This weekend is the time of the year when revelries and shenanigans will take place all in the name of St. Patrick’s Day. Saturday, Mar. 17 marks the cultural and religious holiday celebrated around the world in honor of Ireland’s patron saint. Whether you plan…
On Thursday, March 8 at 5:30 p.m. in Hamilton “Ham” Center Classroom 4, Campus Police Lieutenant Michael Kessie and Student Life Coordinator Beth Bowen will hold a Student Safety Talk. In response to recent crimes occurring near campus – including a predator breaking into a…
Beginning Feb. 22, Jane Bancroft Cook Library began operating on extended hours. It will be open until 4:00 a.m. on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays for the remainder of the semester. The longer hours of operation are the result of a student-led initiative that began in…
photo courtesy of Kim Bendickson From left to right: Eugenie Fortier (3rd place), Ben Sims (1st place), Kim Russo (judge), Sherry Haber (3rd place) and Lily Carbone (honorable mention) stand within the Isermann Gallery. Winners of the fourth annual New College Juried Student Art Show were announced…
New College has received its second-largest individual gift in its history from the estate of Heidi H. Boothe, the mother of New College alum Sharon Boothe Rider (‘71), who unexpectedly died from an illness in 2004. The $3 million gift is a combination of monetary…
Vegan and vegetarian Novocollegeans may soon find a meat alternative besides tofu. A group of scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands have recently created muscle tissue with the use of bovine fetal cells, which they hope will someday take the place of rearing and…
Coinciding with the New College Student Alliance’s (NCSA) decision to discourage smoking at Towne Meetings, The Archives Of General Psychiatry has recently released new evidence stating that smoking causes accelerated mental decline in the cognitive processing of men. This contradicts evidence of a previous study…
photo courtesy of Natalie Rector Natalie Rector with a group of high schoolers she taught in Nepal. Depending on where participants go as Peace Corps volunteers, they may be the first Americans that many people have met in the flesh. Natalie Rector, New College visiting…
“My main goal is to promote study abroad as one of the most enriching and rewarding experiences students should consider undertaking while completing their undergraduate studies,” new Study Abroad Advisor Florence Zamsky said. Zamsky was appointed to the position after the program was moved from…
Last weekend New Music New College (NMNC) put on its biggest event yet with its fourth annual “Crossroads” festival. The two-day event entitled “Crossroads 4: The Meeting of the Minds” was held outside underneath the stars in the PespiCo Arcade at the Caples Fine Arts…
