Yellow Springs, Ohio, October 22, 2007

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Legions of Antioch College alumni, spanning more than seven decades, are expected to gather this week at the Yellow Springs campus for what promises to be a historic meeting between the College’s Alumni Board and the Antioch University Board of Trustees. The Alumni Association is challenging the Board’s decision to suspend operations at the 154 year old liberal arts institution known for its groundbreaking educational innovations.

Yellow Springs, OH, October 8th and 9th 2007 Antioch College community members cast their ballots for the student initiated community referendum on two issues critical to the survival of Antioch College. College students, faculty, and staff levied a vote of no confidence in the Chancellor of Antioch University, Tulisse Murdock. Also passed was a second referendum that endorsed continuing the operations of the College past the proposed closure date of July 2008, while working towards reformation as an independent and self-governing institution. Community Manager Chelsea Martens stated, “I think that Antioch’s sustainability and livelihood is dependent on its ability to be a self-governing institution [away] from the University.”

By Nancy R. Crow, President of the Antioch College Alumni Association. Tuesday, August 7, 2007

To: Chairperson Art Zucker, Members of the Antioch University Board of Trustees and Members of the University Leadership Council

From: Nancy R. Crow, President of the Antioch College Alumni Association

Date: August 7, 2007

Approved by the Alumni Board on its August 2, 2007 Conference Call

We will ask the University Board of Trustees to cooperate with us in good faith on the following:

1. Maintain the on-going operation of Antioch College past June of 2008, even at a reduced level.

Published Tuesday, July 24, 2007
By Corrine Frohlich, on behalf of Chelsea Martens

Dearest Community,

George Will is in fact correct, founded in 1852; Antioch’s first president was Horace Mann-the father of American public education. Antioch was indeed among the first nonsectarian colleges, among the first to offer equal compensation and opportunity to male and female faculty, among the first to offer an equal curriculum to women and blacks. At the time that Antioch made those choices, it was roundly criticized by the reactionary social commentators of the day just as it is today by Mr. Will and his ilk.