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Volume CXXVII, Number 17 ESTABLISHED 1856 Thursday, February 24, 2000 USA Today Senate's sex assault vote approaches honors two Subcommittee completes discussions; recommendation may be approved next week

well-receive- d" at 'in- its BY KONSTANTINE SIMAKIS "pretty last eclectic subcommittee, which Davidson is to revise some of Thursday's Senate meeting, is the News Editor cluded six students, Associate language before the next meeting. Kenyonites result of over five months of discus- Dean of Students Cheryl L. Steele, After a set of recommendations and debate by the Senate's is said, the Sen- BY SUSANNA OK The Kenyon College Senate sion Dean of Students Donald J. approved, Hamilton fi- on sexual miscon- to a fo- Staff Reporter is perhaps one week away from subcommitee Omahan and Assistant Professor of ate plans host community nalizing and voting upon the long-volley- ed duct a collective that since its Mathematics Judy A. Holdener. rum like the one it held in Rosse Hall For the third year in a row, details of its recommen- Sept. 8 formation has spent ump- Hamilton said Senate plans to Dec. 8. "As far as getting it out to Kenyon College has produced stu- dations regarding the school's teen hours filtering proposed laws vote on whether to support the rec- the community, we think it's best to dents who rate amongst the best in policy on sexual assault, members and policies through the panoramic ommendation at next Thursday's 4 have another forum like what we the nation. The only difference, of the Senate told the Collegian lens of Kenyon sexuality. p.m. Peirce Lounge meeting, al- had earlier. however, was we used to produce yesterday. "Our work in formulating though he and Associate Dean of "Now with a more concrete only one. This year, Kenyon has The current incarnation of the recommendations is finished, and Students Cheryl L. Steele both said idea, we'll be able to ... say, 'This is turned out two: recent alum An- recommendation, which Vice Presi- now it's in the hands of the Senate Senate would need to discuss the what Senate passed. We're support- thony Togliatti '00 and Erin dent of the Committee on Student as a whole," said Hamilton, who issue further. ing this as what an entire semester Wimmers '00. Life Aaron Hamilton '01 said was participated as a member in the According to Hamilton, the of work has brought out.'" Or at least, so says USA To- only vocal opposition to the recom- The subcommittee met once day. mendations' most recent incarnation per week nearly every week of last Togliatti and Wimmers were Tightening the screws on was a matter of semantics; Associ- semester, for meetings that selected from a pool of 828 nomi- ate Professor of English Adele see SENATE, page three nees to be honored as two of the student-grou- p spendthrifts 60 members of USA Today's 2000 Just for Kicks All-US- A and College Academic Team. BY KONSTANTINE SIMAKIS member Andrew Burton '00 to the council at its Feb. Each year, nominees are News Editor submitted asked to describe their outstandi- 13 meeting by Vice President for the V ng original academic or intellec- Kenyon College Student Coun- Committee on Student Life Aaron tual endeavors in their own words. cil will vote Sunday on a proposal Hamilton '01, actually offers an

USA to amended version of the college's ' Today's judging panel selects tighten the screws on spendthrift I - . - fiii ' - . T . their choices for the best under- student organizations, and to shift official registration process. graduates in the nation from those power in the making and breaking If the proposal is passed by Stu- submissions and supplemental fac- of organizations a privilege tradi- dent Council and, subsequent to ulty recommendations. tionally held by the Business and that, by Kenyon's Senate, campus ' Past Kenyon winners include Finance Committee to the groups finishing the semester with -- J: 1 '-- N 1999 First-tea- m honoree Shaka college's Student Life Committee. a negative balance in their account le- - seven-pag- e writ- f Smart will find themselves ostracized from '99, for his research on The proposal, l- - t i in . X - see USA TODAY, page three ten by Student Life committee see COUNCIL, page three ' i U I Prolific author Joyce Carol Oates J V to read unpublished work in Bolton

BYALYS SPENSLEY Oates who won her first stitute. Oates has also been pub- for a short story in 1959 at in Review, most AND JENNY MCDEVITT award lished the Kenyon to Asso- with her short Collegian Staff the age of 20, according recently in 1997 ciate Professor of English William story "Faithless." She is currently Literary giant Joyce Carol Klein received her bachelor's the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Oates will speak at Kenyon Col- degree from Syracuse University Professor of the Humanities at lege in the Bolton Theater Mon- and a masters' degree in English Princeton University. She and her day, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. from the University of Wisconsin. husband operate a small press to- Eddy Eckart Leibowitz A highly prolific writer who She has accumulated numerous gether and publish the Ontario Re- As scientists worldwide debate the source of global warming, Jon air. students took has published over 70 books, Oates other awards: the Rosenthal Award view, a literary magazine. '01 punts a football into the oddly Springlike Kenyon to fields unseasonable weather. has twice been nominated for the from the American Academy In- "She can write on almost any- the yesterday celebrating pleasant Nobel Prize in Literature and won stitute of Arts and Letters, a thing," said Klein, "Apparently the the National Book Award in 1969 Guggenheim Fellowship, the O. only thing she cannot write about i Ism wi i tm Umm for her novel them. Her work in- Henry Prize for Achievement in is herself. Asked to write about 'the Friday: Showers. 64 F, lo Sunday: Scattered showers. cludes novels, short stories, poetry, the Short Story, the Elmer Holmes making of Joyce Carol Oates' she Hi plays, literary criticism and essays. Bobst Lifetime Achievement was not, of course, found speech- 47F Hi 56F, lo 35F Oates' new novel, Blonde, is based Award in Fiction, the Rhea Award less, but the topic did defeat her. 'I Saturday: Rain. Hi 62F, lo Monday: Partly cloudy. Hi on the life of Marilyn Monroe and for the Short Story and member- write in order to find out what I 40F 56F, lo 37F is due out in April. ship in the American Academy In see OATES, page two

bur 2 The Kenyon Collegian NEWS Thursday, February 24, 2000 History of diversity on college's largely Caucasian campus becomes more colorful upon closer look the students was exhib- BY ANDREW BURTON nation of Unbeknownst to many a local resident, the history of Kenyon College AND DENSIL PORTEOUS ited more expressively in a student Staff Reporters rally held at the steps of Rosse encompasses more than just ghosts, Paul Newman '49, campaign who Hall. Community members funds and entrepreneurial Episcopalians. In hopes of spreading aware- Yearly, issues of diversity spoke at the open-mi- c affair in- make their way to the forefront of cluded Kenyon President Robert ness, the Brothers of Alpha Delta Phi together highlight an aspect of our minds as members of the Oden, Jr., and many more attended This theme is Kenyon College community. Al- as supporters. the college's plenteous past. week's diversity. though many have often ques- The subsequent campus tioned the college's commitment awareness had many beneficial at Kenyon, which included obtain- community issued by the Lambda shadowing of what was yet to in creating an environment of di- results for those activists; they ing a certain signature and a se- Chapter. Healy said he felt disaf- come in the next few years with the versity both in thought and in were able to reach those who could ries of photographs. filiation from the organization was Civil Rights Movement; however, race, culture and ethnicity there and did make a difference. According to Rob Healy '91, necessary to make the national fra- a precedent was set here. have been many instances in the Their message reached as far the fraternity chapter's president ternity publicly address the issue The local Betas were ready to college's history where the stu- as the Board of Trustees; one im- that year, the Kenyon Dekes were of racism. give up their charter as part of Beta dents have supported not only an portant by-prod- uct of the outcry unaware of any project the pledges Theta Pi Fraternity, Incorporated acceptance but also a sincere de- was the creation of the position were required to fulfill. When a 'The Kenyon Affair' because they felt Lowry deserved sire for variety amongst its student Director of Multicultural Affairs pledge revealed to him the racist every right to be part of their orga-nizatio- n. and faculty population. Jamele Adams fills. With the cre- nature of the photograph, Healy In a sense, one can say that the Kenyon's Betas won During the 1996-9- 7 school ation of that position, Kenyon ac- said, he alerted the security officer students at Kenyon College were a their battle against injustice and year a large student uproar con- knowledged it saw, heard and un- stationed at the party. bit ahead of their time. When Will- Lowry was initiated in the orga- cerning multicultural issues arose derstood what many of the stu- The Kenyon actives rounded iam E. Lowry, Jr. began his career nization. when some students noted that dents were and at times, still up the visiting pledges and re- here in 1952, he could not have The incident has became nearly 40 percent of the college's are saying about the importance moved them from campus. Shortly known he would become such a vi- known as the ' Kenyon Affair,' as African-America- n students would of multiculturalism. after the situation, the Kenyon tal part of Kenyon history. Lowry was the first African graduate that spring. Dekes disaffiliated themselves In 1953, Lowry, an African-America- n, American in the nation to be ac- What started off as a few ar- Racially-motivate- d scandal leads from their international organiza- made the decision to cepted into the Beta Theta Pi Fra- ticles in the Collegian became Dekes to dissolve national ties tion. It would take three months pledge the local chapter of Beta ternity, Incorporated. Lowry, Jr. '56 more intense with the announce- before the Dekes would rejoin Theta Pi. The Beta brothers said they is now a trustee of Kenyon College. ment that two of the four African-America- n That was not the first time, their International organization; were very pleased with the possibil- Issues of diversity need not professors teaching at however, some of Kenyon's com- however, the Kenyon Dekes made ity of havi ng Lowry become a mem- disappear into the cornfields of our Kenyon at the time had been de- munity rallied behind a greater their decision only after the Vir- ber of their organization, calling the surroundings. The Kenyon com- nied tenure. cause for diversification of a ginia Tech DKEs had their charter student an upright citizen of the munity has fought many battles Under the direction of Coco group. revoked. Kenyon community that added and will continue to fight many Battle '97 and Melissa Kravetz During a November weekend The Kenyon Chapter's stance many great things to the campus. battles, but we most use those

under-represent- '99, many of the college's ed in 1989, eight pledges from the also resulted in the international Lowry's outstanding persona battles as tools that strengthen our groups began to see Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter of organization publishing "a policy was not what Beta Theta Pi Fra- drive to bring diversity to the cam- how detrimental a lack of minor- Virginia Polytechnic Institute vis- statement which reaffirmed in the ternity, Incorporated saw they pus. Our goal should be to create ity students, minority professors ited and instigated racially moti- strongest terms the rigorously non-raci- st saw an African American and de- an environment that fosters under- and a curriculum with a weak fo- vated actions against an African-America- n principles long since en- cided they could not allow Lowry standing and acceptance of each

