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• The New School is a university in Manhattan, New York, then is comprised of eight schools.Official Site: About The New School On April 10, 2009, police stormed one of the New School's campus buildings after protesters caused a disruption by proclaiming that they had taken over the building. The protesting students were calling for the resignation of the university's president Bob Kerrey.

  A total of 19 protesters were handcuffed and arrested. Some witnesses claimed that the arresting officers were harsh and used tear gas and pepper spray on the students. The New York Police Department denied the reports.NY Daily News: Riot Police Drag Protesting Students Out of 'occupied' New School... (April 10, 2009)

  On the morning of April 10, 2009, a group of student protesters draped a large banner reading "New School University is Now Occupied" from the side of a campus building. Police broke through doors to get to the students and 19 were arrested. Some witnesses told the New York Daily News that the policemen manhandled the protesters. One witness claimed that an officer shoved a young man onto the ground and "beat his head into the pavement." Another witness said pepper spray and tear gas was used on the students. The NYPD denied the allegations.NY Daily News: Riot Police Drag Protesting Students Out of 'occupied' New School... (April 10, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Originally founded in 1918
  2. Named The New School for Social Research in 1922
  3. Frank Lloyd Wright taught architecture at the New School
  4. Renamed "The New School" in 2005
  5. Approximately 9,400 undergraduate and graduate studentsOfficial Site: About The New School
  6. Made of eight schoolsOfficial Site: About The New School
  7. Campus located in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan
  8. Former Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey is the head of the New SchoolNY Daily News: Riot Police Drag Protesting Students Out of 'occupied' New School... (April 10, 2009)
  9. A group of students protested and called for the resignation of Kerry on April 10, 2009NY Daily News: Riot Police Drag Protesting Students Out of 'occupied' New School... (April 10, 2009)
  10. Protesters with the group New School in Exile occupied the building on 65 Fifth Avenue NY Daily News: Riot Police Drag Protesting Students Out of 'occupied' New School... (April 10, 2009)

• New School Protesters

• Eight SchoolsOfficial Site: [http://www.newschool.edu/inBrief.aspx About The New School]

  1. The New School for General Studies
  2. The New School for Social Research
  3. Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
  4. Parson The New School for Design
  5. Eugene Lange College The New School for Liberal Arts
  6. Mannes College The New School for Music
  7. The New School For Drama
  8. The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

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