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Author: BRIAN ROCHA
After Years of Service, Copy Center Shuts its Doors
The Office of Communications and Public Affairs announced Wednesday that the Copy Center will cease operations next month after “many years” of service to the Ramapo community. In an email to students, faculty and staff, Vice President of Institutional Advancement Cathy Davey said the College “can no longer afford to […]
Dr. King’s Desire for Change is Still a Universal Hope Today
I’m halfway to the top of the Lincoln Memorial, overlooking the National Mall and the Washington Monument, when it hits me. I’m standing in the exact same spot that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did 50 years ago, when he gave his iconic “I Have a Dream Speech.” I am […]
Updated Medical Coding and Billing Certificate Available
The Center for Innovative and Professional Learning will be offering online courses for ICD-10, the newest revision of the International Classification of Diseases. “Medical coding and billing is undergoing a transformative change on a national scale,” Rosa Diaz-Mulryan, assistant vice president of the Center for Innovative and Professional Learning, said. “There […]
Ramapo Aids in Typhoon Haiyan Relief Efforts
Last Friday and Saturday, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones to ever make landfall, hit parts of the Philippines, southern Vietnam, southern China, and Micronesia. Locally, the typhoon known as Yolanda, hit with winds of 146 miles per hour and wind gusts of 170 miles per […]
Dolphins’ Offensive Lineman Abandons Team After Incident
The National Football League is in the midst of its season with 32 teams aspiring to make a run for the Lombardi Trophy in February. There are just a handful of weeks remaining in the regular season, and as some teams begin to separate from the pack and eye a […]
Popularity of Drug ‘Molly’ on the Rise Among Young People
Have you been out and had a random person come up to you and say “Hey, do you know Molly?” If you have, chances are they were not talking about an actual person; it is a desecrate way of people trying to find the drug MDMA, better know by its […]
Thanksgiving Drowned Out by Ringing Christmas Bells
Take a quick stroll through any mall and you’ll be bombarded with signs for holiday sales, glimmering garland, elaborate Christmas trees and inescapable red and green color schemes. Undoubtedly, this festive adornment is a cheerful reminder of the holiday season, but there are still three more weeks until December. More […]
Pendleton Receives Honorable Mention to All-conference Team
Despite a loss to Montclair in the first round of the New Jersey Athletic Conference women’s volleyball championship tournament, Ramapo junior opposite hitter Sara Pendleton was named as an honorable mention for the 2013 NJAC all-conference team. Pendleton, a sociology major, finished the season with 246 kills, 63 digs, 60 […]
Faculty and Staff Perform at Music Show in Adler Theater
On Saturday at 8:00 p.m., every seat in the Adler Theater was filled. The spotlight shined on the piano as the performers rehearsed outside, preparing to perform for their colleagues, friends, family and students at the first annual Faculty and Staff Music Show. The set list for the night consisted […]
