Women-only gyms have been becoming more widespread in recent years. This has been due to the high levels of harassment from men in co-ed gyms. Diana Johnson and Felicia Oreb, who opened Base Body Babes Studio in 2014, claimed, “‘many of our members preferred training at the female-only facility over […]
Author: Jessica Amabile
Danica Damplo discusses genocide in Sudan with students and faculty
Danica Damplo, a policy manager at the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, met with Ramapo students and faculty over Zoom on Tuesday to discuss the current genocide in Sudan. She was joined by Dr. Jacob Ari Labendz, the director of Ramapo’s […]
Women’s Center puts on ‘The Vagina Monologues’
To close out Women’s History Month and begin Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Women’s Center and volunteers performed a rendition of The Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve) Ensler, a playwright and activist who has won Tony and Obie awards. The Vagina Monologues is a play featuring numerous stories of […]
Trump signs executive order to dismantle the DOE
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education (DOE) on Thursday, March 20 claiming that education should be a state’s responsibility to sustain, not the federal government’s. In other words, if this order is implemented, there will be no nationwide standards regarding education, no regulation […]
China imposes retaliatory tariffs on Canada
China imposed tariffs on many of Canada’s food and agricultural goods in response to tariffs Canada enacted in October 2024 on China’s aluminum, steel and electric vehicles, according to the Associated Press. In addition to these tariffs, there will be an extra 100% charge on products such as peas, oil […]
Murder suspect arrested after four decades
Alfred Earl Green, a 70-year-old man, was arrested by the Phoenix Police force on Thursday, Feb. 21 as a suspect for a first-degree murder committed four decades ago. Lachelle “Shelly” Jeannine Waite was killed in her home in 1986 by strangulation, at only 18 years old. While Green was a […]
News rundown: What you missed week of Feb. 19
Gunman in Pa. hospital Five people were wounded and an officer was killed on Saturday, Feb. 22, due to a hospital shooting in York, Pa. Three of these people were hospital staff — a doctor, nurse and custodian, according to the Associated Press (AP). The gunman has been identified as […]
The Chel snakehead fish rediscovered
The Chel snakehead fish, which is also known as the Channa amphibeus, was recently rediscovered in its native river after nearly nine decades. The Chel snakehead was last seen between 1918 and 1933 in the Himalayan region of India, according to ABC News, but the search for decades after proved […]
Trump’s executive orders will severely impact environment
Within his first few weeks in office, President Donald Trump has signed off on dozens of executive orders, with many impacting the environment. To name a few, these orders will allow new fossil fuel projects to bypass environmental protections, reopen offshore oil drilling, increase gas and oil developments, eliminate the tax […]
Trump thoughtlessly blames DEI for devastating plane crash
A passenger jet and a military BlackHawk helicopter collided over the Potomac River on Jan. 29 outside of Washington. Of the 67 people aboard both vessels, no one survived. This is the deadliest aircraft incident since 9/11. This tragedy has brought to light dozens of near-misses at this same location, […]