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By Alyssa Davis | Published Dec. 9, 2015 What’s the difference between a day at the horse track and a round of daily fantasy sports? The former operates with a gambling license while the latter does not. In any case, they’re both gambling and they’re both sports betting. DraftKings and FanDuel, the two leading daily fantasy sports companies operate without a […]
Read moreBy Yayonah Bangura| Published Dec. 9, 2015 At the age of 12, instead of playing outdoors with friends and experiencing what would be considered a normal preteen life, Australian native Essena O’Neill was googling model body measurements and comparing them to her own. Stalking famous celebrities and models online, she hoped to one day be like them and convinced herself […]
Read moreBy Gabrielle Gale Prendatt-Carter| Published Dec. 9, 2015 There is a lot scheduled on Kean University’s campus this year to keep students both focused and entertained throughout the holiday season. In the midst of the pressure during crunch time, the season of giving is in full effect and finals are quickly approaching. Just in time for fi nals and in […]
Read moreBy Yuri Smishkewych| Published Dec. 9, 2015 Auschwitz, Belsen, Dachau, Sobibor…these were just a few of the places where murder occurred by the millions and, for those who survived the death camps, a lifetime of recurring nightmares were born. The victims were Jewish, Roma, homosexuals, or broadly labeled “political dissidents.” This was the Holocaust, and all this happened […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Dec. 2, 2015 The Union Township Police Department confirmed that Kayla-Simone McKelvey called Kean University police yesterday after she claimed that she received death threats. McKelvey, 24, was charged on a third-degree count of creating a false public alarm after allegedly posting threats to Twitter that threatened to shoot black students and claimed that a […]
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By: Rebecca Panico| Published Dec. 2, 2015 After an African-American Kean graduate was charged in connection with making Twitter threats against black students yesterday, a coalition of ministers is continuing to call for the resignation of President Dawood Farahi. “I called for his resignation after the Twitter feed but not because of the Twitter feed,” said Rev. Ronald Slaughter of […]
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By Annalise Knudson | Posted on Dec. 1, 2015 An email was sent to Kean students on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at about 1:20 p.m. regarding an update from Kean President Farahi and the Union County Prosecutor. The email explained who the alleged person behind the Twitter threats was that caused turmoil on campus on Nov. 17. Former student, Kayla-Simone McKelvey, […]
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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published on Nov. 25, 2015 In so far, here are the events that occurred on the night of Nov. 17 and in the days following the threats made against Kean students on Twitter. Nov. 17 9:30 p.m. About ten Kean students gathered peacefully at the clock tower in response to the “racial injustices happening on campus as […]
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By Angel Ospina | Posted on Nov. 24, 2015 With school threats unfortunately becoming a norm in today’s society, the tough decision to remain open is left solely to those in charge of the school, not only at Kean, but other colleges across the U.S. Many students ignored Kean University’s encouragement to attend class on Wednesday, Nov. 18, as the […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Posted on November 19, 2015 A recent $75,000 settlement reached with a former Kean employee in September was paid using the university’s “general fund,” a school spokeswoman said. Sherrell S. Holderman, 66, alleged that after 30 years of employment, she was “coerced” into retirement in 2011 because of her race, age and gender, her federal court […]
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