Volume CXXIV Number 2 Established 1856 Thursday September 19 1996 Capital campaign to raise 100 million by 2001 Oden hopeful for most ambitious fund- rasing campaign in Kenyon history By Ari Rothman an administrator a staff member sor of English and chair of the fac- Senior Staff Reporter and a parent ulty said Right now Kcnyons According to the committees endowment limits us Enlarging ENDOWMENT The Capital Campaign Plan- report it sought to develop recom- Kenyon s endowment will make For Financial Aid 35 million ning Committee released its plans to mendations that would reflect the us less tuition- dependent For Professorships 1 8 million initiate Kenyon s fundraising efforts current sense both on campus and President Robert A Oden Jr For Research 5 million last week The capital campaign off of what the College requires to added I am convinced that raising Other 13 million to 100 mil- maintain and enhance its plant its our endowment is of highest sig- which hopes raise over TOTAL 71 million lion will run from 1996 to 2001 programs and its reputation nificance FACILITIES Last fall the campaign plan- At 62 million endowment The committees recommen- ning committee was formed after is a concern at Kenyon the report dations include raising the endow- For Natural Sciences 28 million the trustees of Kenyon College finding it modest compared to ment for financial aid from 35 to For Dept of Music 4 million voted to endorse the fundraising those at the institutions the Col- 50 million 18 million for twelve TOTAL 32 million initiative Comprisedof 21 people lege considers its peers many of faculty positions and 28 million OPERATING SUPPORT members of the committee in- which have endowments five or for the construction of anew chem- Unrestricted giving 1 3 million cluded eight faculty members five six times as large istry and neuroscience building GRAND TOTAL 116 million see two trustees two alumni two students Tim Shutt associate profes MONEY page Source Report of the Campaign Planning Committee attijMastfflPi Returning sophomores prompt housing crunch Senate elections By Ben Bagodus mer Some students would decide dorm room Yet this year both ample all of the mini- lounges have upcoming were forced to provide an- been turned into student dorm Staff Reporter to transfer or to leave Kenyon for centers Students who wish to rep- other reasons other room for student housing rooms resent their class on Campus Due to the overcrowded hous- Zipp believing that the high In Mather residence for ex see HOUSING page two Senate a governmental body ing situation this year at Kenyon numbers of returning students is a composed of students faculty various accomodations have been compliment to the college stated sub- Woman shoots two men and administrators should made by student housing adminis- We did a great job with retention mit letters of intent and trators to ensure each student Most students returned completed petitions to the Stu- recieved adequate housing He further said that this year s stabs self at Penn State dent Affairs Centerby 230 pm Accord- first- year and sophomore classes STATE COLLEGE Pa AP She said that she fired five shots and tomorrow Elections will be ing to Doug are about the same in size A woman armed with a rifle killed saw two people fall Stormer said held on the VAX from noon on Zipp dean of i Another reason although not a student and wounded another Witnesses said the woman sat Monday to noon Tuesday that residential life I as significant for overcrowded today on the campus of Penn State on the lawn and fired shots and Jenny housing includes the low number University then stabbed herself killed a student and then started Letters of Intent due Ross assistant of juniors who travelled abroad after a witness tackled her police running A man caught her and he tomorrow to the dean of Dou9 ZiPP this semester said was wounded while struggling to Letters of intent for the residential life Ross stated We used to have The shootings occurred at 935 wrest the rifle from her hands standing committees ofStudent the shortage of about one hundred students going am in front of a student activities witnesses said Council are can be submitted housing space off campus during the first semes- center in the middle of the wooded Lisa Beitman was sitting in the until 230 pm tomorrow and emerged as a ter but now were at about campus Hundreds of students student activities building when should be sent to the committee result of an un- seventy On- campus housing walking to classes scattered in fear she heard the shots and saw people chair or put in the committees usually high accomodations needed to be met Campus police Chief David running mailbox in the Student Affairs amount of Jenny Ross for these students as well Stormer identified the