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By Celeste Simmons | Posted September 29, 2015 Fresh new uniforms, new cleats, getting excused from classes, special advisors, no this isn’t college sports, its high school. Over the past few years, high school sports have taken on the role of something like a training camp for the pro’s and college sports. Instead of high school athletes getting looks their junior and senior year, recruiters are […]
Read moreBy: Rebecca Panico | Posted September 29, 2015 University officials voted to increase tuition and fees for the 2015-16 academic school year by 3 percent, up $337 from the previous year, following suit with rising costs at some nearby public universities. Yearly tuition and fees at Kean for an in-state, full-time student who commutes now amounts to $11,580, up from $11,243 last year. The Board of Trustees (BOT), Kean’s final governing […]
Read moreBy Celeste Simmons | Posted September 29, 2015 A sense of belonging. That’s what most people are looking for when they come to college. They find it in sports teams, classmates, and clubs, but what types of clubs yield the most sense of belonging? Fraternities and sororities for years have been the answer to that question, and are the main attraction to many colleges and universities across […]
Read moreBy, Annalise Knudson on Sept. 28, 2015 His arms are growing weaker with every step he walks, as he dodges the broken sidewalks and students on his way to the building. He stops to catch his breath, and begins to rotate the arms that will carry his book bag, and the large, black box that contains his prized possession. His […]
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By Rose Marie Kitchen on Sept. 28, 2015 A new way of getting from point A to B is hitting the streets and college campuses across the country. The days of casually walking to class are starting to become extinct. We’ve seen bicycles, skateboards, longboards, and now the new hover board/glider trend has arrived. The boards are described as a […]
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By Yayonah Bangura on Sept. 24, 2015 The Liberty Hall farm is looking for volunteers to help plant and tend to the variety of crops being grown on Kean’s land. About a year ago, Kean teamed up with the “Come Grow with Us” program of Groundwork Elizabeth, an organization that builds food-producing gardens around Union County. Kean’s urban farm […]
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Photo credit: Rebecca Panico By: Nicole Brown on Sept. 24 National nonprofit organization 10 Billion Lives, which campaigns against human consumption of animal produce, paid Kean University students one dollar each to watch a four minute video on animal cruelty outside the University Center on September 23rd and 24th. Students gathered around four touch screen monitors and watched the mournful video […]
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By Yayona Bangura On Thursday, May 14, Liberty Hall hosted a cocktail party/ fundraising event called the ‘Crossroads of the American Revolution,’ aimed towards getting invitees to become donors and supporters of the organization. “Crossroads of the American Revolution is a national heritage area set aside by congress to preserve, protect, and promote all revolutionary sites and landscapes in the […]
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By Bhriana Smith Kean University held a dog therapy session for students to relax in the midst of finals week this past Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the University Center. The event titled Fuel for Finals –hosted by Kean’s Student Government –had a large turnout. Present at the event were four, certified therapy dogs and their owners. Because of the […]
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Phil Giannino working at the Kean Cougar Radio station. By Kristen DeMatos Walking the halls on the fourth floor of the CAS building, it’s nearly impossible not to notice the presence of one Kean senior, Phil Giannino. It is not his 6’3 stature that commands your attention, but rather his loud laugh and charismatic disposition. Giannino works at the University’s […]
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