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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Hell, High Water and Hope
Editor @ November 16, 2007 # No Comment Yet
By Linda Sattem
It is hard to accept that Antioch College is in bad shape when daily we work with such wonderful students. The following are comments and feelings I have had since the closing announcement this summer that I don’t often have a chance to share.
Hell
This summer was very hard with the second round [...]
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Imagine…
Editor @ November 16, 2007 # No Comment Yet
By Matt Baya
I’m an Antiochian and one of the side effects of this affliction is that I have a pretty big imagination. This is a blessing and a curse. The curse in this instance is I can imagine how exponentially better the current situation could be with just a few small changes.
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Why I allow Antioch College to drag me across the floor on a daily basis
Editor @ November 16, 2007 # No Comment Yet
By Molly Thornton
At this point in time, we are all coming to the realization that the rollercoaster of the last three months is still rolling, and there is no end in sight. We are all at wits ends, and reaching dates in the timelines of our lives at which decision making can not be prolonged. [...]
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Obama Watcher
Editor @ September 7, 2007 # No Comment Yet
“I would say at this point that he still has that magic.” – Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL.)
Magic. Star power. Balls. Whatever one calls it, Barack’s got it. And yes, he is Black enough. But, alas, this champion of ethics reform (ethics? out of Chicago?), recently deemed a “rock star” by [...]
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Open Letter to Antioch students
Editor @ August 31, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Open Letter to Antioch students
I just returned from a weekend in YSO and attended the open forum session with the Board of Trustees. As an alum (class of ’77), I had not been on campus since the late 1990s when I tried to interest my daughter in attending. My experience this weekend reminded me of [...]
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To the Antioch University Board of Trustees
Editor @ August 31, 2007 # No Comment Yet
My name is Julian Sharp and I am a senior at Antioch College. Over the past three years my experience at Antioch has been rich. I have taken challenging courses, involved myself in shared governance, for those of you on the board who know what ComCil is, I at one time served as the chair, [...]
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Letter from Jean Gregorek in response to Ralph Keyes
Editor @ August 23, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Jean Gregorek, Associate Professor of Literature, responds to Ralph Keyes’s “Present at the Demise” published in the Chronicle of Higher Education
Web Editors Note - Accessing Ralph’s letter at the Chronicle of Higher Education website requires a login but Ralph also recently posted this article here : http://ilfpost.org/?p=230 and this is the link provided above. [...]
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Op/Ed - A fag in a fagless community.
Editor @ January 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
About two years ago when I was deciding on colleges one of the most important aspects that drew me to Antioch was the size of our queer community. When I came to Antioch I was assured by a friend that there is a large ratio of queers on campus. It was frustrating to find out [...]
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