Out of the 82 students who answered a recent Catalyst poll about student retention, 74.4 percent responded that they had considered dropping out at some point in their college careers. With the smallest incoming class in eight years, retention is on the minds of both…
Two boats of eight sweepers — rowers who use both hands for one oar — surge through the finish line, mere seconds apart. All photos Bailey Tietsworth/Catalyst During a three-day stretch of sun, wind and oars, numerous competitors cumulatively rowed over 100 kilometers at the…
Plentiful food scraps, water and proper machinery all help the compost program thrive at New College. But one of the program’s most significant barriers to success has been the campus’ lack of care while dealing with the composting resources. Whether it is items going missing…
First-years Keilon Sabourin and Andrew Westbrook showcase Chinese calligraphy. All photos Eileen Calub/Catalyst. On a clear spring night, the first full moon of the Lunar calendar glowing above, students and professors flocked to Z-Kitchen to celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival, or yuánxiāo jié. Tracing its…
Eileen Calub/Catalyst No Dumping by Ayeola Whitworth. Oil on canvas.Eileen Calub/Catalyst Owl by Cindy Kim. Welded assemblage.Eileen Calub/Catalyst The Aboration [sic] of the Virgin by Corrine Leavengood. Silkscreen on plexiglass. Along the walls of the well-lit Isermann Gallery on the Caples campus hang myriad colorful…
photo courtesy of NCSA Archives"Band of Angels" sculpture in the Palmer courtyard, May 1988. The Band of Angels sculpture standing in the center of New College’s Palmer complex has finally received its well-needed refurbishment. The sculpture, also known affectionately as “Big Mother,” was completed in…
Some 20 New College students were scattered around the Bayfront this Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 13, as part of a new tutorial entitled Mindfulness. Lynne Lockie, the tutorial’s instructor and a board member of the Sarasota Mindfulness Institute, used a singing bowl nearby to cue students…
For students who have dietary restrictions, limited on-campus dining options have proved a challenge. With the closure of the Four Winds Café, students who are vegan or who have food allergies or intolerances now have even fewer food options. Concerned students discussed their difficulties with…
As he writes about pain and loss he has experienced and the tools he used to navigate it, he hopes “if folks are going through the same thing, here are the tools that you could possibly take with you to help shape space,” he said.…
Coco Fusco, Cuban-American, b. 1960, La Plaza Vacia (The Empty Plaza), 2012, 11 minute single channel digital film, Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York, © Coco Fusco/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York all photos courtesy of the Ringling In a shot from Coco Fusco’s 2012 video project La Plaza Vacia,…
