Friday, April 26, 2024
Photo courtesy of The White House, Wikipedia Comedian Trevor Noah stated it best on Twitter last Tuesday night: “Lord in Heaven. Why did the first politician to follow through on his promises have to be Donald Trump?” This Tweet, written by the host of "The Daily Show," was a direct […]
Photo by Hope Patti The morning after the election, I laid in my bed in disbelief. Later that day, I was set to moderate an open forum on sexual violence. The event itself was comprised of a panel of administrators who answered questions and concerns relating to Ramapo’s sexual violence […]
Photo by Hannah Reasoner Two days after the election of Donald Trump, students – disheartened by the results and apprehensive of the future – gathered at the Arch and rallied together to voice their support for members of the Ramapo community regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation or religion. “We […]
Photo by Hope Patti Last Thursday night was a normal night for me – well as normal as a night can be after a highly controversial man was just elected President of my country only two days ago. I was sitting in the Laurel Hall lounge, hanging out with my […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia In the early hours of Nov. 9, it became official: Donald Trump is the next president of the United States. After winning several very important swing states, Trump secured the 270 electoral college votes he needed to defeat Hillary Clinton, bringing to an end […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Although he wasn’t my first choice for President, Donald Trump managed to clinch the Republican Party’s nomination by a relatively wide margin. I disagree with Trump’s stances on multiple issues, but his foreign policy plans mainly align with the core standards of the GOP. […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia The first of three presidential debates was held this Monday night at Hofstra University. The debate hosted by Lester Holt, NBC news anchor, highlighted the major differences between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump—not just political differences, but personal and stylistic differences as well. A […]
Photo courtesy of Zachary Moskow, Wikipedia Hillary Clinton continued her presidential campaign on Wednesday by stopping at the University of New Hampshire with former democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. “If you have the ability, you will be able to get a college education,” Sanders said with the mutual support of Clinton […]
Photo by Hope Patti On Thursday, Ramapo welcomed Franco Pavoncello, the President of John Cabot University in Rome and a professor of political science, to lead a presentation in the York Room on “Lessons Learned from Contemporary Italian Politics.” The discussion focused on the United States' standing as a world super power […]
Photo by Rebecca King A terrorist attack at a Belgian airport on Wednesday left at least 30 people dead and over 200 people wounded. The attack involved three explosions that took place at Brussels Airport, gaining worldwide attention, as different countries stood in solidarity with the victims of the attacks. […]
