Posted June 13, 200718 yr Antioch announces it will close in July 2008 By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Wednesday, June 13, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — Antioch College will shutter its campus in July 2008 because of a lack of money and declining enrollment, the private, liberal arts college said Tuesday. The school will regroup for four years and hopes to find the financial resources to reopen an overhauled campus in 2012. About 160 faculty and staff will lose their jobs when the campus goes dark, said Mary Lou LaPierre, vice chancellor for university advancement. The undergraduate college, which has a rich history in social activism, has watched enrollment drop from its 1960s heyday of about 2,000 students to 400 today, LaPierre said. The decreased tuition revenue, coupled with lackluster fundraising that prevented it from building a sizeable endowment, drove trustees to close the college. The college will operate for the upcoming 2007-08 academic year and concentrate on graduating seniors before it closes, college officials said. More at http://www.DaytonDailyNews.com. About Antioch College A private, liberal arts, four-year undergraduate college founded in 1852. Serves as the flagship for Antioch University system, which has six additional campuses on the East and West Coasts. HISTORY: Antioch's first president, Horace Mann, coined its mission statement, "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." ENROLLMENT: 400 students; 60 percent female, 40 percent male; 67 percent out-of-state, 33 percent in-state. TUITION & FEES: $28,500 AVG. FINANCIAL AID: $26,620
June 13, 200718 yr The official Antioch press release... More of a positive spin on it (as would be expected) than the Dayton Daily News article Antioch College Suspends Operations to Design 21st Century Campus State-of-the-Art Campus projected to open in 2012 YELLOW SPRINGS, OH- On June 9, 2007, Antioch University’s Board of Trustees voted to suspend operations on July 1, 2008 of Antioch College, the University’s undergraduate residential program in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with the intention of reopening a state-of-the art campus. The Chancellor will establish a Design and Development Commission to determine the long-term future of the College with the intention of opening a re-developed undergraduate campus. An Academic Design Team will be appointed to design a new undergraduate curriculum reflecting the College’s strong traditions and values while meeting the needs of today’s students. The College will continue to serve its current and newly accepted students with a strong academic program for the 2007-08 academic year. For the 2008-09 academic year, all students will be offered degree completion opportunities at Antioch University McGregor which is moving to a new facility in Yellow Springs in September, 2007. In addition to the McGregor opportunity, students who have successfully completed the first two years of their bachelor’s degree will be offered reasonable opportunities to complete their degree at Antioch University’s other degree completion programs in Seattle, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Students wishing to transfer to other colleges and universities based on the requirements of the other institutions will be assisted in doing so. Over the past several years, Antioch College has experienced a continuing decline in its student enrollment. Given its small endowment and heavy dependence on tuition revenue, this low enrollment has threatened the College’s survival. Efforts to balance the College’s budget over the years through faculty and staff reductions, programmatic changes and deferred maintenance of the physical plant have eroded the confidence students and parents have in the College’s academic program. After careful analysis the Board determined that the College’s resources are inadequate to continue providing a quality education for its students beyond July 1, 2008. The College’s low enrollment and lack of adequate funding led to the decision to suspend operations and declare financial exigency as required by the faculty personnel policy. About Antioch University: The University is founded on the principles of a rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. These campuses all nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to act as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. In addition to the College, Antioch University is comprised of five nonresidential campuses in Keene, NH; Yellow Springs, OH; Seattle, WA and Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, CA, all accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. These campuses attract students wishing to complete BA degrees, seek graduate degrees and/or prepare for new careers. Antioch College, founded in 1852, is part of Antioch University, which includes Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire; Antioch University Seattle in Washington; Antioch University Southern California in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara; and Antioch University McGregor in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The University’s administrative offices are also located in Yellow Springs. For more than 150 years, Antioch has been a leader in higher education, long known for its commitment to educational innovation and social justice. http://www.antioch-college.edu/news/releases/index.php?id=178
June 13, 200718 yr ah... I just posted this exact thread in Business and Economy minutes ago... d'oh Oops, sorry Evergrey...didn't catch that.
