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Why are the Rich Getting Richer?

Society & Politics From Kenyon in the News - 10 years ago

  The following op-ed, "Immigration reform can help reduce inequality," by Associate Professor of Economics Jay Corrigan appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on February 14, 2014 and in the Winter 2014 issue of the Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin. Slices of the economic pie are more lopsided than ever. According to data released in September, the richest 10 percent of American households earn just over half of all U.S. income. That’s the highest fraction since the federal government started keeping…

This is Your Brain, on Love

Science & Technology From Alumni Bulletin - 10 years ago

Addiction to love is a common refrain among pop artists from Robert Palmer to Ke$ha—and with good reason. Research shows that love, and the intense feelings associated with the experience, has an effect on our brain similar to a drug. “Love is a cascade of events that makes you feel good,” said Sheryl Hemkin, associate professor of chemistry. “It’s similar to the cascade of events caused by gambling, eating certain foods, or taking drugs.” Hemkin, who teaches neurochemistry at Kenyon, describes…

Middle East Perspective

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

An expert in Middle East history and culture, Beshara Doumani ’77 returns to Kenyon on Tuesday, Feb. 18, for a lecture called “Maryam’s Final Word: Toward a Social History of Family Life in Ottoman Syria.” The free talk takes place in Higley Auditorium at 7 p.m. Doumani is the Joukowski Family Distinguished Professor of Modern Middle East History and the director of the Middle East Studies Program at Brown University. Born in Saudi Arabia to Palestinian parents who left the city of Haifa in 1948…

Self-written senior thesis concludes female friendships

Arts & Culture From The Collegian - 10 years ago

Natalie Margolin ’14 knows how hard it can be to find the perfect play for a senior thesis. So instead of searching for a play, she wrote her own. Working with Casey Griffin ’14 and Elizabeth Gambal ’14, Margolin finalized The Power of Punctuation,a play that examines the nature of female friendships. After a year in the making, the show, starring Margolin and Gambal and directed by Griffin, will go up in the Hill Theater on Friday. But deciding to do a new piece was not the original plan. When…

Board of Trustees

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Initiatives to help students who rely on need-based financial aid, including internship support and greater choice in housing, highlighted the meeting of the Kenyon College Board of Trustees on Friday in San Francisco. A 5.8 percent increase in financial aid is also part of an operating budget of $129,620,000 that represents an increase of 3.6 percent over the budget for the current fiscal year. Trustees also approved a 2.5 percent increase to the salary pool for administrators, faculty, and non-union…

Going Green

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

New York Times best-selling author and Kenyon alumnus John Green ’00 spoke at Rosse Hall at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10. The event, called “Thoughts on How to Make Things and Why,” was closed to the public, but was livestreamed to Brandi Recital Hall on campus and was able to be viewed live online at johngreenlive.kenyon.edu. People could send questions to Green via Twitter before and during his talk by using the hashtag #TweetJohnGreen. Green’s solo novels include Looking For Alaska, Paper Towns…

Insect Interest

Science & Technology From Kenyon in the News - 10 years ago

The snow and cold of January bore little resemblance to the hot days that Daniel Akuma ’14 spent in a lab at Kenyon dissecting mosquitos last summer. But the hard work on his summer science project, under the direction of Professor of Biology Chris Gillen, led to his trip last month to the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) conference in Austin. “Daniel’s work is really remarkable,” said Gillen, describing the process by which Akuma removed the malpighian tubules, or “kidneys…

Polishing the Story

Alumni News From Kenyon in the News - 10 years ago

Students who want to make movies shouldn’t study filmmaking – at least not at first, said Alex O’Flinn ’03. “You need to read books and know history and look at art,” he said. “The more knowledge you have from different disciplines, the more you bring to the table.”  O’Flinn works as a film editor in Los Angeles, his most recent project being “A Girl Who Walks Home Alone At Night.” The film, an artsy, feature-length black-and-white vampire story set in Iran and told in Farsi, received some critical…

Rhythm and Rebounds

Athletics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

During a January basketball game last year at Allegheny College, Ikenna Nwadibia ’14 locked into a rhythm. He scored 19 points that night and topped things off by rocking the house. With just 21 seconds to play, the Lords faced a 69-69 stalemate. A teammate swung the ball around to the right wing, where Nwadibia collected it, began his dribble, stutter-stepped, drove to his right, and lifted the game-winning shot over two defenders. “I think basketball is the sport that is most dependent on the…

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