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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]. Volume CXXIV, Number 3 Established 1856 Thursday, September 26, 1996 First-yea- r, Grand opening planned senior Senators elected

The new name of the restaurant The senior class elected its The sophomore and junior by the Resident Advisors, whereas and received 87 percent of the vote. in the basement of Peirce, for- class committee and representa- elections were rescheduled from 4 the other elections are conducted Gretchen Baker, Lizzie merly known as the Shoppes, tive to Campus Senate yesterday. p.m. yesterday to 4 p.m. today. by the Student Council Committee Pannill, Keri Schulte, Toni Tate, will be announced at 10:15 to- The sophomore and junior classes The first-year students elected for Student Life. Peter Gold, Abby Fenton, Jessica morrow night at its grand planned to elect their class com- representatives to First-YearCoun-- cil, Jon Freed is the senior class's Stockdale and Caroline Bellocq opening. The Shoppes is open mittees and Senate representatives Student Council and Campus representative to Campus Senate, will form the senior class commit- ever weeknight from 7 p.m. as well, but those elections had to Senate on Sunday. Kristin Meister a governmental body composed of tee. The class committee is until midnight and from 7 p.m. be delayed due to technical prob- is the first-year representative to students, faculty and administra- responsible for coordinating class until 1 ajn. on Fridays and Sat- lems, according to S tudent Council Student Council and Emily tors. This academic year will be his events. urdays. For more information Vice President for Student Life Robichaud is the first-year senator. fourth year representing his class One hundred twenty-seve- n on the Shoppes, please see re- Ethan Crosby '97. First-year elections are conducted on Senate. Freed ran unopposed seniors voted in this election. lated article on page 12 1 Strange man noticed Lords beat Earlham 3 - Faculty approve new policy on South End for sexual harassment cases A strange man has been sighted By David Shargel tion. This would require a written on the south end of campus, statement from the victim detail- Senior Staff Reporter particularly around Leonard ing the incident as well as a written Hall. He is described as short Kenyon' s policy on regarding request for the mediation to occur. with sandy brown and stocky, charges of sexual harassment The ombudsperson would then at- hair in a buzz "He looks cut against faculty members was re- tempt to resolve the situation 'non-Kenyon- '," said noticably vised at the May 1996 faculty through a mutual agreement be- DennisBoume,Leonardhouse meeting to provide a more fair and tween both the victim and the manager in an e-m- ail to regularized process for all con- accused. Leonard residents. Anyone who cerned parties. If mediation does not resolve sees this person around cam- The readjusted policy provides the situation, the complainant may pus is encouraged not to the victims, the accused and the choose to file a formal grievance. approach him to call Secu- but college, a fair and confidential In this case the victim must pro- rity immediately at 5109. grievance process, whether formal vide a written statement which is or informal, according to Wendy submitted to'the ombudsperson and Volunteers sought Hess, the college's ombudsperson. subsequently forwarded to the pro- for admissions video In the event that a student feels vost A copy of the complaint will sexually harassed by a faculty be given to the accused faculty The film crew creating a new member the student can either ad- member who is then required to promotional video for the address the matter informally or provide a written response. The missions department will be at formally. Faculty Sexual Harassment Hear- Kenyon from Sunday, Oct. 6 Informally, the student has two ing Board is then notified and a until Saturday, Oct 12. Stu- options. First a confidential con- date is set for a formal hearing. dent volunteers are needed from versation can be held with Hess or The Hearing Board then comes noon until 1 0 p.m. on Monday, a sexual harassment advisor. The to a decision based on evidence Oct 5 and from 8:30 a.m. until purpose of such a conversation is presented by the student and the 10 pjn. on Tuesday through to explore the student's options, faculty member in question. Saturday. Students interested including whether or not to pursue One major change in the in volunteering should contact the case formally. These conversa- college' s sexual harassment policy Linda Michaels in the office of tions are strictly confidential and is that the hearing panel now in-

e-m- cludes "This may public affairs by sending ail no written record is maintained. student members. Kelsey Olds '99 goes for a header over an Earlham defender as to MICHAELS. (5) A second informal option is to make it feel more comfortable for Leon Blanche '00 (3) looks on. Kenyon won 3 -- 1 . REPORT P. 1 5 address the issue through media see HARASSMENT page two

Debate in St. Louis cancelled, but Perot to meet Dole there

TODAY: Cloudy, ST. LOUIS (AP) Bob Dole nally been scheduled for Washing- time and place have not been de- 9 in St. Petersburg, Fla. chance of raia H 65- - may notwant to debate Ross Perot ton University, only to be dropped termined, Reform Party state Perot announced Saturday that ho but he can' t stop the Texas billion- in the skirmish over whether Perot chairwoman Sandy McClure said he would file a lawsuit today in FRIDAY: Scattered showers. H aire from following him around. should be included. Sunday. Washington seeking an injunction 70 President Clinton's two main Dole, the Republican presiden- "Perot told Dole he'd meet him against sponsorship of the debates SATURDAY: Chance of challengers will both be in St Louis tial candidate, had opposed a in St. Louis, so here he comes," by the Commission on Presiden- thunderstorms. H 70 L60 Wednesday. That's the day the three-wa-y debate with Clinton and McClure said. tial Debates if the Reform ticket first presidential debate had origi-- Perot the Reform Party candidate. McClure said it was doubtful was excluded. After hours of negotiation Satur- Perot would show up at the Dole The bipartisan commission rec- day, Dole won the battle. He and rally and try to start an impromptu ommended last week that Perot be Clinton will debate, without Perot debate. denied a spot in the debates be- College Republicans Paul Portney examines twice next month. "I don' t think so. We don ' t want to cause he has no "realistic chance" condemn forgery. P.2 economic aspects o The Dole campaign confirmed disrupt acampus function," she said. of winning the election. International news P. 3 environmental policy P.12 Saturday that Dole will come to Clinton and Dole negotiators McClure said she senses a back- Kluge and Smiley discuss Cat shelter launches Adopt town, anyway, on Wednesday. He agreed to debate without Perot lash against Dole and Clinton for books about academia P.8 A -- Cat program P.12 will speak at a 9 a.m. rally at Saint Oct. 6 in Hartford, Conn., and excluding Perot. Family Weekend is here. FcotballteamisthirdinNCACJ Lou is University, said Dan Hubbard Oct 16 in San Diego. Vice Presi- "It's amazing to me they'd be so How can you keep yourfamily P.16 of Dole' s Missouri campaign. dent Al Gore and Dole's running foolish," she said. "This is just an entertained? P.10 Perot will be here, too, though the mate, Jack Kemp, will debate Oct. outrage to so many people." 2 tEfte &enpon Collegian Inursday, ieptember Zb, lyvb ACLU, NOW blast VMI proposals incidence where I was at a light The vice president of the Na- pliance with the Supreme Court Liberties Union said VMI cannot NOW and where a man was cursing me and tional Organization for Women order. A hearing has not been be trusted to properly integrate American Civil wishing I was dead because of my said Monday that VMI was creat- scheduled. women and needs to be closely decision." ing a hostile environment for The Citadel, the only other pub- monitored by the federal govern- Liberties Union Miss Kreye said she decided to female cadets. lic military college, agreed to admit ment Both organizations had filed attend Virginia Tech. She plans to "They're poor losers," said Karen women two days after the S upreme legal briefs supporting coeduca- doubt VMI's enter the Army and eventually be- Johnson, who is also a retired Air Court ruling and filed a 21 -- page tion. come an FBI criminal psychologist Force colonel. coeducation plan with the federal "True equality means making ability to integrate VMI's Board of Visitors voted VMI spokesman Mike Strickier court in Charleston, S.C. some allowances that recognize

157-year-o- in sexes," 9-- 8 Saturday to end its ld called Ms. Johnson's criticism un- Superintendent Josiah Bunting the differences the said women fairly into male-onl- y admission policy. warranted. said VMI will ask Kiser to let the Kent Willis, director of the ACLU program The decision came nearly three He said U.S. Supreme Court Jus- school implement a coeducation in Virginia. "This appears to be a months after the Supreme Court tice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, while plan without submitting it to the kind of malicious compliance."

ROANOKE(AP) VirginiaMili-tar- y ruled that the state-supported col- finding it improper to exclude court. VMI wants female cadets to wear Institute's decision to admit lege could not bar women. women from a state-supported col- Justice Department spokes- the same stubbly "buzz cuts" as women has created resentment so In announcing the decision, how- lege, also wrote that "some women woman Lee Douglass said the men. deep that at least one girl who ever, VMI officials said they would are capable of all of the individual department would not comment "The haircut is just a way of applied to VMI has received require women to meet the same activities required of VMI cadets." on any of VMI's proposals until it being vindictive," she said, "In Nazi threats. harsh physical and psychological There are some women who has had a chance to review them. Germany, they shaved the heads of

17-year-- Kathy Kreye, a old high conditions as men, right down to can do it and they would want B ut NOW and the American Civil female prisoners to shame them." school student in Christiansburg, shaved heads and living in spartan nothing less than the VMI experi- said in a television interview Tues- barracks. ence," S trickier said. day that the hostility and "I think I could have handled it. The Justice Department, which College Republicans, harassment she has been subjected I've always been athletic. I don't successfully sued VMI to force the to prompted her to abandon her have a problem with shaving my state-owne- d school to accept goal of attending VMI. head; that's not even a concern," women, declined to comment on ALSO decry forgery "I've had people yelling at me Miss Kreye said. "I don't know if VMI's decision.- - respect the opinions of others." wishing I was dead, telling me I could have handled the emotional, U.S. District Judge Jackson By Matt Brenner "However, I believe that this they're going to hurt me physi- where I would go somewhere ev- Kiser, who sided with VMI News Assistant incident will, bring all politically ' six-year-co- cally if I did go," Miss Kreye told ery single male there would hate throughout the urt fight, A reaction letter, claiming to oriented groups on campus together WSLS-T- V in Roanoke. "I had one me and wish I wasn't there." now will oversee the college's com be the Kenyon College Republi- more than separate them. We have Search for Vice President of Libraries, cans' response to a lecture by Rep. all contacted each other and decided Gerry Studds has been distributed that we will no longer be silent to the around campus by an unknown ignorance and apathy on Kenyon's Information Services commences individual. campus," Keeling said,

''This false representation of co-chair By Ari Rothman Katherine WilL the committee has especially important and somewhat Kirsten Bauman '97, 12 members comprised of library more difficult than usual," Marley our group is obscenely offensive ofAllied Sexual Orientations, said, Senior Staff Reporter officials, students and professors. said. to the gay, Jewish and African "I am shocked and outraged at the The search committee for a Over the summer, the com- In publicizing the new posi- American communities, as well as cowardice and closed-mindedne- ss new Vice President for Library mittee formulated and publicized a tion, Marley said the committee is the same College Republicans it of the individual or individuals re- and Information Services is review- job description. Published in "casting nets as wide as possible," claims to represent" said Jon Keel-in- g, sponsible for the false 'Republican ing applications, and will accept Kenyon's Aug. 26 edition of Fort- in hopes of attracting candidates chairman of the College response.' I am determined that we them until Oct 30, hoping to com- nightly it states the vice president's "with a breadth of experience in Republicans, in an e-m- ail to all will not accept this sort ofbehavior plete the process by the end of the responsibilities will "include pro- different areas of expertise." students and all employees yester- on our campus and in our commu- first semester. The committee has viding leadership, planning and Marley described an ideal candi- day morning. nity. We must all be able to live received 24 applications thus far. overall management for the library, date as one with "a lot of "I am really disappointed that together and interact with respect The committee, chaired by academic and administrative com- management experience, and the something like this happened," for one another, the freedom of Professor of Drama Harlene puting, and telecommunications." ability to communicate with a va- Keeling said. "While I understand one individual must not be allowed Marley, added two students this "Because it is a new position, riety of people, from the that people do have their own opin- to detract from the freedom of oth-er- s. fall. Along with the provost, writing the job description was administration to the students." ions, I wish people could learn to Harassment: Faculty approve new policy CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE reasons for this, Theft: 'The faculty decided to several including Fire Alarms: students to come forward with a embarrassment, fear of being 12:32p.m.,Sept. 18. Fire alarm at 10:30p.m., Sept 17. Bicycle tire complaint than in the past" Hess address the issue not in blamed, lack of privacy and con- an activated and wheel taken from a bicycle in Davis House due to said. allega- cern that the complaint process the bicycle rack west of Caples response to any smoke detector. No smoke or fire The policy did not change in could be more painful than the Residence. was found. response to any one incident of tion... but rather with a harassment itself. 18. at 4:07 Saturday. Bicycle that 9:11 pjn., Sept. Fire alarm ajn., harassment. Professor Timothy view toward regulariz- Because of the lack of formal Mather Residence due to a pulled had been reported stolen was Shutt chair of the faculty, ex- complaints however, Shutt said, No or was found outside of the Pirate's ing... procedures in the pull station. smoke fire plained, "The faculty decided to "You could say that there are many Cove. found. address the issue not in response to unhappy event that such crimes that are high in their poten- 3:39 a.m., Saturday. Fire alarm at Suspicious Person: any allegation or set ofallegations, a tial impact and low in frequency. I Mather Residence due to a pulled situation might arise.' 1:45 pjn., Sept. 18. A suspicious but rather with a vie w toward regu- am happy to be able to say that this was Timothy Shutt pull station. No smoke or fire female was reported in the fresh- larizing and streamlining is the situation here." found. man quad area. The woman was fact-findin- g and adjudicating pro- them involve invitations or over- Regardless of any changes Vandalism: found to be very disoriented. cedures in the unhappy event that tures to engage in sexual activity. made, Hess concluded "as a matter 12:44 a.m., Sept. 19. Side mirror Community resources were con- such a situation might arise." Mainly the allegations have been of policy the college condemns broken off and side scratched on tacted to assist in removing the While there has not been a for- of verbal sexual harassment in and form of sexual aggression and a vehicle in the Norton Lot. woman from campus and to pro- mal complaint lodged against a which the attention received felt oppression and most particularly 1 1 vide her with further assistance. ajn., Friday. The front brakes faculty member in over 1 1 years, unwelcome and unwanted." views the faculty-student relation- and other wires were pulled from Alcohol Violations: the college does see approximately 1 less also said there is reason to ship as sacrosanct The abuse of a

