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As rally nears, Sarasota’s Boar’s Head More than120 love for Trump becomes now open participants weekends apparent in this year’s schoolwide Secret
Santa With Thanksgiving drawing ever so near, the holidays are getting closer and closer, and many New College students are feeling the holiday spirit, signing up to be a part of the school-wide Secret Santa. Thesis student Tricia Johnson has organized the Secret Santa event for three of her school years at New College, coordinating it her first, second and now fourth year. “I started it my first year, because somebody was talking about it and how it wouldn’t be done anymore, so I said ‘OK, I’ll do it,’” Johnson said. “I’m doing it this year, figuring that it will be a good basis for someone to extend it after I’m gone.” Those who sign up are asked about what their likes, dislikes and notable allergies are so that their assigned gift-giver can give them a gift that they will actually like. The participants and their mailboxes are compiled onto a spreadsheet and then assigned in pairs with a random number generator. Gifts are recommended to be anywhere from $5 to $15, and can be just about anything – that can fit in the recipient’s mailbox, that is. “Just a small gift that shows that you care and that you are extending the holiday spirit to somebody,” Johnson said. “People have given all sorts of cool things – homemade stuff, cards, books, food, gift cards, anything like that.” More than 120 people have signed up to participate in the “kinda-third annual campus-wide gift exchange” this year. Even though the sign-up for the gift exchange was originally meant to close on Nov. 13, the high demand has kept it open, and any interested students can still sign up for participation via the forum.
With Donald Trump coming to Sarasota Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 28, to campaign at the Sarasota Fairgrounds at noon, Sarasota’s connection with Trump is undeniable. While Trump is well established realestate wise all across Florida, there might not be a place in the state that Trump is better established in politically. Sarasota is majority Republican, but not by too much. Whereas there are 85,331 voters registered as Democrat in Sarasota, there are 118,613 registered Republicans, 45 percent of which are made up of people 65 years or older. Despite many experts predicting Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush to lead the Republican polls, Trump has been leading the polls – holding 36 percent of the Republican vote – with Rubio in second place at 18 percent. On Oct. 23, Donald J. Trump for President campaign announced that it would open a campaign office in Sarasota, which would act as the state headquarters. While no official location has been named, several possibilities
have been mentioned about establishing the office on Tamiami Trail, Fruitville Road, or Clarke Road. In addition, the announcement named Sarasota GOP Chairman Joe Gruters as the Florida Chairman of Donald J. Trump for President campaign. Gruters has been a longstanding Trump supporter, aiding him to be the first two-time Sarasota GOP “Statesman of the Year” award winner in both 2012 and again on May 21 of 2015. The GOP frontrunner has a long history with the city of Sarasota, and the Donald J. Trump for President campaign’s clear intentions to make the city his state-wide headquarters ensures that Sarasota and Trump will be in close contact, highlighted by his campaign rally the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Information from the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative, and the Florida Department of State
Brussels on lockdown in search for ISIS suspect Brussels, the capital of Belgium, has been in lockdown for three full days now while the authorities search for Salah Abdeslam, who is wanted in connection to the Paris terrorist attacks. Belgian officials have put the city’s terrorism alert to the highest level which indicates a “serious and immediate threat.” Schools have been closed, and officials have ordered Brussels residents to stay sheltered indoors and to avoid public spaces. Around 1,000 police officers and soldiers have been deployed during the lockdown, carrying out numerous raids and occupying many public places in order to ensure safety. The city was put on lockdown Nov. 21 “based on quite precise information about the risk of an attack like the one that happened in Paris,” Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said. “Where several individuals with arms and explosives launch actions, perhaps even in several places at the same time.”
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Salah Abdeslam entered Belgium on Nov. 15, the morning after the terrorist attacks in Paris, but his whereabouts are unknown as of yet. However, raids have taken place all over the city, searching not just for Abdeslam, but for a network of local Islamist militants additionally linked to the terrorist attacks in Paris. Several ISIS members and people found in connection to the Paris terrorist attacks have been traced back to Belgium. The country of only 11 million has the highest number per capita of militants fighting in Syria and Iraq, according to experts. The subway system was the first city service to be closed when the alert was raised, and over the several days of lockdown businesses have remained closed. More than 20 people have been detained throughout the lockdown, and as it stretches on into its fourth day authorities have eased but not withdrawn their operations.
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While Boar’s Head will be closed for Thanksgiving weekend, throughout the rest of the school year Metz plans to have the convenience store and the beverages open for business from 2-4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. In addition, the food service is hoping to implement their new pizza delivery service by the start of next semester. Up until a couple weeks ago, the store had been kept closed on the weekends, with the only food service option available being the weekend lunch and dinners. The sandwich line will not be open during weekend hours, unless sales demand it for Metz. The weekend hour Boar’s Head sales, however, have not been as substantial as expected for Metz. “We started opening the store on the weekends from 2-4 a couple of weeks ago,” General Manager of Food Services Bill Moore said. “Sales have been kind of low […] I expected them to be higher, but from what I understand, the word just wasn’t out there yet. “If we see the need for the sub line, we would do it, but right now we just don’t see the sales.” Many people, including this writer, have called into Boar’s Head in excitement for their new pizza delivery service, only to find out that the service is not available yet. The service is hoped to be up and running with the start of next semester, and will deliver pizza right to students’ rooms. While the pizza making service is ready to go, the logistics of the matter are still being sorted out – specifically the group fundraising Metz is implementing. “Right now what we are waiting for is the college to set up the groups,” Moore said. “Say, for the Catalyst, for every pizza delivered you get $2 for your group, to be used by the group. “We will write up the checks and send them to the organizations for them to do good with,” he continued. “It [the pizza delivery service] isn’t just a win situation for us, it is also a win situation for the students and to help fundraising for these organizations.” With all of winter break and ISP available to smooth out the group situation, Metz plans to have the service up and running by the start of the next semester. Direct submissions, letters, announcements and inquiries to: The Catalyst 5800 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, Florida 34243 ncfcatalyst@gmail.com
