We think, therefore we write.
Kenyon students have a lot to say, so they write — with imagination, thoughtfulness and care. Read their takes on what it’s like to live and learn in Gambier, Ohio, and learn more about writing at Kenyon.
“The sprawling fields and open sky are the ‘almost there’ of Kenyon.”
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As I prepare for grad school at Cambridge University, here’s my open letter to the faculty who supported me along the way.
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In “The Expansion of International Society,” Raul Romero ’22 reads books written by someone he questioned in Congress as an intern.
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On an author line including many people with doctorates, my name gets to go first.
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When a first-year student from Los Angeles took out his earbuds to take in the sounds of Middle Path, his walks between classes took on new meaning.
Ask Kenyon students anything
Seriously. Listen to these students talk about how they’ve changed at Kenyon, how they describe the campus community and what advice they have for incoming students.
“A Lesson in Taxidermy”
“I’m struck with my first real twinge of sadness, and I have to stop my inspection a moment. We are — were — in the same phase of life, two girls on the precipice of adulthood. She, a fierce predator swooping over golden farm fields under the wide Midwestern sky; me, a budding scientist working in her first research lab. It’s pure serendipity that she is my first specimen, though it feels almost like fate. But that isn’t a very scientific way of thinking.”
Sarah Jean McPeek ’19
Biology
Hanover, New Hampshire
“We flood through the Peirce doors and carefully part around the seal. As we eat, I try to catch every last one of their words, fearing my friends might all disappear back into June and July.”