THE ANTIOCH RECORD VOLUME 64, ISSUE 3 MARCH 19, 2014 Exploring question of grade-optional evaluation system

By Perin Ellsworth-Heller ’17 realizes that his opinion differs In the not-so-distant past Antioch from many of his colleagues. “I College functioned on a different came up in a different time. You model of student evaluation. From know, the idea of having grades the 1960s to its closure in 2008, is much more ingrained in people the institution utilized a grade- in this day and age than it was in optional, personal-narrative based my day and age, so I understand system. Out of curiosity I decided where [the desire for grades] is to explore why we aren’t currently coming from.” grade optional and if we might be The next person I spoke with on again at some point. the matter was Antioch President The first person I talked to about Mark Roosevelt. Mark said he the matter was media professor and was “agnostic” on the matter Antioch alum Michael Casselli. of grades and evaluation. “I see The spring weather brought students outside for a drum circle and stiltwalking at a community bonfire. He was straight to the point pluses and minuses with grades, Shown from left are Perin Ellsworth-Heller ‘17, Frank Fortino ‘17, Kelsey Pierson ‘17, and Darren Gilley, saying, “I would prefer to be grade probably a few more pluses,” alum and West African Drums instructor. Below on stilts is Hannah Craig ‘17. Photos by Keeton Byerly ‘17 optional, yes. Again, I’m a product he said. “But I see minuses if of old Antioch. I’m a really strong you were to not have narrative believer that evaluations, and that evaluations as well.” Mark said kind of exchange, especially if it’s he wasn’t here when the decision Foreign language constant throughout the quarter, was made to have grades, but are much more effective.” Casselli added, “I think I understand feels that grade-optional systems what it was based on; which is program aims are organic and holistic and one, accreditation (though people contribute more to the learning don’t know whether it would or for proficiency process. At the same time, he Continued on page 2

By Keegan Smith-Nichols ’17 proficiency. “We follow a system “At Antioch, I can tell I’m based on proficiency, which cares Alcohol policy under learning,” said Gwenna Lorenz much more about what you can ’17. She made this statement in do with a language, rather than reference to her Japanese class. “I how much you’ve covered. Our review at Antioch look back on the previous chapters classroom goal is a functional goal, not a coverage goal.” of the textbook and it amazes By Cole Gentry ’17 is designated as alcohol tolerant. me how I actually know and The focus is not on a topic per At the end of Thanksgiving break, Students are currently able to have comprehend the material.” class or the number of pages that with few students still on campus, a six-pack of beer or one bottle need to be covered, but rather She said her sister took a semester there were some hard liquor of wine in their alcohol-tolerant on being able to converse about of level one Japanese at another bottles found in the recycling rooms. As a result of the concerns a topic in the target language. school using the same textbook. bins. This raised concerns among expressed during Fall quarter, an Assessment includes an oral In a single quarter, Gwenna had Community Life staff about the Alcohol Policy Task Force was proficiency interview (OPI), learned and mastered everything potential abuse of hard liquor created to examine the current and students may take as many her sister had in a semester, and and its effect on student safety. policy and explore the possibility quarters as needed to meet the then some. After the topic was discussed in of revising it. proficiency standard in their Community Meeting, students “At this point it’s clear that the Why are students at Antioch target language. learning more and doing more expressed concern about the students are frustrated with the with languages? The answer lies “You can’t fail with this system alcohol policy itself, saying that alcohol policy, which is why we in how languages are taught, because you can’t fail an OPI,” limitations on student possession pushed to have it revised,” said said French professor Cary said Gwenna. “You just take as of hard alcohol facilitate Tatiana Dorff ’17, who is on Campbell. Historically, there are many quarters in the language clandestine drinking. the task force. “There isn’t really as needed to meet the fluency two methods of teaching foreign “I don’t think that it is going structural support for students standard. And I think that’s great, languages: an achievement based to matter if we have a policy or who are of age and choose to it’s a huge relief.” system and a proficiency based not,” said Ashlee Johnson ’17. “If drink, and because drinking is system. When Sean Allen ’17 began students are near alcohol and they taboo—especially for those under 21—people do it in secret, which “Achievement based learning has studying Spanish at Antioch, want it, then they are more than he was confused about what likely going to drink it regardless means they don’t necessarily get students take a certain number help when they need it.” of classes where a certain number was going on. “Within a week [of whether] a policy is in place.” or so, however, I found myself of topics must be covered,” said The alcohol policy states that The team is now in the research making connections to words my Cary. But for Antioch faculty, students cannot have hard liquor phase of the revision process. coursework does not equal Continued on page 2 in their rooms even if that room Continued on page 2 2•MARCH 19, 2014 THE ANTIOCH RECORD Grade optional at Antioch? Aiming for Language Proficiency Continued from page 1 the doubt, because we had been accountability and comparability Continued from page 1 with the language.” doing that for 40 years, so now [between students],” said Julia professor would say, or pick up on we have to establish that again Bates ’17. However, she added Tests are structured in a way that wouldn’t affect that), and two, the phrases said by my classmates with the accreditation process. So “You can’t really have just one allows students to take risks in the graduate school. I think in the or tutors,” he said. there were very pragmatic reasons [form of evaluation] and have it language. “When I grade tests, past when Antioch had been for why grades were added, and tell the whole story.” He now believes in the value of the I’m looking to see if students can grade optional there was some proficiency model. “Immersion effectively communicate what I’m hoping that there are more On the other side of the student rumbling that there was difficulty conversations about this.” is the most revolutionary and they are trying to say, even if it with graduate school.” spectrum are Frank Fortino ’17 natural way for students to learn contains errors,” said Cary. “This Hassan feels that there may be a and Jessica Steinrueck ’17. “I feel Mark also went on to say of the to speak languages,” he said. is different from an achievement- place for grades. While narrative like grade optional is helpful for current policy that “The process based test, which would include evaluations are vital to a strong people who obsess over grades and Cary agreed that the proficiency [of reopening Antioch] has been me presenting a grammatical educational process, he beleives feel like they learn nothing from a model of learning can be scary for moving so fast, especially in terms principle or vocabulary in class there are areas where grades seem letter,” Frank said. “Narrative is my students, especially for first-time of accreditation, that there are and then expecting mastery for to be more effective—especially preference. But some people feel language learners. “They have some things you can go back and the test.” as a tool for summarizing and like grades can provide structure. to give up conscious control of revisit. And this is one thing that simplifying reports of student I think the beauty of a grade a learning process in a way they the school can revisit. Change is performance. “The dialogue, the optional system is that the people don’t have to for other courses,” Immersion is the most something that’s a little harder.” interaction between the two who need grades will keep the he said. “But in the end, students revolutionary and natural Mark was also able to shed some [grades and narrative evaluations], grades, and the people who feel it can be confident in knowing the way for students to learn light on how the process of I think, informs students better, hinders them will get rid of them.” language and knowing about the to speak languages. revisiting the subject might look. but at the same time makes language.” —Sean Allen ’17 “That [the matter of whether or comparisons easier.” Jessica spoke about the amount Neither model of teaching is not to return to grade optional] of trust that is required for an perfect, said Cary. The proficiency is definitely within the faculty’s Hassan is troubled by the fact educational community to be model, for instance, does not Cary finds proficiency based purview.” he said. “Again, the way that many students seem to grade optional. “I personally think begin specifically with a focus teaching more enjoyable. that goes is that they would make only be paying attention to their that grades put a distrust into the on grammar. “Students learn “Students have a lot more freedom a recommendation which would grades, rather than the narrative community,” she said. “We should how to order food, but they can’t to be creative, and to me, more come to me. And this is of enough evaluations, which he believes be striving for trust, and not fear. conjugate a verb,” he said. “The creativity is more growth, which is moment that I would probably should take precedence. “When And if we’re able to cultivate struggle in the classroom right more happiness,” he said. also discuss it with the board.” I hear that as soon as students that kind of community, it will now is finding a balance between get their grade, they really don’t be apparent what standards we explicit and implicit instruction.” Gwenna is indeed happy with the Hassan Rahmanian, longtime bother to look at the evaluation, have and where we are. You can results she is already seeing. professor of political economy at that’s bothersome to me, because tell by the people and the work Cary understands the importance Antioch, feels strongly about the in the past that was the point and the questions that are coming of grammar but believes that deep “What I like most is the clear matter of Antioch being grade of attention and conversation,” out of the college. You can tell knowledge of grammar takes time. progress I’ve had with Japanese,” optional. As a professor at the he said. “I think we need to talk just as well, if not better by those “The proficiency model is a more she said. “It’s too different from old iteration of Antioch, Hassan about this so students become, in a than you can by the G.P.A. of the natural progression to language my public high school experience gained a great deal of experience way, more appreciative of narrative students.” acquisition, because we’re not just to even begin to compare them. I using narratives as the only form evaluation, and also grades.” It’s teaching to cover things,” he said. don’t like all the work, of course, of evaluation. a complicated issue though, and The topic of Antioch being grade “It forces students to be creative but even I realize it’s necessary.” Hassan feels that the matter needs optional is rich, and there are “The grades basically came into the further community discussion. likely to be many conversations picture because we had to provide about it in the future. There are an application for authorization There are also a variety of opinions clearly cases to be made for both Revision of alcohol to the state (the Ohio Board about being grade optional among having grades and returning to of Regents),” he said. “It was the student body. “I think that two the grade optional model, but the policy considered easier than explaining the whole of the major problems with grade issue is still unresolved and the [grade optional] thing. Before optional are that grading, when community will have to decide as we had been given the benefit of it’s done right, serves to create a whole in the coming years. Continued from page 1 damages to College property).” Its members are looking into The overall goal of the Task a number of issues, including Force is to address the concerns alcohol-tolerant event registration, students have with the policy and how the alcohol will be supplied, to educate students about how disciplinary sanctions, and an to drink responsibly and handle educational program covering situations involving people who alcohol-related issues. have had too much to drink. By addressing these issues and The college currently has a Good concerns the team is trying its best Samaritan Policy, which states: “In to not only accommodate student those instances in which a student concerns, but also to make sure calls 911 or other College officials that student safety is a priority. for assistance with an intoxicated student, neither the individual “We are trying to get the students calling nor the student in need to match their responsibilities of assistance will be charged with the freedom that we are with violations of the policy. No going to give them,” said Josh formal judicial action will be taken Sacco, interim Residence Life against the individuals in need or Manager and member of the the persons reporting the incident Alcohol Policy Task Force. “For unless the individuals involved example, we are going to have demonstrate a repeated lack of more education based around care concerning their well-being drugs and alcohol so the students and the well-being of the campus are able to not only learn, but to community or unless the incident to be responsible for the actions Demolition of former dormitory Mills Hall. The dorm was built in 1959. Photo by Richard Hauck ‘17 results in criminal charges (or they take.” THE ANTIOCH RECORD MARCH 19, 2014•7 Cristian critiques current films Dearest Daily

By Cristian Perez ’17 for their twisted, dark humor as think I ever came out of a family- It sounds like there are two friendly movie feeling so enriched Her: 3.5/ 4 seen in their classics Fargo, The presenting problems here. One Big Lebowski, True Grit, and with wisdom. I know that sounds very challenging situation is If you’ve ever seen a Spike Jonze Burn After Reading. This take on weird saying The Lego Movie the dismal situation of finding film (Being John Malkovich, a 60s folk singer trying to make provided me with wisdom, but awesome, meaningful and Adaptation, Where the Wild Things it into the industry is a little bit once you go see it I promise you hopefully paying work in an Are), you know that you are different. What will challenge will understand. exciting (and or safe) location that in for a treat. He is one of the viewers is the constant trouble makes for a transformative and most creative writers and visual that Llewyn Davis encounters. Saving Mr. Banks: 2.5/4 insightful learning experience. directors of our time. The premise Halfway through the movie, you I want to believe that this type of Her is strange indeed; a man You would think that this movie realize that his misfortunes are of co-op experience is possible. falls for his operating system. would be top-notch, with an inevitable. The rest of the movie I have friends who graduated But who wouldn’t when Scarlett impeccable cast that includes is a show to see how his life could from Antioch and talk about Johansson’s unique, yet sexy voice Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and get worse—which it does. their co-ops as truly awesome captures the essence of Samantha, the talented Emma Thompson as experiences that taught them so the operating system? Joaquin The cinematography is jaw- P.L. Travers, Thomas Newman’s much. Phoenix is so likeable in the lead dropping, the music is hilarious, delicately composed score, and By Nick Daily role. The audience feels his love, melancholy, and beautiful, and Walt Disney Studios behind Still, the reality is that the global pain, confusion, and lust. And Oscar Isaac is fantastic as the the production of the film. Nothing that is said in this column economy and job market being the one thing that most surprised arrogant Llewyn Davis. But this Unfortunately, you’d be mistaken. should be accepted as reflective of the what they are, your imagined me was that this romance was is not a film for everyone. Coen I felt so disappointed by this film, views of Residence Life, Community co-op sounds like it might be so believable! There was nothing brother fans will praise this film, as I did with John Lee Hancock’s Life, or Antioch College. I am not harder to find. I encourage you to about this love story that seemed while audiences new to their previous film,The Blind Side. And a professionally trained counselor consult your co-op faculty advisor aberrant. Spike Jonze has set the strange humor may not. you may be hating me right now and am offering support to people and vigorously seek out some work for saying this, but please be open who have questions or concerns experiences in places or fields that standard for romantic films to The Lego Movie: 4/4 come. The only reason I did not minded. If you’ve seen the trailer, that they believe others may also be you’re interested in. Seek out some give this a 4 out of 4 is because the The most extraordinary aspect then you’ve seen the movie. There experiencing. 