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By Micayela Konviser | Published March 3, 2017 Everyday people spend a lot of time listening to others. Despite this, many don’t see listening as a skill that for a lot of people needs some work. “Most of us don’t realize that we are not such great listeners,” said Professor Sara Boden-Learner, who began teaching a listening class at Kean three semesters […]
Read moreBy Kiara Mays| Published March 3, 2017 With the help of Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and countless other social media apps; college students are surrounded by distractions on a daily basis. Students are finding it more difficult to give school the amount of time and attention that it requires. Many people can agree that they fall victim to the biggest thief of […]
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By Brittany Pavlichko | Published March 3, 2017 For 18 consecutive seasons, head softball coach Margie Acker will be returning to Kean University in addition to four new players on the team. Some of the new faces on the field will include freshman infielder Julia Stasil and Tatiana Yourstone, Pitcher and outfielder Taryn DiGiacomo and transfer pitcher and infielder Jacqueline Riley. Stasil […]
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By Jennifer Padilla | Published March 1, 2017 The Kean University office of Student Government is currently taking applications for Student Organization, Graduate and Part-time Student Council, and funded groups; in which many positions are given compensation. The mission of the student government is to enhance the academic, social and cultural experiences of the campus community. Positions include: Class President, […]
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By Gail Fredricks | Published Feb. 21, 2017 Kean University’s Communication Honor Society, Lambda Pi Eta, is currently accepting applications to join. Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) is the National Communication Association’s official honor society at four-year colleges and universities. LPH has more than 450 active chapters at four-year colleges and universities nationwide. LPH became a part of the […]
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Video credit: Rebecca Panico Published Feb. 16, 2017 The Tower — and about 13 other student-run newspapers — attended the Yale Daily News (YDN) Annual Conference on College Newspapers in late January to discuss diversity in journalism. Students from universities including Brown, the University of Connecticut and Wesleyan visited the New Haven, Conn. campus on Jan. 27 for the two-day event. […]
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Published Feb. 9, 2017 A simple run-in with Kean University’s Graphic Organization President Ryan Quinn at freshman orientation last summer has led to a new masthead for The Tower. It was there that Rebecca Panico, The Tower’s former editor-in-chief and current web developer, struck up a conversation with Quinn about creating a new design for The Tower’s masthead. Panico had just redesigned […]
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By Daniel Rego | Published Feb. 9, 2017 Irony is not dead, but is living quite well. Take, for example, members of the free world bemoaning the death of an authoritarian tyrant. Fidel Castro, the pretend president of Cuba, died last November. Yet while the Cuban exiles who formerly lived under him celebrated in the streets of little Havana, many […]
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By Nicole Brown | Published Feb 9, 2017 Hundreds gather on the Canadian border to watch the migration of the Monarch Butterflies as they freely cross the United States borders, while thousands descend on the Serengeti to witness the massive migration of Wildebeests and Zebras as they head south for greener pastures. Migration is a way of life, not only for […]
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By Louis Nicastro | Published Feb. 9, 2017 I am calling upon Kean University to boycott Wells Fargo for their numerous unethical practices and rampant criminal activity. I am calling upon my fellow Kean students to close out your Wells Fargo bank accounts. Wells Fargo, one of the architects of the 2008 financial collapse, is once again in court due […]
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