Author: REBECCA KING

Orchestra Jazzes Up Set With Popular Tunes

The stage of the Sharp Theater glistened with gold trumpets, trombones and saxophones on Saturday as the Westchester Jazz Orchestra played a set of pop and jazz standards for Ramapo College. The show, entitled “Westchester Jazz Orchestra Plays Pop,” included jazzy arrangements of songs from artists like Joni Mitchell, Stevie […]

Finding a Balance Between Jobs and Academics is Key

Being a student is a full-time commitment and balancing the coursework of four to five classes takes energy and planning. A typical class will assign hours of reading, an equivalent amount of homework, group assignments and anything else that a particular professor deems necessary. Although academic work is every student’s first […]

Women’s Soccer Earns Win, Loss This Week

The Ramapo College women’s soccer team was shut out by the Richard Stockton Ospreys 2-0 at home on Saturday in a New Jersey Athletic Conference matchup. Ramapo’s goalkeeper, senior Talia Auslin, made eight saves, including six in the first half to keep the Roadrunners in the game. Though the Roadrunners were not able to […]

Giants Fans Hoping for Turnaround After Tough Season Start

In the 2011 season, the New York Giants had proven that they were the best in the league by defeating the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl for the second time in four years. They were the undisputed best team of the 2011 season, but everything came tumbling down […]

THE WEEKLY GRIND: Blog-ception (A Blog about Blogging)

In my senior project class, the capstone course for the journalism major, we have been studying the entrepreneurial side of our industry-that is, exploring ways to actually make money in this business. Because, let's face it, the news ecosystem is changing, and the old foundation of supporting journalism with subscription […]

Booker Elected to US Senate, Defeats Lonegan

Cory Booker has won former Senator Frank Lautenberg's seat in the U.S. Senate.  Booker's win means the seat will remain in the hands of the Democratic party. The seat had been fought for between two men at opposite ends of the political spectrum. According to NJ.com, Booker walked away with […]

SLIDESHOW: Sneak Peek of ‘Steel Magnolias’

The play that inspired the hit movie, “Steel Magnolias,” is now showing at the Adler Theater. Performed by Ramapo students, the play tells the story of Truvy Jones’s beauty salon and the bond of the women who go there. “Steel Magnolias” will be playing at 8 p.m. on the 18th through the […]

Women’s Volleyball Rallies to Defeat Kean Cougars at Home

In a thrilling, made-for-film performance, the women's volleyball team overcame adversity in order to steal a victory from the Kean Cougars. The Roadrunners dropped two sets early, leaving them in the seemingly insurmountable position of needing to win three sets straight. The Cougars came into the game with a superior […]

October is the Premiere Time to Enjoy the Genre of Horror

quot;The Silence of the Lambs" A timeless thriller allocates its story around young ostracized FBI agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) and the high functioning-but-detached cannibal Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) during her hunt for serial killer Buffalo Bill. What makes this film thrilling is not the fact that the villain is […]

Facebook Launches User Study Regarding Advertisements

For the first time ever, Facebook is taking surveys that will gage how the user's feelings evolve over time. Dubbed the "Facebook Feedback Panel," this new research-oriented initiative launched last Friday in direct response to those who are getting sick of using Facebook due to its abundance of advertisements. The […]