under-represent- cus on ed groups female Kenyon student dorsed by the DKE Constitution," to pledge to the local chapter. individual regardless of precon- would have on the community and at a Deke party. according to a letter to the Kenyon This incident was all too fore ceived or falsified notions. the education of the students in the The Virginia Tech students future. had arrived on campus with a list to visit Gambier The dedication and determi of tasks they had to complete while Oates: lauded author CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE unmask the evil of everyday life, Many of the speakers student lecture- have written,' she said. I read her who will see allegory in the back- ships has sponsored in recent years to discover the same thing." yard and real darkness among the have been politically oriented, such as "She has more collections of metaphoric daisies. But she is." Lech Walesa and Howard Zinn. The 9- - -- February 15,2000 short stories than many prominent Jeremy Suhr '02, chair of stu- choice of Oates caters to some of the Feb. 16, 3:19 a.m. Vandalsim possession of alcohol at Old and important writers have indi- dent lectureships, which is spon- other interests on campus. at Taft Cottages. Kenyon. vidual stories," Klein continued. soring Oates' appearance, said the Oates will both read and dis- Feb. 17, 4:40 a.m. Vandalism Feb. 18, 11:26 p.m. False fird "She can write novels faster than committee thought "bringing a cuss her work during her presen- to Coke machine at Lewis Hall. alarm at McBride Residence. I can read them." writer, especially one with such tation. Selections from both works Feb. 17, 3:43 p.m. Non-injur- y Feb. 19, 1:10 a.m. Medical cal Oates' work is described as close connections to Kenyon, already published and works in vehicle accident in Village in- regarding student with cut hand haunting and dark. The Southern would be appropriate, given the progress will be addressed. A book volving student and non-stude- nt. The student was transported to thq Review commented, "She does excellent reputation of the signing in the Bolton Theater green The Knox County Sheriff's Of- hospital. not look like the author who will college's English department." room will follow the presentation. fice was notified. Feb. 19, 8:57 p.m. Unregistered Feb. 17, 10:33 p.m. Medical gathering and underage possession call regarding a student injuring of alcohol at Mather Residence. Last week's Collegian article The article incorrectly stated that as a sophomore as well. his finger while playing basketball. Feb. 19, 9:38 p.m.-Unregister- ed Student was transported to the gathering and underage possession! on the proposed new film major Aaron Hamilton '01 and Andrew The article's final paragraph Burton rescinded the of Health and Counseling Center. of alcohol at Norton Hall. stated that "the Curricular Policy '02 one of two misrepresented the argument Feb. 18, 7:45 p.m. Fire alarm Feb. 20, 3:33 a.m. Student driv Committee will likely make Film fraternity-housin- g proposals. In light Hamilton and Burton in regards to at Watson Hall. Alarm activated ing recklessly on south campus. Studies a major beginning in the of Council policy, the action was of- the relationship between the propos- 2000-200- ficially attributed to new Greek Coun- out because of burnt food in the Feb. 20, 6:50 a.m. Vandalism td 1 academic year." Accord- als. The students actually pointed cil Representative Dave Wiant that the been kitchen area. The alarm was re- items in room at Gund Hall. ing to Associate Professor of Anthro- '02, proposals had always although Hamilton and Burton were not that the original pro- set. Feb. 22, 3:04 a.m. Vandalism a pology and Chair of CPC David separate Feb. 18, 9:47 p.m. Underage Lewis Hall. Suggs, the CPC has not had any dis- the most vocal advocates of the re-scindm- ent. posal had been split, as the article cussions on this major, and have no indicates. plans to add any interdisciplinary The article attributed the fraternity-- programs at this time. It is possible, housing proposals to the Hous- The article on Summer Send Off Advertisers should contact Dana Whitley for current rates and however, that "Film Studies" could ing and Grounds Committee. In ac- identified Fishbowl Funk as the win-

e-m- Ser- further information at (740) 427-533- 8 or 5339, or via ail at become a new track within the dance tuality, the proposals were originally ner of the Appalachian Peoples collegiankenyon.edu. All materials should be sent to: Advertising and drama department. written by MacAdam Glinn '98 and vice Organization's Battle of the Manager, The Kenyon Collegian, P.O. Box 832, Gambier, OH, 43022. Greg McCarthy '98. Bands. In actuality, the Evil Beat won

fra-temity-hou- The article on the fate of two sing The article should have noted the Battle, although Fishbowl Funk Yearly subscriptions to The Kenyon Collegian are available for proposals at the Feb. that juniors who live in "division" did receive the coveted slot in the $30. Checks should be made payable to The Kenyon Collegian and 13 Student Council meeting con- housing lose a point in the spring Summer Send Off schedule before the sent to the BusinessAdvertising Manager. tained a number of semantic errors. housing only if they lived in division aurally similar headliners De La Soul. Thursday, February 24, 2000 NEWS The Kenyon Collegian Culture Fair uncovers Council: fiscal responsibility CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE official status. 'Most organizations here do not keep track of latent local diversity "The general idea behind that their budgets. Post-Kenyo- n, budgeting mistakes is," Burton told the Collegian, "in will not be treated as nicely as they are here.' BY HELEN VEIT cording to Hemphill, "A different the past, there's been less of a focus Staff Reporter group will present a cultural show" on financial responsibility. Some Llewellyn Jones '01 every half hour on the main stage: groups have accumulated large At a glance, Kenyon's neatly ASIA will present a fashion show; debts to the school, and don't pay the change would help avoid a con- tor but more to support organiza- dressed students can seem as pleas- during the afternoon, the Black them back." flict of interests for the BFC, which tions, since we're supposed to have ant and as boringly homog Student Union will demonstrate Under the new stipulations, according to Burton, has denied an umbrella over what goes on enous as the row of houses on Hip-Ho- p line dancing and organizations would individually groups official status in the past around campus," said Burton. College Park Street. This weekend, ADELANTE will hold a Latin have to raise enough supplemental based on the estimated amount of Other proposed changes in- the Multicultural Council invites Dance workshop; NIA will put on funding to pay off old debts before money that the group would request. clude expanded stipulations for an Kenyon to take a closer look at it a skit; and the Multicultural Drama they could receive the funding al- Burton cited Kenyon's Rave organization's constitution. Organi- self. Troupe has planned an interactive located to them by the BFC. Club as a group that was initially zations both new and old, for in- The Culture Fair will cel performance. Associate Professor If the changes go into effect denied status as a result of the con- stance, would be required to present ebrate the diverse backgrounds, of English Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsk- y before the end of the school year, flict of interests. Student Life with a set list of the cultures and skills already thriving will tell stories. said Burton, "hopefully people will Burton, who is Student Gover- group's objectives for the year. in the student body Saturday, Feb. Besides the regular schedule keep current instead of making it nor of the Alpha Delta Phi Interna- "Hopefully in the future we'll 26, from 1 to 5 p.m. in Gund Com- of events taking place center stage, very difficult for people after them tional fraternity, explained the pro- be able to help set goals," said Bur- mons. Through a cooperative eff- the Fair will hold ongoing activi- to continue on with the organization." posed change also as a means of ton, "and when there's a deficiency, ort by the many campus groups ties like face painting, a pifiata and Current Treasurer Llewellyn helping the Committee on Student say, for community service on cam- that make up the Multicultural arts and crafts demonstrations that Jones '01, who leads the Business Life do its job more effectively. pus, we can strive to have an orga- Council, the Culture Fair will in- allow students to make bracelets and Finance Committee, said that he "One of the jobs in the Constitu- nization fulfill that need." clude performances, games and and gods' eyes. Information agrees with Student Life on the tion on the Committee on Student Jones said he have some con- activities. Dawn Hemphill, coor- booths will represent most of the proposal's strengths. "Most organi- Life," he said, "is to support and cerns about the proposal, noting that dinator of multicultural events campus groups that make up the zations here do not keep track of their . monitor all organizations, but the if the process is too complicated, "it and services, said she hopes the Multicultural Council. The Fair budgets and many go over budget," fact is, we have little-to-n- o con- could discourage students from

"Post-Kenyo- fair will help students "experie- will also provide free popcorn, said Jones via e-m- ail. n, tact with the majority of the organi- forming organizations," particularly nce the incredible cultural di- cotton candy, cookies and soda. budgeting mistakes will not be zations." as the result of a Committee on Stu- versity that exists within the stu- Students can win prizes, including treated as nicely as they are here." Also, said Jones, "it would help dent Life abusing its power. dent body." More than just an aft- a cordless phone, in several raffles The proposal also shifts re- reduce the load on the Business and He also pointed out the level of ernoon of free entertainment, and giveaways that will take place. sponsibility for granting new orga- Finance Committee, and particu- communication between the Trea- the events are meant both to enl- Throughout the afternoon, a D.J. nizations official status, and rein- larly the Treasurer." surer and the V.P. of Student Life iven and to enlighten the students. from out of town will play world stating that of existing groups, to The newly defined Committee would need be considerably height- The Council includes more than music. Student Life. Official status desig- on Student Life would theoretically ened. race and ethnicity in its definition James Greenwood '02, one of nates an organization eligible for have a steadier hand in helping The proposed changes would of "multiculturalism," and in- the coleaders of the Multicultural college funding. groups achieve an optimal level of not apply to fraternities, sororities, cludes such groups as Snowden, Council, likes to remember the old Burton and Jones both noted output. "Our intent is less to moni the Archons or the Peeps. Hillel and Crozier. saying, "Too much agreement The many multicultural spoils a conversation." At the groups that work together as part Culture Fair this Saturday, campus USA Today: two seniors honored of the Multicultural Council will voices from many different back- have the opportunity to perform for grounds will create a diverse, and CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE ing how Creatine might help pro- impressive lineup: varsity volley- and involve other students. Ac potentially enlightening, dialogue. multiracial people in the United tect infants from seizures during ball, American Chemical Society, States, and 1998 Second-tea- m open-hea- rt surgery, all while main- Summer Science Scholar, Gold-wat- er honoree Kate Masley '98, for her taining a 3.51 GPA. He currently Scholar and a flawless 4.0 research on the attitudes of Hon-dura- n is working on research aiming to GPA. Senate: finalizing sexual mothers towards pregnancy help brain regeneration after a Well on her way to success, and childbirth. stroke. Wimmers has already published re-

