all photos Alexis Santos/Catalyst Tampa – “Man in hat enters village,” the Town Crier bellowed as the Catalyst walked into the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. “What does man in hat say?” “Man in hat says, ‘Hello!’,” the Catalyst replied, slightly bewildered. The Town Crier echoed…
Pending approval from the Florida Board of Governors from Mar. 21-22, current dean of faculty and vice president of academic affairs of Mount Holyoke College Donal O'Shea will be named the next president of New College. The New College Board of Trustees unanimously approved O'Shea's candidacy at their meeting on Mar. 10. O’Shea, a first-generation college student and mathematician, earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from Queen’s College in Canada. He has worked at Mt. Holyoke for a large portion of his professional life, beginning his professorship there in 1980 and becoming the Provost in 1998.
Alexis Santos/Catalyst A construction worker guides the crane operator as the stele is lifted from the ground. On Friday, Mar. 30, construction workers unearthed artifacts while placing slabs of concrete for the new sea wall on College Hall’s bay front. Though the sea wall was…
On Thursday, March 8 at 5:30 p.m. in Hamilton “Ham” Center Classroom 4, Campus Police Lieutenant Michael Kessie and Student Life Coordinator Beth Bowen will hold a Student Safety Talk. In response to recent crimes occurring near campus – including a predator breaking into a…
Beginning Feb. 22, Jane Bancroft Cook Library began operating on extended hours. It will be open until 4:00 a.m. on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays for the remainder of the semester. The longer hours of operation are the result of a student-led initiative that began in…
photo courtesy of Kim Bendickson From left to right: Eugenie Fortier (3rd place), Ben Sims (1st place), Kim Russo (judge), Sherry Haber (3rd place) and Lily Carbone (honorable mention) stand within the Isermann Gallery. Winners of the fourth annual New College Juried Student Art Show were announced…
Vegan and vegetarian Novocollegeans may soon find a meat alternative besides tofu. A group of scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands have recently created muscle tissue with the use of bovine fetal cells, which they hope will someday take the place of rearing and…
Coinciding with the New College Student Alliance’s (NCSA) decision to discourage smoking at Towne Meetings, The Archives Of General Psychiatry has recently released new evidence stating that smoking causes accelerated mental decline in the cognitive processing of men. This contradicts evidence of a previous study…
“My main goal is to promote study abroad as one of the most enriching and rewarding experiences students should consider undertaking while completing their undergraduate studies,” new Study Abroad Advisor Florence Zamsky said. Zamsky was appointed to the position after the program was moved from…
Sara Mineo/Catalyst Soul and hip-hop artists Geno & Skunk Boogie play the opening performance for Ringling Underground: Hip-Hop edition. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art held its second edition of Ringling Underground on Mar. 1. The event, which is held on the first Thursday…
