Photo by Rebecca King A suicide awareness vigil to honor victims of suicide and spread awareness of mental illness was held on Friday at 7 p.m. by the arch. At the event, which was hosted by the Active Minds club, students were encouraged to bring a poem, speech or picture […]
Author: ALICIA CAHILL
Speaker Provides New Perspectives on Gender
On Tuesday, Sam Killermann discussed his experiences with snap judgments, identity and oppression to help students feel comfortable in their own queer skin in honor of Queer History Month. “I wanted to target the male students on campus in order to create a safer space for the queer-identified people on […]
Alcohol-related Offenses Decrease After Policy Change
Ramapo College recently released its annual security report, which showed a significant decrease in alcohol-related offenses. The report lists incidences that occurred on campus for the past three years. The most recent report showed that liquor law violation arrests have decreased from 12 arrests, to 7, to 2 from 2010-2012 […]
Best-selling Author Discusses Living with Asperger’s Syndrome
To kick off National Disability Awareness Month, the Office of Specialized Services at Ramapo College invited New York Times best-selling author David Finch to give his lecture entitled "You, Fulfilled" to the Ramapo Community. Finch, who was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at age 30, wrote his successful and humorous novel […]
New Mahwah Eatery
This Friday, the doors of Mary Ann's Gourmet Market will open in the Ramapo Centre shopping complex on MacArthur Boulevard. Owner Michael Flynn, a chef for the past 22 years, was inspired to open a gourmet market while shopping at Mahwah Bagels and Gourmet, which is where the new market […]
National Activist Visits Ramapo for Hazing Prevention Week
Ramapo fraternities and sororities gathered this week to hear an anti-hazing activist speak about the severity and consequences of hazing. Rick Barnes, an anti-hazing activist who has traveled around the country to speak to more than 1,200 schools, delivered the National Hazing Prevention Week keynote speech to Ramapo Tuesday night. […]
Self-proclaimed ‘Nerd’ Welcomes Freshman Class
Every fall, Opening Convocation welcomes students to the beginning of a new academic year with the author of the book they read over the summer, giving students the opportunity to connect with the summer reading assignment on a deeper level. The book is also analyzed in the freshmen’s First […]
Author Benjamin Nugent Speaks at Convocation
The entire freshman class, along with faculty and some upperclassmen, gathered in the Bradley Center to hear Benjamin Nugent speak about his book, "American Nerd: The Story of my People" for Opening Convocation on Sept. 12. Every fall, Opening Convocation welcomes students to the beginning of a new academic year […]