Togliatti, named to All-US- A Wimmers, named to the third search on synthesizing a peptide in- assault recommendations College Academic Second Team, team, was nominated by Dr. An- hibitor of the protein SHP-- 2, which is a Biology major from Indepen- thony Watson, an assistant profes- plays a role in cellular signaling. CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE entire point of what we want the dence, Ohio who completed his sor of chemistry who encouraged Hamilton said commonly lasted two policy to be. We want it to be clear. academic course requirements in Wimmers to apply based on her three hours. Indeed, vagueness is the vice all-arou- the winter of 1999. While being nd accomplishments in "We're pretty confident that we for which many students have long Just think; ifyou wrote for the Collegian, involved in varsity football and academics, extracurricular activi- maybe we wouldn't have pesky leftover covered a lot," said Hamilton. criticized the college handbook. The volunteer work in Nicaragua, he ties, leadership and abilities out- space like the box you see here. "We've had a lot of student input Senate originally to examine began - managed to begin research show- side the classroom. Indeed, the E-m- and of ail a lot of faculty input also and the issue largely because many stu- the editors at COLLEGIAN, Springboro, Ohio native has an - and show us your stuff. the subcommittee has put in a lot of dents had expressed confusion as to effort ... We feel pretty good about the details of Kenyon's official what we've come up with." policy. Still, Senate President Dotty Hamilton said Senate and the Planning to Study Abroad? Pitts '00 told the Collegian she subcommittee have considered could not release any specific infor- innumerable scenarios in their de- mation about the discussion that velopment of new policy, to ensure Syracuse has your tieftet! took place at last week's meeting. that the recommended rules are ex- Hamilton said the Senate's retic- pressed in vivid terms. ence was for the sake of clarity, not "I feel like we've represented 15 ) $ H ii tf England I a secrecy. i t ly all the groups very well. Everyone's "I if i i (fiMV understand that a lot of been considered. I think people are i J .;! people o gK o g are very eager to get this going to be really pleased with what H n n Spain en care of," he said, "but we've the final product's going to be." taken this long in order to get it Senate last week voted down Zimbabwe nght. France When we present it, we want the proposal to impose a statute of it to be in its final form what we limitations on sexual assault cases. to40 prove, what we worked on and The statute would have required that e don't want anyone to be led assault cases be reported to the Ju- SYRACUSE istray...We don't want there to be dicial Board within two years of the infusion, because whenever alleged incident for action to be STUDY ABROAD .:.V 'here's confusion, that's missing the taken. 119 Euclid AvcBoi D Syracuse, NY 13244 800 235 3472 tuabroadaiyr.edu www2.kenyon.eduorgscolleigan http:sumweb.syr.edudipa 4 The Kenyon Collegian OPINION Thursday, February 24, 200Q The Kenyon Collegi an Editors in Chief: Jenny McDevitt, Grant Schulert News Editor: Konstantine Simakis Arts & Entertainment Editors: Eric Harberson, Anne Morrissy Sports Editor: Jeremy Suhr Photo Editor: Eddy Eckart Opinion Page Coordinator: Nora Jenkins Diversions Editor: Dan Gustafson Online Editor: Brent Shank News Assistant: Jessica Andruss Business Manager: Dana Whitley Business Assistant: Kate Ostrander Subscription Manager: Ann Rasmussen Copy Editors: Chaz Beck.Tracy Miller, Beth Walkenhorst Advisors: P.F. Kluge, Cy Wainscott Points of contention Potential changes in Greek housing has the students, and the Senate, talking Two proposals have been brought to the attention of student gov- ernment which mean to fundimentlly change the nature of Fraternity and Sorority housing at Kenyon. The first of these would remove the stipulation that the percentage of division rooms occupied by a particular class cannot exceed the per- centage of that class in the fraternity. For example, if 40 percent of a KCKIVDM RAISES TUITION 1.700 fraternity are sophomores, only 40 percent of the allotted division rooms could house sophomores. Rooms that are unfilled are returned to the Phil Hands general lottery. The second proposal concerns the point deduction that rising se- Regarding jobs, seniors say 'Ack' niors face in the housing lottery if they resided their sophomore and junior years in division. Under the current system, they would lose a BY MOLLY WILLOW 'When we were little kids people always asked point, effectively allowing all other seniors to pick housing first. In the Staff Columnist proposed new system, the point loss would only apply to rising juniors what we wanted to be when we grew up. No- It is the duty of every senior ' who enter the general lottery. body ever asks: "And what will you settle for The percentage system has passed Student Council, and is now columnist, come February, to before the Senate. The point loss proposal is being revised to provide write what we like to call an "ack" after you find that the world is a cold harsh column. This is the column housing statistics which show that division housing is less than ideal place where nobody's gonna pay your way?'" junior year. wherein we realize we have very We urge the Senate to carefully consider and pass the percentage few real world skills, no money, proposal. The main effect of these new rules would be to strengthen the and no plans. For four years we friends with jobs waiting for them I've known graduation was fraternity's dynamics by allowing more sophomore members to live (the royal "we") have sat on our after graduation where they'll be coming for a long time, but I fig- with the fraternity. Also, since the proposal requires half of the execu- high horse and issued our bi- making $35,000- - $50,000 a year. I ured my philanthropist would tive council of the organization to live in division, it would provide weekly edicts on problems and hate to be materialistic, but hav- have come through by then. It's more leadership and cohesion. irritants in the world around us. ing money would be nice. My little not like I haven't attempted to The second proposal is more complicated. The point deduction Next year we will probably be brother knows someone who take positive action in my own was put in place for a very good reason sophomores who live in divi- serving you your fries. So, ahem: graduated college and went right future, it's just that sometimes it is more de- sion receive significantly better housing than the average non-Gree- k "ack." into a $100K job a year in com- feels like my future sophomore. The deduction provides a counterbalance. The supporters Right now my plans include puters. I know nothing about com- pendent on luck than skill. But of the Greek proposal argue that it prevents seniors who wish to live in either moving to Boston or Chi- puters. I speak French. So, again: I've gone to all the CDC work- division their junior year from receiving the most sought after student cago. Or maybe Philadelphia or "ack." shops, and even put together a housing, be it Farr, the Bexleys or the Tafts. This discourages many D.C. or Florida. Or California. When we were little kids resume (My first since I was 14). juniors from living in division. (I've at least narrowed it down to people always asked what we I'm going to contact Kenyon al- The main hope of both proposals is to draw juniors to division. In a coast.) So far I've been a fairly wanted to be when we grew up. ums that have jobs that interest an ideal setting, this would bring additional leadership, which would good senior and made use of the Nobody ever asks: "And what will me and ask them how they got benefit not only the divisions but the whole campus. However, reality CDC. In fact, last time I was in you settle for after you find that the there. I figure if millions of people is not always ideal, and we must ask exactly how beneficial this will be. there I felt like Norm walking into world is a cold harsh place where before me have found jobs upon One mark of leadership is a degree of self sacrifice. If fraternity leaders Cheers when everyone knew my people must fend for themselves, graduating college, I can too. But truly wish to improve their organizations and the wider community, the name. I've managed to find lots and nobody's gonna pay your way, I want to actually like what I do. I focus should be on those goals and not the loss of lottery points. of jobs that, gee golly, would be and sometimes we don't always hope this isn't unrealistic. I'd re- awful nice to get. But I haven't get to live out our dreams?" I think ally like to think that coming toa yet made the big leap to applying they ask us our dreams because liberal arts school and learning for them. I think I have this dream they're searching for ideas. Why how to think and write has done Office: Chase Tower at the top of Peirce Hall's main stairway that there's a rich philanthropist do you think we have Career Day? me some good. I don't want it to Mailing address: The Kenyon Collegian, Student Activities Center, Gambier, OH 43022. somewhere sitting in their smok- Somewhere between the ages only mean that I'd make a good Business address: P.O. Box 832, Gambier, OH 43022 ing jacket saying every week: of 8 and 13 is usually where every consultant. E-m- ail address: collegiankenyon.edu "What has that Willow girl writ- little future ballerina or fireman has I doubt I'll starve when I WWW address: http:www2.kenyon.eduorgscollegian ten lately? Bring it to me! She's their own "ack" moment. They re- graduate. I even expect to be em- Phone numbers: (740) 427-533- 8, 5339 funny. Ha!" And perhaps they will from The opinion page isa space formembersof the community todiscuss issues alize what appealed to them about ployed. Maybe five years relevant to the campus and the world at large. The opinions expressed on this page read this and send me money. Or the job was the costume. I, on the now I'll be on my way to becom- belongonly to the writer. Columns and letters to the editors do not reflect the opinions offer me a job in a nationally syn- other hand, have been telling ing rich and famous and I'll be of the Collegian staff. Voice from the Tower is used when a member of the Collegian dicated newspaper where I could people since I was 13 that when I one of those people that Kenyon staff wishes to express a personal opinion apart from the staff as a whole. All members continue doing exactly what I do grow up I'm going to be rich and is proud to claim as an alum. So of the community are welcome to express opinions through a letter to the editors. The here in the Collegian. That is the famous. I've promised many perhaps it's time to actually start Collegian reserves the right to edit all letters submitted for length and clarity. The plan, after all, and the philanthro- people many things when 1 come applying for jobs that interest me Collegian cannot accept anonymous or pseudonymous letters. Letters must be signed pist could just help me skip that into my wealth, everything rang- instead of clinging to the idea of by individuals, not organizations, and must be 200 words or less. Letters must also be to whole nasty "dues paying" period ing from Ram pick-up- s to my rich benefactor. I am going received no later than the Tuesday prior to publication. The Collegian prints as many Dodge I've heard so much about. I Kenyon letters as possible each week subject to space, interest and appropriateness. footing med school bills. So feel choose to believe that the Members of the editorial board reserve the right to reject any submission. My mantra thus far has been: a lot of pressure to come through. literature is true. Perhaps future TheCoZfegiaaIsowillconsiderpublishingletterswhichrunconsiderablybeyond200 "just say 'no' to finance." I had That pressure also comes from employers will recognize that I words. If such a letter meets the above criteria of space, interest and appropriateness, my first job interview last week. myself. I do not want to grow up if am worth a shot and I will be able the author will be notified and the letter will be published as a guest column. With a financial consulting firm. it means settling. Everyone should to start making the name for my- The Collegian is published weekly while the college is in session, except (I guess my mantra could use get to be a ballerina. I know what I self that I've been writing blank during examination and vacation periods. The views expressed in the do paper not some tweaking.) My indecision want to do. If only I could figure checks on since I was 13. How- necessarily reflect the views of Kenyon College. arises when I hear stories of out how to get there. ever, until then: "ack." 000'

