Two and a half years ago, the American school system was shut down and irrevocably altered by COVID-19. Students in their first and second years of college have never had a normal undergraduate experience, and many are now experiencing New College for the first time…
Miles Iton ‘14 and Professor Zabriskie feature in 2020 Visions of The Black Experience Film Fest Sarasota’s second annual Visions of the Black Experience film festival kicked off on Thursday, Nov. 12 and was extended through Sunday, Nov. 29. The series “celebrates, rates and illuminates…
Although this year’s presidential election continues to dominate headlines, many important state decisions were also made on Nov 3. Here’s what you may have missed on this year’s ballot measures. Labor The left enjoyed a few big wins on the state level, perhaps most notably…
A young speaker who identified themself as Griffith, a member of ANSWER Suncoast. In late September, Sarasota made national news for an explosive school board meeting triggered by an educational cartoon about Black Lives Matter (BLM) available on the district’s “BrainPop” site. The tensions have…
It's not really about Julian Assange. If you own a cell phone, have ever visited a social media site or occasionally walk past your mom watching CNN, you’ve heard the spiel of fall 2020: our freedom is under attack, and it’s up to you and…
Greg Cruz in front of SOP's shower trailer.All pictures Willa Tinsley/Catalyst In a city once named the “meanest” in the nation toward the houseless, Streets of Paradise (SOP) is a bright light in the dark. Sarasota’s humble grassroots initiative has grown rapidly over the past…
From left, Taylor Bond as Sharon Watkins, Jasmine Eileen Cole as Kimberly Phillips, Queen Mecca Zabriskie as Dionne Smith Downs, Marcella Berra as Laurie Valdez. The New College Theater, Dance and Performance Studies program debuted their first show of the season The (M)others on September…
Stuck at home with your HBO account and food delivery apps? Looking for something to be pissed off about? Wonderful! Mainstream media would like to direct your attention to predominantly right-wing groups protesting across the nation for an end to the lockdown, and away from—well,…
Jessica Nabongo is an entrepreneur, travel blogger, brand influencer and self-proclaimed first Black woman to visit every country in the world. On March 3, she arrived in Sarasota to give a presentation organized by the SA[u]CE office and Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Ringling…
On Sunday, Feb. 23, students gathered in “Rural America,” the greens around the softball field, for a wholesome day of fun, sun and family-friendly recreation. “I have a vision for this Sunday afternoon at around 1 pm,” second-year Eliot Greene wrote on the forum the…
