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News OPED Features A&E Sports Campus remembers Kenyon ranks No. 1, Students lead Craft WKCO returns to the Football team falls in jeb King, page 2 page 6 Center classes, page 8 airwaves, page 11 season opener, page 16 1 - H - E E - N - Y - O - N X x X A 7 C -- O -- L E G -- I - A -- N Volume CXXVII, Volume 3 ESTABLISHED 1856 Thursday, September 16, 1999 Oden professorship encourages publishing BY JUSTIN KARPINOS ship established at Kenyon as a have voiced concern that this sti- efforts of professors, which is a she continued, "I don't know if Staff Reporter result of "The Campaign for pend may reflect Oden's "publish concern of students. It's a trade- there is cause for concern yet." Kenyon", a $100 million or perish" campaign among the off." Oden emphasized that such an An anonymous donor has fundraising effort which will con- faculty. Neala Kendell '01 shares allowance would be typical of an lonored Kenyon College President tinue until July, 2001. "On the one hand," said Matt Boyce 's view of the stipend. "If the endowed chair at any of the Robert A. Oden, Jr., with a $1.5 The Professorship includes an Boyce '03, "the professorhsip will Oden professors have to commit country's finest liberal arts col- million professorship that will bear annual $5,000 stipend to support increase opportunities for research to publishing to the point that their leges. "All fine teaching includes Oden's name. The Oden Professor- -' research and publishing efforts on campus. On the other hand, it teaching suffers, then it is a con- on-goi- ng scholarly engagement, ship is the fifth named professor among the faculty. Some students does take away from the teaching cern of mine," she said. However, see PROFESSORSHIP.wge two Studying in the September Sun Krynski starts term i II it as Assistant Provost i4:J " , -- " '; . 'I if". BY CHARLES GUEDENET provost and director of assessment, Staff Reporter now shares the associate provost position with Krynski. Associate Provost Kathy J. "As Sharp and I discussed the Krynski began her three-ye- ar term responsibilities to be assumed by :bis fall after 13 years as a memb- Krynski and Spaid," said President er of ... ."v the economics faculty at Robert A. Oden, Jr., "it became J Kenyon College. clear that the duties associated with Krynski's new post follows their post are of an equal nature J. the resignation of Provost and that the titles should reflect Katherine Haley Will at the termin- that." ation of the 1999 academic year Krynski's duties include over- and the promotion of previous Ass- seeing searches for visiting faculty - IK w "vv ociate it- Provost Ronald A. Sharp positions, new faculty orientation, Ml - v.. loading Provost. early graduation petitions, synop- Professor of Art Gregory tic majors, budgeting and a vari-se- e Spaid, originally named assistant KRYNSKI, page three NEA grants Review funds Ftv Fjkarf First-ye- ar students Melissa Meyer, Brad Naylor and Chris McKeon enjoy the last days of warm Literary magazine receives $60,000 weather reading on the Freshman Quad. BY COREY ABER erating expenses. The Review Staff Reporter hopes to obtain complete financial Council changes committee policies stability from this campaign, a task accepted membership and other student The Kenyon Review received that is usually difficult for literary BY LUKE W1TMAN posal was unanimously stu- a members appointed from the $60,000 grant from the National magazines to do, but the Board of Staff Reporter by council vote. by- at The clause has Endowment for the Arts in May Trustees and the Kenyon Review Article I, Section 2 of the dent body large." com- so that it no longer Jnd under NEA guidelines must staff are very enthusiastic about Members of the Kenyon Col- laws currently states of each been changed student raise at least $180,000 over the their situation. lege Student Council gave a little mittee that membership "shall con- requires any mandatory see COUNCIL, page three t ul-bm- to Council three years. The Review's ate Kenyon College President more political power back the sist of half the Student fundraising goal is to raise Robert A. Oden Jr. shared this en- student body during their meeting & million over the next five thusiasm when he said, "The Sunday. Council passed a proposal years. NEA's grant provides evidence of that will amend the student hand- The Board of Trustees, a eol- the renewed place of significance book and give responsibilities pre- ation of Kenyon Alumni, Parents of the Kenyon Review. Clearly, viously held by the government to FRIDAY: Partly sunny SUNDAY: Fair. Low !nd the students at large. Friends, appointed a they see the Review as a magazine with a high around 70. Low around 50 and high near tundraising committee which will of international importance. The Sunday's meeting involved a 45 to 50. 