The Housing Department is getting a number of revamps this year, including staffing and structural changes, and a new system for room draw. With the recent leave of Campus Life Coordinator (CLC) Shannon Smigo and upcoming departure of CLC Aaron Baker at the end of this semester, the staff will look very…
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) hosted their spring 2014 action, the Now Is The Time Tour, a 10-day tour culminating in a 24-hour vigil in Lakeland, FL. The event, which travelled through 10 U.S. cities, called for major corporations Wendy’s and Publix to join…
This past week, New College welcomed Dean and Professor of Music and Opera Studies Michael Burden to Sarasota, and the United States, from Oxford’s College of St. Mary’s or as it has always been referred to “New College.” During a simple reception hosted in the…
A trio of “Mad Men” actors, Michael Fassbender, Mia Wasikowska, Maggie Gyllenhaal and the late Philip Seymour Hoff man are just a few of the performers that will be on-screen for the 2014 Sarasota Film Festival (SFF). The complete program for the spring festival, known…
The recent hiring of official Title IX coordinator, Brian Mistler, is just one in a chain of changes that are a part of the New College’s policy adjustments after the White House’s issue of their report on rape and sexual assault this January. Title IX…
Inspired by a National Public Radio story detailing a mysterious wall in Berlin where people posted fliers with oddly personal stories, Emily Rich crafted “Post No Bills,” a play that focuses on Tori, an awkward but ambitious journalist who wants to interview the people behind…
A baby born in rural Mississippi has been cured of HIV, doctors report. The child, now more than two years old, has been off retroviral drugs for a year and shows no signs of the virus. When the child was delivered in fall of 2010,…
Almost exactly one year from the launch of its record-breaking Kickstarter campaign (March 12, 2013), Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell’s feature length movie “Veronica Mars,” had a 291 limited theater release on March 14. Based on the TV show of the same name, the movie…
Twin Lakes Park was transformed into a little piece of Ireland this past Sunday to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The crowd – which appeared to be one solid mass of green from a distance – ate, drank and experienced merriment as they enjoyed the gorgeous…
Jobs, jobs, jobs. That was the takeaway from Gov. Rick Scott’s state of the state address. The Republican governor touted Florida’s s improving economy, championed deeper tax cuts and discussed his plans for education reform as he made the case for his reelection. The speech,…