2015 or 2016 students to find out of The Lego Movie is not the is nothing surprising—the most how they made their first co-ops ending was a bit too quick for me. * * * But don’t let that stop you from spectacular animation, the intriguing aspects of the film are work. THERE’S HOPE! hilarious dialogue, or the all over the trailer—and the acting Dearest Daily, watching this otherwise perfect The second, perhaps equally impeccable talent of voices. What and story are cliché in many parts. film. Upon coming here I was very unsettling situation is the makes this stop-motion film so I’m not surprised that this was hyped for the chance to do a realization that your parents seem Inside Llewyn Davis: 3/4 stunning is the powerful themes “snubbed” from the Oscars this co-op. I found it as a way to be to be experiencing the standard The Coen brothers are infamous throughout the story. I don’t year; it just wasn’t that good. able to travel the world and to “Empty Nest Syndrome,” with see and do new things. Now I their child becoming an adult. find that what I want to do is Families and their importance Olive Reads: new arrivals in library becoming less of a possibility and in our lives are different for each more of a fantasy. Still I remain of us based on culture, family By Kevin Mulhall Letter to a New Minority by Tim The Meaning of Life. Each film searching. make-up and more. Wise has its own accompanying disc of New arrivals in the library from At the same time when I call my special features. A great primer for I am hesitant to even venture the librarians who love them. Written in the tone of a personal family members from back home the troupe’s upcoming reunion. down the path of suggesting Duffy: Microaggressions in letter to his fellow white my parents are happy and we talk that there’s one specific way of Everyday Life : Race, Gender, and Americans, Wise critiques white Kevin Mulhall: Five Days at and everything is fine, although I supporting your family while Sexual Orientation by Derald racism and white privilege as an Memorial by Sheri Fink know they miss me terribly. If that you’re away. The challenge here, institutional force. Challenging wasn’t guilt-trip worthy enough, though, is that going home for a Wing Sue. Trapped by the floodwaters the Tea Party driven idea of when I call my aunts, uncles, and co-op doesn’t entirely solve the Dr. Sue posits a new theory of Hurricane Katrina and “taking back the country” to a grandparents, they tell me how problem because it only delays the and framework for non-blatant surrounded by the sounds of mythologized past, Wise tries absolutely depressed my father is, inevitable: your moving, living, but oppressive behaviors based gunshots and chaos, workers and to persuade an anxious, white, and also my dogs, whom I love working, co-oping or schooling on race, gender, and sexuality caretakers at Memorial Medical soon-to-be minority group that more than anything in the world. away from home. prejudices. Sue provides the future of democracy is in Center endured extreme heat, Now, I’m thinking about finding a a classification system and a embracing multi-culturalism. sleeplessness, fear and anger while It may, then, be more advantageous five-phase practical model for forced to make decisions on co-op back in town just to lift my to seek out your dream co-op and deconstructing a microaggression how people would suffer and parents’ spirits. The thing is, that try to get some quality time in experience. This is an important how people would die by their is not what I wanted. I don’t want with your family and puppies book in both theory and practice hands. Five Days is a journalistic to go back, and the co-ops that I during the break. I’ve seen some for people who want to find new exploration of human nature am looking at back home are not students choose to start their and better ways of living together under the microscope of crisis. much fun. I know that it is only a co-op immediately after the term in peace and justice. Essential reading for those matter of time before my parents was over so that they could end reach a point of no return (as they their co-op a month before the Sandy Coulter: The Summer Queen cocksure of their moral compass. have gotten progressively sadder start of the next term and get by Joan D. Vinge Scott Sanders: Holy Shit: a Brief and more distant), but at the same some quality time in with their First published in 1991, Vinge’s History of Swearing by Melissa time, I know that if I go back, that families, but still have a great cinder block of a book is one Mohr it will only make me sad instead, work experience. Its important of the epics of science fiction Mohr’s rollicking history not only and I fear that I might regret the to remember that each person’s literature in the past 25 years. traces the provenance of naughty lost opportunity. sadness is theirs and we can really Technically, it is a sequel to The words but also studies the sacred Sincerely, only do so much to help a person Snow Queen, but it functions as roots of oaths and swearing, Whose Sadness is Greater through it. a stand-alone novel. Praised for Ritch Kerns: Monty Python’s Holy Trinity by DVD like the kind done on the Bible Keep your head up, its care in creating well-realized in court. Learn the dark, secret Dear WSG, Daily characters and a sweeping milieu, Relive the halcyon days of British pasts of words like “larking” and The Summer Queencould be your humor with this 6-DVD set of the “rantallion” and why the word Thank you for sharing your really Nick Daily is a Resident Life much-needed respite from the three Python films, Monty Python “fascinating” swells with meaning, personal story (I bet this is an Manager at Antioch College. Please latest abuses of this winter. and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s so to speak. Solid scholarship, not experience that many students can send your questions to “Dearest Jim Kapoun: Dear White America: Life of Brian, and Monty Python’s that anyone really cares. attest to at Antioch and beyond). Daily” at [email protected]. 6•MARCH 19, 2014 THE ANTIOCH RECORD Blast from the past An Antiochian once again by Richard Hauck ’17 opportunity to reapply. “I was so by Jay Siegel ‘64 Growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, excited,” she said. Fifty years ago, Antioch about an hour drive from Antioch She feels the Antioch of today students joined with College, Alex Klug never really is different than the Antioch she students from nearby anticipated the impact that experienced the first time around. Wilberforce, Central State Antioch would have on her. “The people at Antioch now College and the Student are much harder working from Nonviolent Coordinating Alex is a first-year student in the Class of 2017, but this is not the what I observe,” she said. There Committee (SNCC) also appears to be more unity to protest a segregated first time she has called herself an Antiochian. Her Antioch among the student body. “There barbershop in Yellow was a divide between the classes” Springs. The civil rights experience began in the fall of 2006, but she left at the end before, she said. Older students demonstration on March felt like the younger ones didn’t 14, 1964, closed the main of the academic year because of frustrations with the college know what it meant to be an highway through Yellow Antiochian, and they resented the Springs and resulted in at that time. That year “was an interesting experience,” she younger classes. However, things mass arrests. It followed were different when she visited months of repeated said. “I grew up in a suburb of Cincinnati, so coming from a the