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…
photo courtesy of feelgoodguru.com Tickell plans to work with the school to provide a free screening of the documentary to New College students. New College alum Josh Tickell (’03) is the director of a documentary on his alma mater which may be entitled “The New…
New College is currently hoping to host two scholars from historically under represented populations. These scholars would be selected through the Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges, a program that aligns small liberal arts colleges with minority faculty members. The consortium is designed…
photo courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel Scott rallies with former governor Jeb Bush during the home stretch on the Nov. 2 election. Newspapers across the country are referring to the Nov. 2 election results as a "red tide." This runs counter to the conventional wisdom…
Alumn Brian Lee Bonfonti’s (‘00) trespass warning from the New College campus has now been upheld by both Campus Police Chief Wes Walker and Vice President of Finance and Administration John Martin. Martin issued his decision to Bonfonti on Oct. 8, the day fall break…
all photos Alexis Santos/Catalyst For nearly 40 years, the Eagles have been a staple of the country-rock genre and on Oct. 26, they rocked the proverbial socks off of Orlando’s newly constructed Amway Center. Although the concert had been postponed for two weeks to accommodate…
photo courtesy of Lauren Gruenbaum Catalyst editor Casey Morell (right) and University of Florida freshman Danny O'Sullivan (left) got to meet Phoenix frontman Thomas MArs (center) after their Oc. 26 performance at Orlando's House of Blues. From Coldplay to Franz Ferdinand, from U2 to Paul…
According to Ovid, when King Oeneus of Calydon failed to make his annual sacrifice to Artemis, goddess of the hunt, the embittered deity sent the Calydonian Boar as punishment. The chthonic pig was of great stature and nearly unstoppable, ravaging the crops and forcing everyone…
When I was a kid my grandmother told me that I’d get whip lash if I kept flipping my hair around. Apparently no one ever told that to Willow Smith. The nine year old daughter of celebrity couple Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith unveiled…
New College culture fosters a certain “je ne sais quoi” and nonchalance concerning the spread of germs, but if an epidemic did sweep across campus, the college is prepared with a battle plan. NCF has a 45 page Emergency Operations Plan that broadly outlines how…