June 13, 200718 yr it's fine... i wasn't sure which forum to post this in... I'm sure somebody will merge the topics... anyways... I find this to be pretty interesting development... I just visited the campus about a year ago... it was a very unique campus with that gorgeous wilderness area they have... but it did seem very dead... which makes sense as there was only 400 students... it seems like Antioch offers a very unique education... but I wonder why a liberal arts school that seems to have a pretty famous reputation would have such a tiny endowment
June 13, 200718 yr They have no money because it's a college full of drug doing hippies.. and they in the end make no real money to donate to a collage.
June 13, 200718 yr Yeah, the Enquirer article on the closing alluded to that, except for the drugs part.
June 13, 200718 yr Man, can you imagine trying to date in a school of only 400 people. That'd be positively uncollegiate!
June 14, 200718 yr All from the 6/13/07 DDN: Antioch cites inability to compete for 'new millennium student' in closing By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Wednesday, June 13, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — — When Antioch College temporarily shuts its campus on July 1, 2008, the school will try to overhaul its finances, academic programs and overall structure to emerge in 2012 as a viable institution with its offbeat character intact. Previous cost-cutting measures — postponing building maintenance, faculty and staff layoffs, and academic program changes — have not only failed to bring the college back to financial health, school officials said Tuesday, the measures have eroded the confidence of students and parents in the school's ability to educate. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/12/ddn061307antiochreax.html Noteworthy Antioch College graduates By Staff reports Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Olympia Brown, 1860: Was a suffrage activist and the first ordained female minister in United States history Leland C. Clark Jr., 1941: Worked for Fels Research Institute on the chemistry of human development and later did other research on chemistry in the service of humankind. He developed more than 60 inventions, including the first practical heart-lung machine, and published more than 500 papers on scientific discoveries and medical technology. A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., 1949: Was the first black to serve on the Federal Trade Commission. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995. Rod Serling, 1950: Screenwriter, TV playwright, and host best known for The Twilight Zone. Coretta Scott King, 1951: Prominent civil and human rights leader. She is founder and chair of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, which is named after her husband. In 2004, Mrs. King returned to Antioch College to accept the prestigious Horace Mann Award, presented by the Antioch College Alumni Association, for her determination to promote nonviolent social change. In 2005, Antioch College initiated the Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural & Intellectual Freedom. Mark Strand, 1957: is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and was poet laureate of the United States from 1990-1991. He won a Pulitzer prize for his book of poetry Blizzard of One. Stephen Jay Gould, 1963: Was an internationally noted paleontologist and best-selling author whose award-winning books included The Mismeasure of Man and Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes. Listed as one of the "Smartest People in the World" by Parade Magazine in 1991. John Flansburgh, 1983: Is the guitarist and songwriter for the musical group They Might Be Giants. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/13/ddn061307antiochgrads.html
June 14, 200718 yr WYSO-FM (91.3), the public radio station that broadcasts from Yellow Springs as a service of Antioch University, does not appear to be in danger. "WYSO is licensed to Antioch University, not Antioch College," said Paul Maassen, general manager of WYSO. "The university is fine; the university system is not being closed or anything. As far as I know, it doesn't affect us." cool except - will they have to move ? They used to be in the student union
June 14, 200718 yr When I helped out in a fundraiser a few years back they where in another building, in the basement. It was the same building the McGregor School was in. The paper is reporting the alumni are unhappy with the way this was closure was done.
