The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music presents Miles and Miles, two concerts exploring the works of Miles Davis, as part of its ongoing Jazz Presents series.
The first concert, on Thursday, March 6, at 8:00 p.m., will be directed by New School Jazz faculty member Adam Holzman, who played with Miles from 1985 to 1989 and acted as his musical director from 1988 to 1989. Holzman leads an ensemble featuring Aaron Heick on alto sax, Mitch Stein on guitar, Freddy Cash Jr. on bass, Abe Fogel on drums, and Jazz alum Ofer Assaf on tenor sax. Guitarist Vernon Reid, founder of the group Living Color, will be the guest artist. The band will present music from the electric era of Miles Davis’ career, including selections from In a Silent Way, Filles de Kilimanjaro, Live-Evil, On the Corner, and Tutu.
Performances will take place at the Jazz Performance Space in Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor. Tickets are $10 for general admission; admission for students with valid ID and seniors is free. To purchase tickets by phone, call 212.229.5488. Tickets charged through the box office more than seven days before a performance will be sent by mail; all others will be held at the door.
For more information about Jazz Presents and other New School Jazz performances, call 212.229.5896 x4591 or email jazzevents@newschool.edu.
When Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office, one of his top priorities was to repair the city’s ailing public schools. The state gave him control of the school system five years ago and must soon decide whether to extend that power to future administrations. Are the schools more accountable today? Are students and teachers more successful? Are parents more fully engaged? Are principals more effective? What is the track record of mayoral control—and should it continue after 2009?
On Thursday, March 6, Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education, and other top administrators will address these issues. Samuel G. Freedman, columnist, On Education, New York Times, and professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, will serve as moderator. Speakers will include Christopher D. Cerf, Deputy Chancellor for Organizational Strategy, Human Capital and External Relations, New York City Department of Education; Carmen Colon, Executive Director, Association of New York City Education Councils; Ernest A. Logan, President, New York City Council of School Supervisors and Administrators; Alan Maisel, Member, New York State Assembly (D-Brooklyn); and Merryl Tisch, Vice Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents.
The event will take place from 8:15 to 10:30 a.m. in Tishman Auditorium, Johnson/Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free, but you must reserve a seat.
This event is sponsored by the Milano Foundation and the Sirus Fund.
UNIVERSITY NEWS
BOB KERREY TO HOST COMMUNITY MEETING ON PROPOSED DESIGNS FOR 65 FIFTH AVENUE IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMMUNITY BOARD 2
President Bob Kerrey and The New School will host an informational meeting for the community on the new academic building at 65 Fifth Avenue, on Thursday, March 13, at 6:00 p.m., in Tishman Auditorium, located at Alvin Johnson/J.M.Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. This meeting is in conjunction with Community Board 2.
The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP and architect Roger Duffy will present information about the proposed designs for the building. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session with attendees. All are invited.
THE NEW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD ON MAY 16
Architect, conceptual artist, and landscape architect Vito Acconci will deliver the address at the university’s commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. President Bob Kerrey will address the graduates and confer honorary degrees on Acconci, sociologist Zygmunt Bauman; urban planner Majora Carter; theater director Elizabeth LeCompte; and management educator Henry Mintzberg. Women’s reproductive rights activist Wanda Nowicka will receive the University in Exile Award.
For more information about the 2008 commencement, visit the university website.
The Seminar on the University is a series of discussions designed to inform the New School community about university policies and initiatives. The presenter of the seminar prepares a paper intended to serve as a springboard for discussion.
The third paper for this academic year, entitled “Developing the 2008–09 Operating Budget,” will be presented by Nancy Stier, vice president for Budget and Planning. The paper will review the sources of The New School's revenues, how funds are spent, and the process by which the university determines the allocation of resources.
The seminar will take place on Thursday, March 20, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Orozco Room, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, 7th floor. The seminar is open to the university community. Discussion papers are available in the Dean’s Office of each division and on the university website one week before the seminar.
The final seminar scheduled for the 2007–08 academic year is “Campus Security: Crisis and Continuity Program,” presented by James Murtha, executive vice president and chief operating officer; Tom Iliceto, director of Security; and Gabrielle Sbano, assistant director of Security. The seminar will be held on Thursday, April 17, in the Orozco Room, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, 7th floor.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
RIGGIO VISITING PROFESSOR HONORED BY FRENCH GOVERNMENT
Greil Marcus, the acclaimed Berkeley-based rock critic, cultural historian, and New School visiting professor, was named a Chevalier des Artes et Lettres by the French government. Pierre-Francois Mourier, consul general of France in San Francisco, presented the award to Marcus at a private ceremony on February 11, 2008.
Greil Marcus is one of the most widely read and highly respected American intellectuals in France. His book Lipstick Traces was published in France in 1998 to great acclaim, both among the public and in the press. The book, an exploration of rebellion in the twentieth century, discusses a number of modern French intellectual and artistic movements from Dada to the Lettristes. Other books by Marcus that have been published in France include Mystery Train, Like a Rolling Stone, and, most recently, L’Amerique et Ses Prophetes.
Last semester, Marcus was a visiting professor in The New School’s Riggio Writing and Democracy Honors Program, where he taught The Old Weird America: Music as Democratic Speech—from the Commonplace Song to Bob Dylan.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH AND PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH AND PARSONS PRESENT RODOLPHE TÖPFFER SYMPOSIUM
On Saturday, March 8, Department of Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research and the Parsons’ Illustration Department will present “Rodolphe Töpffer and the Word/Image Problem,” a half-day symposium examining the tradition of the picture story, timed to coincide with the first English-language translation of Rodolphe Töpffer’s work by David Kunzle.
