New university President Joel Towers’ welcome speech met with concerns

Photo courtesy of The New School

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.

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…

Part-time faculty union files complaint with National Labor Relations Board

New School students occupy the University Center at 63 Fifth Ave. yesterday in response to the university withholding pay to striking employees. Photo by Karen Arrobo

The New School part-time faculty union has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board in response to the university asking employees to fill…