Thursday, June 26, 2025
Photo by China Summers This past week, colleges have been encouraging students to vote and celebrating those newly elected in Congress, but students of color at Ramapo College have been celebrating something different: Black Solidarity Week. Black Solidarity Week has been a weeklong commemoration of unity and support within a […]
Photo by Scott Yunker Members of the New Jersey Legislature spoke at a Black Student Union-hosted banquet commemorating Black Solidarity Day in the Alumni Lounges on Monday night. Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-37) and Jamel Holley (D-20) stressed the importance of black youth participation in community and national politics. BSU President […]
Photo by Dana Wehmann This year marks the 49th anniversary of Ramapo College, and the campus came together on Wednesday to celebrate in the annual Founders’ Day event. From 1-3 p.m. around the arch, students, faculty and staff joined in this birthday bash to show school spirit and appreciation for […]
Photo courtesy of Robert Couse-Baker, Flickr Go vote: it’s the words that many students have probably heard from their professors, all over social media or, even more likely, a nagging relative. This midterm election brought with it a sense of voter responsibility, as the turnout for voting passed previous midterms […]
Photo by Erica Meline To help promote a more environmentally conscious holiday, Ramapo’s 1STEP (Students Together for Environmental Progress) club held their annual Sustainable Thanksgiving dinner this past Wednesday, complete with a plant-based feast and plenty of friends. Sustainable Thanksgiving is a yearly event that 1STEP holds to educate students […]
Photo by Dana Wehmann With guys dressed as Princess Peach and many proudly wearing LGBTQ+ inspired clothing, Ramapo College’s Gender Bender dance and costume ball quickly became a haven for students looking to express themselves with their unique costumes – all in time for Halloween night. Hosted by the Women […]
Photo by Amanda Karp The Marked Dance Project put on a moving performance at the closing ceremony of Ramapo’s Queer and Trans History Month and Disability Awareness Month ceremony. The Marked Dance Project features performers with and without disabilities, and was created in 2009 by Mark Travis Rivera, who identifies […]
Photo courtesy of Mahwah EMS Everyone knows that if they get hurt, no matter if it's three in the afternoon or three in the morning, all they have to do is make a phone call and the ambulance will appear. What people do not always consider though, are the actual […]
Photo courtesy of Alyssa Rabinowitz Researchers from Seton Hall University Law School visited Ramapo last Thursday to present their findings on racial profiling at traffic stops in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Aside from discussing these findings, the three speakers shared their personal experiences with police as black men while on the […]
Photo by Erica Meline There’s been a lot of buzz about beekeeping in the past decade. Ramapo College has a considerable beekeeper population and the RCNJ Beekeepers club offers a meeting space for students and staff who share a passion for the insects. Additionally, members of the College’s beekeeping group […]