June 15, 200718 yr Skeptical alumni criticize trustees, pledge fight to keep campus open By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Thursday, June 14, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — Alumni of Antioch College were sad, skeptical and befuddled Wednesday following the news that their "mothership" was closing for at least four years because of financial problems. "It felt like one of those dreaded calls in the middle of the night when your worst fear about a beloved relative comes true," said Kenneth Sher, a professor in psychological sciences at University of Missouri and a 1975 graduate. The private liberal arts college announced Tuesday it will close in July 2008 due to lack of money and will try to find enough funds to reopen four years later. A small, $30 million endowment and heavy dependence on tuition revenue amid declining enrollment forced Antioch University trustees to close the college, trustees said. Amid the shock that rippled through alumni across the country came criticism of trustees' stewardship of the Antioch University system's flagship institution. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/14/ddn061407antiochfolo.html
June 17, 200717 yr Commentary Antioch sunk itself by refusing to evolve Sunday, June 17, 2007 3:49 AM By Mike Harden, The Columbus Dispatch YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio -- The campuswide disaster drill at Antioch College on Friday seemed anti-climactic, coming as it did at the end of a week in which the school announced it would close its doors next year. With fingers crossed, the college, which has now retired more times than Frank Sinatra, is taking its bows and blowing kisses at the alumni and benefactors it hopes will help restore and reopen the Buckeye State's Berkeley in 2012. "It has risen from the ashes before," said Pam Hogarty, proprietor of Unfinished Creations, a Xenia Avenue shop that sells art supplies to the school and its students. "If they can get some fresh blood and some fresh ideas, it is not impossible." Full story at http://dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/06/17/MIKE17.ART.2_ART_06-17-07_B2_S271PC8.html
June 18, 200717 yr With only 400 students, how much could this really change the town? The village only has about 3500 people, so it could make a significant difference. From the 6/17/07 DDN: Antioch alumni plan to confront trustees about closure Weekend reunion could provide perfect forum for those who question moves. By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Sunday, June 17, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — — Far-flung Antioch College alumni are beginning to descend on Yellow Springs for a weekend-long reunion beginning June 21, despite the college's recent announcement it will be closing in 2008. Alumni dating back to the 1940 graduating class have signed up for the reunion, an annual event featuring local music, sports and intellectual conversations on topics ranging from politics to medicine to city planning. Speculation is swirling among local alumni about the Antioch University board of trustees' decision to shutter the campus beginning in 2008 for at least four years to regroup and recoup its finances. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/17/ddn061707antioch.html
June 18, 200717 yr They might actually pull off that restart in 2012. Maybe they need a smaller campus?
June 18, 200717 yr With only 400 students, how much could this really change the town? In my opinion, it would have the potential to change the town over time. I think it would be safe to assume that student activism over the years has helped shape the character of the town. Also, I'm sure the college attracts a particular type of staff and faculty members, many of whom live in the community. For example, how did Yellow Spring's most famous resident, Dave Chapelle, end up in Yellow Springs? His father was a professor at Antioch College.
June 19, 200717 yr thats pretty shocking. caught me off guard thats for sure. you just dont expect institutions like that to close up shop. there goes the hippy dippy yin to anarchist minded oberlin's yang.
