respond to speech against Islam by had been reported both by students and safety and response—all of these things other day. Monday, April 16, 2007, is a limits on it through speech codes. One Franklin Graham, father of Will faculty at Virginia Tech and yet still legally need to be discussed on college campuses date that will remain with some of us the example (from our Language Policy Graham and president of the Billy purchased guns and ammunition reveals nationwide. There were more than just 32 way Sept. 11, 2001, do: a date when the Statement) is that our language, “should Graham Evangelist Association, that an inexcusable loophole in gun legislation. victims on April 16—all of us, in some way, simple innocence of a college campus in a not exclude, belittle, or offend, either by Graham represents? How do we News reports have shown how he bought were terrorized by the events of that day. relatively small, rural town was shattered, explicit reference or implicit connota- respond to speech that denigrates a the ammunition over the internet, where Maybe it’s because I’m from Vir- along with any sense of security in an tion, an individual or group on the basis person based upon his or her sexual anonymity is both possible and ram- ginia. Maybe it’s because I lost a childhood academic setting. of any of the following: age, disability, orientation, race, religion, war, gen- pant—how would the sellers at eBay.com friend. But it seems to me that this incident As students, especially in a remote national or ethnic origin, race, religion, der? How do we respond to speech know of his psychological state? is bigger than one school and one state. college location, we tend to think that sex, or sexual orientation.” that violates our language policies? Furthermore, that Virginia Tech And students here at Kenyon don’t seem we’re immune to the outside world. We The College cannot promise Have a conversation with the person faculty was obviously aware of Seung-Hui’s to be taking notice. should be immune. Violence and tragedy freedom of expression and then limit about the speech. Educate about the it using speech codes (found in our ideas in the speech. Refute the speech. Students should care about Latin America “Policy Statements” in the Student Publicly denounce the speech. Write Handbook). It is true that Kenyon is a a letter about the speech. Ignore the stayed in Santa Marta, a rural northern important. Though President Bush may private institution and it may set its own speech. Hold a protest about the village that still sympathizes with the left- have skipped over El Salvador, I am hope- rules; however, it must be truthful in its speech. Create a petition about the ist guerrillas who fought government and ful that the presidential trip may bring advertising and deliver what it promises speech. Lead a discussion about the paramilitary forces for twelve years, and America’s attention to the region’s history to its students. speech. Form a group and oppose the one of the most profound experiences and present. Though the administration’s This year, we have seen many de- speech. But above all, do not censor; of our month was retracing the route to war on terrorism appears to be focused in bates over the place of free speech in our do not “dis-invite”; do not punish. Honduras that the community took to the Middle East, we should remember liberal arts community, most recently You will have far greater success in escape from paramilitary forces in the that our government is still very much the impending visit of evangelist Will changing a person’s mind through middle of the night. involved in Latin America. Graham and the “Insensitivity” allstu persuasion and not coercion. By Ned Littlefield Today, 15 years after the U.N. peace El Salvador continues to be de- war. Through these discussions, many To reaffirm our commitment to Guest Columnist accords that ended the civil war, El Salva- pendent on the United States. The questions have been raised, but the one free speech as a campus we must do dor is in a state of turmoil. During our Central American Free Trade Agreement at the center is: Why should we, as a one more thing: repeal our speech After seeing her husband and chil- stay in the country, government police (CAFTA) has made the present-day liberal arts community, not silence big- codes. Many of these rules regulating dren killed, her fellow villagers raped and shot at protesters at the national univer- Salvadoran government, led by the same oted, offensive and hateful speech? speech are found in our anti-harass- burned alive and her village destroyed by sity, killing two students and perpetuat- party that carried out the horrors of the John Stuart Mill, from Chapter II ment policies. Harassment, in any Atlacatl Battalion in 1981, Rufina Amaya ing the state of fear that students, poor civil war, a beacon of Central American of On Liberty, provides the answer: “All form, is serious misconduct that I set out to tell the world about the cruelties Salvadorans and political dissenters live stability and prosperity. However, the silencing of discussion is an assumption would never condone. However, we of the Salvadoran civil war that left 75,000 with. The U.S. deportation of Salvadoran economy is so dependent on the United of infallibility.” In other words, you cannot confuse free speech and harass- Salvadorans dead and 809 residents of El immigrants has imported America’s States that American goods flood the believe that your certainty is absolute ment. Kenyon College must make a Mozote buried in mass graves. On Tues- urban gang culture to El Salvador, leaving Salvadoran market while the country certainty and you have “the authority moral decision. It can either reaffirm day Mar. 6, Amaya, the sole witness to the many youths with few options. In fact, itself barely exports its own products. El to decide the question for all mankind, its commitment to free speech or turn El Mozote massacre, died in El Salvador economic opportunity is so scarce in El Salvador has become an import-based and exclude every other person from and regulate speech that it is abso- I only could have learned about Rufina, Salvador that 2 million Salvadorans have country so reliant on the United States the means of judging.” Free speech lutely certain is wrong. If we choose El Mozote, and El Salvador by venturing immigrated to the United States. Remit- that the government’s campaigns to sup- does not pass moral judgment on the latter route, then we must let our outside the homogenous comfort and tances, money sent from immigrants port its troops in Iraq often emphasize whether an idea is good or bad; instead, alumni, prospective professors and classrooms of Kenyon College and the back to family members in El Salvador, Salvadoran indebtedness to its north- it requires that no one claims absolute prospective students know that some world I inhabit. contribute $2 billion annually to the ern ally. El Salvador is the only Latin certainty and silences an idea. Who values are above free speech. We must On a month-long service learning economy. American country with troops in Iraq, should be in charge of deciding what tell them that our students cannot en- trip to El Salvador last summer my group I am writing this not only to try and the government tells its citizens that is absolutely certain at Kenyon? The gage all ideas. Kenyon College, please learned about the country’s efforts to re- to communicate what I learned in El the United States might withdraw its Republicans? The Democrats? Our keep your promise of free speech. cover from the country’s civil war, which Salvador but to urge the Kenyon com- economic support of El Salvador if the formally ended with the Peace Accords of munity to further consider the United country withdraws its military support. experiences. different worlds every day, yet essays are 1992. Aside from meeting with Rufina States government’s past, present and Kenyon’s lack of ideological, cultural One potential way is a beginning- banished to the realm of intellectual Amaya, who showed us the route she future role in Latin America. Many and political diversity can be transcended, of-the-year and an end-of-the-year pub- exercise once they are graded. An addi- took to escape from El Mozote, and other people think President Bush’s recent albeit briefly, through diverse dialogue. lication that would enable students to tional publication of student essays with progressive Salvadorans, our group from tour of Latin America was an effort to Admissions initiatives and publicized share their past or future off-campus cross-cultural themes would further share Putney Student Travel created individual counter the leftward trend of the region’s speakers who address international is- experiences with the rest of the com- the experiences and passions of our com- projects of study with the intent of shar- politics. The continent’s recent attention, sues such as El Salvador will propel the munity in attempt to expand the Ke- munity. Until the Kenyon community’s ing the discoveries and experiences with along with the tragic death of human community toward its aspirations of nyon consciousness to greater levels of statistical diversity improves, we must our friends and family upon returning to rights icon Rufina Amaya, makes the diversity, but ultimately Kenyon students openness and diversity. Even within the take advantage of the diversity that Yale University, our orientation site. We history of El Salvador internationally are responsible for sharing these personal boundaries of Gambier, students research already surrounds us. 10 ELECTION The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian ELECTION 11 Student Council Elections Senate Secretary Independent Representative to Senate Sara Brinda ’08 Sean Hoffman ’08 It would be both an honor and a privilege to become more ac- The most important quality of Kenyon, for me, is how it structures tively involved in one of the few avenues through which the student interactions between professors and students. The finest tangible element of body can actively interface with the administration: the Senate. The that is how students are heard in matters of college policy. The Academic Senate gives students not only the opportunity to make their voices Affairs Committee has been pivotal in this process. It has worked to expand heard, but also to actually effect change in school policy. I am qualified library hours, to renovate study spaces and to focus efforts on improving for this position because I have been exposed to a variety of Kenyon’s individual departments of the College. The committee has affected study issues through my capacities as a student, a Sexual Misconduct Advi- abroad options for students, it has investigated the Career Development sor, an employee of the school (a Chinese Apprentice Teacher), and a Center, it has examined advising practices and it has represented students’ member of Kenyon’s largest service-based organization, the Archon Society. As a rising senior, I have take on new academic technology. listened to three years of complaints and ideas about all facets of Kenyon life (academic issues, housing Next year I will continue the committee’s focus this year on the CDC as well as its previous focus on pro- problems, party policy, etc.) and am prepared to continue listening, and to represent the interests of viding study spaces. I will focus the committee on a positive assessment of Kenyon’s technology needs and how my peers as faithfully as I can. As an Archon I am part of our college’s Greek community, but have the college can help students in their use of technology for academic coursework. I have spent two years on the also spent most of my college career as an independent, so I am familiar with the interests of Greeks committee and a year each in Student Council and Senate. I hope that I, or whomever you elect to this post, and non-Greeks alike. Most relevantly, I have acted as Archon secretary, which makes me uniquely will continue Kenyon’s tradition of student academic and administrative involvement and expand student’s say prepared for this position. and level of respect in college policy decisions.

