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For more information, please contact [email protected]. hi Tmi isaR- CRac 51 Established 1856 Volume CXXXIII Number 2 wwwkenyoncollegiancom ThBaro- saseing enyon Collegian Gambier Ohio THURSDAY OCTOBER 27 2005 12 Pages official ARAMARK out AVI in Its of billing and increased AMARK were invited to cam- When asked about input from other to make drastic change BY WILLOW BELDEN accuracy Gebele man- EditorinCh- ief interaction with students pus to evaluate ARAMARKs students McConnell said he used Niles the general Although some students said performance According to Sam as the conduit for that ager of ARAMARK at Kenyon Based on the recommendation they feel that food services at Ke- McConnell the two compa- But not all students agree with declined to comment on the fairness or Chief Business Officer David nyon have improved this semester nies gave ARAMARK similar Shopinskis assessment of ARA- of the evaluation process saying only McConnell Kenyons senior staff McConnell said he was not satisfied reviews expressing concerns MARKs performance Caitlin Wells that Dave McConnell has made decided last week to terminate with ARAMARKs efforts about having appropriate vari- 06 who has been working with his decision and we are very disap- ARAMARKs contract with the We just didnt have the confi- ety concerns about the Food ARAMARK on Kenyons Food for pointed by it College and to replace ARAM ARK dence that they could sustain a level for Thought program concerns Thought program said she feels that with AVI FOODSYSTEMS Inc a of improvement he said explaining about vegetarian and vegan op- ARAMARK has made great strides AVI A boost for local foods family- owned food service provider that because ARAMARK has been tions and concerns about the this semester According to McConnell AVI based in Ohio Kenvons food service provider for 24 cost of catered events Given that ARAMARK had a and its competitor Bon Appetit are The decision comes after a 30- years they should know Kenyon McConnell said feedback very short time in which to respond the two companies that could best day evaluation period during which front and center and they should be from students also played into to an ultimatum she said I feel that address our Food for Thought stuff ARAMARK was asked to demon- doing a sterling job The fact that we his decision to oust ARAMARK they made significant improvements While McConnell said that Bon strate significant improvement in a even had to go to this length suggests Several times during the course I also think that with food service Appetit is a good Company their have failed and the an with the Colle- progress happen overnight It variety of areas including sanitation that they Kenyon of interview cant see DINING page 2 standards effort in buying local students gian he quoted an e- mail from takes time to work out contracts and food the labeling of foods in the AVI and Bon Appetit the other Sam Shopinski 06 that expressed dining halls increased options for food service provider that Kenyon skepticism about ARAMARKs years ofblack faculty students with dietary restrictions considered as a replacement tor AR ability to continue to improve 30 BY MAX THELANDER went in the 1970s and 1980s If you StaffReporter were not renewed in essence you were House of Corn told you did not meet the standards of People around the world commem- the College said Sheffield Some black orated die life of Rosa Parks on Monday faculty left extremely unhappy and em- after her death at the age of 92 Here in bittered According to Sheffield tenure Gambier students and faculty had re- offers during this period were largely de- cendy convened in Olin Auditorium to termined by discussion within individual remember Kenyons own black pioneers departments and these discussions often in what Associate Provost Ric Sheffield focused on abstract notions ofwhether a called a birdidav party of sorts candidate fit in at Kenyon The presentation and panel discus- In 1992 Associate Professor ofEng- sion held on Tuesday Oct 17 at Com- lish Ted Mason became the first African mon Hour was an occasion to mark American faculty member to be tenured the 30h anniversary of black faculty at at Kenyon However A lason said that he Kenyon and for the most part it struck was not especially self- conscious about a celebratory note However it was his status at the time I certainly didnt also a time for discussing the Colleges have an ego- centered sense that I was progress in hiring black faculty and for making historyr he said There had after taking a look at some sobering facts for all already been black faculty at Kenyon example the College granted tenure to a for almost 20 years though none had black woman Maria Kohlman associate been tenured professor of sociology for the first time By the mid- 1990s the College just this year had multiple tenure- track black faculty The morning began with Sheffield However all feelings of inequality have giving a presentation on the history of not been erased Kacherine Watson Kenyons sometimes uneasy relationship I think that as a woman of color the of a corn cob shed Jason Larson and members of the BFEC organize construction with the issue of race The first black stu- I have experienced Kenyon on one dents arrived at Kenyon in theeady 1950s level as a remarkably warm and won- renovate lodge among them Allen Ballard Jt 52 and Bill derful place and on another level as a Delta Tau Delta to Lowry Jr 56 both of whom now serve place where Im always aware Im one said some ther 06 Itll update our lodge and on the Board ofTrustees In the turbulent of three black women faculty BY CHARLOTTE NUGENT 1960s and it certainly needs user- friendly late 1 960s a time when Kenyon was also Visiting Instructor of American Studies EditorinCh- ief work in terms of fixing it up and make it a little more slowly toward becoming a co- ed and Womens and Gender Studies Sara making it a nicer place for the broth- To run the campaign the Delt moving Affin- institution the College hosted a civil Kaplan That means that I do sometimes In a few years the Alpha Delta ers that live there said Dan Kight alumni association has hired conference attended by the Rev feel that I have to work harder to prove Phis Ganter hangout may have 04 a member of the campaign ity Connection Inc a State College rights and other activists myself be clearer about my authority some competition for spiffiest fra- planning committee Wed like PA- based company that specializes Jesse Jackson While actions like these were a start in die classroom and be more careful in ternity lodge in town to make it more of a multipurpose in raising money for Greek organi- and where I into conflict The alumni association of building because right now you zations Moritz said that the quiet the discussion of race integration situations come 1 was an abstraction It didnt involve with students the Delta Tau Delta fraternity is have group- only events out there and phase of the campaign began Oct confrontation said Sheffield Finally 2 currently in the quiet phase of a social events and things are kind of and will last around six months see FACULTY page Kenyons chaplain at the capital campaign to raise between crammed together The quiet phase is really tar- Don Rogan said time issued an ultimatum to the admin- 600000 and 1 million to reno- Kight said the lodges living geting potential large donors world istration hire black faculty or he would vate the Delts lodge on Kokosing quarters will be renovated and ex- Moritz In the fundraising Inside This In 1 969 the Black Student Un ion Drive A secondary goal of the panded Currently two students live you try to raise 30 to 50 percent of resign issued a declaration statingthat the lack of campaign is to create endowed in the lodge but the alumni associa- your goal in the quiet phase Then black immediate problem Issue scholarships for student members tion the buildings official owners you open it up and raise the remain- faculty was an which demands immediate attention and of the fraternity hopes to create room for more stu- ing balance Arabic Program Expansion p3 solutions I think theres a pretty broad dents Professor of Biology Emeritus After the six- month quiet The first black faculty mem- consensus among alumni we need Robert Burns the Delts longtime phase the Delts plan to ask all of Tour of the KAC p- 6 ber however was not hired until 1975 to get the lodge up to 21st- century advisor also said that the structures the roughly 750 chapter alumni to Thatprofessor was Kenneth Lee Bluford standards said JefTMoritz 86 the roof has never been replaced contribute to the fund Moritz said Twelfth Night Review p9 will take who taught in the English department president of the Delt alumni as- I dont think its going to in- that the campaign probably until 1979 Following Bluford several sociation crease our capabilities in any major see LODGE page 3 Ladies First