Last December, UF students held a rally to demand that Gov. Rick Scott veto the "preeminence" bill, which would allow universities to charge market-rate tuition. Many responded angrily to UF president Bernie Machen's advocacy of the bill. After working in the Registrar’s Office for 20…
Over the past five years, all Florida public universities have had funds cut again and again, but two of the state’s top universities have decided that if legislature will not hand over the green, the students are going to pay. On Thurs. Apr. 12, Florida State University (FSU) president Eric Barron and University of Florida (UF) president Bernie Machen lobbied Governor Rick Scott to sign Florida’s “preeminence” bill (HB 7129) — a law that would allow certain universities to increase yearly tuition higher than the current 15 percent cap. With the bill enacted, universities that fit 11 of the 14 requisites designated to accredit a nationally ranked research institution could set a “market-tuition” — giving them the ability to request unlimited tuition increases from their boards of trustees and the Board of Governors for any given year.
all photos courtesy Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst The farmer's market at the Shell gas station right by New College campus will be shutting down this week, unless the owner, Tim Huffman, can find a new location. Huffman said he would like to work with New College to…
Indoor mold is never pretty. In many parts of the world, it is largely unavoidable, especially in humid climates such as Florida's. For thesis student Michael Conlen, however, mold represented more than a stubborn eyesore. “I would cough so hard that I would vomit,” Conlen…
Last week, Iran met with the United Nations Security Council permanent members plus Germany in Istanbul in another attempt at a diplomatic resolution on Iran’s Nuclear Program. However, at the same time that Iran announced its return to the diplomatic table, the country also completed…
Readers are asked to be aware and warned that this article may contain triggering material. Please proceed with caution. April 1 marks the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness month in the United States of America and in the wake of the tidal wave of concern…
Her first job was as a four-year-old hostess at a steak house her dad managed. Now, after years of having worked with her restaurateur parents, thesis student Johannah Birney is ready to take on the challenge of being the new Four Winds manager beginning in…
The fifth annual All Power to the Imagination! (API) conference begins Fri., Apr. 20 and ends on Sun., Apr. 22. On Friday and Saturday, the conference will run from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with a lunch break in between, while API will end by…
Along with additional and returning faculty for the next academic year (see box), several faculty promotions have been awarded. Professor of Economics Tarron Khemraj and Professor of Mathematics Necmettin Yildirim have both been promoted from assistant to associate professor, along with receiving tenure. Professor of…
On Sun. Apr. 22, also known as Earth Day to the environmentally conscious, New College’s Council of Green Affairs (CGA) will be hosing the first-ever “Free Market” at the Four Winds — in collaboration with the Four Winds Make Fair — from 1:00 p.m. until…
