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Sign theft signals. isolated homophobia By Gianna Maio isahisloryofbomopbobicaetivity ably fn-year SlUdenIS who aren't vandalism. According 10 Man Kenyonasaferenvironmenl They Managing Editor at KcnYOO.and say~ "Signs last ready to deal with these issues at Lavine '97. house manager of areplanning todisUibule mae safe ::-==-===---- .yearwao _dowa.Then: is a coDege," she says. Bauman is a CaplesclcnniuJly.gmfliIi waSwril- wne signs during Coming Out RCCCDt incidents of bislOry of vandalism here.. resident advisor in McBride resi- ee 00 Ibe eIev_ wall of Caples Week, and wid .... be distribut- homophobisCCll>COrllilliSafezane BoIh Bawnan and Kyk>eile dence.buthas_ooproblems eartier Ibis week rdaling 10 receer ing tbem in the dining halls in the signsoo campus baveapia SIim>d Ibe gcoI of Ibe signsas being a way with the signs on her hall. homophobic lellsions 011 campus. nosrfunoe. debaIe as to whether Kcayon Col- 10 cducaIc the community IDlIIO Andy Rkhmond '96. a resi- Tbe messagcappean 10 be a swe- 1be signs are cunendy avail- lege is a safe environment for raisctbeissuesofsexualidcDtity. dmt advisor in Lewis. says tbal be menl by somCODC who is angered ahk> through _ Bawnan and hoo1ose>and Bauman oote lbat identity.Recendy.tberebavcbeen Mike S.... "J6. bouse man- Ibe overall n:spooac bas been posi- By James Ray !befint: 1be~_limitedlO nllDlClOllfrecent 1Cpl>"1S. mainly _ of Old Kenyon, ssyslbat be live, especially 00 Ibe port of Ibe the southand east sedions of cam- Staff Reporrer CCIIlClq>erience by _IS in ad oflbe oflbeae signs. receivcdeomplainlSoflhreesepa- . psychology. was a victim of a crippled computing and .-om- southern dorms. Caples, the TheSafeZoncsigns'Wetecre- nile iDcidcnrs from two ditTen.mI. homophobic iDcidem at Kcnyoo municalions servic:es bave yet to Aclands and Ibe New Apar1meats aledanddislribuledduringlbelint lCSidealS."Bauman belie ... Ibe last year but had DO besiWioo in be complered; failures eootinuo were also affected. few weetsof classes by members incidelllsinOldK.eoyoninvdYing placing a Safe zane sign 00 his several months after the initial Damage _ also reponed of ALSO (Allied Sexual Orica.. Ibe signs may bave ~ .. office dol>" Ibis year. lie says be lighming surge On Aug. 8.lbat was iDIbe DoIlOO Thestre. Ernst Alb- tions)andIbeQueerS_tUnioo dowilliadoflbesocial_lSlbat was not aware that signs were be- ICSpOOsible r... discoonecting 29 IeticCentel.andWortheimerFICId (QSU). !GrllIen Bauman '97. co- rake place thcinl on weekends. ing stolen but oommenlSlbat he is buildings (75 pm:ent of Ibe cam- House. Griggs added lbat be fel' presidem of ALSO aloog wilh "Things happen willi drinking; "not surprised. " He says 1bat many pus) tiom Ibe VAX _ and espeeiaDy bld r... _ ...... Susan Kyle '96, says Ibat signs she says. faculty members have shown in- ravaging ccuntless banldrives and faculty.and_·someof ..~ provided u an answer 10 Regarding the Safe Zone terest illthe signs. da''''SC'S. them lost a lot of wO'k. " He also homophobic haIassment of sev- signslbatwaola1amdowninLewis Despite Ibe pnsitive response Monetary value r...lbe __ lOfemd 10Breoda'Howard, secre- era! ...... at Ibe begiDniDg of donnitory.Baumanplacesempba- 10 Ibe signs by most of Ibe Kanyoo aged ""uipmen' and phone lines tary r... Ibe Carolina and the year." sis on the tim-year students who COOImunity, some students are ap- bas oot yet beeu deIennined, as Science Education Network Bauman also ...... lbat Ibere live in Ibe donn. "They are prob- parently upset about Cbe sign imurancc agencies need 10 assess (OOSEN) and The Psydlologieal whether it is IDOIe cost effeclivc to -. whose computer _ de- repair ... lOp1ace. "Untillbat deei- SUUyed twice by lighreniDg. College adjusts to increased enrollment sioo is made, we bave no way of "The first storm came in estimatinglbecos,oflben:pairs ... tIwooghlbeVAX line and b1ewmy By David Carroll problematic number,"1IlIding that very. very good year." be said. In repIacemen .... e>l _down r...-""",l in _ a a "WemustbedWlglilOlDetbing eIIanse pIanoing, says Daugherty, "and a 3()g,. be said. This _ cmsider- lighreniDg _. Sbe heanI .. right." says Assisaam DirecIor of sijptif ...... y. liltIe bn of good luck." ably allravatine to ICS _joItCXlllliDgtiomlbecom- • Admissioos CristiD BishanL A&- "'This lets be bit us a mOle F... B~ lbeclass of \999 ro::Imici"s,sincclbcybadam.dy m\micationsC"lliDg 10Bisbara, !belIIICllpCCICd and we'd 10 <:00- bas special signific:ancc it seJec:tivc. lite because repaiIod Ibeae ..... after Ibe Aug. ·so \ ran right in and lIIIJlIu88ed increase speak. weU of the _ Ibal -.. be said. As an is Ibe lint class she bas helped 8 CICClImIIICC. CVCI}'1hins." College's appeal 10 _live imerestiug side oote. Anderano bring 10 Kenyoo since joiDiDg Ibe Kenyon's second ekelril:al _was ... 1aIc; wilen SIUdents. AIIderaoo _ saying _tioood 1bat many pri_ 0Iti0 admissions ...... - _ ber _ICS __ --.. 