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By: Daris Mendez Dorm room whiteboards are usually used to communicate trivial things such as when your next floor meeting is or a reminder to clean up your dorm room before inspections. However, Nathaniel Sietz, senior Kean student, found a rather disturbing message on Oct. 6. Two swastikas and an X were marked on his whiteboard without a trace of […]
Read moreBy: Sade Cox The state’s Exceptional Educational Opportunities (EEO)/Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program, which benefits some 700 Kean University students, is expected to get an increase in aid next year after four years of flat funding. Overall, Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget also puts $2.3 billion toward higher education, an increase of 7 percent. The Education Opportunity Fund (EOF) program […]
Read moreBy: Nicole Brown Rumors about the immediate dismissal of 100 of Kean University’s maintenance staffer at the end of this year are circulating within the Kean community. However, the chapter president for the International Federation of Professional and Technical engineers, Steve Pinto said, he has no knowledge of this decision. “We have been running on a depleted workforce for several […]
Read moreBy: Mak Ojutiku When Olayinka Gureje walked into his Kean University dorm for the first time this fall, he wasn’t impressed by what he saw. The curtains in his shower were dirty, trash bins were missing, and one of the two elevators in the building was broken. “It’s almost like they don’t prepare for us living here in the summer,” […]
Read moreBy: Marco Rodriguez Sigma Theta Chi, one of Kean University’s most well-known fraternities, is having a difficult 2014. The fraternity, which made headlines earlier this year after hosting an off campus party that resulted in a student getting shot, has been suspended for violating Greek New Member Education Guidelines. Scott Snowden, Director of the Center for Leadership and Service, said […]
Read moreBy Nicole Brown Kean University’s faculty and students protested on campus after the grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officers in the death of Eric Garner last night (Dec. 3) The protest began around 10:45 and about 150 protesters who were mainly students circled the campus including the Dorm quad, Library and the University Center chanting “no justice, […]
Read moreBy Kristen DeMatos Photo: NorthJersey.com Yesterday, NorthJersey.com reported that Kean University purchased a new conference table, costing the school $219,000. The custom-made table is oak with a cherry veneer, and has features like an illumanated map of the world in a glass panel, microphoes, a motorized, two-tierd glass turntable and data ports. The table, made in Shanghai seats 23 people. Paul Downs, the […]
Read moreBy Rebecca Panico You’ve most likely seen him on campus walking to class, looking a bit tired and overworked just like any other average college student. Tall and lanky, wearing his trademark bandana, hastily going from one building to the next. Maybe he hands you your cup of coffee when you swing by Starbucks in the library’s lobby before […]
Read moreBy Timothy Awojobi and Sade Cox After becoming aware of the ongoing sale of “bogus” tickets happening in and around Kean University, there was a mass emergency email sent out by Kean University Police on Oct.3 that alerted all students and faculty. During the last couple of months, students were interrupted by strangers walking into their classrooms to lecture about […]
Read moreBy Sade Cox Crime statistics have leveled off the last few years at the university, according to the 2014-2015 Security and Fire Report (formerly “The Guide”), and police are suggesting that their partnership with the campus community is playing a major role. “Our overall activity here has significantly dropped within the last three years,” said Director of Public Safety/Police, […]
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