college in 2008 before it attempts to integrate the closed, “I saw much more unity in barbershop owned by fairly conservative area to Yellow Springs and Antioch, I was kinda that last year between each class,” Lewis Gegner, who ended she said. up closing the barbershop blown away by how different Alex Klug. Photo by Richard and moving out of town. Special issue of The Record published on people thought and I was really The physical plant is also in Hauck ‘17. It was the first major and March 15, 1964. Photo from acre.siegel- impressed by it,” she said. “It was better shape now. “The buildings violent demonstration by memorial.org quite overwhelming at times, but are beautiful,” she said, her eyes And there was another reason as SNCC during the summer it was fun. I generally got along glittering as she recalled her first well. Being away from Antioch, of 1964. More documents with everybody.” visit to North Hall. “They really working out in the world, “I about the protests are available in Antiochiana and at acre.siegel- After she left Antioch, she went did a good job” on the renovation, didn’t feel that my education memorial.org to Boston with a fellow student she said. “Even with the farm, you was complete and I didn’t feel who lived across the hall from her. can tell a lot of hard work went personally satisfied no matter She stayed there for four months into the campus.” where I went or what I did,” said working and helping her friend’s She is clearly glad to be back. Alex. “Antioch kept resurfacing in Diversity dialogue father with his art projects. She When asked why she decided my mind.” later went to Washington State to return to Antioch, her face lit Her confidence in the value of an Continued from page 5 can just mean listening, or it can before returning to Ohio, where up with a smile. “My heart will Antioch education is strong. “If be an exceedingly intense attempt dinner with a group of friends. At she found work as a community always be here at this little school any school operating right now to capture or understand the inner the end of dinner a friend made organizer. When Antioch in Ohio,” she said. “It’s because of can prepare me for work, Antioch world of the person you’re dealing a joke about not paying the bill reopened, she jumped at the the people.” can,” she said. with – with all the nuances of because as a Jewess she shouldn’t feeling and meaning and so on have to. I jumped in with a which are real for him or her— stereotype. I looked at her face and Records in The Record not for you but for him or her.” realized how badly I’d hurt her. It The lack of deep empathy for each by Gaerin Warman-Szvoboda ’17 to create an album incorporating Other tantalizing songs include “I was a horrible feeling. That’s when other is the hardest part of being many interesting elements that Like You,” which transitions from I realized how generalizations at Antioch. I consider myself a bit of a record don’t often overlap: rap, punk, being a song about relationship about others’ culture matter. collector, most of my collection hard rock, and reggae aren’t often drama to a commentary on birth Duffy: That we are made out of packaged together. For many control, and “Too Late.” Duffy: I live in a blended and being CDs I’ve bought used for imperfect people from all over tracks, Jenkins and Jennifer created extended family. A murder of five bucks or less. The majority of and expect things to be tidy. Also, demos of the instrumentation and The most intriguing song for a 17-year-old nephew in the my record collection is made up always the lack of resources and sent them to Murs. Murs was me is “I Don’t Understand,” ‘hood in Dayton, who I helped of CDs that were made before I a human infrastructure that has challenged with a whole new though rather overshadowed raise, and its drama and then the was born. However, for my first enough stamina (oh, maybe even kind of flow—one that he wasn’t by the similarly themed “My grinding of the 24-month long, review, I think it’s only right to that grit word) to stay in place. I used to—but just a few songs in, First White Girl,” which takes two-judge criminal justice system review a relatively new album. think lack of patience while others you’ll realize Murs was up to the a lighter look at stereotypes in to a surreal verdict certainly was figure themselves out. The Ghetto is Tryna Kill Me is the challenge and then some. mixed race relationships. “I Don’t like living through a simultaneous What decade, what issue? Things debut album of an unlikely group Understand” pulls no punches, as earthquake and hurricane. That is The White Mandingos start off evolve over time. called The White Mandingos, Murs vents, “I could come I could experiential learning in a very real released on Fat Beats Records. their album with a torrent of bass go as I please / a doorman with fashion. The College Community What is one suggestion you It’s also the most recent album that sounds like it belongs on a my own set of keys… Every word (2004) certainly was a place might have for our community to I’ve purchased brand new, putting hip-hop album that came out 20 she said about my race seemed that provided some moments be more effective, compassionate fifteen dollars down on it. years ago, and transitions directly like hate to me / Guilty white of healing as reality crept in. It and inclusive of all? into a classic Bad Brains-esque Created by music journalist liberal bullshit, empty empathy…” helped me through that first phase declaration of “SWAG! SWAG! Deanne: If we could learn to Sacha Jenkins, Bad Brains bassist of grief, denial. SWAG!” setting the tone early for Depending on how much time absolutely listen to each other, in extraordinaire and hardcore the Mandingos’ prevalent sense of you spend near a record player, What has been the most the Rogerian sense, we could build pioneer Darryl Jenifer, and West humour. From there, Murs doesn’t it’s quite possible that you’ll challenging aspect of your time a culture of empathy and therefore Coast MC Murs, the album slow down, taking shots left and spend more time thinking about at Antioch with regard to issues real community here at Antioch. loosely follows the story of Tyrone right at the music industry: “Warn it than listening to it, although I of cultural competence, diversity Jenkins as he navigates life as a Duffy: More Gatorade and a Brotha”, (Jay-Z) “King of New recommend you do both at once. and inclusion? young rapper. All of the members less hatorade, some empathy, York”, (John Mayer) “Wesley While you might not consider of the group are older musicians— Deanne: The American forgiveness of others and self. A Snipes”, and more. These shots it nowadays—when you type Murs, 35, is the youngest—and, humanistic psychologist Carl sense of looking on the bright side are combined with his signature the band’s name into Bing the as is clear on the album, each Rogers talks about alienation helps. commentary on a number of first search suggestion is “The has plenty of experience with the in the culture and the need to If you want to participate in a topics, most prevalently the White Mandingos file torrent”— music industry. “absolutely listen” to the other. He dialogue about diversity, please experience of being a black man spending fifteen dollars on this said, “Empathy can be just a word, email Louise Smith. This jaded group comes together in the U.S. album is well worth it. THE ANTIOCH RECORD MARCH 19, 2014•3 A sustainable approach to preparing food

