Is it just me, or is our weather getting worse and worse over time? I am a born-and-raised Jersey girl, but as far as I can remember, our winters have been getting increasingly messy year after year. Or, maybe I'm just paying more attention now. After all, the weather outside […]

During last week's State of the Union address, I was proud to hear our president talk about higher education. President  Barack Obama has made our generation a priority to committing to build equal opportunities for students of all backgrounds. For instance, he discussed plans of a College Opportunity Summit, where […]

On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Super Bowl XLVIII was hosted at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, where the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks competed for that shiny trophy and the title of Super Bowl Champions. Though the game was disappointingly uneventful for Broncos fans, for anyone who is a Bruno […]

As The Ramapo News officially kicks off our spring semester, we’re channeling our inner Uncle Sam. WE WANT YOU to take our survey! In the beginning of September, the staff brainstormed our personal goals for the semester. (I blogged about it, remember?) We discussed how we felt we could improve […]

Dear Ramapo, When was the last time you apologized to someone for being yourself? Was it last week? Yesterday? Today? Five minutes ago? I’d like to call out the 18- to 25-year-old demographic for apologizing too much. We care so much about what other people think of us that we […]

Because millennials grew up around personal computer technology and experienced the emergence of the world wide web in the public domain in the late 90s, it is safe to claim our generation of ," are well acquainted with digital online media. Since we are so accustomed to the Internet phenomena, […]

Dear Editor:  One of the most stressful things about being in college is making sure your schedule for the upcoming semester is a good fit. Want to know what makes that task even more stressful? Picking classes when you have practices, games or meets to work around. Being a student […]

Dear Editor: This letter is in direct response to an editorial letter posted by Brian Rocha earlier this week regarding priority registration for athletes.  Rocha is absolutely entitled to his opinion, and he is, of course, not the only person who disagrees with giving priority registration to athletes.  However, I […]

Last week, I wrote about the importance of continually relearning the basics amidst the need to keep up with what is new and growing in the industry. As journalists, we're lucky that our regular assignments are like "field trips" that help reinforce what we already know and the most important […]