all photos Alexis Santos/Catalyst The budget: $20. The mission: Get the most bang for our lunch-buying buck at a local restaurant. The Catalyst wandered around downtown Sarasota on a safari for a restaurant to provide a filling, yet affordable lunch for $20 or less. For…
all photos courtesy of Cathy Cuthbertson On Tuesday, Apr. 4, the Center for Career Education (CCE) hosted one of the first events to mark their move to HCL 4. “This is the time of year when students are considering the plans for the summer and…
In response to the serial attacks that have been happening to residents of the Bay Shore Road area, the Feminist Alliance is going forth with plans to launch a “multi-prong” campaign to help students on campus feel more protected in light of such alarming crimes.…
When I first heard about The Hunger Games, I must admit I was skeptical. Every time someone would explain to me what the books were about, they sounded even worse. I pictured little kids with machetes going at each other in a coliseum setting. It…
Sara Mineo/Catalyst Meandering my way through the crumbling streets of Ybor on a Friday night is not something I would choose to do often. But on Mar. 23, I pushed my way through hundreds of club-goers nevertheless. My destination: the Orpheum. My purpose: to see…
On Monday, Mar. 26, Trayvon Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, were among thousands marching in Sanford, Fla. to mark the month since the 17-year-old was shot to death in a gated community. Taryvon’s death, which occurred while he was walking to a convenience store to buy Skittles and Arizona green tea, has triggered a firestorm of protests after Sanford police failed to press charges against his killer, George Zimmerman. Many believe the killing was racially motivated, based on the killer’s conversation on a 911 recording. Zimmerman is believed to have followed the black youth, who was wearing a hoodie, and then bystanders heard a gunshot. The details of that fatal confrontation are open to dispute.
Second-years Martha “Liz” Gibbons and Catherine “Cat” Olson have started up the Speak Easy Theatre Company this semester. Speak Easy is based upon the LAByrinth theatre company, which prides itself on expanding mainstream theatre and creating a venue for actors, playwrights and directors to express…
On Wed. Mar. 14, New College students and members of the Sarasota and New College Campus Police Departments gathered in Palm Court for a Towne Meeting. First on the agenda was a dialogue between students and police regarding the sexual predator who has been targeting…
The metal working club gives Novocollegians access to materials to create their very own metal works of art. Third-year Michael Getz said that he started the club, which often uses repurposed or “dumpstered” metal, out of a desire to do metal working in his own…
“Clybourne Park is a play, and I think [the students] were attracted to it because we were looking for something a little bit different,” Dean of Students and organizer of the first-year book ISP Wendy Bashant reflected. Clybourne Park, penned by Bruce Norris, is about…
