The Civic and Community Engagement Center (CCEC) celebrated Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (HHAW) at Ramapo Nov. 13-19. HHAW is a national event sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, and it has been held the week before Thanksgiving since […]
Author: EMILY MELVIN
“Faith in the Future” reinstitutes Louis Tomlinson in spotlight
As a longtime fan of One Direction, seeing the solo careers of all five members makes me reminisce on my childhood and the band that once was. However, I can’t lie – I love some of their solo work. I am a huge fan of Harry Styles’ and Niall Horan’s […]
Environmental injustice against Ramapoughs unburied at EDIC event
Ringwood, New Jersey is about a 20-minute drive away from Ramapo College and home to generations of Ramapough Indians. The woodsy town was built on the foundations of Native land, but its community continues to die off due to decades of lethal contamination from Ford Motor Company, one of the […]
Black Solidarity Week begins with slave cemetery clean up
The Ramapo community came together for Black Solidarity Week to celebrate the college’s Black student body and ancestors. During the entire week of Nov. 7 – 11, the Black Student Union (BSU), the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance (EDIC) and other organizations scheduled a variety of events for […]
Meghan Trainor presents nothing new in ‘Takin’ It Back’
Meghan Trainor may have “Made You Look,” but was she able to make you listen? If you’ve been active on TikTok over the past two weeks, I’m sure you can’t get the lines “I could have my Gucci on / I could wear my Louis Vuitton / But even with […]
Students rally to eradicate sexual and domestic violence
Take Back the Night is an event held at Ramapo and other colleges every October to empower survivors and victims of sexual and domestic violence. The international movement and non-profit organization was formed in March of 1976 to take a stand against all forms of sexual, relationship, gender and domestic […]
Oktoberfest unites Ramapo peers and their families
The college community and families gathered to participate in the Student Government Association’s (SGA) annual Oktoberfest, which spanned over three days and included historic Ramapo events. The festivities began on Thursday night with a viewing of Ramapo’s episode of “The College Tour” and ended late Saturday night with the vibrant […]
Students sign petition to increase campus security
Nearly 4,000 Ramapo students have signed a change.org petition demanding improved on-campus security following an abduction of a student last Thursday in the commuter parking lot. Alexis Ruhlen, a sophomore nursing major with minors in neuroscience and psychology, said she was in a toxic and controlling relationship for two years. […]
Wasps are all the buzz in Student Center
Wasps have created a hive in the upper level of the Student Center, resulting in an infestation of yellowjackets – both alive and dead – found throughout the second floor. The wasps were first reported on Aug. 24, the same day that many students participating in early move-in arrived. Exterminators […]
LaChanze’s one-woman show reflects lifelong journey
On the evening of Oct. 8, the Berrie Center was gifted with a delightful, jazzy performance by esteemed Broadway actress and singer Rhonda LaChanze Sapp, who goes simply by LaChanze Known for her 2006 Tony Award winning role as Celie Harris Johnson in “The Color Purple,” LaChanze keeps busy with […]