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We are the NEW College of Florida, not the OLD. We stand against the reactionary, hostile takeover of our school. #SaveNewCollege

Sarasota, Florida
Joined January 2023
Graduating New College student hands a copy of George Orwell's "1984" to DeSantis ally and New College's Interim President Richard Corcoran (who, notably, opted to sit in the back row and not shake graduates' hands)
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NCF Students for Educational Freedom retweeted
GOP: Stop all indoctrination!! Also GOP:
Florida OKs school materials aimed at making students conservatives trib.al/M8kVKtj
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NCF Students for Educational Freedom retweeted
UFF members: urgent reminder! ‼️ Payroll deduction of UFF dues is GONE as of July 1 bc of recent anti-union legislation. To keep your UFF membership ACTIVE, convert to eDues THIS week, before 7/1/23. It's safe, secure, and easy! Please help by retweeting this.
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June 17, 2023: Dr. Richard Thripp premieres satirical video playing Gov. Ron DeSantis pitching Presidency of New College of Florida to Mr. Richard Corcoran youtu.be/y4pW2qGs13Q
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“New College’s response today suggests the institution’s leaders fail to understand their obligations to the public as government actors,” theflstandard.com/new-colleg…
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This is how @USouthFlorida treats students who stand up for diversity programs, multicultural groups & ethnic studies. The #Tampa5 were brutalized by @USFPDTampa & now face prison time for using their first amendment right. Defend the Tampa 5 here!: tinyurl.com/tampa5
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YEAHHH K.C.!!!!!!
OUR NEXT PANELIST FOR THE STUDENT PANEL K.C. Casey (they/them) is a recent graduate from New College of Florida who has been organizing against DeSantis’ takeover of the school. Stayed tuned on @TampaBaySDS & @TampaBayCAC as we introduce more panelists in the coming days! #Tampa5
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"Once they start bad-mouthing students and speaking down to them, that was sort of a line that I felt like I couldn't be silent. That's not how you teach. That's not how you engage students." -Erik Wallenberg, former New College visiting professor. miaminewtimes.com/news/profe…
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yesss UNF!!!! #protecttenure
ICYMI: we have submitted a cease-and-desist letter to UNF. While we do not take this action lightly, you should know that faculty rights and well-being will always be our no. 1 priority. We are prepared to protect our right to bargain and safeguard your right to representation.
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I’m in this tweet and I don’t like it
No, our school mascot wasn’t divisive or offensive but we changed it anyway because that’s what all the better schools are doing and we need to keep up!
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NCF Students for Educational Freedom retweeted
BREAKING: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is humiliated as students from Florida’s prestigious New College defy him in the best way possible. After DeSantis conducted a “takeover” of the left-leaning college through his fascist anti-LGBTQ+ policies, the students struck back by putting together an “alternate” gradation ceremony where they can celebrate the graduation of their LGBTQ+ classmates without being punished by DeSantis. The college’s LGBTQ+ students say that they have been specifically targeted by DeSantis, which is why they made sure their graduation ceremony featured ample rainbow and pink-and-blue flags. But it gets even better… The alternate graduation ceremony, which was attended by the vast majority of the college’s students, is just one of many events that the students have organized to protest against DeSantis. VICE News reports that, “Students at the school have also defied DeSantis by hosting inclusive chess tournaments, dances, garage sales, rallies, and, of course, protests. In February, about 300 students and parents, some dressed in Handmaid’s Tale outfits, protested a board meeting held by the new right-wing administration." "The fact is that we are incredibly resilient students. We are queer students living in Florida," a student told Vice. “We have survived through this before and we're going to continue surviving through it.” Please RT and ❤️ to thank the brave students for taking a stand against fascist Ron DeSantis — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new “woke” Twitter competitor that is exploding in popularity because Elon Musk banned Tribel’s Twitter account — but he forgot to ban this link to download the new Tribel app: tribel.app.link/okwPIHYCIqb 
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Ron DeSantis has waged a war against a small liberal college, implementing a right-wing board of trustees that would transform New College to model a Christian, conservative one. But queer students are fighting back. And they’re not giving up. trib.al/ZzjRZT0
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NCF Students for Educational Freedom retweeted
Today’s example of @NewCollegeofFL cognitive dissonance — DeSantis blasts the same college (and students/faculty!) that Corcoran praises. A bit hard to feel appreciated after witnessing a semester of constant insults from BoT directed towards students, staff, and faculty.
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The transparent use of @NewCollegeofFL as a political stunt to further a presidential campaign has very real consequences.
NCF faculty votes to censure the New College of Florida Board of Trustees:
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Jack Sweeney, the University of Central Florida student that made national headlines with his Twitter account that tracked Elon Musk’s jet, now appears to be doing the same with Gov. Ron DeSantis. clickorlando.com/news/local/…
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NCF faculty votes to censure the New College of Florida Board of Trustees:
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Related is students' list of demands shared out earlier this month:
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