Photo courtesy of AliZifan, Wikipedia December is here and with it many things are coming up: finals week, the winter holiday season and the presidential election. It's not just a November occurrence; the general election merely allows citizens to perform their administrative duty of electing the popular vote while the […]
Tag: Voting
Upcoming Election Highlights Bipartisan System
Photo courtesy of Nicholas Chaimov, Flickr One sunny afternoon, you decide to head over to a local cafe for lunch. Upon entering, you look up at the plethora of options on the menu and find the perfect choice. Going over to the cashier, you order your meal only to be […]
Student Ambassadors Bring Voter Registration Movement to Campus
Photo by Nicole Williams With the 2016 presidential campaign well underway, two Ramapo students are taking strides to make sure their peers are among those heading to the polls in November. Freshmen Houda Essafi and Nina Schulze connected with the Andrew Goodman Foundation in December and made the partnership official […]
College Student Apathy Toward Elections Undermines Democracy, Hurts Millions
Photo Courtesy of Kate Sumbler, Flickr Creative Commons On a recent reporting assignment, I went around asking Ramapo students if they had watched the Oct. 13 CNN Democratic presidential debate and what their opinion on it was if they had one. I was somewhat surprised to find that very few […]
CA$H Committee Urges Students to Vote
The Student Government Association’s College Advocates Supporting Higher Education (CA$H) Committee raises awareness about higher education issues that directly impact us all, especially those issues that affect our tuition. Every other week, we’ll discuss a different issue facing higher education. In this issue, we’ll answer the question facing many college-aged students: […]