Second-years Martha “Liz” Gibbons and Catherine “Cat” Olson have started up the Speak Easy Theatre Company this semester. Speak Easy is based upon the LAByrinth theatre company, which prides itself on expanding mainstream theatre and creating a venue for actors, playwrights and directors to express…

On Wed. Mar. 14, New College students and members of the Sarasota and New College Campus Police Departments gathered in Palm Court for a Towne Meeting. First on the agenda was a dialogue between students and police regarding the sexual predator who has been targeting…

The metal working club gives Novocollegians access to materials to create their very own metal works of art. Third-year Michael Getz said that he started the club, which often uses repurposed or “dumpstered” metal, out of a desire to do metal working in his own…

“Clybourne Park is a play, and I think [the students] were attracted to it because we were looking for something a little bit different,” Dean of Students and organizer of the first-year book ISP Wendy Bashant reflected.  Clybourne Park, penned by Bruce Norris, is about…

Though prepared for the worst, New College President Gordon “Mike” Michalson sent a cautiously optimistic e-mail to staff and students after meeting with the Florida State Legislature to determine the budget for the 2012-13 academic year.  The state gave an unexpected $1.3 million of recurring…

The Gender and Diversity Center (GDC), located on the far right of Hamilton “Ham” Center, has become a staple for group meetings, movie showings, Wallternatives and study sessions. Filled with books, magazines and movies on gender and diversity related topics, comfy couches and open doors…

After being approached by the New College Foundation about revitalizing the economic state of North Longboat Key, Professor of Sociology David Brain decided to gather a group of students and make it into an Independent Study Project (ISP). North Longboat Key, dubbed the “Village,” has…

Rigorous academic schedules and social lives are sometimes difficult enough to simultaneously maintain by themselves. Many students, however, have to add one more element to their juggling act: off-campus employment. Third-year Emily Ryan has worked the concession stand at the downtown Regal Hollywood Theater since…

Readers of this publication will know that the Catalyst reviewed the new iPad, released by Apple on Mar. 16, in somewhat less than glowing terms after viewing Apple's keynote presentation on the device. After our write-up, which admittedly was done without the ability of getting…