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Swimmers Seeking Mercy established 1856 take title Men's Swin Team Play about . iteOT Volume CXXXI, Number 16 captures relationships archives.kenyon.educollegian another NCAC championship after Sept. 1 1 comes to Hill TA ' 'Sports, p. 12 A&E,p.8 V The Kenyon Collegian Gambier, Ohio THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2004 12 Pages Gambier approves water rate increase BY BRIAN NEENAN tion, shame on you. The rest of efficiently and excused himself these procedures, like drawing this opinion. Said one concerned Staff Reporter us were down here, and we were from the meeting. from the general fund to support resident, "I've lived down here forced to deal with it. Village Resident Cy Wain-sco- tt things, eventually we're going to for 15 years, and since I've lived Gambier Village Council "So I would suggest that you said, "We have ... a major run out of resources, and ... we're here, I've lost four neighbors. ... approved 5-- 0 two water rate be heard, by all means," Schlem- problem with our water loss, and going to find ourselves bankrupt. They moved because of the water increases at a special meeting mer continued. "That's your right; it further seems to me that we are And then we will be in a great bill. And mine has doubled since Monday evening. Together, the that's your expectation. And if tending to be nickel-and-dimi- ng problem. So I would suggest I've been down here. ... It's a real new rates will amount to a net you haven't been heard by now, our approach to solving that prob- that we look at something like a hardship for me." 17 increase in Village water where have you been?" lem." bond issue that would be directly The resident said she feels a fees. Schlemmer then asked the Wainscott later continued, aimed at solving this problem." bond issue would be a better solu- Council passed two propos- community to solve the problem "I'm afraid that if we keep using Some residents applauded tion than a water rate increase. als, one increasing water rates However, a second concerned by 25 and one increasing A Capella FOR A CAUSE resident said a bond issue would wastewater rates by 10. The be "an extremely bad idea. ... increases come after several leaks Somebody has to loan you the in Gambier pipelines and years of money. A quick glance at the subsidies from the Village general n figures suggests that the Village budget into a special water budget 4 of Gambier won't enjoy a low left both budgets with few funds. interest rate, given its credit- Council member Lee Cubie was -- i worthiness." absent at the special meeting. The Village already has seven Around 20 community mem- outstanding loans, said Village bers attended the meeting, and Administrator Jim Lenthe. Au- former Mayor Michael Schlem-me- r ditors feel that going further into was the first to address Coun- debt would be irresponsible for cil. He began by giving a brief the Village. history of the water rate increase Several community members ! and finished by chastising the Vil- i asked if the water rates would be lage for not paying close enough lowered after the leaks were fixed. attention to the problem. Mayor Kirk Emmert said on sev- "It's been in the newspapers eral occasions that he hoped this for ... the last three years now," Kevin Guckes would be possible. said Schlemmer, "and prior to The Chaser.s, Kenyon's co-e- d a capella singing group, held a concert in Brandi Recital Hall Wednesday But Council members Audra that, if you weren't paying atten evening. Proceeds from ticket sales went to benefit AIDS research. see WATER, page two Winter doesn't slow Senate continues co-e- d housing talks However, most agreed that it BY AMANDA LEWIS Barbuto said the main reason co-e- d difficult create a FRA construction Staff Reporter for implementing hous- would not be to ing would be to create more of a simulation of off -- campus housing weather stayed away long enough real-wor- BY MICK REYNOLDS Kenyon Campus Senate ld environment in which in the apartments. construction workers to enclose Sports Editor for decided on Thursday that co-e- d students of opposite genders could When asked why students build- most of the basement of the housing will probably be imple- learn how to live together. He said want co-e- d housing, several Progress was the overriding ing and to bring in heaters, allow- mented in a section of the New it may also create a more active people responded that it would the workers to concentrate on on-camp- us theme of an update on the new ing Apartments for the 2005-'0- 6 community. provide another way to room with Fitness, Recreation and Athletics duct and electrical work through school year. One challenge Barbuto pre- friends. (FRA) facility that Doug Zipp, the coldest winter months. The possibility of introducing dicted, however, is how to dis- Lucy Martin, the independent had no trouble with special assistant to the president "We've co-e- d housing has been a major courage coupling, or a boyfriend student representative, said that discuss- co-e- for student facilities develop- the weather," said Zipp, topic of discussion for both Sen- and girlfriend living together. d housing would allow people ment, gave to the Collegian late ing the work being done across the ate and Student Council during the While Kenyon already has to get beyond gender differences. athletic fa- de- last week. street from the current past weeks. co-e- d housing by hall, or men and Although there was still Construction of the $60 mil- cility, the Alwin C. Ernst Center. Dean of Residential Life women living next to one another, bate about the effects that co-e- d lion facility began last April, and In all, 90 of the concrete George Barbuto said he supports there are currently no opportunities housing might have on campus, week has been poured for the complex, the message received last co-e- d housing. "My only concern for men and women to share the there was little overt opposition was quite clear: the FRA is on which will be over 260,000 square is to make sure we're doing it ... same space. to the idea. schedule to open by the fall of feet. Within approximately the next the right way," he said. According to Student Council While several faculty mem- all should curi- 2005. two weeks, the concrete The consensus among stu- President Tom Susman, this is due to bers and students expressed off-camp- co-e- However, students won't have be poured and work can begin dents, faculty and administrators is the fact that "we don't have any us osity about the urgency of d to wait that long to see some visual full-spee- d on interior electrical that more research needs to occur housing for Kenyon students living, considering that students progress on the site of what was work, especially as the spring and before any plan is implemented. because we're a residential college." see SENATE, page two once Wertheimer Fieldhouse. summer months bring warmer According to Barbuto, vari- One of the greatest factors weather. ous schools similar to Kenyon vis- - drastic visual changes that kept construction of the FRA Some Carnegie-Mello- n, Wesleyan, Tonight: Partly cloudy. High : Saturday: AM showers. High: on schedule has been the coop- have already begun to spring up Swarthmore and Haverford have site, with the 46F, low: 31F 40F, low: 25F. eration of the weather. Although on the construction already implemented a co-e- d Friday: PM showers. High: 50F, Sunday: Partly cloudy, High: bitter cold and ice have plagued arrival of the large cement columns housing program similar to the FRA, three low: 36F. 41F, low:22F. Gambier recently, the coldest see page one Kenyon is considering. The Kenyon Collegian NEWS Thursday, February 19, 2004 Council seeks changes to parking regulations first-ye- ar KERR-DALTO- As Student Council President sophomores and finally to that this due be BY IAN N "crunch" occurred year, the development plan to released Staff Writer Tom Susman said, "First-yea- r stu- students. But that suggestion was proposal makes it explicit that "the later this spring. dents, we're on a first-com- e, first-serv- e rejected in favor of the originally amount of permits issued for any According to the proposal, ve- This past weekend, Kenyon's . basis, and you're at the bottom proposed order: spaces would be designation should not exceed the hicle registration fees would remain Student Council engaged in an of the list." given out to all sophomores, juniors amount of parking spots within that the same as this year's. Registration animated discussion about parking Security and Safety Chair Ste- and seniors at the same time; the re- designation." for the remote lot would continue to on campus.