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Issue 12 – Spring 2009
Antioch Notes
By Matthew Derr
In recent months, I have continued to receive e-mail messages from alumni and friends around the country with attached news articles regarding the dire state of American higher education. In reading these messages I am invited to consider the question: under these circumstances, does Antioch College have the possibility of again becoming a thriving College? Combine this with world economic chaos, pandemic illness and armed conflict in more than a dozen countries and it might appear an inauspicious time to restore a liberal arts college, even a highly regarded one with accomplished alumni. Continued…
Ask not what Antioch can do for you.
.But what you can do for Antioch. A call for volunteers!
Every day we get closer to the independence of Antioch College. It’s been a long and sometimes tedious process, but with the light at the end of the tunnel getting brighter all the time it’s important that we take stock, count our numbers, and figure out how we can all work together to ensure a sustainable future for our beloved College. Continued…
John Sims, ‘90, On Art, Math, Communities, and Antioch College
By Christian Feuerstein ‘94
John Sims is an interdisciplinary conceptualist interested in the intersecting worlds of mathematics, art and political activism. While at Antioch, he studied abroad at Tubingen University, and ultimately earned a degree in mathematics. He was the founder and director of Antioch College’s Cross-Cultural Field Program, which took students to the American South to learn about African-American history and culture. It was during this time that he also founded the African-American Cultural Week (AACW) in Yellow Springs, which has continued to this day. This journey inspired his appreciation of projects driven by ideas that connect communities. Continued…
Update from BPT
Statement from Lee Morgan, Chair of the Antioch College Board Pro Tem and Matthew Derr, Chief Transition Officer
John Sims (above) quits with Amish Quilters on projectA Quilted Manifesto
Upcoming Chapter Events
Boston Alumni – ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’ at the New Repertory Theatre 5/9/2009 3:30 PM Picasso at the Lapin Agile at the New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA
a comedy by Steve Martin, directed
by Daniel Gidron
The Boston Chapter of the Antioch College Alumni Association invites you to a group excursion to the New Repertory Theatre production (Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown) of this intellectual but irreverent play recounting a fictional meeting between Picasso and Einstein. Written by Steve Martin (yes, that Steve Martin).
Tickets: $23 each “Picasso at the Lapin Agile is Martin’s poker-faced-and very funny-riff on the birth of the modern century.” -New York Magazine
Berkeley – Chapter Wide Meet-Up 5/10/2009 10:00 AM An informal monthly chapter-wide meet-up where alums from all generations have the opportunity to network and socialize.
30 Year Reunion Antioch Buddhist Studies Program in India 5/23/2009 Buddhist studies reunion May 23-25, to celebrate 30 years of the Antioch College Buddhist Studies Program in Bodh Gaya. Our special guest for the reunion will be Sayadaw U Nyaneinda (Bhante) who has been the abbot of the Burmese Vihar since 1976.
