The Women’s Center and LGBTQ+ Services, Health Promotion in the Center for Health and Counseling Services and the Office of Violence Prevention are teaming up to provide Ramapo students with the Healthy Love Party (HLP) program. The program offers students services to educate themselves on sexually transmitted infections (STIs), safer […]
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Students and faculty reflect on grieving in an academic setting
A 2021 study published in the International Dialogues on Education found that 60% of college students experience at least one loss during their academic career. Addressing academic obligations on top of basic needs can become overwhelming. “The psychological response to grief is profound enough to have an impact on someone’s […]
Overworked students have poorer mental health
Has the phrase, “you’ll sleep when you’re dead” ever come to mind when you stay up through the night trying to finish all of your assignments? It certainly does whenever I am, on top of working for The Ramapo News and trying to jumpstart the Literature Club. However, my situation […]
Biden Admin ignores main cause of gun violence
America is no stranger to gun violence. With schools practicing lockdown drills, discussions of teachers carrying guns and more security roaming the halls, this fear is always on our minds. But why do we put the responsibility of protection on the schools rather than the source of the guns? This […]
Enrolling in minor programs can prove to be difficult
Photo courtesy of Celine Panis-Pardo. Last week we took a look into the minor programs at Ramapo and how enrollment varies across disciplines. Having the institutional perspective, we’re now looking to see how students navigate adding additional disciplines or focuses to their degree. A student’s likelihood of taking a […]
Student schedules don’t ease for spring break
Photo courtesy of Andrea Piacquadio, Pexels. Spring break is designed for students — especially college students — to get a break from the stress of their everyday lives. They theoretically get a week of no classes, assignments, tests or papers. Unfortunately this spring break will be filled with more work than […]
The losses COVID-19 dealt us, physically and spiritually
Photo courtesy of Daniel Spiess, Flickr. No matter what, college acts as the stepping stone for teenagers to become young adults, discover themselves, meet new people and learn new things that may benefit them in their adult and professional futures. Because of the pandemic, students are forced into the purgatory […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is a major source of anxiety
Photo courtesy of Eden, Janine and Jim, Flickr The COVID-19 pandemic feels like a story pulled from a dystopian novel: a new virus we know little about has spread across the globe, infecting hundreds of thousands of people and killing tens of thousands of people. There are government-mandated curfews across […]
Controversy raises after stimulus package announcement
Photo courtesy of Shealah Craighead, Wikipedia The biggest stimulus package in the history of the United States got passed a little less than two weeks ago. Congress approved a $2 trillion budget that was then signed into law by President Donald Trump. While the bill does provide relief to those […]
New iPhones come with hefty price tags
Courtesy of Apple It has been nearly a week since Apple CEO Tim Cook came out to defend the new iPhone prices and the craze to obtain the newest device despite its hefty price tag. The company initially released three new iPhones, the iPhone XR, XS and XS Max, with […]