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Junior Year Reflections

by Natalie Kane '18

Student Life From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

It’s that time of year again when the persistent passage of time becomes harder to ignore. Maybe I just like examining my Kenyon experience every step of the way (I do write for this blog, after all), but I think that the end of a school year can be a valuable time to take a moment of reflection. My first year was largely focused on meeting new people and creating my Kenyon home, while sophomore year was spent balancing a very busy schedule and honing in on the things that mattered most. Junior year…

Artistic Vision

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

A passion for art developed early in life for Harlee Mollenkopf ’17. As a child, she would visit the darkroom with her grandmother, who worked as a graphic design professor at a technical college and always encouraged her granddaughter’s artistic endeavors. “When I said I wanted to be an art major, she didn’t say, ‘You’re not going to make any money.’ She said, ‘I’m so happy for you,’” Mollenkopf, a studio art major from Mount Gilead, Ohio, recalled. Mollenkopf’s dedication to her craft has been…

Welcome to the Wright

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Debbie Erlandson came to a May 5 open house at the Wright Center to see if the former Buckeye Candy building still smelled the same. “When I was a little girl, my mom would bring me almost every week, and coming in that back door you could smell tobacco and candy and bubble gum. Oh, man, it was floor-to-ceiling candy!” she said. “I never missed a chance to help her come and buy candy for the music boosters.” Several hundred people shared her curiosity and toured the building as part of Mount Vernon…

Academic All-Stars

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Phoebe Carter ’17 received a birthday surprise this year: She learned that she was a recipient of this semester’s Franklin Miller Award. Carter, a modern languages and literatures major with a comparative world literature concentration from Fairfield, Iowa, was one of two recipients for the spring semester. The other award was given to Eliza Abendroth ’18, a psychology major from Evanston, Illinois. The award is given each semester to students who make unusual or significant contributions to the…

Civil Discourse

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Members of Kenyon’s faculty voted unanimously at an April 24 meeting to approve a statement affirming their commitment to freedom of expression for students and faculty. The statement urges support for a free exchange of ideas and encourages “critical and creative thinking.” “Because the central mission of the College, liberal education, requires free and open inquiry in all matters, students and faculty should have the broadest possible latitude to speak, write, listen, challenge, and learn,”…

Model Mathematician

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Professor of Mathematics Carol Schumacher is famous among her students for her generous office hours. Her devotion to Kenyon’s math department has led her to serve three times as its chair. She has even been known to crochet models of hyperbolic plane surfaces to give her students physical aids for her lessons. Just don’t count on her for her drawing skills. Schumacher’s sketching ability was put to the test this semester during her “Calculus III” class, a multivariable course that involves three-dimensional…

Moving Forward

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Between their arrival on the Hill and their departure four years later, many Kenyon students change their majors at least once, opting to study fields and subjects they otherwise would never have considered. Ian Edwards ’17 of Alexandria, Virginia, is one of these students. He came to Gambier believing he would be a drama major, but due to scheduling conflicts during his first year, Edwards enrolled in “Beginning Modern Dance.” By that spring, he declared his dance major. “This was exactly the…

Building Blockbusters

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

The Gund Gallery’s Community Foundation Theater was packed with film buffs — students and faculty alike — for a recent screening of “Silence” (2016), directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks ’66. Cocks, who followed the screening with a Q&A, also penned the screenplays for “Age of Innocence” (1993), “Strange Days” (1995) and “Gangs of New York” (2002). Cinearts presented the event, which was co-sponsored by the American studies and film departments. “Silence,” based on the 1966 novel…

Sounds of Sendoff

By Benjamin Jagolinzer '19

Student Life From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Summer Sendoff, the annual end-of-year party hosted by Kenyon’s Social Board, features musical acts, food, freebies and a whole lot of excited students (plus, of course, beer and wine for those over 21). In recent years, Social Board has been able to secure some big-name acts, including Chiddy Bang, Logic and Danny Brown. This year, the featured artist was Bas, with Brasstracks as the opener. The event serves as a much-needed break from coursework and other commitments that always pick up at the…

Fulsome Fulbrights

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

When Phoebe Carter ’17 started thinking about applying for a Fulbright fellowship during her sophomore year at Kenyon, the modern languages and literatures major presumed she would apply to travel to a Latin American country. But Carter, who also studies Arabic in addition to her primary language, Spanish, changed her mind after studying abroad in Jordan during her junior year. “I wanted to continue studying the literature of that region and learn more Arabic,” she said. During her 10-month return…

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