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By: Jaime Alicea III On Friday October 30th, a large crowd gathered in the STEM Building, to attend workshops of prominent Latino speakers who looked to help the Latino movement move forward. The event brought keynote speakers such as Senator Raymond Lesniak and the founding father of Lambda Theta Phi (Latino Fraternity), Agustin Garcia. The Latino’s Moving Forward event was […]
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By Celeste Simmons | Published October 22, 2015 There are many silent killers on a college campus. Some of the main ones you hear about are depression and suicide. There are groups on campuses that help you deal with depression, there have been articles written about it within the last couple of years, and it has been talked about on the news. People talk about depression and […]
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By: Marco Rodriguez | Published October 22, 2015 Iota Phi Theta, a well-known fraternity at Kean that made news last semester for undertaking a project to build a family a home in Newark, is finally making strides towards making that goal a reality. Since The Tower last reported on the fraternity’s initiative last April, the fraternity was able to get approval for their blueprints from the city of […]
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By: Daris Mendez | Published Oct. 22, 2015 The University Center was officially renamed the Miron Student Center this month after Kean alumni Diane G. Miron and her husband Bob Miron made an undisclosed donation to the university. The money from the Miron’s donation will go to some renovations inside the student center, which include new lighting, furnishings and window treatments. The donation will also serve as […]
Read moreBy: Yayonah Bangura | Published October 22, 2015 Right before Gilda Del Risco and her family boarded a plane to leave Cuba for the United States for the first time, her brother was denied entry. Her family had no choice but to go on without him as they ventured into a new world. As a result of Del Risco’s brother having the Cuban military age, the only […]
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By: Kyle Magee | Posted October 22, 2015 How many times have you sent an email to a professor or vice versa, and it hasn’t gone through? Have you ever driven to school and checked your email and realized that your professor cancelled class at three in the morning? This is what is leading some educators to consider the idea of switching from email communication to text messaging. […]
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Junior Air Raid Warden Blackout Kit featured from the 1940s. By Rose Marie Kitchen | Posted October 22, 2015 It seems that toys come and go but the truth is toys never actually disappear instead they become vintage and unique. The Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University has opened an exhibit to show how exciting vintage toys actually can be. “Toys […]
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By Bhriana Smith | Posted October 15, 2015 From Staten Island, NY, Qaudir Ishmael Johnson started playing football at the age of five, where he played for the Staten Island Boys, a football youth league. At the age of 10, Johnson started playing for the Staten Island Hurricanes. On that team Johnson had a myriad of positions, including running back […]
Read moreBy Celeste Simmons | Posted October 8, 2015 Anorexia Nervosa — it’s not a name you hear too often. You don’t see any walks for it, barely any fundraisers, and barely any major centers for help. It’s kind of an unspoken disorder on college campuses. Very few students speak about it, but here at Kean Delta Phi Epsilon, they are trying […]
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By Gabrielle Gale Prendatt-Carter | Posted September 29, 2015 A conjuror-artist, Katherine Ace’s paintings, displayed in “Behold Revelation: The Fairy Tale Paintings of Katherine Ace,” rearranges the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and brings magic to life. Located in Kean University’s Karl and Helen Burger Art Gallery in the Center for Academic Success until September 30th, 2015, Ace’s angle is one where visual art meets prose with […]
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