“Hagrid, what’s Quidditch?” “It’s our sport. Wizard sport. It’s like — like soccer in the Muggle world — everyone follows Quidditch — played up in the air on broomsticks and there’s four balls — sorta hard ter explain the rules.” When the Harry Potter series…
The sun blazes in the haze of Florida's humidity. The heat seems like a test of human endurance, but there are people outside, at noon, during the peak hours when UV rays strike would-be skin cancer victims. Yet men are running, swinging, sliding, spitting and…
Last year, the Four Winds cafe was $15,000 in debt, according to Student Government Business Manager Dawn Shawngood. Over the summer, it was uncertain whether the cafe would be reopened in the fall due to unsanitary conditions. New manager Johannah Birney (08') said the debt…
Life-threatening alcohol poisoning hasn’t exactly been a ‘one-off’ in the first few weeks of the New College fall 2012 semester. Public nudity has been on full display. Students came together and called an emergency, community meeting. A Kiss Your Crush-themed Wall led to a strep…
With its communal setting and diverse student body, New College has the right environment to become a popular hub for musical events. Due to groups such as the Student Allocations Committee (SAC) and the Council of Academic Affairs (CAA), it’s easy for students to…
Apathy has become a four letter word. Especially since the election of President Barack Obama, whose election speech challenged the notion of an apathetic youth, the insistence that people can and should create change in the world has grown. The sense of empowerment and duty…
On May 1 in the Black Box Theater, four queer leaders from the local gay and lesbian community participated in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans* (LGBT) Work-life, Leadership, and Civil Rights panel, which focused on being openly gay in the workplace and the gay civil…
photo courtesy of the New College Office of Public Affairs (From left to right): Thesis students Dana Ziegler, Susanna Payne-Passmore, Christopher Mullholland and Kathleen McQueeny received Fulbright grants to study abroad next year. New College, which has the second-highest amount of Fulbright award-winners per capita,…
all photos Taylor Meredith/Catalyst The dark music room within the bowels of College Hall was transformed into the stage for a New College student performance of the 2004 play Doubt: A Parable, written by John Patrick Shanley, last on Fri. May 4th and Sat. May…
