Thursday, June 26, 2025
Photo Courtesy of Michael Vadon, Flickr Creative Commons This election season has been one of the most unpredictable in American history and has seen candidates seemingly come out of nowhere to defy the political process. In the case of one candidate in particular — Donald Trump — basic human decency […]
Photo courtesy of Mike Morbeck, Wikipedia This past weekend, one of the most revered, accomplished and admired sports stars of the past half century announced his retirement. The entire sports world paused to congratulate him on his illustrious and record-breaking career, showering him with adulation and respect. News cycles, sports […]
Photo by Nicole Williams This summer, Ramapo students will have the chance to join Professor Gladys Torres Baumgarten to study abroad in Lima and Cusco, Peru. The program will run this year from May 16 to 29, and, as stated in the announcement, will be based around IBUS 337 – […]
Photo courtesy of Christian C, Wikipedia It is reasonable to assume that drug use will never impact you as long as you stray from participating in this kind of behavior, but that isn’t always the case. On Feb. 29, I lost a friend to a drug overdose — a demon […]
The Student Diversity Action Committee and Association of Latinos Moving Ahead, or ALMA, hosted a discussion titled “Miss Universe: Racism Between Communities of Color” on Thursday, March 3. Ramapo students and faculty who attended the event learned about racism and representation of women in the recent Miss Universe pageant that […]
Photo courtesy of Cezary Piwowarsk, Wikipedia Generally speaking, mainstream media has a tendency to seek a scapegoat to subsidize public unrest over a specific issue. In fact, the media always plays a vital role in cornering the scapegoat. Police brutality, specifically police brutality against African-Americans, is a highly controversial issue in […]
As of Monday, Ramapo’s own radio station has finally been placed back on FM radio after being limited to a web stream since 2013. The Ramapo community can now tune into 90.3 FM to hear talk shows and music selected by WRPR, Ramapo’s student-run radio club. “Having an FM channel […]
Courtesy of David Shakebone, Wikipedia This year’s Academy Awards ceremony was set up to be controversial before it even began, with the viral spread of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag pointing out the glaring lack of people of color as nominees for the show’s top acting categories. Dozens of black actors vowed […]
Next Friday, March 11, will mark the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the Fukushima prefecture of Japan. The natural calamities alone killed nearly 16 thousand people, and while the short and long term effects of the exposure to the leaked […]
Photo courtesy of Kcida1, Wikipedia George Orwell wrote “1984” as a cautionary tale to show us how post-World War II security measures had the potential to overtake our freedom. Now, in 2016, his fears about privacy look like they are about to be realized. On Dec. 2, 14 people died and […]
