Elizabeth Wu, Author at The New School Free Press

“I Only Want to Date You Because You’re Asian”

Four very annoying things some guys just don’t understand when dating an Asian girl Shows like “Sex and the City” and “Girls” capture the difficulties single girls face…

The Morning After Pill Now Available to All

As of April 5, the morning-after-pill, otherwise known as Plan B, will be made available over the counter for girls 16 and younger.

“The Blind Dissident” Speaks at the New School about Human Rights in China

The Center for Public Scholarship held its fourth annual University in Exile event earlier this month at The New School’s Tishman Auditorium. Chinese political activist Chen Guangcheng, now…

Why New York Times Opinion Writer Christy Wampole Is Oh-So-Wrong About Our Generation

On November 17, the New York Times Opinionator published an article on a major phenomenon that supposedly exudes irony in our daily lives: the hipster.

Cooper Union Occupiers Hold Press Conference, Reiterate Demands

Audrey Snyder and Rachel Appel of Students for a Free Cooper Union address the press outside of Cooper Union's Foundation Building on Tuesday afternoon. (Michele Berry)

Students for a Free Cooper Union held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to address their demands to the media, reiterating their view that Cooper Union remain a free,…

The Storm Inside

Mallory Brennan, 26, Parsons Junior, saw her relationship with a friend strengthen during Hurricane Sandy. She stands in her William Street dorm room, which she had to evacuate following the storm. (Elizabeth Wu)

Love and anger in a hurricane In the four days after Manhattan’s Financial District was evacuated because of Hurricane Sandy, I became one of five people crammed inside…