Thanksgiving Day celebrations should be about catching up with family members and friends who have traveled long distances for the special occasion, stuffing your faces with trays upon trays of food and lounging around watching football. The holiday should not be celebrated by standing in hour-long lines, fighting the bitter, ruthless blasts of cold wind, and racing for the last 40-inch plasma screen TV that is discounted at 50 percent off at your local Best Buy.
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Jennifer Sneed to Speak at MU
Monmouth University Shadow PR Firm and PRSSA Chapter will host their second speaker series event of the semester, featuring Jennifer Sneed, the PR Coordinator for Monmouth County’s Habitat for Humanity’s 30th Annual Carter Work Project, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 3:00 pm in room JP 234.
“Show me the Money!”
When does volunteer work turn into paid work? When is it morally correct to not pay someone who donates more hours a week to their student run organization than their actual paid job? The Outlook staff believes that serving as an e-board member for any media run student organization acts as a full time-job and should be paid like a full time-job.
Pure Barre Red Bank Hosting College Night for Local Students
Pure Barre Red Bank is hosting a college night for local students Wednesday, November 13 and Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:45 pm at the studio located at 127 Broad Street.
Hiding Behind the Wall of Technology
With the rise in technological use over the years, the way that we communicate has been altered. There is now a new form of communication among people, which has moved us away from face-to-face communication, and towards the new technology revolution. In addition to face-to-face communication, we are now able to speak to one another using text messages, emails and instant messaging, among many other forms of technologically advanced communication.
Monmouth Debate Team Attended West Point Military AcademyTournament
The Monmouth University Debate Team competed at the West Point Military Academy tournament on October 18-19, 2013. The tournament included approximately 90 teams from 17 universities including Cornell, Vanderbilt University, The U.S. Naval Academy, Boston College and NYU to name a few. Each year, a topic is picked to be debated throughout the year.
Mock Trial Team Won First Award at Coast Guard Academy Invitational
Team B (our novice team) cut their teeth on their first invitational at the Coast Guard Academy this weekend, winning 1 ballot (out of a possible eight). They were nervous, but prepared and professional. All of the students are eager to compete in more invitational this semester before the regional placements in the spring. This […]
“A” for Effort
Midterms are a very stressful time for college students. Between the normal hustle and bustle college life of balancing course work, internships, work, and extra-curricular activities, midterms apply that extra ounce of pressure that is just enough to really stress us out. However, the stress could be eased a bit if a student knows where they stand during midterms by having their grades available to them.
New Jersey Special Election Results
Democratic Candidate Cory Booker won NJ Speical Election by 10 points Booker: 54.6% Lonegan: 44.4% According to: Politico
Fall Break or Study Break?
Many students are still recovering from the misconception of fall break. While the term “break” implies a respite for students to go home and relax, most of The Outlook staff spent their two days of no classes writing papers and studying for midterms, which professors were required to submit by Tuesday, Oct. 22.