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Call for the immediate resignation of Art Zucker and Toni Murdock

6:39 pm in news by ACAN

We, the undersigned, call for the immediate resignation of Antioch University Chancellor Toni Murdock and Board of Trustees Chair Art Zucker.

For the past year, we have watched the negotiations between Antioch University and alumni groups who are dedicated to the future of Antioch College. It is now apparent that Antioch University never had any intent of negotiating in good faith an agreement that met the criteria which united these groups:

* sufficient self-governance of Antioch College, and
* the continuation of all necessary operations at Antioch College (including student recruitment).

Recent comments from Chancellor Murdock have clarified the University’s intent in these negotiations- the University needed the assets of the college to support the other university campuses, and the university desired to emerge with enough capital to continue immediately the expansion of Antioch University.

Prior to the Board’s decision to close Antioch College, there was no warning, communication, nor consultation with the campus community and its alumni. This is a violation of the college’s cherished tradition of shared governance, vital to its reputation and thus to its very life.

In the year since the decision, Antioch University administrators and the Chair of the Board of Trustees have continued to malign the college’s shared governance, academic programs, faculty and students, and have misled and misinformed the public and the news media. The actions and statements of the Chancellor, Board Chairman, and other university administrators have damaged the reputation of the Antioch College program and the education received by its students and alumni. These statements have also damaged the reputation of the faculty and staff of the college.

Under the leadership of Chancellor Murdock and Chairman Zucker, Antioch University has continually and intentionally disregarded alumni support in planning the future of Antioch and the college. The Chancellor treated the alumni with the same disdain that she has given the on-campus community. This treatment of the alumni has damaged (if not destroyed) the ability of Antioch University to raise future funds from the college alumni and its official Alumni Association.

Under the leadership of Chancellor Murdock, Antioch University has abandoned its commitment to the Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural & Intellectual Freedom, contrary to statements that it would not do so. In their cavalier and disrespectful treatment of the CSK Center, Chancellor Murdock and Chair Zucker have demonstrated their disdain for Antioch’s values and legacies, and have shown their lack of integrity and honesty.

Chancellor Murdock’s leadership has been questioned at each of her appointments in Antioch University; twice receiving votes of “No Confidence” from two separate faculties of the university, Antioch University Seattle(2000), and Antioch College(2008).

We the undersigned believe that Chancellor Murdock and Chair Zucker have failed in their stewardship and fiduciary obligations to safeguard the future of the College. We are calling for their immediate resignation from their positions, either voluntarily or by action by board members who recognize the failures of the past and the need for change in leadership.

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Rose Pelzl \'14,

Jonathan Estes,

Karalyn Fark,

Ryan Hesse,

David Neal Miller,
Antioch College is a unique institution. By contrast, Antioch University is—from the perspective of senior faculty at neighboring Ohio State—an academic embarrassment unworthy of the Antioch name. Kill the U outright, save the College.

Edwin Lainhart,

Peter Klarnet,

Richard Campbell,
There can be no åntioch University without Antioch College.

Bruce Wallenta \'67,
Subterfuge, bad faith, and abandonment of the values and legacy of Antioch College demand these resignations.

Sherry L. Wixson,

Nancy Margulis Martina,

Christine A. Smith, PhD,

Kathryn Hensley,

Joan Meadows,

Charles \"Drew\" Geckle,

nancy johnson geist \'55,
We need Antioch college more than another Univ. of Phoenix look alike. Both display a shocking betrayal of trust in having undermined the college in every way while persuing the grand university scheme.

Catherine McHugh,
Class of 1973

Jen Paul \'93,
Save the college by closing the university branches. How much does it cost to keep the Santa Barbara facility open?

Kathy Janoski,

G Paul Gregory,
Long over due. They have failed in their capacity to lead. Antioch University, Ph D.Leadership & Change Program

Robert Newkirk,
The Board's secretive scheme to pulverize its own mother college reminds me of the destruction of Afganistan's ancient Buddhist sacred sculptures by the Taliban, middle finger raised to protest by all "outside faiths."

Dr. Michael Polsinelli,
did not graduate, student 1986-87 school year

Rachel McKay Laskowski \'91,

Jane Adams Van Nimmen, \'60,

John Rains 1950,
Nostalgia - how sweet it it!

Anne (Mitzi) Wheeler,

patrick kelly,

Carlton Wheeler,1950,

John Minton, \'90,

brook whitmore,

Geoffrey Bland,
Class of 2006

elissa olin,
Please keep Antioch College & its original vision alive!

Bart Leib, class of 2000,

Dr. Jayne Waterman,

Aneil Rallin,

Radha Friedman,

Donald Powell,
Destroying this crown jewel of liberty and democracy in our school system is akin to treason.

Christine Smith, PhD, Antioch College faculty,

Marie Sawaya,

Ken Bradford,
The current governance of the university, in sacrificing Antioch College, exhibits a shocking lack of both moral and creative leadership in promoting the educational assets of the College.

Geoffrey Himes,
BA 1972 MA 1974

Elizabeth Skarie,
I attended both Antioch College and Antioch-New England. Both were exceptional programs. The idea of our mother dying is sad beyond words. It must not happen.

Geoff Barnes, MA, 2001,
Antioch should be allowed to continue and develop in the years ahead. Antioch needs leadership that is committed to strengthening, not closing, the school.

Steve Law,
It's embarrassing that you can continue to use the Antioch name, when you have so clearly abandoned its core principles.

Rex O\'Neal,

Jusová Zdenka,

James McEuen,

Bob Katzenellen Bogen,\'53,
Alumni ,000,000 offer was accepted by the Trustees 4-28, then rejected 5-9. Errors of 30 years hard but possible to correct. Parasitic so-called University should return the endowment they consumed. The world needs Antioch College now more than ever..

Hal Taussig,

Libby Arny,
Antioch College needs to be kept alive.

Linda Michalowski,

Julianne Oktay,

David McNeil \'65,

Mike V. Bennett,
Antioch, Yellow Springs Must Be Saved & Restored as A Leader In Alternative Liberal Arts Colleges, Separte From The Proprietary University Institutions!

Susan Firestone,

Shawn Miller \'93,
Give Antioch College back to the Alumni so we can bring back the mother campus and college you have expropriated and discarded. Our DC Alumni Chapter has unanimously cast a vote of no confidence for the Board and Murdock.

Anne Milburn Huff \'43,

Martin Huff x\'45,

Marjorie Jensen \'07,

Jennifer S. Peters \'77,

Lewis K Wetzel \'52,
The "Trustees" have betrayed the School and all of us dedicated alumnae. Get out now!

virginia hoglund burris ,

Tom Callahan,
Poor planning, communication and vision. Demonstrated success at resolving any conflict at all. IQ failure too. How can they think the University has any back bone if they allowed the college to flounder.

Lenny Greenberg,

Teresa Jodon \'99,

Valeda Stull,

BJ Soto,

Mary Maushard,
Parent, Class of '06

David P. Kosow, Ph. D.\'58,

Charles Vicinus \'54,
University concept was bad from the beginning. It is now time to let it go and save what is good - Antioch College.

Richard Horn,
Zucker was a classmate of mine and I'm disgusted with his actions and untruthfulness.

Seth Roffman,

Lawrence J. Amon \'72,

Barrie Deigh Mottishaw, \'68 & John Mottishaw, \'69,

Karen Kolb,

Douglas Roycroft \'58,
Better the University wither than the College. Resign, and let someone competent take the helm.

Virginia Chomitz,

Tanya Mink \'64,

tim marzorati,

Gay Robb Meyer (now) Hallberg \'59,
Restore the academic integrity taken from the College.The University favors cash and business success with minimal regard to the principles of academic freedom and exploration and has failed the basic premises of scholarly investigation and learning.

Erika Marzorati,

Debbie,

Robert Grand,

Jeffrey P. Faude,
What the trustees have done to Antioch College by voting to reject the carefully constructed and funded revival plan is a travesty to higher education. Dr. Jeffrey Faude

Kara Millett,

Mildred Popov Katz,
As a member of the class of 1945 I feel that Murdock and Zuchor have bebrayed my great college.

Sally Tillotson Libson ,

Jason Kolb,

Matthew Noble,

Rosann Rayome Goldblatt \'81,

Adam Knapp \'06,
Please go, and take your cronies with you. Our once great college has been all but destroyed by the wanton mismanagement by university officials claiming to know what was best for the college.

Emily Kolb Davis \'01,

Dylan Ryan,
Bamm!

C. Philip Wood \'64,

Deena Pollock,

Mark Metzger,
just read the physical plant report shame on all those that have let the campus fall into such disrepair. want 10 mil give someone 1 mil and theyll have it for you next week.do it 10x and your up, open and repaired.

Renee Davis \'94,

Ben Gillock \'04,
que se vayan todos!

Ruth Moore Halcomb \'59,

Shelby Chestnut \'05,

Millie Thayer \'74,

Day Host-Jablonski,

Linn Dixon Noble, Ph.D. \'67,

Nancy Manes Plum,

Gesa Zinn,

Professor Rosi Braidotti,
I have taught Antioch Women’s Studies Students in Utrecht for years & have the utmost respect for this program: This program deserves the fullest support & should be continued with renewed funding.

Ariel Dougherty,

Susan Klein \'70,

Bob Rappaport \'74,

Jantje Visscher \'56,

Anne Hunter \'00,
The Antioch University "Leadership" has failed to do their job and betrayed the entire Antioch Community! Have you no shame?

Ted Scatchard,

Naomi Reiskind, Ph.D. \'64,
How could the leadership have allowed things to get to this point? It is unacceptable.

Sara (McGavic) Abdoulayi \'01,

steven duffy \'77,
non-stop Antioch!

