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Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange The Kenyon Collegian College Archives 11-9-2000 Kenyon Collegian - November 9, 2000 Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian Recommended Citation "Kenyon Collegian - November 9, 2000" (2000). The Kenyon Collegian. 377. https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian/377 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the College Archives at Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Kenyon Collegian by an authorized administrator of Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A&E SPURI:, Mount Vernon gets One vote can make Miller award winners Art and Side Man to Football wins 27-26, new prison, pg. 4 the difference, pg. 5 announced,pg.6 open, pgs. 8 & 9 pg.12 -H-E K'E'N'Y'O'N -E -G -I Volume CXXVIII.Number to ESTABLISHED 1856 Thursday, November 9, 2000 Election excitement hits KC student missing Kenyon gathered Tuesday of celery, carrots, dip, potato chips 7:25 p.m. Lower Dempsey is Emily Murray '02 disappeared Thursday night in various locations to watch and homemade brownies. "I actu- mostly empty. Seventeen people, Emily Murray '02 has been the election results, which were as ally made them because we're including a couple of professors' missing from the Gambiercampus murky as the fog outside. At press starting here at 6 in the morning children making a chart of elec- for several days. Murray was last time, no clear presidential winner and don't really hve a lunch toral votes and two students with seen at approximately 3 a.m. on had been declared. Presented here break," comments the elderly lady Bush and Gore paper bag hand- the morning of Friday, Nov. 3, is a chronological account of elec- working there. "You're welcome puppets, sit talking quietly and when she left her job at the Pirate's tion-related events, insights and to have one." RK glancing occasionally at the TV. Cove, a restaurant and bar in Gam- eavcsdroppings from the election 2:50 p.m. A student I have "It's going to be close, that's all I bier, where she worked as a experience. This account of Elec- never met before approaches me can tell you, " one professor says. waitress. She had resigned from tion Day 2000 at Kenyon College and starts talking about politics. He NJ her job a week previously, so the was compiled by four reporters, says he thinks Bush will win, but Thursday night/Friday morning designated by their initials. They Gore is the one to vote for. It will shift was intended to be her last are: Daniel Connolly, Eric be a sad four years under Bush, he time working there. Harberson, Nora Jenkins, Robbie says, but hopefully his advisors ,Because Murray has nocJasses Ketcham and Jeff Reed. will keep him from doing some- that meet Friday (or Monday), her About 2 p.m. Though the thing really dumb. "Did you vote?" absence was not noted until later room is nearly empty, often under I ask. He says he received an ab- on Friday. However, several of her five voters at once, the Gambier sentee ballot in the mail, but never friends became worried and Community Cenler features a feast gal around to mailing it in. DC brought their concerns to the atten- Emily Murray '02 is still missing. tion of Kenyon officials. A missi ng Please contact the Knox County persons report was filed on the Sheriff's Department at (740) 397- 3333 if you have any information. BY T ARYN MYERS Her decision is in accordance with meetings for the remainder of the Staff Reporter the Campus Government Consti- semester.I am not taking over the tution, which says, "The Vice position. I am just temporarily Last week, Student Council President for Academic Affairs ... filling in until next semester when President Ruth Crowell '02tumed shall assume the powers and duties Ruth will be able to resume her over the duty of running council of the President in the event of the duties as council president" meetings to Vice President of Aca- President's absence." The council has already ac- demic Affairs Alys Spensley '01 In describing the situation, complished a great deal, including for the rest of the semester. Spensley said, "[Associate Dean giving the senate input on the Crowell's action was a result of ofSludents] Chery ISteele and Ruth amendment to the sexual assault Russell Smith her current. illness, which stems both contacted me regarding Ruth's policy. As Spensley herself said, The political science department threw an election parry in Lower from complications that arose af- illness last week. It was not until "In general, student council is in a Dempsey. Partygoers Sarah