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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...
March 27, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

Registration Needs to Be Regulated

A college senior opens their computer and logs on to NEST to register for their last semester at Montclair State University. As the student enters in the six-digit CRN numbers, an error message pops up with an alert that their last major requirement course has filled up. Nervously staring at the computer screen, the senior sends out a desperate email to their adviser and the head of the department to find another way into the course. The only way to get in is by putting their name on a waitlist....
March 20, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

It’s All Under Construction, but Not All is Being Fixed

One of the first sights a future Red Hawk gets on a campus tour of Montclair State University is the seamless uniformity of some of the surrounding buildings. Many of them follow the same exterior pattern of white buildings and red roofs. Another aspect of these buildings that will catch their eyes is the fact that many of them are relatively new to the campus community, including the Center for Environmental and Life Sciences created in 2015, the School of Nursing created in spring 2017, the Sc...
February 27, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

A Small Price to Pay for a Long Walk Across Campus

It is the end of February and, as always, on-campus residents at Montclair State University are awaiting the monthly emails from Residence Life in regards to the building damages made in the past few weeks. Every month, resident assistants and other representatives from each building search all of the lounges, public restrooms and other common areas in each residence hall to make note of any forms of misconduct or damage. Damages can include broken window shades or light bulbs, theft and vandali...
February 20, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

Campus Safety First

On Valentine’s Day of 2018, 19-year-old Nicholas Cruz took a trip back to his old high school in Parkland Florida. Not to catch up with old friends and teachers, but to commit murder. Cruz shot 17 innocent people that day but also changed the lives of thousands of others who chose to walk out of their schools and universities a month later. Together, led by the student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a new generation of fed-up students started a mo...
February 6, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

Central Receiving is Not so Central

It is almost Valentine’s Day and on-campus residents at Montclair State University are eagerly expecting a special something from that special someone. For students living on campus, getting mail can sometimes be a bit of a hassle. If it is not an Amazon purchase, it requires a more complicated process. When students expect a delivery, they sit by their computers and browse through their emails, looking for a message from Central Receiving notifying them their packages have been delivered....
January 30, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

We Got 99 Problems a Quarter Won’t Solve

On a Friday afternoon, many students at Montclair State University drop their books and study materials and head over to the Willowbrook Mall to make a few extra bucks in the food court. At the end of their shifts, they are eager to receive their paychecks, but they are surprised to see their hourly wages have slightly increased. On Jan. 1, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy gave a raise to thousands of workers in minimum wage jobs by increasing the hourly rate from $8.60 to $8.85. Those who work at mi...
January 23, 2019 // By Montclarion Staff

FAFSA Shutout by the Shutdown

On the first day of October, thousands of college students around the country began scrambling and searching through their financial documents in order to fill out their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). In New Jersey, many students at Montclair State University have already completed their applications in the fall, but there are some who choose wait to complete it during winter break instead of balancing the stress of managing finances and midterms at the same time. In most case...