By Suzzanne Bigelow, Class of 2025 What will you be giving this holiday? Alexis Adolf was born with Von Willebrand’s Disease, a bleeding disorder that results in low levels of clotting protein in the blood, causing abnormal bleeding. Initially, Alexis was advised to refrain from physical activity, including a child’s rite of passage of…
Young Climate Activists Take Root in North Bergen
By Arely Sorto, Class of 2024 Young and hopeful eyes stare at the tree sapling they planted in the ground; you can smell the fresh soil in the air. Here the tree, they hope, will stay for a very long time. Long enough for the volunteers that helped plant this tree to visit with their…
Fatima Shaik’s Journey to Economy Hall
By Christopher Pagan, Class of 2022 Recently retired Saint Peter’s University professor Fatima Shaik visited Professor Ernabel Demillo’s 10 am News Writing and Reporting class on Thursday, March 4th, to discuss not only her life but also being a black woman writer with the release of her new book, “Economy Hall: The Hidden History of…
How Art Saved Me
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Forty million U.S adults suffer from an anxiety disorder, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. I am definitely one of those people.? (some of my friends call me sus lol) Creating art allows me to be able to simultaneously heal and learn. Not only am…
Memories of Cuba: Castro’s Revolution
53 years a Cuban Refugee When Reinaldo Solano, a 63-year-old Cuban-American reminisces about his childhood, he remembers growing up attending church and school, being an altar boy, his old bully, and his life growing up on a farm. But above all, he remembers the fear. It was a fear he did not quite understand but…
Covid-19: A Family Experience
By Victoria Bishop Smith, Class of 2021 I woke up on October 13. It was like any regular day, or so I thought. I hadn’t been experiencing any symptoms, but unfortunately, my significant other, whom I spent the majority of my time with, was — and so, we went to get tested. The doctor came…
Inside the High Stakes World of Counter Strike Skin Trading
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Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO) is a first-person shooter video game created by Valve on the platform Steam that has been a game changer in the digital item economy. CSGO has a virtual skin market where players can trade virtual weapon skins for real world money to other players. Skins are…
Shadows of the American Dream
By Chrismarlyn Martinez, Class of 2022 Diana Avelar has already seen and experienced more than most young women her age. When she was 4-years-old Avelar witnessed domestic violence against her mother. Avelar also suffered from sexual assault in El Salvador, and fled with her family to America to escape the abuse. “Even though I was…
Heart of Steel: How an Ancient Craft Has Evolved
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By Mark Rotundo “I have a saying that every knife you make cuts you. Making good shit hurts.” Theodore Nazz, a Brooklyn son and bladesmith, is someone who has always relished in the hurt. The ultimate drive for a human being is the will to create. To create means…
COVID-19: From the Eyes of An Undergraduate Student
Writer: Kiara Suero Joseph Mamaril, full time undergraduate student. Over the past year, the COVID-19 outbreak has gripped the nation by leaving many people struggling financially, mentally and emotionally. Undergraduate students are no strangers to these struggles. Many have had to adjust their lives to handle six classes, jobs and dealing with their own personal…
The Dirt on Jersey City 