By Marcel Beffort ’17 agricultural practices harm the the farm. environment by draining the soil The problems with the food “The food is amazing!” That is one of nutrients and polluting the of the first things any Antioch production system in this soil and aquifer with herbicides country seem endless and student would say to a prospective and pesticides. There are also student. Food at Antioch College Isaac admits that when he first significant environmental started to research the issue of isn’t like the food at most other problems associated with large- colleges for two reasons: it sustainable food production, scale feedlots, or concentrated he was mostly just angry and tastes good and it’s crafted with animal feeding operations sustainability in mind. frustrated. But now, he says, “I’m (CAFO). no longer acting out of anger. A recent lunch at Antioch Humans have been farming I’m acting out responsibility and featured a make-your-own organically for almost 10,000 love. It’s a much better way to sandwich spread that included years, said Isaac, noting that get things done. Going around homemade green-olive bread, a it’s only been in recent history chucking bombs doesn’t achieve delicious spicy hummus, fresh that the shift toward non- as much as creating a sustainable salad greens, shredded carrots, organic alternatives has taken food program.” sliced bell peppers, quinoa, and an place. People historically did not array of other ingredients. Isaac believes that the next step eat meat every day, but that’s Isaac DeLamatre, head of kitchens. Photo by Keeton Byerly. in the process of making the The person responsible for making changed. The increasing demand food system at Antioch, and Antioch a standout in the realm for meat has created the need for elsewhere, more sustainable of institutional food is Isaac continued to work in various and it had to do with food,” said large-scale farming to produce is education. He wants to get DeLamatre, head of kitchens at restaurant kitchens. Isaac. At first, Isaac just consulted, feed for the animals as well as the students engaged in exploring Antioch. Isaac has been working In 2003 he came to Antioch but once the program started increase in CAFOs. the issue and learning about food in the food service industry for to develop he was encouraged College as a student, but after Isaac believes that we need return through research and hands-on over ten years and has—with the to apply for the job as head of two quarters decided to withdraw to the old system of small organic experience (i.e., working on help of a few students and staff— kitchens. because he wasn’t ready for college farms. To do that “we need to the Antioch Farm). He would made the food at Antioch what it studies. He spent some time He got the job—and has been create a situation in which it’s like to see the Antioch Farm is today. traveling and living in different building the food program economically viable to be a small expand and more student Isaac started his culinary career places, but “used Antioch and at Antioch ever since. Isaac farmer,” he said. That’s one reason involvement in its operation. while in high school in 2002 when Yellow Springs as a base of designed the food program with he tries to buy food produced That would provide a lot of he began working during the operation,” he said. After a few sustainability in mind. He used as by local farmers. Produce and learning opportunities, not just weekends at a small pizza place years, he wanted to spend more many local organic ingredients as animals from the Antioch Farm for students but for the whole named Capri in his hometown time in Yellow Springs and moved possible, and for the ingredients are also used in the kitchen. Last community. The goal he says is of Akron, Ohio. Capri Pizza was back and got a job at the Sunrise he couldn’t get locally, he would quarter, for instance, the kitchen to “produce as much as we can basically just a kitchen with a few Café downtown. He worked there try to use at least organic products. served a dish using lamb raised on organically and on our own.” tables and chairs outside. for three years until Antioch Isaac’s ideas about food come He discovered at Capri that he called, once again. from “years of extensive analysis loved working in the kitchen. “If When Antioch reopened so did of the food system as it exists Close call with a deer you’re a hands on learner it’s good jobs, including those related to today,” he said. He believes for you,” he said. “It’s a different food preparation. “Anyone who the food system is defective type of mindset and that’s what I has ever been a part of Antioch in many ways, from how it’s By Richard Hauck ‘17 see that the deer was obviously enjoy—working with my hands.” has some idea of how they want it produced to how food is packaged It was a bitter February night, a dead. We took a few photos and After working at Capri, Isaac to be, and of course I had it as well, and distributed. Conventional dark night of the new moon. Alex paced the distance from the car Rolland, Alex Troeller, and I were debris to the body of the deer. on our way back from skiing at We deducted it had flown about Focus on diversity turns inward Mad River Mountain, driving 90 feet. south on U.S. 68. As we neared I later learned how fortunate by Nicolas Daily belong at Antioch College.” inclusion. Now in its second year, Yellow Springs, I saw the outline we were to have escaped from of an animal ahead and then as we In an effort to respond to the Diversity Committee member Diversity Committee is working our encounter with the deer got closer. I saw a whole herd of November 2013 visit of the Higher Josh Scacco said “this is on several projects including: unharmed. According to the deer crossing the road. Learning Commission’s site team, an important step in talking the Diversity & Inclusion Self- Insurance Institute for Highway the Antioch College Diversity about diversity at Antioch in an Study; Campus-Wide Dialogue By the time we reached the deer, Safety, 200 people in the United Committee is conducting its own authentic manner that is realistic workshops and the hiring process most had already crossed to States die each year from deer “self-study” as a partner document in both what we do well and for the new director of the Coretta other side of the road. One deer, related crashes. Scott King Center for Cultural to the self-study completed last what we can do better in terms of however, remained, standing there Here are a few tips from the State and Intellectual Freedom. August. The purpose of the study inclusion.” He also said that this as if deciding whether to cross Farm Insurance company about is to assess the diversity and is a great way to address some of The self-study is currently going the road. Alex Rolland was in the what to do when you encounter inclusion efforts on campus in our stated goals of “diversity in through one of Antioch’s newest process of going around this deer deer while driving. the academic, co-curricular and all of its manifestations” and “new processes: the Institutional when it suddenly started running If you see a deer in the road, don’t campus-wide realms. and better ways” to live and learn Review Board, or IRB. The IRB in the direction its pack had gone. try to take evasive actions to avoid together. is a five-member board of faculty The next thing we felt was the The survey will use prompts that it; the deer might just run into and staff that ensures “that the impact of the car meeting the respondents can answer based Receiving a great deal of your car, you might swerve into welfare, rights and privacy of all deer. The hood crinkled and the on a five-point Likert style scale attention after the “Giving the other lane of oncoming traffic, human participants in research at body of the deer flew through the with 1 being “Strongly Disagree” Tuesday” contest in December, or you may swerve off of the road Antioch College are consistently air like a rag doll, doing a flip like and 5 being “Strongly Agree.” Diversity Committee is an ad-hoc and hit something like a tree. The maintained,” as stated in the IRB you see divers in the Olympics There will also be opportunities committee of students, staff and proper procedure is to put both Policy. The Diversity Committee doing. It smacked to the ground, to make qualitative statements faculty with power under ComCil. hands on the wheel and apply hopes to have the questionnaire but we kept driving as a wave of regarding curriculum, trainings, Diversity Committee, formerly the brakes to come to a complete live at the start of next term. shock hit us all. and the college as a whole. Some Diversity Group, was started by controlled stop. statements include: “I feel that student initiative after students For questions or comments The next day Alex and I went If hitting the deer is unavoidable, academic curriculum should recognized a lapse in spaces regarding the self-study, please back to assess the damage to the try your best to slow the car down. include more diverse perspectives for them to affect change— contact Nick Daily at ndaily@ deer and retrieve a VW ornament. and voices” and “I feel that I particularly around diversity and antiochcollege.org. Cruising up to the scene, we could Continued on page 8 4•MARCH 19, 2014 THE ANTIOCH RECORD CAMPUS Passion for printing using up trees by Selena Wilkinson ’17 habits. designated common area (the Last