Well, we've made it to the end of the year. Another memorable semester in the books. We were blessed this year with our new collective pet Pebbles, President Jonathan Koppell's selfies called Kopellfies and finally, new dining services which include a pub. All of these have certainly taken the edge off the stress of being in college. But sadly, it's...

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I always thought it was unreasonable to expect high schoolers to have it all figured out with what they want to do for their livelihood. We’re all so young and introduced to a plethora of ideas, jobs and opportunities. How are we supposed to know what our end goal is in life if we hardly experienced it? Like a lot...

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Dear Montclarion,To say The Montclarion shaped my career and the rest of my college life would be an understatement. I came into college lost. I was a child advocacy and policy major with a minor in social work because I felt like I couldn't be undecided. Not knowing what I wanted to do scared me more than going into something...

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Well, it's finally time to tell the ongoing tale of how one guy went through a roller coaster of life to get to where he is today. There’s triumph. There’s tragedy. But the cast of people that have been alongside him couldn’t compare to what "Avengers: Secret Wars" will be. Strap in and enjoy. Because this is going to be...

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My first memory of the building that would later become like a second home, The School of Communication and Media, was walking into the NewsLab and seeing Professor Tara George, my now former Montclarion advisor. Tara gave a presentation on the journalism program and afterward, my parents encouraged me to ask her a question. I was terrified. I also didn’t...

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Four years ago, I was a high school senior with no clue what the next few years would look like. I applied to 11 schools and dragged my very patient parents on a new campus tour practically every weekend. Everyone kept telling me that, one day, I’d step foot on a campus and it would just feel like home to...

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A year and a half ago I was at a completely different university, imagining that’s where I’d be graduating from. My life took quite a sudden turn when I decided to transfer to Montclair State University, but my experience at The Montclarion is one of the things that makes me so glad that this is where I ended up. I...

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My journey through Montclair State University was a maze that to this day I still can not fully understand. I initially pursued a career in linguistics because I wanted to become a K-12 ESL teacher. That was the best way to contribute to my community by helping newcomer children learn English as a second language. At least that's what I...

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Last Wednesday, an all too familiar crowd came back to the Montclair State University's campus. The majority of us are more than acquainted with the religious protestors that stand seemingly proudly with signs containing hateful rhetoric. The Key of David Christian Center shows up every semester to tell us to repent and find God, along with a numerous list of...

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cheesing (ˈchēzing)verb: the act of putting unwanted cheese (or dairy) within a person's meal. I, like 30 to 50 million other Americans, suffer from lactose intolerance, a dietary sensitivity to cheese and other milk products where "people with lactose intolerance are unable to fully digest the sugar (lactose) in milk. As a result, they have diarrhea, gas and bloating after...

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