Saturday, April 27, 2024
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College of New Jersey This week marks Ramapo’s ninth annual Scholars' Week, and on Tuesday, April 13, a session was hosted for all student poster presenters via Webex. The students were put into breakout rooms by their school and then given time to answer questions about […]
Photo courtesy of munshots, Unsplash Derek Chauvin’s criminal court trial commenced its opening statements on March 29. Defendants and plaintiffs are expected to present their arguments to Hennepin County Judge Peter A. Cahill in the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. Cameras have been authorized to record Chauvin’s trial out […]
Photo courtesy of slgckg, Flickr On March 25, Rutgers University announced that the COVID-19 vaccine would be mandatory for all students returning to campus in the Fall 2021 semester. This announcement has sparked a heated debate over whether or not colleges have the right to require this vaccine. Some have argued […]
Photo courtesy of Sinn Féin, Flickr On Wednesday, March 31 at 5 p.m., Ramapo’s Democracy Matters club hosted an event titled “The Intersection of Money in Politics and Disability Rights.” The event began with a presentation. Nikolas Bykov began the presentation introducing how large corporations and billionaires hold influence over policy. […]
Photo courtesy of Maria Lysenko, Unsplash President Joe Biden was deeply affected by the Boulder, Colo. shooting attack on March 22. Stemming from the heartache of losing family members in 1973, the head of state declared immediate action to prevent more people from becoming gun violence mortalities. Victims of the […]
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College of New Jersey Through his own encounters and one migrant’s personal testimony, Dr. Behzad Yaghmaian took the audience of Ramapo’s latest Global Talks event on a journey of emotional migrant stories. The March 22 Webex lecture was co-sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education, […]
Photo courtesy of Jason Leung, Unsplash Last Tuesday, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long barged into Young’s Asian Massage in the town of Acworth, Ga. He opened fire on individuals inside the building, killing two people. Another two died on the way to the hospital from gunshot wounds. The suspect was later […]
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College From March 14-20, Ramapo's School of Humanities and Global Studies hosted “Ramapo Reads Together,” a literature event started by junior Marissa Krasny. The week-long string of events all centered around the book “Practical Magic” by Alice Hoffman. Krasny said she chose the book because it […]
Photo by Natalie Tsur Associate professor of Spanish, Natalia Santamaria interviewed literature professor Lisa Williams on March 18 to discuss her recent novel, “Forget Russia,” over Zoom. A range of both students and faculty members were in attendance, and the event was hosted by the Gross Center for Holocaust and […]
Photo by Tori D'Amico On March 10, Ramapo College honored Dr. Patricia Ard and Dr. Amanda Beecher as co-recipients of the Fred and Florence Thomases Faculty Award. Florence Thomases was a founding member of Ramapo College, and her husband Fred a major leader in the community. They endowed the college […]
