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Teachers March to Birch Mansion for Contract Negotiations

Faculty and staff gathered yesterday to demonstrate in favor of a settled contract. Since last year, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) union has been negotiating with the state unsuccessfully. After marching to Birch Mansion, a few members met with President Peter Mercer to ask for an official statement in […]

Senior Wins Prestigious Award to Study in Spain Next Year

Come September, senior Nora Dougherty will be far away from the normalcy of move-in day, 8:00 a.m. classes and club meetings during common hour.  While this is a luxury most other graduating seniors will be experiencing, Dougherty's case is slightly different- on April 18, the international studies major learned that […]

Students Celebrate Being Green at Second Annual Event

  A shining sun, free food, live music, and numerous games and attractions greeted the attendees at this year’s GreenFest on Friday. Ramapo students turned out for the event on the Bandshell lawn, which was coordinated by multiple organizations including NORML, 1Step, Yoga Club and the Student Government Association. The […]

Two Film Classes Combine to Create Final Student Project

Professors Kelly Dolak and Addington added a new twist to their producing and directing classes this semester by combining them for a final film project. For Addington's fiction film class, this is the final film the students will be directing. They have spent the last third of the semester working […]

SLIDESHOW: Ramapo News Holds Design Workshop for High Schoolers

Ramapo News editors and Waldwick High School juniors and seniors joined forces again for a design workshop on April 24, held at Ramapo College. The WHS student journalists, who produce the school newspaper "The Echo," visited Ramapo College to participate in an all-day program on newspaper layout, which included a […]

Ramapo Student Wins National Karate Title

Devin Javois's parents originally put him in karate classes to get him off the streets of Paterson, which they succeeded in, but they also helped Devin discover a sport that he was passionate about and inevitably extremely talented at. This past winter break, Devin Javois, a freshman at Ramapo College, […]

Finance Professor Might Run Against Booker For Senate

Murray Sabrin, professor of finance at Ramapo, said he is considering a campaign for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D) in this year's New Jersey U.S. Senate race. "I thought maybe this would be the perfect opportunity for me to run and present a platform that […]

CCEC Brings Awareness to the Hungry, Homeless

This week, the Civic and Community Engagement Center is hosting Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (HHAW), where students will have the opportunity to learn about and experience poverty. Ramapo students will be able to experience poverty firsthand at the third annual OxFam Hunger Banquet, learn about the fast food industry […]

Sabrin Makes Campaign Stop at Ramapo College

Dr. Murray Sabrin, professor of finance at Ramapo, addressed students, staff and faculty on Tuesday as part of his campaign for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D) for the New Jersey U.S. Senate in November.  "I believe I am on the right side of all these […]

News Round Up: Stories From This Past Week

The Ramapo News staff was off this past week for Thanksgiving break, but the holiday didn't prevent it from being a busy news week. Here's what you missed while we were gone. Metro Derailing: On Sunday morning, a Metro-North train derailed from the tracks in the Bronx. New York Governor […]