We, the students of The New School, demand:
1. Amnesty for all participants in this student movement, including Elliot Liu. Staff and security guards affected by this protest shall receive appropriate compensation and no repercussions for dutiful fulfillment of their jobs;
2. That students may use the GF building at 65 Fifth Avenue until a suitable replacement is secured, that all capital improvements at the university shall be suspended and these funds shall be redirected toward (a) an autonomous student space where we can study and engage in group work, (b) scholarships and tuition, (c) a respectable library, that students will be included in the decision-making process in order to establish a viable plan for a student space;
3. That all investments and finances shall be fully disclosed so as to permit complete transparency and intelligibility of the creation of a Socially Responsible Investment committee;
4. That an equitable and authoritative tripartite committee including faculty, staff, and students to select an interim provost as well as a permanent replacement for provost, and a new president and vice president, for which there will be no presidential veto for this committee's decision;
5. That there be regularly appointed a student as voting member on board of trustees; and
6. That President Bob Kerrey, Executive Vice President Jim Murtha, and Treasurer Robert Millard be removed from their present positions at the University.
We ask that these demands are binding, and that they be met in writing, on New School University letterhead, signed by President Kerrey or members of the Board of Trustees, BEFORE we leave this building, and that they be presented to students in the second week of spring semester.
We demand further that:
1. Demands 1 and 2 be approved immediately in writing;
2. Demand 3 be enacted in a succinct and clear presentation at a school-wide student assembly during the second week of the spring semester - and that the student body be notified of this next week;
3. Demand 4 be initiated by next week, and that we be notified of this in writing;
4. Demand 5 be finalized at the next board meeting; and
5. Demand 6 be met by the beginning of next school year.
Cordially,
The New School in Exile
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Yawn...
ReplyDeleteum...not yawn. that was probably kerry who posted that haha.
ReplyDeleteI agree fully with this and the demands are incredibly reasonable.
I agree! The New School is a hideously bureaucratic, lumbering monster. I get to see how badly it functions both as a Parsons student without adequate access to performance spaces, installation space, or equipment; and also as a student worker constantly frustrated by how badly my office actually provides any service at all to The New School.
ReplyDeleteYour demands are extremely reasonable. I am proud that despite the fact that The New School itself no longer stands by its founding principles, its students still do. You have all my support in the occupation.
I'm glad you got someone to translate it into English from its previous embarrassing gibberish. I agreed both times.
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