Fall 2019 - Issue 3

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CATALYST SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 VOLUME XXXIX ISSUE III

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Global strike demands climate action

BY SERGIO SALINAS The Global Climate Strike took place Friday Sept. 20. Climate activists around the world took to the streets to demand climate justice from their respective governments.

In Sarasota, activists came out to protest in front of the Unconditional Surrender Statue. New College students carpooled to the strike and some were daring enough to bike in poor weather conditions. Demonstrators refused to surrender to the pelting rain and spirits remained high throughout, despite drenched clothes and soggy signs.

The Council of Green Affairs (CGA) held a sign-making event on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Students came to the Hamilton Center and were able to use their creativity to express their stance on climate change. Second year and Eco-Rep Tara Norton hosted the event and was ecstatic for

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Students and faculty working in College Hall have felt the strong physical and auditory presence of the renovations on the roof, but louder construction has been moved outside of normal business hours to reduce impact. The project is expected to be done by the end of November.

Brief history of College Hall Charles Ringling of circus fame built the then-unnamed 19,000 square foot mansion completed in March 1926. Ringling lived in the house for only nine months before dying of a cerebral hemorrhage, but his wife, Edith, lived there until she died in 1953.

The owner of the Sarasota Kennel Club (greyhound race track) purchased the property and 30 acres from the Ringling children in 1958.

The property was sold to another buyer before it was sold to New College for $4 million in 1962. The mansion was the library for the college

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adopted for flat roofs in 1989 and has been growing in popularity since.

TPO is relatively inexpensive, easy to install and resistant to degradation from ultraviolet radiation but is amenable to cracking and accelerated weathering in high heat climates.

Costs and logistics Approximately $600,000 was approved for the project at the June 8 Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting.

Burr said the money came from the carried forward budget. “The school gets an allocation of operating money from the legislature every year and if you don't use it all in the year that you’re allocated it, you can use it in upcoming years,” Burr explained.

After finalizing the contractor and agreements with the vendors over the summer, the project started on Monday, Aug. 19. Burr said the project should be done by Thanksgiving.

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What keeps the lights in the Hamilton Center on? What keeps the overpass tastefully overgrown? What keeps New College a college, as opposed to a habitat for the wild dogs of the SarasotaBradenton border? The answer to all of these questions is simple: money. The college’s finances may seem like fiscal sorcery from the outside, hidden and mystic to those without offices in Cook Hall, but any student who wants to understand the operations of the college will find them critical.

On Sept. 14, Vice President of Finance and Administration John Martin and Associate Vice President of Finance Kimberly Bendickson presented the college’s 2019-2020 budget to the Board of Trustees. That budget called for the expenditure of $56,891,682. Like all other state colleges and universities in Florida, the budget was split up into four categories: Education and General, Contracts and Grants, Auxiliaries and Local Funds.

Education and General makes up the bulk of the budget at just over $41 million. That money goes to salaries, scholarships, library resources and other operating expenses. This is what the tuition of students helps to pay for, though tuition only brings in only $4 million. Most of the money in this section of the budget comes from the state of Florida, which allocates over $35 million. The college is also a lottery winner, receiving $1 million from the Florida lottery.

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Sergio Salinas/Catalyst SRQ demonstrators gathered around speeches during the first portion of the strike.

the climate strike. However, recent budget shortages have made holding events of any kind difficult, as Norton had to buy supplies herself.

Regardless of such problems Norton remained joyful as she continued to encourage students to come out and get active.

“There’s no money!” Norton

joked. “No Cash Sucks Ass! I had to buy these posters myself. There’s not much of a budget and I know that’s a problem throughout the school so that’s really rough. Events like these are really important and it's rough when we cant do anything to start continued on p. 6

College Hall roof undergoes renovation

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but reached capacity in 1975; the Jane Bancroft Cook library opened ten years later.

Why now?

The roof was last replaced in 2004. The previous roof was made of a modified bitumen membrane, which has a typical lifespan of 10-15 years in Florida.

Alan Burr, director of facilities and construction, noted that salty air from the bay expedited the degradation of the roofing material. “The old roofing material was getting very dried out and cracking, causing many leaks that had become too difficult to repair,” Burr wrote in an email interview.

“We wanted to do this as soon as we could,” Burr said in another interview. “It’s based off of when we got approval to use the funding.”

The new roof material is 80mil TPO (Thermoplastic Polyolefin) membrane, a single-ply sheet with layers. First used in auto manufacturing in the 1980s, TPO was first

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Powerlifting team strengthens bonds The Powerlifting Team stemmed from the NovoStrength club created in Fall 2018, which originally consisted of a whopping four students.

After the previous captain of the NovoStrength team withdrew from New College, second-year students Jacob Brody-Ogborn and Daniel Schell formed what is now the Powerlifting Team.

“The Powerlifting team is a group of people that lift heavy shit up and put it back down,” Brody-Ogborn said.

Co-captain Schnell explained that the powerlifting team is split into two groups. The people competing in powerlifting competitions make up one group and are required to go to each of the three weekly

practices, while the other group practice twice a week and can choose from Monday, Wednesday or Friday.

Both groups work out simultaneously but the workouts are tailored for each group.

“Powerlifting is focused around three lifts: bench, squat and deadlift,” Schell said. “We train a lot of accessories for that and we train in cycles. At the end of a cycle, we test our one rep[itition] max[imums] and that is the new total so we go off that for the next train cycle.”

Powerlifting is not only about these three lifts but also about the dynamics of the team.

“The powerlifting team is definitely a family,” Schell said. “It’s easy to work out on your own and be in

your own mindset but when you come together as a group, it’s a really good dynamic of everyone pushing each other.”

According to co-captain BrodyOgborn, the ‘family’ has expanded so much that it is considered one of the most attended clubs on campus.

“Last year we had an average of 11 people come to each practice, so far this year it’s about an average of 20 people for each practice,” BrodyOgborn said. “We’ve expanded for sure. I’d say out of the newcomers a majority have been girls and that’s great! It’s good to have a balance because it shows how anyone can try powerlifting.”

Octopods plunge into the swim of things The swim club holds practices at the on-campus pool, which are usually led by coach and Assistant Director of the Counseling and Wellness Center Duane Khan. Khan holds practices on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. One of the three co-captains, second-year Jessica Franks, thesis students Miles Newmyer or Mairead Howley conduct the afternoon practices on Tuesday and Thursday.

“Swim team is a space where people can come to learn how to swim if they have never swam before,” Franks said. “[People can] prac-

tice if they have been swimming, work out and hang out.”

The Octopods recently received funding for two lane lines in the pool.

“That makes a good three lanes to swim in, which is really cool,” Franks said. “We have some equipment, in general, [but] we don’t have a lot. We only have three pool buoys, but Duane is our coach and he is a very good resource for us.”

In addition to collective workouts, the swim team also participates in off-campus swimming events. “We are going to try to do more competitions,” Franks said. “Some of us are

participating in the swim meet, I think it's Sept. 28 or 29, which will be our first competition of the year.

Last year we did Lido which we are probably going to try to do again next semester.”

The swim club also hosts events for the team to hang out and get to know each other outside of practices.

“We are probably going to have a fun event at the Waterfront for the team to bond,” Franks said. “It’s a really great time and we’re glad people keep showing up.”

