The first New Music New College concert of the season will take place on Saturday, Sept. 18th at 8:00 p.m. The concert will be held at the Mildred Sainer Pavilion and feature guitarist and composer, Andrew Mckenna Lee and percussionist, Michael McCurdy. It is free…
Nearly every night on strolls to the bay, New College students can witness a great blue heron wading in the water near the dock. This heron has a long, graceful neck, grayish white feathers and is normally sighted alone. The heron has become a character…
On Aug. 26, the Princeton Review featured New College of Florida in “The Best 373 Colleges: 2011 Edition” for the ninth consecutive time, according to the Office of Public Affairs. NCF received rankings in 13 categories. The college was ranked ninth for “Professors Get High…
Over the years, bell hooks has established herself as a leading feminist scholar and an accomplished author, and beginning in March of 2011, she will be joining the New College of Florida faculty. hooks, who refuses to capitalize her name so that people will focus…
photo courtesy of Joe Richard Members from various groups untied to protest outside of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville on Sept. 11. A small non-denominational church with roughly 50 members caused a worldwide uproar this past week with plans to host “International Burn a…
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Charlene Challahan has been working on a plan to improve efficiency, faculty morale and interdisciplinary studies through reorganizing the way New College’s academic divisions operate. For the plan to reach fruition, the school’s faculty would need to voice…
When first year students James “Grayton” Cloos and Jamie Revollo placed an electric organ along side the bench, table and chairs in the mulch pad out side of their second court room, the two said that they could not have imagined the controversy that would…
photo courtesy of David Pedersen The champion crew, from left to right: David Pedersen, Doug Dearden and Tom Turner. New College’s Waterfront Manager David Pedersen, also known to Sarasota residents as the host of The Eclectic Blender, a weekly radio show on WSLR, 96.5 LPFM,…
Construction-weary Novocollegians breathed a collective sigh of relief last Wednesday when Palm Court reopened for pedestrian traffic and events. The plaza, affectionately enshrined in the New College Student Alliance (NCSA) Constitution as “the Center of the Universe,” was remodeled extensively over the summer — new…
Photo courtesy of Kaley Soud/Catalyst Serving quality food but paying for the convenience. As students go about their day-to-day business at New College it is only a matter of time before their academic enthusiasm begins to flag and they are accosted by an uncomfortable grumble…
