Tag: New York City

Plastic bags should be banned across the U.S.

Photo courtesy of Daniel Stockman, Flickr As a nation of 327.2 million people and counting, we should follow New York’s example of discontinuing the use of plastic bags. Nearly two weeks ago, it was determined that New York would become the second state to ban plastic bags, second to California […]

Ramapo professor displays photography in exhibit

Photo courtesy of Robbie Bulilan Professor Warner Wada’s one-person exhibit of black and white photography, featuring 1970s-era Pittsburgh and present-day New York City from as recent as 2018, is on display in the Pascal Gallery of the Berrie Center. Photographs from the exhibition titled “Warner Wada’s Photographs: Pittsburgh 1975-77, New […]

Stop-and-frisk should be reinstituted in Chicago

Photo courtesy of Dave Conner, Flickr In a speech to law enforcement leaders last week, President Trump suggested Chicago ought to bring back the controversial police tactic known as stop-and-frisk to dissipate violent crimes within the city. He went on to describe the violence in Chicago as a “terrible blight” […]

WRPR heads to New York for broadcasting conference

Photo courtesy of Eric Meola, Wikipedia The Ramapo College Radio Club, WRPR-FM (90.3) took a trip this weekend to New York City for the 78th annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting Conference held at the Hotel Pennsylvania in downtown Manhattan. The conference featured a number of informational panels, guest appearances by acclaimed musicians, […]