Kenyon Collegian Thursday, February 24, 2000 OPINION The Diversity is a fact of life at Kenyon, not a choice I explaining agree with Phil that it seems that ones), have absorbed the sort of BYSAMANTHA SIMPSON book, The Souls of Black Folk. peers. have been pre-scho- ol. (I had is wel- Staff Columnist How can a person remain true to myself since diversity not altogether liberal individualism that says both her racial group and her not been aware of racial differ- come on this campus. Many of that we can do anything that we Last week, Phil Stephenson personality? Skin color places ences until a girl with a lisp the students here seem to share set our minds to do, and I have discussed the experience of bei- certain limitations on the way .asked why my skin was darker some sort of common bond. I am set my mind on making my own ng a minority here at Kenyon that a person can behave. Need than hers was.) Does black skin not altogether sure what this place at Kenyon and in this I I in College, and have no choice but an example? When tell some tan the summer? (Yes.) Why common bond is. It could be world. I can be disgustingly ide- his words. I does your hair look like that af- It I have lo respond to stirring members of my family where money. could be power. alistic,- you see, and I intend to not if know me. have chosen my col- ter you get out of the pool? (Be- am sure you to complete only scant amounts of both these make the most of every aspect of I I am Samantha Novella lege education, they immedi- cause it just does.) As got older, hot commodities, so I could not my selfhood. I will' have my My roommate and I ately ask, "Well, why do you the questions became more com- be a part of this common bond. Simpson. voice, and it will be as valid as won second place in the Late want to go to school with all plex: How would you describe I am keenly aware of the fact the voice of the majority. This Nites Lip Sync contest. I am those white people?" For a mo- the experience of being a black that I will not be a part of the may sound like a threat from a black, an African-America- n, a ment, I feel as if I have betrayed woman in the United States of group that "belongs" here. person like me a minority. Negro, or whatever meaningless my people. 1 could have easily America? This type of question What is it like to be a mi- However, I am a human being label you choose to affix to my gone to a historically black col- is more difficult to answer. I sus- nority at Kenyon? It is like be- before all else, and I deserve a racial persuasion. lege. Why did I choose to go to pect that my audience wants me ing a minority in any other place voice. What is my place at school with all these white to tell a tale of struggle and hard- in this country. Some of you may be un- Kenyon? Well, I suppose I could people? Then, the moment ship brought on by racism and So, what do I do? comfortable with growing di- attempt to unravel this knot right passes, and I remember that I did injustice. Oh, I have struggled, Well, I suppose I should at Kenyon, yet we must now. not choose Kenyon for its mar- all right, but not because of my stop feeling as if I owe the world versity The struggle for a place to velous array of white people. If skin color. Dare I disappoint my an explanation for who I am. I realize that it is not a choice. belong" that Phil Stephenson I do recall correctly, my decision listeners? am black, African-America- n, a The world is not comprised of described is not unique to was far more complex than that. At Kenyon, I have not felt Negro. I need not trap myself middle-clas- s whites only, and it Kenyon. W.E.B. DuBois, an On the other hand, I have of- that need because I do not imag- into thinking that I have to re- never will be. The diversity be- American hero, described a "du- ten felt the need to explain my ine that anyone really cares main true to anyone but myself. longs, and we need only find a ality" of identity in his eloquent "blackness" to some of my about my so-call- ed struggles. I We, Americans (even the black way to accept it. ; :t'fM trti$: lU)it); Critics should give Social Board 'moe. 'credit I read with some amusement The Peppers were, while not up graduated a year after me) except afternoon's refreshments prevented a lot to do with what happened. on the Collegian Online your story most people's alleys, by far and that the Peppers kind of copped an me from seeing the entire set). Hats off to the Kenyon Social about the Social Board's selection away the best talent Kenyon had attitude with the crowd, as in, I doubt that you'll get the Board for choosing moe. I have of moe. for this year's Summer seen to date. And what's even better "We're from LA and what on earth same kind of reaction from the had a chance to catch them in cen- Sendoff. I found it amusing be- is that the Peppers' configuration are we doing in the middle of no- crowd for moe. unless of course tral Virginia where I live. They are cause it brought back fond memor- was the original line-u- p, before the where in front of these rich white the rampant buffet of recreational a good band, and who knows, ies of my last Summer Send Off. death of their first guitarist, Hillel kids who don't know shit about chemicals and refreshments are maybe you all will be able to look I graduated from Kenyon in Slovak (I guess you can kind of tell music, otherwise they'd like us." still prevalent at Summer Send back at Summer Send Off 2000 '86, and in previous years, Sum- I am still way into music. It remains I am sure that those who were Off. By the time the Peppers hit and recall the time you saw a su- mer Send Off bands were medio- my biggest passion). booing in '86 recall today how the stage, the vast majority of the per group before they were fa- cre at best. But in 1 986, one of my Things got pretty crazy with cool it was that they saw the Pep- crowd was under the influence of mous. Just because you get paid a buddies, who was on the Social the booing and object-throwin- g. I pers before they became famous one form of recreational chemi- lot of money, doesn't mean your Board, had a bold stroke of ge- asked my sister about this and she (although I didn't throw anything, cal or another and were ornery. music is good. Ask Celine Dion. nius only it would be years bef- remembered it the same way (she the gusto with which I pursued the My sister said that probably had Paulo E. Franco Jr. '86 ore anyone realized it. Andy Youngquist '86 sugg- Home is not where the Hart is: a letter from abroad ested to the board a band that was I've been living and studying But, for the first time in quite getting rave reviews from the criti- in Cork, Ireland for the last five and 'On the other hand, if I had stayed in America a while I have time to think about cs, and was putting a sound to- a half weeks and I'm still not en- and gone to New York for Spring Break, it still my future and I'm ridiculously ex- gether that was so unique and ex- tirely sure what I'm supposed to be cited. I'm excited about hopping citing it was unheard of a band doing here. So I can understand (and wouldn't be as cool as the fact that on Sunday aboard that train in June and see- from California that was fusing even agree with) Jenny McDevitt's afternoon my friends and I parked a rental car ing everything from Paris to Ath- punk with funk, and played with column in the Feb. 10 issue of the ens. I'm even more excited about a vigor unmatched by their con- Collegian about staying at Kenyon. in Leenane and took picture s of sheep.' coming back to Kenyon in August . temporaries. However, I do know that, if I and filling my last year on the Hill That band was the Red Hot had stayed at Kenyon, I'd still be driving skills when I come home runs. And they say Kenyon students with all the activities and people Chili Peppers. feeling lost and confused and I'd and most Americans, if they want are apathetic. that have made me love it for the At the time, the Peppers had probably have a lot more bitter to know what time it is, will ask me Being in Ireland is like taking last two and a half years. Heck, I'm just released Freaky Stylie, so they things to say about it. in English. one big, semester-lon- g breath of even excited about trying out a were enjoying only marginal com- Students go abroad for many On the other hand, if I had fresh air, free from the stress and new pub tonight with a couple of mercial success, even though the different reasons. Take a quick sur- stayed in America this semester and caffeine addiction that is my life at friends I made just last week. And album was getting airplay on KCO vey of Americans in Cork and you maybe gone to New York for Spring Kenyon. It gives me time to be my- I know I couldn't trade this feel- (I played it on my. show several find students who came to travel, Break and seen my favorite play, self without the hectic schedule. ing of perpetual anticipation for times and really liked it). However, students who came to get in touch The Beauty Queen of Leenane, on Heck, if I were at Kenyon now, I five more months at Kenyon, no I recall that everyone was pissed off with their heritage and students who Broadway, it still wouldn't be as wouldn't have even had time to matter how much I love and miss because af- folks wanted to know who . just came to drink a lot of Guinness. cool as the fact that on Sunday write this letter. It's no wonder I feel it. the hell were the RHCP? Indeed, I I even know one girl who readily ternoon my friends and I parked a frustrated, smothered and angry a As far as the going abroad recall Andy telling us that Kenyon admits that she came abroad to find . rental car in Leenane itself and took lot of the time. question goes, there's a different insisted on a rider in their contract an Irish husband. When asked, I lots of pictures of sheep. Of course I still miss Kenyon right answer for everyone. Mine that they were not permitted to use generally try to answer something But, just like at home, the most sometimes. Standing alone in my is about making fresh starts, both their customary stage costumes at glib and dimly intellectual about important things I'm learning, I'm kitchen trying to figure out what my here in Ireland and when I come that time a strategically placed wanting to study in a culture that is figuring out all on my own. mother's instructions cook back to Kenyon. Not coming tube sock. still so engaged with their literary It certainly won't come as a chicken at 375 degrees Fahren- abroad would have meant cheat- It was even worse when the past. surprise to anyone that Kenyon can heit mean to me and my Celsius ing myself of the small discover- band showed up with their retinue There's a lot to be learned by be suffocating sometimes. The av- oven, I would gladly trade my ies made when living in a new cul- of California skate punks and other submerging oneself in a new and erage Kenyon student can be heard Eurail pass for a big bowl of Pan ture and of taking a train trip hangers-o- n. People weren't quite different culture. I now know what on Middle Path, as he or she runs Geos and a crowded round table in through the Mediterranean. sure what to make of them. Things my Irish flatmate is asking me when from meetings to class to rehearsal, Upper Dempsey. And sometimes I But more than that, I think it got a little out of hand when the Pep- he asks me a question in Gaelic, and complaining that there simply isn't catch myself longing for the adrena- would have also meant cheating

all-nigh- pers were booed and people threw I have learned to drive a car on the enough time. The average Irish stu- line of an ter in Roth and a myself of a happy and contented stuff at the stage. But they played left hand side of the road. Unfortu- dent spends about 25 hours a week 3 a.m. trip to the Sunoco for a large final year at Kenyon. with incredible vigor and energy. nately, this will not improve my watching Simpsons and Friends re cup of coffee. Sarah Hart '01 6 The Kenyon Collegian ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, February 24, 2000 Upstanding senior to perform stand-u- p thesis Schultz presents original comedy piece, 'Love and the Cubs What Sucks More?' I18W0U(0 1 in York Ken Schultz's BY ADAM SAPP open to all. ideas and draft an initial script. ago about growing up New What: Staff Writer "It's basically me just talking Working with Harlene has been City. My freshman year hall has Senior Thesis about my two passions in life, and amazing and wonderful," said influenced my comedy tremen- As the advent of Spring Break how neither of them do very well," Schultz. dously, and there might even be a When: Tomorrow sees yet another season melt away said Schultz. "The reason for the As a comedian, material can joke or two about Chamber Sing- and Sat., 8 p.m. in Gambier, thoughts of idleness, pub is that it has a stand-u- p atmo- be drawn from all areas of life. ers' tour, but essentially, this mate- procrastination and of course, sphere and that it relieves some of Along with the major themes of rial is about me and my life and Where: Philander's Pub baseball spring training, fill the the space problems the department love (or lack there-of- ), and the it's funny," said Schultz. "I want minds of many students. How- is having with senior theses, the pub Cubs, Schultz has drawn some of people to come and enjoy them- Schultz feels very happy and confi- ever, Ken Schultz '00 is an excep- as a performance space benefits us his material from other sources, like selves, they don't have to take any- dent about how his thesis was put tion sort of. both." In deciding to do a one-ma- n his freshman year hall, and some thing away from it, it's not about a together. He has been working dili- show, something rare in the Kenyon experiences from days with the deep message hidden somewhere "I have really enjoyed the way gently since his return to Kenyon theater scene, Schultz was influ- Chamber Singers. within, its about people coming on events have worked out. Dan, Erika in January to stage his senior the- enced by his advisor, Professor of "It's all new material that I Friday and Saturday to enjoy their and Todd have been great throughout sis entitled, "Love and The Drama Harlene Marley. have created just for this show. My night and laugh with me about my the entire creative process. As for go- Cubs What Sucks More?" a one-ma- n "Last year Harlene and I were dad is a Cubs fanatic too, and has life." ing up after the week of Othello, to comedic act about a boy attempting to generate ideas and she passed the love on to me. One day Dan Turner '99 is director of Will Shakespeare I say, 'Bring it on!'" growing up in Chicago. Schultz said, why don't you do a one-ma- n I will get him back. I owe a great "Love and the Cubs What Sucks said Schutlz. "I can modestly say that will perform in Philander's Pub at show with your stand-u- p material? debt to the comedy of John More." Production Stage Manager this will be the most profound evening 8 p.m. this Friday and Saturday. I knew it was exactly what I wanted Leguizamo, and his show, Freak, a is Erika Plank '01, and Todd of theater anyone will ever experi- The show is free of charge and to do, so I got to work formulating stand up routine he did a few years Juengling '01 is sound technician. ence or not." 'Gorgeous' music to fill Storer Dan Bowles' senior voice recital 'expressive' and 'marvelous' 'Mandoline,' by Gabriel BY PAIGE BALDWIN 'Excited, nervous, Senior Staff Writer Faure; and 'Two Little Flow- ers.' 'The Greatest Man,' and you name it. Mostly, Dan Bowles perform in his 'Berceuse,' by Charles Ives. senior thesis in Storer Recital I'm also performing an aria, I'm excited.' I i I Hall on Saturday at 8 p.m. for 'Quanto e bella' and a scene, Dan Bowles '00 the Kenyon community to see as well as a scene and duet and hear. with Sara Beddow '02 from ing Honors in molecular biol- Bowles is giving a voice Gaetano Donizetti's opera, ogy. Said Bowles, "It's been 3 J .. recital which partially com- L'elsir d'amore," says pretty difficult to squeeze in all j pletes his music major. He is a Bowles. the courses necessary for both tenor who will be singing When asked if he had a fa- majors. Mol bio is a huge ma- pieces by Freiderich Handel, vorite piece among those he's jor (7.5 units), so I've had to Franz Schubert, Stephano performing, Bowles re- schedule very carefully since Donaudy, Gabriel Faure and sponded, "I like them all, but freshman year to make sure I Charles Ives. I think I'm most fond of the could pull it off. It was made "I'm performing four se- Faure and Ives sets. The more difficult by classes re- lections from Handel's 'Mes- Faure songs are gorgeous and quired for pre-me- d as well. It's siah;' 'Der Musensohn' and expressive. They really allow been worth it, though." 'Auf den see' by Franz me to sing with my heart. The About the concert, Bowles Schubert; 'O del mio amato Ives songs are also marvelous, says that he is feeling, "Excited, ben,' 'Spirate pur, spirate,' and though they're not very well nervous, you name it. Mostly, 'Vaghissima sembianza,' by known." I'm excited." Accompanying Stephano Donaudy; 'Lydia,' In addition to his major in him on the piano will be Adjunct Eddy Eckart Dan Bowles working through a rehearsal. 'Apres un Reve,' and music, Bowles is also pursu- - Instructor of Music Lois Brehm.