out- Over-intoxicatio- a bicycle while it was parked n: 1 three or four informal complaints believe that more incidents occur power relationship is taken very side McBride Residence. Open ContainerUnderage drink- each year. Hess said, "None of than are reported. She presented seriously at Kenyon." 7:36 ajn., Saturday. A sink was ing cited by college: 14 torn from the wall and shattered Open Container Underage drink- on the floor in a bathroom in ing cited by Knox County Manning Hall. Also, peanut but- sheriffs deputies: 0 Business Advertising Manager: Torsten Seifert e-m- ail ter was smeared in the carpet in Medical Calls: 4 Advertising Manager may also be reached via the first floor lounge. at collegiankenyon.edu. Medical Transports: 16 Advertisers should contact the BusinessAdvertising 12:21 ajn., Saturday. Fire extin- Lockouts: 34 Manager for current rates and further information at guisher discharged at Old Yearly subscriptions to The Kenyon Collegian are 3 (61 4) 427-533- 8 or 5339. All materials should be sent available for $30. Checks should be made payable to Kenyon. Escorts: to: Advertising Manager, The Kenyon Collegian, The Kenyon Collegian and sent to the Business Source: Security and Safety Office P.O. Box 830, Gambier. OH 43022. The Business Advertising Manager at the address above. Thursday, September 26, 1996 tZDIje &enpon Collegian Department of Education dismisses -- GOP drops education provision on immigration bill complaint concerning minority housing WASHINGTON (AP) After a week of indecision, Republican lawmakers stripped from a massive immigration bill a section backed Civil Rights university violated civil rights regu- Latino themes. by Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich that would have it illegal-immigra- lations when established program School officials acknowledged allowed states to bar nt children from public schools. Coalition claimed houses geared towards African and that the program houses in ques- The provision, known as the Gallegly amendment, was dropped Latino students, an Education De- tion the Ujamaa Residential from the measure and negotiators from the House and Senate then that Cornell's partment official wrote in a letter College and the Latino Living Cen- quickly agreed on compromise legislation likely to be acceptable to to Cornell made public Sunday. ter are home to a President Clinton. housing options But the department has asked disproportionate number of minor- "Gallegly is not in the proposed (compromise) conference bill,"

Cornell's housing office to supply ity students compared with the said Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Tex- as, chairman of the House Judiciary fostered them with copies of advertising campus as a whole. The African subcommittee on immigration. "Without bipartisan support in the separatism and materials and a list of recruitment and Latino centers were established Senate, we couldn't go forward with it." activities for the Latino Living after students protested for their Smith said the bill could face a final vote in the House as early as discrimination Center, the most recently estab- creation. Wednesday. lished of the program houses. Applications for the program Ohio gamblers go to Canada, yet yearn for Ohio ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) The U.S. The complaint was filed last De- houses do not ask the students to Department of Education dis- cember by the New York Civil list their racial or ethnic back- casinos missed a complaint against Cornell Rights Coalition, who claimed ground, and all the program houses CLEVELAND (AP) Some Ohioans who like to try their hand at University alleging some of the Cornell's housing options fostered are enthusiastically supported by casino gambling would prefer to keep their gambling money in the school's student housing is ille- separatism and were discrimina- students, school officials said. state. gally segregated by race. tory. A similar complaint had been Bus loads of casino gamblers now travel to Windsor in Ontario, There was insufficient evidence Cornell has 10 program houses, filed by the group in 1994; that Canada, every day. to conclude that the Ivy League with African, Native American and complaint was dismissed in 1995. Ohioans on Nov. 5 will get the chance to decide whether to allow riverboat gambling in the state. Issue 1 would allow up to eight casinos. University of Minnesota faces housing crunch, About 75 people who oppose the legalization of casino gambling in Ohio met Sunday at the Statehouse in Columbus to discuss ways to into residences defeat the issue. Three church organizations, including the Ohio converts dormitory lounges Council of Churches, sponsored the meeting. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) For the out a quarter, said Laurie which would normally be used for Dole, Clinton argue 'liberal' label second year in a row, the Univer- McLaughlin, assistant director for watching TV and making phone SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) Bob Dole tried to pin the "liberal" label sity ofMinnesota has had to convert residential life. calls, said Nancy Lee, assistant on President Clinton Monday, contending his White House rival was dormitory lounges temporarily into "Our goal now is to provide them director for administration and hiding his real political colors until after the election. Clinton sleeping quarters for 25 1 students, an option," McLaughlin said. operations. retorted that his record showed he was no "closet liberal" mostly first-year students. "Even if it's temporary, at least Three to six students will share Dole made his remarks on the third anniversary of the introduction Officials believe the problem they will be part of the university the converted rooms until a perma- of Clinton's health care overhaul plan, addressing a crowd in front stems from the university's com- community." nent space is found. That will ofa 1 0-fo- ot chart titled "Bill Clinton's liberal, big government health mitment last year to provide aroom Bill Cecewich, a first-year stu- probably happen within the next care plan." for all first-year students. dent, shares a lounge with three three weeks when those students "Some of you might remember this chart," Dole said. "The patient Colleges and universities other students. who have dormitory reservations is finally there on the bottom." throughout the country are dealing "I'm not sure what I would have cancel with the same problem because done if this wasn'there. It's too far "We alerted the students this Perot sues to get into debates DALLAS (AP) Unable to get his message out the way he wants, they don't want to put the students to commute from Nebraska. It's summer by letter or phone, ex- on waiting lists. not perfect, but it will do," plaining that they would have to Ross Perot is going to his lawyers to gain access to the debates and the airwaves. In the past, students would be Cecewich said. stay in a temporary space in or- placed on waiting lists, which Beds and desks have been moved der to start school on time," Lee The Reform Party nominee filed a lawsuit Monday and plans to file meant many would have to stay into the lounges in several dorms, said. a complaint today to force his way into the presidential face-off- s, onto prime-tim- e television and, in turn, into American voters' homes. Shutting him out, "will only deepen the nation's cynicism about government," the pugnacious Perot said in his lawsuit. Family Weekend Schedule Perot filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which barred him Tomorrow from the debates. He complained that he should be included or the forums canceled. 8 a.m.-- 8 p.m. Hospitality center open KC Perot's campaign said he would also file a complaint today with the 9 a.m. Parents Fund and Resource Committee meeting Lower Dempsey Federal Communications Commission requesting reasonable access 1 1 :30 a.m.-- 1 :30 p.m. Friday Luncheon Cafe Parish House to network facilities and equal air time for his broadcasts. 1 :00pm Convening of the Parents' Advisory Committee Nu Pi Kappa 2 to 4 p.m. PAC committee meetings various 4:15 p.m. Snowden Salon Snowden 4:30-5:3-0 p.m. PAC general session Nu Pi Kappa in 8 p.m. The Gambier Mixed Consort recital Church of the Holy Spirit Raids Ireland after explosives seizure 25-year-- 8 p.m. G.R.E.A.T. performance Hill Theater LONDON (AP) A old man killed in a police raid on Army stores was not armed, 9 p.m. Miller Observatory open house Observatory suspected Irish Republican explosives a published report said Sept. 18. The Police Complaints Authority, a civilian review body, said it would investigate the killing at the request of the Metropolitan Police. Saturday Such investigations are routine whenever police discharge firearms, said authority spokesman Richard Offer. 8:30 a.m. Kenyon Center for Environmental Studies tour Meet at KC The dead man was identified as Diarmuid Michael O'Neill, 27, of 9 a.m. Faculty seminar: "Marc Chagall The Artist Olin Auditorium London, at a coroner's inquest which opened Sept. 18. and His JewishLegacy" David Veness, assistant commissioner of London's Metropolitan 9:30 a.m. Historical tour of campus Meet at Church of the Holy Spirit Police, said police seized about 10 tons of homemade explosives, two 10:30 a.m. Town Meeting" with President Oden Bolton Theater pounds (900 g) of semtex plastic explosive, three rifles, two hand- and members of the senior administration guns, a number of detonators and two trucks in the raids early 1 1 :30 a.m. Coffee and conversation with President Oden Lobby and Terrace Monday. Five men were arrested and were still being questioned Sept. and members of the senior administration of Bolton Theater 18. noon Student arts festival Horn Gallery The Daily Mail quoted unidentified police sources as saying that 3 p.m. "Steps to Career Success" Peirce Lounge O'Neill was not armed. to as individual," 4-- 5 p.m. Faculty receptions Gund Commons Lounge "This man had be regarded a very, very dangerous Gund Commons Dining Hall the Daily Mail quoted an unidentified police officer as saying. 6 p.m. Global Cafe Snowden "We believe him to be a terrorist and our knowledge of terrorists, especially those in IRA, that they are often armed and 7:30 p.m. "Footfalls" . Hill Theater the tells us 9 p.m. Cabaret concert Rosse Hall willing to kill. We had no alternative but to believe that this was the 9 p.m. "Footfalls" Hill Theater case with O'Neill." 4 fflfje Henpon Collegian Thursday, September 26, 1996 Cost of college putting squeeze on students, parents

WASHINGTON (AP) - If tu- universities this year boosted tu- schools was about half that amount port said $50.3 billion in aid was and Mrs. Greene in Oregon, al- ition keeps going up, Farouk ition on average by 6 percent for per year. available last year from federal, ready know all too well. Abdallah says his days at Brook- undergraduates. That compares "Each year it goes up," says Josh state and school sources up $3.3 "Every penny that I make goes to lyn College will be over. The with double-dig- it annual increases Rubin, a 2 1 -- year-old senior at Tufts billion from 1994-9- 5. Most of the my tuition," says Abdallah, 21 , who school's $3,200 yearly tuition al- between 1991 and 1993. University in Medford, Mass. He money was in loans, not grants. has worked as a drugstore sales clerk ready takes up "every penny that I At four-year private schools, stu- says so far his parents are coping, David Warren, president of the and cashier, a short order cook and make," he says. dents are paying about 5 percent but they're worried about Josh's National Association of Indepen- delivery man to pay his $l,600-a-semester And Alice Greene of Lake Os- more in tuition and fees this year, three younger sisters when they get dent Colleges and Universities, tuition at Brooklyn wego, Ore., who has a daughter in compared with a year ago, the to college age. says private schools are trying to College. a private college and a son plan- survey said. That's the smallest Donald Stewart, president of the cut expenses and make their "If they raise tuition any more, ning to go next year, says she and increase in a decade, but it's still College Board, said that college schools more affordable. I'm out of school." her husband may have to sell one higher than inflation, which is hov- tuition is daunting to many but that Some schools have cut tuition or Mrs. Greene and her husband of their two cars or move to a ering at 3 percent too much focus is being put on the promised not to raise it more than have a daughter who attends smaller home to pay the tuition. Room and board also went up an highest-price-d schools. Three of the inflation rate. Muskingum Col- Randolph-Maco- n Woman's Col- The soaring cost of attending average of 6 percent to $4,152 at every four students pay less than lege in New Concord, Ohio, gained lege in Lynchburg, Va. and next college has moderated in recent four-year public colleges; and 4 $6,000 and a majority pay less attention when it slashed tuition year her son plans to go to B owdoin years, but tuition and room and percent to $5,361 at private $4,000 a year, he said, while only by 29 percent for entering fresh- College, aprivate liberal arts school board at both private and public schools. 4.3 percent of undergraduates pay man this fall. in Brunswick, Maine. universities keep going up at rates The College Board, an associa- $20,000 or more a year. Bob Massa, dean of enrollment "Between the two of them, we're exceeding inflation and many tion of 2,800 colleges, found that Financial aid usually a package at Johns Hopkins University in Bal- talking $50,000 a year and that's students and their families keep in-state tuition and fees, notcount- of loans and in some cases outright timore, doesn't foresee scores of not counting transportation and feeling the pinch. ing room and board, now average grants reduces the cost for many private schools following phone bills," said Greene. . According to a study released $2,8 1 1 at public four-year colleges students, particularly those in ex- Muskingum's lead. The added costs will lead to today by the College Board, four-year and $12,823 at private schools. pensive private schools. That's something Farouk lifestyle changes for her and her public colleges and The average cost of two-year The College Board's annual re- - Abdallah, the student in New York, husband, a lawyer, she says. President defends decision to raise taxes in 1 993 Hint of Whitewater pardons FREEHOLD, NJ. (AP) In a to be a paid political commercial

