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That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago
He’s in charge of a major conference known for introducing technology and must-have apps to the world. His event is credited with bringing fame to Twitter and launching the social network Foursquare. He’s responsible for organizing more than 2,500 speakers in more than a thousand panels at almost a dozen venues, and top news outlets from around the globe will send reporters to cover what happens in those rooms. How will he keep track of all these responsibilities? On a crumpled sheet of 8.5-by-11-inch…
The Class of 2019 will be up in just a few days, so it’s getting down to the wire. As an extreme overpacker (literally ask anyone who has ever traveled with me), I can give some good advice on what is necessary for your first year up on the Hill. Essentials: A winter coat. Guys, I can’t say this enough. Gambier is cold. Especially coming from a place where average winter temperatures were about 40/50 degrees, for me, a winter coat was a must. Or bring two. Make sure that they are warm, and if…
Professor of Physics Ben Schumacher can count himself among an elite group of researchers studying some of the deep questions of physics, cosmology and philosophy with the awarding of a grant from the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXI). FQXI, a physics philanthropic organization, awarded Schumacher a grant in the amount of $73,425.20 to study eidostates, the partial description of the world that we hold based on all the information available to us. “When we think about a state, our description…
Last year, the longstanding tradition of a picnic on the final day of Orientation morphed into a community feast, including not only students and staff, but also members of the local agricultural community. The idea, in part, was to showcase the Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art exhibition at the Gund Gallery. The event was so popular that it returns this year, even though the exhibit has changed. On Wednesday, Aug. 26, starting just after the first-year sing at 5 p.m., between 2,000…
Three trees on Kenyon’s campus have caught the eye of the state of Ohio. In May, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) presented Kenyon with certificates acknowledging three trees deemed the largest within their species by the Champion Tree Program. The recognized trees include a white basswood near Bolton Theater, a grand fir north of Lewis Hall and a Norway maple on the west side of the Church of the Holy Spirit. A tree is recognized through a nomination, and its champion status is verified…
It’s 1:30 p.m., I’m 19 years old, I’ve just completed my first year of college, and I’m sitting in a circle of cramped, wooden desks. It’s summer and the sun drifts lazily through the windows. This is my former 200-level history classroom, but for now the walls are covered with poster paper. Bright Crayola markers have diagrammed story arcs, written archaic poetry references, and listed nostalgic childhood items. And while the classroom is strange, it’s the students that are stranger. They’re 16-…
Here in the admissions office, we wish we could show you every last inch of campus during your visit … but alas, our tour guides can only walk backward for so long! In our new blog series “Beyond the Tour,” we’ll give you the scoop on some spaces that aren’t highlighted on our 45-minute tours (and some extra info about spaces that are on the itinerary). We’ll begin with the Kenyon Athletic Center (or “the KAC” in Kenyon vernacular). Recently ranked number one on the Princeton Review’s Best Athletic…
The assignment from Professor of Art Barry Gunderson for his Art with a Function class was straightforward: make something to sit on. And the ideas for studio art majors Kelsey Ewing ’16 and Emily Green ’17 came easily. Both envisioned making beautiful chairs. But how the two would execute their plans cast a shadow on their projects; the cost of their chosen material—wood—was prohibitive. Ewing and Green scoured the trees behind the Horvitz Hall studio art building, but found nothing that would…
Alumni, history buffs and others curious about life at Kenyon now have the archive of the nearly 160-year-old student newspaper, the Collegian, at their fingertips. Almost every issue dating to the paper’s founding in 1856 has been digitized, and editions showing full pages as printed can be found through simple Internet searches or the Collegian collection that is part of Digital Kenyon, the College’s online archive. Previously, people had to go to Olin Library to view paper copies at the Greenslade…