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By Steven-Ross Bugayong | Published April 16, 2022 Gas prices are at an all-time high. In New Jersey, gasoline prices have climbed to an average of $4.18 a gallon for regular gas, almost doubling the cost of $2.92 a gallon drivers were paying this time last year. The increase in gas prices has been a rough go, affecting everyone, including […]
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By Christian Grullon Senior guard Shannon McCoy was selected to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) first team on March 23 and was recently named 2021-22 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) player of the year. “I was just on Twitter, and then I saw something pop up, and it was pretty cool because I don’t think I’ve gotten All-ECAC before,” […]
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By Wayne Dawes The weather is getting warmer and the Kean university Men’s Lacrosse team is ready to make a playoff push and get to the conference championship. To see how the lacrosse team gets ready for that task Head coach Shelley Sheiner and Senior player Joseph McNulty gave their take on what to do to have another successful season. […]
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By Ruben Nieves Kean’s Esports arena has officially been opened. The arena located on the second floor of the Green Lane building had their grand opening March 15. The new facility has all new state of the art equipment where the student athletes compete for their competitions. Athletic Director Kelly Williams was excited when he saw the final completion of […]
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Published April 17, 2022 The Tower has been awarded second place for General Excellence among New Jersey’s college newspapers, both public and private, by the New Jersey Collegiate Press Association. This is the sixth time since 2015-2016 that The Tower was ranked among the top three college newspapers in New Jersey, including winning the most coveted number-one slot for General […]
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By Hector Morales Kean University’s Softball team were off to an amazing start winning 17 of their first 22 games. To recap on their season so far, the Cougars started the year playing Apex, North Carolina back in February for the Grand Slam Triangle Classic and won two of their first three games. In the beginning of March, the Cougars […]
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By Victoria Cifelli The College of Education at Kean University hosted a job fair for education majors on Thursday, March 24 in the Liberty Hall Academic Building to help future teachers gain outreach to future jobs. Schools around the state of New Jersey have been on the hunt for teachers for several years, who can help students within specific K-12 […]
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By Justin McDaniel The “Will Smith incident” at the Academy Awards has been heavily debated around the world as well as at Kean University where some students feel Chris Rock deserved the slap while others said it could’ve been handled in a more mature manner. On March 27, at the 94th Academy Awards show, Oscars presenter Chris Rock made a […]
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By Keyon Gardner The culture of fashion in the United States and globally has changed dramatically over the last few decades thanks to social media and some of the fashion industry’s most fashionable icons such as Asap Rocky and the late Virgil Abloh. “I think fashion is a part of globalization, only because Western culture nowadays I feel like is […]
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By Andrey Nalbantov Kean University announced a new multi-year partnership with the New York Red Bulls via email on Wednesday, March 23. The soccer team initially approached Kean University with the idea of a partnership. And after explanatory conversations, a mutual interest was built upon, according to New York Red Bulls’ Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships Jordan Iannuzzi. “Our marketing […]
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