David Harris,
The world needs informed citizens, not specialists. The world needs Antioch College, not Antioch University.

Elin Shallcross,
During my time at Antioch, a petition was an effective way of creating change. Daughter University please listen to your Mother College's pleas.

Ellen Geist,
Be ashamed to let Antioch die and not continue the legacy of achieving victories for humanity (with apologies to Horace Mann for the revision).

Carol Foerster Slocum,

Lynne Ackerberg,
We need new leadershop to restore the Antioch College that we value and love.

Blake Fitch,

Craig Mosher \'66,
For the good of the institution it would seem wise to respond to this outcry from so many donors, wouldn't it?

Jon Chomitz,

Richard Treadwell,

Bernard Kaplan,
How did these bums ever gain control?

Olivia Leirer,

Karin Looney \'93,
Art and Toni, resign now! Let Antioch College's students, employees, alumni, and others who care about intellectual and educational freedom reign!

Bette Thompson \'62,

Miguel A. Santiago,

Jane Dwinell,

Helene Tamarin,

Mike Reagon,

Ann Colunga,

George Little,
very sad and lacking in compassion

Jean M Manly \'65,

Nancy Rosenthal Packard \'67,

Virginia Thornthwaite,

Kathryn Black,

Patrick Tovatt,
The actions of Murdock and Zucker leave no doubt as to their intentions to gut the college to fund their own empire-building ambitions for "Antioch University." Antioch deserves leadership with principles not simply ambitious PLANS!

David Southern,

Susan Horowitz Branch,

Dick Lundy \'50,

Reva Borenstein Metzger \'60,
I read your grad address Toni.You fail to see a core value of AC: community involvement/participation. You,Art Zucker + others don’t hold this value dear. Change..Yes..but thru that process! Ah, and there’s the joy and meaning of Antioch College

Gretchen Muller,

Joanna Ware,

karen jegart \'65,

Barbara Mills,

Athena Turner-Frederick \'82,

Kathy Propper Huff \'67,

Nancy Jo Eyre Engels,

Marissa Geiger,

Karen Mills. \'65,
When children kill their mother they go to prison. Likewise if they misappropriate family funds. Resignation is the least we can expect, and with them off the board it may be possible to have free and fair decision-making.

Kenneth Peck,

Shoshanna Spector,
I love Antioch and want it to continue with all of the values and educational experiences that have shaped my life in tact!

Rosalie Moore Dillan,

Gary Houseknecht,
Forget Toni Murdock. I'd rather see a few trustees spill the beans and then resign in protest.

Aurore Sibley,

Kurt Kerner \'57,

MILDRED (MIDGE) PASTERNACK,
class of 1965--the greatest education ever...how could we not support the continuation of Antioch College

Heidi Nutters \'04,

Roger M. Huff \'69,

Sylvia Carter Denny,
Words fail me when I consider my astonishment of the Trustees actions. Please end this charade by resigning your positions.

David Ramm \'91,

Peter Siegel,

Dennie Eagleson,

Kipton Tewksbury,
BA '70 Antioch College; MEd '73 Antioch NE. How dare you scuttle a unique educational institution. Long live Antioch College!

Shawn Miller, M.Ed. ‘93,
Give Antioch College back to the Alumni so we can bring back the mother campus and college you have expropriated and discarded. Our DC Alumni Chapter has unanimously cast a vote of no confidence for the Board and Murdock.

Markrid Izquierdo,
Murdock and Zucker have betrayed both their professional charge and a priceless American academic legacy. Shame!

Ruth Hoff,

Roger Dreisbach-Williams,
If your not up to the job of working with the Antioch community in the continuing Antioch process, then you need to find something else to do with your time.

Kelvin \"Foots\" Ward, \'83,

Marilyn Crowden Slesinger, 82,

Maureen Brodoff,

Evlynne Harmon,

Jeffrey Mackler,

Lisa King Palmer,
No more bucking in irons --release the helm and let 'er sail!

Wendy Dallas,
Let's clean house and get back the Antioch we know and love.

Rory Adams-Cheatham,
Events Manager 07-08

Tamara Shulman,

Janet Tischler O\'Brien,

David F. Vincent,

Pamela Haines \'71,

Linda Farbry,

Heidi Kothe-Levie,

Hank Reisen \'73,

Steve Gartrell \'69,

Joan Straumanis,
I am puzzled as well as disheartened by the sudden failure of the negotiations only one week after it was reported that the talks were on a course of compromise and agreement!

Terry Baum,
It is unconscionable that the Board of Trustees said publicly that it had to sacrifice the college for the good of the university. You have lost sight of the heart and soul of Antioch! Resign!

Daisy Cardenas 03\',
If you won't respond to kindness, maybe you'll respond to litagation. :) We're coming up...

Scott Wheeler,

ruth lurie,

Phil Arway,
The irresponsible behavior of Zucker and Murdock deserves the condemnation of the entire University community.

Mark Heise,
'07 McGregor ILPS MA Graduate

Karen Folger Jacobs, Ph.D.,
Please enable Antioch College to continue.

Nancy Y. Stone,

Cynthia Mapes,\'76,

Jeff Quam-Wickham,
Charge the criminal junta within the University Board of Trustees.

Peter Carlsen \'69,
Isn't this a bit like selling off the seed corn... Odd planning to turn your back on the alumni's resources as the largest classes reach retirement.

Dorothy O. Scott \'63,

Edward Trippel \'92 CG \'93,
An alumnus & former employee(CG Collective, 1992-'93), I am profoundly appalled @ the ignorant audacity, greed & elitism that Murdock&Zucker have exemplified in such violation of our name, trust & respect required by our Honor Code.

Joan Margaret, D.C.,

Debra Goodman,
While we're at it, I would urge others to also call for the resignation of Dan Fallon who, as Chair of the Governance Committe of the Board of Trustees, has also failed miserably.

Antony Schofield,

Mackenzie Bristow,

winifred mclaughlin,

Stan Morse,

Karen Rosenberg,

Hassan Rahmanian,
Their lack of leadership reduced everything down to pure politics with no room for rational or moral discourse.

Lauren S. Kneisly,
Antioch College, through the eyes of students faculty and staff, was synonymous with "community." To lock the people who were the heart and structure of the College out of decision making undermined the very definition of the institution. Resign.

Sydne Bortel,

Jilana Ordman \'98,
Antioch University would not exist without Antioch College, and Antioch College must be preserved for the sake of Liberal Arts education in the United States.

Margaret Hope (Borchardt) Bacon,
When I was at Antioch (1938-1943) it was an exciting, vibrant place, with a national reputation. Its history, from Horace Mann to Arthur Morgan and beyond was well known. I am deeply troubled by its present administration, and the move to close it.

deborah Warfield,

Elisabeth Levy,
Thank you for organizing this petition and all of the efforts of alumni to save the college.

Pavel Curtis \'81,

Greg Dunn,
I am from Antioch Maryland. the first satellite to open and first to close. We often fought Yellow Springs for $$ but you should never abandon The Mothership - BIG Mistake.

Katie Betz,

Ellen Samson LaBarbera,

Jennifer Cash \'90,

Mark Langan,

Pat Taylor,

Tiffini Gorman \'03,
The thought of Antioch closing really breaks my heart, I owe so much of who I am today to Antioch.

J. Cronin,
The two operating principles behind the decision making process to close the college appear to be "confidentiality" and "secrecy," but of which are highly unorthodox, and ethically questionable, in higher education institutions of merit.

Jean Rashkind \'77,

Laurence A Lewis \'61,

Nicole Elliott \'85,

Arik Devens,
Once you close something it's almost impossible to re-open it. Please just don't close it.

James A. Hobart \'58,
Please just go, and make room for persons whose vision is informed by the true Antioch spirit.

Lisa Heinrich,
LONG LIVE ANTIOCH!!!!!!!!!

Lois Gladchild,

N. Bruce Rainier,

Alex Eisemann,
I'm not familiar enough with the situation to adopt each of the accusations made in this petition but I do agree that, since the process has failed and apparently moribund, new leadership is warranted.

Ellen Carter Woodbridge \'74,
If you truly mean to reopen Antioch a few years from now, then simply don't close it. Your job will be 1000 times harder once you have shut the doors.

Regina Smith Oboler, Ph.D. \'69,
Reviving Antioch *College* should be at or near the top of the Board's priority list. If you don't want it, please turn it over to those who do."

Stephen M. Matthews,
Throw the bums out on their ear.

Jessie Moore Herr, \'63,

Donald H. Clark, Ph.D.,

Cynthia Kammer,
The behavior of the university is unconscionable and a one of the bigest travesties in the history of higher education

Kathryn Mazaika,

Jessica V. Shabrach \'97,

David Chandler, \'63,

Sherry Nelson \'79,

Jami Robertson \'85,
Please let the college live and don't let whatever private agenda you have so negatively effect so many!!!!

dietrich olivier delrieu-schulze \'04, CG \'02,

Shelley Zellman,

Jerry Holt,

Amber Taylor,

Ariel Leonard \'87,
I have been consistently disappointed and disgusted at the un-Antiochian actions of Murdock and Zucker throughout this process.

Alice Robrish,

John Dawson,

Sara Shopkow \'76,
What happens to the land the College stands on? Refusal to look at the options for keeping the College open must mean a lot of $ at stake. Who gains and how does this figure into Murdock and Zucker's decisions? Has anyone checked this out?

Danyel McDaniel,

Lissie Fein,
Viva Antioch College!

John P. Lunn,

Anita Pope Lunn (alumna),

Jari Flashner,

Edward Carmien, \'85,
Antioch University? Faculty without tenure, participation in governance, or a sound base in Antioch College? We want our name back, thank you.

