Sydney Denmark, Author at The New School Free Press

The Weird, The Wise, and The Surreal

Photo by Ellen Carpenter’17 Students mingle in the Lang Cafe before the start of the open mic.

Eleven and a Half, The New School’s student-run literary magazine, that functions as a class in the fall, has just published this year’s edition- a darker, gloomier issue…

8 Easy Ways To Befriend a Lang Student

LLUSTRATION CREDIT - ALEX GILBEAUX

Making friends in college is hard. Making friends as a college student in New York City is harder. Making friends in college in an environment where nothing is…

Puppies March Out in Protest During Self-care Week

(Photo/Morgan Young)

Last week, during the highly anticipated self-care week, 68 puppies stormed out of the Lang courtyard in protest. For the past few years, administration has organized a week…

5 Things To Do if You Live in NYC and Hate the Holidays

Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons user Will Montague.

Is there a tiny, green, furry man, maybe once played by Jim Carrey, living deep within your heart? Does the sound of “Holly Jolly Christmas” make you want…

System Overload: Advising Shuffle

Graphic by Marissa Baca and Alex Bandoni

Tensions have risen between Lang faculty and university administrators this semester over changes to how academic advising is run in the wake of a long-serving administrator leaving the…

#newschoolspirit

Three New School students take a break from class, and share a cigarette in the Lang Courtyard. Photo by Morgan Young

When I was thirteen, I did what I thought was the “very best girl” thing to do. I became a cheerleader. After making the middle school varsity squad,…