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The Kenyon Conspiracy:
Visitors from the Planet Zeerocks
by Melissa Morris






Is this a familiar scene? A copier in the Kenyon Library. Out Of Order. Why does it always happen when you have a paper due? During finals week? 

Just when students all across campus need the copier, signs like this appear on more than one of the copiers. Why?

For years, scientists have been trying to come up with a reason for the problems with the copiers in Olin. Now, after years of exhaustive research, they are prepared to reveal their findings.

The answer, scientists now believe is this little creature. It is a microbial organism from the planet Zeerocks. Organisms such as the one at right migrated to Earth about 15 years ago due to a decreasing habitat on their home planet.

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Special thanks to Emily Briggs for taking the alien "anatomy" and "spaceship pictures. Thanks to Justin for all of his help.