On the first day of classes, Parsons professors often ask their new students if they have a preferred name, as they go down the attendance list. As American…
Category: diversity
Diversity Package
Separation of Church And New School
A fellow classmate furiously slams her fist on the table, making the whole class jump as she declares for the fourth time this semester that Christians are nothing…
For Low Income Lang Students, Registration Takes Turn For The Worst
Recent changes to the registration process, and particularly the new waitlist system seem to have had some unintended consequences. Some low-income students at The New School have claimed…
Hair and Identity: 5 students share their stories
ALYSSA JONES Alyssa, 19 Contemporary Music, Lang Atlanta, Georgia Do you think your hair defines who you are? I do think my hair reflects who I am now.…
Homesick and Hungry
Satoe Onizuka, 20, and studying Communications Design at Parsons is 6,741 miles away from Tokyo, the city she considers home. What do you miss most about home? In…
Introduction
Diversity. It’s a topic that is all too often difficult to talk about, whether in a class discussion or in the courtyard with our peers. Many of us…