Wednesday, January 22, 2025
The Hindu calendar Bikram Sambat is about 57 years ahead of the Gregorian Calendar used by most of the rest of the world. Nepal, one of the South Asian countries that follows it, celebrated Nepali New Year on Friday, April 14 to ring in 2080. Ramapo’s International Students Organization (ISO) […]
The Clothesline Project began in 1990 as a response to the statistic that “58,000 soldiers died in the Vietnam war. During that same period of time, 51,000 women were killed mostly by men who supposedly loved them.” Co-founder and visual artist Rachel Carey-Harper came up with the idea of decorating […]
The World of Law, Law and Society speaker series invited 2015 graduate Jonathan Mangel to present “A Legal Roadrunner Comes Home: Perspectives from an alumnus in the legal field.” Mangel discussed his experiences in and out of school that led to him getting a job with the New Jersey Office […]
Autism Awareness Month or Autism Acceptance Month? April is caught in a tug-of-war, and I am pulling for the latter. I am only one autistic person and cannot speak on behalf of the entire community, but I know I am not alone. Autistic disability rights activist Paula C. Durbin-Westby held […]
This past week, the Ramapo men’s volleyball team was determined to make up for their devastating NJAC conference loss (3-1) to Kean University that curbed their seven-game win streak. Ramapo proceeded to shut out St. Joseph’s Brooklyn (SJCBK) on Saturday by a score of 3-0. The game was dominated by […]
To close out Women’s HERstory Month, Ramapo held its annual Honoring the Women Who Inspire Us Luncheon in the Alumni Lounges. Nominated by students, women-identified faculty and staff members received awards for their work in and out of the classroom. Attendees were welcome to enjoy a variety of complimentary sandwiches […]
Liberty State Park has become a battleground, torn between the interests of a billionaire and the residents of Jersey City. The first shot was fired in 2020 by former Reebok CEO Paul Fireman when he attempted to purchase part of the publicly owned land to expand the course of the […]
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has invested over $5 billion dollars in research since 1946 in accordance with its mission to “Save Lives, Celebrate Lives & Lead the Fight for a World Without Cancer.” In 1985, it founded the Relay for Life movement, which works with communities to host fundraiser […]
Dr. Azza Karam is the secretary general of Religions for Peace and a professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is known as a widely published author and the former convener for the United Nations’ Interagency Task Force on Religion, which she founded. Karam has taught and lectured at academic institutions […]
According to a 2022 survey by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), only 16% of adults who regularly buy groceries understand what standards meat, poultry and eggs must follow to earn the claim “Product of USA” on their packaging. I was not one of them until recently. I believed […]