00 Sept. 12 wassmallerthal lbat it is a _doD of IIl>l ooIy scbool. arc fmdinJ incoming gradustioo tiom Ibe College in greater name =ognidoD. but of elasaes to be weD above Ibe target 1994. "\wasIOId woddng in ad- greater appreciation or the Dumber-up 10 30 _ larger missions could be disappointing,- Weather for AutumnFest College's finer quiJities." lbaa expected. she espIains. "Yw wort all yaw Friday: MosIly SIIIIIly-wilb a high ... 110 How wid Kenyoo cope willi When asked what effect tbc wilb Ibese gn:atkids, and Iben Ibey an ovembundance of erllbusiastic incmIsed enrollment is having 00 go elsewhere." Saturday: Dry . Lows in Ibe 50s. IIigbs in upper 70s 10 80s r",,-years?QuileweU,saysAnder- Ibe CoIIege's rlllllllCiaI wdoot, Bisbam says lbat Ibis year she son. lie believca Ibe number of Craig Daugherty, direclO' of fi- bas experieDced 00 sucb disap- SlUlday: Dry. Lows 55 10 60. Highs in Ibe low 80s studems in lbe DeW class "'is DOla nancial aid. is posW\'C. "t was a poinlmell1. MDDday: A c:hance of __ Lows ...... 60. Highs around 110 Editor's N*: pletJM ~e1MltlUr tothe editor 011 page ,lint lor CorrectiollS to 0111'Sept. 21 artidt ill wlUd. ~ reported 011 WIleS ngartlillg grat/IIDU record review claua. NEWS September 28. 1995 2 lEbt Jttnpan Cantllian - Wooster president-elect Susanne Woods withdraws News Analysis

some mon: than odlers. CerIainIy ling togetber a new presidential By Betb Bennett OIl June 30 in which Woods an- DOl discussed dwing the com!flit- nounced 1hat due to "signiflC8Dt tee meetings. thiS mlty be mon: easily recog- seI&Cb commiIIee. Students have Co-Editor-in-OUef differences ooocerning the role of As reported inThe Clarollicle. nized as we move up through petitioned the trustees to allow moce student involvement ill the IloIh Kenyoo College and the the president. .. she was withdraw- Woods is listed in the Denison puberty and then often late< in fife CoIIegeoCWOOSIeZbegansearcbes ing as posiden,-elect. She noIlld campus telephone directory as wben many of us feel non-sexual." searcb commiaee. and have orged the adopIion of a non-discrimina- for a new president in the 1994-95 thaI these denlialityagreernentandhave circulate among professors at refused to believe her [Woods1 the pnx:ess; the searcb committee enA.OdenalKenyooandSusanne refused to discuss issues surround- WOOSIeZ. claim to am-lesbian identity." Further, TM Chronicle impli- John Dowd, vice-<:hairman of (eomposIy wantedtoavoidbad~ "and. and then loaded them ooto trucks. legion that. "our sexual identity ignatioo." By-Nader Qaimari now they to get iL.. TheSheriffsDepanmenldoes fluctuates tbroughoutour lives, for WOOSIeZbas since been put- are ~ StalIReponer not have. any suspects yet. How- ICS The Koox County Sheriffs eVC<. wben s_are identified. cOlllimledfrom page OM Department seized 335 marijuana their names will be sent to the " ~ plants 0il"W~ Se~ 13. ~ COWltyprosecutOr'SotrlCC for fur- • ~'.)ol'! 'Isd :) she ..... pIed to rebOot her eom- eqwpmelll that was weakeDed•• bY according to tfie Seii"14 ~U(tot"thee investigatiorL" puler she found 1hat her hatd drive the fmll -.n." said ~.I'fe :)w"HOwi: late Iht::pteeantion Qt the ML Vernon News. The plants The marijuana plants were had been scordled beyood repair. explained 1hat llJ!lXO'imaIdy99.7 atwa,s lU1pIugginlfbodi Ilnes.,if are said aD have aD estimated street fowtd at II locations in Knox ICS bas not yet rePlaced her hatd pen:ent of aD faiIunla occoned af· ery eighl wben f Il:ave the olliee." value ofover$400.ooo. Couoty. Those aiding _sof- Altbougb the are de- drive, and she is currently using a ter the storms. Althougb the _laS These plants. seized mainJy fice inthe search included members base Epson PC. "When you have negative effects of the fllSl storm signed to prevenl Ibis .problem. from cornfields. raoged from foar of the Ohio Naliooal Goant. the allyourwon:inthese[computers]. sboold be resolved by the middle Graves majnlains that nothing is 10foorteen feethigh.and.as Coonty Ohio Depar1meoI of Wildlife. and you become dependent on Ibem of he said 1hat problems 100 _ etfective. "Widl the Sheriff D. Barber stated. were of the Ohio BureaoofCriminallden- Oc_. for your daily .asks." she added. cooId still arise from the secood time rve abeady \ost, I josl can', "very high qoality." tiflClltiOO and Investigatioo. Soch The beginning oftheacademic -.n. alford to have it happen apin. " The plants were found when eradications are to be expecled of year bas considerably checked In the past ICS bas tried pre- The campus phone system. Barber's offICe conducted its sec· Barber's offICe. which is known ICS's progress. "We're making ventative measures. but these have likewise damaged in tbe -.n of ond marijuana eradication for its successful drug control tat- beadway. bot things like ins1alling genendly proven costly and inef- Aug. 8. was in the final stsges of ~,whichhada1readyseized tics. SNAP connections to student's fective. Because almost all of tile tq>lacemenlaltheeodofthe .... - about 265 plants prior to Wednes- --lMrepomrcompiJedmostoflhe microcompulerS weigh heavily on damaging surges have come via mer. ""Ibis SUIDlDCI' we bad a big day. Detectives spotIOd the plants above in!ormtJdon/rom the Sept. our ability to make repairs.. said thedalaline.teduticians ..... pIed project to put in a new phone sy&- fromhelicopters,pickedtbeplants. 