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Coaching for the Cause

Athletics From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

For the second time in as many years, Kenyon College head football coach Chris Monfiletto volunteered his time to work Lauren's First and Goal Camp. This season, Kenyon assistant coaches Scott Marino and Meade Clendaniel joined Monfiletto at the camp, which was held Saturday, June 22 at Otterbein University. The camp is the primary fundraiser for Lauren's First and Goal Foundation, which uses proceeds to provide financial support for families living with pediatric cancer. Locally, donations help…

Pretty Baby

Science & Technology From Alumni Bulletin - 11 years ago

The string bikini,the leopard-print mini-skirt, and the padded, push-up bra have crept into the wardrobe of the fashionable child. A Kenyon research team of faculty and students last year exposed the retail reality of sexualized children's clothing. The trend could be seen as harmless fun for cute kids or as evidence of an ominous slide toward sexual objectification.“I feel we're robbing them of their childhood,” Professor of Psychology Sarah K. Murnen said. “I do think there is potential danger…

How to Land Your Congressional Dream Job

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

The extraordinarily young chief of staff Jack Pratt '98 is living proof that a smart, ambitious, hard-working liberal arts graduate can rise quickly in the often invisible but crucially important world of Congressional staffdom. He worked briefly for Representative Ken Lucas (D-Kentucky), then joined Representative Steve Israel's staff when Israel took office in 2001. Pratt started in an entry-level job ("to some degree, once you get your foot in the door, we're all sort of interchangeable") and…

WKCO Profiles: Bless Your Heart with Sarah Blair Jenkins

Student Life From The Thrill - 11 years ago

I had the pleasure of sitting down (albeit virtually) with the talented Sarah Blair Jenkins ’13 to talk (email) about her radio show on Kenyon’s own WKCO. Tell me a little about your show. What influences your DJ-decisions?  I host “Bless Your Heart” Radio Hour from 3-4pm on Wednesday afternoons. I play bluegrass/country/folk/rockabilly/alt-country/blues; any sort of southern or southern-influenced music. Where are you from, in the real world? Has your hometown influenced your taste in music? I…

Quantifying Free Trade

Society & Politics From Kenyon in the News - 11 years ago

It feels good to buy a chocolate bar with the Fair Trade label, signifying decent wages for the farm workers in developing countries who harvest the cocoa beans. But are you willing to pay more for that chocolate than for a regular chocolate bar? And how much more? What about corn chips? Would you pay more for chips in a package that said "Made in U.S.A."? And, to get more serious than snack food, what about pollution? If you could see what it cost, to you personally, to reduce acid rain, how wide…

Taft receives NIH Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

Molecular Biology Major Justin Taft '13 is the most recent Kenyon graduate to receive a Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (Postbac IRTA) from the National Institutes of Health. He will conduct research on the immune response to HIV in the lab of Dr. John Mascola in the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. The Postbac IRTA provides recent college graduates who are planning to apply to graduate or professional (medical/dental/pharmacy)…

Fulbright Fellows

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

A fascination with China has led to a Fulbright research fellowship for Morgan Peele '13. Peele joins eight other Kenyon alumni as Fulbright Fellows this year, and the others will dedicate themselves to teaching around the world. Peele is heading to Hangzhou, China, in September to pursue the study of "The Childcare Conundrum: How Families Navigate the Issue of Childcare in Hangzhou, China." A sociology and women's and gender studies double major, Peele has been fascinated by China's culture and…

The Christie's Connection

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

Kenyon art students seeking experience in the professional art world have an unusual advantage: alumni who hold key posts at Christie’s, the international art auction house, and who regularly offer a helping hand in the form of externships and internships. Over more than two decades, dozens of students have benefited from the Kenyon-Christie’s connection. Kenyon’s main contact at Christie’s is John Hays ’82, deputy chairman of Christie's Americas in New York City. He is widely known among the general…

Some Inspirational Graffiti

Student Life From The Thrill - 11 years ago

Someone has been leaving inspirational messages on the walls of Mather. For those of you who don’t have the pleasure of living in the most desirable dorm on campus, a morning treat. And for the sad souls who ended up in Mather during the housing lottery yesterday, this is something to look forward to. It’s not as fancy as those NCAs, but at least it has the best graffiti. I’m not entirely sure what it is I’m supposed to keep searching for, but I’m sure it’s worth it. Or maybe it’s just a message…

Hunting for answers

Science & Technology From Alumni Bulletin - 11 years ago

Were the Neanderthals savvy big-game hunters or more simple-minded scavengers? A Kenyon duo took that question into their own hands—literally. David Hohl '12 of Pinedale, Wyoming, and Associate Professor of Anthropology Bruce Hardy built and tested replicas of Neanderthal spears to see whether our much-maligned ancient cousins used long-distance throwing weapons. Or did they simply thrust their spears into their prey at close range? The throwing-versus-thrusting debate has raged in academic circles…

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