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Rita Ora reestablishes herself with second album

Photo courtesy of Firdaus Latif, Wikipedia Ritabots tuned into the release of Rita Ora’s highly anticipated second album on Black Friday. The new album titled “Phoenix” proves that once again the British pop star is here to stay despite critics and fans believing she would never return to her music. […]

Trump shows insensitivity towards migrant caravan

Photo courtesy of AH8329, Wikipedia In an extreme attempt of keeping his promise to control migration and the issue of illegal immigration into the U.S, President Donald Trump ordered the closure of the U.S.-Mexico border to install new barriers. On Monday, the San Ysidro border in Tijuana, Mexico, one of […]

Coen brothers deliver in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Photo courtesy of Karen Seto, Wikipedia “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” is the new western anthology film written, produced and directed by the Coen brothers. It is a collection of six different stories, all of which take place in the old Wild West. The Coen brothers have always played with […]

NJ bill brings Oxfam Hunger Banquet closer to home

Photo by Scott Yunker A recently-proposed bill package in the New Jersey State Assembly localized a global issue at the Civic & Community Engagement Center’s annual Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, held Wednesday night in the Alumni Lounges. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin announced legislation aimed at reducing food insecurity within New […]

Women’s basketball is off to a thunderous start

Photo courtesy of Ramapo College of New Jersey Ramapo College’s women’s basketball team continues their electrifying start to the season after a 58-32 victory over the Centenary University Cyclones this past Tuesday in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The team now improves to a 2-0 overall average on the season while the […]

Charles Bradley’s posthumous album honors his voice

Photo courtesy of Smial, Wikipedia “Black Velvet” is the first posthumous release from soul singer Charles Bradley following his death in September of 2017. The scratchy voiced singer’s time in the spotlight as a figurehead of soul revival was extremely brief and “Black Velvet” now makes up a quarter of […]

Comedian Francisco Ramos brings laughs to Ramapo

Photo courtesy of Francisco Ramos, Twitter A steadily-growing crowd filled Ramapo’s H-wing auditorium, lured in by the signs picturing comedian Francisco Ramos. Prospective viewers were greeted with photos of a confident man on stage, microphone in hand, arm outstretched. They were waiting for a stand-up routine, and with Ramos’s lineup, […]

A Boogie wit da Hoodie graces Ramapo’s fall concert

Photo by Carlie Viemann This year’s sold-out fall concert co-sponsored by the Student Government Association and the College Programming Board featured hip-hop artist A Boogie wit da Hoodie. Before A Boogie took the stage of the Bradley Center, student rapper Omietté, a junior music production-industry major, opened the show performing […]