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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 9 E--h Ten track men Nuclear chemist Students form 8 qualify PQ College's first for and political scientist Conference meet service -- oriented CO goes beyond E- -h co-e- d fraternity the nuclear freeze 8 PL, 8 CO Volume CX, Number 26 Thursday, May 5, 1983 Established 1856 fund-raisin- g efforts offset Religion0mpoll diverse response draws historically small endowment By J. Welsh In a recent Collegian poll answered By Andrew Huggins by over 20 of the student body, 69 the said they "It is important not to overemp- of respondents have never been, or been only oc- hasize the importance of the en- casionally, any religious services dowment in discussing Kenyon's to here. The other 31 said they go to Believe 5S financial strength," says Sam Lord, 1 in a god services half the time or more. Of Vice President for Finance. "The v' "f" endowment is not a major factor in that 31, 62 attend every week, 25 our total budget planning, since it is attend most of the time, and 13 time. so small." half of the Surprisingly, nearly twice the I Other Wo I As of March 31, 1983, the market J"Y value of Kenyon's endowment, the number of students who attend in capital base made up of gifts to the services regularly claim to believe 58 college which help to offset operating God. of those who answered (7 it costs, and particularly student aid, this question did not answer at in 29 are stood at $15,235,000. Only 3.6 of all) believe a God; Kenyon's total operating expenses agnostic or don't know what they 6 Agnostic 29 are covered by this amount, however, believe, and are atheist. The as compared to a figure closer to remaining students answered that Vice Sam Lord they worry religious 25 at Oberlin College. Denison President for Finance don't about University's endowment was $26 Corporation study has suggested that questions, or "other." million at the end of 1981, while an adequate endowment for a college In an interview last week, Oberlin's was at $106 million. By divides itself into approximately Reverend Lincoln Stelk said, organized"; "my religion is a per- Of those who said they attend comparison, Harvard currently $20,000 per student," says Givens. "Students of college age have never sonal one which is divorced form any services here half the time or more, boasts an endowment in excess of $1 "Kenyon, however, based on an been known to be strong church- sort of strictly religious community"; 41 go to Roman Catholic services. billion. enrollment size of 1450, currently goers. The majority of college sure going Mass is 36 attend Episcopalean, 20 Historically Kenyon has had a provides about $10,500 per student. students fall in one of two groups: and, "not to important." Kenyon Christian Fellowship, 11 smaller endowment than other According to this report, the first one of those consciously reject However, an equal if not greater Jewish, 8 Methodist, 8 Quaker, colleges of comparative size, and it goal is to double our endowment to organized religion; the second, number gave other reasons for not and 2 Christian Scientist. has only been over the past ten years someplace around $28-3- 0 million. much larger group, are trying to attending. A large number said they The ratings for the major services that the College has developed what The second is to work toward in- work out their relation to organized self-examinatio- were as n." were too lazy to wake up on Sunday by those who currently attend Lord calls a "very aggressive fund-raisin- g creasing the percentage of total religion a time for mornings, and others said Sunday is follows: 76 of the Catholics said program" with which to operating costs covered by the en- the only chance they have to rest. the services are good or excellent, balance this small endowment. dowment to 25 or so. By reaching This opinion certainly seems partly Also: "Roman Catholic services are while 24 found them fair. No Director of Development Doug these goals, even though tuition will born out by the poll. Among those extremely in their ex- 'poor' or 'awful' responses were Givens goals still be rising, we can reduce the who said they believe in a God but do mechanical sees two primary given. 68 of Episcopaleans said it not attend services, many listed such pression of faith"; "no one to go focused around Kenyon's en- percentage by which rises." excellent, is with"; "I was disillusioned by the their services are good to dowment. "A recent Carnegie see DEFERRED page 10 reasons: "religion personal, not services here and intimidated by the with 32 fair. crusader attitudes of the fellowship The lowest ratings were given to College striving meet fire regulations groups"; "too political"; and the Jewish services, with only 10 to "because there are no good services finding them good, 60 fair, and awful By Chris Romer offered for Jews." 30 poor. No excellent or responses were given. Comments Last week's fire in Old Kenyon has L Agnostics and atheists gave a given by students currently attending elicited student concern about fire number of other reasons as well: the services, as well as by those who safety in the College dormitories. At "God is a luxury I don't give once did but have stopped, are a recent Com- were meeting, the Trustee myself"; needed time to get away revealing. Three criticisms mittee "I on Buildings and Grounds set from the dogmatic b.s. of the repeatedly expressed: first, that there aside $31,000 to meet the Church"; "Faith in myself is is no rabbi at Kenyon on a regular requirements of the state fire code. enough. Need God not"; and basis. At the moment, the Jewish Most important, this money will "organized religion represents the services, held only on religious fund the ' T" installment of smoke ' singular most repressive moral force holidays, are led by student rabbis detectors College in in every student room. The existing today. To attend any ser- from the Hebrew Union College i was found to be in violation vices, to 'patronize' this global Cincinnati. No weekly services are f this rule when Ohio State Fire conglomerate would directly conflict held. One poll said, "Not enough Inspector Ginger Unruh made her ft with my personal beliefs." see RESPONDENTS page 2 safety inspection in October. According, to Gambier Fire Committee Apartment Chief Hobart Brown, Finance revises Unruh stated in her formal report at V 'hat time that the College had 90 days budget after Council debate l Jim Gibson 's Old Kenyon room after thefire on April 23 begin work or at least make plans is not By Terhune was allocated for transportation t0 install the detectors. Brown said Bueker said the considerations of leading out of rooms); storage Peter tht rooms; trash costs for tours. The remainder of the hat a firm date by when the College cost and finding a suitable contractor permitted in equipment in stairwells; meeting morning, original budget recommendations must comply with code has often push the compliance time back cans are not allowed At its this the state kept revisions were agreed-upo- n fraternity lounges must be equipped Student Council passed Finance were intact; nM been and will not be set. He ex- to an time, during plained detectors and fire ex- revised budget necessary after Finance Committee's that he and a representative which fire officials check to make with smoke Committee's from and large amounts of Under the proposals failed at Sunday's Council the state fire marshals office sure the institution is "making tinguishers; recommendations. me in student revisions, the Owl Creek Singers have meeting. with College officials ' 'at regular progress." overstuffed furniture was rooms must be limited. a total operating budget of $781, an intervals to assure that progress is In her October report, which Student Council met last Sunday at beinmade investigation increase of $381 over Finance to comply " with the code . the result of an 6:30 to discuss, among other things, Bud Tuesday Chief Brown said, "The Committee's original proposal. The Bueker, by the College, Inspector 83-8- as a representative from requested the 4 student activities budget, tl)e College has made a great effort to Committee also cut $150 from the Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office, Unruh noted the following violations calculated by the Student Council said no create studies of cost and have Debate Union and Music Club Tuesday that it is not uncommon in Old Kenyon: the dorm had Finance Committee. The budget took or corrected many of the small budgets, and decided not to fund an inspector to extend the time emergency lighting, no smoke up a large amount of time of the ,rame deviations." He remarked that the Respect Life at all, under the within which an institution detectors and inadequate (regular) unusually long meeting.