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By Lena Zhu | Published Nov. 28, 2017 Jose Cotto has been in charge of the Spanish Radio program at Kean University’s 90.3 FM radio for approximately 12 years, since his start in 2005. On Sept. 20, a category four hurricane, Maria, hit his home, Puerto Rico. As a result, many people lost their homes, including Cotto’s mother. As a […]
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By Monica Sudfield | Published Nov. 28, 2017 People from all over scramble to their destinations to ensure the holiday is filled with family, loved ones and mouth-watering meals. USA Today declares Thanksgiving one of the top 10 busiest travel days of the year. In the United States, certain traditions are expected to occur on Thanksgiving Day. The Macy’s Thanksgiving […]
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By Kiara Mays | Published Nov. 28, 2017 Windell “Wink” Smith Jr. performed a 90-minute comedy show in American Sign Language (ASL), in which he shared his experience growing up as a hearing Child of Deaf Adults (CODA), among other topics, at Kean University’s Little Theater Nov. 10. Growing up as a CODA, Wink now shares his passion with the […]
Read moreBy Lena Zhu | Published Nov. 28, 2017 The Kean University Anime Society club gathered Monday, Nov. 6, to participate in and discuss local activities and future planning of TowerCon, Kean University’s form of an anime convention. The meeting was hosted by the club’s president, Amanda Miller, and advisor Craig Anderson to discuss current events and Japanese animation. At this […]
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By Cody Louie | Published Oct. 27, 2017 Stemming off of a radio station tour at 94.5 PST in Princeton, Tori Brown seized the opportunity and got an internship which later became a job. The tour of the facilities came to be when Professor Mitchell Canter brought her class to see 94.5. Brown, a junior Organizational and Corporate Communication major […]
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By Monica Sudfield | Published Oct. 21, 2017 Kean Tv filmed Cougar Eats and KSMD News, two shows created by the TV Studio Production class run by professor Gina Gili, in the tv studio located in Hutchinson Hall Wednesday morning. Cougar Eats is a talk show featuring information and opinions about the food that can be found on campus, while […]
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By Rafaela Teixeira | Published Oct. 21, 2017 Thainara Ramos, graduated from Kean University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 2016. She recently shared her story as a Dreamer under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Born in Brazil, Ramos came to the U.S at five years old along with her parents by Visitor Visas (B-1, B-2), a temporary […]
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By Cody Louie | Published Oct. 21, 2017 Brittany Pavlichko took prideful strides across the graduation stage and locked eyes with the people she cared about most. A tidal wave of emotion crashed down on her in that moment. From online editor for The Tower last spring to assistant web producer at NJTV News, this Kean graduate fought hard to […]
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By Jennifer Padilla | Published Oct. 21, 2017 Both skeptics and believers gathered at Liberty Hall Museum for a ghostly encounter of Friday the 13th. Liberty Hall, with over 200 years of history—including New Jersey’s fi rst elected governor, William Livingston, and the Kean Family— possesses generations worth of artifacts; including furniture, clothing, dishes, and a dollhouse built in the […]
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By Monica Sudfield | Published Sept. 27, 2017 With loved ones among them at Thanksgiving dinner, Martin Alonso passes out copies of his poetry book “Treasures” that he wrote for his girlfriend, Paige Bollman. After he shares a few of his poems, he asks everyone to turn to page 23. Th ere, written on a clean white page, is the […]
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