14 issue oftht MI. Vernon Ntws. Griggs. "The last time I checked. to guatd opjnst swges io Ibis area ... to tq>1aee the oIdcostly ooe." we had 190 problems Slill to be widJ. various devices. Dean of SbI- said Griggs. "TbO ehangeover was solved." He realizes that the nwn- dentsHoosingBobGnlveswasthe suppooed 10 happen Aug. II. and QJqril(rnynu QInllrgtttn her is buge. and is proud of the first to receive such a preventative wben the -.n hit, boIh sysIeDlS teelmicians for doing an effIcient device. wen: SeVC01we've golllllCb anovalood 1hat Business Manapr: Ted Hunter anentirestuden' body. facUlty.and device was inIellded 10 proIOCI his k bas been IlIking 1onF'" Ad Manager: Noble Jones staff, is more apt to crash than it PC from swges uavolling tIuough Griggs adviaea ... -. wilb Copy Editor: Mandy Mason would be odIerwise. "I think we the-. "lIdidn'belpalall- PCstoonplugyuur_and_ Copy Style Editor: Jennifu Goldblatt still seeing the lilhteniog bolted right plugs during HeadllH Editor: Jeuica McLaren are fail.... linked iii a-... ,Aecancy Editor: Non. Flood Darb..- CoordIutor: Me_8an O'Dowd Ad ...... : Cy WIinIcott, Jeff Bell , Flowers by MONDAY lhru SAnJRDAY- 6:00 LDLlo 3:00 p.m. TIv Kewyon Collegian is published every Thursday while the College is Walkers' Greenhouse SUNDAY- 1:00LID. to 3:00 p.m. 10 session. except during cuminaOOn and vacation periods. Tbe views JODY'S State Route 229 on the expresSed in the paper do DOl necessarily reflect Ihc views of Kenyon DELlVFR.Y SFR.V1CE ;t:ollege. Yeuly subsaiptionl are $30; checks should be made payable to way to Mount Vernon. MON. - FRI. 10 ..... 102 p.m.' ~erryotl_ CoUegian. We encourage letters to tile editors. We cannot Cut FLOWERS, plll'lts. etc. 109 S. MAIN. MOUNT pt anonymous or pseudonymousletten. Our mailing address is Call 397-4616 for delivery. VERNON. OIllO Kerryon CoUegian. Student Activities Center, Gambier, OU 43022. Visa·Mlllten::ard accepted. DISCOVEa • (614) 397-9573 MASTIlllCAIlD...... ,AN=,;J1AND VISA t..euers caru1Io be submitted by VAX, addressed to either of the editors. Open l.fi. Sun. 12-4. BENNETIE or NOCKO no later than the Tuesday prior to publication. The Collegian off1lCCphone numbers are (614) 427-S339, S338 September 28.1995 OPINION QJ:btJttnFon «:olltllian 3 . Letters to tlie 'Editors McLaren Ponders: 27 Sepu:mber 1995 voIved in Ibe debaIe were left v«y As the article states. Ihave an How free is free speech? coofused when The CoUegion re- WlSigned_bet ...... KapIan; Dear ColIegima EdWn: por1l:d dIa1 Senaro had Iaken up Ihe a pofessiona1 exam-prep course Iam writing you for two rea- issue. wben really it was Student company, and Student Council. By Jess McLaren throe years 1 ha.. been at sons. Fll'Sl, I want Jet correct some COWlCil's initiative. Clearly, we are aware that we do Staff Columnist Kenyon. misinfonnaIioo which appeared in Community members new 10 not have the authority to sign a Slogans, mottos, aD- The Colleg'" on 21 September Kenyonprobably .. askinglhem- cootraet wilb Kaplan. For this rea- Writing tor The Co/leg... nouocemen&s. and invilalions 1995. This misinformation was in selves whallhis isall about Befcwe son, Student Council wrote these days is something of a for discussioD via posten are the Croat page article "Senate coo- applying ID graduate. business. President Odcn a letter in which privilege. especially consider- a campus mainstay, it seems. siders exam-prep courses." My medlcal.orlawscbools.applicanls we asked him lOaulhorize Student ing Ibat Ibe chancea ot my Kioska, COlt boards and te1e- second reesce for writing is thal I are required to takeooeof a variety Council's lending of rooms to artic1esbeinglOlD.dowoorvan- phone poles 00 campuses would like 10 inform the Kenyoo ottesls: IbeGRE.GMA T.MCAT. Kaplan. On 27 September 1995. dalized are JIIOlly slim. 1 am across the coontty are plas- Community ot the 00-' and ot or LSAT. These tests R sene- President Oden infonned meofhis spate ..... wilb garishly _ referring ID the receat of the current swus of that debate. dling liJcc tbe SAT. ooIy alot mon: decision to remand the issue to dishooonb1e .::1$ conceming yet anfully-designed various The article was correct in bet cfiIIicul~and they require a lot ot Senate. In conclusion. The ALSO's "Safe Zone" signs. as and sundry Iidings. No doobt reponing on theevcnlS whicb lOOk preparalion. ThiS is the bean of the Colkgion's~articlewookl wen as the Iendcncy for any that any Dumber of these col- place last spring inSenaro.1t failed. _. Is aKenyon educationsuf- have been ccrrecr if it were to ap- remotely controversial. leges and uoivasities have however. 