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The Vector

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The Vector

Black History Month 2023 

Black History Month 2023 

Mrunmayi Joshi, Managing Editor February 15, 2023

Black History Month, celebrated from Feb. 1 to March 1 every year, was officially recognized by former United States President Gerald Ford in 1976 and has been celebrated annually ever since. This time...

NJIT Alumnus’s Space Flight Anniversary  

NJIT Alumnus’s Space Flight Anniversary  

Yukthi Sangoi December 30, 2022

(Photo from NASA's Johnson Space Center) Cady Heron popularized Oct. 3 as a historically precious day, and it certainly was for Walter M. Schirra, Jr. 60 years ago, he was launched into space as one...

Should Kim Kardashian be spared for ruining history? 

Should Kim Kardashian be spared for ruining history? 

Shreyal Sharma 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...

Clock tower: History and Superstitions

Clock tower: History and Superstitions

Samira Santana April 22, 2022

The infamous NJIT clock tower stands tall, looming above the walkway between the Campus Center and Central King Building. An 18-year-old relic that first graced the eyes and ears of students back in 2004,...

Black History Month at NJIT

Black History Month at NJIT

Ethan OMalley, Alumni February 25, 2022

February is Black History Month, a month where Black culture and the contributions to history by Black people are sent into the spotlight. Here at NJIT, the celebration is being headed by The Union of...

Twenty Year Old Time Capsule Unearthed

Twenty Year Old Time Capsule Unearthed

Daniil Ivanov March 3, 2021

On Oct. 7, 2000, NJIT students and families came to campus for the yearly Family Day—what we now celebrate as Homecoming. Of the many activities laid out for NJIT families to enjoy on campus, one was...

From Ruins to Riches: Newark to Construct Makerhood at Krueger-Scott Mansion

Daniil Ivanov October 15, 2018

On the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Court Street, the abandoned Kreuger-Scott mansion casts a shadow over the neighborhood. In 1888, German beer baron Gottfried Krueger had the mansion...

Twenty Minutes: Dr. Neil Maher

Twenty Minutes: Dr. Neil Maher

Prasanna Tati March 19, 2017

Dr. Neil Maher is a popular professor in the Federated History department at NJIT, whose background many would not think to ask about. Maher grew up in a suburb of New York City near the Hudson River,...

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