It’s essential that college students exercise their right to vote in the upcoming election. Voter turnout among college students is significantly less than the national average, according to Pew Research, which means that the views held by younger voters may not be as accurately represented by the politicians who represent them.
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It’s time for me to say goodbye to the organization I have loved so dearly for the past three years. While I can accept it’s time for me to move on, this is one of my hardest farewells.
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The LIONS initiative, from the time it was announced in December through today, has little concrete substance behind it.
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I am not entirely sure how I came to lead this paper. Unlike many of the people I work with, I am not a journalism major nor have I ever taken a journalism class (and it shows sometimes). I never saw journalism as a career path for me and I still don’t; the only reason I joined The Signal was so that I had something to do during my fully online, first semester in 2020. Because of that random decision freshman year, I have been lucky enough to somehow fall upward into this leadership position that has forever changed my life. I have personally grown into someone my freshman self could never recognize. Not only have I found the confidence to be in such a leadership position, but I found my voice to speak up for what is right.
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With each passing year, more and more local media outlets are shuttering their doors, leaving communities without a trustworthy source of news. Student media can fill that void and begin a new wave of journalism.
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As a political science major, I have learned a lot about civics, the role of government and the importance of independent election agencies. I could confidently say I am rather educated on politics and the American political system. I therefore can not stay quiet about the continuous, embarrassing circus that is New Jersey politics.
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In December 1885, students at the New Jersey State Normal School published the first edition of this publication. The editorial board of that long ago version of The Signal dedicated the organization to “all rights and the highest interests of those whom we would represent.” Basically a fancy way of saying students. Those editors also wanted the publication to be thought of “as a Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance,” which is a reference to Don Quixote apparently. I never read the book so the reference is wasted on me but the words sound pretty which is good enough.
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The increasing reliance on AI tools throughout various industries has created many new challenges and unexpected effects.
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Sometimes, as the editor-in-chief, I feel like a fraud. It may be approaching the end of the semester, and I have spent over fourteen weeks in my role, but I still can’t help but feel like a fraud when I enter The Signal office and lead our weekly editorial and admin meetings. Even when we all sit around the big, round table in Forcina, and I go around the room, asking every editor about their weekly stories, I can’t help but feel a little bit out-of-place leading the meetings. I still feel the frustrating lasting effects of imposter syndrome, which is a phenomenon that describes feeling inadequate in your role despite your achievements.
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It is exceptionally hard to believe that, after nearly three years at The Signal, my time at this organization is at an end. The prospect of graduation is, to me, not nearly as strange as the prospect of no longer being a part of this newspaper.
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This semester has been a tumultuous one for us. Not long after beginning this semester, our website ran into a series of crippling problems, beginning with hosting issues and ending with brute-force malware attacks that crippled our only platform for publication.
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Looking to the future, The Signal is launching a complete rebrand By The Editorial Board Since campus closed in March, we have all been living in ...
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By Camille FurstFormer Editor-in-Chief This year hasn't been easy. I’ve spoken with countless amounts of people who’ve lost their loved ones from ...
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By Lara BeckerEditor-in-Chief We are told that the ticking clock on the wall is an unchanging, constant fixture in our lives. It sits there, clicking ...
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Mathias Altman-KurosakiOpinions Editor The lights of the Rutgers University natatorium seemed to be shining brighter than ever on the last night of the ...
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By Madison PenaNews Editor The holiday season is my favorite time of year — the cheer, food and time spent with friends and family is something that ...
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By Esther MoralesReviews Editor For many students, including myself, the weeks can bleakly start to bleed together as the fall and winter seasons kick ...
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Ian KrietzbergArts & Entertainment Editor The arts make up a big part of my life. I am an avid and voracious reader, music-listener, and TV watcher. ...
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By Kalli ColacinoFeatures Editor Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting has become the story of my life. And I’m over it. This semester has been challenging ...
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By Chelsie DermanOpinions Editor Every few months I keep coming back to it: my college admissions essay. I know, I know. You must be reading that statement ...
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