Bull Sharks diving club allows students to explore ocean waters Situated on the Sarasota Bay and only miles from the Gulf of Mexico, New College’s location lends itself to unique water activities, such as scuba diving. The Bull Sharks club is one of many long-standing organizations and was created to bring people together who have a common love for the water and an interest in scuba diving.

Thesis student Alyssa Borgschulte is one of the co-captains of the club. She explained the different certifications and resources the club has to offer in an interview over text

message.

“We can do all sorts of courses thanks to our instructor, Kris Sheffer, who is thesis student Sara Sheffer’s mom,” Borgschulte said. “Kris flies from Pennsylvania on her own time to certify students for extremely cheap. She does open water, advanced open water, and rescue. Those are the most popular but she can do more.”

Bourgschulte explained that the New College Student Alliance (NCSA) aids with funding for certifications and rental gear. However, the

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club can provide basic gear like fins, mask and snorkel.

When it comes to deciding on diving sites, the club likes to guide its choice based on where the students would like to go.

“We’ve been to Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, the Florida Keys and more,” Bourgschulte said.

The Bull Sharks had their first meeting on Sept. 20 with Kris Sheffer, who talked about the process and the times to get the different scuba diving certifications throughout the year.

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Court Soccer propels Soccer Club The Soccer Club is having trouble finding its footing this year. However, Court Soccer, a weekly Wed. night activity Soccer Club offers has been well attended.

“We had a coach last year, but due to the Fitness Center’s budget issues this semester, we are unable to hire a coach this semester,” captain and third-year Joseph Daniels said. “I plan on choosing drills and running the practice this semester.”

Daniels noted that, during his first year, the attendance of a court soccer match would be around four or five people. About 20 people have been coming to the pickup games this year.

“Playing on the court is pretty convenient because it’s in the middle of Pei and we play in the evenings,” Daniels said. “It’s also a lot faster paced because it’s a smaller playing area and the ball moves faster on a hard surface.”

On the weekends, scrimmages are frequently played against Ringling College of Art and Design and State College of Florida on the grassy soccer pitch. Daniels confirmed he is working on a schedule that will be published soon.

Corrections: Regarding the issue released on Sept. 18, the Catalyst would like to make corrections. We apologize for these errors.

Rebekah Jones is a new visiting assistant professor of Mathematics; Tetyana Dzyadevych is a new visiting assistant professor of Russian Language and Literature.

Regarding the Buchanan article, Liv Coleman personally compiled the question sheet mentioned, and is not officially affiliated with the Manatee County Democratic Party. Additionally, Indivisible Bradenton was misrepresented as an organization that goes against Trump's policies. Instead, Indivisible (indivisible. org) describes itself as an organization that provides training and resources for individuals to take progressive political action.

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Disputes ensue as Selby Master Plan aims to construct 5-story parking garage

BY KALI-RAY SKINNER One of the most disputed aspects of the Selby Botanical Gardens’ Master Plan is “the Sky Garden,” or “the parking garage with a restaurant on top of it,” which will be on the corner of US 41 and S. Orange Avenue. The building will be five stories, host to a plant shop, parking garage and a Michaels On East restaurant equipped with an edible garden and solar panels.

The Selby Master Plan was originally proposed to the City in 2017.

The Plan has three phases and has a campaign goal of $92 million.

“This thoughtfully-crafted, three-phase plan, made with significant input from the community, is designed to address three key areas: preserve 15 acres of garden and key historic structures along the bayfront; protect the world’s best scientifically-documented collection of orchids and bromeliads by housing them in proper, hurricane-resistant infrastructure; and sustain Selby Gardens’, both environmentally and financially, into the future,” President and CEO of Selby Botanical Gardens, Jennifer Rominiecki, said in an

Kali-Ray Skinner/Catalyst Ty Hall explains the Selby Master Plan from a neighbor's point of view.

email to the Catalyst.

Phase 1 will cost $42.5 million, and Selby has raised more than $35 million of it already. Phase 1 includes adding a new library, a revamped welcome center, herbarium, plant shop and the “Sky Garden,” which is subject to much controversy.

Phase 2 includes adding an education pavilion and new greenhouses and phase 3 includes building pathways between the gardens and the repair of the Payne Mansion.

“We think this plan is a great balance of protecting our collection, preserving our history and sustaining our future,” said Rominiecki.

Rominiecki is no stranger to flowers. Early in her career, she held a key position at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, later moving on to The New York Botanical Gardens to become the Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Special Assistant to the President. During her time at

the New York Botanical Gardens, she oversaw the seven-year plan to raise $479 million in support.

“The Master Plan will bring Selby Gardens’ infrastructure into the 21st century for the next generation of Sarasota citizens and visitors,” Rominiecki said.

A City Program Planning Board meeting was held at City Hall on Wednesday Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. to discuss Selby’s request for changes to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Selby Gardens has requested to change their land use classification from “Community Office/Institutional” to “Metropolitan/Regional” classification in order to implement the garage and other facilities included in the Master Plan.

Most of the seats in the City Hall hearing room were occupied half an hour before the 6 p.m. meeting commenced. Supporters and critics wore their subsequent jerseys, green for Selby and yellow for Selling Out Selby, a community organization formed in January of 2019 to negotiate the Selby Master Plan. Many Sellcontinued on p. 11

CDC investigates vape products as health issues among youth continue to rise

BY VIANEY JARAMILLO Throughout the past decades cigarette smoking rates have declined, but electronic cigarettes (ecigarettes) have been on the rise since introduced to the US in 2006.

These products appeal to young people because of the variety of flavors and easy accessibility. However, ecigarettes have been implicated in a rise of lung-related illnesses and deaths. Also, JUUL Labs, Inc., one of the well known e-cigarette brands, has violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) by adulterating their products. This violation has called for JUUL to show scientific results that their products are indeed less harmful than cigarettes. Such news leads to ask how e-cigarettes will affect New College students.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently investigating the relationship between e-cigarettes and the recent outburst of lung injuries. The amount of nicotine ingested from cigarettes and e-cigarette products differs: users absorb about 10 percent of nicotine from cigarettes and 30 to 50 percent of nicotine in vapes, which contributes to their addictiveness.

The state of Florida has 41 colleges and universities that have taken the step to become 100 percent smoke-free, including New College.

The on-campus campaign is officially known as “Breathe Easy New College.” The smoking ban will be implemented in July 2020 and students and administrators disagree on the potential outcome.

President Trump recently banned flavored e-cigarettes nationally because of recent illnesses linked with vape products.

Hannah Hoogerwoerd, president of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), thinks that the ban may result in a black market and new additives in the products.

“It would open up more of a black market where [when] we’re not sure what people are putting in the vapes right now,” Hoogerwoerd said. “The problem is the vitamin E glycerin that’s going into the oils, but in a black market situation, we have all sorts of additives that are unforeseen, uncontrolled, and unregulated.

It would also just force people to go back to smoking cigarettes.”

The irony is that since smoking rates have been going down, the generations of today were supposed to quit smoking altogether, but since

e-cigarettes are receiving more negative light due to a correlation of lung injuries, going back to cigarettes may be a future reality.

“There’s evidence to suggest that people go from e-cigarette use to cigarettes. It’s a backwards relationship,” Manning-Samuels said in a different interview.

The SSDP is also concerned about smoking off campus. In transitioning to a smoke-free campus all the remaining designated smoking areas will no longer exist.

