Montclair State University men’s basketball team was simply not supposed to be here. With the losses of Mike Jackson and Kieran Flanagan, along with the remainder of their graduate class, the reigning New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) champion Red Hawks were an unknown heading into the winter. Instead, Montclair State has shocked the national landscape. The Red Hawks currently hold...

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Cold water in Whitman Hall has been restored, with hot water remaining unavailable, according to university officials on Sunday. Residence Life shared that sinks, showers and toilets are safe to use in Whitman and Parker Halls. According to a Feb. 8 email from the Residence Life office sent to Dinallo Heights residents, there has been limited water damage to student...

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More than 100 people gathered in the Student Center Underground on Feb. 4 for a remembrance and plaque dedication ceremony for the late Nancy Menegus, a well-loved campus coffee shop worker. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Menegus, 83, of Clifton suddenly passed away on Dec. 15. Menegus was a university food service supervisor for 16 years, according to a Dec. 16...

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Montclair State University's dorm residency, Dinallo Heights, faced a late pipe burst on Saturday night in Parker and Whitman Hall, resulting in flooding in the dormitories, according to university officials. Student residents living in Parker and Whitman Hall began evacuating as a result. According to a late statement emailed from Thea E. Dyer, the Associate Director for Housing Operations to...

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Dr. Fatma Mili was named interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs by Montclair State President Jonathan Koppell on Jan. 2. Mili replaces Dr. Stefanie Brachfeld, who served as acting provost following Julius Gonzales’ departure in Oct. 2025. Mili has previous higher education leadership experience, serving as a provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Grand...

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Illustration by Jackson Marra It took a surreal encounter at Starbucks for this starry-eyed author to find her place among the stars. Ever since childhood, Andrea wielded a wicked way for writing. Over the years, she created poems, short stories, essays and the occasional novella. And the seminal scribe always concocted enough quirks in her works to air her literary...

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Barton Hall will remain closed indefinitely following a pipe burst leading to major flooding throughout the dormitory. The closure of Barton Hall in Machuga Heights will continue amid the fixture of the pipes, according to an email from university officials. Andrew Mees, the Assistant Vice President of Strategic Content, stated that Montclair State's facilities company for The Heights, Capstone, confirmed...

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For these Montclair State University students, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is more than a day off — it is a time to reflect on service, legacy and unity. Montclair State's MLK Day of Service brought over 100 people to campus to honor MLK's legacy through community action. Hosted in the Student Center Ballrooms by the Volunteer Center, NextGen Service...

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Illustration by Camila Garcia Nelson Mandela is credited with saying, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” But in the United States, this “most powerful weapon” is cost-prohibitive for the nation’s vast college-bound army. Anyone who naysays that— to use a classic phrase, can tell it to the Marines, because the sailors won’t...

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Everybody has heard the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but have you ever heard “don’t judge a book by its premise?” Rebecca Serle's novel "In Five Years" defies expectations created by its own synopsis, surprising and amazing her readers with every page. One of the biggest cons of the romance genre is, in my opinion, predictability. To...

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