Budget and Finance Committee Co-Chairs Julia Wessel ’08 & Charley Yukevich ’10 & Traci Gau ’08 Dal Burton ’10 My name is Julia Wessel and I am running for the position of The Budget and Finance Committee plays an important role, as it co-chair of the Budget Finance Committee (BFC), along with Traci allots money to the various clubs on campus. Without the committee, Gau. I am a rising senior, psychology major and an anthropology many of the clubs that allow Kenyon students to pursue their desires and minor. I am also a member of the women’s rugby team, the Archon find new interests would cease to exist. A strong treasurer is absolutely Society, and I am a Beer & Sex facilitator, among other things. I have essential for the BFC to run smoothly, as a lot of work is involved and served on the BFC for one semester and I am now studying abroad there is a limited amount of funds to grant each club. After working in South Africa. I believe that all of the student organizations and clubs on campus deserve to get on the committee for the past year and observing Steve Klise and Chris funding for their activities, outings, and other resources. However, there is a limited amount of money Santagate successfully run the committee, we believe that we have the to be disbursed. That being said, I think that as co-chair of the BFC it will be my duty to distribute required experience and skill to continue to make the BFC a valuable the money equally and fairly among all organizations that apply for school money. As BFC co-chair asset to all of the clubs on campus. If elected, we plan to carefully select I also will help teach new student leaders about creating and submitting a budget, using their money our committee in order to ensure yet another successful year. We also appropriately, and also some fundraising techniques to supplement money from Kenyon. plan to meet on a weekly basis, and make ourselves fully accessible to all Please take all of this into consideration and vote for me for BFC co-chair for 2007-2008. of the clubs on campus. We hope you will consider voting for us.

Campus Safety Committee Chair Frederick Kridler ’08 Noah Winterer ’08

Thievery! Arson! Fraud! Loitering! Underage tobacco use! Campus safety is not an issue that only the school administration should have to deal with. These are just a toe in the water of things that should quake the Every student here at Kenyon has a responsibility to each other to help maintain a safe environment. hands of the students here at Kenyon, or any school. My chapstick Thus, I feel that the most important tasks for the Campus Safety Committee to tackle should focus was stolen in the library in January and security mocked my report on allowing students to help share the responsibility of creating a safe environment. My goal is to with vigor, which is weird because as I was leaving I saw them ap- ultimately implement programs which allow students to be responsible for ensuring campus safety plying old chapstick to their chapped mouths. Sin runs rampant here at Kenyon. in our dormitories in the form of adultery and pornography. This will be combatted with An example of this would involve using student monitors to patrol registered parties rather than the removal of all doors. Thievery will be combatted with stocks being installed between the or in conjunction with Campus Safety. These individuals sole purpose at parties would be to ensure Gates of Hell and at night in the graveyard. If you care at all about safety, depress the lever that everyone present was drinking responsibly. By allowing students to monitor the parties rather reading, “outstandingly handsome man,” and you will sleep well at night. than security, we would actually able to increase the amount of supervision at every party. No photo provided.

Class of 2008 Class President Senate Representative Student Council Rep Gwen Faulkner Brendan Mysliwiec Elly Deutch

As Junior Class President, with the help This past year, I have worked tirelessly to speak Being involved in organizations such as class committees, of your incredible Junior Class Committee, up and work for the interests of the student body, Social Board, KSA, Beer and Sex, UCC, KCWS and more, I feel we were able to change the sophomore divi- and especially for the members of our class. I wish to like I have a very strong idea and sense of what not only my class sion housing point policy, organize a ‘Career remain on Senate because I feel students need a strong of 2008 needs and feels, but a general consensus of the whole Day’ specifically aimed at providing juniors advocate who is looking out for student interests and student body as well. I help facilitate and mentor some of the with information on preparing for life after Kenyon, find $3,500 of not just a convenient running of the college. I have first and second years throughout my experiences with soccer, funding in order to provide a junior class dinner, and raise over $500 to been one of the most active members of Senate, call- UCC and Beer and Sex, so overall I get a good idea of what is be used by next year’s class committee. If elected, I feel qualified to make ing for greater scrutiny of issues from which students happening or needs to happen on campus. I have experience our senior year even more successful than our junior year. Next year, I are usually excluded. For example, my challenge of the from being president of Student Council after 3 years in high would like to continue working with the administration to ensure Peirce school’s privacy policy brought into light the fact that school, so I know how this routine kind of goes. I’ve been on Hall will be open for our last semester at Kenyon, as well as, plan class we do not have as much power to keep things private both sophomore and junior class committees trying to advo- dinners and bonding events that will make our senior year fantastically as we’d like—a fight that is not yet over. I have fought cate everyday for every single student to bring good academic memorable. Furthermore, I would like to continue to address issues for greater student inclusion indecision-making pro- and personal interests for every type of personality we have at and policy concerns that are important to and affecting students from cesses outside of the non-curricular field and I am a Kenyon. I’m very outgoing, involved, and have the energy to all years. We have tackled division housing, however, there is still a lot strong advocate for juniors, students and our rights. get anything done at any time and I feel like I would represent more that can and should be done to make this school even better. If re-elected, I will continue to stand up for our right the senior class very well and would do a great job as the Rep- Thank you for your consideration of my candidacy and I hope that I to determine our own futures. resentative to Student Council for the class of 2008. can count on your vote in the election. No photo provided. No photo provided. 10 ELECTION The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian ELECTION 11 Student Council Elections Class of 2009 Class President Senate Representative Student Council Rep Sarah Zukowski Karl Stark Eric Dunn As Junior Class President, I, Sarah Zukowski, will I am seeking Senate Repre- I would make a good representative to Student work to enhance the lives of members of the class of sentative for the Junior Class be- Council for the rising junior class for several rea- 2009 and the entire student body at Kenyon College cause we are in a moment of great sons. I am a well-known and respected member for the 2007-2008 academic school year. As a current transition and the class of 2009 of the class of 2009, and therefore would make member of the Sophomore Class Committee, I am needs someone who will be our an ideal candidate to represent the class of 2009 aware of the duties and responsibilities that pertain voice while a good number of us during our junior year. I also am good at working to being a member of Kenyon student council; I will are abroad. My previous experience with people when it comes to working towards a excel in these tasks and positively represent our class in student government, specifically common goal or to when issues need to be worked in doing so. I possess the enthusiasm and skills that on First-Year Council and the Housing and Grounds Committee out. Lastly, I’m very personable and therefore it will be necessary in ensuring a great junior year for (2006), gives me the knowledge and experience to be an effective wouldn’t be awkward for me to listen to any and the class of 2009. Although many of our fellow representative of this class. I have two main goals for next year’s everyone’s concerns and worries that need to be classmates will be spending semesters abroad, I will term, one specific and one structural. One, we need to work out brought to Student Council. I would work dili- organize activities and fundraisers in order to bring the the kinks of the new housing lottery before the next set of seniors gently to bringing the junior class together with juniors on campus closer together and also to prepare goes through. This year was much of a test-run but if this is the the other members of Student Council. Increased for our senior year when we are all reunited. I will system we’re adopting, we need to make sure it is perfect (or close communication between the administration and voice your opinions and concerns and make sure that to). Second, the student government should be more transparent the junior class via the Student Council and class decisions are made in the best interest of our class and and accessible to the student body as a whole. While we all know representatives is going to be especially important the general student body. If elected as Junior Class student government exists, few outside the elected representatives in the coming year. I am a dependable person President, I will positively represent the class of 2009 know exactly they’re working on. As elected representatives, our and would do everything I could to facilitate the and work hard in enhancing Kenyon College as an agenda should be driven by our classmates. If elected, I, along with communication between Student Council and the exemplary and outstanding community. the other representatives of the class, will hold regular conferences class of 2009. No photo provided. for our classmates’ voices to be heard. No photo provided.

