The easiest thing to judge a college on are the quantitative facts—how expensive it is, the student to faculty ratio, how much money is spent per student, etc. However, not everything can be neatly summed up in a simple statistic. An important element of any…
There are 11 dorm buildings on campus, where roughly four out of every five students regularly reside. On-campus housing is the largest expense that an in-state student will pay and will very likely be increasing for the 2020-2021 academic year. The Board of Trustees (BOT)…
Hurricanes, epidemics, fires or radioactive waste alike would all hamper normal the class schedules. It is important to have contingency plans for the various and sundry hazards that could stop New College from functioning like normal. Emergency plans are what keeps a given situation from…
Income inequality has become an important issue in the Democratic primary, with candidates such Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in particular lamenting the role and wealth of billionaires in American life. In sharp contrast to their denunciations, Michael Bloomberg, the twelfth richest man in…
The student-run café by the anthropology lab, Four Winds, has closed. The Four Winds has been a fixture of the campus since it was founded in 1996, but over the past year its future became uncertain. From its origins as an independent study project (ISP),…
On Jan. 31 the New College Law Society (NCLS) sent a team of ten students to Orlando for the weekend to participate in a mock trial tournament. This was the first team from New College to compete in a mock trial tournament ever. They left…
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister and current interim Prime Minister, was indicted on three corruption cases on Nov. 21, making him the first Israeli Prime Minister to be indicted in office. These charges come at a particularly complex time, as Israel’s parliament, the…
Impeachment has not been a common procedure throughout American history. There have only been two articles of impeachment filed against presidents in American history, one against Andrew Johnson and one against Bill Clinton. Richard Nixon resigned before his could be voted on in the House…
A little extra money is not something that many college students would easily pass up. A bank account is like the top of an hourglass: slowly but surely, it drains away. Many students would be interested in a job, and even better if it’s on…
New College boasts myriad clubs: the website proudly claims over 60 clubs are in operation and the directory nears this aspirational number with 42 clubs listed, only a few of which are defunct. However, if none of the clubs present interest a student, or they…