tax-cutti- ng cut state seized by fever 'That one vote for Bob Torricelli and everybody raises a storm of fury three years ago, President Clinton else who had the courage to put taxes for five times WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- U.S. attorney for the District of passionately defended his decision America's future over short-ter- m dent Clinton's refusal to rule out Columbia in the Reagan and B ush to raise taxes in 1993, saying Tues- as many families in demagoguery." pardons for his former administrations. He said it could day his supporters cast "the right In 1995, Clinton himself told a New Jersey as it Whitewater partners raised storm be grounds for impeachment and vote for America." Houston audience that he felt he wamingsTuesday. Some observ- "would doom his presidency With a strong lead in the polls "raised your taxes too much" dur- raised taxes on.' ers said a Whitewater pardon doom no matter what his other over Bob Dole in New Jersey, ing his first year as president He it would cause as much outrage as accomplishments." Clinton was buoyed by a front- - Bill Clinton added, however, that he stood by President Ford's act ofclemency would be a storm of page headline. the decision because it helped the There toward Richard Nixon. outrage and indignation," agreed "Dole Ponders Jersey Retreat," II, accounting for inflation. Dole' s economy overall. Clinton was noncommittal Robert Goldwin, a constitutional The (Newark) Star-Ledg- er said. 1982 tax increase cost $260 bil- White House political director when asked Monday about a po- scholar at the American Enter- Clinton's campaign staff quickly lion over five years. Clinton in Doug Sosnik said Dole's proposal tential post-election pardon for prise Institute. Goldwin served made copies and passed them 1993 proposed $266 billion in tax for a 15 percent tax cut isn't play- Jim McDougal, his former wife in the Ford White House and around. The story noted that Dole increases over five years but con- ing well in New Jersey. "They've Susan McDougal and former observed the protests following has notbeen in New Jersey in more gressional negotiators cut that to heard the tax rap here for a long Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker. Ford' spardon ofNixon forcrimes than a month; it quoted Dole's about $241 billion. time," Sosnik said. "There is more But he didn't slam the door shut he "committed or might have staff as saying he was not writing Clinton urged voters to consider skepticism in this state on Bob He said he would review such committed." Some historians off the state. whether the ad war against Dole's tax cut than in most places." requests "after there' s an evalua- think the pardon cost Ford re- New Jersey is where Republican Toricelli was "accurate, fair and In 1992, Clinton barely carried tion done by the Justice election in 1976. Christie Whitman rocketed to po- complete" in view of what his vote New Jersey over George B ush. This Department" In 1992, President Bush's last litical stardom in 1993, winning accomplished. time, polls say Clinton is way ahead But that was enough to arouse days in office were dogged by the governor's office with the "That one vote cut taxes for five with a lead anywhere from the strong reaction from Republi- reaction to bis pardons of former promise of a 30 percent tax cut. times as many families in New mid-tee- ns to 28 points. cans. . Secretary Caspar Star-LedgerEagle- Defense This year. Republicans are trying Jersey as it raised taxes on," A ton poll con- "It would be an unprecedented Weinberger and five other former to crush Democratic Rep. Robert Clinton said. "That one vote made ducted two weeks ago said that use of the pardon power when officials in the Iran --Contra af- Toricelli's bid for the Senate with 90 percent of the small businesses only 38 percent said they believed you pardon someone who is in- fair. ads saying his support for Clinton' s in this country eligible for a tax cut the tax cut would become reality if volved in a matter in which you Bush's own vice presidential tax hikes in 1993 was the decisive when they invest more in their Dole were elected, while 59 per- -' yourselfare being investigated," conduct could have become an vote. business." cent said it was unlikely or would said Joseph diGenova, who was issue at Weinberger's trial. "That one vote, they say, was the That one vote helped bring down never happen. biggest tax increase in history. 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Editors-in-chie- f: Steve Lannen, J.E. Luebering, GiannaMaio News Editor: Kristen Filipic Carrel bemused by student 'ingenuity' Features Editor: Stephanie Adams I have been a carrel for ten have been a carrel for Let me desist from my Arts & Entertainment Editors: Elizabeth Hurt years now, as that is the age of the I exhaltation by saying that I associ- Sports Editors: Lindsay Buchanan, Ben Vore library I inhabit. Two Thursdays ten years now, as that is ated his success with a strange Photo Editor: Sally Tauber ago, I observed the gradually in- the age of the library I ignorance on the part of the library Diversions Editor: Dave Shargel creasing line of students gathering staff to maintain an honest and Advisors: Jeff Bell, Cy Wainscott before dawn, bleary eyed, so that inhabit. Two Thursdays organized system. I will not look a they may acquire a good number ago, I observed the gift horse in the mouth, however. for our selection. I was concerned, gradually increasing Strangely, in spite of these Student elections need reform at first, because the individual acts of cunning and ingenuity, I How did you, as a student, select Kenyon College? whom I wished to be my occpant line of students noticed that, upon receiveing his Did you make an informed decision using all the information you had not yet arrived. There existing gathering before dawn. number, (substantially earlier than had available? an ample number of students pre- his arrival should indicate) instead Or did you choose Kenyon based on the number of times you ceding this person, I worried if he of a proud countenance, he ap- superceding heard the name? would have the opportunity to se- occupant did arrive, peared nervous, and perhaps The second approach to college selection is, simply, a bad one: it lect me. the precedent of the line, he man- ashamed. I do not know why, see- aged to the building I ill-infor- enter and ing as took pride in his skill. is an med decision based on unrelated and unimportant fac- Perhaps his mind drifted in within tors. It fails to make use of any important information (since it was the loving and tempting embrace obtain a number five of the Some ofmy peers demonstrate never gathered in the first place) and it fails to take the future your of sleep, (a commodity rescinded front. a fierce commital to the ideal that future into consideration. by the queue ahead ofhim). Maybe Let me say that I immensely the first come should be the first As questionable as the last approach is, however, it seems eerily he indulged in a breakfast, the rig- enjoyed watching the spectactle. served, as this ideal is the most similar to the most recent round of Senate elections: the candidates ors of waiting in line requiring of By merely walking ahead did my honest and socially responsible. few as they were (especially for the senior class, where Jon Freed ran him more stamina than an empty man overcome the obstacle of the Considering how my fortunes re- unopposed) were announced Friday, and their letters of intent stomach could endure. At any rate, swimmer who arrived sixth, hair sulted, I personally see little use posted and strewn about the campus on Monday evening. The election as the line formed I noted he was still damp from practice. Artfully for honesty or responsiblity as I then ran from Tuesday to Wednesday. And by today, one of the most not numbered within it. he dodged past the philosophy find them impractical. important bodies of student government has been formed. Such was my joy to see that, as major that meticulously organized - Carrel 308 as transcribed by Yet how much did these candidates discuss various issues rel- the doors opened, and the queue and memorized the order of the Billy Shields and Matt evant to this campus such as the capital campaign, curriculum review, began to move, that my chosen entire mob. Pawlicki grad school prep courses, or parking? And how attentive was the student body to any exchange ofideas between these candidates? How Concept of PC 'oozes cowardice, unfairness' many students took the time to read those hard-to-fin- d packets of I don't like the concept 'po- mode of administering. letters of intent often thrown away or stained with food soon after Let's not automatically litically correct'. It oozes Above all, let's not automati- their placement on Gund's and Peirce's tables and thus make an cowardice, unfairness, lack of ac- accept those decisions cally accept those decisions which informed decision? And would those letters have even helped to do so? countability, the easy way out, are based on politics. In the end, Certainly junior Brian Filer's letter made the closest approach to which are based on unwillingness to challenge the the whole Kenyon community will a discussion of "the issues": his two "great ideas" (his own words) are norm and inability to think criti- politics. In the end, the benefit 1) "the Kenyon Monorail...no more of the long walks for those of you cally. Do too many decisions and whole Kenyon Mike Wineberg who live up north in the cold of winter" and 2) "an underground policies at Kenyon fall prey to po- parking complex spanning from beneath Caples to Old Kenyon to community will benefit. litical compromise? Take the time finally correct this parking shortage." to read or reread an article in the he makes sense. We certainly can't Ajoke, certainly (or, at least, we hope). But at least be offers some The Kokosing Gap Trail is September '96 issue ofThe Kenyon accuse him of being politically concrete ideas no matter how flippant in his letter of intent The owned by the Knox County Observer titled "Has Kenyon Lost correct As employees, students rest the letters were certainly sincere in their pledges to serve Commissioners, and its day-today of It's Soul". In this article, former and community members, let's use various classes, but all identical in doing so. They merely turned the operations are controlled by Kenyon Trustee Bill Bosworth Emeritus Trustee Ranney' s ex- 12-mem- election into a popularity contest, an opportunity for the voters to a ber board of trustees. Ranney confronts, among many ample as encouragement to speak decide whether they like the typeface of sophomore Crosby Wood's Neither Kenyon College nor the subjects, political correctness at our minds to the higher-up- s. letter better than that of sophomore Eli Kiefaber' s. Kenyon Center for Environmen- Kenyon. Present them with new ideas, inno- We suggest that future Senate and Student Council elections be tal Studies have any property I applaud his courage to speak vative thinking and challenge their far more issue-drive- n. The time between the announcement of the ownership in the Trail candidly. Mr. Ranney has guts and comfortable, 'don't rock the boat' candidates and the actual election needs to be lengthened so the voters can make a more informed decision. During that extended period of time, several debates or open forums should be held so as to allow students to qui their potential representatives on the issues. Letters of ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE? intent should be placed in the dining halls and posted on the VAX in an easily accessible manner. If you are not registered to vote in Knox County, write to your local board of These elections may not be as crucially important as your selec- elections and request an absentee ballot for the November election. To contact tion of Kenyon as the school where you'll gain your BA. But, if we are the Knox County Board of Elections, call 397-218- 8 or write to 316 South Main, to believe all of this year's letters ofintent, your general welfare for the year hinges crucially on the students you select as representatives. You Mount Vernon, OH 43050. should, therefore, be given the chance to make an informed decision. AND DO YOU WANT THE LATEST ON WASHINGTON? 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FRIDAY -- SUNDAY Parents' Weekend See coverage on pages 1, 13 a weekly listing of local and regional events Sept. 26 Oct. 10 A u l& l HI vV (.)

Oct 7: ...and the earth did not Tuesday: "Neighborhood and October 5: Slide lecture: Friday: The GambierMixed Con- swallow him 7:30 p.m. Biology Local History" by Janette Tho- '"Changing the Earth' and Other Friday: Grand Opening and Re- sort, Church of the Holy Spirit, Auditorium mas Greenwood '77 Peirce Photographs" by Emmet Gowin naming of The Shoppes. Pierce 8 p.m. Lounge Olin Auditorium 7:30 p.m. Basement, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Name 11:10 p.m. announced at 10:15 p.m. Oct 9: When Night is Falling Saturday: Cabaret Concert, Rosse 10 p.m. Rosse Hall Conversation with Jane Smiley Hall, 9 p.m. and P.F. Kluge, Bolton Theater 1 Saturday: Global Cafe 11:10 a.m. Sept. 27-2- 9: Snowden Multicultural Center Parent sWeekend 1996 mm 6 p.m. October 3: Ljubica Ace vska, am- Friday: D Postino (The Postman) bassador of the Republic of Friday: Snowden Salon: Stu- 8 p.m. Rosse Hall Macedonia to the United States dent Experiences Abroad October 4: Tom DeLuca, hyp- Crozier Center 11:10 ajn. Snowden Multicultural Center notist Big Surf Drive-I-n 4:15 p.m. Rosse Hall 8 p.m. South Quad 8 p jn. "Monkeys, Fire crackers, Undergrads: A Fullbright in In- Monday: "Bridges and Barriers Olin Art Gallery: Emmet Saturday: Shanghai Triad 8 p.m. dia" by David Lynn Peirce Lounge " to Interracial Cooperation: Gowin, 'Changing the Earth' October5: GayLesbian History Rosse Hall 11:10 a.m. All-Camp- Women of the New South and andother photographs." Month us Picnic its Relevancy to Today's Through Oct 5. Peirce Lawn 5 p.m. Wednesday: Before the Rain 10 October 4:"The Self-Estee- m of America" by Janette Thomas pjn. Biology Auditorium Women at Kenyon: A Research Greenwood '77 Philomathesian Report" by Rita Kipp and Kathyr Jane Smiley, author of A Thou- Oct 6: The Garden of the Finzi-Contin- is Jemmott '97 Crozier Center sand Acres and Moo Rosse Hall 7:30 p.m. Olin 4:15 p.m. 8 p.m. Auditorium.

