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Letter to the Editor: SuBMITTED BY THE ORGANIZERS OF NOTHING ARTS CENTER This letter comes in response to Giulia Heyward’s article “The Cost of ‘Nothing” in the March 9th copy of The Tangent. After reading the article, a few organizers and I felt something was off. It’s not that the article was inaccurate, or that it misrepresented the trials of Nothing, but we did feel that there was a key fact missing from the article: we do this because we love it.

Organizing Nothing has been one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done, but also one of the most rewarding. To try your hand practicing the kinds of radical politics and action comes pretty easily at New College, with a discretionary budget and a receptive student body (well not that easily, but you see where I’m going…). At Nothing, it’s been a new world to find the mean($) to create what we think the world outside of NCF needs, and that students are used to getting for free (those fees tho*). To do this task with a few friends, through consensus, and with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd jobs besides, is no simple feat. But through our work it feels good to say that we’ve done it, or better yet, we’re doing it. We’re practicing our politics. We’re not in school anymore, imagining, we’re actively working to weed the influences of domination out of a community we have built together, literally from nothing.

While many of our company at Nothing events are associated with NCF, we have also reached people who— some perhaps for the first time— spend time in a place that is explicit about being a politically radical community. I can’t say that Nothing is everything we want it to be, a place that everyone feels safe to learn and create. It is not free of forces of oppression which privilege certain ways of being and acting while punishing or silencing deviants. But that’s sort of the point, we’re getting there, and we always will be, just getting there.

— Juli Ohanian & fellow Nothing Organizers

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Women wanting to wait longer to have children turn to freezing their eggs by sydney kruljac

Women today are waiting longer than ever to start having children. The National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied accumulated data from the past four decades discovering that in 2012, there were more than nine times as many births to women over the age of 35 than there were in the 1970s. In fact, the first birth rate for women from the ages of 40 to 44 has more than doubled since 1990. But with the postponement of childbearing comes the inevitability of increased rates of lower fertility, leading several women in the direction of oocyte cryopreservation, or egg preservation.

According to Lorraine Kushner, a therapist who specializes in fertility issues, women are furthering their education while obtaining more demanding jobs. In turn, these factors delay partnerships.

“More women are engaging in opportunities for careers, pursuing their education, and in the end put off having babies, and some women don’t even want them,” Kushner said. “The attitude of women has changed and they are becoming more selective about it.”

Unfortunately, the risk of a child being born with a genetic disorder begins to rise after the age of 40. So why is the risk greater? Women are born with a limited supply of eggs. As a woman’s body begins to age, so do her eggs. This can cause problems with chromosomes being misplaced in older eggs, leading ultimately to birthing defects.

Kushner regularly sees patients who need eggs and sperm donors, as well as older women experiencing infertility. She explained that women in their 40s just do not have as many viable eggs anymore.

According to many doctors, 35 marks the magic number in which fertility begins to decrease exponentially. However, Kushner remarked that there are some exceptions to the 35 rule, but agrees that infertility begins to increase as well as other complications. Some of these complications include chromosomal problems, viability in eggs as well as an overall decline of the number of eggs a woman has.

In an attempt to preserve their fertility, women are turning to the egg freezing process in order to embark on their careers as well as to ease their worries about having a child later in life.

“I remember when they first started testing

[egg freezing],” Kushner said. “And I remember thinking when this happens, it’s going to change the idea of conception. This tells women maybe you don’t have to worry about the demise of your eggs! It’s great that it’s possible.”

Beginning in 1986, egg preservation was initially offered to cancer patients who had to undergo chemotherapy and radiation: two treatments that can lead to early menopause.

When it started, the egg preservation procedure included a slow cooling of the eggs. This process often caused the eggs to develop crystal formations, damaging the eggs. In 2003, scientists discovered a new method called “vitrification” which cools the eggs much faster, so that they become similar to glass, vastly improving the procedure’s success rate.

In 2012, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine opened the floor to those who were interested in freezing their eggs, but also warned people of the inadequate data pertaining to the procedure’s safety, success rates and cost-effectiveness. The procedure’s success depends on how many eggs the doctor can collect.

Leading up to the procedure, women are sedated and given fertility injections at the doctor’s office. As age increases, the amount of eggs harvested decreases. Typically, doctors expect to retrieve anywhere between 13 to 16 eggs per cycle for women 35 and under, as opposed to women between the ages of 37 to 40, who are expected to release 8 to 10 eggs per cycle.

Once the eggs are extracted, they are frozen in a lab and can be defrosted once the patient is ready to have a child. The eggs are then thawed and fertilized with sperm, leaving the doctors to choose which eggs to implant. How many eggs the doctor chooses to implant is contingent upon the age of the patient.

According to Marcelle Cedars, director of the Center of Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco, the estimated live birth rate per egg frozen under the age of 35 is 10 to 12 percent. For those whose ages are closer to 40, the chances of a live birth drop to around six to eight percent.

During the procedure, many eggs are extracted, increasing the overall chances of a victorious birth. Recent studies showed that if a woman freezes and thaws six eggs, her live birth rate is 31 percent at 25 years old, but 13 percent

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‘The revolution should not be exclusionary!’

New College’s Day of Dialogue

By giulia heyward It was a rare occasion for all classes to be cancelled on the same day. And among those who chose to sleep in or catch up work, others managed to get up bright and early and shuffle out of their dorm rooms to attend the event that was the reason for these cancelled classes to begin with.

This was the Day of Dialogue, an event that had been in the works for months and finally came on Monday, April 4. As students, staff and faculty piled into the building, there was a sense of nervousness and fear as individuals sat down at tables with their peers. Attendees ranged from area of concentrations to years spent on campus and, more importantly, ranged in race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, gender identities and sexual orientations. New College President Donal O’Shea could be seen at one table while Campus Life Coordinator (CLC) Vanessa VanDyke was at another.

By 10:40 a.m., 141 attendees had signed in, 97 of which were students, 19 faculty members and 25 staff members. Of the 97 students, 34 were first-years, 39 were second-years, 13 were third-years and 17 were thesis students.

“There have been a lot of lower years stepping up and taking a voice and hopefully the word will spread,” third-year student and NCSA Co-President Paige Pellaton said. Pellaton helped with sign-ups in which attendees not only checked in but were also given name tags where they could place their name, position on campus and pronouns.

“I’m really excited for people to hear voices usually silenced,” thesis student Wilmarie RiosJaime said. “I’m excited for people to see the other side of the school.”

Leading the event was Micah Hobbes Frazier, the event’s facilitator. Frazier, both noticeably barefoot and at-ease among the nervous energy in the room, spent the day speaking with the room, leading discussions and checking on individual groups.

Before launching into the first discussion, Frazier made a point to address discussion rules and the importance of pronouns and introduce members of the Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) staff. Throughout the entire day, anonymous texts could also be sent in.

“Please just participate and try to be as present as you can,” Frazier told the audience.

“But also remember to take care of yourselves.”

Frazier also told the audience to be aware of dynamics in the room, and that this was not an impression-free zone. It was important for

Giulia Heyward/Tangent (left) Micah Hobbes Frazier facilitated the event. (right) A group of student attendees introduced themselves by listing their names, pronouns and their hopes and fears for that day. those participating in the event to respect both comical sketches of students running around confidentiality and privacy. frantically on stage wearing signs with the words Frazier introduced the idea that every “institution” or “violence” placed on their shirts. individual has a particular shape. This shape is “I feel as if, before this was happening, I was influenced by family and intimate networks, part of a group of students who were frustrated at community, institutions, social norms and the lack of administrative response to what was an individual’s spirit or nature. According to happening,” second-year Leen Al-Fatafta said.

Frazier, shape is defined by “I’m really glad that a lot of the self and how it interacts students showed up. We also “Sometimes our brilliance and relates to the world. had a lot of representatives is not that unique, I hope from different clubs on These interactions become conditioned tendencies and that those who came here campus.” these conditioned tendencies understand that they have According to Professor that people exhibit are the of Philosophy April Flakne, the ability to be the catalyst survival strategies that later recents events that increased for social change.” become habits. tensions on campus included “There is this desire to the sexual assault posters learn and grow and become an that were put on campus by - Chaplain John Walker inclusive community,” Frazier the now trespassed Carlos said when asked to describe Marcio Ramirez and the New College’s particular shape. “Having some student arrests that had occurred at both the sort of structured conversation is going to be beginning and end of the fall semester. Other really helpful and really useful.” acts involved anti-semitic vandalism and general Frazier had each table break that barrier microaggressions that multiple people of color and discuss what exactly they were hesitant or on campus cited as making their experiences on nervous about before having the tables break off campus extremely difficult. into groups to discuss the shape of New College.

This semester, Flakne taught a Diverse These groups then presented these shapes to Dialogues course focused on the intersection the rest of the room which manifested into of freedom of speech with campus discussion.

During the Day of Dialogue, students in this class led group discussions on how to navigate conversations on controversial or sensitive topics.

“There were so many people who had a part in this,” third-year Christina Harn said. “We weren’t an official committee. We would meet on Fridays and do work outside of that. I think that there is a desire for New College to be proactive rather than reactive. This is different than other campus-wide organizations because we really wanted a space to facilitate a conversation.”

One of the efforts implemented by the planning committee was to have two chalkboards in prime locations on campus where members of the community could write their views on topics such as what diversity meant here or what needs to change.

During the panel, which included individuals such as Pellaton and CWC counselor Duane Khan, topics written on the chalkboards were photographed so that they could be unpacked by members of the panel.

There was one particular incident in which “Black Lives Matter” has been repeatedly crossed out and rewritten before an anonymous individual chose to write the phrase in permanent paint on

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The road to the NCSA elections

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By giulia heyward & bianca benedi

One of the most momentous decisions that will determine the outlook for the rights of students is happening as the entire world is watching – and it doesn’t help that the 2016 presidential elections are happening at the same time, too. With the recent New College Student Alliance (NCSA) elections, a new crop of students will be making decisions for this community. Second-years Miles Iton and Paul Loriston came out victorious. With 229 votes, the pair was elected NCSA co-presidents.

While Americans vote at the polls to determine who will be their president for the next four years, New College students line up to decide who will be the New College Student Alliance (NCSA) president for the 2016-2017 academic year. A shorter time-frame, to be sure, but nevertheless, presidential elections draw a crowd, and this one is no different. Campaigns occurred in surprising ways, with multiple dropouts and write-ins to keep everyone on their toes. Here is how it unfolded.

