Academic student workers push to be treated like professionals as they continue to bargain with The New School

The SENS bargaining committee poses for a photo after a recent bargaining session. Photo courtesy of SENS.

“Extremely frustrating.”  That’s how bargaining committee members of SENS, the unit representing The New School’s academic student workers in the ACT-UAW Local 7902 union, describe the process of…

Censorship at the Welcome Center: How an Instagram post turned into a controversy

A Palestinian flag hangs from a broken store sign. Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem. Photo by anonymous student worker, from now-deleted Instagram post.

The New School Welcome Center’s Instagram page is known for its casual posts that give their followers insight into daily life around New York City. But on Wednesday,…

The Lang Courtyard trees are dying. Has anyone noticed?

The trees in the Lang Courtyard are dying. This is specifically noticeable in the trees towards the western side which are leaning against each other for support. Given the New School’s urban campus, it is difficult to bring attention to the little green space TNS does have. Photo by Gigi Schweitzer.

The red maple trees that give company to the students who coalesce in the Lang Courtyard are dying. Most of them haven’t put out leaves this season, specifically…

How the Vera List Center brings art from all over the world to The New School’s galleries

The Vera List Center brings and exhibition by the Australian art collective proppaNOW to the New School. proppaNow’s art exists in dialogue with this poster collection archiving Australian aboriginal communities and resistance movements. Pictures is a poster installation by Gordon Hookey. Photo by Avery Palmer

This story was updated on Nov. 19 at 5:21pm. From Oct. 12 through 14, the Vera List Center (VLC) hosted its annual forum culminating with the exhibition opening…

Lamp Club’s “shoes optional” day: How this wacky student organization is fighting social alienation and overhead lighting

Lamp Club founder Jackie McVorran and her personal miniature lamp. Photo by Andy Loftus.

The Eugene Lang College campus got a little weirder last Thursday. Approximately 15 students walked around the Lang Cafe barefoot, showcasing mismatched and funky socks, and urging other…

President Shalala borrows words from Sting’s  ‘Fragile’ amid tensions in the student body

“Fragile” singer Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE, also known as “Sting." Photo by Yancho Sabev via Wikimedia Commons.

Interim President Donna E. Shalala borrowed words from Sting’s song “Fragile,” to address “the fragility of life on this planet,” amid ongoing tensions between student groups regarding the…