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(Yes, I know, I've been quiet. Maybe I'll get started again)

I attended Antioch College my freshman year. Why only one year is a long and not pretty story, but my year at Antioch was a good year.

This is the 4th time - it closed during the Civil War, in the 1880's for financial reasons, 1917-1918 and now.

Antioch is a unique place. In the 50s it was a place where professors blackballed for "anti-american" activities could find work. There are no letter grades, unless you request them. (All classes end up with a narrative evaluation).

from WOHIO TV:

Antioch College To Suspend Operations In 2008

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio -- Officials at Antioch College said it will close after the 2007-2008 school year while it searches for enough money to reopen.

The small school in Ohio has a history of social activism and civil disobedience.

It counts Coretta Scott King, "Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling and evolutionary scientist Stephen Jay Gould among its graduates.

The college has a small, $30 million endowment and depends heavily on tuition revenue. But a student body that was 2,000 strong in the 1960s has dropped to around 400.

School spokeswoman Linda Sirk said the college hopes to find enough money to reopen in about 2012.

They missed Jorma Koukonen (Jefferson Airplane guitarist) and Leonard Nimoy.

Interview with Antioch's president at NPR