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New Website
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
The New School Free Press has moved! Visit our new and improved website at NewSchoolFreePress.com
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
In light of World Aids Day on Thursday, December 1, many peer-health advocates from The New School and the greater community of New York City participated in creation of “An Art Exhibit of Transformation.”
Politics & Fashion
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Politics and fashion make an odd couple, as politicians are typically not very fashionable, and the politics of the fashion world range from dubious to doubtful. Their relationship does not seem to be based on mutual affection, either: the fashion industry loudly (and proudly) emphasizes its apoliticalness and most designers, though surely public figures with considerable influence, are seldom heard trumpeting political slogans. (And if they do, they don’t get very far, eh Galliano?) Meanwhile, politicians refrain from discussing their outfits, suggesting that the theater of fur and fabrics is not a particularly urgent matter. This clear distinction is common knowledge, but betrays the fact that politics and fashion have built a tight-knit relationship beyond logo shirts and party-related color codes. With a shameless enthusiasm that became apparent in the highly stylized Obama campaign, the alleged opponents use each other — and hence are one step ahead of the blissfully unaware voter.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
The Road to Tripoli: Reflections on Libya in the Wake of the Arab Spring
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
I write from Sidi Bou Said, a touristy seaside town outside of the Tunisian capital, which Lonely Planet has informed me was once home to Michel Foucault. It's December 8, 2011 — the middle of the last month of this eventful year — and about three days after I had anticipated arriving in Tripoli, Libya. But upon arrival in Tunis, I found a more general air of concern than I had anticipated. Not only was nearly everyone I spoke to discouraging me from attempting to cross the land border, but apparently it was not possible to fly either. When I expressed my bewilderment to a Tunis Air employee — "What does the closure of the border have to do with your flights to Tripoli?" — she kindly brought me up to speed: about two weeks ago, Tunis Air suspended all service to Tripoli after armed people there boarded a plane full of (obviously unarmed) passengers. The men who boarded the plane with their weapons were thowar, she said — revolutionaries — and they came in search of some Gaddafi-loyalists who were trying to flee Libya.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
According to a The New School university survey conducted earlier this year in conjunction with the National College Health Association, roughly four percent of students reported being clinically treated with ADHD medications such as Ritalin and Adderall. However, another 11 percent admitted to using these drugs without a prescription, a 2 percent rise since 2009.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
An examination of the financial state of higher education does not reveal a malevolent plot by rapacious trustees swimming in cash — there is no particular person or institution to blame. Nor is there one singular reason for the exorbitant cost of tuition. But there is widespread frustration with a system that lacks regulation and has no prospect of changing as long as students continue to pay up. In classic American fashion, institutes for higher education are in a race to be the best, and students who want to achieve economic prosperity are willing to take on debt and decades of ramen noodles in hopes of eventually getting the career that will provide them with such success.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
It's Sunday, November 20. My cohorts Steve and Will and I arrive in Green Bay at around 9:30 in the morning after a 17-hour drive that took us through endless cornfields and past dilapidated post-industrial cities like Gary, Indiana. It's cold and grey outside, but a palpable feeling of anticipation hovers in the chilly Wisconsin air. We cruise down Lombardi Avenue, named for the legendary Packer coach of the 1960s, taking in the city on game day. Packer paraphernalia is everywhere. This town bleeds green and gold.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
When the occupation ended in the early hours of November 25, it left behind a tangible feeling of tension and uncertainty. The ideological disagreements that began at 90 Fifth Ave. had spread beyond the occupation, creating deep divisions throughout The New School’s intellectual community. And as students, faculty and administrators examined the dynamic of the occupation, and the events that had taken place, many worried that its divisiveness would haunt social activism at The New School and cripple any future attempts to bring the values of OWS to the university.
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
It is hard to understand why the curators of the Sharjah Art Foundation in the United Arab Emirates commissioned New School professor and l’enfant terrible of American independent cinema Caveh Zahedi to create a film for the Sharjah Biennial, a cornerstone of contemporary art in the Middle East.
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
On December 7 and 8, approximately 50 students gathered at the Study Center in 90 Fifth Ave. to audition for The New School’s upcoming rendition of “The Vagina Monologues.”
higher education conference
Monday, December 12th, 2011
At "The Future of Higher Education" conference’s keynote panel discussion on Thursday evening, President David Van Zandt was barely able to get through his introduction of City University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, his voice overpowered by the loud coughs and frequent boos of those in attendance.
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
President David Van Zandt was barely able to get through his introduction of City University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein at The Future of Higher Education conference’s keynote panel discussion on Thursday evening, his voice overpowered by the loud coughs and frequent “boos” of those in attendance.
fine arts meeting
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Roughly 50 students and faculty members from the Parsons Fine Arts program met with Dean Joel Towers on Wednesday, voicing their concerns about the future of fine arts studio facilities at Parsons and the resources available to students in the program.
Friday, December 9th, 2011
It’s hard to believe that two weeks ago, this place was occupied by protesters — that the walls were covered in graffiti, the windows blocked with hand-painted signs, the escalators barricaded. But it was indeed occupied, and thanks to the administration, it stayed occupied for an entire week.
uss kellen
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
In the wake of the All-City Student Occupation that ended less than two weeks ago, the University Student Senate is attempting to find a space at The New School where students can hold political discussions, organize events and facilitate activism.
Water Collective
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
While working on her senior thesis last spring, Parsons graduate Sophia Sunwoo sought community solutions for global environmental conditions. Now, with Water Collective, the newly developed organization she started this semester, her goals are beginning to take notice.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
On Wednesday, November 30, and Thursday, December 1, Eugene Lang College’s Student Theatre Collective held its annual One-Act Play Festival at The Tank, a volunteer-run visual and performing arts theatre on W. 46th Street.
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Thursday, December 1st, 2011