New College continues to offer weekly COVID-19 tests on campus every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Record number of students in quarantine or isolation as students return to a new, Omicron-driven COVID-19 landscape

A record 10 students are, as of Feb. 10, being either quarantined or isolated on campus. This is according to the COVID-19 updates written by Vice President for Finance & Administration Chris Kinsley. Also according to those updates, the previous high was, when a distinct…

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February 15, 2022

A series of vague and confusing texts were sent to students at approximately 8:13 a.m. on Feb. 4, meant to alert them of an armed individual on campus.

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New College’s Emergency Alert System failure offers a crucial learning moment

Content warning: Discussion of an upsetting emergency incident, gun violence and an armed individual On Feb. 4, at 8:13 a.m., an emergency notification was sent to the student body, including text messages, phone calls and emails, warning students of “an incident” on campus and to…

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February 15, 2022

This week's SYSH aims to lift your spirits as we all settle into the spring semester.

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Songs You Should Hear: upbeat beginnings of the spring semester

After winter break and the Independent Study Project (ISP) period, everyone returns to the regular beat of classes, tutorials and extracurricular activities that overloads our Google calendars. This edition of Songs You Should Hear is packed with songs to get you out of bed and…

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February 15, 2022

The current location of the One-Stop Shop on the first floor of the Palmer D building.

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Finance, registration and records made easy: Introducing the One-Stop Shop

Financial aid, registration and accessing transcripts can all be confusing or frustrating systems to navigate in any institution. At New College especially, with its unconventional administrative channels and small staff, these processes can cause students much grief. However, the recently-implemented One-Stop Shop on the first…

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February 15, 2022

From left to right: DAC member and first-year Matthew Cseh, Student Mentor Advocate and second-year Ariella Russin and Vice President and third-year Gaz Miller.

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Disability Advocacy Club looking to boost student awareness in the spring semester

New College is host to several student-run clubs meant to bolster marginalized identities, some popular examples being the recently-formed People of Color Union (POCU) in the Fall 2021 semester and the Latinx Club, first established in Fall 2017. The Disability Advocacy Club (DAC) also recently…

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February 15, 2022

New Crew SRQ promotes itself as an inclusive and adaptive collegiate rowing club. Photo courtesy of Anton Khlopotov,

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New Crew’s journey towards inclusive rowing, featuring Oxford coach John Hill

Rowing coach John Hill from Oxford, England was teaching one of his adult beginner classes when he first heard about New College’s rowing team, New Crew SRQ, from a New College Foundation member. One Zoom call later with Founder and Head Coach of New Crew,…

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February 15, 2022

This semester has flown by, but these haikus written and submitted by students, faculty and employees let us here at the Catalyst look back on it fondly.

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Fall 2021 Finals Week Haiku Contest: Celebrating the end of another semester

Another semester has come to a close, and emotions are running high. Not only are students and faculty preoccupied with final exams and assignments, but this fall semester has marked something of a "return to normal" for New College—the resurgence of in-person classes, Walls, off-campus…

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November 30, 2021

As annoying as students may find the repeated emails requesting that they fill out their Instructional Evaluations, they're a pivotal way for students to make their voices heard in the academic sphere.

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What are Instructional Evaluations and why do you have to do them?

The end of a semester is always accompanied by the same emails from the Office of the Provost, in which the subject line reads: New College Instructional Evaluation for fill in the blank. In someone’s first semester on campus, it is very common for students…

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November 30, 2021

Winter break means many New College students are traveling home over state lines or internationally, which increases the possibility of getting sick. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

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How not to get sick over winter break

As the final days of November begin to get crossed out on the calendar and the page flips to December, so approaches the end of another year of the world battling COVID-19. Obviously, this time of year always comes with a lot of traveling and…

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November 30, 2021

Students participating in the January 2020 Coral Reef Ecology ISP disembarking off a boat in Panama. Photo courtesy of Dan Duprez.

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ISP tips and advice, from upperclassmen to first-years

Independent study projects (ISPs) are one of the many academic practices unique to New College of Florida. As the name suggests, it is a primarily student-led process. Students propose their own project, write the parameters for which they’ll be evaluated, find a faculty sponsor for…

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November 30, 2021