Students HOOP for a good cause

By Kia Deadwyler   Students at Kean decided to create a way to show school spirit and support the fight against breast cancer by participating in a charity basketball game organized by the Pan-African Student Union. The cultural organization, whose mission is to unify all people of African descent into a greater awareness of self, took on the project that […]

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Absolution On the Gridiron and Off

Joe Mendes, former playmaker for the Cougars By Mak Ojutiku “Hey, she looks just like me don’t she?” he says grinning. At first it’s hard to see a resemblance between Joseph Mendes and his daughter. After all, she’s a little three-month-old girl and he’s a towering 25-year-old linebacker. On closer inspection though, you can see some of the elder Mendes […]

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One student’s best friend

By Elizabeth Bracey “Ditto can pick up dropped items, pull open doors/drawers if there’s rope tied to the doors. He knows more than 30 commands and, most importantly, he’s my best friend,” said Kean University student Nicholas Tyler. Tyler, 21 and a junior, is talking about his service dog, Ditto, a 2-year-old Golden Retriever. Tyler has cerebral palsy and he […]

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Welcome back celebration: Cougar style

Students lined up for free food and games at “Cougar Kick-off” By Nicole Brown New and current students were welcomed back to Kean with an annual event called ‘Cougar Kick- Off’- a series of happenings including Kean Day, Ice-cream Mix and Mingle, Cougar Country throw down and Cougar social that usually begin in early September and end in mid- September. […]

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Renting textbooks becomes a growing trend

Created by Libby Levi for opensoure.com, Creative Commons By Tim Awojobi   College students around the nation spend hundreds of dollars each semester on books for classes.  And yet many students have complained that majority of the time, the professor either doesn’t use the textbook, or the textbook is only used on certain special occasions. “I feel like buying textbooks […]

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Farahi joins the ice bucket craze

Buckets of water get dumped on Kean President Dawood Farahi     By Roman Gerus President Dawood Farahi was given a cold shoulder, head, knees and toes when he accepted, what is so far, N.J.’s largest “Ice Bucket Challenge.” Farahi was showered with praise and five gallons of ice water, along with dozens of other faculty, staff and students for […]

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