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May 10, 2024 | 
newschoolfreepress.com | Bianca Rodriguez-Mora |Rowan Cahill
A New School student was arrested outside of the University Center after two counter-protesters pepper sprayed multiple protesters today at a rally to support the Faculty Solidarity Encampment. Protesters then sat in front of a New York Police Department car that held the arrested TNS student, leading to the arrest of over eight more people.
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May 8, 2024 | 
newschoolfreepress.com | Rowan Cahill |Bianca Rodriguez-Mora
The New School does not intend to press charges against students arrested at the Gaza Solidarity Encampments on May 3, university spokesperson Amy Malsin told the New School Free Press. In an email, Malsin confirmed statements from the Executive Deans of TNS that the administration would not pursue criminal charges. The Deans’ statement, which was sent in a university-wide email, also states that the university plans to provide expeditious review of the temporary suspensions issued to students.
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May 5, 2024 | 
newschoolfreepress.com | Rowan Cahill
Students who were arrested on Friday morning at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment have asked The New School community to strike in solidarity with Palestine and until their demands are met. However, some community members legally don’t have the right to do so. In an Instagram post today, The New School Students for Justice in Palestine called for TNS students, staff, and faculty to stop all school-related activities, including withholding grades and a boycott of graduation.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
newschoolfreepress.com | Rowan Cahill |Bianca Rodriguez-Mora
Today, at 11:30 a.m. The New School’s Students for Justice in Palestine (TNS SJP) established a Gaza Solidarity Encampment inside the University Center, located at 63 Fifth Avenue.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
newschoolfreepress.com | Rowan Cahill
The CVS next to The New School University Center, located at 65 Fifth Ave., sold unauthorized TNS merchandise, including cups, mugs, and water bottles, earlier last month. The store sold merchandise that was approved by the university during the spring 2023 semester. The merchandise put out recently on March 4 is identical to the items sold last year, however, this time, they were not authorized by the university.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
newschoolfreepress.com | Rowan Cahill
After the SENS-UAW Local 7902 strike in early March, the campus-specific social media app Fizz has become a central hub for students to anonymously vent their frustrations, experiences, and feelings about The New School experience. Advertisements for Fizz on campus surfaced in Oct. 2023 when handouts with QR codes leading to the app’s store page were slipped under dorm doors and left around campus.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
greenleft.org.au | Rowan Cahill
Announced in September 2021, AUKUS is an Indo-Pacific military and security partnership between Australia, Britain and the United States. While the establishment media and anti-AUKUS protest movement have focussed attention on the transfer of nuclear submarine technologies to Australia, “AUKUS Pillar Two” has slipped under the radar.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
newschoolfreepress.com | Rowan Cahill
The New School’s chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) showed up to the picket line in support of the SENS-UAW Local 7902 Union strike. “We made pins, we made signs, we made records,” Emily Li, a junior in the BAFA program and co-chair of the TNS YDSA, said. Li spearheaded the YDSA’s presence at the strike, leading chants and drumming on the metal fences bordering the entrance to the University Center.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
newschoolfreepress.com | Rowan Cahill
Drama students at The New School take most of their classes on the ninth floor of Arnold Hall on West 13th Street, and according to some students, both the program and the space need a makeover. Arnold Hall is home to the College of Performing Arts at TNS and hosts the Mannes School of Music, the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, and the School of Drama.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
newschoolfreepress.com | Rowan Cahill
New School students were surprised to find the University Center cafeteria redesigned when they lined up eager to receive a free meal as part of the administration’s welcome to the spring semester last week. The university decided to renovate the dining hall over winter break, leaving some students confused and unhappy with the changes.
