Demystifying the SUS budget: how NCF plans to take advantage of additional funding category
Photo courtesy of Adriana Gavilanes In 2019, Fountain outside of Cook Hall on a sunny day.

Demystifying the SUS budget: how NCF plans to take advantage of additional funding category

President Donal O’Shea will be travelling to Gainesville to defend the “New College Tomorrow: Arts and Sciences for Florida’s Future” proposal, which requests an additional $700,000 for the 2020–2021 school year, at the Oct. 30 Florida Board of Governors (FBOG) meeting. The proposal focuses on…

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Demographic statistics of the cohort of 2019
Cohort of 2019 during orientation.

Demographic statistics of the cohort of 2019

Photo courtesy of New College of FloridaThe cohort of 2019 outside of College Hall, facing the bay, during orientation week. In the midst of the college’s growth plan, this is the second year that the incoming cohort has claimed the title of the smallest class…

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Relevant rights: student protections on campus
Photo courtesy of Kathleen Vacca During consensual encounters, there are no police commands, force, lights or sirens.

Relevant rights: student protections on campus

Photo courtesy of Kathleen VaccaDuring consensual encounters, there are no police commands, force, lights or sirens. Amidst concerns about the seemingly heightened presence of police on campus and controversies surrounding police encounters, students have expressed confusion regarding what rights they have as residents of this…

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Librarian Winn Wasson resigns

Photo courtesy of New College Digital ArchivesA student studying in the Jane Bancroft Cook Library in 1992. The Jane Bancroft Library is a valuable tool for all students to use and get ahead in their research and studies. One aspect of the library that can…

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The Activist Newsletter
New College students protesting for Climate Action in Downtown, Sarasota.

The Activist Newsletter

Photo courtesy of Dan Duprez. Throughout this week (10/23 - 10/30), activists have the opportunity to participate in public talks, group meetings and walks of solidarity. Read on if you want to get involved in the community regarding food waste reduction, farmworkers’ rights and anti-racist…

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Debunking the tenure process: how students can be involved in the promotion of faculty
Photo courtesy New Colege Digital Archives Student and Professor circa 1960s.

Debunking the tenure process: how students can be involved in the promotion of faculty

Professors can hold a variety of different titles, including assistant professor, associate professor and simply, professor, but it can often be confusing to know what these titles truly mean. The difference in these titles comes down to tenure, which gives professors job security, allowing them…

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Quizbowl team embarks on a quest for knowledge
Photo courtesy of NCF Quizbowl The Quizbowl team posed at the Early Fall Tournament.

Quizbowl team embarks on a quest for knowledge

Photo courtesy of NCF QuizbowlThe Quizbowl team posed at the Early Fall Tournament. New College is not known for its sports programs. There is a stereotype about Novo Collegians being more erudite than athletic and preferring the air-conditioned indoors to the green sports pitch. While…

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Submission: the ethics of escalation
photo courtesy of Michael Miller/Flickr

Submission: the ethics of escalation

Submitted by Isaac Denner A few weeks ago, an incident occurred in Palm Court. A student and a police officer got into an argument about another student, who, the cop claimed, had been concealing an alcoholic beverage. The first student was handcuffed.   The entire…

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Free seasonal flu shots available in Hamilton Center
First-years and Catalyst staff writers Sofia Lombardi and Sierra Laico recently received flu shots.

Free seasonal flu shots available in Hamilton Center

First-years and Catalyst staff writers Sofia Lombardi and Sierra Laico recently received flu shots. The seasonal flu will affect about eight percent of the population between the ages of 18 and 64. A method to reduce the likelihood of contracting the flu is by receiving…

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