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By Chelsey Jaipersaud | Published by March 05, 2021 They say nice guys always finish last…Nice guys are the ones who are always there to boost your confidence. Nice guys don’t get the pretty girl or the popular girl or the one with the bubbly personality. They forgot to mention that nice girls finish last too. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to […]
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By: Ruben Nieves | Published by Febraury 23. 2021 A successful Kean Baseball team will be returning for a 2021 season after Covid 19 shut them down last spring when their record was 8-2 and it looked like they were potentially on the way to the playoffs. Head coach Neil Ioviero will be prepping his team for a later start compared […]
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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 21, 2016 Kean graduate and self-proclaimed activist Kayla Simone-McKelvey admitted to tweeting numerous threats that left the Kean community “in a state of fear and panic” last November. McKelvey, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of creating a false public alarm before Superior Court Judge William Daniel on April 18,the Union County Prosecutor’s Office […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published March 31, 2016 A former state Supreme Court Justice will review Kean’s report investigating claims of institutional racism after the university faced increasing pressure from lawmakers across the state. “The Kean University Board of Trustees has already agreed to forward the Governance Committee report to Justice John E. Wallace, Jr.,” Kean University President Dawood Farahi […]
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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published March 31, 2016 Kean graduate Kayla-Simone McKelvey, who allegedly posted numerous Twitter threats against Kean students in November, must now wait until April 8 to see if she will be admitted into a probationary program. At a hearing on March 23 at the Union County Superior Court in Elizabeth, Judge William Daniel told McKelvey’s lawyer, […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published March 7, 2016 Kayla Simone McKelvey, the Kean alum accused of making threats against black students on campus via Twitter in November, was denied entry into a probation program, according to NJ Advance Media. Instead, Union County Assistant Prosecutor Shawn Barnes recommended a plea bargain, which would result in a six-month jail term in exchange […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published March 4, 2016 Kean University’s Board of Trustees turned down state Senate President Stephen Sweeney’s (D) recommendation for an auditor in a recent exchange of letters, stating that they’ve already hired one. Read more: View the entire exchange here In a joint statement from Sweeney and Senate Higher Education Committee Chair Sandra Cunningham (D), the […]
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By Redina Demushi |Staff Writer Posted on Feb. 25, 2016 Kean is currently ranked third in the TIDAL social media contest that has colleges giving back to their communities and rewarding them for their good deeds, according to the Kean Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter. The “TIDAL College’s Social Wave for Change” campaign has been sweeping social […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Feb. 10, 2016 A black Kean graduate charged with making death threats against black students on Twitter in November pleaded not guilty and is now seeking entry into a probation program, her lawyer said. Kayla-Simone McKelvey was charged with a third degree count of making a false public alarm after allegedly making Twitter threats against […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Feb. 9, 2016 Rev. Michael Blackwell, Kean University’s new employment review consultant who was hired after groups alleged institutional racism on campus, just wants the university “to move forward.” “I’m not trying to make noise, and I’m not asking for anyone to resign. I’m asking for Kean [University] to move forward,” Rev. Blackwell said in […]
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