Volume #62, Issue #17 – 11/03/2006
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Dear Mr. Lawry, DEMOCRACY BECOMES A GOVERNMENT OF BULLIES TEMPERED BY EDITORS. - RALPH WALDO EMERSON Sir, as an employee of Antioch College, and as the content editor of the Record, let me be the first to The assure you that I am the appropriate authority at the college to authorize the Record’s online publica- tion. I am directed by my job description to do so, as stated in the student handbook. Tomorrow, I am Record going to go before ComCil and ask them to endorse Vol 63.17 Friday, November 3, 2006 Yellow Springs, Ohio the website in question, www.antiochrecord.org, as the official website of the Antioch Record. ANTIOCH RECORD CSKC CENTER CANDIDATE I am indeed dismayed to see the ‘official’ site Photo by Kari Thompson my predecessors worked so hard to construct has VISITS CAMPUS DEBUTS ONLINE By Paige Clifton-Steele been removed from Antioch’s server, along with the archives from 1998-2005, but I am sure that Editors May Face Legal Action In its search for a new director, the Coretta they can still be found somewhere and will again Scott King Center (CSKC) for Cultural be made available again to interested parties. and Intellectual Freedom conducted its first My personal research, meager though it was, interview on campus last Tuesday with can- into the trademark issue revealed something rather have been taken to shore up the didate Dana Patterson. Two more candidates For the first time in over a legal issues present, and pending are expected. striking; Antioch University does not have a reg- year new articles from the Antioch ComCil’s endorsement of the web- The director’s job description is ambitious. istered trademark for the name “Antioch Record.” Record are available online, and for site on the day of this printing, He or she must serve as a special assistant At least not according to the U.S. Patent and the first time ever they are avail- the domain will remain operational, to the president on institutional diversity. He Trademark Office. (www.uspto.gov) able in an easy-to-navigate non-PDF providing our extended community or she must also sit on the presidential staff group in order to ensure that when the cabi- For this reason, and because the legal registrant format. The website, www.antio- access to campus news, events, and Dana Patterson answers IG, chrecord.org, went online earlier entertainment. net discusses campus issues, the importance Community Center questions of the domain www.antiochrecord.org is now this month, to acclaim from of diversity is a part of the conversation. In after community meeting. Community Government, and I have administra- co-op students and alumni addition to that, the director must raise funds tive access to the website, I have decided to con- alike. Alum and former CM for the CSKC. The college pays for three or four of those tinue to publish our newspaper online to serve the Matt Baya, donated the The committee was originally formed who interviewed well on the phone to cam- when AdCil charged the Coretta Scott King changing information needs of our community. domain to Antioch College pus. Interviewees typically arrive in the eve- Community Government, Center advisory group with nominating a list ning and go to dinner with the search com- We realize there is significant concern among and volunteered hours work- of persons who would select a director for mittee. The next day, beginning in the early members of the administration about the Record’s ing with the Record editors the fledgling center. This year’s committee, morning, the candidate endures back-to-back current Editorial Policy, and the Record Advisory to launch the site. which has several overlapping members with interviews with IG coordinators, community A memo from College last year’s, comprises two students, three leaders, the president, the head of coop, and Board is now working to redraft the policy, to faculty members, three staff member, and one President Steve Lawry some faculty. At lunch, the candidate must resolve these concerns. We have used Evergreen’s community government official. History pro- arrived in the mailbox of make a presentation and field questions from fessor Julie Gallagher chairs the committee. Student Media Publication Policy and Reuters the Record last Friday after- students and faculty alike. Finally, the candi- The college solicited applications and News Service’s Editorial Policy as a model for the noon, and is reproduced date must make an “exit interview” with the received resumes from over sixty candidates. on the back of this issue. committee. new policy, which I think will satisfy any issues the Lisa Lowery in the human resources depart- Since then, multiple steps Because of the complexity of the process, administration may have with the Record’s current ment divided the resumes into three tiers the search committee must ensure that the Editorial Policy. based on general qualifications. It looked, president is on campus, and that the various If you have any further issues regarding the Halloween at Antioch