(o) ir Ir y Ui 1 ISI II lL Il Oct 5: Ekoostik Hookah. New- port Music Hall, Columbus. EM IS YOUR Oct 3: David Copperfield. The Oct 6: Let's Go to the Movies! Friday: Tribute to Stevie Ray Oct. 8: Melissa Etheridge. University of Akron. E.J. Tho- Family Day. Wexner Center for Vaughan with Frank Harrison Battelle Hall, Columbus. mas Hall, Akron. $29.50-$39.5- 0 Arts. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. UPGOI.iHIG Co- the Group. NewportMusic Hall, (614)431-360- TicketMaster 0 (614)292-033- 0 lumbus. (614)228-385- 2 Oct 9: Al Franken. Weigel Hall EUH1T LISTED at OSU, Columbus. Oct 10-1- 2: Comic Performer Saturday: Dave Matthews Danny Hoch.Wexner Center for Band. Gund Arena, Cleveland. Oct 10: David Sanborn. EJ. the Arts. $12, Wexner Center nmE? (614)228-385- 2 Thomas Hall, Akron. members. $16, general public. TicketMaster (614)431-360- 0 IT GAT DE. Saturday: Hootenanny. Odeon, Cleveland Museum of Art: Oct 11: Black Crowes. Palace (614)228-385- 2 Cleveland. Evidence: , Theatre, Columbus. "Urban Comtemporary Artists Reveal

E-m- ail Woodie 4-- us at Saturday: Guthrie October 5: Harcourt Parish Cleveland. Through Oct 27. Oct. 11: Melissa Etheridge. collegiankenyon.edu or send Tribute featuring Bruce Rummage Sale Gambier Com- Springsteen. Small Venue, Gund Arena, Cleveland. a press release to The Kenyon munity Center, Meadow Lane 9 Collegian, Student Activities Cleveland. (614)228-385- 2 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to Wexner Center for the Arts: Center, Gambier, OH 43022. Oct 13: Phat Jam. Gund Arena, 8:30 p.m. October 5, 9 p.m. to 1 "Hall of Fame Mirrors: Art and Tickets for the following upcom- Cleveland. pjn. Film Since 1945." Sept 21-Ja- n. Include the event's name, date, ing concerts can be purchased 5, 1997 (614)292-033- 0 time, location, a brief descrip- through TicketMaster at Oct 17: Porno for Pyros. Agora tion and a contact person. : October 5: Kokosing Gap Trail

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- writer PR Kluge about life in academia Hi vi n nni- i n em If.) i II 11 V " I fl H L 1 S 1 By Eric Harper mp i ) Senior Staff Writer war

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley will present a lecture on Monday in Rosse Hall. The i lecture, titled "A Writer's World," (IVf is sponsored by Faculty Lecture- ships and begins at 8 p.m., followed 1 by a reception in Peirce Lounge. On Tuesday at 11:10 a.m., Smiley J with 1. f will take part in a discussion f

- ' Writer-in-Residen- ce P.F. Kluge in i- Bolton Theater. Both are open to I t the public. Said Faculty Lectureships co- ordinator Susan Spaid, "Smiley A : was one of the committee's top . J choices." Public Affaire ! Jane Smiley, Pulitzer-Priz- e winning author of "Moo." Smiley received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her to keep themselves fresh and alive, books are "The Age of Grief and novel "A Thousand Acres." She it is always fun and interesting," "Ordinary Love and Good Will." recently authored the best-sellin- g said Spaid. She added that "The college feels this lec- "Moo: A Novel." Tuesday's conversation "will not tureships series is a significant "Moo," which satirizes uni- be a canned talk." part of the students' education," versity life, takes place at the "This is a sort of blind date," said Spaid. "We want students to fictional agricultural college said Kluge in reference to his pend- explore, to see that education known as Moo U. ing conversation with Smiley. "I doesn't stop once they have a The book, according to Pub- haven't met her, she hasn't met me. degree.. .we want students to lishers' Weekly, centers on the Not everybody who dreams of be- constantly look at the news-make- rs "hypocrisy, egomania, prejudice ing a writer pictures being a writer in the world." and self-delusi- on that flourish on at a college. But I'm one now and Of Smiley' s visit, Spaid said What: Lecture by Jane Smiley campus and also reflect society she's one now. So we'll probably "we lucked out Her writing ad- WhenrMonday, 8 p.m. at large." have a lot to talk about and any- dresses a lot of constituents at the Where:Rosse Hall Initially, Smiley had been un- body who wants to listen in is college." able to accept Kenyon's invitation, welcome." Due to limited seating in What: Discussion between Jane said Spaid. When one ofher speak- Smiley is a member of the Bolton Theater, only the first 389 Smiley and P.F. Kluge ing engagements fell through, English department at the Univer- people to arrive may attend WhemTuesday, 1 1 a.m. however, Smiley contacted the sity of Iowa. Among her other Tuesday's discussion. Where:Bolton Theater college and agreed to speak. According to Spaid, Smiley 'This is a sort blind date...Not everybody read Kluge' s book "Alma Mater" of and Kluge read "Moo: A Novel." who dreams of being a writer pictures being Spaid said the authors thought it would be fun to conduct a discus- a writer at a college. But I'm one now and sion on their books both of which Smiley is one now. So we'll probably have comment on life in academia. ":) ill ! "When speakers want to do a lot to talk about.' - P.F. Kluge h something fun, outside the norm,

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Similar strong reviews have popular culture, and I think most By David Shargel I 1 L f Senior Staff Writer also appeared in The New York reviewers have gotten that" Times, The Los Angeles Times, Kluge's motivation for writ- On the 19th anniversary of and New York Newsday, among ing "Biggest Elvis" came from

FJvis Presley' s death, eleven-thousand others. personal experiences he acquired copies of PP. Kluge's latest "The reviews, I think, are while living in the Pacific. Kluge novel, "Biggest Elvis," were good," says Kluge, "not just be- was introduced to the area while shipped to bookstores nationwide. cause they are complimentary, but stationed in Micronesia as he That printing sold out and has been because in most cases they seem to served in the Peace Corps in the followed by a second printing from have gotten the book. They under- 1960s. He has returned to the Kluge's publisher, Viking Press. stand that it's not just another region regularly since then. A Penguin paperback will appear exercise in Elvis nostalgia but that On one visit in 1986, Kluge's

next August. it's a sort of re-imagin- ing of his best friend in the area, the Presi- The book, which traces the life, his incarnation in other lives dent of the Republic of Palau, told rise and fall of a three-ma- n Elvis and other places." him that an "Elvis Presley Show" act in the Philippines, has received Kluge, now in his ninth year had visited the islands. The act was high praise from the popular press. as an English professor at Kenyon, booked into a new five-star hotel Suzanne Freeman of The Boston stresses that the novel reaches far with mostly Japanese clientele. B ut Globe wrote, "Kluge is a deeply beyond "The King" and his impe- tourists and locals thought the show talented writer. He can put a Presley rsonators. "It's about the was a fraud because they knew act on-stage and show us a whole Philippines," he says. "It's about Elvis had died years earlier. The iit world turned inside out Elvis can the first world and the third world. show attracted few customers and i 'I' 5 1. it never look the same again." It's about American power and see KLUGE page ten Y

Thursday, September 26, 1996 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT tKIie &enpon Collegian 9 Alums to perform 'Footfalls' in Cabaret Concert to t dueL showcase Kenyon's celebration of Family Weekend G.R.E.A.T. to host a musical talent series of short scenes By Elizabeth Hurt 1 hard to tell who's the ghost. The Rosse Hall will host the annual A & E Editor story of the play rests on who's Cabaret Concert, featuring six stu- The Gambier Repertoire En- WhatiAlumni pro- haunting who." dent singing groups, on Saturday semble Acting Theatre Kenyon College alumni Sa- Although "Footfalls" is ready at 9 pjn. The concert will offer a (G.R.E. A.T.) will host a series of rah E. Phemister '91 and Eric M. duction of 'Footfalls' to open in Minneapolis, a theater mixture of music, including con- short scenes performed by Ziegenhagen '93 will return to construction delay has prevented WhemSaturday, 7 temporary hits,jazz and music from . Kenyon's student acting and Gambier on Saturday when Pen-light Penlight Theater from presenting the theater through the voices of dance groups on Friday at 8 p jn. Theater presents "Footfalls," and 9:30 p.m. the play earlier than October 4. the Chasers, Kenyon Musical The- in Hill Theatre. Kate Webber '97 a play by Samuel Beckett Tickets Where: Bolton In the past, Kenyon's drama ater Revue, the Kokosingers, the and Abby Fenton '97 will serve are $1 with seating on a first come, department has presented a pro- New Testament, the Owl Creek as masters of ceremonies. served basis. Theater first duction starring Kenyon students Singers and the Stairwells. In addition to GREAT, other Penlight will perform the play during Family Weekend. participating groups are Fools twice at 7 and 9:30 p.m. in Hill Kenyon's John Crowe Ransom Due to this year's scheduling Gambier Mixed Consort on the Hill, G.L.B. Theater, Theater to celebrate Family Week- Poetry Prize and the James Michael ofFamily Weekend, however, the Kenyon Musical Theater, end. Prize in Playwriting. His plays have department did not have enough to make its debut Friday Roundtable and Stage Femmes. Penlight Theater, based in been produced off-Broadw- ay at time to organize such a perfor- The Gambier Mixed Consort will Admission is $1. Minneapolis, Minn., was estab- the Dramatists' Guilds' Young mance. host its debut performance at 8 lished last year when it debuted Playwrights Festival. Professor of Drama Thomas p.m. on Friday in the Church of "Facts and Figures," a play Phemister, who had a starred Turgeon said, "We had an audi- House managers to the Holy Spirit Featuring Kenyon Ziegenhagen wrote while working in "Facts and Figures," was an ence coming to town and no show Adjunct Instructor of Music Lois sponsor 'Big Surf with multilingual theaters in Honor Scholar and a member of while Penlight had a show and no Brehm on organ, Visiting Instruc- Canada and England as a Thomas Fools on the Hill. She played fea- theater.. .so we put two and two Drive-I- n Movie' tor of Music Dane I Ieuchemer on J. Watson Fellow. tured roles in several Kenyon together." natural trumpet and musician and Kenyon House Managers will "I found a huge loft owned by College Dramatic Club produc- "Our shows at Kenyon are a educator Janet Slack on viola de sponsor a "Big Surf Drive-I- n some dancers, and found that it tions. She is a member of the Peter kind of out-of-town tryout," said gamba, the newly formed consort Movie" on Friday at 8 pan. didn' t cost much to rent, so I staged Peter Pumpkin Theater company Ziegenhagen. "We're really ex- will perform music from the Re- "Ferris Bueller's Day my play," said Ziegenhagen. "We in Minneapolis. cited about performing in Gambier Off' naissance and Baroque periods. and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" sold about 200 tickets over four "Footfalls," directed by for our friends and professors who The recital will include an will be shown on the South Quad. weekends. Some people liked the Ziegenhagen, will star Phemister are still around." organ solo, organ and viola de show enough to tell their friends or and Amy Steiger, a Macalester Kenyon's Department of The rainsite is Wertheimer gamba duet and an organ and Fieldhouse. see it again themselves. We ended College graduate, has worked with Dance and Drama and the offices up breaking even on the show Minneapolis's Margolis Brown of the President, Student Activi- and that's how Penlight Theater Company and Bedlam Theater. ties, Student Affairs and Alumni got started." "It's a ghost story about a and Parent Relations and Annual If i In addition to being a Watson mother and daughter," said Funds sponsored Penlight's 3JH Fellow, Ziegenhagen won Ziegenhagen. "The twist is that it's lms1 By Rachel Engelke Cinematography places this film Red House Painters deliver with latest effort Senior Staff Writer in good company with Yimou's other notable pictures, including By Aaron Warshaw D Postino (The Postman) past Oscar nominees "Raise the Friday, 8 pjn. Rosse Hall Music Critic Red Lantern," "Ju Dou," and "To Live." Songs for a Blue Guitar, per Michael Radford made his directo- haps Red House Painters best rial debut with this charming and Before the Rain and most accessible work, is an heartwarming film which was the Wednesday, 10p.m. Biology Aud. inspired and strong album. In the toast of the 1 995 Academy Awards.

past, singer-guitanst-songwn- ter Massimo Troisi, who died shortly Three episodes: "Words," "Faces," Mark Koselek's music has been a after filming was completed, stars and "Pictures" come together to soundtrack to his depression and as Mario Ruoppolo, an uneducated form this haunting drama of vio- extreme introversion. Its power fisherman living on an island off lence, hatred and war. In "Words" (Gregoire Colin) resided in the simple fact that mu- the coast ofItaly . Ruoppolo' s simple a young monk sic was the only means of Mediterranean life changes forever hides a young Albanian Muslim girl in his monastery. "Faces" pre- communication for this horribly when exiled poet Pablo Neruda sents an English couple (Naked's dysfunctional guy. (Phillippe Noiret) moves to the is- Katrin Cartlidge and Labina Happily, Songs for a Blue land and employs Ruoppolo as his personal postman. Nominated for Mitevska) who are about to end Guitar illustrates a new-foun- d their marriage and the woman's self-trus-t, five Academy Awards including sense hope and thus Prize-winning-photograp- of Pulitzer her 1 Best Actor (Troisi), Best Director, making it a much easier and more lover (Rade Serbedizija). In and Best Picture. satisfying listen than the band's "Pictures," Aleksandar, the pho- . previous albums. tographer, returns home to war-tor- n The album's first track, Shanghai Triad Macedonia where the suffering in 8 Aud. "Have You Forgotten," is an hom- Saturday, p.m. Biology "Words" and "Faces" takes on new

age to childhood, loaded with such meaning. Oscar-nominated for memorable lines as "We listened Red House Painters, "Songs for a Blue Guitar" GRADE: A-- Continuing with the KFS Foreign Best Foreign Film of 1994. Di- low to Casey Kasem's radio Film Week is acclaimed director rected by Milcho Manchevski. show." The next track, "Song for Runaround," Paul McCartney's show, Kozelek sang and played Zhang Yimou's "Shanghai Triad." NOTE: This film is being shown in a Blue Guitar" is a wonderfully "Silly Love Songs," and a catchy without the P.A., and with al- Set in 1930s crime-ridde- n China, conjunction with the visit to subdued love song. Together, and charming cover of The Cars' most more power than before. this film is told through the per- Kenyon on Oct. 2-- 4 of Ljubica these songs good enough to make "All Mixed Up." Given the blandness of popu- spective of a teenage boy. Triad's Acevska, the U.S. Ambassador to year for Best the album itself worth buying. Kozelek' s musical style, best lar songwriting today, bands like Oscar nomination this the Republic of Macedonia Kozelek has a penchant for described as folk-roc- k, transcends the Red House Painters, who covering other artists' songs. In genre into the difficult-to-descri- be honestly express the darker, sad- the past he has found new mean- territory of pure expression. His der and thus more human aspects HARDCOVER ing and ground for expression in voice, vaguely reminiscent of of existence, deserve more atten- The Celestine Prophecy, James Redfield such seemingly exhausted works David Byrne, is the band's best tion than they receive. Anyone Executive Orders, Tom Clancy

