Thursday, May 2, 2024
Photo by Jordan Elstad President Trump delivered the 96th annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, and Ramapo students gathered at Padvano Commons to watch and discuss. The event was low-key, offering food for students and screening the address on two separate networks in order to maintain a sense […]
Photo courtesy of Robert Couse-Baker, Flickr Fort Ann, N.Y. mayor Denis Langlois has faced a great deal of backlash since he posted a since-deleted Facebook post labelling Democrat voters as “retarded.” The post read, “If anyone that I know vote for a Democrat on Tuesday you should sign yourself into […]
Photo courtesy of AH8329, Wikipedia In an extreme attempt of keeping his promise to control migration and the issue of illegal immigration into the U.S, President Donald Trump ordered the closure of the U.S.-Mexico border to install new barriers. On Monday, the San Ysidro border in Tijuana, Mexico, one of […]
Photo courtesy of Amin, Wikipedia A week before the midterms on Nov. 6, with political tensions rising as the country faced oppositions within itself, Ben & Jerry’s took it upon themselves to release a new flavor called “Pecan Resist.” The significance of the flavor was highlighted in a press release, […]
Photo courtesy of United States Senate, Wikipedia After what seemed to be the longest campaign season ever, we can finally relish in the fact that we won’t have to see another political advertisement blowing up our televisions until the next election comes about. Many of the people running for office […]
Photo courtesy of CCEC, Facebook Whether it is gun control, abortion, the country’s leadership or US foreign policy, younger voters are an increasingly loud voice as the midterm elections approach on Nov. 6. Involvement is expected to drive higher turnout for a midterm election than what was seen four years ago. […]
Photo by Isaiah McCall Students, professors and veterans of all ages flocked to the Alumni Lounges on Wednesday, Oct. 3, to support Ramapo’s own Professor Jeremy M. Teigen and his recently released book, “Why Veterans Run: Military Service in American Presidential Elections, 1789-2016.” Teigen, who has a family history of […]
Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Justice, Wikipedia Late last week, the New York Times ran a story about The Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein allegedly offering to wear a wire to record President Trump and his top officials after the 2017 firing of FBI Director James Comey. This broke […]
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College of New Jersey, Flickr It is no secret that admissions offices consider race when judging a student’s admission into a college, but a new study done by Boston public broadcasting station WGBH shows that people want that to come to an end, and fast. According […]
Photo by Kimberlee Bongard The Civic and Community Engagement Center held their second annual Quiz Bowl as a part of Community Engagement week. Dr. Walter T. Brown, a professor of history and international studies, and CCEC student coordinator Achyut Gautam emceed each round with questions about current events and global […]
