Monday, July 14, 2025
Last Thursday, the Organization of Latino Unity (OLU) hosted a discussion about AfroLatinidad to shed light on Black identity and African roots in Latin America and for Latinx people, which is often dismissed within the Latinx community. The event was a part of Black Solidarity Week. The event opened by […]
Some 47% of students who make up Ramapo’s incoming class of 2023 reported being first-generation, meaning their parents had not completed a 4-year college or university degree. This is the highest percentage in Ramapo’s history and would not have been possible without the signing of the Higher Education Act (HEA) […]
I have a strange psychic connection to the Met brothers. I don’t know how they do it, but Adam, Jack and Ryan — hence their band’s name, AJR — seem to always release an album when I desperately need one and always seem to know exactly what I’m going through […]
Earlier this month, a solo exhibition by artist Juno Zago opened in the Pascal Gallery. The exhibition features pieces that incorporate a variety of different media and techniques from acrylic paint and watercolor to mixed media collage, glitter and rhinestones. These pieces work to convey themes “such as personal introspection, […]
#8220;Fortnite,” one of the most popular video games of its generation, has recently partnered with an oil giant to market gasoline to the game’s young demographic. The free multiplayer game where players can compete in a Battle Royale, go on quests or make private islands with the “Creative” feature, is […]
Ramapo became the first host in the Greater New York metropolitan area for the annual Taiwan & Asia Program Conference on Nov. 4-5. The conference was sponsored by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office based in Washington, D.C. This year’s theme was “Washington-Taipei-Beijing Relations at a Crossroads: the 2024 […]
To kick off First-Generation College Celebration Month, the First-Generation Center, the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance and the Schomburg Committee cosponsored the Proud to be First workshop last Wednesday. Students and faculty came to listen to the story of Ramapo Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) alumni Clifton Shambry. Shambry […]
It’s not a stretch to say that the deadliest shooting in the United States this year was also one of the most preventable in the country’s long history of these catastrophic events. Unfortunately, this does not come as a surprise to those who have become all too familiar with the […]
In May 2023, at the 118th Congress, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the bicameral RESTORE Act with Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN). The RESTORE Act, which stands for Re-entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials, is a policy that tackles food insecurity of incarcerated individuals. This […]
Two weeks ago, we featured an enlightening article discussing the mistreatment of betta fish — and since then, I decided I needed to follow up with another animal whose life is plagued by misconceptions: the hamster. You’ve seen varieties of hamsters in pet stores from “teddy bear” hamsters (Syrian) to […]