Star-Spangl- as "The ed Banner" and most powerful instrument, rich interested in music for more than The Dilbert Principle, Scott Adams and the Ace FrehleyKiss tune and emotive throughout justentertainmentwillfindSongs PAPERBACK " "Shock Me." Songs for a Blue At recent shows in Ann Arbor for a Blue Guitar, with its sue The Green Mile, Stephen King Guitar adds a trio of covers to the and Cleveland, when technical cessful balance of accessibility The Rainmaker, John Grisham collection: Yes "Long Distance problems threatened to end the and honesty, very worthwhile It's a Magical World, Bill Watterson 10 Cfte &enpon Collegian ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, September 26, 1996 Six ways to keep Mom and Dad occupied this Family Weekend

By Elizabeth Hurt and down Gaskin unusual hand tools and non-electr- ic most popular at- Ben Keene Avenue on lighting objects, Ohio' s largest traction is a rollerblades selection of wood stoves and an Japanese garden Staff Writers are slim, then antique supply. There are several designed by land- Over 300 families will travel another option other attractions in Kidron, includ- scape architect far and wide this weekend to see is a tour ing the weekly farm machine sale M a k o t o their children in fair Gambier. through Amish on Saturdays. Nakamura. There While Kenyon is an undeniably Country. is also a preserve I I I enchanting place, the thought of Millersburg, the county seat Malabar Farm of an original cli- entertaining a family for an entire of Holmes County, is less than an Movie buffs may enjoy this max forest, weekend in a village of 2000 may hour northeast of Kenyon. Holmes farm in Richland County where which provides be a bit overwhelming for some. County has one of the largest con- Lauren Bacall and Humphrey visitors with a For this reason, the Collegian, centrations of Amish farms in the Bogart married in 1945. Near taste of what

Ohio-dwellers Farm was Ohio would look with the help of long-tim- e United States. Lucas, Ohio, Malabar Ug - Professor of Sociology According to Sacks, it's hard owned by Pulitzer Prize-winning like had it not j j- to go wrong if you're headed there. writer Louis Bromfield. In addi- been developed. Howard Sacks and Professor of 2 tS" English Tim Shutt, has compiled a "The big part is the beautiful tion to writing novels and Also on the list of activities in the Gambier rolling hills along the way, and the screenplays, which led to visits property is area that will introduce visitors to almost all Amish farms," said from stars such as Bacall and Dawes wood the variety of opportunities avail- Sacks. "It's the going that' s as much Bogart, Bromfield is considered, House, which able in this part of Ohio. fun as getting there." said Shutt, "the founder of organic was built in 1867 Sacks also recommends stop- farming." and features por- Kills State 7aw. Bike and Skate Rentals ping in Berlin, Ohio, which houses An added attraction to Malabar traits of famous Eiubath Hurt nd Sarah Wylnd For those eager to explore the Rathstetters, a genuine wool mill Farms, this weekend is Ohio Heri- Dawes family immediate Ohio countryside, the run by the same family for six tage Days, the largest free festival members such as William Dawes, ally there is a lake, picnic area, Gambier Deli offers bike and generations. Berlin also has Boyd in Ohio. Ohio Heritage Days will who rode with Paul Revere, and dining lodge and a nearby scenic rollerblade rentals. Apossible route and Wurthmans, a restaurant of- feature live music, over 70 craft Charles Gates Dawes, who served railroad. The park is open from to follow is the Kokosing Gap Trail fering family-styl- e food and a exhibits, vintage farm machinery, as vice president to Calvin dawn to dusk and is free of charge. which runs the nine miles between variety of homemade Amish pies and a plowing competition. For Coolidge. For more information, call (614) Mount Vernon and Danville, pass- and the Helping Hands Quilt Shop, more information about Malabar Dawes Arboretum is open 385-684- 1. ing through Kenyon atWaite Field. which offers a large selection of Farm, call (419) 892-278- 4. from 8 a.m. to 5 pjn. Monday In addition to the scenic view along quilts, fabrics, stencils and quilt- through Saturday and 1- -5 pjn. on Roscoe Village the Kokosing River, the Gap Trail ing supplies, is also in Berlin. Dawes Arboretum S unday . For more information, call One can find a 19th century has an added advantage: formerly Another popular draw to Built in 1929 by Bertie and 1 800 44 DAWES. reconstruction of an Ohio-Eri-e ca- a railroad, it is completely flat. Amish Country is Lehman's Hard- Beman Gates Dawes, Dawes Ar- nal town in nearby Coshocton. Rental' rates for bikes and ware. "It doesn't sound very boretum features an assortment of Hocking Hills State Park Open Friday and Saturday from 1 0 rollerblades is $4 an hour, and $16 exciting," Sacks said, "But trees, nature exhibits, abird-watching Located in Logan, Ohio, this ajn. to 8 pjn. and Sunday through for a 6-hour day, including safety Lehman's is good for everything." area and an indoor beehive. park may prove to be a pleasant Thursday, 10 am. to 6 p.m., the equipment. Lehman's, located in Kidron, L o - escape for outdoor lovers. Six beau- village offers shops, exhibits, craft

old-fashion- Ohio, is an ed general cated five miles tiful geological formations, demonstrations, canalboat rides Amish Country, Holmes County store that has served the local south of New- including a waterfall, are points of and two restaurants. Tours are If the chances of your father Amish for two generations. The ark, Dawes interest which can be reached by $7.95 for adults. For more infor- donning knee pads and heading store features cast iron cookware, Arboretum's numerous hiking trails. Addition- - mation, call 1 800 877-183- 0. the Cruisers" is set in the United 'It's as if the two streams of my career Kluge: 'Biggest Elvis' States and, like "Biggest Elvis," involves the mythical side ofpopu- are coming together. The overseas expe- lar music. merges two themes "It's as if the two streams of rience and the American converge when CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 able places that got me hooked," my career are coming together. . as aresult, the "Elvis Presley Show" said Kluge. The overseas experience and the Elvis steps onto the stage in the Philip- --a trio ofentertainers- - was stranded. Kluge then moved the act to American converge when Elvis They stayed there until the Presi- S ubic Bay in the Philippines, which steps onto the stage in the Philip- pines - RE Kluge dent arranged a free concert at a is also the site of the largest over- pines," said Kluge. future plans, Kluge added, "I have with a definitive "No." He added, local high school in exchange for seas American Air-For- ce base. Currently, the author has fin- a couple of stories left to tell, and I "You've got to let it go. It's out tickets out of the country. They were to perform in a bar ished the first draft of a new book think one of them will be about there now and you can't keep fid- "It was the idea of three called Graceland, and after that called "The Beer Party" which Kenyon." dling with it after it's out It's best Presleys; the young Presley, the "the story kept coming," said deals with the relations between When asked ifhe would retro- to take that critical energy and those middle Presley, and the old Presley, Kluge. Germans and Jews in New Jersey spectively change anything about lessons, whatever they are, and three incarnations of one life, In comparing "Biggest Elvis" from the 1930s to the 1980s. As for "Biggest Elvis" Kluge responded apply them to the next book." knocking around the ends of the to his other work, Kluge identifies earth, all imitators and therefore two themes in his writing. Four of false but somehow enriched by his works have dealt with the Pa- Jean Wyatt and empowered by the field of cific and more specifically the Owner force into which they stepped and experiences of American expatri- which they transport to unimagin ates. Another novel, "Eddie and Jlltf The IVeatRer Vane UJIiat will our ncu name Dc ??

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r-- Thursday, September 26, 1996 FEATURES W$t &enpon Collegian 1 1 'Bittersweet' history focus of Kenyon alumna's return By Michelle Santangelo tory major at Kenyon and obtained Greenwood 'started Senior Staff Reporter herMA. in 1978 from University of Wisconsin, Madison. later, but has ended up In a two-part series, Janette For her Honors Thesis, Green- on the Thomas Greenwood '77 will wood delved into church, school, top of heap. present a historical lecture along court and land records from her Such women bring to with her methods ofresearch to the hometown of Johnstown, PA to re- the study of history a Kenyon community. Entitled r search the history ofthe local Amish "Bridges and Barriers to Interra- and Mennonite communities. maturity and cial Cooperation: Women of the "What she was doing was look- experience. They may New South and Its Relevance to t ing at what would have been one of write fewer books, Today's America," her lecture will the most traditional cultures in but be held on Sept 30 at 7 pjn. in ''1- -. America, and how it existed in a they are writing better Philomathesian Hall. Otlko Public AfMra was Janette Thomas Greenwood '77 culture that always changing," books.' - Prof. Roy "Neighborhood and Local His- said Scott. "She examined how they tory" will be presented in a awarded aCI 10ICE award, the His- told in Greenwood's book, which dealt with the Civil War, compul- Wortman workshop-lik- e manner in Peirce tory Book award from the North details the relations between black sory education. Social Security Worcester, MA. True to form, she Lounge during Common Hour on Carolina Society of Historians, and and white southerners from 1850 to taxes, and conscription." looked into the history of Worces- Octl. was named one the outstanding aca- 1910. Born into slavery and edu- Scott added, "She was looking ter, which she sees as the center of "Her focus tends to be on local demic books of 1994 by the cated in freedmen's schools, the at her history in a sense," since the abolitionist movement history," said Professor of History American Library Association. blacks of this period experienced Greenwood had grown up in a fam- Scott noted that professional Will Scott. "Wherever she is, she According to Scott, Greenwood the brief gap of freedom between ily and community with such a men and women often follow dif- finds significant history, which found copies of a newspaper from the end of slavery and the restrictive background. ferent career patterns when women shows that significance is not in the the post-Civ- il War era no one knew measures of the Jim Crow laws. "It seems to me it would be decide to raise a family and pursue a place, but how you look at the sub- existed. The paper was directed to- "The broad topic is the rela- easier to appreciate what was close career. ject" ward members of the black 'better tionship between black and whites at hand if you had grown up in an "She'sreaUyjustbeginning her The lecture deals largely with class' of the period. in the 19th century and its effects on atmosphere that saw the local area career,"Scottsaid. "Shestartedlater, topics covered in her award-winnin- g As explained in the introduc- today," said Professor of History as the most important," said Scott but has ended up on top of the heap. book. Bittersweet Legacy. tion to her book. Greenwood uses Roy Wortman. From 1978 to 1981, she taught Such women bring to the study of The Common Hour presenta- the term 'better class,' as she finds it Said Scott, "Her book has at a private school. Upon marrying history a maturity and experience. tion will be a hands-o- n workshop more accurately descriptive of the helped us, as American historians, W. Merritt Greenwood, a divinity They may write fewer books, but for people interested in reconstruct-- . blacks' position at the time. These to rediscover the black middle class. student she moved to Charlotte, they are writing better books." ing local history using city people were often economically Class is not racially determined. The NC. She worked for the Charlotte Greenwood received the directories, old deeds, census equal to the white middle class, but story of the black middle class is Mecklensburg Historic Properties Seymour N. Logan Fellowship at records, wills, newspapers, and other the term middle class is deceiving if probably more important to the fu- Commission on the CharlotteNeigh-borhoo- d Clark in 1995, and designed a class' primary documents. applied to the black community. ture that the history of black slavery Survey, which studied the exploring the effects of the Civil The lectureship is sponsored The blacks of this class were or ghetto dwellers." city's architectural and historic re- War had on the New England area, by the History department and the not awarded with the same political Scott further pointed out that sources, from 1981 to 1986. especially in Worcester. Faculty Lectureships Committee. rights as the whites. A two-tiere- d 60 of the black population of In between family life, Green- "She has a gift for the writ- Originally written as part ofher class system existed in the black America is middle class. Yet the wood earned her PhX) from the ten word, and a stunning ability to dissertation. BittersweetLegacy was community, one was either part of race is almost always seen as mem- University ofVirginia from 1986 to think critically and analytically, inspired while Greenwood was liv- the large working class or a member bers of the inner city community, 1991. Shortly afterward, she began and her book is very good, but ing in Charlotte, NC. Published in of the 'better class.' dealing drugs, and impoverished. teaching 19th century U.S. Social she's a teacher first and foremost" 1994 by the UNC Press, it was The storyof this 'betterclass' is Greenwood was an honors His History at Clark University in said Wortman. Maintenance joins ASHES in revamping recycling program in dorms By Denise Wong large, yellow bins located throughout cam- ing placing in them other trash, like cigarette pus, many of which can be found in the trash butts, is also helpful. Staff Reporter closets in dorms. Students can also start the recycling Due in part to the confusion concerning S tudents are currently unable to recycle process in their rooms. Since many dorm available recycling options on campus, plans paper in the dorms, a fact which concerns rooms come equipped with two trash cans, are being made to improve Kenyon's recy- some people. Audrey Swanstrom '00 said, students can set aside one trash can for cling system. Active Students Helping Earth "It quite disturbs me that there isn't paper recyclables and the other for garbage. ' Survive (ASHES), a student-ru- n organiza- recycling in the hall, since a lot ofpaper will i Another tip for students is to start tion committed to environmental issues, is be used in writing essays." collecting scrap white paper in dorm

-- working together with the maintenance de- However, Kenyon is in the process of 1004. . rooms to place in the boxes when they are partment to educate students and increase switching recycling companies, thereby al- distributed. Students who wish to help with picking awareness about campus recycling. lowing students to recycle white paper. i ' i materi- Emily Sprawls '97, a co-lead- er of Boxes will be distributed within approxi- up andor sorting through recyclable ASHES, commented on the phenomenon of mately two weeks for the collection of white als can contact the maintenance department students who would like to recycle more but paper, which includes computer and note- which offers paid jobs in these tasks. If are unaware of their options. book paper. interested in becoming more involved with Sprawls believes within Kenyon's cur- Other improvements are in the making, Sfy Taubr campus recycling and other environmental ASHES Co-lead- er Emily Sptfivls '97 meet- rent recycling program "there's a lot of including the sale ofplastic mugs by ASHES issues, students can attend ASHES room for improvement" in the dining halls to alleviate the problem of For now, students who want to help out ings held every Tuesday at 10: 15 pjn. in the Currently students have the ability to the use of styrofoam cups. with the recycling process are advised to Peirce meeting room. added recycle aluminum cans, 1 and 2 plastic ASHES also hopes in the future to be- take the lids off bottles and to empty botdes As a bonus forattending, Sprawls bottles, green bottles and brown and clear gin recycling Newscopes and issues of the and cans before placing them in recycling students may receive "a cool, retro ASHES glass. These items can be deposited in the Collegian. bins. Cleaning outthese materials and avoid mug."

ymmwm i i - 1. Why do you think all of "T the new ARA trays are Susannah Kesh Elena Chris gray? Horowitz Kesic '00 Grant '97 Enright '00 '97 2. Do you think ARA i' 21 serves bigger portions to 1. So people wouldn't fight over 1. With gray trays, washing is no 1. Too many trays had been stolen 1. So the trays would blend in with men than women? colors...the line moves faster now. problem; just wipe it down a little to go sledding. the color of the food. 2. Not really; they do serve bigger bit 2. Definitely! 2. T ve never gone up there as a girl, portions to men sports players 2. It depends who serves you. It so I wouldn't know. though. doesn't really matter if you're a girl or guy. Photos: Megan Lewis 12 tEfte &enpon Collegian FEATURES Thursday, September 26, 1996 Upstart Shoppes takes on Cove in battle for student money By John Jordan think the word's really. out yet; Staff Reporter once we have our grand opening, people will know what's available With its new name scheduled to them and how well it's been to be revealed tomorrow night at fixed up."

