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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 5d

We're always winning! Go Mighty Banyans!

New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 6d

We take no credit for that

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 6d

Not to be too pedantic, but we're just New College of Florida. No "the"
It's OK, though, nobody had heard of us before this whole DeSantis thing

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 6d

What are you talking about?
When the numbers go up, they're bigger. That's good!

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 7d

Stephen Miller is a fascist

Maybe we should invite him to be a commencement speaker

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 11d

Well, we're definitely taking copious notes on this one

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 12d

From a transcript of a faculty meeting discussing this:

Faculty are being told to not teach on gender and sexuality at all, regardless of their field, and the Dean isn’t even sure if the faculty *can accept papers from students that discuss these topics*.

FACULTY: But if a student were to take a research
topic that they wanted to research... and they wanted to address something that doesn't fit into the binary composition, are we to tell them, 'you may not write on this topic?' Or are we to treat it just like any other
topic, because we didn't bring it up and we're not talking about it in class?
DEAN: Good question. You were not allowed to discuss that, nor allow that in the classroom setting.
Period.
FACULTY: So a student could not submit a paper about a research topic about transgender?
DEAN: As part of the curriculum setting; correct.
FACULTY: So they cannot submit that paper, and we
vould have to tell them '
vou need to do a diftereni
paper.'
DEAN: That second part I don't know about, but ! need to get back to you.

New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 12d

"New College Speeds Through US News & World Reports Rankings!"

Ben Brown @citizenbb.bsky.social · 13d

New College has fallen 59 places in U.S. News & World Report's "National Liberal Arts Colleges" ranking since the new slate of Trustees came in.

See nathanallen140396.substack.com/p/new-colleg...

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 17d

We didn't hire this guy for his smarts or knowledge of how numbers work

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 19d

Why's this so hard to get?
We will love that shitty statue more than we'll love an alum like @mobute.bsky.social. I mean, one will be expensive and have a hand ready to juggle some balls. The other just juggles balls.

grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 19d

No prisoners, just truths.

Jen Lund on #NewCollegeOfFlorida and #HigherEd everywhere in America following the same dismal path.

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Charlie Kirk’s Campus Memorial

Florida’s New College will seal its right-wing makeover with a statue of the slain influencer.

www.thenation.com

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 21d

We remind our students: don't put your junk in his cold bronze hand. Don't drop a deuce there. Don't have sex on that table. Don't even look at it funny or say anything bad near it or we'll take judicial action. We're so in love with saying "free speech" we'll censor you to prove it!

South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 22d

New College of Florida, Florida’s smallest public university, plans to build a statue of Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist killed in Utah last week, to display on its Sarasota campus, according to a Tuesday social media post from the school.

New College of Florida to erect statue of Charlie Kirk

The statue is to be funded through private donations and is just one of several proposed Kirk statues on locations nationwide.

www.sun-sentinel.com

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 26d

Yeah, do you think consumers generally prioritize the artists' experience with the economics of getting their 'content'? I mean, you're not wrong, but it doesn't matter

New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · 26d

"Nothing else" is a stretch
Spotify is free
Youtube is free
Lots of news stations/sites are free

Not "free of expense", but free to the user in most cases
They sell and force ads. Users are OK with that

The old model of news and journalism died out a long time ago

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · Aug 7

Yeah, so?

New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · Jul 3

This news is super old. Why are you posting it now?

Novo Collegian Alliance @novoalliance.bsky.social · Jul 3

Op-Ed by NCA president Bill Rosenberg on a now-infamous "town hall" held by Corcoran; "Corcoran did not answer a single question that was
submitted. Instead, he held court with a rosy collection of platitudes about the current state of New College." tinyurl.com/tc2yej78...

New College of Florida President Richard Corcoran held a town hall. It did not go well.

A planned 90-minute town hall featuring New College President Richard Corcoran taking alumni questions turned into a 45-minute infomercial.

tinyurl.com

New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · Jun 29

"the college administration revealed FOR THE FIRST TIME that, in the current financial year, the Foundation paid $865,000 for “executive salaries”—3x as much as for scholarships and more than 1/3 of the total support it provided to New College."

