Author: KEVIN HURTADO

Community Collaboration Essential for Campus Diversity Initiatives

Photo by Nicole Williams A critical aspect of college life is having the opportunity to explore your identity through programming that often gives students a safe space to learn more about themselves and their respective cultural history. However, the divide in Ramapo’s student body in regards to heritage month celebrations […]

LGBTQA Representation Prominent in Ramapo Greek Life

Greek life has a history of having an undeniably heteronormative culture in contemporary American society, especially depending on your geographic location and specific fraternity or sorority interests. It comes as no surprise that many LGBTQA-identified individuals may feel that attempting to pledge for a fraternity or sorority would be a […]

Avoid the Dreaded Winter Cold with These Helpful Tips

It’s flu season again! The temperatures are dropping and, once again, we must walk around with the fear of catching the dreaded cold. In the past, you have probably spent more than an ample amount of time trying to avoid sick people, dressing as warm as humanly possible, or being […]

Using Satirical Programs To Obtain News

There is a new form of late night entertainment. Surprisingly enough, this new form of entertainment is a source of news for many Americans who have gotten tired of the traditional and sometimes depressing CNN, FOX and ABC News journalism. Comedic news, in the past years, has been a huge […]

Get to Know Your Professors to Get the Best Recommendations

Job hunting and/or finding an internship is a strenuous process. There's long applications, waiting to hear back from potential employers, and asking for recommendations. Of course, seeking an appropriate recommendation offers a lot of complications. Who should you ask? Who will actually give you a worth-while recommendation? What should you […]

Pumpkin Themed Foods a Favorite Every Fall

Fall has been well underway for a couple of weeks now. What's more apparent than the fall weather and the fall fashion is the food that many have been waiting to return since this time last year, mainly pumpkin foods. Pumpkin picking is not the only thing pumpkins are good […]

Finding a Balance Between Jobs and Academics is Key

Being a student is a full-time commitment and balancing the coursework of four to five classes takes energy and planning. A typical class will assign hours of reading, an equivalent amount of homework, group assignments and anything else that a particular professor deems necessary. Although academic work is every student’s first […]

Fall Menswear Trends that Make a Statement

We've heard it before: "clothes make the man." While that may or may not be true, we cannot deny the importance of fashion and style in society. A well-dressed man makes a statement everywhere he goes. Whether it's to a job interview, to class or a quick trip to the […]

Ramapo Gear, Nike Products and More Top Best Bookstore Buys

Strenuous long lines at the Ramapo College bookstore are no more. Students are situated in classes that they may love or hate but can no longer drop. Some students might have exchanged books just as they switched in and out of classes, but the painful bookstore lines that everyone fears […]

‘Don Jon’ Leaves Moviegoers with Mixed Reviews

He is a porn addict who has tailored his life around an unbreakable routine. He has no problem relishing in the success of his pattern, as it is styled to his liking and no woman has ever broken it. No person has ever questioned it. Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) only […]