Author: JARROD GARCIA

Banquet Informs Students of Nearby Lunaape Tribe

Photo by Giancarlo Sepulveda Anthropology classes at Ramapo closed out Native American Heritage Month on Wednesday with a banquet in Friends Hall that highlighted the research that anthropology classes have done in partnership with the Ramapough Lunaape Nation. The banquet featured presentations from various groups covering the pressing matters that […]

Krame Center Hosts Event Encouraging Mindful Pauses

Icon courtesy of the Krame Center Many Ramapo students are a part of the nursing or social work programs, among the many other health care and mental health majors. The Krame Center for Mindfulness hosted two industry professionals last Friday to help these students learn how to help themselves while […]

ReligiousiTea Series Sparks Talk on a Higher Power

Photo by Hope Patti Launching the monthly ReligiousiTea series, the Office of Equity and Diversity, also known as OED, partnered with the Women’s Center to host an informal discussion on the concept of a higher power in religion. “You find in a variety of religions that there is some concept […]

Professor Inspires Action Against Climate Change

Photo courtesy of Ayka Asgarova “Sometimes we don’t know our direction in life, and then we find it,” said Professor Aytakin Asgarova, who teaches Environmental Sociology at Ramapo. Asgarova, known as “Ayka,” began her career in medicine, training as a radiologist. She eventually came to realize that she was not […]

New Club Democracy Matters Hosts First Event

Photo by Pauline Park Just as the 2016 presidential election came to a close last week, a new organization called Democracy Matters was approved on Monday to be installed on Ramapo College campus. The club hosted its first event Tuesday evening called, “Who Owns Democracy? Money and Politics In The […]

Protest on Campus Two Days After Trump Election

Photo by Hannah Reasoner Two days after the election of Donald Trump, students – disheartened by the results and apprehensive of the future – gathered at the Arch and rallied together to voice their support for members of the Ramapo community regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation or religion. “We […]