“Banning student smoking on campus makes it more unsafe for students that might have to walk off campus to go to Shell [gas station] and smoke their cigarettes, and put themselves in danger to all the trafficking that happens on [Highway] 41,” Hoogerwoerd emphasized.

Manning-Samuels brought up a few thoughts that might help address this possible concern. “If SSDP is really concerned about that [off campus smoking dangers] or thinks that it would be helpful for students to set up a ‘buddy program’, I would be in support of that,” Samuels assured.

Despite the concerns about the smoke free campus, there is the possibility that students will adjust and

as new incoming classes arrive, the idea of not smoking at New College will be normal.

“I am trying to get some of our counselors at the CWC [Counseling Wellness Center] certified to be smoking cessation counselors to help students transition more easily into our smoke-free campus next year,” Manning-Samuels said.

Smoking cessation resources such as lozenges, patches and gum are a few methods to quit smoking that are available to students for free. The Health department also offers free smoking cessation classes.

“Talk to any of the counselors at the CWC, they’re all addiction specialists and can help manage the behaviors associated with being addicted to a substance,” ManningSamuels said.

Advice for managing how to quit smoking is something ManningSamuels is passionate about and believes that the first step to quitting is making a firm decision to quit. She also recommends patches in particular as they still contain a portion of nicotine but when used properly, lessen in amount to the point where nicotine cravings subside. continued on p. 11

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Humanizing Deportation and broadening cultural horizons on campus

BY SERGIO SALINAS On Sept. 16 New College welcomed Robert McKee Irwin, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese from University of California, Davis. Irwin is the Project Coordinator for Humanizing Deportation, an organization that serves as a digital archive for the personal stories of people affected by deportation. The goal of Humanizing Deportation is ultimately to provide human experience into a primarily statistical-driven discussion about immigration policy.

"I think that the political exigency of the archive, regardless of whether they're people telling stories of injustice in a very clear way or if their stories where people may be admitting to criminal antecedence or whatever; the deep humanity that is expressed in the stories there is really, really important," Irwin said.

Irwin works to capture stories through digital storytelling, a form of expression that consists of pictures and personal narration. The Humanizing Deportation archive of stories holds over 200 videos of people's personal experiences, making it the largest qualitative archive

about deportation. The archive is divided into subcategories ranging from country of origin to the feelings expressed in the stories to allow for a deeper analysis of the effects of deportation.

"This allows people to see what’s really happening beyond very limited media coverage, the kind of political tweets and other bits and pieces of information that come out," Irwin said.

Humanizing Deportation held two events on campus on Sept. 16:

a workshop in the anthropology lab discussing the creation of the project and a public presentation in Ace Lounge. Irwin's presentation included of stories like Desde la Caravana, a story about traveling with the migrant caravan in Central America. The videos Irwin shared often showed mixtures of emotions; stories of hope and fear would be contrasted those of hopelessness and bravery.

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Irwin works to capture stories through digital storytelling, a form of expression that consists of pictures and personal narration.

that way," Irwin said. "But there are other stories of overcoming, so if somebody knows that their uncle is gonna get deported it might be something about sharing in the tragedy, one that’s been experienced by a whole lot of other people — and the archive shows that — but also maybe seeing through some of the stories people have managed to get their lives together in Mexico in ways they may not have expected that maybe will help them to advise their uncle."

The Humanizing Deportation project offers a unique insight into the struggle of LatinX migrants from Central America. With the beginning of LatinX heritage month, New College is offering a variety of events to allow students to gain new knowledge of LatinX cultures. Thirdyear Marcela Prado Zapata, a student of Colombian heritage, is the main organizer for the upcoming LatinX cultural fair on Oct. 6. Zapata hopes to influence LatinX students to come out and display the vibrant cultures present at New College.

"The main reason we’re doing it is to represent the individual and continued on p. 11

Return of CDI brings impactful plans to campus

BY HAYLEY VANSTRUM On Tuesday, Sept. 17, a dedicated group of students led by New College Student Alliance (NCSA) Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Alex Barbat met for the first Council of Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) meeting of the semester. After a summer away from campus, new and old CDI members alike are ready to get back to work making New College a more welcoming and enjoyable environment for all of its community members.

“The CDI is a council under the NCSA that oversees diversity and inclusion on campus,” Barbat explained in an email. “It's made up of different representatives elected during the year, as well as club leaders and other students involved in similar initiatives on campus. We meet to talk about how the campus is doing in recognizing and fulfilling the needs of students and plan ways to improve our campus in this respect.”

Barbat, who is also the President of Generation Action and the Resident Advisor for New College’s Community Organizer Living Learning Community, has been involved with the CDI for several years now, and believes in the council’s power to positively impact the way New College operates. However, the CDI wants to make some changes this

year in order to make that impact hit harder. Improving longevity and extending reach are some of the council’s most prominent goals at the moment, exemplified by several members’ upcoming plans for this semester. Thesis student Mckenzie Cameron gave updates on the focus group she and second-year Gwen Roberts have been attending with President Donal O’Shea regarding accessibility. Cameron and Roberts are committed to improving the way New College interacts with disability and making changes that will benefit the community as a whole.

“Prior to Meighen Hopton leaving, we had one director and one office worker/coordinator, but we only had one person at the school who could write accommodation letters,” Cameron said. “We’re changing it so that there will be two assistant directors, so if something were to happen between you and one of the assistant directors, you could go to a second one. So you could basically appeal their decision and have it go through someone else or just [choose one over the other] maybe if you get along with one of them better, because that’s been an issue in the past.”

Likewise, Queery Co-presidents and Gender and Diversity Center (GDC) Teaching Assistants Freddie O’Brion and Emily Garcia want

to better New College in ways that will benefit not just the students of today, but those of upcoming classes as well. O’Brion and Garcia are planning on collaborating with the Office of the Registrar and Information Technology to rework New College’s email system in a way that lessens anxiety for students with different legal and preferred names.

After speaking with Professor of Gender Studies Nick Clarkson about college email systems and how they work differently at every institution, O’Brion and Garcia developed a potential solution.

“Probably the most effective method would be to change the emails to instead of being first name and last name, to being first initial, middle initial and then last name, so that’s the angle that we’re taking right now,” O’Brion said.

In terms of expanding the percentage of New College’s community that can benefit from CDI members’ work, Barbat has big plans for Day of Dialogue. This upcoming year, the event will take place in late February to make sure faculty members have enough time to work Day of Dialogue ideas into their classes and to ensure everything runs smoothly. Day of Dialogue’s theme this year, “Taking It Back to Basics,” focuses on empathy, mutual understanding and most notably, the respectful transmission of

thoughts and ideas between groups who share different identities and beliefs.

“We’re trying to take less harmful disagreements and get to a place where people can talk about that more safely and openly,” Barbat said.

“The goal is to get [non-students] more involved because I don’t know about staff and upper admin actually, but I know a lot of resistance has come from faculty.”

CDI members agreed, voicing concerns about Day of Dialogue historically being primarily both led and attended by students.

“I feel like the faculty needs to have dialogue with upper admin, and then maybe they have dialogue with the staff and then the staff gets a chance to have dialogue,” Cameron said. “I feel like it really needs to go past the students. The communication and community issues that our school has go far beyond just the student body.”

