http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/nyregion/18newschool.html?_r=2&ref=nyregion

last night as I got out of class a grad student invited my professor and members of my class to participate in this - I had other plans, though

summary:

students have barricaded themselves in the dining hall and refuse to leave

12/18/2008 3:40:19 PM

oh that's real crazy

12/18/2008 3:42:17 PM

well thats just silly

12/18/2008 3:42:23 PM

i think the summary should include their reason

12/18/2008 3:42:53 PM

Quote :

"THE NEW SCHOOL"

12/18/2008 3:43:22 PM

You shouldn't be surprised, that kind of shit is commonplace at a gay-ass liberal arts school like the New School. You must fit right in.

12/18/2008 3:52:15 PM

Quote :

"GOD DAMNED HIPPIES"

12/18/2008 3:52:44 PM

They hate Bob Kerrey because he supported the Iraq war when he was a Democratic Senator, and he has clashed with the liberal faculty at times.

Students: IF YOU DON'T SHARE OUR BELIEFS, THEN YOU'RE THE ENEMY!

12/18/2008 3:54:00 PM

Quote :

"18 YEAR OLD BOY AND GIRL GENIUSES"

12/18/2008 3:56:50 PM

Quote :

"As word of the protest spread and the group grew larger, a list of demands was produced. Those included Mr. Kerrey’s removal as well as the ouster of James Murtha, the university’s executive vice president, and Robert Millard, the treasurer of the school’s board of trustees. The students said they wanted more of a voice in school matters and full disclosure of the school’s investments. This is about starting a dialogue,” said Marcus Michelson, a student in a master’s program at the school. “And to do that you have to be seen as an equal. People just don’t give equality away, you have to take it."

lol. I read that as "As a paying student at a private school I want to be treated as an equal to the president and the board of directors."

12/18/2008 3:56:59 PM

Ahh 60s nostalgia.

12/18/2008 4:37:56 PM

so yesterday an angry mob chased the president down 5th Ave!

12/19/2008 10:55:36 PM

nice

12/19/2008 10:56:40 PM

they have given the Student Senate a non voting seat on the board to get them to leave the school building then Kerrey canceled the Senate meeting

12/19/2008 10:58:02 PM

all fun and games until people start chucking molotov cocktails at police cars

then it's a riot proper

12/19/2008 10:59:07 PM

too bad I skipped town

12/19/2008 11:00:33 PM

oh that's real crazy

12/19/2008 11:03:27 PM

more exciting that NCSU

unless you count spray painting racist invective as "exciting"

12/19/2008 11:05:35 PM

go smoke some weed you hippie

12/19/2008 11:13:02 PM

The New School?

So, is that to NYU what Drexel is to Penn? I've never heard of it but it's in the Village?

12/20/2008 1:07:49 AM

Drexel is still a good school. It just looks like dogshit and costs too much. I've never even heard of this "New School" place.

12/20/2008 1:17:42 AM

poop.

12/20/2008 1:18:01 AM

hey i heard snewf lives in nyc can anybody c/d

12/20/2008 1:30:22 AM