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Campus begins construction to meet ADA requirements BY BIANCA BENEDI 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 of the buildings on campus were constructed decades before the 1992 deadline and several of them are considered historic properties, which have significantly less stringent requirements. As a result, very little of the school’s campus meet any ADA requirements. Doors are too narrow, ramps are located in inconvenient locations or are completely absent, and mental health accommodations can be a struggle to be granted, and then followed up on. But this semester, with the work of thesis student and Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Raina Nelson, the Disability Services Coordinator Meighan Hopton, and Physical Plant heads Alan Burr and Alan Dawson, the campus is, bit by bit, coming up to code. The first big change took place in the Spring, with the CWC and Housing announcing increased accommodations for students with emotional service animals (ESA) as well as allowing dogs to qualify as ESAs. This change has already changed the campus landscape—a new dog park was installed beside Goldstein dorm to accommodate the new canines, all of whom live on the first floors of
Dort and Goldstein. But the physical construction needed to meet ADA standards are slightly harder to achieve. Nelson has been leading the charge in addressing the work that needs to be done on campus. “Something I consider a priority is making sure that people with disabilities can easily enter any space on campus,” Nelson said. “That seems really basic, but it’s necessary to lay that out, because it hasn’t been done.” One of the most recent victories has been with the Four Winds café. Nelson worked with Physical Plant to prioritize the construction of a ramp to accommodate the single step leading to the front entrance of Four Winds from Dort promenade. Previously, a student who needed ramp access to the Four Winds would have to travel around through the parking lot next to the Social Sciences office, an inconveniently long detour. And the installation of an automatic door opening button has completed the construction to the entrance of Four Winds, as well as kickstarted a project to begin installing automatic door openers across campus. “So far, only the one for Four Winds has been installed. But there are about five automatic door openers coming to ACE.” The library installed a button for the front entrance during summer, but Nelson noticed with frustration that buttons that were previously located in the bathrooms inside the library had
O’Shea wins mathematics award BY PARIESA YOUNG College President Donal O’Shea, along with fellow mathematicians David Cox and John Little, won the American Mathematical Society’s Leroy P. Steele Award for Exposition for their book “Ideals, Varieties and Algorithms” ( abbreviated to CLO, for the last initial of each author). Released in 1992 and now in its fourth edition, CLO is widely known as a guide to algebraic geometry which makes the complex and abstract subject more accessible to students and researchers. The authors began writing the book in 1988 to provide background to undergraduate students who, years before, would not have been able to understand algebraic geometry without sophisticated theoretical tools. Over the last four editions, the authors have continued to open up this complex topic to undergraduate students and researchers. “Algebraic geometry has a
reputation for being impenetrably technical and abstract. By requiring only linear algebra as a prerequisite, the book by Cox, Little and O’Shea invites a broad audience of readers into this central branch of mathematics,” the American Mathematical Society said in a press release. O’Shea was a mathematics professor at Mount Holyoke College for more than 30 years before he came to New College in 2012. In 2008, O’Shea also received the Peano Prize for his book “The Poincaré Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the Universe.” The Steele prize in mathematical exposition is a highly prestigious award with a prize of $5,000. “Many wonderful books and papers in mathematics have appeared in the last few decades, and those singled out by the Steele prize are among the best,” the authors said in their response to the award. “Having our book listed in this company gives us great pleasure, and we are deeply touched by the citation.”
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The Four Winds café’s new automatic door opening button marks the beginning of a project that will total seven new buttons.
been removed, leaving only one ADAaccessible bathroom on the first floor and none on the second floor. “My next major goal is to tackle issues on the residential side of campus,” Nelson said, citing the notorious slick tiles located across the Pei campus as a particular problem. Nelson also wants automatic door opening buttons installed in the dorms currently labeled handicap accessible, and making sure all ADA-labeled rooms are up to code. Some projects, like College Hall,
are much more complicated to navigate. “College Hall is a kind of a pain in my butt,” Nelson said. “Because College Hall is a ridiculous pink marble mansion, it would cost upwards of a quarter million dollars to install an elevator.” “Unfortunately,” Nelson noted, “College Hall is grandfathered into the school as a kind of historic building, so fixing it is not required. Because of this, it just isn’t a top priority to the school.”
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Meet your meat: the environmental impacts of the meat industry BY HALEY JORDAN 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 finding and named red meat a “probable” cause of cancer as well. The meat industry, however, poses a myriad of threats to human health beyond its carcinogenic properties. The U.S. food production system uses about 50 percent of the total U.S. land area, approximately 80 percent of the fresh water, and 17 percent of the fossil energy used in the country. The report by IARC said 50 grams of processed meat a day (less than two slices of bacon) increases the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18 percent. Processed meat is meat that
has been modified to either extend its shelf life or alter its taste. Common processing methods include smoking, curing and adding salt or preservatives. High temperature cooking can also create carcinogenic chemicals. The publication is not unlike past research on the health effects of meat consumption. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that vegetarians and vegans have a “lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease, lower blood cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, lower rates of hypertension and type 2 diabetes, lower body mass indexes as well as lower overall cancer rates.” Meat production also has a marked effect on the environment. Methane produced by cows contributes enormously to air pollution, while grazing animals leave once fertile land barren and unusable. Each cow on average releases between 70 and 120 kg of methane per year. Methane is
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NCF students March to bay in solidarity with Mizzou BY JASMINE RESPESS Due to racial tension erupting nationally, specifically the recent events at the University of Missouri campus, New College students held a march to the bay as an act of solidarity with Mizzou’s black students. The march occurred on Nov. 20, and was attended by more than 20 students as well as members of the sociology department, including Professors Sarah Hernandez and Queen “Mecca” Zabriskie. Provost Stephen Miles was also in attendance. The march was followed by a conversation in College Hall on what could be done to deal with racism on New College’s campus. Ideas, opinions and reactions were provided by members of the New College community. Some of the issues that were addressed by the group included desires for safe spaces, the need for qualified professionals who can help students deal with issues of diversity, as well as specific ways that diversity on campus can be increased. Some strategies that were presented included increasing the number of black faculty on campus, as well as connecting to more local institutions that could lead to more people of color joining the school. Other initiatives included the implantation of
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“I attended to show support for the students of color across the country and within our school who are not treated with the respect they deserve,” Third-year Christina Harn said. “I also wanted to go to support the work Carl put into organizing the event, and honor his effort although he could not be there.”