Class of 2010 Class President Senate Representative Amy Bowles Arjav Ezekiel Megan Coxe After serving as First Year I was lucky enough to be your rep- This past year at Kenyon has Council President during the resentative to the Kenyon Senate this been amazing. I am running for 2006-2007 school year, I feel that I year and I would love the opportunity sophomore representative to the Sen- gained the experience necessary to to represent you again next year. As a ate so that I can be more involved in lead our class as its president next member of Senate, I voiced your con- the community of the College, and year. As president of FYC, I played cerns to the administration regarding try to contribute at least as much as an active role in sponsoring events the Good Samaritan Policy, and helped it has given me during my freshman that brought first-year students make it clearer. The signs about alcohol year. together, verifying Kenyon’s esteemed community spirit. poisoning and The Policy in bathrooms As your representative, I hope to address issues that concern Reflecting on my first year at Kenyon, one event sticks out around the school are the fruits of that the sophomores and to connect the class of 2010 with the admin- from the blur of moving in, forming new friendships, and effort. istration and faculty. I believe that this bridge should allow the adjusting to classes: shivering outside in the rain before Yet there is much more to do. students to know the issues addressed in the Senate. Perhaps more convocation. I made some of my closest friends at Kenyon Next year I hope to help bridge the significant, as my voice will be a representative of your voice, I that day, and I’m certain that will be a memory none of us communication gap between the admin- will strive to hear your opinions before making decisions. will forget. The class of 2010 received an unmatched (albeit istration and students and help address To be frank, I have never been a member of student govern- rainy) welcome, and I hope we will continue to contribute issues such as Kenyon’s party policy. I ment. Previously not interested in the policies and rules that form to Kenyon in a way that no class has before us. Getting off feel there is a lot I can contribute next the backdrop to student life, my experience within the Kenyon to a rainy start and dealing with the tragic loss of one of year and therefore am declaring my can- community has made me believe that it is this framework that our own brought our class together quickly and give us a didacy for the sophomore representative makes and enriches life here. distinctive viewpoint towards life at Kenyon. As president, to Senate. On a final note, I hope that all of you will vote. As much as I will provide a voice for our unique perspective, and make I would love your vote, voicing your opinion on who you want sure the relationship between students and administration to represent you is infinitely more important. is reciprocal.

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Student Council Representative Nathan Oldach Rob Long I, Nathan Oldach, a member of the Kenyon College class of Kenyon is in a time of growth and progress and I 2010, am running as class representative to the Kenyon College would like to do my part to help this trend continue. Student Council. I run so that the voices of James, Morgan, Liz, I am proud to go to a school, which is continuously Daniel, Jennifer, Scott, Ben, Will, Justin, Jake, Dave, Rachel, noted for its improvements and accomplishments; Sarah, Kate and Susan are all heard. I run so that the needs of whether for our four Goldwater recipients, swim- artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, Model United Nations representa- ming accomplishments or a number of other things. tives, volunteer fire fighters and writers are addressed through the I’ve felt like a part of the Kenyon community, ever student council. I run so that the entire Kenyon College class since my brother came here four years ago. In my of 2010 voices its opinion loudly and openly. My candidacy is based on previous student first year here I tried to make the most of my time and immerse myself in as council experience, leadership abilities, negotiation skills and a drive to make Kenyon even much as possible. Nonetheless I know I could have done more and been more stronger in the eyes of students, professors and the world at large. My ambition is to smooth involved. It’s my hope that joining the student council will help me be even problems with the housing lottery system, (yes, housing fiascos can be eliminated) and to insure more active at Kenyon. I feel like Kenyon has given me a good deal already equal representation in the Student Council for the class of 2010. I run on the politics of and just maybe my involvement will help continue Kenyon’s growth, either hope believing that today’s complications translate into tomorrow’s solutions. I work so that way I just want to try and help. the Kenyon College of today is a better Kenyon College of tomorrow. 12 Arts The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Arts 13 KFS Previews Stage Femmes perform play about sexuality, relationships

Courtesy of moviesmedia.ign.com Theo (Clive Owen) tries to guide a pregnant immigrant to safety in Children of Men. By Jason Smith Staff Writer Children of Men by the resistance group she Friday, April 27 leads in order to seek his as- 7:30 p.m. sistance transporting Kee, an KAC Theater illegal immigrant who is the Set in a bleak near future first woman in 18 years to when women have lost the get pregnant, out of the war ability to have children, doom- zone to a shadowy group of ing mankind to extinction in scientists called The Human a few short decades, Children Project. They are helped by of Men (based on the novel by Jasper (Michael Caine), an P.D. James) is a dark political upbeat former activist and old thriller from gifted director friend of Theo’s. Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mamá This is a sci-fi film with ). In 2027, the world obvious political implications, También Lily Moore-Coll has descended into chaos. but it does not waste time with Britain, where the film takes flashy special effects or moral Callie (Kate Hamilton ’09) sits at the bedside of her comatose lover Sara (Shaina Cantino ’10) in Stop Kiss. place, is a militarized war zone grandstanding. Cuarón and By Leslie Parsons relate despite our sexuality.” from myself and yet how I relate his writers are more focused where bombs explode regu- A&E Editor The idea to perform Stop to Sara and her decisions,” said on the small-scale story at the larly, illegal immigrants are “I’m most interested in the Kiss came from Fenlon and Cantino. “Also, because it was viewed with suspicion and the center of the film, lending discussion that I hope the play Stage Femmes producers Rachel easy to let myself simply flow populace lives in fear of gang it a refreshing sense of im- will provoke,” said Hannah Fen- Szymanski ’09 and Elizabeth along with Diana Son’s natural mediacy. Not a second of the violence as well as an increas- lon ’09 of Diana Son’s Stop Kiss, Meyers ’09, who wanted to dialogue, I had to challenge ingly oppressive government. film’s 110 minutes is wasted; which she directs with Stage stage a contemporary play with myself to delve deeper into who If it sounds like Cuarón Children of Men starts with Femmes this weekend in the characters who are similar in Sara is and into her relationship is trying to make some paral- a bang (literally) and never Horn Gallery. “We’ve had ex- age to college students. After an with Callie.” lels with our current world, slows down. Also featuring tensive discussions as a cast and extended search in the library for Using the Horn Gallery as he is. References to current fabulous cinematography by crew about all different aspects the perfect play, Fenlon found a performance space has been frequent Cuarón-collabora- politics abound, but Children of the story and action ... and I’m Stop Kiss, and assistant director both challenging and useful for of Men’s main focus remains tor