“Newtown is your town,” began Barbara Langston member of the advisory board of Newtown’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and life-time Newtown resident. “You have that great opportunity to be part of what the redevelopment is going to be in this whole district.” Four Winds manager…
All photos Anne Larkin/Catalyst Triumphant cries of “You can do it Brucey!” edging on one boy’s quest to finish an enormous chocolate cake echoed in the resounding chamber at College Hall on May 1 as sugar-crazed chocolate enthusiasts piled desserts high onto their plates with…
Park gatherers beware: condo residents surrounding Selby Five Points Park in the heart of downtown Sarasota have been circulating a petition to limit the number of people allowed to gather on park property without a permit to twelve people. Apart from cutting children’s birthday parties to a lame number of family members, the proposed policy would prevent volunteer organizations from homeless feedings and could lead to devastating consequences like that of Orlando.
In 2007 the Orlando Sentinel reported a member of the Food Not Bombs group, Eric Montanez, was arrested after serving stew to a group of 30 homeless people gathered at Lake Eola Park. After writing up the incident, police collected a vial of stew as evidence.
Montanez’s crime fell under the jurisdiction of Orlando’s 2006 city-wide ordinance limiting the number of people permitted to gather at any city park without a permit to 25 persons. Only two permits can be granted a year for large group feedings. After complaints from business owners and residents surrounding the park, the city instilled the ordinance to quash the regular homeless feedings held by non-profit groups such as Food Not Bombs and the First Vagabonds Church of God.
Spring is in the air. The birds are chirping. And New College’s tranquil campus is a war zone for the fifty-five Novocollegiate mercenaries hired to take each other out. The time-honored game of Assassins began at 3 a.m. on Sunday and the killings will continue…
For many students, Spring Break is a time for relaxation and a much-needed recess from the migraines of midterms. For a small group of ten however, it’s a time to make a difference and give back to the community. Volunteer VISTA coordinators Monica Tambay (’07) and James Birmingham organized this year’s Alternative Spring Break, in which New College students traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to see the sights, work with a plethora of volunteer organizations and even rally outside of Georgia’s capital building in political protest.
A mere $70 covered the whole trip with the exception of a few meals. Students explored the city and sites as they worked with various non-profit organizations. Compared to previous alternative breaks, Tambay noted that a recent success in this spring’s trip was the diversity of programs students worked with.
On Feb. 8, New College students and people all across the country participated in a national effort to flood their state representatives with phone calls, asking them to cut spending on bottled water in government offices. A recent report from Corporate Accountability International showed Congress…
On Feb. 1 2011, New College police issued a campus-wide email to the student body attempting to locate the owner of a non-registered bike which had been recovered after officers arrested a 48 year old non-affiliated male, Troy Miller, whom New College students confirmed had…
Dancing, prancing and entrancing, on Nov. 19 and 20 the New College Dance Tutorial performed an entirely student-run show in the Sainer Auditorium to New College’s student body. The tutorial runs every semester and culminates in a performance showing off the skills and choreographed moves…
Trying to figure out where to go for Thanksgiving? Well never fear — New College is here. Students will take off Nov. 25 and 26 for the fall holiday, with many returning to their families and homes. But why not spend some quality time with…
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…