Susan M Gregorek ,

Shakti Davis \'92,

Belle Cantor \'98,

Gwen Agna,

Susan Stern \'\'71,

Howard Cort \'56,
I'm not close enough to it to know who exactly is responsible for what. But the outcome, so far, is cleasrly inadequate. Thus, a new set of leaders is in order.

Mavis Gruver \'03,

Ilse Moon \'53,
The conduct of Chancellor Murdock has been duplicitous and self-serving. She should resign or be forced out.

Henry Cherry 90-93,
This action of the University is like corporate raiding, shuck the management, cut the body into pieces, and sell it off...

Dale \'Sam\' Metzger,

Don Davidson 1960,

Kristen Pett \'90,

Marty Rosenbluth,
Alumni and former adjunct faculty member

Scott Weiss ,
Wasn't there a plan to re-open the College in 2012? Where is it?

Hope Atterbury,
Willingness is 99.9% of the deal. Please step aside so that willing leaders can lead Antioch to a future. YES WE CAN.

Gerry Schwartz,

Danielle Menard \'08,

Julie Adamo,

Robyn Overstreet \'96,

Noel Saltzman,

Lindsay Waldrop \'03,

Amy Killoran,

Thaddeus Russell \'89,

Maia Homstad,

Barbara Winslow \'68,

David Gold,
Critical thinking is the crucial factor in our nation today. Antioch College has a tradition of fostering this ability for critical thinking You must not close this treasured center to us all.

Dana Clark Felty \'98,

Anita Hoffman Ehrenfried,
The BOT and chancellor are greatly confused - the other colleges should support their heart and soul of the university, Antioch College - NOT the other way around!

Lori Meschke Granger \'67,

Tekla Taylor-Lagway,

Elizabeth Moloney \'95,

Willa Seidenberg,

Colleen Rafferty,
I hear wright state is hiring

Lisa Marie Jacobs,

Trisha Arlin \'75,

Stevie Burnich,

Karen Shirley Antioch College \'61,Antioch College Faculty Emerita,

Michael Jones ,

Clover Paster Catskill ,

Mahina Embers,

Rowland (Kim) Chase, \'43,

anne johnston,
It is time to come clean, Chancellor Murdock.

Robert Kehlmann \'63,

Carl Sorem \'53,

Sandina Robbins,
Negotiating in bad faith is not negotiating. Move on!

Merry Tucker \'68,

Lois Robin,

Beatrix Gates, \'73,

Kristi Ketchum,

Cat MacDonald \'96,

Aaron King \'84,

John A. Knox \'68,
This Zucker-Murdock regime represents a legacy of deception and duplicity, masked with professions of stewardship for Antioch values. The College and its alums have been betrayed.

Tineke Ritmeester,
Shameful.

Jennifer Goddard \'94,

Matthew Fass \'87,

stefanie berg,

Shadrach A. Stanleigh \'87,
Live up to your true callings and go into the demolition business.

Lee Alton, 1SG, USA (Ret),
There are only a handfull of colleges that still fight the fight... we must keep one of these last bastion of free thought alive and well in this milenium and those to come.

Ken Rapoza,

Tess Koning-Martinez, 1977 ,
This isn't about some kind of antiochian-sentimentality; this is about a(nother) place where the good fight must be fought.

Philip Hodge ;43,

Michael Glavin,
Art Zucker and Toni Murdock have betrayed the trust of the Antioch community and must resign. At best, they are incompetent. At worse, they have actively deceived the Antioch community and have not negotiated in good faith.

Elizabeth Pond-McPheson,

David Northway,

Ann Rosa,

Peter Grenell,
Fire the bastards

Peter Willig,

Amber Bemak,

Jon Schoenhorn,

Shel Horowitz,

Phoebe (Peggy) Fiddler,
I support this petition for the future of Antioch College.

Julie Iezzi \'85,

Daniel Gartrell,
In support of the many Antiochians who have given time, money, and parts of their lives to keep Antioch College open, I fully support the above statement.

Ellen Borgersen,

Susan Wilder,

Peter Thacker,
It is criminal that you chose to close Antioch without first to appealing to us alumni and others. To lose the legacy of Horace Mann in this way is distressing.

Rebecca Buell,

Caroline Nappo,

Beth Bailey Barbeau \'88,
I am still incredulous that scoundrels continue to fight for the destruction of Antioch - and will not allow others to save it. ENOUGH!

patti ventura \'00,

Katie Andrews \'05,

cary calvin eggerling,
coretta scott king spoke at my comencement. she reminded us that our constant vigilence was required in order to improve american society. let antioch's legacy become one with hers and that of Dr. King.

Donna June Katz \'73,

gardner brown,

Tom Boothe \'91,

Ruth Hyde Paine,

Ruth Hameyer King \'55,

Roy Tesler, \'64,
Lights out in Yellow Springs? We need doctors, not morticians. Your remaining in office is an affront to the entire Antioch College community.

Menucha Boomer \'53,

Marilyn Frye,

Anita Hunt,

Rachel Gartner,83,

Louis King \'51 Faculty 1955-1990,

Hanuman Goleman,

Martha Trundy Abelson \'67,
Zucker and Murdock have not fulfilled the responsibilities of their positions. they should not only resign, they should be fined.

Amy Lee,

Benjamin H. Levi MD PhD \'83,
Antioch is needed by our society to provide a place for those outside the mainstream to develop themselves to become agents for constructive change. It is unique. It is crucial. It is now.

Daniel Friedman \'69,

Abigail Arrowsmith,

Sally Daily Rosenberg,

Levi B. (Elizabeth A.) Cowperthwaite,

Rachel Sears \'09,

Raina Daniels \'05ish,

mary bess ser,

Nancy Patterson,

Daria Sywulak,

David Riede,

Irene Tsatsos (\'83),
This sad drama demonstrates unethical, abusive, nefarious mismanagement.

Amanda Calder \'07,
The whole Antioch Community has been betrayed by the official leadership of Antioch University. Art Zucker and Toni Murdoch should step aside immediately! You have ashamed all of us!

Ernest Fine,

Wendy Watson,

Deborah Bassette \'81,

Donald Thea,

Laura J. Medina \'76,

Jennifer Berman \'84,
Shame on you.

Pat LeLacheur \'81,
Certainly a shame that our college, staff and alumni's voice in the decision was too late to change the course of action. Perhaps the University of Colorado is what Antioch College use to be...

Kai Kohlsdorf,

T. Corby Wise,

Eric Swank, Ph.D.,
Professors throughout the nation respect the type of education that Antioch offers-- stop messing with a unique and important educational opportunity.

Emily Maryncczak,

athleen Carlsen Krider,

Frances Cook,

viriam khalsa,

Jana Braziel,

Dr. Francesca Sawaya,

John Shufelt,

David Wilder,

Arthur Tuttle,

Janis L. Wellers,

Peter Bradley,

Laura Markham,

Elaine Meyer-Lee,

Daniel Spock,
The mishandling of the college's affairs has been shameful. Time for effective leadership inclusive of the college we love.

Chelsea Martens \'08,

Dr. Anne-Françoise Gilbert,
The closing down of Antioch college is a scandal!

Domitilla Olivieri,

Beth Siegel Schachter \'69,

Kathryn Scarbrough, PhD,

Alexa Hardy \'08,

Marianne Connolly \'80,

Rie Makita,

Dr. Maureen Liston,
While studying at CWRU, I frequently was inspired by the dedication and commitment to education at Antioch College. I remain convinced: patriots are required to ask questions, and Antioch was supremely able to teach us how--and what--to ask.

Rush Taggart, \'76,

Elizabeth Dobson,

Bill Vasquez,

Michael Euphrat,

Marion Schulz,

Marie-Pierre Moreau,

John Mendelson,

Prof. Nira Yuval-Davis,
I have taught Antioch College Women's Studies students every year in their annual visit to London for many years and found them - and their porgramme to be of high academic standard, engaged and well taught - save this unique programme and college!

Rania Tollefson,

Donald K. Wallace, M.D., \'60,

lisa rosenblatt,

Daniel B. Holzman-Tweed,
I will not support Antioch in any way, shape, or form until such time as its integrity is both restored and assured for the future.

Amy Foust \'98,

Jeya Aerenson \'88,

Stacey Gilbert \'85,
Return Antioch College to it's rightful heirs, the ones who understand the vision and meaning of it's existence. Do what you know to be the right thing.

Joni Rabinowitz \'64,

Luke Brennan,
¡Vivá Antioch!

Tracy O. Logan,

David Stein,
Please save Antioch College no matter what it takes. It's too important to lose especially NOW!

Sylvia Stanat \'59,

Benjamin Menzies, 97,

Lydia Gibson \'97,

Connie Knaggs,

Dylan Hay \'06,

Kathryn Sanchez,

Donald F Stanat,

David Slesinger,\'80,

Yojo (Amy Shaw),

Allan Jones,

Tom Blessing,

Lucinda Vandervort,

Birgitta Soderstrom,

J. David Coldren \'65,
Antioch College must be reopened in 2012 as promised, but the current leadership can't do it.

April Angel \'06,

Anne S. Runyan,

Norah Hazelton,

Nina Ha,

Terri Freshley,

Bianca Sopoci-Belknap,

Paula Kreisberg Ulrich \'59,

Judith Voet \'63,

Carl E. Ulrich \'59,

Betsy Berger,

Andrea E. Abbott,

Josh Steiner,

Julia Reichert, 1970,
You have failed in your stewardship. Let others with the will and foresight take the lead, please. What has occurred is wrong and must be corrected.

Terry Blackhawk,
Zucker and Murdock are traitors to everything Antioch stands for.