Emmanuel Lubezki, the excited to see what our audience Drew Lewis ’10 readily agreed those involved with this produc- on the characters at its center. film is visually stunning (in will take from it.” on it. “We both really wanted tion. “I think the intimacy of the Theo (Clive Owen) is a disen- a non-computer-generated The play tells the story of something extra to do,” said space, and the fact that there is chanted bureaucrat resigned sort of way) and intellectually Callie (Kate Hamilton ’09) and Lewis, “and this was it.” no stage, really helps highlight to the world’s depressing fate. thrilling. A mostly grim tale Sara (Shaina Cantino ’10), who “We’ve discovered how chal- how natural the show is,” said His former lover, Julian (Juli- that ends on a note of cautious meet in New York after Sara lenging it is to play someone Fenlon. anne Moore), re-enters his life hope, Children of Men is also moves to the city from St. Louis. who is so similar to you,” said “It’s basically challenging,” by having Theo “kidnapped” the best film of last year. “Though both they and their au- Fenlon. said Lewis. “Lights are hard—we dience understand that they are “It’s essentially about the put [lighting director] Drew both heterosexual women,” said creation, strengthening and evo- Schad ’08 in a small, secret place. MST3K Preview Fenlon, “we slowly see Callie and lution of a relationship between Sound is bizarre—I have people By Andrew Cunningham and Eugene Rutigliano Sara begin to develop a romantic two women,” said Lewis. “People look on stage and tell me when Collegian Staff relationship during the course of say it’s about lesbians and gay I need to cue the sound. And the story.” From there, the story pride, but it’s mostly about the it is incredibly hard to create a Show #913 – Quest of the Delta Knights goes against logical structure and intricacy of these girls’ relation- theater-like atmosphere in the Friday, April 27 presents past and present events ships.” Horn. But with many curtains 6:30 p.m. through the course of their re- “I hope that in a place like and a flat that we built from Higley Auditorium lationship, including a violent Kenyon, which has an open com- scratch, we have done the best Quest of the Delta Knights is not a good movie. crime against Sara during her munity and in which dialogue we could.” Our film opens with a dark-cloaked villain (played by one David first kiss with Callie that puts about gender and sexuality issues “Stop Kiss is a lovely, sincere Warner) killing the mother of a teenaged kid—we don’t remember Sara in a coma. is always encouraged, the deli- play,” said Cantino. “It has a his name, but he looks a lot like ‘90s heartthrob Jonathan Taylor “Beyond this interesting cacy of the message in Stop Kiss balance between naturalistic Thomas. JTT is then sold as a slave to the movie’s protagonist (also structure, I think that the best will be received,” said Cantino. comedy, subtle romance and played by David Warner), and they have some grand adventures. We thing about the story is the nature “Stop Kiss tells the story of two thought-provoking drama. Even think the villain David Warner plays is probably working for some of Sara and Callie’s relationship,” women who fall in love with each though it is easily described as evil queen, and we think that the hero David Warner plays helps JTT said Fenlon. “It is the develop- other and then must immediately being about a gay-bashing hate to avenge his mom’s death—we really don’t remember. ment of love, plain and simple. deal with a horrible hate crime crime, Diana Son’s writing allows Renaissance enthusiasts should come out and see this one regard- We don’t stop to think about against this love. But it is also it to be more about a genuine less of its plot—the movie is basically a filmed Renaissance festival, whether they are heterosexual about two people who fall in friendship budding into a ro- complete with awful costumes and fakey swordfighting. David or homosexual because during love with each other and work mance between two women in Warner (who throws his pee on someone at some point during the this timespan, it just doesn’t through issues of commitment New York City.” film) is perhaps best remembered for his role as the scientist who gets matter. They go through all of and trust.” kidnapped by Shredder in the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the normal, awkward beginning “I found it most challeng- Stop Kiss will be performed at movie and also as the Klingon High Chancellor who gets assassinated steps of a relationship, which is ing to distinguish the fine line 8:30 p.m. tonight and Friday in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Quite a résumé! something to which we can all between who Sara is as separate in the Horn Gallery. 12 Arts The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Arts 13 GREAT presents unique one-man show with Thom Pain

By Leslie Parsons to the show with preconceived no- A&E Editor tions about what a one-man show “For me, it’s really about a will be like, and I think what actu- man and an audience,” says Knud ally happens on stage will probably Adams ’09 of Thom Pain (based on be completely different from what nothing), the one-man show he is they expect to see.” directing. “We have the first and While performing a show in we’re hoping for the latter.” the Black Box theater presents a Sponsored by the Gambier challenge for many theater groups, Repertory Ensemble Actors The- Jennings considers it a benefit. ater (GREAT), the play features “[The Black Box] automatically Charlie Cromer ’09 as its title creates a more intimate feel be- character in a role that requires tween the actor and the audience,” entertaining rambling on the topic she said. “The character Thom of various tragedies that Pain has Pain is aware of the audience in seen in his life. “Directing Charlie the play, so the small size of the is such a joy,” said Adams. “I was theater and the close proximity of thrilled to take on the challenge.” the audience and the actor enhance The play’s structure is unique that sense of intimacy.” among those we’ve seen performed “Charlie brought the show to this semester in that it is one actor my attention,” said Adams. “I read delivering a monologue. “Just be- the script and immediately con- ing a one-person show changes a nected with the biting language lot,” said Adams, “but this show in and haunting imagery.” particular will completely take [the “The sharpness and scope of the storytelling will blow you audience] off guard.” Caleb Ruopp “The majority of his time on away,” said Adams. ‘“Searing’ is the Thom Pain (Charlie Cromer ’09) tells stories in . stage is spent in a type of conversa- Thom Pain best word I can think of to describe tion with the audience members,” Luckily, I have never experienced “You read the script and his pauses them,” said Jennings. “I think it. Searing or hilarious, depending said stage manager Kate Jennings such a creative and focused re- and word choices are so tart,” said much of the script and some of on your childhood.” ’09. hearsal process. Everyone involved Cromer. Charlie’s actions as Thom Pain Thom Pain will be performed “Thom Pain, as a character, is believes in the show so strongly.” “I’m most looking forward to might be surprising for the audi- at 8 p.m. tonight and Friday very complex and elusive,” said Ad- Cromer finds one of the best seeing how the audience will react ence, and I’m interested to see night at the Black Box ams. “It was my job to dig through parts of playing Pain to be unrav- to the lines spoken by Charlie and how this will affect the audience. I Theater. his cleverness to find the story. eling such a complex character. the way in which he interacts with think a lot of people might come De La Soul little known by Kenyon, but will entertain By Hemrajie ramharrack singles or remix compilations. In 2004, Staff Writer De La Soul released The Grind Date on I was talking to a few people about Sanctuary Records. Although it was not how amazing Summer Sendoff will be this the new AOI album, it was well-received year since De La Soul is