FEATURES
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Heury Gómez, New School community member, returned to son after unjust ICE detention
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The New School Free Press interviewed Heury Gómez with translation assistance from Carolina Zapata. Having immediately returned from a long-awaited 5-day birthday trip to Mexico City, Heury Gómez, 43, sat anxiously in a questioning room…
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Meet the Concrete Cowboys and the creation of The New School’s newest subculture
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In the basement of The New School University Center, below seven floors of classrooms, lecture halls, and sewing studios, lies a notoriously neglected fitness room. At least until the Concrete Cowboys, the school’s line dancing…
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International students and the blurred lines of free speech
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Waiting for the elevator after our interview, the student lingered for a moment before turning…
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With soulful roots, the Psychedelic Ensemble returns for its third year
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For one hour on a Friday night, Arnie Lawrence Hall turned into a time capsule…
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Dreams to bylines: How TNS professor Faran Krentcil founded Fashionista
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Sitting in the Lang Cafe of Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, New School professor…
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Meet Ta Kasitipradit: Class of 2019’s Student Commencement Speaker
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Donned in a button-down shirt and colorful capris pants, Ta Kasitipradit leans back on the sofa in Kerrey Hall. Noticing the calming silence of the residences’ lounge, he reminisced his life before coming to The…
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From Parsons to NYFW: Meet Tzu Hsuan Yang
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As the music began to play, heads turned towards the hand-dyed, multi-colored silk garments featured on the runway. From flowing gowns to puffy cloud like arms, the designs vary from gradient ruffles sewn onto a…
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Karl Lagerfeld: The Late Designer’s Impact on Parsons
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Karl Lagerfeld, the longtime creative director of Chanel died on Feb. 19, at the age of 85. “I felt very shocked at first. And then I feel really sad because he was such a legend…
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Russian Presidential Elections of 2018: A New Stage in Putin’s Cold War 2.0 Game?
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The first round of elections for the Russian president will take place March 18. Eight candidates are running, but it is unlikely the Russian government will lessen its anti-West media crusade and “demonization” of the…
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Student Dominatrixes Get Candid
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Fay leaned forward in her chair. The 21-year-old Lang student’s eyes wandered across the empty cafeteria to the two students eating their lunch a few feet away, but neither the assertiveness nor the clarity in…
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An Industry Awakening
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Just one month after models walked the runways at 2013 Tokyo Fashion week, a tragedy enveloped the fashion industry. Over 3,000 miles away, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building…
