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Diversity Day Kicks off Latino Heritage Month

Several organizations came together to celebrate Diversity Day, a festival-style event showcasing campus diversity through the participation of various organizations.  The event also featured Cimarrones, a dance group and band, who performed traditional Bomba y Plena music and dances. They also incorporated the students into their performance.  Diversity Day kicks […]

Best-selling Author Discusses Living with Asperger’s Syndrome

To kick off National Disability Awareness Month, the Office of Specialized Services at Ramapo College invited New York Times best-selling author David Finch to give his lecture entitled "You, Fulfilled" to the Ramapo Community. Finch, who was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at age 30, wrote his successful and humorous novel […]

State Proposes New GPA Requirement for Future Teachers

New Jersey Department of Education is considering a proposal to raise the grade point average requirements in order to be admitted into teacher preparation programs to acquire a provisional teaching license in New Jersey Education Commissioner Chris Cerf is pushing this proposal, which would take effect as early as September […]

Student Government Inaugurates Eight New Senators

The Student Government Association at Ramapo held elections for eight open senator positions, and the results of the election were announced on Monday. The newly elected senators are Megan Patel with 101 votes, Richard Apramian with 92 votes, Franklin Cole with 88 votes, Kandace Kaplan with 87 votes, Geline De […]

Residence Life Offers Single Rooms in Linden

This year Ramapo began advertising and offering a “super singles” option for Linden Hall, allowing students to pay for the opportunity to have a room to themselves while sharing a bathroom with another single participant. The “super singles” option for Linden Hall became possible due to vacancies in the residence […]

Complete Coverage: Gov. Christie Visits Ramapo

Governor Chris Christie visited Ramapo on Tuesday in an appearance marking the College’s progress with recent capital improvement projects. Gov. Christie primarily spoke about the bond funding the College would be receiving in the future. “We’re going to invest in over $1.4 billion dollars over the next three years in modernizing […]

State Judge Supports Gay Marriage in New Jersey

A New Jersey judge stated in a ruling on Friday that "same-sex couples must be allowed to marry in order to obtain equal protection of the law under the New Jersey Constitution." Judge Mary Jacobson of Mercer County Superior Court ruled that New Jersey's "civil unions," a label that is […]

New Software ‘Connects’ Students with Academics

#8220;Connect” is a new piece of online software aimed to help Ramapo’s students stay up-to-date in their academic life. This new software is an easy way for students, specifically freshman, to “connect” with what is going on in their classes. The system, functioning as a sort of hybrid between Moodle and […]