Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs Julie Morris (‘70) was appointed to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) on April 21. “I applied for the appointment in December of 2010 and received notice that I had been appointed in mid-April,” Morris…
Associate Professor of History Carrie Beneš and Associate Professor of English Nova Myhill each published a book within the last month covering topics from urban legends in medieval Italy to the audience of 16th and 17th century theater. In Urban Legends: Civic Identity and the…
With a total of 66.2 percent of total votes, Bioluminescence bested Burn it to the Ground and Laser Tag for Graduation PCP theme. Burn it to the Ground came in second with 18.9 percent of the vote and Laser Tag came in at a close…
Even with the new academic center scheduled to open this summer, little will change concerning on-campus parking for the upcoming academic year. “The new building will not be opening up any new parking,” said Mike Olson, coordinator of parking services. “But when the Ajax construction…
Chances are that those who have watched the History Channel within the last decade have seen Bill Birnes. Even those not familiar with his name would likely recognize him wearing his signature UFO Magazine hat and aviator sunglasses. Birnes has appeared on the History channel…
All photos Anne Larkin/Catalyst Nearly 150 people from Sarasota and the surrounding area woke up before sunrise on the morning of April 29 and made their way to the Ritz-Carlton for a live-stream of the wedding ceremony between Prince William, son of beloved Lady Di,…
All photos Corey Rodda/Catalyst “You can get an ice cream for a $1.50, it’s for kids of all ages. Everybody qualifies,” said John Hallahan one of the owners of Cafe Ala Mode clad in a white blouse and pirate hat. As he served up the…
Following months of debate that stretched across three New College Student Alliance (NCSA) administrations, a new agreement concerning the official cutoff time for Walls has been reached between students and the administration. Walls no longer have a mandatory cutoff time of 2:00 a.m. and may now run until noise complaints shut them down or until the events naturally wane.
“It’s a flashpoint for a lot of student self-governance issues,” President Gordon “Mike” Michalson told the Catalyst. “It has important features in and of itself but it is also representative of the wider issue of the balance among all interests in student self-governance issues.”
Students were informed of the change via an e-mail sent on April 22 announcing the formal lifting of the presidential decree issued in response to the battery of two students during a Wall in September 2008. The decree mandated Walls to end by 2:00 a.m. as an effort to prevent such events from happening again but became a major sticking point for students wishing to have more of a say in campus affairs.
Last Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes caused a small stir on campus this week. Each year during Orientation, first-years get a chance to bond over a book sent to them over the summer. Three years ago, the incoming class received paperback copies of the New…
A small group filed into the fitness center, wearing comfortable shoes and carrying jackets, cell phones, and pens, all of which make handy weapons if attacked in a dark parking lot. “Come learn self defense techniques at the Fitness Center at 6 p.m. on April…
