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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: JASON DALEY

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: JASON DALEY

Jason Daley is co-teaching a film studies class as part of his senior project. In his own words: For my senior project I am studying film. Film has been a passion of mine since I was young, which has made this project very enjoyable. Some of my favorite films are Blade Runner, 2001 a Space Odyssey, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Thing, and Taxi Driver. This semester I have been Christine's teacher assistant for the film class. Christine has given me the task of finding movie clips that relate to the topics we are covering in the class. Recently [...]

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: DEVON COOKE

In Devon's Words: For my senior project I have created an illustrated educational book about arthropods of the American Northeast. It’s a fact about me that’s usually received poorly by people, I’m fascinated and enamored by armored invertebrates. Beetles, moths, centipedes, millipedes, isopods, crabs, and spiders. I feel that much of the stigma levied against these pillars of the ecosystem comes from what people simply don’t know about them. It is my hope that through art and straight forward education, people may come to love these strange and numerous animals as I do. To see his beautiful work, visit [...]

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: CLAIRE BROWN

Each student who graduates from The New School completes a senior project. Claire has been organizing an outing club, following an inspirational Outdoor Leadership class in which she participated last year. In her own words: My name is Claire and my senior project is starting an outing club. I was inspired to do this because of my outdoor leadership class that I took last year and I’ve always just loved being outdoors and I wanted to share that love with other people. Just last weekend I took a group of five people (myself and ally included) up to Jefferson [...]