[Alumni-chat] real estate

[Gerry Bello]

Wesley Clark is totally not appropriate for Antioch.

His reputation as an egomanical gas bag was legendary IN the Military.

When he held the post of SACUER (Supreme Allied Commander - Europe, same job as Eisenhower in WWII, basically commanding General of Nato) his own staff refered to him derisively as the "Supreme Being".

If you thought Steve Lawry was an unaproachable authoritarian you'll love this gasbag.

oh... and he bombed civilians in Yugoslavia.

----G

"We are going to inherit the earth . There is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie may blast and burn its own world before it leaves the stage of history but we are not afraid of ruins. We who ploughed the prairies and built the cities can build again, only better next time. We carry a new world, here in our hearts. That world is growing this minute." 
----Durruti

> To: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu
> From: theodora at imbris.com
> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:50:47 -0800
> Subject: [Alumni-chat] real estate
> 
> Tim Noble said:
> 
> Sad news.  Albert was a good friend.  His reaction on hearing that the
> Board of Trustees would close Antioch was 2 words:  "Real Estate.
> They want the real estate."
> 
> 
> I imagine he knew the truth.  We suspected it all along, didn't we?
> 
> Somebody like Wesley Clark is an interesting idea.  Could he really  
> stand the perpetually questioning
> environment?  not exactly like the military.
> 
> I believe that one thing that brought the College down is the  
> propensity of some students with a mission (e.g., those who went on  
> strike) to
> not accept authority and/or the wishes of the total community when  
> these went against their mission.  Activism is great, but sometimes
> it can be destructive in ways not intended.  We're going to have to  
> learn how to compromise at times, and also to respect the authority  
> and decisions (always
> with input from the students and faculty) that they make, for the  
> greater good.    Antioch, because of our focus on individualism, has  
> a way of attracting
> some very self-focussed people who can't seem to see the greater  
> good.   Somehow, this fact is going to have to be acknowledged, and  
> some kind of safeguard
> built in.
> 
> This also means, of course, hiring someone the community can trust.
> 
> Please, don't distort my words and think that i think the University  
> is the greater good.  I don't.
> 
> Pam  '68
> 
> 
> 
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