Taylor Meredith/Catalyst The nearby Shell station frequented by Novocollegians. Just a stone’s throw away, the Shell gas station on the corner of N. Tamiami Trail and General Spaatz Blvd. is virtually a part of the New College campus. Like a grungy walk-in vending machine, the…
photo courtesy of Florida College Access Network Thesis student Kathleen McQueeny (left) and second-year Anthony Serifsoy (right) present to other delegates of the 2012 Florida Student Education Policy Conference. New College loses a considerable amount of students before their graduation year for numerous reasons. First-year…
The need for parking meters in the downtown Sarasota area was eliminated recently when city commissioners knocked down the practice in a three-to-two vote. Shop owners, who have been opposed to the implementation of paid parking for the past year, have decided to band together…
While the thought of the student body knowing one’s intimate secrets may be intimidating to some, for others, it has become what has turned out to be a widespread event. Post-Secret, a Resident Advisor (RA) event, began soliciting for anonymous submissions to be placed in…
Sweet, warm smells were rolling out of X Kitchen last Tuesday as students learned how to bake bread with Resident Advisors (RAs) Rose Marz and Delaney Anderson. The event, which invited students to try their hand at baking and to bring their homework while they…
Sara Mineo/Catalyst Prospective students meet and eat to talk about their futures at New College. On Saturday, Mar. 3 College Hall was packed with faculty, staff, alumni, current and newly admitted students and their families for the Prospective Student Pizza Party. The event was organized…
Visiting Immokalee this year awakened a desire in me to champion the CIW movement. As my car tires skidded off of the interstate and onto the main thoroughfare in Immokalee, I felt as if I had entered a different Florida. Storefronts painted vibrant colors made…
all photos Chloe Dodd/Catalyst “After a great deal of planning, a great deal of confusion and a great deal of work,” read the e-mail sent to the Student Forum Mar. 8from New College Student Alliance (NCSA) President Michael “Mike” Long, the ACE Lounge is finally…
Bright and angular, the recently unused building on Tamiami Trail just south of University Parkway will soon be open as The Coffee Loft, a non-profit coffee shop owned and operated by the Woodland Community Church, a Southern Baptist church located in Bradenton. “We've been wanting…
I make no secret of the fact that I'm one of those annoying Apple fanboys who will stop at nothing until every computer or mobile phone running some flavor of Windows is buried in a landfill somewhere out in New Mexico (not unlike what allegedly…
