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Four-Minute Lecture: Professor Sarah Murnen

November 15, 2013 By in Commentary, Culture, Features Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

Welcome to Four-Minute Lectures.  All semester, we will be bringing in professors you know and love to deliver Four-Minute micro-lectures for the betterment of our minds.  They will encompass a wide variety of topics and departments.

murnenThis week’s Four-Minute Lecture is with Samuel B. Cummings Jr. Professor of Psychology Sarah Murnen. Murnen is a social psychologist who studies gender-related issues from a feminist, socio-cultural perspective. Specifically, Murnen examines how the status difference between women and men in American society might be developed and maintained through various gender-related behaviors.

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10 o’clock list: Fictional Characters Who Should Teach At Kenyon

November 11, 2013 By in Departments Tags: , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

Finish reading Kierkegaard, you must.

Last year I wrote an article listing some fictional characters who didn’t attend Kenyon, but should have. As you can see in the link, a commenter suggested doing the same, but with professors. I’m finally getting around to it, Anonymous, you dweller of the internet darkness. The professors at Kenyon are just as quirky as the students, and the following teachers from beloved works of literature, cinema, and television would fit right in at a staff meeting. Continue reading →

Four-Minute Lecture: Professor David Suggs

November 1, 2013 By in Commentary, Culture, Features Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

Welcome to Four-Minute Lectures.  All semester, we will be bringing in professors you know and love to deliver Four-Minute micro-lectures for the betterment of our minds.  They will encompass a wide variety of topics and departments.

suggs(0)-1This week’s Four-Minute Lecture is with Professor of Anthropology, David Suggs. Trained in medical anthropology with an area focus on southern Africa, Suggs has conducted extensive research in Botswana on gender, life course, and alcohol consumption. Most recently, his research has focused on the meaning of alcohol consumption among college students, specifically those at Kenyon.

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10 o’clock list: Do’s and Don’ts for the Inaugural Ball

October 24, 2013 By in Departments Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment

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Saturday brings perhaps your one and only chance to party with the entire campus. Literally. The President, administrators, professors, students, and maybe even a few randos will throw down all at one time, all in the same place. If this gives you extraordinary amounts of anxiety, we understand. Here are a few pieces of advice to help assuage your fear:

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UPDATED: Quick Complaints: Professor and Staff Edition

September 26, 2013 By in Commentary Tags: , , 8 Comments

Professor Fred Baumann of Political Science and Jeremy Leiser-Mitchell ’13 just chillin’ at the KAC (Via Kenyon.edu)

Our colleagues at The Collegian run a beloved column entitled Quick Complaints, which publishes students’ daily gripes. We at The Thrill chose to elevate this concept to the next level. Quick Complaints: Professor and Staff Edition. We were more than curious to hear some of the bones the greater Kenyon community has to pick…more after the jump!

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