Some owls refuse to leave the nest: Summer on campus

Every May, students across campus pack their clothes, take down their posters and turn in their final assignments to make their individual treks home. Read More

Students give ink-sight into the stories behind their tattoos

I have commitment issues. Okay, not the kind you’re thinking of. I do just fine in relationships, I’d say. What I really can’t… Read More

The “finals” hurdle: Stress relief, study advice and survival

Finals. The last hurdle before you can go home and forget about college for the summer. The Carver Reading Room and L2 are filled… Read More

Hark! A look into the history of Kenyon’s guardian angels

Last fall, after my very first all-nighter of the semester, I found myself standing next to the five angels perched atop concrete columns outside… Read More

To press or not to press: The truth behind automatic doors  

Bop it. Twist it. Kick it? That can’t be right. No, I’m not describing the actions one takes while playing with the iconic 2008… Read More

Friendship, crushes and confusion: Kenyon weighs in

“Can two heterosexual people truly have a platonic relationship?” The question may be a bit loaded and even cliche, the subject of passionate debates… Read More

Students volunteer as tributes for Kenyon Hunger Games

My feet dragged as I approached the steps of Rosse Hall, the Kenyon Pealers’ melancholic notes ringing in my ears — the soundtrack to… Read More

Data center sites are everywhere. Is Gambier at risk?

As spring arrives, Kenyon’s campus becomes even more picturesque; tulips start to bud, the trees begin to bloom and more students return outside to… Read More

Section: archive

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

Flats on the rocks: Student staff spill on the bar’s future

Kenyon’s student-run bar, Flats, exists in a liminal space, literally and figuratively: literally because it sporadically bounces between the locations of Peirce Express (considered… Read More