10 distinguish clearly r"'.... pIqllIIaUon? Or do Ihese pear in today's issue. Ibought-provoking signs and similar problems wilb sileo. between what happcoed last year exams test somedting which we Unfortunaaely, Ihat was not the _ IDm)'SlOriouslydisap- anIai 10Iookboct UnioD's "_1111 Que&- and see that tour years and This space still isn't as full as we'd like 1ionoaUe" bas been sIIort-Uved $100.000 ..... all 1 bad ID in Ihe haI1s ot Kenyoo. This sbowwasanarrow-mindaDd palIicuIll< iii«is _ viewed uabiJilylOripa __ to see it! Send us letters--this page is as beinI CXllllroVCIIiaI a wail and certaioIy cooIroola- WbileitisSlfeaoassumc for you to r~act to campus issues, and tional in ill (&JL But is dIa1 itis ooIy aliny numberof ..... any1bina wroog wiIb .... SIudeoIS woo ... ~ • let your voice be heard. Send letters to ing confronted? A sip tioYII,. . wallowiag in advocating gay rigb .. wiD 00l iIIIoIeranc;c,. any IIIPIlbcr is an NOCKG or BENNETTE c1lan8e the mind of a SIaUlll:b omioousaumbet. Weamooly bomopIIobe. but it...... buning ...... wbeDwe voIrle 1ft ex1l8 1bougbt. or two. deay0Ibera the rigbl'" Croo by Wednesday afternoons. In Ibe ..... vein. vicioas graf. e.pessiao. lIopefuUy. com- fiti inan dcvaIor wiD not do a IDOIl sense CID dicIatc wbco dling tor llIIdenlanding. but it Croo ..-h is abosed; wiD __ 1ovely abuliw .. n in .. eleva- r······························~ tcelinga of .' ty 10- tlr.tor pIo.lf._ • Subscriptions to • ...... of Ibe ~ SIUdoot UnioD T1IeIe Ia only 10 IlllIC1l _~bya_ • • preaching tbal CID be done wOOe""IM.holillllally wily aboollbe;-of __ be or eed wiIb a = fJ1ie X!-nyon Coaegian = ins ... 1111 divenily • Ibe ...... aip or Ibe • Kenyon c.... JIUI betore Iaat Queer $Indent Uaioo IDeIIt" = are only $30 for the whole year! =• IIOUllding liJcc a ..... __ ber would most likely Walt Disaey _4 CLnclace -=-the...-._· (we'll even send you the issues you've missed) GingridI. The ..... _ IICIII IIIIl wiUingnea ID Ialk = = issue iIdill of defining free '-_deay. speecb,andbow we_il. The 'Ibal1Cllllario mi&bt bea • • lillie IriIe ... _ for gay ripIs iaIbe ... __ M"""•but_signs rq>- • Ail you have to do is send back this form, • _ iflbal is Ibe -. it is .....tina-_ ... still verJeaay .. avoid of· = with a chtck made out to = -"IOd. aucb .. die Rape teadialI 0Ibera while still 1101 A )lOIIlinp ("Rape ..... alfeodod.lf.bypoIbeIi- eaI\y.a _ The Kenyon Collegian... .. l._:"It 2..... wowae = = -'."). T1IeIe ia"""'lbe -verJ-by'" poalbiIity - ..... or pIec«moU ~ • • • removal liHlldly.otb,' __ Z-" _.Ibe_ •Name: • eccideal AImucb .1 would ...... do,ifWlidDl .. ..,.... • liJcc IDbelieve Ibis, I fiIId my. loa is 00l • opIioo, is 10 • • ""_..-.I..dolO. 1'00 limply aISy'" ~ Ibe are • • theDUmy__ ...,...... "CIC__ "ina ..... Allor aU. it ia ....y a Mailing Address: . _ ....ilwill 1101bile- ! i ~ ... _y_iDdIe ...... • • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • for the group's second perfor- By Rachel G...,...man Jl'1fpnoed, - exercise is more group-orieoted. The entire mance. Adler said that "it will be Staff Writer COOl(lllllYgelS IOgeflI« llIld tieb funoierthao Cats. Yoo'll want to it again and again:' "I am really impressed around ideas, aodassigns!be writ- see Milre S.... '96 joked, with this:' said Josh Adler '98. ing of the script when someone "ob. yoo've seen COOledy shows in the "Lunch, I mean. We are even bet- Iatcbes ODto a concept aDd wisbes past" A pause followed he put ter than ziti." He is refering 10 to develop it, It is then group- as his thoughts together. "Bul you' ve Beyond Therapy, Kenyon's only ediled llIld is possilily selected 10 oevertrulyliveduntilyou'veexpe- sketch comedy group. be Jl'1formed. The only cleciWog rienced the sheer overwhelming Beyond Therapy was founded factor is bow many laughs it gets. power of Beyood Therapy." He during the second semester of last The group members desaibe the tbeD added that the pause was "a year when Adler. Ben vlccemo whole JWOCeSS as ....un.. and "en- ...... dramatic one, for elIect." '98. Dan Fisbbach '98. and Jason _ joyable". In fact, there does not The members 01 Beyond Therapy live up to tbeir name. The members of Beyond Loll '97. decided to form a stu- seem to be a weak point in the 'lbernpy,in ooparticularorder,are: dent-written, student-performed we really do not know what hap- be happier with their new mem- groupatall. Navecoeuneatedmat Adler, Greg Wilton '97, Nave, sketcbgroupon campus. They beld pened to Billy fer' sure:' claims bers, but "missing Jason [Lou] is a "there is a nice mix of comedy. Fishbach, Angela Funk. '96, Stem, auditions. formed the group, and Adler), while Kayle Brauer '95 big thing. Jason was like the core The straight people can work off Brian Nowakowski '99, held one sbow at the end of the andScoltFinsthwait '95 were "lost of the group." the physical people and the same vrccemo, Gretchen Hyden '97. Yuri Bredle year. It was a hit. to life" with graduation. Beyond Therapy has devel- way around ...it is an eclectic '96. Damian d'Entemont '99, They begin this year with a Aner a huge turnout at audi- oped an effective creative process group ...Witll that many different Molly Scbontbal '99, CoCo Battle performance Saturday, Sept. 3D,at tions earlier this mom.b, eight new in preparation for its nrst two people in one room you get" so '97, Andy Devilbiss '97. Cory g p.m. in Rosse