Less than a week from the start of term (orientation is in full swing) The New School's sent out a set of new zoom backgrounds, including our school mascot Gnarls, the Narwal, looking more than usually grumpy in an empty Parsons classroom, and the upper edge of the west wall of the Lang Courtyard, looking serene and even contemplative. I don't do zoom backgrounds (and wouldn't even if my laptop processor were up to it!) but if so the latter is tempting, though I might seem a garden gnome!