Töpffer, an early-19th-century Swiss draftsman, writer, and educator, is recognized as the inventor of the modern comic strip or picture story. Töpffer initially feared that the publication of his picture stories would damage his reputation as an educator; in his day, the mixing of words and images was seen as a frivolous endeavor, a violation of the purity and purpose of each domain of expression. Töpffer’s books were eventually published, translated, pirated, and widely distributed, giving rise to the European and American culture of the comic strip. In 1845, a pirated edition of Töpffer’s Histoire de M. Vieux Bois became the first comic-strip book to be published in the United States. Still, 160 years later, the separation of word and image persists in the academy.
Among the topics to be discussed at the symposium are the tradition of the picture story, picture recitations, concrete versus mental images, the materiality of symbols, illustration, and nonverbal communication. It will feature New School faculty members Noah Isenberg, Ben Katchor, and Jim Miller; other panelists include Peter Blegvad, Anne-Marie Bouche, David Kunzle, Victor H. Mair, Patricia Mainardi, and Aimee Brown Price. The event will take place at The New School's Theresa Lang Student and Community Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
PARSONS NAMES SHELLEY FOX FIRST DONNA KARAN PROFESSOR OF FASHION DESIGN
Parsons The New School for Design has announced the appointment of Shelley Fox as the first Donna Karan Professor of Fashion Design. Fox will spearhead the development of a new Master of Fine Arts Program in Fashion Design and Society at Parsons, the first program of its kind in the United States. The Donna Karan Professorship was made possible through a gift from the renowned designer and Parsons alumna, whose career has embraced a broad view of fashion that helped define a new chapter in American fashion.
Fox is an award-winning designer whose experimental and innovative womenswear collections have been exhibited in the United States and abroad. She has built an international following as a conceptual designer renowned for her unorthodox pattern cutting and for her constant questioning of convention. For the past three years, she has focused on research-based projects; most recently she served as a senior research fellow at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design and the course director of the Masters of Art in Fashion Design and Enterprise program at the University of Westminster in England.
The program will be fully international in scope, with a focus on placing fashion in a global context and a faculty and student body from around the world. The program will forge connections with other disciplines at The New School, from the social sciences to business, marketing, technology, sustainability studies, and design history. The program is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2010.
“What appealed to me about the Donna Karan Professorship was the opportunity to create a new type of graduate program that embraces collaboration between the disciplines and draws upon the unparalleled resources to be found at Parsons and the larger university,” said Fox. “My vision for the program is to provide students with the advanced design and research skills they need to become successful designers, including a critical awareness for self-development and growth.”
VINEYARD THEATER PRESENTS NEW MUSICAL BY PARSONS PROFESSOR BEN KATCHOR
Ben Katchor, associate professor of illustration at Parsons The New School for Design, has written and designed a musical now on view at the Vineyard Theater in New York. The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (Or, the Friends of Dr. Rushower) is a deadpan fable that blurs the line between two and three dimensions by presenting live actors moving through animated settings. The play tells the story of two young inhabitants of Kayrol Island who develop a concern for exploited workers who transport on their shoulders metal slugs exported worldwide to weigh down flyaway everyday objects.
“The live actors who wander among the animated landscapes that fill the Vineyard stage seem transformed into brave new hybrids of flesh and ink,” said Ben Brantley in a recent New York Times review. “They’re so insistently subsumed by the drawings that surround them that we, by extension, are too. The Slug Bearers is an answered prayer for anyone who has dreamed of living inside a graphic novel.” The production has received a number of other positive reviews.
Katchor, who joined the Parsons faculty last fall, is mainly an illustrator, but he has also dabbled in the performing arts: Projects he has worked on include The Carbon Copy Building, an operetta presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1999, and The Rosenbach Company: A Tragicomedy, a musical performed at Joe’s Pub in 2006. Katchor’s illustrated narratives, which depict the lives of eccentric inhabitants of New York City, have appeared in the Village Voice, the New York Press, the Forward, Metropolis Magazine, and the New Yorker. His books include The Jew of New York and Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer. Katchor has received several awards for his work, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the so-called “Genius Grant,” in 2000.
Katchor is currently teaching several courses at The New School, including an animation class, a collaboration between Parsons and New School Jazz, and a visual narrative class, a collaboration between Parsons and Lang. He is also participating in the March 8 symposium Rodolphe Töpffer and the Word/Image Problem.
The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island is being presented at the Vineyard Theater, 108 East 15th Street; (212) 353-0303. The run of the play has just been extended to March 16. For more information, visit the Vineyard Theater’s website.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
THE HERMAN SCHWARTZ DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES ON JUSTICE: JEFFREY TOOBIN
New York Times best-selling author Jeffrey Toobin will speak on Monday, March 3, as part of the Herman Schwartz Distinguished Lecture Series on Justice, cosponsored by Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy and the Alliance for Justice.
Toobin, a staff writer at the New Yorker and senior legal analyst for CNN, is one of the most highly regarded legal journalists in the country. In his lecture, Toobin will discuss the history, politics, and interpersonal dynamics of the Supreme Court. The lecture will be followed by a reception at which Toobin will sign copies of his recently published book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, a New York Times best seller.
Since its inception in 1979, the Alliance for Justice has provided a means for the public interest community to strengthen its influence on public policy and foster the next generation of advocates. The Herman Schwartz Distinguished Lecture Series on Justice explores responses to the growing threats to democracy and justice in our society.
The talk will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free, but you must reserve a seat. The reception will be held in Wollman Hall, Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street). Call 866.347.7866 or email Jennifer Smolin at JenniferS@afj.org if you have any questions about this special event.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
The Eugene Lang College Arts Program presents Václav Havel’s play Temptation in a production directed by Zishan Ugurlu, with music by Stefania de Kenessey (both are members of Lang’s arts faculty). The cast of the production is made up of students of Eugene Lang College. Performances will take place Thursday, March 6, through Saturday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on Sunday, March 9, at 2:30 p.m.