brings out spookier creatures than specifically, for candidates with teaching and community offices have time to meet with Record, or its online operation at www.antiochre- ghosts, wraiths, or ghouls. See Pages 16 & 17 for full research experience related to issues of social the candidate. development and equity. The search commit- cord.org, you can voice them to RAB, which will coverage and more photos When CSKC-candidate Dana Patterson tee inspected the resumes and chose its top arrived on campus last Tuesday, she subjected convene at Noon on Friday in the Antioch Inn. eight candidates, with six of whom it sched- herself to a barrage of questions from every You mentioned in your response to Levi, your uled phone interviews. stratus of the various campus constituencies. hope that this problem be easily remedied. I hope The interview is a demanding process Fifth-year Foster Neill says: “Dana was great designed to allow each campus constituency the steps we’ve taken and are taking will resolve at fielding student questions. We asked hard (students, staff, and faculty) to appraise the ones and we got solid answers.” First year the issue in a manner you deem appropriate. Thank candidate, and to allow the candidate to do his Sunny Franklin was equally impressed, “She you very much for your concern and interest in the own appraisal of the college. The latter is as was friendly and she was bubbly and she was Record, and remember that our pages serve as a important as the former, as was demonstrated smart.” when the committee’s original selection for space for the dialogue of all community members Molly Thornton, another first year, expressed director left after only two days when she her concerns for the qualifications of the and you are welcome and encouraged to write a let- arrived last year. director. “I think she should be approachable ter expressing you concerns, intentions, or desires. The first stage of the process involves and should fit into Antioch society.” interviewing approximately six candidates Until the next two candidates arrive on cam- Yours truly, over the phone. “It’s hard,” says fourth-year pus, it remains to be seen who will best fit the Lauren Hind, “because someone might inter- Luke C. Brennan qualifications. The arrival of those candidates view really well on the phone and then you will be publicized and their presentations Content Editor meet them, and it turns out they’re really made accessible for any community members incompetent in terms of social skills.” Photo by Kari Thompson who care to attend. The Staff inside... Content Editor: Jeremie Jordan: Mariel Traiman: Kari Thompson: Luke Brennan Reporter Reporter Photographer WHAT ELSE ARE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Real World News...................page 6 Paige Clifton-Steele: Niko Kowell: Megan Homewood: Layout Editor: Reporter Sexpert Crossword Nookie with Niko....................page 9 Bella Vilshanetskaya: Marjorie Jensen: Morgan Realegeno: Allergies of the Finite Declassifieds........................page 10 Foster Neill Reporter Columnist QOW/Crossword YOU James Fischbeck: Ivan Dihoff Dylan Merriam: On Wednesday, November 8th from 12:00-1:00 in the work argues that the relations of provocation and re- Reporter/Asst. Music Reviews VS. Senior Profile........................page 11 Kim-Jenna Jurriaans: Antioch Inn, Isabella Winkler, Visiting Assistant Pro- sponse proper to allergy provide new insight into those Reporter Wesley Hiserman: Wood Pipes Chuck Williams: DBOD...................................page 12 Reporter Music Reviews Columnist ONNA O fessor of Women’s Studies and Philosophy, will give a phenomena, such as terrorism, that exceed conventional Chris DeArcangelis: G D ? Movie Reviews.....................page 13 Repoter/Columnist Madeline Helser: F/ Stop Fitzgerald: lunchtime lecture presentation entitled Allergies of the binary oppositions. Reporter Movie Reviews Edward Perkins: Thursday night movies at Finite. Her most recent publication, “Love, Death and Halloween w/ Marjorie..........page 15 R.W.N. Kathryn Leahey Peter Zimbicki: Reporter Movie Reviews Parasites,” part of a compilation on the poststructural- Feel free to bring your own lunch or buy lunch in the Question of the Week...........page 14 Daniel McCurdy: Kelly Hall R.W.N. ist thinker Michel Serres, is a rereading of Romeo and college cafeteria. For information: Jill Becker 769- Halloween Party............pages 16-17 Contributors: Juliet. At the Faculty Lecture, she will be presenting her 1026 Crossword............................page 18 Daniel Freshman The cold weather and re- latest work on allergy as a model for difference. This Events..................................page 19 Contact us: Kendel Calyen sulting lack of stoop parties Lauren Hind has taken meaning away Internationally Acclaimed Hip Hop Choreographer, Teddi Kimmel from Thursday nights. To For a term subscription to Matt Baya pick up the slack, Thurs- Rennie Harris, will give a lecture demonstration at the Record, please mail day night movies are back or hand deliver a check at Kelly Hall in a big way.