December has always been the month of hurried shopping, holiday decorations, and great preparation. It’s very rare that people stop and relax between the lights and the gifts and inflatable snowmen. But in Monmouth County, there’s so much to do in the community that relaxing is the last thing on a person’s mind.
For most people, Christmas is the most exciting holiday of the year. But for Richie Sorrento (his real name has been changed to protect his identity), Black Friday is like Christmas on steroids. All of the stores open at midnight and everything from DVDs to snow blowers are on sale. Richie Sorrento, 39, your typical scam artist, has been taking part in Black Friday festivities since he turned 23.
Planet Earth yet again established a new threshold for its global populace with the addition of the seven billionth human being on October 31. With the forthcoming of this new addendum, a question must be asked. Are our socioeconomic and natural resources truly capable of sustaining yet another billion people, when, according to the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), more than half the world lives on less than two dollars a day?
Social networking tools, such as Facebook, blogging and Twitter, are fast becoming an integral part of college admissions around the country as students communicate with schools in the way that has become second nature to them.
According the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), malaria affects 225 million people across the globe every year, killing over 781,000 people, mainly African children. Even though the morbidity rate of malaria has been reduced due to scale ups in malaria-control-interventions in recent years, the danger malaria poses to public health remains at the forefront of concerns throughout the globe.
The Center for Student Success (CSS) allows students to have access to the many programs and services that help students cope with the stresses of college. These include the academic rigors, determining and declaring an appropriate major, acquiring valuable leadership and work experiences, and making progress towards degree completion. The CSS houses all of the programs that help students accomplish these goals including the Office of First Year Advising, the Tutoring Center, Career Services, Experiential Education, Service Learning and Community Programs, the Department of Disability Services, the Writing Center, Supplemental Instruction, the Office of Transfer and Undeclared Services and the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF). Dr. Mercy Azeke is the overseer for all of the programs encompassed by the CSS.
What initially began as five inspired college students pushing to add another field of study to the curriculum has become a well-supported movement to encourage the University to offer its students philosophy as a major.
Ray Michelli was someone you just couldn’t miss when you walked into a room packed with people. It had nothing to do with the fact that he was bound to a wheelchair; it had everything to do with an infectious smile, as described by many, which lit up everyone around him.
The leaves have all fallen, it’s dark before 6:00 pm and you need a jacket in the morning. Welcome to fall! And we all know what that means… Halloween is on its merry way.
It is that time of year again. The days are shorter, the nights are cooler, and tales of ghost stories and hauntings are sought out by many.