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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 21, 2016 Kean graduate and self-proclaimed activist Kayla Simone-McKelvey admitted to tweeting numerous threats that left the Kean community “in a state of fear and panic” last November. McKelvey, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of creating a false public alarm before Superior Court Judge William Daniel on April 18,the Union County Prosecutor’s Office […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published April 21, 2016 A state Comptroller’s report looking into how students’ fees are used at Kean and two other colleges has yet to be released, although multiple officials say they were told it would be issued in late 2015. Former spokesman for the Comptroller’s Office Pete McAleer said the report — which would also review […]
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By: Gail Fredricks | Published April 12, 2016 Over 1,400 students took to CougarLink on April 5 and 6 to elect officers for the full-time undergraduate Student Organization and the Graduate and Part-Time Student Council (GPSC), but several positions remain vacant since there were no candidates. Emily Cubilete was voted in as the full-time undergraduate president, while Lawrence Owens was […]
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By Anthony N. Muccigrossi | Published April 11, 2016 The Tower, the independent voice of Kean University, won five awards last month for newspaper, news website and online news video as well as second place for overall General Excellence from the New Jersey Collegiate Press Association. Professional journalists judge hundreds of entries from private and public colleges across the state […]
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By Anthony N. Muccigrossi | Published April 7, 2016 With just over a month before Kean students cross the stage and become graduates, the commencement speakers who will be accompanying them have been announced. Photographer Brandon Stanton — the creator of Humans of New York — and astronaut Captain Mark Kelly, who has over 50 days in space with NASA, have […]
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By Rose Marie Kitchen | Published April 1, 2016 The opportunity to honor, celebrate and remember loved ones that have been affected by cancer is right around the corner, it is estimated that this year’s Relay For Life will be the biggest one yet with the theme of world sports. On Friday, April 1, until Saturday, April 2, The Office of […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published March 31, 2016 A former state Supreme Court Justice will review Kean’s report investigating claims of institutional racism after the university faced increasing pressure from lawmakers across the state. “The Kean University Board of Trustees has already agreed to forward the Governance Committee report to Justice John E. Wallace, Jr.,” Kean University President Dawood Farahi […]
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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published March 31, 2016 Kean graduate Kayla-Simone McKelvey, who allegedly posted numerous Twitter threats against Kean students in November, must now wait until April 8 to see if she will be admitted into a probationary program. At a hearing on March 23 at the Union County Superior Court in Elizabeth, Judge William Daniel told McKelvey’s lawyer, […]
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By: Redina Demushi | Published March 31, 2016 Students and faculty on campus are reacting to the recent Middle States Commission’s approval to offer Distance Learning programs at Kean University in all academic levels. According to Kean’s press release, which was sent out on March 1, the university’s online program, Kean Online, will soon offer degrees at all academic levels […]
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By: Celeste Simmons | Published March 31, 2016 There were a total of 36 thefts on campus in the span of two months last semester, including a stolen car from the Vaughn Eames parking lot in October and dozens of reports of stolen laptops and bags. In last month’s police blotter published in The Tower, 13 thefts occurred, resulting in the […]
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