See you in Exile
Editor @ April 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
On a night in January, I was looking at myself in the mirror of my bathroom at 4 a.m. I couldn’t sleep. Everything was theoretically okay though: I was safely escaping the winding down of Antioch, I was being reasonable and attentive to my feelings and health. I had taken a sound decision considering the [...]
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Masculinity and a Personal Note
Editor @ April 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Alaa Jahshan
I remember talking to some friends and the words, “I hate heterosexuals!” came spewing out of my mouth as I realized I was surrounded by several of them. So what, I thought, I’ve heard people around me my whole life say they hate homosexuality, disgusted by it, wouldn’t even consider discussing it, sin [...]
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AdCil in Exile?
Editor @ March 5, 2008 # 3 Comments
By Jeanne Kay
Many things were different about this week’s AdCil meeting: it was held in South Hall, it started a little late and there was no coffee thermos on the table; but the main difference was that Interim President Andrzej Bloch did not sit at the end of the conference table. Instead, it was Faculty [...]
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Community Confused by Announcement
Editor @ February 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Jeanne Kay
On Friday, February 22nd, Interim President Andrzej Bloch announced to the Antioch Community “the reconfirmation of the decision to suspend operations of the college on June 30th for at least one academic year.” Students, faculty, staff, alumni and Yellow Springs residents gathered, like they had many times since last June, for an emergency [...]
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Cuban Arts at Antioch: Two Events
Editor @ February 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
by Alaa Jahshan
Listening to Jane Bunnet and the Spirits of Havana improvise through a fusion of Jazz and Caribbean beats is like watching a painter create a masterpiece before your eyes. Jane Bunnet and the Spirits of Havana performed for their third time at Antioch College. After playing a piece that got many heads bobbing, [...]
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Health and Fitness: The Curl Gymnasium
Editor @ February 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Miyuki Sese
Antioch College has a gym called “Curl Gymnasium”, which is located behind the McGregor building. 14 students as a part time job, and Judy Kintner who is a director and has been working at Antioch for 9 years, run the gym. Usually their tasks are customer service like renting something for playing sports [...]
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Report from AdCil
Editor @ February 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Jeanne Kay
It was not easy, on Tuesday morning, for AdCil members to discuss the first items on the agenda as if Friday’s announcement had not happened. The state of aggravated uncertainty brought to the community by the reaffirmation by Antioch University that operations at Antioch College would take an end under the University watch [...]
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SENIOR PROFILE: TOM SAIN
Editor @ February 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
So what year and major are you?
I’m a fourth year and I’m going to get my BS in physics.
What are you doing for your senior project?
I’m designing a circuit that relates to resistance to temperature. It’s kind of abstract right now because I haven’t really done anything on it. So I guess when that day [...]
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STAFF PROFILE: STEPHEN DUFFY
Editor @ February 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Tyler Morse
Steven Duffy is, in general, a man of few words. If Duffy is asked a quick question he gives a quick answer; if something important should arise, his thoughts are in order and he’s ready to roll. While he’s at work he keeps Olive Kettering Library running smoothly and happily, and when he’s [...]
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Dispatches from Community Meeting
Editor @ February 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Erin-Aja Grant
In the last 7 days there have been two community meetings held, mainly about the same thing. The much-anticipated University BOT meeting held in L.A. was supposed to provide some clarity about the intentions of the AC3 and the status of acquiring Antioch College. Both meetings talked extensively about the BOT meeting and [...]
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