New School Neighbor in Distress New School Students Barricade Themselves Inside Dining Hall to Protest President Bob Kerrey
This is getting pretty wild. Last week we reported that New School president, Bob Kerry, received a vote of no-confidence from faculty. He didn’t resign and now over 100 Students are barricaded inside New School’s Graduate Faculty building to protest the continued leadership. The group of students has listed demands and NYPD is now arresting students on campus.
NYU Student Daniel Heanue is at the scene and sent photos.
New School The New School Hates Its President
The New School Hates Its President
Ah, the vote of no-confidence, that classic bureaucratic measure that doesn’t actually do anything but basically serves as a big fuck-you to guys in charge. Guys like Bob Kerrey, former Nebraska governor and current president of the New School. The senior faculty - tenured professors who face no risk in criticizing their superiors - almost unanimously voted for the no-confidence resolution, which they surely hope will prove to be the first step in Kerrey’s resignation.
The board of trustees would be responsible for firing Kerrey. Too bad it’s got its own troubles to deal with, like how New School students pretty much hate the board’s treasurer, Bob Millard. Not to mention the fact that Millard is the chairman of the executive committee of L-3 Communications, a military contractor that’s being sued by a former tortured Abu Ghraib prisoner. Oops!
Also, people are mad at Kerrey for deciding to take on the position of provost as well as president, after the last provost, Joseph Westphal, left to serve on Barack Obama’s presidential transition team. The lesson to take from all this is that everyone at the New School is involved in something else and nobody knows how to improve a school that is still primarily known as that place where they film Project Runway.
Photo from The New School
Thursday, December 11, 2008 14:20 - by Josh Becker
Recession Yahoo! Celebrates Layoffs by Throwing Lavish Parties
Yahoo! Celebrates Layoffs by Throwing Lavish Parties
Yahoo! needs to save money! $400 million a year, to be exact. They’re doing this by, of course, introducing massive layoffs. The ancient (for the Internet!) company also plans to close offices and move to cheaper locations. Of course, silly things like a recession and the loss of thousands of employees won’t stop the company from spending millions on holiday parties. They’re not just having one party in Silicon Valley - they’re throwing bashes in LA, New York, and “around the world.” But there probably won’t be top-shelf champagne–you know, “cost-discipline” and such. We all suffer when the economy tanks.
Photo: Flickr courtesy of Yodel Anecdotal
Thursday, December 11, 2008 13:16 - by Josh Becker
Christmas Time Warner Building Transformed Into Snow Globe
Time Warner Building Transformed Into Snow Globe
Want to experience a white Christmas without having to deal slushy brown mess (as a result of the New York City traffic) or icky yellow aftermath (as a result of New York City dogs)? Well, you’re in luck, because it has been snowing regularly since November 11 in the Time Warner Building at Columbus Circle!
Until December 21, on every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday after 5 pm, the indoor atrium, with its giant crystal snowflakes hanging from the ceilings, will be graced by artificial snow. There are also no worries about gross slush because these flakes disappear into bubbles upon contact.
(Image Credit: Jennifer 8. Lee/The New York Times.)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 18:55 - by Dene Chen
Health Asshole Fakes Negative HIV Test To Have Unprotected Sex
Asshole Fakes Negative HIV Test To Have Unprotected Sex
According to the stereotype, a man’s brain might actually be located on his penis. Well, today’s Daily News reports that a man from Queens might face seven years in jail for thinking with his HIV-infected penis: Duane Lang, who has been HIV-positive since 2002, forged a negative HIV test report to convince his girlfriend to have unprotected sex with him.
His girlfriend realized the truth three months later, when she caught him in several of his lies. Unfortunately, this is after they’ve had unprotected sex, obviously.
Lang was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a forged document. Personally, I think they should also tack on some attempted murder charges.
Photo: Flickr courtesy of jonrawlinson
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 13:21 - by Dene Chen
Scams Surprise! People On The Street Offering You $300 of Spa Treatments for $60, Asking For Your Credit Card Number Are Scamming You
Surprise! People On The Street Offering You $300 of Spa Treatments for $60, Asking For Your Credit Card Number Are Scamming You
Hopefully, you didn’t need to be told to not give money/your credit card number to random people in the street, but if so, here it is.
NYU student Madeline Merin alerted us to a long-standing scam targeting women on the street that look like they like manicures and nice haircuts. I too was approached yesterday in front of Whole Foods in Union Square by a nice man who offered me $300 worth of spa treatments for $60 at a place called Nardi Beauty Center on 56th street. Apparently, it actually does exist, but its 1999-esque website is only the beginning of its shadiness.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 14:35 - by Nicole He
Holiday Cheer Spread That Christmas Spirit
Spread That Christmas Spirit
I return home for break every year to find a mantle covered in sickening images of toddlers. They’re always in different positions, making faces, dressed up in disgusting outfits. I’ve had enough.
Now that you’re thinking my parents are into some weird kiddy porn, I’ll clarify: I never need to see another child-covered Christmas, Hannukah, or Kwanza card again. Your little brat wearing a winter-themed sweater and playing in fake snow is not cute and no one but grandma cares. While I understand the desire to spread Christmas cheer (I guess…), let’s do it in a more entertaining way in the future, shall we? Continue…
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 14:30 - by Lily Q
Recommended Restaurants Go to Raj Mahal for Food and Hilarity
Go to Raj Mahal for Food and Hilarity
Despite my theory that the string of E. 6th St. Indian restaurants questionably shares one large papadum and curry-churning kitchen, Raj Mahal still retains its position as the hokiest and most hilarious place to celebrate a birthday. It’s sort of like the Friday’s of Indian restaurants – even if it’s not someone’s birthday, the spectacle merits lying to one of the sweet-faced waiters. And luckily, since it isn’t Friday’s, no obnoxious “sound-off” chants are sung by depressed forty-year olds in button-sprinkled suspenders. Also, you lie for the celebration, not for the free Oreo Madness.
Monday, December 8, 2008 17:08 - by Allix Geneslaw
Law Saigon Grill Owners Arrested
Saigon Grill Owners Arrested
Remember how the Saigon Grills boycotts on University Place was proven successful in October when a federal judge awarded a penalty to its owners of $4.6 million to the underpaid delivery workers Well, the owners, Simon and Michelle Nget, were on Wednesday and charged with over 200 counts of falsifying records and tampering with evidence! Holy pad see-ew!
This is not the first legal problems that Simon and Michelle have faced, but it is certainly the most serious. If found guilty, they would be considered Class E felonies, and charged with four years in prison. Like I have said before, I really hope that this case will help to better the situation for all restaurants across New York City, because in my experience, Saigon Grill is definitely not alone in this respect.
Friday, December 5, 2008 12:32 - by Dene Chen
Unrecommended Restaurants Delicatessen is the Worst Restaurant Ever?
Delicatessen is the Worst Restaurant Ever?
I lived in the Broome St. dorm last fall so the trek up and down Lafayette St. is extremely familiar to me. So imagine my surprise when, upon arriving back after a spring semester abroad, I saw a new
shiny silver restaurant on the corner of Prince and Lafayette. I’ve never been to Delicatessen, which replaced the old Buffa’s Coffee Shop, but it always looks so cool and trendy from the outside.
However, according to the New York Observer (via Gothamist), Delicatessen is the most hated restaurant in New York City in 2008. That’s quite a bold statement to make considering we have thousands of restaurants here. But this silver diner has been peed on, robbed repeatedly in November, and threatened by its neighbors! Oh, and critics are not crazy about the food either.
Friday, December 5, 2008 12:29 - by Dene Chen