There are those who Tune In, the Musical Game Show Rosse Hall will buzz with the energy of people ready to test their music trivia and win a lot of cash. shy away from challenges.: Tune In, the musical game show hosted by Social Board Friday at 10 p.m., will feature more than $500 in And then there are those"z l possible prize money, and is guaranteed to lighten Social Board's pocket by at least $250. According to who travel 9,000 miles -- Nancy Kukulan '02, director of the game, "This event was picked as a fun and interactive event where people could be involved and win some awesome prizes." looking for them.

fast-pace- The format is challenging and d. Says Kukulan, "This is a musical comedy game show Stop by a Peace Information Session and find where contestants have to answer questions on a variety of songs. Contestants have to know things such Corps as the song title, the movie the song was from, who that artist is, and similar answers. The game moves out about the hundreds of overseas jobs awaiting you! really quickly so there will be an opportunity for plenty of people to be involved." The game show is one of many Social Board-sponsore- d events taking place this semester. Similar to Information Meeting and Video their past events, including comedian Buzz Sutherland and the Dark Side of Oz, Tune In is intended to Monday, February 28 Peirce Hall 7:00 p.m. provide the campus with interesting and unique entertainment. And with $500 in prizes, available How far are you willing to go to make a difference? Meet Peace Corps Social Board has put its money where its mouth is. Kukulan sums up the event by saying, "You can Recruiters and listen to experiences from a world away. Learn how win lots of money as well as have an awesome time reminiscing about songs from the past while you can be ready for the toughest job you'll ever love! testing your trivia knowledge." Perhaps the Flying Lizards put it best with their 1986 hit: "Money, For more information call the OSU Recruiter, (That's What I Want.)" Heather Aimer, at (614) 292-300- 8 'A Night of Interactive Theater' Amanda Loy '00 will bring her unusual major to the KC stage for her senior comps thesis Friday and www.peacecorps.gov Saturday night at 8 p.m. Loy, a synoptic major in gender linguistics, is presenting "A Night of Interactive 800-424-85- 80 Theater," a unique thesis in that it combines theater and audience participation. Loy has chosen four scenes from previously published plays that she will present to demonstrate the difference in language between the two genders. These scenes feature eight players, among them Serge Burbank '02, Sara Rudolph '03, Liam Singer '03, Clarissa Frey '03, Alysoun Johnston '02, Shannon Johnson '01, Tom Guillou '03 and Solomon Smilack '02. Each performance will feature feedback from the audience in the form of a questionnaire, which Loy will use to supplement her thesis.The performances are free and will feature food from the Red Door. ------n- m- -i r- J -- i- imi- f-- i r n v l Thursday, February 24, 2000 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Kenyon Collegian 7 KENYON MUSIC SCENE BSU's Gospelfest Musicians claim it's a 'Jimi thing' 'Upbeat' and 'interactive' concert in Rosse Jimi Hendrix tribute concert in Pub to commemorate legend BY ANN RASMUSSEN though gospel music is not solely Staff Writer an African-America- n phenom- enon, it is a significant part of black BY SYLVIA MAYA perfect, and somewhat symbolic,

ing The Black Student Union culture. Staff Writer opportunity for up-and-com- talent to pay tribute to a prodi- (BSU) is hosting Gospelfest at 7 Board member Phil Ross '03 Back in the 1960s, Jimi What: Jimi Hendrix giously influential musician who p.m. Saturday in Rosse Hall. emphasized that the festival is Hendrix demanded of his listene- Tribute Concert was once also an unknown, just Along with performances by the "looking for anyone who enjoys rs the following question: "Are some kid from the West Coast Howard University Gospel Choir music in general." Recently, When: Sat., 10 you experienced?" An appropria- p.m. named Jimmy with a passion for and Visions of Youth, the event Kenyon formed its own gospel te thing to ask in the heyday of Where: Philanders Pub his guitar. will include drawings for the BSU choir, which may perfdrrrTa piece psychedelia, to be sure; and yet I Conn says that the mark raffle and numerous surprises. As at the concert. However, am convinced that Hendrix was Hendrix has left on his own play- BSU board president and sopho- Gospelfest promises to involve more interested in its answer in Nite Programming, plans to bring ing "is subtle but definitely more Rhoda Raji observed, "A anyone who comes, as an impor- relation to himself and his music, several campus acts to Philander's there. My own interest in the whole lot of different things are tant part of gospel music is often a rather than to the drug culture of Pub, where they will perform blues has given me an apprecia- going to fuse together." singing, clapping and stomping the time. cover versions of Hendrix songs tion for the way Hendrix took The Gospelfest has occurred crowd of spectators. This question remains striki- not necessarily those he wrote blues music, ideas and feelings annually for at least four years, and Sophomore board member ngly resonant today: how many himself, but those he played. The and conveyed them to a differ- has improved both in the quality James Greenwood promises that au- posi- of us, if any, can claim never to tentative line-u- p of performers ent audience in a slightly differ- of the performers, energy and the concert will be "upbeat, size each time it has taken tive and interactive." have heard the unmistakable riffs includes Jacob Howley '03, Ben ent context. I don't play the dience concert has moved to a students are not the of "Purple Haze," the urgent waili- Pomeroy '00, Justin Karpinos same kind of guitar, and I don't place. The Kenyon ng of Hendrix's guitar in "Hey '03, Cortron Doogie and the use the same effects, but the larger venue this year because of only ones excited about the perfor- at visiting groups sang Joe," the playful and bluesy "Foxy Speed Unit and Conn's own emotion and energy that Hendrix the huge turnout the last mance. Both blues-tinge- BSU Gospelfest and are Lady"? His innovative, raw, d band, The Healers. The show, put into his music and specifi- Gospelfest. The board at last year's style of guitar playing has scheduled to begin at 10 p.m., cally his performances has scheduled it at 7 p.m. so that stu- eager to return. Visions of Youth, broken musical barriers, bent will be free of charge. surely influenced me. Hendrix dents could incorporate it with a group from Mansfield, OH, also cel- genre lines, and ultimately left an Conn explains that the idea was constantly trying to learn their other Saturday night plans. performed during the week indelible impression on rock mu- for a tribute concert was con- and to stretch himself musi- The entertainment is expected to ebrating the life of Martin Luther sic. ceived after he read that Jimi cally, and I feel that his music run around three hours. King Jr. earlier this semester. Few guitarists can deny Hendrix played his first gig ever has played a monumental role BSU is hoping for an even BSU is selling raffle tickets to Hendrix's influence on their playi- 40 years ago this week, well be- in the history of rock music larger audience because the event fund this and other BSU events. prizes ng, and Justin Conn '00, organizer fore his breakthrough U.S. per- and in the development of gui- is now part of the Multicultural Tickets are $2 each, and the Fair. The rest a a stereo system and of Saturday 's Jimi Hendrix tribute formance at Monterey, and well tar playing." Council's Cultural are TVVCR, Contact RAJIR concert, is no exception. To cel- before he changed the spelling of Experience the music of of the fair to celebrate diversity a cordless phone. at Commons to Black Student Union ebrate Hendrix's musical legacy, his name to the legendary "Jimi." Jimi Hendrix live in the Pub will take place Gund support a 1-- 5 Al- - a at one of the prizes. Conn, in conjunction with Late Conn believes this to be a Saturday beginning at 10 p.m. on Saturday from p.m. and have shot As for the promised surprises, r they're strictly top secret. Raji says u that she is, "really excited about it," mi and suggest that those who are coming should be, too. It's the only way to find out what surprises BSU WKCO's "One-on-One" 'informative' has cooking. Mt. Vernon

BY The show is 18-2- DAVID DONADIO targeted to Kenyon Premier Feb. 3 A&E Columnist students and members of the lis- 'We try to feature interesting and influential tening community sort of an members of the surrounding communities Theaters This NPR-is- semester, WKCO, h audience." Martin re- Adult $6; Kenyon College's radio station, cently interviewed Vicky Galle-Phillip- s, people you might hear about here on campus, but Child under 12, $4; ias introduced a whole new rea owner of Purr-Fe- et Pets not necessarily people you'd ever have the Seniors, $4, son for members of the Kenyon, here in Gambier. ' Matinees before 6 p.m. $4. jambier and Mount Vernon "We all take turns interview- chance to speak to. : Brian Goldman '01 communities to tune in to 91.9 ing people, one person a week, FM. Each week, "One-on-One- ," so we'll all ideally get to inter- aim for serious and educational majority of the WKCO shows PG-1- 3 hich 5-- music-base- d, Hanging Up airs from 6 p.m. on view two people during the se- interviews. I think we are try- are since that is F,M-Th5:1- 5, 7:15, 9:15 Thursdays, provides an engag- - mester," Helen Veit. In ing something new by interview- what the listeners generally pre- explains Sa-S- u 1:00,3:15,5:15,7:15,9:15 ng and informative interview a demonstration of the versatil- ing people not directly affiliated fer. However, we also want to

vith well-prepar- a unique member of the ity of the show's format, Veit with the college. We are trying have a few ed and re- The Whole Nine Yards R Knox M-T- talk-base- F, h 5:20, 7:20, 9:20 County community. raised questions about life and to tell their stories and inform searched d shows that Sa-S- u 1:20,3:20,5:20,7:20,9:20 For the first half-hou- r to minorities in rural Ohio when she listeners of their jobs and their appeal to the interests of those 'My minutes of the show, the interviewed. Mr. J. Brooks, an interests. We want to show lis- in the Knox County area." Pitch Black R

pest is African-America- M-T- interviewed by one of n counselor at teners the culture and variety Although subjects for up- F, h 9:00 toe Sa-S- u rotating DJs. Afterward, Memorial Gardens cemetery and that can be found in our commu- coming shows are-stil- l under 2:50,9:00 "steners are given the opportu- - nities." consideration by the DJs, they a lifelong native of Mount Snow Days PG to "7 call in As by the diver- a inter- M-T- and voice their Vernon. evidenced represent quite range of F, h 5:10,7:10,9:10 n questions. "One-on-One- ," The rotation between the sity between the four guests al- ests. However, as each DJ will Sa-S- u 12:45, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10 created and produced by five interviewers affords the ready featured on the show this assert, the topics are accessible The Tigger Movie G 'IvCO's director of education semester, "One-on-On- e" is to everyone. Likewise, they are show a much M-T- greater diversity of F, h 5:00, 7:00

,3rgramming out to the a ven- Sa-S- Brian Goldman subject material than it would reaching surrounding presented in manner that u 1:00,5:00,7:00 IJ1 features the interviewing have with only one interviewer. community in ways not previ- tures to bridge the town-and-go- wn ;i'ents of Emily Martin '03, Because of this, the format of ously attempted on WKCO. Jeff gap in a new and outstand- The Beach - R wen F, M-T- h 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 Veit '00, Muchmore "One-on-On- e" Muchmore says, "So far we have ing way. Brian Goldman sug- Jeff is distinctive and Sa-S- u 1 5:05,7:20,9:35 Tim McAndrew '02, and innovative. "Interests vary with interviewed Mount Vernon gests: "Every Thursday evening Kidman himself. each of the rotating DJs and the Mayor Richard Mavis, Purr-Fe-et from 5-- 6 p.m., students, profes- Scream 3 R Galle-Phillip- F, M-T- h 9:30 "We try to feature interest- different guests," states Pets owner Vicky s, sors, families, everyone, may 5:00, 7:15, Sa-S- u 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 's and influential members of Goldman. "My main interest is counselor at Memorial Gardens tune in for an educational and in- ie surrounding communities, political science, so most of the cemetery Brooks, and Papa formative radio show." Reindeer Games

rtin M-T- said, "people you might shows I host will probably have Johns' owner Jim Williamson," This and every Thursday this F, h 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 Sa-S- !ar 5-- u 12:40, 2:50, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 about here on campus, but something to do with politics or comments Jeff Muchmore. "It term, tune in to WKCO from 6 31 1 necessarily people you'd government but no one is lim- is one of the few shows with a p.m. The worst that can happen l'er have talk-base- the chance to speak to. d on WKCO. A is that you learn something new. 392-222- ited to any particular topics. We format PHONE: 0 '"in;

