Thursday, July 3, 2025
Photo by Giancarlo Sepulveda On Feb. 16, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie outlined his proposed state budget for the 2017 fiscal year. While the governor did not spend much time on the topic of higher education, he indicated that the appropriations devoted to senior public institutions, community colleges and NJ […]
Photo by Pauline Park It is currently Higher Education Awareness Week and on Wednesday, the SGA and the Office of the President invited New Jersey Senator Nellie Pou to deliver a keynote speech. Sen. Pou is the Vice Chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee and serves the 35th District […]
Photo by Pauline Park The first Supreme Court of the United States, also known as SCOTUS, Discussion Series of the semester was held on Monday. The topic was the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association et. al case, focusing on labor, unions and the First Amendment. The SCOTUS Discussion Series holds […]
Photo by Pauline Park Students gathered in the Black Student Union office on Tuesday to discuss stereotypes associated with the black community today and how people can go about trying to break "the chain" of those characterizations. The event was hosted by Ramapo’s Ebony Women for Social Change. Members of […]
Photo by Pauline Park Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, an author, teacher and activist visited Ramapo College on Wednesday to give a lecture, “Building Community in an Hour of Chaos: Progress in the Age of Obama.” Hill’s speech was a mix of humor and hard-hitting truth that urged students and faculty […]
Photo by Nicole Williams In December, Ramapo welcomed its newest member of the library staff. Hilary Westgate will mainly be focusing on reference instruction and outreach in her new position, offering Ramapo a new perspective on community involvement. “We want to work with all different groups in our college community […]
Photo by Nicole Williams Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice and Sandra Bland: these are a just a few of the many victims who have lost their lives due to police brutality. Professor Jillian Weiss, professor of law and society at Ramapo College, led a discussion […]
Ramapo’s Health Awareness Team held their “Love Your Body: Media and Body Image” event yesterday in the Alumni Lounges. The event offered students food, selfie stations, tables with themed activities and a screening of the film “Killing Us Softly 4.” Heading into National Eating Disorders Awareness week, which begins […]
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday in a West Texas resort. Scalia has reportedly died of natural causes. He was 79. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Scalia’s death a hit to conservatism and insisted that his replacement be selected under a new […]
New Jersey Senate Bill 2478 is a landmark proposal that has moved through the legislature. It is a bill designed to prevent sexual assault on college campuses. A substantial outcome of this bill is the establishment of a consistent standard for sexual violence policies at New Jersey colleges, as it […]
