[Alumni-chat] stakeholders

[alanbenard (alanbenard at pobox.com)]

>On Saturday, August 11, I received a letter dated July 23 inviting me as a "stakeholder" to participate.  I was rushing to catch a plane from Sarasota to
>Portland Oregon and did not have time to read the letter carefully.  I only noted that it said at the end that the decision to close the college would not
>be reversed.  I thought I tucked the letter into my suitcase, but on arrival I could not find it. I have only intermittent access to my e-mail and so have been unable to respond.  In any case, I was mightily offended by the last-minute offer - if that is what it was.  It seemed  I was being invited to listen to a whitewash and applaud, much as the leaders of southern Africa recently cheered and applauded Mugabe.  No thanks.
>
>We must continue to press for Antioch College, a residential undergraduate school in Yellow Springs with tenured faculty, and the traditional programs and values of Antioch College.
>
>Ilse Moon '53
**applause**