Phtoto courtesy of Roey Ahram, Flickr Cinema fans in the city that never sleeps can return to movie theaters on March 5, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced recently. Movie theaters began to close in New York last March when rates of COVID-19 began to pick up deadly speed in the United […]
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Ramapo hosts “Life After Po,” prompting creative discussions
Photo by Jenna Craig On Feb. 19, Professor Terra Vandergaw and alumnus Jaquair Gillette co-hosted “Life After Po: Alumni Creative Conversations” featuring theater alumni Kevin Sebastian, LJ Hickmon, Josh Ritter and Jackie Byrne. Gillette is known for his work on Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” and his poetry. During […]
Netflix releases low-grade film “I Care a Lot”
Photo courtesy of Fair Use, Wikipedia New Year, new movies on “Netflix,” the same questionable quality of their content and the same mentality of just throwing everything at their audience, hoping that the sheer amount of new content will mask the fact that most of it are of low […]
Biden administration invests billions in COVID-19 relief
Photo courtesy of jlhervàs, Flickr The United States has officially surpassed 500,000 coronavirus deaths. Millions of Americans are on unemployment and living paycheck to paycheck. The supply of vaccines has been scarce, leaving millions of senior citizens and those who possess health issues short handed. In response, the Biden administration has […]
Biden’s nominee for secretary of the interior faces scrutiny
Photo courtesy of Franmarie Metzler, Wikipedia President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of the interior, Deb Haaland (D-NM), has faced scrutiny from senators during her Tuesday and Wednesday confirmation hearings. Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, was opposed to the Keystone XL gas pipeline construction and fracking. In […]
Alum Louis Maraj visits Ramapo to discuss anti-racism
Photo by Tori D'Amico On Monday, Feb. 22, Dr. Louis Maraj visited Ramapo College virtually to talk about his written work focused on anti-racism and Blackness at historically white colleges and universities as a part of the Black History Month series. Over 90 attendees were at the event to hear […]
Games like “Animal Crossing” can improve mental health
Photo courtesy of Quinn Dombrowski, Flickr We’re all looking for little ways to escape our turbulent lives, and playing “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” has been a recent popular choice. But with the simple gameplay, it is easy to assume that this game could grow old over a period of repeated […]
Ariana Grande pleases fans with deluxe edition of “Positions”
Photo courtesy of Emma, Flickr In the past few months, Ariana Grande has been feeding her fans with an album release, multiple music videos, a tour documentary, an engagement announcement, and more. Fortunately for us, Grande has not stopped her giving streak. On Feb. 19, Grande released the deluxe […]
LAPD undercuts death of George Floyd with offensive images
Photo courtesy of Lorie Shaull, Flickr Reports indicate that City of Los Angeles Police Department personnel mocked the death of George Floyd with a Valentine-themed image featuring his face and a caption referencing the brutality he endured are disturbing, but not surprising. Floyd died this past summer after a Minneapolis police […]
Texas is unprepared in face of massive snowstorm
Photo courtesy of Matt Johnson, Flickr Last week, millions of Texans were left without power in their homes, leaving them freezing in horrifying conditions. This tragedy caused the deaths of multiple people, with causes ranging from hypothermia to lack of power. Included in Texas’s losses are large quantities of […]