The Campaigns Supervisor of Elections and second-year George Thurlow announced the start of the elections on March 25, sending out calls for petitions to any potential candidates.

Second-years Paul Loriston and Miles Iton were the first to announce their candidacy on March 29, a day after the petitioning period had started. Dominic Theofan followed on the 31st.

Saif Iqbal announced his candidacy April 1, and Mimi Chenyao was the last candidate to throw her name into the ring, on April 2.

“I’ve been involved in Black History Month for two years which involves a lot of student planning and student organization, and I really got to see the amount of change students can initiate on campus on an individual level,” Loriston said. “And, from that point, I really developed an interest in initiating change not just on the Black History community but on a larger scale like the NCSA.” Loriston had not previously served any position on the NCSA, something that he does not find to limit his experience. Even without an NCSA position, Loriston has been involved in numerous school projects, such as the Black History Month planning committee, the Day of Dialogue and the time he has spent as a Student Event Assistant (SEA) on campus. Iton, who also worked on the Black History Month planning committee, on the other hand, has also spent time on the NCSA as Diversity Representative as well as a full year as a Residential Advisor (RA).

“As a first year, I signed up because I really did want to make a difference and a positive change in the community,” Iton said. “I found out that a lot of the things I wanted to contribute I just couldn’t do in that role because, as you know, a lot of things have gone down just in the past couple of years with student deaths and also the arrests.

I feel as if, right now, if there really is a way to influence positive change and take some theory

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Tangent Editor Caitlyn Ralph stays calm amidst the raucous yells and cheers which filled Hamilton “Ham” Center during the Midnight Debates. to practice, I’m ready to take on the president’s role and do that practice.”

“We have very similar values but are also two very different people,” Loriston said, citing their different area of concentrations. Loriston is studying Economics while Iton is studying Philosophy. “I think it’s very representative of who we are as people. [...] I think it’s dynamic, essentially.”

The duo are notably the only candidacy option consisting of co-presidents. Every other candidate ran on a solo platform.

“I think when the position is split, yeah, you can split the work, but you also end up creating more work for yourself,” third-year Saif Iqbal

said about his decision to run as a solo candidate.

“I think picking strong vice presidents and a strong Chief of Staff is more important.” Iqbal’s campaign relied heavily on his plans for his cabinet. “If you have a weak cabinet, you’re not gonna get stuff done,” Iqbal said.

Along with picking a strong cabinet, Iqbal’s platform included creating a new cabinet position to take some of the load off of the Vice President of Relations and Financial Affairs (VPRFA). Iqbal’s proposed new cabinet position, the Vice President of Post-Graduate Initiatives (VPPGI), would primarily focus on “bridging the gap between the CEO and the New College Alumnae Association (NCAA),” Iqbal said. This

position would take advantage of connections and knowledge that Glen Van der Molen, the Assistant Director of the NCAA, has without having to sacrifice his own time, which Iqbal says is pressed. Iqbal has worked for the New College Foundation since his first year, participating in fundraising and setting up alumni events remotely.

Chenyao, who is also running alone, has been ready for campaigning for some time. “I’ve been wanting to run basically since I first got here,” Chenyao said. “I was the Student Allocations Committee (SAC) Representative and I really enjoyed it. It was a really cool experience to see how the school runs. This year, I become Student Affairs Representative and that was a lot of fun to see how decisions I make could influence the community.”

Chenyao notably collected signatures for her candidacy on an old dress of hers, which she had students sign before turning in.

“I think that I have a lot of experience with the general Sarasota community,” Chenyao said.

“New College is such a wonderful community and the greater Sarasota area doesn’t engage with us too much. I thought it would be cool to join those two parties together.”

Chenyao cites the school’s recent performance on the state metrics, which have repeatedly placed New College in the bottom three, and her desire to address this in her presidency.

Chenyao is confident that she fits the bill to make a good president. “I have a really wide circle of acquaintances and I try to branch out as much as possible,” Chenyao said. “I feel as if I’ve gotten to know a lot of student body through various informal events and I really, really like here. I don’t think I’ve ever fit anywhere else. To be able to impact this school the way that it’s impacted me would be very cool.”

The Presidential Forum The Presidential Forum was the first event in which all of the candidates appeared together and was facilitated by Thurlow. The Forum took place on Monday, April 4th. It followed the Day of Dialogue, a school-wide event in which classes were cancelled for the day in order for the school to participate in an honest discussion on controversial topics on campus.

Fittingly, one of the first questions asked

by Thurlow was on whether the candidates had attended the Day of Dialogue and, if so, what they thought about it.

TANGENT “I think, out of the gate, I wasn’t as strong as I intended to be but, once I got into the swim of things, I was able to answer the questions effectively,” Theofan said. “I think I performed really well and answered the questions and played to the strengths of my platform.”

Candidates were asked questions that had been submitted online, as well as questions asked by attendees.

“I think they were really prepared or as prepared as they could be,” Theofan said on his candidates, citing that his understanding of the NCSA and his NCSA experience definitely showed.

In attendance were current NCSA copresidents and third-years Shelby Statham and Paige Pellaton.

“I think that they were less prepared but I definitely think that the bar had been raised from last year in terms of what had been talked about previously,” Statham said.

“But I do think some candidates need to really try to figure out how they consider basic concepts of humanity.”

This sentiment was shared by others.

“I think that, with all respect to the candidates, there’s been a considerate decline previously in general performance and the level of detail involved,” second-year Eli Barrett said. “I think that this debate was a better way of measuring basic public speaking ability than actual substance.”

Shortly after the Forum, Theofan dropped out of the race. The announcement was made on Facebook, where Theofan told his Facebook friends that he would not be attending the upcoming Midnight Debates.

Theofan was reached for comment on his dropping out and did not respond.

Midnight Debates The Midnight Debates featured cookie balancing competitions, joke candidates, student performances and general hilarity and chaos.

The event was attended by over a hundred students, easily quadrupling the attendance at the more serious Presidential Forum that had occurred the night before. Students heckled, called out questions, and interacted with the candidates playfully for the event. Student Court Justice candidate and current justice, third-year Allen Serrell, who was out of town, skyped in for the event.

The night wasn’t jovial for everyone. Iqbal was seen leaving the event early due to harassment by the student body involving posters of his being torn from the wall of Ham. Iqbal would

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later announce that he had officially dropped out of the presidential race due to harassment and criticism from other students.

“As a person who worked hard for years to overcome crushing social anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts as a teenager, I want to thank the people of this school,” Iqbal responded when contacted for comment. “I’m back to square one.”

Election Day Half of the four potential presidential options were gone by election day. Second-years Mimi Chenyao, Paul Loriston and Miles Iton were the remaining candidates.

Polls opened at 9:00am. Students filled out the double-sided ballots that Thurlow had created.

Many positions on the ballot were uncontested, and a dry erase board with write-in candidates next to the polling table was crammed with names from last-minute candidates.

Thurlow and other NCSA volunteers manned the table all day, taking ballots from the poll’s opening to its close at 7:00 p.m. that evening.

Almost immediately following the elections, Thurlow and a team of volunteers began the arduous task of counting the ballots by hand. Votes had to be tallied for each position; every write-in had to be recorded (and with an overwhelmingly empty ballot, there were a number of write-ins).

And the night wore on.

Finally, at 5:27am, Thurlow sent out the formal announcement: 323 total ballots were counted. Iton and Loriston were the winners. The two of them had garnered 229 votes, a landslide majority unmatched in recent New College history. Chenyao came in with 68 total votes and Iqbal, despite having dropped out, had a total of 5 votes.

There was also an abundance of write-in votes ranging from Hillary Clinton to Togetherness.

There was also a significant amount of write-in votes for bread. Some of the more absurd writeins included “I do not wish to have a forum at this time,” “The spare wheel of a 2007 Toyota Rav4,” and “Nicholas Cage’s character from National Treasure.”

“I like the representation of bread,” thesis student Stefan Schalk posted on the forum.

Loriston and Iton will spend the rest of the semester learning the ropes. Their term begins on July 1, and when students return in the fall, it will be to a brand new executive cabinet. The race is over. T

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“I feel as if, right now, if there really is a way to influence positive change and take some theory to practice, I’m ready to take on the president’s role and do that practice.”

- Miles Iton

(top) Chenyao, Theofan, Loriston, Iton, Iqbal and Thurlow at the Presidential Forum. (middle) Thesis students Shannon Lumpkin and Logan Starnes perform “Hamilton” in Ham Center. (bottom) Thesis students Anna Rodriguez and Wilmarie Rios-Jaime with Co-Presidents elect Loriston and Iton at the Midnight Debates.

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New legislation ominous for Planned Parenthood:

Rick Scott signs drastic anti-abortion measure into law

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Gov. Rick Scott signed into law legislation that will, among other things, completely defund Planned Parenthood of all state assistance.

Governor Rick Scott of Florida signed into law a bill that cuts state funding to clinics that perform abortions. State funding of abortion was already illegal in Florida. The new law, HB 1411, guarantees that no state funds can indirectly fund abortions by halting support for the same institutions that perform them and therefore also cuts off funding for preventive services at clinics that also provide abortions. Various charitable clinics and county health departments collectively receive more than $5 million in state funds for non-abortion services.

The law requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, requires annual licensure inspections for clinics and bans the purchase, sell or transfer of fetal remains. The law upgrades the failure to properly dispose of fetal tissue from a second-degree misdemeanor to a first-degree misdemeanor.

“HB 1411 is something that we call omnibus legislation,” alum Catherine Wolfe (’11) commented. Wolfe is a volunteer and advocacy coordinator at Planned Parenthood in Sarasota.

“This means that there are various different components of the bill that are potentially unrelated to one another, but they are all housed in one piece of legislation... it’s also a 13-page document, which is really uncommon for state legislation partly because there are so many disparate things within the bill.”

Gov. Scott signed the law, effective July 1, along with 67 other bills addressing a myriad of topics, but did not specifically comment on the

abortion law. Scott’s office only said, in a news release, that it “revises regulations for licensed abortion clinics.”

The law appears to be aimed at Planned Parenthood. The new prohibition could mean the end of birth control, cancer screenings, tests for diseases and other services for thousands of lowincome women in Florida. President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America Cecile Richards said in a statement the law seemed “designed to rip health care away from those most at risk.”

