On Tuesday, Sept. 3, Montclair State University hosted Red Hawk Day, the school's yearly school pride day filled with food, festivities and more. The day began with a club fair at 10 a.m. As music blasted from speakers at various tables, hundreds of students lined up between Blanton Hall and the Student Center to learn more about the dozens of...

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On Thursday, Sept. 5, Montclair State University students faced an interrupted commute due to a motor vehicle accident. Per Montclair State's Red Hawk Alert messaging system, the accident occurred at the Yogi Berra Drive entrance at Valley Road. As a result, a temporary road closure was enforced. Montclair State's Chief of Police, Kieran Barrett, provided details regarding the incident. Three...

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On the morning of Monday, August 26, Montclair State University students and staff gathered for the official grand opening of the highly anticipated campus Starbucks. Located in Harry A. Sprague Library and replacing Cafe Diem, the addition of Starbucks comes after years of students requesting the coffeehouse chain. The grand opening had dozens of people inside the new Starbucks, with...

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With the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States less than two years away, the United States Men’s National Team will face off against South America's best teams in the 2024 COMNEBOL Copa America Tournament. The team is back at camp in preparation for Copa America. Their first stop was in Bethesda, Maryland, where the squad trained at the...

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It is cold, rainy and the bus is nowhere to be found. Minutes turn to hours, the schedule says one thing and your phone another. This is an all too common reality for people who ride Access Link. Access Link, NJ Transit’s paratransit service, was designed for those who are unable to use traditional public transportation. Access Link is supposed...

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If a rendezvous with Ronald McDonald is more accessible than your nearest grocery store, you might be living in a "food desert." This term refers to communities with limited access to healthy, affordable food options. More often than not, low-income areas have very few grocery stores in walking distance, making processed or unhealthy foods the primary option for underprivileged families....

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As costs and inflation rise, so does the difficulty of commuting as a college student. In New Jersey, commuters are feeling the pinch of rising transit fares and tolls. Recent proposals aimed at addressing pandemic-era budget shortfalls are projected to increase the financial burden on those who rely on public transportation. For drivers, tolls have already increased by 3% on...

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“Have you ever seen the Devil?”Nima paused mid-chai sip, returning the teacup to its dainty saucer. With her pointer finger and thumb trained on the cup’s waist, her middle and ring finger choking an ashy joint, and her pinky delicately curved upward as if she were dining with the queen, her eyes found Carmen’s. Though Carmen’s eyes were searching elsewhere,...

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Otis rolled over. He had awoken to the sound of a wailing siren in the near distance, maybe four or five streets away from his room on the second floor of a hotel on the corner of Rue Regnard and Rue Rotrou. The Place de l’Odeon was a small square which hosted a seemingly never at capacity theater, an approachable...

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The Montclair State University women’s lacrosse team is back in the postseason for the first time in three seasons. Coming off of a rough 4-11 record last season, the Red Hawks have done a complete 180 with an 8-5 record heading into the postseason. According to the head coach Nicol Parceluzzi, a lot of the team’s newfound success has been...

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