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Another state is crossed off the list as we continue on towards California. There's a good chance I may never be back to Ohio so I'm happy to have fond memories of yet another beautiful state. From spending the 4th of July in the small town of Cadiz, to riding around the OSU Buckeye stadium in Columbus that hosts 105,000 people at one sold out football game. Essentially every person in every town from Cadiz to Columbus could fit inside that stadium and I'm pretty sure most of them do. OSU is the pride of Ohio and they won't hesitate to let you know it.
We finished our Ohio tour in a little hippy town called Yellow Springs. We were hosted by a rather strange school called Antioch College. Antioch College had closed down in 2007 after the board of trustees decided the school wasn't making enough money. Their solution? Free tuition for everyone. Antioch reopened this year and currently has 33 students enrolled. Everyone's tuition for the next 4 years is paid for by alumni who wanted to see the school live again. The students are a very interesting bunch that have come from some rocky youths but seem to feel comfortable at a school that lets them be who they want to be and learn what they want to learn. One young man named Dustin said that he ran away from home when he was in high school and he used to squat in the Antioch hallways. Five years later he's got a dorm room all to himself. Perhaps some things are just meant to be. At the end of each students introduction they threw a fist in the air for "social justice!" Right on.
Antioch is said to be founded by Horace Mann, the father of public education. Etched into the courtyard is a quote that has resonated so strongly with the student body and faculty that it has become a sort of unofficial mission statement. "Be ashamed to die until you've won some victory for humanity." - Horace Mann