When first year students James “Grayton” Cloos and Jamie Revollo placed an electric organ along side the bench, table and chairs in the mulch pad out side of their second court room, the two said that they could not have imagined the controversy that would…
photo courtesy of David Pedersen The champion crew, from left to right: David Pedersen, Doug Dearden and Tom Turner. New College’s Waterfront Manager David Pedersen, also known to Sarasota residents as the host of The Eclectic Blender, a weekly radio show on WSLR, 96.5 LPFM,…
Construction-weary Novocollegians breathed a collective sigh of relief last Wednesday when Palm Court reopened for pedestrian traffic and events. The plaza, affectionately enshrined in the New College Student Alliance (NCSA) Constitution as “the Center of the Universe,” was remodeled extensively over the summer — new…
Photo courtesy of Kaley Soud/Catalyst Serving quality food but paying for the convenience. As students go about their day-to-day business at New College it is only a matter of time before their academic enthusiasm begins to flag and they are accosted by an uncomfortable grumble…
In the spring of last year many students were dismayed by the closure of Sarasota News and Books (SNAB), but in this brave new world students don’t have to spoon with their Mr. Coffee in utter isolation. Just a few blocks from SNAB’s final resting…
Photo Courtesy of xconomy.com Paul Allen (center) stands with fellow investors Brian Binne (left) and Burt Rutan (right) in front of a replica of their privately developed Space Ship One which completed the first privately funded human spaceflight. Late last month, Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen filed a patent…
Photo courtesy of Kaley Soud/Catalyst First-year Thor Hlavaty charges into college and hits the ground running. The happy, naïve faces of freshmen Novocolliegians begin to darken as the shadows of evil, namely school work, plague the once blissful campus. First-years everywhere gasp in indignant horror…
After 16 years of being distributed in print, the Catalyst has re-entered the digital age. Each week, stories from the print edition distributed Wednesday will be published the following Friday online at ncfatalyst.org. In addition to acting as a archive for articles, the online edition…
In an email addressed to the student body, Matt Broerman stepped down from his position as New College Student Alliance Co-president. “I am stepping down from the post of your Co-President for a while.” Broerman explained to students. “As I enter my thesis year, I…
photo courtesy of Alexis Santos/Catalyst During an inspection of the College Hall seawall last month, engineers discovered structural damage to the Col- lege Hall dock and deemed it in “imminent danger of collapse.” “Basically what has happened structurally is that the steel rebar that’s in…
