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The College seeks to prioritize access and affordability in their fundraising campaign. (Photo courtesy of Kit Ackerman / Staff Photographer)

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TCNJ is Elevating Excellence with comprehensive fundraising campaign

By Natalia Tomczak | Apr. 30

The College announced the public launch of its fundraising campaign, “Elevating Excellence” on Saturday, April 25. The campaign for “Elevating Excellence," the second fundraising campaign in the College’s history, launched an effort in July 2022 to fundraise $76 million across six years. The College has raised nearly $41.9 million to date, with two years and two months left to achieve their goal. The College is 55% of the way towards their goal.

Culture

OPINION: The drinking age should be lowered to 18

By Natalia Tomczak | Apr. 20

It is no well kept secret that in the United States many people drink before it is legal for them to do so. Isn’t it strange? You can bartend at 18, but not drink?

A featured art piece in the AIMM gallery. (Photo by Sandra Abrantes / Multimedia Coordinator)

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TCNJ exhibit ‘What Images’ explores the art-making process in a world of digital saturation

By Sandra Abrantes and Natalia Tomczak | Apr. 2

An unintentionally impactful part of the exhibition is that the artist from Iran was unable to display their work. Due to the current war, the artist was unable to communicate with the curators and unable to send their piece. Instead of this, a paper was displayed labeling the artist, Arghavan Heydareslam, and why she was unable to send her video.

Misogynistic content circulates online, impacting schools. (Photo courtesy of Pexels)

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OPINION: The US must educate youth on the dangers of misogyny

By Natalia Tomczak | Mar. 6

How far should a society go in order to correct a power imbalance between groups of people? What happens when the side effects of this power imbalance are ignored? On one scale, it is casual; the president of the United States insulted the women’s olympic hockey team, meanwhile the men’s hockey team erupted in laughter at this degradation of achievement by female athletes competing in the same sport.

There are free period products in Bliss Hall bathrooms. (Photo by Brooke Zevon)

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With period poverty on the rise nationally, TCNJ addresses accessibility

By Natalia Tomczak | Mar. 4

Period poverty, the lack of or uncertain access to menstrual products due to financial restraints, is on the rise in the United States and globally.

Comedian Connor Wood takes the stage at Kendall Hall for CUB's Spring Comedy Show. (Photo courtesy of Andre Paras)

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Internet stars Noel Miller and Connor Wood perform on campus

By Sandra Abrantes , Jennifer Ampofo and Natalia Tomczak | Feb. 6

The College Union Board hosted its annual Spring Comedy show at Kendall Hall on Feb. 3, with this year's guests being Noel Miller and Connor Wood. The announcement garnered over 3,000 likes on Instagram the week it was posted.

Romance is pursued digitally, and that isn’t a bad thing. (Photo courtesy of Pexels)

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OPINION: A love letter to love in the digital age

By Natalia Tomczak | Nov. 21

Gone are the days of love letters, carrier pigeons and messages in bottles. Here are the days of targeted instagram notes, Hinge and direct messages. We’re maintaining more correspondences than ever, and we’re not worse off for it.