“It’s dangerous,” Second-year and member of VOX Adilyne McKinlay said. “It effects a lot of people, it can seriously harm a lot of people’s livelyhood and it will ecpecially effect people who don’t have any other resources.”

“Seven pieces of anti-abortion legislation were written this session, that’s extreme,” Wolfe said. “Sessions started immediately after the smear campaign.” Last fall a controversy erupted over videos from anti-abortion groups posing as researchers. The videos, deemed by Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards as a smear campaign, showed Planned Parenthood officials in other states negotiating over the transfer of fetal tissue. The anti-abortion group behind the videos has alleged that the healthcare provider profits from the practice. Fetal tissue donation is legal and Planned Parenthood does not profit from the donations.

“These outrageous accusations based on videos are offensive and untrue,” Richards told members of Congress last year. “But facts have never gotten in the way of campaigns to keep women from getting healthcare.”

A Houston grand jury investigated the accusations of criminal misconduct against Planned Parenthood and cleared the organization of any wrongdoing. Instead, David Daleiden, leader of the anti-abortion group responsible for the recordings, has been indicted.

“We know for a fact that the smear campaign had been organized with the effort of people involved, at the national level, with government,” Wolfe said. “What we also know for a fact is that the budget that was proposed this legislative session had Planned Parenthood named in it, by line, to be defunded. No other abortion provider, just Planned Parenthood, and that’s not the only thing that we do, obviously, so there is no doubt, for me at least, and I think the evidence is pretty damning, that this is targeted.”

In an online release praising Scott’ The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops praised Scott’s decision. A statement on their website by spokesperson Ingrid Delgado stated: “Abortionists will finally be held to the same standard as all other physicians who perform invasive procedures in a non-hospital setting by the requirement to have admitting privileges or

a transfer agreement with a nearby hospital. It is incomprehensible that opponents suggest the bill makes women less safe.”

The law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital or for the clinic to have a transfer agreement there is similar to a law in Texas now under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. Admitting privilege is the right of a doctor, through membership as medical staff, to admit patients to a hospital or medical center for providing specific diagnostic or therapeutic services to the patient in that hospital.

“It doesn’t sound like a bad idea on its face,” Wolfe commented, “because if allegedly these admitting privileges are gonna help women be healthier and safer then why is it an issue? It’s an issue because abortion is one of the safest procedures that there is. We consistently get a 99 percent safety rating for abortion procedure from ACOG which is the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as the AMA (American Medical Association). So there aren’t complications that would require you to be admitted to a hospital.”

Doctors cannot receive admitting privileges from hospitals unless they admit patients, as the cost of providing admitting privileges must be made up through the admittance of new patients.

The same policy was implemented in Alabama (the Women’s Health and Safety Act) in 2013, but the enactment of the new requirement on abortion providers was quickly blocked by the courts. Judge Myron H. Thompson of Federal District Court said it “unconstitutionally restricts the rights of women seeking abortions in Alabama,” and that it would “eliminate abortion services in approximately two-thirds of the state” by closing the only clinics in Alabama’s three largest cities, which provide 40 percent of the state’s procedures.

“It’s also particularly difficult in the south where the majority of our regional hospitals are religious. You don’t necessarily have to provide reason for denying admitting privileges, you just can... Some privileges also maintain that doctors have to live within the area, so that’s really difficult for our gynecologists because we have health centers all throughout twenty-two counties... What it does is it effectively takes away doctor’s ability to provide abortion.”

The law also states that Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) would be mandated to review 50 percent of abortion patient records for each health center. “To me my first thought is that’s a massive invasion of privacy,” Wolfe said.

“Two; it’s targeted to abortion records. These agencies have unbelievable access to our patient’s personal medical records... it makes our patient

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records incredibly easy to access.” It also states that there would be no cap on licensing fees.

“Some of our centers have multiple licenses, and we have eleven health centers in the affiliate. If there’s no cap they could bankrupt us with that alone, and it would be law.”

Another Florida law passed last year requires women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion. Florida abortion-seekers also must undergo an ultrasound. Scott said in 2015 it was “an important step to protecting life while ensuring there is more time to make a lifechanging decision.” A study published in 2014 in the Obstetrics & Gynecology journal stated that “the vast majority of women who seek out abortion services have already made up their mind.”

“It’s another appointment, it’s another thing you have to purchase and there’s no medical necessity whatsoever,” Wolfe said. “What’s intended to do is shame women... because at that point they’ve decided... Some states even make women submit to trans-vaginal... It’s very invasive, not comfortable, and very expensive...

Ohio recently passed legislation that you have to cremate your fetus, bury it and give it a ceremony.... it may seem distant at this point but we have to know, because we could be the next state.”

The law also prohibits Planned Parenthood from working with public health departments.

“There’s a statement in the legislation that says we would be defunded of all state funding and what that essentially results in loosing out Title X funding, which is for family planning,” Wolfe explained. “The other thing it does is that it would not allow Medicaid patients to see us, and we would loose any subcontracted work with state facilities... So we would loose our labs, and we would loose all of those patients that come referred from the health department. We wouldn’t be able to get any kind of materials, service, patients, anything. We wouldn’t be able to work with them in any capacity whatsoever.

It’s a really big blow to our patients. Rick Scott did not expand medicaid in the state so not only are there now so many people in the gap, but those people who were able to cling to their Medicaid now have even less providers, and less care.” Laura Goodhue, executive director of the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, said in a statement she predicts HIV rates will “skyrocket.

“It’s worth it to pay attention to what is going on nationally because this extreme antiabortion legislation is being seen everywhere,” Wolfe added. “We have to know what’s being introduced, not just in Florida, because what we are seeing elsewhere could be in Florida within a year, and we may have to fight it here.”

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The United States is the world’s most influential nation. China may be closing in in terms of economic influence and now boasts the world’s largest standing army, but the United States’ 17 trillion dollar gross domestic product and interventionist tendencies have allowed the nation to remain at the center of foreign policy for the better part of the last century. A perhaps unintended consequence of such a central position on the world stage is an international interest in a seemingly national matter: the 2016 United States presidential elections. In today’s globalized world, the political decisions of one nation can affect the daily lives of people around the globe.

The Paris daily newspaper Le Monde has an entire page on its website dedicated to the 2016 election. The names that most often appear are Sanders and Trump, with one candidate receiving praise for reclaiming the word socialist and bringing standard European social welfare policies to the United States. The other candidate is not as positively reviewed, with features titled “The rise of trumpism” and “Steak and Vodka: in Donald Trump’s mall.”

“I am actually super afraid of Donald Trump

winning this election,” said first-year Ozan Gokdemir, an international student from Turkey.

“I’m afraid that this guy is not going to leave me a country to turn back to in five years in the Middle East as a result of his military policies. What he is standing for is scaring me. People my age in Turkey are following the presidential elections too, because it is going to affect the world. Who is going to be the head of this giant? We don’t want Trump to win.”

The German newspaper Der Spiegel published an opinion piece on Trump bluntly titled “Donald Trump is the most dangerous man in the world.”

The article cites a disturbing tête-à-tête between Russian President Vladimir Putin, famous for his own personal brand of authoritarianism (and the myriad shirtless pictures of him available on the Internet), in which Trump reportedly stated, "He is a nicer person than I am. In terms of leadership, he's getting an A." Putin then returned the compliment, stating: "He's a really brilliant and talented person, without any doubt. He is the absolute front-runner in the presidential race.”

The international focus on Sanders as the Democratic Party candidate to follow is an interesting anomaly in comparison to U.S. media outlets. Clinton has long been hailed as the

party’s most qualified candidate with little focus on Sanders’ successes – although his failures have been widely broadcasted. Many European publications are hailing Sanders as the figure that can bring European-style democratic socialism to a country that once prided itself on its prosecution of leftists and its defeat of socialist Soviet Russia.

“I feel closer ideologically to Bernie Sanders,” Gokdemir said.

“What he says about public education in colleges is super revolutionary. I think in capitalism the borders between classes are really similar to the ones in the Indian caste system. In the Indian caste system, if you are born into a poor family, even if you are a genius, you are still the pariah. It is the heart of the dragon in the United States, the capital of capitalism. How are you supposed to climb up? Education is the only way to break this chain and create equal opportunities.”

Originally fodder for satirical publications,

the fear that Trump may actually gain political power has begun to emerge as a legitimate threat, both to the United States and to foreign governments. Articles exclaiming horror and indignation over Trump’s success have replaced the unflattering caricatures and witty retorts previously characteristic of coverage on Trump’s campaign.

Europe is no stranger to the devastating effects of nationalistic, bombastic leaders who gain support through fear mongering and advance their goals through inflammatory exclamations.

On a continent where fascism killed millions and destroyed billions of dollars worth of heritage and culture, there is no room for the reactionary theatrics employed by Trump.

The Spanish newspaper El País published a particularly revealing satire in which Philip II, the deceased Hapsburg monarch, gives advice to Trump from beyond the grave.

Some of the more poignant commentary

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News from the Capitol submitted by dylan pryor As an interning political analyst and a member of the Florida Capitol’s Press Corps, I have been able to witness many key political events as they happen. Here are a few highlights from the final few weeks of the Spring Session.

Bill Clinton calls for “an election about the future” On March 13, Tallahassee students like Ernest Nelfrard flocked to Florida A&M University’s Hansel Tookes Recreation Center to hear former President Bill Clinton explain why he believes his wife Hillary Clinton is the best option for millennial democrats going forward in the 2016 presidential race.

“If you believe we can finally grow together again, then it is obvious what we should do.

We should make this election about the future, about our hopes and not our fears,” Clinton said in a callback to his use of Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” in his 1992 campaign. “Hillary wants this election to be about your future, it ought to be about taking responsibility for empowering everybody to succeed in America.”

In the first ten minutes of the speech, Clinton laid the foundation for a consistent theme of both his speech and his wife’s campaign when he praised President Obama’s progress. He asserted

that the next president should not “reinvent the wheel,” but “finish the job,” in a subtle nod to his wife’s opponent, Bernie Sanders.

He was also quick to criticize the Republican party, and particularly the party’s candidates for their recent behavior and bickering.

"On the other side I can't keep up with what's going on, looks like a sixth grade food fight half the time,” Clinton chuckled, before turning his attention to reprimanding former Republican presidents for their role in the current economic crisis.