Posrellon '01 and Stephanie Spaulding '03 ter she underwent an emergency the middle of last week that I knew see CROWELL. page {OUT were parr of the often tense crowd of students and faculty Tuesday night. appendectomy the previous week. for sure that Iwould be running the Mayor picks replacement Athletes speak out.at open forum BYDANIEL CONNOLLY dan" in Ohio law to appoint a Academic Affairs sparks intense discussiori, possible solutions News Editor council member without consider- the two-hour meeting, which only not be penalized if they aren't able ing other candidates, prompting an BYLUKE WITMAN attracted about a dozen students. to stay after class for labs or Monday's village council outcry from a group of council News Assistant "I don't understand wliy any supplements. meeting left Gambier with a tem- members who accused Schlemmer The Academic Affairs Com- athlete should be penalized for "Two concepts I love are re- porary solution to the longstanding of misleading them in personal mittee held an open forum for stu- missing classes," said one of sev- spect and give-and-take," said one dispute over finding a village ad- communications during the last dents to discuss academic issues in eral varsity athletes in attendance, concerned athlete. She continued, ministrator. Dick Baer, whose re- month. the absence of Kenyon faculty Sat- "Athletes shouldn't be asked to "I need to do my part, to make an tirement March 31 led to a long It was the first full village urday at 9 p.m. in the Philomathesian miss a game for a class." Student effort to go and talk to my profes- and politically messy search, will council meeting since longtime Lecture Hall. athletes present said they sought a return as a interim village admin- sor, and the professor needs to lis- Gambier mayor Jennifer Farmer The most intensively dis- "50/50 compromise" with the pro- ten and work OUI a schedule." istrator working for 8-10 hours a resigned at a meeting October 2 cussed topic of the evening was fessors. They expressed the impor- Those in attendance agreed that Week. A new search for a perma- and immediately sought the office necessary compromise between tance of not extending practice the logical next step would be to nent administrator will begin. of village administrator, a full-time Kenyon athletics and classes. Stu- beyond the 4-7 p.m. time slot be- Earlier in the meeting, new have a meeting with all interested position which pays between dents sought solutions to this di- mayor _Mike Schlemmer used a see MAYOR,page two tween class and seminar, However, student athletes to brainstorm so- lemma for a significant portion of they also said that athletes should see FORUM,page{our TIIE KENYON CowlGIAN NEWS Thursday, November 9, 2000 Mayor: Use of loophole angers council CONTINVED FROM PAGE ONE guing that he had drawn out the U was not cJear whether any of the of public affairs, Tuesday she had not decided $37,000 and $45,000 per year in process for the required 30 days by candidates knew whether Samuell Th'e meeting appeared to whether or not to do so. "On the comparison with the $3,000 the misleading them in personal com- was even being considered as a deepen tensions between one hand I loved what I did for part-lime mayor earns. Farmer had munications in the last month. candidate. Schlemmer, Ryerson and Brehm the village and I feel that I said at the time that she had served "I don't ihink you're dealing with Baldwin called on one side and Baldwin, started a 101 of good projects." as a substitute village administra- this in good faith, Mike, in any way Schlemmer's decision "appall- Forman and Stamp on the other. she said. "On the other hand the tor for six months without pay. whatsoever," said Baldwin. ing" and "totally disgusting", but A dispute about approving the current administration doesn't Farmer's resignation put Council member Carl Brehm said he objected to the process, minutes of the September 2000 seem to want to work with me. Mike Schlemmer in the office of pointed out that any group of three not the choice of Philip Samuell. meeting was also contentious It may be fruitless for me to re- Mayor and vacated one council council members had the right to' "I still think that how we feel and was left unresolved, but the apply." Farmer said in the last seat. One of the first orders of call a special meeting to elect a new about the candidates is up in the mood calmed as council dealt ,month she had spent time atteqd- ,., business at Monday's meeting was council member and could have air," said Liz Forman, a council with more normal issues over the ing to personal matters in addi- to fill that seat.