E. Sperber,

linda Stein,

Crista Lebens,

Eileen Boris,

eric Bass,
The ri=ver of tears can only give way to the sea of hope

Patricia Dair \'74,

Adam Pettis,

James M. Geer,
Educator/Community Member

Carla Hanawalt \'75,

Mara Stein,

Michael I. Vickers, \'69,
Every major decision by Zucker and Murdoch was wrong. It will take better vision and an open process that engages the Alumni to revive the College. It will never happen with them still in place.

Dia Fey Dreamweaver \'08,

Peter Levites,

Quincy Gow \'07,

Penka Skachkova,

Roberta S. Greene, PhD,

Judith Ezekiel,
As co-founder of several international scholarly societies (including the Worldwide Organization of Women's Studies), I can assure you that the whole world is watching. The murder of Antioch College will not be forgotten or forgiven.

Julian Alpern,

Andy Carpenter (Faculty \'98-\'02),
AU Trustees: Please respect rational, professional governance procedures!

Randy Reiss 94\',
Stand down.

Carmen Atlee-Loudon,

Tom Bingenheimer \'70,
It is time for you to go. You have disgraced yourselves.

Camille Willis,

Ashley Briscoe \'03,

Panayiotis T Manolakos,

Nicholas Molnar,

hannah becker,

Theresa Barbara-Slusher,

Norma Van Dyke,

Nikki Zielinski, \'01,

Barbara Esbin, \'75,
For all the reasons stated by others, Chancellor Murdock and Board Chair Art Zucker should resign their positions effective immediately.

Bernie Wilke,

Jacob Stockwell,

Paula desJardins,

Charles Lynd \'67,

Judith Dehn Oplinger \'64,
I don't know how things got this bad, but long live Antioch College and the values it represents.

Vanessa McDonnell, \'02,

Peter Stoll, PhD (\'89),

susan scalf,

Rachel Borgatti, \'00,
The values and lessons that I learned at Antioch have guided me as a scientist and a nonprofit practitioner. Please do not take this experience away from future Antiochians!

Stephanie Howson,
Some of the most enlightened and intelligent women I have ever met I met through Antioch College. It is disheartening that such a place is in danger of being closed.

Jeanne Kay, \'10,

Adelbert Jenkins \'57,

Robert W. Hernblad,
She has not exhibited Chancellor abilities needed to lead a university. Closing Antioch College was a disastrous decision for the universtiy.

Hugh Turnbull \'62,

Renee mcmillan \'96,

Liz Flyntz \'02,

Greg Bonnell,
It is mystifying to me that people in a position of stewardship like the Antioch University Chancellor and Board of Trustees would find the closing of Antioch College an acceptable option.

Yoshie Furuhashi,
Don't destroy Antioch College!

Monica Frank \'73,

B. Klopfer, Esq.,
Per the blogging of the PR firm Antioch's "stewards" hired: "[Antioch] does not monitor the relevancy of its offerings or image..." Your incompetence has devalued the marketplace relevance of an Antioch education. Have some dignity, resign.

Bill Bernhard \'91,

Reza Reyazi,

Dr. John David Ober,
Disgraceful lack of professional diligence by these members.

John Fleischman, \'71 ,
Indeed, Chancellor Murdock and Chair Zucker, have you no shame?

Frank Jordan,

Matthew Fleischman PhD \'67 (Yellow Springs), \'69 MAT (Antioch Putney),
Their having failed to see to the future of Antioch College, it is time for Chancellor Murdock and Chairman Zucker to step aside. The will to make Antioch succeed is there. Let others take the lead.

Judith Freed ,

caitlin c stokes,

Lee Azzarello \'00,

Kristen Muir \'05,

J. Colby Buhl \'97,
Antioch College was founded by one of the greatest educators in American history. It has survived 156 years through good times and bad. We cannot let it close because of the gross mismanagement of a few bad administrators.

Michael Hambouz, \'99,
Even when giving them the benefit of the doubt in questioning their intent and actions: one way or another, they are still either conscientious destructive monsters or incompetent professional failures—very simple grounds for immediate removal.

Judith Wood Spock \'54,
Laboratory for democracy: caring community, learning by doing, arts, sciences, rigor in education, a treasured history. Erased? NO!

Bette Stubing Denich \'59,
In addition, such an ignominious demise degrades our college's past reputation and thereby the degrees earned by its alumni.

Joyce Mothershed,

Lesley A. Pownall Bahr \'83,

Emily Elliot Casey \'06,

Alexa Elgabri,

Alexis McCrimmon,

Andrew Barnes,

Mary Laskowski,

Gene Milgram \'69,
My mother, Grace Smelo Milgram '37, financially able to attend Antioch only because she won the national high school essay contest "What Is College For?" would have signed if still alive.

Judith Wolert-Maldonado \'05,
We need leadership that recognizes the need to keep the collage open (and successful) and that will act responsibly to do everything in their collective power to not let it fold under, no matter how difficult that task might be.

Tim Eubanks 00,

Twilight Greenaway,

Kim McQuaid \'70,

Michael Spock \'59,

Patricia Davison Savadove,

Mark Weiss,

Patti Dallas,
What will it take for you to listen? Have you no shame? How much blood, sweat and tears must it take? You have destroyed your opportunity for a legacy of wisdom - you are hereby excused!

Tammy Birk,
Wrong life can't be lived rightly. Adorno had it right. Too much is wrong for this to ever become right.

Danielle Lazarus,

joan stockton,

penny storm,

Kristine R. Hofstra \'91,

Stephen Dembski \'73,

Trudy Abrams,
I am also "signing" for my deceased husband, Rich Abrams, who served Antioch in the Co-op Department for 25 years and who, I'm sure, would want me to.

Harold Calhoun \'76,

Jane Huff,

Michael Kent,

Margaret Seiler \'81,

Roman Rossell,
Only inadequate leadership could promote the demise of an institution so prepared to be nurtured to full bloom yet again.

Lincoln Alpern \'11,
I urge Chancellor Murdock and Chairman Zucker to do the right thing: for themselves; for Antioch College; and for Antioch University. Step down.

Sarah Braun \'07,

Rachel Eldridge,

Alison Stankrauff - 1996,
My heart has been absolutely saddened by the absolute circus that our school has been put through - and the complete lack of adherence to any kind of fair process!!

Kyle Bennett \'95,

Justine Houghton ,

kendra Hovey,

Karen Kotiw \'98,
You do not represent the students, staff, faculty or alumni of Antioch College. You do not act with our consent.

Peter Jacobs,
It is inconceivible that a solution did not emerge and tragic that the pedagogic traditions of Antioch should be discarded in this way.

Bob McKee ,

Patrick Wilson,

Roberta Perry,

joost bos,
like your future president Obama says: it's time for a change! But in this case it's important to preserve the antioch filosophy.

neil coletta,

Roger Sitterly \'67,
It has become painfully obvious that Art Zucker and Toni Murdoch have no interest in preserving the traditions, legacy, and educational excellence of Antioch College. It's long past time for them to leave.

nick szuberla,

margaret cary,
I am ashamed of the bad faith negotiations sanctioned by the Chancellor and Chair. Please step down so effective leadership may proceed with a better action plan for the future of this insitution.

Viktor Maco \'06,

William Parke-Sutherland,

Shadan Azali,

Caroline Wingfield Roth,
Antioch and Yellow Springs do not deserve this. So many have sacrificed too much over the years for it to end this way.

Caitlin Finn Daoust \'04,

Lori Beckman,

Barbara Cohen,
Good luck.

Molly Schultz,

Ross Hyman,

Bradford Goz,
Even if these parties have been acting in good faith to this point, their failure to ensure the is so monumental that any reasonable person would step aside to allow new responsible parties make an effort.

Dylan Merriam \'07,

Benjamin Fasching-Gray,

molly galvin,

Martin Stabler, \'73,

Frances Larkey,

Kathleen Carlsen Krider,

Judith Church,

Lynda White,

jean gregorek,

Jeff Wood,

Aaron Corn,

anita lindsey,

Mark Irwin \'69,

Allison Byars,

Sonja Sturbaum,

Iris Valanti \' 75,
how could this be allowed to happen? Murdock and the WHOLE Board of Trustees should resign!

Ruth Cary,
The Chancellor and the Chair of Antioch's Board of Trustees have betrayed a loyal and vital community of alumni, to which my mother and sister belong. Also, Yellow Springs, Ohio deserves better than this.

Michael Dean,

eric block,
I wholeheartedly support the sentiments of this petition.

Thomas Sain,

Ralph McMurry,

Heidi Mover,

mo shaughnessy \'01,

Nevin Mercede,

Bowen Alpern,
The deliberate and cynical failure of Chancellor Murdock and Chair Zucker to negotiate in good faith the continuation of Antioch College has done irreparable harm to Antioch University. They have shown themselves to be without scruple or shame.

David Hodges,

pien rijlaarsdam,

Suparna Bhaskaran,

Susan Opotow,

Wade A. Matthews \'78,
Chancellor Murdock and Chair Zucker: ANTIOCH is not just some buildings to be sold off. It isn't even just a college; it's a way of understanding the world. You clearly do not understand that. Step down NOW. You think THIS is ugly? Wait and see...

Jay Youngdahl,

Leonor Garcia,

Maggie Weber-Striplin,

John Stabler,

Kenneth Brooks \'87,
Horace Mann would be ashamed of both Zucker and Murdock.

Lynn Estomin,

Dan Reyes,

Scott Sparling,
Respectfully, you are not the leaders we currently need.

Len Swanson \'66,
The Chancellor and Board have utterly failed the college. I can no longer support Antioch.

Marianna S. Brown,

Nancy Hoover,

Claire Dannenbaum \'86,

Joan Kleban \'73,
Building community is a grass roots to top tier commitment. Listening to the harmony: Be Ashamed to Let It Die.

