Hamilton “Ham” Center is visited by Novocollegians daily, but some may not know who put the “Ham” in Ham Center. While there’s no shortage of named buildings on campus, many of their new monikers haven’t stuck with the student body. The Peggy Bates Residence Hall…
Sarasota often conjures images of retirees, beaches and thesis papers for New College students, but usually nothing relate to technology. While Sarasota Bay is no Silicon Valley, it does have a handful of technology start-up companies. The Catalyst sat down with one of them to…
Craving a sweet, air conditioned respite from the trials and tribulations of schoolwork? With your credit card handy, indulge yourself with a day trip to Westfield Southgate Mall or DeSoto Square Mall. Southgate Mall appeals to more formal, refined tastes while DeSoto Mall has a…
New College President Gordon “Mike” Michalson announced yesterday that Professor of Music Stephen Miles would become the school’s new Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs starting on July 1, 2011 for a three-year term that is renewable. “Steve’s outstanding record of accomplishment in the…
Florida has always had somewhat of a love/hate relationship with amending its constitution. Voters have used the amendment process to build a high-speed rail system, to cancel said high-speed rail system just a few years later and to define the minimum size of cages allowed…
Fishing is still good. It's been windy this week so not alot of offshore activity. However, Capt. Scott Green has been doing well just outside the passes getting Mangrove Snapper, Speckled Trout, Flounder and Spanish Mackeral. Capt. Brian Martel brought in several kingfish on Saturday…
Add this to Florida’s ceaseless efforts to become the mythical Hollywood East: a local businessman plans to construct a set of twin soundstages in the Sarasota suburb of Lakewood Ranch for filming new film and television endeavors along with a base camp at Sa rasota-Bradenton…
On Saturday, September 25, a poetry reading was held at the Four Winds featuring New College student's reading their original work. The event was coordinated by third-year Alec Niedenthal, who wanted to provide students with the opportunity to hear poetry from their fellow classmates. "I…
art courtesy of David Belew/Catalyst It is an unfortunate situation when a student has gone through the thesis and baccalaureate process but is forced to remain another semester in order to graduate. With the blur of papers, labs, readings, and presentations students are faced with…
Photo courtesy of Myakkatech.com A map of the areas currently covered by Myakka Technologies. The screeching tones of dial-up were left behind in the 1990’s by most Internet users, but many in rural areas of the U.S. still have no other option. Local independent Internet…
