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By Adaora Nnakwe | Published October 5, 2022 In the festive season of homecoming, Kean University hosted its second annual Jazz and Roots Music Festival on Sept. 24 on the lawn at Enlow Hall from 4 p.m to 8 p.m. The free outdoor public event featured Dianne Reeves, a five-time Grammy Award-winning, jazz vocalist; John Beasley, a jazz pianist; Romeo […]
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By Elaine Amico | Published October 3, 2022 In August, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris announced the Biden-Harris Administration’s Student Debt Relief Plan, aiming to help middle and lower-class Americans pay off their student loans. For anyone making less than $125,000 yearly, the plan will forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loans and $20,000 for Pell […]
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By Lenny K. Mata Cuevas | Published October 3, 2022 The Exhibition Hall at Liberty Hall Museum welcomed students, faculty/staff, and the general public to the National Geographic exhibit “Rarely Seen Photographs of the Extraordinary” collection. A total of 50 astounding, timely images graced the hall’s walls, since the reception and opening day on Sept.15, as part of Galleries at […]
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By Ruben Nieves | Published September 30, 2022 Kean athletics has announced two new coaching hires. Bez Arslani as the new head coach for the men’s volleyball team and professor Joe Sarnorski as the coach for the Esports Rocket League team. Arslani was called by Athletic Director Kelly Williams about taking the position of head coach. “I knew that after […]
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By Hector Morales | Published September 30, 2022 For the first time since 2007, cross country has returned to Kean University with Danielle Todman as head coach of the men’s and women’s teams. Todman, a current military member in the United States Air Force since 2006 was hired by Kean Athletics to coach the team last October. The leadership qualities […]
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By Ruben Nieves | Published September 30, 2022 Men’s soccer season has officially begun here at Kean University. Coming off of an NJAC championship and an appearance in the NCAA tournament, Kean looks to defend their conference championship win from last season. When preparing for this season, head coach Peter-John Falloon did say there were some hurdles getting ready for […]
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By Brittany Fuentes | Published September 30, 2022 The Kean Scholar Academy, a program meant to engage students in a college setting prior to attending college, was initiated by Kean University President, Dr. Lamont O. Repollet Ed.D. in 2021. The purpose of this program is to ensure that high-achieving students are given the opportunity to continue their education with few […]
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By Victoria Cifelli | Published September 30, 2022 Kean University has accepted and enrolled over 3000 freshman students this Fall making the class of 2026 the largest class in history. “Kean University had an almost 8.5 percent increase in accepted freshman students and a 28.5 percent increase in the number of accepted students placing deposits to guarantee their place in […]
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By Andrey Nalbantov | Published September 30, 2022 I’ve been staring at the blank page of my laptop for a while now, wondering how I should tackle this topic. As a non-American, talking or writing about topics that are rooted so deeply in American culture always came as a challenge to me. 9/11 is one of those topics. As someone […]
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By Keyon B. Gardner | Published September 30, 2022 More than a thousand lives were cut short as a result of suicide caused by mental health illnesses that plague our country today. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the majority of suicides worldwide are related to mental health disorders; depression, substance use, and psychosis are the biggest risk factors. […]
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