THE ANTIOCH RECORD

Toxic Talk: Steve Lawry’s Culture War

By Jeanne-Kay Research: Brian Springer, Kathryn Leahey, Jeanne Kay Prelude: The Discourse of Toxicity “Toxic Culture.” Steve Lawry’s infamous phrase is now part of the vocabulary of virtually all Antiochians. The year before the Antioch University Board of Trustees (UBoT) resolved to close the college, the key political issue on campus and the polemic that [...]

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AdCil in Exile?

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 [...]

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Report from AdCil

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 [...]

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Antioch College Racial Discrimination Prevention Policy

I. Preface History of the RDPP Since its student-initiated inception in 1997, the Racial Discrimination Prevention Policy (RDPP) has been the work of students, staff, faculty and administrators at Antioch College.  The College’s Sexual Offense Prevention Policy inspired the idea for a policy designed to support an anti-racist College environment.  There have been incidents on [...]

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Dispatches from Community Meeting

by Erin-aja grant The shape of McGregor 113 is reminiscent of a Greek amphitheater, stadium seats and all. This week the agenda was lively with thank yous or yays first, with all the nays (Pulse) at the end. As the counsel formed, folks enjoyed the free ice cream on a rainy day. Although the only [...]

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