Last February, Professor Zhang met with Shi Kun, Director of the USF Confucius Institute, along with Professor of History Xia Shi and Professor of Chinese Language and Culture Fang-yu Li to discuss possible collaborations between New College and USF. These collaborations would work not only…
New College was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the Andrew V. Mellon Foundation in support of our humanities programs. The grant, which will be given to the school over the next five years, is intended to bolster projects between New College and the…
Sarasota is a lot of things. It’s wealthy, it’s luxurious, it’s a vacation destination. But is it sexy? I tried to answer these questions via the most explicit sex-related public locations available in town: adult stores. Sarasota has three main adult sex shops: there’s…
At long last, refunds have arrived. For those of us receiving that surplus of funds from loans, scholarships, etc., now is the time to finally pay bills and buy groceries and fill gas tanks. There's some things we’re technically not supposed to use our refunds…
Friday, September 23rd: Throwback Wall Pt. 2: Redemption This Wall is being thrown by third-years Lorraine Cruz, Zach David and Giulia Heyward. David said in an interview via email that “Throwback Wall is a nod to the music we got down to at every middle…
The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County is currently campaigning funds in coordination with Minneapolis based non-profit Artspace to create affordable spaces for artists to live in work in the Sarasota area, with the historic motels along North Tamiami Trail as a potential…
Friday, Sept. 16th: Taco Bell in #mycalvins This Wall is being thrown by third-years Kristin Spoto, Zach David and Zoe Heuermann. The theme involves two things: food from Taco Bell and Calvin Klein underwear. People who attend are encouraged to wear their underwear, particularly…
In that 10-minute or so block of time before classes start, cars circle around campus trying to find an open spot. With the expansion of Heiser, New College will be receiving new labs, teaching facilities, and STEM resources that will help our Natural Sciences…
Friday, September 9th: Burn It To The Ground Wall This wall will be thrown by former NCSA co-presidents and current thesis students Shelby Statham and Paige Pellaton. The festivities for this wall begin at 9pm with a fire pit and food. Then, at 10pm the…
Did you come to New College under the impression that you would be able to carve out your own Creative Writing AOC? Were you disappointed to discover that not only would it be impossible given our faculty, but that even if we had the resources…
