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By Rafaela Teixeira | Published April 8, 2017 On Tuesday, Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity (LSU) celebrated Founders week by hosting a ‘Too Hype Karaoke Night’ in the Miron Student Center. The celebration of Founders Week was to honor the men that founded the fraternity such as Jorge Ball and Felix Cabral. Although a few students attended the event, the […]
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By Cody Louie | Published April 7, 2017 While the majority of us reach for a bottle of water to quench our thirst with ease we often overlook the hardships that most of the world experiences. For Selam, a 13-year-old living in Ethiopia, that luxury doesn’t exist. “The Source”, a virtual reality (VR) event held in the Miron Student Center […]
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By Rose Marie Kitchen | Published April 7, 2017 After four years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has officially put their Relay for Life partnership with Kean University on hold because of fundraising benefits. Relay for Life is a team fundraising event where members take turns walking for hopes to live in a world without cancer. Each event lasts from […]
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By Monica Sudfield | Published April 7, 2017 Saturday Night Live (SNL) comedian Leslie Jones filled the Wilkins Theater with laughter on March 16, 2017, as a special guest to celebrate this year’s Unity Week. Jones’ routine, which incorporated stories from her youth, relationship humor, and audience interaction, was raunchy. “This isn’t SNL. I’m a bad person,” warned Jones right […]
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By Kiana Anderson | Published April 7, 2017 “Has Drake surpassed Lil Wayne?” is a question now being discussed with the success of Toronto rapper Drake’s highly anticipated new album, “More Life.” The feedback from the album has been amazing as Drake took to sample many legendary songs while putting his own twist on things. Drake signed to Wayne’s label, […]
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By Joshua Rosario | Published April 7, 2017 The mayor of the Township of Union addressed Kean University’s Board of Trustees at its public meeting on Monday, March 6, about the university’s plans for construction of new residence halls on the grounds of the Campus School North buildings. Suzette Cavadas spoke against the University’s plans, claiming that the university did […]
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By Jennifer Padilla | Published April 7, 2017 The Kean University Gospel Choir (KGC) has been selected, for the second year in a row, as a finalist in this year’s McDonald’s Gospelfest. The McDonald’s Gospelfest will be held at Newark’s Prudential Center on Saturday, May 13. “I am ecstatic about the McDonald’s Gospelfest,” said Rochanda Fegins, a graduate student in […]
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By Kiara Mays | Published April 7, 2017 A new Kean University group devoted to advancing women in computer science machinery has been awarded a $3,000 grant to sponsor activities that will help lessen gender inequality in the male dominated field. The Association for Computing Machinery-Women Student Chapter (ACM-W) entered the national ACM-W student seed fund competition and proceeded to […]
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By Gail Fredricks | Published April 7, 2017 Nicole Halkias, a graduate of Kean University, wanted to be a graduate for many year and recognized for teacher of the year in Cranford. Halkias is now a fifth grade teacher and has been recognized as Teacher of the Year at Brookside Place School in Cranford. An anonymous nomination came from a […]
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By Rafaela Teixeira | Published April 7, 2017 The Center for Cybersecurity is about three things: academic courses, a laboratory under development and working with the state to teach young minds about cybersecurity awareness. The center started on January 4th, 2016 and began with a request by Kean University’s President Dawood Farahi to further grow the Center for Cybersecurity. Originally, […]
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