No. B Dorm is not rapidly sinking into the ground, as some might say. Sitting pridefully as a bright blue beauty on the academic side of campus, B Dorm is the last remaining Palmer Building still used as a residential hall. Other than its location,…
Nearly a hundred students gathered in Hamilton “Ham” Center to witness Donald Trump become the next president of the United States. There are three things that bring New College students together (or draw them apart, depending on your perspective): forum wars, free food and election…
Over the summer, seven cameras were added to the residential side of campus totalling 101 cameras located on the campus. This, along with the recent mail theft and a trend of vandalism to student spaces, has led to a discussion on student safety and privacy…
“For the third consecutive year, New College did not score high enough on the Florida Board of Governors performance based metrics to receive performance funding,” President Don O’Shea wrote in the September State of the College Report. Our frustratingly low performance on state metrics has…
It is thought that if students of color have professors that look like them, success is more tangible. People of color who are attempting to gain access to jobs in academia face large hurdles in the hiring process and beyond. Despite minority groups in the…
Erika Thompson borrowed red spray-paint to write the word ‘Rapist’ on a Donald Trump sign. It was left to dry and put in the back seat of her car on the way to a Donald Trump rally held in Sarasota the day before the Nov.…
“Art goes unappreciated and unpaid,” agreed the Four Winds co-managers, Sophia Schultz and Ava Howard. This was intentionally not the case this past Saturday evening at the Four Winds’ student art show, an event the café would like to see become a recurring tradition. Both…
A couch and a microphone faced the room, Christmas lights were strung across the walls while one large rainbow colored pride flag and one pink, blue and white trans pride flag hung from the ceiling. The couch faced rows of chairs that were quickly filled…
After response to a guest of a student wearing a Nazi costume on campus, the importance of community standards seems more relevant than ever. For those interested in becoming community leaders, expanding personal knowledge and creating dialogue about important issues - both on and off…
Last February, Professor Zhang met with Shi Kun, Director of the USF Confucius Institute, along with Professor of History Xia Shi and Professor of Chinese Language and Culture Fang-yu Li to discuss possible collaborations between New College and USF. These collaborations would work not only…
