Category: Features

Distinguished Lecture Series Continue This Week With CNN Senior Political Correspondent Abby Phillip

By Elaine Amico | Published February 24, 2022 Kean University’s Distinguished Lecture Series continues next week with CNN Senior Political Correspondent Abby Phillip. This upcoming Monday, February 28, Phillip will speak on diversity, inclusion, and black voices in politics in the North Avenue Academic Building Auditorium. Kean’s Distinguished Lecture Series was created to bring a diverse group of industry leaders […]

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Long-time ESPN Director Mike Schwab: Q&A

By L.K. Mata Cuevas | Published by December 23, 2021 Emmy award-winning and ESPN sports director Mike Schwab agreed to a Q&A during a visit to Kean University as part of the Sports Speaker series,  where Schwab discussed his journey working in the sports communications environment in the biggest American sports media franchises. After the conference, The Tower’s sports editor, […]

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PRISM a Place for All

By Isaiah Joseph | Published by December 22, 2021 Kean PRISM creates a safe environment for all LGBTQ+ students and even their allies and supporters. When it comes to life in college socializing with different individuals and group organizations is the main ingredient to increasing relationships and building bonds. Many students in universities tend to believe that there is no […]

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Cheerleading, NO! Spirit Squad, YES!

By Davaughnia Wilson | Published by December 22, 2021 Three female Freshmen, Rayvin Jordan, Taniyah Dubose, and Alyzae Coleman expressed their love for dance and how excited they were to be dancing in college but were disappointed when they realized there was not a cheerleading team at Kean. The girls decided to form a cheerleading team and call themselves Kean […]

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Fighting The End-Of-Semester Slumps

By  Andrey Nalbantov | Published December 21, 2021 As we slowly approach the season filled with colorful decorations, Christmas trees of all sizes, and the sound of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” on repeat all day long, we also move closer to the end of the Fall semester, with many students experiencing end-of-semester slumps. End-of-semester slumps occur when […]

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A Veteran’s Long Journey to Fine Arts at Kean

By L.K. Mata Cuevas | Published by December 21, 2021 Miyoko Bell, a Kean University junior, could hardly bear the heartbreaking video footage of Afghan citizens wailing behind locked gates and chasing after planes as U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan. A former military nurse with a specialty in anesthesia, Bell was stationed in Afghanistan after 9/11 and grew to love […]

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The Flowers that Keep on Giving

By Mallory Helmes | Published by December 5, 2021 Pop Quiz:  When looking around at Kean University’s campus what do you see? Grass Trees Flowers Buildings According to Kean University professor William Heyniger, the correct answer is none of the above.   “As I look across campus I see nothing, I see a desert, an ecological desert,” said Heyniger.  His solution […]

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Sigma Beta Chi Hosts Alzheimer’s Awareness Day

By Rosney Herrera | Published by December 5, 2021 Kean University has been at the core of a series of campaigns to create awareness about Alzheimer’s disease for almost half as long as the institution has existed and on Oct.27 Sigma Beta Chi sorority continued the tradition as the host of Alzheimer’s Awareness Day. Alzheimer’s disease is when the brain […]

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Center of Advising, Persistence, and Success

By Victoria Cifelli | Published by November 18, 2021 A new center for student advisement, called the Center for Advising, Persistence, and Success (CAPS), was opened up for students on campus, and they are now able to make appointments with their additional academic advisers. Prior to this center opening up, students would have to make appointments with advisers set to […]

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