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Thursday, September 29th, 2011 • Volume CXXXIX • No. 6 • www.kenyoncollegian.com • 16 pages Kenyonthe Collegian Serving Gambier, Ohio Since 1856 Peirce May Run Out of Cups Kenyon Admissions After years of spending thousands to replace the plastic cups students take, the College has decided not to buy more. Process Favors Men MARIKA GARLAND CALEB BISSINGER “Somehow in our evolving cul- ture, a phenomenon has occurred Every year students take plates and Bushnell Hall is much like any where guys are less likely to devel- plastic cups out of Peirce Hall, and ev- other dorm: fluorescent overheads, op academically than females,” Di- ery year the College pays to replenish blue mattresses and an overcom- rector of Counseling Services Pat- the supply. Starting this year, however, pensating radiator. Bushnell, how- rick Gilligan said. “I don’t think when the cups disappear, the College ever, is a sandstone and cinder re- anyone can pinpoint a cause of will no longer replace them, according minder of a prevailing statistic at that, but we might look at what is to Chief Business Officer Mark Kohl- Kenyon and across higher educa- causing it to stay in place.” man. tion. In the 2010 pool of 4,064 Ken- “There’s a fine line between you In a 2006 New York Times op- yon applicants, 2,404 of them were wanting to serve every student and ed, Jennifer Delahunty, Kenyon’s female and 1,660 were male. Yet, take care of them [and] putting more dean of admissions, wrote, “two- as in 2006, male applicants had a money and more money into some- thirds of colleges and universities slightly higher acceptance rate. thing that there doesn’t seem to be an report that they get more female At some colleges, these num- end to,” AVI Resident Director Da- than male applicants, and more bers are even more dramatic. At mon Remillard said. than 56 percent of undergraduates Vassar College, which Kenyon’s Over the past several years, the Col- nationwide are women.” There are admissions office lists as a frequent lege has faced problems with students more men than women at Kenyon. overlap school, 60 percent of the taking and failing to return plates and And while the College has main- student body is female. To prevent cups from Peirce, Kohlman said. To tained a female-to-male ratio of that ratio from sliding further to- counteract this loss, the College has 53 to 47 since 2008, today, nearly wards women, Vassar admitted 34 historically spent the money neces- 60 percent of all undergraduates percent of the men who applied sary to replace these missing items, but across America are women. but only 21 percent of the women DAVID HOYT these costs are increasing. “Every year, Female applicants may, in fact, in 2008. An hour south of Vassar you’re going to spend some money The College will no longer replace the hundreds of plastic cups that dis- undergo harsher judgment than at Sarah Lawrence College, 73 per- [on plates and cups] because of break- appear from Peirce every year. their male counterparts. Dela- cent of the student body is female. age and what-not,” Kohlman said. “It hunty’s op-ed made a provocative Academic experts and admis- should be around $8,000.” whatever’s here is what’s going to be leave the building,” he said. “I get it — claim: “the standards for admissions deans like Henry Broaddus at Last year, however, this number here. The people who come early will people need food to go; people are in a sion to today’s most selective col- The College of William & Mary ar- reached $47,000, which included get cups, and for the people who come hurry. If everyone just followed the pro- leges are stiffer for women than gue that these schools have reached $8,000 to replace cups alone due to the later, there’ll be no cups.” gram of bringing it back, we’re all good, men.” a statistical “tipping point.” When loss of 4,200 cups over the course of Many students believe Kenyon’s but it just doesn’t happen that way.” So Five years later, “the gap appears the student body becomes some- the year, according to Kohlman. “This meal plan allows them to take plates far this year, approximately 600 cups to be widening,” Delahunty said in where around 60 or 70 percent year when the cups are gone, we’re not and dishes out of Peirce, but this is have already gone missing, leaving an interview this week. “Is it be- female, the college becomes less spending $8,000 again on cups,” he not the case, according to Remillard. cause girls are overperforming, or said. “So when the hard cups go away, “Technically, nothing is supposed to see CUPS, page 2 are boys backsliding?” see MEN, page 4 Senate Reconsiders Campus Smoking Ban Proposal MEREDITH BENTSEN face consequences. The policy Campus Senate needs to assess “First off, what is technically that focus on restrictions that Román-Odio agreed with has provisions that include loss of is the magnitude of the smoking on-campus and off-campus can allow for the wellbeing and com- Fine. “It is, of course, a topic of Former Campus Senate Co- a lottery point and loss of Senior problem at Kenyon, according to be blurry at times, as is demon- fort of the community at large,” controversy,” she said. “For this Chair Gavin McGimpsey ’11 Week privileges if caught smok- Senate Co- Chairs Professor of strated with issues with the Sher- Fine said. “It shouldn’t necessar- reason, I think that the first step proposed a campus-wide smoking. Spanish Clara Román-Odio and iff, and second off, the smokers ily be enforcing more paternal we have to take is to survey fac- ing ban to Senate last semester. “I think that [the smoking Charlie Fine ’12. The Senate is would be out of a convenient restrictions in order to restrict be- ulty, staff and students to deter- Thanks to the surrounding con- ban] is not good because a lot of working to create a campus-wide and familiar place to smoke. It haviors that people really legally mine the magnitude of the prob- troversy, however, the proposal people smoke,” Franny Alston survey and aims to distribute it could work in theory but would have the right to do. So for that lem.” was tabled until now. ’15 said. “Even if they did put a within the next few weeks. “The ultimately be very difficult to -en reason, I’m somewhat hesitant. “I think [McGimpsey’s] pri- The proposal, which Campus ban on smoking, it wouldn’t stop most important thing is that ev- force.” That being said, there is an Ohio mary contention was that there Senate is currently discussing, en- anyone,” said, “Technically, it’s a eryone take the survey,” Fine said. Both co-chairs agreed that code, and it’s actually written into is no safe level of secondhand tails a smoking ban on the entire free country.” Alana Lawson ’14 said she a better approach to smoking at our school’s current policy, [that smoke,” Fine said. “He cited campus. The ban would not take “We’re not going to be here so feels strongly that there is a Kenyon would be to simply en- states] you can’t smoke within some research into whether out- effect until the 2016-17 school why is this even being proposed smoking problem on campus force the Ohio code: people can the immediate vicinity of places door smoking or outdoor sec- year. None of the currently en- now?” Jessica Frawley ’15 said. but thinks the ban is unrealis- only smoke in areas that are at of employment and clearly that’s ondhand smoke was significant- rolled classes (2012-15) would be “The Senate is voting for future tic. “As much as [the smoking least 25 feet away from buildings. not necessarily being enforced. ly a detriment to the health of on campus to experience the ban. students; they’re voting for peo- ban] would make campus more “In terms of my personal But as far as a campus-wide ban, people around you. A secondary If the policy is passed, stu- ple they don’t even know.” pleasant for non-smokers, I don’t opinion, it is more important for I think that that’s probably too reason was that smoking is sim- dents who choose to ignore it will The first item of business think it’s very practical,” she said. the school to focus on policies drastic.” ply unhealthy.” IN THIS ISSUE Page 8-9 Page 14 Page 10 Missed the game? Pieces from the instal- University dropout Check out big photos lation art class interact Robert Zimmerman from recent athletic with students and the performed at Kenyon events. Kenyon community. in 1964. Life on the hill as it happens: thekenyonthrill.wordpress.com 2 THE KENYON COLLEGIAN NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 Robert Rubin Discusses Troy Davis and Voting Rights REBECCA DANN new evidence suggested to pull the handle of the Davis may have been in- machine?” He proposed Guest speaker Rob- nocent.

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