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By Alexander Valdes | Published by March 22, 2020 Things such as the Holocaust are moments in human history that one should never forget. Recently, the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust coming to an end had passed by, an event no doubt that marked a turning point in history as the end to a mass genocide of innocent people, mass extermination for […]
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The Tower, Kean University’s independent student news organization, has been awarded the top honor for best college newspaper in New Jersey, public or private, by the NJ Collegiate Press Association. It is a first for Kean University. Tower reporters and staff also won individual awards in the categories of news writing, feature writing, and overall website. The NJCPA, whose judges are professional journalists, awarded The Tower […]
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By Craig Epstein | Published by March 20, 2020 Set to graduate in May, Kean University student Rosemarie Manzo is pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts as a Theatre Performance major. Serving as the President of the Kean Theatre council since 2019, Manzo has a passion for theatre and performance that has followed her since she was in elementary school. […]
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By Valerie Sanabria | Published by March 20, 2020 The Student Organization of Kean University hosted a self-defense class held at the D’Angola Dance Studio on Feb. 5. Members of the organization were outside the studio scanning students’ event passes and giving them a free personal mini-alarm with keychain. Some students like Elizabeth Chacko, a junior at Kean University, were approached by a member […]
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By Wynter Aiken | Published by March 18, 2020 To right a wrong is to take a stand and graphic design students Senior Claudia Argueta and Junior Gisell Padilla have done just that by participating in the Writing Wrongs intense three-day weekend program where a total of fifteen students from multiple universities and colleges were given the opportunity to attend […]
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By Siobhan Donaldson | Published by February 23, 2020 The Student Art Gallery, located in the Vaughn-Eames building, displays large printings of invasive plants on recycled hand-made paper, delicate books bound together, and the artists’ desire to uproot weeds that encroach on herself. Connecting to the parasitic bamboo that surrounds her home in Little Egg Harbor, and the most recent […]
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By Emily Robles | Published by February 21, 2020 In the Spring 2020 semester, Kean University re-introduced the Helping Younger Hands club as they made their comeback after taking a year-long hiatus. Helping Younger Hands is a club at Kean University that raises awareness about disabilities and disorders among children. The club was originally founded in Fall 2018 by Breanna Hernandez. However, […]
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By Lena Zhu | Published by February 20, 2020 Summer of 2019 was overwhelmingly distressful for 21-year-old Mary Linen, working a summer job that did not offer her many hours. “I went almost a month and a half without any money and I was very depressed,” Linen, a senior Media, and Film major and Photography minor, recalls. “So my friend said, […]
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By Dan Papa | Published by February 18, 2020 Dr. Maria Denise Gemmellaro teaches a course called “How to Get Away with Murder.” In the course, she goes over scientific evidence usually found at crime scenes such as DNA and ballistics. On Feb. 10, Dr. Gemmellaro ran a Murder Mystery event in Kean University’s Science Building. The event covered crime scene investigation tactics from law enforcement […]
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