10: 15 pan. at its grand re-opening, Graham said, "Business is the newly renovated Shoppes is getting better; student organiza- making an aggressive appeal for tion meetings and the Monday night the Pirates' Cove business. football special $5 16" pizza have According to ARA Manager helped during the week." She also John Darmstadt, the college refur- believes Friday and Saturday bished the Shoppes at a cost of nights are "starting to pick up." "about $70,000." The new Shoppes Grahamsaid, "Youdon'thave also has more lighting, apool table, to come down here to buy some- comfortable furniture, a bar, a thing; it's a nice place to hang out stage, and extensive memorabilia too." on the walls. "It looks great; it's all Lee said,"It' s a great place for brand new, clean and fresh," he meetings, studying, and socializ- - said. ing. it Despite the changes, business The new Shoppes' pizza is dif- has been less than brisk during the ferent from that of the Cove's. In week. Debbie Lee '97, who meets terms of which pizza is better, Geoff "It's a nicer atmosphere, and serves cheap pitchers ofbeer while nient, but beyond that, the quality with the A. S.I. A club at the Loose '99 said, "The Cove is so it will attract a different crowd," the new Shoppes serves more ex- of the pizza isn't what it could be." ' Shoppes, feels it is "sort ofa shame shaky; you never know if it's go- said Ladipo. She views the ab- pensive bottled beer or wine Kristina Bolster 98 said, "I've that it's deserted during the week." ing to be good or bad. Shoppes is sence of hard alcohol and pitchers coolers. She thinks students who ordered from the Cove many more Assistant Food Service more reliable." at the new Shoppes as positive. want to drink will opt for the times than I've thought about go- Manager Kristi Graham is in charge Tim Bator '97 said, "The However, she thinks that bottled cheaper alcohol. ing there." of the new Shoppes. Although she Shoppes should offer more of a beer and wine coolers should be The new Shoppes currently Bolster does understand why feels everything is running selection of sizes, but it's a much served nightly. opens at 7 p sn. for a late dinner or the new Shoppes isn't establishing smoothly, Graham said, "I don't better pizza than the Cove's." Lee points out that the Cove snack while the Cove opens earlier delivery immediately. She for dinner at 5 p.m. Ladipo feels said,"It's more important to build the new Shoppes should open no it up as a hangout in the beginning, Cat shelter adopts new care program later than 5:30 or 6 p.m. but eventually they the new Ladipo would prefer servers Shoppes should deliver." By Shannon Farney T at the new Shoppes as opposed to With its delivery service and

Staff Reporter well-know- the current system in which cus- n presence in Gambier The Mount Vernon Cat Shelter recently adopted a tomers order at the bar. for nearly 20 years, the Pirates' ;: -- new program designed to better provide for its animals. i Concerning pizza delivery, Cove has responded to the Shoppes' The cats are in playpens, not cages, and are allowed Graham said, "We have not made stronger presence. a decision about delivery." The Cove has also renovated; time outside. They are all spayed or neutered, receive y yet v. '. their shots and are treated for sickness. The shelter She added, "We're really try- more lights and booths were in- rejects the idea of animal euthanasia as a solution for its ing to get people down here because stalled. The Cove management the school went all out to improve declined to comment on their re- overcrowded facilities. SalyTaubac This sort of specialized care gets expensive. The Lindsay Buchanan '97finds herself beset at shelter. it and there's plenty to do here." cent renovations. Many consumers prefer the Commenting on new community of Mount Vernon provides donations to Kenyon to promote the Adopt-A-C- at program. the help support the shelter. Hallie Slivon, the head volun- Those interested can learn about adopting cats or Cove because delivery is avail- Shoppes and the Pirates Cove,

A-C- able. Bruce Wallace said, "The Molly Cowles '98 said,"It's good teer at the shelter, has designed the Adopt- - at program volunteering at the shelter. '99 to reduce the need for community support. Evangeline Gray '00, a volunteer at the shelter Cove is good because it's conve to have a variety of places." For $5 per month inviduals can adopt a cat and will and its main representative at Kenyon said, "people receive a photo of the cat, its history and regular up- seem very interested, but a lot of people can't get dates. This $5 donation will help pay for the cat's care off campus." Howard Hughes Medical Institute and allow them to remain at the shelter. Cats can be If Adopt-A-C- at proves successful, an Adopt-A-Do- g adopted for any length of time, beginning at a month and programmight be considered in conjunction Predoctoral Fellowships in ranging upwards. with the local dog shelter. Biological Sciences The cat shelter has a higher adoption rate than many The Mount Vernon Animal Shelter is located shelters across the United States; 56 of its cats find at 729 Columbus Road, Mount Vernon. Cats can be 1997 Competition homes compared to roughly 10 in other shelters. purchased for 25 dollars. The phone number is 80 fellowships will be awarded for full-tim- e study toward the Ph.D or Sc.D. degree in cell biology, genetics, Once a month the shelter will set up a booth at immunology, neuroscience, structural biology, biostatistics, epidemiology, or mathematical biology.

Washington economist to unravel environmental policy Fellowship terms, effective June 1997 Three-yea- r initial awards, $15,000 annual stipend He began his work with the Portney's talent of explaining two-yea- r By Maggie Breving with extension $15,000 annual cost-of-education Senior Staff Reporter Federal Communications Commis- FCC's message upon environmen- possible allowance sion in 1972. As a non-partis- an tal issues is a quality he seems to Eligibility Sometimes the slice and dice group, the FCC sometimes receives have always possessed. In the late Less than one year of post-baccalaure- ate IfanM.DyPh.D. student: mentality ofpoliticians fails to rec- disapproval from environmental 1970s, he taught environmental graduate not in a funded program ognize the ethereal-lik- e quality of advocates. Yet the FCC identifies economics at the University of study in biology, college No citizenship requirements: seniors; first year graduate U.S. the natural Paul Portney, economics as its primary research California at Berkeley. citizens may study world. students; M.D., D.O., D.D.S., abroad; others must study president of Resources for the Fu- discipline. In 1992 he served as a visiting D.V.M., students or in the United States ture Inc., unravels wordy Although one might associate lecturer at Princeton University's professionals environmental policies into acom-prehensib- le the term economics with the Woodrow Wilson School of Pub- Schedule language. "stuffy" type, an article in the Na- lic & International Affairs. Application deadline: Fellowships start: November 15, 1996 June 1997January 1998 With a bachelor's degree in tional Journal dissolves this myth. In 1 979 Portney served as chief Awards announced: economics and In the article Portney "bemoans economist on President Carter's early April 1997 mathematics the way Washingtonians tend to Council on Environmental Qual- from Alma duck their heads when they pass ity. For Program Announcements, Eligibility College and a one another on the street" as he sits He has written a number of Guidelines, and Applications doctorate in during the interview "with feet journal articles and books, the most Hughes Predoctoral Fellowships National Research Council Fellowship Office economics propped on an orderly desk." recent titled "Footing the Bill for 2101 Constitution Avenue from Paul Portney His ability to breath life and Superfund Cleanups: Who Pays Washington, DC 20418 understanding into the written word andllowT' Telephone (202)334-287- 2 Fax (202)334-341- 9 y strong-l- sup- I E-ma- University, Portney has succeeded in promoting com- Ie takes the stage at Kenyon il infofellnas.edu ports a cost-conscio- us approach to munication between the public and at 4 p.m. in the Olin Library and http:www.nas.edufoindex.html conservation called environmen- the governing body in regard to 7:30 p.m. in the Bio. Auditorium The Howard Hughes Medical Institute welcomes applications from all qualified candidates and encourages women and members ot minority groups to apply. tal economics. changes in environmental laws. on Thursday, Sept 26. Thursday, September 26, 1996 SPORTS fflrje &enpon Collegian 13 This Crew is on their way to the MLS Playoffs

1- With its -0 win over New England GAME HECAP. SAT.. 21 - CHEW 1. REVOLUTION 0 last Saturday, the Columbus Crew FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) - Brian McBride's goal in the 37th minute Saturday night gave the Columbus earned a MLS playoff spot and a shot Crew a 1-- 0 win over the New England Revolution before 38,633 fans at Foxboro Stadium. The loss enabled the Crew to gain the final playoff berth in the Eastern Coference of Major League at knocking off the Tampa Bay Mutiny Soccer. The Revolution needed to win the game in regulation time to gain a playoff berth. Columbus would

Associated Press controversial goal. have had the edge in any tie-break- er had New England won in a shoot-ou- t, McBride made it academic when he blasted what appeared to be a harmless cross from Brian A capsule look at MLS play- Washington D.C. United (16-1-6) Maisonneuve off the hand of diving Revolution keeper Aidan Heaney. off pairings: vs. New York-Ne- w Jersey Maisonneuve brought the ball down the right side and sent a roller into the box. Revolution defender MetroStars (15-1- 7) Alexi Lalas missed the ball and it rolled right to McBride who got off the quick shot. EASTERN CONFERENCE Just minutes earlier, the Revolution had suffered a major set back when Mark Watson was issued a red Tampa Bay Mutiny (20-1- 2) vs. This series was also split. The card for violent conduct after he shoved Columbus' Ricardo Iribarren, knocking him to the ground. Columbus Crew (15-1-7) Aug. 21 game in Giants Stadium Forced to play the rest of the game with just 10 men, the Revolution managed to apply continued was marked by a fight, sparked pressure only to have Columbus goalkeeper Brad Friedel make save after save. Columbus is easily the hottest when MetroStars midfielder Tab Columbus helped ease the pressure on its goalie with several counter attacks in the closing minutes. team in the league, having won Ramos was butted by United' s nine of last 10, a turnaround that Marco Etcheverry. Ramos then spi LEAGUE PLAYOFF started with the replacement of in the face of John Harkes, a child- MAJOR SOCCER GLANCE Tom U.S. Timo Liekoski with hood friend and national Conference Semifinals (Best-of-- 3) Fitzgerald as coach. teammate. D.C. vs. NY-N- J - Game 1, NY-N- J 3, D.C. 2 SO (6-- 5) Its only loss under Fitzgerald The teams averaged 5.7 yel- Game 2 Friday, Sept. 27 - NY-N- J at D.C, 7:30 p.m. was last Wednesday against the low cards in their four games, well - 3 D.C. NY-N- J MetroS tars on artificial turf. Also above the league average of 3.4. Games - at 1 part of the resurgence is Brad Most teams say the MetroS tars Tampa Bay vs. Columbus Game Wednesday, Sept. 25 Friedel, who is 8-- 1 since transferr- have an advantage on the artificial Game 2 Saturday, Sept. 28 Tampa Bay at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. ing from his Turkish club and turf at Giants Stadium, but they're Game 3 Wednesday, Oct. 2 Columbus at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. allowed only three goals in last only 3-- 2. Los Angeles vs. San Jose Game 1 Thursday, Sept. 26 644 minutes. Game 2 Sunday, Sept. 29 Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. six-ga- The Mutiny are riding a me WESTERN CONFERENCE Game 3 San Jose at Los Angeles winning streak. Their offense Los Angeles Galaxy (19-1- 3) vs. Dallas vs. Kansas City Game 1 Thursday, Sept. 26 is the best in the league (66 goals) San Jose Clash (15-1- 7) Game 2 Sunday, Sept. 29 Dallas at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. and is led by league-leadin- g scorer Game 3 Kansas City at Dallas Roy Lassiter (27 goals) and league The Galaxy have won four of MVP candidate Carlos Valderrama their last six, winning the confer- (four goals, 17 assists). ence after a midseason collapse. Los Angeles is balanced on Galaxy (0-4- ), but two of the games (14 games). The teams split their series (2-2- ), After winning their first 12, Los both ends. Jorge Campos led the were by one goal and another was league in goals-against average, one of Columbus' victories Angeles won only three of the next in a shootout Dallas Burn (17-1- 5) vs. Kansas allowing only 1 per game, coming at home on Pete Marino's 13. 20 while While finishing sixth in scor- City (17-1- 5) Eduardo Hurtado was third in goals ing with 10 goals and 13 assists. with 21. Clash forward Eric Wynalda hasn't The Burn, which allowed a San Jose has yet to beat the scored from the field since July 20 league-lo- w 46 goals, will need to $0ME rely on its defense. Leading scorer THINGS ABOUT Jason Kreis (13 goals, five assists) is out with a dislocated elbow until AUSTRALIA ARE A mm in at least the end of the next round. imz m The series will be a matchup LITTLE CONFUSING of strengths. The Wiz were first in the league in scoring, led by Preki m mm em (18 goals, 13 assists), Vitalis Takawira (13 goals, seven assists) and Mark Chung (eight goals, nine assists). 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11 six-gam- e, g Brewer News and notes from "We go back to Cleveland if we have ing on a season-endin- road trip, That, the former Milwaukee to," Alex Rodriguez said. "We'll go to China they aren' t about to argue with the schedule-maker- s. can still do. 12-ga- Major League Baseball if we have to. We don't care." With a me hitting streak and a Although the Mariners lost the finale of "We're going to have to be road war- knack for batting behind a speedster, Seitzer MARINER'S VOW a homestand that got them back in the divi- riors," reliever Jesse Orosco said after the has been a valuable addition to the Cleve- sion race, they nearly won by overcoming a Orioles lost 8-- 7 in 1 0 innings to the Milwau- land Indians' lineup. Seitzer is batting .380 FOR FINAL WEEK: NO 13-- 3 deficit after 5 12 innings. kee Brewers on Monday, remaining four since Cleveland got him in a trade with the "The way we've been swinging the games behind the New York Yankees in the Milwaukee B rewers. What' s more, the Indi- SURRENDER- - bats, we feel we can come back any time," American League East race. ans are 16-- 5 since the trade. SEATTLE (AP) -- If Ken Griffey Jr.says so, said Edgar Martinez, the Mariners' two-tim- e Baltimore closes the season with a four-gam-e "I don't like people making a big fuss it's good enough for his Seattle Mariners AL batting champion. series in Toronto, starting today. over me, if you know what I mean," Seitzer teammates. A year ago, the Mariners won a one-game And the Orioles aren't upset about leav- said. "Because these guys were awesome "You never give up," Griffey said. playoff with the Angels to win the ing Baltimore, where they are 43-3- 8. In fact, when I got here." "Anything can happen. That's just the way division title, sending the franchise into the they relish the road, where they are 42-3- 3. Seitzer has added a new wrinkle to an this club goes about things." postseason for the first time. "Maybe the road is the place for us to win already powerful lineup. He can hit-and-ru- n, The Mariners figure they didn't come Griffey loved it, but he could do with- games," said right-hand- er Mike Mussina, take a pitch while Lofton steals a base, this close in their chase of the Texas Rangers out the pressure ofa winner-take-a- ll playoff. who failed for the third consecutive start in and hit the ball to the right side. The Indians

