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…
The end of the COVID-19 era is at hand. Governor Ron DeSantis announced on March 25 via Twitter that vaccinations would be available to all adults over 40 on March 29. Additionally, on April 5, all adults over 18 years of age will become eligible…
Travel internationally amid the Covid-19 pandemic seems to be a challenging or even absurd idea. But it doesn’t mean that globalization is put to a halt altogether. Instead, we can travel with artifacts, in material and symbolic ways. Globalization is not an abstract concept: it…
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, administration decided earlier this semester to abolish the typical consecutive five day break for isolated spring break days throughout the semester between February to April: Monday, Feb. 22, Friday, March 12, Monday, March 22, Tuesday, April 6 and Wednesday,…
The recent initiatives unveiled to improve hours and food variety reveal only part of a broader story about meal plans, contracts and commissions.
As the spring 2021 semester reaches its halfway mark, New College makes plans for the future concerning in-person and online classes, and other matters related to COVID safety. Here are the details from the Towne Hall meeting on Friday, Feb. 26. The Nuances of “Going…
At the end of ISP, New College’s native, medicinal and butterfly-attracting garden—called the NatiMediFly for short—emerged from its metaphorical chrysalis after five intrepid students renovated what was once an overgrown, brambly maze and restored it to a lush, sweet-scented and pollinator-friendly community space. Second-years London…
Since the summer of 2020, there has been a spotlight on the ways that various communities allow the police to do their job, behave and interact with civilians. New College is no exception: the injustices that took place over the summer pushed the administration to…
Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs Mark Stier announced on Feb. 4 that, based on national COVID-19 vaccine deployment, New College administration was anticipating a return to “normal operations” by fall 2021. While several details are still up in the air, the Fall 2021 housing…
The campus police department has evolved and changed with New College over the years. While tensions between students and police have fluctuated throughout the years, the trend downwards of the average age of new officers and a national shift in the attitude towards police has…
