“Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.”

-Horace Mann

 

Beginning today, Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute will issue Dispatches to keep everyone in our community informed. These Dispatches are for all of us: the Yellow Springs local community, far-flung alumni of Antioch College, and all of the other past and current members of our community and supporters who care about Nonstop and about the future of the closed Antioch College. Nonstop needs your support and commitment. Dispatches will keep you informed.

 

Dispatches will consist of news stories, videos, announcements and more and will be posted at nonstopinstitute.org and at Antioch-related sites across the net. Look for them, read them, POST THEM, and pass them on!

 

Nonstop is about to begin its first semester! To help us celebrate, alum Matt Arnold brought the Rude Mechanical OrchestNonto Yellow Springs. Together, we paraded from downtown Yellow Springs to the Nonstop headquarters!

 

Watch the CURRENT VIDEO DISPATCH:

http://nonstopinstitute.org

 

Or read the story below:

The Rude Mechanical Orchestra (RMO) gathered with scores of Nonstop supporters in downtown Yellow Springs on Wednesday August 27. There were music and dancing as we celebrated the upcoming beginning to our first semester of Nonstop. Before RMO led the community on a march to the Nonstop headquarters, Duffy talked about fundraising for Nonstop, and faculty member Chris Hill delivered the following speech:

 

“We’d like to thank the Rude Mechanical Orchestra for coming here to celebrate Nonstop! We’re proud that an Antioch College alum has helped form such an amazing group of artists and activists.

 

Nonstop is about to begin its first semester! We are going to continue the long tradition of liberal arts education here in Yellow Springs. We are doing this because, as Horace Mann said, “Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.”!

 

This past year has been hard for us. The closing of our beloved Antioch College has made many of us angry and discouraged. We’ve had to fight, and struggle, and argue amongst ourselves. But today, we can celebrate the fact that in less than two weeks, students and faculty will be sitting down together in houses, cafes, churches and community centers. Students will study art and anthropology and chemistry and jazz. They’ll become better community members by studying local economics and environmental sustainability.

 

And we’ve all become better citizens by standing up and saying. “We must continue our tradition of academic freedom and innovation. We can’t stop, and we won’t stop”! And when we get our college back next year, think of the pride we’ll feel! Nonstop not only carries on the tradition of learning of Antioch College, but reinvigorates it. This experiment takes our classrooms out into the world and into uncharted territory. It has brought alumni from around the world back into our community and has gotten support from academics across the country. I can think of no better way to express the Antioch spirit than through Nonstop. And through Nonstop, we’ll all be ready when it’s finally time to go home.”

 

 

 

For more information contact: inquiries(at)nonstopinstitute.org

 

Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute  - September 3, 2008 - http://nonstopinstitute.org


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