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Bookstore in Danger of Reduced Hours

Over the past several years the Antioch College bookstore’s revenue has mirrored the steadily decreasing enrolment. Once most Antioch students have bought their books and supplies for class at the bookstore many seldom return until next term. Antioch McGregor has been becoming a more constant source of sales for the bookstore, however even with this source of income the bookstore would sometimes only make 25 dollars in a day. At the rate business has been going the bookstore’s operations may have been switched to an online store, which is common at smaller schools that can not support a campus store.

With plans of building a new separate campus to the west of Yellow Springs, McGregor was faced with fi nding a store which could supply its new campus with the books and tools necessary for classes. McGregor had originally considered having a corporation like Barnes and Noble run the new bookstore. Since the Antioch book store is accustomed to dealing with the needs of McGregor students it was decided a new Antioch College bookstore would be opened on the McGregor West campus instead of a franchise. Milt Thompson, Vice President of Student Affairs and Auxiliary Ressources at the College declared: “If McGregor had taken their business some place else, Steve Lawry, the operations folks and I would have had to consider closing the bookstore down, and going to an online service. I don’t think our community would be in favor of that.”

Even though the new Antioch College book store would be located on the McGregor West Campus it would still be owned by Antioch College and all revenue would return to the college. Likewise, the new bookstore would also pay rent to McGregor for the space used. McGregor and Antioch College products will still be available at both book stores to provide convenience for all students.

On February 27th 2007 Steve Lawry announced that 20 positions throughout the college would be eliminated. Among these 20 was one of the two bookstore employees. Currently one person is running the Antioch bookstore, and trying to open the new store at McGregor once fi nal inspections are passed for the new building. Once the new bookstore is open there will only be one person running both stores. Both McGregor and Antioch College are hopeful that FWSP and IWS students will step up to work in the bookstores, increasing the number of hours for both of them.

When Dave Cook, manager of the Antioch College bookstore, and now of the New McGregor West bookstore, was asked what he was looking for in employees he said that he needed devoted, responsible students and that experience handling money would not hurt. Dave Cook also guaranteed that there would be ample hours available, due to the fact that there are now two understaffed book stores.

The success of the new bookstore is not guaranteed. If Antioch College closes, so will the bookstore and McGregor will buy its remaining products. If the new bookstore at McGregor does not make a profi t or does not suit the needs of McGregor West it could also face closure. Milt Thompson seemed hopeful for the new store’s success, and even had plans for Antioch College bookstores at all Antioch University campuses allowing larger

ComCil approves Editorial Policy Record awaiting re-installation of online edition

By Kim-Jenna Jurriaans

In a unanimous vote, ComCil on Thursday march 8th approved a new editorial policy for The Record. The two page long document is the result of five months of deliberation and revision and will open the way for the community paper to resume its operations online. Hugs, cheers and congratulations went around the room at the last ComCil meeting before the break, celebrating the approval of a new editorial policy for The Record. Only days before, the Antioch College alumni board, which gathered on campus the previous weekend for its three day spring meeting, made a symbolic statement by adopting a resolution in favor of putting The Record back online as soon as possible. The newly approved editorial policy is key in this effort of once again making the paper available outside of the Yellow Springs community.

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A letter from Michael Brower ’55

To: Shelby P. Chestnut `05, Community Manager 2005-2006 and to Daniel E. Solis Operations Manager 2005-2006, and to those current students who may agree with your angry letter:
From: Michael Brower `55, Alumni Board Member

I saw your highly critical letter to Steve Lawry posted on SaveAntioch. org. I did not see the version you published in The Record a few weeks ago, nor the other letters in The Record supporting Jimmy Williams. So I can’t respond to other letters, but I do want to write to protest three things about your letter: Continue reading A letter from Michael Brower ’55

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In one hand you have a empty can of PBR in the other hand you have a bubblegum wrapper, the decision is on your shoulders: what do you do? Should you put them in the trashcan or in a different receptacle? Should you recycle them or throw them away? What should you do here on the Antioch Campus? RECYCLE! Let it be known that here at Antioch we actually do try to recycle. In most buildings on campus there is some type of recycling bin, whether it takes the form of a cardboard box or an actual recycling (blue) barrel, varies from building to building.

