The fifth annual All Power to the Imagination! (API) conference begins Fri., Apr. 20 and ends on Sun., Apr. 22. On Friday and Saturday, the conference will run from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with a lunch break in between, while API will end by…
Along with additional and returning faculty for the next academic year (see box), several faculty promotions have been awarded. Professor of Economics Tarron Khemraj and Professor of Mathematics Necmettin Yildirim have both been promoted from assistant to associate professor, along with receiving tenure. Professor of…
On Apr. 7, the New College sail team participated in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (SAISA) fleet racing championship hosted by the University of Miami (UM). In an e-mail to the Catalyst, New College Student Alliance (NCSA) President and sail team captain Michael Long…
Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst For rock stars, it seemed to me that once you hit age 40, you are dead to the world. Not so for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a band made up mostly of men pushing 50, who released their tenth studio album I'm…
Bright and angular, the recently unused building on Tamiami Trail just south of University Parkway will soon be open as The Coffee Loft, a non-profit coffee shop owned and operated by the Woodland Community Church, a Southern Baptist church located in Bradenton. “We've been wanting…
Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst Marquez (left) tests a defense move with Wilco, who is trained in the martial arts style goju, meaning "hard and soft." Following recent reports of the Bay Shore predator and other criminal activities on and around the New College campus, many students have…
Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst About half of those that RSVP'd showed up, while stragglers filled in the empty seats. He asked what color my panties were. Four minutes later, it was over. On Feb. 25, New College resident advisors (RAs) held a speed dating event and the…
Skylar Ead/Catalyst Attendees openly share their opinions and questions at the follow-up meeting. The follow-up discussion to the teach-in about discrimination and diversity at New College took place on March 2 in the Black Box Theater. Students, faculty and staff were all invited to attend…
photo courtesy of ncf.edu Dedicated on Jan. 6, the new lab has been in the process since 2001. Here, Dr. Sendova works with a student. The largest federal grant in New College history was awarded to create a lab for studying bite-sized matter. The Optical…
The teach-in provided a unique opportunity for students, faculty and staff to come together and openly discuss issues of discrimination within New College. “From my perspective, the biggest problem is there is a lack of diversity on campus,” Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry Steven Shipman…
