The Vector

Reporting Done Right: Welcome to Journalism

Stephen Chan • September 19, 2016

You may not enter into the public eye by choice, but if you do, you probably want your name to be known for something positive. When you participate in the Olympics, your entire life immediately becomes...

“Hoverboards” banned on NJIT Property

Stephen Chan • January 19, 2016

NJIT and a dozen other New Jersey colleges ban the boards following numerous reports of combustion By Stephen Chan Hoverboards, the two-wheeled “segways without handles,” were banned by administration...

NJIT has Groundbreaking Ceremony for Planned Wellness and Events Center

Stephen Chan • November 18, 2015

By Stephen Chan The groundbreaking of NJIT’s planned Wellness and Events Center occurred last Thursday, November 12th and featured the appearance of several key figures in the NJIT community, including...

Montclair Trio to perform in the third show of the series

Stephen Chan • November 18, 2015

Music in the Library Concert Series Opens to Public Stephen Chan, executive editor The Barbara and Leonard Littman library is once again hosting their third Music in the Library concert series, which...

NJIT’s second annual Hackathon surges in popularity

Stephen Chan • November 12, 2015

By Stephen Chan, Executive Editor Challenging. That is what the Association for Computing Machinery’s Vice President Eduardo Preciado thought about the second annual Hackathon. The event, which is...

Interfraternity and Sorority Council holds first united charity event

Stephen Chan • November 12, 2015

The Greek community aims to bring assistance to the Baobab home in Tanzania By Stephen Chan, Executive editor The greek community at NJIT is responsible for several distinct charities and philanthropies....

On Being Greek

Stephen Chan • September 15, 2015

Stephen Chan Sometimes, when a man puts on the letters of a fraternity, or a woman bears the letters of her sorority, people look and see different things. Members of their organizations see brothers...

HighlanderThon 2015

Stephen Chan • June 1, 2015

On Friday, April 17, the entire population of the Naimoli Athletic center at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) took a vow to stand, dance, and be merry for 18 consecutive hours. The reason:...

Blue eyes to brown: What will we become?

Stephen Chan • April 17, 2015

Doctors of the California based Strōma Medical Corporation have recently revealed a medical procedure, currently in trial, that can turn brown eyes blue. Believed to be a mutation of the pigment of the...

For the Kids Day: HighlanderThon serves up fun times

Stephen Chan • April 17, 2015

HighlanderThon invited students to participate in a surprise fundraising festival known among the student body as FTK Day on March 11. The goal of FTK Day was to reach 500 donations. Set in the Campus...

Coke or Pepsi? Why students shouldn’t have to choose between the two.

Stephen Chan • March 3, 2015

NJIT is a Pepsi campus. Everything we sell is owned and affiliated with PepsiCo—from Aquafina, lemon soda Sierra Mist, to our favorite Naked smoothies. Every beverage sold at the vending machines is...

Panasonic tests advanced cameras in Van Houten Library

Stephen Chan • March 3, 2015

Changes are coming to improve safety systems on campus. Public Safety’s Chief of Police, Joseph Marswillo, and Sergeant Mike Villani revealed that Panasonic Corporation has agreed to test their facial...