Monkeypox has quickly become a concern after Americans started contracting the virus during the summer, following the first positive case in Boston, Mass. Since then, different colleges across the country have been monitoring the disease, as well as following the Centers for Disease Control Prevention’s (CDC) guidelines for management on […]
Author: ALEX LAMATTINA
Road Run 5K supports St. Jude with $5,000 donation
Photo courtesy of Alex Lamattina. Ramapo College held a Road Run 5K fundraiser event on Sunday, April 10 underneath the Arch in the campus grove. The event was for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and each participant had an entrance fee of $20 to contribute to the donation. Before the event […]
Ramapo lifts mask mandates in face of CDC guidelines and new variant
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College, Flickr. Ramapo College announced on March 25 in an email to all students that the administration will be relaxing its mandatory mask policy effective Monday, March 28, one week after returning from spring break. The decision stems from an earlier message sent on March 3, explaining […]
Texas government remains tyrannical with transphobic new policies
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr. In the wake of the latest Florida news and its “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Texas has decided to continue the assault on the LGBTQ+ community. Last Tuesday Governor Greg Abbott ordered Texas’ child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender transitioning procedures as “child abuse.” […]
Drug abuse in baseball widely discussed after Tyler Skaggs’ death
Photo courtesy of Ian D'Andrea, Wikipedia. A former Los Angeles Angels employee was convicted Thursday of providing former pitcher Tyler Skaggs with drugs that caused his death by overdose in 2019. The trial is taking place in Texas, 15 miles from where Skaggs was found dead during a road trip in […]
Don’t Say Gay bill a possible infringement on LGBTQ+ rights
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr. Florida’s state committee voted to pass the Parental Rights in Education bill late last week. The bill, which is also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, would prohibit the discussion of sexual orientation in classrooms because it has not been deemed “age appropriate.” The […]
Six more weeks of winter may result in mental health struggles
Photo courtesy of Heckrodt Wetland Reserve, Flickr. Renowned groundhog Punxsutawney Phil popped out of his hole and saw his shadow two weeks ago, meaning that winter is prolonged for another six weeks this year. College students now face about one month or longer of a season that isn’t the friendliest. […]
The losses COVID-19 dealt us, physically and spiritually
Photo courtesy of Daniel Spiess, Flickr. No matter what, college acts as the stepping stone for teenagers to become young adults, discover themselves, meet new people and learn new things that may benefit them in their adult and professional futures. Because of the pandemic, students are forced into the purgatory […]
Religion is a paper-thin disguise for anti-abortion hatred
Photo courtesy of Claire Anderson, Unsplash. Roe v. Wade and the topic of abortion have made their way back into the Surpeme Court. Judges are weighing their opinions on the Mississippi law that, if overturned, would restrict access to abortion in almost half of the United States. It’s a controversial issue, […]
Paul Gosar deserves much more punishment beyond being censured
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wiki. The House of Representatives voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar, who represents Arizona’s 4th Congressional District, on Nov. 17 due to a controversial video Gosar had tweeted. The video in question was an edited clip from the anime show, “Attack on Titan” by […]