Saturday, April 27, 2024
Photo by Rebecca King A terrorist attack at a Belgian airport on Wednesday left at least 30 people dead and over 200 people wounded. The attack involved three explosions that took place at Brussels Airport, gaining worldwide attention, as different countries stood in solidarity with the victims of the attacks. […]
Photo by Giancarlo Sepulveda Ramapo College hosted a fashion show this past Friday in the Bradley Center, one which featured clothing lines by current and former students of Ramapo, as well as local designers who wanted the opportunity to promote their designs. The event, co-sponsored by the Women’s Center and […]
Photo courtesy of Parkwoo Afro-centrism earned a major victory this Black History Month with two legendary performances from two of black culture's biggest icons, Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar. Beyoncé, for the second time in three years, owned the Super Bowl halftime show stage, performing her newest song “Formation,” which embraces […]
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday in a West Texas resort. Scalia has reportedly died of natural causes. He was 79. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Scalia’s death a hit to conservatism and insisted that his replacement be selected under a new […]
Photo by Rebecca King President Mercer and school administrators hosted a Town Hall meeting in Friends’ Hall yesterday to address race and inclusion on campus. The meeting comes amidst the racial tensions at the University of Missouri that resulted in the resignation of the school’s president and chancellor. Ramapo’s first […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia Throughout the summer and some of the fall, Donald Trump was the most popular Republican presidential candidate in the media. Trump’s aggressive speech, criticism of other candidates, racist remarks and uncultivated ideas regarding the end of illegal immigration – otherwise known as “the wall” […]
During last night’s GOP debate at the University of Colorado Boulder, Republican presidential candidates criticized the mainstream media. The candidates, who found the questions posed by the moderators to be needlessly confrontational, called out CNBC moderators Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood: “The questions that have been asked so […]
Photo by Giancarlo Sepulveda Jesus Nebot, a Spanish award-winning filmmaker and transformational speaker, called for immigration reform at the Latin@ Heritage Month banquet at the Trustees Pavilion on Wednesday. Jesus Nebot’s speech dissected misconceptions about Latin immigrants and addressed illegal immigrant crime rates and undocumented employment. He also proposed a solution […]
Photo by Steve Fallon A small group of about 20 students from different races, religions and backgrounds sat down for an hour-long open discussion on Monday about their personal experiences with race – from growing up in different neighborhoods, to their experiences here at Ramapo. This was the first of […]
In New York City, three colleges added and subsequently were asked to drop a potentially problematic question on their school applications. St. John’s University in Queens, Dowling College in Oakdale, Long Island and Five Towns College in Dix Hills, Long Island all asked applicants if they have ever been arrested […]
