News Archive
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,...
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...
Sounding Two Poems by Ross Gay
(This is an entry I started thinking about six months ago. I put it aside for various reasons, not all of which were clear to me then, and some of which only showed themselves long since.) Some things disappear for a while, or they seem to. Thoughts...
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 by The Hill on July 7, 2020. "During the national debate about American symbols and monuments, Donald Trump makes two...
Mary Mann to Nathaniel Peabody
One of the best first-hand sources on life at Antioch College in its earliest days was the wife of its first president, Mary Peabody Mann. Her frequent letters home to her family in Boston, held by Antiochiana because of the tireless collecting...
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...
House Democrats Pass DC Statehood Bill
House Democrats have approved a bill to admit Washington, D.C., as a state on Friday, June 26, 2020. As reported by CNN, The bill, introduced by DC's nonvoting House member, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, would shrink the federal capital to a small...
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...