“Everybody but the top five percent did better when I was president than when President Reagan gave us the first round of trickle-down economics and no regulation, then because they tripled the debt, under both Bushes incomes fell for everybody,” he said. “You cannot grow an economy from the top down, you’ve got to grow an economy from the middle-out and the bottom-up.”

In addition to the economy, he highlighted Secretary Clinton’s history working on progressive issues such as criminal justice and healthcare, particularly her work on the acclaimed Children’s Health Care Program in cooperation with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.

However, Clinton seemed to be most successful in gaining the attention of his millennial-heavy audience when he focused on

Florida Republicans’ efforts to restrict voting rights after a series of 5-4 rulings to “gut the Voting Rights Act”, condemning them for trying to make it harder for “people who are younger, people who have disabilities, people who agree with our party (Democrats) to vote.”

“I think he assured everybody that Hillary is the right candidate,” Nelfrard, a FAMU student, said. “To be honest right now, I’m still independent and looking at all the candidates but I think he had a pretty good message and it’s something I feel like I can reach out and touch.”

New state budget gives Heiser $4.2 million Next year, New College students like MeiJing Bernard will benefit from a decision made by the Florida Legislature in the final days of the 2016 Legislature.

Florida lawmakers approved $4.2 million in the new state budget to allow the school to complete the $8.9 million expansion of the Heiser Natural Sciences facility. The school will seek an additional $1 million to purchase new equipment for the expanded facility next year.

“I think besides the expansion it would bring lots of updated equipment and materials,” said Bernard, a second-year marine biology student, in an e-mail. “I feel like New College is kind of like the bastard child for the state school system and often gets the raw end of the deal, so with the extra money, we could update (and) repair some

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of the equipment that we have had for years.”

Bernard also explained that more space and resources could resolve such problems as overcrowding in the natural sciences department.

“The marine biology lab has one main lab area with much smaller rooms attached for more one on one studies or theses,” she said. “Last semester, three separate classes were having to use the same laboratory which resulted in some problematic things in terms of people’s material getting misplaced.”

The 23,000-square-foot expansion would aim to resolve issues such as overcrowding by increasing classroom, lab, and office space in the Heiser complex by about 50 percent. The new wing will increase learning space for biological and environmental studies, and also house the new data science program.

“The new wing of Heiser is important because we have many new science faculty members that need classroom and laboratory space. We have two new biologists who will have labs in the new wing, and the third new biologist will occupy a lab vacated by the other two professors,” Katherine Walstrom, an associate professor of biochemistry and the chair of the Natural Science Division, said in an e-mail. “There are also larger

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San Francisco

in the U.S.

Florida state’s college performance metrics knock New College because many of its alumni find jobs out of state. In this spread, the Tangent talked to a few alumni who live in some of the most popular cities for post-Novo life.

Stephanie Larumbe graduated from New College in 2013 with a degree in biological psychology. David Smith graduated in 2014 with a degree in economics. Matthew Klinkel graduated in 2014 with a degree in psychology with slashes in Spanish language and culture and Chinese language and culture. Roger Filmyer graduated in 2013 with a degree in economics and international studies.

Where do you work/what are you doing?

Larumbe: After my AmeriCorps term ended, I was hired on as a Clinical Programs Assistant, at the Center for Youth Wellness, a pediatric mental health clinic that works with children with Adverse Childhood Experiences. I do a variety of things, from patient scheduling and developmental screenings on children 0-3, to teaching infant massage classes and providing psycho-education to patients around ACES and toxic stress.

Smith: I currently work as a Human Resources Coordinator for Meals On Wheels in San Francisco.

Klinkel: I found a job at the University of California San Francisco at a brand new multidisciplinary autism clinic. It’s called the Service Treatment Advocacy Research (STAR) Center. I’m a clinical assistant. There’s a million things to do cause we’re so new and equally emphasize clinical care and research.

Filmyer: I work at a company called Turo, which I describe to people as the “AirBnB of Cars”. I’m a Data Analyst, so I work with data and statistics to visualize trends in Turo’s marketplace.

Describe your living situation?

Larumbe: I am currently living in a tiny two bedroom apartment with my Fiancé David (also a NCF alumni), and roommates Matt Klinkel (NCF) and Stephen (not NCF). We have a nice back yard, a gorgeous kitchen, and pay ridiculously high rent (though it’s reasonable

by SF standards).

Klinkel: I lived in a crazy warehouse the first 6 months. Warehouses are pretty common in california, you basically take a huge open space for really cheap and build it into an artsy super cool party/chill space. It had swinging couches, tiki bars, home movie theaters the like, but it was “expensive.” It was $1200 for a month’s rent - actually pretty cheap given it was in the the Mission District and you had tons of amenities and your own room. Now I live a little bit further south and share a room with an ex gay porn star for $640 a month each.

Filmyer: I live in an apartment in Nob Hill, and I have 3 Craigslist roommates and a dog. $1500 a month for my room.

Favorite thing about San Francisco?

Larumbe: This city has everything: amazing food (seriously I could eat out at a different place every night), amazing gyms and studios, culture, art, beaches, mountains, wineries... you name it! I honestly never get bored around here.

Smith: San Francisco is a dreamer’s city that attracts people from all walks of life who believe that they can create something new and better and who love to talk to you about ideas and aspirations.

Klinkel: Well it’s split, I joined a gay frisbee league with 60 or so guys and it’s tons of fun. I’ve made tons of friends with it and learned what it’s like to really have lots of options that match my sexuality. I also like that I have a medical marijuana card and it’s totally legal.

Filmyer: It’s got a really great/geeky social scene, and the weather is constantly 60° all the time!

Least favorite thing about SF? Larumbe: The housing prices, and the wage gap. I work with underserved communities and as an AmeriCorps, I was living at poverty level, so I learned first hand how difficult it is to live in this city. Even now that I am working at a decent wage, it’s pretty tough to save.

Smith: Parking Tickets. I have paid over a thousand dollars in parking tickets in the last year. How could this happen you might ask? Well for a start, a ticket can range from $60 to $200+ and towing is $600. Secondly, the city has a lot of unique parking rules so if you don’t pay careful attention to where you park, you might park in one of these spots and be towed. For every parking spot in the city there are five cars trying to get it. Enough said.

Alex Wyllie (‘12) move Advice for NCF graduates moving to SF? New College in 2014 to Larumbe: Get a job before you get here. It’s a tough economy out here, and while you can get by doing odd jobs for a while, this city quickly drains anything you may have in What was your AOC your bank account. I came here with a job, and a decent amount of savings and it was still extremely difficult financially starting out.

Favorite thing abou Smith: Contact the NCF Alumni department. They can connect you to the massive body of alumni here in the city and if you have a defined career goal they can probably get & music! All different you in touch with alumni who are already in your field. Use your skills or resources to get a quick temporary job if need be. Do you have a car or handy man skills? Do task Least favorite thin rabbit. Are you outgoing? Pick-up a retail job down on union square. Something to keep your head above water while you find the job you really want. traffic, it can sometim Filmyer: Honestly if you’re not trying to get into tech there are better, cheaper cities to hit up. It’s nice, but so is Portland, Seattle, or Santa Cruz. to get home from wor Anything you’d like to add?

Advice for NCF gr Larumbe: I love love love the New College community around here. I’ve attended a few reunions, and regularly hang out with fellow alumni, and I’m routinely struck by how moving to Austin? interacting with any of the alumni makes me feel immediately at ease and at home. outside? Live music Klinkel: Once I was in a club with my new college shirt on and Liz Berman (a 30-or-so-year-old alum living in the East Bay) came out of the bathroom stall, saw my shirt and working in tech? Com screamed, “You’re from New College!”

Austin

New York City

Sandra “Sandy” Werb graduated in 2013 with a concentration in literature, gender studies, art history and Spanish and moved to Brooklyn almost two years ago.

Lucas Ballestín graduated in 2013 with focuses in philosophy and intellectual history and lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Stacy Roudabush graduated in 2013 with a concentration in biochemistry and moved to the Bronx in August 2015.

What are you doing there?/What kind of job do you have?

Werb: I have a part-time as an editorial/personal assistant for a retired Columbia professor, work at a restaurant, babysit, and do TV extra work when I can.

Ballestín: I’m a PhD student in philosophy at The New School, but I’m still trying to cultivate a healthy dose of intellectual promiscuity. When I’m not doing that, I work for a management consulting company in Midtown, focusing building ethical cultures inside businesses. When I’m not doing that, I’m enjoying the city with friends (many of whom are also NCF alums).

Roudabush: I’m a first year graduate student in biomedical sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I am completing coursework and lab rotations in the Department of Neuroscience. I have to add that I can not stress enough how well New College prepared me for graduate school and life. Through New, I became an independent thinker with critical thinking skills and a directed passion that has opened doors I never thought I would see.

Favorite thing about where you live?

Werb: Love the way you can wander through so many diverse cultures/communities and iconic spots on any given day.

Ballestín: It’s impossible to feel bored, and it feels like all the different possibilities for living life are represented here. It’s like the intersection of all of the conceivable lifestyle universes. New York is the shaded part of the Venn diagram. Whatever you’re into, you can get it, and often the best version of it.”

Roudabush: “I live in subsidized student housing (not as great as NCF, obviously), and so I’m close to where I work and learn. Sometimes I miss being right in the city, but being further away allows me to focus on my work during the week and make plans in the city for the weekends.

ed to Austin after graduating from o do marketing at IBM. C? Art & Economics ut where you live? The foodtrucks t types of both here! ng about where you live? The mes take me 40 minutes to an hour rk. raduates who are thinking of ? Do you like craft beer? Being & music festivals? Interested in me to Austin!

Least favorite thing about where you live?

Werb: I have to get out of here every three months to stay mentally balanced. The great things about the city can also be the worst. There are so many people all the time—you are thrust into the public sphere pretty much the moment you step out of your apartment door. I miss the ocean and nature on a daily basis.

Ballestín: Real winter. But also, the city tends to amplify they way you’re already feeling. When things are going well, the world is your oyster, but when you’re down, that can also be amplified. In that case liberating anonymities can taste of indifference; the bustle can feel like isolation.”

Roudabush: “I’m about an hour from Manhattan so that’s a huge limiting factor on planning weekends in the city.

Advice for NCF graduates who are thinking of moving to New York?

Werb: Get some internships under your belt beforehand if possible. Any positions in NYC give you street cred, but unpaid internships are a dime a dozen, whereas for the jobs, you are up against a LOT of pedigrees. Be open to working lots of different jobs and accept that many paths can lead to where you want to go.

