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Video produced by David Long | Published Sept. 27, 2016 The Tower quizzed students on Kean facts: Who is the university named after and what is the name of our university president? The university is named after the Kean family, which includes John Kean — who served as a member of the Second Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787 — and […]
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Short documentary by Yuri Smishkewych. By Rebecca Panico | Published May 22, 2016 Tower News Editor Yuri Smishkewych, who graduated this May, leaves his mark at the student newspaper with this short documentary about his perspective on climate change. Smishkewych explored how scientists can explain the complex issue of climate change to those outside the science community by interviewing Kean faculty such as […]
Read moreVideo by Yuri Smishkewych Students heading towards Starbucks in the library were treated to something a little extra: Sue Zwick’s photo exhibit, “Sacred Spaces,” on display in the Nancy Dryfoos Gallery. Nine poets turned television into poetry on April 7 when they gathered to read from an anthology titled “Rabbit Ears: TV Poems.” Kean University’s School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences teamed […]
Read moreVideo by Yuri Smishkewych Kean student Marcus Scroggins, of Edison, was killed in a car crash on April 5. He will receive a posthumous degree at this year’s graduation ceremony. Kayla-Simone McKelvey, a Kean graduate accused of making threats against the black community using Twitter, pleaded guilty to a third-degree charge of creating a false public alarm. She will be sentenced […]
Read moreVideo by Yuri Smishkewych Kean University President Dawood Farahi agreed to let another auditor, former state Supreme Court Justice John Wallace, to review and asses the university’s report regarding discrimination on campus. The announcement comes following controversy surrounding Kean’s pick for an auditor, Rev. Michael Blackwell. Kayla-Simone McKelvey — the Kean graduate accused of making threats against black students on Twitter […]
Read moreVideo by Yuri Smishkewych Students weigh in on democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders’ free tuition plan. Kean University’s Human Rights Institute hosted a panel discussion geared towards LGBTQ+ issues. The mother of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers student who killed himself after another student filmed an intimate moment he had with another man, was also in attendance. And finally, students share […]
Read moreStudents react to Kean graduate Kayla-Simone McKelvey’s not guilty plea and the possibility that she may get probation. McKelvey was charged with a third degree count of creating a false public alarm after allegedly making Twitter threats during a protest on campus. Meanwhile, Kean University hired Rev. Michael Blackwell to review employment practices after a coalition of black ministers led […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Dec. 12, 2015 About 70 people gathered across the street from the S.T.E.M. building at noon yesterday to call for Kean President Dr. Dawood Farahi’s resignation and highlighted alleged discrimination against faculty, staff and students. Several ministers and representatives from the NAACP, the Kean Federation of Teachers, the People’s Organization for Progress, NJ United Students and state […]
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Phil Giannino, of WKNJ-FM By Anthony N. Muccigrossi To add more multimedia to journalism at Kean University, The Tower has launched its new online video section. The section, which is in its first semester of production, will feature a variety of segments related to the on and off the campus. First in the series of online video segments is “Fifty […]
Read morePhil Giannino, of WKNJ-FM and Editor-in-Chief Bryan Kuriawa, went around the campus of Kean University asking random people about the motion picture 50 Shades of Grey. Follow The Tower on Twitter @KeanTower. Find The Tower on Facebook.
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