A large group of academics arrived at New College this past week, enlivening the insular campus atmosphere. The visitors were attendees of the 19th Biennial New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, arriving for three days of presentations that filled up the Harry Sudakoff…
Rough, tumble and even bloody, professional football is rarely seen as a bastion of progressive politics. However, a proposed rule to penalize racist and homophobic slurs in the National Football League (NFL) and the upcoming debut of the first female permanent referee to officiate professional…
SUBMITTED BY CAITLIN MCMULLEN Money is one of the last things that many people want to think about, especially when they feel as though they need more. But this is exactly the time you need to think about. When your wallet is feeling thin, and your bank account’s stomach is grumbling, it’s time…
SUBMITTED BY OFFICER KELLEY FISHER 1. Make sure the door to your residence hall is locked at all times. You wouldn’t just leave the front door to your house open, would you? Propping the doors is common because it is easy and quick access, but doing this leaves an open invitation to those…
Glancing through the summer internships binder in the Career Center students can find a few 2014 opportunities, but most are outdated. Some as far back as 2004. Among the pamphlets and papers, binders and baskets labeled graduate schools, jobs and résumés, something is missing, a …
McGruff, the crime fighting dog, is in the doghouse. The actor who played McGruff, John Morales, was recently sentenced to 16 years in prison. In an ironic twist of fate, drugsniffing police pooches found 1,000 marijuana plants and a grenade launcher among 27 weapons at…
Now students can print directly from their computers at Jane Bancroft Cook Library. Educational Technology Service Coordinator Allen Goldberg, in charge of implementing the new program, reflected that the bulk of Novocollegians who work in the library do so on their own devices, including laptops,…
The first two seasons of Pokémon arrived on Netflix on March 1. The cult-like following of the show is riddled with nostalgia and childhood memories for many New College Students. “There is a lot more substance to the first season,” third-year Tyler Pratt said. “This…
Economics departments around the country are getting a nasty dose of the real world. In the past few months, million-dollar donors of the Republican Party have seized control of the Florida State University (FSU) economics program, and the University of Chicago (UC) nearly assigned a…
