By Ross Rodney | Published March 11, 2024 On Feb. 21, 2024, Kean University’s Union campus experienced a power outage that affected the Freshman, Upperclassman, […]
Sports
Nationally Ranked Cougars Historic Season
By Kervin Coleman | Published December 7, 2023 After receiving an at-large bid to enter, the Kean Cougars field hockey team was NCAA Tournament-bound. The […]
Opinion
Academic Dismissal notice sent to students in error.
By Davaughnia Wilson | Published March 3, 2023 Pride. That’s what I feel every day as I commute to Kean University. Knowing that I have […]
Racism in Disguise
By Keyon Gardner | Published December 19, 2022 You would think in a country that is supposed to be united that we would rarely have […]
Kean group rewards Elizabeth heroes after bomb incidents
By Rebecca Panico | Published Oct. 22, 2016 When Prof. Norma Bowe heard of the bombs found near the Elizabeth train station on Sept. 18, it bothered her that the two men responsible for alerting police of the danger were known only as homeless. “Anyone can be a hero, even someone homeless,” said Bowe, founder of Be the Change, a […]
Read moreMore late fees, tuition increase approved for upcoming school year
By Rebecca Panico | Published June 28, 2016 Kean University’s Board of Trustees approved Monday a 2.5 percent — or a $289 — tuition and fee increase for the upcoming school year and also raised another late fee. Any student who registers for classes after July 28, the payment due date, will be charged $105. Anyone registering on the first day of […]
Read more2.5 percent tuition, fee increase proposed for upcoming school year
By: Rebecca Panico | Published June 23, 2016 About 30 students and administrators attended a tuition hearing on campus today where a 2.5 percent — or a $289 — tuition and fee increase was proposed for the upcoming school year. More: See the full proposal “That is Kean University’s reaction to a systematic process in the state of New Jersey,” […]
Read moreKean broke the law when purchasing lavish table, state report says
By Rebecca Panico | Published June 2, 2016 A state Comptroller’s report showed Kean University broke state law and its own internal policies when purchasing a lavish $250,000 table from China that sits in the sixth floor of the Green Lane Academic building. More: Read the full report President Dawood Farahi “gave the green light” to officials at the Wenzhou […]
Read moreGet the conversation going on climate change (VIDEO)
Short documentary by Yuri Smishkewych. By Rebecca Panico | Published May 22, 2016 Tower News Editor Yuri Smishkewych, who graduated this May, leaves his mark at the student newspaper with this short documentary about his perspective on climate change. Smishkewych explored how scientists can explain the complex issue of climate change to those outside the science community by interviewing Kean faculty such as […]
Read moreStudent Organization president weighs in on new late fees
By Rebecca Panico | Published May 18, 2016 Emily Cubilete, the newly elected Student Organization president, said the Board of Trustees’ May 9 decision to increase late fees and the cost to enroll in a tuition payment plan will “help students” once Kean takes over payment services. More: Being a broke Kean student just got more expensive The vote comes at […]
Read moreKean University president testifies at Trenton hearing on student fees
By Rebecca Panico | Published May 15, 2016 The presidents of the three college that were audited in a recent state Comptroller’s report which assessed student fees testified Thursday at a legislative hearing in Trenton. More: Watch the live stream of the hearing Kean University, William Paterson University (WPU) and The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) were named in the […]
Read moreBeing a broke Kean student just got more expensive
By Rebecca Panico | Published May 11, 2016 Kean University’s Board of Trustees voted Monday to increase late fees and the cost to enroll in a tuition payment plan without any public discussion, though the adopted resolution omitted some important facts. More: Read the full resolution here The unanimous vote follows a state Comptroller’s report issued two weeks ago that […]
Read moreKean concludes no discrimination on campus following internal study
By Rebecca Panico | Published May 10, 2016 A report released yesterday by the university at a Board of Trustees meeting concluded that African American students and employees at Kean are “not subject to institutional or structural discrimination.” More: Jump to a summary of the data in the report by clicking here The report comes after a coalition of black ministers led […]
Read moreLawmaker calls for hearing looking into student fees following Comptroller report
By Rebecca Panico | Published May 3, 2016 Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D – Essex/Morris) called for a legislative hearing looking into the fees public colleges charge students following a Comptroller’s report released last week. MORE: Kean rejects most of Comptroller’s findings in student fee report The report tracked how Kean, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and William Paterson University (WPU) […]
Read moreCute alert: Kids share their culture at Child Care Center
By Chiemela Igbokwe | Published April 30, 2016 Cuteness abounded at Kean’s Child Care Center yesterday as parents and children shared their backgrounds for the Country and Culture Showcase. The Child Care Center, located across from Harwood Arena, was created in the 1970s to provide services for children of Kean students and faculty, but today the center is open to the public too. Children […]
Read moreCommencement speakers’ $80k selection process, explained
By Babatunde Dahunsi | Published April 29, 2016 Student Organization selects the commencement speakers each year, but they do so without taking a vote from the student body and must get approval from the university. The designated undergraduate commencement speaker for 2016 at Kean is Brandon Stanton photographer and founder of Humans of New York, a prominent blog that presents […]
Read moreSoon-to-be graduates look to the future
The 2015 graduation ceremony at Kean University. By Gail Fredricks | Published April 29 The school year is coming to an end and another group of Kean students will be data-canvas-width graduating in May. It may have taken them four years or maybe even eight, but their hard work and dedication has finally gotten them to their goal of graduating […]
Read moreSuper seniors graduate!