20-ga- to finish second in the AL West Not after "Hopefully, we won't have to do that," his bid to be the first Orioles me win- tried to bash their way to a World Series title closing their deficit from nine games on he said. "Hopefully, Texas will fall off the ner since Mike Boddkker in 1984. "Maybe last year and failed. The lineup isn't one-dimensio- nal 13-- 1 SepL 1 1 to one game-befo- rea 1 loss in map." it's a good place to be if we need some anymore. their home finale to Oakland on Sunday. wins." "His style of play fits right in with "It's not all over yet," Griffey insisted. BALTIMORE MORE ours," said Lofton. "I'm not packing up my locker until it's all SEITZER ADDS NEW In sports, players like Seitzer can bring said and done. That's all there is to it." COMFORTABLE ON out the best in teammates. They can also Added pitcher Chris Bosio: "We've DIMENSION TO make those who don't play hard look bad. overcome a huge deficit. That speaks a lot THE ROAD Seitzer insists he's just a piece of the for these guys. And we've played great CLEVELAND INDIANS puzzle. He doesn't want to set off anything baseball on the road." BALTIMORE (AP) - The Baltimore Ori- in the sometimes volatile Indians clubhouse. The Mariners travel to Oakland for a oles can't explain why they are more CLEVELAND (AP)-Ke- vin Seitzer doesn't "All I really care about is winning." four-gam-e series starting today. If neces- successful on the road than in the cozy run like the wind; walks like a grandpa is Seitzer said. "If we win, I'll take oh-fe- rs for sary, they'll make up arainout next Monday surroundings of Camden Yards. more like it. With Kenny Lofton hitting in the rest of my career." OFF THE HILL Race for the playoffs comes down to last weekend By Bob Dolgan baseball hadn't made the switch in consistent force on an Indians team Though Pettitte's ERA is 3.90, he the Cy Young selection all sea- Senior Staff Columnist 1994. that has overcome the shocking has been an innings-eate- r and the son long. He leads the NL in In the AL, Cleveland would trades of Eddie Murray and Carlos key to the latest march to the AL wins, strikeouts, and innings The final weekend ofthe base already have clinched the East and Baergaand injuries to Julio Franco East title. Nagy, with 16 wins, falls pitched and pitches for the top ball season caps off one of the it would come down to Texas and and Dennis Martinez. Belle be- victim to a lack of run support team in the league. Only Florida s most exciting Septembers in re- Seattle in the West The impor- came the first player in ten years to though he may have been the most Kevin B rown, who boasts an ERA wild-ca- cent memory. With both rd tance of the Baltimore-Toront- o hit the 140-R-BI mark and has an effective starter in the AL. under 2.00, comes close to berths at stake and two division series would be null and void. outside shot at hitting 50 home NL MVP Ken CamlnitL Smoltz. crowns yet to be decided there are The NL pennant race in its runs for the second consecutive San Diego The Padres' third Comeback Player of the dif- several interesting series, with the pre-199- 4 form would also be season. Most likely, the AL MVP baseman emerged as the clear-c- ut Year Eric Davis, Cincinnati marquee matchup being a three-game ferent. Montreal would hold a lead will go to either Texas' Juan choice in the NL in the last half of Davis, who was out of baseball series between the Los over St. Louis in the NL East and Gonzalez or Seattle's rookie the season. He leads the NL in last season, was a key pick-u- p for Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Atlanta would be well ahead of phenom Alex Rodriguez. B ut with batting, home runs, and runs batted the mediocre Reds. One of the Na- L.A. decide the All-St- all-around Padres in to both San Diego and Los Angeles Gonzalez fading along with the in since the ar break and has top players in baseball Padres-Dodge- tional League West title. In in the West, making the rs Rangers and the possibility that kept the Padres in their heated pen- in the late '80s, Davis revived his addition to the key Dodgers-Padre- s series a less-tha- n marquee Rodriguez may not even be the nant race with clutch hits and a career which had been ravaged series, the Montreal Expos matchup. MVP ofthe Mariners (Ken Griffey, penchant for playing through pain. by injuries, by posting a 291 take on Atlanta in hopes of catch If the idea for expanding the Jr. has been their guiding force), Caminid is also a Gold Glover at average, 25 home runs and 81 ing the NL west loser tor a playoffs was to create interest, it our award goes to Belle. third. Caminiti beats out Colorado's RBI (as ofMonday). Texas short- wild-car- d berth. certainly has, case in point being AL Cy Young Andy Andres Galarraga, Ellis Burks, and stop Kevin Elster also returned In the American League, the last weekend's Padres-Dodge- rs Pettitte, New York Pettitte edges Dante Bichette since he plays for a from a baseball hiatus to hit over surging Seattle Mariners play the series, which drew almost 200,000 out the Tribe's Charles Nagy, not contender and in a stadium that 20 homers and drive in nearly A's in Oakland in an attempt to fans to San Diego's Jack Murphy only for his 21 wins but for stabi- doesn't promote softball-lik- e sta- 100 RBI. Padres' pitcher eclipse Texas in the AL West race. Stadium. lizing the Yankees rotation while tistics. Fernando Valenzuela led San Di- Baltimore squares off against Many of this weekend's key David Cone was out and Kenny NL Cy Young John ego down the stretch, posting his Toronto in a four-gam- e set to try games feature teams with nothing Rogers and Jimmy Key struggled. Smoltz, Atlanta Smoltz has been best season in years. and hold onto the AL wild-car- d to play for except the prospect of spot spoiling the playoff hopes of con- OFF THE HILL'S NFL PICKS The multitude of intriguing tenders, ascenario which promises "Picks" tries to get off "the Pack has its share of problems on mistake-pron- e Raiders will have games this weekend makes for well-playe- d, hard-nose- d base- schneid" after a subpar Week Four. turf but has enough to fend off the a tough time with the Bears in baseball' s 1994 decision to switch ball and a playoff atmosphere. San Francisco 27, Atlanta Seahawks. Chicago. to an expanded playoff format look To all the baseball purists out 10 The Nincrs atone for last week's Pittsburgh 20, Houston 13 Arizona 30, St. Louis 24 better and better. there: this is the regular season and disaster; the reeling Falcons head An early-seaso- n matchup for su- Arizona used to play in St. Louis,

0-- When Major League Base many of this weekend' s games are to 4. premacy in the wide-ope- n AFC St. Louis used to play in LA, ball announced that it was moving far from being unimportant. Carolina 21, Jacksonville 6 Central goes to the Steelers. sounds like the "Kevin Bacon" to the three-divisio- n, wild-car- d for- Off the Hill's Postseason Expansion Bowl proves to be a San Diego 17, Kansas City game. mat, purists - especially NBC's Baseball Awards- - coming-ou- t party for the Panthers 13 The Chargers will need to get Washington 27, New York

self-appoint- ed conscience ofbase- AL MVP Albert Belle, who will be a shocking 4-- 0. their ground game going against Jets 12 The 'Skins, looking like ball, Bob Costas - complained Cleveland There is no way the Cincinnati 28, Denver 24 the tough Chiefs. playoff contenders, can take it about the decision, claiming that Indians' outfielder will be voted Neither team has much of a de- Minnesota 28, New York easy against the bumbling Jets. it would lessen the importance of MVP because of his poor media fense and the Broncos have always Giants 10 The surprising Vikings Dallas 22, Philadelphia 20 162-gam- e the grueling, regular relations (and that's an understate- been woeful on the road. will cruise to a 5-- 0 start. A 1 -- 4 start would be costly for the season. ment), but he gets the nod here Detroit 19, Tampa Bay 14 Baltimore 24, New Orleans Cowboys. They'll sneak out with For the sake of comparison, because he is the top offensive Barry Sanders usu;illy has a big 16 The Ravens have had two weeks a win at hostile Veterans S tadium.

ma- 7-- let's take a look at how the 1996 player on the best team in the day against the pathetic Bucs. to prepare for the lowly Saints. Last week: 6, .538 playoffs would have shaped up if jors. Belle has been the most Green Bay 23,Seattle 17 The Chicago 23, Oakland 7 The Overall: 19-- 7, .731 V

Thursday, September 26, 1996 SPORTS )t &.enpon Collegian 15

Cross country ga it Highlights from other fall sports

t squads compete Ladies soccer improves to 5-1- -1

ill 5-1-- The Kenyon Ladies soccer team, currently 1, at Friendship Invite will travel to Wooster this weekend in hopes of recording V another conference win. On Saturday, the Ladies defeated the Earlham Quakers in an intense 2-- 1 victory in overtime. Ladies win their third consecu- The Ladies dominated the game. They had 27 shots on tive meet; men battle injuries goal while Earlham had seven, but they could not get the ball into the net until the last 31 seconds of the game. Forward Amy Danner '97 scored off her corner kick; the By John Egan ball ricocheted off the goalie's hands and went into the Writer Staff 1-- goal, tying the game at 1. The Kenyon cross country teams turned in strong Kristina Racek '98 commented, "We played hard, efforts last weekend at the Friendship Invitational at they gave more to the game and forced us to step up and Cedarville College. The Ladies won their third meet in a play on top." After Danner's goal the Ladies knew they row, and the men placed well despite injuries. The Lords and wanted the victory, so they increased their intensity level Ladies hope to keep up their momentum at Otterbein and Kenyon proved that they were in excellent shape, Miami University, respectively, this weekend. playing with full intensity in a half-hour of overtime to The men ran well, finishing seventh in a field of ten, defeat the Quakers. Emily Donovan '97 scored when the despite missing their injured number four runner, Mickey ball bounced off her face two minutes into the first over- 148 21 time periodand the Ladies held onto the lead until the final Mominee '97. Kenyon finished with points, only ' j . ' back of fourth place Spring Arbor. buzzer sounded. . Dan Denning '98 was the top runner, finishing third The game was certainly an exciting victory for the Ladies because it was with, a time of 25:48 after a strong kick to get to the top of their first conference match. The Ladies continue to work the field. Ryan Snyder '99 finished 25th with a time of hard to prepare themselves for their conference matches. ' 27:26. Jason Miles '98, James Sheridan '00, and Rudy Leal - - '97 also posted their best times, Using a strong final kick, : ., (Qo- Said Amy Danner, "It will be a challenge in the Sheridan passed five runners in the last few meters. upcoming weeks for us to push ourselves to work harder. With Mominee out, the 6th, thand 8th runners carried We can be good without even thinking twice about it, but whether or the slack well. Leal, Charles Walsh '00, and Brendan not we are great will depend on bow consistent our intensity level is in practice. No one in our conference Wilson-Barth- es "99 all finished within ten places of each can beat us. We can only beat ourselves." ' other, each under 32 minutes. Laurie Danner '98 works the ball downfieid in a recent Denning admitted the team must be healthy to have a women's soccer contest while Amy Danner '98 looks on. Sarah Bootji " : - realistic shot at making regionals. Mominee is expected -- -- 7 back for this weekend's Otterbein Invitational. Miles and Sheridan have also been ill, but should be healthy for this The Ladies began on Friday with a win overMt. Union (12-1-5, 16-1-4, 15-- 6, 15-8- ). relativefy weekend. in 4 games After this easy victory, Thomas Moore was Kenyon's next opponent Denning said, "We "In my fourteen RUGBY need to have our top five : and spoiled the Ladies' hope of a first place finish as they runners healthy in time years of coach- ousted the Ladies in 3 games. for conference." Both Kenyon squads tally wins On Saturday, Kenyon played host John Carroll and The Ladies had a ing at Kenyon, lost in three hard fought games, despite the play of Rea

