Cameron Austin, Author at The Kenyon Collegian — Page 2 of 16

Section: Opinion

Thanksgiving, and the forgotten spirit beyond the holiday

Thanksgiving, in the imagination: I conjure an image resembling “Freedom from Want” — that classic portrait of the American holiday — by Norman… Read More

by Cameron Austin
November 15, 2018
Section: Features

A thorough look at Kenyon’s historic and forbidden towers

From a vista south of the Brown Family Environmental (BFEC), the spire of Old Kenyon Residence Hall rises just above the trees that… Read More

by Cameron Austin
November 8, 2018
Section: Features

Fall Harvest Festival brings in the season with music, games

Skies were blue and temperatures in the upper 50s at the Brown Family Environmental Center’s (BFEC) Fall Harvest Festival last Saturday— the perfect… Read More

by Cameron Austin
October 25, 2018
Section: Features

History of ultimate frisbee on the Hill takes the cake (tins)

Did Kenyon invent ultimate frisbee? No — students at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J., formalized the sport and its rules in 1968. Read More

by Cameron Austin
October 3, 2018
Section: Opinion

Meatless meals can become the next sustainability initiative

Kenyon certainly likes to tout its recent steps taken to reduce its environmental impact. But if this institution truly cares about its environmental… Read More

by Cameron Austin
September 13, 2018
Section: Opinion

The blurring of news and opinion: Why this trend must be reversed

On Aug. 15, The Boston Globe published an editorial, “Journalists are not the enemy,” denouncing President Trump’s repeated labeling of the “fake news… Read More

by Cameron Austin
September 6, 2018
Section: Features

Summer on the Hill: A guide to campus changes

New English Buildings Over the past year, two new buildings for the Department of English have been under construction. They… Read More

by Cameron Austin
August 29, 2018
Section: Features

Kenyon linked to creation of Advanced Placement program

Around 1951, Kenyon President Gordon Keith Chalmers proposed several initiatives to shorten the timeline for obtaining a bachelor’s degree. One would have called… Read More

by Cameron Austin
March 1, 2018
Section: Features

Put on ice: the history of Kenyon’s extinct ice hockey team

Though central Ohio lays claim to its own professional hockey team, the Columbus Blue Jackets, Kenyon College has limited winter sports opportunities. This… Read More

by Zack Eydenberg and Cameron Austin
February 1, 2018
Section: Opinion

Thrill of transgression: Kenyon’s bikes and Augustine’s pears

Can we agree that it is not okay to steal a bicycle? Even if it is unlocked. Even if you are drunk. Even… Read More

by Cameron Austin
November 16, 2017