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Photo: Creative Commons By Kristen DeMatos College is a time of immense growth for many students. For those who dorm, they are given a new freedom to be their own boss. Even commuter students gain freedom. If you don’t feel like driving to class one day, it’s up to you whether or not you choose Netflix over your history lecture. […]
Read moreBy Bryan C. Kuriawa Activism is seen as individuals, or a group of people, whose goal is to support a particular cause or course of action. They believe their cause, regardless of its subject matter, is a just or “good cause.” To this extent, individuals believe they may be able to bring change to a particular injustice. Historically, such a […]
Read moreBy: Marco Rodriguez The memories of that day come back to me in a blur. I can vaguely remember the bright lights and the loud noise of people coming in and out of the airport. My father, who months earlier had left our native Costa Rica to find employment, greeted my mother and my siblings at the gate when we […]
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Film poster By Bryan C. Kuriawa On rare occasions, a certain film comes along that makes a viewer question how they view cinema in general. For writer Alejandro González Iñárritu, that often results in long extensional debates over existence and how such cinematic monstrosities are conceived. However, this is not one of those unfortunate occasions as we look into the […]
Read moreBy: Anthony N. Muccigrossi We have become a society that spends millions of dollars on sporting events, yet we leave our people to die because they can’t afford healthcare. If you can kick, hit or catch a ball, you are guaranteed to draw in the crowd. When it comes time to raising money for worthy causes, such as medical research […]
Read moreBy: Mak Ojutiku It’s hard to assign a name to the mixture of emotions I felt when I first heard the news about the non-indictment in the Eric Garner case. About 3 PM, I was driving to my job when I heard it over the car’s radio: “The Staten Island grand jury dismissed all possible charges against NYPD officer Daniel […]
Read moreBy Sonia Aquije The problematic fact of dealing with rape cases at universities is that most colleges aren’t prepared to handle them. The concept of accepting rape as a byproduct of alcohol and drugs is terrifying. Accepting rape culture normalizes male sexual violence and blames the victim. Sexual violence at universities is becoming increasingly familiar. From Colombia University, The University […]
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A scene from Rob Santana’s latest film, “Heysoos” By Bryan C. Kuriawa At the dawn of the new millennium, a young woman believes that Jesus Christ will return to the Earth. Living alone with her daughter and her faith, she believes that one day he will answer her prayers and reveal himself. One afternoon, her daughter, walking along a riverbed, […]
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Mike Harris, Sahirah Johnson, David Paul, David Oshioma in play “Ruined” By Jennifer Deligne “Ruined,” a play directed by Kean professor Ernest Wiggins, focuses on the topic of rape in mid-war Congo and was featured several nights in mid-November in the Zella J. Frye Theatre, with performers having a heavy storyline to portray. The performance exuded raw emotions and explained […]
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Kean University’s American Sign Language Club logo By Marco Rodriguez What do you get when you gather a group of college students in a room at Kean University’s East Campus? Silence. The students, all members of Kean University’s American Sign Language (ASL) Club, have devoted themselves to studying and mastering the silent form of communication on campus. With a mission […]
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