The way that Antioch tries to recycle is by hiring students through Federal Work Study Positions (FWSP). The students who are hired empty recycling bins from buildings around campus into dumpsters around campus that are designated for recycling. The students hired as FWSP recyclers work under Darrell Cook, co-coordinator of recycling Physical Plant. The students combine plastic, aluminum and glass into the same dumpsters here on campus, which are later sorted at the site where they are recycled (in Dayton.) The cardboard and paper recycling are put into dumpsters just for paper materials and are sent to specifi c paper recycling facilities. All of our garbage and trash go to Pinnacle Point, a dump/ recycling facility in the Dayton/New Carlisle area.

The only issue with Antioch’s recycling policy is it depends on the students for recycling to actually take place. If the students do not pick up all the recycling from each building the recycling is thrown out with the trash instead of being recycled.

“It all depends on the students,” says Milt Thompson member of Campus Greening Committee. “Without the students, recycling cannot happen.”

However , 4th year, Anne Fletcher sees a failure to recycle as Antioch’s fault, not the students’, “It’s just an example of institutional neglect of green issues, its not Physical Plant’s fault because they do not have enough staff or money allocated to them to have staff do it. If Antioch really cared about environmental issues, it would be institutional, what can be recycled isn’t even publicized around here.”

Many other schools have institutionalized their recycling that actually works, says Fletcher.

According to Cook, Antioch’s recycling policy is very poor because some people are on the recycling bandwagon while others do not even know there is a recycling bandwagon.

A 1st year, Jane, suggests we let everyone know we recycle here at Antioch. A solution is to simply distinguish garbage cans from recycling cans. Another idea is to put up colorful posters to help alert members of the community about recycling. And maybe the most simple solutions is when you see someone going to throw away a recyclable item, speak up and encourage recycling here in our community, after all we are supposed to care about our environment.

From The Editors

Dear Community,

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for the chance to serve as the content editor of our newspaper. While The Record has had some ups and downs this term, I hope that I have represented you faithfully and provided you with a quality publication. To those graduating this term, you will be missed, and I wish you all the best of luck in your future. As for the rest of you, I’ll see you next term, and I hope you have a great break. And don’t forget to observe the solstice on the 22nd, I think it’s a good omen that Horus is to be born anew the day we leave this place. Next term will be brighter and better, or so I hope.

Goodnight and Good Luck,

Luke

Dear Commnuity,

This is the last issue of the Record for the Fall of 2006 and the last issue for me as your layout editor. Earlier today I asked myself whether or not I could keep doing the job if the contract were for a year. “Yes,” I thought to myself, and then, “I am glad this is over.” We’ve had our expected ups and downs, maybe a few unexpected ones as well, but we’ve also made it to the end of the term.

I want to tell everyone that due to Livermore Street’s inability to process submissions, we are holding off with printing until the end of Spring 2007. We hope to have an increased budget as well as to print a longer, higher quality magazine. Those interested in receiving a copy who will be gone in the spring are encouraged to email Livermore Street via our first class account. Currently, the mailbox is full, but we are working on creating space. Thanks to all who submitted.

This being the last issue, I can’t help but to reflect on my work. I’ve been looking through some of our past issues and been impressed and depressed with what I see. I know that I can do a better job than I have done, but I also believe that I have done a good job. I would say that I would like to continue with this type of work and I thank the community for allowing me such an opportunity.

One thing still bothers me though and that is the status of the Record both online and next term. The few days the Record was online were good days. The excitement Luke and I felt from the community was like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. All of a sudden the community grew, broke outside our stupid bubble, ebbed and flowed, flew, alumnus mixing with the campus, voices as diverse as the birds. We need the Record online and I look forward to the day that it happens again, for good. What Luke and I leave behind for the future editors shouldn’t be a sinking boat or couch, chair and movie poster. The support for the Record comes from the community, whether it be in the form of funding, online operations or the creation of content. I have faith in many of my student peers and in much of the faculty and staff that they do both what they think is right and what they can. Luke and I have tried to find common ground with the administration. I can only hope that what divisions exist are but cracks in which seeds might fall to inevitable flourishing.

Yours truly,
Foster Neill
Layout Editor