Similarly, second-year Jess Franks plans on addressing concerns that go beyond the student body through her work as Police Liaison this semester. Franks is hoping to improve student-police relations and create spaces for better communication between officers and the rest of the New College community. continued on p. 11

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The Activist Newsletter Throughout this week (9/25 - 10/2), activists have the opportunity to participate in free film screenings, art shows and public discussions. Read on if you want to get involved in the community regarding combatting antiMuslim sentiments, spreading environmental awareness and celebrating Latinx Heritage Month.

BY HAYLEY VANSTRUM Wednesday, Sept. 25, Do Protests Move the Needle? @ 6:00 – 7:30 p.m Selby Public Library - 1331 1st St., Sarasota, FL

Latinx identity and provokes cultural sharing among event-goers.

This event will be catered by Mirna’s Cuban Cuisine and is free and open to students, faculty and staff.

Join local activists who worked on the recent Sarasota Climate Change Meetup for an evening of short films and discussion regarding the successes and failures of protest. This event encourages attendees to revisit iconic activist efforts, such as the 1963 march on Washington for Civil Rights and the 1969 demonstrations in Washington against the Vietnam War, and consider what worked, what had no effect and why. This event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, Sept. 29, Backyard Party to Protect Our Waters @ 12:00 p.m.

Skip’s Marina - 1990 Placida Rd., Englewood, FL

Friday, Sept. 27, Stand with Our Muslim Neighbors @ 1:25 - 2:30 p.m.

Islamic Society of Sarasota and Bradenton - 4350 N Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota, FL In the past few years following the last presidential election, anti-Muslim rallies have broken out in increasing prevality across America. Action Together Suncoast seeks to combat these acts of hatred with kindness through group members’ weekly shows of support outside of the Islamic Society of Sarasota and Bradenton. Join community members in holding up signs and standing in support with fellow Sarasotans. This event is free and open to the public.

Friday, Sept. 27, Latinx Heritage Month Gallery Opening @ 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

New College of Florida - Four Winds Cafe - 5800 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota, FL In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, join student artists and peers for the opening of the Latinx Heritage Month Gallery, the culmination of various mediums of artwork submitted by Latinx Students over the course of the past month. Head down to the Four Winds Cafe to view and discuss art that centers the exploration of

Join the Clean Water Tribe for an informative and fun environmental event on how to best protect and preserve our local waters. This event will feature talks on lawn care, ethical fishing and plastic pollution from local experts, and will also be full of games and prizes to be won throughout the afternoon. This event is free and open to the public.

Tuesday, Oct. 1, Film Screening: Living Downstream @ 6:30 p.m.

Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center - 525 Kumquat Ct., Sarasota, FL In collaboration with Planet Healing Films, Fogartyville presents Living Downstream, a moving documentary that follows Sandra Steingraber, ecologist and cancer survivor, as she travels across the nation, struggling with her own personal relationship with cancer while also trying to improve the state of cancer prevention in America. This event is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, Oct. 2, Manatee County Legislative Delegation Meeting @ 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Manatee County Commission Chambers - 1112 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton, FL State Rep. Will Robinson, District 71, will serve as chairman.

Proposals for local bills will be presented at the hearing, drafted in bill form and accompanied by a resolution from the local government supporting the proposed legislation, along with other requirements.

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CLS offers free languageintensive study abroad opportunities

BY CLAIRE NEWBERG Summers spent abroad can be a bit expensive for the average college student. Luckily, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) offers free study abroad programs for students interested in studying one of their 15 offered languages.

The Critical Language Scholarship is a program funded by the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It is intended to promote languages that are not as widely taught or learned by Americans. A few of the languages offered are Chinese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, and Portuguese.

The program offers certain languages at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, whereas some languages, such as Chinese and Japanese, require two academic years of study to participate. The scholarship itself pays for everything one would need while abroad except for personal items like passports and souvenirs.

Data science masters student Naimul “Naeem” Chowdhury spent the summer of 2018 abroad in Xi’an, China. Chowdhury started studying Chinese at New College in his third year and applied to the CLS program in Fall 2017.

“I didn’t expect to fall in love with the language,” Chowdhury said.

“It was just a way to get away from my math classes.” Chowdhury now works as an official Alumni Ambassador for the CLS program.

“When they call it an intensive program, they mean it,” Chowdhury explained. “Every student takes a language pledge [saying that they] will refrain from using English at school and in [their] homestays.”

Chowdhury also emphasized that the program includes a rigorous workload similar to being in school at New College. “You take 20 hours of language classes every week, so about four hours a day and there are

about five to six hours of homework a day,” Chowshury said. “It’s kind of like a full-time job.”

The application process is highly selective and relies on the applicant’s ability to sell themselves and their reason for wanting to participate.

The application requires five essays and two recommendation letters.

“In the five essays, you want to explain why you want to study the language of the scholarship program,” Chowdhury explained. “They want to see that you’re going to continue studying and using the language in the future and that you have career goals involving the language.”

The CLS program is not only intended to wide participants’ cultural horizons, but to increase cultural understanding of people living in the program cites.

“You’re there as a cultural ambassador of the United States,” Chowdhury said. “One of the focuses of the program is diversity and inclusion. They want to be able to project a more honest image of what an American is, so they try to include people from all different kinds of subcultures in the United States.”

Chowdhury recounted an experience in a restaurant in the Gansu province of China where a man was deeply touched and honored that Americans would come to his small town and were able to speak Chinese with him.

“I was so surprised and humbled by it and I’ll never forget that moment,” Chowdhury said.

Information for this article was gathered from clscholarship.org. If you are interested in applying for this scholarship and have questions, please reach out to Nicole Gelfert at ngelfert@ncf. edu or Naimul Chowdhury at naimul. chowdhury15@ncf.edu. Applications are due Nov. 19 at 8:00pm Eastern.

Photo courtesy of Naimul Chowdhury

Chowdhury is pictured practicing calligraphy.

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Global Climate Strike demands climate action

BY SERGIO SALINAS continued from p. 1 on Friday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The teach-in allowed for an interdisciplinary approach towards the effects of climate change with speakers discussing a variety of topics ranging from eco-feminism to a call to action from Professor of Economics Mark Paul. Professor of Latin American and Carribbean Studies Hugo VierraVargas shared a personal story about Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island of Puerto Rico in 2017. Vierra’s personal journey of coming to Florida after the devastating storm tore into the island was difficult to hear, as Vierra became emotional when displaying the devastation of Puerto Rico and telling his struggle of leaving his home behind for brighter horizons.

Afterwards, many students carpooled to the strike and some students dared to bike around three miles to the event in the pouring rain. Demonstrators of all ages and backgrounds came out to show their support and demand climate justice.

The Sarasota Students 4 Climate hosted the event. The main organizers Ella Mirman and Moriya White lead demonstrators in chants. Mirman and White’s commitment was a source for inspiration for many, although they are only juniors in high school.

“I'm out here to strike for climate action and to make sure that our government does us climate justice,” Mirman said. “The end goal is for the effects of climate change to not take over the livability of our future.”

New College students of all years made sure to go out, represent and make their voices heard. Students brought out their signs with messages varying from serious demands to humourous nihilism. Firstyear student Dylan Gelderman went out with his own sign and expressed the unique Generation Z humor that most people are familiar with.

“I personally don't plan on living that long, I'm thinking of dying in my mid-20s,” Gelderman joked.

