questions about social life at kenyon :)

Riceward
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:09:04 +0000

“Play Hard,” certainly. “Work Hard,” well for the last four weeks of the semester, sure. If you like to talk/argue/complain about Kenyon you’ll keep occupied. There is, however, a great deal of boozing. Anyone who tells otherwise is lying. If you don’t drink, you MUST have a very close circle of friends who don’t drink (or who don’t drink more than once a week).

A former, locally legendary Kenyon Dean of Admissions was once asked (by a prospective student) what, precisely, there is TO DO at Kenyon. The Dean snapped back, “There is NOTHING to do here, and I don’t think you should come.” The college ought to blazon this across all of its admissions material. The point is that you’re not supposed to have anything to do. You’re supposed to do your homework.