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Left, Right, Middle: Do you believe the nature of a city gives rise to crime, or is it the citizens? Is it a mass fabrication?

Left, Right, Middle: Do you believe the nature of a city gives rise to crime, or is it the citizens? Is it a mass fabrication?

Carmel Rafalowsky October 15, 2018

[one_third]Liberal - Nicole Cheney Cities as we know them have statistically higher rates of crime due to the nature of urban America.  Just by virtue of greater anonymity, denser living conditions,...

Mourning a Friendly Face: Gian Laput

Mourning a Friendly Face: Gian Laput

Carmel Rafalowsky September 13, 2018

Gian Earl Laput is remembered as a gamer, a K-pop fan, a ukulele player, a lover of puns and lunchables, and a prominent member of Alpha Phi Omega (APO), the co-ed national service fraternity on campus. Laput...

Mourning a Friendly Face: Kevin Milford-Sanchez

Mourning a Friendly Face: Kevin Milford-Sanchez

Carmel Rafalowsky September 13, 2018

The NJIT community lost a familiar face, and a friend to many on Wednesday, September 5. Kevin Milfort-Sanchez passed away in a tragic traffic accident when he was struck by a New Jersey Transit excavation...

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Global Warming

Carmel Rafalowsky September 5, 2018

The Mendocino Fire Complex has been raging for over a month now, and the end is far from near. First reported on July 27, 2018, the Mendocino Fire Complex is comprised of two wildfires, the River Fire...

Civilians Suffer at the Hands of Their Government

Carmel Rafalowsky April 17, 2018

The Who:  Military: Syrian military forces, backed by and pro-Assad (supported by the US, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia)  Rebels: Syrian citizens/freedom-fighters, home grown and against...

Cones of NJIT

Cones of NJIT

Carmel Rafalowsky March 27, 2018

As an urban campus, NJIT has quite a lot of traffic cones at its disposal. Between directing traffic, road closures, and on-campus construction for NJIT’s 2020 Vision, there is an estimated 200 or more...

Asking for Help

Asking for Help

Carmel Rafalowsky November 23, 2017

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the holiday season looming, and the fall semester wrapping up, stress is at an all-time high. And that means it’s the perfect time to roll your shoulders, take...

Twitter Increases Character Limit

Twitter Increases Character Limit

Carmel Rafalowsky November 15, 2017

Despite issues with bullying and bots, Twitter, an online platform where registered users can post and reply to one another via messages— “tweets”—has done well since being founded in 2006 and...

What is “Real Depression”?

Carmel Rafalowsky November 10, 2017

 “That movie was so depressing.” “The lyrics are depressing.”  “I’m so depressed.”  For better or worse, depression has entered the public conscience and lexicon, and has since become...

Music Review: Lo-Fi

Carmel Rafalowsky October 16, 2017

To many, lo-fi  already sounds like something a BedStuy hipster would come up with while waiting for their fair-trade matcha-latte. The word refers to “low fidelity”, a term used to describe audio...

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