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Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange The Kenyon Collegian College Archives 11-1-1984 Kenyon Collegian - November 1, 1984 Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian Recommended Citation "Kenyon Collegian - November 1, 1984" (1984). The Kenyon Collegian. 892. https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian/892 This Book 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]. The Established n n 1856 218 r ir i Volume CXII, Number 7 Thursday, November 1, 1984 Bookstore adds personal computers By Bob Warburton to Finefrock, the Leading Edge is to buy a personal computer in Knox "99.4 compatible" with the IBM, one County, and that the other alternative is The Bookstore is now taking orders important reason why the model is being to buy one in Columbus. for any faculty, students or staff in- sold. The Kenyon subcommittee on Per- terested in buying a Leading Edge Per- The Bookstore only takes the money sonal Computers, part of the overall sonal Computer in cooperation with the calls the order in and gives the machine Computer Committee of the College, in- College's present efforts to encourage to the customer. Finefrock said that the itiated the idea. Joan Straumanis has led greater usage of modern home computer Bookstore is making no profit from each the program, with assistance from the technology. sale, and has set up the service to help Academic and Administration Comput- "The College does support personal promote the Administration's desire to ing departments. By the middle of Jan- computing," Bookstore Manager Jack make personal computers readily avail- uary, the Academic Computing office Finefrock said. "It wants to encourage able to students. The main motive, will have organzied facilities to help stu- personal computing use. " Finefrock Finefrock said, is not profit, but to pro- dents use and better learn the personal said, "It's an inexpensive way for the vide convenience. computer. Through last year and last Dan George mourned College to experiment." "We've had a great number of stu- summer, the College approached vari- Right now, the Leading Edge com- dents come in and ask about it," Finef- ous computer companies looking for a puter is being offered for $1595, which rock said. The computers have been for discount price they could offer to stu- Kenyon's flag was at half mast as a memorial to Donald includes the printer, monitor, and two sale for almost a month now, and so far dents. "Apple didn't give us a good dis- George who died last Sunday in his home. George was the manager of the bundles of software. "You're saving the machine has been purchased from count, so we couldn't use their Peirce Pool Room until last year and had worked in the Gund Game Room more than $400, it's a substantial sav- the Bookstore by three faculty members. machines," said Finefrock. The Leading this year. ings," said Finefrock. Very soon, the "It's not the best price in the world, Edge computer and later IBM are offer- George began working at Kenyon in 1970 as a food service worker and Bookstore will also be offering the IBM but it's a competitive price," Finefrock ing an edcuation discount price for in 1974 became the Peirce Pool Room manager. Many students said that personal computer for sale. According said . He noted that there is no other place they would miss George's humor and friendliness in the game room and expressed sympahty for his wife and children. Trustees' meetings net minor decisions By Michael Pierce In the afternoon the Campaign Commit- sprinklers in some of the athletic fields tee met and discussed plans for Ken- was approved, the Trustees increased The Board of Trustees of the College yon's upcoming capital campaign. Jor- the size of the staff that takes care of met here last weekend for their annual dan said that it will be another year be- the upkeep of the grounds, funds were fall meeting and according to College fore the details of the capital campaign appropriated to provide word processing President Philip Jordan the Trustees are released, because "we have to see for faculty and computer services for were "not making definite decisions what can be accomplished in the real College offices without them, the addi- about the future of the College," but world." tion of a staff person to look after gov- were fulfilling administrative functions The Trustees did make some small ernment documents in the library, tech- and the meeting gave the Trustees an decisions: $7500 was allocated to com- nical improvements in Hill Theater were opportunity to hear from students "in plete the furnishing of Nu Phi Kappa, the provided for and a new floor will be lively and searching ways." study room on the third floor of Acsen-sio- n installed in Rosse Hall to make the stage On Thursday night the Trustee Com- Hall (The work should be com- safer and more versatile. ... mittee on Student Affairs met and dis- pleted by the start of the second semes- J cussed the future of religious life at Ken- ter), money was given for the develop- In concluding, Jordan said that the at- yon and the activities of the Alcohol ment of a new slide show for the Admis- titudes of the Trustees were "very posi- Peirce patio vandalized Awareness Committee. sions Department, the College has ag- tive" and that they were "exceedingly On Friday many Trustees attended reed to join a learning resource network pleased with the progress in Admissions classes in the morning and had lunch which provides video tapes about col- and the growing reputation of the Late Friday night or early Saturday morning, at least two people threw the with students in Upper Dempsey Hall. leges to high schools, the installation of furniture on the Peirce Hall patio over the side of the patio causing damage to the furniture, the railing and to bushes below, according to Peirce Hall Coordinator Rich Lincoln. Hika survives after last year's debt According to the Buildings and Grounds Office the railing received the most custom made and the office could By extensive damage. The railing was Sara Overton Marchl says while they have been sol- These assocations have resulted in only estimate it and S3000 to repair. that could cost between S500 iciting subscriptions and Hika alumni some innovative ideas. Plans for the year Most some of it was damaged. of the furniture survived the vandalism, but Hika editors Bill Marchl and Geoff donation the Administration and Student include a variety of activities for those The furniture, on the patio since before which has been removed, had been Schmidt predict this year's editions of Council will deal with the bulk of the interested in writing and art. A weekly the addition The patio was orginally of Dempsey Hall to the back of Peirce. the literary magazine will rival if not deficit leaving the editors free to concen- discussion on writing and art at noon on located was moved when Dempsey in- where the Peirce TV lounge is today, but surpass the quality of last year's lauded trate on the magazine itself. Anyone Mondays in Upper Dempsey has been was built, because of the students' fondness for the patio. issues. terested in a copy of the last issue can initiated by the editors and there is talk although Security does Thomas Davidson, Director of Security, said that Marchl and Schmidt were welcomed contact Marchl. of the possibility of a chapbook being not have it is a number of leads any "specific suspects" investigating to Kenyon, by the past year's editors, Last year's Hikas were notable, not put together. Faculty readings by Hum- with a deficit of about $1 ,500 and five only for their deficit, but also for their mer and former Kenyon professor David to seven hundred editions of the last Hika format change. This year's emphasis is Baker are in the works, as well as student on the magazine's relationship with its readings co-sponso- red by the Craft Novak analyzes Presidential election writers and artists. The poetry group has Center. Marchl and Schmidt have also been involved with Hika so far, as well created Hika office hours. Held on Mon- Robert hard-hittin- it in his "slaughter" Novak listed several for as faculty members such as D. Novak, the g sive use of resulted possibilities interested days, Wednesdays and Fridays, in the 25-year-o- Political journalist who coauthors the by Mondale. Novak described both con- Reagan's popularity among 18 to lds Terry Hummer, Donald Rogan and, dur- Peirce basement Hika, the office Chicago "Sun-Time- in Kansas City as a ing his Robert Hass. s" syndicated colu- tenders' performances phenomenon typically two week stay, poet see HIKA page six mn left "Inside Story," returned to the Keny- a "dead heat with both candidates described as a fad, a reaction to on College campus Wednesday to talk at the post." Reagan's "grandfather image," and the out at least 1984 Presidential campaign issues Analyzing Reagan's lead "in limit of the age group's political experi- of the to analyze the general strengths and 49 states," Novak cited failure ence to Presidents Nixon, Ford and Car- 25-year-o- iesses of the Republican and Democratic party in tune into the mood ter.

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