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‘A Quiet Storm:’ Brooke Barnett’s Commitment to DEIB and Students as Rollins’ Next President
By Ellis Pollard and Ivelisse Rodriguez on December 14, 2024
Photo courtesy of Rollins College Rollins College has announced Brooke Barnett as their new president, beginning her term in the 2025-2026 academic year. On Dec....
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Brooke Barnett Named 16th President of Rollins College
By Paloma Kluger on December 11, 2024
The incoming Rollins College President, photographed at the President’s Residence at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. The Rollins College Board of Trustees today announced...
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Reckoning our History: Francis Philip Fatio Memorial Bench
By Ivelisse Rodriguez on November 24, 2024
Photo courtesy of Ellis Pollard A weathered coquina bench lies in Rollins College's Chapel Garden; the cracks in its restored frame tell the fragments of...
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Op-Ed: The New Trans Athlete Lawsuit that Seeks to “Protect” Women (Whether They Like it or Not)
By Arabella Lilleslatten on November 24, 2024
Graphic by Karina Ekholm College sports are under scrutiny yet again as transphobic panic in the nation and the incoming administration are preparing to police...
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Op-Ed: We Didn’t Start the Fire: The Future of Education After the 2024 Election
By Molly Higgins on November 24, 2024
Graphic by Karina Ekholm For the last forty-four years, Republican presidents and lawmakers have been trying to dismantle the Department of Education. This time it...
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Obama vs. LGBT

By Vernon Megis on March 17, 2011

President Barack Obama was the political icon for the LGBT community during the 2008 elections. However, not so long after these elections, the LGBT community’s…

Organizations Suffer Ill-fated Loss