"Our students are not political pawns": hundreds gather on campus to oppose elimination of DEI, Richard Corcoran
“Fight fight fight, education is a human right!” This mantra was chanted by hundreds of students, alums, parents and community members gathered on the steps of the Hamilton “Ham” Center before the Feb. 28 New College Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting. The meeting would be the first where newly appointed Interim President Richard Corcoran would be present, and on the agenda was the abolition of the…
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New College of Florida Revolt
New College of Florida Students Revolt Against Republican Overreach
New College of Florida students are hosting a rebel graduation ceremony in protest over the school’s chosen speaker, Trump adviser Scott Atlas.
Early this year, Governor Ron DeSantis ousted the elected board of trustees for the New College of Florida, replacing it with six appointees of his own, four of them well-known conservatives with no ties to Florida. Since then, the board has denied tenure…
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"As a result of the culture-war circus Richard Corcoran helped DeSantis stage — most recently, giving the once-reputable liberal-arts New College of Florida in Sarasota a conservative makeover — the influential politician has been appointed its interim president.
His salary: $699,000 to lead a small school of less than 700 students."
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Today I discovered that a couple of TSH characters were based on actual people Donna Tartt knew at Bennington College- amongst them were students Todd O'Neal and Matt Jacobsen, who were the inspiration for Henry and Bunny respectively.
AND JUST—
There's even their own comments about it and it's so funny wait:
Here's the source
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“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
| The Secret History
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“Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History
PD: Hi, I'm doing a survey on Aesthetics for my university research, anyone who knows what aesthetics are can answer and I'd be very happy!
Link to the survey
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omg wait it's winter time??? And I have no friends??? This is so Richard Papen almost freezing to death in a warehouse coded
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Former VP of Communications speaks to the Catalyst
On Monday Sept. 2, former New College Vice President (VP) of Communications & Marketing, Ryan Terry, received a call from then Interim President Richard Corcoran stating that he was being terminated from his position after just eight weeks. Terry was in a hotel when he received the call, having spent the weekend in Orlando with his family and friends.
Terry met for an interview with the Catalyst…
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Doodles of the characters from Donna Tartt's The Secret History
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