Football Team closes rough season

By: Jaime Alicea III The Kean University football team’s season is officially over after a gut-wrenching 16-14 loss to NJAC rival, Montclair State on Sat., Nov. 15.  The team posted a record of 2-8, with a conference record of 2-5 in the NJAC. The team began the season with a three-game losing streak. After posting a win against Southern Virginia […]

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The Future of Dodgeball at Kean

By: Jaime Alicea III Intramural dodgeball first started here at Kean University four years ago by a student named Stephen Barnes.  For those of you who do not know what dodgeball is, it’s a sport in which players on two teams try to throw balls at each other while avoiding being hit themselves. “Stephen Barnes started intramural dodgeball here at […]

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From Kean Football Team to WWE

Orlando (standing in the ring to the left) during a match. By Lauren Spain Balancing being a college athlete and a full-time student is difficult enough, but for senior football player Mike Orlando, it’s just the beginning. He balances being a student, a college athlete, while also pursuing his dream of becoming a professional wrestler. Orlando began playing football his […]

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Soccer Coach Earns NJAC Spot in First Year

Coach Rob Irvine By Gerald Lima Kean University’s men’s soccer team earned a spot in the NJAC postseason with a win on Wednesday afternoon against Ramapo College (4-2), under first-year head coach Rob Irvine. “We want to do well immediately,” Irvine said. “We are still a work in progress. The goal for this whole calendar year moving forward into the […]

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Women’s Soccer Heads Into Tournament Play

Kelly Williamson, one of the 13 freshmen of Kean’s women’s soccer team. By Gerald Lima The Kean women’s soccer team holds a record of 10-6-2, including a six-game winning streak at the beginning of the season. “We take advantage of each training session and use it as an opportunity to work hard,” said freshmen forward Gabrielle Cucinotta. “Everyone individually is […]

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Intramural Flag Football

Last year’s intramural champions By Jaime Alicea III To be truly great you have to work with trust and believe in each other. Football is America’s greatest sport, so why not give everyone the opportunity to enjoy this amazing sport. That’s where intramural flag football comes into play. It allows every Kean student to get a group of friends and […]

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First Year Learning Experience

By: Gerald Lima Kean University boys’ soccer team unfortunately enough wasn’t able to advance in the NJAC tournament, as they fell to Montclair State University in the second round of action in the NJAC tournament 3-0. “We are trending in the right direction.  When you look at where this program finished last season in the NJAC Conference tenth place and […]

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Kean Women’s Soccer Recap

By Gerald Lima The Kean women’s soccer team holds a record of 9-5, including a six-game winning streak since the beginning of the season. “We take advantage of each training session and use it as an opportunity to work hard,” said freshmen forward Gabrielle Cucinotta. “Everyone individually is improving themselves to better the team as a whole.” The Cougars are […]

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Absolution On the Gridiron and Off

Joe Mendes, former playmaker for the Cougars By Mak Ojutiku “Hey, she looks just like me don’t she?” he says grinning. At first it’s hard to see a resemblance between Joseph Mendes and his daughter. After all, she’s a little three-month-old girl and he’s a towering 25-year-old linebacker. On closer inspection though, you can see some of the elder Mendes […]

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