8 The Kenyon Collegian ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, February 24, 2000 Kokosingers to heat things up in Rosse Hall A cappella group to perform winter concert makes their concerts hu- BYALLYSON DRUCKER usually morous and highly entertaining AND EMILY DWINNELLS made all the more en- StaffWriters spectacles, joyable by their ease on stage and ' " : . . T, .. J A Gearing up for their second apparent comfort with each other. 3. J concert of the school year, the This weekend's concert should be. Kokosingers are in the midst of a no exception. Says Jonathan busy winter. They spent the last Palmer '03, "The dynamic of the two weeks of Winter Break on group is our energy level on stage. tour, receiving a warm reception We really get into our music and from their many stops along the we enjoy what we do." East Coast and maintaining their The theme for the upcoming impressive vocal skills for their concert seems to be a more relaxed performance Friday at 7 p.m. in and low-ke- y approach to a cappella " ' Wr-'.- r Rosse Hall. music than the campus is used to A As Kenyon College's only from this group. According to all-ma- le a cappella group, the Mike Sriprasert '02, "As far as Kokosingers perform popular and music is concerned, we always try traditional songs, which they en- to have a varied repertoire for our hance through their own arrange- concerts. Our winter concert usu- consists of slower songs to fit is a ally -- ' ments. Arranging significant - - - " ' - - part of a cappella singing, and can the mood of the winter months. Eddy Eclurt The Kokosingers. Brant Russell '02, Ben Cotton '01, Tim Hallett '01, Darren Bartlett '02, Mike Sriprasert make or break a concert. Accord- We'll have some jazz and some '02, Matt Niemat '02, Charlie Walsh '00, Tim Hsu '02, Palmer '03 and Karl Reichstetter '03. ing to the group's musical direc- soul and some 80s tunes. It's guar- Jonathan tor, Charlie Walsh '00, "Musically anteed to please." Russell empha- ceived just days before the concert. ing. None of the old guys have any it best: "Winter is relaxed. It's this year, our arranging has cer- sizes this point. "There will be a However, there have been hints complaints." February, so we hope to bring a tainly gotten better as well as our couple of songs in this concert that that the welcome will continue into Reichstetter'and Palmer will bit of chill out of the air and into backlog of songs to sing." Brant are not our standard cute pop tu nes. this weekend's performance, with join Walsh, Russell, Sriprasert, the body." Russell '02 concurs, "The year The winter concert is always a little the intention of unofficially bind- Erik Mazur '00, Tim Hallett '01, has been exciting in terms of mu- different; we tend to pick songs that ing the members together as they Ben Cotton '01, Tim Hsu '02, Matt

sic. We're getting better at-arrangeme- nts are a little bit slower, and the con- share the similar experience of be- Niemat '02 and Darren Bartlett '02 every day, and we're cert is shorter." coming and being Kokes. Their to present a "crowd pleasing" con- trying some different things this New members to the group transition seems to be relatively cert. What: Kokosingers concert which I think will work this year include Karl Reichstetter smooth. According to Sriprasert, This group's cultivation of Concert out pretty well." '03 and Jonathan Palmer '03. "The freshmen have been remark- close friendship, quick wit, and The Kokes have gained fame Their "initiation" into the Kokes able. Besides always keeping the high quality music makes watch- When: Fri., 7:30 p.m. in recent years as an entertaining occurred at the fall concert, where room crystal clean, they've con- ing a Kokes concert an exciting ex- Where: Rosse Hall and lively group of singers. This they were required to perform a tributed to the comraderie of the perience and a great way to beat attractive group of young men song together that they had re- - group by being cool and easy go the February doldrums. Walsh says

Criminals, prison and redemption featured by KFS the 90s. alities of both sides of the equa- film M is "a masterpiece. The BY JAMES SHERIDAN two men as Andy begins to grow the death all serial-kille- r mo- Film Critic closer to the guards who run the Matthew Po'ncelet (Sean tion when dealing with best of prison and the warden. Pcnn) lingers on Louisiana death penalty. Regardless of your per- vies." Although a dubious di- The Shawshank Redemption Slow, evocative, and rich in row. awaiting lethal injection for sonal beliefs, Robbins' direction stinction to be sure, M remains Friday 8 p.m. - visual artistry, The Shawshank Re- his role in a grisly rape and double-murd- er forces us to weigh the conse- one of the classics of German Higley Auditorium demption captures the realities of of two young people. Sis- quences of Matthew's selfish acts expressionist cinema by Lang, a life spent behind bars and the in- ter Helen Prejean (Susan of hatred against the state's deci- the director of Metropolis. "Hope is a good thing. abilities of released prisoners to Sarandon) reaches out to Matthew sion to end his life. In a year when Hans Beckert (Peter in Maybe the best of things. And no make it on the outside. Freeman's and begins writing and visiting Illinois Governor George Ryan re- Lorre) hunts children down them good thing ever dies." Frank performance, I think, is his best, a him, hoping to provide a moral, cently announced a moratorium on 1930s Germany, killing be- to find Darabont's second film The Green high-wat- er mark for American act- spiritual calm to him before his the death penalty in his state in brutal ways. Unable Mile (recently nominated for Best ing. He infuses Red with a deep death. A strange and uncertain re- cause of "flaws in the system" and the killer, the police in Ge- Picture) failed to outshine his first, humanity and often the most pow- lationship develops between the a year when George W. Bush runs rmany, led by Inspector join The Shawshank Redemption, the erful scenes are marked by his si- two and Sister Helen tries to reach for President from Texas, a state Lohmann (Otto Wernicke) heartbreaking 1994 film about lent, wrinkled face soaking in the out to the two families of the vic- widely known for its high number forces with the underground the prisoners, hope and salvation. many years of his sentence. tims as well.- - Her failures and un- of executions, a film like Dead criminal world to catch an Adapted from Stephen King's Robbins leads an all-st- ar cast in- certainties are bolstered by her Man Walking raises the impor- killer. The film becomes novella Rita Hay worth and the cluding William Sadler, James faith and she remains ever vigilant tant and difficult questions about elaborate game of cat and Shawshank Redemption from the Whitmore and David Proval. An in her attempt to bring Matthew to the death penalty. It is gripping mouse. Different Seasons collection that ' amazing and powerful film shot on some point of accountability for his and provocative filmmaking that A baroque, shadowy dive a also produced Apt Pupil and Stand location in Mansfield, Ohio at the role in the gruesome crimes. She I urge you to take a look at. into the dark recesses of By Me, The Shawshank Redemp- Reformatory. The last 20 minutes also observes firsthand the inhu- The film was nominated for community, M explores what tion stands as an undeniable mod- are simply riveting. manity of the sentencing and ex- four Academy Awards. Susan makes a mob, what separates ern masterpiece. ecution of prisoners by the state Sarandon won the Best Actress criminals from police, what Andy Dufresne (Tim Dead Man Walking government. Sister I lelen searches Oscar for her portrayal of Sister makes a killer kill. Lorre's Robbins) finds himself falsely Saturday 8 p.m. lor some point of understanding Helen. The film also stars Rob- iconic performance ranks on jailed for the murder of his wife Higley A uditorium with Matthew, a raucous and con- ert Prosky, R. Lee Ermey, and among his best. He went and her lover. In Shawshank, he fused man who must prepare to die. .Lois Smith. to star in films such as The and finds terror and brutality, but also Another prison movie, al- Scan Pcnn confirms his status Maltese Falcon connects with a "lifer" named Red ' though in a different vein. Tim as one of the finest actors of our M Casablanca. A frightening (Morgan Freeman). Imprisoned Robbins directed his wife Susan time in this film. Susan Sarandon Wednesday 10:15 p.m. and harrowing tale made even of because of a crime of passion Sarandon in Dead Man Walking in embodies Sister Helen with grace, Higley Auditorium more potent by the context committed in his youth, Red is 1995, crafting a strong, adult, in- doubt, and steely persistence. It is 1930s German Nazism's rise. repeatedly denied parole and telligent, and balanced film about Sarandon 's strongest work to date. Chicago Reader Film M is Lang's first sound wastes away his years behind the the death penalty. It is simply one This film is admirable for the Critic Jonathan Rosenbaum picture, and it is in German walls. A bond grows between the of the most unforgettable films of way it presents the gruesome re states that Fritz Lang's 1931 with English subtitles. Thursday, February 24, 2000 The Kenyon Collegian 9 7

February 24th March Xst QJHML njiifjifo w??Mi'ijRi !iitjf miUfcuwim Thursday Lecture; "Women in Hip-Hop- ," sponsored by Crozier Planning Board, Friday . Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland (through presented by Jamele Adams and Kaliis Smith. Crazier, Gammon Hour April 30), Columbus Museum ofArt, 480 East Broad St., Columbus Lecture: "Millennial Reflections on the Nature of Evil," sponsored by World's Largest Motorcycle and Powersports Meet, Buckeye Faculty Lectureships, presented by Elaine Pagels. Higjey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Building, Ohio Expo Center Friday HniFi Cooks, sponsored by Hillel. Parish House, 7 p.m. Saturday . Great American Train Show, Lausche Building, Ohio Expo Center Sunday Children's Nature Series: "Furs and Prickly Needles," sponsored by the Brown Family Environmental Center. BFEC, 3 p.m. Monday Lecture: Joyce Carol Oates, sponsored by Student Lectureships. Bolton Theater, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Lecture: "Art or Outrage? Aesthetics Meets Biology dm the Saatchi Collection," Peirce Lounge, Common Hour Dessert and Discussion, sponsored by Snowden Multicultural Center. Snowden, 8 p.m. Horace Andy Living in the Flood Wednesday Lecture: Mesaros Artist dm Residence, sponsored by the Art department Susana Baca Eco de Sombras and the Drs. Paul and Lisa Mesaros Fund. Olin Auditorium, 7 p.m. Bloodhound Gang Hooray for Boobies

Thugs-N-Harmo- Bone ny BTNH Resurrection illiito ijntfoMieHi iiiiMt -- siftf 1 4iiHd!?iiMiidii The Burns Sisters Out ofthe Blue A. J. Croce Transit Day Friday Concert: Kokosdmgers Winter Concert, Rosse Hall, 7 p.m. One Ordinary Man Comedy: Original Comedy by Ken Schultz, a senior thesis produc death RAY deathray tion. Priilanders Pub, 8 p.m. Do or Die Victory Film: "The Shawshank Redemption," sponsored by KFS. Higley Audito Drag-O- n Opposite of H20 rium, 8 p.m. Fifty Foot Combo Go Hunting Tune-In,- " musical game show, sponsored by Social Board. Rosse Hall, Tim Finn Say It Is So 10 p.m. Frankie Machine One " Saturday Kenyon Cultures Fair, Gund Commons, 12 p.m. Jimmie Dale Gilmore One Endless Night Comedy: Original Comedy by Ken Schultz, a senior thesis produc Hipnomen Watusi '99 tion. Priilanders Pub, 8 p.m. Ice Cube War and Peace Volume 2: The Peace Disc Concert: Annual Gospel Fest, sponsored by BSU. Rosse Hall, 7 p.m. J-S- hin My Soul, My Life Concert: Senior Voice Recital, sponsored by music department, Jupiter Affect Instructions for Two Ways ofBecoming Alice performed by Daniel Bowles. Storer Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Coco Lee Just No Other Way Film: "Dead Man Walking," sponsored by KFS. Higley Auditorium, Tara MacLean Passenger p.m. Mars Electric Beautiful Something Jimi Hendrdc Tribute Show, featuring the Healers, Jacob Howley, Ben Russel Mills Pearl Umbra Pomeroy, and many more. Priilanders Pub, 10 p.m. Sarah Jane Morris Fallen Angel Wednesday Film: "M," sponsored by KFS. Higley Auditorium, 1 0: 1 5 p.m. Oasis Standing on the Shoulder of Giants Jonh Oszajca From There to Here Pallo DEL Mar The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Rollins Band Get Some Go Again iHEjLCMttlEJ Smashing Pumpkins MACHINAIthe machine of God Steely Dan Two Against Nature