shooter as The fact that I have to go to Center sophomores Many provisions were made Mian Robbins and quoted her as class right now seems pretty insig- Positions are available on who returned to Kenyon to alleviate the housing crunch saying she didn t know any of her nificant This is the kind of stuff the Academic Affairs Commit- In past years the sophomore The Crozier and Snowden Centers victims Authorities said she is a that happens in the city not out tee SUGDENW Committee class became smaller over the sum typically furnish only one student local resident but not a student here she said on Business and Finance NICHOLSONJ StudentLe- 2000 considered one of Kenyons strongest ctureships Committee Class of By Grant Schulert prove on are the male to female Not only is this class academi- fiMagsa- rga3ii ratio and the percentage of stu- cally stronger than other Kenyon Life CROSBYT Staff Reporter it numbers higher Committee on Housing and Average GPA 353 dents of color classes posts The 424 members of the class The Class of 2000 is 56 per- than those of other area schools Grounds HOWARTHML Mean ACT Score 29 Security and Safety Committee of 2000 represent one of the stron- cent female whereas liberal arts Oberlin College Kenyons top and the Committee on Informa- gest classes in Kenyons history Mean SAT Score with colleges are typically about 53 per- overlap school usually enters tion and Technology The last according to the Department of recentering 1290 cent female and the average classes with higher mean test two committees will elect their Admissions and Financial Aid Kenyon class is about 52 percent scores chairs from within the mem- The class which was selected ways which make for a great com- female This year however Kenyons near record applicant pool Admissions Students of color comprise Class of 2000 scored higher on the i M from a munity Director of I bership of the committee I GPAs r Letters of intent for these com- possessed higher mean SAT and Beverly Morse said only about 10 percent of this class ACT and had higher average mittees should be sent to ACT scores than any class in Two areas which the Office which is down from the 13 percent than those reported by Oberlins i r CROSBYT Kenyons history of Admissions would like to im shown in other classes entering class Fifteen percent of the class Rename the Shoppes ranked in the top 1 percent of then- than news 3 Flutist Leslie Burrs to begin Students can vote for the graduating class and more TODAY Sunny and International P 10 percent IF residency 8 renaming of the Shoppes until half ranked in the top pleasant H 70- 75 Pawlicki disappointed by P the Class of noon tomorrow Voting is tak- Not only does L FRIDAY Sunny H 75 election coverage P4 High Holidays celebrated num- ing place on the VAX using the 2000 post high academic SATURDAY Chance of Kenyon Kickoff features upan- this week P 8 students POLL program The new name bers it contains many showers H 70- 75 L 50- 55 dcoming bands P6 Soccer squads feel right at whose applications received top of the Shoppes will be an- SUNDAY Chance of showers Emmet Gowins artwork home at Mavec Field P 1 2 marks for personal qualities This nounced at its grand opening H 65- 70 L 50- 55 seeks to change the earth P6 Water polo loses to Oho class was active in many diverse MONDAY Parity sunny on Friday Sept 27 back on the air p 7 Stele P11 flEfje enpon Collegian Thursday September 19 1996 Cleveland area government program aims to hire welfare recipients hire qualified workers and get them when she joined nine other women ers They say every person hired Thirty- one welfare recipients Program tries to off welfare The Plain Dealer re- in a pilot program run by the county off the rolls by the county means who participated in this program give something ported today Support Enforcement Agency one less welfare check have been hired by the county since Angela Darby 37 of Cleveland While the women learn skills such Its been a long time coming Sept 1 Nineteen others were hired back in return to who was on welfare for nearly 20 as typing basic math and reading and its been a very difficult set of off the rolls outside the program years is now in the seventh week for 10 weeks from Employment steps to get the county as an em- according to Employment Ser- help people get of the program Services they work part- time for ployer to understand we have to vices She enrolled in the Jobs Club the agency change County Commission The county is also trying to in- off the welfare program of the Cuyahoga County The agency will hire five of the President Mary O Boyle said volve other employers B usinesses Department of Employment Ser- women in October County personnel officers un- that need the countys approval on system vices The program teaches welfare