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By Yayona Bangura We’re back again this issue with a new list of books and magazines to satisfy your inner book-worm. Check out these suggestions: Title: Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Description: Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary takes an alarming turn when Amy disappears from their country home and Nick’s passive response makes him a prime suspect. As […]
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By Adilene Rodriguez You don’t have to be a musician to understand how momentous it is for a musician to have Paul McCartney call their music “groovy.” One artist who has received such an endorsement from McCartney is Liverpool-based musician Dan Croll. Croll is an up-and-coming musician whose EP “From Nowhere” has brought him a lot of attention in the […]
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By Yayona Bangura When was the last time you read a great magazine or book without being forced to? For any avid Kean readers out there, here are some newly released independent magazines and several books that will soon become film adaptations this year. Catch up before the films hit theaters or before sequels are released, or just indulge in […]
Read moreBy Yayona Bangura There he was, in a massive black and white print. The photos showed the artist on a bare mattress on a wooden floor surrounded by his works, or “Reclining Nude” as the exhibit titled. They looked real and uncut. Most shots contained the artist’s genitals on full display. Paige Powell, the late artist’s former girlfriend, took the […]
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By Jasmine Leach “The Originals” continues to impress viewers and increases anticipation for its future seasons. The CW network is the home of paranormal shows such as “The Vampire Diaries,” “The Secret Circle,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and now a show that continues to increase the number of its viewers, “The Originals.” “The Originals” is a spinoff show of “The […]
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By Jennifer Deligne Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake and Drake are swimming in the pool of artists who have transcended music throughout the years, as seen with their top-chart ratings and large fan base. These artists have heavily influenced music for some time now, earning their tenure in the industry. Their popularity has remained steady and true even through tweaking their work […]
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By: Adilene Rodriguez In the video for their fifth single off their debut album, “Days Are Gone,” Haim take us back in time and transcend that 80’s pop-rock girl band influence that is so obvious on the record, onto the screen in a video directed by Warren Fu, a frequent collaborator of Daft Punk. In the video for “If I […]
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By Sonia Aquije The mid-season premiere of “The Walking Dead” returned to AMC on Feb. 9 with the episode ‘Aftermath,’ that gave it’s audiences a glimpse of Michonne’s past and at Rick and Carl’s relationship. The mid-season finale of “The Walking Dead” left its fans with anticipation with the Governors death. In “Aftermath” audiences were left without any knowledge of […]
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By Tatiana Snead Union, N.J. Attention fashion community, clothing brand and label owners of Kean University, up-and-coming fashion blog, The Raritan Gallery, is unquestionably capturing the attention of the college community in New Jersey and other parts of the country. Founded by Damani Adadevoh and Shawn Harris, the blog has made its way off the Internet and has landed two […]
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By Jennifer Deligne It started at the age of five when 22-year-old John Hurtado started his lifelong career of writing and since that time, he hasn’t stopped. Reading through his work, it becomes clear that he feels about writing the same way he feels about breathing, a necessity. Hurtado enjoys writing about what he feels, turning that into social analyses, […]
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