June 20, 200717 yr From the 6/19/07 Xenia Daily Gazette: Antioch looks to future while hosting students from past School's closing will be felt throughout village, county AARON KEITH HARRIS Staff Writer YELLOW SPRINGS -- While Antioch College officials continue to field questions from media and alumni about last week's announcement that the 150-year-old private liberal arts college will suspend operations after the coming academic year, village and county governments are offering help and preparing for the economic consequences. Antioch College officials have been preparing to provide detailed information on the situation to alumni at a reunion slated to begin on campus Friday, said Mary Lou LaPierre, vice chancellor for university advancement. "We really want to reach out beyond the college, but we really need to communicate with our community first to let them know exactly what's happening, and that's what we've been doing this week," said LaPierre, who said the announcement has prompted inquiries from across the country. Full story at http://www.xeniagazette.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=155565&TM=47683.09
June 21, 200717 yr Looks like Antioch made the NYT. June 17, 2007 Op-Ed Contributor Where the Arts Were Too Liberal By MICHAEL GOLDFARB THIS is an obituary for a great American institution whose death was announced this week. After 155 years, Antioch College is closing. Established in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, by the kind of free-thinking Christian group found only in the United States, Antioch College was egalitarian in the best tradition of American liberalism. The college’s motto, not in Latin or Greek but plain English, was coined by Horace Mann, its first president: “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” For most of its history the institution lived up to that calling. It was one of the first coeducational colleges in the United States, and at a time when slavery was being practiced 70 miles to the south of its campus, it was one of the first colleges not to make a person’s race a factor in admission. It was also the first to appoint a woman as a full professor. All this happened before Lincoln became president. More at www.nytimes.com
June 21, 200717 yr This Goldfarb article explains a lot for me. I have always heard this "Antioch<--->Hippies" equation from locals and it made no sense to me. Yellow Springs did have this somewhat affluent quasi-bohemian thing going on, like a few places I knew from California, but Antioch..the students...all seemed to be sort of punker/alternative types, with a bit of that rasta thing thrown in. I didn't see that as "hippy". But now i know the history of the place, and can see that the locals in this area are regurgitating opinions formed over 30 years ago, as if they are current truths. Otherwise this was a pretty good article. I think, before the crisis Goldfarb mentions, Antioch sounds like it might have been a midwestern version of Berea, with that work-study program, though Berea had that "educate the poor mountaineer" mission and interest in conserving and celebrating regional folk culture and such, which is something that is at heart conservative. One wonders about the "pragmatic" Antioch of the Arthur Morgan era, what the place was like or the ethos there?
June 21, 200717 yr ^ well unless something has changed in a year last time i was there i saw a lot of tie dyed shirts and hacky sac playing, thats pretty classic rich hippy kid behavior. :laugh: i have a cool anecdote. i broke the news yesterday to a coworker who i knew was an antioch alumni while i was in the bronx (we have an akron alum there as well). needless to say she was shocked. she told me stories about her advisor, who was none other than the twilight zone's rod serling himself, who was a faculty at antioch in the 60's. she also talked about going on freedom rides down south in the civil rights era. i think wistful was the right word for that.
June 22, 200717 yr From the 6/21/07 DDN: Antioch faculty plans legal action to keep college open By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Thursday, June 21, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — The faculty at Antioch College said Thursday they blame "gross mismanagement" by trustees as the cause for the undergraduate campus' decline and will take legal action to keep the college open. On June 12 the Antioch University board of trustees decided to close the college in 2008, citing a lack of money caused by declining enrollment and poor fundraising. The college has watched enrollment drop from its 1960s heyday of about 2,000 students to 400 today, Antioch College is the undergraduate, residential campus and flagship for Antioch University, which has six campuses in Ohio and on the East and West coasts. The trustees said they plan to reopen a reinvented Yellow Springs campus in 2012. A special commission of administrators will develop a plan for that and also raise money to do it. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/21/ddn062107antiochweb.html
