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By Sara Paczkowski Dressing up for Halloween isn’t about collecting candy anymore. A holiday, known to bring children joy and cavities, has turned into an epic opportunity for college students to dress up and swap out pumpkin pie for Pumpkin Ale. For Kean University students, Halloween isn’t only on October 31. “Halloween is dragged out to be a Halloweekend,” said Ellen McDermott, a […]
Read moreBy Bryan Kuriawa Within the world of sci-fi, the fear of being trapped in space has often been the prominent theme of various writers and films over the years. In films such as “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Silent Running,” the lead characters are faced with the prospect of remaining in space with only their wits and abilities to prevent disaster. For director […]
Read moreBy Sonia Aquije “The Walking Dead” returned for Season 4 on AMC Oct. 13 with the highest viewership in the show’s history. According to a press release by AMC, it was viewed by 16.1 million viewers breaking its own record. The first two episodes of the season, “30 days without an accident” and “infected” showcased the psychological effects the survivors are dealing with […]
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By Sara Paczkowski On Oct. 5, members of Kean’s Be The Change, a community service and activism group made up of volunteers inside and outside of Kean University, all whom have a passion to make a change, teamed up and painted murals and planted flowers under Linden’s train station located on Wood Avenue. The all-day affair made quite an impact […]
Read moreBy Sara Paczkowski The cool, crisp season of fall is finally here. The refreshing and mellow weather is a sweet transition from summer to winter and the campus is full of color and style. Boots, scarves and cardigans seem to capture the essence of fall fashion for Kean University students; however, this month’s New York Fashion Week inspired students to try out other […]
Read moreBy Brigit Bauma It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Comic Con coming to New York City! Comic Cons used to be well-known as places for super dedicated and all-knowing comic book fans, often referred to as “nerds.” However, according to Kean University students, it’s not as it used to be. The Comic Con crowd has grown to include a wide […]
Read moreBy: Jennifer Deligne Not only can Kean University produce great teachers, nurses and art students, but we also have music lovers flourishing from our establishment. Nine18, a New Jersey punk band, is composed of two former students from Kean, who graduated in the last three years. They have taken the same paths and diverged to their now growing music career, […]
Read moreBy Bryan C. Kuriawa In the spring of 2011, “Insidious” proved to be a wake-up call for those in horror cinema circles, especially this critic. A unique and generally frightening film on its own merits, it demonstrated the still prevalent nature of atmospheric horror in modern cinema. Yet after a summer scaring more audience members with “The Conjuring,” director James […]
Read moreBy: Sara Paczkowski The cool, crisp season of fall is finally here. The refreshing and mellow weather is a sweet transition from summer to winter and the campus is full of color and style. Boots, scarves and cardigans seem to capture the essence of fall fashion for Kean University students; however, this month’s New York Fashion Week inspired students to […]
Read moreBy Kyle Lawrence In 1966, Walt Disney, the proclaimed father of animation, creator of Mickey Mouse, and of course The Walt Disney Company, died of lung cancer in Burbank, California. Many grieved, believing there would never be another visionary in the field of animated features like him. Yet little did people know that a worthy successor to Disney’s lineage had […]
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