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Direct Comments & Suggestions to Dan Gustafson at Gustafsondkenyon.edu 10 The Kenyon Collegian SPORTS Thursday, February 24, 2000 On The Hill Ice hockey splits weekend Player Profile doubleheader with EKU Season wraps up Senguen slid the puck out in front of the net, but Reis fanned on the first-ye- ar Ladies against Denison and shot. But waiting right behind him Duo tri-capt- of ain was Ryan Depew '00

Oberlin this weekend who one-time- d it past the Colonel's confused net minder. BY RYAN DEPEW doing double duty Less than a minute and a half in Staff shines Senior Writer later, Brent Shank '01 skated in BY SUSANNA OK For the second time this sea- for his second breakaway goal of StaffWriter son, the Kenyon ice hockey team the season and gave the Lords a played games on consecutive 3-- 0 lead. Before the period would College. So much reading. nights. Victorious by a score of 4-- 2 end, EKU would add their first And papers. And reports, presen- Friday over Eastern Kentucky goal; a product of a mosh pit in tations, exams, lectures, classes, University, the Lords dropped the front of Evans. clubs, parties, movies: who really second game to EKU in a big way, The third period was more of has any spare time left?. att- 10-- 4. The weekend series is a mi- the same as EKU dominated Being an athlete can severely crocosm of a season that so far has ack-zone time, but still could not limit whatever free time a normal seen Kenyon able to get all the produce good shots. Cross scored student might have, but being a right breaks one night, and then on another breakaway with 11:23 two-spo- rt athlete can hamper it crumble in their next outing. to go in the game, and EKU net- even more. First-ye- ar volleyball Heading into this Saturday's ted their second goal of the night, and basketball players Lauren match with Oberlin, the Lords but the game ended in the Lords' Camp and Cori Arnold make do ' ' - stand at 4-- 4 and are looking to fin- fourth victory of the year. with what they can; Camp tends - ish the season about the .500 level Saturday night was a mark- to hang out with her roommate for for just the third time in the team's edly different story. Only eight a round of Scattegories, whereas ' brief six year history. Kenyon skaters took on the EKU Arnold can be found kicking back . J,... game opened with team that stayed up past 2:30 a.m. in the tv lounge or chatting on Friday's to lay out their game strategies for ICQ. EKU setting a blistering pace. unable to on the the rematch. From the drop of the But neither could imagine Kenyon was go First-yea- rs Lauren Camp and Cori Arnold Eddy Eckart for the first period puck, Kenyon was overmatched. another life. "There was no way attack much of and had to play tough defense for Goaltender Jesse Horowitz '01 that I could pick one sport over them. Camp, who came to Ohio against Earlham Both can re long stretches at a time. Luckily, faced a shot total in excess of 60, the other," said Camp. "My team- after moving to New Hampshire bound, steal and assist the ball. goalie Tom Evans '03 put in an and the defense of the Lords was mates on both teams are great. from Connecticut, adjusted well Arnold even has a play designed incredible perfor- no match for the They're like a family to me and I after her other moves, while that few post players can pull off: mance or else the high-spee- d a- don't know what I would do with Arnold fits in well with the rural a play in which she shoots a three game would have ttack that the out any of them." surroundings; on her family's pointer from the top of the arc. been out of hand COach Arnold actually hadn't farm, she raised goats. "Having Cori play both sports With the EKU Colonels early on. Using his . brought to the planned on playing basketball Athletically, the adjustment as well made it easier to make the ujbody,. cat-.ik- e reflexes, screaming second game. and joined as a walk-o- n after re- has proved a smooth one as well. transition from volleyball to bas- Evans scooped up his Though the alizing she couldn't do without it. In volleyball, Arnold, a middle hit- ketball," Camp said. "It's hard go- body!" to try to get only after shot , . . v first period "And I'm very happy with the ter, and Camp, who plays every ing from a sport were the major- shot PlayerS t0 int0 him' saw one EKU decision," she said. "I love the position but middle hitter, have ity of your energy is used for with his glove hand and parried goal, it was only team and coach." played in nearly every game. They jumping and moving quickly to a CfOSS darted through several more shots a matter of time No newcomers to the athletic both are among the team leaders sport where the majority of your to the corner with the checks of three before the con- scene, both participated in volley- in assists and digs, with Camp re- energy is spent running and sprint-ing.- " his stick work. out stant peppering ball, basketball, and Softball in cording a season-hig- h four aces players, faked the At the 8:02 of shots would high school, with Arnold also run- against Allegheny and Arnold Arnold was quick to agree. his mark of the open goalie and scored produce more. ning track. Both are quite accom- stuffing Case Western with six "The level of intensity that the ing period, team Five second pe plished; Camp was captain for solo blocks. teams practice on are so different seventh Oal of the year. scoring leader riod goals and both the basketball and volleyball Basketball has been more of that there's just no way to com- Patrick Cross '02 four third period team and was named to the Ohio the same story, with Arnold get- pare the two" she said. "It took got rolling on one tallies ensured Cardinal Conference second team ting the starting nod in the post po- some getting used to, but I of his dominating coast-to-coa- st an easy win against a beleaguered and the second team All-Regio- n. sition. Camp, despite being listed wouldn't change anything about runs. With the EKU coach scream- Kenyon team, and spoiled the re- Arnold garnered a few honors of as three inches shorter than the 6' either of them." ing "body, body!" to try to get his turn to the ice of speedy forward All-Oh- in- her own, such as first team io Arnold, also plays the post and And neither team would want players to run into Cross, who Bill Massie '01. Goals for Kenyon and Player of the Year for termittently subs in when Arnold to change anything about either of darted through the checks of three came from Massie, Cross (2), and volleyball and first team district gets into foul trouble. them. With three more years ahead players, faked out the goalie and Senguen. Cross leads the team in five for basketball. Both are capable of scoring of them, progressing and improv- scored his seventh goal of the year. goals scored for the season with The transition to college ap- from the inside, as is evident by ing upon their already fantastic The second stanza was barely 10. parently hasn't been too hard on their combined 34 point effort starts looks likely. two minutes old before Kenyon's Kenyon has another double-heade- r fortunes produced their second scheduled for this week- Final NCAC Basketball Standings 99-0- 0 goal. Timur Senguen '03 skated end, taking on Denison Friday behind the EKU net with the puck. night at 7:30 at the Easton Chiller, Curt Reis '02 set up in front of the and facing Oberlin Saturday night Women's W L Men's W L net and battled with a defenseman. at 9 in Newark.

1) OWU 14 2 l)Wooster 16 0 Upcoming Sporting Events 2) KENYON "12 4 2) Wabash 13 3 3) Wittenberg 10 6 3) Wittenberg 11 5 Ice Hockey vs. Denison Ice Hockey vs. Oberlin 4) Denison 10 6 4) Earlham 10 6 Friday 7:30 p.m. Saturday 9 p.m. 5) Allegheny 7 9 5) Allegheny 9 7 Easton Chiller Newark Arena 6) Earlham 6 10 6) Hiram 8 8 7) Oberlin 6 10 7) OWU 4 12 Lords and Ladies Track Ladies Basketball 8) Wooster 5 11 8) KENYON 4 12 Last-Chan- ce Meet NCACSemi-Fina- l vs. Earlham 9) Hiram 2 14 9) Denison 3 13 Friday 5:30 p.m. Friday 6 p.m. 10)Oberlin 2 14 Denison OWU Thursday, February 24, 2000 SPORTS The Kenyon Collegian 11 Ladies track gears up for conference meet Scott sets new personal record in high jump with 4' 11" leap, Fraley breaks personal mark in 3000M

BY ROB PASSMORE Megan Biddle '03 raced with in- '01 traveled to EMU to take on StaffWriter credible heart, fighting throughout some outstanding competition the race to finish fourth with a time from outside the conference. The The Kenyon Ladies track and of 5:23. Becky Chamberlain '02 long road trip and a delay at race field team divided its forces Satur- produced an equally impressive time took their toll on the Ladies' day to do battle in two separate race, crossing the line in 5:53 for performances. arenas. While the bulk of the team seventh place. Shults and Lynn ran a 2:22 headed to Denison, an elite group " The difficult 3000M event was anda2:25 respectively inthe800M. f '.rut I ' of runners journeyed to Eastern " HwJ " particularly hard on Emily Berke- In the long 5 K event, Sharp ran in Michigan University . Although the ley '03, but she gutted it out and a stacked race to finish the difficult weekend ended in no first place grabbed a seventh place finish in a day with a 19:27. " - hard-foug- a finishes, it was a weekend of ht time of 13:04. Although disappointed with competition and personal In the most sensational im- her time, Sharp maintained a posi- " glory as many Ladies improved on -- provement of the week, Jen Fraley tive outlook. "There was some times and placed in their events. '01 ran a 14:26 in the stiff competition The Ladies small field eve'nt 3000M, the day's and it always feels team turned in the best performance event. "I had good to get in a longest have a feeling of the day at Denison. Ansley Scott V perhaps one of the 'I race with the best '02 created a stir in the high jump, best races of my life," we are going to of the best if just second after a placing attaining commented Fraley. be strong.' to see how you height of 4'11". "Everything clicked really stack up ... Not as "I jumped my highest that I f and I PRed by 44 Ansley Scott '02 well as I think I have jumped at Kenyon," said can do, but a good Scott. "I really feel like I started to 1 The 800M, nor- - experience none- correct a problem that I have had f i mally dominated by theless." for three years. I am looking for- J f the one-tw- o punch of Shults and The Ladies track team has

ing ward to next week because I think Lynn, was territory for up-and-com- had much stacked against it this lean get my all-ti- me PR personal runners to show their stuff season but with each passing week record." First-ye- ar Lady Sayako as the two seniors competed in they continue to triumph over ad- Earle also put forth a strong effort Michigan. Leading Kenyon to a versity. placing sixth in the same event fifth place finish in the event was Scott captured the essence of with a final height of4'7". Kapo with a 2:30 time, followed where this season has been and Sara Vyrostek '02 led the La two seconds later by Rosser. where it is going. dies assault on the track, placing in Emily Berkeley '03 gains ground in last weekend's meet at Denison Rob Passmore Kapo had this to say about her "It has been a rather bumpy both the 400M and the 200M race, "I was happy with my open beginning of the season because of events. Blazing down the track, 200M race. "They both started a the other team members had to 800M performance and it gave me injuries and the fact that our team Vyrostek placed third in the 400M little behind the other girls in their step up to fill their large shoes. confidence that I'm at a point right is small, but I think we are really with a time of 1:04.83. She fol heat, but in the back stretch our . And step up they did. The team now where my times will continue starting to gel and we have our lowed up this tremendous effort two girls just smoked them!" of Hall, Vyrostek, Becky Rosser to drop." work-out- s down," she said. "I see with a 28.37 in the hotly contested Melanie Blakeslee '00 rounded out '02 and Katherine Kapo '02 fin- Fraley echoed this confidence every member on our team peak- ZOOM, good enough forfifth place, Kenyon in the 200M running a ished fourth with a time of 4:24. "I think that the team is improving ing at conference. I have a feeling while Sarah Hall '00 finished time of 30.38. "Sarah Hall ran an awesome leg in exponentially both at meets and we are going to be really strong." eighth in a time of 28.53, only 16 Blakeslee was also Kenyon's the 4x400," commented Kapo. practices. We are all in shape and The Ladies will travel to hundredths of a second off only entrant in the 55M dash where "She's been running impressively." raring to go. I hope to see everyone Denison again Friday for the clash Vyrostek's fifth place effort. she ran a scorching 8.43. The Kenyon's middle distance and continue to do as well, or better at that has become known as the Last-Chan- ce "I really enjoyed watching 4x400M was a tough event for the distance squads continued to im- conferences." Meet, with the Ladies Sarah and Sara race in the 200," Ladies, and with Laura Shults '00 prove and gear up for conferences Leaving Ohio behind, the trio looking for glory at conferences said Scott about the hard-foug- ht and Gelsey Lynn '00 away at EMU, in a short two weeks. Inthe 1500M, of Lynn, Shults and Molly Sharp the week after. Lords track: Snyder beats Denison duo IF IT'S WET AND IT'S NOT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 YOURS, DON'T TOUCH IT!

