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By Zoe Strozewski | Published by April 25, 2019 The Frutta Bowls franchise has recently filed for bankruptcy protection in the District of New Jersey. However, the administration continues to move forward with plans to open a Frutta Bowls location on Kean’s campus. Frutta Bowls is a chain that serves acaí bowls, smoothies, toast, oatmeal and organic coffee. The franchise […]
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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 Valencia Stevenson | Published by April 25, 2019 The U.S. News said that approximately 80 percent of new year’s resolutions fail by February but these students managed to beat the odds when asked for an update on their progress. Lashea Wilson, junior and psychology major said that her New Year’s Resolution was to make others happy and smile more […]
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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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