In a year that can be characterized by forced isolation and a yearning for connection, thesis student Elizabeth “Liz” Mena’s Gringolandia Chats stitches together a quilt of stories and experiences that bring the New College Latinx community closer together. Having released its latest episode—”Episode 4:…
Latinx Heritage Month (LHM) is celebrated every year from September 15 to October 15 across the globe. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, New College kicked off LHM with a virtual museum exhibiting photography and visual work from students and artists in the Sarasota area. Although the…
In honor of LatinX heritage month, the Student Activities and Campus Engagement office (SA[u]CE), in collaboration with the LatinX leadership club, is organizing a LatinX culture fair on Sunday Oct. 6. The culture fair will have student-run booths, selling traditional dishes from students' respective countries.…
Providing delicious dishes from a number of Latin American countries, a playlist of traditional and modern songs in Spanish, and lessons in salsa, bachata and tango, LatinX Club threw a festival for Hispanic Heritage Month last Wednesday, Sept. 30. Students gathered in Hamilton “Ham”…
