photo courtesy of Kim Bendickson From left to right: Eugenie Fortier (3rd place), Ben Sims (1st place), Kim Russo (judge), Sherry Haber (3rd place) and Lily Carbone (honorable mention) stand within the Isermann Gallery. Winners of the fourth annual New College Juried Student Art Show were announced…
New College has received its second-largest individual gift in its history from the estate of Heidi H. Boothe, the mother of New College alum Sharon Boothe Rider (‘71), who unexpectedly died from an illness in 2004. The $3 million gift is a combination of monetary…
Vegan and vegetarian Novocollegeans may soon find a meat alternative besides tofu. A group of scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands have recently created muscle tissue with the use of bovine fetal cells, which they hope will someday take the place of rearing and…
Coinciding with the New College Student Alliance’s (NCSA) decision to discourage smoking at Towne Meetings, The Archives Of General Psychiatry has recently released new evidence stating that smoking causes accelerated mental decline in the cognitive processing of men. This contradicts evidence of a previous study…
photo courtesy of Natalie Rector Natalie Rector with a group of high schoolers she taught in Nepal. Depending on where participants go as Peace Corps volunteers, they may be the first Americans that many people have met in the flesh. Natalie Rector, New College visiting…
“My main goal is to promote study abroad as one of the most enriching and rewarding experiences students should consider undertaking while completing their undergraduate studies,” new Study Abroad Advisor Florence Zamsky said. Zamsky was appointed to the position after the program was moved from…
Last weekend New Music New College (NMNC) put on its biggest event yet with its fourth annual “Crossroads” festival. The two-day event entitled “Crossroads 4: The Meeting of the Minds” was held outside underneath the stars in the PespiCo Arcade at the Caples Fine Arts…
Eva Gray/Catalyst Matisyahu announced to his fans via Twitter in December 2011: "No more Chassidic reggae superstar. Sorry folks, all you get is me...no alias." He noted that he was reclaiming himself from a life of strict religiosity. Although he shaved his signature Hassidic beard, he told his fans…
Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst About half of those that RSVP'd showed up, while stragglers filled in the empty seats. He asked what color my panties were. Four minutes later, it was over. On Feb. 25, New College resident advisors (RAs) held a speed dating event and the…
Although social media is a relatively new concept, the speed at which it was integrated and expanded into an ever-growing, technologically-savvy society paints a somewhat skewed picture when considering some of the devastating effects social media websites have on those who use them. This worldwide…
