From a Frederic Lee mass URPE email I just received:

As many of you may know, The New School Graduate Faculty building has been and will continue to be occupied autonomously by a large group of students since early yesterday evening. This is only the beginning, and we need you here - either to join us in occupation or to show your support!

Why?

The original idea of the University in Exile, and the New School in general, was to be a safe-haven for academic freedom and scholarship free of oppressive political regimes, be they in Europe or America, and to be a center for critical engagement with important issues of our times. It was known for its deep thinkers, its innovative academics, and its committment to social and political justice as a bedrock of all other scholarship. The New School, under its current administration, is no longer able to fulfill that role of critical engagement and dissent. This continued betryal of our founding principles cannot be tolerated any longer, and the time has come to revive the University in Exile. This is a call for student action!