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Summer Revels Site Updated.: 26 August 2005 -- The Summer Revels dates for 2006 have been set and the web page updated. To visit the Summer Revels website, click here or on the Summer Revels medallion on any of the pages on the TNS site. -- JRH
News Archive added.: 7 July 2005 -- A "news archive" page has been added to the TNS website. To reach the archive, use the button at the bottom of the links in the right margin of the news page, or click here.. -- JRH
Autumn's Thesis is posted online.: 11 June 2005 -- Autumn Philpot's written thesis, "Influentem" has been added to the links page of The New School's website. -- JRH
Website Temporarily Down.: 10 Jun 2005 -- We have changed our web hosting services. In the course of the change over, the website was inadvertently down for a day or so. We are sorry for any confusion or inconvenience which this caused. -- JRH
FYI Updated.: 2 Apr 2005 -- The most recent issue of FYI has been posted to the website. -- JRH
Faculty Information Updated.: 31 Aug 2004 -- The description of staff has been updated in both A Short Description of The New School and Questions? Answers!. -- JRH
Molly's Thesis is posted online.: 1 May 2004 -- Molly Roach's written thesis, "Paradise: An Exploration" has been added to the links page of The New School's website. -- JRH
Eric's Thesis Published on the Web: 26 April 2004 -- See the story for more details.

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Open House: 26 August 2005 -- The Theory & Practice Group hosted an open house for prospective students at the campus on Thursday 18 August 2005. The event was a great success. Several new families came and toured the campus. Students, diplomates, staff members, and parents were all on hand to talk to visitors and answer their questions. Congratulations and thanks are due to those who worked to prepare the building and make the event a success. Special thanks is due to Jared Cannon who prepared elegant refreshments. On-going contacts were renewed and at least one new student has already enrolled as a result of the event. -- JRH
Summer Revels Great Again.: 26 August 2005 -- Another great session of Summer Revels came to a close on Friday 19 August 2005 with a barbeque and picnic. The week had begun with a camping trip to Elk Neck State Park in Maryland. The camping was great fun and a real challenge. Swimming was beautiful on the first day; the sunset over the bay with the warm waters and the lapping waves was like paradise -- or at least like the seas of Perelandra. The second day was an exercise in living in weather; after a beautiful sun rise, it rained from mid-morning until we went to sleep. Fortunately the mild temperatures made this fun rather than painful. The third day was beautiful again. It was all great fun -- building a tarp to keep the fire going was especially interesting.; Other highlights of this session of Summer Revels included: a trip to the Delaware Beach with a sleep over at the School afterwards; day trips to the Brandywine Zoo and to Valley Garden Park and to Clementon (Amusement and Water) Park; swimming in the creek and daily swimming in the pool; croquet; games; mosaics; Pirate Convention Day (including the making of stuffed parrots); other projects and all of the usual pleasant summertime activities of the camp.
Summer Revels will be held again next year, to learn more visit the Summer Revels website. -- JRH
Two New Diplomates: 7 Jul 2005 -- Diplomas were awarded to Autumn Philpot and Mike Hudecheck at the special Assembly meeting on 14 June 2005. The two candidates were starkly different in their approaches to the School and to the diploma process; each was approved by resounding votes in favor. For details see the story. -- JRH
Twelve New Students: 31 Aug 2004 -- Twelve new students were welcomed to The New School at the orientation picnic on Tuesday 31 August 2004. The School year will begin on Tuesday 7 September 2004. -- JRH
Four New Diplomates.: 9 June 2004 -- Jon Hannah, Eric Closs, Molly Roach, and Jared Cannon are each awarded diplomas at the Diploma Meeting of the Assembly. See story for details. -- JRH
Jared Cannon offers a tasty defense.: 15 May 2004 -- See story for details. -- JRH
Members of the School try to hear Mozart and Mahler.: 12 May 2004 -- Ten members of School Meeting attended the dress rehearsal of the Delaware Symphony, tonight. The program included two works, which spanned about two hundred years of symphonic development. They were Mozart's Piano concerto No. 21 (1785) and Mahler's Symphony No. 5 (1909). The discussion afterward centered around the differences and challenges presented in the two pieces. Interesting things were said about Mahler's seeming use of structure, rather than tonal tension, as the medium of his music. The progression from classic polyphony toward the early 20th Century experiments with form seem worth more consideration and experience. It was a fun and challenging evening. -- JRH
Molly Roach dissolves the Meeting Room to make a place apart.: 10 May 2004 -- See story for details.
The Bakers in Spoon River Revisited: 1 May 2004 -- See story for details.
Eric Closs recommended for Diploma: 1 May 2004 -- See story for details.
Members of the School approve of "The Magic Flute.": 1 May 2004 -- Eight members of the School Meeting attended Opera Delaware's dress rehearsal of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" on Thursday 29 April 2004. The production was light and fun. A high compliment was paid by several of the students who said, "It was bizarrely surreal." The evening was made possible by the Grand Opera House and Opera Delaware. -- JRH
Jon Hannah recommended for Diploma: 1 May 2004 -- See story for details.

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