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‘Text me when you get home’

Women in large cities such as New York have to undergo several safety precautions in order to feel safe leaving the house. For an additional security measure, many leave with weapons such as pepper spray attached to their keys. Photo by Valentina Graziosi

No matter the precautions you take, safety is never a guarantee when you’re a woman traveling home alone at night. Ever since I was a pre-teen, I’ve been…

What Do You Do When a Stranger Enters the Classroom?

Photo credit: Nico Chilla

On Wednesday, April 24, an intruder came into the University Center. The man walked through the turnstiles behind a student who had swiped in using their ID card.…

How Would The New School Respond to Gun Violence on Campus?

Parkland, Florida became the latest focus of the national conversation on gun violence in schools when a 19-year-old former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School opened fire…