Spring Break
Trustees discuss budget for housing
The Board of Trustees met on campus last week for its annual Spring Meeting.
"I thought it was probably one of the best Kenyon board meetings I've ever been to," Chairman of the Board William Bennett '68 said. "There was a tremendous amount of participation; there was great discussion.…
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Pave Middle PathStaff Editorial
Yesterday morning, a construction crew began the process of paving the two paths connecting Middle Path and College Road. Conversations across campus-and through all-student emails-turned quickly to the issue of whether Middle Path should be paved as well. It is our belief that it should be.…
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Kenyon bids farewell to retiring professors
Michael Evans
Professor Emeritus of Humanities and History
Professor Emeritus of Humanities and History Michael Evans joined Kenyon's history department in 1965 and has since served as an active member of Kenyon's faculty for longer than any of his predecessors.…
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Pranks: a history of Kenyon's deviantsFrom burning furniture to stealing Philander's horse
As finals approach, it's difficult to recall those days when the majority of Kenyon students weren't hunched over textbooks in the library or busily finishing papers in the wee hours of the morning. Kenyon's alumni, however, remember their own glory days spent not in the library, but rabblerousing, scheming and generally creating ruckus.…
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Clipse struggles against expectations
Clipse is a rap duo from Virginia Beach, VA, consisting of two brothers who go by the names Malice and Pusha-T. They are some of the best (if not the best) rappers working today and are held in high regard by critics and rap fans alike. Despite their widespread acclaim, their Sendoff-closing show Saturday night made one thing abundantly clear: Clipse is not a "Summer Sendoff Band.…
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Lords win NCACs, Ladies fall short
"We came, we saw, we conquered," Charlie Brody '10 said to summarize how the Lords tennis team, ranked eighth nationally, went about devastating its competition last weekend at the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament en route to its third consecutive conference championship.…
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Kenyon sophomore in jail on drug chargesNews BriefAccording to a press release from the Knox County Sheriff's Office, a Kenyon student was arrested last Thursday, April 23, for two counts of trafficking marijuana. The student, a sophomore, "allegedly sold marijuana to an undercover deputy sheriff," Knox County Sheriff David Barber said in the press release.
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Sendoff closes semesterLast Saturday's Summer Sendoff, which featured a concert by Virginia-based hip-hop duo Clipse, was executed well, according to Director of Safety Bob Hooper. "It was very well-planned, and Student Activities and Social Board did a great job," Hooper said. "We had a cart going around handing out water, and I think that was a great idea.
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Village RecordApr. 21, 2:01 p.m. - Hit and run vehicle accident at South Lot. Sheriff's Office notified for report.
Apr. 22, 11:19 a.m. - Vehicle accident at Peirce Pavement involving visitor and Maintenance vehicle. Sheriff's Office notified for report.
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Ablovatski, Hedeen, Jones, Millin-Lipnos granted tenureFour Kenyon assistant professors have recently received tenure: Eliza Ablovatski, assistant professor of history; Katherine Hedeen, assistant professor of Spanish; Brian Jones, assistant professor of mathematics and Paula Millin-Lipnos, assistant professor of psychology.
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Animals left behind by studentsLetter to the EditorTo all students here at Kenyon,
You are down to your last days. Time to close the books and put down the pencils; time to say goodbye to your classmates, roommates, teachers, coaches and friends all over campus. It is time for taking pictures, getting addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses and parting for the last time.
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The road less traveled: a first year looks backIn coming to Kenyon, I "took the [road] less traveled." I was a first-generation Mexican student from Dallas, Texas with no prior connection to the school besides Travis Culver, my admissions director, who brought me here to visit in November of my senior year.
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Rebirth of the old incivilityDecades before the generic scumbags and generally annoying jerks of our age, there came into being a varied, motley, but, after all, natural American Troll. Perhaps the phantom of an overly serious society will once more bring about the resurgence of an audacious tradition in human social interaction.
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Sam Francis piece lacks an audience in the KACWhen asked about the Sam Francis piece located in the Kenyon Athletic Center, my fellow students responded with: "Do you mean that orange bulletin board thing?"; "Oh yeah, I hate that piece"; and "I have no idea what you're talking about." Interestingly, these students are athletes, and they pass the piece more than three times a week.
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Spring Dance Recital showcases student talent"[Of] all of the dance concerts I've been in, this is the most diverse," said Shelley Fort '11 about the upcoming Spring Dance Concert. After months of planning and practice, the student-choreographed and organized concert is finally going up this coming weekend.
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Slanguage invigorates Kenyon theaterFriday and Sunday, April 17 and 19 marked a first in Kenyon theater history: a play was performed in the newly opened Peirce Pub. The play, produced independently of any student group, was "Slanguage," and from the first five minutes of the performance, it was clear that this production was unlike anything Kenyon has seen yet this year.
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"Rag and Bone" falls short of potentialNoah Haidle's philosophical comedy "Rag and Bone" has nothing to do with either rags or bones. It is a play about hearts and emotions and the complexities of having and not having them. The Gambier Repertory Ensemble Actors Theater (G.R.E.A.T.) staged a production of this unique play on April 28 and 29 in the Black Box Theater under the direction of Matt Crowley '11 with the stage management of Alyssa White '12.
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Ladies lacrosse finishes season with a splitThe Kenyon Ladies lacrosse team wrapped up both its conference and regular seasons this past week, facing two tough opponents in Wittenberg University and Notre Dame College. After earning a hard-fought victory against conference foe Wittenberg University with a final score of 18-9, the Ladies came up short against one of their toughest opponents of the year, Notre Dame College, with a tally of 13-8.
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