Highlights from The Best of the Yellow Springs Police Report

The Best of the Yellow Springs Police Report, edited and illustrated by Herndon Gallery curator, Julia Dzwonkoski and Antioch graduate Kye Potter '04, is a publication culled from the weekly "Police Report" columns published over a 20-year period (1983-2003) in the Yellow Springs News. Based on records kept by the Yellow Springs Police Department, the column documents police activity and incidents reported to the police during the previous week by local residents, College students, and visitors to Yellow Springs.

"In addition to these various functions, the 'Police Report' is a significant social document, reflecting the particular character and quality of life in Yellow Springs, Ohio," the Editors write in their introduction to the publication. "Our aim, in compiling this survey, was to bring together police items that struck us as unusual, startling, funny, obscure, mysterious, mundane and sometimes unbelievable."

Read on, laugh and enjoy!

• At 10:30 PM Saturday, police, responding to a noise complaint, allowed Southview Drive residents to play "one more song." 8/17/00
• A man was reported Friday wandering in the area of the main building on Antioch College campus at noon wearing a golf shirt and no pants, but upon investigation, he was found to be wearing very short pants. 8/9/99
• A Fairfield Pike resident reported a pooh-bear stolen from her residence between December 31 and January 1. 1/3/90
• A Yellow Springs man reported he was bitten by his own dog on Thursday. 8/7/85
• A truck with a high and wide load driven by a Louisville, Kentucky man struck and slightly damaged a traffic light at Xenia Avenue and South College Street Wednesday of last week. It was not determined if the light was too low or the truck was too high and no citations were issued. 8/23/01
• A black dog in the Lawson Place area on Tuesday of last week ran off with a ham a resident momentarily set outside her door while she was bringing home her groceries. 6/12/95
• A donkey running loose on North High Street, Fairfield Pike and Pleasant Street was rounded up and returned to its home last Saturday. 10/4/01

To read the latest on Yellow Springs happenings, visit the Yellow Springs News online at www.ysnews.com

Visiting Professor from Kenya

By Emily Aaron '04

Antioch College is in the process of establishing an exchange with Mesano University in Maseno, Kenya. The initial stages of this exchange have already been completed, with a visit of Professor Charles Ongadi Nyambuga. Nyambuga arrived on March 1 and stayed on campus until April 15, 2004.

Nyambuga is a lecturer of Communication and Media Technology at Mesano University. During his stay, he visited with the community and made presentations in several classes, including Journalism, Peace Theories and Paths, and Introduction to African American Studies. On March 11, he presented his paper on "The Media, Ethnicity and Conflict: A Kenyan Experience" in the Herndon Gallery of South Hall.

While at Antioch, Nyambuga hoped to facilitate a continuing scholarly exchange between Mesano and Antioch. Mr. Nyambuga will continue to work with peace studies professor Patricia Mische, African/African American studies professor Jahwara Giddings and Co-op Faculty member Eric Miller. These three faculty members will be making the journey to Maseno in the summer of 2004. The group hopes to establish a program that will allow a steady exchange of not only faculty but students between the two universities. It is an exciting prospect for both institutions.

The community welcomed Charles Ongadi Nyambuga and is excited about the budding relationship with Mesano University.

Renewal Commission Members

Jim Craiglow
Chancellor of Antioch University
Dan Kaplan '76
Antioch University Trustee, Chair
Laura Markham '80
Antioch University Trustee
Dan Fallon '61
Antioch University Trustee
Everette Freeman '72
Antioch University Trustee
Joan Straumanis '57
President of Antioch College
Rick Jurasek
Dean of Faculty of Antioch College
Peter Temes
President of Antioch New England Graduate School
Pat Linn
Antioch College Faculty
Andrzej Bloch
Antioch College Faculty
Bonnie Scranton
Former Antioch College Registrar
Al Guskin
Antioch University President Emeritus
Jane Jervis
Former President of Evergreen State College
Tom Clough
Financial and Education Consultant
Mavis Gruver '03
Antioch College Community Manager

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