A profile of the first year class: the class of 2010

photo courtesy of Lace Spencer On Aug. 15th, first-year students —excited to begin their careers as Novocollegians—arrived at New College. According to Associate Director of Admissions and Director of Recruitment Molly Robinson, 222 students make up the class of 2014. These students were selected from…

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The reopening of a campus classic

Coffee addicts everywhere trembled in anticipation while they eagerly awaited the reopening of the Four Winds Café yesterday—a café run by the students for the students where caffeine crazed Novocollegians will be able to quench their caffeine deprived brains once again. The Four Winds café…

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: a movie review

photo courtesy of tntmagazine.com A fast-paced whirl of quick humor, comic book word art and video game action sequences exploded before my eyes as I attended my first screening of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. An homage to 8-bit arcade games and rock music, the…

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Apple announces new Apple TV, social network

Apple unveiled its latest line-up of iPods last Wednesday along with two somewhat unexpected announcements: a new Apple TV and Ping, a social net- work built around music. Internet television set top boxes have normally been the domain of tech- nology enthusiasts thanks to their…

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Dubstep: friend, foe or both?

I thought someone had slipped something into my drink. The bass just didn’t sound right—it was shaking and didn’t make any sense. Some people were dancing in a strange cluster at the center of the party but the majority of students were off to the…

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A look at Sun Coast Press, printer of the Catalyst

The main printer spans the length of the production centre and puts out dozens of titles daily. The ink-blotted workers at Sun Coast Press jockey quietly around their surging machine, churning out thousands of copies of print material hourly, from TV guides to coupon books…

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Google Pits Chrome OS Against Windows, Other Operating Systems

“If your operating system is a hassle and all you’re really using it for is to get on your web browser to get online, then maybe we don’t need this anymore,” pondered a video released by Google late last week. “What if when you pressed…

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Local business owners share thoughts on economy

With Sarasota’s unemployment rate 3.4 percent higher than the national average and 1.2 percent higher than that of Florida (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), Sarasotans are surely feeling the sting of the recession. While the 13.4% unemployment rate could make any economist, politician or news…

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“Pro gamers” meet in Orlando to compete

Donkey Kong versus Mario. Nintendo versus Sega. Xbox versus PlayStation. Rivalries have been a part of gaming culture since the early days of the arcade, but never has the competition been so fierce until now with Major League Gaming (MLG). In 2010 MLG has planned…

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