Every year, the College ranks high on “Best College” lists, but it also frequently ranks high on another list — the most expensive public colleges in the United States.

Well here it is: My final study abroad article. I can’t say that I never thought this day would come (because I adhere to the laws of time and common sense), but I can say that it appeared to come much faster than expected. Looking back on the past three months, however, I do find [...]

By Brianna Gunter
Foreign Correspondent
After three months of adventures in a foreign country, I now find myself a little unsure of what to write about. Actually, it took me several hours to think of how to start this column when normally it comes to me in a matter of minutes. Maybe it’s because so much [...]

Within the first week that I arrived here (man, that seems long ago now) I sat down to watch TV with Luis Carlos and Aura, my host brother and sister. After flicking through a few channels, Luis Carlos stopped on “Jersey Shore.” Seeing as I’ve lived in New Jersey most of my life, I suppose [...]

By Brianna Gunter
Foreign Correspondent
Costa Rica is widely known as one of the world’s happiest nations. Actually, it is the happiest in the world. Just last year, the World Database of Happiness (yes, it exists) ranked this tiny Central American country first out of happiest nations with a score of 8.5 on a scale [...]

By Brianna Gunter
Foreign Correspondent
Imagine walking down the street and hearing: “How lovely to see the pieces of sky that are your eyes.” Sounds like a page out of the world’s corniest pick up line book, right? Here in Costa Rica, however, this isn’t a pick up line. What we have here is the piropo.
Some [...]

By Brianna Gunter
Foreign Correspondent
In the months leading up to my departure for Costa Rica, I — like so many others before me — busied myself with finding out everything I possibly could about the Central American country (it is in Central America, despite the surprising belief by some of my friends [...]

I like to think of myself as an average student here at the College. My grades are decent. I’m involved in campus organizations. I go to parties occasionally, and overall I’m very happy here. Lately however, I’ve been thinking that maybe I’m not so average. If life at the College is anything like what half [...]

On Sept. 22, Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi ended his life by jumping off the George Washington Bridge, just days after his roommate and an acquaintance broadcast a video of him in an intimate situation with another man. Although Rutgers is about 45 minutes north from the College, Clementi’s death hit some close to home.
“Personally, [...]

For most of the student body, Eickhoff food was always something to complain about or, at the very least, show indifference. But this semester has already proven to be different. In addition to the dining hall’s aesthetic transformation, many students have already noticed the changes are more than just visual.
Sodexo Inc., the College’s provider of [...]

In the absence of the student body, campus construction has been busy this summer. Members of the College community returning this semester will notice many changes to campus facilities.
First and foremost, the dining hall in Eickhoff Hall went through phase II of renovations, which transformed the inside completely. The upper walls of the dining hall, [...]

The Garden State Film Festival shows over 100 films annually and has over 30 award categories. This year, Jenna Bush, junior communication studies major, received the award for “Home Grown Student Documentary Short” for her documentary “Minor Details” on Sunday March 28. The festival took place at various theaters in Asbury Park.
“Minor Details” focuses on [...]

Ah, the Academy Awards — the night where little androgynous golden statues recognize the best in the film industry. The whole spectacle is terribly political and terribly long, but for a movie fanatic like me the Oscars is one of the few annual televised events I really look forward to. For those who are unaware, [...]

Students of the school of Culture and Society may see some new developments during the next 10 years, including a possible change in the school’s name.
According to Benjamin Rifkin, dean of the school of Culture and Society, a group of alumni, faculty, students and other staff members worked to draft a strategic plan during the [...]