support programs for people of color. A major point that was reiterated throughout the meeting was that, even if diversity were increased, there would need to be systems in place to support people of color. “Organize your demands. Make them short-term and long-term,” Professor Zabriskie said. “Separate them on the student level and the Institutional level.” Concerns about the practices and hiring requirements in regards to
Student Affairs were also discussed. Many students said that when they did make complaints or voiced their concerns their statements fell on unhearing ears. The march and subsequent meeting were led by thesis student and Vice-President of Diversity and Inclusion Raina Nelson. “Sometimes strength in numbers [works],” Nelson said. “Getting multiple
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Proposed USF-SM expansions remind some of complicated times BY KATELYN GRIMMETT 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 be wondering around lost, they are not far from a 6.6 acre gopher tortoise conservation habitat. In the early days of 2003, New College of Florida (NCF) was in the midst of a divorce with University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee (USFSM). The USF-SM administration had the arduous task of finding an area of land to rebuild on that was close enough to the NCF campus for the students to have access to the still shared Jane Bancroft Cook Library, Counseling and Wellness Center and recreational facilities. The school quickly claimed part of the Crosley property, the location of the campus today. They soon found, however, that a large population of gopher tortoises stood in the way of construction. “When USF-SM decided that they wanted to build a new campus on the Crosley property several of us raised objections because of the gopher tortoises and other special features of the coastal scrub habitat there, an
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increasingly rare habitat,” Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Morris said. At the time, Morris worked in the Environmental Studies program. “We actually went ahead and filed a challenge to their campus plan and ended up with a legal challenge and a settlement that all the parties agreed to about setting aside an area of coastal scrub for the gopher tortoises.” There were multiple reasons for arguing against USF-SM building on the Crosley location. USF-SM is solely a commuter campus and so the lack of traffic lights or cross walks where students turn into the campus location was perceived as a danger. Further, the area allotted is relatively small for the USF-SM student population which now exceeds 4,000. “There were a number of faculty
who lived in the uplands and they weren’t crazy about seeing this habitat converted into a developed area, even if it was a college,” retired Environmental Studies director Jono Miller said. Miller currently resides in the area. “These were very complicated times, we were sharing this physical property with USF-SM and there was a lot of tension between the USF managers and New College managers and so in some ways it was going to be better to be physically separated for everyone,” Morris said. The Crosley Property was undeveloped at the time and Manatee County maintained a goal of conserving the Crosley home and grounds as a
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A faculty meeting was held in Sudakoff on Wednesday, Nov. 18. The Educational Policy Committee (EPC) passed a new motion that alters the narrative evaluation structure in an effort to streamline the process of sending transcripts to outside institutions. The committee includes New College Student Alliance (NCSA) student representatives thesis student Ganga Braun, third year CJ Lee, and second-year Jade Scheinwald. Braun provided the Catalyst with a list of what students should know about the new initiative: t &WBMVBUJPOT XJMM OPX CF TQMJU into two sections, one for external review and another for internal review. t ɥ F FYUFSOBM SFWJFX TFDUJPO will be similar to the previous evaluation system in that it can be released to other institutions at the discretion of the student. t 'BDVMUZ DBO DIPPTF UP QVU the majority of the evaluation there, or just put a few lines. In the latter case, most of the evaluation will go in the second internal review section. This will not be released to other institutions and is solely for review between the student and their advisor unless the student prints and mails it out. t ɥ F BQQFBM QSPDFTT GPS evaluations will stay constant. t ɥ F OFX QSPDFTT XJMM CF instated with the next cohort of students, and faculty will go through training in the spring. There are two major rationale points for switching to the new system. The first is that there is no official way to send evaluations to other institutions for medical school, study abroad, etc. In the past, students would need to go through the myNCF portal to the Student Evaluation System (SES) to print evaluations, which would get kind of messy. The second reason is that the current state of evaluations is not consistent. Braun gave examples of evaluations from previous years saying “Evaluation to follow” and spelling mistakes. The new process aims to ameliorate that issue in that professors will consider the fact they are writing to an audience rather than just the student. Last Friday, EPC representatives hosted a discussion about the policy change out front of the ACE building. They encourage students with any questions to contact one of the representatives.
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Seeing red: Paul Ryan ascends to House speakership BY DYLAN PRYOR In the aftermath of John Boehner’s resignation from the House of Representatives speakership, Congress held an internal election on Thursday, Nov. 17 to appoint a new speaker of the House. Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, 45, beat out former speaker Nancy Pelosi and Daniel Webster to win the speakership in a widely predicted landslide victory of 236 votes. Ryan first worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative aide in 1992 and won his House seat in 1998. In 2012, he was the Republican nominee for vice president. Prior to being elected speaker, Ryan served as the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, where he focused on fiscal policy issues within the federal government, such as strengthening Medicare and Social Security. As the new speaker, Ryan will be tasked with uniting and organizing a divided House GOP membership. “He’s positioned himself to be a leading, if not the leading, spokesperson for the Republican Party nationally,” Professor of Political Science Keith Fitzgerald said. “Also, he managed to obtain very significant concessions from all factions of the Republican Party within the House, so he will be an unusually powerful speaker.” In his first speech, Ryan urged House members to acknowledge the importance of unity going forward.
“We are not solving problems,” Ryan stated. “We are adding to them. And I am not interested in laying blame. We are not settling scores. We are wiping the slate clean.” Although Ryan is confident in his ability to unify the House, in an increasingly polarized American government, uniting the many groups that compose the House will be no easy task. “I believe that he’s going to cause a split due to his Tea Party leanings,” first-year Dimitri Angelov said. “The main reason the tea party supported the 2012 presidential campaign was because he was the vice presidential candidate. So he’ll try to unite the House, but it’ll be a tough time for him.” Under Ryan’s speakership, the House will vote on a bill that would suspend the U.S. refugee program for Syrian and Iraqi refugees until tougher security measures are enacted. “He’s going to change the rules under which the House operates in a way that I think will have the appearance of giving more power to the back benchers, but in fact will give him more power,” Fitzgerald said. “So in a way, he’ll have his cake and eat it too.” If passed, the bill is poised to deepen the divide between the House Republicans and Democrats as the White House reported that President Obama would veto the bill, saying the certification requirement would only
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Paul Ryan is poised to become the voice of the Republican party.
