State funding for New College fell by more than $1.5 million this year while almost $1.2 million in non-recurring Federal Stimulus dollars ran out. Together these cuts resulted in a recurring budget shortfall, or a continuing budget hole, of almost $2.8 million in the school’s…
photo courtesy of Elena Korallis A former New College Quidditch team practices hard to prepare for games In keeping with tradition for the last few years, New College is again attempting to start and maintain an Intercollegiate Quidditch team. After a somewhat disappointing season last…
This past Wednesday, Sept. 7. Hamilton “Ham” Center hosted the first official New College Towne Meeting of the Year, the Purple Dress Towne Meeting. Chock-full of information pertaining to both new and returning students, the meeting covered a myriad of subjects ranging from basic introductions…
Wednesday nights can often amount to nothing more than homework and sleeping, but a local business, the pub Growler’s, has an alternative to the Hump-day blues! Every Wednesday from 7 until 9, Growler’s hosts a trivia competition hosted by none other than New College’s own…
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Don't want to be an American idiotOne nation controlled by the mediaInformation age of hysteriaIt's calling out to idiot America.These lyrics from one of Green Day’s more famous songs suggest that the role that the media plays in the lives of Americans may be something…
All photos Taylor Meredith/Catalyst For some incoming New College students, high school is a thing of the very recent past, with graduation photos uploaded and digitally immortalized last summer. For other students, high school took place decades ago, and those memories can be found between…
photo courtesy of Anne Fisher Dr. Herbert Pegues now works at the Counseling and Wellness Center. The new family physician at the Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC), Herbert Pegues M.D., said that his childhood pediatrician inspired him to practice medicine. As a toddler, Pegues got…
photo courtesy of Monica Tambay Students working at an organic farm as part of last semester's Food, Poverty and Nutrition service-learning tutorial. On a hot August morning, third-year Lynn Gusman spent her Saturday with a shovel in hand, tirelessly digging the foundation for a house.…
Gracelena Ignacio/Catalyst Basso poses in her sparsely decorated Academic Center Office. Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Ann Basso has joined New College’s Humanities department while Associate Professor of English Nova Myhill is on sabbatical this year. “I was definitely feeling a hunger to do something…