Erna Gelles \'74,

Paul Morgan Zink,
Do the Right thing!

Michael P. Kerner,
Two board members of a not-so-quiet little college in a not-so-quite little town realize a moment too late that they've just gone a step too far and crossed over into... the Twilight Zone.

Kay Shirey 1972,
I sign to share my belief that Antioch College should remain alive to continue its unique educational efforts. I have not been aware of the negotiations, but I am greatly saddened that the College that gave me so much could close.

Hannah Carbonneau,
Keep Antioch College Open!

Shirley Ponomareff, Antioch College \'64,

Donald Gronbeck,

Gordon Fellman,
We need compassion, vision, and real leadership at the Antioch helm. Murdock and Zucker provide none of this that we need.

Walter Rybeck,
While hope remained that the board would keep Antioch College alive, I was willing not to ask how its sickness ocurred or why there was no fair warning. Sadly, leaders must now be held to account.

Emma Emmerich,

Arthur Paone,

Frederick (Fritz) S. Beckner \'53,
Very sad business.

megan rosado \'97,

Marianne Huber,

Josue Salmeron,

Anne Townsend \'04,
You have failed the Antioch College community; the Village of Yellow Springs and the Miami Valley; and higher education at large. How is it that the alumni could find the resources to sustain the College yet you couldn’t? Step down.

Cross De Lairre,
The faculty lawsuit, shortchanged students, negotiations in bad faith with alumni, and destructive press releases make the continued appointments of Chancellor Murdock, and Chair Zucker untenable.

Emily Kerlin Svendsen,

Jacob Sperber,
The actions of the Board under the leadership of Chancellor Murdock and Chairman Zucker show a shocking hostility to quality education which must be responded to.

Lisa Whipple \'89,

Barrie Grenell,
It is Antioch University that should give up the Antioch name, as your actions have not been in the traditions and practices of Antioch College.

wendy ewald,

Andrew \"Ozz\" Oswald,
Please allow leadership that will work to insure the smooth separation of the college and the university.

Cassi Schaffer,

Christopher Manning \'77,
The Murdock/Zucker (Bush) Administration claims to have exhausted all attempts to negotiate, while crafting a plan a year in advance to destroy the College (Iraq). History shows that power is rarely given up willingly. Sad to see the parallel.

Judith Filler,

Phyllis Logan,

Roz Houseknecht 66,

Anne Kaplan,
As a person who grew up in Yellow Springs, was closely associated with Antioch College my whole life, graduated from Antioch College in 1954, I cannot forgive Toni Murdock and Art Zucker for what they have done.

Stephen Hendrickson,

Harriet Miller,

Michael Anes,

Dr. Heather Hadar Wright,

Sheila Richmond,

Annette Newell,

Craig Newberger \'75,

ellen scarpitti,

Bill Tower (\'74),
University officials irresponsible...may their lives be filled with lawyers!

Sarah Stratton-Huber,

james saalberg,
The University's position is an affront to all that Antioch College stood for for 80 years. My belief is that the *grab* amounts to base theft,, in fact, if not in law. Whatever can be done to undo this shame should be done.

Louise Meller \'67,

Jenny Johnson,

Richard M Mendenhall, Jr. \'82,
Wondering if I should file my own Civil Suit against these two for deprecating the value of my degree...

Karen Whittredge,

David Knaggs,
I visited Anitoch College's campus several years ago and sat in on one of its weekly governance meetings. The level and quality of student involvement was extraordinary. This College is unique and must be preserved.

Derrick Lane,

Marcy Morgan,

Juan E. González,

Paloma Dallas,

Bernadette Napoleon,

Dorothy McCurdy Keeler \'56,
This week I am adding a codicil to my will so that my bequest to Antioch will only be activated if Antioch College returns to its original philosophy and the College is an independent entity.

Elizabeth Boltson Gordon \'67,
The alums have been patient through this process. This petition is overdue.

danee voorhees,

Mindy Hilt,

Deborah Dinyes, \'66,

Kathryn Shelley DuVivier \'74,

Terri (Charlotte) Shaw,

Chelsea Campbell \'04,

David Raphael,

Diana Brittain,

Gina Potestio,

Marie Trigona,

Kristina Farrell,
The future of an amazing educational concept is at stake and the steps to save it must be taken - stand aside and allow those who can do so to take charge.

David Cairns \'94,

Fran Beallor,

Ken Rapoza,
This organization's leadership has made horrific decisions and it is time its leaders be held accountable.

peter metzler,
scoundrels, all. enough!

J. Greg Williams \'95 (CM 95-96),
You have failed in your fiduciary responsibilities....

Yubecca Bragg \'97,

Peter Buseck,
Our annual contributions to Antioch will be discontinued unless and until an independent Antioch College again exists, at which time it will be a pleasure to again support what was once a great educational institution!

Margaret Cohen Miller,

Leisa Schaim \'01,

Peter King, \'86,
From Antioch Honor Code: '...I affirm that I will be honest and respectful in all my relationships, and I will advance these standards of behavior in others.' - Alas, broken promises & contempt for faculty, students & alumni.

Mark Greenfield,
They have chopped down the tree to save the leaves. It is infuriating to know that the people entrusted with the well-being of Antioch College would close our historic campus to save their night-class/university.

Matthew McGrath \'93,
They have alienated the majority of Antioch alumni, what should be the base of future fund raising. They should step down for gross fiduciary incompetence.

Sandy Newhouse, Ph.D. (1977 graduate, Yellow Springs campus; 1979 M.A. graduate Antioch/West,
I am deeply distressed by the failure of communication with Antioch alumni and the refusal to work with proposals made this year. Allowing the main campus to close at this time is unacceptable. We need and deserve better leadership!

Wendy Lanner Rossen, \'68,
Nonstop Antioch! Can't we all get along? Obviously not with Toni Murdock as chancellor. With the educational community watching our fate, one wonders what she intends as her legacy.

Richard Isaac,
I fully agree with the petition. The time has come for Antioch University to have a new Chancellor and a new Board of Trustees Chair to take a fresh look at saving the Antioch College facility in Yellow Springs.

Les Edinson, \'69,
A failure of leadership, regardless of motive. Act honorably: step aside.

Bob Abrams,
The BOT leadership committee is not to be trusted. We must fight them to the end otherwise they will win by default.

jeffrey Lerner,

Callie Cary \'84 ,

Deborah Curtiss c\'60,
Ma/patricide is nothing less than a criminal offense. The AU Trustees have shamed themselves beyond belief.

Kelly Ahrens,

james A. green,

Brian R. Shure \'74,
As a committed educator, I am dismayed and appalled by the decision to close the college. Antioch College is more important than ever today! Lets rebuild it instead of closing it. If you can't lead in this effort then get out of our way!

Colin Donohue,
Graduated in 1992. My grandfather 70 years before that. Alumni are willing to do what it takes to get Antioch College back on its feet. Trustees cannot get in the way of this!!!

Steven Weisman,
Please keep the lights burning!

Janet Clark Elfring \'65,
The continuation of Antioch College and ideals under which it was founded is essential to the American higher-education community where such ideals and values are scarce.

Foster Neill,

Sue Weldon,

Elliott Fukui,
You've really done more than enough. Really.

Soren M Peterson,

Liz Flyntz \'02,
Antioch alumni are too dedicated to their alma mater and too thoughtful to take the claims of the Board of Trustees at face value. If the BoT thinks the alumni "problem" will eventually fade away, they are sorely mistaken.

Kirsten Odegard \'98,
To the Board of Trustees: How much damage is enough to get you to do the right thing?

Judy Claps,

Mary Jean Corbett,

Toni C. Holm,

Annabel van Baren,
I have encountered multiple students from Antioch College in my position as organiser of an annual summer school in European Women's Studies. Their dedication and critical stance must continue.

Shayla Hason \'96,

Emma Woodruff,
Lets save Antioch!

David E. Jacobs,

Jessamay Kroth \'97,

Sarah Grillo,
How can we loose Antioch? It's totally unacceptable.

Rachel Smith,

Amanda M. Caserta,
Shameful. Murdock and Zucker: Take your disrespect and incompetence elsewhere. Mercy on the next place your greed and destruction falls.

Robert M. Harmon, Ed. D.,
Bad faith is unbecoming Antioch University.

Selma Hayman,

Julie Gallagher,

Margo Lowenstein \'90,

Sarah Zolad,
Please let us keep Antioch College. It was crucial to my development as a healthy person and I will be devastated to see it cease to be a option for others like me. Sarah Zolad '93

Xandra Feathers,

Nora S Newcombe,

alice fogel,

Anne E. Phillips,
Antioch College's long tradition in higher education should continue into the future. Chancellor Murdock and Chair Zucker are not committed to maintaining that tradition.

Phoebe Morris \'05,

Barbara A. Stewart,
The trustees, the chancellor, and all ULC should resign immediately.

Kathryn Leahey,

William H Elfring,

Sherri Tunis,

Geoffrey Ott,
Keeping the yellow spring campus open and fruitful should be the #1 priority of the board...

Bunny Shagaloff Crumpacker \'55,

Tyler Schlecker \'03,

Christopher Caron,

Deborah Bakan,

Jennifer Aboud \'91,

Iveta Jusova,

Nathaniel Clark,

Shea Witzberger, Class of 2010,
Time for leadership that identifies with the cause, the community, and the college. Step down!

Harry Collamore \'76,

Tom Ayrsman, Ph.D. \'79,

jesse epstein,

Chad Hagedorn,

David I. Sullivan,

Andrea Jo Lawton \'99,

Thomas Reynolds,
For the life of me I cannot express the deep insult that you have given to the town of Yellow Springs, its' citizens, the students, and future generations. It is indeed time that you resign in order for the town to heal, and proceed.