month, between February We all know that recycling is a library, Pennell, or somewhere 1 and February 21, 68,000 pages good alternative to putting our else) may be a good place to start. OPINIONS Checking this common area were printed in our beloved Olive used readings in the garbage, but Kettering Library. That’s 3,400 not using this much paper in the before printing our own copies pages per day. With approximately first place is an even better choice. of readings would discourage The Record, moving forward 200 people (students, faculty and When you recycle something, everyone from printing out their staff ) on campus, that’s 340 pages it does indeed get turned into own, and may even help build As the staff of a developing newspaper, we have been working to find a printed per person in the first another thing (in this case, more community. balance between content and quality. We’ve recieved a lot of feedback 20 days of February alone! And paper) some time down the road. about how we might improve in the future, and we welcome any more It has also become trendy to print these stats aren’t even including But making paper out of paper out entire textbooks on the library feedback we might recieve. If you do have thoughts to share with us, the printers in South, the Writing involves a process that utilizes please do not hesitate to email The Record with concerns and suggestions. printer, and we need to cut that Institute, or personal printer usage both a lot of water and a lot of out. Printing double-sided or in As the quarter draws to a close, we’d like to thank Community Life in student dorms. bleach. It is definitely good for the booklet format and borrowing for funding The Record as it re-establishes itself. We hope to continue According to conserveatree.org, environment to recycle instead of from friends is always a good growing in tandem with the revival of the college. The Record will require one tree makes approximately landfill, but it is even better for idea. If we begin taking notes the continued support of the community if it is to thrive. We look 8,333.3 sheets of paper, so our the environment to stop printing on our computers, tablets or in foward to the hiring of an official editor in coming weeks.The Record community used up a little more so much! our personal notebooks instead must go on! than eight trees during those three The obvious alternative seems to of directly on our readings, our —The Antioch Record Staff weeks in February. be reading directly in Canvas or friends can use them after us. Or, This feels unacceptable. Other Dropbox, but I personally hate if you don’t mind it as much as I Immature dialogue unproductive students have reacted to these reading on computer screens. It’s do, simply read on your computer. statistics with such statements as distracting and I find myself with In any case, our printing is out “That’s loco!” and “Our printing chronic headaches. So, how do we of hand. We need to apply our By Alex Malangoni ’16 to have a productive conversation. situation is messed up!” use fewer trees and not increase community-wide mindfulness the amount of screentime? How I originally thought about writing This does not mean that we should practice and commitment to So let’s fix it, together. do we really make our education this column about the various be anonymously posting out-of- sustainability to our paper usage. sustainable all the way down to conflicting viewpoints that my context documents on the walls We talk a big game here at So please, the next time you press the way we are consuming our fellow Antiochians seem to have of Birch Hall essentially claiming Antioch about sustainability and control/command+P, think about assigned readings? about basic issues. I am, of course, that heterosexual white people our commitment to creating “new the 68,000 pieces of paper our still writing about this, but in need to sit down and shut up and better ways of living,” but Perhaps sharing is the answer. community used, and the eight a drastically different way than when we approach conversations we need to start applying this to Making a community copy of trees we could’ve saved if we I originally intended. We as a about social justice. everything—even our paper usage readings and placing them in a hadn’t pressed enter. community need to get some Sadly, I’ve seen far too many angry things straight. discussions on Facebook over Understandably, many of you are the past two months for this to probably reading this column be something I avoid addressing. All voices deserve to be heard wondering which “side” of this Antiochians, as a community, seem by Tymber Compher ’17 wish to offend others. Yes, some culture clash I will come down on. to be hiding behind the veneer of oppresses them in this way. On things should not be said, but You will probably be disappointed righteous anger as an excuse to Here at Antioch, we are lucky the other hand, men are told they when it becomes the norm that no as I really don’t believe that the be rude. The lack of maturity enough to have the privilege of need to be strong, that they cannot one is allowed to speak their mind, clash has any “side” that I actually on the issues being discussed expressing our beliefs and values. cry, and that they must take care of this is no longer a discussion over agree with. indicates to me that holding a We have the ability to stand up poor, submissive women. pow-wow in community meeting for what we believe in and become whether a comment is offensive Men are oppressed too, because I’m not even going to dignify the isn’t going to solve anything, and passionate for the causes that or not. It becomes an issue of one society portrays them as evil, idea of “female privilege” with a until we decide that we should try strike our fancy or something that group dominating all others. unemotional, and superior over response. In the same vein, white actually educating ourselves, our truly pulls our heartstrings. women. This is a stereotype. At privilege is something that needs This campus is full of feminists; community is going to continue Antioch, we are supposed to to be recognized in order for one in no way do I wish to offend or being dysfunctional. At Antioch, as a young woman, I deviate from the stereotype, not recognize the importance of this anger anyone on campus. In fact, I actually agree with many of add to it. Whenever a white male and it excites me that this college opens his mouth to speak, the can give me the means to create the sentiments that the feminist The Antioch Record Staff group supports. I myself identify tendency here is to shut him down social change for the causes that because he represents “white I believe in. In fact, this is why as female, and I sympathize with a lot of people out there. I privilege.” Antioch also stresses Marcel Beffort ‘17: Staff Writer, Proofreader I chose to come to Antioch in diversity. If we hear the same the first place. However, I have agree that women need more of Perin Ellsworth-Heller ‘17: Staff Writer, Copy Editor, Proofreader a voice and that in many ways, opinions over and over again, how found that sometimes it is a little is this diversity? Jane Foreman ‘17: Staff Writer, Copy Editor, Layout and Design difficult to express our own views. women are underestimated and Cole Gentry ‘17: Staff Writer, Proofreader, Photo Editor are discriminated against due to I am a woman. I love that I can In all honesty, I have found that I the kind of society that we live in. be represented. I enjoy this right Richard Hauck ‘17: Staff Writer, Proofreader, Photographer am more afraid to speak up here. as a human being. Men, especially Keegan Smith-Nichols ‘17: Staff Writer, Copy Editor, Layout and When one person’s or group of However, I do not believe that it is white males, do not. Maybe Design, Proofreader people’s beliefs begin to infringe right to take away other’s rights in people think that since in society on the rights of others, this no order to promote the self-interest men have all the power that longer becomes a cause. It is now of another ideology. This is where Antioch should be different, but Our Mission oppression. I realize that this may Menism comes in. I think that it should be everyone The Antioch Record is the newspaper of, by, and for the be a strong claim, but I have been Women at a young age are exposed has the right to be equal. If there is Antioch College community. We continue the legacy of here on campus long enough and to discrimination. Everyone does feminism, why not menism? I am independent student-run publications at Antioch and are have talked to enough people that it without thinking. Maybe you a woman, so I can talk about men’s I can safely say that many people dedicated to serving as an accurate record of community life. have told a four-year old girl she rights. I will not be ostracized like on this campus are extremely a male would be if he wrote an We hope to promote informed dialogue, social engagement, is pretty. Surrounded by emphases uncomfortable expressing article like this one. So, how is that and community action. on beauty, women grow up in a themselves because they do not world that sexualizes them, and equality? THE ANTIOCH RECORD MARCH 19, 2014•5 Talking diversity with Deanne and Duffy A primer—

