Request for information about Yellow Springs

[Horace]

Well, for those of us who actually live in Yellow Springs I think that the jury is still out. Antioch College is not officially dead yet-close-still barely breathing. Antioch University, i.e. McGregor, etc. is pretending to be trying to keep the College alive as they fire and "lay off" the college's staff. In regard to the new McGregor? It's not finished and it's not open. They claim it will be open in September. For those who are actually paying attention it seems that the demise of the College and the "new" McGregor are closely linked. Just as I predicted in this forum months ago that Antioch College was teetering on the brink of insolvency I'll make another prediction here: the "new" Antioch McGregor will not be ready to open in September. If that date is not met then I'll go even further with my prognostication: the new building will then be sold to a different occupant-that's right--I think the money problems at Antioch are so deep and the University is being run so poorly that the new building will never see the day when it is Antioch McGregor. After that happens, get ready to read the headlines that will explain the reasons for that. Meanwhile, don't believe the spin doctors over at Antioch University-they are also grossly incompetant. Check back in September.

[Sabinaguy]

Originally Posted by JefferyT

Yellow Springs is a small, somewhat insular college town.

Springfield is a small, dead industrial city with minimal culture. They are bringing more things to town, though, to a new performing arts center recenlty built downtown.

Here are some Springfield cultural offerings:

Symphony:

The Springfield Symphony Orchestra : Clark State Performing Arts Center

Arts Council:

Springfield Arts Council Home Page - Springfield, Ohio

Kuss Auditorium:

PAC - Calendar of Events

Art Museum:

Springfield Museum of Art

Living in Greene County you will be surrounded by fairly conservative people once you leave Yellow Springs. Nearby Cedarville, Yellow Springs' "evil twin sister", is home to a Southern-Baptist affiliated college (sort of the opposite of Antioch). The county seat, Xenia, is as bible belt as any place in the South.

In Yellow Srings itself you will certainly be surrounded by liberals, progressives, and alternative types of various sorts there, as Yellow Springs seems to collect that type from around the region.

I can't tell you more about local life, but I would assume it is somewhat cliquey as it is a small and somewhat insular community, though it has grown somewhat thus perhaps new blood is in town.


Aside from the limited offerings in Springfield, Dayton (30 minutes or so away) would be your major cultural attraction for performing arts. Dayton does have a symphony, opera, ballet, contemporary dance, and live theatre, as well as touring things of various sorts. Yellow Springs does have a chamber music ensemble, though.

Dayton has quite a bit of ethnic food. More on the Indian side, and now Mexican. Also quite a few oriental places (Thai, Korean, Chinese). There is even an Eastern European ethnic place that serves Lithuanian and Polish dishes. One place, El Meson, specializes in South American specialties, with a rotating menu every month. There are two Lebanese places, one Turkish place, and a Punjabi place.

Possibly the best restuarant in Yellow Springs is the Winds, and this is one of the best in the region. Here is their website

The Winds Cafe and Bakery

To be honest, from what you've said, I think you really need to live in a larger city. Yellow Springs may be too small for you. It is very urbane, but it is, after all, a small town.

Whats wrong with Cedarville, at least there is not wierd people like there are in Yellow Springs, but i guess that is just how liberal intermixing people are.

[Salix]

I just want to bring folk up to date here with regard to Antioch College. The school conducted a graduation ceremony in April 2008 and it is not closed, but suspended. For all of you who know the school, you will probably be thinking of the phoenix. Antioch has a long history of rising from its own ashes. The bit below is from a news article having to do with Antioch University in Los Angeles.

"Joanna Gerber Smith
Director of Public Relations & Communications
Phone: 310.578.1080 x119
Joanna_Smith@antiochla.edu This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Antioch College In Yellow Springs, Ohio Suspends Operations
Plans announced to Design 21st Century Campus State-of-the-Art Campus projected to open in 2012
Yellow Spring, OH – June 9, 2007 – Antioch University’s Board of Trustees voted to suspend operations on July 1, 2008 of Antioch College, the University’s undergraduate residential program in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with the intention of reopening a state-of-the art campus."

I went to Antioch in the early '70s. The school gave me a social conscience; the Glen (a 1000 acre glen behind the school) gave me peace. Lived in YSO (Yellow Springs, Ohio) in the 80s. Loved it.

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[Salix]

Hi All,Just a quick update: on September 4, 2009 Antioch College became a legal, separate educational entity from Antioch University. The College has begun hiring staff and faculty (see this week's 'Yellow Springs News'); there will be an Antioch College Reunion here in Yellow Springs over the weekend of October 2nd; and the American Association of University Professors has written a 60-page document in which they admonish Antioch University's quick decision to close the college in the first place. The Antioch College Continuation Corporation (some of the folk who fought to save the college) expects the college to open its doors to students in a couple of years. As for Yellow Springs: Street Fair on the 10th of October, the trees are changing, the town remains upbeat and friendly despite the recession. Good time to ride the Bike Trail.