H is for How Awesome is Kenyon?

This Monday, as members of the Kenyon community trooped into Rosse Hall to attend an introduction to the 19^th President of the College, Sean Decatur, I was filled with anticipation, and some amount of fear.

On The Road Again

"As you set out for Ithaka
hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:
you’ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you."

- C. P. Cavafy's Ithaka

G is for Getting Buckets or Dying While Trying

This is the tale of how I ended up not posting for the entire month of February. It was a bright sunny Thursday, right after my first basketball game where the Kenyon Lords beat Hiram College by 8 points. I was still reeling from the excitement (more like adrenaline rush) of the game and I had the bright idea to do something new on this blog. I figured that everyone was getting tired of reading about my boring – and sometimes almost tragic (Calculus II, why??) – life at Kenyon. So, I decided to interview the Basketball team...

Meet the Dance Team: Kenyon's Flyest Hiphop Crew

As a freshman I imagined my dance team "senior game" going down with a solid crew of wonderful friends, performing a fun, crowd-rousing piece (of my own choreography) and getting a little emotional in the moments before stepping onto the court. In an unexpected twist, this is all exactly what happened last weekend.