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Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange The Kenyon Collegian College Archives 10-21-1993 Kenyon Collegian - October 21, 1993 Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian Recommended Citation "Kenyon Collegian - October 21, 1993" (1993). The Kenyon Collegian. 643. https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian/643 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the College Archives at Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Kenyon Collegian by an authorized administrator of Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. mht matmm Itaguttt Volume CXXI, Number 6 Established 1856 Thursday, October 21, 1993 Unknown Students Tear Down 'National Coming Out Week' Signs By Gabriel Frasca down and in many cases ripped up last counter statement." Despite the overall successof the week, Monday evening. Julia Eisengcr, a junior and co-cha- ir of and the fact that the ripping down of the all-student e-m- e-m- back-fire- d, Last week, the Kcnyon Community In an ail the next day, A.L.S.O., added her own ail on posters many students were celebrated National Coming Out Week Kevin Nichols and Kristin Shrimplin Wednesday when she announced plans to disturbed and even felt threatened by the National Coming Out Day was Saturday, addressed the defacings. "We thought this distribute pink ribbons on Thursday and incident. First-yea- r student Beth Canterbury d, I October 9lh), and faced a fair amount of community was open-minde- yet we have Friday. The ribbons, which were not handed said "Not only was upset by the blatant protest. This was the fifth year that Kcnyon seen differently. ..The more you scream atus out by A.L.S.O., but rather through a grass disregard for freedom of speech displayed, stents held both formal and more casual the louder and the roots group of but also by the fact that when I came to I events in recognition of the week that has more 'in your face' students, were Kcnyon believed that it was an extremely "We thought this in come to symbolize gay pride nation-wid- e. we will get!!!" The designed to accepting place. It bothers me to think that This year's celebration was by far the note was signed by show support the first place I may have been mistaken and community was open-minde- d, jiegesi yet: an informative panel consisting Nichols and for and in the second place that though whoever did acceptance of this feels strongly enough to act on their of four gay, lesbian, or bisexual (GLIB) Shrimplin "Brother yet we have seen Kcnyon students attracted nearly 30 people, Faggot" and "Sister GLIB students. emotions, that they are so cowardly that they Tuesday's Denim Day, where students wore Dyke." differently" Over 300 hide behind a mask of anonymity." fcir favorite jeans to show their support for Dean of ribbons were Nichols, who is a co-cha- ir of Queer handed out by Action, seemed to echo many of her GLIB members of our community, was an Students Craig -- Kevin Nichols and Kristin Shrimplin c- 9 n m are a of obvious success to anyone who walked down Bradley also - 00 sentiments. "Although there lot cause, obvious Middle Path, and posters thai Allied Sexual mailed the campus Thursday, and people who support our it's Orientations (ALSO) and Queer Action put about the incident, focusing on the issue of 200 more were given away the next day. that a lot of homophobia exists here. It's difficult for us to reside here knowing that :p around campus to call to attention to freedom of expression. "I am troubled by "The ribbons really went over the of some feomosexualily. this response to the posters," wrote Bradley. fabulously," said Eisengcr. "The thing with these feelings exist, and actions reinforced that Controversy surrounded the posters, "1 believe that a more appropriate and the posters upset me tremendously. ..But, people this past week just it fear." hich depicted erotic homosexual scenes, forceful response to a message or statement one of the things that the tearing down of the see COMING OUT page twelve and bore messages like "We're here, we're with which one disagrees is not to eradicate the posters ended up doing was unifying to queer," or simply informed students about the message, but to counter the message support movement, and that helped make the and biggest Denim Day. Posters that were hung along with a statement of one's own, taking full this by far most successful Out week we've had here." Middle Path and on the South End were torn responsibility and credit for making the Coming News Briefs for Students Studying Abroad Trustees Meet lliis Weekend OCS Increases Standards The Board of Trustees wiU meet in spring. ..We've set the deadline in order to By Robert Rogers improbable." Gambier this weekend from Thursday to: our class...in order to know how much Some of the changes, Wemhoener plan Sunday Issues on the agenda include a serious students housing we'll have available," explained Sophomores thinking about studying hopes, will weed out less discussion of financial planning, the: a change Wemhocner off-camp- program include us OCS in 1994-9- 5 will need to make from the endowment and what it means to be an point average Although many aspects of the study earlier decisions and have better reasons for from the 2.70 grade Episcopal college. a 2.75, a greater reliance on abroad experience will change, Wemhocner studying abroad than students in the past requirement to v On Friday at 12:00 the Trustees will faculty advisors, and pointed out that "financial aid. ..has always because of what Director of International recommendationsfrom talk with students over lunch in the Great of an earlier deadline been need-blin- d and will continue to be Education, Jane Wemhocner calls the the implementation Hall. All are invited. need-blind- ." However, she noted that some "tightening up" of the Off-Camp- us Studies for OCS applications. planning on going aspects of aid distribution will change. Founder's Day Office (OCS). While students their junior Wehocncr explained that usually The annual celebration of Founder's "There was an assumption that anyone abroad forthespringsemesterof would normally have had an extra financial aid has not be cut or decreased Day and Matriculation will be on Tuesday could go off campus , and that's never been year prepare abroad. Some programs October 26th at 11: 10 a.m. in Rosse Hall. now," Wemhocner summer to make decisions and when students went true.butit'sevcn less true the; the new deadline will require cost considerably less than Kenyon's tuition r Professor Timothy S huti will give said. students who arc quite applications, "For those in Rosso Hall. A i t ications at the same time or the abroad student's aid. "What it means Founder's Day speech last-minu- appl te, for those who admittedly do it them to subm perspective is that another student River Birch will be planted for the second full-year from our 'gooffcampusona whim, and for whom it as students. Valentine's Day, the who could have come if she'd had five annual tree planting between the Library much of a compelling academic "This coming ten'thave full-ye- the ceremony. are going over ar and thousand dollars won't, because we didn't and Rosse Hall following reason, there will be less 1 ikcl ihood that they students who OCS application in, but so have the aid. What we're going to do now is During the afternoon students may ill be approved. ..It won't be wholly fall will have an planning to go in the look at the financial aid and if the program sign the Matriculation book in the Library impossible students, but it will be will students who are for those first-year and all its costs that make it different from and in the evening the class wilt Collegian Digest Kenyon-like international air travel. ..while host a'ffeehouse;:!: Peter Rutkoff has the aid won't be increased to permit off-campus Kenyon's two main environmental Professor of History Art Barn Dedication Delayed Professor of the Year study, it may be decreased. ..not to groups coordinated been named Ohio's Due to the Illness of Robert Mayer have consolidated and for a 1993 by The Council for Advancement provide any surplus spending money I their priorities to be more effective in for '71, the dedication of the Beatrice C. and Education, see page eight student who normally provides hisher own." handling environmental matters both on and Support of Robert B. Mayer Art Center, scheduled Wemhocner dism isscd suggestions that andoff campus. see page two for Saturday, October 23rd, will bo its the change in OCS policy coincides with the The mens soccer team stretched postponed indefimt;eIyl;M 11-0-- and might 2 oyer school's recent financial woes house,-sche- d Tho nrucuntcH Ci to unbeaten streak to with wins However, the Art Center open lrnf Snn a to more students paying and Earlham. see page nine reflect desire keep 1 1:00 a.m.: Conquer to a sell-o- ut crowd in Bolton Bethany uled for Saturday from tuition from traveling overseas. Theater. see pagefour until 12:30 p.m., will proceed as planned,1 "This wasn't generated by the financial with art department faculty members and Kenyon's policy.

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