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By Christy Petillo February 14 is Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is dedicated to couples celebrating the fact that they are madly in love. Many of my friends will be courted by their boyfriends to elegant restaurants, and spoiled with gifts. Girls always look forward to this day, with the anticipation that their boyfriend will plan a romantic evening, or show […]
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By Tim Awojobi Students, faculty, staff, even parents, have been making complaints regarding the wireless connection once stepping foot on campus. “The wireless connection needs to be faster,” said Mya Pierre a freshman biology major. “I’m not able to receive connection everywhere on campus.” Many colleges and universities have what they call, “access points”. Usually, this refers to multiple wireless […]
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By Annalise Knudson Students dream of dorming at college, even at a commuter college such as Kean University. Especially with the newly constructed dorm buildings, interested students saw the New Freshman Residence Hall (NFRH) as a luxury compared to the older, standard dorm buildings. Living as a first year resident student at Kean, housing has had its benefits and consequences. […]
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By Marisa Gallagher New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been in the news lately for his possible knowledge of lane closures on the George Washington Bridge back in September as well as for accusations by the mayor of Hoboken of withholding Sandy relief funds. “I’m not sure he’s entirely to blame for what his aids did, he isn’t to blame […]
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By Gillian Findley For the last couple of years, Kean University has had Valentine’s Day colors dominate the campus. Pretty embellishments covered the walls and the land of the college. Students in organizations wore pink t-shirts and baked appealing cupcakes, delicious brownies, and ‘hot out the oven’ cookies. For years, students at the college did not hide the facts of […]
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By Dominique Vinas After graduation, all students are terrified about finding a job, especially if you are a journalism major. Well Nick Mojica, 24 year old alumni of Kean University, had experienced that exact scare after his graduation in August 2013. While he was an undergraduate, he was a dedicated reporter for the Tower writing for the Sports and Arts […]
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By Mak Ojutiku You need to be a certain kind of person to be a football player. It takes a special kind of mentality to get through all the practices, training camps and workouts. All football players have some kind of defining motivator one way or another. For some it’s the rush of just being on the field, or the […]
Read moreBy: Gerald Lima One of the most exciting things to do at Kean is to go to the game room located in the University Center. Whether its students just hanging out with friends or students just relaxing between classes, this place is always filled. The game room features pool tables, Ping-Pong tables, video games, couches, and tables to do your […]
Read moreBy Mike Jago A top official from Kean has left the school in light of a probe accusing her of plagiarizing. According to an NJ.com report, Katerina Andriotis, Kean’s associate vice president of academic affairs, is accused of copying close to nine pages, as part of a 15-page enrollment management report, from two documents found from the University of Tennessee […]
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By Kyle Lawrence If you’ve been having trouble connecting to the Wi-Fi around campus, you’re not alone. “It’s bad,” said Alexina Cenan, Kean junior. “It takes too long just to log in, I just give up sometimes.” “The classrooms behind the Starbucks kiosk [in the CAS] have no 3G or Wi-fi. I hate it,” said Kristen Dematos, a third year Kean […]
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