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October 16, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

You Break It, We Still Have to Pay for It

Every student at Montclair State University knows there are two types of classes one can experience throughout their time here. There are those that are interactive, where students are encouraged to collaborate with each other on projects, and there are others that are very lecture heavy. Unfortunately, many of us have been stuck in one of those two-and-a-half hour lectures with no breaks, and some students tend to get comfortable and make themselves at home. While feeling comfortable is importa...
October 9, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

You Have a Right to Report Rape

During the 2018-2019 school term, nine rapes were reported at Montclair State University according to the campus’ annual security report, which was released last Tuesday from university police (UPD). Two years after the revolutionary #MeToo movement, when people began to step forward and share their horrifying experiences with sexual assault, many students are shocked to see that these numbers are still on the rise. Out of the nine reports last year, seven of them occurred in the residence...
September 25, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

Administrators Get a Raise While Tuition Continues to Rise

Every year when the campus is vacant during the summer, President Susan Cole and the Montclair State University Board of Trustees arrange for a meeting to discuss the state of student annual tuition. As in previous years, state funding for the university continues to dwindle down, putting the cost of running our educational institution on the backs of the students, many of whom struggle to make that end of summer tuition deadline. What makes it harder for them is the fact that tuition was spiked...
September 18, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

‘Canceling’ Student Debt is Hard to Buy

The third democratic debate was held last Thursday, and with a flock of 2020 presidential campaigns swarming around the country, many candidates are taking measures in hopes of getting the next generation of voters on their side. One of the most notable candidates hoping to win the millennial vote is Vermont senator, Bernie Sanders. One of his strategies to gain their support is to “cancel student debt,” something that almost every college student dreams of. Young voters fell in love...
September 11, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

College Students vs. the Job Search: Social Darwinism at its Finest

With a new school term now in full force, thousands of Red Hawks are kicking into full gear as they take on their fall classes. With their laptops still fully charged, pencils perfectly sharpened and backpacks filled with the weight of textbooks, students at Montclair State University are not messing around to ensure a perfect GPA this semester. On the other hand, while many students have just begun their college journey, there are others who are preparing for their next chapter: The real world,...
September 4, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

‘Slacktivism’ Won’t Stop a Shooter

The week of July 28 began with what many Americans have gotten used to over the past few years. They turned on the TV and scrolled through their social media feeds to see that yet another mass shooting had just occurred at a garlic festival in California. Two days later, a Walmart in Mississippi became the scene of another tragedy that left two dead and an officer wounded. By the weekend, two more mass shootings occurred less than 24 hours of each other in a mall in El Paso, Texas resulting in a...
April 24, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

Time to Stop Kleptomania from Stealing the Spotlight on Campus

As children, many students at Montclair State University have learned there are consequences for the decisions they make. If someone shared their cookies at snack time, that person would have probably been shown some appreciation for their actions. If they took their classmate’s lunch money because it fell on the ground, there were usually negative consequences that would follow. As these students grew up, they were expected to take these moral and social life lessons and apply them in rea...
April 17, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

Campus Media is Worth the ‘Extra, Extra’ Fee

The Montclair State University board of trustees held their annual tuition hearing on Wednesday, April 10. The meeting encourages students to come and speak out about their concerns in regards to the money they pay each semester and where it goes to. When it was time for the campus community to address the board, one student approached the podium, carrying with them a copy of The Montclarion. They thanked the board for allowing them to speak and went on to say there are stacks of unread papers l...
April 9, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

#FocusImmigration: Taking the Focus off the Immigration Stigma

For far too long, people around the globe have used the word immigrant as a way to make people of different races, religions and cultures feel inferior to the rest of society. This ongoing prejudice has caused many people to leave their home countries in search of acceptance. The country that people would turn to for a safe place to live, where they would have the freedom to express themselves however they please, has been the United States, the land of opportunity. Lately, in this nation that w...