Shit, where to start? The current situation has served to divide the community instead of bringing it together. The amount of information/ disinformation has reached such a level that I feel overwhelmed in trying to determine where exactly we are. Sure the school is staying open, but if we are reading the Agreement and the Resolution co rectly, at what cost? There has to be a community-wide clarification from the body that represented Antioch, the AB, as to what exactly the terms are. I also believe that the role of the AB must change, from being the self-appointed vanguard of this fight, to being a secondary player, helping to support the members of the community that are directly affected by the situation at the college. Continue reading Letter from Michael Casselli ’87
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Letter from Steve Mooser ‘72
To Antioch Students,
I am over at a conference in Europe and immersed in the duties of participating in that. I read the NYTimes dispatch which indicated in part that after the initial euphoria among students last Saturday, there was concern because nothing in the “historic agreement†was firm and permanent about the future of the college. There are multiple conditions, provisions and questions.
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Letter from Carl Hyde ’48
To the Editor and the students:
Along with the euphoria of knowing that our beloved college will not die I have a feeling of great respect and gratitude to the current students. You have been the kind of students that best represent the ideals of Antioch. It is of great importance that you all came in September, even though you had no assurance that you could complete your education here. That fact, and your calm, mature presence during the weekend of the board meeting played a significant role in the outcome.
Letter from Mary L. McCubbin ’75
I’m probably the only student who saw Antioch president James Dixon (who started the off-campus centers that became elements of Antioch University) walk to and from the main building to fire then chancellor F.X. Shea in 1975. Students, concerned alumni, and faculty appealed to the trustees who met in the Antioch Inn dining room and decided to fire Dr. Dixon and reinstate Dr. Shea
Letter from Dan C. Shoemaker ’92
November 5, 2007
(Guy Fawkes Day)
For the sake of all current Antioch students, I am pleased to hear that the planned suspension of operations has been lifted. However, as an alum, I am deeply disappointed with the bargain that has been struck between my elected Alumni Board representatives and the Antioch University Board of Trustees.
“When will we learn that treating with the University is like courting the embrace of a strangling vine?”