Hall. members were chosen: twowomen shows. Oneoftbememberscomes many varialioos." The group has changed since and threemen performers, and lhree upwithanidea, writes a script, and AdJer is very excited, about Oalley·KoUer '98, endFric Harper '98. The group'snamecomesfrom itwas lastseen on tbe Hill. Beyond writers. Everyone in the group presents it for group criticism and Beyond Therapy's fust show of play by Christopher of Therapy lost five members from was elated. "Ibey're great. the revisions; the- group eventually the year, a1tbougb he will DOtbe a Durang the same title. last year: founding member Jason new people," Adler conunented. decides wheiber or not it will be there flX'it. Hebas w:zy higbhopes Loll, Keith Wilde '97. and Billy Veteran member Kate Nave Shields '97 are abroad ("though '97 agreed that the group could not WKCO's plans for this year 1111111111111' 111I111111111111111111111 f I111111 f 11I11 f f 11111' It 1I1II11 F I L M S challenged by severe weather 111111111111111111111 f 11111 f I Iff 11111111111111 111111111111111111111111 By Heath Binder newpieceswerebelDlsblppedlD. likely Ibe 6rsl In .. "uol'...... d StalfWrltee thes_tlaDSIDiuer.wbidltums .... cascade ofev __ 1ed '8y Rachel Engelke music business. It's a satirical signalsftaDlbestatioo'sFaIrHaD " 10 the damages 10 the transmit- though frequently saddening view Senior Staff Writer M!tybeyouhave""'_ _iolollldkfwaw..I'ot_'l!t~W'" the Ji'OUDdIDI wile of America, filled with political " tk!iliii1alelt ...... y. wbeIi'"'}OU _"wufiijCJ bYBa:btnhii. all;'the Jlgh!ninJ -.. bit the anxiety following the 19605 and bIii ... tbe'iadio; oDyou ClIII WK~~.. outtlle"1qii!p- McCabe and Mrs. Mille,., f~YI Waterg~ A1bnan assembled a cciuii&Y _ .... 40 Cilc>iOy ~ liIOae"' . DOw-familiar ensemble cast of 24 _Ii Sep'-. 29 8 pm Bioft'll.1. • llIllU.... lbethmiderorz.R<>d<. iaoDylbe ' rar1ielP'1aW characters whose paths cross dur- Ibir'i&il bea>Y IDitaI -. -lii. -'IO~ Warren Beatty stars as Mct::abe. a ing a loog weekend in the spring of WbOnl"la WKCO. Keayou'. wbO.l'tIIe iI/&iii' Ibe _ ••' ...... 1976, when Tennessee is bolding e_. wheeler-dealer, and Julie Christie eclectk:nodio_that .... 11 &l... d...... ~i;iV'Ili_ "haveto_ .. _ its presidential primary .One of the isMrs. Miller, tbewbore wbowins fuU-blastbydll&limelaatYea1 oormal ~~ .bule>e- _ ~~Wlre, _log 1a&t Suaday DIght 10 this "a High Noon for the cynical .aled I. Peirce Hall) IIld 'wbicb.1a tIIe"iWiit ofa Jlgh!ninJ, __ -.en, bot IlO Gene Kelly stars inand directs this '70s." Also starring Keitb disabled lis .ystems Ibis .... • &101m. cIravI1rlmy Jlgh!ninJ IbalC soIolloo"""'ll"dllomthe1lllks, Carradine and Sbelley Duvall. 1952 classic about the panic thai: met. bilstbetowetUDdeigJOUDl1. wbme As din:: as WKCO'ssltua- swept Hollywood as it converted The station had origioally ltisreDderedhMmleaatDlberadio tion seems right now. ilS from silent films to ''talldes.'' Kelly Nashville Saturday, Sept. 30 8 pi...... 10upgrade ils COOlpo- eqOli_t, WbeDtheaowal'ot!be members ... stillWllrldog bani p.m. Biology Aud. is Don Lockwood, the dashing si- nents Ibis year. The scbool Various campus improvements IIDlltryingtoRmJitnewmem- lent mm sIM of the day who falls porcbaaed .. veral .ew CD. were wIriJ>I, they may bave dis- ben. They me ...... that as Robert AlbDan satirized Holly- for the less-tban-glamorous girl- IeCXlRI,llIldtapeplayeralnaddi- abIed Ibe IIlOUl'dIaI wire. WbiIe lIOOIl as the tlaDSIDiaer!i'1l> wood witb The Player, he bit the next-door Kathy Seldon, played Iloo 10. mobile ..- omit tile wlrlos or_ .,.-...,. pofJed. tbiop will ..... _ fashion industry witb Pret-a-Por- by Debbie Reynolds. Donald l'otaporliogeveotll,1beae_ cordial to Cooaey, _ very beca .... as Cooney Illy., O'Connor portrays Lockwood's ter; but Ioog befae those films, be ~Ould' have dtasdcaIIy 1m. 'beodIctaI1O tile ICeaJ8 p.m.. Alk:anipoa picnic. sit)' Swimming TriadJIoa. IntarruItIoMIlnc. Raosoot LaWli EmslCealer the WorIclWIde Web, Rocb 1375 Coney d A.... 8 p.m. KCDC procIuction IUD. Peirce lIaII Brooldyn, York 11230 1().11 Keoyoo "Towa Meet· Clasaroum. 8:30 p.m. AuhvnoPcst bonfire., lag" with President _ A. basc:meol be

By Midlelle SlSDtangeiO !be f1_ BuoIt Fair. Sepl. 30, 10:3OII.m.·S p.m. "WbeoJuIie asked me'- deals wilb a case atll'SOll and directlngIt,IWIIIlt·tadnma...... follows 1Ile coosequeoces for the yet," said Smith, "and tbeo I 1>0- three dIaracteIS Invol"". Opera Columbus, 177 NaglsleD St. came CIIC." "rve bad a bald time dealing The Malriage Of Agaro. Oct. 17 "Iwasstruekbytbeissuestbal wilh the violence of Vicarro and arein it," said Hennaon. "I think tbe batred. the lack of conscience. Wexner Center for the Arts (Tennesse W'llliamsl is a great be possesses." said Matt Welling Ohio State Universily writer, but I doD't know if be's a '98. "He's very sociopathic. He's NMb High StreetatlSth Ave. great p1aywrigbL That·, wbal I cunning and maoipulativ •• and Slide IIampIoo and theJazzMasters, "Big Baud Bird." Fri. Sept. 29'. g p.m. $181$14 wanl to findouL" evil." Wexner Center Critics Chok:e: Night OC1be Hunta', Oct. S, 7 p.m. The saiplillelf bas brougbS OW. cao cane 10 rebearsaI HiDe! NIgb~ "Freud Leaving Home." Tues, Oct. 2A. 7p.m. manycbaUengestotbetbreeaome, aDd come away with things we L..