By Tom Boud Illustration by Camila GarciaBenjamin Franklin once famously said, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes. If Franklin were to come to Montclair State University, he would promptly add “parking trouble” to this aphorism. And he would find the complaint-prone topic is a far bigger lightning rod than the one he...

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Illustration by James Hagan When a walk in the park turns dark, you get lumbered with a mark as stark as tree bark. Anthony learned this lesson the hard way during a supposedly easy hike in Ringwood State Park. Over the years, Anthony had racked up a range of run-ins throughout his nationwide sylvan meanderings. His animal encounters included baleful...

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Illustration by Camila Garcia On June 26, 2024, Instagram allowed Meta AI to use artists' original work to train its AI. This decision brought a tidal wave of backlash against the digital platform for scraping (extraction and analysis of data from websites) their work without consent. A year later, AI has only proliferated across the internet. "AI Slop" is now...

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Who doesn't want to know what's going on in the head of a 35-year-old balding comedian struggling to come to terms with his break-up? "Good Material," a hilarious, lighthearted novel by Dolly Alderton, follows Andy’s life after his break-up and is a guide on what not to do when your girlfriend of two years suddenly dumps you. At first glance,...

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Editor's Note: The Montclarion updated this article as the story continues to unfold. Visit our website for more coverage on the restructuring. Montclair State University plans to move forward with restructuring the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), a plan that involves eliminating departments and consolidating academic programs into four schools. This move has alarmed many among the campus...

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Illustration by Camila Garcia Benjamin Franklin once famously said, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes. If Franklin were to come to Montclair State University, he would promptly add “parking trouble” to this aphorism. And he would find the complaint-prone topic is a far bigger lightning rod than the one he invented. No...

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Illustration by Sarai Richards Everything went downhill when Francis, who always shared Julie’s bad luck, found a date in her childhood sweetheart. Now it’s going to be the talk of the wedding: Francis and her first love, finding their way to each other on her father’s wedding day. And now, Julie sat at the bar, less than 48 hours before...

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The scaling and interest to describe a musical like Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 is quite an enigma. The shows follows the young and impulsive Natasha Rostova as she falls for the rakish and careless Anatole Kuragin while waiting for her fiancé, Andrey, to return from war. When Pierre Bezukhov, a brooding outsider experiencing an existential crisis,...

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Montclair State University’s French program received the 2025 Exemplary with Honors award. This plaque was conferred by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). The accolade was announced in an Oct. 1 press release on the World Languages and Cultures department website. Montclair State is the only university nationwide to garner the Exemplary French Program With Honors commendation. The...

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