“create significant delays and obstacles in the fulfillment of a vital program that satisfies both humanitarian and national security objectives.” Contrary to uniting the House, Ryan’s first act as speaker could lead to another government shutdown. Ryan’s new role will also prove vital for the Republicans in the upcoming presidential election, as the party will soon decide which candidate to nominate for the presidency. “Now as we go through this election, Ryan can really speak for the party until they have a candidate, so you know who the opposition is to President Obama,” Fitzgerald said. “So until we get to the convention, where you know who the official candidates
are for the two parties, we now know who each of the spokespersons are for each of the parties.” The question also remains as to whether Ryan sees the speakership as just another steppingstone on the path to becoming president, however Fitzgerald remains doubtful. “He may well come to recognize that this is a prize that while it’s not as great as being president, is truly significant,” Fitzgerald said. “So don’t think that the speakership is a launching pad for the presidency. It’s an awesomely powerful position for the person who knows how to use it, and he may be one of those people.” Information from this article was taken from cnn.com and house.gov.
No tipping, no problem? College students take on the ‘hospitality included’ initiative BY CAITLYN RALPH Some restaurants in New York City owned by mogul Daniel “Danny” Meyer are piloting a new “hospitality included” initiative, which is essentially just a euphemism for “no tipping.” Meyer’s restaurant, the Modern, rolled out the policy Thursday, Nov. 19. The restaurant raised its menu prices to compensate for the lack of tipping. Instead of the profits from tips funneling only to wait staff, the initiative will disperse the profits from the higher prices to all employees, including back-of-the-house cooks and dishwashers. It’s no secret that college students dine out frequently. Here are some students’ opinions on this new “hospitality included” policy.
“All of the articles about what’s happening in New York City, that’s very much New York City. That’s very much these very upper, higher-class restaurants, so you’re getting higher tips. They were talking about these waiters making $40,000 a year, that’s not the norm, it’s like $15,000 a year, so for this to happen in that kind of environment [New York City], I understand it … The way I see it is if they’re upset that the cooks aren’t being paid that much, they need to pay the cooks more, it’s not the fault of the waiters … “I definitely think there are a lot of cons to tipping … [but] also, sometimes, people are just kind of crappy and they don’t tip, they don’t think that they have to, they don’t understand that’s the way [wait staff] are supposed to make their money is through tipping because they don’t get paid minimum wage.”
Second-year Briana “Bree” Nieves Nieves is an employee at the Four Winds Cafe. This has been the café’s strongest year in tips, which Nieves attributes to the leadership of manager and alum Olivia Levinson (’11), and a more familial staff than in past years.
“I think it’s a great idea because it takes a lot of pressure off the staff. How big your tip is can be influenced by so many factors like who happens to sit at your table, whether they are easily pleased people, how fast the food is made, etc. I don’t think patrons should be barred from tipping altogether. If the service is outstanding then yes people should be rewarded for the effort they put into making your meal a great experience. In other countries, like Germany for example, the tip is included but you can still give them ‘trinkgeld’ which is basically like an extra tip … There’s no expectation because at the end of the day they’ll still make enough money to pay their bills.”
“Tipping is used a lot to take advantage of servers, employer’s withholding credit card tips, etc. On the other hand serving is about the only job that doesn’t require a high school degree that you can make a decent living off Second-year Kira Thoenes of because of our tipping culture. Tipping is always such an awkward Information for this article was taken Second-year Adilyne “Ady” McKinlay from usatoday.com and nytimes.com. McKinlay grew up in a restaurant interaction though, but one that family. Her mom has been a waitress for a benefits servers usually.” large part of her life.
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“I’m more giving with my tip, only because I understand more how stress can affect personalities and how you deal with people,” Nieves said when asked if working in food service affected the way she tips. “I would say that it made me a lot more cognizant, a lot more understanding. I mean I did it before, but [working food service] was the extra kick.”
Third-year Catherine Wooster Wooster has five years of experience as a server.
tSarasota Medieval Fairt 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 independence, known as the Battle of Bannockburn. The man standing opposite is Edward II, King of England backed by his English cavalry. What they don’t know is that the Scots are going to win this battle. They are going to overrun the English while Edward flees with one of his guards. Luckily for the English, the battlefield is just a chessboard, the year is actually 2015, and this is just a 30 minute reenactment of the two day bloodshed and carnage. This past weekend closed the 12th annual Sarasota Medieval Fair, an annual event that converts the
Ringling Woods into a medieval times market equipt with food stands, jousting tournaments, games, performances and merchants of every kind. This year, the organizers were prepared for record breaking attendance. “After producing twelve major medieval festivals, we have learned that advance planning in different stages allows us to keep our target opening date ready,” executive producer Jeremy Croteau said in a press release. “This truly is a labor of love.” Crowd favorites such as the musical act Cast in Bronze and comedy act the Washing Well Wenches returned this year along with a new jousting troupe The Knights of Valour. Patrons and employees alike participated in the festivities by dressing up in medieval period garb.
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A short fall break leaves students to Let's SWAlk About It find Thanksgiving accommodations How to Pull an AllNighter in 11 Easy Steps
BY JASMINE RESPESS Many NCF students are hitting the road and heading home for Thanksgiving, but for some, it is not possible to get back to their families for the holiday. For those who will stay on campus this Thanksgiving, there are many options in the community where students can get a holiday meal for free or for a very low price. Crager’s Family Diner, a homey Sarasota restaurant, is offering a whole turkey dinner for $10.99 or prime rib of beef for $14.99. Both will be served with homemade stuffing, cranberry sauce, real mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes, cut green beans and homemade rolls or cornbread. Columbia Restaurant on St. Armand’s Circle will offer a three-course turkey dinner for $21.95 per person. Similarly, Harry’s Continental Kitchens is offering a three-course turkey diner for $33.95, $27.95 for just an entree, and $45.95 for the meal along with wine pairings.
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There are many local places where students can get meals on Thanksgiving.
Students and members of the New College community can also volunteer on Thanksgiving. Sarasota-Manatee Meals on Wheels is always looking for people to help provide meals to the community.
Those interested in volunteering this season, or any other time, can look for avenues to donate food and other products such as toiletries.
