all photos Shane Donglasan/Catalyst Feb. 29, 1983 is the death date engraved on one of the many grave markers in the Galilee Cemetery. However, 1983 was not a leap year. A pair of grave markers belonging to one woman had the same death dates but…
all potos Eva Gray/Catalyst The first Occupy Sarasota demonstration took place on Thursday, Oct. 6 on Main St in front of the Bank of America. Protesters rallied to show solidarity with the now-international Occupy Together movement. Miranda Crouse of Bradenton held a sign that read,…
In past years, New College has funded between 30 and 75 work-study positions through a combination of federal and state aid. The federal government annually allocates approximately $27,000 to New College for work-study, which the college supplements with aid from the state in order to…
Readers of all ages, races and nationalities came together to celebrate free speech during the 30th annual Banned Books Weeks (BBW), which was from held Sept. 24 to Oct. 1. BBW highlighted the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to…
American hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer landed in New York on Sunday, Sept. 25, reuniting with friends and family after more than two years in an Iranian prison. In Aug. 2009, a fateful hiking trip turned into charges of spying and trespassing once the…
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas submitted a “historic” request to UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Sept. 23, asking the United Nations to admit the state of Palestine as a full member. Just after Abbas handed in the request, he was greeted with a standing ovation as he…
United States Postal Workers rallied in front of lawmakers’ offices across the nation on Tuesday to urge their Congressmen and women to support legislation that postal worker labor unions believe would solve the Postal Service’s financial problems. One such rally was in Sarasota where more…
In 2001, New College of Florida (NCF), after being maintained as the Honors College of the University of South Florida (USF), split off and became the eleventh Florida state university. It was a long and difficult process, which eventually paid off to produce the NCF…
"Today is a tragic day in our nation's history,” Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck said. “Troy Davis was executed in spite of serious doubt about his guilt.” This doubt, which has spread through communities worldwide, resulted in thousands upon thousands of signatures on behalf of…
Photo credit: Sanchez, Navau, Prat-Camps and Chen, 2011. (From left to right) Magnetic field, as represented by the blue lines, of a single magnet, two magnets repulsing each other and then an antimagnet placed on top of one of the two magnets. In the last…
