Monmouth University’s student-run record label “Blue Hawk Records” released their 23rd compilation album titled Chapter XXIII on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. This album contains new original tracks created completely by students for students. The recent release is available on CD, vinyl, and various streaming platforms. This album contains six new tracks: “Dimensions” by Angela An, […]
Publication: Volume 96 (Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)
Colleges Against Cancer Host Event Led by Dr. Jeffrey Weisburg
The Colleges Against Cancer Club held an event on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, where Jeffrey H. Weisburg, Ph.D., specialist biology professor, discussed various aspects of cancer, such as what it is, how people tend to contract it, and ways to lessen one’s risk. Chrismaelie Anselme, senior business student and the Colleges Against Cancer Club President, […]
Xander Rice Earns Second CAA Honor This Season
Xander Rice, the West Long Branch native, earns his second CAA Honor this season. Before playing for Monmouth, Rice played all four years at Bucknell where he scored 1,067 points and ranked fourth best in free throw shooting in Bucknell program history. Rice brought his talent to Monmouth to play under his dad’s leadership and […]
A look at Monmouth Basketball Over the Past Few Weeks
As we return back to campus from winter break, Men’s and Women’s Basketball have been on the run. The Men played six games traveling as far as Oklahoma to face the Sooners while the Women played five games, winning four out of five. The Women’s team returned back to the Ocean First Bank center on […]
Major Spotlight: Music Industry
Music industry is a unique program offered here at Monmouth. Ranked as one of Billboard’s 2023 top music business schools, this program allows for students to follow their passions for music and allows for opportunities within the field while still a student. From working on tour with bands to producing and working in a studio, […]
Blue Hawk Records – Who They Are
Ever wanted your music to be featured on an album? Blue Hawk Records is the way to go! Monmouth is home to Blue Hawk Records, which is the student-run record label that hosts students bands or their own independent music. This electric club amplifies students’ voices so that they are heard across the world. This […]
The Struts New Album, “Pretty Vicious”
“Pretty Vicious” stands as the fourth studio album by British Rock band The Struts— comprised of Luke Spiller on lead vocals, Adam Slack on guitar, Jed Elliot on bass guitar, and Gethin Davies on drums—and it is the refreshing reincarnation of rock ‘n’ roll that we desperately need. “Too Good at Raising Hell” starts the […]
Blue Hawk Records Vol 23, “Chapter XXVIII”: A Worthwhile Listen
Attention Monmouth University music lovers: Blue Hawk Records has done it again! Blue Hawk Records released their album “Chapter XXIII” on Dec. 8 and it features six vastly different artists, all talented in their own right. Abby Garcia, the President of Blue Hawk Records, mentioned how the creative process of this album is truly something […]
Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford Eat It Up in “Sweeney Todd” Broadway Revival
Nothing could be cooked more well done than the long-awaited revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” Starring Josh Groban as the titular slayer and Annaleigh Ashford as his loyal right-hand-woman Mrs. Lovett, vengeance and grief were successfully personified at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in the goriest and most sanguine ways […]
A24’s Newest Masterpiece: “The Iron Claw”
“Ever since I was a child, people said my family was cursed.” These lines defined the new A24 film, “The Iron Claw,” a film I assumed to be about the Von Erich brothers and their wrestling legacy as overlooked by their father. When Kevin Von Erich said these words the first time at the beginning […]