A longtime human rights activist, Václav Havel was the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic. Temptation, a retelling of the Faust legend set in a scientific institute in a totalitarian state, is informed by Havel’s own experience in Czechoslovakia under a government that governed by coercion and fear and demanded conformity.
This production of Temptation is set in post-9/11 New York City, where a culture of surveillance and suspicion is rapidly becoming the norm. Through the use of multimedia techniques, the play explores questions of science, technology, privacy, and morality.
All performances will take place at La MaMa E.T.C. Annex Theater, 66 East 4th Street. General admission is $5. Tickets can be purchased at the New School Box Office, Johnson/Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday–Friday, 1:00–7:00 p.m.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA'S RANDOM ACTS! FESTIVAL AT THE HALFWAY MARK
The New School for Drama continues its six-weekend Random Acts One-Act Play Festival, giving audiences the opportunity to experience some of the best work of the school’s up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. Free and open to the public, the plays are presented every other week; they include classic and contemporary works ranging from George Bernard Shaw’s The Man of Destiny to Julia Cho’s The 100 Most Beautiful Names of Todd. The festival also features seven new works by Drama’s third-year playwrights, to be presented in the last two weeks.
Week three runs from March 13 through March 15 and features the following plays:
Great to See You by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Karen M. Dabney; with Yun Kyung Chung, Mark Thomas, and Agmar Varela
July 7, 1994 by Donald Margulies, directed by Moira Boag; with Mark Cajigao, Lawrence George, Melissa Joyner, Marlene Morreis, Adriana Múnera Reyes, and Tai Verley
Up, Down, Strange, Charmed, Beauty and Truth by Edward Allan Baker, directed by Samantha Shechtman; with Anna Irby, Mike Keller, and Jane M. Tarica
27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams, directed by Diana Basmajian; with Ross Beshear, Sarah Bisman, and Federico Trigo
The festival will run through April 26, with performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free, and seating is first come, first served. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. Performances will take place at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor, New York City.
Schedule and plays are subject to change on the basis of rights availability. Visit www.drama.newschool.edu for the complete schedule and more information.
MONDAY NIGHT SESSIONS AT SWEET RHYTHM CONTINUES IN 2008
New School Jazz musicians take the stage at this historic Greenwich Village jazz club every Monday night. Sets are at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.
On March 3, Cecil Bridgewater directs the Cecil Bridgewater Improvisation Ensemble. Super Trios, directed by LeeAnne Ledgerwood, appears on March 10. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 with the Tatum Greenblatt Group. On March 24,,Cameron Brown directs an ensemble performing the music of Ornette Coleman. On March 31, Reggie Workman directs the Reggie Workman Improvisation Ensemble.
Sweet Rhythm is located at 88 Seventh Avenue (between Bleecker and Grove Streets). General admission is $10 cover, with a $10 food and drink minimum; there is no cover and a $5 food and drink minimum for New School students with ID. For reservations and more information, contact Sweet Rhythm at 212.255.3626.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN REVIEW LAUNCHES COMPETITION SPONSORED BY KIEHL'S
The Sustainable Design Review, a student group that promotes sustainability and environmental awareness, is launching its second annual competition, sponsored this year by Kiehl’s Since 1851, which was founded as an old-world apothecary more than 150 years ago and now embraces social responsibility as part of its corporate citizenship initiatives. The competition, which is open to all students across the university, asks students to examine Kiehl’s retail consumption cycle and develop ways to reduce waste by increasing customer awareness.
Entries may be submitted until March 17, when the semifinalists will be selected; they will be awarded up to $500 to create models of their designs. The winning design will be selected in May; Kiehl’s will consider producing it for use in its stores in New York and nationwide. The student whose work is chosen as the winning design will receive an award of $2,500.
For more information, email SDR@newschool.edu
THE NEW SCHOOL V-DAY PERFORMANCES RAISE FUNDS FOR ORGANIZATIONS
V-Day celebrations continued at The New School following Eve Ensler’s presentation on February 4. Thirty-five students from across the university, along with Student Services staff members, appeared in performances of Ensler’s award-winning play The Vagina Monologues and A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer, a collection of monologues from writers including Edward Albee, Edwidge Danticat, Carol Gilligan, and Howard Zinn.
The New School performances raised more than $4,000. Ten percent of the proceeds will go to V-Day, a global movement that has raised more than $50 million for antiviolence projects around the world. The funds raised will also benefit two antiviolence organizations selected by the New School cast: the Battered Women’s Resource Center, whose Voices of Women Organizing Project supports survivors of domestic violence, and RightRides, a New York City-based nonprofit that aims to build safer communities by offering women, transgender, and genderqueer individuals free late-night rides home.
Sonoma “Sonny” Farnsworth, a Lang freshman who was one of the New School directors and actors, said of this year’s performances, “I am proud to say that the 2008 V-Day campaign is a truly inclusive and unified event, one that embraces the voices of all people who have the courage to speak. We all have the power and the responsibility to see, to speak, to act, and to create change both within ourselves and within the world.”
The annual Psychology and Social Justice (PASJ) Conference, organized by social and political psychology students at The New School for Social Research, will be held on April 19.
The PASJ is an annual national research-oriented gathering of faculty and graduate students whose work focuses on social justice. The conference will feature a keynote address by Russell Hardin (New York University, Political Science) and talks by distinguished scholars, including John Darley (Princeton, Psychology), Scott Atran (University of Michigan, Anthropology), and Tom Tyler (New York University, Psychology).