---- ...:... ---''--- --.l 6 1It!JtJttnpon ~OntlliBn EEATIlRES September 28. 1995 Kokosing River flows through Kenyon's history ..~ ~ Known as 'Kokosing,' 'Owl Creek, 'and 'Vernon River, 'nearby stream captures Kenyon spirit By Kristen Filipic Lcreys History of Knox COUIIIY. neverseeninthelovelyislaDdtbat ;,? Features Editor OhioJ876-J976.AccooIingIOPro- gave me birth," After tracing the iF lessor of ~iology Ray Heitbaus, course of the Kokosing. joining "Old Kenyoo, we are like the deforestation and soil erosion wilb other rivers until it empties Kokosing. that came with the settlements re- into the Mississippi and Dows into Obedient to some strange duced the flow of tbe river. the Gulf of Mexico. Irving wrote spell, minimizing its economic impc.-- ''many a one who has made the Which urges us from all re- tance to the region. most noise in the world, and filled posing, The river which we now call tbegreatesispaceintbepubliceye, Farewell, Old Kenyon, fare Iht'Kokosing has been known by bas bad no greater beginning than thee well." other names throughout its bis- little Owl Creek." Since the early 20tb century tcry. In his 1924 book Kenyon When de- the resoonding lODes of Kenyon's College: Its First Century, George cided to build his college near the most beloved song bave ecboed Franklin Smythe recorded "To Kokosing River, his choice of 10- from the Gambier hill. The BisbopBedeU'sgoodlasteweowe cations was by no means Kokosing River bas been immor- the restoration to OlD' stream of its UDCOntesred According toCbase's talized in Orville Watsru's lyrics Indian name, 'Kokosing' or the 1848 autobiography, Bishop- and the names of two of Kenyon's 'Place oflhe Owls', This had been Clune's Reminisunces, "Those acapellagroups.--tbeKokosingers angllcizedine;arlytimesinlO'OwI woo contended for fixing it [tbe and the Owl Creel< Singen. Creek' ... B;,oop Chase imposed College] oear a city did lIOl-': The Kokosing River, which is upon it the name 'Vernon River', tbeir appeanmce at the ccevea- not aetually a river, not being 100 DOW bappily forgotten." Bedell tion. But their minds were not miles toog, stretebesaloog 65 miles served as president of the Bexley quieted 00 the subject. They reo and drainsa landareaof 481 square Theological Seminary from 1860- tained tbeirobjections in full vigor. miles. Just east of Knox County, 1870. They resigned. their seats in tbe ~ RIv... today, the Kokosing River joins wilb the Wasbington Irving, best Board of Trustees. and predicted -- Mohican River to form tbe known as the author of "Rip Van tbe ruin oftbeinstitutioo ifpJaced awasll," ooIy the New Apallmenls Kokosing as "ooe of the cleanest Walbooding River, which flows Winkle" and "The Legend of on Owl Creek." suffered serious damage. Roof rivers inthe stale." 0ver60 species into tbeMuskingum River and tbeo Sleepy HoDow" ttaveDed through The Kokosing flooded while leaks in the New Apartments were of r....live in the Kokosing aIoog drains into tbe Ohio River. central Ohio in 1841, passing by Chase was building a sawmill to so pervasive tbat ooe student bad with many invertebtate species Native American bibes and the Kokosing River. In a leuer to process the timber used for build- In ..... up temporary residence in which could not exist in a polluted early piooeeJs used the Kokosing his sister, Mrs. Paris, dated Sept. ingOldKeoyoo. Smytberecoo:led, the Alumni House. environment. extensively. Huron, Shawnee, 13,1841, Irving wrote, "1bemag- "The Bisbop looked forth overtbe Then, as now, severe weatbeI' Some Kenyoo biol9sY .... Wyandotte, and Delaware tribes nificence of the beauteous forests waters, despair in his beart. for be played bavoc w11b lbe College'. dents sbldy the aquatic species in used the Kokosing River Valley as is beyond my anticipation ... those thoogbt that the dam must have canpoting .yst SdlooI1las a powerfor two iIii\I a baIf boots. program .bIdyin~,...... J..oi!ll><. ~ """uri4i .'1J1 1 limes of vegebWoo.... lost But, wbell the flood subsided. ,.!f:anyiBg '(A Mudy 1lDddo:~,followinlllbesligbtly SeplI4.lbedayof 1Iood, was geology, and Ibi. prognlll1 may became much less prominent ~ of trees,lnade 00 Ibe'trank of Owl' excavated uencb, bad dug OI1tthe _lbClastdayforoooise~ ell*>dlC>Dlber ..... ~ls European settlers began moving Creek, Ohio, a few miles below raceway for him and saved hiDf' tor lbe fall _lOt,'btf;lbe eIasa as well o~?oJ (I. in. ." George many doUars. Thenceforth tbe changes cooId 001 be ... teredlllllil Ac<:onIioI .. 1IeItbaos, the At the time of the first settle- 'Harvey's 1841 picture of the opinion spread among the people power-- KokosingRiverqualifaeluaState ments in 1803, the Kokosing was Kokosiog,entitled" Autumn---Gi- oftberegion that 'God was Bishop Kenyoo' ...... ,wilbthe Scenic River, bol .... Ohio Depart- "of sufficient size for small boat ganlic Sycamcxes." which Irving Chase's friend .... Kokosina: Rivei' CODtinues to the meat of Natural Resources bas not and canoe travel by Indiaos and desa:ibed, is DOW disp~ in the Early Kenyoo students looked peseol day. Heitballs 1lDdDoug yer a>odlIcted lbe fOQIlll1 sllldies pioneen. and manyoftbe tributar- Special CoDectims area of Olin to the Kokosing for recreation as McLarell, a member of lbe Gttm- of the river that will ofTlCiaUy ies of the river were dammed 10 Library. wen. '!be 11165 Reveille recooIs bier Village Council, are classifY Ibe Kokosing as a State providepowerfortbesettlers'vari- In Ibis text, Irving wrote, four different boating clubs. The orgllllizing the Kokosing Scenic S

