[Alumni-chat] Antioch needs better lawyers and better PR people!

[TheBangaloreBlue]

what is going on?  the "temporary suspension" is off the table?   did i miss something?!?!?

YAZZ ALLEN <davidallenusa at yahoo.com> wrote:  The lawyers hammering out the deal with the Antioch trustees have stopped the need PR and publicity Antioch needs to let the world know Antioch is STILL alive and open for business Fall 2008.

Only the CHRONICLE OF HIGHER ED has reported the closedown agenda isn't the main thing any more. The rest of the news media are behind the times (see Baltimore SUN article below responding to the Oct. 25-28, 07 Trustees YSO meeting, and proclaiming "Antioch is still in trouble!").

Antioch needs better lawyers and better PR people. What else is new?

Nice to hear about the CHRONCLE OF HIGHER ED (which reported that Toni Murdock, in an interview, stated that the closedown is "no longer" the main plan to "save Antioch College," but that's not a main stream news source for people planning college for kids entering in Fall 2008! 

The Baltimore (MD USA) SUN (which also influences the Wash. DC area) is. The negative SUN article will scare aware possible entrants from the whole MD/ DC area for 2008.

Well....time to wait, I guess.

When I was a teen ager entering Antioch (1962), the school was widely considered one of America's (and the world's) best small colleges. Being an Antiochian travelling on co-op jobs was like being a rock-star. Kids in colleges everywhere ALL wanted to go to Antioch instead of where they were going. Everybody envied Antiochians.

Now..................

Damn!

Antioch needs better lawyers and better PR people. Or...it needs to return to a situation where it has neither legal or PR trouble!


I read once that good lawyers are never optimistic and are always paranoid! This was part of writing about why Thomas Jefferson was a "good lawyer!"

Well.........I'll be happy to get good news....same as other people.

If the closedown is "off the table," it would have been good for an announcement to have SAID SO.....the media should have been informed that "people are optimistic about Antioch staying open, a settlement is being reached and agreement is expected soon..".....all THAT.

It is so incredible important to REVERSE the media stories about Antioch closing down, ASAP.

Below is the text of a Baltimore SUN story which just reinforces the image of Antioch as a "loser" school still on its way to hell!

This story could have been stopped if proper public relations had been used.

Antioch has had terrible public relations/ press relations problems since the 60's. This needs to change. It's needed to change for 40 years!

When "will they ever learn?"

I got a copy of the BALTIMORE SUN article about Antioch dated Oct. 28, 07 from a friend of mine who cut it out from his paper, mailed it to me.

The article appeared on page 5A and was part of the "Digest" of the NATION's news.

Headline:

FUTURE STILL UNSURE FOR ANTIOCH COLLEGE

Text of article:

Yellow Springs, Ohio:

Antioch College board members postponed a decision yesterday o whether to reverse their decision to temporarily close the college, telling about 200 alumni, faculty, and students that they'll continue debating for several more days.

The 155 year old private liberal arts college announceed in June that because of declining enrollments, heavy dependence on tuition, and a small endowment, it would close after the Spring term, reorganize, and re-open in 2012.

On Thursday, the Alumni formally asked the Trustees to reverse their decision, saying they had raised $18 million primarily in pledges to keep the school going.

-End of article-


----
Contact "Yazz" (David) Allen directly via email at YazzAllen at Yahoo.Com, mail to 644 Shrewsbury Commons Ave., #239, Shrewsbury PA USA 17361...phone (717) 235 - 1982!

See my movie actor photos and recent credits at WWW.IMDb.Com (world's largest movie info database, owned by Amazon.Com) IMDb RESUME. Also WWW.SAG.Org "IActor, "WWW.CastingNetworks.Com.



__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 
_______________________________________________
Alumni-chat mailing list
Alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu
http://w3.antioch.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chat
Visit http://www.Antioch-College.edu today!


 __________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com