Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Photo by Steve Fallon Ramapo Public Safety officer, Tray Baremore, has hit the ground running with the new self-defense program Rape Aggression Defense, also known as R.A.D. Systems, which is currently being scheduled at Ramapo College of New Jersey. According to the R.A.D. Systems profile, “The mission of the R.A.D. […]
Photo by Steve Fallon Benjamin Jealous, former president and CEO of the NAACP, came to Ramapo College on Monday for a lecture sponsored by the Dean’s Lecture Series. He talked about a variety of topics, but his primary focus was to communicate to the audience his own experiences as a […]
Photo Courtesy of Halle Pineiro An estimated 400,000 demonstrators flooded the streets of Manhattan on Sunday for the People's Climate March, the largest climate change demonstration in history. Among their ranks were dozens of Ramapo students, calling upon the world to take action against the climate crisis. “This whole event […]
Ramapo College is no longer offering health insurance to its students, according to an official Ramapo College announcement made over the summer. This announcement was made in light of the state legislature’s decision to sign off on an addition to Title 18A, which no longer requires students to be covered […]
Photo by Nicole Williams Every seat was filled in the H-wing auditorium yesterday, leaving many standing, as Rigoberta Menchu, a 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner and activist for rights of indigenous peoples, spoke to the Ramapo community in an address entitled “Student Engagement: Towards a Promising Future.” Menchu is a […]
Photo Courtesy of Elaine Patterson Abdulai Swaray spent his entire childhood living in Sierra Leone; at the time the country was steeped in suffering at the hands of a raging civil war. Years later, Swaray made a connection with the Ramapo community through the Sierra Leone study abroad program and […]
Photos by Steve Fallon Last Thursday, as a part of Ramapo's Constitution Day celebration, the College hosted a Q-and-A with former New Jersey governor James J. Florio in the Sharp Theater. After the address, the first discussion in the Supreme Court of the United States Discussion Series, entitled "The Strategic […]
Photo by Nicole Williams The Ramapo College Beekeeping Club, or RCBC, sold jars of raw honey, harvested here, on our campus, in the Student Center last Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the RCBC president, Kristen Andrada, the sale promoted awareness for their club, brought attention to bees and to the importance of […]
Photo by Steve Fallon Jacqueline Ehlert-Mercer, co-founder of the Edible Garden, held the sixth annual edible garden event at the Havemeyer House last Thursday, this time featuring Food Network star Ellie Krieger. Attendees were served a dinner made from the food produced by the edible garden, which is grown by […]
Photo by Nicole Williams Ramapo hosted its first World of Ramapo event, themed “64 or More (You’re Almost There),” this past Thursday. The event, which was held at the Grove, was hosted by the Junior Year Student Engagement Committee and was designed to give juniors valuable information about their remaining […]
