As students evacuated campus this March in response to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus, many were forced to leave behind nonessential items, such as furniture, decorations and dishware, knowing that as soon as the situation allowed, they would be able to return and finish packing…
On Tuesday, March 17, the New College administration made the rapid decision to close residence halls and transition to virtual learning for the remainder of the spring semester at the behest of Florida’s Board of Governors. This decision marked a sharp departure from previous plans…
Library staff have taken measures in the past two weeks to restructure various library services to function virtually and keep the Jane Bancroft Library open and running during the COVID-19 crisis. Dean of the Library Brian Doherty has instituted a visitation-by-appointment system, waived all library…
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…
Residential campus, from the typically busy and bustling Hamilton Center to the farthest reaches of Dort and Goldstein, was dead silent on the morning of Saturday Feb. 29—a clear indication that this semester’s highly anticipated Bacchanal Palm Court Party (PCP) was a major success. Friday…
As the sun was setting, the Black Box Theater summoned all students to take a moment to watch their peers perform under blue and purple lights while they strutted the runway in an array of unique outfits. A notable part of New College culture is…
Jessica Nabongo is an entrepreneur, travel blogger, brand influencer and self-proclaimed first Black woman to visit every country in the world. On March 3, she arrived in Sarasota to give a presentation organized by the SA[u]CE office and Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Ringling…
The glistening, royal violet skin of ripe mulberries greets curious foragers viewing the first frame of third-year Kendall Southworth’s interactive edible plant library, which was officially published on the New College website in February. The edible plant library is the combination of an interactive map…
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)…
First-years Lee Collings, Charley Frey and Javier Nunez have rekindled New College’s transgender support group, T Party, after the torch was passed along to them by original host, thesis student Elan Works. Collings, Frey and Nunez now aim to continue what Works had started and…
