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By Lena Zhu | Published by April 18, 2019 The Korean word “Hallyu” is used to describe the Korean entertainment industry making its way overseas and gaining popularity. The Hallyu Club on campus seems to be doing the same. With the recent and new successes of popular K-pop bands such as BTS or BlackPink making its way through the charts, […]
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By Valencia Stevenson | Published by April 15, 2019 “Super Senior” is a term for students who take more than four years to finish college. Georgette Carter-Nobles, a “super senior” who is majoring in Asian Studies and Music calls herself such because she has been at Kean for five years. Starting in Fall of 2014, Carter-Nobles said that the reason […]
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By Wynter Aiken | Published April 15, 2019 The Embracing The Crown’s annual college workshop tour made their pit stop at Kean University’s Miron Student Center Mar. 25, in partnership with the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), to present the “I Am: Power of Words” workshop to promote positive mental health. The Embracing […]
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Tasha Dowbachuk | Published by April 4, 2019 We have all been there. Staring at an assignment for over an hour or completely disregarding the assignments existence, for the pitiful sake of stress induced relaxation. This popular distraction, defined as procrastination, is “the avoidance of doing a task that needs to be accomplished.” According to the American Psychological Association, between […]
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By Tasha Dowbachuk | Published March 29, 2019 The concept of underrepresentation is all too familiar when it comes to minority groups such as the LGBTQ community. Being queer in college, whether “out” or “in the closet” holds a strong possibility that one will embark on an interesting experience simply based on how queer folk are represented on college campuses. […]
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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 22, 2019 Since the school was founded in 1855, Kean’s College of Education has given students the chance to be trained as teachers in areas such as early childhood education, physical education and, most recently, yoga. Tara Lynn Bogota, from the School of Health and Human Performance within the College of Education, has […]
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By Valerie Sanabria | Published by March 21, 2019 On the evening of March 5 the Holocaust Resource Center hosted an event to hear Kizito Kalima’s own story of survival and forgiveness. The event took place at the Miron Student Center where faculty and students learned about Kalima’s journey through genocide. “Forgiveness is for your own benefit,” said Kalima, who […]
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By David Janes | Published by March 21, 2019 The Jussie Smollett Alleged Hate Crime hoax has sparked outrage and discussion among Kean University students. Smollett, co-star of Empire, claimed he was attacked in Early February outside a Subway store late night in Chicago. He claimed two white males attacked him, poured bleach over him and tied a “noose” around […]
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By Salimah McCullough | Published by March 7, 2019 When the calendar changes from January 31 to February 1, many people mark that as the official start of Black History Month. Black History Month is a month-long celebration where people acknowledge the achievements and hardships of African Americans. In celebration of Black History Month, Kean has various events on campus […]
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