The Current – The Student News Site of Brookdale Community College

Healthy Living During the Holiday Season
December 2, 2019
Khristian Guidi, Staff Writer
With Halloween behind us for yet another season and Thanksgiving festivities right around the corner, welcoming in the holiday season can be the most wonderful time of the...
Instagram to Combat its Negative Effects on Users
December 2, 2019
Sydney Kennedy, Features Editor
You may have gotten wind of Instagram removing the number of likes users get on photos back in the spring of 2019. Since then, Instagram has tested removing likes for users...
Selenis Levya visits Brookdale, inspires students to ‘live their truth’
December 2, 2019
Sonal Madhok, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Selenis Levya, star of the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” presented her lecture “Untold Stories” in the Performing Arts Center at Lincroft on Nov 6. Levya’s...

Tatiana Mackel and Danny Silva, Staff Writers

December 2, 2019 • No Comments

With the end of the semester approaching faster than a sunset in November, you may have been too preoccupied to stop by Brookdale’s most recent Student Speak Out. For those unaware, the Nov. 14 event allowed students to...

Brookdale janitors rally for better working conditions, NLRB investigation begins

Sonal Madhok, Co-Editor-in-Chief

December 2, 2019 • No Comments

Brookdale’s janitors held a rally Nov. 7 outside of the BAC building on the Lincroft campus saying they are protesting disrespect on the job and poor working conditions. According to a statement written by the 32BJ of the...

Lunch with a Veteran Connects Students with Brookdale Veterans

December 2, 2019 • No Comments

Brookdale veterans packed the MLK Lounge of the SLC on Nov. 12 with their former uniforms, medals, photos, books and other memorabilia and artifacts that helped to illustrate life in the military and as a veteran. “Lunch...

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Editorials

Opinion: CBD, an answer for relieving stress?

Philip Alanya, Staff Writer

October 28, 2019 • No Comments

College can, without a doubt, bring a surplus amount of stress with all the papers and tests you must worry about. This has been the case for me. With midterms around the corner, sooner or later, the horror of studying...

An Op-Ed: Thoughts on impeachment and voting October 28, 2019
Brookdale: A Community that Cares, Become Engaged October 24, 2019
College to Careers: Advocating The Biggest Mistakes: April 23, 2019

Student Basic Needs Committee’s Five-Year Plan April 23, 2019

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Arts and Entertainment

Querido Mundo: a poem

Mackenzie Kean, Co-Editor-In-Chief, Creative Editor

October 6, 2019 • No Comments

The Amazon is often referred to as the planet’s lungs… —CNN, 2019 This morning the sun grows from the ground. The golden marmoset’s tangerine back is a first fire. Blue to orange to black:...

Marianas Trench amps pop rock scene in Asbury

October 3, 2019