The theme of Poe continues with a fancy masquerade, a one-night event that the Powel Crosley Estate Foundation is throwing on Halloween. The event is called “The Masque of the Red Death” gala, named after the Poe tale. The price for this upscale masquerade is…
Thirteen rooms, the unlucky number association, Edgar Allan Poe, better known as the “master of the macabre” and the Powel Crosley Estate, with a history that, like so many old and wealthy estates in Sarasota, inspires ghost tales. All of these come together for the…
The sun blazes in the haze of Florida's humidity. The heat seems like a test of human endurance, but there are people outside, at noon, during the peak hours when UV rays strike would-be skin cancer victims. Yet men are running, swinging, sliding, spitting and…
Last year, the Four Winds cafe was $15,000 in debt, according to Student Government Business Manager Dawn Shawngood. Over the summer, it was uncertain whether the cafe would be reopened in the fall due to unsanitary conditions. New manager Johannah Birney (08') said the debt…
Apathy has become a four letter word. Especially since the election of President Barack Obama, whose election speech challenged the notion of an apathetic youth, the insistence that people can and should create change in the world has grown. The sense of empowerment and duty…
Turning 23 years old made my stomach gnarl up like a twisted tree trunk. I'm older, but I have nothing good to prove it. Not the house, or the good job, or the self-satisfied smirk at all the little victories I thought I would have…
all photos courtesy of Charlie Lenger In a new effort to keep local alums connected to each other and to the college, the New College Alumni Association (NCAA) began a New College Night Out series in March. “They are alumni gatherings which we're going to…
Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst Third-year Brent Boland explains the possibility that hypercanes – long-lived, powerful hurricanes extending farther up into the stratosphere – may have caused the extinction of dinosaurs. Occupying a small wing upstairs in the Heiser Natural Science building is a corridor devoted to the…
all photos courtesy Puneet Sandhu/Catalyst The farmer's market at the Shell gas station right by New College campus will be shutting down this week, unless the owner, Tim Huffman, can find a new location. Huffman said he would like to work with New College to…
Indoor mold is never pretty. In many parts of the world, it is largely unavoidable, especially in humid climates such as Florida's. For thesis student Michael Conlen, however, mold represented more than a stubborn eyesore. “I would cough so hard that I would vomit,” Conlen…
