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Decoding Your Cereal Box

Aditya Uppuluri • January 30, 2015

Decoding Your Cereal Box Aditya Uppuluri If you are like me, you have probably gone into the cereal isle of a Costco or Wal-Mart to grab your favorite box of cereal. You might have looked at the side...

Motivational: New Year’s Resolution

Erick (CK) Allas • January 30, 2015

New Year’s Resolution Erick Allas Hello fellow Highlanders! We’re back in school and a new year is starting up! The cold front hit us during our break. The cool breeze turned into ice and the snow...

Film: Moving Moments

Scott Waldmann • December 6, 2014

What makes a film compelling?

NJIT Events: Games as Culture with Jamin Warren

Matthew Maravilla • November 20, 2014

Thinking. Acting. Object-ing. Thanks to the school of Art and Design, as well as to the game design professors of NJIT who were gracious enough to tell their students about last Monday’s talk in Weston...

Indie Game Thing: Planetary Annihilation

Matthew Maravilla • November 20, 2014

When Childhoods die Here’s a little history lesson: back in 1997, about a year before Starcraft came out, Total Annihilation was released, much to the delight of strategy game fans. With the ability...

Movember: The Hair Grooming Phenomenon

Fariha Tasneem • November 20, 2014

In recent years, November has been marked by a peculiar ritual often undertaken by men: not shaving facial hair for the entire month. It’s an easy task, but the result is admittedly unsightly. Normally,...

Studying Abroad in China: From Capitalist to Communist

Kareem Fayek • November 19, 2014

Since starting my weekly series of articles about studying abroad in China, the most common question I get from readers who reach out is: "What's it like living in a communist country?" Even though there...

The Food Bros Review: Krug’s Tavern

Matthew Dwyer & Damian Priestner • November 19, 2014

The Food Bros Matthew Dwyer Damian Priestner The Food Bros: This week the food bros hit Krug’s Tavern, which is a nice relaxed drive off Ferry St. in the Ironbound district. Family owned and operated...

The Food Bros. Review: Ferry St. BBQ

Vector Staff • November 5, 2014

By Matthew Dwyer & Damian Priestner In the Ironbound at 89 Ferry Street, in Newark NJ, is a home-styled restaurant named Ferry St BBQ. The Food Bros. took a trip down Ferry Street to find this restaurant...

Student Abroad Reports: China’s Booming Videogame Market

Vector Staff • November 5, 2014

By Kareem Fayek Subtitle: *The massive country is set to overtake the U.S. as the world's biggest gaming market by 2016* With a population of over 1.3 billion people, there is no doubt that China has...

The Great “What If” Statement

Danielle Judka • November 4, 2014

In times of doubt I find myself writing down every thought that runs through my head. My dreams get a little funny and my sense of vison a little cloudy. I can go through a whole day thinking about a singular...

Top 10 Coolest Sounding Sports Terms

Guest • November 1, 2014

Ace –The volleyball term for when a serve lands in the receiving team’s court either without being touched by any player on the receiving team or it is touched by only one member of the opposing team...