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By Zoe Strozewski | Published by March 22, 2020 Kean University students have launched two separate petitions that call for modifying this semester’s grades because the move to online instruction in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic has upended lives and created undue hardships. As of March 21, the petitions have garnered more than 3,000 signatures in a two-day span. One […]
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By Salimah McCullough | Published by March 21, 2020 In late February, students launched a petition that was sent around campus in hopes of changing the minds of President Dawood Farahi and the Kean Administration regarding the changes in class sizes scheduled to come next semester. Caitlyn Magee, a Kean junior pursuing a degree in Communication/ Public Relations created the petition titled, Take Back […]
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By Cindy Lazo | Published by March 21, 2020 Kean University announced that all in-person classes will be suspended until the end of the semester as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase in the state and nationwide. The announcement sent out to students, faculty, and staff on Mar. 19, cited the new guidelines from the state and federal government for […]
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The Tower, Kean University’s independent student news organization, has been awarded the top honor for best college newspaper in New Jersey, public or private, by the NJ Collegiate Press Association. It is a first for Kean University. Tower reporters and staff also won individual awards in the categories of news writing, feature writing, and overall website. The NJCPA, whose judges are professional journalists, awarded The Tower […]
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By Paige Fleming | Published by March 20, 2020 As the COVID-19 outbreak progresses in the state of New Jersey, questions about how online registration and advisement will proceed remotely have revolved around the Kean community. Regarding registration for the Fall 2020 semester, students are encouraged to reach out to their academic advisors for a remote advisement session, beginning March 30, […]
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By Zoe Strozewski | Published by March 19, 2020 A state order forbidding in-person instruction at higher education facilities to restrict the further spread of COVID-19 has resulted in a loss of work for student employees at Kean University. Kean allows student employment in a variety of departments throughout the school, including the Office of Residential Student Services, the Center for […]
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By Craig Epstein | Published by March 14, 2020 The move to remote online education starting Monday due to the Coronavirus pandemic is leaving a number of Kean students with feelings of uncertainty. “I feel like it’s going to be hard for all the different majors,” said Bernadette Kelly, a senior Communication Studies major. “How are music majors going to […]
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By Paige Fleming | Published by March 4, 2020 Popular courses within the music conservatory have been canceled and class caps have increased, leaving both music and non-music majors left with few options when choosing music courses. On Dec. 18, 2019, a few days prior to the winter break, faculty received word that Music Survey (MSU 1000) would face cancellations […]
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By Salimah McCullough | Published by February 23, 2020 From the Democratic debates to the impeachment hearings, the world is in a very political place right now. In America, the voting age starts at 18, and a big question in the current Democratic primaries is: is Generation Z going to come out to vote? Generation Z consists of people who were born roughly from […]
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By Alejandro Arcos | Published by February 20, 2020 The world’s people and their cultures contain many secrets and wonders that baffle, stupefy and amaze the populace with its intrinsic values and moral lessons. One practice, however, leaves empathetic people reeling and wincing from its mere utterance – Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM for short. As the name implies, FGM is the act of […]
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