Some restaurants in New York City owned by mogul Daniel “Danny” Meyer are piloting a new “hospitality included” initiative, which is essentially just a euphemism for “no tipping.” Meyer’s restaurant, the Modern, rolled out the policy Thursday, Nov. 19. The restaurant raised its menu…
SUBMITTED BY SARA MINEO Dust swirled around the two crowned men standing in the center of the battlefield, their swords raised. It is the year 1314, and the King of the Scots Robert the Bruce, has led his army in the first battle of Scottish…
Many NCF students are hitting the road and heading home for Thanksgiving, but for some, it is not possible to get back to their families for the holiday. For those who will stay on campus this Thanksgiving, there are many options in the community…
SUBMITTED BY JAMES ESPOSITO How to Pull an All-Nighter in 13 Easy Steps Procrastinate Do you have a paper coming up? Look at the assignment sheet; if the date is any further away than a week, don’t worry about it! This week is for…
Pulling all-nighters has become a sport at New College. And most students are participating in it. Although sleep deprivation might feel like an initiation into the “college life,” especially as finals approach, instead it’s a game to be forfeited. Americans in general have been…
SUBMITTED BY DAVID CANFIELD A journalistic slow-burn in the vein of “All the President’s Men,” “Spotlight” sacrifices sweep for realism, and glorification for nuance. In tackling the Boston Globe’s revelatory reporting on the Catholic priest child molestation scandal, director Tom McCarthy provides an investigation of…
Skinny jeans, gray Vans, dyed hair. “I haven’t looked like this since high school,” I said, cranking my head around to my little sister - the tie-dye Set It Off shirt-clad high schooler who smirked in satisfaction at my nostalgic dismay. We were preparing…
Guided by Professor Virginia Bray, an instructor of piano and music, members of the NCF chorus meet on Tuesday evenings and Sunday afternoons throughout the semester in preparation for a winter concert. The choir will perform several pieces of music in College Hall on Tuesday,…
The dorm landscape at New College has changed significantly in the last few decades. To be precise, the dorm landscape at New College has always been something that needs improving. Upon the school’s opening dorms were already a problem; students were housed in hotels for…
While there are still plenty of people out there who confuse being a feminist with being a man-hating lesbian, New College students do not seem to be confused about what it means to be a feminist and why the world needs feminism. The New College…
