Despite record high temperatures, Florida hosted 79.1 million tourists in the first nine months of 2015, the largest count of visitors in that time than ever before in the state’s history. Gov. Rick Scott has accordingly proposed a $6 million increase for the state’s…
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…
With eight unsolved thefts, two student arrests, and one banned person this semester, some are left to wonder whether the biggest culprit might be the community itself. On Aug. 22, a student was arrested on-campus for possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana, possession…
The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law in 1990. It included a provision that those with disabilities have the right to public access to accommodations, a demand which went into effect for all new construction beginning in 1992. But at New College, most…
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared processed meats a cause of colorectal cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and conceivably a cause of stomach cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a group of international experts, published…
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…
While there are still plenty of people out there who confuse being a feminist with being a man-hating lesbian, New College students do not seem to be confused about what it means to be a feminist and why the world needs feminism. The New College…
On Thursday, Nov. 12 two suicide bombs erupted outside a Shiite mosque and inside a local bakery in Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least 41 people. Late Friday, Nov. 13, attacks in six locations across Paris killed more than 129 people. Since then, the Islamic State…
After a recent appearance of several inappropriate posters found around campus and threatening anonymous emails, Carlos Marcio Ramirez has taken responsibility for the actions, and has been given a No Trespass Order (NTO). A non-affiliated guest, Ramirez put the posters up and sent the emails…
