“One in six Florida women has been sexually assaulted,” New College of Florida and University of South Florida Manatee (USFM) victim advocate and RAD instructor Concetta Hollinger explained to a diverse group of female-bodied students who gathered at the New College of Florida Sudakoff Center…
Positive changes are in store for the Gender and Diversity Center. Last month, a group of students and professors organized an Independent Study Project (ISP) aimed at reviving the Gender and Diversity Center (GDC). Associate Professor of Sociology Sarah Hernandez and Professor of Anthropology Uzi…
A new tutorial on campus is sparking conversations about gender relations within New College’s Natural Sciences Department. Sponsored by Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry Steven Shipman and titled “Gender in Science,” the course aims to discuss the greater relationship that gender has to experiences in…
The Academy Awards are this upcoming Sunday, March 2, and this year’s Best Picture race is the tightest in years. Major precursor prizes have been bestowed to “12 Years a Slave,” “Gravity” and “American Hustle,” and though “12 Years a Slave” is ostensibly out front,…
A line of museumgoers extended out of the gift shop and into the courtyard as Dalí Museum workers shuffled behind the ticket counter to accommodate the midday rush. Clad in ashen-hued wigs and red glasses, the nine ticket vendors appeared to be lookalikes of the…
Amidst jeers, taunts and prayers spewed by pro-life activists, a group of volunteers clad in neon yellow vests stand at the entrance of the Sarasota Health Center of Planned Parenthood, silently ignoring whatever words are thrown their way. As patient escorts, they endure heavy glares…
At the February Towne Meeting, Dean of Students Tracy Murry presented, and the student body passed, a motion to update and clarify New College’s current Medical Amnesty policy. The proposal came on the tail end of a months-long process originally initiated by thesis student Austin…
Last week the tuition-free online university, University of the People (UoPeople), was accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council, a national accrediting group. The institution was created to reach underprivileged students around the world. Currently,the university educates 700 students from 142 countries in programs such as…
Along with turning 10 years old this month, Facebook made the choice to expand its personal gender options. Overnight users went from having two options to having more than 50. Besides having trans options, users can also identify as agender, androgynous, gender fluid, gender queer…
For the second semester in a row New College students have broken their own record: 96.7 percent of students turned their contracts in on time. The remaining 3.3 percent will be subjected to a $100 fine. Last semester a similar number of contracts were turned…
