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Festive Reading

Arts & Culture From The Kenyon Review - 4 years ago

It’s December, time to ponder the passage of time and the solace of books. Too gloomy? OK: time to savor the sparkle of the season through the joys of reading. Whatever your mood as the calendar adds another year, the Kenyon Review celebrates by asking editors and staff to suggest some of their favorite (especially recent) books, so that you can keep the pages turning and the pixels scintillating. DAVID LYNN ’76 P’14, EDITOR “Felon,” by Reginald Dwayne Betts. Poems of extraordinary, searing power…

Learning Through Conversation

Student Life From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

Brandon Rakowski ’20, a philosophy major from Weston, Connecticut, returned to Kenyon this fall an educational convert. His junior year abroad at Oxford University, saturated with late-night conversations about truth, justice and free will, had impressed upon him the value of education based in dialogue. Peer-to-peer symposia in Oxford’s student lounges and pubs pushed Rakowski to elaborate his own positions on ideas incubated in the classroom, expanding his mode of thinking. Back in Gambier, Rakowski…

Podcasting Profs

by Dante Kanter ’21

That's So Kenyon From The Collegian - 4 years ago

How do you pronounce Neanderthal? Is it “Neanderthal,” or “Neandertal”? Professor of Anthropology Bruce Hardy has the answer: If you want to sound like a real paleoanthropologist, drop the ‘h’. “Even with the ‘h’ in there, it’s silent in German,” Hardy said during his appearance on the new podcast “The Kenyon Profcast.” “‘Thal’ means valley.” These are the kind of questions the host of the “Profcast,” Associate Professor of Spanish Daniel Hartnett, likes to ask to kick off his interviews — the sorts…

High Achievers

Student Life From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

Sutton Amthor ’21 is an Arabic and Asian & Middle East Studies double major from Bruceville, Texas. Scout Crowell ’20 is a psychology and Spanish double major from Ortonville, Michigan. Both have been awarded this semester’s Franklin Miller Awards for their noteworthy contributions to the College’s academic environment. The award was established by Edward T. “Chip” Ordman ’64 in honor of the late Franklin Miller Jr., a beloved professor of physics. Over lattes at Wiggin Street Coffee, we spoke with…

Schwarzman Scholar

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

Maher Latif ’17 has been remarkably efficient in pursuing his career goals of improving educational and economic outcomes around the world. As a first-year, he co-founded a nonprofit organization with Manjul Bhusal Sharma ’16 to enrich learning opportunities for students in Nepal. As a senior, he worked with a small group of classmates on a new initiative aimed at easing the resettlement process for refugees. Soon after graduation, the economics and Chinese double major and mathematics minor from…

50 Years of Kenyon Women: Nandi Plunkett Levine ’11

Kenyon Women From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The 21st alumna in our series is Nandi Plunkett Levine ’11. Originally from Williamstown, Massachusetts, she was a music major and anthropology…

50 Years of Kenyon Women: Jen Judson ’04

Kenyon Women From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The 20th alumna in our series is Jen Judson ’04. She is the land warfare reporter at Defense News, a global website and magazine based…

Musical Manager

Student Life From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

Can you hear live music coursing through Kenyon’s campus on an otherwise quiet Gambier evening? It’s likely coming from the Horn Gallery, a multi-purpose performance space next to Peirce Hall. The Horn is decorated with posters advertising years of musical acts from Peach Pit to JPEGMafia. While some acts are composed of student musicians, professional performers regularly travel from all over the country to play at Kenyon — that’s where Dora Segall ’20 comes in. “I really enjoy connecting with…

Soccer Streak

Athletics From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

For the third time this postseason, the No. 9-ranked Kenyon College men’s soccer team fell behind 1-0, but rallied to victory. On Sunday at Mavec Field, the Lords converted an overtime penalty kick to defeat the University of Rochester Yellowjackets 2 to 1 in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. With the win, Kenyon improved its record to 19-1-2 and advanced to the third round of the NCAA bracket for the sixth time in the last seven seasons. The win also moved the Lords’ unbeaten…

Listening with Purpose

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

In a recent interview with Vox’s Ezra Klein, President Sean Decatur summarized the national anxiety over the future of community and civil discourse. “What does it mean to navigate in that type of [diverse] world? How do you connect and relate to each other?” he asked. “It may mean developing an understanding of how people are looking at things from different perspectives.” The Kenyon Listens program strikes at the heart of those questions. The program aims to foster meaningful discussions that…

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