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By Emily Robles | Published by October 8, 2020 Resident Assistant Shaikira Jackson usually hosts pizza parties and trivia nights for students to come together in the dorms, but this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, she finds herself making her programs on zoom instead. This fall semester, COVID-19 has made universities across the country unable to have a normal school […]
Read moreBy Leshay Jones | Published by October 8, 2020 The Pan-African Student Union in collaboration with the National Council of Negro Women held a panel where Black and Brown students opened up Pandora’s box, discussing some heavy topics. The discussion, held on Sept. 17, started off with an address from President Lamont Repollet, who encouraged students and praised Kean for its […]
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By Breanna Palzer | Published by October 8, 2020 COVID-19 has caused many changes around the world. These changes include wearing masks when going out into public and constant hand washing. Lifestyle was not the only thing that changed. College campuses were also included in the need to adapt during these crucial times, Kean University being one of those campuses. […]
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By Chelsey Jaipersaud | Published by October 7, 2020 The impact of the coronavirus has led to students and faculty adjusting to a new learning environment at home. Kean has developed their own restart plan where the use of Blackboard Collaborate, a learning management system, has been embedded into lesson plans and the overall structure of each course offered. Kean […]
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By Cindy Lazo | Published by October 7, 2020 This past year, with the growing support for Black Lives Matter Movement, many conversations have opened up on racial discrimination–and for the Afro-Latinx community, it is a long ignored issue. An increasing number in the Afro-Latinx community are advocating for inclusion in the Black Lives Matter movement after decades of societal […]
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By Zoe Strozewski | Published by October 1, 2020 Dr. Lamont Repollet, Kean University’s newly-installed president, has taken on a leadership role at a very turbulent time, with the COVID-19 pandemic, calls for racial justice and a controversial 2020 presidential election approaching. He hopes to meet these issues with a student-centered approach and a push for equity, values that he […]
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By Tiye Bracy | Published by September 22, 2020 The Greek Senate held its first virtual Meet the Greeks event on Sept. 16. “This year, Meet the Greeks was 100% virtual using the feature of Virtual Fairs on Cougar Link,” said Graduate Intern of Greek Affairs Gabriella Lapointe. The Greek Senate is greek life which encourages members of the organization […]
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By Zoe Strozewski, Editor-in-Chief | Published by September 1, 2020 As we begin the fall semester, I want to impart a critical plea to my fellow students: do not treat this semester like semesters of the past because it is the opposite of ordinary. The consequences of irresponsible student behavior and a COVID-19 outbreak on campus could be devastating to […]
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By Zoe Strozewski, Editor-in-Chief | Published by June 5, 2020 Kean University frequently likes to tout its status as one of the most diverse schools in the country. In fact, that statistic is front and center on the Kean website’s home page. However, the Kean community only heard crickets from the school administration for days after George Floyd was murdered. […]
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By Zoe Strozewski | Published by May 13, 2020 Kean’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the university to suspend various academic programs and take other actions to offset a $20 million deficit due to the COVID-19 pandemic, despite pleas from faculty, students and alumni at its May 11 meeting. President Dawood Farahi, PhD, told the board and […]
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