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Pipe Bursts at Lakeside During Deep Freeze
By Sarah Ogden on February 8, 2026
Photo courtesy of Julia Clements On the morning of Feb. 1, 2026, an AC pipe burst in Lakeside Neighborhood, affecting residents in Lakeside Seymour and Lakeside Bornstein buildings. Water flooded multiple floors,...
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Rollins Tuition Rises Again in 2025-26, Increasing Financial Concerns for Students
By Kaitlynn Torres on December 7, 2025
As costs in higher learning continue to rise, many families are struggling to keep up. Rollins College’s newest update to tuition fees underscores the financial challenges students face — even as the college encourages eligible families to apply for aid. Graphic by Kaitlynn Torres For the 2025–26 year,...
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A Look Back on Provost Don Davison’s 37 Years at Rollins
By Kaitlynn Torres on November 23, 2025
When Don Davison came to Rollins College in 1989, it wasn’t a long-term plan. In fact, Davison wasn’t positive he would remain in academia at all. “I had been offered a position elsewhere, and I...
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Forty-Three Days: The Longest Government Shutdown in History
By Molly Higgins on November 18, 2025
Graphic by Molly Higgins Forty, forty-one, forty-two, forty-three. The House lay abandoned, the Senate in a stalemate, the president taking away food stamps a month before the holiday season; that was the state...
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Student Media Now Department Within Olin Library
By Jack Kelly on November 9, 2025
As one of President Brook Barnett’s first structural changes at Rollins, Student Media has become a department within the Olin Library. This marks a significant shift in the department’s organizational hierarchy,...
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