The Intersection of Commenting and Bullying

April 26, 2013 By Thrill staff in Internal Affairs, News Tags: commenting, Editorial 26 Comments

This post was authored by Emma Specter ’15 and Spencer Kaye ’14, co-editors-in-chief of the Thrill, along with David McCabe ’14, the Thrill’s founder and editor-in-chief emeritus.

Yesterday, a post we published entitled “Editorial: On Send-Off” attracted a lot of attention. While comments on the post started out fairly neutral, they quickly devolved into a mess of ugly, juvenile slurs, most of them directed toward members of two campus Greek organizations. We’ve closed commenting on the post and done our best to moderate any hurtful comments, but we think it’s important to address the issue head-on. Continue reading →

Editorial: On Send-Off

April 25, 2013 By S. Ryan in Commentary Tags: Administration, changes, Editorial, Send-Off 164 Comments

What Send-Off probably should look like (via Mark Coltman '87)

What Send-Off probably should look like (via Mike Coltman ’87)

Editors’ Note: Because the tenor of the comments section for this post has turned vulgar and hostile, forcing us to moderate a number of them, we have closed comments on this post for the time being.

Today the student body of Kenyon College was informed via an e-mail from Tacci Smith that this Saturday, normally known as day 2 of Summer Sendoff, that no Kenyon students would be allowed to register any events on the South Quad. The e-mail from Tacci seems to be an effort on behalf of the College to quickly and quietly bring an end to Summer Sendoff.

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One-Sentence Editorial: Gourdzilla Should Be Our New Mascot

October 11, 2011 By Thrill staff in Commentary, Departments Tags: Editorial, gourdzilla, lords, mascot 2 Comments

For one thing, “Lords” reeks of feudalism and also makes our football team sound like a bunch of frolicking fops (but who could hope to defeat the Kenyon Gourdzillas?), and since Gourdzilla’s triumphant arrival in Peirce last week (and subsequent establishment of a family), she has truly become queen of this College, inspiring in every Kenyonite’s heart a sense of pride at having a morbidly obese decorative gourd to call our own.

Gourdzilla 2012!

One-sentence editorial: Don’t Be Mean to LBIS

October 9, 2011 By Thrill staff in Departments Tags: Editorial, internet, lbis 4 Comments

While we recognize the frustration some students have felt as a result of slow campus internet speeds, we do not believe that using hostile language in a public forum such as all-student emails will encourage LBIS or the administration to work to fix the problem, so students should communicate with College officials in a more productive manner.

One-sentence editorial: On October Break

October 2, 2011 By Thrill staff in Commentary Tags: Editorial Leave a comment

It is the opinion of this blog that Kenyon students should continue to call the four-day break that begins this week “Reading Days,” instead of the administration-mandated “October Break.”

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