[Alumni-chat] co-op calendar

[Pam Olsen]

Liza said:

> 
> What I found socially disruptive was not graduating in 4 years, but having to
> pick up and move every twelve weeks. And I think that the effects of doing
> that stayed with me for some time. (The disruptive aspects might have been
> exacerbated for me by the strikes of 73. I was on spring/summer co-op when the
> spring strike took place. By the time I made it back to campus, very few of
> the people I knew pre-strike were around.) What I was suggesting was that we
> _retain_ a certain number of away co-ops but also have an expectation of
> completing, say, two in Yellow Springs.
> 
> This would enable people like me who find moving every quarter socially
> disruptive a chance to get to know their cohort a little more slowly. It would
> be easier for students on co-op to take, say, one class a quarter and more
> easily complete their studies in four years (with a staggered quarter system).
> We might be able to involve students in campus renovation in a way that was
> win-win financially for both the students and the college--and I think that
> participating in rebuilding Antioch (in any number of ways--not just
> renovating the buildings) would be tremendous in enhancing the sense of
> community. Just a thought. You are certainly free to disagree.


I'm with you, Liza.  The only thing that was troublesome about the co-op
program for me was all that moving and coming back, often, to a completely
different social group.  I think having more co-op opportunities in YSO is a
good idea, and I'll bet the Village businesses would be open to it at this
point, too.  Plus, we could get some local college businesses going,
perhaps.