“But there's other people that are gonna live and they're gonna have to live on this Earth and that would suck if it wasn't here.”

The Sarasota Climate Strike was one to remember, but it does not end there. The Sarasota Students 4 Climate will continue to strike every Friday until decisive action is taken on climate change. Climate activists around the world agree that the climate situation has reached crisis levels and therefore requires decisive action. The Global Climate Strike was not a one-off event and the Sarasota Students 4 Climate will continue in their activism and hope others will not let up in making their voices heard.

First-year students Dylan Gelderman and Aniston Hoffman prepared signs to take to the Sarasota Climate Strike.

Third-year Ky Miller worked diligently on her "Make America Green Again" poster after receiving inspiration from a bumper sticker on her car.

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New College students made their way up to the road with flags bearing the phrase "Solar for ALL."

An oil truck driver passed by and honked in support of the demonstration.

Despite Miller's poster being ruined by rain, her spirit remained high.

A demonstrator covered in plastic bags referenced "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo.

NCSA President Steven Keshishian wielded a sign that read, "The Green New Deal.

Read the plan!" next to the face of Bernie Sanders.

Members of the Council of Green Affairs came prepared with signs.

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Pirates of the Waterfront set sail from Caples All photos Chris Marie De Felipe/Catalyst

Thesis student Clinton Overton readies the Two Day Shipping to sail.

BY CHRIS MARIE DE FELIPE For generations, the waterfront has been a special ventricle of the New College heart. No where on campus does the ocean’s breeze slap trees with more gusto then the sparkling waters of the waterfront’s bay. Despite going through various managerial issues, the bay is and will continue to be a second home for the many students who love traversing the ocean using strength and wind.

The Pirates Second-year Anna Feldbush, second-year Lydia “Bug” Dykema and thesis student Clinton Overton are the dedicated teaching assistants who lead the sailing lessons, clean and maintain the boats and plan the events on the waterfront. They have been bruised, cut, smacked and electrocuted by the boats they love; they view the pain, however, as a small cost for a strong passion.

“A company tried to tow the boat by the hull, which led to water buildup inside,” Dykema said about an incident that happened last year.

“In the process of draining it, two people were mildly electrocuted in the process. Nothing too bad, just shocked!”

The waterfront is student-driven; the kayaks, surfboats, canoes, paddle boards and boats are all in their care.

“We’re very DIY,” Feldbush, captain of the sailing club, said.

Recently, the TAs closed the waterfront on several occasions because of numerous boats being worn down and nonfunctional.

The Boats of the Bayfront Old boats, dead boats, relatively new boats, handmade boats, wood boats, boats with rainbow sails and boats with interesting names, and even more interesting nicknames, line the space facing the beach.

Dykema took me on a tour of the waterfront’s vessels and each of their respective personalities. The

first boat she introduced was a twohulled catamaran known as Aria.

“Affectionately known as Blood and Guts,” Dykema said, referencing the looming osprey nests that led to frequent servings of fish guts dropped on the boat.

The Precision, the boat that zapped the TAs’ hands, lays between two palm trees. “Sadly, some of these boats are currently nonfunctional,” Dykema said.

Coming upon a great white boat, Dykema explained, “Her name is the Caramia, she is a Beetle Cat someone donated a while back.” The name means “My Beloved” in Italian, and it is one of the more stunning, comfortable looking vessels. The handmade boat is best on low-wind days, cruising on the ocean for leisure.

There are three Catalinas, often used to embark to Lido beach with groups of people.

Last year, the O’Day DaySailer Bear Necessity was donated. Described as an adventure boat, it’s one of the largest boats available and takes at least three to sail.

Sunfish and Lazers are single person boats, used for solo expeditions. When taken out to sea, Sunfish flies the pirate, miller beer, or rainbow themed sails high.

The Déjà Vu is a Hunter, a sturdy boat sitting tall upon its trailer. The boat is nicknamed the “S. S. Disrespecting Women.” According to Dykema, “That was just a random name that arose out of Clinton being really bossy.”

Sail Future provides the fleet of 420s, usually raced in regattas. Sail Future is a local program that mentors at-risk youth through training programs, residential treatments and sailing.

Sailing Club and Team Overton arrived on the waterfront back from a test cruise with Two Day Shipping, another catamaran with rainbow sails. He can be found training for a regatta, cleaning

The New College Sailing Team welcomes students to come to the Waterfront.

or setting up a boat and playing sea shanties at the waterfront any given day. The glimmering seas of the bay shined on the water, and the catamaran’s trampoline-like surface showed the ocean beneath it. Between the peaceful mix of silence inspired by the ocean, sailing mechanics explanations and conversations, Overton revealed there’s an island on the bay filled with dead boats, plant life, and spiders named Fourth Court, also known as “Fort Court.”

This is the first year that the sailing club and sailing team are separate entities. New College’s Sailing Team is the only official competitive sport at New College of Florida.

The purpose of the Sailing Club is for people to advance their individual skills. Anyone, regardless of previous experience, can join the sailing team at any time.

“There’s no pressure for commitment, there’s no pressure for any skill. It’s just sailing because sailing is

fun,” said Feldbush.

One especially fun event is pirate day, organized by Overton.

“After burying a melon on the dead boat island of Fort Court, we send people out on sailboats, kayaks and paddleboards with water guns,” Feldbush said.

First the pirates must find a treasure map that will lead them to the melon. Whoever reaches it first has a new goal: keep the melon.

Competing pirates use water guns to knock the melon overboard to steal it, and once it is in the water, it is fair game.

The sailing club is eager for new members; anyone with an interest in being out on the water is welcome to join any of the TAs during waterfront hours for their first sailing, kayaking, or paddle boarding lessons. Feldbush explained that there is no need to feel intimidated: “I have no life. Sailing is it. So any questions at all, hit me with them.”

WATERFRONT HOURS Monday

11 AM - 4 PM

Tuesday

4 PM - 6 PM

Wednesday

1 PM - 4 PM

Thursday

12 PM - 4 PM

Friday

1 PM - 6 PM

Saturday

Closed

Sunday

8 AM - 12 PM

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CEO welcomes director Dwayne Peterson and additional changes this semester

BY SIERRA LAICO Having undergone numerous changes in the past couple of years, the Center for Career Engagement and Opportunity (CEO) has finally found its new director: Dwayne Peterson. Though Peterson is new to the team, joining just July of this year, he is in no way new to the work he does. A nationally recognized educator with a liberal arts undergraduate background, Peterson advocates for liberal arts education and specializes in teaching students how to communicate and translate their experiences to achieve their professional goals.

Returning students may remember Mark Stier acting as the interim Director of the CEO during the 2018-2019 academic year. He and the three new hires from last year, including Lisandra Jimenez, assistant director for career readiness and employability and Madeline Heath, assistant director for career technology and outreach, set goals to increase peer interaction, connection, and mentorship.

“We really want to bring a bigger vision to the CEO, we would hope that our director would bring some stability long-term, versus continuing to change staff,” Jimenez said in a Catalyst article from Nov. 2018 regarding the search for a new director. “[We hope] to be able to have a steady academic calendar, things we do every year, that sort of thing.”

Dwayne Peterson wants to make sure the CEO’s mission is clear and welcoming to New College students.

