President Leahy’s Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion welcomed activist and author Alexis Pauline Gumbs to a virtual discussion in social justice on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Gumbs, a queer Black feminist, was chosen to speak for the University’s annual lecture honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Zaneta Rago-Craft, Advisor to the President on Diversity […]
Publication: Volume 94 (Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)
PRSSA Hosts Virtual Speaker Series with Cassidy Lunney
Monmouth University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and Shadow PR Firm hosted its first speaker series of the semester with Cassidy Lunney on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Lunney, an Account Executive at Push The Envelope PR, spoke to PRSSA members in a Zoom discussion about pursuing a career in public relations and gave advice […]
LHBS Faculty Share Their Input on National Student Loan Pause
The U.S. Department of Education announced the Biden-Harris Administration’s decision to extend the pause on student loan repayment, interest, and collections for another 90 days, on Dec. 22. This latest update to the Administration’s policy is in response to the surge and impact of the Omicron variant.According to the national Federal Student Aid Office, the […]
Women’s Basketball Falls to Fairfield
The Monmouth University women’s basketball team fell to Fairfield, 61-54, at the OceanFirst Bank Center, on Jan. 24. Fairfield’s wave of momentum in the fourth-quarter was powerful enough to completely overcome the Hawks in the school’s 22nd match against one another.. With 6:22 left to play, Monmouth (9-6, 4-2 MAAC) led by two. The Stags […]
Men’s Basketball Dominates Manhattan
Monmouth University men’s basketball team (12-6, 4-3 MAAC) defeated Manhattan College (10-7, 3-4) 78-62, on Jan. 23. In the victorious game, five Hawks scored double digits, Nikkei Rutty racked in a double-double, which was the second offhis career and first since February 2, 2020 against Rider. This was Monmouth’s second straight win after they led […]
New Conference, New Era
Monmouth University accepted an invitation from the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) to join in all sports the league sponsors, on Jan. 25. The deal will be put into effect on July 1, 2022. Our Monmouth Hawks will now compete in the CAA in all sports except bowling which will continue to compete as a member […]
Swim Has Dual Domination at St. Peter’s
On Jan. 22, the Monmouth Swim team traveled to Jersey City to compete against St. Peter’s University at the Yanitelli Center. Both teams dominated the dual meet; the men scored 173 to 80 and the women won 182 to 55. During the meet, Freshman Jensen Ritter impressively won four events. Ritter won the 100 fly, […]
Legislative Defeats, Supreme Court, and InternationalPolitics: A Briefing on Current Affairs
Over the past several months, significant events have impacted the American political system. From failed legislation, to Supreme Court decisions, updates concerning the Jan. 6 House Committee, international relations, and other fields, the past few months has been active for political events in this country and the world at large. In concern to Congress, a […]
The Media In Support of Mental Health
There is a lot to be said when discussing the benefits and disadvantages of the media in relation to mental health. Likely because of demand, there is a consistent wave of negative representation and dramatized scenes for the sake of shock value. Many of these TV shows depict mental health and mental illness as taboo, […]
Identity, Misrepresentation, and Tokenism
As we continue to have progressive discussions, we have begun questioning how much the media impacts our perceptions of the self and others. Our sense of identity is highly impacted by the entertainment representation we see; we model our behaviors after those who we come to identify with.Hence, it is important that as we socially […]