Date | May, 2012

The relationship between banks and universities

A recent article in The New York Times examines the changing relationship between banks and universities. Regulators have recently outlawed certain practices (e.g., universities used to receive benefits for directing students to borrow from certain banks). But how have banks changed their strategy to attract students? The author points out a few questions that suggest [...]

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Free summer group fitness classes

The New School’s Recreation and Intramural Sports department is offering group fitness classes this summer from June 5th to August 2nd. Tuesdays: Pilates 5:30-6:30pm Wednesdays: Zumba 5:30-6:30pm Thursdays: Yoga 5:30-6:30pm All of these classes are in 80 5th Ave, Room 808. Please bring your New School ID to each class. To find the most up [...]

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The Democratic Contradictions Of Multiculturalism

St. Mark’s Bookshop & Telo Press present a reading & discussion with Jens-Martin Eriksen & Frederik Stjernfelt on The Democratic Contradictions Of Multiculturalism Tuesday, June 5th 7-9PM St. Mark’s Bookshop, 31 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10003 What is multiculturalism? Is it every person’s right in a democratic society to choose his or her religion [...]

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Summer hours for University Study Center

The summer operating hours for the Student Study Center at 90 5th Avenue are as follows: Monday, May 21st – Friday, June 15th Monday – Thursday: 8:30am – 9:30pm Fridays: 8:30am – 7pm The last weekend that the Study Center will be open is May 19th & 20th from 11am to 9pm! Monday, June 18th [...]

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On Unconscious Desire and its Sublimation

Jamieson Webster “On Unconscious Desire and its Sublimation” Friday May 18th @ 6:30pm 80 5th Avenue, 5th Floor (G529) Description of Jamieson Webster’s new book, “The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis”: “From its peculiar birth in Freud’s self-analysis to its current state of deep crisis, psychoanalysis has always been a practice that questions its own [...]

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GFSS mintues for April

You can read minutes from the latest Graduate Faculty Student Senate meeting here. At this meeting, a new speaker was elected (thanks Ariel, the outgoing speaker, for all her hard work and congratulations to Marcello, the newly elected speaker). The senate also discussed TA compensation, an amendment to the GFSS charter, and the Politics of [...]

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