June 22, 200717 yr Tearful Antioch board members meet with angry alumni By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Friday, June 22, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — In a public meeting with faculty and alumni Friday morning, Antioch University trustees — many tearful and choking on their words — said they were willing to throw the university's governance model out the window in order to ensure the system's financial health. After fielding questions from angry alumni and faculty about the board's decision June 12 to close the college in 2008 because of a lack of money. Antioch College President Steven Lawry blamed the college's downfall and impending closure on the board's governance. Also announced was the council's proposal to find revenue from the college's landholdings in order to make the college financially viable for a 2012 reopening. The university's plans include: • Creating separate boards of trustees for each campus, including the college. • Increasing the density of the current campus and opening up remaining land to build faculty and retiree housing, a conference center for retreats and activities. • Sharing services and buildings with the Village of Yellow Springs for a performing arts center, wellness center, library and open space such as Glen Helen. • Combining Antioch University McGregor and the college into one entity. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/22/ddn062207antiochweb.html
June 23, 200717 yr Antioch trustees seeking solution to crisis Changes may come to governance model as alumni, faculty seek answers to financial question. By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Saturday, June 23, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — Antioch University trustees told faculty and alumni on Friday they were willing to discard the university's governance model to ensure the system's financial health. The cave-in came after nearly 600 college alumni and faculty crowded an auditorium in historic Antioch Hall and confronted trustees on their decision to close Antioch College in July 2008 because of a lack of money. Alumni lambasted trustees and college president Steven Lawry for keeping the college community in the dark when there were earlier signs of a financial crisis. Lawry blamed the college's downfall and impending closure on the board's governance. "The college needs its own board focused on this campus if it's going to survive," he said. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/23/ddn062307antioch.html
June 25, 200717 yr From the 6/24/07 DDN: Antioch trustees say renewal plan was failure By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Sunday, June 24, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — This weekend, about 600 faculty and alumni of Antioch College flocked to their beloved campus for an annual reunion that was "more like a wake," as photography professor Dennie Eagleson, her voice thin with tension, described it Friday. But the mood quickly changed as they faced off with members of the Antioch University board of trustees, who a few weeks ago decided to close the college, which had a deficit "at a point where it was going to bring the whole university system down," said board chair Arthur J. Zucker. After wary alumni grilled board members about their secrecy during the events leading up to the college's downfall, the board admitted that a 2004 "Renewal Plan," its prior attempt to save the college, completely failed. The five-year academic overhaul, which faculty say was foisted upon them by the trustees, actually torpedoed the college's enrollment. In just two years enrollment dropped by half, to 309 this 2006-07 academic year. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/24/ddn062407antioch.html
June 27, 200717 yr From the 6/26/07 Xenia Daily Gazette: Antioch alumni take action, raise $400,000 Board establishes College Revival Fund to raise money for the school AARON KEITH HARRIS Staff Writer YELLOW SPRINGS -- During a weekend reunion at Antioch College, alumni disgruntled by the recent decision to close the cash-strapped school raised more than $400,000 intended to help save it, while faculty members discussed the option of legal action to preserve their jobs and their tenure. The Antioch Alumni Association Board of Directors established the College Revival Fund at US Bank, 266 Xenia Ave., in an attempt to raise as much as $40 million that could be used to keep the college viable, said Dimi Reber, a former Antioch College dance professor. Reber also said that faculty members met over the weekend to decide their next move. Full story at http://www.xeniagazette.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=155661&TM=50549.38
June 28, 200717 yr From the 6/27/07 DDN: Antioch lets contracts expire for 13 administrators, 8 staff By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Wednesday, June 27, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — Antioch College won't renew contracts for 13 of 60 administrators and eight hourly staff workers, effective Friday. Spokeswoman Lynda Sirk declined to elaborate on which positions were cut until the college had a chance to notify staff who are losing their jobs. None of the cuts are faculty positions and were anticipated before the college's recent declaration of financial exigency, Sirk said. Antioch plans to announce more details this morning, she said. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/26/ddn062607antiochweb.html
