In 2008, the Florida legislature passed a bill which established a 75 percent recycling goal to be met by the year 2020. This year New College began a partnership with Waste Management in order to work towards meeting that goal. Americans generated over 250 million…
Meghan Walde, one of the new Campus Life Coordinators who was hired over the summer, sat down with the Catalyst and opened up about what it was like growing up in a small farming town known for apples. Walde, who is now a Goldstein resident,…
While many New College students spent their spring break relaxing and catching up on work, New College Student Alliance (NCSA) President Cassandra Corrado and her cabinet members, as well as several student volunteers, travelled to Tallahassee to lobby on behalf of Florida’s college students. Rally…
Twin Lakes Park was transformed into a little piece of Ireland this past Sunday to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The crowd – which appeared to be one solid mass of green from a distance – ate, drank and experienced merriment as they enjoyed the gorgeous…
Jobs, jobs, jobs. That was the takeaway from Gov. Rick Scott’s state of the state address. The Republican governor touted Florida’s s improving economy, championed deeper tax cuts and discussed his plans for education reform as he made the case for his reelection. The speech,…
After remedying the Fitness Center’s financial crisis by creating a sustainable path for the center’s future, the New College Student Alliance (NCSA) and the administration are trying to resolve the Counseling and Wellness Center’s (CWC) impending budget crisis. In the past couple of years, the CWC…
This past weekend the Ringling Museum welcomed visitors to its annual Ringling in Bloom celebration. It was a “fabulous four-day celebration of flowers and fine art.” Throughout the museum’s galleries there were 26 displays designed by 33 floral designers from the region. The event was…
New College New Hope, the campus Relay for Life team, raised $150 selling carnations for Valentine’s Day. Second-year Courtney Huff-Oelberg, the team’s captain, said she hopes to raise 20 times that amount to reach their $3,000 goal by the Apr. 4th event. “We had a booth at the Fun and Fitness…
Last week the tuition-free online university, University of the People (UoPeople), was accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council, a national accrediting group. The institution was created to reach underprivileged students around the world. Currently,the university educates 700 students from 142 countries in programs such as…
Along with turning 10 years old this month, Facebook made the choice to expand its personal gender options. Overnight users went from having two options to having more than 50. Besides having trans options, users can also identify as agender, androgynous, gender fluid, gender queer…
