photo courtesy of bestweekever.tv Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings loosely quotes The Simpsons character Kent Brockman during Final Jeopardy! “I for one welcome our new computer overlords,” read part of former Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings’ answer for Final Jeopardy! on Feb. 16 after losing an exhibition…
image courtesy of Capcom KABLAM! The game offers endless hours of mindless simulated violence for gamers. Players can button-mash it out with a variety of avatars, such as the grotesque Modok seen above. Designation pending narrative evaluation: Strongly Satisfactory After a decade of silence the…
Last week on February 14th, Valentine’s Day, an estimated 400 couples renewed their vows as the sun set on Siesta Key. 300 couples registered for the romantic event held by Sarasota County, but the coordinator Jennifer Groff estimated that at least 100 more arrived last…
All photos Christine McCormic/Catalyst Lazarus demonstrates the proper use of the matchlock arquebus. This early firearm was used by De Soto's army on their expedition throughout the southeastern United States. Thesis student Dayna Lazarus never was a history buff. “I liked history, but avoided trying…
All photos Alexis Santos/Catalyst Pete Russell loads bowling balls onto the skid steer loader to place them in goals. The 21-acre field on the corner of Tallevast Road and State Highway 301 sits empty on most days, but on others tourists don hardhats and climb…
Anne Larkin/Catalyst Alum Loren Mora ('06) at the Storytelling night. The Four Winds Café filled with narrators and narrative-appreciators alike last Wednesday night, the familiar furniture re-arranged into a circle conducive to storytelling and soul food eating as brave, funny, clever students perched above us…
As strains of The Beatles’ track “Yesterday” and other classical ditties performed by a violinist and harpist were heard in the background, nearly 600 well-dressed socialites, alums, philanthropists and others noshed on choice cuts of filet mignon and made small talk at a dinner held…
Photographer Lee Karen Stow reflected, “A very well known photographer once said something and it stuck in my mind. She said, if something is not documented in the eyes of the world, it does not exist. These women exist. This situation exists. So I try…
photo courtesy of the Daily The Feb. 11 issue of The Daily was updated just minutes after Hosni Mubarak stepped down as President of Egypt. On Feb. 2, News Corporation’s CEO Rupert Murdoch introduced the world to The Daily, the first daily national news publication…
photo courtesy of Evan Dunlap Despite having an undefeated football team, Novocollegians are notoriously apathetic when it comes to following professional or collegiate sports. But thesis student Evan Dunlap bucks the trend. A die-hard basketball fan, Dunlap manages and writes for a well-respected online blog…
