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By Mak Ojutiku Kean University has agreed to pay $1.8 million to former athletic director Glenn Hedden to settle a whistle-blowing lawsuit that charged he was fired for reporting to the NCAA that the university gave special treatment to some of its athletes. Hedden’s attorney, David Corrigan, said the settlement was made in June and that Kean did not admit […]
Read moreCred: Kristen DeMatos By: Timothy Awojobi As the school year begins, Kean’s students are met with yet another stress factor in addition to the recent parking problem: the trolleys. There have been numerous complaints from students and faculty over the trolley transportation at Kean University. According to Joshua Paul, sophomore criminal justice major, the late trolleys and buses have caused […]
Read moreCred: Clara Garcia By: Rebecca Panico Kean student and military veteran, Clara Garcia, put in a proposal last week for a more viewable veterans memorial on campus which was well received by faculty and the administration. “The only memorial we have on campus right now is behind a tree and it’s only for Vietnam veterans. I wanted something that was […]
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The Tower received two awards from the New Jersey College Press Association at its annual conference and luncheon last month. Brian Konchalski, who has served as The Tower’s news editor and editor-in-chief, received second place in Editorial Writing for his piece in Fall 2013 headlined “Stronger than the Storm.” The commentary highlighted Kean’s many positive attributes in the face of […]
Read moreBy Sonia Aquije The Holocaust and Genocide Studies program has raised $2,026 so far to help finance Kean students who hope to work as unpaid interns at organizations fighting injustice such as slavery. The site notes that the cause couldn’t be more urgent as today it is estimated that some 20 million people live as slaves around the world. […]
Read moreBy Marisa Gallagher When it comes to college, registering for classes isn’t always a piece of cake. It is not uncommon for a student to register for a class just to attend the first day and see that it is not the course that suits them and drops it. Like many other full-time students across the country, Bryan Krajewski, […]
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By Tim Awojobi A Kean University student was shot and critically wounded at a house party on the night of April 17 held by the Kean University fraternity Sigma Theta Chi on Conant Street in Hillside, NJ, about five minutes from the campus. The victim is an upperclassman who lives in the dorms. Students who know him say he […]
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By Keanu Austin, Ryan Gaydos & Kyle Lawrence [UPDATE 5/6 2:55 PM] Repairs have finished and the UC is now re-opened. [UPDATE 3:45 PM] Starbucks in the Nancy Thompson Library is also closed due to complications with water. “When the water was turned on, it blew the dish machine and caused a flood,” said Rick Joseph, Kean’s food service director. […]
Read moreBy Mak Ojutiku A Kean University student was shot and wounded at an off campus frat party on Friday, when a man who was previously thrown out of the party returned to the house with a gun and started firing. The shooting took place at a Sigma Theta Chi house on Conant St in Hillside at 2:15 a.m. The victim […]
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By: Roman Gerus “Cabin Fever” has given way to “Hay Fever” as spring claims the soggy ground the melting winter snow has left behind. The flowers are blooming, the trees are budding, but something smells fishy. Beginning March 5th, 250,000 trout have been stocked in predetermined waterways for the annual opening day of trout season in New Jersey. Subsequent stockings […]
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