Ballestín: Expect an adjustment period while you get used to the sights, the rhythms, and the rents in the city. If you can afford it, travel here beforehand to get a feel for the place and scope out neighborhoods/jobs. Don’t be shy about reaching out to the alums already living here, we’ve all made the move and can offer advice, connections, and sometimes couches.

Roudabush: I can only largely speak to NCF graduates interested in graduate school in NY, and I would completely recommend it. Not only it is an amazing city with immense global and national opportunities, you are also surrounded by a wealth of NCF alums in the area… I truly believe there is a place and role for everyone and anyone in NYC, and that with the right amount of support and drive NYC could be a place for them permanently.

Boston

Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth Burger (‘09) graduated in 2013 and moved to Washington, D.C. to attend graduate school at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service.

What was your AOC? History - Modern Europe What are you up to now? I'm pursuing a master's degree in European studies with a certificate in refugee and humanitarian emergencies. I also work as a research assistant for a professor of government, where I assist in editing the academic journal, German Politics and Society.

What's your favorite and least favorite thing about where you live? There are all sorts of organizations that are constantly having events. D.C. has great energy because so much happens here, and everyone is in a constant, progressive dialogue. My least favorite part of living here is that I seem to have developed allergies to the area!

What is your living situation like? I'm currently sharing a house with an old friend from my hometown. I plan on moving to the Arlington, Virginia area next semester, as it's cheaper and more convenient for me than actually living in D.C..

Do you have any advice for other NCF students thinking about moving to D.C.? D.C. is an incredible place for Novos -- it offers opportunities like nowhere else in the country to learn from practitioners and professionals. There are several big universities here that offer open lectures and events, and there are always people to meet and places to visit. Bring an open mind -- DC reflects a diversity of opinions, and it often helps to hear the best representation from the other side to gain a more nuanced opinion on an issue!

Has the city lived up to your expectations? It definitely has. I have always loved D.C., and I feel so lucky to live here!

Ashley Parks (‘11), 26, graduated from New College in 2013 with a degree in anthropology and gender studies. She moved to Boston last July to attend the Simmons School of Social Work.

What are you up to now?

I am pursuing my Master's in Social Work with a certificate in Urban Leadership full-time at the Simmons School of Social Work. My field placement/internship is currently with a local economic development organization for people 18-24 and next academic year I will be with a local hospital doing domestic violence intervention work.

What’s your favorite and le ast favorite thing about where you live?

Favorite things: Compared to SRQ, public transit is easy and widely accessible.

There are tons of community events happening, and even going visit other states is a breeze. So many musical artists come through here because it's a major city, and there are always cool exhibits and lectures around.

Least favorite: Housing is very competitive and immensely expensive! Also a lot of my peers in school are locals who live in suburbs so it can be hard to meet up outside of school and hang out (even after navigating schedules).

What is your living situation like?

Right now I am in a very T accessible location in a 2/2 basement unit with three other people. We have our own w/d in unit and a nice back patio. Trader Joe's is a block up the main street. Rent and utilities are under $800 a month each.

Any advice for NCF students thinking about moving to Boston?

Try to avoid the 9/1 rental rush if possible! It's a nightmare.

Has the city lived up to your expectations?

Yes and no. It's a wonderful city rich with history and culture. I love exploring different areas and learning new things here. But depending on which neighborhood you live in and what your schedule looks like it can be hard to meet up with people. I think in general transitioning from Florida to New England there is a shift in how being outgoing and friendly is culturally valued.

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An offcampus tradition

new College "heirloom" houses by katelyn grimmett

Some houses have a history. In the neighborhoods surrounding campus, there are many houses – too many to count – that have hosted generations of New College students within their walls. These homes have acquired names, developed characteristics and slowly collected piles of abandoned memorabilia. A lot of memorabilia.

One of these “heirloom” houses is called Steven’s House. Steven’s House is named so simply because it is located on Stevens Street.

One of its current residents is Four Winds manager and New College alum Olivia Levinson (‘11).

“It was initially christened Steven’s mom’s house because last year all the people who lived there called each other a different type of mom,” Levinson said. “I was stepmom, for example.”

In a survey put out last week, 23 out of 32 off-campus respondents confirmed that the previous tenants of their house were New College students. To the question of “How many generations of New College students have lived there before you?” the survey received responses such as “more than I kno,” “too many to count” and “A million! But probs at least 10.”

Steven’s House has been in the New College family for eight generations, one of the longest standing heirlooms. Eight years back, the owners of the house moved out into a different home and started renting to students right away.

“They always talk about how they love the students, they love the college but they fantasize about moving back into the house and renovating it, so they might do that one day,” Levinson said.

Most homes in Florida are three-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-story houses. But then there are living rooms, dens, offices and the very popular Floridian sunroom. Students have proved to be strategic with these spaces and some off-campus houses have held up to 10 people at one time. Of course, a lot of couches and futons are involved.

“So there’s the garage, the sunroom, the master room and there’s the kid’s bedroom. I got the kid’s bedroom,” Levinson, a.k.a. “step mom” said. “Then we have the ‘pretty princess room’ where there’s a small TV and a spare bed for our guests with a canopy and twinkle lights. And there’s a rack where we all hang our dresses, like communal dresses.”

Steven’s House is the closest house to campus in the Bay Shore neighborhood. On the next street over is Kegel House. Formerly known as Queer Cave and before that as Squat House,

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Kegel has been in the New College family for at least six years now.

For its current tenants, Kegel House came with a very special inheritance: Corps Grinder, a blue beta fish. Corps Grinder, affectionately known as Corpsie, has only been an heirloom fish once, this school year being only his second in Kegel. It is undecided whether he will be passed down to the next flux of students.

Most inherited items of heirloom homes are not alive. On the whole, there is a lot of furniture, artwork and – surprise – a ton of books. Several houses have created libraries of leftover books.

One house has a four-year overdue library book that’s passed down tenant to tenant.

“We get mail that’s for tenants from the past like 6 years, alums that could be anywhere in the world,” Levinson said. “Artwork is always left behind, we try to do like big cleanses of all the stuff that’s not ours once a year.”

One rather unlucky house will have to do an ultimate cleaning out at the end of the year. Haus House is nearing the end of its projected five year existence as an heirloom house; the landlord has decided to demolish it at the end of its lease.

“It’s a very old house, it’s falling apart and the landlord owns most of the properties in that area so he wants to tear it down to build a new house for someone to live there permanently,” Kayla Evens, a third-year and current resident of the house, said. “It ends with us, I guess.”

This has happened before with another wellknown heirloom house. Bay Shore House was torn down for its prime property right on the bay. Several students can still remember visiting it during its time of occupation or right after, when it remained abandoned for some time.

Sarasota is an old city, especially compared to other highly populated areas in the state, and many of its structures are ripe for renovations.

As redevelopment often results in rent creeping up, keeping development at bay is a definite perk of heirloom houses.

“They [the landlords] have been wanting to up the rent but really because of loyalty to us they haven’t,” Levinson said. Sometimes not having to redo homes for the canon of appeal is a blessing for the owners as well.

“Our landlord last year told us either you have to keep bringing New College students or I’m gonna have to spend like $10,000 making this house habitable for any normal person,” thesis student Tricia Johnson said.

Johnson resides in Leeta House, which got its name from Leeta Lane – the street on which

(left page) “It’s painted all funky colors on the inside and the outside – the landlord always paints our gate a different shade of blue,” Levinson said. (right page) (top and bottom) “Witch House is perfect for shows, the living room is really long and doors open up to the backyard so you can extend the living room,” Owens said. (middle) Early Florida developers really played into Florida’s reputation as the Sunshine State. Almost all of the houses I came across have sun rooms with long, glorious windows.

Some of them are remade into bedrooms, others into common spaces.

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Episode One” and a head scratcher. These have “The first person to live in Leeta was James been sitting on a shelf above the TV set “at least Sheridan, then the former librarian, and he lived since the last person who lived there.” there 2005 or 2006,” Johnson said. “There used to One house has been an heirloom home for an be four different houses on Leeta Lane that were estimated 15 years -- the grandmother of them New College houses, two on the end, our house all. Jungle House is located across the street from and one two houses down from mine. The one the Succulent Society and is named so because of down from our house hasn’t been a New College the lush covering of plants and trees surrounding house for a while so the three houses together its structure. were called the triangle and all the collective “The yard is covered in jungle-type plants,” houses were called Leeta Lane.” third-year and current resident of the house Maia Leeta House has some fascinating heirloom Owens said. “It has vines going up it and lots of items. One is a painting of Kanye West bolted on palm trees and flowers. The whole road that it’s the side of the car port. “Almost everything in on is all jungly, yeah it’s all woodsy.” the house is inherited,” Johnson said. “Last year Most alums that have stuck in the area know I cleaned out one of the closets and found this about Jungle House. The landlady has owned the full-sized bunny costume.” place since around forever and she’s just as old Signs of previous tenants also include more and mysterious as the house. permanent traits. Walls are often painted and “Someone who went to New College 20 years repainted, shelves are put up and new appliances ago said she thinks that she’d been in the house are installed. before,” Owens said. “There’s not many two-story “It’s such a conglomeration of all the past houses in Sarasota and when I described it to her people,” Evens said. “It’s weird because you go in she said she thinks she used to hang out there.” there and you can see clearly all the things that Off-campus housing is limited to a select everybody else has done. There’s these weird DIY 150 of the school’s roughly 900 students. Perhaps art projects all over the place. Mostly it’s just this is one reason why houses are passed from like ‘oooh, I’m gonna paint the walls in triangles’ student to student and why finding a house has and then they do it because become such a niche process. they can. Our house is For instance, who needs “Our landlord last year so many different colors, sarasotahousehunt.com when it’s ridiculous. I guess it’s told us either you have to keep we have the Forum? And the because, for a lot of us, it’s bringing New College students Forum has certainly proved to the first space that’s ours.” or I’m gonna have to spend like be a main source of housing In the case of one house, finds. $10,000 making this house the “heirloom” concept has “My room I found out habitable for any normal an additional dynamic. about on the Forum,” Levinson Professor of Mathematics said. “A lot of people were person.”

