NJIT's Student Newspaper

The Vector

NJIT's Student Newspaper

The Vector

NJIT's Student Newspaper

The Vector

Should Kim Kardashian be spared for ruining history? 

Should Kim Kardashian be spared for ruining history? 

Shreyal Sharma, Business Manager November 1, 2022

Kim Kardashian chose to surprise her fans and viewers by wearing Marilyn Monroe’s famous “Happy Birthday Mr. President” dress to the 2022 Met Gala. However, during the event, Kardashian ripped the...

American Students Should Read Russian Literature. Yes, Even Now. 

American Students Should Read Russian Literature. Yes, Even Now. 

Matthew Fleishman, Staff Writer October 21, 2022

As I was finishing up my humanities sequence of 100- and 200-level General Education Requirements in my first year, I began planning my humanities classes for further years. Looking through the list of...

I Can’t Even Parallel Park: The Story of Every Commuter  

I Can’t Even Parallel Park: The Story of Every Commuter  

Paridhi Bhardwaj, Staff Writer October 13, 2022

Fun fact: NJIT is a school with a majority-commuter population, with 79% of students commuting to campus according to U.S. News.   This year’s incoming class has increased NJIT’s enrollment...

Pakistan Goes Underwater 

Pakistan Goes Underwater 

Areej Qamar, Executive Editor October 6, 2022

The rain started the same day I arrived in Pakistan this summer. My relatives, happy to see me and my family, exclaimed that we had brought “showers of blessings” with us. It did almost seem that...

Russian Refugee Crisis 

Russian Refugee Crisis 

Matthew Fleishman, Staff Writer October 3, 2022

I am a second-generation American of Russian descent and the first member of my immediate family to be born in the United States. The past seven months have been some of the most trying for our community....

SCOTUS Shifts to the Right

SCOTUS Shifts to the Right

Alfred Simpson, Staff Writer September 16, 2022

America has a problem and it is far-right extremism within each branch of the government. The Conservative bloc of the Supreme Court, consisting of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh,...

Public vs. Charter Schools

Public vs. Charter Schools

Paridhi Bhardwaj, Staff Writer September 16, 2022

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” — Aristotle    Let’s go back in time to when we Highlanders were high school students — the days of being disappointed...

Fall 2022 Predictions

Fall 2022 Predictions

Mrunmayi Joshi, Managing Editor August 30, 2022

It’s been a long and hot summer, but my favorite time of year has finally rolled around. I, for one, can’t wait to move in with a refrigerator, a mattress pad that refuses to roll up, and at least...

The Real Cost of Dates

Nazia Shaheed May 2, 2022

When we think about racism, we tend to think about the segregation of Black South Africans during Apartheid, the expulsion of Indigenous Americans from their lands and the daily systemic injustices that...

Musical Copyright Infringement Lawsuits are Getting out of Hand 

Evan Markowitz, Guest Contributor March 24, 2022

Another day, another copyright infringement lawsuit. At the very least, that appears to be the reality that English singer-songwriter Dua Lipa currently seems to be facing. The musician is currently facing...

NJIT: Meet Your “Home Field” 

NJIT: Meet Your “Home Field” 

Aaron Dimaya, Staff Writer March 24, 2022

Jim Hynes is a name most of the NJIT faithful have probably never heard of, and I wouldn’t blame them. Being part of Kean University’s Class of 1963, he played second base in his high school years...

Is the age of 20 Extended Adolescence?

Is the age of 20 Extended Adolescence?

Mrunmayi Joshi, Managing Editor February 18, 2022

Every student attending NJIT today is legally an adult — that is, over the age of 18. In previous years, this was considered the “hard cut-off” for teenagers, and they were expected to shoulder...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Vector