[Alumni-chat] Hello My Dear Friends and Happy Holidays

[Jude Logan Demers]

The following is an open letter.
Dear Antioch College Community and Toni Murdock,
     It is good to hear from you on a regular basis Antioch College
Community.  Ms. Murdock it was a pleasant surprise to read your hopeful
words regarding the future of my Alma Mater, Antioch College.  I graduated
in '97 and this year had an anti-climatic ten year reunion.  The
announcement of Antioch's potential suspension of operations came only days
before our Antioch College reunion.  Therefore, we had a revival.
     Now we have travelled a long road of fund raising, spirit raising,
awareness raising, and consciousness raising since then.  I feel and pray
that we are very close to success.  A success where we may all be happy and
play together nicely.  A family that prays together stays together.  It is
my prayer that Antioch College be granted autonomy.  It is my prayer that
Antioch University the child of Antioch College give her parent the space
and freedom she needs to be successful.  She raised you and she knows you
best.  Antioch University your all grown up now and inspite of rebelling
against your mother we still love you and know and trust that you will do
fine on your own.  Let this be a lesson to you.  Never bite the hand that
feeds you.  Sometimes tough love is the best love.
     At this negotiation table where we are all present I pray that we may
continue to be patient.  Pardon the metaphor, but Antioch University do what
your mother Antioch College says.  Listen to your mother and respect your
mother.  We are still mother and child and that will not change andhas not
ever changed in the history of this historic humanitarian institution of
higher education.
Whether we both co-exist peacefully in Yellow Springs, Ohio as different
educational facilities with different boards of trustees and different
presidents, chancellors or whatever label we choose for our CEO, pastor,
leader, priestess.  It is my hopes that the BOT of AU(Antioch University)
and the Chancelor, Ms. Murdock, let Antioch College go and let God into
Antioch University with their blessings.
     We will have a better relationship this way.  We have all withstood
enough disinformation, misinformation, mismanagement, and finacial
hardship.  We Antioch College, your elderly parents, are strong enough to
stand on our own.  The fund raising that we have done plus the fact that we
created the various branches of Antioch University are plenty proof that we
are all prepared for this transition and positive transformation.
In prayer of making the season bright,
Jude Demers Antioch College B.A. '97 in the self designed combined major of
Cross-cultural Studies and Performance Art.
Yellow Springs Resident

Sincerely,
Jude

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