Charlene Callahan: professor, Provost, boater, wood-worker

photos courtesy of Nicole van der Berg and ncf.edu She thinks of herself as a merger baby: “When I interviewed in the summer of ’75, the school was just transitioning from being private to public and a lot of faculty had left because they didn’t…

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NCSA spring elections around the corner

The NCSA election petition period ends at midnight on April 6 and all signed petitions must be submitted in the Supervisor of Elections' box. Each petition needs to have 25 printed names with signatures and box numbers as well as the name of the petitioner…

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Co-presidents compile student discounts

New College Student Alliance Co-presidents first-year Michael Long and third-year Oliver Peckham are creating a bulletin board for Hamilton “Ham” Center that will list local businesses that give discounts to New College students. “We’re trying to get the biggest bang for our buck in terms…

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Timesheet switch from paper to electronic

The Office of Human Resources is in the process of switching from paper to electronic time-sheets. In an interview with the Catalyst, Associate Director of Human Resources YeVette Thorton said, “We in HR were processing easy 300 time sheets manually. That’s a lot of work…

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Green Fee passed by Board of Governors

The Green Fee, which was unanimously passed by the Board of Governors on March 24, will be enacted in fall 2011. The initiative would place a one dollar per credit hour fee on every student. This means a $32-36 fee per year depending on whether…

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Local puppeteer, radio host and bike enthusiast

All photos Gracelena Ignacio/Catalyst William Pearson received the stage name Dr. Nik in the 1980s while working at the Golden Apple Dinner Theater. He was in a show called “Sunshine Boys” and everyone had a nickname except him — until one day, when he was…

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Obama administration will no longer defend DOMA

On Feb. 23, the Obama administration said that it would instruct the Justice Department not to defend the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court. According to domawatch.org, DOMA is defined as “a legal union between one man and one woman for purposes of…

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The facts about NCF students and student loans

A report by Peterson’s Undergraduate Financial Aid and Undergraduate Databases showed that in 2009, 41 percent of New College students graduated with an average debt of $14,794. The same report stated that 48 percent of Florida State University students in 2009 graduated with an average…

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