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By Tiye Bracy | Published by October 16th, 2019 Breast Cancer Awareness Month began on Tuesday, Oct. 1 and ends on Thursday, Oct. 31. Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer among women and men. In fact, U.S. Breast Cancer Statistics states “estimated 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed […]
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By Breanna Palzer | Published by October 4, 2019 The Nancy Thompson Library is currently under construction to add a new commuter resource center. This project started late this summer and is still in the process of being worked on. It is right outside of Starbucks and is not hard to miss. The project will be a resource center for those […]
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By Bernadette Kelly | Published by September 29th, 2019 The heavily joked about “Area 51 Raid” actually happened outside of Area 51. “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” was a Facebook event created by Matty Roberts, a student from Bakersfield, California that took place on Sept. 20, at Area 51, a United States Air Force (USAF) facility […]
Read moreBy Rafaela Teixeira | Published by September 26, 2019 Dr. Robert Hunt, who retired this year from Kean after 33 years as a professor, is the kind of scholar who can cite cases and theory verbatim during his lectures. “He can quote things and rattle off information without having to reference out of the book,” said Geraldine Carreon, a student […]
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By Tasha Dowbachuk | Published by September 20, 2019 On Sept. 18, an advertisement created by an anti-violence group called “Sandy Hook Promise” debuted the dark reality of school shootings in its “Back To School” Essentials video. The video begins as a light-hearted back to school public service announcement until a mass school shooting suddenly emerges. The video accumulated over […]
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By Craig Epstein | Published by September 19th, 2019 Over the summer, former Kean University professor and Kean alumni Nikki Dreste organized a writing retreat that was inspired by the online-based Camp NaNoWriMo. As one of the General Education professors who was not reappointed last spring which led to a mass protest, Dreste looks to continue to design and run […]
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By Wynter Aiken | Published by September 18, 2019 The troubled final years of Vincent Van Gogh, depicted in the emotional-driven film by actor Willem Dafoe, directed by Julian Schnabel, captivated viewers alike at Kean’s North Ave. Academic Building Auditorium on Sept. 15. The film opens with the scene of the immediate criticism from the spectator’s view of Van Gogh’s art. Van Gogh, […]
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By Lena Zhu | Published by September 18th, 2019 Atanasha Thomas didn’t always know she wanted to be an actress. At the age of six, she was placed into local fashion and runway shows with the help of her grandmother. She started getting acting roles and seriously acting in high school. Thomas, a freshman studying Business Management, has been in […]
Read moreBy Rafaela Teixeira | Published by July 24, 2019 She was working at her campus job at Kean University, wearing the traditional hijab of her Muslim faith, when a fellow student instantly caught her eye. In modern day fashion, she sent him a direct message on Facebook. That one action would inadvertently lead her later to an excruciating choice between […]
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By Wynter Aiken | Published by May 15, 2019 War and peace have dominated the 21st century and women are right in the middle of it. The Holocaust Resource Center, Women & Gender Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies co-presented the film screening and discussion of Women, War, and Peace: Peace Unveiled on Apr. 16 as part of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Month to highlight the […]
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