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$4 Million from CRRSA Act will Benefit Students in Need

Yukthi Sangoi • February 10, 2021

In late December, Congress passed the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act that was signed into law by former President Trump. This provides additional provisions...

My Hopes and Fears for President-elect Joe Biden’s Presidency

Isaac Scafe and iscafe • December 2, 2020

After much anticipation and weeks of recounts and failed court cases by the Trump Administration, Democratic candidate Joseph Biden has been declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election. With...

What do you think about President Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan?

Anthony McInnis, amcinnis, crafalowsky, and Flynn Thomas • February 21, 2020

[one_third]Liberal - Carmel Rafalowsky The newest Middle East peace deal entitled “Peace to Prosperity” could have been called anything else and have the same effect. It is not a peace deal by...

Trump-Kim Summit End Without a Deal

James Nanchanatt and jnanchanatt • March 16, 2019

President Trump walked away from the Hanoi summit with Chairman Kim Jong Un of North Korea without reaching a deal to resolve the Korean conflict involving nuclear weapons and the denuclearization of the...

Why We Need a Wall, and How Trump Wasted Our Time

Flynn Thomas • February 17, 2019

In game theory, chicken is an experiment that everyone is quite familiar with: the only way to make the other player yield is to make a definitive statement that you're willing to risk mutual destruction....

U.S. Government Shutdown: The Story So Far

Daniil Ivanov • January 31, 2019

The 2018-2019 partial government shutdown has been ongoing since December 22, 2018. This became the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States on January 12, surpassing the Clinton-era...

Veterans’ Affairs Hit Home: Thousands of Veterans are not Receiving Benefits

Katherine Ji • December 7, 2018

On November 12, 2018, NJIT joined millions across the country in celebrating and thanking veterans for our freedom, with the Dean of Students and Campus Life holding a ceremony in the Campus Center Atrium....

Trump, Russia, and the White House: Thoughts from the NJIT Student Body?

Anuj Patel • September 26, 2018

Controversy rocked the Trump Presidency since before Donald Trump was even sworn in and political opinion in America has become even more polarized. A survey of 113 random NJIT students has revealed that...

Civilians Suffer at the Hands of Their Government

Carmel Rafalowsky • April 17, 2018

The Who: Military: Syrian military forces, backed by and pro-Assad (supported by the US, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia) Rebels: Syrian citizens/freedom-fighters, home grown and against...

Syrian Chemical Attack

Quratulain Malik • April 17, 2018

The war in Syria is nowhere near resolution and as more fatalities occur, more human rights and war crimes occur. The latest weapons being used against civilians in Syria are chemical weapons. On Saturday,...

It’s Complicated

Daniil Ivanov • March 6, 2018

On Wednesday, February 28, President Trump hosted a bipartisan meeting between congressional policymakers to discuss what actions should be taken to ensure that the reoccurrence of heinous acts of gun...

A Year In Review

Akinlolu Aguda • December 19, 2017

President Trump has not been an impressive president, at least not in my view from this past year. For one, he is not the kind who has shown keenness to uphold peace amongst his people. Aside from certain...