Budget forecast bleak

Next fiscal year, New College’s operating budget is expected to decrease by $2 million because the college will no longer be receiving federal stimulus money and $900,000 worth of nonrecurring appropriations. Vice President of Finance and Administration John Martin said that there is a possibility…

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Game room coming

In about month, New College Student Alliance (NCSA)  co-president Michael Long said that he expects New College to be graced with a game room — complete with Dance Dance Revolution, air hockey and a multi-game system. The NCSA sent a survey to students asking them…

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New College Football Club: a laugh factory

On March 4, the New College Football Club, a student improv troupe, held its first performance. “I would call it a huge success,” said the team’s founder first-year Catherine “Cat” Olson. “I didn’t have exact numbers [for attendance], but I think that we were pretty…

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Muffins in "Ham" Center

Corey Rodda/Catalyst Layman holds a batch of her freshly baked muffins. For the past six months, Sodexo employee Lynda Layman has been making muffins for the café to sell. Banana chocolate chip, pumpkin, lemon poppy seed, streusel topped and carrot cinnamon chip muffins have been…

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Streetlight Manifesto rocks St. Petersburg

All photos Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst Standing in the back of the venue was looking like a great adult choice on my part. I could lean against the railing on a platform raised slightly above the pit. Instead of random bodies, I could see the band I…

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Tobacco for less money with fewer additives

Upon my first steps into Cheap Tobacco, I was besieged at once by the sound of rolling machines and the atmosphere of cigarette smoke. As I looked around, the customers glanced at me from their conversations placidly, trying to determine if I was old enough…

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