The College’s Lillian Farhat, an Arabic professor in the Modern Languages department, presented students with a preview of her doctoral thesis entitled “Ibn Khaldun and Dynastic Politics” as part of the politics forum series on April 1.
Farhat’s doctoral thesis concentrates on the social and historical theory of Ibn Khaldun. Khaldun, born in Tunis, North Africa [...]

In a campus-wide e-mail sent on March 8 by the Division of Facilities Management, Construction and Campus Safety, the College announced the demolition of the one-story Forcina wing in Spring 2010. Upon examination, the College became aware of select objects containing asbestos and in response initiated an abatement project to remove all infected materials.
The state [...]

Curt Heuring, vice president for Facilities Management, Construction and Campus Safety gave a preliminary presentation to the Student Government Association (SGA) on Dec. 2, 2009 regarding the progress of a longtime College initiative: The Campus Town Project (CTP).
According to the College’s Web site, the town will potentially include restaurants, retail stores, a book store and [...]

The College’s police force received special tactical and security training during winter break in order to prepare and plan for emergencies including gunmen roaming the campus and bomb threats against students.
In addition to campus officers, the College invited law enforcement officials from the cities of Lawrenceville and Ewing Township and local parole officers to work [...]

At its meeting on Nov. 18, the Student Government Association (SGA) announced it will be pursuing Mike Huckabee, the former Republican Governor of Arkansas and current host of the Fox News Channel talk show “Huckabee” to be their spring semester speaker. Huckabee also ran for President in 2008, but lost the Republican Party bid to [...]

Provost and Executive Vice President Carol Bresnahan spoke to the Student Government Association (SGA) on Nov. 11 about plans for the College’s Center of Teaching and Learning and clarified details about the pixel art installation and subsequent vandalism.
“Two of the pixels were vandalized and I am very sorry about that,” said Bresnahan. “I don’t care [...]

The recently installed public art was a main topic of discussion at the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Nov. 4. Former SGA senator Warren Samlin, sophomore management major, attended the meeting as a spokesperson for students concerned over the College?s latest art acquisition.
“We want to know who decided this and why,” Samlin said, “The [...]

The Student Government Association (SGA) voted to recognize a resolution to support both the New Jersey State Assembly Bill No. 2762 and the New Jersey State Senate Bill No. 1866, which call for the amendment of the drug free school zone law within the state of New Jersey at the Oct. 28 meeting.
The resolution, written [...]

The Student Government Association welcomed two new student organizations to the College campus at its general body meeting on Oct. 21. The Central Eurasian and Middle Eastern Studies Society and the Student Transfer Association were voted in unanimously.
The founders of the Central Eurasian and Middle Eastern Studies Society, under the guidance of 10 different faculty [...]

Sonya Gwak, author of “Be(com)ing Korean in the United States: Exploring Ethnic Identity Formation Through Cultural Practices,” provided a learning workshop and presentation on Oct 21.
The presentation centered on the complex relationships among young people who proclaim a common ethnic bond and how they understand their ethnic, racial, and national identities as part of the [...]

Professor of communication studies Paul D’Angelo presented “Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Exploring Press Independence in Coverage of the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal” on Oct. 20.
The presentation was based on the findings of his content analysis research project, which found the standards of investigative journalism were not up to par in their blending [...]

Class Council Coordinator Arielle Simonis, junior environmental studies and women and gender studies major, and Water Watch Co-President Julia Flagg, junior Spanish and sociology major, alongside Heather Daley, sophomore English and secondary education major, told the Student Government Association (SGA) about misconceptions surrounding the College’s current recycling program at the Oct. 7 meeting.
“The College only [...]

Violence on campus is being fought by the College’s Green Dot Campaign, which presented its strategy for reducing violence to the Student Government Association (SGA) during its meeting last Wednesday.
A campus survey taken last winter revealed 1 in 5 female and 1 in 10 male students were victims of violence last year.
“It’s here,” Jackie Deitch-Stackhouse, [...]

Assistant Professor of Asian and Islamic art history Deborah Hutton extended tstudents and faculty members’ understanding about the strong correlation between art and politics in Pakistan last Thursday, Sept. 24. Hutton said the development of Pakistani art began immediately following its establishment as a nation in 1947, and has grown and evolved ,only sharpening its [...]