T e thick of Broadway season is upon New York City, aplomb with revivals of classic productions, enticing new pieces from up-and-coming playwrights and A-list stars including Denzel Washington and Toni Collette. I was able to sample both a revival of an American classic, “A…
Kaoru Ishibashi, the brainchild behind Kishi Bashi, gently said to the crowd assembled in the Georgia Theatre on March 22. “This one is more chill.” The college students, more prepped for music on the rough and raucous side, take a series of deep breaths – mental conditioning for a Kishi Bashi song…
A variety of proposals to make the campus more eco-friendly have been presented to the Council of Green Affairs (CGA) this year, including requests of new equipment for the compost program, barrels for rain water collection, water bottles for students and a new green space for the school. Thesis student and Vice…
A new Apple store may be coming to Sarasota Mall at University Town Center. The company listed Sarasota as one of 23 retail locations on its jobs website; Sarasota is the only location of those listed that does not currently have an Apple store. The new storefront will likely be located in the…
In the days after the complete disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, conspiracy theories multiplied. Rush Limbaugh proposed that the flight was shot down by a hostile government. A former scientific advisor to the United Kingdom speculated that a cyber-attack was responsible. Rupert Murdoch blamed terrorists and wrote that the plane could have been…
For some reason, the 36th annual Bay Area Renaissance Festival brought out the semi-barbarians in us all. From gaudy, period-themed costumes to grizzled, greasy turkey legs, it began to makes sense why patrons lined up and paid to be spanked at “The Whipping Post,” (for the authenticity of the era, of course). Once…
To follow up last week’s article about the new internship coordinator position, the Catalyst profiles student internships. Students say interning gives them real world experience, insights into their interests, thesis ideas and prepares them for their future careers. ANNA RODRIGUEZ Second year Anna Rodriguez, an…
FREE TIME: Designate time to do your work and give yourself free time. It is helpful to plan chunks of two or three hours to truly focus on a particular project and work on it without letting your mind wander. An hour and a half…
Hindustani classical music seeped through the doorway and the smell of fresh wood fanned through the clean, methodized space. No, this was not a trendy meditation spa where “Namaste” was dropped on the regular, but instead a cozy record shop in downtown Sarasota, satirically named…
Developing technology has allowed easier access to resources for students around the globe. Computers and laptops with an internet access let students look up information from anywhere with internet access, and with the late 2000s boom of eReaders, students have experienced more freedom than ever…
