BY JASMINE RESPESS AND CAITLYN RALPH 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…
Sarasota is a lot of things. It’s wealthy, it’s luxurious, it’s a vacation destination. But is it sexy? I tried to answer these questions via the most explicit sex-related public locations available in town: adult stores. Sarasota has three main adult sex shops: there’s…
All of our photos for Issue 6, including ones not found in the print edition, can be found here.
When George W. Bush was elected president for his first term, many current thesis students were in kindergarten (first-years might have been toddlers), yet his presidency shaped, and ultimately determined, the outcomes of the most significant political events in our world. While current students were…
The rise in drug-related deaths in the United States has become a public health crisis as deadly and widespread as the H.I.V. epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s. An estimated 125 people a day die from a drug overdose in the United States, 78 of…
Retired New College Police Department (NCPD) Sergeant Kenneth “Ken” Vickers passed away in the early morning of Sept. 16. A friendly face on campus for 18 years, Vickers is remembered by students, faculty and staff as a warm, kind individual who made lasting connections with…
Water quality is an international issue, but as of late, water safety problems have become more prevalent in the United States. In Flint, Michigan, the water is so high in lead that it is not considered safe to drink. Here in Sarasota, similar issues have…
The club with the most dangerous name on campus, Anarchy Deathsticks has taken knitting and community to an entirely new level. Knitting Club transforms a relaxing craft into a low-stress community gathering and an alternate social activity to Walls. Organizers third-years Alex Johnson and Meagan…
As the temperature falls - maybe like a degree or two - New College gets a hint that fall is on its way. And, with fall, comes the spooky, Halloween-inspired Center Of The Universe Party (COUP). On Oct. 3, a COUP Towne Meeting was held…
Next week is fall break, which means that midterms - and an abundance of studying - are well underway. There’s no better way to power through that last paper than carpooling to a coffee shop near New College for a change of scenery and a…
