New School students join citywide march in support of Palestine on Oct. 7 anniversary

Demonstrators march with Within Our Lifetime’s “Flood NYC For Gaza” march in Manhattan on Monday, Oct. 7. Photo by Dove Williams.

On Monday, Oct. 7, about 40 demonstrators gathered outside The New School University Center after a 2 p.m. walkout, marking a year of Israel’s escalating violence in Palestine…

New university President Joel Towers’ welcome speech met with concerns

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Joel Towers, the university’s newly appointed president, delivered his first in-person address to the community last Thursday in the 66 W. 12th St. Johnson/Kaplan Hall auditorium. Throughout the 45-minute welcome speech, 10 audience members from a crowd of roughly 70 periodically rose from their seats, interrupting Towers to voice their inquiries.