News Archive
Black Student Union Awards
The Black Student Union (BSU) was founded almost two years ago and was based on students wanting to have Black community and wanting to find solutions for the challenges that we find troubling on our campus, community, and outside that radius. The...
Book Release by Ellen Tovatt Leary ’64
Hansen Publishing Group released The Understudy by Ellen Tovatt Leary ’64 on July 1st, 2020 – a book about the life of Nina Landau, a Broadway actress in the 1970s living in New York City. The book follows her journey from anxious Broadway auditions...
Yellow Springs Village Council mandates wearing masks downtown
The Yellow Springs News reports that a special Council meeting was held on Wednesday, July 8, during which two new laws were passed. The most significant law was passed unanimously and rules that facial coverings must be worn in places where physical...
Alan Brownstein ’69: Down With The Traitors And Up With The Stars
Alan Brownstein '69 expresses his view on Trump and the debate about American symbols and monuments in an opinion piece published to The Hill on July 7, 2020. "During the national debate about American symbols and monuments, Donald Trump makes two...
10 Day Challenge: My Love Can Change My World
My Love Can Change My World is a ten-day challenge created by Nzingha Dalila, Director of Counseling Services. Are you up for a challenge? The 10-Day My Love Can Change My World Challenge was created by Nzingha Dalila, Director of Counseling...
Week 1: Building a Mud Oven
As part of their Resilience in the Anthropocene: Natural Building course taught during the Spring of 2020, Beth Bridgeman and Marianthe Bickett ’15 had planned to build a mud oven together with their students. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, they had...
New Album Release by Aurore Sibley ’98 (a.k.a. Peterson)
Aurore Sibley '98 (a.k.a. Peterson), has recorded and produced a debut solo album of original music entitled “Book of Song,” which can be found on all streaming platforms as of July 24th, 2020. The album features Aurore on keyboards, guitar, bass,...
Eric Rhodes ’16 Examines Ohio’s Confederate History
In an article for Belt Magazine, Eric Rhodes ’16 writes about Ohio’s long and complicated relationship with the confederacy. He leads us on a journey through history in order to examine why Ohio, a historically blue state, has recently voted against...
Yellow Springs Council Declares Racism a “Public Health Crisis”
On June 15, the Village Council has declared racism a public health crisis and made a commitment to taking “meaningful action” in response to the “death, trauma and injury caused by institutional racism.” As the Yellow Springs News reports, “The...
Care Counts in Crisis: College Admissions Deans Respond to COVID-19
The following statement was developed in collaboration with admissions leaders and has been endorsed by leaders at more than 315 institutions across the United States. It describes what college admissions offices value and expect—and don't...