Kenyon in the News

The December issue of O: The Oprah Magazine ran an excerpt from the 2005 Commencement address given at Kenyon by writer David Foster Wallace and mentioned the College in the introduction. Oprah says the 2005 address, titled "The Capital T Truth," suggests that the choice of a lifetime is one we get to make over and over.

Kenyon's Food for Thought program was featured in the November/December issue of Our Ohio magazine. Titled "The Ties That Bind," the piece focused on the College's efforts to build a strong relationship with the community and help preserve farmland through the farm-to-cafeteria program. Professor of Sociology Howard Sacks was quoted as saying, "(You) don't have to live here too long to see agriculture is central to defining the character of this community."

The Sunday, November 6, Education Life supplement of the New York Times included a feature called "Trendspotting," which highlighted the popularity of "slacklining" and mentioned Kenyon. Slacklining practitioner Ryan Volsen '09 was shown, in a photo taken by Emily Zeller '08 . Slacklining involves balancing a few feet above the ground on an inch-wide line.

Kenyon was mentioned in the November 3 Columbus Dispatch in a story about the seventh annual Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit. The Dispatch reported that Kenyon buys food from local growers to serve in the dining halls, as part of the Food for Thought initiative.