Karsten Henckell has been vying for it and essentially if -Tricia Johnson renting a house off Corwood you want a house you really Drive to students since the have to push for it.” mid-80s. Aside from a two-year period in which Housing selection took place last week the house had Ringling students take over, the and, as a result, the Forum was burdened with residents have all been from New College. off-campus room advertisements. More than 16 “I’m not sure how it all came about...the house were posted just since the last week of March. is quite big and very suitable for students, and Some students are luckier than others in we just sort of fell into it, as turnover happened the house hunting game. The students currently in August, right when it’s prime time for student living in Lady Foot locker house (previously rentals,” Henckell said in an email interview. known as Sass house) scored a full and smooth The house on Corwood used to be called entry in. All four of the last generation of Guitar Center. In its time, Guitar Center hosted students were graduating. “They shifted out and band practice for Deep Links, a somewhat we shifted in,” second-year Amy Bernard said. retired student band. With the last generation of In every interview for this article, I students, the house was renamed Witch House received at least 4 or 5 names of students and after the music genre. Wikipedia defines witch a tangent that goes something like “and before house as “an occult-themed dark electronic music she lived there, it was *insert name* and they genre and visual aesthetic that emerged in the graduated in 2012….” I wish I had a month to early 2010s.” work on this article so I could follow the trail Most of the floor in Witch House is laid with of alums back to the origins of each house. But terracotta tile; this – along with the wood-paneled tracing the genealogies of New College heirloom cabinets, windows and doors – gives an earthy homes would probably take a lot longer than a feel to the house and builds on the atmospheric month. T warmth of a home that avoids using A/C. The place came with some interesting odds all photos Katelyn Grimmett/Tangent and ends including a VCR tape of “Star Wars:

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Pride Ball and Queery

BY JAsmine respess & Magdelene Taylor Pride Ball featuring local drag queens Kiki Butter Mischief and Alice in Wonderland, flashing lights, lip syncing and many dancing students was a recent event put on by the long-running LGBTQ student organization, Queery. The group has experienced a new resurgence of activity this semester after a period of inactivity. In the last year, a few students have made efforts to make Queery more visible on campus. “[Second-year] Carl [Romer] and I were like, ‘Let’s bring Queery back this year,’” second-year Lorraine Cruz said. Cruz thought this was a good idea, since the New College campus is very LGBT friendly.

“Our first semester, it was hard to get [Queery] together, because we didn’t know how New College worked,” Cruz said. Now with more experience, Cruz, Romer and others have developed a working group without a definitive president.

The group works together to create campus events, such as Pride Ball, which was organized with the help of third-year Oliver Goldsmith.

They also plan private bonding events. Members of Queery attend meetings in the area, such as board meetings at the Sarasota County School District, regarding LGBTQ concerns. “[Queery] wants to keep the conversation of LGBTQ issues alive,” Cruz said. “We can take things for granted being on a campus as open as New College.”

Queery hopes to make the group a permanent fixture, so that first-year students can join and maintain the club. They do not want it to lose steam when older students thesis and graduate, which has happened in the past.

“We have everyone communicating and everyone has equal tasks,” Cruz said.

Queery aims to be a space for LGBTidentifying people at NCF and for those in neighboring Florida high schools and colleges.

“We want to draw attention to important issues,” third-year Max Mermell said. “But we don’t want the club to be boring for anyone.”

Pride Ball definitely wasn’t boring. Held on April 2, Goldsmith and second-year Sara Gregory came together with Queery to organize the event.

“We decided that we really wanted to make it big because New College hasn’t really had a pride celebration in a while,” Goldsmith said. “It used to be an annual big wall, and last year it didn’t happen.

“Sara had the realization that she had never had a weekend or day where she was surrounded by all gay people who love being gay,” he added.

Goldsmith and Gregory then determined that much of New College probably hadn’t had that experience either. This led the duo to team up with Queery to make the event as big and proud as possible.

What resulted was a night of celebration in a heavily decorated Palm Court.

Goldsmith recalls that there was a Pride Ball on campus his first semester where students performed drag shows, but it was not as large of an event as it had been rumored to be in the past.

“It was like a mini-PCP,” he said. “We wanted to revive that.

“There’s been so much negative energy on campus recently, so much tension… We just wanted to put on a party that would be entirely positive and super fun,” Goldsmith said. Pride Ball was designed to create a space where people could “leave that shit behind, just enjoy the night and have a great time dancing.”

Goldsmith is planning on proposing a COUP theme that embraces similar ideas. He wants that to include performances by Kiki Butter Mischief and Alice in Wonderland.

Queery and Goldsmith wish to continue pride actions on campus well into the next year.

“We hope that someone picks it up next year, and who knows, maybe we’ll do it again,” Goldsmith said. “[Pride] is such a fun part of queer culture and there’s a huge queer community at New College, it would be awesome to really make it something really positive.

“There’s so many things that we could be proud of if we chose to… it’s mostly about queer pride but it’s also about academic pride, social pride, community pride,” Goldsmith said.

“There’s definitely a reason to come together as a community to celebrate good positive energy.”

Members of Queery prepared decorations for Pride Ball.

all photos Giulia Heyward/ Tangent

Queery aims to be a space for LGBTQ-identifying people at NCF and for those in neighboring Florida high schools and colleges.

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New Songs you should HEAR BY caitlyn ralph & Jasmine Respess A lot happens in the music world between the Tangent’s bi-weekly production schedule. While Caitlyn and Jasmine would love to cover it all, they can’t. Instead, we had them choose their favorite songs released since our last issue and write up bite-sized blurbs on why they should be added to your Spotify playlists. Check out the results below.

The Summer Set - “Wasted”

A leader in the neon-power-pop-scene movement of 2010 – full of spiky hair, oversized glasses and carefree party jams – the Summer Set almost broke our high school hearts and called it quits last year. Fortunately, the band took a chance and produced “Stories For Monday,” their latest, and by far greatest, album to date. No more are the Summer Set our high school dreamboats – realizing those teenaged hearts that fell in love with their music years ago are now all grown up, the Summer Set display matured songwriting and musicianship on “Stories For Monday.” “Wasted,” the last track, emulates the album’s strongest tenets: youthful yet relatable songwriting and catchy yet unique hooks, creating a hard-hitting closer that is the icing on the overall tasty cake.

[PULL OUT QUOTE] This is pretty cool: the Summer Set played at the Bernie Sanders rally in Wisconsin the day before the presidential hopeful won the State last week.

Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties - “‘69, Cherry Red”

Solo project of the Wonder Years frontman Dan Campbell, Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties is a character study through music. Their debut album, “We Don’t Have Each Other,” blurs the line between songwriting and storytelling to mold a listening experience drenched in imagery – like a movie unfolding through your ears. The first single since that album, “69 Cherry Red” opens Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties’ forthcoming EP “Bittersweet” and continues to highlight Campbell’s sincere vocals. A primarily acoustic style is supported and quickened by further instrumentation, forming a satisfying single that is the ideal addition to any late night study playlist.

Real Friends - “Colder Quicker”

Even though it’s most certainly getting warmer quicker here in sunny Sarasota,

Real Friends’ new song “Colder Quicker” is already shaping up to be one of the summer’s quintessential songs. “Colder Quicker” is more accessible than Real Friends’ previous material without losing the band’s strong emo/pop-punk presence. The catchy chorus only takes one listen to get stuck in your head but still highlights lead singer Dan Lambton’s striking vocals, and the lyrics retain a coming-of-age quality while not bogged down by teenaged sorrows. The lead single from the Real Friends’ upcoming album, “Colder Quicker” promises a refined and evolved yet distinct and unique sound from the band moving forward.

Lil Yachty - “Good Day”

This song is perfect for bursting into the spring season. It is reminiscent of Ice Cube’s “Today Was a Good Day,” but is a lot lighter and more fun. Lyrics such as “Today I don’t have haters/ Cause I could care less what they saying/ Cause I’m having a good day” are exceedingly positive. Even the most awful final semester push can be made better with this jam.

Cardi B - “Foreva”

I follow Cardi B of Love and Hip Hop fame on instagram. She kept posting people singing the songs from her spring 2016 album. “Foreva” stuck in my head. She has a really big personality and this song embodies that. Although it may not be great to “beef foreva,” this song has entertainment value that will last.

GoldLink - “Dance on Me”

To be honest, I am always looking for a replacement for Frank Ocean, since he has forsaken me. GoldLink is a pretty good substitute.

“And After That, We Didn’t Talk” came out last year but this song and “Dark Skin Women” are the perfect mix of singing, rapping that is totally uplifting.

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For HBO, ‘Togetherness’ was good television that needed to be great submitted by david canfield A clear casualty of the current, oversaturated market for television content, the abrupt cancellation of HBO’s “Togetherness” speaks volumes.

The network announced last week that it was cutting the cord on Mark and Jay Duplass’ sophomore series, which tracks four middle-aged adults looking for meaning in the suburbs of Los Angeles. The show was a consistent ratings disappointment and failed to gain any awards traction. But this should have hardly come as a surprise to HBO; “Togetherness” was all but pitched as the low-key indie project destined for a cozy spot under-the-radar. Indeed, the network has provided a home for dozens of short-lived series that fit such a bill: “Enlightened,” “Getting On” and “The Comeback,” among others.

But “Togetherness” never aroused passion as those aforementioned series did. Critical reception was positive, but modest; its journey to the end diverged from where shows of its ilk have gone before. With the fates of “Enlightened” and “Looking” similarly uncertain as their second seasons progressed, critics came out in droves for each, albeit to no avail. “Getting On,” on the strength of increased visibility and surprise awards attention for star Niecy Nash, was offered a third season for closure. “The Comeback” premiered way back in 2005, but developed a fanbase loud enough in the decade to follow that a belated second season was ordered.

“Togetherness” was notably anomalous, in the sense that its cancellation was inelegantly announced mid-season. Despite the positive notices, many critics have lamented the show’s existence among the slew of overwhelmingly white, barely funny L.A. indie-coms sweeping through the cable and streaming worlds. It might not be fair to so easily lump-in the Duplass’ series, which at its best offers a distinctly scintillating look at adulthood, but it remains somewhat telling that a show preaching specificity and intimacy could be criticized for relative familiarity.