Hell yeah. Money. For us!

wslr.org/trustees-app...

Trustees approve New College Foundation's finances - WSLR+Fogartyville

Despite questions about transparency and threat of lawsuit, the board gives unanimous go-ahead.

wslr.org

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · Jun 6

Why does this seem so hard for people to understand? Once you give us your money, it becomes *our* money. And we'll do whatever we want with it, including paying Richard Corcoran's astronomical salary. And sports stuff. Cope!

suncoastsearchlight.org/new-college-...

Inside New College's unraveling financial oversight: Staff ousted, board critics removed - Suncoast Searchlight

Two former top finance officers at the New College Foundation say they were ousted in 2023 after pushing back against college administrators who sought to use donor-restricted funds to cover President...

suncoastsearchlight.org

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · May 30

Yes, we had bigoted hypocrite Alan Dershowitz as commencement speaker as a political move. Yes, he spouted off some pretty heinous stuff. Yes, we're glad that old-school types of New College students are finally becoming extinct. Yes..wait, where were we going?
oldschoolcatalyst.com/new-college-...

New College Commencement 2025: “Every day is a little bit scarier.” – Old School Catalyst

oldschoolcatalyst.com

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · May 29

Nothing but the best for our students! It's an elite experience.

*Ignore the moldy dorms, flooded fields, funds stolen from the alumni/foundation coffers to pay the president's $1M salary or install his private cigar smoking room/humidor for fancy guests

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · May 27

We don't owe anyone anything, and we don't have to share anything we don't want to. It's not like we're a public institution.

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · May 27

We're offended at the implication Richard Corcoran lies.
* Paying* 70 baseball players (for a 600-700 student school) to attend still resulted in higher enrollment numbers, didn't it?
* We'll not be taking further questions

Stoneball @stoneballs.bsky.social · May 27

I don't mean a release where they lie about enrollment, or stories in RW outlets like this ⬇️ where President Richard Corcoran lied that New College had broken an "all-time enrollment record." Not even close.

That's Corcoran's MO:
1. Lie
2. Hope no one follows up.

flvoicenews.com/new-college-...

New College of Florida breaks all-time record enrollment

Interim President of New College of Florida Richard Corcoran said the college has broken an "all-time record for enrollment" during the college's board of trustees meeting Thursday.

flvoicenews.com

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · May 26

We're just happy the national news is still paying attention to us!

Stoneball @stoneballs.bsky.social · May 25

What a lazy representation of @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social by @Chronicle.com - heavy on stereotypes, thin on fact.🧵

1. How can you post a 7,000-word Q&A on #NewCollege without noting that for years it has been the State Univ. System of Florida's honors college?

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www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...

A Crunchy College Goes Conservative

Two years after a board takeover, the left-leaning liberal arts college is gaining students and losing some of its granola appeal.

www.chronicle.com

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · May 15

Dear Faculty,
Our sportsball kids were going to live in mold. We realized that might be bad or get us sued, so they're going somewhere else.
Don't make them do homework and stuff.

Signed,
Guy With Zero Experience in Higher Education Who is Somehow a Provost

Novo Collegian Alliance @novoalliance.bsky.social · May 15

Corcoran's Top Tier Student Housing: A Moldy Trailer Park #NCA www.novocollegian.or...

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · May 14

We won! OK, we settled. For $125,000. Of your taxpayer money. We thought Chris Rufo might pay some of it, but he didn't want to, and we don't have any influence over him.

mailchi.mp/flcga/florid...

New College Settles Public Records Lawsuit - Court to Retain Jurisdiction

mailchi.mp

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · May 7

They're our records. We can do whatever we want with them

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New ColIege of Florida @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social · May 4

We're in lots of news these days! As they say, any press is good press, right?

We look forward to having to justify Chris Rufo's actions. And that yacht lawyer Bob Allen's actions. And the actions of all other people. We're sure Ron DeSantis is thrilled.

www.floridabulldog.org/2025/05/new-...

New College trustees headed to trial for hiding public records

By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - New College trustees appear headed to trial for hiding public records.

www.floridabulldog.org

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