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Volume CXXIV, Number 22 Established 1856 Thursday, April 24, 1997 Sexual issues survey results announced By Lauren Johnston men, a 43.9 percent rate of return. surveys were returned, we would ally active people would fill it out. between the attitudes of men and Senior Staff Reporter In the interest of receiving as be able to say that no specific bias All of these things combined lessen women as well as the difference many student responses as pos- had entered into the process of de- the likelihood that survey results between the presumed amount of Despite results which are not sible, the Task Force opted to termining who was in the sample." are truly representative of the on-camp- us sexual activity and the statistically valid, results from the distribute surveys to the entire stu- Mumcn explained that with the task Kenyon student body as a whole. real amount of activity. survey distributed earlier this se- dent body. Task Force member, force procedure, bias may occur The task force chose the Kenyon women estimate that mester say that both men and Sarah Mumen, associate profes- because the attitudes held by stu- method that they felt would allow the average female student will women overestimate the number sor of psychology, noted that this dents towards sexual issues may them to gather as much informa- have 5.23 sexual partners at of sexual partners the average method gives less representative make them more of less apt to take tion from students, so they could Kenyon before she graduates. Male Kenyon student has. results than would the use of a the survey. then use the results for program- students predicted that the average This survey was mailed to all 'controlled sampling technique. Mumen also said that some ming purposes and for belter female student will have4.86 part- 1480 Kenyon students at the be- Mumcn said, "For example, students who were not sexually understanding student concerns. ners. The survey revealed that in ginning of this semester. The if instead we had sent it to a small active indicated to task force mem- Though the results may not be reality, the average Kenyon woman anonymous questionnaires were number of randomly selected stu- bers that they did not fill out the entirely representative, they do will have 1 .42 sexual partners dur- returned by 452 women and 198 dents and made sure that all the survey, assuming that only sexu seem to reveal several differences ing her four years of college. ifi1:tfltfJ1ij:ffllYilgl On guard Collegian files Judicial Board Kenyan, Peoples 1V," r,- - V Bank await ruling petition requesting election returns oneminent domain The Kenyon Collegian Tues- "This refusal to adequately Kenyon administrators day filed a petition with the Judicial inform the student body about elec- and officials at the Peoples Board protesting the Executive tion results brazenly contradicts Bank of Gambier are still I Committee of Student Council's the most basic democratic prin- i waiting to determine whether - i refusal to release complete election ciples," the Collegian's petition or not Kenyon will be granted returns. maintains. "While concern for the eminent domain of the Wiggin Vice President forStudentLife feelings of losing candidates is an Street site where the Peoples' n Ethan Crosby '97 said the returns admirable human reaction, the stu- Bank plans to relocate. had been declared confidential and dent body cannot be an active part Vice President for Fi- only released the names of the win- of the governmental process when nance Joseph Nelson said that ning candidates. Student Council its representative body is keeping to his knowledge, the site has officers cited sensitivity to candi- secrets." not yet been approved as one dates who lose by large margins as "I would prefer not to release falling under eminent domain, a reason to refuse to release full them, but ifJudicial Board says we but that the review by the Ohio election returns. have to then we will," said Crosby. Board of Regents was con- tinuing. Surveys on alcohol, other drugs Margaret Kunkel, Peoples' Bank CEO, declined to be distributed Tuesday and standards and requesting input to comment under legal ad- By Grant Schulert visement. Senior Staff Reporter on college policy. A similar survey was given last Car accident behind The Task Force on Alcohol year called the CORE