These past three years have been challenging for many people, both economically and socially, due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The government has tried to combat this economic decline with stimulus checks that help families who can’t afford to be out of a job for an extended period. Danielle Miller, a […]
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Monkeypox poses uncertain threat to campus life
Monkeypox has quickly become a concern after Americans started contracting the virus during the summer, following the first positive case in Boston, Mass. Since then, different colleges across the country have been monitoring the disease, as well as following the Centers for Disease Control Prevention’s (CDC) guidelines for management on […]
COVID variants present new concerns for college students
With school starting up again, conversations surrounding COVID-19 have increased, especially concerning the new vaccines and variants of the virus. As subvariants of the Omicron strain keep appearing, new vaccines are coming out to help combat the spread of these mutated strains. With these new variants, the symptoms of COVID […]
COVID-19 continues to shape freshmen’s college experiences
Photo courtesy of Keira Burton, Pexels. As I begin to reflect on my freshman experience, I can't help but realize that I didn’t feel prepared for college when I got here. A feeling that I’m sure most college students can understand. I think that attending high school during the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Ramapo lifts mask mandates in face of CDC guidelines and new variant
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College, Flickr. Ramapo College announced on March 25 in an email to all students that the administration will be relaxing its mandatory mask policy effective Monday, March 28, one week after returning from spring break. The decision stems from an earlier message sent on March 3, explaining […]
Jebb urges community in second State of the College Address
Photo courtesy of Tori D'Amico. To the lively sound of Van Halen, President Cindy Jebb began her second State of the College Address on Wednesday, Feb 16. She gave a collection of thanks to members of the Ramapo community, including the board of trustees, residence life, public safety and facilities management. […]
Artists and fans boycott against Spotify and Covid misinformation
Photo courtesy of Library of Congress Life, Flickr. On Dec. 31, Joe Rogan invited Dr. Robert Malone onto his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Malone, a virologist known for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 in conservative media circles, made outlandish statements including a claim that the Biden administration is hiding proof about […]
New university Covid mandates helpful, but not foolproof
Photo courtesy of Phil Murphy, Flickr. Gov. Phil Murphy announced a total of 23 identifiable outbreaks across 22 school districts during a press conference on Sept. 22. The data of the K-12 positive cases has been recorded by the Department of Health, but New Jersey colleges have long undergone their […]
Vacation spots and the needs of people who live there
Photo courtesy of Robert Couse-Baker, Flickr. As we head back towards normalcy, people are able to travel once again. As exciting as this news sounds, it also brings fear to the residents of these tourist-heavy destinations. The returning worry is that these destinations will be full of the remains left by […]
Fake vaccine passports may slow Covid-19 progress
Photo courtesy of Lukas, Unsplash As the number of distributed vaccine doses increase each day, the possibility of requiring “vaccine passports” grows higher. With this comes “fake vaccine passports”—think fake IDs, but falsified proof of your COVID vaccination. The wave of anti-vaxxers who are unwilling to get the COVID […]