From left to right: John Londono, Kyle Wiggins, Adma Ortega, Manisha Howard By: Celeste Simmons/ Published April 29 “Oh my God what are you still doing here?!” “I thought you graduated?” “Wow didn’t expect to see you here again.” These are the statements that super seniors say can kill your semester, the ones that can hurt the depth of your […]
Read moreKean student killed in car crash remembered by family, faculty
By Rebecca Panico | Published April 29, 2016 Family, friends and faculty remembered Marcus Scroggins, a Kean student who died April 5 in a car crash on Route 27, as someone who had an inquisitive mind and was always willing to help others. The English major from Edison – who was 32 at the time of the crash – was […]
Read moreNCAA lifts probation on Kean’s athletics department
Kean University’s Harwood Arena floor Credit: Sara Ridgway By Sara Ridgway | April 29, 2016 The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) notified Kean University on April 22 that it has lifted a four-year-long probation on its athletics department following a scandal involving the Division III women’s basketball team. The announcement ends a chapter for Kean athletics, which has been on […]
Read moreBack to back seasons with at least 30 wins for Kean’s men’s volleyball
Cougar volleyball posts another winning season in 2016 Credit: Kean Athletics By Joel Joly | April 29, 2016 Th e Kean men’s volleyball team defeated Ramapo College in the 2016 Skyline Championship game, on April 10 earning its 30th win of the season. Third-year head coach Charlie Ginex spoke on the success of his team from the struggles they experienced at […]
Read moreBeing the Kean Cougar is no easy task
Jennifer Hererra (Cougar) poses with Kean University police officer and K9 Credit: Jennifer Hererra By Angel Ospina | April 29, 2016 You see the Cougar strolling around campus with enthusiasm trying to get the crowd pumped regardless of the event. The Kean Cougar is constantly dancing, waving, jumping and taking pictures with the same smirk upon its face. When it […]
Read moreTower editor beats Yale, Columbia in journo contest
Published April 29, 2016 Tower Editor-in-Chief Rebecca Panico has been awarded first place for breaking news reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists, Region 1 — surpassing student finalists from Yale University and Columbia University. The Mark of Excellence Award from the SPJ, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious journalism society, is a first for Kean University and The Tower, […]
Read moreFarahi’s flowers
By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 29, 2016 With Kean abloom, it’s hard not to notice all the work that’s going on to beautify the campus. Welcoming daffodils and geraniums line the walkways in front of Kean Hall, multicolored pansies in planters on Cougar Walk, and tulips adorn the landscaped areas in the courtyard in front of the Miron Student […]
Read moreKean elects first female Student Org president
By: Gail Fredricks | Published April 29, 2016 Student Organization failed to field candidates for some key positions in the recent election, but despite the low voter turnout history was made: Emily Cubilete was elected as Kean’s first female president. Just nine percent of the student body voted in the election, but missing from the ballot were candidates for the […]
Read morePanel on climate change: advocacy, art & science
By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 28, 2016 Kean alumni learned and discussed about the science—and art inspired by the science—of climate change at a lecture and panel discussion held at Kean on Apr. 13. The event, titled “ArtSCAPES – Art in Science, Climate, Change and Adaption: Picturing Environments and Sustainability,” featured five panelists from separate fields of study ranging […]
Read moreUrsino remains closed; property tax ruling pending
By: Redina Demushi | Published April 28, 2016 Ursino, Kean’s fine-dining restaurant open to the public, remains closed, but a ruling for back property taxes of $53,915 is still pending. According to the university, Ursino closed last September “temporarily for remodeling,” and was scheduled to reopen by the end of the fall 2015 semester. Meanwhile, a ruling has yet to […]
Read moreTales from the loo
By: Chiemela Igbokwe | Published April 28, 2016 You’re a student here at Kean University, you walk into a men’s room in Townsend Hall and in the first stall, the entire toilet is covered with a black garbage bag with a sign over it reading “Out of Order Sorry.” You move on to the next stall, no garbage bag, but […]
Read moreFew takers for Kean’s international studies program
By: Redina Demushi | Published April 28, 2016 Only eight students are currently studying abroad, not including Kean’s Wenzhou campus, while many others find it unaffordable. According to the Center for International Studies, eight students are studying abroad during this spring semester. Eleven were abroad in the fall. “I think that only having 8 individuals a semester study abroad says […]
Read moreNo lead in Kean’s water
By: Nicole Brown | Published April 28, 2016 Kean University water showed no sign of lead contamination according to an email blast the university sent on April 12. According to the email, the university tested drinking water samples in thirty different locations on campus, including the residential halls, food services and buildings where children play and study. The university highlighted […]
Read moreKean rejects most of Comptroller’s findings in student fee report
By Rebecca Panico | Published April 28, 2016
Kean rejected most recommendations made by the state in an audit that tracked the use of student fees, including suggestions to implement more transparency and internal controls for fee increases.
