On Oct. 15, 1982, one year into Ronald Reagan’s first presidency, his press secretary laughed at the AIDS crisis, which disproportionately affected gay men. In June 2015, in the landmark 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme court ruled same sex marriage legal and overturned any…
BY CAITLYN RALPH AND JASMINE RESPESS A lot happens in the music world between the Catalyst’s weekly production schedule. While Caitlyn and Jasmine would love to cover it all, they can’t – so, instead, we gave them a category and had them write up bite-sized…
I think we can all admit it’s been a tough past couple weeks, and we could all use a break. However, with the angry orange man now looming over both society and the dinner table, there’s a new danger on the horizon: Thanksgiving table talk.…
At 80-plus degrees, Saturday was warm one - even for November in Sarasota. However, the hot sun didn’t stop plenty of students from grabbing a blanket and a friend and a block of shade to partake in campus’ most charming event, Newstock. Strewn on the…
All the photos for Issue 11, including some not found in the print issue can be found, here.
First-years will receive their first evaluations in the coming weeks, and although they may have experienced New College's unique grading system by seeing little paragraphs stapled to exams rather than a letter or number at the top of the page, the evaluation system not only…
Following the announcement of Donald Trump’s victory at the Nov. 8 election, members of the Sarasota community quickly came together to organize a peaceful public declaration of their stance against his presidency, in what became one of the largest protests in recent Sarasota history.…
26 states and the District of Columbia have laws that legalize marijuana in some form. This number will increase by three after the recent election results, showing a gradual decline in national stigma towards marijuana use. Does this decline in stigma towards marijuana parallel a…
Representatives from over 197 countries have gathered in Marrakech, Morocco for the twenty-second session Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), otherwise known as COP22. The meeting is a follow-up to COP21 in Paris and will take…
After the results of the election, more than ever students are concerned about democracy. The Democracy Matters club was recently formed. Co-Presidents Mary Stevens and Franklin Sklar are interested in having a diverse amount of people in club. They want to focus on actions.…
