graphic courtesy of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Levels of all bacteria found on hands and cell phones in the U.K. The researchers found that generally, cities in the north such as Glasgow showed greater levels of hand contamination than southern cities such as London. Your…
Restless, Gus Van Sant’s newest flick, is an impassioned, bittersweet tour de force. Gus Van Sant is known for cinematic oddities such as My Private Idaho, Paranoid Park and Good Will Hunting. Restless is a love story between terminally-ill Annabel Cotton (Mia Wasakowski) and Enoch…
Cryos International, one of the world’s largest sperm banks, released a statement saying that they will no longer be accepting samples from red-haired men. The branch, located in Denmark, which boasts to have caused 18,841 pregnancies since 1991 and ships specimens to 65 countries all…
It should come as no surprise to those of us who have already felt ire towards Florida’s current governor, Rick Scott, that he has once again alienated students in his latest action against higher education. In recent interviews with the Herald Tribune and right-wing radio…
Screenshot courtesy of New College of Florida After it was decided that the previous Internet portal could no longer satisfy the needs of the growing student body and expectations of the school, a new portal costing about $29,500 debuted earlier this October. Before, students could…
Gracelena Ignacio/Catalyst Michalson poses with the NAACP award in his office. Student members of the President's Advisory Committee on Diversity Tristan Zucker and Destiny Lyals also attended the event. “I think one of the great things about the local chapter of the NAACP is that…
Taylor Meredith/Catalyst Braasch answers questions from the audience at the end of his presentation. It was the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 that marked Gary Braasch’s transition from nature photographer to photojournalist of environmental issues. Braasch, standing at a safe distance, was able…
In this era of increased environmental awareness and concern, the term “red tide” appears all too frequently in news all over the world. Native to no particular place and yet equally as unwelcomed as an invasive species, red tide can occur in almost every kind…
Casey Morell/Catalyst On the corner of 17th St. and Washington Blvd. sits a nondescript, open-air structure flanked by a glowing red neon sign. I’ve driven past it many times, wondering what on earth it was — its name, Hob Nob, didn’t seem to give much…
The first-annual national Food Day celebration was officially held on Monday, Oct. 24. However, the Sarasota version was held on Sunday at WSLR’s new community space at 525 Kumquat Court. “Sarasota and other communities like us decided that [Sunday] was a better day to have it,” Sarasota County Extension Agent Robert Kluson said. “Next year they might call it ‘Food Week.’ Its kind of like Earth Day, there’s no one day.” In fact, an April 2011 press release announcing the official launch of Food Day noted that the campaign is modeled after Earth Day and aims to create dialogue about crucial issues and “inspire Americans to hold thousands of events in schools, college campuses, houses of worship, and even in private homes aimed at fixing America’s food system.”