"Matt and Ben had workman- - . like races," said Snyder. '' Drew Kalnow also turned in a v. ."i. if fine individual performance in the 200M run, posting a time of 2:07.09 and finishing sixth. The Lords assembled two foursomes, Team A and Team 7 I B, who ran the 4x400M relay. Team A consisted of Owen Beetham '03, Pitkin, Kit 7. Rogers '03 and Tyler Morrel '03. Drew Kalnow '03, Matt Latuchie '03, James Sheridan 3, and Ludi Ghesquiere '02 made up Team B. Both If you are going to drink, knowwhere your drink . squads ran well, but Team A g , is at all times finished faster with a time of Rob Passmorc Rob Passmorc Tyler Morrel '03 Make it a Safe Spring Break 3:42.77, seven seconds faster Kit Rogers '03 rounds the corner. Brought to you by ADEPT (Alcohol and Drug than the B Boys. ers," said Pitkin. EducationProgramming Team) "Both teams were very com Much more will be riding on petitive at the meet, partly because the Conference Championships there were two pizzas riding on the which come in two weeks. winning team courtesy of the los-- Our Lords look primed. Join the Collegian's South Padre! Cancun! 'Both teams were very competitive at the meet, Jamaica! Bahamas! Acapulco! Florida! Mardi Gras! Sportswriting Team! partly because there were two pizzas coming Rep needednavel free, earn SSS.

Group dncounts for 6 E-m- courtesy the losers.' ail at of (800) 838-820-3 Jeremy suhrjkenyon.edu Ian Pitkin '01 12 The Kenton Collegian SPORTS Thursday, February 24, 2000 Ladies basketball storms into N CAC semi-fina- ls with 64-5- 7 win over Oberlin, Wooster ends Lords' season

: Ladies to square I Lords drop three straight slam dunk brought Kenyon within one, 41-4- 0. Then, at the 12:27 off against Earlham games to end season . mark, following a Plotke three pointer, Houston brought the at OWU Lords even for the Friday BY JEREMY SUHR afternoon's fifth tie, 47-4- 7. BY CHRIS VAN NOSTRAND Sports Editor k V However, as Coach Jamie Staff Writer j ' X After winning back-to-bac- k Harless commented, "We did a Kenyon's star point guard games for the first time in four nice job on the defensive end, Stephany Dunmyer '00 and years, the Kenyon Lords basket- making 12 steals and forcing 19

Oberlin's Nzinga Broussard, the i J, . ball team dropped its last three turnovers, but once again we were North Coast Athletic Conference's games, finishing eighth in the done in by a small scoring drought ' !' two best guards, battled head-to-hea- d V V. North Coast Athletic Conference after climbing back into the game in the Ladies' NCAC first-roun- d and bowing out of the conference with the score 47-4- 7. Then tournament game against tournament Tuesday after a 100-5- 0 Wabash went on a 9-- 1 scoring run Oberlin Tuesday in Tomsich loss to Wooster, seeded first to make it 56-4- 8 and we never re- Arena. Broussard proved no and ranked third nationally. Last ally recovered from that." match for Dunmyer, who dis- Wednesday, Oberlin topped the The Lords struggled to score, played all facets of her game en Lords 75-6- 3 and Saturday the and after drawing even with route to a 29 point performance Lords fell to Wabash 74-5- 9. Wabash watched them gradually and a 64-5- 7 Kenyon win. The La- Against the Little Giants of edge further ahead to their 74-5- 9 dies captain burned the Yeoman Wabash College Saturday, the victory. Plotke led the Lords 16 with an impressive shooting Lords found themselves playing points, followed by Houston who range, quick drives and deft pass- before a packed house of 1,336 added 12, while Payne's seven re- ing. More importantly, Dunmyer fans eager to watch standout se- bounds were a team high. took control of the game at the nior point guard Josh Estelle "I think the game was much most crucial moments. surpassPete closer than the score In addition to Dunmyer's tre- Metzelaars' school 'It hurts to lose indicates," said mendous output, the Ladies con- record of 1,976 ca- and we are all Plotke. "We just trolled the boards throughout the I 1 reer points. With a couldn't get over the

lay-u- p hungry for some game, with Becky Comely '02 . two and a hump. We played hard garnering numerous rebounds. Jr u. half minutes into wins next year.' and did everything we The Ladies also played solid team j the contest, Estelle could but came up first-yea- Plotke defense and the inside trio of rs moved into first Chad '02 short in a very hostile environment." Lauren Camp, Beth Lye and f j t place, bringing the Cori Arnold added key points in , crowd to its feet and igniting the In the Lords' first round free-thro- Elena Rue the paint. Beth Lye '03 prepares to shoot a w Tuesday against Oberlin team as well. As Chad Plotke '02 NCAC tournament game against Both teams failed to convert drive down the middle of the lane. Oberlin might be edging its way said, "They pretty much packed defending champions Wooster at the outset, appearing nervous in The shot shifted the momentum to back into the contest, Dunmyer the place and I think that the fans Tuesday night, Kenyon fell under their first tournament game of the the Ladies but the Yeoman battled electrified the crowd with a pivot were definitely a factor in the the weight of an early 17-- 2 def-

fin- half-tim- e season. Oberlin played an ex- back repeatedly, led by mainly by move on the baseline that she game ... they did a good job of icit. Wooster posted a 47-2- 0 tremely good zone defense, forc- Broussard. ished with a floater, sending the riding the energy of the crowd." lead en route to notching their ing Kenyon into taking outside The second half seemed at Ladies toward victory. Nonetheless, throughout the 32nd straight NCAC victory. shots and preventing opportunities times almost a personal duel be- As the contest wound down first half the Lords managed to Houston led the Lords in scoring to drive or dump the ball inside. tween the NCAC's top two lead- to its conclusion, Oberlin could hang close to the Little Giants, with 10 points and Jake Greenspan Nonetheless, the Ladies hit ing scorers. On one end of the only resort to fouling the Ladies, who finished the season second in '02 added nine points and seven was enough outside shots to be com- court, Broussard would penetrate hoping for a miss and to convert the NCAC standings with an 18-- 6 rebounds. Said Harless, "I petitive and with 10 minutes re- off the dribble and drain a mid-rang- e on the other end. But the Ladies overall record. The Lords en- proud and happy for the way Dave maining in the first, Dunmyer and jumper or come off a screen proved accurate from the line un- joyed the lead twice in the early Houston played this year as our JadaTwedt '01 combined for con- to nail a three-pointe- r, while at the der pressure and held off the going and forced three ties before only senior." Added Plotke, career secutive three pointers, stretching other end, Dunmyer would blow feisty Oberlin comeback. entering the half-tim- e break down "Houston had a spectacular

19-1- behind-the-bac- in 35-2- a great Kenyon's lead to 1. With the past defenders with fancy k The Ladies, seeded second 7. and it is always sad to lose two teams continuing to battle one dribbling or sink long the NCAC tournament, next face The Lords opened the second player from a team." another closely, Kenyon took a range jumpers despite tight mark- Earlham, seeded sixth Friday half determined to battle back into Nonetheless, as Plotke noted, semi-fin- 29-2- 3 lead into halftime. ing. evening in the al game, the game. Jumpers from captain the Lords have "11 of 12 players The game remained close in Slowly a Kenyon lead of nine with the tip-o- ff set for 6. The re- David Houston '00, David returning and we have a chance the second half, as neither team points dwindled to five, and the mainder of the tournament will be Smydra '01 and Mike Payne '03 to do some good things ... I am I 51-4- as could break things open. Oberlin score stood at 6 as the game hosted by Ohio Wesleyan Univer- kept the Lords close, and with just excited to get better myself well. trailed by only three points before neared its end, and the Dunmyer-Broussar- d sity, just an hour's drive from over four minutes elapsed, Payne know the other guys are as Dunmyer took control, hitting an battle took center stage. Gambier on US-3- 6 in Delaware, grabbed a defensive rebound and It hurts to lose and we are all hun-

off-balan- ce lay-u- p on a tough However, just as it appeared that Ohio. passed ahead to Plotke whose gry for some wins next year." Sriprasert, Snyder set Kenyon track records at Denison do so on me," said Sriprasert. "Despite a ter- he grew tired. "The 3000M was the race of the "The jumpers didn't i BY TRAVIS ANDERSEN "1 think we rible start, I set a new record. I know "The fans were phenomenal night, " said Cabrera of his fellow well," said Sriprasert. Staff Writer The I can do better, however, and with a during the race, " he said. "I would distance mates. "Our two guys were just having an off day. we All-Come- great, and At the annual rs better start I'll just be shaving off not have been able to win without against the Denison big guns. That competition wasn't fin- meet hosted by Denison Univer- more time." their help. With about four laps to is what track is all about, epic races should have executed with top sity Saturday, Kenyon's men's Cary Snyder '02 also had a go, everyone was telling me to like the one that occurred Saturday-wh- en ishes for the long and triple jump-It'- s focused. indoor track and field squad made record-settin- g race. He took first place pick it up because Babcock of the gauntlet was thrown in a matter of being more comeback. history. in the hotly contested 3000M run with Denison was trying to surge. It front of our guys, they responded The jumpers will have a Twice. a time of 8:42.36, 10 seconds faster was probably the most fun I've and had two of the best races of their The one high note for the jump- Weber Mike Sripasert '02, a long than the previous school record and ever had in a race in all my life. It lives. It was beautiful." ers came courtesy of Mike in the jump specialist, broke the school outpacing national powers Brock felt great to know I had everyone On the contrary, the jumping '01. He soared to first place record in the 200M dash with an Babcock '00 and Joe Dunham '00 of behind me while I was out there." events, always Kenyon's bread and high jump with a 6' 02" ascent. finished unprecedented time of 24.81 sec- Dension. No one had finished ahead They were behind Vince butter, were ugly. Ben Hildebrand '03 a time onds. And he could' ve gone faster. of them all season, and Synder said Evener '01 also, as he finished Sriprasert and Ian Pitkin '01 fourth in the 1500M run with followed "The starter neglected to see he couldn't have done it alone. fourth in the event with a time of finished in the long jump top six, of 4:15.03, while Cabrera for sixth me still sitting in my blocks when He credited the Lord faithful, led 9:12.38, his best effort to date. but their respective leaps of 19' 1" with a time of 4:16.09, good

he blew the gun so every other run- by ever-prese- nt booster Bob Mazer Matt Cabrera '03 was awe- and 18' 8" were far below their place. , ele& ner had about a half second start '02, for giving him an extra lift when struck by both performances. See LORDS TRACK, page