#8220;In the U.S., eating disorders are more common than Alzheimer’s disease: five to ten million people have eating disorders compared to four million with Alzheimer’s disease,” according to DoSomething.org. Although not all students on campus are suffering from eating disorders or body image issues, they probably know someone who does. […]
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Meteor Lights Up Sky in Russia
A 55-foot meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia on Feb. 15, NASA reported. The explosion released over 500 kilotons of energy and injured about 1,200 people in the region. A meteor is an object from space that comes in contact with the Earth’s atmosphere and burns as a result of the […]
Students Express a Need for Music Facility Improvement
A student coalition called Students for a Ramapo Music Center is at work raising awareness of the need for a more fitting facility for the growing music program. The music program, which has tripled in size over the past seven years, is mostly confined to the third floor of the […]
Teams ‘Canstruct’ Sculpture for Charity
On Tuesday, students participated in a food drive with a twist: a competition that involved constructing sculptures out of cans to raise money for charity. Ramapo’s Enactus Club held the event, appropriately called CANstruction. The purpose of the drive was to have the participants construct sculptures using cans of food, […]
Organization for African Unity Celebrates Culture
The Organization for African Unity held a meeting on Tuesday at 1 p.m., led by junior Kadiann Afflick, vice president of the O.A.U. Afflick presented a slideshow that began by highlighting three of her favorite writers-important contributors to the canon of African-American literature-and snippets of their work. First up was […]
Ramapo Students Visit DC to Protest Keystone Pipeline
Last Sunday, Ramapo students from 1STEP participated in a march against the Keystone Pipeline in Washington, D.C. Three organizations dedicated to environmental awareness, 350.org, the Sierra Club and the Hip-Hop Caucus, organized the rally in order to address the controversy behind the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. 350.org is an Internet-based, […]
Flashmob Raises Violence Awareness
In the midst of an ordinary bustling cafeteria, students were caught off guard when a flashmob jammed out to "Run the World (Girls)" by Beyoncé during primetime lunch hours. Proud, excited and honored, they took the stage in the cafeteria to take a stance against violence, lift spirits and bring […]
Comprehensive Calendar of CEC-Eligible Events Compiled
The Center for Student Involvement has developed a method of simplifying the Course Enrichment Component required by almost every course with the creation of a new online calendar that features events which will help satisfy the five hour CEC requirement for many classes. Eddie Seavers, the Associate Director of the […]
Campus Campaign for Positive Body Image
The Women's Center in partnership with the Renfrew Center Foundation, a treatment facility for those affected with eating disorders, is promoting events for Eating Disorder Awareness Week. The events are sponsored by Delta Phi Epsilon, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Sexuality Acceptance and Freedom of Expression (S.A.F.E.). "Every physical attribute has […]
Film Professor Recognized for Thrilling Screenplay
Tobin Addington, an assistant professor of media writing at Ramapo College, recently won two prestigious awards for a film script that he wrote entitled “The Unraveling.” Addington’s script won the Grand Prize at PAGE International Screenwriting Awards and the first place in the “Horror/Thriller” category at the Slamdance Writing Competition […]
