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(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 […]
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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 moreBy Babatunde Dahunsi | Published April 5, 2016 Spring break is a time to relax, bask in the dazzling sun or sip on Pina Colada for some students, while for others, it’s a continuation of a rigorous semester. Grace Wei, a speech language pathology major, spent her spring break preparing for two exams that she was scheduled to sit immediately […]
Read moreOutside Kean University Human Rights Institute By Rose Marie Kitchen/ Published April 5 The Human Rights Institute (HRI) of Kean University has decided to use their annual conference as an opportunity to explore the three major aspects of the United States prison system: The School-to-Prison Pipeline, the consequences and overuse of solitary confinement and the profiteers behind it all. The […]
Read moreRock ‘n’ Joe at Union Train Station, BonChon on Stuyvesant Avenue, Parador Rojo on Morris Ave, The Tropicana Diner on Morris Ave & Applebee’s on Morris Ave. By Sara Ridgway/ Staff writer Rumors about spending Cougar Dollars at various off campus eateries were confirmed in an email blast that was sent on March. But, before you swipe your Kean ID at […]
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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 […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published March 31, 2016 The Disney College Program is an opportunity to earn college credit while working at one of the happiest places on Earth. But for Justin Fernandez, a 21-year-old business major at Kean, it turned out to be a not-so-magical experience. “No one wants to be a garbage man,” said Fernandez, later adding with […]
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By Anthony Muccigrossi | Published March 3, 2016 Coffee and alcohol go with college life like crayons and boogers go with elementary school. From the sepia-toned photograph of coffee you just scrolled past on Tumblr, to the Instagram photo you just liked of your friend clutching their favorite beer, caffeine and the sauce have become synonymous with college. And it […]
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By Annalise Knudson | Posted on March 3, 2016 For the past 10 years, Syd London has been documenting freedom fighters in the United States using her camera. Her photographs focuses on people of all different cultures including: low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, inter-sex, gender non-conforming (LGBTQIGNC), people-of-color communities, disabled people and most recently, Two-Spirit Native Americans. London also […]
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By Redina Demushi |Staff Writer Posted on Feb. 25, 2016 Kean is currently ranked third in the TIDAL social media contest that has colleges giving back to their communities and rewarding them for their good deeds, according to the Kean Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter. The “TIDAL College’s Social Wave for Change” campaign has been sweeping social […]
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