All-Toumamentho- The Kenyon rugby teams both captured wins last nors. strong meet, defeating Oberwetter '99 whose play on the right side earned her weekend, and will look to do so at home again this one of the top teams in the women's The strong John Carroll team prepared weekend. Baldwin-Wallac- the division by a single them well for their next game against e, The women's team travelled to the University of point. Top runners were team had the however, as the Ladies came through in 5 games (15-1- 1,

team," 10-15,9-15,15- Dayton, where they took on "a larger and better -11). Gretchen Baker '97 and 15-- 9, The win gave them a fifth place best team race according to Sally Taubcr '97. However, the Ladies rose finish in field nine teams. Keri Shulte '97, who fin- a of to the occasion, and managed to defeat Dayton 10-- 0. Both Senior Captain Alicia Gooley felt the win was a great ished fourth and fifth with today any of tries were scored by Esther Cely '98. confidence booster going into this weekend's tournament times of 19:02 and 19:11, "The entire5 team play ed their best, and the scrum team at Heidleberg. - Keith Blecher respectively. The two team that I've did an especially good job..it was an excellent game for through five runners also coached here." us," said Tauber.; I jSOCCER formed a close pack near This weekend the women will take on Wittenberg at the top. AnnickShen'97 Ladies head home at noon. Lords beat CWRU, improve to 6--1 and Christine Breiner '99 - The men' s team met success at home, where they took took eighth ninth, The Lords improved their record to 6--1 overall and 3-- 0 and coach Duane on Denison's' rugby club. The Lords jumped out to an early while first-year runner NCAC when they defeated Earlham College 3-- 1 over the start, thanks to the momentum of Scott Dinger '97, who Gelsey Lynn took 11th. weekend, and Case Western Reserve yesterday 4-- 0. Gomez scored three tries in the first half. The Lords captured the Lynn edged out two ; Greg Stephenson 00 started the scoring for the Lords victory easily, defeating Denison 55-- 0. Other trys were in 150 meters, which gave Saturday when he beat the Earlham goal tender with a runners from Rio Grande the last scored by Will Valentine '97, Jay McNeill '99, Jamie first year in nicely placed head ball to the upper right corner of the goal. Kenyon the win by one point. This is Lynn's Lester '98, John Saunders '97, and Keith Blecher '97. cross emerging as a solid Stephenson's goal was his first of the year and his first country at any level, and she is Lester also took points for the team with his "exceptional career goal as a Kenyon Lord. Following Stephenson's force in the number five spot. kicks," according to Blecher. Lynn has goal Isaac Gowin '97 tallied his second goal of the year Teammate Kristin Meister '00 said, "She "We played better than we have this season," said will when he headed in a fine cross from the left side. Mid-wa- y great natural ability. Her dedication and determination Blecher. "The scrum did a great job." let here." through the second half Tony Mohammed '97 volleyed in her have an outstanding future The men will take on OWU at home this weekend, and ran exceptionally a cross from Gowin, icing the game for the Lords. The goal The six through eight runners also hope to avenge an earlier season loss. Said Blecher, "I'm and Beth was Mohammed's sixth of the year and the assist was well. Abby Kennedy '99, Beth Schiller '98, not discouraged that we lost to them...this time we can beat race Gowin' s third the year. The Quakers scored a late goal Fincke '99 all finished within three minutes of the them." Lindsay Buchanan of winner, who was the NAIA national champion last year. to leave the final score at 3-- 1. Having a group with such close times is a tremendous boost 1 Yesterday the Lords faced Case Western Reserve for Kenyon, as the six through eight runners took away looking to improve upon their season. Kenyon started early points that would have gone to other teams. VOLLEYBALL when Kelsey Olds '99 deflected a cross into the upper right All of Kenyon' s 12 Ladies finished under 21:00 min- corner of the goal. Following the goal, the Lords went on utes, a first in Kenyon' s running history. Ladies gain confidence heading to dominate a weaker Case Western squad. Mohammed Coach Duane Gomez was ecstatic about the team's tallied two more goals. Stephenson continued his excep- performance. "In my 14 years of coaching at Kenyon, the into Heidleberg tournament tional play and added a goal to the 4-- 0 winning cause. With women' s team had the best team race today of any team that The Kenyon Ladies Volleyball Team played away at the help of strong defensive play by the Lords, goaltender I've coached here." the John Carroll Tournament last weekend. The tourna Chris Schilling '98 recorded his second shutout of the year. This weekend the Ladies hope to keep their unbeaten ment featured Calvin Baldwin-Wallac- e, Ohio Wesleyan, The Lords are away at the College of Wooster this streak alive as they travel to Miami University for the all Thomas Moore, and Ml Union, a host of strong opposi- - weekend, where they hope to take their conference record NCAA Division I invitational, the Miami Fall Classic. tion for Kenyon. to 4-- 0. - Ryan Weber 16 tEfte &enpon Collegian SPORTS Thursday, September 26, 1996 Field hockey team hovering at .500 mark By Kristina Racek THIS WEEK'S RESULTS Staff Writer . - '"" ' 0 SAT. VS. EARLHAM. W. 9-- ' . The field hockey team picked ''. '' ", up a win and a loss this past week, TUE. VS. OWU. L 3-- 6 bringing their overall record to 3-- 3, CURRENT.RECORD: 3-- 3 (2-- 3 IN NCAQ and their NCAC record to 2--3. They hope to bring their NCAC NEXT GAME: SAT VS. OBERLIN record back to .500 with a win ' against Oberlin this weekend. son at 21:21. Phoebe Walker '98 Hoping to avenge an earlier :, V , The Ladies defeated the scored off an assist from McNally season loss to the Bishops, Che ' y. -- , . Earlham Quakers 9-- 0 last Satur- with 7:13 remaining in the half, Ladies tallied the first goal of the ' .S '' '" ' f -- day to register their second and Buchanan added the fifth goal afternoon when de Tarnowsky put conference win of the season. off an assist from Walker. the ball in after a penalty corner. Playing with poise and keep- The Ladies scored four more The Lady Bishops came back ing their stance, this game showed goals in the second half, with an strong, however, scoring four more the real depth of the team. Scoring almost entirely different team on goals before the Ladies could stop and contributing as much as the the field. Holly Clark '00 scored their momentum. Christina starting line-u- p, the reserve play- two of these goals, with assists Rimelspach '98 managed to score goal for Ladies with 1 2 ers proved their tremendous value from Sara Reish '98 and Jess another the f , to the team's power on the field. Goldman '00. Goldman also tal- minutes remaining in the half, with

tri-capt- fast-break Said ain Sarah Diehl lied her first goal of the season. an assist by Buchanan in a

'97, "In my three years of experi- Carrie Moore '99 said, "Our situation. The B ishops added ; . ence here, I think this team is the team is stepping up...we're confi- another goal before the half. most cohesive and confident as a dent that we have what it takes. I Said McNally, "At halftime unit that I've played with yet I'm think all we need to do is repeat the we talked about resetting the clock; really looking forward to what we intensity and our performance will we talked about playing the next can continue to do." be great." Though Moore had no half as if it were an entirely new The Ladies came out hard in goals in the Earlham game, she game. We went out on the field and the first minute of play with Lisa recorded 14 shots. played our own game, and we were McNally '97 scoring just 43 sec- Ellen Pizzuti '98 added, "we much more successful." were all really excited at the fact The Ladies tied the Bishops in onds into the game. Keeping up Sly Taubr their intensity, the Ladies tallied that so many people come down to the second half, as each team re- Michelle de Tarnowsky '99 fights off an OWU defender in Tuesday's 6-- 3 five goals in the first half. Lindsay our game. We feed off their corded one goal. Moore recorded a loss. ' Buchanan '97 followed McNally s support...it keeps our intensity at a goal, assisted by de Tarnowsky, Said Diehl, "If we had played game we usually play." first goal of the season with her high level." early in the half. The momentum with them in the firsthalf, we could The Ladies hope to recapture own, with 29:11 on the clock. On Tuesday the Ladies could continued to swing throughout the have had that game...but they beat the intensity of their Earlham game Michelle de Tarnowsky '99 then not sustain their momentum as they half, but neither team could further us all over the field. The second this Saturday, when they take on registered her first goal of the sea- - lost to Ohio Wesleyan 3-- 6. penetrate the cages. half was really more the kind of Oberlin at Waite Field at 1 pjn. Football squad looks to go 3-- 0 with victory over Wittenberg

By Heath Binder THIS WEEK'S RESULTS NCAC FOOTBALL STANDINGS Senior Staff Writer Team W L Conf. EE EA years, the PL For the first time in five SAT. OBERLIN. 1- AT W. Allegheny 2 0 -0 1.000 87 27 2-- 0. Kenyon Lords football team is 1- 46-1- 3 Ohio Wesleyan 2 0 -0 1.000 69 19 The question is: will it reach 3-- 0? KENYON 2 0 1- -0 1.000 59 13 On Saturday, the Lords will host NEXT GAME: SAT VS. Wooster 2 1 1- -0 .667 69 46 Wittenberg. The Tigers, ranked number 12 CWRU 1 1 0-- 0 .500 30 24 nationally, are coming off a disappointing WITTENBERG Earlham 1 1 0-- 1 .500 38 66 26-1- 4 loss to Allegheny, the North Coast Wittenberg 1 1 0-- 1 .500 69 26 Athletic Conference's other nationally throwing for two touchdowns. Denison 0 3 0-- 1 .000 19 90 ranked team (3). Although it trails the Tailback Derrick Johnson '97, who led Oberlin 0 3 0-- 1 .000 25 114 Lords by a game in NCAC standings, the assault with 166 yards on 22 carries, Wittenberg, which beat the Lords 42-1- 4 last said, "Coach Arduini said we were going little bit better," said Arduini. "But we got always been a struggle against Oberlin." season, should pose a tougher challenge to to open things up with different plays, and out early. The first two times we had the ball Kenyon is the last team to lose to Oberlin Kenyon than Oberlin ,who fell to 0--3 with a we did." we scored." (in 1992), but the Lords destroyed any 46-1- half- 3 loss to the Lords last weekend. One of those different plays was a Just 6:10 into the game, Johnson took Oberlin victory hopes by running up 19

which Johnson worked to first-quart- Said Lords Head Coach Vince Arduini, back pass his eighth consecutive carry two yards into er points en route to their highest "We' ve got our work cut out for us against perfection. He hit receiver Maurice Darden the end zone for the Lords' first score. point total since they scored 55 against Wittenberg, but we're happy where we're '97 with a 35-ya- rd touchdown pass 4:03 Colin Winkler '00 followed Johnson's Earlham in 1991. at." before halftime to bump the Lords' lead to score with a fumble recovery at the Yeomen Said Arduini, "We did what we needed

26-- 0. The Lords blistered Oberlin from all 22-ya- rd line, and tight end Eric Arias '98 hit to do." angles Saturday, rushing for 280 yards and "Oberlin thought they'd match up a paydirt two minutes later with his second Arduini named offensive lineman John

8-ya- touchdown of the season, an rd pass Lindsay '98 offensive player of the week for from Terry Parmelee '99 which bumped the effectively throwing blocks and protecting UPCOMING HOME score to 13-- 0 (the point-after try failed). Parmelee. The Lords outgained the Yeomen in Thayer Case '97, who had six tackles SPORTS CONTESTS total yards, 366-24- 4. That total would have (four for losses) and a sack, won defensive been more lopsided, but officials called back player of the week honors.

a 73-ya- rd touchdown run by Anthony Arduini also named Steve Lian '00 as Saturday 28 Wednesday Togliatti '99 in the second quarter. special teams player of the week for regis- Togliatti responded in the third quarter tering two tackles and an assist

25-ya- FIELD HOCKEY VS. FIELD HOCKEY VS. with his first touchdown of the season, a rd "It's good to be 2-0- ," said Lian, "but run. He carried the ball 12 times for 79 Wittenberg won't be easy." OBERLIN. WAITE FIELD. 1 WITTENBERG. WAITE yards Saturday. Arduini said, "No one will give us any P.M. FIELD. 4 P.M. The defense alsoput points on the board. chance against Wittenberg, but we're better Chris Dorsey '99 returned an interception than last year as a team." FOOTBALL VS. WOMEN 'S SOCCER VS. 45 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter Johnson added, "We could beat these Wl ENBERG. MCBRJDE BETHANY COLLEGE. to boast the lead to 19-- 0. guys." FIELD. 1:30 P.M. MAVEC FIELD. 4:30 P.M. "I was pleased with our effort," said The game will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Arduini, "You look back on the years, it's McBride Field.