This is, partly, a game of increased expectations. “Togetherness’” fate was a consequence of one of contemporary television’s most delicious ironies: the staleness of the “specific” series. Established networks like HBO have continued to bank on overworked formulas that they’d galvanized the industry with just a few years ago; in turn, genre shake-ups from distributors like Hulu (“Casual,” a better L.A.

indie-com), Lifetime (“UnREAL,” a feminist spin on the anti-hero trope) and USA Network (“Mr. Robot,” turning dozens of conventions on their head) feel innovative and fresh, if still flawed, by comparison. With “Togetherness,” HBO leaned on what's succeeded in the past. The show worked as a small collection of well-observed personal stories, but aesthetically and comically, it lacked bite.

This does not mean to say that breaking from the pack is a requisite for standing out. The greater problem for “Togetherness” was that it was unwaveringly good-not-great; alongside others in its milieu, like the profound “Casual” or bracing “Transparent,” it was a moody series blunted by uneven storytelling. The introduction of the Duplass Brothers to television would ordinarily feel exciting enough on its own; that the episodic format fit so organically with their cinematic rhythms would seem the icing on the cake. But as HBO learned years ago with Christopher Guest and his “Family Tree,” a merely fair film-to-television transition can no longer cut it.

“Togetherness’” placement opposite “Girls” this spring has contributed to that sense of untenable mildness. Now in its fifth year, Lena Dunham’s ever-controversial millennial comedy is in many ways a shell of its groundbreaking initial self. It came onto the scene as something radically different, and has since eased into an uncomfortable past-its-prime veteran’s space.

But Dunham is still trying new things, still pushing her narrative in complex directions.

In contrast, each episode of “Togetherness” has marginally pushed out its three or four ministory-arcs, without an ounce of formal audacity or structural unpredictability. Again, the Duplass Brothers need not break form to get better, or more impactful. But when overly-invested in the acting career of schlubby Alex (Steve Zissis) or the charter school dilemma of discontented Michelle (the great Melanie Lynskey), they can get a little too comfortable in their bubble of story conflict. These stories don’t compel the emotion or intrigue necessary to justify such a suffocating focus on L.A. minutiae.

This is, as ever, an interesting time for television. The demands are changing, the standards shifting – and for HBO and other premium cable networks, the space between

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Sarasota Film Festival returns for its 18th year

by CAITLYN RALPH & SYDNEY KRULJAC Eighteen years, 50,000 people, 200 films and six theaters – that’s how long the Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) has ran, how many people attend, how many showings it offers and how many locations are included. Annually, as the city-wide event draws near, the SFF logo begins to appear on downtown buildings, film guides start to gather on coffeeshop counters, local news coverage switches gears and dinner conversations become sprinkled with light movie talk. And then – like clockwork – when day one of the festival arrives, our lovely locale transforms into a movie metropolis, attracting cinephiles, reviewers, industry personnel and the genuinely curious from here and beyond.

Before there was a Sarasota Film Festival, however, there was a Sarasota French Film Festival. In August 1989, the Chicago Tribune reported that Sarasota would be home to the nation’s first film festival devoted solely to the French genre. Originally from November 14 to November 19, the Sarasota French Film Festival was held at the Asolo Center. From the sounds of it, this was kind of a big deal. The “French Minister of Culture” Jack Lang and the Florida Governor at the time were co-chairs while the honorary committee included the likes of Elie Wiesel and Gregory Peck along with the Director of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

“Movies were always one of the ways we learned about other cultures and about culture in general,” Sarasota French Film Festival Artistic Director Molly Haskell said in the Chicago Tribune article.

Seven years later and the Sarasota French Film Festival would see its demise. This is when John Welch began planning a new independent film festival to fill the resulting void. Jody Kielbasa, who is now the Vice Provost for the Arts at University of Virginia, was hired as the Executive Director. Two years later and SFF made its debut as a mini-festival, showcasing eight movies, welcoming six actors and holding a gala fundraiser in January 1999.

A St. Petersburg Times article from 2001, penned as the festival was gearing up for its third year, illustrated Kielbasa’s goals with SFF. Apparently, the Sarasota French Film Festival was more fashion than film.

“Screenings were mostly time-wasters until the next ritzy cocktail reception, reasons to invite celebrities (celebrities in France, at least) to schmooze,” the St. Petersburg Times

article shared. “Black tie wasn’t optional, it was expected. People sighed at the festival’s demise in 1996, then found other places to show off their jewelry.”

Kielbasa wanted the new festival to reach out to those who didn’t make the society pages, as the article put it. “The rap against it was that it was a little too elitist,” he said. “If you were a connoisseur of French films, it was fine. If you weren’t, you were out of the mix.”

Efforts to tarnish the SFF predecessor’s superficial glamour began with offering two free outdoor movies – which, in 2001, were The Adventures of Robin Hood and Casablanca. Tickets for individual screenings were set at $7, and there was a moderately priced BBQ lunch with independent filmmakers.

Despite these inclusive efforts, a decent amount of controversy surrounded SFF in its early years. “Film Festival windfall irks arts leaders,” a front page Herald-Tribune article from October 7, 1999, chronicles the frustration that arose when the new endeavor was awarded almost double its requested art grant amount from Sarasota County.

Dozens of arts organizations submitted applications to compete for the county’s tourist tax money, which were subsequently judged by artistic merit and the potential for their events to draw tourists.

“Sarasota County’s annual distribution of the arts grants is often a mild-mannered, rubberstamp affair,” the Herald-Tribune article stated.

“But this year has brought a boisterous complaint: Local arts leaders say the Sarasota Film Festival received more money than other groups because County Commissioner David Mills intervened.”

Mills, who was a member of SFF’s advisory board, asked his fellow commissioners to increase the recommended grant from $9,000 to $50,000 (SFF originally requested $24,999). He claimed that the budding festival had potential for international acclaim and needed a boost in funding to enhance its second year. The commissioners agreed unanimously without mentioning Mills’ SFF involvement and pulled extra funds from the $154,250 in tourist tax dollars not spent that year. The other arts leaders

saw the move as corrupt and in favor of Mills.

Mills defended his actions by stating the recommendations were exactly that— recommendations. The article also mentioned that the debut SFF, held at Regal Cinemas’ Hollywood 20 downtown (which is still a participant today) hosted 2,100 attendees.

In 2003, it seemed that SFF had gracefully overcome that controversial hiccup, and Kielbasa’s inclusive goals were starting to not only show, but pay off. A Variety article from 2003, which was a spotlight on Sarasota and Miami, focused on the success of SFF, calling it “one of the edgier, more interesting entrants on the scene.” Aerosmith even performed at the 2003 after party, as part of a tribute to Grammy-winning movie producer Jack Douglas, who worked Steven Tyler’s band previously.

A few years after changing from January to its current time in April, the festival experienced more issues. In 2009, SFF’s founder and at least seven other executive and committee board members resigned, emphasizing the divide between the older members and the new president Mark Famiglio, who assumed control amid financial issues the year before. Those financial issues were still abound at the time of the resignations: the Herald-Tribune reported that the festival was over $600,000 in debt. Founder Welch stated in response to resignation: “the direction that the festival has taken is no longer compatible with the vision I had when we started the festival in 1998.” Kielbasa also resigned in 2008.

Famiglio seemed to not look into the resignations too much since, as he believed, changing of the guard is a natural part of any organization’s evolution. Famiglio is still the current president and chairman.

However, by that point, SFF proved apt to stand tall in the face of the adversity. The festival continued and has grown into the massive event that it is today.

2016’s SFF wrapped up this past Sunday, running from April 1-10. New College students have traditionally been involved in and attended different parts of the festival over the years.

Thesis student and regular Tangent TV show and movie reviewer David Canfield attended multiple movies and events at this year’s SFF. “I attended three films: Louder Than Bombs and Little Men, which were in the Spotlight section, and Weiner, which was in the documentary

section,” Canfield said in an email interview.

“All three were great. Since I do a lot of work for different film sites where I can, I follow festival season pretty closely, and these three were at the top of my list.” He added that Weiner won the Sundance jury prize for Documentary.

Canfield has written for Indiewire, an established independent film community news site. Through that connection, he has worked with SFF jurors, including Documentary jury member Kate Erbland, who is Indiewire’s Managing Editor.

“I covered several festivals for her and the company, including Tribeca and New York Film Festival,” Canfield explained. “Indiewire is basically the top brand for festival coverage around, so it’s pretty cool that their top people come to Sarasota as judges and viewers.”

This year’s festival kicked off featuring Academy Award-winning actress Sophia Loren and an opening red carpet, film (Other People, a comedy-drama written and directed by Saturday Night Live’s Chris Kelly) and party. Opening night hosted 1,700 people. Hollywood Nights focused around student participation in SFF, and #DiversitySRQ was a special showing of a documentary written, produced, directed and edited by students about African American and Jewish communities. Closing night featured the film The Congressman and wrapped up at the 1137 party, which took place at World of Beer downtown. SFF 2016’s winners were Men & Chicken, which won the narrative feature jury prize, and Cameraperson, which won the Documentary jury prize.

“Sarasota’s a great spot for a lot of these movies which don’t find big audiences outside of the festival crowd. Little Men, particularly, is from a great director whose specialty is queer NYC films, and this was maybe the best I’ve seen from him,” Canfield continued, touching on what makes the SFF special. “Basically, I use Sarasota FF to catch up on buzzed-about, small-scale movies making the rounds. It’s really thrilling for me, how the global independent film community that I was lucky to be a part of in New York last year comes down to Sarasota, and how I can catch up on what I’m now missing as a thesis student!”

Information for this article was gathered from chicagotribune.com, virginia.edu, news. google.com/newspapers, variety.com/2003/film/ features, orlandoweekly.com, bradenton.com and sarasotafilmfestival.com.

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continued from pg. 2 at age 40. Researchers are still trying to figure out what makes an older woman’s eggs particularly fragile during the egg preservation process.

In addition to unreliability, the procedure is not cheap, and insurance companies do not generally cover egg freezing. However, a few companies such as Apple and Facebook recently announced financial support of the procedure for their employees.

For those who don’t have insurance or don’t work for the aforementioned companies, expenses can reach as much as $10,000 for the initial procedure, which includes medication and two years of storage. After the two years is up, it costs $300 a year for storage. Once the patient is ready to have a child, an additional $7,000 must be paid in order to fertilize the egg and transfer the embryo.

“If they can’t afford it, they can’t do it and they’ll have to go back to the ‘old fashioned’ way,” Kushner said. “Egg freezing is so new and I can

see why women are excited and reacting to it this way. But they need to be informed about their decisions and the procedures involved.”

