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Complaints fall on deaf ears
Posted by doll0limbo on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (00:00:06) (297 reads)

A New School student sent us this message recently, only further highlighting the ongoing problems with the New School that urgently need to be addressed. People seem to forget that the occupations over December 2008 and April 2009 were grounded in quite material problems at the New School, such as this one here.

(p.s. Were looking for the Board of Trustees too Wink

I found this website looking to find the members of the New School's Board of Trustees. I am having issues with my instructors and this is a recurring problem. My online class, the instructor is MIA. An in person class I take, the instructor constantly self promotes herself but, will turn around and say she is overwhelmed with her schedule and leaves the students to fend for themselves.

I emailed Bob Kerrey and hopefully I got him and I put a notifier on to let me know when the message was read and deleted. He read it in 3 minutes, responded, delegated it to Tim Marshall and deleted it within that time. My letter and attachments were too in depth for even the fastest reader to get through it! Tim Marshall opened it and deleted in 10 minutes later.

I am going to escalate this as far as I can because I am a matriculated student and this tuition is costing me out the wazoo! I am open to any of your suggestions as to what I should do next.

Thanks!

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Renounce Renounce - Special Message from Bob Kerrey to the New School Community
Posted by alvinjohnson on Tuesday, May 05, 2009 (16:48:46) (650 reads)

An Important Announcement from the Office of the President

April 30, 2009

RE: PURCHASE OF THREE AVALANCHE-HURRICANE TRUCKS

A Note to the New School Community,

As Commencement approaches and the academic year winds down, The Office of the President would like to take the opportunity to announce the acquisition of three Russian produced Avalance-Hurricane crowd-control vehicles. As noted in the New York Times clipping accompanying this email, these “anti-democracy” trucks (as they are called by the factory employees who produce them) are shrouded in steel armor, come standard with brick-and-cobblestone-resistant window grilles, sprinklers attached to tanks of pepper spray, speakers that can emit ear-splitting noise, and a joystick-operated water cannon capable of toppling protestors from dozens of yards away.

Given the recent episodes of social unrest caused by fringe groups of New School University student-consumers/terrorists and the immediate risk of further unrest at our many upcoming commencement activities, we feel strongly that the purchase of the half-million dollar crowd-control vehicles are a prudent proactive step in ensuring an orderly and pleasant end-of-year for all. Moreover, following consultation with some of the most prestigious marketing firms in the country, we feel that the acquisition of these trucks will reinforce The New School’s growing reputation as a center for progressive and radical thought that serves as an exemplary trend-setting model for Universities everywhere. In keeping with our rebranding efforts, we are especially delighted to note the special arrangements we have made with the Vargashi factory to place our distinctive graffiti-like logo in super-sized font along the sides and front grille of the crowd-control vehicles. Our consultants estimate that the media coverage generated by these vehicles will lead to a 7.31% increase in enrollment, putting us on target for the 09-10 Academic Year.

In closing, we wish to underscore the central place that radical dissent and freedom of expression have always had in the history of our University. The acquisition of these vehicles should in no way be taken as representing a step backwards from our cherished traditions. As we have repeatedly outlined in prior “RENOUNCE RENOUNCE” emails, student-consumers who properly apply for a demonstration-permit before staging collective expressions of any kind need not fear that these crowd-control vehicles or alternative responses such as the NYPD anti-terrorism squad will be used against them. On the other hand, those who fail to secure permission to protest in a manner, space, and time slot determined by us waive their rights of dissent and relinquish their freedoms of collective expression. It is against this group of fringe radicals that the powerful cannons of our new crowd-control vehicles will be aimed.

With warm congratulations to all our graduates and best wishes for a pleasant summer,

- The Office of the President

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Multimedia : Probing the New School Power Structures
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, February 27, 2009 (22:00:51) (407 reads)

The following is an interactive flash map exploring the links and connections of our Board of Trustees treasurer Robert Millard. You can learn more about him in our forum page on him as well.

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