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Updates from the O of T

By Jeanne Kay

“The numbers change everyday”, emphasized Janice Kinghorn, Associate Professor of Economics working in the Office of Transition. Since Antioch has adopted yet another acronym last June, the OT has been busy working individually with students to provide them with orientation and help in this time of crisis; it has also been trying to keep track of who will be returning to campus in the Fall. The uncertain state of affairs, however, makes it difficult to keep a steady count of the student population. “A lot of parents call and ask: ‘What’s going to be left there?’ I must answer that I don’t know”, confesses Kinghorn.

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Save Antioch weekend is fundraising success

5.3 Million dollars were raised in cash and pledges during the fundraising weekend of the 18th/19th August by the various Antiochians who organized activities such as picnics and movie showings to raise money for their alma mater. The College Revival Fund has grown to reach 7.8 Million dollars within two months of its creation.

Stakeholders List Announced

The BOT meeting of August 25th will take place at the Cincinnati airport Holiday Inn. The morning session, from 9:00 to 12:00 will be open to all community members, who will have to register their name with CG in order to be able to ask their questions to the Board. The afternoon meeting however, will be strictly reserved to the few selected stakeholders who will represent the different factions of the Antioch Community.

The list of stakeholders approved by the Board has been released on Tuesday 8/21 and is as follows:

Union: Steven Duffy
Non-union staff: Judy Kintner
Faculty: Tom Haugsby, Hassan Rahmanian, Chris Hill, Pat Mische and Beverly Rodgers
Students: Beth Goodney and Fela Pierrelouis
Community Government: Chelsea Martens and Rory Adams-Cheatham

Question Of The Week – What would you like to say to the Board of Trustees?

Question of the Week: What would you like to say to the Board of Trustees?

“45 Millions? Let me write you a cheque!” – Michael Casselli, ‘84

“You can take us out of Antioch but you can’t take Antioch out of us!” – James Kutil, 2nd Year

“Is it true that Toni Murdock eats puppies?” – Marysia, 2nd Year

“Do you believe in Antioch College?” – Jeff Wood, ‘88

“Who’s got pig iron? Who’s got full pockets?” – Luke Brennan, freelance antiochian

“You succeeded where the CIA the FBI, Republican reign of politics and Steve McQueen had failed. Congratulations.” – Kendall, 4th Year

Co-eds, Beds and Weddings Bells

Pillow talk at Antioch: Alumni on how the college brought them together

On the one month anniversary of our wedding, my Antiochian husband (Pete Poiré-Odegard ‘03) and I are attending the Portland meeting of alumni trying to save the great school where we met, fell in love, and got the education that changed our lives in a hundred wonderful ways. One thing that crossed my mind as I contemplated Antioch and its role in our love was a number of beds we shared on campus, on co-op and in our lives as recent graduates. Sorry dear reader, this is not as titillating as it sounds.

I remember sharing a twin bed, and later upgrading to two twin mattresses on the floor in Birch. I remember sharing a bed in a sketchy hotel in the Albuquerque neighbourhood affectionately referred to by locals as “the war zone”. We had arrived to co-op without housing lined up and lived for several weeks in this hotel, which a few months later was closed due to drugs and prostitution. Our first night there we had to carve over the swastika on the head board (it became a smiley face).
We may have caused the financial decline of the school by stealing two mattresses when we graduated. Dreadful sorry everyone. I would give them back now if I could. Finally we got a real bed and real jobs and a real grown up life where we lived somewhere for more than four months at a time. And on June 22, 2007, one day after our fifth anniversary, we got married. My point in this silly anecdote is that the experiences we shared at Antioch, both on campus and off, have strengthened our relationship and reminded us that the possibilities are endless to those willing to take a chance, work hard and struggle for what they believe in. We’ve been through enough that when he says I love you in his sleep, I know he’s talking to me. We haven’t always (ever) had a lot but we’ve always had a lot of love. Reminds me of a school I went to…

Be ashamed to let it die.
Ashley Briscoe ‘03

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