The fall semester has started and it’s officially time for the 2023 fall season of Montclair State University athletics. For some, this could mean getting back into the groove of things; for others, this could mean starting fresh. The Montclair State University football team had a season to forget in 2022 finishing 2-8 and winless against the New Jersey Athletic...

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In 1937, a student-run theatre organization was founded at Montclair State University, under the title, “Normal School Theatre Group” to give Montclair State students the opportunity to create theatre. This group was the very first form of theatre to be offered on campus, even before Montclair’s College of the Arts existed. Normal School Theatre Group (NSTG) had a founding membership...

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During a beautiful sunny day on Monday, Aug. 28, Bloomfield College students dispersed across the green as they socialized and became acclimated for the upcoming year. A massive blow-up waterslide and an ice cream truck set the exciting atmosphere. Upcoming freshmen could be seen adjusting to the new setting while fun music blasted from the speakers. Bloomfield College recently merged...

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I can’t speak for everyone, but Peter Pan might just be the most significant movie of my childhood. For the select group of people who agree, I think that it’s safe to say that it’s a story that grows with you. While some may think that I am referring to the plot line of how creativity and overall happiness die...

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Students commemorated the first week of school with Montclair State University's campus carnival on Sunday, Aug. 27, Red Hawk Day on Tuesday, Aug. 29, the first week of classes and more. The campus carnival featured amusement rides, temporary tattoos, music and other activities. Students from Bloomfield College of Montclair State University were bused in from the Bloomfield campus so they...

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For the past four months, the Hollywood film industry has been at an unprecedented turning point. On May 2, 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike, refusing to write, promote or pitch anything to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade association which makes up many of Hollywood's biggest studios and production companies,...

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As a person that grew up watching telenovelas, you best believe I am a sucker for gossip. Nothing fills me more with joy than hearing my friends' stories, connecting the dots with the information I continue to learn and getting the big picture. Being a writer, it is my instinct to seek out the facts and analyze events that contributed...

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School is back in session for the 2023-2024 school year, and that can mean only one thing. It is field hockey time!The Montclair State University field hockey team is back on Sprague Field and are getting back into the swing of things through both their practices and preseason games for this upcoming season. Head Coach Eileen O'Reilly, who is now...

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After a disappointing end to the previous season, the men's soccer team enters this upcoming campaign with a lot to be excited about. The Red Hawks retained numerous key players, added a number of impactful transfer students as well as incoming freshmen, and were ranked number one in the New Jersey Athletic Conference’s preseason poll. However, the team's recent trip...

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Always complaining, if I'm being transparentIt’s like running into a wallPartly because you’re frustratedpartly because there’s a little idea you have that if you slam into it with enough force,The little pre-existing cracks in the wall will grow and hopefully become large enoughWhere you can shove your fist through. Although... who is to say what brought on those small cracks?If...

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