Student Council Recap
Missed StuCo today? The Thrill live-tweeted the meeting, where Meredith Bonham ’92, VP for Student Affairs and Mark Kohlman, Chief Business Officer, were in attendance, as well as dozens of Kenyon students. Read some of the tweets below:
"What this came down to was students upset about a lack of communication" -Phoebe Roe '16
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"There is now talk of moving the sendoff date to Saturday April 30" -Phoebe Roe '16
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"They are listening to us. Change is coming. Collaboration need concessions on both sides. We cannot stop working together as students" -Roe
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
Decatur proposes an open forum to reach understanding with students.
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"I'm just so in awe that so many students care about Kenyon and demonstrate that by being here" -Meredith Bonham
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"Hopefully we can use this as a catalyst to move forward" -Bonham
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"The date and timing of Summer Sendoff have fluctuated considerably since it first was launched" -Bonham
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
Bonham cites lack of rain venues, Passover as reason for date change.
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"I wish the drinking age was not 21. I really do." -Bonham
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
Bonham apologizes for the lack of communication with students about sendoff decisions.
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"It seems that [private drinking] is a natural consequence" -Trevor Kirby '16
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"I really hate the term 'the administration'" -Bonham
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
There were two hospitalizations last night at the college-sanctioned Phling, and no hospitalizations at last year's Sendoff.
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"Transparency needs to be coming from both ways" -George Costanza '19
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"As a student body, we don't just want to know that we're being heard, we want to be part of the process" -Teddy Farkas '16
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"It's not just about sendoff. It's about disrespect. We are not involved in any of these decisions." – Junior student
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"We've had many policies [from the campus senate] that went to the administration and ultimately did not happen" -sophomore representative
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"Here in Gambier, this is all we have. We don't have a city we can go into. This is seriously impacting student life" -George Costanzo
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"What I will say is that the changes to Sendoff will have exactly the opposite effect to which you intend"-student
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"When there is a death, it won't be on the students. It'll be on the administrators."-student
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"It would be really harsh to expect [CAs] to enforce quiet hour policies after Sendoff" -sophomore CA
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"It sounds like the school is valuing liability over student safety right now" -junior class president
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"DPhis and DKEs play frisbee together' -student, on unity during Sendoff
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"There's been a feeling that the administration has their go-to students."-Jack Quigley '16
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"I don't feel that the people attending the small group meetings have to just be the student council" -junior class president
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
Chris Wilson '16 speaks to the large number of other organizations that had plans based on the original date of sendoff.
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
Gray Clark '17 speaks to the loss of the playpen "It was one of the moments like in High School Musical where we all were in this together"
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"The Cove is operated by a private operator. It's not really open to everybody in the community because you have to be 21." -Mark Kohlman
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"We have an opportunity to provide additional student housing" -Kohlman, on tearing down the Cove
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
Kohlman speaks to returning Gambier to a "village feel"
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"The Gambier Grill in its current configuration had devolved into something that is not a broader community location" -Kohlman
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"Did you think about the fact that you're taking away my job and how I can pay to go to school here?" -student bartender
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"It's crazy that I had to find out [the Cove was closing] through an article"-student Cove bartender
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"We're too far out to make a decision on that" -Kohlman, on how student input will take place in replacing the Cove
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
"Campus senate is dysfunctional" -Dean Toutain
— The Kenyon Collegian (@KenyonCollegian) February 7, 2016
Email roep@kenyon.edu or studentcouncil@kenyon.edu to voice questions and concerns.
— The Thrill (@thekenyonthrill) February 7, 2016
yikes. the administration’s response (the most appropriate term to use) is not reassuring at all.