by Louise Smith bases and life experiences and race and class and how those tie bring our psychological baggage into what we would aim for as Breaking down Recently in our weekly Diversity to campus with us. That also social justice. Committee meeting (Tuesdays makes us deliciously human. at 12:30 p.m., in the library), I always like a choir metaphor. The Maybe attempting understanding best choirs have many voices with we talked about a column in differences or where one is feminist jargon The Record devoted to dialogues “coming from” or wanting to head about experiences of diversity at is something that makes more by Selena Wilkinson ‘17 under oppressive systems, like Antioch. This issue’s offerings are sense to me and learning to enjoy strict gender roles, but systemic from Psychology faculty member Recently, there has been a lot of oppression can only be the those differences and the journeys, talk on this campus, and in this Deanne Bell and Steve Duffy, whenever possible. oppression of one group by another. alum and staff member at the paper especially, regarding social “Reverse racism” and “menism” or justice. Unfortunately, both in the Olive Kettering Library. I appreciate the college for the the supposed oppression of white articles and conversations I have great place that it is—a self- people and men, respectively, can How do you see diversity playing heard on campus, there has been perfecting piece of imperfection be examples of circumstantial a part in your work or education a misunderstanding and misuse that has moments of idyllic prejudice in our society but never here at Antioch? of key terminology employed and utopian sequestration and of oppression. within feminist and social justice Deanne: I don’t know of a better some moments of outside world feeling, a more binding one, when discourse. Privilege: The flipside of oppression. If I belong to the people feel understood, truly seen, I would like to take a moment by each other. When we create a dominant group in any kind of to clarify some popular jargon systemic oppression, than I have culture of understanding, when Deanne Bell. Antioch file photo. that might mean something we really start to see each other privilege. For example, I am a totally different than what you are white person in a culture with here at Antioch, our diverse ways many ranges. And as for myself, currently using it to signify, and institutionalized white supremacy, of being will thrive. Teaching and let me sing in the car on the may even differ from the formal so I have enormous amounts of learning will become more vibrant commute between here and the dictionary definition! white privilege, regardless of my because there will be less defensive ‘hood. I reserve the right to join So here goes: other identities. layers in our way. the choir as I wish. Having this kind of privilege Duffy: I guess diversity is the Womyn: An alternate spelling for What has been the most means that I do not and can never buzzword that most folks are women/woman which rejects the transformative experience you experience life as a person of using nowadays. I don’t know if words men/man. have had in understanding color. It has formed my thought that word resonates wonderfully Duffy at the circ desk. Photo by someone who has different Institutionalized/Systemic: Most processes and interaction with the with my internal self. Jane Foreman ‘17 beliefs, cultural roots, or point of often used in reference to world through the lens of being It is interesting that you ask origin than yourself? oppression, the institutionalization a white person. I also experience experience. I can look back at four of ideologies means that beliefs about the part of me that is at Deanne: I remember being out at privilege because of my ability work and not me as a whole. We decades and see repeating attempts like the superiority of men, to pass publicly as heterosexual all come from different home at looking at the dynamics of sex, Continued on page 6 white people, and rich people and because my gender identity have been ingrained in cultural matches the sex I was assigned systems. These systems include at birth (this is called being the educational, healthcare and “cisgender”). My North Pole co-op with Santa criminal justice systems, the economic market, and every other However, I am a womyn and I by Tatiana Dorff ’ 17 cheated on for it). No, I in fact express train. According to my form of infrastructure as well as experience systemic oppression ticket, it could take anywhere because of that. Almost everyone Alas, I am at the end of my first used to detest Christmas and our own cultural beliefs. from eight hours to ten days experiences both oppression two quarters here at Antioch receiving presents; I found for me to arrive at the North These beliefs are instilled in us and privilege of some kind, the College and it would seem that the whole process extremely Pole, depending on how many by media and interaction with exception being heterosexual, it’s almost time to leave for overwhelming. Now and then I countries we stop in first. Once infrastructure from birth. They white, middle or upper-class co-op. While my classmates are get dragged to Midnight Mass I arrive in the North Pole, I plan are inside of and surrounding us cisgender men, who have been discussing their exciting positions with my aunt who’s convinced to find some sort of official who all the time. Systemic refers to the born into having every upper working on organic mung bean she’s still Catholic, but other can instruct me further on how to presence of problematic beliefs in hand possible. This in no way farms in Hawaii or as baristas at than that I remain detached from apply for a position as an intern. our societal systems. excludes them from social justice cafés in Belgium, I have opted the religious implications of the If all else fails, I will at least try discourse, but privilege is a real for a longer winter in the North holiday. I am simply curious Examples of systemic/ to steal back my letters from thing that needs to be recognized Pole. It’s unclear as to whether or about the inner working of Santa’s institutionalized oppression Christmas Eves past so that my and analyzed constantly. not I officially obtained a position workshop and the rights of the include: income inequality elves who work there. journey was not all for naught. (womyn earning less than men, as an intern in Santa’s workshop, Microaggressions: Commonly people of color earning less than because the only way that I can Many are shocked when they used verbal, behavioral and both white men and womyn), and communicate with the staff is to hear of my plans for co-op. “But Do you have something environmental displays the overrepresentation of black either go there myself or to write Christmas just ended!” exclaimed to say? Is there a problem that, whether intentional or Santa a note on Christmas Eve. Selena Wilkinson ’17. Yes, it does on campus you would like and brown people in the prison unintentional, communicate Clearly, the latter option is not a feel that way. However, I am told to address or an idea you system. hostile or negative beliefs about viable one. that these spring months are of would like to share? Have an Oppression: Basically, it means marginalized groups. They can objection or a correction to Before I go on, let me first say the utmost importance to the the long-term mistreatment of manifest as anything from rape something printed? that I do not support the frenzy North Pole community at large. one group, usually the minority, jokes to the semantics with which that surrounds Christmas. The There are