Leslie Pope \'77,

Liz MacDonald \'04,

Tyler Lee,

Noreen Dean Dresser,
Shortsighted fear masking itself as leadership is destroying the reputation of Antioch Univesity

Joseph Lemien,
Things need to go back to the way the college used to be. America needs a college like Antioch!

Jennie Knaggs \'01,

David G. Miller,
Bring in a mediator! Get this negotiated!

Jonathan Cope \'02,

Diane Roehm,

Ann Carson,
very sad situation

Sean Casey \'96,

Megan Freshley \'08 (not \'09),

Christine M. Wands,

Victoria Hochberg,
This is matricide. Both sides should be mandated to reach a compromise that allows Antioch College to function independently.

Nicole Bayani,

Catriona Johnson \'05,

Rick Ray \'75,

Nate Love,

Janet Goldner \'74,

Pete Creelman,
Given the bad faith negotiations from the standpoint of the University BOT and the Chancellor, this petition is one whose time has come. Everyone should sign it.

Anne Marie Garti,

Justin Keen \'05,

Jessica JespersenChavez,

Sarah Buckingham \'08,

Jude Demers,

Stephen Spector,
There is room for both College and University in this world. Time to let people of integrity, honesty, and openness take the lead.

Terry Voorhees,
Get rid of 'em!

Alicson Knowland,

laura phelan \'94,

Hope Anne Nathan \'92,
You've made yourselves the laughing stock of the educational community. Please step down before you destroy the rest of the university as well.

Jon Layton,

Marianne Lods,

Rachel Townsend \'02,

Richa,

tim noble,

Richard N. Schwab,
Class of 1958

Mark Swanholm \'92,
The road ahead was long and hard - clearly you got tired (I understand). Go home now and let us carry on, we're ready.

zelda gamson \'59,
We have all been working hard to save the College and will not give up!

Juliet Hansen,

Masha Etkin PhD, MD,

William A. Gamson,
class of 1955

april phillips,

beth gutelius \'00,

Linda Pasachnik \'79,

Charles Stein \'95,
They have failed at the task of stewardship. It is time for them to go.

Mark Reynolds,

Jane Carroll,

Travis R Sanford \'94,
Persons of honor and integrity, having failed so miserably in their duties, would resign. Your continued presence is an insult to all Antiochians.

gail maresca brand,

Stephen Andrews \'63,

Mindy Childress Herman (\'98),

Ann Penner Winston \'63,

Diana Jenkins Partee,
Who are these people (University administrators and Trustees)? What is their motivation? Who will write an expose?

Elizabeth Foster Oktay \'59,

Sherraid Scott,

Richard Noble \'68,

Laurie Powsner,

Rozella Cruz,

Leona Stepek Lundy \"50,

Charles R. Doering, PhD,
Antioch College graduate '77 (it says "College" on my diploma) and former Horace Mann Society member

ebonie kyro miles,

Shannon McKeehen,

Pat Hess \'67,

Scott Gilkeson,
The College and University each need to stand or fall on their own merits. For the university to suck the blood of the college is criminal.

roberta lester churchill \'56,

Will Knowland,

Maribeth Joy McManus \'00,

David Scott,
Murdock is not interested in the survival of the residential college. Her manipulation of the Trustees voting is shameful.

Maynard A Forbes,

Martha Teghtsoonian,

niko kowell \'08,

Penny Lee,

Aaron Gruenberg,
Attention corporate giving and foundation staff: AU leadership can not be trusted with your grants.

Sara Eklund Payne,

Marj Dole \'46,

Robin Rice Lichtig ,

Julie Bohnhorst,

Karen Gundersen,

Robert Moss,

Michael T. Murphy,
Former Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Antioch College who is now ashamed to have a Masters from Antioch University. This leadership must step down.

Mitch Kaplan,

Thanos Fatouros,

Patrick (pasha) Donnelly \'98,
COLLEGE, not "university"..... the COLLEGE is important STILL....

Barry Rogers \'78,

James Russell,

Shannon Edwards 78,
"Be ashamed to let it die." Antioch College represents an alternative education that needs to remain a model for other Universities. Please don't let it die.

Charles Worth,
I used to have so much faith in this college. I guess putting "community governance" on PR materials really is enough for some people with power who, of all places, chose to further it at Antioch, then destroy it.

Greer Paris,

Kristen Swanbeck \'02,

Nicola Baltimore \'92,

Michael Stowe,

Felice Kuller Homann \'60,

Jeffrey Woods \'96,
From the very beginning they chose to close the school rather than even ask the alumni for help, and have refused alumni help ever since. We are ashamed of you both, and you certainly should be ashamed of yourselves.

Kim-Jenna Jurriaans \'08,

Kate Bates Menard \'94,

Patricia J. Chupa, Alumna \'67-\'72,
H. Mann must be rolling in his grave.These folks have abandoned "be ashamed to die until you have done something for humanity" in favor of "by any means necessary." Absolute power STILL corrupts absolutely.

Peter A. McGraw \'65,

Carl Dean Reeverts,

robert huc ingwersen,

Elizabeth Anne Socolow,

Eric O. Carrillo, Student \'97-\'02,
We have more to gain by working together and ensuring the survival of the College and the strengthening of the other campuses than we do by arguing and allowing the College to slip away.

Amy Schmidt,

Caeli Good,
To let Antioch College die is shameful. It is THE heart and soul and mother of the "University". No one should ever forget that!

Kelly Connolly \'03,

Jane M. Slater,
The good news: Antioch College will never die!

Zann Avery,
These two people do not belong at Antioch! They should resign now!

e. ryerson \'97,

Joanna Redfield Vaughn,
Antioch College is too important to be allowed to close. Antioch University is not an adequate replacement for Antioch College.

Ethan Bassett,

Paige Clifton-Steele,
Because resignation is the only possible victory those people will ever win for humanity.

Ed M. Koziarski \'97,
Antioch will enjoy much more support from alumni and the educational community under new leadership. Please set aside your personal interest and do what's best for the institution. Leave now before more damage is done.

John C Smith,

Toby Snitkin Bradley,
Antioch College and the principles it has stood for since Horace Mann and Arthur Morgan are as relevant as ever. Its Murdock and Zucker who have become irrelevant. I demand your resignations. Toby Snitkin Bradley Class of '66.

John Hevelin,
The bad faith demonstrated by Chancellor Murdock and the Board of Trustees is a disgrace to the Antioch tradition.

ryan hunt,

Bonnie Messinger,

Shannon Wood,
It is better to lose Murdock and Zucker than to lose Antioch College. The money is pledged, a business plan created, a new board is standing by, the commitment exists to an independent Antioch College. Dare to hope! Shannon Wood '81

Marc Debagger,
I still believe an Antioch education is "relevant." Why would the stewards to Antioch think it prudent to spend university monies on a public relations firm that blogs an opinion stating Antioch is irrelevant? Do the honorable thing: resign.

emily sepik,
you should be so ashamed.

Katharine Y. Shank, \'79,

Susan Greene,

Elaine Selo,

Brian Spires/\'97,

Reuben Hesselden,

Mary White,

Jeff McConnell, PhD, Antioch \'77,
Please resign. Both Antioch University and Antioch College deserve better. Both of you are unbelievably incompetent.

Dan C. Shoemaker, \'92,
Leadership without accountability is mere tyranny. Closing the College is a sign of your abject failure. Step down!

Kelly Kersting \'93,

Robert Devine,

Migiwa Orimo,

Tricia Robertson,

Adam Kozman,

Rochelle Hollander Schwab,
Resign and let trustees who want to save Antioch College rather than destroy it take your places.

Margaret Robinson Lynd, PhD, \'70 ,

Anthony Kesman,
A shame to let a fine institution like this die.

Barbara A. Schram,
My years at Antioch have been among the best of my life. I cannot believe that you as a board would not put up an enormous struggle to keep it going and offer a new generation the marvelous education we obtained in our formative years.

Yates Hafner, Associate Dean of the Faculty, 1967-71,
The good name of Antioch should be restricted to the College and completely severed from what has come to be called "Antioch University."

Michelle Takei,

Mark Higbee, Antioch \'83,
Resign now -- your mismanagement is deadly to all Antioch campuses. YSO today, Keene tomorrow, with mismanagement like Toni's!

Tony Dallas,

Marcia Freeman,

Susan Hartman Muska \'65 and Nicholas F. Muska \'65,
The disdain that Murdoch and Zucker have shown for the democratic principals of Antioch saddens us. Be ashamed link your names with Antioch College.

Jay Ruby,

Ashley McNeely,

Janice Brown Meltzer \'69,

Monica Friedman \'96,

Thom McManus, M.D. — 1951,
The University, a malignant growth that has killed the college, will only survive if there's immediate surgical excision of incompetent leadership!

Ed Leen,
Be ashamed of your matricidal actions.

Susan J. Eklund-Leen, Ph.D.,
Be ashamed of your matricidal actions!

Matthew Arnold,

David Roemer \'91,

marcie rogers, phd,

Jay Tuck, Class of 68,
A trustee should have trust. These trustees don't. Please take your hats and go.

Harold L. Yarger \'62,

Flan Fry, 1958,

Megan Reynolds \'95,

PAMELA OLSEN, PH.D.,
Count me among those who WILL NOT forget and forgive in three years and donate to the University-run new Antioch. I will support only non-stop Antioch.

Janet Ray,

Garrett Miller,

Janet Craig Krack,

Terry Marchyok,

Rona Wagner Conti,

Carol Rogers,

Vera Cohen Gottlieb \'50,
Antioch College has done so much for so many and for so long. You should be ashamed to have undermined the efforts of alumni, faculty, students and the Yellow Springs community to save this historic and unique institution!

