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Date: 9/8/2009 to 10/8/2009
An investigation by the American Association of University Professors
into the closing of Antioch College paints a detailed picture of how
administrators abandoned the institution’s longtime faculty-governance
procedures as they considered closing the liberal-arts institution in
2007.

The 60-page report on the investigation, released Tuesday, also says it
appears administrators did not explore alternatives to declaring
financial exigency a little more than two years ago as they considered
the college’s future.

Date: 9/8/2009 to 10/8/2009
Calm and collected, Mary Leeds Johnson firmly believed in the Quaker
values of equality and pacifism and that each person has an inner
light, principles that guided Cambridge Friends School, which she led
as headmistress and served as a longtime teacher.

Date: 9/2/2009 to 10/2/2009
Reporting from Yellow Springs, Ohio – Lawn signs and bumper stickers
around town still rally support for Antioch College — an academic icon
of the 1960s counterculture and the civil rights and antiwar movements
that ran out of money and closed more than a year ago.

The dream of bringing the college back has never wavered among the
residents of this Ohio village of 3,800. The school and its owner,
Antioch University, were among the largest employers in Yellow Springs,
and many alumni have never left: At least 1 in 5 people attended the
college or had family that did.

Date: 9/2/2009 to 10/1/2009
On this Friday, September 4, the final documents establishing a fully independent Antioch College will be signed by representatives of Antioch University and the Antioch College Continuation Corporation. The agreement will transfer the historic College campus and other assets from the University to the new College. This historic event will be marked by a signing ceremony on September 4th at 5:00 PM. The event is open to the public and will be held on the Antioch College campus located in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The ceremony will occur on the lawn located in the horseshoe drive on Livermore Street.

Date: 8/31/2009 to 9/30/2009
Iowa State Senator Mike Gronstalhas been the State Senate Democratic
Leader since 1997. First elected to office in 1982, Gronstal served one
term in the Iowa House (1983-85), and is currently in his sixth term in
the Senate. He serves as the chairperson of the Senate Rules and
Administration Committee.

Date: 8/31/2009 to 9/30/2009
Our history has always been a source of inspiration for Antiochians
and, as we begin to write the next page in the epic story of Antioch
College, it is fitting that the first person to be hired by the College
is someone with an intimate knowledge of Antioch’s past.