Archives — The Kenyon Collegian

The North, the South, the Midwest: Kenyon in the Civil War

In 1865, a handbill circulated across Kenyon’s campus calling for the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, to be burned in effigy to celebrate his capture. Read More

by Maddie Barbar
April 9, 2026
From the Archives: The life and death of Olof Palme ’48

On a cold February evening in 1986 on the streets of Stockholm, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme ’48 and his wife Lisbeth were walking… Read More

by Kathy Georgieva
April 2, 2026
The triumphs and tumbles of the Kenyon Military Academy

A military training academy with a gymnastics club; a scheming president; a lethal and destructive fire — the story of the defunct Kenyon Military… Read More

by Mallory O'Brien
March 19, 2026
From the Archives: A radical militant’s time on the Hill

Terry Robbins enrolled at Kenyon in the fall of 1964, joining the Class of ’68. He declared an English major. But Robbins wouldn’t graduate… Read More

by Tadhg Sahutske
January 29, 2026
Kenyon’s second president named a street for his old haunt

Everyone knows the story: both Kenyon and Gambier are named for the aristocrats across the pond that gave a large chunk of the… Read More

by Tommy Johnson
January 30, 2020
Photographer José Galvez captures Latino faces of U.S.

By: Sarah Lehr At 10 years old, José Galvez walked into the offices of the Arizona Daily Star for the first time. Galvez was a… Read More

by Sarah Lehr
March 6, 2015
God, gay rights, Uganda: alumna helps create film

By: Sarah Lehr Ten days after Paige Ruane ’94 met Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams, she wound up with him on a plane to Uganda. Read More

by Sarah Lehr
March 3, 2015
As business takes off, junior leaves hill

By Staff Matt Wagnitz is a 21-year-old junior at Kenyon. He majors in history, has played on Kenyon’s baseball team and runs a million-dollar technology… Read More

by The Kenyon Collegian
December 12, 2013
Dancing with the Kenyon Stars reels in highest total yet

By Staff On Friday, Dec. 6, the Kenyon College Ballroom Dance Club (KCBDC) hosted Dancing with the Kenyon Stars, a charity event in which pairs… Read More

by The Kenyon Collegian
December 12, 2013
Decatur envisions the future in 20/20

By Graham Reid Much like a resident of Gund or Norton, President Sean Decatur is a first year. He has spent the last semester learning… Read More

by Graham Reid
December 12, 2013