June 29, 200717 yr From the 6/28/07 Yellow Springs News: The college and the university— Financial complexities link schools By Lauren Heaton The recent decision the Antioch University Board of Trustees made to close Antioch College next year has raised questions concerning the college’s relationship to the six-campus nexus that is Antioch University. As the flagship school whose budget is nearly twice as large as each of the other university schools and whose campus is the only residential campus, the college supports and is supported by the system it belongs to. But the structure of semi-autonomous campuses that was established in the late 1980s has given some members of the college faculty and community concern last week as they grappled with the news of the closing. In particular, questions have been raised about how the loan for Antioch University McGregor’s new building on the northwest edge of Yellow Springs affected the university’s borrowing capacity. Some have also asked how the college could be broke with a $32 million endowment, and others have wondered if dues from each campus to the central administration and employee compensation within the university system are equitable. More at http://www.ysnews.com/stories/2007/06/062807_finances.html
June 30, 200717 yr From the 6/30/07 Xenia Daily Gazette: WYSO meets funding goal GM says Antioch woes don’t affect station’s immediate financial future AARON KEITH HARRIS Staff Writer YELLOW SPRINGS – WYSO Public Radio met its $20,000 goal for its fiscal year-end fund drive Friday, completing an important step in the station’s plan to eliminate the need for a yearly cash subsidy from the Antioch University system. The station currently receives about $70,000 out of its $1.4 million annual budget directly from Antioch University, which also runs Antioch College, Antioch University McGregor and four other campuses throughout the United States, said Paul Maassen, WYSO’s general manager since July 2005. Full story at http://www.xeniagazette.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=155722&TM=47467.83
July 2, 200717 yr From the 7/1/07 DDN: Antioch explains deferred payments, jump in expenses Questions about the college's finances have emerged after closing announcement. By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Sunday, July 01, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — Additional financial details provided by Antioch University last week shows that 2005-06 total compensation for two administrators included one-time deferred compensation of around $200,000 each. The university's accountant also explained how a portion of the university's overall expenses jumped 66 percent between fiscal years 2004-05 and 2005-06. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/30/ddn070107antioch.html
July 3, 200717 yr From the 7/2/07 DDN: Village waiting for repercussions of Antioch closing Yellow Springs concerned with what to do with surplus of energy and loss of income tax. By Christopher Magan Staff Writer Monday, July 02, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — — The shock of losing its largest employer has left the village with a lot of energy and a tighter budget on the horizon. Village Manager Eric Swansen is trying to determine how Antioch College closing in 2008 will impact the village's $1.5 million general fund and what to do with extra energy capacity the electric department set aside for its largest utility customer. There are no hard numbers from the college, but one thing that's certain is the loss of 160 jobs and about 300 students will take a chunk out of the $1.25 million raised each year by the village's 1.5 percent income tax. "The repercussions are going to be difficult," said Councilwoman Kathryn Chase. "We are definitely going to feel the loss of those jobs and the income tax that goes with it." Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/02/ddn070207yellowsprings.html
July 7, 200717 yr From the 7/5/07 Yellow Springs News: Antioch College staff anticipated layoffs, but grieve anyway By Lauren Heaton Few of the 21 Antioch College employees who were laid off last week due to budgetary constraints were surprised about the decision. But many find it difficult to leave a place whose mission to prepare young people to change the world they believe in wholeheartedly. More at http://www.ysnews.com/stories/2007/07/070507_layoffs.html
July 10, 200717 yr The Antioch way Taught to get involved, alumni battle to keep college's doors open Monday, July 9, 2007 - 3:23 AM By Holly Zachariah THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio -- Steve Schwerner jabbed his cane toward the gnarled branches of the old oak tree and, with a sigh, told a tale about why the world laughs at Antioch College. It was a commencement, sometime during his 15-year run as an administrator. As dean, he called the roll. Dozens of graduates crossed the Mound, a hump of dirt on a well-shaded lawn at the center of campus, to give Schwerner a hug and grab a diploma. Full story at http://dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/07/09/OLANTIOCH.ART_ART_07-09-07_B1_1377N8K.html
