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By: Xirena Wormley Kean University has introduced a new transportation option for students, faculty and community residents in the form of the Zipcar rental service. Zipcar is a community sharing program that provides people in and around the Kean community access to a car without owning or leasing one. The service, which the university officially launched at its homecoming on Oct. 19, […]
Read moreBy: Christine E. Csaky Every year Kean University welcomes thousands of new students who are immediately expected to write at the college level. But are they properly prepared? A recent survey conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education found that 61% of high school students have never written a paper that was more than five pages. The survey would suggest that students entering […]
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By Christine Moukazis Dissident Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo gave a lecture at Kean University on Wednesday, Oct. 16, discussing social activism and emerging civic society under the digital censorship that exists in present-day Cuba. Lazo, a Cuban author, blogger, photographer, journalist and social activist, was invited to speak at the university by its College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Until January 2013, […]
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By Christine Moukazis Kean University’s administration is continuing to mark classes as pending, making certain courses not visable on KeanWise. As previously reported in the September issue of The Tower, pending designations were partly to blame for the bevy of course cancellations that occurred at the start of the fall semester. This could potentially lead to more class cancellations, with the university’s […]
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By: Marisa Gallagher Kean students and faculty were notified via Campus Alert that a man had been carrying a shotgun near campus on the morning of Oct. 10. “Shortly before 11 a.m. Campus Police received a report of a black male, approximately 5’6” to 5’8”, wearing a white Lakers jersey walking north on Green Lane toward Morris Avenue carrying what appeared to be […]
Read moreBy Kyle Lawrence Kean University will now offer the Zipcar services on campus, offering convenient travel for students and faculty. Zipcar Inc. is the world’s leading car-sharing network, offering affordable and convenient transport 24 hours a day, seven days a week for students, faculty and staff ages 18 and older, as well as members of the local community ages 21 and over. “With […]
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By: Alexandria Addesso The Small Business Development Center at Kean University is continuously expanding its efforts in helping small businesses flourish in the greater Union County area despite losing its funding for its location in Plainfield, due to the municipality’s own financial constraints last June. “It is not important that that office is in my building,” said Malcolm Dunn, […]
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By: Chris Lamonica Kean University’s Department of Theatre is set to receive a new scene shop in its Vaughn-Eames building within the next 12 to 18 months. The new scene shop will offer more space and better scenery for students to work with, according to Holly Logue, the former chairperson of the theatre department. “The space will be large […]
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By Christine Moukazis As a way of giving back to the Kean community and garnering public interest in the performing arts, Kean Stage is now offering Rush Tickets for select performances. “Rush Tickets” is an industry term for tickets available for purchase the day of the performance at a discounted sales price. Professional theaters have Rush Ticket policies in […]
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By: Marisa Gallagher and Keanu Austin The Basic Algebra remedial course that 600 freshmen are taking has doubled in size to about 50 students per class because of a new teaching method implemented this semester. Kean’s general education department has adopted the math emporium model for its Basic Algebra course, which is being taught using a Smart Board and […]
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