Nighthawks: Union Square shows its true colors

Illustration by Jacey Chen

Welcome to Nighthawks — a biweekly series where writer Sam Brule travels to noteworthy nightlife epicenters across New York City to observe and report about the night, atmosphere, and people of the weekend. Tonight, we’re perched in Manhattan’s Union Square to see all characters using Halloween weekend as a chance to be someone new for a night.

Staffing shortages in The Making Center leave student workers frustrated and overwhelmed with increased demands

A student doing work at the Making Center. Photo by Dove Williams.

The New School’s Making Center is dealing with a series of consequences due to understaffing, according to the center’s staff. According to the staff, insufficient staffing leads to…