Submissions, on a wide range of issues in social justice research are welcome, including prejudice and stereotyping, legal and governmental procedures and outcomes, social status and minority group membership, and economic and social inequity. As social justice research is by necessity a multidisciplinary affair, the PASJ typically includes presentations by faculty and graduate students from a wide range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, and law, as well as by practitioners and policy makers.
To submit a paper, fill out the form on the PASJ website or email it to us.
TIME OUT NEW YORK DISCOUNT OFFER
Start your year off being in the know about things free or fancy. Time Out New York is offering all students, faculty, and staff at The New School a full year's subscription for just $20! That's 51 issues for the entire year and only 39c an issue. Steal this deal for yourself or a gift to another.
An exciting fall theater season is about to get under way: Why pay $100, when you can pay $28-$32 for Broadway shows and $22-$24 for Off-Broadway shows? An inexpensive way to enjoy the best of New York culture is to join Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
To be eligible, you must be a full-time student or teacher, senior citizen (62+), civil servant, union member, staff member of a not-for-profit organization, performing arts professional, or member of the clergy or armed forces. Annual membership fee is $25, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for less than $32 per ticket include: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Color Purple, Martin Short, The Wedding Singer, 42nd Street, Aida, American Ballet Theatre, Anna in the Tropics, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Barbara Cook's Broadway, Beauty & the Beast, Beckett/Albee, Big Apple Circus, Cabaret, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Fiddler on the Roof, Golda's Balcony, Gypsy, Hamburg Ballet , I Am My Own Wife, Intimate Apparel, Jazz in July, Johnny Guitar, Lincoln Center Summer Festival, Little Shop of Horrors, London Symphony Orchestra, Lypsinka!, Match, Matt and Ben, Menopause: The Musical, Mostly Mozart, NYC Ballet, NYC Opera, Our Lady of 121st Street, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sexaholix, Take Me Out, Talking Heads, Tea and Five, The Retreat From Moscow, Twentieth Century, and Wonderful Town. So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.40/per day Monday-Saturday, $2.00 on Sunday) for home or office subscriptions to all faculty, staff, and students.
Here's how it works. Unlike traditional subscriptions, the education rate can be set up by semester or in a combination that best reflects your schedules for both delivery and billing. New School faculty, staff, and students can have a subscription Monday-Friday, Sunday only, weekends only, or any combination.
To take advantage of the special discount to the Times or to change a current subscription, students, faculty (full-time and part-time), and staff should contact the customer service center at 888.NYT.COLL, to order a single subscription or a classroom subscription of up to eight copies for required reading in the classroom.
To order a classroom subscription of eight or more copies for required reading in the classroom, contact the education program's customer service center at 800.631.1222.
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Did you know that you could get into this exciting museum for free? In order to receive your free admission, go to the lobby information desk and show them your valid New School ID. Students, faculty, and staff receive one free admission for themselves. Faculty and staff may also obtain an additional two tickets for their guests. Enjoy!
TICKETS: In person purchases can be made at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday–Friday 1:00–7:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester.
THE SCULPTURECENTER LECTURES AT THE NEW SCHOOL:
A SUBJECTIVE HISTORY OF SCULPTURE WITH SANFORD BIGGERS
Monday, March 3, 6:30 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
SculptureCenter, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, presents a series of three lectures that explore how contemporary artists think about sculpture—its history, conventions, and legacy. Three artists at various stages of their careers have been invited to present their own take on art history: New York-based artist Sanford Biggers was born in Los Angeles in 1970. Influenced by a two-year stay in Nagoya, Japan and a multitude of cross-cultural references, Biggers’ installations incorporate performance, popular icons, Dadaist strategies, and the study of ethnological objects. He has won several awards including the New York Percent for the Arts Commission (2007) and the New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship Award in 2005
FICTION FORUM: PETER CAMERON
Monday, March 3, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Peter Cameron, author of Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You, reads and discusses his work. Moderated by Helen Schulman, fiction coordinator, the Writing Program.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ AT SWEET RHYTHM:
CECIL BRIDGEWATER ENSEMBLE
Monday, March 3, 8:00 p.m.
Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Avenue South
Admission: [Sweet Rhythm]$10 cover + $10 food and drink minimum, no cover + $5 food and drink minimum for students with ID.
Reservations 212.255.3626
Cecil Bridgewater directs the Cecil Bridgewater Improvisation Ensemble at Sweet Rhythm. Sets at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
POETRY FORUM: C.K. WILLIAMS
Tuesday, March 4, 6:30 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C.K. Williams reads from and discusses his work with David Lehman, poetry coordinator, the Writing Program.
LANG SKYBRIDGE OPENING – TEMPTATION!
Wednesday, March 5 - Thursday, April 3, 4:00 p.m.
Skybridge Art Space, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 3rd floor
Admission: Free and Open to the Public.
This exhibition is based around artwork submitted by the Lang community that addresses the concept of “temptation.” Exhibited work includes art created using various media (including sound and text). The show is inspired by Temptation, Lang’s spring theater production directed by Zishan Ugurlu, and based on the play by Vaclav Havel.
The exhibit opens on Wednesday, March 5 at 4 p.m. A reception follows in the 3rd floor lobby.
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE READING
Wednesday, March 5, 6:00 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in the categories of Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography and Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism. Finalists read from their work the day before the awards ceremony.
SPRING LECTURE SERIES: PROFESSOR DEEPAK NAYYAR
Thursday, March 6, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Dr. Deepak Nayyar, internationally renowned scholar and author, will present three lectures. The first lecture is entitled ""Macroeconomics: Is it Different in Developing Countries?""
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS CEREMONY
Thursday, March 6, 6:00 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
The National Book Critics Circle Awards will be presented for the finest books published in English. Categories include Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography and Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism.
WOMEN IN POLITICS WORLDWIDE:
HOW DID THEY GET THERE AND DO THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Thursday, March 6, 12:00–2:00 p.m.