The real nightmare of sleep deprivation BY SYDNEY KRULJAC Pulling all-nighters has become a sport at New College. And most students are participating in it. Although sleep deprivation might feel like an initiation into the “college life,” especially as finals approach, instead it’s a game to be forfeited. Americans in general have been sleeping less, and the typical college student is not getting enough sleep. On average, college students get between 6-6.9 hours of sleep per night, due to an activity involvement overload. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, inadequate sleep can affect a student’s health, mood, GPA and safety. “When we’re in college and we see everyone else is sleep deprived around us, we don’t take sleep deprivation seriously,” Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) Coordinator and Health Educator Amanda “Mandy” Parente said. “It’s kind of what is expected of college students.” The American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment conducted a sleep study with 43,000 student participants to understand the correlation between sleep and academic performance. The study found sleep deprivation can have effects similar to binge drinking and smoking marijuana, but can vary from person to person. “For me, it’s most noticeable when I don’t get any sleep at all, as opposed to an hour or two which is usual for me,” second-year Lily Solomon said. “If I really haven’t slept in 36 hours,
then I definitely feel drunk. It’s hard to concentrate my gaze on one thing, and when I move too fast, A.K.A normal speed, I get pretty light-headed and confused.” However, there are more nightmarish effects of sleep deprivation. Lack of sleep can contribute to severe emotional problems according to Dr. Steven Feinsilver, the director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Since appropriate amounts of sleep vary from one person to another, there is no telling how long someone can go without sleep, or how little sleep one must get to be considered sleep deprived. People are considered sleep deprived if they receive less sleep than they need to feel awake and attentive. Research over the years has shown people can become psychologically and physically damaged from lack of sleep. Some of the first effects of sleep deprivation can start small and even minor signs can affect a person’s cognitive and emotional function. Sleep deprivation can lead to a lack of positive emotion and can distort recognition of other peoples’ mood. A sleep-deprived brain may not be able to understand positive emotion as well as a well-rested brain might; for example, they may perceive someone’s happiness as neutral. “I hadn’t slept all last night or the day before, and I started getting really irritated at my roommate for making noise in her room, even though she’s my best friend and I would never normally feel that way. I knew it was only because
I was sleep-deprived, but I couldn’t make myself actually realize that emotionally. Once I got some sleep, however, all was well,” Solomon said. A single night of sleep deprivation can cause a person to experience an occurrence known as “microsleeps” the following day. A microsleep is when a person falls asleep for up to 30 seconds. In some cases, some people’s eyes remain open during the microsleep, however their sight is temporarily stunted. Research shows evidence of the brain inducing in an uncontrollable and rapid sleep state in which a person can force themselves awake, only to fall victim to another microsleep. This condition is dangerous, especially if operating a vehicle. “I have experienced microsleeps on a few occasions, but only when in extreme cases of sleep deprivation or when I have to do something like work a long day, or drive a long way,” Solomon said. In extreme cases, loss of sleep may lead to delirium, causing a person to become vulnerable to disorientation or hallucinations. “I’ve never hallucinated while awake, but I have often experienced sleep paralysis, which I think is maybe even more terrifying,” Solomon said. “Sleep paralysis happens for me when I’m trying to fall asleep after having not slept for at least 36 hours. When someone is in REM sleep, their body becomes paralyzed so that it can’t move
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1. Procrastinate Do you have a paper coming up? Look at the assignment sheet; if the date is any further away than a week, don’t worry about it! This week is for the things you have to get done this week. 2. Look at the Assignment Sheet: Oh-no, it’s Sunday night already! The paper’s due tomorrow! 3. Research: Okay, so what’s a topic you can pick? Like … the Maya? Yeah, this is gonna be awesome. Check the indexes in all your books, type “the maya” in Google Scholar, go through the databases and see what comes up. 4. Outline: All right, before you start writing, you need an outline to follow, but that shouldn’t be too hard. You’ve just got to—hmm. 5. Freewriting: You don’t need an outline; just start writing. Maybe you could do a freewrite, where you take 20-30 minutes to write about the topic without stopping at all. It forces your brain to go into your unconscious when you start feeling like you’re running out of things to talk about. 6. Outline: Now that you’ve got some words down, try to find a focal point. Coming up with a tentative thesis statement is a good place to start, and it’s generally a lot easier to come up with an outline when you have a direction to go in. 7. Pump Out Some Words: Start writing. It doesn’t have to be at the introduction; the best place to start is whatever you’re most passionate about—or whichever part you get the most. Either way. 8. Go For a Walk: Have you caught yourself rereading the same paragraph over and over for several solid minutes? Get some fresh air and clear your head. Wake your body up with a walk to the conveniently close bay front. 9. Get Back to Work: It’s late, and you’re tired, and your back hurts, your eyes hurt, and finishing this paper is the only thing that sounds better than sleep’s sweet embrace. But if you get it done, you don’t have to settle for second best. 10. Proofread: You’re almost there! Reread what you’ve written out loud (or if a friend can, all the better). Hearing your words out loud can help you find any quick-fix errors you might have missed before. 11. Turn That Shit In! You did it. Now go to sleep. BUT … to avoid situations like this in the future, please visit the Writing Resource Center. We’re happy to help you at any point in your process. Trust us, we’ve been there.
