Heroin use has increased dramatically in the U.S. over the past decade. Between 2006 and 2013, a study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) revealed that the number of first-time heroin users doubled from 90,000 to 169,000. Health care providers wrote more…
Try to imagine infinity. Now imagine everything that can possibly happen over a limitless amount of time and jam most of it into just one percent of infinity’s timeline, leaving the rest empty by comparison. This is what it is like to imagine the…
Signs reading “Go Green, Keep it Clean” and “Keep Florida Above Water” bobbed down the Sarasota Bayfront and up the Ringling Causeway during a climate change march this past Sunday, Nov. 29. Sarasota-Manatee residents joined in on one of more than 1,500 Global Climate…
This November saw the hottest temperatures in the area since 1946, a record that may be the result of several Gopher tortoise sightings on campus, many of them close to the restoration area along the Dort Promenade. Although these tortoises may seem to…
SUBMITTED BY SARA MINEO Dust swirled around the two crowned men standing in the center of the battlefield, their swords raised. It is the year 1314, and the King of the Scots Robert the Bruce, has led his army in the first battle of Scottish…
The New College Student Alliance (NCSA) met with student representatives from Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD) and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee (USF-SM) on Monday, Nov. 9 to discuss future collaboration between the three schools. One of the meetings objectives was…
Imagine working 40 hours a week and only having a budget of $17 a day. After taxes, housing, utilities, car payments, credit card bills and childcare expenses are paid, this is the budget of a minimum wage worker who is currently paid $8.05 an…
BY GIULIA HEYWARD AND JASMINE RESPESS Ben Carson’s “Heal+ inspire + revive” slogan struck a chord with the citizens of Sarasota as policemen shouted, a senior citizen fell to the floor, and news crews dove to the front of the room while Carson calmly…
Occurring in more than 20 countries around the world with more than four million participants, Relay for Life is an organized fundraising walk that honors the victims and celebrates the survivors of cancer. While students at New College have participated in Relay for Life in…
The International Career Development Seminar, an all-day workshop open to the entire Sarasota community, annually hosts numerous speakers to discuss work opportunities abroad. In celebration of United Nations (UN) Day and the organization’s 70th anniversary, the seminar was held last Saturday, Oct. 24 in…