Student Activities Conference Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground level Admission: free. For more information and to RSVP, please email issevents@newschool.edu
Professor Mala Htun, associate professor of Political Science in The New School for Social Research will speak on women in politics worldwide. She is the author of Sex and the State: Abortion, Divorce, and the Family under Latin American Dictatorships and Democracies (Cambridge University Press, 2003) amongst other works. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard and an A.B. in international relations from Stanford. Her current research focuses on the politics of representing women and ethnic and racial minorities in Latin America and worldwide.
MARY HENLE MEMORIAL CELEBRATION
Friday, March 7, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; seating is limited; reservations required by emailing salass@newschool.edu by February 29.
Michael Schober, dean of The New School for Social Research and professor of Psychology, along with Joan Miller, chair and 
associate professor of Psychology, are hosting a memorial celebration in honor of Mary Henle’s life and scholarship. A reception follows. The program includes comments from Professor Henle’s colleagues, family, and friends including Henry M. Seiden (Ph.D. 1969) and Bernard Weitzman (Ph.D. 1963).
Mary Henle (1913-2007)
Ms. Henle joined the Graduate Faculty (now The New School for Social Research) in 1946. She served as professor of Psychology until her retirement in 1983. Ms. Henle was a renowned experimental psychologist, historian of psychology, incisive critic of psychological theory, and champion of the Berlin school of Gestalt psychology.
THE ART AND POLITICS OF FICTION:
VLADIMIR NABOKOV AND CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA
Friday, March 7, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
On the occasion of Professor Khrushcheva’s new book, Imagining Nabokov: Russia Between Art and Politics (Yale University Press, 2007), the author Nina Khrushcheva, The New School and two eminent observers of world politics Professor Ian Buruma, Bard College, and Ambassador Jack F. Matlock, Columbia University, will discuss the intersecting passages of art and politics in contemporary Russia, from Nabokov’s idiosyncratic relationship with his former homeland to the current Putin era. This event will be introduced by Anthony Anemone, chair and associate provost of Foreign Languages, The New School, and moderated by Jonathan Bach, associate director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School.
Ian Buruma writes regularly for the New Times Magazine and the New York Review of Books as well as for other publications. Professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College, he is the author of many books including, The Wages of Guilt, Occidentalism, and Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance.
Jack F. Matlock, who currently teaches International Relations at Columbia University, served as the last U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991. He is the author ofAutopsy on an Empire: The American Ambassador's Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union, and Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended.
Nina Khrushcheva, is an associate professor in the Graduate Program of International Affairs at the New School and a senior fellow of the World Policy Institute.
HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL’S 14TH ANNUAL PRESERVATION CONFERENCE
Saturday, March 8, 8:30 a.m.-6:15 p.m.
Swayduck Auditorium, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue
Admission: Free for full-time New School students. Reservations required. Students must present ID at the event. All others may register online here: http://hdc.org/confregistration-paypal.htm. Reservations phone number is 212.614.9107.
PlaNYC 2030 is a broad initiative put forth by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to enhance New York’s urban environment for the future. The plan focuses on sustainable goals for land, air, water, energy, and transportation projects. One of the main premises is that New York City’s population will increase by one million in the next two decades. Many members of the preservation community are concerned about the city’s ability to accommodate this growth and retain its historic character.
Using the mayor’s PlaNYC as a starting point, the Historic Districts Council’s 14th Annual Preservation Conference will focus on preservation, its relation to a broad framework of urban issues, and their relationship to New York’s many diverse neighborhoods. The HDC conference will utilize original research, real-life case studies, panel discussions, and community tours to talk about preservation and development in the future, especially through the lens of the 2030 plan and its land-use initiatives.
For more information go to: http://hdc.org/confpanels.htm
GIRLS WRITE NOW!
Saturday, March 8, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 407
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Girls Write Now celebrates International Women’s Day and ten years of providing a safe and supportive environment where girls can develop their natural writing talents, find their creative voice, and build the confidence to make good choices about school, careers, and life. Come hear original collaborative works by some of the city’s best emerging teen authors and the professional women writers who mentor them.
Anne Landsman, author of The Rowing Lesson, and poet Lila Zemborain will appear asguest readers, and a fashion show featuring the Girls Write Now 10th Anniversary T-shirts and highlights from the SIC (Smart Is Cool) Spring Collection (sicmovement.com) will be presented. A reception will follow. This event is sponsored by the University Diversity Committee and the Bachelor’s Program of The New School for General Studies.
For information contact Caroline Berger, Asst. Director, NSGS Bachelor's Program, at 212-229-2417
FICTION FORUM: JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
Monday, March 10, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The Writing Program presents a reading and discussion with John Edgar Wideman, author of Fanon. Moderated by Jeffery Renard Allen, faculty member, the Writing Program.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ AT SWEET RHYTHM: SUPER TRIOS
Monday, March 10, 8:00 p.m.
Admission: [Sweet Rhythm]$10 cover + $10 food and drink minimum, no cover + $5 food and drink minimum for students with ID
Reservations 212.255.3626
Super Trios appear at Sweet Rhythm, directed by LeeAnne Ledgerwood. Sets at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
DR. DEEPAK NAYYAR'S SECOND LECTURE
Tuesday, March 11, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
66 West 12th Street, room 406
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Dr. Deepak Nayyar, whose distinguished career extends from academia to government ministries visits The New School for Social Research to give a series of three lectures. On the occasion of his second lecture, Nayyar will give a talk on International Migration, Globalization and Economic Development.
Barbara Herbst 212.229.5717 x3044
WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW?
