Photos Courtesy of Kaley Soud. While Burning Man is well known as being a festival for radical self expression, what goes unnoticed are the many burns in between and the Burner culture that underlies it all. Due to some fortunate random circumstance I found one…
All photos Anne Larkin/Catalyst Nearly 150 people from Sarasota and the surrounding area woke up before sunrise on the morning of April 29 and made their way to the Ritz-Carlton for a live-stream of the wedding ceremony between Prince William, son of beloved Lady Di,…
“I will be speaking from experience and what I have learned from life,” explained Dr. Helen Fagin, former professor of English and Director of Judaic Studies at the University of Miami, namesake of the Dr. Helen N. Fagin Holocaust Collection at the Jane Bancroft Cook…
All photos Anne Larkin/Catalyst Triumphant cries of “You can do it Brucey!” edging on one boy’s quest to finish an enormous chocolate cake echoed in the resounding chamber at College Hall on May 1 as sugar-crazed chocolate enthusiasts piled desserts high onto their plates with…
All photos Puneet Sandhu A thud versus a sting: it's the difference between a slap on the hand and pinch on the wrist. Some people like both. On April 30, the curious had a chance to experience these and other sensations inside the Fetish Ball…
All photos Corey Rodda/Catalyst “You can get an ice cream for a $1.50, it’s for kids of all ages. Everybody qualifies,” said John Hallahan one of the owners of Cafe Ala Mode clad in a white blouse and pirate hat. As he served up the…
Following months of debate that stretched across three New College Student Alliance (NCSA) administrations, a new agreement concerning the official cutoff time for Walls has been reached between students and the administration. Walls no longer have a mandatory cutoff time of 2:00 a.m. and may now run until noise complaints shut them down or until the events naturally wane.
“It’s a flashpoint for a lot of student self-governance issues,” President Gordon “Mike” Michalson told the Catalyst. “It has important features in and of itself but it is also representative of the wider issue of the balance among all interests in student self-governance issues.”
Students were informed of the change via an e-mail sent on April 22 announcing the formal lifting of the presidential decree issued in response to the battery of two students during a Wall in September 2008. The decree mandated Walls to end by 2:00 a.m. as an effort to prevent such events from happening again but became a major sticking point for students wishing to have more of a say in campus affairs.
Last Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes caused a small stir on campus this week. Each year during Orientation, first-years get a chance to bond over a book sent to them over the summer. Three years ago, the incoming class received paperback copies of the New…
A small group filed into the fitness center, wearing comfortable shoes and carrying jackets, cell phones, and pens, all of which make handy weapons if attacked in a dark parking lot. “Come learn self defense techniques at the Fitness Center at 6 p.m. on April…
After a smashing turnout on the first Pokemon Trainer Day hosted on April 1, second-year Jehan Sinclair plans on forming a New College of Florida Pokemon League. “I’ve mentioned the idea, and there seems to be an interest in it,” she said. “I’m thinking gym…
