Quintessential Kenyon: Student Life, Uncut

Page 16 of stories posted in That's So Kenyon

Unfortunate Timing: Awkward Tour Guide Moments

By Ariana Chomitz on March 23, 2013

I was walking backwards today, as usual, cracking jokes and spinning anecdotes to some visiting families when I had a really awkward moment.  You might have suspected this if you've ever been on a campus tour, but we tour guides definitely have a practiced shpiel down.  I like to think of it as a carefully timed guideline that I improvise off of, but it’s possible to throw me off if something unexpected happens.

What Does Canada Have To Do With Kenyon? Or, My Atypical Spring Break

By Ariana Chomitz on March 17, 2013

We crossed into Canada a little before midnight under torrential rains and the stony gaze of the Customs official. Our car was carrying three Kenyon students, a Scrabble board, and a collection of alcohol, which we had to quickly convert to rough metric measurements. We were headed for Toronto, in the exact opposite direction of where more reasonable college seniors on their last spring break should be driving, but I had someone special to visit up north.

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