Kean students raise money for animal shelter for group project
By Bhriana Smith | Posted on April 26, 2016 When Kean students take Group Communication, a course required by the Communications Department, students must form groups and find a way to give back to their community together. Students from Professor Allison Edgely’s course hosted an event titled KUPLAYFURPAWS on Thursday, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Miron Student Center game room. […]
Read moreKean grad admits to Twitter threats
By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 21, 2016 Kean graduate and self-proclaimed activist Kayla Simone-McKelvey admitted to tweeting numerous threats that left the Kean community “in a state of fear and panic” last November. McKelvey, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of creating a false public alarm before Superior Court Judge William Daniel on April 18,the Union County Prosecutor’s Office […]
Read moreComptroller’s Office says no deadline for student fee report
By Rebecca Panico | Published April 21, 2016 A state Comptroller’s report looking into how students’ fees are used at Kean and two other colleges has yet to be released, although multiple officials say they were told it would be issued in late 2015. Former spokesman for the Comptroller’s Office Pete McAleer said the report — which would also review […]
Read moreKean Men’s Volleyball are the 2016 Skyline Champions
By Joel Joly | Posted on April 19, 2016 Kean University Men’s Volleyball team made it their fifth straight year as Skyline Conference Champions after they swept Ramapo College 3-0 on Sunday afternoon, April 10. The Cougars (30-6) were led by sophomore Jacob Kauffman, who was named the Most Outstanding Player of the championship game. His teammate, freshman Zack Lynne, […]
Read moreKean wins Silent Disco Party after taking second place in the TIDAL contest
By Redina Demushi | Posted on April 15, 2016 Kean University won a Silent Disco Party for this upcoming fall after taking second place in the TIDAL social media contest, according to the Kean PRSSA chapter. The “TIDAL College’s Social Wave for Change” campaign encouraged college students across the country to give back to their communities and document their services […]
Read moreKean student doles out the dough for extra commencement tickets
By Rebecca Panico | Published April 14, 2016 As one Kean student prepares to toss her cap at commencement, another thought preoccupies her mind: obtaining enough tickets for friends and family to witness the moment. Annaphene Roberson, a 22-year-old sociology major, has designated the six tickets Kean gives to graduating students to her immediate family for the ceremony at the Prudential […]
Read moreListen: TV turns into poetry with readings from ‘Rabbit Ears’
By Rebecca Panico | Published April 12, 2016 Nine poets turned television into poetry on April 7 when they gathered to read from an anthology titled “Rabbit Ears: TV Poems.” “I just had an idea that I wanted to put together an anthology of TV poetry,” said “Rabbit Ears” Editor Joel Allegretti, who reached out to over 100 poets to […]
Read moreMajor seats remain vacant after Student Government election
By: Gail Fredricks | Published April 12, 2016 Over 1,400 students took to CougarLink on April 5 and 6 to elect officers for the full-time undergraduate Student Organization and the Graduate and Part-Time Student Council (GPSC), but several positions remain vacant since there were no candidates. Emily Cubilete was voted in as the full-time undergraduate president, while Lawrence Owens was […]
Read moreThe Tower wins news awards for print, video and web
By Anthony N. Muccigrossi | Published April 11, 2016 The Tower, the independent voice of Kean University, won five awards last month for newspaper, news website and online news video as well as second place for overall General Excellence from the New Jersey Collegiate Press Association. Professional journalists judge hundreds of entries from private and public colleges across the state […]
Read more‘Sacred Spaces’ on display at Kean’s Nancy Dryfoos Gallery
(Photo credit: Y. Smishkewych) By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 10, 2016 Sue Zwick’s photographs on the sacred are cartes-de-visite from one soul to another. From a procession in Manhattan where a statuette of St. Martin de Porres is carried down Ninth Avenue to a lone moai standing tall against a sunset sky on Easter Island, Zwick’s photographs capture the […]
Read moreAstronaut, photographer announced as 2016 commencement speakers
By Anthony N. Muccigrossi | Published April 7, 2016 With just over a month before Kean students cross the stage and become graduates, the commencement speakers who will be accompanying them have been announced. Photographer Brandon Stanton — the creator of Humans of New York — and astronaut Captain Mark Kelly, who has over 50 days in space with NASA, have […]
