Riverview Rams beat Booker Tornadoes in homecoming game

all photos Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst A few short-lived fights, two injuries, and the point that I was not at New College really drove in. The biggest hint was the football match. On Nov. 11, the Riverview High School Rams had their homecoming game against the Booker…

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Drive Me Out of My Mind: an interview with author Chad Faries

 photo courtesy of Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst Faries wrote one chapter of his memoir from the point of view of a hamster as a way for him to tell a "pathetic, cute story," while avoiding an over-sentimental tone, he said. He scored pot brownies and brownie points with…

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Poor hygiene linked to fecal contamination on cell phones

graphic courtesy of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Levels of all bacteria found on hands and cell phones in the U.K. The researchers found that generally, cities in the north such as Glasgow showed greater levels of hand contamination than southern cities such as London. Your…

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Florida leads world in number of invasive reptiles, amphibians

Photo courtesy of Kaley Soud/Catalyst Cuban tree frogs, introduced to Florida in the 1920s, eat at least five different species of native frogs, along with the occasional lizard or small snake. Exotic animals can make for unique pets – and uncontrollable pests. Florida has the…

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Study finds interaction between hormonal contraceptives and memory

graphic courtesy of Nielsen, Ertman, Lakhani and Cahill, 2011. Naturally cycling (NC) women showed enhanced memory for detail for the emotional story compared with the neutral, while their memory for gist for both stories was similar. Women on hormonal contraceptives (HC) demonstrated the opposite effect. It…

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Ringling Museum hosts social event to engage college communities

Sarasotans need not look further than their own backyards for the bizarre, thanks to property investments by the Ringling brothers. Vibrant entertainment is rooted in this community and the Ringling Museum aims to engage Sarasota with the colorful legacy the brothers left behind. “Sarasota as…

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Fall 2011 class is largest in recent history

photo courtesy of Ilene Gillispie A group of first-years during Orientation. This year, the incoming class really is larger, with 273 new students, compared to 222 last year. Of those students, 238 are new first years, while 35 are transfers. Director of Admissions Operations Molly Robinson…

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New College Student Alliance elections results

The results of the early fall 2011 New College Student Alliance (NCSA) election were announced the night of Sept. 1. Thesis student and Supervisor of Elections Naushin Jiwani sent an e-mail to students with the results (refer to side-bar.) “Pretty much 95 percent of the…

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