survey. Ac- and Other Drugs will distribute a cording to Task Force member Eli Leonard Thursday student survey on April 29 to learn Kiefaber '99, this survey will "build A car accident occurred more about drug use on the Kenyon off that survey to provide the Task behind Leonard Hall in the campus. The anonymous survey Force with a more distinct picture of early morning hours last will be given to students after class the Kenyon environment." Thursday. Bob Hooper, act- PiK will also be available in the The Task Force was created ing director of security and KC, Olin Atrium, Peirce and Gund last semester by President Robert safety, said that no informa- Commons Lounge. Oden Jr. and Dean of Students tion this can be released The Task Force will use the Donald Omahan to explore sub- about Erik Leedom without permission from ad- survey to determine what extent stance use and abuse at Kenyon Two students parry in front of Peirce. The Kenyon Fencing Club ministrators at the Student alcohol and other drugs factor into and recommend possible policy sponsored an all-camp- us fencing tournament on Saturday. Activities Center. campus life by asking about norms changes. Cheryl Steele, associate co-cha- ir dean of students, said the Of- Svenson elected Senate after two runoffs fice of Security and Safety Mark Svenson '99, Anne Affairs, respectively. participated in a runoff Thursday Ruble forwarded Ng's e-m- ail determines whether or not to Ruble '98 and Kristin Meister '00 Svenson won the senate co-cha- ir and Friday. Robichaud and to the fraternities promising this release such information. Se- won runoff elections for the of- position after two runoffs. Svenson participated in a second support to the sophomore and jun- had curity reports are usually fices of student co-cha-ir of Campus Matt Borowiecki '98, Emily runoff on Tuesday and Wednes- ior classes even though she considered confidential, she Senate, Housing and Grounds Robichaud '00 and Douglas Snyder day. already sent an election-relate- d e-m- ail. said. committee chair and S tudent Coun- '00 also ran for student co-cha-ir. Ruble and Meister were Election regulations limit cil Vice President for Academic Robichaud, Snyder and Svenson elected on Thursday and Friday, candidates to one e-m- ail. following the regular elections a "Because we felt both candi- week earlier. Ruble defeated dates were in the wrong, and the Whalen Ng '98 after the first elec- initial results of the vote were very 1997-9- 8 Collegian editorial play American simplicity. P.7 v TODAY: Mostly J' tion was declared invalid by the very close, we asked the candi- staff announced. PJ2 Sexual Issues survey results cloudy. H 55. L 35-4- 0. S tudent Council Committee on S tu- dates to participate in a runoff," this week- tallied. P.8 FRIDAY: Partly Trustees meet Vpl dent Life. Ng had asked for the said Ethan Crosby '97, student a prime cloudy. H 55-6- 0. end. Minority enrollment fraternities' support and promised council vice president for student Pi SATURDAY: Dty. L 3540. H Willow considers required focus for admissions. P.8 pro- life. 55-6- 0. to support the Greek Council courses. Baseball team falls twice to P.4 SUNDAY: Chance of rain. H posal regarding the housing lottery. Meister defeated Chris Send-Of- Dension. P.11 first elec-- " Summer f this 35-4- 0. H 55-6-0. This position did not appear in Carmody '99 after the weekend. P.6 Lords triumph, Ladles MONDAY: Chance of rain. L 40-4- 5. Ng's letter of intent, which was tion resulted in an exact tie, with 2 Spald's Plain Pictures dis stumble in NCAC lacrosse. P.1 H 55-6- 0. distributed to the whole campus. each candidate receiving 213 votes. 1. 1 2 3Efte Stenpon Collegian Thursday, April 24, 1997 1997-9-8 ORGANIZATION BUDGET REQUESTS New Collegian editorial staff named Organizations Amount Requested ArnountAlIocated Kristen Filipic '98 and Ben appointed news editor. A religion Ezra Taxel '00 from Cleve- A.D.E.L.A.N.T.E. $16,361.40 $4078.85 A.L.S.O. Vore '99 have been named 1997-9- 8 major from New York, NY, land Heights has been appointed $11,431.90 $2667.63 editors-in-chi- ef A.S.H.E.S. $1,050.50 of the Kenyon Shargel was the 1996-9- 7 Diver- photo editor. He is currently a staff $460.13 ' Beyond Collegian. sions editor and writes for news, photographer. Therapy $6667.50 $721.45 Black Student Union $6,968.23 Filipic and Vore, along with arts and entertainment and features.