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By Lauren Spain Junior women’s volleyball player Lisa DeGroot won the NJAC title of player of the week for the second and third time in her athletic collegiate career on the weeks of September 29 and October 13. “It’s a good feeling being a junior and getting it twice, because the first time I was a sophomore, so it […]
Read moreJoe 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 […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
Read moreStudents 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. […]
Read moreCreated 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 […]
Read moreBuckets 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 […]
Read moreBulletin on the fourth floor of Green Lane Building By Josue Hernandez Kean University hopes to bring the School of Architecture by the fall of 2015. The Michael Graves School of Architecture is a program that Kean has been attempting to offer for a short while now, and it looks like it’s going to happen. With the new design […]
Read moreBy Daris Mendez It’s 11:30 a.m. on the dot. The University Center cafeteria door swishes back and forth constantly as full, satisfied students hold the door open for other students who rush in hungrily. Eyes scan for an empty booth with hopes of a chance to charge their phones. The main goal, however, is to get some brain food before […]
Read moreBy Lauren Spain Kean University reconstructed its home field at Alumni Stadium, located behind Harwood arena, over the summer. The project consisted of replacing the turf field as well as the track. Not only was the Alumni Stadium completely renovated, but the Jim Hynes baseball field and the softball field also received lights, allowing teams to participate in night games […]
Read moreSafa Basidiq, a senior and sociology major at Kean By Carl Stoffers Kean University prides itself on its diversity, but is the Kean community as accepting and open to followers of Islam, particularly of Middle Eastern descent, as other religions and backgrounds? “I’ve encountered prejudice and bias everywhere I’ve gone in America,” said Farah Ali, a twenty-one year-old […]
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