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remembering Antioch College
“We heard the news today, oh boy. The English Army had just won the war. And though the news was rather sad. Well, I just had to laugh. I saw the photograph.”
A DAY IN THE LIFE (Lennon/McCartney)
It was a foregone conclusion really. For those of us who live in Yellow Springs, who watched the tortured final death rattle of a great idea as it choked and struggled to breathe. For some of us, the death today of Antioch College, was almost a blessing. Almost…
Have you ever had someone who you loved living on life support? Connected by tubes? Machines keeping them alive? It was like that.
You try to remember their better days and all the reasons that you loved them but when they finally expire you feel a sense of release. Almost…
Unfortunately, Antioch College wasn’t a person. The remains of Antioch College will now become the subject of dispute, and possibly, litigation.
A death in the family doesn’t always bring closure or peace. People fight over what has been left behind. In the case of Antioch College and the Yellow Springs community, the dispersal of these noble remains shall become either a blessing, or a curse.
Only time can tell. Is the fight for Antioch College over? That remains to be seen.
Antioch College…born 1855-euthanized 2008.
Vick Mickunas
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By victor mickunas
February 27, 2008 9:19 PM | Link to this
While Antioch is still on life support and there are people fighting over pulling the plug and ending it, Antioch College is still breathing, barely.By alaskanriley
February 24, 2008 9:49 PM | Link to this
The loss of small colleges is not just in Yellow Springs. Sitka’s Sheldon Jackson College, a school with roots in Alaska that go back 100 years has just closed its doors too. The wolves gather around the campus carcass, fighting over the most tender and succulent morsels.