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Gambier suffers clergy Sommers Italian worth- speaks about men are Renegade does it again Ladies Lax wins two exodus, p. 3 feminism, 9 p. less, p. 10 with Mrs. Warren, p. 5 straight, p. 13 H - El E - N -Y- XrX ON -- -- C O L E - G -- I - A -- N Volume CXXX, Number 21 ESTABLISHED 1856 Thursday, April 3, 2003 Admissions consultant hired as dean she has worked in admissions since In her presentation BY AKILAH AMAPINDI to the Kenyon ion to present and she was definitely work closely with the other depart- 1 984. Her official duties will begin on community on Feb 13 this StafF Reporter of year, my first choice." ments on campus. "I think its im- July 1 but she will be visiting Kenyon she successfully combined her mar- "Beverly Morse has been the act- portant that she really pull together After an extensive search, several times until then. For now, she keting savvy with her extensive ing dean of admissions since the de- -. admissions and Financial Aid," Kenyon is ready to welcome its new holds her position as a consultant at knowledge of college admissions into parture of John Anderson in July of Morse said. "I think Financial Aid dean of admissions and financial aid, the firm The Lawlor Group, which a presentation that impressed the se- last year, and is also excited about has sometimes felt like the stepchild, Jennifer Delahunty Britz. Much like specializes in marketing for colleges. lection committee. She focused on the the new addition to the staff. and they are very much an impor- incoming president Georgia Nugent, According to the website of the lib- specific challenges of marketing a Morse has been at Kenyon for tant part of the whole division is Britz to be the first woman to hold Minneapolis-base- d firm, "With over eral arts college and suggested Kenyon 16 years and after June will resume frankly, we work very well to- this post permanently at the college, seven years admissions experience focus on the connected-nes- s of its her role as director of admissions. gether." and is excited about the well-round- challenge. plus over a decade with The Lawlor and its ed community cur- She has had plenty of experience "The College occupies a dis- Britz graduated Phi Beta Kappa Group, she is adept at identifying the riculum. Kenyon should also focus on with admissions at the College and tinctive place in the constellation of from the University ofArizona with a authentic stories and using the words the concept of "branding" to highlight is sure to be a resource for the new American higher education, a place Masters in Creative Non-Fictio- n after that reveal the essence of an educa- its distinctive qualities. dean. Among the objectives Morse where intellectual rigor, creativity her undergraduate studies at Carleton tional institution." She is poised to According to Jesse Spencer hopes will be accomplished is in- and community not only coexist, but College in Northfield, Minnesota. She bring that expertise to the Kenyon ad- '04, who was on the committee that creasing the diversity at Kenyon. enjoy an unusual kind of symbio- isoriginally from Minneapolis, where missions process. chose Britz, "She was the first per-- She also would like to see the dean sis," said Britz in Fortnightly. Two Kenyon coaches resign ARA put to the test " a 1 n : u 1 1 BY ALLYSON WHIPPLE Gund and Peirce dining halls, and BY JAY HELMER just one year, having taken over af- understanding that they would be Staff has talked with students. These Editor ter former Coach and Athletic Di- playing for those coaches. Direc- Reporter Sports talks have been informal during rector Jeanne Bruening, where she tor of Athletics, Fitness and Rec- Two more will This week, Owen Pruden of mealtimes, but also have occurred Kenyon teams helped initiate an impressive turn- reation Peter Smith has said that have new faces at the Support Service Group, LLC, is in the form of focus groups. The helm next around for the Ladies, who won 14 many of the volleyball recruits had season. Karen Seremet resigned visiting Kenyon to evaluate the first focus group was held yester- games this past fall, as opposed to been accepted through early de- her dining services. He is from an in- day, the second is today. position as head volleyball just three the previous all year. cision, and remained intent on dependent service hired by the col- coach on Friday to take the same In the Gund focus group, Kunka 's tenure was just two coming to Kenyon. For his part, lege after student surveys showed position with Benedictine College Pruden asked students about both seasons with the Lords. He com- Kunka said, "The Class of '07 a decrease in satisfaction. in Chicago. His job positive and negative aspects of the Seremet's fiance, 9-- 40 piled a record over that time. has just recently been informed as a is to Head Basketball Coach Dave consultant evaluate Kenyon dining experience. While One of the paramount concerns of admissionfinancial aid deci- strengths and weaknesses with the Kunka, has he will students were certainly able to find indicated that that arises when a coach leaves sions, and I think there are some dining program and make recom- positive aspects about dining at resign at the end of the academic mid-ye- ar is the status of the recruit- definite impact players who have on year. mendations how to fix those Kenyon, their emphasis on a few ing class that has been interested a high interest in Kenyon. This Sejemet weak areas. To make his evalua- particular problems showed what departs Kenyon after in competing at Kenyon on the see COACHES, page four tions, Pruden has eaten at both see ARA, page four Pancakes For a Cause BFEC to lose director Sharp memories of her time at Kenyon. BY TARYN MYERS One of her favorites involved rare Editor-in-Chi- ef encounters with a very special bird. A delightfully energetic woman As she explained, "One summer we I ij : with a passion for wildlife, Inese Sharp had an immature red-tail- ed hawk o is not just Interim President Ron that lived at the Center. He had be- Sharp's wife. She has also been the come so tame he would sit on the w - : I . i - ' Envi- fence and me '. director of the Brown Family greet just about every . U ronmental Center (BFEC) for the past moming as I drove up to park. He seven years and has been an integral just sat there as he and I looked at part of the Kenyon community for the each other. 33 years that she and her husband have "One day," she continued, "I saw lived in Gambier. the hawk swoop down to catch a : Although she says that she is mouse or rabbit for its breakfast as ... "r looking forward to the move to Vassar Ryan Light '99, our summer gardener, -.- - College as Acting President Sharp was mowing the prairie. I ran out to takes the position as Dean of Faculty stop Ryan from mowing him down there, Mrs. Sharp does have many fond see SHARP, page two - " VV." .- )- ' I Tonight: Partly cloudy. High: Saturday: Partly cloudy. High: I - . 75F, low: 50F. 48F, low: 25F. ::' Brian Cannon' Members ofAPSO prepare pancakes for their popular fund-rasin- g breakfast. Held last Saturday in Weaver Friday: Rain. High: 66F, low: Sunday: Partly cloudy. High: Cottage, this event was a delight to all students who live North and did not want to walk to Peirce. 40F. 52F, low: 43F. The Kenyon Collegian NEWS Thursday, April 3, 2003 Sharp: Inese to leave, too Sharp prepares to leave mired not only within the CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE community members." Mrs. Sharp was not offered a po BY ROBBIE KETCHAM academy, since he but were admired beyond. His first couldn't see him in the tall Mrs. Sharp has a Editor-in-Chi- fondness for sition at Vassar, and as of yet, she doe; ef grass. Ryan and I book about friendship, a scholarly talked waiting for Knox County and its rural setting. "I not have a job lined up for next year the the achievements received in hawk to finish his breakfast and think my very favorite place is our "I am really looking forward to a tran Of many of study, plaudits the aca fly before Acting President Ron Sharp, who two demic world but was also away we both went back to home and the fields, gardens and pond sition year getting to know Vassar anc reviewed work. I weeks Dean Fac- Not! Every time walk to the top of there," she said. "I also love the the surrounding area," she said. "I wan ago accepted the of favorably by Playboy magazine. the hill and I I at Vassar in achiev, see a hawk soaring there, Kokosing River. have two or three to travel, too.