Montclair State Students Head To The Polls
Students at Montclair State University share their thoughts on this 2018 Midterm election and voting. Click here to read the full story! Written by Rebecca Serviss Video by Mackenzie Robertson...
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Pittsburgh Will Prevail
A high school full of teenagers in Parkland, Florida, a newsroom crowded with reporters in Annapolis, Maryland and now a congregation in Pittsburgh suffer the same loss. On Oct. 27, 46-year-old Robert Bowers interrupted a Saturday morning bris and shot 11 innocent people, just because they were Jewish. What was supposed to be a joyous ceremony of a boy being welcomed into the Jewish community quickly turned into one of the deadliest anti-Semitic massacres in American history. It was a chilling m...
Students Celebrate the Departure of Midterms with SLAM’s Fall Harvest
Students who are not fans of the spookiness of Halloween but still wanted to enjoy the autumn spirit got a chance to attend the Fall Harvest hosted by Student Life at Montclair (SLAM). Monday’s event gave students a chance to relax and have fun after a long couple of weeks of midterms with pumpkin painting, photo booths and funnel cakes. Representing SLAM at the event was junior psychology major Nawal Farih. Farih said that the Fall Harvest is the perfect way to get the student body involv...
The Slackliner: Tightrope Walker Balances More than Just Classes
On a calm September evening, senior sustainability major Nicholas Araya ventures out to the quad and unpacks his bag. Inside is a long trampoline-like band, which he secures between two trees. He begins to untie his shoes and hops onto the band. Taking his time, Araya gently balances himself as he walks back and forth. This tightrope-like activity is called slacklining. For Araya, it has grown from a fascination to a hobby and a part of his everyday life. “[Slacklining] is not just one thi...
The Slackliner: Tightrope Walker Balances More
On a calm September evening, senior sustainability major Nicholas Araya ventures out to the quad and unpacks his bag. Inside is a long trampoline-like band, which he secures between two trees. He begins to untie his shoes and hops onto the band. Taking his time, Araya gently balances himself as he walks back and forth. This tightrope-like activity is called slacklining. For Araya, it has grown from a fascination to a hobby and a part of his everyday life. “[Slacklining] is not just one thing,...
Red Hawks Take on Voter Registration Day
With the midterm elections right around the corner, many students at Montclair State University are gearing up to their first time in the voting booth. This particular event is a part of the New Jersey Ballot Bowl, a nonpartisan collegiate voter registration competition. Despite the unpleasant weather changing the venue of the Tuesday afternoon event, the Center for Student Involvement Director Mariel Pagan stationed herself at a table outside of the Student Center Ballrooms to greet others as t...
Bridging the Gap
University police share their side of police brutality...
Montclair State University: Continuing to ‘Seize the Day’ 110 Years Later
The College Hall bell rang for the first time on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1908 to greet 187 future educators. Two years later, The New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair would have its first graduating class of only 45 students. Although it was a small school, “the Harvard of Teachers College” was a nickname. As the decades passed, the school began to grow and evolve to something bigger than just a four-year, $50 teaching program. What started as a state college has now...