ice rinks to touch up MAKE by another group, usually the white folks discuss people of incessant commercials, the lights and reindeer to be born! Not majority. But it is so much color to the act of walking around everywhere, and—back in my to mention that snow people YOUR VOICE more than that, because it is topless in common areas of your day—the non-stop playing of don’t make themselves—which HEARD! institutionalized (see above). This dormitory. seems to be a major flaw in their Love Actually in the neighborhood means ideological domination, These displays are usually what evolutionary design. Hollywood Video. (Disclaimer, over-represented violence towards people are referring to when they Write a letter to The Record— the marginalized group, and all I do love Love Actually despite After my final exam, I shall depart 500 words or less—and send ask you to “check your privilege” the fact that Emma Thompson from here and make my way around horribleness from the because they are things that it via email to: therecord@ oppressors onto the oppressed. is the only female character towards the Upper Peninsula of antiochcollege.org privileged people often do not with a personality and she gets Michigan, where I will catch an Everyone experiences bad things understand to be problematic. 8•MARCH 19, 2014 THE ANTIOCH RECORD Gaerin on Gaerin A word search— few millennia of adaptation into Antioch Buzzwords a month spent living with a giant anthropomorphized milkshake, by Maya Canaztuj ‘17 case of fries, and what I could only describe as a funny sounding Here is a selection of some common words heard on campus and even seen on t-shirts and promotional wad of meat. While this may have materials alike. Can you find them all? been a daunting challenge at first, I learned to cope with it, adapting Antioch College accordingly, and you will too. Another place where adaptation C L E V V R A A Z Y E D O E V D F E L P O T E N T I A L A W E S O M E is important is in routine. Now Q R L X A X M S T K E W C Y E D N S A F D Y K R N N O I S S A P V L P By Gaerin Warman-Szvoboda ’17 I love my daily 25-hour nap U U E A T A E I P N A N Q T J G S D M C E Z Z A Y L Y K J T M H C M S Hello friend, as much as the next Gaerin, A Z J A Z E V W V I A L A F A U V I R G T O K Y X O P N A B F W R F G but that’s not always an option If I may ask (and of course I can), L D V I T I N I H R R C E G V E M D E C C Y N R N G G D K R Z F T E Z when you’re working in one of I Z N K T I R S E R I A E N N K I B H O E G M A W C A L F P J N A G D do you smell it? That smell, the Wyoming’s finest gulags. No, T G A I E O V V I D E M T T O V P R T U N M E N J U O V V J M J N L Y kind of smelly smell, a smelly when you’re working on the Y F S D N C E I E V E L U I E S P A O R N N S O E I R E D A R A M A C smell that smells … smelly? Why clock, you have to adapt to a strict A O R M C S A D T N E R H R O Y V L E A O G N I T A V I T O M B D F F yes, it’s spring! schedule unlike the 26-hour-a- P E E I R U H Q T Y E O S N R N F O G G C E E T I S J M G A B B A U S Now this means different things day party fest that is college. In G N L E E C L P Z Z P E U E H L A S U E T R T U W K X U U O C M N Y L for different people—allergies, order to succeed on co-op, you’ll T V P I O N J T K E K F V C F A I L M O G U N L P E Q U A L I T Y H I exercise, long walks on the beach, have to adapt to managing your G Y Z I H F D R U H D E N T I Q L D Z U J M I O E H X U V L U Z X I O and rabbit season, just to name a time to the second, so much so few. But for us first years, it means that it’ll become second nature, M N T Q Z W I S I R L G R O W T H T B S J W N V R Y M S Y W L L L P X one thing: our first co-op. This can or else you’re not gonna have a W N I L U R H R Q C E P H E H N E Q Q L Y C G E S W A A F Y Z M Z S Q cause a lot of anxiety, but don’t you second co-op. Thankfully, with A F G D E Q Z T O M J U C O K N A P S I J T C R P W X U D O R D R T Q worry, little ones, Gaerin’s gonna the new mail order Gaerin Brand R W K V N A B A R J Y D O X T O T C E P S E R C E F A R M I N G Y E R guide you through this. Daily Calendar, all time issues will A S Y I H A R K X O V G M T D I E L S C D L M B C W W U Q A W I M R H be resolved, and you’ll be on your Z R Y U O S T N F E W R M T O T S U O I C A N E T P K V B H B W E J S Now you might be saying, Gaerin, game 27/7. P B O R W D T S I S X I U W N A F G K O A Y P C I G G G W B I H L A R aren’t you a first-year student? W D Y S O A H C R N I T N T S V M Y N H C P Z I V X R K E G G U I V H How could you possibly offer any Last but certainly not least, on O L M T M T E T C E G Q I E M I K Y Q I X Z Y L E J C K G T T M I A Z guidance on the co-op experience? your co-op journey, is perhaps the C P E N I V C R N A D D T H R T O U O L G T A S P W F T W H O A E L X Oh how naïve you are, dear most critical adaptation of them R I E H E S E I W V O N Y R W O I U G U A N E T A M I T N I S N R Z I reader, but fear not, information is all. According to the ancient texts J E T I O A O Q V H B Q U T I M T I O P J P E T I J Z N R V O I D J N incoming. I pour over in my free time, on H O L S T R O I T K B N R N G O U M Q B S U P L N I D J H H S T E V W First things first: adaptability. the 5th of May, 2014, what will E E R I E W A I R M O P E N B Y O K P Z C I L O L E M O H U D Y V Z V Adaptability applies to every likely become this world’s most B Q V B I J N C X U Q R I C X Q C D Q F H Z K G M A P G O T X O L B M aspect of the co-op experience, storied day arrives. That’s right: U E Z E L L A P E T C N X G I Q J D V R P T L S S M H R G S I A O M S and I recommend reading On Swimdome Come. According T L B S W X L M G H U U W A J T F R I E N D S H I P O C N O Y A V F J the Origin of Species over the to my Ancient Ohioan calendar, B Y K Y J Y X L E C E T F I O R S R O N J X Y U Q G K E Z P P T N T Q two-week break preceding co-op. that is the day when a great flood Q R R R K C O N V E R S A T I O N U U Z D A L X I J E V R M O V I P G shall overtake the Earth, and we But adaptability is not all about M H T I O E W Z Y E R K K A V I Z O J Y L T Y R E R J Y V O H D Q N X will face the most challenging monkeys and finches, you see. C V I U X O E H D P Y S F R Z Z F K Z P X E M E G F Z V Z C U Y L X U adaptation of them all: becoming It’s about every waking moment Q N I M M O Q M X D R H Y W E D A L P S V J Z H X Y X P A S O J C R F of your co-op experience! In amphibious. particular—I’d like to point out— All this and more awaits you on it’s about housing. your co-op experience. But fear Now we can’t all be like me I not first years, we shall meet again realize, possessing a comfortably in June. In the meantime and ADVENTURE CULTURE GRIT PASSION outfitted chalet within 15 minutes in between time, remember to AMAZING CURIOSITY GROWTH PERSEVERANCE by helicopter of every inch of the leave placing two colons in one United States. But fear not, I’ve paragraph to the professionals. ANTIOCH DEDICATED HIPSTER PERSPECTIVE not always been so fortunate. Why, Until the next tantalizing ASPIRATIONAL DIVERSE HOME POSITIVITY in my younger days, I condensed a installment, I bid you adieu. AWESOME ENGAGEMENT HOPE POTENTIAL BELIEVE ENVIRONMENT HORACE QUALITY Close call with a deer CAMARADERIE EQUALITY HUMANITY RESPECT CHALLENGING EXTENSIVE INTENSE REVOLUTIONARY Continued from page 3 so others won’t hit it. CHAOS FAMILY INTIMATE RIGOROUS Do not speed up. If you hit a deer Before you leave the site, assess and it is still alive, do not try to the damage to your car. If the CLEVER FARMING INVOLVED SOLAR move it because it can wound you. car is leaking fluid, smoking, COMMUNITY FOOD JUSTICE TENACIOUS If that happens, it will be the deer or overheating, turn the car off COMPOST FRENZY KALE UNDERSTANDING and you lying in the road. Move and call a tow truck. Your safety your car if possible and turn on should be the number one priority. CONNECTED FRIENDS LEARNING UNITY the emergency lights, then call Venison is delicious, so if you CONVERSATION FRIENDSHIP MAJESTIC VICTORY the police. When the officer gets want to take the carcass with COURAGEOUS FUN MOTIVATING WIT there, you will most likely need to you to butcher and eat later, fill out an accident report, which you must obtain a permit from CREATIVE GEOTHERMAL MOTIVATION WORTHWHILE will help you with the insurance a law enforcement officer. The CREATIVITY GREEN OPEN company. If the deer is dead and responding officer can provide in the middle of the road, move it that if needed.