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By: Carmen Pineiro Asbury Park is renowned for its classic attractions like its carousel and historic boardwalk that once drew tourists to visit. The carousel, one of the most popular and fondest attractions, is no longer in the boardwalk after it was sold to Family Kingdom Amusement Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1990. Using photographs from post cards […]
Read moreBy Annalise Knudson It might seem difficult or even impossible for a college student to start their own business on top of student loans, going to school, and responsibilities at home or work, but Kevin Cancino knew he wanted to follow his dream of opening his own business when he was old enough. Only 19 years old and a full […]
Read moreBy: Sade Cox The state’s Exceptional Educational Opportunities (EEO)/Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program, which benefits some 700 Kean University students, is expected to get an increase in aid next year after four years of flat funding. Overall, Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget also puts $2.3 billion toward higher education, an increase of 7 percent. The Education Opportunity Fund (EOF) program […]
Read moreBy: Nicole Brown Rumors about the immediate dismissal of 100 of Kean University’s maintenance staffer at the end of this year are circulating within the Kean community. However, the chapter president for the International Federation of Professional and Technical engineers, Steve Pinto said, he has no knowledge of this decision. “We have been running on a depleted workforce for several […]
Read moreBy: Mak Ojutiku When Olayinka Gureje walked into his Kean University dorm for the first time this fall, he wasn’t impressed by what he saw. The curtains in his shower were dirty, trash bins were missing, and one of the two elevators in the building was broken. “It’s almost like they don’t prepare for us living here in the summer,” […]
Read moreBy: Marco Rodriguez Sigma Theta Chi, one of Kean University’s most well-known fraternities, is having a difficult 2014. The fraternity, which made headlines earlier this year after hosting an off campus party that resulted in a student getting shot, has been suspended for violating Greek New Member Education Guidelines. Scott Snowden, Director of the Center for Leadership and Service, said […]
Read moreBy Nicole Brown Kean University’s faculty and students protested on campus after the grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officers in the death of Eric Garner last night (Dec. 3) The protest began around 10:45 and about 150 protesters who were mainly students circled the campus including the Dorm quad, Library and the University Center chanting “no justice, […]
Read moreBy Kristen DeMatos Photo: NorthJersey.com Yesterday, NorthJersey.com reported that Kean University purchased a new conference table, costing the school $219,000. The custom-made table is oak with a cherry veneer, and has features like an illumanated map of the world in a glass panel, microphoes, a motorized, two-tierd glass turntable and data ports. The table, made in Shanghai seats 23 people. Paul Downs, the […]
Read moreBy Josue Hernandez The KU Voice, a competition where Kean students get to show off their singing talent. 16 competitors having a sing off for the pride to call themselves the KU Voice winner of 2014; it was 20 year old junior, Angelae Nunes who won the competition. “I was surprised that I won,” said Nunes, “the competition was fun […]
Read moreBy: Jennifer Deligne Watercolor Masters of New Jersey is an appropriate title for the exhibition being shown at the Center for Academic Success’s Karl and Helen Burger Gallery until Nov. 3. The curator, W. Carl Burger, searched for these New Jersey masters to create a compilation of art pieces based solely on the watercolor paint. It might seem like a […]
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