By Lauren Johnston plans "tocaltioue 10build upwhat staff aod tbe Kmyoo studeo' body. [GeosemerJ __ • "I waulID spread the __ Staff Reporlel • Tobin f'ust meotiooed the the CDC 10 more fn-year and 1bis year. Keayoa studeots Extern 1'roglllm, which is avail- sophomore students so as 10 better ba'¥e anew directornmning tbiDgs able tostudeDts iDtheirsoplloulae, facilitate their needs. The CDC in theCam:rDewlopmell' Ceo ... juoior,andsenioryears.IDlcresled iso 'tjust for seoiors about to enter (CDC). Mamoen ~ _tbeGRat,MId_ ... Affairs with an emphasis on The __ lime Is g p.m. lared topics. She reo:eIved her contemporary policy·relevant The Iegeodary ...... PIufessor __ Yale Uolwnlty in issues. Joo r.-.._ tbe Has_.. 19118.Her hoot, &liIe MeD: Hooer. Justk:e, lirtbestdis- o Comparative Developmenl o International Business lIIld ChrlstiaDi,y iD -the Roman iertaIiooiDthehumauiliesatYaIe. o International Economics Wudd.· AIoog with his _ Per· o Inlernational Health Policy FiDd out wbich 8DdaIt bis- CeplioftS oj Prtnige tmd the lnIemational Relations tery ...... wIll ..... fust.The WoJiUlgJlomtul/..".rialGoII

By Erin McDonald towards UDderstanding and eccep- have diverse unerests. But they all Special to the Collegian lance and hold !.hal have one lbing in common---tbey . ~xpress 80urself misuoderslanding and insensiliv- aredOOicaled to beig!Ueniog aware- The Racial Awareness Pro- it)' about races and elhoicilies ness of racial issues in Ihe Kenyon Stu~8 abroa~. grnm (RAP) is eturoDdy plaDniDg difCereDI from ODe'S OWD is often COIIUIIunity Ihroogb opeo. booest a new year of stimalating bi- c:aosed by iBnooooce- dialogue. monthly programs f(JI: Kea)'OD. Tbefaci1ilalOnrecogDizetbal. The Racial Aw ...... Pr0- RAP is a group thai deals with RAPsessions will not end with an gram is a student-faaililaled meial issues. boIb OIlthe immedi- easy solution 10 the racism iober- ..-gaoizadm. advi!ed by oewly- ale campus and intbe world around ent in the fabric of America; appointed Mullicultwal Program us. The group has been in exisl- bowever, they do leave with tbe Coadinala Dafioa SteW8l1. ence here al Kenyon since the bope of provoking thought, gain- The facililators for the fall se- 1990-91 academic year. ing some knowledge, and mesler are: seniors Stephanie Kenyon's program was origi- increasing some awareness. In ad- Segal, Kristin Sbrimplin. Lisa nally based OIla program devoled dilion, they wish to inspire people Smilnak, Laura WbeaI1ey; and jun- 10 increasing meial awareness at to make changes in !.heir own iors Jennifer MacCon.neU, Erin - tbe University of Ciodml8li. On a lifestyle and atlitudes, rather tbao McDooa1d, and Kenyon Warren. visit Ibere, severnl Kenyon stu- passively accepting the slaDdards Anyone interested in becom- dents learned aboul Ibe ptogr$n that have been set iogaRAPfacililallX"Dexlsemester and fell thai iI. W$ necessary 10 The mCQlbers of RAP come should COOtaclDafina Stewart in have a similar group here. from difftnol backgrounds and the Student Affairs Center. RAP experienced a donnanl period, bUi wilb the ani val of Michael Williams, woo served as mullicultural program coordiDaIor , in Ibe 1994-95 academic year,lbe group was revived. Programs IasI Year included_I discussioas, Lesends Spo,,- Bar .- speakers. and iIlIonDaI opeu 955 Coshocton Avenue. Mount Vernon discussioas, (Locatod Inside Colonial City Lanes) This year !be group is wort- - Under New Management- ing 00 discussioD topics such as Ibe idea of !be __ ty", * Experience The Real Sports Thrill * interracial relalionships,andsubtle racism, with tbe MSisIaDCe of their __ .DalinaML.Stewan. "* Satellite . TV "* The semesler's finl Jlf08I'8IIl, ea- 2 Big Screens I Beaver College,we believe that swdy abroad is an opportu- litled "Wbal? Thats oot Racist! ... Sports ChAnnel Ohio mly for you to express yourself in new ways. Our commit- .-tils it'r will be preseDled on Tues- day. Oct. 3. CAVS - 9ndicms A ment to working with you ensures a fulfilling academic and The RBdaI Awareness Pr0- ~rsonal experience. Callus for our 1996-97 program cataloy. gram engages members of me "Watch the Game With Us/" Specify Australia. G~ece,

By Heath Binder high of 161 yards 00 an astounding gain, was facing a fourth-and-2. Saturday.1bemostobviousstatis- 10 tackles, and was named the Staff Writer 37 carries. While the Lords were The Lords were still down, 7'(), lie, 176 IDtal yards

