photo courtesy of Monica Tambay Students working at an organic farm as part of last semester's Food, Poverty and Nutrition service-learning tutorial. On a hot August morning, third-year Lynn Gusman spent her Saturday with a shovel in hand, tirelessly digging the foundation for a house.…
Gracelena Ignacio/Catalyst Basso poses in her sparsely decorated Academic Center Office. Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Ann Basso has joined New College’s Humanities department while Associate Professor of English Nova Myhill is on sabbatical this year. “I was definitely feeling a hunger to do something…
Sarasotans need not look further than their own backyards for the bizarre, thanks to property investments by the Ringling brothers. Vibrant entertainment is rooted in this community and the Ringling Museum aims to engage Sarasota with the colorful legacy the brothers left behind. “Sarasota as…
photo courtesy of Juan Wang Juan Wang (left) and two of her students in China hold gifts given to Wang at a farewell party thrown by her students at the end of spring semester. While approximately 83 percent of its 836 students are counted as…
Scrawled in black permanent marker, the message “Fuck the G.O.P.” appeared on the recently re-painted New College overpass in one of the many fresh cases of vandalism drawing the public eye to public property. The very same message afflicted multiple scenes around campus, including a…
Kaley Soud/Catalyst Students take in the sunset during one of the last day of the open dock. This November, just as the weather takes a turn for the tolerable, campus serenity will be disrupted once again by large metal claws and roaring machinery as the…
As the school year begins, many students are noticing changes to their financial aid and tuition that are the result of decisions lawmakers in Tallahassee have made over the past year. Among such changes are increases to tuition by 15 percent, as well as a…
photo courtesy of Ilene Gillispie A group of first-years during Orientation. This year, the incoming class really is larger, with 273 new students, compared to 222 last year. Of those students, 238 are new first years, while 35 are transfers. Director of Admissions Operations Molly Robinson…
The results of the early fall 2011 New College Student Alliance (NCSA) election were announced the night of Sept. 1. Thesis student and Supervisor of Elections Naushin Jiwani sent an e-mail to students with the results (refer to side-bar.) “Pretty much 95 percent of the…
Photo courtesy of jigsaw.com A Walmart Neighborhood Market in Winter Springs, one of 27 in Florida. By as early as next fall, the empty lot of 3500 Tamiami Trail, former home to a Winn-Dixie store, will be replaced with a Walmart Neighborhood Market. On Aug.…
