After three hours of deliberation, the Board of Trustees (BOT) decided on Tuesday, April 20 to name Dr. Patricia Okker as New College’s first-ever female president.
“I want to start by saying my name is Jane Fernandes and my pronouns are she/her and I also use inclusive they/them,” the candidate for the New College presidency said, addressing a crowd of students on a Zoom webinar on April 1. “But the pronouns…
Mary Ruiz, the chair of the presidential search committee, assured concerned students that guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would be followed at a dinner for presidential candidate Alan Shao and members of the committee on Monday, March 29 at the Keating…
Two members of the New College Student Alliance (NCSA) executive cabinet traveled to Tallahassee to against Senate Bill 86 on Tuesday, March 16 at the Capitol. Among other changes to financial aid, the bill would cut Bright Futures scholarships for students studying topics that don't…
“I want to talk about the fear that the New College mission is fragile,” Board of Trustee (BOT) Chair and Head of the Presidential Search Committee Mary Ruiz said. The date is March 11, and after three grueling days of Zoom interviews with 12 presidential…
The recent initiatives unveiled to improve hours and food variety reveal only part of a broader story about meal plans, contracts and commissions.
This article is the second in a two-part series about the recent intrusions into dormitories on the residential side of campus. Read the first article that focuses on student experiences and administration’s immediate response here. After a series of late-night intrusions into students’ dorms set…
Content warning: discussion of traumatic events Real names withheld at the discretion of the Catalyst to protect the privacy of individuals affected by this situation. “Julia” was doing laundry on a Saturday afternoon in late September when she heard someone walk into the…
Greg Cruz in front of SOP's shower trailer.All pictures Willa Tinsley/Catalyst In a city once named the “meanest” in the nation toward the houseless, Streets of Paradise (SOP) is a bright light in the dark. Sarasota’s humble grassroots initiative has grown rapidly over the past…
Before the school year started, second-year Cecilia Spaugh thought that campus would quickly be shut down because of a COVID-19 outbreak. But as weeks progressed without any cases, she thought the college had made it and everything was okay. “I was convinced that we weren't…
