“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?” -William Shakespeare THewww.recordonline.org Record Volume 63, Issue 9 Thursday, October 18th 2007 Inside Five More to Go Chair Brakes the Tie Fundraising Offensive Brings Comcil Deliberates on CG Election and Antioch L.A. Revival Fund Close to $15 million AlumnCil University California re- By Kim-Jenna Jurriaans Derr. The group is work- By Natalie Martin cently welcomed Neal King ing in different combina- be used for students who as new President. The former During five days of on- tions throughout the coun- After the obligatory ap- graduate in December. Those vice president of Antioch the-road fundraising across try, depending on who is proval of the previous week’s Comcil members opposed to the country, representatives available in the various minutes, ComCil heard a pe- this idea argued that the level University New England, of the alumni association target areas that day. “On tition from student Meghan of participation will be much says he wants to “rattle the and college development Monday I was on the road Pergrem regarding the up- lower with an electronic vote offices have brought the with Ina [Frank], today coming CG officer elections. and that holding the elections cages in the best Antioch tra- College Revival Fund up to I’m with Dave Goodwin, During its last session, is a symoblic show of sup- dition.” Read a full profile on a current total of “between class of ’55.” Grimes said Comcil decided to set Octo- port for Antioch. 14 and 15 million dollar,” in a phone interview while ber 26th as the application A motion was proposed to King p.5 says treasurer of the alumni on the road in Oregon. deadline, which Pergrem felt extend the application dead- association, Rick Daily. “Dave’s from Oregon and did not give potential candi- line and interview dates one The money raised over he did a lot of fundraising dates enough time to process week, to November 2nd and the past week, according to for Glen Helen.” the information from the Oc- November 8th respectively, Community Day Daily, consists of pledges Grimes so far has visited tober 25th Board of Trustees and not change the other that will become available five major donors and is meeting. After some de- agreed upon dates. Discus- Pumpkin carving, white by the end of the academic energized by the outcome: bate about whether or not to sion continued for some time privilege deconstruction and year. “There’s a lot of cash “We’ve just sat in a man’s shorten the amount of time after the motion was made, old fashioned karaoke. It’s coming in, part of which is office for 20 minutes telling dedicated to campaigning or until Comcil member Scott from people making good us how Antioch changed the time ComCil reserves to Warren made a motion to call Community day at Antioch on their pledges,” he ex- his life; things are going interview the candidates, it the question. In doing so he College. For the full day in plains, “which makes a it very, very well.” was generally agreed that the moved the discussion to a a bit difficult to count right The team has another application deadline should vote. After some confusion pictures, check out our cen- now.” Although money week to raise an additional be pushed back. over what ComCil members terfold coming in from various $5 million to round the to- A long and somewhat heat- were voting for, the result fundraising teams and ini- tal up to $20 million. This ed discussion ensued regard- was a rare split - five in favor tiatives makes it difficult is the amount the Alumni ing the deadline and whether of the motion, and five op- to announce an exact num- Board wants to bring to it should be extended one posed - requiring that Com- ber, he is positive the total the negotiating table at the week or if the whole election Cil Chair Fela Pierrelouis Yellow Springs Council amount is “around 15 mil- decisive meeting with the should be postponed until cast a tie-breaking vote. Pier- As the YS village council is lion.” University Board of Trust- next term. Those who be- relouis voted in favor of the Daily himself is part of the ees, on October 24-28, that lieved the election should be motion, and the CG election considering to buy into a coal team of fundraisers that hit will determine whether the postponed until next term ar- deadlines were extended one plant to supply energy for the the road last Friday, which suspension of operations, gued that the extended dead- week. includes head of develop- scheduled for June 2008, line will increase the pool next 50 years, Antioch stu- ment for the College, Risa will be lifted and recruit- of students who will apply. Continued on p.5 dents presented their concern. Grimes, as well as alumni ing for new students can They stressed that some form In addition, College staff and Ina Frank and Matthew begin. of electronic voting could alumni urged the council to Street Fair Saturday continue thinking about the importance of the college as is a Success a driving force in the village. More on p.5 By Marysia Walcerz Last Saturday, October 13th, relatively Do you recognize this quiet Yellow Springs exploded into its biannual street fair. Going downtown faculty member? immediately placed one in the middle of a riot of color, sound, and smells that completely took over downtown Yel- low Springs. Over 200 vendors selling fine arts & crafts, clothing, jewelry, fair trade items, unique gifts, massages and much more lined the streets, competing for space with street entertainers and musicians. The vendors were joined fire-eating and comedy. Local favor- numbers from surrounding Ohio and by an international selection of cuisine ites, the Egyptian Breeze Belly Danc- further. Linda Wallace, of Linn’s Vin- from Vietnamese shish-kebab to Mexi- ers were also seen performing through- tage and Collectables in Clifton, OH, can empanadas to Thai wraps to hot out the day, often with the Viking rock said it was “Wonderful. Business has dogs that put the usual fried-meat-on- band, Wulf. A live music line up spon- been very good, there’s great weather, a-stick tradition to shame. sored by Peach’s Grill performed on and I enjoy the people.” Yellow Springs Along with arts and food, there was the Mills Lawn School all day as well, High Senior Class Advisor Donna also all day entertainment staged featuring The Hoppers, Tracy Walker, Haller who was selling Yellow Springs throughout the fair. This year boasted Rick Fannin, Wiseblood, Jayne Sachs, merchandise described it was “One of Find out who he is on p.13 the return of the Aerial Angels, a troupe and Cornmeal. the best [street fairs]. Perfect weather, of acrobats in the New Circus tradi- The combination of perfect fall great crowd, and all the food I tried was tion who performed feats of grace and weather and its reputation from previ- great.” Judging from the faces in the strength on aerial silk interspersed with ous years brought out crowds in huge crowd, most everyone agreed with her. Stillte voor de storm Editors to either turn down jobs elsewhere and stick around with no security, or leave a community they care about Kim-Jenna Jurriaans There is an expression in Dutch that talks about “de when there is still potential for victory. Jeanne Kay stillte voor de storm.” It’s “le calme avant la tempête,” Faculty members, tenured or not, have similarly dif- for the French, “The calm before the storm.” That’s what ficult choices to make. For those who have mortgages Antioch feels like right now. News on campus is light, to pay or sick family members who depend on continu- Our Beloved Staff besides the fact that we’ve crossed the 15 million mark, ation of their health care plan, waiting is simply not an The Record is running a “light” issue and the alumni option. listserves are dead to the point that I started checking This is not to mention the effects a mass exodus would Sally Alper the status of my wifi connection halfway through the af- have on the operations at a college that is desperately Culinary Expert ternoon. The months of frantic organizing towards the trying to graduate students that have invested years of big meeting seem to have come to a halt, if only tempo- time, tears and money in this place and let them leave Alex Borowicz rarily, and all we can do is watch and hope… for now. with something they can be proud of. Meanwhile, living at Antioch, being on the ground in On a personal level, as a foreign student with a visa Reporter/Photographer/ Yellow Springs, becomes more difficult every day. This that is contingent on continued enrolment in an Ameri- Photoshop expert week, for the first time, things have started to weigh on can institution, an unfavorable decision will likely mean me, heavily. Too little sleep is definitely a part of it, but that I have to leave the country by the end on 2008. Be- Sarah Buckingham more than that, its realizing just how much depends on tween editing the Record until December, finishing out- Reporter this one decision and just how drastically it’s outcome standing co-op papers and writing a still non-existent will change the lives of people around you and how senior project, there is simply no time or energy to write much would be lost.