The Ramapo Roadrunners men's basketball team defeated Rutgers-Newark University on Friday to capture the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) championship. The Roadrunners won in a 67-65 nail-biter to secure their third conference title in the last eight years. The game started at a fast pace, with the Scarlet Raiders scoring […]
Author: MICHAEL GILL
THE WEEKLY GRIND: Food for Thought
For our eight-hour production nights, we need a lot of sustenance. Thanks to our Keurig machine, we have plenty of liquid caffeine to keep us going. But we can’t survive on coffee, tea and hot chocolate alone. Dinner is one of the highlights of our Wednesday nights, but only after […]
Concerns Grow over Future of Used Game Compatibility
Next generation gaming consoles, such as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720, are stirring up some controversy. Some gamers may think that pre-owned games will not be supported on these newer platforms. Though this is an ongoing rumor, GameStop has conducted some research on this topic. On Feb. 12 to […]
Slideshow: ‘Dreams of McQueen’ Fashion Show
The Women’s Center annual fashion show was held on Friday, Feb. 15 in the Auxiliary Gym, inspired by Alexander McQueen. The show, “Dreams of McQueen,” featured women’s and men’s fashions and was hosted by LeA. McQueen was a British fashion designer and chief designer at Givenchy for five years. He […]
Organization for African Unity Celebrates Culture
The Organization for African Unity held a meeting on Tuesday at 1 p.m., led by junior Kadiann Afflick, vice president of the O.A.U. Afflick presented a slideshow that began by highlighting three of her favorite writers-important contributors to the canon of African-American literature-and snippets of their work. First up was […]
West Tops East in Offense-Heavy All-Star Game
The NBA All-Star Weekend took place in Houston, Texas from Feb. 15 to 17, and it was truly one of the more exciting in recent memory. The events included the Rising Stars Challenge, Skills Challenge, 3-point contest and slam dunk contest, all culminating in the 62nd NBA All-Star Game on […]
Sony Unveils New Game Console, Banishing Recent Rumors
The mysterious Sony event held in New York City on Tuesday revealed their next big system, the PlayStation 4. While details about the console itself are scarce, such as its physical attributes and hardware capabilities, the console is confirmed to be launching during the 2013 holiday season. This is the […]
Teams ‘Canstruct’ Sculpture for Charity
On Tuesday, students participated in a food drive with a twist: a competition that involved constructing sculptures out of cans to raise money for charity. Ramapo’s Enactus Club held the event, appropriately called CANstruction. The purpose of the drive was to have the participants construct sculptures using cans of food, […]
Nintendo Announces New Mascot and Introduces Games
Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, appeared on a Nintendo Direct video stream on Feb. 14 wearing a Luigi hat. He shocked gamers everywhere by claiming that 2013 is the year of Luigi, as Nintendo has been prone to pushing Mario as Nintendo’s Mascot. We saw hints of the year of […]
Students Express a Need for Music Facility Improvement
A student coalition called Students for a Ramapo Music Center is at work raising awareness of the need for a more fitting facility for the growing music program. The music program, which has tripled in size over the past seven years, is mostly confined to the third floor of the […]