Tuesday, March 11 - Tuesday, March 11, 6:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Patrick Macklem, WC Graham Professor of Law at the University of Toronto and 2007-2008 Steffens Member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey will speak for 45 minutes, followed by discussion and a question answer period
For more information email shealy@newschool.edu
SMALL PRESS PUBLISHING JOURNALS AND PRESSES II
Tuesday, March 11, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Shanna Compton, founding editor and publisher, Bloof Books; Fiona McCrae, publisher, Graywolf Press; Brenda Shaughnessy, poetry editor, Tin House and Tin House Books; and Matvei Yankelevitch, founding editor and publisher, Ugly Duckling Press, discuss how to get your work published. Moderated by Patricia Carlin, co-editor and publisher, Barrow Street Press.
SCEPA WORKSHOP SERIES: JANET GORNICK
Wednesday, March 12, 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
6 East 16 Street, 10th Floor, Room 1009
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
|Janet Gornick, professor of political science at Baruch College and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, presents Older Women’s Income and Wealth Packages: The Five-Legged Stool in Cross-National Perspective.
The Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis holds workshops throughout the academic year to promote discussion of contemporary policy and applied research issues. Workshops begins with a presentation and end with questions and discussion. Workshops are open to the public and background research papers are usually
posted in advance on www.newschool.edu/cepa
POETRY FORUM: JOANNA KLINK
Wednesday, March 12, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The Writing Program presents Joanna Klink, who will read from Circadin and discuss her work. Moderated by Robert Polito, director, the Writing Program.
MUSEUMS AND THE CITY: A CREATIVE COMBINATION?
Wednesday, March 12, 7:00 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Can cultural institutions help make cities better places to live, work, and learn? Museums around the world, from Bilbao to Milwaukee and London to Beacon, attract tourists and spark economic renewal. But the relationship between museums and their urban settings has become increasingly complex. What benefits do museums offer their cities, and what should we expect of them? Are they mere indulgences of the elite, draining precious public funding, or democratic expressions of time and place? Do they contribute to the sustainability of the city by offering innovative solutions to urban problems? Should cultural institutions become developers? Linda Lees, founder and director of Creative Cities International, moderates a discussion of questions like these with Kinshasha Holman Conwill, deputy director, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution; Marc Pachter, Director Emeritus of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Fred Manson, an urban renewal specialist from Britain whose past projects include the Tate Modern and the Millennium Bridge; and Frederic Schwartz, an architect and planner whose projects include the new Staten Island Ferry Terminal and the new airport in Chennai, India. Sponsored by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs.
APERTURE FOUNDATION AT THE NEW SCHOOL PRESENTS CONFOUNDING EXPECTATIONS: PHOTOGRAPHY IN CONTEXT THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEW WEST
Wednesday, March 12, 7:00 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Originally published in 1974, Robert Adams’ book The New West signaled a significant shift in photographic representation of the American landscape. Adams documented the transformation of the Denver area, where he lived at the time, through construction of tract and mobile homes, subdivisions, and other forms of development. Joshua Chuang, Marcia Brady Tucker Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery; Mark Klett, photographer; and panelists to be announced, will discuss the impact of Adams’ work as well as the effects of development and urban sprawl on the Western landscape.
Presented by the Aperture Foundation in collaboration with the Photography Department of Parsons The New School for Design and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, with generous support from the Kettering Family Foundation and the Henry Nias Foundation. This program is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
LANG COFFEE HOUSE CABARET "CIRCUS"
Thursday, March 13, 6:30 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
The Coffee House Cabaret features an evening of music, dance, poetry, visual art, and video shorts by Lang students. This event will feature a circus theme, so put on your clown shoes and grab your fire clubs.
Bring your friends and join the Lang community in a casual coffee house atmosphere, with great performances, raffled prizes, free food, and café drinks. After the show, the floor is open for all to perform individually or spontaneously mix!
Circus Coffee House hosted by Lang Dance Seniors
SOCIOLOGY IMAGINATION SERIES - STEVEN SHAPIN
Thursday, March 13, 8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Guest speaker: Steven Shapin (Harvard University), “Science and the Modern World”
This event is cosponsored by Historical Studies.
Refreshments will be served after the lecture.
STUDENT SERVICES
ADMINISTRATIVE REMINDERS FOR STUDENTS
DEGREE STUDENTS: WITHDRAWALS
To withdraw from a class, get a signed add/drop form from your advisor and present it in person to the Registrar’s Office at Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue. Withdrawals at this point in the semester will result in a grade of W on your transcript.
You must submit the form to the Registrar’s Office by the deadlines listed below:
Last Day to Withdraw from a Class with a Grade of W:
Want to avoid waiting in line at the Registrar's Office? Come see us in the morning, starting at 10:00 a.m.
REMINDER FOR STUDENTS COMPLETING STUDY THIS SEMESTER
Students expecting to complete their studies in May 2008 must file a Graduation Petition with the Registrar’s Office at the Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, ground floor. The university cannot confer degrees or certificates for students who have not filed a petition. Filing should be done as soon as possible. The fee to file a petition is $20 between February 16 and March 15; it increases to $50 after March 15. The final deadline to file a petition is March 30. Forms are available at the Registrar’s Office and online at MyNewSchool (select the Student tab and download the Graduation Petition, which is listed under the forms section).
STUDENT ACCOUNTS INFORMATION
To ensure that you receive correspondence from The New School in a timely manner, please review your official address in MyNewSchool to make sure that it is current. If it is not, you can change your address online. This is especially important for students who are expecting to receive a refund.
FEDERAL WORK-STUDY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Student Employment Office has partnered with New York City Public Service Corps to provide students with off-campus Federal Work-Study opportunities in the public sector. NYC Public Service Corps is an internship program of the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services committed to providing students with meaningful experiences to enhance their academic and career objectives. Law, graphic arts, education, journalism, research, and office administration are just a few of the areas available to interns. If you are eligible for Federal Work-Study and are interested in developing professional skills in a meaningful community service experience, stop by the Student Employment Office at the Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 105M.