July 10, 200717 yr In Ohio, hippy is just rich suburban kids thinking thinking they're cool and dressing in an alternative fashion. Real hippies don't exist anymore here, except in a few of the homeless shelters in Athens. Hardly. Yellow Springs certainly has authentic hippies living in those backwoods of Greene County. Either way, I'm happy to see Antioch close. I've always looked at ridiculously small liberal arts colleges like that as incredibly anti-collegiate. Socialization is very limited in a place like that. I mean, it's smaller than most high schools. This Antioch closing is a long time coming. Socialization very limited in one of Ohio's "gem" small towns? Pass the pipe, please. Antioch is nothing special anymore- just rich kids trying to relive the past. Rich kids trying to relive the past? What the hell? The most important cause Antioch students have been fighting for lately is the decriminalization of weed, but hey, that's become a bigger deal at OU and BG anyway. Uh... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 11, 200717 yr From the 7/10/07 DDN: Antioch University has no plans to sell Yellow Springs holdings WYSO manager and Glen Helen chairman work toward independence. By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Tuesday, July 10, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — — Antioch University has no immediate plans to sell or close its other Yellow Springs-based entities when it closes Antioch College in 2008, university chancellor Toni Murdock said. Since the university's announcement last month that it will close the undergraduate residential campus until 2012 because of a large projected deficit, alumni have raised concerns that the university would sell off significant assets such as WYSO-FM (91.3) or the 1,000-acre Glen Helen nature preserve. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/10/ddn071007antiochassets.html
July 12, 200717 yr From the 7/11/07 DDN: Accounting error forced Antioch's hand A cash flow analysis last fall found a $5 million 'hole' in the school's finances, forcing trustees to close the facility. By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Wednesday, July 11, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — Accounting irregularities in Antioch University finances discovered by a recently hired chief financial officer led to Antioch College's projected $10 million deficit, which forced the board of trustees' decision to close the college in July 2008. A cash flow analysis, conducted after financial officer Tom Faecke found a "five-million dollar hole" shortly after he was hired in fall, revealed the university system faced bankruptcy by 2008, board vice chair Dan Fallon confirmed Tuesday. Fallon first made the statements Monday night, when he met with alumni at a New York City chapter meeting. His statements were a topic again Tuesday night at a town hall meeting in Yellow Springs. Nearly 200 village residents, alumni, staff and faculty, crammed into a hot and steamy church hall, criticized the trustees' decision and previous financial arguments for the decision to close the college. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/11/ddn071107antiochmeet.html
July 13, 200717 yr From the 7/12/07 Yellow Springs News: Villagers overflow church at meeting to save the college By Diane Chiddister It was hot at the emergency town meeting that took place Tuesday night at the First Presbyterian Church in support of keeping Antioch College open. It was hot partly because the meeting followed a hot and humid day and the room had no air conditioning. Mostly, though, it was hot because the room was very, very crowded. People began streaming into the meeting, which took place in Westminster Hall, way before the 7:30 starting time, and by the time the meeting began the room was packed. Those who attended were old, young, and all ages in between, some sitting in wheelchairs, others holding babies. The chairs held about 200 people and they filled up fast, with others standing against walls and sitting on tables. More at http://www.ysnews.com/stories/2007/07/071207_studentsgrieve.html
July 18, 200717 yr From the 7/17/07 DDN: Residents pack the village council meeting Chancellor, board of trustees president given about 20 minutes to speak, crowd allowed only a few minutes. By Christopher Magan Staff Writer Tuesday, July 17, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — Sometimes a democracy just doesn't have enough chairs. Village residents were outraged Monday night that council members weren't ready for the crowd that turned out to to hear Antioch University Chancellor Toni Murdock and Art Zucker, board of trustees president, speak about the decision to close Antioch College in 2008. "I'm appalled they didn't prepare," said Michael Jones, a Yellow Springs resident for 35 years. "I think the whole village is appalled." More than 100 villagers stood against walls, crouched in aisles between seats and spilled into the halls outside the small council chambers struggling to hear Murdock and Zucker tell council about the "difficult" decision to shutter the college until at least 2012. More at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/17/ddn071707yellowsprings.html
August 7, 200717 yr Yellow Springs expects a tax loss of $140,000 with Antioch closing By Christopher Magan Staff Writer Tuesday, August 07, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — Village and school officials expect about $140,000 of income tax revenue to disappear when Antioch College closes next year. The village government will see the biggest loss. Village Administrator Eric Swansen said he expects to lose $100,000 in income tax collections when the college closes its doors next spring and 160 jobs and 300 students leave town. Villagers barely passed an 8.4-mill property tax levy in November 2006 to help the government keep up with growing expenses and aging infrastructure. Wintrow worries some village amenities could suffer because of the loss of revenue. "For a community our size we offer a lot of services," Wintrow said, citing a large park system and one of the area's few public pools as an example. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/08/07/ddn080707yellowsprings.html
