photo courtesy of Casey Morell/Catalyst Nathan Billings, from Harvard Medical School, gave a lecture on Nov. 5 in Soo Bong Chae Auditorium about how the thyroid affects retinal development. On Nov. 5, Nathan Billings from Harvard Medical School’s Cepko Lab gave a presentation in Soo…
All photos David Belew/Catalyst Most days of the week, the property lies still. Aloe trees and live oaks slowly creep closer to a sun silently casting light onto an ordered jumble of cacti. By Monday morning though, the property slides into a flurry of activity…
Every morning a slew of pickup trucks and white vans pulls up to the corner of Bay shore Road and 45th.. Workers get out of there vehicles and trudge to their days work. For many months now a new mansion has been in progress there.…
All photos Casey Morell/Catalyst The darkroom has six enlargers, or devices to aid in the development of film negatives, for use. Nestled in the back corner of Hamilton “Ham” Center lies one of New College’s best kept secrets: a photography darkroom that is open for…
Apple, Google and Research In Motion (makers of the BlackBerry) have been the major players in the smartphone arena, but tech titan Microsoft is now stepping back into the ring. Microsoft launched its Windows Phone 7 devices on Nov. 8 and the Catalyst is here to cut through the technical minutiae and highlight how it’s different from the rest.
New College is currently hoping to host two scholars from historically under represented populations. These scholars would be selected through the Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges, a program that aligns small liberal arts colleges with minority faculty members. The consortium is designed…
all photos Alexis Santos/Catalyst For nearly 40 years, the Eagles have been a staple of the country-rock genre and on Oct. 26, they rocked the proverbial socks off of Orlando’s newly constructed Amway Center. Although the concert had been postponed for two weeks to accommodate…
photo courtesy of Lauren Gruenbaum Catalyst editor Casey Morell (right) and University of Florida freshman Danny O'Sullivan (left) got to meet Phoenix frontman Thomas MArs (center) after their Oc. 26 performance at Orlando's House of Blues. From Coldplay to Franz Ferdinand, from U2 to Paul…
According to Ovid, when King Oeneus of Calydon failed to make his annual sacrifice to Artemis, goddess of the hunt, the embittered deity sent the Calydonian Boar as punishment. The chthonic pig was of great stature and nearly unstoppable, ravaging the crops and forcing everyone…
New College culture fosters a certain “je ne sais quoi” and nonchalance concerning the spread of germs, but if an epidemic did sweep across campus, the college is prepared with a battle plan. NCF has a 45 page Emergency Operations Plan that broadly outlines how…
