Wednesday, June 25, 2025
#8220;Looking for a good time tonight?” That was the phrase College Programming Board members donned on their T-shirts at Saturday night’s “How Well Do You Know Your…” event. The game, based off of “The Newlywed Game,” gave roommates, friends, significant others and acquaintances the chance to test their knowledge about […]
The U.S. government has been shut down for over a week, when on Oct. 1 Congress failed to compromise on a spending bill before the fiscal year ended. The shutdown resulted in 800,000 federal workers being furloughed and many services being suspended. The last federal government shut down was in […]
quot;Life in space is impossible." "Gravity," which is director Alfonso Cuarón's first film since 2006's "Children of Men," set its tone in the first few seconds with these words. Gravity at its core is a simple story about survival in an inhospitable environment. The film opens with Dr. Ryan Stone […]
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 […]
Last Friday night, RCNJ's College Programming Board put on a fun and unique event for the students on campus. This year, Ramapo College's annual Octoberfest was extended from the usual Saturday carnival to a week-long party that included trips, activities and even a sidewalk chalk competition. On Friday, following the sidewalk chalk fun […]
Ramapo alumni Damien Connors addressed the Ramapo community on Wednesday in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Connors discussed racial equality, politics and most importantly, context. To put Damien Connors, executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference into context is no easy job-he’s an accomplished, well-rounded […]
Two new trips to Staten Island and Albuquerque and Abiquiu, New Mexico have been added to the annual Alternative Spring Break program for Spring 2014. The program is run by the Civic & Community Engagement Center and offers service trips to five domestic locations and two international locations. This is […]
The 2008 Florida Gators college football team, led by coach Urban Meyer along with quarterback and pop culture phenomenon Tim Tebow, won the Bowl Championship Series National Championship over the University of Oklahoma Sooners and finished with a 13-1 record. Their only loss was by a single point at home […]
Spoken word poet José Canta brought his syncopated rhythms and artful language to Friend’s Hall for this week’s Tuesday Night Live. The College Programming Board’s biweekly event corresponded with Latin Heritage Month this week, and fittingly Canta expressed his Latin-American perspective through his work. Spoken word is a type […]
In the past 20 years, we have seen tattoos take a turn from taboo to acceptable in popular culture. According to Statisticbrain.com, 45 million Americans have at least one tattoo and people spend over 1.6 billion dollars on them annually. Tattoos are no longer stereotyped with specific groups, but seen […]