August 7, 200717 yr From the Columbus Dispatch.... Officials: Antioch College closure will cause tax revenue loss Tuesday, August 7, 2007 12:37 PM YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio — This struggling village near Dayton will lose about $140,000 in income tax revenue when Antioch College closes next year, officials said. The village government expects to lose $100,000 in income tax collection when the private liberal arts college in southwest Ohio closes July 2008 due to lack of money, village administrator Eric Swansen said. The village raises about $1.25 million each year from a 1.5 percent income tax, Swansen said. The village general fund budget is currently about $1.5 million, he said. If all 160 employees and 300 students leave town next spring, the Yellow Springs Exempted Village School District stands to lose an additional $40,000 in income taxes, a much smaller portion of their $7.3 million operating budget, Superintendent Norm Glismann said. Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/08/07/antioch.html
August 15, 200717 yr Faculty members sue Antioch College over planned closure Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:49 AM Associated Press YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio—Antioch College professors have sued the private liberal arts school to keep it from closing next summer, saying trustees violated the college's contract with faculty members. The lawsuit, filed yesterday in Greene County Common Pleas Court, asks the court to stop the college from firing faculty and from disposing of college assets, a faculty statement said. Antioch, known for its offbeat approach to education and a history of social activism, announced June 9 it would close its doors in July 2008 because of a lack of money. School officials said they wanted to restructure the school, upgrade facilities and reopen in 2012. Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/08/15/antioch.html
August 22, 200717 yr Antioch College alumni say they raised $5.3M Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:28 AM YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) — Antioch College alumni say they raised $5.3 million for the school in a weekend fundraising drive. Alumni chapters around the country have raised some $7.8 million in a bid to head off the school's plans to temporarily close the college in July. School officials want to restructure the school, upgrade facilities and reopen in 2012. Chancellor Toni Murdock has estimated it will take $50 million to make the necessary improvements and then operate the school. Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/08/22/antioch.html
November 3, 200717 yr Antioch trustees vote to keep college open Saturday, November 3, 2007 3:30 PM YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) — Trustees overseeing Antioch College said Saturday they have reversed their decision to temporarily close the school, which is known for its pioneering academic program that produces students with a passion for free thinking and social activism. The reversal is contingent on whether alumni and the school can meet fundraising goals over the next three years, board chairman Art Zucker said. Antioch will also close buildings and dormitories and will downsize the faculty to meet budget constraints, he said. Trustees announced in June that because of declining enrollments, heavy dependence on tuition and a small endowment, the college would close after the spring term, reorganize and reopen in 2012. Alumni formally asked the trustees last month to reverse the decision, saying they had raised $18 million primarily in pledges to keep the school going. They feared that temporarily closing the college would scare off badly needed donors and make it difficult to recruit faculty and attract new students when the school reopens. Full story at http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/11/03/antioch.html
February 22, 200817 yr Antioch College to close for 2008-2009 school year Friday, February 22, 2008 2:58 PM YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) — Antioch University's trustees decided Friday that Antioch College in Ohio will suspend operations June 30 and remain closed for the 2008-2009 academic year. After two days of meetings in Los Angeles, the trustees said they reaffirmed their June 2007 decision to close the college for a year. They said they ran out of time to reach a deal on transferring the financially struggling school to a group of alumni, donors and others with its own board of trustees. Trustees had reversed their earlier decision in November, contingent on whether alumni and the school could meet fundraising deadlines. But the college could not overcome declining enrollment, heavy dependence on tuition and a small endowment. Antioch College, located about 15 miles east of Dayton, is known for its pioneering academic program that produces students with a passion for free thinking and social activism. The closing will affect about 200 students, 41 tenured faculty and 85 staff members. Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/22/yellow.html
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