In the last five years, the number of women who are freezing their eggs has tripled, a trend that started with the beginning of the new millennium. In 2014, 816 women at 65 different clinics began the process toward egg freezing, which was a rise of 25 percent in just one year.

In 2009, only 284 women at 36 different clinics were opting to undergo the procedure.

“It’s already huge and it’s already booming,” Kushner said. “Now with time, the rate of success has increased, especially when freezing embryos.

Now some doctors say the chances of one embryo surviving are greater. Since embryos can last a while frozen, it gives women another option rather than just starting all over again.”

Information for this article was taken from cnn.com, npr.com, telegraph.co.uk, houstonchronicle.com, time.com.

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one of the chalkboards.

This particular incident evoked such a response from the community that the panel spent the majority of their time focused on this on discussing it.

The event did run longer than expected, with Flakne’s Diverse Dialogues students having a shortened time to talk to students. This was not the only shortcoming of the Day of Dialogue.

According to several members of the Day of Dialogue committee, administration had agreed to pay for food for the event. However, as the day approached, administration then said that funding was up to the NCSA which, due to the short notice of this change, did not include food in the budget. After several members reached out to different clubs and organizations on campus, these people were able to use funds from their discretionary to pay for catering.

“There was an understanding that administration and Student Affairs would be the primary agent for funding,” Al-Fatafta said. “They didn’t follow through and then communicated that the NCSA would cover the costs.”

“It’s important to have the community come together,” O’Shea said when asked about his experience at the Day of Dialogue. “I am thrilled that it was so successful. I think that there are things that concern administration and students.

I don’t think that we know what is going on in either group.”

O’Shea was contacted to comment on the

catering miscommunication and did not respond at the time this issue went to print.

Several students also pointed to the issue of the event catering to whiteness, with some of the questions posed focusing on white privilege, or how to navigate a conversation from the perspective of an individual who is not a person of color.

“We don’t have conversations like these when the campus climate is pretty neutral,” thesis student and NCSA Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Raina Senae said. “When we have events like these they are reactionary so we are reacting and trying to play catch-up to what has already happened. We need to work on being more proactive.”

“Our community needs to work on being totally acceptable,” second-year NCSA CoPresident Elect and Diversity Representative Miles Iton said. “New College has a comfort zone that we need to stretch out of. We need to not be exclusionary about our revolution.”

The idea that those who attended have become more and more equipped to deal with the community was shared by others.

“Sometimes our brilliance is not that unique,” Chaplain John Walker, a member on the panel said referring to New College’s uniquely brilliant slogan. “I hope that those who came here understand that they have the ability to be the catalyst for social change.”

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National Disaster

News from the Capitol

involves reviving the Inquisition as a means of combatting the terrors of religious freedom plaguing the United States today.

“It will definitely be worse for the Middle Eastern region if a candidate like Trump gets elected,” said first-year Rozana Jaber, a Daughters for Life scholar from Jerusalem, Israel. “There's no question about that.”

Trump’s inflammatory remarks have already insulted foreign powers to the point of retaliation – and he has yet to earn the Republican nomination.

“That’s the way Mussolini arrived and the way Hitler arrived,” President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico told the Excélsior newspaper when asked to comment on Trump’s solution to immigration reform - that is, that the Mexican government should finance the building of a wall (literally, a cement wall) along the U.S./Mexico border in order to keep undocumented immigrants out.

“I never thought that Bernie Sanders could win this election, since the beginning,” Gokdemir said. “As the rap song says ‘cash rules.’ Cash rules in the states, but he made a revolutionary impact in the United States and in world politics. He is a pioneer. He brought all these new socialist concepts to American politics so that in the next election these things are going to be talked about. There are going to be other Bernie Sanders coming from the left. The American people are going to be used to these ideas. They are going to demand that other candidates fight for these ideas too.”

laboratory classrooms and labs for future faculty hires in Natural Sciences.”

If approved by Gov. Rick Scott, construction on the new building is expected to start this summer, with a goal to have it completed and occupied by Fall 2017.

“We are still waiting for $1 million more to purchase equipment for the new wing, so the building occupation date is still tentative,” Walstrom said. “We hope that the (Board of Governors) will recommend the last $1 million in funding for next year’s legislative session.”

Some information taken from a shorter variation of this article I originally wrote for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune at politics. heraldtribune.com.

Rick Scott gets last laugh on state budget When he delivered his annual “state of the state” address at the beginning of the Florida legislature’s spring session, Gov. Rick Scott vowed to cut taxes by more than one billion dollars as part of his economic plan. By the end of the session, lawmakers decided otherwise, and passed an $82 budget that only included $400 million in cuts, however Scott was confident he would have the final word.

“The process you have is the governor proposes a budget, the legislature passes a budget, and the law gives the governor the opportunity to go through every line in the budget, I will do that just like it’s done by prior years and look at ways where I can save us money,” Scott said at the March 11 closing ceremony.

Despite the loss the annual appropriations bills (HB 5001) represented for Scott, he called it a “good budget” although he would search the bill for wasteful expenses.

“Well it is a good budget, I’m certain the governor is going to do as the governor always does, go back downstairs, wait for the budget to get to them, begin to count through it, develop some guiding principles and make a decision about just what things can be trimmed, and I can tell you, there are a lot of things in this budget that can be trimmed with a clean conscience,” said Senate Appropriations Chairman Tom Lee, Brandon. “We’ve gotten away from funding things where there’s a compelling state interest sometimes, and that happens when there’s extra general revenue.”

Although lawmakers expected Scott to break last year’s veto record of $461 million, on March 17 he vetoed only $256 million in line-items from the state budget on the same day it arrived at his desk.

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Information from this article taken from nytimes. com, lemonde.fr, spiegel.de, and elpais.com (Trump magazine cover courtesy of spiegel.de)

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critical acclaim and awards success is widening.

For such established networks, “good” therefore isn’t always enough anymore – not without big ratings (as HBO gets with “Ballers”) or a clear cultural impact (“Girls”), at least. And that’s what ultimately did the Duplass Brothers' small-screen foray in. They did something admirable, in ably making the transition from movies to television – from a ninety-minute story to one that knows no time limit. In the end, Togetherness was good television that needed to be great.

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TEN QUESTIONS Duane Khan, M.S. by pariesa young Duane Khan is the Counseling Specialist at the Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC). In his time as campus psychologist, Khan has also taken part in and facilitated many campus events held to promote honest discussion of topics such as race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. Most recently, Khan participated in a panel discussion on communication tools for the Day of Dialogue. The Tangent sat down with Khan to discuss his time at New College.

What was your first job?

I had two first jobs. When I was a teenager I stocked shelves for a grocery store in Guyana over the summer. Then the following summer I went back and worked for a copy company. Back then people didn’t have printers so you’d go to a copy shop.

What did you do before coming to New College?

Many things. That’s not a simple question. I’ll say this, I struggled for a long time avoiding psychology.

So when I was an undergrad I had all of these different majors. I’m not sure how many I went through.

And even once I had come to psychology, I had all these different jobs – still avoiding psychology – like studio photographer. I worked in retail for a really long time, I worked in shipping for a really long time. Then finally I came back to know that psych is really what I wanted to do. Then I went into my Master’s program and focused on substance abuse and domestic violence and anger management, then when I went to my doctoral program, I said I want to do something broader because of what I saw in my clients. My clients were never the issue, the system was always the issue, so I wanted to look at trauma and multicultural pieces and see how those intersected with the system.

You’ve been at New College for almost two years. What surprised you about the community?

Everything surprised me. How engaged and absolutely on top of everything people are. The culture at New College is a lot more like the culture of the Northeast than a Florida culture. People read.

You recently participated in the Day of Dialogue. What is your reaction to that event and what ramifications do you think it will have on the student body?

Can I give you a long answer? My doctoral program is a program in counseling psychology and we have struggled with multicultural issues, competence, awareness. And we had the American Psychological Association come to our program to renew the accreditation and a lot of the students were complaining about the problems they saw with regard to race, ethnicity, diversity, gender, sexuality, those pieces.

The committee came back to us and they said, “We see that you guys are really struggling with this.

That is an indicator that you are really really progressing further than most other places around the country.” To be able to have the dialogue, to be able to struggle with this, is a privilege. And so I see our Day of Dialogue in that way. Lots of people are committed, people are looking for ways to raise their awareness and make the community more whole. They just don’t know how. It’s a really confronting, indicting conversation to have. I think the Day of Dialogue was a good starting place. I think we skirted some issues that marginalized students would have liked us to get to. At the same time I think that it’s a continuation of something that people are already exhausted with, but it’s a healthy continuation and a privileged discussion to have.

How do you think New College can improve peer dialogue?

In two ways. One is to challenge the culture of critique when it comes to interpersonal dynamics. This is a very intellectually engaged community, which involves thinking critically. But that’s not the best way to approach interpersonal relationships. The second way is to think about ownership. Too often marginalized students, faculty and staff are relegated to have ownership of this conversation. And so for everybody to find a way to take ownership of the conversation, I think would be really helpful.

What is your advice for students dealing with the stress of finals?

To remember that there have been so many challenges before and that they have gotten through them.

And to be grounded in that place of accomplishment that they’ve already had. They absolutely can do them.

Giulia Heyward/Tangent A regular facilitator at many campus events, Khan participated in a panel discussion on the Day of Dialogue.

What would you say to someone who is considering coming to the CWC for counseling?

[I would say] that they should honor their doubts and ask questions to people. That we really have a commitment to serving everybody. And that there’s a process people have to go through. When people come to finally see me, I know that they have tried a hundred other things and so working through those doubts is a good thing. If you jump that and just come in, then it may not stick. The other piece is that everybody’s welcome and we do our best to honor and serve whoever needs help on this campus because that’s our job.

What do you like most about your job?

The privilege to have the deepest and most meaningful conversations with people.

What is your favorite New College moment?

I can’t pick one moment. So many opportunities where people have said to me “I really appreciate what you do for the community.” Each time I get that kind of communication and it feels authentic, it feels like home. It’s all worth it.

What are your hobbies?

I am a U.S. Masters swimmer, although I’ve been able to engage with that a little less. And less frequently I get to engage with my guitar and my snowboard. I am a foodie. I love food, especially from around the world. Anything I haven’t tried, I want to try. [My favorite food is] probably food from my home country, West Indian, Guyanese food. There’s a dish called pumpkin and roti.