Tuesday, June 24, 2025
The banning of books has become an increasingly scary issue across the country. In order to educate Ramapo students on the topic and to encourage them to read these texts, the Midnight Book Club hosted a banned books meeting on March 26. President of the club Rebecca Bleich ran the […]
No one wants to be told what they can and cannot do — especially teenagers. A generation of people who have been through more in their short period of time living than every other generation at their age, teenagers have been told since they were children that they need to […]
“The Hate U Give” is a remarkably powerful and eye-opening novel that delves into the deeply complex topics of police brutality, racial discrimination and identity that has become one of the most frequently banned books across the country. Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U Give” is one of thousands of books […]
Photo courtesy of Alfons Morales, Unsplash. From warmth to coldness, from green trees to crunchy leaves and from life to death, the fall season is a time that embodies change. At the heart of the season, you can feel this palpable change in the air, and at times it can even […]
Photo courtesy of Freddie Marriage, Unsplash. The app TikTok is one of the hottest social media platforms around, and it’s a lot more complex than it may look on the surface. The platform has become known for being home to smaller communities with specific focuses. One of these communities is […]
Photo by Danielle DeAngelis Award-winning author Amina Gautier virtually spoke to Ramapo College students and faculty on Thursday, Feb. 11 via WebEx. Professor Hugh Sheehy of the creative writing program hosted the reading and Q&A session. Gautier has published three short story collections: “At-Risk,” “Now We Will Be Happy” and, […]
Photo courtesy of Patrick Tomasso, Unsplash Reading is one of the oldest forms of art known to man. People have been picking up books for hundreds and hundreds of years, with no end in sight. Even with the advent of movies, television, video games and all the other modern […]
Photo courtesy of Frank M. Rafik, Flickr Fall is a time for change in students’ lives: school starts, the weather cools down, flannels make their way out of the closets and people begin to cuddle up in their favorite blankets. During these changes, Ramapo students like to relax and unwind […]
Between academics, extracurriculars and work, it gets much harder to participate in leisurely activities such as reading — college students know this all too well. In a world revolving around technology, reading books has become a long forgotten pastime. Rather than curling up with a good read, many college students shift […]