Emily Noelle Lambert,

jane Reynolds, PhD,
resign now

Jennifer Wolfe,

E. Kirsten Dahl,
I think the "University" has behaved in a corrupt and arrogant manner. The "university" itself would have no credibility without the College itself. It appears the "unive4rsity" has bled the College dry and then dumped it.

Briana O\'Higgins,

Austin Dean,

Alexander J. Cochran \'06,
Art Zucker, you are no fellow alumnus of mine. WHEN Antioch reforms, in whatever incarnation it reforms, I plan to burn my diploma and ask that it be re-issued by the REAL Antioch. Long Live the Metanoetic Minority, and Long Live Antioch!

Kenneth Brown,
Antioch College is needed. We need to move forward positively rather than spout trash about 'the other side'.

Whitney Stark,

Robin Heise,

Beryl Radin, 1958,

Tod Tyslan \'96,

Alexandra Kesman \'08,
It's obvious that these two do not care what the BoT or the community thinks. They will manipulate anyone to get what they want.

Sid Paige,
For once, do the right thing. Resign!

Bruce Ronn \'91,
Resigning now may save you a lot of a time in a courtroom later.

Sonia Jaffe Robbins,

Don Wallis,

Jan Asch \ \'60,

Calista Tompkins Hendrickson \'63,

Nina Bennett,
You two have done more harm than good, for the sake of humanity - step aside and let us rescue our beloved alma mater! Both of you impede the cause of saving Antioch College.

Emily Shreefter,

Jen Halbert,

Laurie White,

Julie Jacobs,

Roderic Gorney, MD, PhD,
Destruction of Antioch College diminishes hope. It must be defeated.

Alan Benard \'92,
I would much prefer that a court to declare Antioch University's finances to be exigent and close it.

Robin Simons \'92,
no money from me, OR my family until Antioch College is out from under your foot.

Anne Turyn,

Jon Goodman,
It has seemed very disengenious on the part of Zucker and Murdock. I guess they have been following in the footsteps of Dixon! Resign!

Peg Irish,

gerry bello \'97,
not one drop of my help until Antioch College is free of you

G. Beck,

Jen Dyke,

Shelley Sperling,

Jeffrey Terrell,

Elizabeth Furber,
No college; no donations!

Dr. R ichard Maizell,
It is time for you to step aside and allow those who are invested in the college to continue its mission. Please resign. Richard Maizell, Psy.D. 1974

Mary Bennett,

Jack Wernick,
I wholeheartedly agree with, and support, this petition.

Howard Singerman,

Pamela Mackey,

Carl Hyde,

megan nealis,

Daniel Solis y Martinez \'06,

Laura Fathauer \'95,

Nina Myatt,

Amy Campbell,

Emily Osborn,

Michael-David (Rogers) BenDor, \'67,

Stephen Mooser,
It is time for the Board of Trustees to reaffirm the commitment you made in your previous vote for an independent, vital Antioch COLLEGE!

Lizzie Kucharski,

Ruby Krouwer,

Chris Hill,

darrell dawson,
total agreement with expressions of petition

Benjamin Westheimer,
The least these board members can do is resign!

Michelle Hansen,
The College students, faculty, staff and alumni and the Yellow Springs community deserve much more respect than they have received at the hands of these two incompetent "leaders."

Allen Spalt,

Ann Frye,

Meg Umans,

Harold W. Roeth,

Lisa Deiches,

Priscilla Zink, Class of 1963,

Mildred Popov Katz,
As an older alumni, I am class of 1945, I feel betrayed by actions of Toni Murdock and Art Zucker.

Chad Johnston 01,
Antioch College Alums will only support a free Antioch College.

Annette (Jo) Procter,
The name "Antioch" should be removed from the university which does not represent the original mission of Antioch College.

Bill Bernhard ,
Please step down so Antioch College can procure the leadership it deserves to ensure its continued survival.

Serena Crystal,

Barbara Kasper,
I am from the class of 1974. I will never give another cent to Antioch University if Antioch College is closed due to the gross mismanagement of the campus.

Cynthia Chernoff,

Lucy A. Wollin,

Alice Maxfield,

Cynthia Beth Rubin,

Rowan Kaiser,

alison foster,

Kerry Gossage,

Douglas Brodoff,

Pat Edwards \'70,
Antioch needs real leadership!

Katherine Anne Stansbury,
Be ashamed.

Brian Springer,

Dawn Scribner,
It is time for new leadership. You have failed the college and the university as a whole. Please have the decency to resign.

Barbara Solow,

John Johnston,

Otha Davenport,

Kate Sterling,

Michael Casselli,

Matthew Baya \'92,
Antioch Deserves Better!

Antioch College Faculty response to Antioch University’s motion to dismiss

8:08 pm in news by Horace Mann


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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF GREENE COUNTY, OHIO

PETER TOWNSEND, et al.
Plaintiffs,
v.
ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY,
Defendant.

Case No. 2008 CV 0300
Judge Wolaver

PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

I. INTRODUCTION
The Court should deny Defendant Antioch University’s Motion to Dismiss because Plaintiffs, the tenured faculty members of Antioch College (the “College Faculty”), are not seeking specific performance of the provisions of a personal services contract and they are not asking the Court to step into Defendant’s shoes and make decisions regarding the operation of the College. Rather, the College Faculty seeks specific performance of Defendant’s contractual obligation to implement less drastic measures than closing the College in order to alleviate the College’s financial problems. Specifically, Section IV A 56 of the College’s Faculty Personnel Policies and Procedures (“the Contract”) permits Defendant to declare financial exigency and close the College only when “an imminent financial crisis exists which threatens the survival of the College and cannot be alleviated by less drastic means.” (emphasis added).

Contrary to Defendant’s assertions, the College Faculty is not seeking an order requiring Defendant to continue employing them as faculty members. In fact, the College Faculty recognizes that in order to keep the College open, less drastic means may include a reduction in faculty. Nor is the College Faculty asking the Court to step into Defendant’s shoes and make decisions regarding the direction and supervision of the College. Rather, the College Faculty seeks an order requiring Defendant to adhere to its contractual obligations to implement less drastic means that closing the College, such as accepting a $14,500,000 proposal from the Antioch College Continuation Corporation (“the AC3”), which has a plan to keep Antioch College open and operating.
II. LAW AND ARGUMENT
A. Standard of Review

A motion to dismiss under Rules12(b)(1) and (6) should not be granted unless it appears beyond a doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim that would entitle him to relief. State ex rel. Delmonte v. Village of Woodmere, 2004 Ohio App. LEXIS 2086, at *5 (Cuyahoga County May 6, 2004). All well-pleaded allegations must be taken as true and be construed most favorably toward the non-movant. Id. A court should not grant a motion to dismiss based on disbelief of a complaint’s factual allegations. Nat’l Check Bureau v. Buerger, 2006 Ohio App. LEXIS 6576, at *5-6 (Lorain County Dec. 18, 2006). In fact, in ruling on a motion to dismiss, “the trial court should not dismiss the complaint because it doubts the plaintiff will win on the merits. . . . Whether the plaintiff can prevail is a matter properly determined by the proof and not the pleadings. . . . Therefore, the ruling must test only the sufficiency of the complaint.” Id.; see also Houck v. Ridgecrest Memory Gardens, Inc., 2004 Ohio App. LEXIS 4562, at *5-6 (Knox County Sept. 15, 2004); see also Zeigler v. Bove, 1998 Ohio App. LEXIS 6473, at *3-4 (Richland County Dec. 23, 1998).
Thus, while Defendant’s motion to dismiss is rife with unsupported factual statements and allegations, the Court is limited to considering only the sufficiency of the allegations contained in the College Faculty’s complaint. Defendant may not rely on allegations or evidence outside of the complaint. Zeigler, 1998 Ohio App. LEXIS 6473 at *3. A court is without authority to dismiss a complaint unless it can be demonstrated beyond a doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts that would entitle it to relief. Houck, 2004 Ohio App. LEXIS 4562 at *5-6.
B. The Remedy of Specific Performance Is Appropriate and Available to the College Faculty as a Matter of Law Because Legal Remedies Are Inadequate to Remedy Defendant’s Contractual Breaches.

Specific performance of contracts is a matter resting in the discretion of the trial court and is “controlled by principles of equity, on full consideration of the circumstances of each particular case.” Sandusky Props. v. Aveni, 15 Ohio St. 3d 273, 274 (1984) (quoting Spengler v. Sonnenberg, 88 Ohio St. 192, 203 (1913)); see also Holstein v. Crescent Cmtys., Inc., 2003 Ohio App. LEXIS 4298, at *7-8 (Franklin County Sept. 9, 2003) (specific performance is a principle of equity and is controlled by considerations of justice and fair dealing). “[I]t is the duty of a court deciding whether to grant equitable relief such as specific performance ‘to adapt its practice and course of proceeding as far as possible to the existing state of society . . . and not, from too strict an adherence to forms and rules established under very difficult circumstances, decline to administer justice, and to enforce rights for which there is no other remedy.’” State ex rel. Wright v. Weyandt, 50 Ohio St. 2d 194, 198 (1977).
Courts grant specific performance of a contract when legal remedies are inadequate. See, e.g., Gleason v. Gleason, 64 Ohio App. 3d 667, 672 (Scioto County 1991). Damages are inadequate if:
the subject matter of the contract is of such special nature or of such a peculiar value that damages would not be a just and reasonable substitute for or representative of that subject matter in the hands of the party entitled to its benefit, or where, because of some special and practical features or incidents of the contract inhering in the subject matter, in its terms, or in the relation of the parties, it is impossible to arrive at a legal measure of damages at all, or at least with any degree of certainty, so that no real compensation can be obtained by means of an action at law, in other words, where damages are impracticable.