performing. To by most fans. my surprise, there are many people who De La Soul was an influence to are not excited about Sendoff this year, other artists like Camp Lo, Black Eyed mostly due to lack of knowledge about De Peas and Digable Planets. De La Soul La Soul. Well, now you will know. was very active in other hip-hop artists’ According to wikipedia.com, De careers: they were instrumental in the La Soul is a Grammy-winning hip-hop early stages of Mos Def’s career and a group straight out of Long Island, New. major part of the hip-hop group Spit- The group consists of three members: kicker. They are also the longest standing Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos), David Joli- group of Native Tongues Posse, which coeur (Trugoy the Dove), and Vincent is a group of hip-hop artists known for Mason (Pasemaster Mase), according their “positive-minded, good-naturedly to VH1.com. Their nicknames derived Afrocentric lyrics and jazzy beats” during from in-jokes: Posdnuos is the reverse of the late 1980s and early 1990s, according Mercer’s DJ name, Sound-Sop; Trugoy to wikipedia.com. is the reverse of Jolicoeur’s favorite food, There is no doubt in my mind the yogurt. While in high school, they started Send-off this year will be exuberant and a the group and gained the attention of Paul complete blast. Once De La Soul hits the Huston with their demo tape Plug Tunin’ , stage, the crowd will go wild, jamming to according to wikipedia.com. They landed tunes like Oooh, Stakes Is High, and Ring a contract with Tommy Boy Records and Ring Ring. started their career. “ [was] one of Courtesy of rhapsody.com 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul’s debut album 3 Feet the best hip-hop albums ever produced, Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos), David Jolicoeur (Trugoy the Dove), and Vincent Mason (Pasemaster Mase) make up De La Soul. High and Rising (1989) was as a hip-hop however, in my case Buhloone Mindstate masterpiece. It was their most successful Tongues Posse. Because of the case, all samples had to be le- Buhloone Mindstate, released in 1993, gets the most play on my stereo,” said CD to date, according to wikipedia.com. For a while, it seemed that De La gally cleared before an album was released, was harder and funkier than their previ- Kenyon student and De La Soul fan Jeff It was well received due to the uncommon Soul would be larger than the hardcore causing many albums to be delayed. ous albums. Although the album received Ramirez ’08. “One of the first hip-hop sound of their music. The late ’80s and hip-hop of the time. According to VHI. De La Soul’s second album, De La strong reviews, it quickly fell off the charts. groups to get me hooked in elementary early ’90s was predominately a gangster com, “Me, Myself and I” became a Top 40 Soul Is Dead, released in 1991, received Their fourth album Stakes Is High (1996) school. [I] can’t wait to see the show they rap scene, but De La Soul’s positive- pop hit in the U.S. (number one R&B), mixed reviews. This album, darker and had a similar fate. Four years later, De La put on.” minded and “love and peace” music was while the album reached number 24 more reflective, did not attract as much Soul announced that they would release Others are very enthusiastic to hear successful, according to wikipedia.com. (number one R&B) and went gold. Along attention as their first positive and uplift- a triple album series entitled Art Official De La Soul. “I’m so excited to hear ‘Shop- The album was called hippie music due with the newly attained fame, unwanted ing album. According to VHI.com, The Intelligence (or AOI). All three albums ping Bags,’” said Dave Mastrangelo ’09. to the upbeat nature of the record, accord- attention followed with a lawsuit by The album peaked at number 26 on the U.S. were to be released within a year, starting “The song All Good is the [stuff],” ing to VHI.com. They were perceived as Turtles. De La Soul had sampled The pop charts, number 24 R&B and spawned with the release of Art Official Intelligence: said Lydia Newcomb ’08. “De La Soul the leaders of a group of New York-based Turtles’ “You Showed Me” in their song only one minor hit, the number 22 R&B Mosaic Thump; which was followed by got that sick old-school talent founded alternative rappers, which also included A “Transmitting Live From Mars” without single “Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey).” Art Official Intelligence: Bionix in late in real type intellectual and artistic flow. Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, the getting permission. The Turtles won the De La Soul worked hard on their 2001. After this, there was no release of They have a voice, their lyrics embody Jungle Brothers and Monie Love; all of case, and the decision lead to great impacts third album, trying to overcome bad the third in the series. For the next two more than just song and rhyme, they send these artists dubbed themselves the Native on De La Soul, along with the rap scene. experiences. According to VHI.com, years, the only De La Soul releases were a message.” 14 Arts The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Arts 15 A&E BRIEFS Symphony, choir give joint concert “Nasty, Brutish and Short” In a performance entitled “Nasty, Brutish and Short,” Wendy MacLeod’s By Will cirocco mother when I revisit this piece, The concert takes a differ- Introduction to Playwriting class staged readings of their original short works in the Staff Writer which is really a record of our ent format this year than in past Black Box theater Sunday. Kenyon College will present final days together before her years. “In most years, the groups “I wanted them to have the experience of seeing their plays in front of an audience the annual Knox County Sym- death.” collaborate on one major work,” and they were willing,” said MacLeod. “We also wanted to generate some money and phony and Kenyon Community It is a piece that has touched said Milnikel, “This year, we are excitement for Roundtable Productions, a revival of a student playwrights’ group that Choir Concert at 8 p.m. in Rosse other members of the symphony working together on two slightly produces original work on campus.” Hall this Sunday, which will this as well. shorter pieces.” The student playwrights cast their plays with willing actors and actresses on year include a piece written by “It is a particularly unique Locke explained that this campus. All 12 performers stood in front of music stands and delivered their plays Professor of Music Benjamin and meaningful experience to new format was intended to using only the words of the play and minimal stage directions. Locke entitled “Libera me, Do- have Doc Locke conducting his showcase the diversity of musi- “I was very proud of the consistency of the student plays,” said MacLeod. “The mine.” Sponsored by the music own piece with such a strong cal literature the joint symphony audience really responded. I’ve seen professional short play festivals that weren’t nearly department, the joint concert group of musicians,” said Geor- and choir were able to perform. up to where they were in terms of ambition, structure, range. And these students are aims to raise money for the gia Kuss ’10, who will play the Bb “I last performed this Bach only sophomores!” symphony to fund its four yearly trumpet in “Libera me, Domine” cantata back in 1974, and it is Playwrights included Knud Adams ’09, Japhet Balaban ’09, Alison Beyrle ’09, performances as well as expose and the D trumpet in Bach’s one of my favorites, so I’m excit- Taylor Gittin ’09, Griffin Horn ’09, Brian Hepp ’09, Dan Takacs ’09, Kate Arm- the Gambier community to some “Suite No. 4 in D Major.” ed to be presenting it at Kenyon,” strong Ross ’09, Johanna Ralsten ’09, Ken Worrall ’09, Matt Weeks ’09 and Clay renowned works of music. “Hearing ‘Libera Me, Do- said Locke. “We are performing von Carlowitz ’09. Conducted by Locke, the mine’ come together for the first it with more instrumentalists Olin Art Gallery Exhibits concert will consist of several time … was particularly reward- and singers than