STUDENTS: HOW TO PROVIDE VERIFICATION OF YOUR SPRING ENROLLMENT
Health insurance agencies, housing authorities, banks, or other third parties may ask you to provide verification that you are enrolled at The New School. If you registered for the
spring term prior to January 10, you can print an Official Enrollment Verification Certificate at MyNewSchool. To do this, log in to MyNewSchool and click the Student tab; then in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information. The certificate, produced by the National Student Clearinghouse on behalf of the university, serves as official evidence of enrollment at The New School.
STUDENTS: ACCESS GRADES AND REGISTRATION FEES THROUGH MYNEWSCHOOL
The New School does not automatically mail copies of semester grades. If you need a printed copy of your grades, you can request a copy through MyNewSchool (click the Student tab; then, in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information). Your semester grades will be mailed within two weeks. You can also access registration fees through MyNewSchool.
STUDENTS: REQUEST YOUR OFFICIAL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT ONLINE
Students can request an official transcript through MyNewSchool. Click the Student tab; then, in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information). Transcript requests are processed five business days after they are submitted. There is no fee for regular five-business-day service. Next-day transcript service is available only to students who submit requests in person. Transcripts of students with library or financial holds of any kind will not be released.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES
FLU SHOTS
The single best way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year.
Student Health Services will be providing flu shots while supplies last. Call 212.229.1671 (option 2) to make an appointment.
A $25 fee for the flu shot will be charged to your student account.
A FEW MINUTES FOR YOUR LIFE: TAKE THE HIV TEST FOR FREE—SPRING 2008 HOURS
Hispanic AIDS Forum, in collaboration with New School Student Health Services and the Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), will be offering FREE confidential HIV testing every week on Mondays 4:00-6:30 p.m. and Tuesdays 3:00-5:30 p.m. The testing site will be at Loeb Residence, 135 East 12th Street, 2nd floor. For further information, please contact Student Health Services at 212.229.1671, option 1 or 2.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES (OSDA)
OSDA
55 West 13th Street, ground floor
Mondays–Thursdays, 9:00 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Fridays, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
WEEKLY STUDENT ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
Mondays
The New Tunes A Capella Group rehearses.
7:15–8:45 p.m.
Student Activity Space, Multipurpose Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 East 13th Street, ground floor
Wednesdays
Join Adventure Force to watch cartoons, movies, play video games, and—best of all—enjoy free pizza!
6:00–8:40 p.m.
Parsons West, 2 West 13th Street, room 301
Manhattan Cornerstone Artists’ Fellowship meetings.
7:00–9:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m.: Korean; 8:30 p.m.: English)
Student Activity Space, Conference Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor
STUDENT ORGANIZATION EVENTS
Israeli Movie Night—Sponsored by the New Jew
Wednesday, March 5, 6:00–8:30 p.m.
Union Square Building, 8 East 16th Street, room 1106
Turn Left at the End of the World is a fun, engaging cross-cultural film set in the 1960s about a group of Indian and Moroccan immigrants in Israel.
Students for Animal Rights
Thursday, March 6, 12:00–5:00 p.m.
Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, lobby
Stop by and pick up information about the organization.
BECOME AN ORIENTATION LEADER—APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOW
The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA) is recruiting students who are interested in working as orientation leaders (OLs) for the fall 2008 New Student Orientation. OLs act as ambassadors for The New School by helping introduce new students to the university, the community, and New York City. This is an exciting leadership opportunity for students looking for a dynamic, rewarding, and FUN experience! OL applications are available in the Office of Student Development and Activities or by emailing Steve McAllister at mcalliss@newschool.edu.
REGISTER FOR SPRING RECREATION CLASSES
Salsa: Mondays, 5:45–7:00 p.m.
Yoga: Tuesdays, 1:00– 2:15 p.m.
Capoeira: Wednesdays, 4:00–5:15 p.m.
Re-registration and first-time registration for the month of March has begun. New School ID and health insurance information are required for first-time registrants. Students can sign up at the Office of Student Development and Activities, located in Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
DISCOUNTED KNICKS TICKETS
The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA) will sell discounted Knicks tickets for the following games:
Sunday, April 6, 7:00 p.m.: New York Knicks vs. Orlando Magic
Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 28, at 10:00 a.m. Tickets are $20 each, with a maximum of two per student with New School ID. OSDA is located at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
MOVIE TICKETS AVAILABLE
AMC and Regal Movie tickets are available for $7 each. Students can purchase 2 tickets every 3 weeks with a New School ID. The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
WOULD YOU LIKE INFO ABOUT PROGRAMS, ACTIVITES, AND FREE EVENTS EMAILED TO YOU EVERY FRIDAY?
If so, then email studev@newschool.edu and write "Add me, please" in the subject line and we'll add your email address to our listserv. You'll get weekly info on workshops, leadership opportunities, as well as meeting times and locations for student organizations. Even better, you'll receive a listing of FREE events in New York City such as film screenings, readings, gallery openings, and book signings.
RECOVER FROM THOSE TGIF'S WITH ALL HEALTH BREAKS LOOSE!
Are you a student or employee who would benefit from a weekly tip to improve your health? Maybe your TGIF activities have led you to seek recovery on Monday?
Contact Eric Garrison, one of our health educators, and ask to be put on the All Health Breaks Loose email list.
Every Monday, you will get a brief email with a weekly suggestion to boost your mental, physical, environmental, spiritual, social, and occupational health.
THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD (SAB) WANTS YOU!
