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By Chelsey Jaipersaud | Published by May 15, 2019 Twenty-three-year-old Dylan was a senior in high school, smoking cigarettes almost every day and unaware of the damage it could cause until he saw a commercial of a young boy playing catch with his Dad. Realizing the importance of a healthy future he quit cigarettes and now vapes. Vaping has grown in popularity […]
Read moreBy Danielle Junio | Published by April 26, 2019 From the electronics, medical equipment, and vehicles Americans use daily, the United States clearly depends on the use of Rare-earth minerals. Erin Wright, a Junior Bio Special Education Major from Kean University, said, “I think rare Earth elements are elements that occur naturally throughout the environment and could be used as […]
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By Valerie Sanabria | Published by April 15, 2019 As a Latinx immigrant whose dream is to work in the Spanish-Language media, it was shocking to find out that one of our prominent journalistic figures, Jorge Ramos, was detained in Venezuela on Monday, Feb. 25. I found out about what was happening when my mom’s “novelas” were interrupted with breaking […]
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By Breanna Palzer | Published by April 4, 2019 Emotional support animals are animals that someone uses to help them calm down when they are experiencing anxiety or panic. Rather than suffer through their problems, a students can turn to a nice cuddly creature to help calm their nerves. At Kean, however, emotional support animals are not allowed on campus. […]
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By Lena Zhu | Published by March 29, 2019 The Oscars. The Golden Globes. The American Music Awards. All of these events are well known in the industry and are easily the most viewed and watched programs on television. The Oscars, specifically, in 2017, had 32.9 million people viewers, 2016 with 34.4 million, and 2019, the most recent, with 29.9 […]
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By Danielle Junio | Published by Feb. 24, 2019 As a majority of us know, the United States welcomed the New Year with one of the longest government shutdowns in history due to a border wall debate between President Trump and congress. Just after twenty—one days of the shutdown Times magazine noted that it had affected about 800,000 workers and […]
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By Danielle Santiago | Published by Feb. 24, 2019 Of all the things I had imagined for myself at age 23, moving back home was not one of them. I graduated in 2013 from Kingsborough Community College in New York with an associate degree in broadcast technology and was looking forward to furthering my education as a transfer student at […]
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By Joe Hamilton | Published by Feb. 24, 2019 Five nights a week I shave my face, hop in the shower, get cleaned up, slick back my hair, throw on my black polo and black jeans, lace up my shoes and head off to work. I am a drug dealer and people come from all over to gather at my […]
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By Petruce Jean-Charles | Published by Feb. 24, 2019 Imagine this: you identify as non-binary but one day you are interviewed by a journalist and because you look feminine, you are automatically referred to in her report as” she.” The reporter is now unknowingly disrespecting your desire to not be addressed as she, and now an issue of gender pronouns […]
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By Danielle Junio | Published by Dec. 14, 2018 The holiday season is known to be the “most wonderful time of the year.” It is the time of year when everyone decorates their houses, has their family and friends over to enjoy big feasts with their traditional dishes, exchange gifts, and state how thankful they are for everything they have. However, […]
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