“We are improving the accessibility of career coaching and advising through our team of Student Career Assistants (SCAs), who are now offering daily walk-in hours for document reviews (resumes, CVs, cover letters) and general CEO information,” Peterson said. The CEO has expanded the number of appointment reasons for which students can schedule with the professional staff team, which includes Peterson and the Assistant Directors, Maddie Heath and Lisandra Jimenez. Students can now schedule appointments online through Handshake or by calling, emailing, or stopping by the CEO office.

In terms of engagement and ensuring students prioritize career planning as they do their academics, the CEO has set two goals to increase career engagement and are partnering with faculty and other campus offices to implement them.

The CEO has begun a 100% First Year Initiative and a 4th Year Check-In Campaign for fourth year students. The 100% First Year Initiative includes taking a career assessment, Focus 2, to explore interests, values and possible AOCs and career

Photo courtesy of the New College Office of Communications and Marketing Lisandra Jimenez, Dwayne Peterson, Madeline Heath and Naomi Copeland (from left to right) look forward to a semester of new initiatives for the CEO.

paths, as well as a 30-minute individual meeting with a CEO professional staff member. This initiative has been included as part of the new First Year Seminars.

For the CEO’s fourth-year campaign, they have implemented a new 20-minute appointment called the 4th Year Check-In, which allows graduating students to quickly "check-in" with the CEO about their transition plans for immediately following graduation and to receive personalized support and resources throughout their processes.

The CEO is also continuing to expand by searching for an additional assistant director.

“The College wants to make sure that students have personalized career support, just as they do when receiving academic advising, course instruction, and the other unique aspects of the NCF experience,” Peterson said. “So, we were allowed to add a new Assistant Director position to our team that, like the other CEO Assistant Directors, serves as a career coach for students and leads professional development-related programs, events, and initiatives.”

He believes that the ratio of the professional career coaching staff to the number of students NCF has is exceptional and believes it will set NCF up to be a national leader. This small ratio allows the CEO to provide very individualized and personal support that bigger universities simply cannot provide.

Peterson confirms that the CEO has conducted a successful search for the new assistant director and plans on making an announcement to the campus as soon as possible. The CEO will also be launching a search for a

specialized Assistant Director for Prestigious Fellowships, which is currently being temporarily filled by Associate Director of Residential Education Nicole Gelfert, who will provide specific individual advising for the competitive national and international fellowships programs, such as the Fulbright. By being fulling integrated within the CEO, their vision is for fellowships to be a consideration for all NCF students as part of their overall career planning.

Many students have expressed their skepticism for the online career management system called Handshake, but Peterson has high hopes that the tool can be vital to students’ success.

“Handshake is our online campus career management system.”

Peterson said.“Any opportunities, internships, jobs, fellowships, and/ or graduate schools, as well as careerrelated events and fairs, that come through the CEO are put inside of Handshake.”

When an employer wants to recruit students from our campus, the CEO will promote those opportunities through Handshake. Students can also engage with a larger student community beyond New College, schedule appointments, and apply for opportunities through the system. Many opportunities promoted through Handshake cannot be found anywhere else and many are specifically for NCF students.

“Handshake is an incredible tool and will play a vital role in increasing the number of opportunities available to our students,” Peterson said.

“Using Handshake makes it easy for employers from all industries and geographic locations to recruit our

students.” Peterson hopes that all students make profiles and fully explore Handshake's capabilities. They have created a Handshake tile in the myNCF portal for convenient access to the system.

When asked about what upcoming changes are happening to the CEO that students should get excited for, Peterson exemplifies the “new energy inside of the CEO and largely across the College about professional development and career planning.”

He also adds that “[the CEO] has a number of really cool new events coming up that I think are unique and fit well with our students.” For example, the CEO just did a 4th Year Kick-Off, sponsored by employers, graduate schools, and campus offices to help students jump-start their fourth year and connect with the support and resources they need for a successful fourth year and beyond.

“I’m really impressed by New College students and I’m really excited to be a part of this community, I can’t wait to work with all of you.”

Peterson said. “I moved my family to live here and be a part of this community and part of that has to do with the caliber of students we have here. I’m committed to New College students and I think students need to hear that because we’ve had so much turnover in the CEO. They need to hear that someone is here and committed.”

More information about the CEO and its upcoming events can be found on www.ncf.edu/ceo, in Handshake, NovoConnect, or in the CEO office in Lib 154.

Information from this article was gathered from ncf.edu

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is Creative Contractors, Inc., based in Clearwater, FL. Burr said that Creative Contractors has previously SUBMITTED BY SYDNEY ROSENTHAL worked with the college on remodHow do you restore a close friendship after cutting off els in Robertson Hall and installing all communication for a period of time? glass doors in the Center for Employment and Opportunity conference I picked this question because this is something that I’ve been conroom. According to documents from templating myself. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is coming up and the June 8 BoT meeting, they will it’s a time that emphasizes reconciliation and forgiveness. I’m truly gratealso work on …. ful for the new relationships I have built and I think that is due to the emImpact on faculty & students phasis I have placed on being my genuine self. Despite this, I still miss the At the start of the project, confriends I have lost touch with. struction work occurred during norI pushed away a lot of people when I was struggling with my health. mal business hours. After about a Initially, I made various excuses as to why I shouldn’t reach out: “they’re week, the work shifted to nights and better off without me, what if they hate me, if they wanted to be my friend evenings to reduce the impact on they would have reached out, etc.” Now, the question I keep coming back to students and faculty. everytime I’m about to send a message is, “what is my goal in doing this?”

Third year Annabelle Wilson disThis past summer I reconnected with one of my closest friends that cussed the effects of the unwelcome I lost during the aforementioned incident. We used to act like sisters. I commotion on her class. “I have class reached out by liking one of their Instagram pictures and then commenton the second floor of College Hall ing on one of their stories. It was really casual, but I still was anxious that and there have been times when they wouldn't respond. They ended up inviting me over to their house for class was disrupted because the proa Fourth of July party. When I showed up to their house, terrified and fessor had to stop speaking because clutching a plate of paleo brownies, they put me at ease by giving my a the drilling was so loud and distracthuge hug. They introduced me to all their new friends, many of who I had ing that we couldn’t even hear each seen perform at a local drag event. It was uncomfortable at first but ended other,” she recalled. up being lovely.

Professor of Anthropology Our relationship is casual now, we comment on each other's posts and Erin Dean wrote in an email interoccasionally check in to see how each other is doing. I feel like time may view that the construction became ease the awkwardness and in some ways I mourn the loss of the old relaless disruptive after the first week tionship I had with them but I've come to accept that we both have changed of classes. “The first week was very and grown as people. noisy, but now they seem to be takThis positive experience has inspired me to reach out to more people ing extra care to work in the early I have lost touch with. But I'm struggling because some of these people mornings and evenings to minimize have hurt me in the past and I know that I have hurt some of them as well. the noise and disturbance during I remind myself that forgiveness is not instantaneous and that it often class times,” Dean said. needs to be earned. I reached out to someone I hurt and they just didn't Although the scaffolding is set even respond. up right outside of Dean’s window, I would encourage you to reach out with no expectations. Just because she found a simple solution to deal you're ready and open to reconnect doesn't mean that the other person is, with the issue. “After a few moments or you both may just realize that your values don't align anymore. I don't of looking at each other awkwardly or know what's holding you back but I know for me, I'm just afraid. Let's make trying to ignore it as people went up a pact to both reach out to our pals? and down, I just closed the blinds,” Dean wrote.

