Nine months after stepping in as the dean of Mannes College, Richard Kessler has proposed a number of controversial changes to the music conservatory’s traditional, classical-based curriculum, compelling…
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USS to Examine Constitution
Poor attendance prompts likely revisions At 9 p.m. on April 20, one student sat alone in a conference room at 2 W. 13 St. when the University Student…
Protesters Break Barriers, Take Fifth Ave. During May Day March
Hundreds of protesters marched 23 blocks down Fifth Ave. on the afternoon of May 1, making their way from Bryant Park to join the mass “solidarity rally” in…
“Wildcat” March Takes Over Lower East Side
By the time marchers reached the staging area for the May Day ‘Wildcat March,’ many had already come a long way. Occupy Bushwick had marched all the way…
May Day Brief: The New School Student Walkout
At noon in the Lang courtyard on May Day, a single drum orchestrated The New School student walkout, with protesters chanting “Student strike! Student strike!” A group of…
May Day Morning Rundown: Pickets Across New York
May Day protests kicked off early this morning as demonstrators, undeterred by gray clouds and chilly rain showers, gathered in public parks and squares across New York City.…