Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) provides students with an environmentally friendly transportation option to access groceries, explore off campus locales and reliably get to work on time. With buses running throughout the week from around 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. depending upon the bus route,…
When alumna Naomi Campa (‘06) was a student, the letter dorms had not been built, Viking dorm still existed and the student body was made up of a scant 650 students. This year, Campa returns to campus as the visiting assistant professor of classics, taking…
Wednesday, Oct. 9, the New College community will come together to host a benefit for Maya McKibbin by providing lunch for a $5 donation. McKibbin, who is the daughter of Physical Plant Maintenance Mechanic Adam McKibbin, is battling Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare type of bone…
Upcoming trends paraded down the runway at New York Fashion Week, forecasting what looks will be hot for spring. Clothing, accessories, makeup and hair were at their most avant-garde, styles that will filter down in the next few months until they end up on the…
Awards season is underway. Oscar winner Ron Howard (last nominated for “Frost/Nixon” in 2008) returns to the field with the Formula One racing drama “Rush,” while nominee Denis Villeneuve (2010’s “Incendies”) has unveiled his first English-language film, the provocative thriller “Prisoners.” ‘RUSH’ “Rush” reunites…
Students arrived in Palm Court around 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18, sitting down and chatting in groups. These Novocollegians turned out to participate in one of the school’s venerable traditions – the Towne Meeting. “Committees I’ve run in the past have been more regimented,”…
Perhaps one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, when it comes to the field of global health care, is health care delivery management. Over the past ten years there have been a number of medical and technological advances, however, there has been less…
The road to fame has not been smooth for indie band fun., but taking a look around the University of Central Florida (UCF) Arena on Sept. 19, it is clear that their moment in the sun has arrived. Seats at the Arena sold out for…
Established in 2007, the Ringling Art Library offers both students and the Sarasota public resources dealing with art history. With its vast collection of “more than 85,000 volumes, exhibition and sale catalogs, and more than 100 current periodical titles.” Though patrons cannot check out anything from…
A strange combination of inexplicable surprises and predictable repeats characterized the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, which presented its awards on Sunday, Sept. 23. Below are some thoughts on those that were deemed worthy of television’s highest honor, and those that were not. Emmy voters sometimes…
