Photo by Kate Klinger To continue celebrating Latin@ Heritage Month, students came out to J. Lee’s to customize their own piñatas on Thursday night. The DIY craft night was put together by the Office of Equity and Diversity Programs and the Association of Latinos Moving Ahead (ALMA). ALMA has hosted […]
Tag: Culture
Halloween is No Excuse for Cultural Appropriation
Photo Courtesy of Infrogmation, Wikipedia Sometimes the scariest thing about the upcoming holiday on Saturday is the rampant cultural appropriation and racism that can occur on Halloween. While it is true that many people innocently buy Halloween costumes that promote some form of cultural appropriation, the buying and wearing […]
Violence Against Girls Reinforces Culture of Violence, Sexism and Misogyny
The campus recently observed Violence Awareness Week and saw many events geared toward educating the community about the issue of sexual violence on campus. Some events included a recent talk by Yolo Akili Robinson, a gay black man who spoke on trauma and intimate partner violence in LGBTQ communities, the […]
T-shirt Logo Sends Wrong Message About Women
The campus recently hosted an interactive theater program about bystander intervention on campus by a Rutgers student group that travels around the country to teach about sexual assault on college campuses. Prior to the event, the performers learned popular Ramapo slang in order to relate to the audience, and it […]
Lack of Literacy Plays Large Role in Oppression
Photo by Nicole Williams The idea of being able to pick up a newspaper and read it may seem like second nature to many individuals since we do not often encounter people who cannot read in a college setting, but in this country there are hundreds of thousands of people […]
Students Shake It at Latin Dance Lessons
Photo by Nicole Williams Putting their best foot forward, the College Programming Board, Lambda Theta Alpha and Lambda Theta Phi sponsored a Latin dance lessons workshop for students in Friends Hall on Oct. 2. In recognition of Latino Heritage Month, celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the organizations set […]