Bach did in his “Love Between the Atoms” and “Lament” by Eva Kwong will be opening in works written by Johann Sebas- ing,” said Professor of Math- own time, but I’ve decided it is Olin Gallery tonight at 7:30 p.m. Her work in these two exhibits includes sculpture, tian Bach. The orchestra will ematics Bob Milnikel, who plays more important to expose Knox wood block prints and etchings. Kwong, an artist from Kent, Ohio, will be discussing begin by playing the first three clarinet and sings in the Choir. County to this masterwork than her work, and a reception will follow. The exhibit will be open until May 26. movements of Bach’s “Suite “The piece manages to feature to worry about issues of perfor- No. 4 in D Major,” then will be both the orchestra and the choir mance practice.” Musical Performances joined by the choir in perform- prominently, and the two types General admission to the •The Kenyon College Guitar Ensemble will be giving a concert on Monday in ing Bach’s “Cantata No. 131, of sound complement each other concert is $8.00, and it is $3.00 Brandi Recital Hall at 7 p.m. ‘Aus der Tiefen rufe Ich, Herr beautifully. The composition is for students. Proceeds benefit •The Kenyon College String Chamber Ensemble will be giving a concert on zu dir.’” a very personal one for Professor the Knox County Symphony, Monday in Brandi Recital Hall at 8 p.m. “[It is] a work I composed Locke, and it is an honor that helping fund its four annual •Kenyon’s Early Music Ensemble will be performing a concert on Tuesday in in 1991 as a memorial to my he is sharing the experience of full-scale concerts, one if which Brandi Recital Hall at 4 p.m. mother,” said Locke. “I am look- performing it with all of us in is an entirely free performance •The Kenyon College Jazz Ensemble will be performing a concert on Tuesday ing forward to directing my the orchestra and choir.” for children. in Brandi Recital Hall at 7 p.m. own composition, •The Kenyon College Percussion Ensemble will be performing a concert on if only because I Wednesday in Rosse Hall at 7:30 p.m. Paid Advertisement feel closer to my —Leslie Parsons Paid Advertisement Thurs. April 26th The Kick Off to Summer Send-off Presenting The Daily Show correspondent John Oliver Gund Commons at 9:30 p.m. There will be a shuttle provided from 9:10-9:30 p.m. The pick up spots are Old Kenyon; AD side and in back of Olin Library.

Fri. April 27th $2 Movies Fracture 9:15 p.m. Disturbia 9:20 p.m. In The Land of Women 9:30 p.m. The Condemned 9:45 p.m. Transportation provided and will begin shuttles at 8:45pm in front of the bookstore Please sign up and pay on the 2nd floor of the Student Activities Center

Sat. April 28th SUMMER SEND-OFF!!!! Featuring: De La Soul Opening will be the Battle of the Bands winners Ransom Lawn events starting at 5pm T-shirts will be sold $10 each There also will be give aways later in the evening on a first come first serve basis Dinner will be served 5-7pm. Ernst will be closed, so this will be the place to be for dinner. There will be no tolerance of alcohol and outside drinks, and no bags will be permitted.

Sponsored by Social Board 14 Sports The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, April 26, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Sports 15 Baseball drops three of four against Wittenberg By Sara Kaplow 8-5 lead in the top of the fifth, the Lords bottom of the third. The back-and-forth Senior Sports Editor struck back with six runs in the bottom of continued, as the Lords put up a run in the the same inning as Wittenberg’s two errors, fifth only to have Wittenberg score a run of The Lords baseball team spent the and sloppy pitching allowed for two walks their own in the bottom of the inning. weekend busy on the fields, first at home in and three singles. After scoring two more runs, the a doubleheader on Saturday against Wit- The Lords looked to have the win in Lords knew they had to hold Wittenberg tenberg University and then away at Wit- hand with an 11-8 lead, but in the top of in the bottom of the seventh, and pitch- tenberg the following day. With many fans the seventh, the Tigers clawed right back ing by sophomore Nate Fedor managed in attendance for Senior Day, the Lords in, tying the score at 11 on two errors by the to hold them to one run, securing the 4-3 dropped both games, the first a disappoint- Lords’ infield. The game went into extra win for Kenyon. ing 12-11 extra-innings loss and the second innings as Kenyon failed to score in the The final game of the weekend was a distant 12-3 defeat. They picked one up bottom of the seventh. The Tigers were ap- an offensive show for both teams. First-year on the Tigers by a score of 4-3 when they parently not interested in letting the game back-up catcher James Wendt drove in two traveled to Springfield, Ohio, but were un- drag on, as Chris Dorka singled and then runs on his one hit, as did first-year center- able to continue the momentum, falling in scored on his teammate’s two-out single. fielder Zach Ciccone, who also scored two the second game 15-10. The Lords left the bases loaded without runs in the game. The first game was a back-and- notching a run to end the game. With an exhausted pitching staff, the forth battle between the two teams, with The following game was not nearly Lords turned to sophomore Justin Cox to Kenyon picking up an early lead in the as close, with Wittenberg’s offense domi- start the game, but Cox did not make it bottom of the second. A lead-off double nating the Lords’ pitching. Combined, through the inning, giving up six runs, all by junior Hugh Guill started the rally, Kenyon’s pitching gave up nine earned earned, on three hits without retiring one. with a single from junior Chris Yorlano runs, with two defensive errors contribut- Sophomore Joe Hultzen went the rest of providing the first run of the game. The ing to the other three runs. the way for Kenyon, giving up nine more inning concluded with the home team up Despite the efforts of senior Chad runs on 13 hits. by three. The Lords scored again in the Rothschild, who scored two runs on two With an overall record of 14-13 and bottom of the third on three singles and hits and a base-on-balls, and sophomore 2-5 in the NCAC, the last few games of two walks, adding another two runs to Jake Calcei, who had three hits and drove the season will be crucial for the Lords. the team’s lead. in a run, the Lords put up only three runs They will travel to Allegheny College on However, the Tigers scored for the in the second game. April 28 and 29 for two doubleheaders first time in the top of the fourth, capital- The Lords awoke the next day ready before heading to Hiram College on May izing on two walks and an error given away to face the same foes, this time playing the 1, again for a doubleheader. The last chance Steven Kaplow by the Lords. Wittenberg put up four runs role of visitors. Kenyon drew first blood, to see the Lords will be in a home make-up Senior Dan Shelley in mid-pitch during the first home game against Witten- on the inning and tied the game at five in scoring in the top of the second, but could doubleheader against Oberlin College on berg on Saturday. The Lords managed one win over the four-game series. the top of the fifth. Though they took an not keep the lead as the Tigers tied it in the May 2 at 2 p.m. Lords’ lacrosse dominates Wooster Denison breaks Ladies’ By Peter Frank later, Wooster quickly answered from senior Adam Lucas, as well Staff Reporter with a goal of their own. However, as goals from first-years Geoffrey four-game winning streak Kenyon took control of the game Curfman, Dominique McKoy The men’s lacrosse team late in the first period when junior and Jonah Crollard. The run put By Kathryn Tumen of the game, it was not enough to unseat went into Saturday’s game Nate Pritchard started a Lords 7-0 the score at a lopsided 15-3 with Staff Reporter Big Red, who walked away with a 15-12 against the College of Wooster scoring run that went deep into just over nine minutes remaining win against the Ladies. high on confidence, carrying the third period. Over that run, in