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March 4, 2020 // By Danielle Vacca

What Happens in the Cage Stays in the Cage

Montclair State University students foreign to the School of Communication and Media may be oblivious to the bustling cornered room that resides on the first floor of the lavish new building. The area may appear seemingly dull upon first glance. However, behind the intimidating gray, steel, double doors labeled “BMO Cage” lays a world of industry level equipment used in leading media corporations. The ceilings are lined with state of the art fluorescent, Fresnel and LED lights that tower ove...

February 26, 2020 // By Danielle Vacca

Stephanie Braunlich Changed Her Life and so Can You

Stephanie Braunlich is a senior at Montclair State University majoring in television and digital media with a minor in political science. She can be recognized by her sun kissed complexion, dark defined eyebrows, crystalized hazel eyes and thick, caramel highlighted waves that fall gracefully onto her shoulders. In March of 2019, Braunlich decided that she was going to embark on a journey that would shape the rest of her life. With her robust work ethic and her unwavering passion, she managed to...

December 11, 2019 // By Danielle Vacca

Vice President of Rao’s Sauce Speaks at Montclair State: Teases Internship Program

The aroma of simmering olive oil, fresh onion and garlic sauteing with whole peeled Italian tomatoes is the authentic preparation of Rao’s Italian sauce. What started as a small restaurant in Harlem, New York with only 11 tables has expanded to an industry worth a half-billion dollars. Risa Cretella, senior vice president and group manager of Rao’s, spoke to professor Linda Zani Thomas’ crisis communications course in Morehead Hall, on Nov. 19. Cretella works from her corporate...

November 6, 2019 // By Danielle Vacca

Sex Trafficking, Cancer, Murder and More: A Survivor Speaks at Montclair State

Lockey Maisonneuve was only 11 years old when she was abandoned by her mother, neglected, abused and sold into sex trafficking by her own father. In her adult years, she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer and was forced to undergo a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. Only a few weeks into her recovery, Lockey’s estranged mother was brutally stabbed to death, leaving Lockey the stress and burden of a murder investigation. Lockey, who is a resident of Cranford, NJ, came to Mo...