Date: 11/5/2009 to 11/28/2009
Were you an Antiochian that couldn’t make it to Reunion 2009? Did you
hear all about the fabulous auction and are bewailing your fate because
you weren’t able to bid on fantastic items? Are you increasingly
nervous because the holidays are coming up, and you have no idea what
to get people?
We have fabulous news: we have launched the REUNION 2009
ONLINE AUCTION!
Date: 11/5/2009 to 12/5/2009
Michael A. Brown ’92, age 39, died suddenly on Wednesday, August 19, 2009.
Date: 11/5/2009 to 12/15/2009
Anne Heller’s new biography of Ayn Rand is garnering a lot of media attention these days because of the fresh insight and research Heller brings in Ayn Rand and the World She Made.
Date: 11/5/2009 to 12/5/2009
by Christian Feuerstein ’94
Karl Grossman ’64 has specialized in doing investigative reporting in a variety of media for more than 40 years. He teaches as well as practice journalism. He is a professor of journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury where his courses include Investigative Reporting. For over 15 years he has hosted the nationally-aired TV program Enviro Close-Up and has written and narrated TV documentaries for EnviroVideo including Nukes In Space: The Nuclearization and Weaponization of the Heavens. He is the chief investigative reporter for WVVH-TV and does weekly radio commentary for WLIU-FM. He is the author of six books including Cover Up: What You Are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power; Power Crazy; and The Wrong Stuff: The Space Program’s Nuclear Threat to Our Planet. He has been awarded the George Polk, James Aronson and John Peter Zenger Awards. His weekly column runs in Press Newspaper Group papers including The Southampton Press and is syndicated in other newspapers. His blog is at http://karlgrossman.blogspot.com.
On memories of Antioch College: I was attracted to Antioch because of its reputation for political and social activism. My interest was to become a college professor, of sociology perhaps. But
that Antioch co-op at the Cleveland Press got me into journalism. And,
after 15 years as a reporter, most of these doing investigative
reporting for the Long Island Press, I got into academia, as a
professor at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury.
Opened in 1965, it is a college planned, in part, as a version of
Antioch in the SUNY system; there was Antioch presence on its planning
committee. I’ve been at Old Westbury for 30 years. So I ended up both
teaching and doing journalism.
Date: 11/5/2009 to 12/5/2009
Long-time Kaua‘i resident and former Antioch College professor Dr. Richard “Mickey” McCleery died Oct. 13, 2009, at age 87.
Date: 11/5/2009 to 12/5/2009
Last Sunday, the Dayton Daily News featured a two part spread on Glen Helen and its executive
director, Nick Boutis. The article discussed the challenges of
overseeing a 300-acre nature preserve and the new College leadership’s commitment to restore the reserve. Boutis talks frankly about how, in
the past, the Glen was expected to be self-supporting; this has led to
putting off restoring the eight building complex, once a model for environmental education facilities. The change in leadership at the College has led to a renewed commitment to restoring and enhancing the forest, programs and facilities in the Glen. “Long a living laboratory and outdoor classroom for students and faculty at
Antioch, Glen Helen will play an even bigger role as the college expands its
environmental curriculum to focus on energy, water conservation and food
production.”