After a smashing turnout on the first Pokemon Trainer Day hosted on April 1, second-year Jehan Sinclair plans on forming a New College of Florida Pokemon League. “I’ve mentioned the idea, and there seems to be an interest in it,” she said. “I’m thinking gym…
Lines are getting longer at the Four Winds as Novo Collegians can now charge smoothie and burrito purchases to Visa, Mastercard, and Discover credit cards. On April 15, the student-run café began accepting credit cards on their machine provided by Bank of America. “Many people…
The local food movement wants us to change the way we think about our food. Wants us to reconsider the dirt and the farm and the farmer and the cook — the trip our food took to the table — before tucking in to our…
On Apr. 23, a balmy saturday before Easter, Sarasota citizens flocked to the Take Over at the Sarasota fairgrounds. The Take Over is a youth hip hop festival spear-headed by Shakira Refos and Ali Hackathorn — two Sarasota natives who decided to create an event…
All photos Casey Morell/Catalyst Members of the New College and Sarasota communities gathered on Friday, April 15 to dedicate a sculpture outside the new Academic Center to New College supporter, benefactor and Board of Trustees Chairman Sen. Bob Johnson. In commemoration of the event, both…
Photo courtesy of britinisrael.com Kersel emphasized that much illegal trade takes place under the guise of protocol in souvenir shops such as this. Though with not the quite the candor of an Indian Jones movie, the sentiment of “That belongs in a Museum!” certainly ran through…
Desirous of a blank, unadorned space to store your mini-fridges, microwaves, bookshelves, beloved textbooks and cold weather garb over summer break? The Catalyst has gathered a comprehensive list of the storage options near campus for its readers’ convenience. U-Store-It Self Storage 8250 North Tamiami Trail…
At 5:40 a.m. one day in Novmber 2008, Jamie Havican decided to take his black and brown miniature Dachshund Charley out for a walk. “I went out front and as we were walking down the driveway I was looking on the ground for snakes or…
All photos Christine McCormick/Catalyst Second-year Kenneth Lee walked over to a pile of rainbow hoops, watching his reflection in the mirror. He flung it around his legs and tried to keep the hoop rotating around his knee. “I just can’t seem to keep it from…
All photos Anne Larkin/Catalyst Five years ago, 37 percent of kids in Sarasota County were eligible for free or reduced-price school breakfasts and lunches. That number has now climbed to 50 percent. “We went from one in three, which was high, to one in two,”…
