After a weeklong campaign period, Novocollegians cast their ballots on Nov. 3 and 4 in Hamilton “Ham” Center to elect a slew of officials to the New College Student Alliance (NCSA). Following the first round of elections on the 3rd, first-year Michael Long and third-year…
photo courtesy of Casey Morell/Catalyst Nathan Billings, from Harvard Medical School, gave a lecture on Nov. 5 in Soo Bong Chae Auditorium about how the thyroid affects retinal development. On Nov. 5, Nathan Billings from Harvard Medical School’s Cepko Lab gave a presentation in Soo…
Amid times of economic uncertainty, New College is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding. The New College Foundation is gearing up for the festivities by organizing events and campaigns to raise private funds in an effort to create growth within the college and to…
All photos David Belew/Catalyst Most days of the week, the property lies still. Aloe trees and live oaks slowly creep closer to a sun silently casting light onto an ordered jumble of cacti. By Monday morning though, the property slides into a flurry of activity…
Illustration by Graham Clark. To pastiche Katy Perry: I ate dinner at the Ritz-Carlton and I liked it. The taste of cherry-infused gnocchi — served with a smoky glaze, along with big bites of savory mushrooms. I liked the chilled carrot soup, served in a…
Every morning a slew of pickup trucks and white vans pulls up to the corner of Bay shore Road and 45th.. Workers get out of there vehicles and trudge to their days work. For many months now a new mansion has been in progress there.…
All photos Casey Morell/Catalyst The darkroom has six enlargers, or devices to aid in the development of film negatives, for use. Nestled in the back corner of Hamilton “Ham” Center lies one of New College’s best kept secrets: a photography darkroom that is open for…
Apple, Google and Research In Motion (makers of the BlackBerry) have been the major players in the smartphone arena, but tech titan Microsoft is now stepping back into the ring. Microsoft launched its Windows Phone 7 devices on Nov. 8 and the Catalyst is here to cut through the technical minutiae and highlight how it’s different from the rest.
All photos courtesy of stitchcraftmusic.com From left, Ezra Lipp, Heather Normandale and Anna Perlmutter at one point performed StitchCraft. While at NCF, Normandale studied anthropology to help her write music about her life Created in 2006, the band StitchCraft may be New College in a…
Using the street as their canvas, local and international artists from near and far gathered for the first time on downtown Sarasota’s Pineapple Ave. to participate in the first ever international street-painting festival in the United States. On the weekend of Oct. 30 , roads…