Professor of Anthropology Uzi Have a question? Sumbit it to tinyurl.com/BTDT2019 Baram noted the professionalism of the construction crew and recalled when the project manager helped salaries, maintenance expenses and him with a ceiling leak in his office in College Hall. operating capital overlay.

“After the work began on the Local Funds are the broadest CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 category and breaks down into seven roof, the manager of the project came other subcategories. The Student Ac- by my office and after we chatted for manities getting $3.9 million, Natu- tivities category is the money collectral Sciences getting $3.3 million and ed primarily from the Activities and proved Fees are also under the ‘Local Social Sciences getting $3 million in Service Fee assessed on students, Funds’ umbrella, totaling less than totaling $319,617, which funds $150 thousand of the budget. the current draft budget.

Which money is fungible and Contracts and Grants is another the New College Student Alliance budget entity, which is money the (NCSA). Lower enrollment this year which is not is a key aspect of the college collects from research grants, makes this funding is smaller than budget. Moving money between allothe New College Foundation and any before, which has led to the NCSA cations is a delicate undertaking and sold services. This brings in $3.5 mil- taking certain budget measures, such sloppiness on the college’s part could lion. This money is used to pay for as allowing the Foundation-run Stu- lead to serious trouble. “[The University of Central Florsalaries, including for the New Col- dent Research and Travel Grant prolege Foundation, and otherwise used gram (SRTG) to handle all student ida] used a lot of their cash reserves, research and travel funding. Student $100 million, to do things weren’t as necessary.

Auxiliaries is the budget entity Financial Aid is received from myri- permissible with those dollars,” Mardealing with ancillary organizations ad sources like Pell Grants and bank tin said. “They were for good purposlike campus housing, Metz, parking loans, totals over $5 million and is es, but they used the wrong kind of and the bookstore. The $6.8 million used to fund financial aid and schol- funds.”

While much of the money is theit brings in are from miscellaneous arships. The Technology Fee, Concessions, Self-Insurance and Board-Aporetically moveable, the most flexible receipts and fees. This money goes to

Budget

Anna Lynn Winfrey/Catalyst Cones now line the path to the bay to make safe way for construction cars.

a bit, I pointed out the leak (he saw the water dripping down),” Baram wrote in an email interview. “By the next day the problem was found and fixed; I could remove the garbage pail from the top of the book shelf.”

Future projects?

A variety of other projects are in the works along the bayfront. At College Hall, the bay-facing patio on the second floor will be renovated next summer. “That will have to be timed more carefully because it impacts graduation and we don’t want that,” Burr said. “So, it will probably start immediately after graduation and we’ll try to get done as much as we can during the summer.”

Other renovations are in store at the Caples campus. Burr discussed a project for a new bathroom at the carriage house that will be accessible 24 hours a day with encoded cards for students, faculty or staff working at the waterfront or Food Forest.

Also a mold mitigation process is underway at Caples mansion. Until the mold is removed, nobody is allowed inside. Burr did not know when the project will be complete and the mansion re-opened but the design process is underway and should be done by the end of 2019.

“We’ll get that bid out to the construction manager and we’ll see where that cost comes in,” Burr said. “[Then] they will see what resources they have to fund that.”

Information from this article was gathered from www.heraldtribune.com, www.tporoofing.org and www.commercialroofusa.com. of any given office’s budget is its operating expenditures, which can be anything from cleaning supplies to library journal subscriptions. Other money, such as the state appropriations and tuition, can only be spent for that specific category. Education and General funding can only be used for Education and General expenditures, though theoretically Auxiliary funding could be used for Education and General expenditures. However.

New College in practice needs that Auxiliary funding where it is.

“We’re going to try and be true to what we’re charging here,” Martin said. “That’s how we want to spend the dollars.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 ing Out Selby members live nearby and feel their neighborhood livability is at stake.

“We’ve come together to try to get our message out to the community,” Ty Hall, head of the social media and email campaign for Selling Out Selby said. “To be very clear, we are supportive of Selby Gardens, we love Selby Gardens, but we just feel the size and the magnitude of the parking garage with a restaurant on top of it is out of scale for a residential community.”

Selling Out Selby’s objections to Selbys’ Master Plan include increased traffic congestion due to events, tearing down trees to build the garage and decreased neighborhood livability. Some of Selling Out Selby’s members include Kerry Kirschner, former Sarasota Mayor and Susan Chapman, former Sarasota City Commissioner.

Selby Gardens is nearby to resi-

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 very specific LatinX community we have on campus," Zapata said. "We’re going to have instruments, traditional clothing, [and] music from all kinds of backgrounds.”

Zapata also mentioned free dance classes.

LatinX identity can be tricky to place, as the term “LatinX” covers a broad and diverse group of people with different cultures. Maintaining the identity as an individual from a Latin American country can be difficult; in the United States Latin American people get lumped into one singular category. A cultural fair displaying the different foods, music and cultural aspects of Latin America plans to give a fresh perspective to students looking to expand their knowledge of the LatinX community on campus.

"I'm trying to show the individuality of all the different [LatinX] cultures on campus even though were all [LatinX], were very different in a sense," Zapata said.

Second year and President of LatinX club Diana Quintero is looking to attract more LatinX students to come out and make their presence known. Quintero will be creating a booth for the cultural fair to talk to others about LatinX identity. While student demographics have not been released yet Quintero believes the LatinX community on campus exists and students only need the encouragement to come out.

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dential neighborhoods, such as Baypoint Park and Hudson Bayou. Some residents feel the change of Selby’s land use classification to metropolitan/regional could open unwanted doors that Selby could take advantage of.

“What we try to explain is, the City’s Comprehensive Plan basically is the master plan that says what our communities within Sarasota are supposed to look like until 2030,” Hall said. “What’s happening is the city council is working with developers ad hoc modifying the city’s Comprehensive Plan. So why do we have a Comprehensive Plan, if we’re going to constantly change it project by project? This is a seminal project that is intruding on a residential community, and it’s going to set a precedent for Arlington Park and other neighborhoods in the future, when developers want to come in and develop other neighborhoods.”

Since the initial 2017 unleashing of the Master Plan to the Sarasota community, Selby Gardens has presented the plan to the Sarasota

community at a total of 61 meetings.

Selby has put more than $2 million in modifications of the plan due to community input.

“The metropolitan/regional land use classification irrefutably characterizes the evolution of Selby Gardens,” Chris Cianfaglione, Landscape Architect at Kimley-Horn said at Wednesday’s meeting. “It has the added benefit of us layering in additional protections. One such is that with the rezone, we are able to specifically list the only allowable uses in the future land use plan. This allows us to provide predictability, as well as enshrine and codify the compatibility aspects that provide greater setbacks and lower intensity of use on site.”

The Planning Board hearing was scheduled at 6 p.m. and did not end until 11 p.m. The Planning Board will resume the discussion at City Hall on Wednesday Sept. 25 at 1:30 p.m. There is also a City Commission meeting scheduled for Monday, Oct. 28th at 1:30 p.m.

ity within even just my fellow classmates because California is full of Latinos, not to say Florida isn't, but on campus there’s this unspoken theme where not a lot of Latinos know about each other or find community,” Quintero said.

