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Occupy Wall Street: "The No Kidding Around Moment"

Monika Mitchell | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Occupy Anywhere, New School, Freedom of Speech, Patrick Bruner, Wall Street, Occupy, Museum of American Finance, American Civil Rights, Michael Moore, Liberty Square, Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park, New York City, Naomi Klein, Business News
Monika Mitchell

Americans, no matter what side of the question they are on, appreciate freedom of speech and the right to actively dissent. Any obstruction of these will only create more sympathy for those who were forcibly removed from what has been renamed by Occupiers as Liberty Square.

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The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever?

Steve Heilig | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: New School, Robert Hass, Walt Whitman, Poetry, Commonweal, Books News
Steve Heilig

Walt Whitman's legendary epic poem "Song of Myself" first appeared in 1855, self-published in Brooklyn by the then-unknown journalist and walker, who was 37 years old at the time.

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Sexual Assaults Underreported At The New School

New School Free Press | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: New School, New School Free Press, Sexual Assault Reporting, Sexual Assault College, College News

On April 4, the Obama administration introduced comprehensive guidelines to help colleges and universities do a better job of preventing and respondin...

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Feminism Resurrected At New School

New School Free Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Feminism New School, New School, The Northeast, New School Free Press, Feminism, College News

"So, what is femi­nism?" a discussion leader asked. The five women and one man in the group quickly looked down at the white paper-covered table. Stu...

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Student Loan Debt Traps Grads In Dead-End Jobs

New School Free Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New School, The Northeast, New School Free Press, Student Debt, Student Loan Debt, College News

College comes with myopic demands -- to pick the right school, to take challenging and rewarding classes, to make connections. What will graduation br...

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James Frey and the Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts

Seth Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New School, Master of Fine Arts, Madison Avenue, Student Debt, Mfa, New York Magazine, Columbia, Full Fathom Five, Twilight, James Frey, Creative Writing, Guardian, Student Loans, A Million Little Pieces, Mfa Programs, Books News
Seth Abramson

James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces, is again facing scrutiny for a publishing venture -- a scandal that emphasizes the wide gulf between younger and older literary artists.

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Culture Zohn: Louise Bourgeois, Spiderwoman

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Goldwater, New School, Lillian Hellman, Guggenheim Museum, Duchamp, Amei Wallach, Louise Bourgeois, Stanley Hater, Museum of Modern Art, Mary Mccarthy, Mondrian, Leger, Arts News
Patricia Zohn

2010-06-16-outsidespider.jpg The French-born but American-in-spirit artist died on May 31 at 98. Her spiders show simultaneous arachno-grace and arachno-fierceness. Her work and person both expressed this artful duality.

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Dave Eggers Proves Print Is Not Dead

Alex Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New School, Print Media, Newspapers, McSweeney's, New York City, San Francisco, Panorama, Dave Eggers, New York News
Alex Palmer

[Dave Eggers'] Panorama was done as an homage to the traditional newspaper and a demonstration of the potential that the form holds for creativity and compelling storytelling.

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Code Orange And June Bugs

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media-Accountability, Media Activism, Lesbian, Kai Wright, Gay, Transgender Issues, Andy Humm, Journalism, Civil Rights, Pro-Media, Joan Garry, Lgbt, Transgender, Bisexual, Revolution, Media Criticism, Pride, Gay Pride, Gay Marriage, Stonewall, Gay Issues, Manhattan, New School, Nlgja, Politics News
Rochelle Lefkowitz

It's June, that month more or less identified with weddings -- and Rainbow Pride -- and we seem to have been busily courting a new generation to embrace gay marriage.

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Odd News

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Theater, Chicago, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Theater, Neo-Conservatives, Leo Strauss, Neil Simon, Machiavelli, Republicans, Literature, New School, This Is Hell, University of Chicago, Theater Oobleck, Theater-Oobleck, Education, Jewish, Drama, Entertainment News
Jeff Dorchen

Odd News and a new play: watch the preparatory video for Strauss at Midnight by Jeff Dorchen.

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