84 Oh. Jur. Specific Performance § 8 (LexisNexis 2007).
For example, in Sashti, Inc. v. Glunt Indus., Inc., 140 F. Supp. 2d 813, 814-815 (N.D. Ohio 2001), the plaintiff sued the defendant, alleging breach of contract and seeking specific performance of a contract to supply automated heavy machinery. The defendant moved to dismiss the plaintiff’s specific performance claim for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Id. at 815. The court determined that the factual allegations contained in the plaintiff’s complaint were sufficient to establish a claim for specific performance because the plaintiff sufficiently demonstrated that legal remedies were inadequate. Id. at 817. Specifically, the plaintiff indicated that the goods which were the subject of the contract between itself and the defendant were of a special design, that no other vendor would be able to provide suitable substitute goods, and that the damages it suffered were unique and would be difficult to determine with reasonable particularity because the plaintiff would likely incur continuing damage to its ability to conduct future business as a result of the defendant’s breach. Id.
As in Sashti, legal remedies are currently inadequate to compensate the College Faculty if the College closes. Antioch College, founded in 1852, is the flagship institution of the six campus Antioch University system. (Amended Compl. at ¶¶ 1-4.) The College has been a leader in higher education in Ohio and its continued existence is vitally important to not only its faculty, but also to the students, alumni, and the Yellow Springs community. (Id.) In fact, the AC3 is ready, willing, and able to continue operating the College with a tenured faculty and has committed $14,500,000 towards that effort. (Id. at ¶¶ 18-22.) An order requiring Defendant to perform its contractual obligations to implement less drastic means to alleviate the College’s financial problems is, therefore, the only remedy for Defendant’s contractual breach.
C. The College Faculty Is Seeking the Specific Performance of a Contractual Obligation and Is Not Asking the Court to Step into Defendant’s Shoes and Decide How Best to Operate the College.

Contrary to Defendant’s assertions otherwise, the College Faculty is not asking the Court to step into Defendant’s shoes and supervise the operation of the College. Rather, the College Faculty is merely seeking the specific performance of a contract into which Defendant freely entered, the terms of which require Defendant to take less drastic means to alleviate the College’s financial problems.
In fact, this case is no different from the multitude of cases in which Ohio courts have ordered corporations to specifically perform contracts that the Board of Directors have entered into on behalf of the corporation. See Oglebay Norton Co. v. Armco, Inc., 52 Ohio St. 3d 232 (1990) (ordering specific performance of a long-term shipping contract obligating the defendant corporation to maintain adequate shipping capacity and to negotiate with the plaintiff company during each annual shipping season through the year 2010); Nelson v. Suburban Nursing & Mobile Homes, Inc., 1993 Ohio App. LEXIS 4323 (Montgomery County Sept. 2, 1993) (ordering specific performance of a sales contract obligating the defendant corporation to sell beds to the plaintiff); Mr. Mark Corp. v. Rush, Inc., 11 Ohio App. 3d 167 (Cuyahoga County 1983) (ordering specific performance of a Purchase Agreement obligating the defendant corporation to sell its restaurant to the plaintiff). Nowhere in these cases is it suggested that an order requiring the corporation to specifically perform its contractual obligations constitutes a usurpation of the corporation’s board of directors’ decision making abilities regarding how the corporation should be run. Rather, the courts have simply obligated the corporations to adhere to the contracts to which they are parties.
Nonetheless, it is true that in determining whether Defendant breached the Contract, the Court must inevitably address the issue of what actually constitutes less drastic means for alleviating the College’s financial problems. This issue, however, is a factual dispute and is not a judicial usurpation of Defendant’s duties to supervise the operation of the College.
D. The College Faculty Is Not Seeking Specific Performance of a Contract for Personal Services.

As noted in Defendant’s motion, courts do not typically grant specific performance of the provisions of a contract for personal services. Holstein, 2003 Ohio App. LEXIS 4298 at *8; see also 84 Oh. Jur. Specific Performance § 73. The College Faculty is not, however, requesting specific performance of a personal services contract because the College Faculty is not seeking continued employment at the College. Rather, as set forth in their first amended complaint, the College Faculty seeks a permanent injunction “requiring Defendant University to specifically perform the Faculty Personnel Policies and Procedures by implementing the least drastic means required to alleviate the financial problems at Antioch College.” (Amended Compl. ¶ 10.) (emphasis added.)
The cases cited by Defendant for the proposition that the remedy of specific performance is not available to enforce the provisions of a continuing employment contract between a private college and a member of its faculty are distinguishable based on the form of relief requested in those cases. Specifically, in each of the cases, the plaintiff(s) sought an order requiring the defendant to continue employing the plaintiff(s). See Masetta v. Nat’l Bronze & Aluminum Foundry Co., 159 Ohio St. 306, 310 (1953) (seeking an order directing defendant to re-employ plaintiffs) ; Sokolowsky v. Antioch College, 1975 Ohio App. LEXIS 5951, at *1 (Greene County June 1, 1975) (plaintiffs sought permanent injunction requiring college to retain them as tenured faculty members); Felch v. Findlay College, 119 Ohio App. 357, 357-358 (Hancock County 1963) (plaintiff sought order continuing his employment as a college faculty member).
Here, unlike the plaintiff(s) in Masetta, Sokolowsky, and Felch, the College Faculty is not asking the Court to order Defendant to continue employing them as faculty members. Rather, the College Faculty seeks an order requiring Defendant to adhere to its contractual obligation to implement less drastic means than closing the College. (Amended Compl. ¶ 10.) Indeed, the College Faculty recognizes that the less drastic measures sought may include a reduction in faculty.
The College Faculty is also not seeking the Court’s continued oversight in monitoring the Defendant’s implementation of less drastic means or to step into Defendant’s shoes and decide how the College is best operated. Rather, as in Sashti, a legal remedy is currently unavailable to the College Faculty, and as such, an order requiring Defendant to specifically perform its contractual obligations to seek alternative means to alleviate the College’s financial problems, rather than resorting to the most drastic means of closing the College, is necessary and appropriate. Therefore, because the College Faculty is not seeking specific performance of the provisions of a personal services contract, the Court should deny Defendant’s motion to dismiss.
E. The First Amended Complaint Is Not Based “Solely On Events That Post Date The Declaration Of Financial Exigency.”

Contrary to Defendant’s claims, Plaintiff’s claims are not based on less drastic means that did not even arise until after the declaration of financial exigency. Instead, the offers of financial support received by Defendant after the declaration of financial exigency evidence why the Defendant’s breach in failing to explore less drastic means in conjunction with the faculty was so egregious. By contrast, there is no evidence that Defendant even tried to explore these possibilities or that they could not have been identified before June 7, 2007. Indeed, Defendant’s conduct in repeatedly spurning these opportunities over the last eleven months – including first accepting and then rejecting a proposal to donate $14,500,000 to Defendant – evidence Defendant’s determination to close the College regardless of financial considerations. Thus, Defendant’s argument tries to confuse the evidence that will be offered to support the College Faculty’s claims – much of which did arise after the declaration of financial exigency – with the claim that less drastic means existed on June 7, 2007 but were ignored by the Defendant in breach of its obligations under the College Faculty’s Contract.
III. CONCLUSION
In sum, this case is a standard breach of contract case. The College Faculty has properly alleged all of the elements necessary to sustain a breach of contract action against Defendant. A contract exists between Defendant and the College Faculty obligating Defendant, when declaring financial exigency at the College, to do so only when an imminent financial crisis exists that cannot be alleviated by less drastic means. Defendant has breached the Contract by taking steps to close the College when other, less drastic means exist, such as accepting the $14,500,000 proposal from the AC3, additional alumni fundraising efforts, and/or cost cutting. As a result of Defendant’s breach, the College Faculty has been damaged in a way that cannot be remedied by traditional damages and has thus requested the Court to issue a permanent injunction ordering Defendant to adhere to its contractual obligations by exploring and implementing the least drastic means available to remedy the financial problems. Contrary to Defendant’s assertions otherwise, it is entirely the province of the Court to interpret contracts when a dispute arises and to enforce contracts in the event of a breach. The Court should, therefore, deny Defendant’s motion to dismiss because the Court has jurisdiction over this action and the College Faculty has properly alleged a claim against Defendant for breach of contract.

Respectfully submitted,

__________________________
W. Evan Price II (0056134)
Michael R. Goodstein (0080476)
Sabrina Haurin (0079321)
Bailey Cavalieri LLC
One Columbus
10 West Broad Street, 21st Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3422
Telephone: (614) 221-3155
Telefax: (614) 221-0479
evan.price@baileycavalieri.com
michael.goodstein@baileycavalieri.com
sabrina.haurin@baileycavalieri.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that Plaintiff’s foregoing Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint was served on Defendant by sending a copy of it to Defendant’s attorneys, Kathleen M. Trafford and Kendall S. Verrett, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, 41 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, and David A. Weaver and William R. Groves, Martin Browne Hull & Harper P.L.L., One South Limestone Street, Suite 800, Springfield, Ohio 45501, by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, this ___ day of May, 2008.

__________________________
W. Evan Price II (0056134)

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University Trustees Reject AC3 Offer

10:17 am in ACCC, news by Horace Mann


by Diane Chiddister for the Yellow Springs News, May 11, 2008

In what appears to be the final act of the long, complex and heartwrenching saga around efforts to save Antioch College, the Antioch University Board of Trustees on Thursday, May 8, rejected the offer of the Antioch College Continuation Corporation, or AC3, of almost $16 million to keep the college open. In a press statement the board reaffirmed its decision to suspend operations at the college. Jump to the article.

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