A student coalition called Students for a Ramapo Music Center is at work raising awareness of the need for a more fitting facility for the growing music program. The music program, which has tripled in size over the past seven years, is mostly confined to the third floor of the […]
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Organization for African Unity Celebrates Culture
The Organization for African Unity held a meeting on Tuesday at 1 p.m., led by junior Kadiann Afflick, vice president of the O.A.U. Afflick presented a slideshow that began by highlighting three of her favorite writers-important contributors to the canon of African-American literature-and snippets of their work. First up was […]
Teams ‘Canstruct’ Sculpture for Charity
On Tuesday, students participated in a food drive with a twist: a competition that involved constructing sculptures out of cans to raise money for charity. Ramapo’s Enactus Club held the event, appropriately called CANstruction. The purpose of the drive was to have the participants construct sculptures using cans of food, […]
Ramapo Students Visit DC to Protest Keystone Pipeline
Last Sunday, Ramapo students from 1STEP participated in a march against the Keystone Pipeline in Washington, D.C. Three organizations dedicated to environmental awareness, 350.org, the Sierra Club and the Hip-Hop Caucus, organized the rally in order to address the controversy behind the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. 350.org is an Internet-based, […]
Flashmob Raises Violence Awareness
In the midst of an ordinary bustling cafeteria, students were caught off guard when a flashmob jammed out to "Run the World (Girls)" by Beyoncé during primetime lunch hours. Proud, excited and honored, they took the stage in the cafeteria to take a stance against violence, lift spirits and bring […]
Campus Campaign for Positive Body Image
The Women's Center in partnership with the Renfrew Center Foundation, a treatment facility for those affected with eating disorders, is promoting events for Eating Disorder Awareness Week. The events are sponsored by Delta Phi Epsilon, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Sexuality Acceptance and Freedom of Expression (S.A.F.E.). "Every physical attribute has […]
Comprehensive Calendar of CEC-Eligible Events Compiled
The Center for Student Involvement has developed a method of simplifying the Course Enrichment Component required by almost every course with the creation of a new online calendar that features events which will help satisfy the five hour CEC requirement for many classes. Eddie Seavers, the Associate Director of the […]
Construction Resumes on Campus
This week, several areas of the Ramapo College campus will be under construction and some parking lots will be out of use. Some of the construction will include the building of a new temporary walkway in front of the E-Wing, which will eventually be replaced by a permanent walkway. Because the temporary […]
Film Professor Recognized for Thrilling Screenplay
Tobin Addington, an assistant professor of media writing at Ramapo College, recently won two prestigious awards for a film script that he wrote entitled “The Unraveling.” Addington’s script won the Grand Prize at PAGE International Screenwriting Awards and the first place in the “Horror/Thriller” category at the Slamdance Writing Competition […]
Olympic ‘Blade Runner’ Charged with Murder
Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee Olympic runner, was brought into custody and charged with murder this past week. The murder charges followed the discovery of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead in his home in South Africa. Steenkamp's body was discovered on Feb. 14 with four bullet wounds and bruises. Pistorius, known as […]
