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February 2007 |
Last Thursday, while most of us made the commute to work, Kyle Bennett sat inside a 5 foot 8 inch titanium sphere and traveled two miles deep to the ocean floor…
Kyle Bennett’95, accompanied Dr. Lutz aboard the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution R/V Atlantis for a month-long cruise to the hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. Kyle had the pleasure to take a dive in the deep-sea submersible Alvin to 2500 meters below the ocean’s surface as part of ongoing collaborative research between scientists at Woods Hole, Rutgers University, and the University of Delaware.
Kyle said he felt calm and peaceful at the bottom of the ocean among the worms and mussels, even though there were nearly two miles of ocean water between this strange world and the world in which he lives.
Without his Antioch education, Kyle may have never made it to the ocean floor. He said, “Jill Yager was my mentor while at Antioch and she was not just tolerant of my peculiar obsession with mollusks, but was encouraging and even egged me on. Now I’m getting to do research on some of the strangest and most fascinating mollusks of all, from the hydrothermal vent ecosystems.”
For more on this fascinating adventure, please read Kyle’s story in the upcoming edition of the Antiochian.
Director/Producer Julia Reichart'70 and Steve Bognar have a new film, A Lion In The House, that has been nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary category. The awards are given in late February and the ceremony will be held in Santa Monica, CA.
Julia and co-producer Steve Bognar also recently attended the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam where they participated and spoke on the state of documentary film-making. Julia's extensive film credits can be seen at the Internet Movie Database.
More information about the film and the nomination, including a film clip, can be found at the Spirit Awards site.
On March 27, Antioch will host a dynamic opening celebration for the Center. This innovative event will include an open house beginning at 9:30 a.m., a community engagement workshop in the morning, and a noon luncheon with speakers, including President Steven Lawry and nationally acclaimed cellist Karen Patterson.
In the evening, these events will culminate in a multi-faceted program dedicated to the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King. The keynote speaker is historian Dr. Vicki Crawford, whose edited book on women in the civil rights movement is one of the most influential early works on the topic and she spoke on NPR about the passing of Coretta Scott King.
Following Dr. Crawford, Antioch students, staff, faculty, and Yellow Springs residents will present dance, orchestral and choral pieces.
Throughout the week, there will be an art show featuring work from Yellow Springs students K-5, themed ‘What does freedom look like’ in the first and second floor lobbies of Kelly Hall.
The celebration is open to the public.
For more information contact: Dana Patterson at dpatterson@antioch-college.edu or (937) 769-1785 or http://www.antioch-college.edu/Campus/csk/index.html
More details are available at the Coretta Scott King Center
Viewers we are challenged to ask difficult questions, both personal and political, that elude simplistic answers. This beautiful and colorful show depicts the struggle for human rights the world over – and the important work that Amnesty International does in working towards achieving this goal. Using a contemporary artistic voice, Tom Block interprets different aspects of the fight for human rights, emphasizing the personal stories that bring the struggle to life. Biographies accompany each portrait.
An evening wine reception will be held on Friday, February 23 at 7pm; we do hope you’ll join us for this poignant exhibit. See More at the Herndon Gallery or an online exhibition at the Human Rights Painting Project. The show runs from 2/16 through 4/6. The Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from 1-8 WHEN COLLEGE CLASSES ARE IN SESSION. Mr. Block will be giving a lecture called "Prophetic Activist Art" on 2/22 at 7pm in the Gallery.
Antioch is looking for the next Coretta Scott King/Delta scholar. This $10,000 annual scholarship is sponsored by Delta Air Lines to commemorate the life and work of Coretta Scott King’51. The winner will be announced on the anniversary of her birthday, April 27.
This is the second year the Coretta Scott King/Delta scholarship has been offered. Last year’s recipient volunteered at the Coretta Scott King Center and studied in Mali through Antioch Education Abroad.
Read more about the scholarship at Admissions & Financial Aid
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