THE ANTIOCH RECORD

McGregor Students get a Voice

Charlotte Dungan started in the Liberal Arts program at Antioch University McGregor in 2006 in the hope of becoming a teacher. She is a mother of two, and works as a computer contractor. She is also a lunch teacher at the Antioch School, which she calls “probably her best hour of the day.” She says her educational experience at McGregor has been very fulfilling. “I’ve been to three other schools and it’s been by far the best education I’ve had.” She hopes to graduate in the Spring of ‘08.

In 2006, she founded the McGregor Voice, a newsletter written for and by McGregor students. It is published twice a quarter with a circulation of 150 copies.

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Interview: Dan Shoemaker

He’s the bearded guy from the reunion picture that ran in the Times, “the one that looks most like an old hippie,” for whom the Oscar ceremony is a holy day. A teacher at Bowling Green in Cultural Studies and Antioch class of ‘92, Dan Shoemaker has become one of the more frequent visitors to campus to reconnect with the Alma roots, most recently for a film lecture last weekend. The Record has a conversation with the man from the 90s about movies, SOPP, and “being a good Antiochian.”

What is your favorite movie?
The Third Man, with Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles. It’s beautifully shot, and it’s sort of post modern in a way because the protagonist keeps doing  all these things he thinks are the morally right things to do, but because he doesn’t understand the context he’s in, they’re the wrong things.

What were some of the main events that happened during your years at Antioch? Was there a lot of stuff happening while you were there?
Well, it’s Antioch, so there’s always a controversy happening on campus. Are you talking about [what’s] important to me, or important to the community in general?

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Interview with Lynda Sirk

On Friday August 31st, Chancelor Toni Murdock announced the appointment of Lynda Sirk as part of a new administrative team to lead operations at Antioch College.
Sirk was hired to assist former dean of students Andrzej Bloch in his new dual position as Chief Operating and Academic Officer. “We needed someone with background in institutional advancement to help Andrzej with his responsibilities,” University spokesperson Mary LaPierre explained in a phone call on Saturday. “The task of oversight and management was given to Lynda.” University spokesperson Mary Lou LaPierre explained. “We needed someone with background in institutional advancement to help Andrzej with his responsibilities.”
The Record asked the new special assistant to the COO Lynda Sirk about her background at the college and plans for her new position.

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When the arts were liberal enough

By Jeanne Kay

What went wrong with Antioch? Autopsies and Obituaries have multiplied in the Media in the last two months. In order to see who was behind one of the most debated of these opinion pieces, The Record went to a London pub to meet Michael Goldfarb, author of the New York Times Op/Ed “Where the arts were too liberal”

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