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The Truth About Brand Names

In today’s society, there is one thing that we all seem to connect with.  It is that we are all, in a way, materialistic. 

Monmouth University has over 110 military affiliates, including 84 that fall under veteran status. People often think of the old man in a faded Army green camouflage jacket or WWII Navy base-ball hat when someone says ‘veteran’. However, many veterans on campus are under the age of 27 and are attending classes just as any other student would be.

Balancing schoolwork, family, a job, and a social life can be tough for college students. Finding motivation to get to the gym or squeeze a work out in, only makes it tougher.

Colin Kaepernick is a legend for sacrificing his career in continuing to kneel during the National Anthem, as some other NFL players may believe.

MU Students can Help with Hurricane Relief

For the past month, it seems that a new hurricane brews nearly every day, and many areas are becoming entirely devastated.

Art has the ability to provoke emotion; not all art can translate humanity’s cruelest attributes and translate them into profound beauty.

Shannon Marren, a senior biology student, sat down across from me and politely pulled out her diabetes supplies to monitor her sugars: “I have to make sure that’s under control first.”

What’s better than being named a Top 10 college in New Jersey? Being named a Top 5 college! What’s better than that? Top 3! Wait, slow down everyone, we’re not there just yet. But 2018 is just around the corner and Monmouth is bound to continue to be recognized by both the state and national polls as a highly acclaimed university that excels in both academics and athletics.

Within Monmouth’s own creative and ambitious student body, there is a growing business. A senior fine art, art history and photography student, Matthew Hanratty, began his label company, Good Vibes or Get Out two and a half years ago.