Cfoss Country successful at Invitational Wednesday's scores: By James Ray runner from another team. "I was 25:58. Behind him was Shawn Staff Writer runoiol with this girl from Pealer '97. Between Pealer and Wilmington, aDd we were wak- Mickey Mominee '97, Ibere was Kenyon's cross cqunb')' ~ ing to break up the Cedarville less than a minute's diffemace. Men's soccer: .,~ look: the front line Saturday in a pack," Baker said. "We seriously Pealercamein271bar.27:45,Ryan Kenyon 3. Case westerd teserve e . ~~ campais. In IDpple NCAA Divi- gained at 27:56, J..... sion U-equivalent runoetS. Ked given tbem too much space at the MiIes'98 in 31st at 27:57, IIId Sct>olle '97 and Amlid< Shell '97 begiDDiDg."CIosiDS!beSapproved MnmiDee ill 32nd at 28:40. stepped away from the shackles of frustralinglyimpossibleforBaker, "Both Ieams ran pack-runs," }Vomen', soccer: injury to lead the Ladies to a sec- assbelosttothesixlb-placerunner said Coach Duane Gomez. "We'd Marietla 1. Kenyon 0 ond-place finish wilh 56 poinrs. by only one SD aooa in10 !be peuaIly box clJaDoe& to score, We came out way,andeveryooeknowswbalwe show." wbere !be boll was 10UCbecI by .. SUOIlg.posaed wel1, but we just mean 'by IbaL If .. Kenyon's rapidsooring in the S\affWriter Ollabein_.givingKellyoo cou1dD't seem to finish... Keoyoo .... lied 10 _ secced baIf can partially be llIIrib- DeBpite a kHIgb Ioos 10 r_ a peuaIly kick. Wayuo A1berlyn TheO_COIlfeStIlUlllm, !be Mobammed, wbo isaveraging2.4 !be players and ooaches were ex- came into tbc aMlte5l 00. • two- penettaIed !be Cardinals' defeuse Lords return hmle Sabuday fo< gooIs per game Ibis """"". a<:<>n:d tremely disappOinted with their game winoing sueat. with ooe of with IIBgressive dribbling, and the AubImDFesl same. agaiDstlbe an unassisted goal It minutes iDlG display. The players knew it, rec· those _ ooming against a boofeditinfortheunassistedsc:ore. reigoing DiYisiOll m champiooB. !be secood balf. ognized it. and reacted positively, solidDeoisoD University ream IbaI. This sealed OUerbein's fate. ~ it BedlaDyCollege.Keoyoowill_ Then, inanextraon1inary spao doing well to win their ftrst confer- bo/lsIS three of the lOp ten SC

By Molly Preble play. t Starr Writer "Nobody gets by without a Ioss." cootinued Suauss, '"That's The Ladies soccer team justbow strollS this confen:oce is." opened tbelr Nonh Coast Albletic 1beLadiescootinuedtobreeze Conference play Satwday with a throogh lIOIl-coofereoce _ 0-0 tie against Case Western Re- this week beating Ohio NMbem serve University. Tbe Ladies UDivetSity3-llOeama .... _ palnled the goal pos~ ootsbootiog _orJ·:/,-2. tbelr coofen:oc:e rivajJ 2ll-6, but ]>fost 01 the rest of the cooldn't seem to get the·ball in the season win be speIItooncenrraling on other - net. "WejustbadlroUbJescoting," NCAC rivals such as Wooster, said Stacy Strauss '96. "It was aD Wittenberg; and Denison. unlucky day," "1be rest of !be conference Uolucky is right In addition games will be tougb," said to a frusttating, scoreless game, Wanllaw. "We have to pun to- three sopbom ... starting players gether." suffered injuries. Forward scoring Kenyoobaslheirsjgbtsselhigb force Laurie Danner is out indefi- aod ling"" crossed, hoping lor a nitely due 10aD ankle injlD)', while little luck to come Ibeir way Samr- bel' twin sister Amy remains im- dayatbomeaaainstioog-limerivais mobile witb a more serious aod c1efeoding NCAC ehampiODS f hamstring pull. 10 additioo to the ...... Wooster. 1be College Wooster's Darmer twins, defender. Morgen Abeam suffered a leg injlD)' fore- lDlary Man: '96 fights for tbe baD. impressive recordinc1udes wins over NCAC giants Wittcoberg lIIId ing coach Paul Wardlaw totlo SOOle with our defense and the team is the top of the conference. luture play In !be NCAC:' Denison Colleges. quickrearrangingofbisplaya'S()IJ'o... working weD togelber," "1ba1 was the first lime we The NCAC iswen..tnownas "Those wins put Wooster in the field. Coming away without a wio haven't been able to beat Case in one of !be tougbest OOIlfereoces the driver's seat," said Wardlaw. "I don't want to dwell on the doesn'tbelp tbe solid NCAC start my four years bere," said Sttauss. in Division m. A strong fmish in But they alsO give KenyoD injuries," Wardlawsaid. "We have the Ladies bad been boping for in "It couId havejll'lt as wen been a the conference is mOSllikely an nothing to lose. And with a Hille 'a great learn. rve been pleased ordertobeJpsecureasoiidfinishal loss.ldon'tthinkitwillaffectour indicatioo of slODg postseasoo luck, they woo', have to. Volleyball struggles in tournament, remains optimistic and sbowed much progress and By John Koepke which is ranked number one, tbe ment was a disapplintment, tile Oberwel1er aod Carolyn "ande. Staff Writer maturity as a team," bead coach Ladies knew the importance of higbligblfm'aIIofusbadlObeour "Rea showed mlJCb more c0nsis- Jennie Bruening remarked. staying focused and posilive. vicIOIy in the secood gameagalnst tency aod cool"M1en<:e 00 the lku Those woo did oot watdlthe It was areal team effort as the In this tournament the ampe- Calvin College," said tri-eaptain Ibis weeJ