Read moreHolistic health class at Kean offers new perspective of healing and medicine
By Sara Ridgway | Posted on April 7, 2016 With Fall 2016 class registration underway, students of all majors may be looking for free electives from different departments to fulfill their graduation requirements. No one wants to take a boring and unamusing class, so students often look for options that spark their interests and provide insight about a new topic. […]
Read morePoetry reading set for tonight to showcase eclectic group
By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 7, 2016 Her poems about television are anything but static: Dr. Susanna Rich is known to break a sweat at her poetry performances. “Poetry was always connected to music,” said Dr. Rich, “so I like to perform it.” Fast-forward to tonight at Kean University and Dr. Rich, a professor in the School of […]
Read moreKean fights back against cancer with Relay for Life fundraiser
By Rose Marie Kitchen | Published April 1, 2016 The opportunity to honor, celebrate and remember loved ones that have been affected by cancer is right around the corner, it is estimated that this year’s Relay For Life will be the biggest one yet with the theme of world sports. On Friday, April 1, until Saturday, April 2, The Office of […]
Read moreBernie Sanders, democratic socialism and what it means
By Thomas Rich-Caverly | Published March 31, 2016 Democratic socialism is a combination of both Democracy and Socialism where the power is in the hands of the people, not billion dollar corporations. Indeed, Democratic Socialism, when done honestly and correctly, puts the power where it belongs, in the hands of society. The wealthy and privileged few that own this country, […]
Read moreFood for thought this Earth Day
By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published March 31, 2016 It’s 2155 and a lone angler, knee deep in brackish water amongst the reeds, spots something submerged in front of him shining in the mid-day sun. He reaches down and picks it up for inspection—it’s an old metal sign. As he wipes the algae off its face, blue letters emerge: The sign […]
Read moreFormer state Supreme Court Justice to review Kean report
By Rebecca Panico | Published March 31, 2016 A former state Supreme Court Justice will review Kean’s report investigating claims of institutional racism after the university faced increasing pressure from lawmakers across the state. “The Kean University Board of Trustees has already agreed to forward the Governance Committee report to Justice John E. Wallace, Jr.,” Kean University President Dawood Farahi […]
Read moreKean grad’s Twitter threat appeal set for April 8
By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published March 31, 2016 Kean graduate Kayla-Simone McKelvey, who allegedly posted numerous Twitter threats against Kean students in November, must now wait until April 8 to see if she will be admitted into a probationary program. At a hearing on March 23 at the Union County Superior Court in Elizabeth, Judge William Daniel told McKelvey’s lawyer, […]
Read moreStudents, professors react to Kean’s online classes
By: Redina Demushi | Published March 31, 2016 Students and faculty on campus are reacting to the recent Middle States Commission’s approval to offer Distance Learning programs at Kean University in all academic levels. According to Kean’s press release, which was sent out on March 1, the university’s online program, Kean Online, will soon offer degrees at all academic levels […]
Read moreCampus police respond to increased thefts last semester
By: Celeste Simmons | Published March 31, 2016 There were a total of 36 thefts on campus in the span of two months last semester, including a stolen car from the Vaughn Eames parking lot in October and dozens of reports of stolen laptops and bags. In last month’s police blotter published in The Tower, 13 thefts occurred, resulting in the […]
Read moreAn inside look at men’s lacrosse with Ed Adams
Kean men’s lacrosse via Maple Hill Photography By Chiemela Igbokwe | Published March 31 His name as been all over the Kean University Athletics website, as he is also heavily involved within the Kean community. Senior Face-off man Ed Adams has had nothing less than a stellar season for the Men’s Lacrosse team this year, and his continued play at […]
Read moreRecap: #ShaneStrong campaign inspires Kean student athletes
Baseball team celebrates win over Spring break using #ShaneStrong via Kean Baseball By Angel Ospina | Published March 31 An adult being told they have cancer is tough because they know the fight that lies ahead. A child does not know the fight, a child doesn’t understand why they feel sick, or why they must spend the upcoming months in […]