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Getting the story right: ‘Spotlight’ is a true love letter to journalism SUBMITTED BY DAVID CANFIELD A journalistic slow-burn in the vein of “All the President’s Men,” “Spotlight” sacrifices sweep for realism, and glorification for nuance. In tackling the Boston Globe’s revelatory reporting on the Catholic priest child molestation scandal, director Tom McCarthy provides an investigation of an entire city, one driven by complex calibrations of sympathy and affection. His is a movie of resolve – of a reporting team, of victims, of bystanders and of perpetrators finally goaded into doing what’s right. What we see are not acts of heroism, or even success. “Spotlight” shows people waking up, often by simply looking one another in the eye. In many ways, the film feels like a continuation of its director’s work. McCarthy sketches out his characters with striking specificity, observing how they connect, locate new sources of empathy and assert new beliefs and priorities through the magic of interaction. There’s always a rhythm to it, too – the pounding drum-playing of “The Visitor,” the chaotic wrestling duets in “Win Win.” In “Spotlight,” it’s the reporting: staff meetings surrounded by piles of clips stuffed in manila
folders, door-to-door questionings with neighbors and colleagues, library all-nighters and winless courtroom battles. The work is gritty, long, indefinite – but McCarthy hones in on the human side of things. An interview between a reporter and a local nearly always comes down to a “How’d you know?” – it could be shared knowledge of a neighborhood, a corner store, a high school teacher, a secret spot by the bay. For victims, there’s comfort in that mutual understanding; for the reporters, there’s horror in the building realization of a citywide epidemic they were too preoccupied – perhaps, too embedded in the system – to notice. “Spotlight” maintains a close focus on the particulars of the case, a procedural-like structure that serves a thematic purpose and deepens the film’s impact. Its middle stretch is all but consumed by interviews and conversations. Each takes place in a distinct location, and each is leveled with a distinct perspective. When local reporter Robby Robinson (Michael Keaton), the head of the special “Spotlight” investigative team, presses old acquaintances for information on the potential cover-up,
he’s either on the golf course or at a club gathering, surrounded by resistant insiders. Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), a zanier member of the team, meanwhile probes an Armenian lawyer demanding justice (played superbly by Stanley Tucci) – a self-described “outsider” – and they chat in sparsely populated restaurants, sipping on soup in-between silences. Every character in “Spotlight” feels just right, from the foods they eat to the places they frequent to the homes in which they dwell. That authenticity is what sets “Spotlight” apart. The film takes its story into the characters’ lives, and into the community’s spirit. The Globe team is strident, patient and incredibly meticulous, but their work is never treated with grandiosity. Rather, the film depicts reporting as the bridge between institutions and residents, from the elite to the public. The Boston Globe is “still very much a local paper,” as one character muses – a citywide chronicle trusted to act in the best interests of those it tells its stories to. The production is measured. Scenes are stitched together by the great Howard Shore’s (“The Lord of the Rings”) muted piano theme, a tasteful
and quietly moving compliment to moments of deep feeling. And the film is rich if, again, subtle in its imagery. Masanobu Takayangani’s evocative photography is detailed and personal, his master shots in the newsroom in particular flowing like a series of historical tableaux. “Spotlight” builds with cinematic force. A closing montage to “O Holy Night” runs the risk of turning treacly, for instance, before McCarthy smoothly fades into piano, the composition creeping back in with haunting unpredictability. This is a more thorough film than you might expect in that regard. McCarthy, through his masterful command, paints a picture that tells the underlying story: in showing Boston at its best and worst, and in avoiding easy characterizations, he elucidates with harrowing principle how the unthinkable stayed that way for so very long. McCarthy has described “Spotlight” as his “love letter to journalism.” His Boston feels, above all, lived-in – real. Strong sat. “Spotlight” is now playing at Regal Hollywood 20 and Lakewood Ranch Cinemas.
The Wonder Years start the last leg of their nationwide tour in Orlando BY CAITLYN RALPH Skinny jeans, gray Vans, dyed hair. “I haven’t looked like this since high school,” I said, cranking my head around to my little sister - the tie-dye Set It Off shirt-clad high schooler who smirked in satisfaction at my nostalgic dismay. We were preparing to see The Wonder Years, the patron saints, the guardians of modern day pop punk, a band whose records – a catalogue of both quantity and quality – will steal a place next to the forefathers of the genre’s canon years to come. Other bands have to be jealous of The Wonder Years. Their classy sound gets approval from everyone, attracting angsty teenagers, nostalgically angsty twenty-somethings, ironically snobby punk bloggers, middle-aged Green Day fans, magazines, critics, other bands, and my high school’s guidance counselor – who stood just a few places ahead of us in line. This diverse conglomeration met at the House of Blues Orlando last Friday, forming a neat line with an organized order that quickly dissipated as we piled on the venue’s floor. You Blew It!, a name New College should be familiar with, opened the tour. According to the band’s guitarist, the Orlando natives played the Bike Shoppe a few years back and often return to party at the Center of the Universe Parties (COUP). I don’t know how they actually formed, but You Blew It! posses that “a group of friends
who started a band in their backyard” vibe, exuding this “normal kid” aura. However, their average Joe style isn’t the full story. You Blew It! boast something special, perhaps a mixture of talent and charm, that separates their emo punk from similar groups and skyrockets their name on bills with The Wonder Years. Combining a nice array of songs with verses that allow for crowd participation and a frontman who rejects the traditional arrangement by standing stage right, You Blew It! exceeded expectations and are poised to continue their inclusion on big tours moving forward. State Champs, second on the bill, are in a weird spot. A strong frontrunner in pop punk that oddly enough just opened for boy band 5 Seconds of Summer in Australia, State Champs are embraced underground while also accumulating a fair share of more mainstream radio-ready fans. Either way, the band’s talent in taking traditional pop punk archetypes and doing them better than most counterparts shined in their performance. Frontman Derek DiScanio’s voice is one of the strongest in the scene right now, commanding the stage and conjuring an undeniably powerful presence that pushed their set to the next level. Entering with a Star Warsthemed intro, Motion City Soundtrack – yes, they are still alive and kicking – followed State Champs. A nerdy feel, represented by frontman Justin Pierre’s
thick-rimmed square spectacles and spiked up Jimmy Neutron hairstyle, stuck to their performance through tracks like “The Future Freaks Me Out” and “Capital H” – the latter about a superhero. While the tour boasted a tastefully cohesive lineup, each band attracted its own cohort of overzealous fans. This observation was emphasized during Motion City. A more established and therefore seasoned act, Motion City knew what its fans wanted and provided, leaving the performance to be the most fun I’ve had during a set when I didn’t really know a band’s material. The Wonder Years frontman Dan “Soupy” Campbell announced two anniversaries that occurred in 2015 on stage - one was the tenth anniversary of his band and the second was the tenth anniversary of Motion City’s album “Commit This to Memory.” This was no coincidence – without that genredefining album, The Wonder Years would have never existed. However, how does a band follow up its primary inspiration’s set? Well, if you’re The Wonder Years, you release an album like “No Closer to Heaven” and open with the anthemic intro “Brothers &,” which gracefully flows into “Cardinals,” an epic sing-along that bleeds more emotion than the scene has heard from a song in a while. The Wonder Years’ performance emphasized passion and pride in music. While some bands take a more lighthearted approach to their live
shows, The Wonder Years is much more grounded and serious – not in a boring way, but instead in a sincere and genuine way. The Wonder Years were able to gather their expansive collection of music into one concise set, spanning from their early album “The Upsides,” through “Suburbia I’ve Given You All and Now I’m Nothing,” and their last two releases “The Greatest Generation” and “No Closer to Heaven.” The latter two records prove that nowadays pop punk is more than just three chords – each song, while still staying true its roots, tells a story about comingof-age trials and tribulations, making their translation to live concert an experience. As soon as The Wonder Years plummeted into their first chorus, I was completely separated from my sister, clinging to a spot in the center third row and trying not to be crushed by the wave of people fervently singing the lyrics back to the band. Fans were in tears during the tragic “Cigarettes and Saints.” By The Wonder Years’ last song “Came Out Swinging,” a “crowdsurfer jam” dug a massive hole in the floor as fans collapsed under the arms of their peers. Like fans holding up crowdsurfers, The Wonder Years balance pop punk’s future on their shoulders; however, their performance last week proved that they are not letting the responsibility collapse to the venue floor.
