The Vector

Nuclear Power: To Be or Not to Be?

Isaac Scafe • September 19, 2018

The term ‘nuclear’ is often met with negative connotations. From weapons to radioactivity, anything involving nuclear properties is considered a danger to the world. However, nuclear energy may be...

Should US Senators be able to release confidential information?

Quratulain Malik • September 13, 2018

[one_third]Liberal—Quratulain Malik U.S. Senators are charged with important duties, such as creating laws, appointing cabinet members and prospective members of the Supreme Court. The hearings of Supreme...

Gas Tax Increase: Does it Make Sense?

Daniil Ivanov • September 13, 2018

On October 1, New Jersey will raise the tax rate on gasoline and diesel fuel by 4.3 cents per gallon. This tax increase comes as an addition to the infamous 23-cent hike implemented in 2016, which served...

One Year After Maria

Isaac Scafe • September 13, 2018

On September 16, 2017 Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico, leaving destruction in its wake. On August 14, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority reported that power was fully restored—almost...

#NikeBoycott

Beshoy Shokralla • September 13, 2018

On Monday, September 3, Nike debuted its 30th-anniversary “Just Do It” campaign, with advertisements featuring Serena Williams, Odell Beckham Jr., and Colin Kaepernick. The announcement immediately...

Student Loan Watchdog Walks Out

Daniil Ivanov • September 13, 2018

The United States is facing a student loan crisis worth 1.5 trillion dollars. Fifty percent of incoming NJIT freshmen take on the burden of student debt, while seventy percent of college students nationwide...

Should Marijuana Be Legalized?

Adrian Wong • September 5, 2018

[one_third]Liberal -- Nicole Cheney Without a doubt, marijuana should be legalized. Everywhere. Period. Tax revenues would increase, street crimes would decrease, and medicinal marijuana would be more...

US Senators Pushed to Pay Up

Victoria Nguyen • May 1, 2018

Male republican U.S. senators do not believe that they should pay for their own sexual harassment settlements. As of Thursday April 19, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was the only male senator of his party to...

NJIT: Political Bubble or Political Apathy?

Nicole Cheney • April 24, 2018

College is often stereotyped as a magical, liberal fairytale land in which all conservative ideas go to die. There is some merit to this concept, though not quite as extreme as those on the left would...

Student Senate Elections – Are they a popularity contest?

Babatunde Ojo • April 24, 2018

[one_third] Liberal—Babatunde Ojo The Student Senate elections should be the time for the NJIT community to come together and choose who should control the budget that they – the students –...

Legislative Action, from Students to Senate

Victoria Nguyen • April 24, 2018

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Teachers Walk out of Class

Nicole Cheney • April 17, 2018

After nearly two weeks without class for half a million Oklahoma public school students, the teachers’ walkout has come to a conclusion. The president of the Oklahoma Education Association, Alicia...