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June 17, 2020 // By Mackenzie Robertson

Roll the Credits

If I were to turn to my freshman self and tell her everything she had accomplished in four years at Montclair State University, she probably wouldn’t believe me. For starters, I ironically never wanted to get into journalism and always saw myself working in broadcast television. It’s safe to say my views have changed. My sophomore year, I found myself in Tara George’s news reporting course. One of our first assignments was to cover something happening on campus and I had my fir...
May 17, 2020 // By Mackenzie Robertson

Glide Into This Figure Skating Course

For students looking to fulfill their physical education requirement, but also pick up a new skill, figure skating might just be the way to go. Montclair State University offers a figure skating class (PEGN 265) to its students interested in taking a stab at the ice. Held at Montclair State University Ice Arena, formerly known as Floyd Hall, students are split into two teams and together choreograph a program to perform at the end of the course. The course is taught by Coach Kathy Ortolani, an o...
April 26, 2020 // By Mackenzie Robertson

Silent Spring at Montclair State University

This weekend, The Montclarion Managing Editor, Mackenzie Robertson, took her camera onto campus to document the transformation brought by the coronavirus pandemic. She revisited the exact spots that were photographed last spring 2019 semester by the paper’s Photography Editor, Olivia Kearns. These are the results: What would normally be a lively campus buzzing with students is now a ghost town due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has flipped the campus community on its side. Montclair State U...
February 19, 2020 // By Mackenzie Robertson

‘Spinning Out’ Will Change the Way You Think About U.S. Figure Skating

Somebody finally made a show about figure skating that skaters can watch without cringing at inaccuracies. “Spinning Out” is the figure skating drama we never knew we needed. The pilot episode starts by introducing us to Kat Baker, played by Kaya Scodelario, as an Olympic-track figure skater struggling to get back on the ice after a fall that put her in the hospital. It isn’t long before she finds herself entering the world of pairs skating with Justin Davis, played by Evan Rod...
December 21, 2019 // By Mackenzie Robertson

Montclair State Mourns Loss of Graduating Student

The Montclair State University community is in mourning after the tragic death of student Michaela Powell. Just before midnight on Friday night, a fatal car crash in Woodbridge, New Jersey resulted in the death of three young women – Powell, 23, Brianna Martinez, 23 and Uchechukw Chukwuma, 24. They graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin Township, New Jersey together in 2014. Powell was a senior studying psychology at Montclair State and was expected to earn her degree at the end o...
November 20, 2019 // By Mackenzie Robertson

Taking Responsibility for Accessibility

The only elevator in the Student Center that offers passage beyond the second floor was broken on Nov. 11. While classes and events carried on as usual, students with disabilities were stranded. That same day, a monthly discussion group called Grub and Grapple was being held on the fourth floor. Hosted by the Office of Social Justice and Diversity (OSJD), the event was focused on the needs of students with disabilities. Trinity Corney, a junior journalism major and staff writer for The Montclari...
September 25, 2019 // By Mackenzie Robertson

The War Between My Mind and My Body

When I was 12 years old, my parents and I took a weekend trip to Long Beach Island. We were staying in a hotel room that was located directly above the hotel’s nightclub. For whatever reason, the sound of the bass blaring below me created a sensory overload and I suddenly couldn’t breathe. I was suffocating and I didn’t even know how to respond when my dad asked me, “What’s wrong?” Was I sick? Was I dying? It sure felt like it. I had this overwhelming feeling ...

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