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January 21, 2020 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

New Year Brings New Minimum Wage Increase to $11 an Hour

New Jersey passed a bill to increase workers’ minimum wage from $10 to $11 an hour in 2019, and it was officially enforced on Jan. 1. of the new year. The minimum wage is also set to increase yearly by one dollar an hour until 2024, when it will reach and remain at $15 an hour. This new bill directly affects college students who work to afford school and basic living costs at minimum wage earnings.   According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the largest majority of minimum wage ear...
December 4, 2019 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

Students React to Recent Lockdown in Montclair High School and Middle School

A report of a student possessing a weapon forced both Montclair High School and Renaissance Middle School into emergency lockdown procedures just before Thanksgiving. Montclair police identified students at the high school who appeared to be involved in the incident, but did not believe there was still a threat as no weapon was recovered. With both schools in close proximity to Montclair State University, the lockdowns had students at the university on edge. Some university students question the...
October 8, 2019 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

Recurring Candy Scam on Campus

The student body has been notified of two men approaching students on campus for donations to a non-existent charity in exchange for candy as part of a recurring scam. On Oct. 2, at approximately 2:40 p.m in the Student Center Quad near the Center for Computing and Information Science building, a student was approached by two men who scammed him into donating money to their fictional charity. After the student offered the first suspect a donation, the suspect ran off and the second suspect proce...
September 18, 2019 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

Pop-Up Shop Event Encourages Students to Explore Downtown Montclair

To kick off Commuter Life Appreciation Week (CLAW), Montclair State invited over 25 downtown businesses in Montclair, New Jersey to set up pop-up shop kiosks in the Student Center Quad. Not only did this give students the opportunity to shop, but it also allowed students to speak with business owners and managers. Part-time jobs and internships were also available to students interested in experiencing the business world first hand. Freshman economics major Anthony Adrignolo expressed his excite...
September 11, 2019 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

Professors Now in Control of Final Exam Time as Finals Week is Eliminated

The standard final exam week at the end of each semester has officially been eliminated from the academic calendar. As a result of this initiative, professors will be allowed to choose when their exams take place. The new policy requires final exams to take place during regular class sessions, rather than designating the last week of the semester for final exams. The goal is to stop the disruption of other class times during the remainder of the week. The new semester schedule starting this fall...
May 1, 2019 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

Caps Will Be Thrown and Tears Will Be Shed at 2019 Graduation Ceremony

Montclair State University students are counting down the days until commencement while preparing to ace their final exams. While their college experience has been filled with hard work and stress, it has also been filled with lots of memories and fun times. Even though the seniors are moving on from their time as an undergraduate student, most are going the extra mile to achieve their Master’s degree at Montclair State. Graduating senior Lucas Biel is an exercise science major who believe...
April 24, 2019 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

Students Lined Up With Excitement at SLAM’s Spring Week Casino Night

Lines of students filled up the Student Center Ballroom at Student Life at Montclair’s (SLAM) Casino Night Event this past Monday. The casino night theme was based on Ariana Grande’s song “7 Rings,” with T-shirts provided by SLAM with the song’s lyrics printed on them. Daniela Goncalves, a member of SLAM, believes that an event like Casino Night could go well with the Ariana Grande song. “Every year we do week-long events called spring week and there’s always a theme,...
March 27, 2019 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

University Allows Students to ‘Study Away in the USA’ with Newly Introduced Program

This fall, Montclair State University is offering a new study abroad program, giving students the opportunity to explore different universities in the United States. Instead of traveling to a foreign country, students have the chance to visit more local universities in a number of states or in the neighboring lands of Puerto Rico and Canada. Montclair State University President Susan Cole recently joined the National Student Exchange Program and believes that students don’t get a chance to see...
March 20, 2019 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

Students Take Advantage of Free HIV Testing at University Health Center

Montclair State University students will have the opportunity to go to the University Health Center for free HIV testing in Blanton Hall. The health center encourages students to attend the event and check their current health status. Students who attend the event are also given a free gift card and condoms at the end of the testing. Curtis Ocampo, a freshman linguistics major who attended the event, believes that it’s important to get tested for HIV and that people shouldn’t be ashamed to d...
February 20, 2019 // By Rosaria Lo Presti

Rec Center Pushes Students to Get Healthy with Free Fitness Assessments

Since the holidays have passed and leftover Valentine’s Day candy is either thrown out or eaten, it’s the perfect opportunity for students to check in on their physical health. Personal trainers associated with the university provided a full week of free ongoing fitness assessments in the Student Recreation Center to allow students to gain a better understanding of their current health. These assessments intended to help students better achieve and set their personal fitness goals. T...

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