Photo by Michael Pacheco A Ramapo College student was struck by a car driven by College President Peter Mercer on Friday and suffered minor injuries as a result. Student Kevin Murphy, 20, was in the crosswalk at the intersection of Magnolia Road and Ramapo Valley Road when he was hit […]
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HR Professionals Coach Students at Interview-pa-looza
Photo by Sarah Sanchez The Cahill Career Development Center held an Interview-pa-looza event on Feb. 21 in the Trustees Pavilion. This event was referred to as the “speed dating of interview preparation” providing an opportunity for students to practice interview skills and experience what it would be like interviewing with […]
Visit to Google Headquarters Offers Students Insight
Photo courtesy of Robbie Shade, Flickr The Cahill Career Development Center and the Ramapo Alumni Association along with the NYC Alumni Chapter held a special event on Feb. 8 at the Headquarters of Google, Inc., in New York City. The program included a tour of their cutting edge workplace and […]
Ramapo Welcomes Increase in International Students
Photo courtesy of the Roukema Center On Aug. 31 2016, Ramapo welcomed 37 international freshmen and exchange students from 14 countries. The number of international students and the number of countries represented rose by five and three respectively than that for the class of 2019. Why is it that Ramapo […]
Librarians Begin Roukema Center Affiliated Book Club
Photo courtesy of David Clarke, Wikipedia As Ramapo continues to celebrate its year of Sub-Saharan Africa, a newly founded book club has made several selections to give students the opportunity to learn about the area. Katie Cohen and Sam Wittenberg, both librarians in the Potter Library and members of the […]
Freedom of Speech Does Not Justify Hate Speech but Validates Protests
Photo by Hope Patti Last Thursday night was a normal night for me – well as normal as a night can be after a highly controversial man was just elected President of my country only two days ago. I was sitting in the Laurel Hall lounge, hanging out with my […]
Sub-Saharan Africa Shares Culture with New Program
Photo by Hope Patti On Wednesday evening, Ramapo College launched its Year of Sub-Saharan Africa, a year-round program which aims to offer diverse opportunities for both students and faculty to engage with this unique region of the world. Throughout the 2016-17 academic year, the Roukema Center for International Education will […]
Student: The Socialist Route Should Not Be The Way to Fund Bernie’s Ideas
Photo Courtesy of United States Congress, Wikipedia College kids love free stuff. Ask around and you will find that if free food or prizes are offered at an event, people will go even if they are not interested in the actual theme. More often than not, when lounging about with […]
Letter to the Editor: Talk by Israeli Soldiers Sparks Dialogue
We at Ramapo Hillel are deeply disappointed by the attempt to paint our recent Israeli soldiers program as propaganda. The program, which featured Israeli soldiers sharing their personal experiences, was intended to build relationships with our Israeli peers and to offer an alternative narrative to the widespread misrepresentation of Israeli […]
Affirmative Action Prioritizes Minority Students to Combat Historical Oppression
In 2013, the Supreme Court case of Fisher v. University of Texas brought into question the policy of affirmative action as it applied to admissions into college. In this case, the court decided to ultimately reinforce the precedent established in Grutter v. Bollinger with race serving as one consideration in […]