the game. After enjoying a four-game winning Next on the agenda was the College a two-game win streak and an Pritchard notched two goals, as did Wooster scored back-to-back streak, the Ladies lacrosse team endured of Wooster, to whom the Ladies lost by a 8-1 record. The Lords took care senior Luke Larson. Sophomores goals within a minute of each tough losses against Denison University, single point in overtime last Saturday. The of business again at Wooster as Brett Fuller and Ben Alexander other late in the fourth quarter, currently No. 3 in the NCAC, and the game was a gripping contest in which the they walked past them with a each scored as well. Wheeler fin- but it was too late, and Kenyon College of Wooster, ranked No. 1. Ladies would claim a one-point lead only 16-5 win. ished off the run with his second finished off their victory with a Though Denison scored five goals in for Wooster to tie the game. After cycling Kenyon got off to an early goal of the game. goal from junior Noah Flessel off the first 11 minutes of the game for a 5-2 through this pattern 10 times, the Ladies lead when senior Sean Wheeler Wooster scored back-to-back of an assist by junior Hylton Early lead, the Ladies continued to work hard claimed an 11-10 lead against the Col- scored the first goal of the game goals in the third period, but their to make the final score 16-5. for the remainder of the first half and lege of Wooster Fighting Scots with one off of an assist by sophomore comeback attempt was put to a halt The Lords will look to carry were leading 7-5 by the intermission. minute remaining. Devin Catlin with just under by another seven-goal run by the their three-game win streak into “It was great to see all seven de- With just 15 seconds to go, the seven minutes remaining in Lords that included a goal from their home game against Colo- fenders working together to keep them Scots scored to tie the game 11-11, the first period. Thirty seconds Catlin, a third from Wheeler, two rado College on Friday at 1 p.m. from scoring for minutes at a time,” said after which the two teams competed in junior defender Jenny Stern of the 5-0 overtime. The Ladies, after a thrilling Knox County Head Start thanks the shutout the Ladies maintained against contest, lost 13-12 to the Fighting Scots their opponents in the last 14 minutes in overtime, with de Lavis scoring the many Kenyon students and Gambier of the first half. final goal. community members who supported Denison came out strong after the “Our ground balls and defense the program this year, with special intermission, however, and, determined against Wooster made a big difference,” thanks to the Archons; Canterbury to outscore the Ladies, tallied a quick said Greene. “We were beating them to Club; Circle K; the Community four goals compared to Kenyon’s one the ball and getting checks off if they in the first eight minutes of the second picked it up.” Psychology class, Delta Kappa Epsilon half. The Wooster game has certainly Fraternity, Epsilon Delta Mu Sorority; “We played confidently against proved to the Ladies, who “have the skills the Gambier Library; Harcourt [Denison] for a while and then seemed and the heart,” according to Zenner, that Parish; the Kenyon Pre-Orientation to lose confidence and composure,” said they can play with the No. 1 team in the Service Learning Volunteers and the senior defender Lauren Zenner. league. Though Kenyon fought back TheL adies look forward to upcom- Village of Gambier. KCHS serves with two consecutive goals by senior ing contests against the University of over 300 children and their families midfielder Lauren Greene, Denison Redlands, Notre Dame College and their annually and your generosity inspires enjoyed their own 5-0 shutout and held final conference opponentO berlin Col- our work. Congratulations graduates, a 14-10 lead against the Ladies with 4:53 lege. While the Ladies are not out of the and to returning students, we hope remaining in the game. First-year Frankie running for this year’s NCAC tourna- de Lavis attempted to level the score, toss- ment, they will need to outscore Oberlin to see you next year. ing two balls into the net in the remain- in order to earn a qualifying conference An agency supported by Special thanks to the “Head Start Heroes” who ing minutes of the game, while Denison seed. TheL adies, certain that the time has regularly worked in our classrooms, including high-scorer Krissie Frost contested the come for their hard work to pay off, are Gwen Faulkner, Hilary Franke, Lauren Goettsch, Ladies for another goal with 1:34 on confident in their ability to overthrow Buffy Hallinan, Anna Makowski and Ashley Miller the clock. Even as de Lavis added a final the Oberlin Yeowomen, especially after point for the Ladies in the last 10 seconds defeating them 24-21 last season. 16 Sports The Kenyon Collegian Thursday, April 26, 2007 Thursday, February 15, 2007 The Kenyon Collegian Sports PB Lords’ tennis ranks Ladies’ tennis goes 2 for 3 By Sara Kaplow sophomore Molly Yost, who defeated ald defeating Kendra Murray in three Senior Sports Editor Melanie Oleski 7-5, 6-4. Sophomore sets, 5-7, 6-4, 10-7. In the No. 4 seed, Yost No. 1 in NCAC Meredith Brown in the No. 5 spot was brought down Whitney Block 6-1, 6-3. By Meredith Brown games from a Lord per set. The Kenyon Ladies tennis players the only loss, falling to ONU’s Ashley First-year Eva Ceja and Larew teamed up Yontz 6-3, 6-1, before the Ladies picked to pick up the Ladies’ final win, defeating Staff Reporter This past Tuesday the men con- were busy this week, facing three teams, cluded their regular season, defeating the including two conference foes. The team up another win with sophomore Alexis the Denison team of Erin Gorsich and Last Thursday the Kenyon Lords Oberlin Yeomen 9-0. This win was the came away with two wins, losing only to Marino beating Kim Heckbert 6-4, 6-1. Sarah Mitchiner 8-5. traveled to play the Ohio Northern Lords’ fourth in a row. The men started off No. 11 ranked Denison University, and Though the win was already se- The Ladies got their momentum Polar Bears and easily defeated them 8- strong, winning all their doubles quickly. held onto their No. 28 national ranking. cured, the Ladies picked up another back two days later with a resounding 1, breaking the Polar Bears’ seven-match At No. 1, junior Greg Sussman and senior Their schedule first took them to victory in the first doubles match, with win over Allegheny College. After pick- winning streak. The Lords’ only defeat Sean Stewart finished off their opponents Ada, Ohio, as they faced Ohio North- Kriwinsky and Marino posting an 8-6 ing up two of the three doubles matches, came at No. 1 doubles in a tight match, 8-5. At. No. 2 and No. 3, both teams de- ern University, a team with an overall win over Bridget Larson and Heckbert. the Ladies went on to sweep the singles with the Lords losing 9-8 (7-4). After feated the Yeomen 8-1. Then, in singles, record of 19-7. The Ladies relied on Though the Ladies fell in the following competition, barely letting in any Gator that, sophomore Rob Alef and first-year the men finished off the match without strong singles play to take down the two doubles matches, they still picked up points; in fact, Allegheny managed to Will VandenBerg had an easy victory, any difficulty. Both Alef and Brody won Polar Bears, going 5-1 in that part of the the win with a final tally of 6-3. win only four games. MacDonald, Yost winning 8-2, and at No. 3 sophomore their singles matches without giving up at tournament. The team then traveled to nearby and Ceja each defeated their opponents Daniel Becker and first-year McNeil a game at the No. 3 and No. 5 positions. The Ladies won four straight Granville, Ohio, to take on Denison the by perfect scores of 6-0, 6-0, while Kri- Parker won 8-3. Becker manned the No. 1 position, win- matches, starting with senior Ashley following day, where they picked up their winsky surrendered only one game in her The singles matches were not even ning 6-3, 6-2, while Stewart at No. 2 won Kriwinsky’s defeat of Kaitlyn Macdon- firstN CAC loss of the year. The