Sarasota can often be a long way from home for LatinX students and it can be difficult to find others to relate to. Lenore Canavarros, a therapist at the Counseling and Wellness Center, has created Apoyo LatinX, a support group for LatinX students to congregate and interact with one another.

“This group has just started and we are now waiting for the crowds to arrive,” Canavarros said.

Canavarros aims to create a space for LatinX students that has not existed in the past. If LatinX students can come together as a community to show their presence on campus it will be a way of not only showcasing the diverse student body at New College, but also a way of welcoming potential LatinX students in the future.

“I think that it could offer in the least a sense of home that some people are now missing having come to college and left their LatinX families back in other places,” Canavarros said. “There’s something really healing and magical about being able to reconnect with some of those cultural ties, being easy friendly open interaction to the use of language — a native or home language — and the ability to feel and understood in small nuances that become the thread of a culture and a sense of identity for people.”

In Florida, as of the 2010 Census, 23.2% of the population is of “Hispanic” heritage. Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Stud-

ies Hugo Viera-Vargas is now working to reflect the LatinX population in Florida by making Latin American and Carribean Studies a standalone Area of Concentration (AOC), rather than being part of the International Studies AOC. Viera, along with other faculty members, is creating a curriculum for Latin American Studies that is projected to be done by the end of the spring and will give an idea of how the program will operate.

“Florida, because of its geographical location and demographic aspects, has had extensive social and cultural ties with Latin America,” Viera-Vargas said. “I think we can strengthen those ties through means of research and study of Latin America and the Carribean.”

From the Resident Advisor with Colombian heritage to the Peruvian Catalyst writer, the LatinX community stretches far on campus. With the beginning of LatinX heritage month, this is the chance for stu- be [there could be one] for general dents to expand their horizons and things they’d like to receive from the connect with one another as indi- students as well.” viduals.

Although the CDI will have to work hard this year to achieve their goals, members know the importance of the work that they do and the lasting effect that it will have.

“I really enjoy the idea of a space that’s dedicated towards listening to marginalized voices on campus and trying to think of ways to provide resources, or just to improve the state CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 of our school so that it better fills everyone’s needs and makes people’s “Our long term goal is to do voices heard,” Barbat said. more event type things where students can voice their concerns and CDI meetings are open to all students things like that,” Franks said. “I’m interested in fostering an environment probably going to make some type of of diversity and inclusion on campus, questionnaire to send out to people and take place every first and third because there is a form to complain Tuesday of the month from 6:00-7:00 about a specific incident, but mayp.m in the GDC.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 “Stress, anxiety, depression, and fluctuations in mood are also related to increased nicotine use and counselors can also help with that,” Manning-Samuels said.

Although quitting is a good thing, not every student is willing to give up smoking. The question of smoking is also complicated by the development of addiction, which is defined as a complex disease by most medical associations.

“Please do research into what you are consuming. [The] CDC recently [announced] a big outbreak of bad vape oil that caused severe illness and death in three people so make sure the oil you are consuming is from a safe and reputable source,” Manning-Samuels said.

“Be mindful of where you’re getting your vapes because if we’re talking about cannabis vapes, there’s been a lot of controversy about false packaging," Hoogerwoerd similarly advised.

The war on drugs may be a hard one to fight since not everyone agrees on a solution, but SSDP will continue to speak their thoughts and have even had a discussion about creating a drug education seminar concerning vape products and nicotine.

“Taking smoking spots off campus does not solve the issue of student smoking [and] banning vape products does not solve the problem or dangers of vaping,” Hoogerwoerd emphasized. “We need to have a more sensible solution where we take into consideration the dangers of it, but if you try to take it away from people it’s never really going to happen. People will always use their substances but we need to educate them about what’s dangerous in regard to these substances and then it’s up to their cognitive liberty to choose what they ingest.”

STUDENTS EXPLORE MOTE'S MARINE OPPORTUNITIES CATALYST

BY JACOB WENTZ

Driven by “research, education and excitement,” Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium offers various opportunities for interested students to expose themselves to marine species and ecosystems. Whether volunteering, interning or conducting research under the mentorship of professional scientists, Novos continue to strengthen New College’s relationship with Mote.

Volunteering Mote’ volunteer group is currently composed of over 1,000 individuals, allowing those willing to commit their time the chance to connect with peers who share interests in the sea and its creatures. The organization also offers a special Summer High School Volunteer Program.

“Our most common volunteer opportunity is the docent position in the aquarium, so students who want to get some experience interacting with people and sharing information, that might be a really great opportunity,” Mote Student Engagement Coordinator Gina Santoianni said.

Second-year Antonia GinsbergKlemmt has been a volunteer since 2015.

“The great thing is that the Mote volunteer coordinators are very flexible with student schedules and are always more than happy to work with anyone who is willing to come help volunteer,” Ginsberg-Klemmt wrote in an email interview.

“During volunteer training and throughout my years with Mote, I’ve learned a lot about how Mote incorporates their wildlife and habitat rehabilitation efforts with research processes.”

Ginsberg-Klemmt, who studies Marine Engineering, plans on applying to become an intern so she can work with the aquarium’s plumbing and filtration systems, as they relate directly to her academic interests of discovering and creating different methods of generating electricity from hydropower. She advocates, however, that students are not required to study marine biology to volunteer.

“You don’t have to be a marine bio or any sort of marine AOC to gain something from volunteering there, so I would highly recommend volunteering at Mote to New College students and anyone interested,” Ginsberg-Klemmt said.

College internships and research Perhaps most relevant to New College students, Mote offers a College Internship Program, currently with 20 research-related internships, four aquarium and animal care pro-

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grams, three education programs and six support programs.

“Within the college internship, students can work in the lab under a research scientist,” Santoianni said.

“Typically those students are working on a current project that is being led by their research mentor.”

Alum Daniel Niedospial (‘15) recently worked with Mote as an Ecotoxicology Intern, sampling water and clam tissue for long-term exposure to Karenia brevis, a harmful algal toxin that is largely responsible for the “Florida Red Tide.” Niedospial conducted his thesis on oysters and Red Tide, so the research at Mote was a logical next step.

“I took the position just before the major Red Tide bloom hit in August of 2018, so I was working with the only local team concerned with processing and analyzing hundreds of Red Tide samples on a weekly basis,” Niedospial said.

“Our measurements of bloom densities and toxin concentrations were used to consistently inform the FWC Beach Reports you'd check when wondering how bad it was at a moment's notice.”

Niedospial now works as a full-time Research Assistant at the Roskamp Institute, spearheading a study regarding the health effects of Red Tide on humans. He maintains a strong relationship with Mote and continues to use some of their samples in his current research.

“Unlike the experiences of most scientists, my time interning at Mote was extremely immersive,” Niedospial said.

“Serving in the Ecotoxicology department during the worst Red Tide bloom in years, I knew the work I was doing was making a difference.”

In addition to the College Internship Program, Mote offers 10 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) positions for 10 weeks every summer.

“Within that program, students complete their own research project,” Santoianni said.

“They work under the mentorship of one of our research scientists and during that time they complete a project in the lab.”

For students interested in completing research with Mote during the Independent Study Project (ISP) term, opportunities are available, but for a longer commitment than one month.

“We don’t have the capacity to take on interns for that short of a time period, but if that person could commit to, say, starting their internship in January and then maybe continuing on through the semester, we might have some flexibility to do that,” Santoianni said.

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