The Student Activities Planning Board wants you to help plan programs and events for your peers and the New School community. Meetings are scheduled for Fridays, March 7, 14, and 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the Office of Student Development & Activities (OSDA) at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, room 102.If you can’t make the meetings but want to help plan programs and events for your peers and the New School community, email SAB at studentactivitiesboard@newschool.edu.
THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD
WELCOMES HYPNOTIST-COMEDIAN-MAGICIAN KEVIN HURLEY TO CAMPUS
Wednesday, March 26, 7:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, second floor
Come be mesmerized and mystified while laughing your socks off!
Kevin Hurley has shared the stage with Robin Williams, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland. Now he’s making his way to The New School, so come out and get your laugh on!
SAVE THESE DATES:
Student Leadership Awards Banquet
Friday, May 2
Get ready to nominate your favorite program, most deserving student organization, emerging leader, or select from a host of additional categories. Nomination forms will be available early March.
Seek Relief Week
May 5–9
Look out for a week of fun activities in ALL schools: FREE massages, trail-mix snack stations, and workshops on stress relief. We help you seek relief right before finals!
Spring Extravaganza
Thursday, May 8, 4:30–8:00 p.m.
SAB is sponsoring a carnival, which will take place in the Lang Courtyard. Be sure to stop by for all-you-can-eat goodies, massages (in conjunction with Seek Relief Week), and henna artists who will create fabulous artwork on your hands.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF INTERCULTRAL SUPPORT
Basically for Women: Change Your Fortune
Friday, March 7, 12:00–2:00 p.m.
Student Activity Space, Conference Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor
Presented by Hattie Parker, MS Education. Come and learn about different types of psychic readings, including astrology, numerology, and tarot cards. Lunch will be served. All are welcome
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CAREER DEVELOPMENT
WALK-IN COUNSELING HOURS
Every Monday, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 214
Open to students and alumni of The New School for General Studies, Lang, Jazz, and Mannes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES (ISS)
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES COFFEE AND TEA
Every Thursday, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Union Square Building, 8 East 16th Street, lobby
Tired of hours upon hours of classes? Need an energy boost? Stop by for a cup of coffee or tea and snacks.
No commitments ... no requirements ... just fun and refreshments! All are welcome!
INTERNATIONAL BOOK CLUB
Join fellow New School students, staff, and faculty for a fascinating discussion of literary works from all over the world! To get information on which books we will read, make suggestions, and sign up, email issevents@newschool.edu. Open to students, staff, and faculty.
First book of the semester: Blindness by Jose Saramago
Tuesday, March 4, 6:00 p.m.
Cosi Café, 504 Avenue of the Americas (corner of 13th Street and Sixth Avenue)
As an epidemic of blindness strikes an unidentified city, all social norms disappear, society breaks down, and a struggle for survival erupts.
TAX WORKSHOPS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires that you submit tax returns by April 15, 2008. State and city tax offices have the same deadline. Be sure to write down your questions and bring them to the workshop. International Student Services (ISS) will provide tax packets (Form 8843, Form 1040NR-EZ, and publication 4011) at these workshops.
Please note that neither ISS nor any other office at The New School can offer specific tax advice. It is your responsibility to understand your tax obligations. ISS can provide general information to help you meet your tax obligations. Visit www.irs.gov for more information.
Please RSVP by sending an email to iss@newschool.edu, including your name and student ID number.
Bring the following forms to the tax workshop:
All W-2s or W-9s and any other tax-related documents you have
W-8BEN (if applicable for next year)
1042S
1099-G
The ISS tax workshops are scheduled for the following times:
Tuesday, March 18, 1:00–3:30 p.m., Mannes Building, 150 West 85th Street, Goldmark Hall
Friday, April 4, 11:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m., Johnson/Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 404
LIMITS TO ONLINE CLASS REGISTRATION
As you register for spring 2008, please be advised that no more than the equivalent of one online class or three credits per semester may be counted in calculations of full-time enrollment for F-1 international students. This restriction does not affect registration for students studying outside the United States. If you have any questions about online class registration, contact iss@newschool.edu.
I-20 END DATES
Section 5 on your I-20 indicates the date when the validity of your I-20 ends. If you will be completing your studies by that time, please be advised that you will have a 60-day grace period after the program end date on your I-20 in which to either depart from the United States or transfer to another college or university. You will not be able to reenter the United States using your current I-20 during this grace period. If you find that you will not be able to finish your current degree by the completion date on your I-20, you can request a program extension. You must make your request at least 30 days before the completion date. Visit the student services website to find out what documents you need in order to request a program extension. If you plan to apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), you must attend an OPT workshop before you apply and USCIS must receive your application before the last day of class. If you have been admitted to pursue a different degree at the New School, you must apply for your new I-20 before the end date on your current I-20. Contact iss@newschool.edu if you have any questions.
CHANGE OF MAJOR OR EDUCATIONAL LEVEL REQUIRES NEW I-20
Please note that if you change your major (e.g., from a BA in Fashion Design to a BA in Product Design) or your educational level (e.g., from MA to PhD), you MUST request an update to your I-20 to reflect your current degree and program information.
Deadlines:
Change of major: By the end of the add period (for spring 2008, this date is Monday, February 4)
Change of education level: You must apply for the new I-20 BEFORE you begin your new program.
Failing to request the changes in your I-20 for a change of major or educational level in a timely manner may jeopardize your I-20 status.
OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS
F-1 international students in their final semester may apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), a year of employment for which you may be eligible upon completion of your studies. Please note that attendance at one workshop is mandatory.
It can take USCIS months to approve an OPT application, and pending approval of your application, you cannot leave the United States. So plan ahead: Apply three months before any international travel.
Space is limited; RSVP to iss@newschool.edu. Bring your passport (with I-94 card) and I-20. Please arrive on time for your sessions. The information is so important that we cannot allow latecomers.
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