BigR ed first set. close, as Kenyon won all six positions in 7-5, 6-0. Sussman won at No. 4 , 6-4, 6-1, ald, 6-3, 6-0. She was followed by No. took down the Ladies 6-3, preserving With an overall record of 13-5 and straight sets. At No. 5 first-year Charlie and Parker at No.6 won 6-2, 6-1. Oberlin’s 2-seeded sophomore Natalie Larew who their perfect conference record. only one loss in the NCAC, the Ladies Brody won 6-0, 6-0 and at No. 4 Alef record is now 8-13 overall and 3-4 in the defeated her opponent 6-3, 6-2, junior Two of the wins came in the singles move on to the NCAC tournament, won 6-0, 6-1. Parker won his match at conference. Paige MacDonald, who won 6-4, 7-5, and competition, with No. 3 seed MacDon- hosted by Denison on April 28-29. No.6 6-2, 6-2, winning the match for After many matches this past week, the men. the Kenyon men’s tennis team, ranked No. Lords’ and Ladies’ track teams take On Sunday, the men traveled to 22 nationally, has concluded their regular Meadville, Pennsylvania to play the Al- season with a 6-0 record in the NCAC legheny College Gators. The men’s only and a 14-6 overall record. The men will eighth place at home invitational loss came at No. 1 doubles where they enter the NCAC conference tournament points. First-year teammate Matt fell to the Gators 8-5. The other doubles on Friday as the No. 1 seed and attempt to Riley added to the Lords’ point matches were won 8-2 at No.2 from capture their fifth title in the last four years. total in that event as well, finish- Brody and Becker and 8-3 at No. 3 from The men have won nine titles, including ing in eighth place. Alef and Parker. Again, the men won all four in a row, a streak which was interrupted In the men’s 3,000-meter singles matches in straight sets with no last year when the men lost to Denison in steeplechase, first-year Ken No- Allegheny player taking more than two the conference finals last season. guchi clocked in at 10:50.844, good for fifth place, followed im- Softball goes 3-3 in mediately by junior Evan McLo- ren with a time of 10:51.17. Senior Alby Coombs was three doubleheaders the Lords’ main threat in the short-distance dashes, taking By Sarah Friedman home run off the bat of first-yearE llen ninth out of 29 runners in the Sports Assistant Witkowski. Morrison then blasted an 100-meter race with a time of RBI double that brought senior Sara 11.720. He also finished 15th in Under the lights for the first time Schoenhoft home and gave the Ladies the 200-meter dash with a time this season on April 18, the Ladies the lead they held through the game. Tristan Potter of 23.82. softball team lost a conference double- In the second inning, sophomore A Kenyon runner leads the pack at Saturday’s home invitational. The Ladies’ single win on header against Denison University, Kelly Adams brought Zdrojeski home By Sara Kaplow side, OWU took the top spot the day came from sophomore 3-0 and 3-1. with a triple. Still in the lead, the La- with 165 points, followed by the Mary Bloom in the 3,000-meter “It’s going to be a big series for us,” dies picked up their game in inning Senior Sports Editor College of Wooster with 121 and steeplechase, as she clocked in Head Coach Stephanie Monday said four, adding three runs to the board. On a weekend full of ac- Otterbein with 119. at 13:03.05. First-year Naomi before the Denison doubleheader. “We Caton’s double was responsible for tivities and bustling with campus The distance events were key Blaushild had the Ladies’ second split with them last year and we swept two of these. Schoenhoft then hit visitors, the Kenyon track teams for both teams. Sophomore Jim highest finish, as she took fifth them two years ago, but they’re a good her second home run of the season hosted the Kenyon College Invi- Boston once again led the way place with a time of 21:14.07 team and they won the conference last to tack on Kenyon’s final run in the tational on Saturday. Both teams for the Lords, taking first place in the 5,000-meter run. The year, so they’re kind of the team to beat sixth inning. took eighth place, the Ladies out in the 1,500-meter race with a women’s 1,500-meter run earned this year.” The Ladies’ week ended with an of nine teams and the Lords out time of 3:59.86. Boston also took the Ladies some points, as sopho- The team’s expectations did not even record on April 23, when they of ten. The Ladies posted 25 eighth place in the 800-meter more Jessica Francois took sixth pan out. In game one, the Big Red split with Ohio Northern University. points overall, with their male run with a time of 1:59.19, and place out of 23 runners. punched out one run in each of the Game one looked like a Kenyon win counterparts putting up 39. was followed in that event by The 400-meter hurdles first three innings, securing the win. as the Ladies held a 5-1 lead through Otterbein College was vic- first-year Rob Carpenter in 12th saw the Ladies adding to their The Ladies’ only two hits of the game the fifth inning.I n the sixth, however, torious in the women’s competi- place. score, as senior Jenna Rose leapt were by seniors Annie Brobst and Kate junior starting pitcher Stephanie Hem- tion with a total score of 176, In the following race, sopho- to third place with a time of Zdrojeski, but neither of them made mingson let up and allowed the Polar with Ohio Wesleyan University more Kaleb Keyserling clocked 1:08.47, picking up six points. it home. Bears three runs. First-year Anneke following in second with 164.5 in at 15:48.87, good for second Both teams will run next Game two started out on a more Mason relieved her, only to allow two and Capital University a distant place, falling just short of OWU’s at the NCAC championships promising note for the Ladies, when runs in the seventh inning that ended third with 95. On the men’s Clay Davis, but picking up eight May 3-4. senior Ashley Morrison scored the the game in a 6-5 Kenyon loss. game’s first run in the second inning The Ladies fared better in game off of a double by first-year Stephanie two. Both pitchers picked up their Before conference tourney, golf takes 16th Caton. The Ladies failed to make any game, and Adams and Zdrojeski to- By Sara Kaplow three. The invitational featured tied for 79th with an 82 and an 83. other runs, however, and Denison gether gave the team a 3-0 lead in the Senior Sports Editor more schools than any of Kenyon’s He was followed by sophomore scored one in the third and two in first inning. I n the fifth inning, Morri- previous tournaments, though some David Jolson with scores of 81 and the sixth. son and first-yearE lizabeth Refsnyder The Lords spent the weekend of the same opponents. 101, junior Tyler Williams with a 96 Their NCAC record having scored a run each on RBI singles by in Delaware, Ohio, at the Lamkin With par set at 71, the Kenyon and an 89 and sophomore Hunter dipped to more losses than wins for Adams and Morrison, respectively. Strimer Memorial Invitational, where golfers had a difficult weekend. Judson with a 98 and a 90. The last the first time this season, the Ladies The Polar Bears made two runs they finished in 16th place out of 17 Senior Will O’Keefe posted the three Lords finished in 99th, 101st looked to make it up three days later in in the seventh inning, but the Ladies teams with a combined overall score best combined score for the Lords, and 102nd places. another conference doubleheader, this maintained their one-run lead to end of 683. Ohio Wesleyan University, shooting a 75 on Saturday and The team will travel to time against the College of Wooster. the game with a 5-4 win. the tournament hosts, took home an 87 on Sunday, which tied him Massillon, Ohio, for the NCAC The team emerged victorious in both The Ladies will play their final the top prize with a score of 595, with individually for 67th place. championships on May 4-5. games, 7-1 and 3-1. NCAC game against Hiram College Otterbein College and Wittenberg Sophomore Dan Direnfeld was Competition begins at 9 a.m. on Game one opened up with a this Saturday at home. University rounding out the top the next highest placer for the Lords, both days.