Last week on February 14th, Valentine’s Day, an estimated 400 couples renewed their vows as the sun set on Siesta Key. 300 couples registered for the romantic event held by Sarasota County, but the coordinator Jennifer Groff estimated that at least 100 more arrived last…
A former mayor, a library manager, and a criminal justice lawyer walked into a cafe. The first two helped themselves to free pizza, but the lawyer passed up the offer, as he had promised his wife he would eat dinner with her at home. And…
All photos Christine McCormic/Catalyst Lazarus demonstrates the proper use of the matchlock arquebus. This early firearm was used by De Soto's army on their expedition throughout the southeastern United States. Thesis student Dayna Lazarus never was a history buff. “I liked history, but avoided trying…
All photos Alexis Santos/Catalyst Pete Russell loads bowling balls onto the skid steer loader to place them in goals. The 21-acre field on the corner of Tallevast Road and State Highway 301 sits empty on most days, but on others tourists don hardhats and climb…
Anne Larkin/Catalyst Alum Loren Mora ('06) at the Storytelling night. The Four Winds Café filled with narrators and narrative-appreciators alike last Wednesday night, the familiar furniture re-arranged into a circle conducive to storytelling and soul food eating as brave, funny, clever students perched above us…
all photos Kaley Soud/Catalyst “Come closer,” were the first words spoken to an eager audience as a poet, unassuming in stature but a giant when heard, took the stage on Feb. 19th. Sudakoff conference center was filled with people waiting to hear Anis Mojgani, National Slam…
At the Towne Meeting Feb. 9, students voted to begin the process of thoroughly restructuring the New College student government’s constitution. While a small amount of debate and discussion surrounded the vote, including the passage of an amendment specifying the facilitation of a design charrette…
On Feb. 3 a small crowd of students, faculty and Alumni Foundation administration gathered in Keating Center to meet and greet the year’s new Alum Fellows, graduates who have returned to lead Independent Study Project (ISP) groups or teach a course in the upcoming 2011…
As strains of The Beatles’ track “Yesterday” and other classical ditties performed by a violinist and harpist were heard in the background, nearly 600 well-dressed socialites, alums, philanthropists and others noshed on choice cuts of filet mignon and made small talk at a dinner held…
photo courtesy of Skylar Ead/Catalyst Grand Pré showcasing her image of "the Magic of Harry Potter." Before the magic of Harry Potter held captive an enchanted world-wide audience — before the first book even left the printing room — there was a table, a chair and…