70. ra'se money in two ways: through grant will make significant great deal of discussion about "dividual donations and through progress toward the endowment membership in standing commit- Praising events. The events are goal, providing funds to cover all tees. Student Council President SATURDAY: Fair. High MONDAY: Chance of ''ill to be decided. of the Review's operating expenses Mike Lewis '00 proposed that the near 70. showers. Low around 50 Council. Laws be altered Endowment funds will be in- and hence ensuring the continua- Student and high in the mid 60s. non-coun- cil in-iestme- po- vested, and income from the nts tion for decades ahead of this fine to allow for more will pay for general op journal." sitions in the committees. The pro 2 The Kenton Collegian NEWS Thursday, September 16, i Kenyon campus remembers the life of Jeb King 1 BY LUKE WITMAN fore." Staff Reporter Professor of Spanish Linda Metzler and Assistant Professor Students and faculty gathered of Spanish Clara Roman-Odi- o outside Kenyon College's Bexley read poems by Miguel Hall Tuesday evening in remem- Hernandez and Pablo Neruda, brance of Jeb King '00 an artist respectively, a tribute to King's with a passion for Latin American enthusiasm for his studies in the culture, a dedicated student with language. a double major in Spanish and art, Tawnya Bell, King's sister, a brother and son and, to so many quoted from a card of condolence members of the Gambier commu- that a Kenyon student had sent nity, a great friend with a conta- her: "Although Jeb's life seemed gious smile. incomplete in our eyes, it was - King died July 22 from inju- perfectly complete in God's." ries sustained in a three-ca- r colli- Describing her relationship with 1 sion in Mexico City, where he was her younger sibling, Bell seemed i He rn working for the summer. was not only to have lost a brother, 20 years old. but also a son and a best friend. As evidenced by the tremen- "He was definitely my soul - -- dous outpouring of sentiment and mate," she said. i t . ' .. I grief at Tuesday's service, King's King's parents spoke of his t jl -- - - too-bri- ef life was anything but passion for life, and particularly -- "w I mt I L i short on accomplishment and in- his aptitude for dance. "He loved EddyEdar Artwork that Jeb King '00 produced his three will be fluence. Faculty members who dance," his mother said, wiping during years at Kenyon on display in the Horn Gallery through Sunday. spoke at the service each empha- tears from her eyes. "He is danc- sized the same glowing senti- ing now." physical attribute. "At times I al- ground. for months and years and decade ments: he was a boundless student, "He was good about always most wondered if he was laugh- "Death is inevitable," wrote ahead." committed to his work and full of being there for us, and making ing at me," said friend Mitch Haas King in the instructions for his In addition to the memorial unending potential. us laugh and play," said Marela '00, "but I always liked seeing it memorial. "Everyone dies." service, many attended Tuesdai Associate Professor of Math- Trejo Zacarias '00 through anyway." That simple truth seemed to morning's opening of an art e- ematics Carol Schumacher ex- choked tears. Zacarias was only The memorial service was do little to console a community xhibit displaying works that King plained that, despite enrollment in one of many of King's friends unique in that King himself had bereft of such a complex young had produced during his three two of her calculus classes, King who spoke at the service. planned it. His posthumous wishes man. years at Kenyon. The exhibit, had never considered a math ma- Several people spoke fondly were followed almost completely, "We miss him this evening," housed at the Horn Gallery, will jor. "He was just taking his mind of King's smile described by right down to the music he'd cho- said Kenyon College President remain open to the public through somewhere it had never been be some as his most memorable sen to play softly in the back Robert A.