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Preview: Upcoming New College chorus show BY ANGELA DUDA Guided by Professor Virginia Bray, an instructor of piano and music, members of the NCF chorus meet on Tuesday evenings and Sunday afternoons throughout the semester in preparation for a winter concert. The choir will perform several pieces of music in College Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Among these works are Ola Gjeilo’s “Ubi Caritas,” Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque” and Moses Hogan’s “Abide With Me.” “I have participated in New College choir for four semesters thus far, and I’m always very excited for our concerts,” thesis student Erika Folk wrote in an email. “We’ve worked especially hard this semester on our songs, and I would encourage anyone who enjoys choral music to come out and listen to us perform. The flowing and complex melodies of this year’s pieces are definitely something you’ll want to experience for yourself.” The concert will begin at 5:30 p.m. and end approximately one hour thereafter. Students, staff, faculty and friends are all encouraged to attend.
Residential college, residential problems BY BIANCA BENEDI The dorm landscape at New College has changed significantly in the last few decades. To be precise, the dorm landscape at New College has always been something that needs improving. Upon the school’s opening dorms were already a problem; students were housed in hotels for the first few months of the school year because construction in the dorms hadn’t finished. This school year came close to that again, with Housing reaching out to the nearby Holiday Inn to hold a block of rooms as a just-incase. A document from 1991 assessed the dorm situation on campus, and the struggles are familiar. The document A student in the Pei Campus in May 1998. breaks down the dorms individually, including a bed count of how many students can stay on campus. First court RA. B-Dorm held 32 students. The total could house, according to the document, space on campus was 309 beds. “Residential life is recognized to 80 residents: 76 in doubles, two RAs in singles, two held for Admissions be an important component of the showings, and three for singles (which New College experience. Therefore, the College is committed this author finds totals 81, not 80). Upon the school’s to requiring first-year students to live on The maximum opening dorms were campus,” the report occupancy for Pei, already a problem; reads. “In a truly following a similar system for both students were housed residential community, it is necessary for a critical second and third in hotels for the first mass of the population to court, was 250 live in campus. Currently, few months students, with there is the capacity to income generated house approximately 60 only by 244 percent of the student enrollment.” students because RAs at the time had “As the New College enrollment their housing costs waived. increases to a projected 600 students ... The former Viking dorm held 28 singles, one of which was held for an an additional 60 new bed spaces will be required. The following proposed facility
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should be available for occupancy by August 1998.” The document goes on to list an apartment style building that will hold 60 students and promote student interaction and which considers its environmental impact. Projected costs for this apartment totaled over $1 million. This particular project was not complete; instead, Dort and Goldstein, as well as five letter dorms, were added to the campus as Viking was removed from the list of dormitories. However, with a current capacity of roughly 98 percent, Pei loaded up with triples and B-dorm premium singles being turned into doubles, we’ve clearly reached that point again.
EVENTS: NOV. 25 - DEC. 1 On Campus
Wednesday, November 25 • 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Scholarship workshop @ Ham center lounge • 6:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m. Mental Health Alliance meeting @ GDC Thursday, November 26 • 6:00 p.m. NCSA cabinet meeting @ HCL 8 • 7:00 p.m. Quiz Bowl practice @ X game room Friday, November 27 • 8:00 p.m. Double Feature Picture Show @HCL 7 • 8:00 p.m. Critics’ Film House
Saturday, November 28 • 8:00 p.m. Double Feature Picture Show @ HCL 7 • 8:00 p.m. Critics’ Film House Monday. November 30 • 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.New topics: Peace Negotiations Taki @ 5313 Bay Shore Rd • 7:00 p.m. Quiz Bowl Practice Tuesday, December 1 • 7:00 p.m. Aced it meeting @ GDC • 9:00 p.m. Astronomy Club Meeting @ the Bayfront
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Wednesday, November 25 • 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Free Yoga @ Siesta Key Beach • 6:00 p.m. Nokomis Beach Drum Circle @ Nokomis Beach on Casey Key • 7:00 p.m. Team Trivia @ Growler’s Pub
Saturday, November 28 • 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Dowtown Farmer’s Market • 8:00-9:30 a.m. Free Yoga @ Siesta Key Beach • 6:00 p.m. Nokomis Beach Drum Circle @ Nokomis Beach on Casey Key
Thursday, November 26 • 8:00-9:30 a.m. Free Yoga @ Siesta Key Beach • 5:00 p.m. Art After 5 @ Ringling Museum
Monday, November 30 • 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Free Yoga @ Siesta Key Beach • 9:00 p.m. Karaoke @ Growler’s Pub
Friday, November 27 • 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Free Yoga @ Siesta Key Beach
Tuesday, December 1 t Free meal @ Coffee Loft t 9:00 p.m. Open Mic @ Growler’s Pub
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And with a heavy price to make just one of the multiple changes College Hall needs to be ADA-accessible, it seems unlikely that any changes will come to the mansion anytime soon. Not all ADA construction will be quite as expensive—the installation of seven automatic door opening buttons, including the button at the Four Winds, five in ACE and one in the Pei courts costs a comparatively measly $26,000. And ramps too are often a fairly easy installation, so construction will continue throughout the year. Nelson will be hiring an Accessibilities representative for the NCSA by the end of the semester to serve as a liaison between the student body and Hopton in order to better identify the needs of disabled students on campus, and the Council for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI), headed by Nelson, will be hosting events throughout the year raising awareness for various disabilities. In October the CDI held an event to bring attention to invisible disabilities. The road to an ADA-accessible campus is a long and winding one. But the task of addressing the problems on campus, once only lamented about, has finally been kicked in gear.