Read moreMarch Madness 2016
By Gail Fredricks | Published March 31 The third week of March means more than just the anxious return from spring break for the students of Kean. It seems fitting for students to return to school and begin their research for which brackets they will choose for the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2016 March Madness, which determines the national championship […]
Read moreFirst Gen Students Matter
By Nefertiti Nzameyo | Published April 18, 2024 The rainfall that pooled on Kean University’s Union campus grounds was no match for the attendees ready to network the night away. Students, alums, and staff gathered at Kean Hall, Room 127, on Wednesday, April 3rd, for the First Generation Alumni & Student Networking Event, a host collaboration of the Office of […]
Read moreKean’s Spring Break Study Abroad Programs
By Jordan Beaudoin | Published April 1, 2024 Kean University, as a whole, wants to make learning fun for all students who attend its programs. The school has many great programs that it has to offer, and at the school, one of the biggest things that they have going for them is the college’s Travel Learn program. Travel Learn is […]
Read moreFood Vendor’s Availability on Campus
By Veronica Vila | Published on March 25, 2024 Resident students at Kean University agree that there’s a lack of food vendors and food options available on campus. Michael Caramanica, Resident District Manager for Gourmet Dining at Kean, expands on the process of selecting food vendors and food options on campus. Caramanica explained that Gourmet Dining’s hands are partially tied […]
Read moreLights Out Cougars
By Ross Rodney | Published March 11, 2024 On Feb. 21, 2024, Kean University’s Union campus experienced a power outage that affected the Freshman, Upperclassman, Bartlett, Rogers, Sozio, and Burch residence halls. The power outage started at approximately 1:00 P.M. and lasted until about 10:00 P.M. Students who were able to were encouraged to return home, and those who were […]
Read moreOccupational Clinician Hosts First Self-Care Saturday Event
By Ridimerb Diaz- Ramirez | Published on March 18, 2024 The first Self-Care Saturday event had an agenda that consisted of an introduction, the self-care categories, a touch on emotional/mental/physical/spiritual/professional self-care, barriers, and a self-care wheel. Self-Care Saturday is an event that focuses on the things people should incorporate into their lives to take care of themselves. Occupational clinician Krystle […]
Read moreThe Origin of Literary Hacks: From Accident to Miracle
By Sarah Rosales | Published on March 4, 2024 Kean University’s Creative Writing Club, Literary Hacks, was a total accident. Sarah Singh, a junior majoring in English and Education, had gone poking around one day wondering what happened to Kean’s previous writing-centered organizations: The Writing Nook, a sort of unofficial Creative Writing Club, and Blank Space, the English department’s literary […]
Read more2023 People’s Choice Award won by Ms. Standout
By Layah Lopes | Published March 4, 2024 Radiating from the 5th floor of the Green Lane Academic Building at the Kean University Union campus resides the “Ms. Stand Out” dress, a beacon of triumph crowned with the prestigious 2023 People’s Choice award. The unique piece embodies a symposium of materials: a breastplate and hoop skirt constructed from vinyl floor […]
Read moreCommunity Food Bank of NJ: Your new favorite place to volunteer
By Safiyyah Hunter | February 19, 2024 “That was so much fun” Jade Fuentes, a public relations junior at Kean, excitedly exclaimed as a group of Kean volunteers loaded into the school’s van and headed back to campus after spending the afternoon volunteering at the Community Food Bank of NJ Hillside location. If you’re looking for a fun and easy […]
Read moreNationally Ranked Cougars Historic Season
By Kervin Coleman | Published December 7, 2023 After receiving an at-large bid to enter, the Kean Cougars field hockey team was NCAA Tournament-bound. The Cougars had a steady season, entering the tournament ranked thirteenth in the country. The Cougars were sitting at 11-5 and had slim hopes to look forward to going into the postseason after losing in the NJAC Semifinals to […]
Read moreKean Men’s Volleyball Preview
By John DeFreitas | Published December 7, 2023 The Kean Men’s volleyball team faces a unique experience with four sophomores returning who already saw significant playing time as freshmen, alongside a coach who enters his second full season as head coach. A season ago, the Cougars suffered a first-round exit in the CVC (Continental Volleyball Conference) to Marymount University after a five-set battle […]
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