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By Nicole Diefenbacher | Published April 25, 2019 Rachel Marie Thompson, a recent graduate of the Michael Graves College who earned her degree in industrial design at Kean University, won second place and a $1,000 prize in the second annual FORM Student Innovation Competition by Formica Corporation for her “Ke-li-di-skop” chair design. “Be careful when you look, you might get lost in the […]
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By Breanna Palzer | Published by March 23, 2019 Lights! Camera! Action! This past week, Kean University Theatre Conservatory came together to put their spin on William Shakespeare’s classic play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The play consisted of four young adults: Helena, Lysander, Hermia, and Demetrius. Hermia is said by her father to marry Demetrius but rejects him because she […]
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By Zoe Strozewski | Published by March 4, 2019 The Holocaust Resource Center, Kean’s premiere learning source for one of the most infamous cases of genocide in history, hosted its event, “To Kill a Mockingbird: Themes in Teaching the Holocaust and Prejudice Reduction,” Feb. 28 in the Hutchinson Hall John H. O’Meara Auditorium. This was one educational workshop in a […]
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By Alexander Valdes | Published by Feb. 20, 2019 Though social media can be a wonderful tool in the general lifestyle of the average college student, it can be used as a weapon for means of destruction. A great example of this form of destruction can come from one of the newest hit shows on Netflix called “You”. The story […]
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By Tahjee Shaw | Published by Feb. 16, 2019 Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University held their third annual mother & son event,“My Little Man & Me: Valentine’s Day Party!” on Saturday, Feb. 9. The event was hosted by Isbett Checo and was assisted by Hannah. Checo said that there were many events aimed towards young girls such as the […]
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By Valerie Sanabria | Published by Feb. 16, 2019 “Roma” is a district in Mexico City where Alfonso Cuarón’s Academy Award-nominated film was shot. It reflects Cuarón’s childhood in 1970 Mexico through the life of Cleo, a maid and nanny for a middle class family. The film has captivated many people around the world such as Yalitza Aparicio, theactress who plays Cleo […]
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By Breanna Palzer | Published by Feb. 16, 2019 It’s not exactly Gordon Ramsay’s at The London in New York, but the redesigned new Upper Residence Hall cafeteria is getting decent reviews. Junior Katelyn Piorkowski, a Communication/Public Relations major, has been taking up on this new opportunity. Piorkowski was seen making her own homemade macaroni and cheese at the new cook-your-own-meal […]
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By Tasha Dowbachuk | Published by Feb. 16, 2019 The discussion of gun violence, feminism and sex emerged within the Human Rights Institute at Kean University. Linda Lighton’s exhibit titled, “Taking Aim: power, gender and firearms” highlights the effect of gun ownership as “an increasingly violent, deracinated and unstable” within American culture and how it has shaped the artist, as […]
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By Zoe Strozewski| Published by Nov. 20, 2018 Since the beginning of 2018, the Kean Gospel Choir has won the McDonald’s Gospelfest for the third straight year, recorded and released their own single “Behold Him” on Amazon, hosted their own concert at the Agape House of Worship, and most recently, obtained a spot to perform at the Radio City Music […]
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By Monica Sudfield | Published by October 25, 2018 “American Latinx,” an exhibit by artist Linda Vallejo, opened at the Karl and Helen Burger Gallery in Kean’s Center for Academic Success (CAS) building on Sept. 4 and will run until Dec. 14. Vallejo’s works include a variety of paintings and sculptures of brown individuals that were originally created white. She […]
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