The Latest

• International Students Grapple with the Pandemic, Abroad and at Kenyon

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  by Sam Brodsky  — March 11, 2021

• Regime Change

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  In James Rosenbury’s first game as head coach of the Kenyon football team, the Lords snapped a 27-game losing streak. A few of his changes include positivity, water aerobics, and yoga.

  by Lucien Kisch  — December 13, 2019

• Keeping the News Alive

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  So far, the Mount Vernon News has weathered the fall of print. It is now one of the last independent local newspapers in Ohio.

  by Justin Sun  — December 13, 2019

• Building Green

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  Kenyon’s drive to add new facilities often conflicts with its commitment to environmentalism. Can it reconcile these two ambitions?

  by Heather McCabe  — December 13, 2019

• Getting Help

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  A lack of adequate mental health care is an issue in rural areas across the country. Here’s how it is playing out in Knox County.

  by Dante Kanter  — April 30, 2019

• Accounting for Ambition

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  After the West Quad project, Kenyon will be $270 million in debt. What should we make of this?

  by Tommy Johnson  — April 30, 2019

• Learning with the Loss

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  "For Kenyon, an expensive, left-leaning institution of higher learning in a poor rural area that can seem hostile to the ‘liberal elite,’ the problem becomes how to navigate this divide."

  by Justin Sun  — December 14, 2018

• The Home Front

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  In Knox County, where some opioid users live in the woods, new legislation might provide a path to treatment.

  by Claire Fraise and David Han  — May 2, 2018

• The Path to Carbon Neutrality

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  Two years after making the pledge to become carbon neutral, Kenyon must put forward its first formalized plan detailing how it will achieve this. 

  by Justin Sun  — November 28, 2017

• Kenyon in the Crosshairs

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  With active shooter events becoming more frequent, will Kenyon be ready if it’s ever our turn? 

  by Griffin Burrough and Sam Achtermann  — November 28, 2017

• Reaching Out to the Red

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  Political disharmony on and off the Hill could threaten the success of a resistance movement in Knox County.

  by Frances Saux and Julia Waldow  — May 8, 2017

• Head in the Game

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  On campus and across the U.S., more students suffer from concussions. Here’s why, and what can be done.

  by Ben Hunkler and Julia Waldow  — November 28, 2016

• The Color of the Classroom

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  A lack of black faculty on tenure track and difficulties recruiting professors of color complicate Kenyon’s effort to increase diversity on campus

  by Griffin Burrough and Julia Waldow  — May 2, 2016