Workshop attendees with facilitators Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez and Pamela Gomez. One in five Florida residents is an immigrant, according to the American Immigration Council. Yet, with the highest increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests in 2017, governmental policies have strengthened the crackdown on Floridians…
Cassie Manz/CatalystTrustees George Skestos and John Lilly offered $10,000 each at the BOT meeting on Feb. 26 to reopen the Four Winds. This January, the New College Student Alliance (NCSA) announced the Four Winds Café would be closing for the spring semester, due to a…
Throughout this week (3/6 - 3/13), activists have the opportunity to participate in public meetings, lectures and fundraisers. Read on if you want to get involved in the community regarding reproductive rights, prison reform and environmental protection. Thurs., Mar. 7, Planned Parenthood Fundraiser - Fighting…
In the final few days of the 2018-2019 academic year, the cohort of 2015 and one faculty member will embark on a brief, scenic voyage, puttering along the Sarasota Bay. However, the cohort will face one small problem: the charter boat cannot fit the entire…
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…
photo courtesy of Corey Torpie/FlickrAlexandria-Ocasio Cortez, one of the Green New Deal architects, with Kerri Evelyn Harris in New York City. On Feb. 7, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Edward J. Markey introduced a resolution in the House and Senate, respectively, titled ‘Recognizing the Duty…
On Jan. 4 California’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., (PG&E) announced that CEO Geisha Williams would step down and their plans to file for bankruptcy protection in the wake of about $30 billion in liability costs due to its responsibility for the…
On Feb. 15, President Trump declared a National Emergency for funding over a wall at the Mexico border, according to The New York Times. The executive order allows unilateral action by circumventing Congress, after legislators decided to grant $1.375 billion for a security fence—short changing…
The world bought 4,345.1 tonnes of gold in 2018, up from 4,159.9 tonnes in 2017, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC) latest quarterly demand trends report. Central banks accounted for most of the gold buying this year, adding another hint of growing global financial,…
