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26 GU I D E to Y E L L OW S P R I NG S | 2O22 – 2O23 where “The Twilight Zone” ran for another two seasons, until 1964. He went on to write more film scripts, including co- writing, with Michael Wilson, the adaptation of “Planet Of The Apes” (1968). He also returned to teaching, this time at Ithaca College, from 1970 until his death in 1975. Toward the end of his term teaching at Antioch, he spoke with WYSO at length on his love for Antioch and its influ - ence on him: “[A]ntioch... tries to build not just a student, not just a mind, but a person, a whole person, a citizen, a thinker, a person with a point of view, and not just any extraneous point of view that comes from the spur of a single emotion, but a person who arrives at a philosophy and a point of view based on observation, a thought process, a collection of knowledge.” “[A]ntioch is somewhat looked askance at because of the volubility and dissent that comes from this campus. It has always been a place of dissent, but I think of wholesome dis - sent. [T]his is what I learned at Antioch, that when something was wrong and I could reason it out and be secure in my own mind that it was wrong, that I could get up on my own two feet and make comment on it. And I guess if anything, that’s something that has carried with me over the years and has been, I think, fairly evident in my writ - ing. ... This I think is traditional at Antioch. The same freedom to speak, the same freedom to reason, and above all, the right to question. I think the idea of questioning is not only a right, it is a responsibility. We have to question, because from ques - tioning we get betterment.” “[C]ertainly there are truths, but all truths are question - able. Certainly there are facts, but all facts are changeable. Certainly there are opinions, but opinions are alterable. I find that dynamic process of change after change is one of the mar - velous aspects of this college, that we’re not mired in any ruts here. We’re not anchored to any traditions of the past.” “An exciting 4 or 5 years at Antioch is not the traditional college education. It is some - He enjoyed his time here, though was not without the challenges of the current gen- eration of Antioch students. “They want to prove to me that they’re something less than impressed by my so-called status. I show them a film and then say, beaming with pride, ‘What d’you think of that?’ and they look at me and rip it apart,” he told the Toledo Blade in 1962. Toward the end, he was reflective: “I’m often asked, has this rather brief, transitory sojourn back at your old alma mater been of help to you?” he told WYSO. “And I must answer to that very much in the affir - mative. The questions thrown at me have made me restate my own position, have made me reevaluate what I believe to be right or true or just, have made me think again about those standards of judgment that I apply to my own work.” AND ALL THE REST Serling returned to LA, ▲ As a student, Rod Serling wrote and produced weekly radio plays with the assistance of his wife and fellow student, Carol. The plays were broadcast over a Springfield radio station. P H O T O : A N T I O C H I A N A , A N T I O C H C O L L E G E mvpottery.com 145 hyde rd, ys 937-767-7517 MIAMI VALLEY POTTERY FOL LOW us On FacebOOk! Find us every saturday 8 a.m.–NooN at the yellow springs Farmers market GEC GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION Working at the local level to protect the environment since 1990. P.O. Box 553, Yellow Springs 937-305-6735 • info@greenlink.org www.greenlink.org