Briana Benitez, Class of 2017 Marisa Vitali remembers putting on variety shows in her grandmother’s backyard during the summer. She and her cousins would make and sell the tickets to the family. She was the main performance and all her cousins would shine flashlights on her as a spotlight. Even as a child she knew…
Let’s Put Jersey City On The Map
By: Yasleen Trinidad Saint Peter’s University students are helping put local business owners on the map. On Wednesday, March 30th, the Ignite Institute highlighted the importance of growing an online presence. “With 70% of people finding businesses or service providers online through Google searches and devices, if a business is not online, they will lose…
Saint Peter’s Hosts First Professional Clothing Drive
Students attended the university’s first ever professional clothing drive where they met with stylists, tailors, and UPS in preparation of the spring career fair.
We’re not Street Artists, We’re Graffiti Writers: Chester Wallnuts
Olivia Monahan, Class of 2017 Subway terminals are like wind tunnels and the train was flying. The train would stop, he would spray another line, anxious for when the train would take off again. The train lept into motion once more and despite his firm grasp on the handle, he felt himself slipping. Perspiring from…
Bare Naked Emotion: A Profile of Shannon Stoia
Greeted in her studio space, I was welcomed to sit on her soft yet overwhelmingly large bean bag chair; although, the clutter of her supplies made it difficult to shimmy myself into a comfortable position. Regrouping my thoughts, my eye catches a tattoo of a woman’s legs stretched out of a giant coffee cup on…
A Long Chapter Ends for a New One to Begin
All of your life, sports have made your world go around. From the moment you can remember, you’ve been in the gym or on the field playing and practicing the game. It was your first love, the one thing you truly gave your one hundred percent effort, and has shaped you into the…
St. Peter’s Alum Gives Back on the Court
By Diamond Reid Saint Peter’s Alumnus Cassir Bastien has been coaching basketball to students as part of the 21st Century Community Learning Center Program for the past three years. The after school program runs Monday through Friday throughout the school year at many sites including one at Public School 34 in Jersey City. At P.S…
Autism Month: Raising Awareness
1 in 68 kids will be diagnosed with autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because of this, April has been named Autism Awareness Month and the United Nations has recognized April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day. Autism Speaks, an autism advocacy organization that sponsors research and outreach activities describes the…
The instructor, the children, and the arts
By: Jossie Capon, Class of 2017 You walk into a big room with black painted walls. He brings out the tables and begins to assemble them. Once that is done he sets up the snacks table and brings out the art supplies. Suddenly you have a Jersey City Theater Center art classroom. JCTC Kids’ mission…
Giving Hope to Local Artist
By: Yasleen Trinidad, February 27, 2016 When Olga Levina first came to Jersey City, she had one goal: to bring and create an artistic environment in a city where it has long been missing. Located on Newark Avenue in Jersey City, The Jersey City Theater Center has given a home to local artists ready to show the…
The Dirt on Jersey City 