Kenyon Collegian

"Art is a great tool for change," said Andrew Kingsley '06. Kingsley and Andy Vaught '05 former Kenyon drama majors, have founded the Cripple Creek Theatre Company in order to "make a difference," said Kingsley. The Cripple Creek Theatre is a non-profit theater group in New Orleans, geared towards "producing dramatic works of cultural, historical and political relevance in order to provoke the general public into social action," according to their Web site, cripplecreekplayers.…

Stumbling out of my dorm two Saturdays ago, I felt like I was in a fairy tale-the only difference was that all princesses had gone dominatrix, Ghostbusters preferred sporting fishnets, and Batman and Robin were dressed in less than heavy gear. Yes, I understand that it is the nature of a college woman to transform a little kid's costume into something a little more revealing but, in terms of costumes, this past weekend topped any Halloween I've seen before.…

As I teetered atop 6-inch platforms in the strip club dressing room, draped in Mardi Gras beads and surrounded by half-naked girls showing off tattoos in places I didn't even know tattoos were possible, I realized that I may have learned more in the past 20 minutes from girls making $25 per lap dance than in an entire year of my $40,000 Kenyon education.…

"As art students, we create work that seldom goes beyond the classroom," said Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Phil Hastings. "Art is about taking chances, but when a student knows that his work will be scrutinized and enjoyed by an audience then it raises the stakes.…

Perched atop Ascension's tower and unused for many years, the College's original observatory is a part of campus history unknown to many students. According to George Franklin Smythe's Kenyon College: Its First Century, the tower observatory was part of the original design of Ascension, which was built in the late 1850s.…

I would like to have a moment of silence to remember all the goldfish that died in the bowels of partygoers this past Friday at the Psi U lodge. As part of their annual Bill Party, in which for some reason all attendees must concoct a name to wear throughout the evening involving the word 'bill,' guests were encouraged to imbibe not only beer but also in a few of the small fishes contained in large bowls next to some more conventional snacks.…

Poetry Reading by Andrew Hudgins Andrew Hudgins, Professor of English at Ohio State University, will read from his poems at Weaver Cottage at 7 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 9. Hudgins is the author of many collections of poetry, including Saints and Strangers, which was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize and After the Lost War, which was a finalist for the National Book Award.…