a greenhouse gas not unlike carbon dioxide (CO2), but its negative effects in terms of climate damage are 23 times higher than that of CO2. The Worldwatch Institute concluded that 51 percent or more of global greenhouse gas emissions are caused by animal agriculture, making vegetarianism and veganism more efficient methods of reducing pollution than buying hybrid cars. The main sources of emissions are feed production and processing, (45 percent of the total), outputs of greenhouse gases during digestion by cows (39 percent), and manure decomposition (10 percent). The remainder is attributable to the processing and transportation of animal products. Livestock are also responsible for almost two-thirds (64 percent) of anthropogenic ammonia emissions, which contribute significantly to acid rain and acidification of ecosystems. Around 70 percent of agricultural land and 30 percent of the global land surface are used for animal production. About 60 percent of United States pastureland is subject to accelerated erosion due to overgrazing. U.S. pastures and rangelands are losing soil at an average of six times above the sustainable rate. Bryan Walsh of Time
Mizzou CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 magazine writes, “You may think you live on a planet, but really you live on a gigantic farm, one occasionally broken up by cities, forests and the oceans.” Meat production also significantly depletes and pollutes scarce freshwater resources. Producing 1 kilogram of animal protein requires about 100 times more water than producing 1 kilogram of grain protein. In addition, discharges of ammonia and nitrous oxides deteriorate water quality regionally. The major sources of water pollution are animal wastes, antibiotics and hormones, fertilizers and pesticides used for feed crops, and sediments from eroded pastures. In the United States, livestock is responsible for an estimated 55 percent of erosion and sediment, 37 percent of pesticide use, 50 percent of antibiotic use, and onethird of the nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in freshwater resources. The livestock sector is also the leading cause of reduction of biodiversity, posing long-term risks for food security. Information for this article was taken from ajcn.nutrition.org, tandfonline.com.
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people to write strongly worded emails, and keep up pressure with you has helped in the past. If you ever are having an issue with Student Affairs you have the right to have someone with you, present.” A couple possible ways to address the issues with sensitivity and diversity were presented at the meeting. One suggestion was that a teach-in could be held, so that all the students, faculty and staff could gain a greater understanding of how to deal with racially tense events and other sensitive issues. Although some students at the meeting shared that they did not believe that all the faculty or administration would react positively to time being taken out of the academic schedule, Provost Miles said that he believed it could be productive. “If you set aside a day ahead of time, build it into the calendar, make it deliberate, I think the college and faculty would respond favorably,” Miles said. “The purpose of education would be insufficient if we didn’t apply what we were learning to our own social world, turn a critical eye on our student body.” Campuses across the country, small and large, are dealing with hard issues and tensions, but at New College students are taking it upon themselves to enact change.
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Environmental Studies program as coordinator and then director, there were two students who focused their senior thesis research on the Crosley property, which was then part of the shared campus of USF Sarasota Manatee [and New College],” Morris said. “I would spend time with both of them in the field mapping and graphing Gopher tortoise burrows.” One of these thesis students was Environmental Studies AOC Emily Mann. The overarching goal stated in her thesis was “to provide a representation of all coastal scrub sites that existed in the region prior to development, so that future restoration efforts will have a record of what coastal scrub in this region was like.” “[NCF students] were very concerned about the gopher tortoises particularly, especially students who had started doing research projects on the property or had used it as a field site for environmental studies classes,” Morris said. Objectors to the Master Plan for USF-SM were not limited to NCF students, staff and faculty but included a number of the area’s residents and members of environmental organizations such as the Sarasota/ Manatee Sierra Club. “I was giving presentations to various local environmental groups (Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Florida Native Plant Society, Manasota 88) to garner support for our challenge of the USF development of the sensitive area,” nearby resident Glenn Cuomo said. An article was written by
Chairwoman of the Sarasota Sierra Club Gayle Reynolds expressing opposition to the plan. An editorial regarding the conflict was written by the Catalyst Staff and released in the Feb. 19 2003 issue. The editorial asked “when the campus needs to expand again, where will it go?” This question echoes today as students and administration at USF-SM prepare for spatial growth in the release of the 2025 Master Plan in October of this year. The Master Plan includes a potential expansion of almost 168,000 gross square feet. “USFSM has adequate campus property for our proposed 10-year growth,” Director of Facilities Planning & Management Rick Lyttle said in an email interview. “Additionally, we have identified property acquisition requests along Tamiami Trail to support campus growth.” Lyttle stated that none of the planned buildings are located in the conservation areas and explained that “USFSM maintains the conservation areas regularly through walking inspections to remove debris and inspect for damages.” Information for this article was taken from heraldtribune.com, zoominfo.com, usf.edu, usfsm.edu, ncf.obek.ufl.edu.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 too much while a person is dreaming. It’s the worst feeling I’ve ever had, my body is completely paralyzed, but my brain is active and I feel like I’m trapped in my own body.” “My hallucinations are often the same as the ones so many people have described for a thousand years,” Solomon said. “A dark, sometimes hooded figure that is shrouded in a cloud of smoke is sitting either on top of me, or at the other end of the room looking at me. I know it’s dangerous, but I can’t run away or scream or anything because I’m paralyzed. Lots of people call sleep paralysis ‘sleep-death’ and that seems pretty accurate to me.” Because New College is home to high achieving students, determination for a satisfactory evaluation may come at the cost of one’s health. “It’s cool here to be tired,” Parente said. “It’s cool here to be busy. We’re glorifying the overworked and overbusy. We’re not doing enough to kind of counteract that, and glorify the selfcare piece, and glorify that ‘you should be sleeping a lot’ piece.” “[Nap zones] are something we are looking at as long-term,” Parente said. “We want to find a space on campus that can just be a nap zone.” Information for this article taken from: college.usatoday.com, uhs.uga.edu, livescience.com
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Second-year Olivia Van Housen
Exchange student Rose St. Pierre
(left to right) Second-years Sydney Kruljac and Annie Rosenblum., thesis student Kaylie Stokes Rosenblum
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 Needs Feminism photo shoot took place in the Black Box Theater for the fourth year in a row this past week. More than 20 students participated by writing down reasons why they need feminism on dry erase boards and posing for pictures. The photo campaign was originally started in 2012 by students at Duke University, and quickly gained
popularity on Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter where it received both praise and criticism. That same year, then second-year and former Catalyst editor, Skylar Ead organized a similar photo shoot on New College’s campus and the event has continued every year since. “The best part of the event for me was having a chance to really reflect on what feminism does for me on a personal level,” second-year Margot Mooney said. “It was more impacting than I expected.” All of the photos can be found by clicking the link posted to the original Forum thread.
First-year Rozana Jaber
First-year Volanta Peng
Second-year Margot Mooney (left) and third-year Shelby Statham (right)
Thesis student Joy Feagan (left) and Statham
(left to right) St. Pierre, first-years Diana Tarazi and Jaber
Kruljac and alum Aric Smith (‘11)