With a strong and evolving music department, New College of Florida is developing a reputation as an important Sarasota music venue. New Music New College, which has been happening or more than a decade, will soon be featuring the Sarasota Woodwind Quintet, a part of…
One of the most common occurrences of everyday life is seeing someone, whether a friend or a stranger, pull out their cell phone and either check or answer messages and calls. Over 75 percent of high school students have cell phones and an astounding 99.8…
Trigger warning: sexual assault Is sexual violence now a nonissue on a campus rattled not too long ago by a sexual predator? Of the 50 chairs available on Z Green for this college’s Take Back the Night program on Friday April 26, only 15 were…
May 1, 2013 marked the public opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The library, museum and the Bush policy institute, are housed in the George W. Bush Presidential Center, located on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, Tex. Former President…
The construction of a Walmart in downtown Sarasota’s former Ringling Shopping Center is a contentious one within the community. There are various sides to the argument regarding re-zoning in order to allow the shopping center to be built. The Sarasota County Commissioners voted three to…
LêÁnh’s Vietnamese restaurant is a new destination in the same stretch of South Tamiami Trail as Big E’s Cafe and Growlers. Couples, families and students filled the tables at LêÁnh’s. Rose-tinged orange walls, track lighting and pale turquoise and cream tasseled curtains gave the restaurant a…
More than 1,000 miles away, New College students sat glued to television sets, computer screens and text updates. They listened as “breaking news” was revealed. They watched as social networking sites shamelessly speculated. Some even peeked at smartphones in class for the latest reports. But…
All signs point to the Windmill Theatre Company’s debut production, “Farragut North,” being a resounding success. Each of the three evening performances, held April 25-27, were filled to capacity, some nights requiring emergency overflow seating. Provost Stephen Miles attended the production and was so impressed…
87 percent of schools teach sexual education with a focus on abstinence and one in four teens receive abstinence education without any accompanying instruction on birth control. The recent news flurry surrounding George Washington High senior Katelyn Campbell, of West Virginia, has brought national media…
The police cruiser radio station was set to “Wild 94.1, the Bay’s party station.” Officer Adam DeSantis sat in the driver’s seat preparing for the weekend’s wall. “I like working Walls because I get to know the students; that’s important to me,” he said. At…
