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NJIT's Student Newspaper

The Vector

NJIT's Student Newspaper

The Vector

Students Respond to Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Students Respond to Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Katherine Ji April 6, 2021

Catherine Yong, third year science, technology and society student and Chinese American, said she would frequently assist her father to the grocery stores on weekends in order to prevent him tripping...

Cybersecurity and You: How to Protect Yourself

Cybersecurity and You: How to Protect Yourself

Jason Cozzi March 24, 2021

Cybersecurity is a very important field in the modern age. Whether you know it or not, there are dangerous vulnerabilities all around us that even relatively inexperienced cyber criminals can exploit....

How do Pass/Fail COVID-19 Accommodations Compare Across NJ Public Institutions?

Nicholas Merlino, Alumni March 24, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the education system in ways never seen before and has forced many educators to make difficult decisions on how to safely provide higher education to college and...

Dear Highlander: Grade Worries

Vector Staff March 24, 2021

Dear Highlander, Grades haven’t even come out yet, but I just know I bombed my midterms. With this online learning format, I just haven’t been able to get into a good study routine and I know I’m...

The “Gender Ratio” at NJIT Over the Years

The “Gender Ratio” at NJIT Over the Years

Evan Markowitz, Guest Contributor March 24, 2021

From the Fall 1994 semester to Fall 2019 semester, the percentage of women studying at NJIT compared to the total number of students has slowly risen from 16% to nearly 27%, according to data provided...

Ying Wu College of Computing’s Instructor Shortage

Karim Gueye March 24, 2021

NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing is suffering from a lack of professors and lecturers. This instructor shortage has caused strife for many – predominantly computer science...

Reflecting One Year After Pandemic

Reflecting One Year After Pandemic

Yukthi Sangoi, Editor-in-Chief March 24, 2021

https://wpengine.com/support/ It has been just over a year since Governor Phil Murphy declared the statewide stay-at-home order for New Jersey. Schools and universities went all virtual, businesses...

New Jersey Vaccine Rollout Falters in Minority Communities

New Jersey Vaccine Rollout Falters in Minority Communities

Ethan OMalley, Alumni March 10, 2021

With just under 1.5 million New Jersey residents receiving their first dose of the COVID vaccine the state is making solid progress in its goal to have 70% of the state vaccinated by June. However,...

NJIT Students On Getting Vaccinated

NJIT Students On Getting Vaccinated

Ethan OMalley, Alumni March 3, 2021

As of Tuesday, March 2, the state of New Jersey has administered over 1.8 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, with over 14% of the state population receiving at least one dose. Currently...

COVID-19: Vaccines, Variants, and Virulence

COVID-19: Vaccines, Variants, and Virulence

Yukthi Sangoi, Editor-in-Chief March 3, 2021

The light at the end of the dark tunnel has been seen for quite some time with vaccines developed and distributed across the world. With the Biden administration’s major leap forward in working with...

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Trust in Media

Fatima Osman and Katherine Ji March 3, 2021

National trust in traditional news and media has hit an all-time low, according to Edelman’s 2021 trust barometer report. For millions of Americans, trust in our governing institutions, including businesses,...

A Reflection: Pushing through the Pandemic at NJIT

A Reflection: Pushing through the Pandemic at NJIT

Nicholas Merlino, Alumni February 24, 2021

This pandemic has been going on for a long minute. First, the lockdown was supposed to last for only two weeks. Many of us, myself included, thought very little of the gravity of the situation.   Then...

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