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October 13, 2016
Vol. CXLIV, No. 7
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BILL GARDNER I NEWS EDITOR
Roommate troubles, anxiety issues, homesickness: These are all problems residents share with their Community Advisors (CAs). But now, CAs are mandated to record interactions they have with their residents — and one CA, who spoke to the Collegian anonymously for fear of losing his job, said the Office of Housing and Residential Life asked CAs not to tell their residents about the new policy. When CAs returned to Kenyon in early August to start their training, the Office of Housing and Residential Life (ResLife) presented them with the “Resident Interaction Form,” an official ResLife document in which CAs keep track of the conversations they have with their residents. Two CAs, who spoke to the Collegian anonymously for fear of losing their jobs, feel the new form could compromise their residents’ privacy. “This is just a blatant violation of ethics,” one CA said. “It makes me feel disingenuous. It makes me feel sick, honestly.” Jill Engel-Hellman, director of ResLife and assistant dean of students, said three Assistant Directors (ADs) of ResLife were page 4 responsible for introducing the form, including
AMY SCHATZ | COLLEGIAN
Journeying from “Hill to Hill” with CSAD JULIA WALDOW ART DIRECTOR
While some students were curled up in their beds last Thursday morning, I was up bright and early, armed with a strawberry Arnold Palmer, a couple of doughnuts and a suitcase to keep me company on a bus trip to Washington, D.C. As part of its inaugural “Hill to Hill” program, the Center for the Study of American Democracy (CSAD) offered 51 students the opportunity to spend three days in the nation’s capital during October Break. Co-sponsored by the D.C.-Area Regional Alumni Association, the trip included a tour of the Capitol, three political panels, a keynote address by a four-star general and an alumni networking reception. One month before the presidential election, the event enabled members of the larger Kenyon community to reflect on the modernday role of politics and the presidency, while building personal and professional relationships. Preparations for “Hill to Hill” began this summer, as CSAD staff, D.C.-area alumni and staffers from the Office of Alumni Affairs contacted panel participants and planned the schedule. Professors of Political Science Pamela Camerra-Rowe, David Rowe and Fred Baumann, Assistant Professor of Political Science Kurt Pyle and Assistant Director of CSAD Nancy Powers volunteered to tag along for the three-day conference.
Powers called the event “a highimpact experience for students with an interest in politics” and “a chance for out-of-the-classroom interactions among students and faculty.” Almost crammed to capacity, our bus journeyed about 400 miles to D.C. We passed the time with sour Skittles, fruit punch Capri Sun and the 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. We completed political crosswords (“What was Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton’s first alma mater?”) and crafted limericks inspired by current events (cue Donald Trump’s leaked tape). Once we arrived in D.C., we discussed the latest political developments and our expectations of the trip over steaming helpings of Thai food. Then, after driving to the Lincoln Memorial and walking through the D.C. streets, we tucked in for the night. The next day began with a tour of the Capitol, followed by a trip to the Library of Congress and lunch with alumni. We journeyed from hall to hall of the nation’s legislative branch, eyeing the paintings in the Capitol Rotunda and snapping photos of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s door. Clutching guest passes signed by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, we stole a peek at the Congressional chambers. Our next stop was the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a political think tank and public policy research institution, where CSAD Director Tom Karako serves as a senior page 5 fellow.
Over October Break, students support DAPL protesters
Top: Protesters display signs of solidarity. Bottom: Private security guards DAPL site. | Courtesy of Emily Barton KEVIN CRAWFORD I NEWS ASSISTANT
When a group of students arrived at the Sacred Stone Camp in North Dakota on Oct. 2 to support the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, (DAPL) they didn’t know what to expect. “We were outsiders there, we were guests,” Ethan Fuirst ’17 said. “We lived in tents at this camp that probably had a few hundred, mostly indigenous, people. The allies — the non-indigenous people — mostly had a vagabond identity. Very few had lives in full swing that they had left behind.” The DAPL is a proposed oil pipeline that would run from North Dakota, across the Midwest and into Illinois. Current plans would see the pipeline cross through the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota, disrupting sacred sites. The pipeline would also cross the Missouri River, increasing the possibility page 3