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The Student News Site of Brookdale Community College

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Drag Queen Story Hour Cancellation Sparks Controversy

Drag Queen Story Hour Cancellation Sparks Controversy

Isabel Shaw, Staff Writer May 3, 2024

Drag Story Hour was scheduled to be part of Brookdale’s Bring Your Child to Work Day celebration April 25. Jersey City resident Harmonica Sunbeam (who prefers to use her stage name) was scheduled to...

Examining The Giants Draft Pick

Examining The Giants’ Draft Pick

Joseph Basile, Staff Writer April 29, 2024

It is safe to say after making the playoffs in 2022, the New York Giants had a very disappointing season. Despite this, the fanbase is always excited for the next calendar year of the football season to...

WILL Brings Assemblywoman To Campus

WILL Brings Assemblywoman To Campus

Chloe Sullivan, Staff Writer April 29, 2024

Luanne Peterpaul is the Assemblywoman for New Jersey's 11th legislative district, which encompasses 19 towns in Monmouth County. She spoke to Brookdale students April 18 at the request of Women in Learning...

Test Prep Season Arrives

Marlys Wenzel, Staff Writer April 27, 2024

“I start studying a month before the date of my final because I think I remember more over time,” said Grace Kemp, a 20-year-old law major of Hazlet. The semester’s end is quickly approaching...

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The LGBTQ+ Club: A Safe Community

Chloe Sullivan, Staff Writer April 9, 2024

Brookdale has a wide variety of clubs, including an LGBTQ+ club. This club is a safe little community that meets 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, at PAC 103. At these meetings, members play games, educate...

Legally Blonde The Musical Opens At The PAC

‘Legally Blonde The Musical’ Opens At The PAC

Jessica Lacalamito, Editor April 2, 2024

"Legally Blonde The Musical" opens at the Performing Arts Center Friday and will run for three weekends, so get ready to bend and snap. "Legally Blonde" is about defying stereotypes, women empowerment...

Student: Marijuana Caused My Psychosis

Anonymous March 18, 2024

In the fall semester of 2019, I went into a psychosis brought on by marijuana. The psychosis lasted for three years. I was your average stoner before the onset of my schizophrenia, but my onset happened...

Budtender: ‘Use This Plant With Respect’

Chloe Sullivan, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

Marijuana legalization is still relatively new in New Jersey. Marijuana is a Schedule Ⅰ substance that offers health benefits. And like everything, there are pros and cons to it. The AYR dispensary...

Marijuana: 21+ Can Use It But They Can’t Grow It

D. Emelia Stedman, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

New Jersey is one of the few states that prohibits home cultivation of cannabis while permitting the sale and consumption of marijuana for recreational and medical use. Medical marijuana patients and...

What Do You Know About Marijuana?

Jonah Ronberg, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

Many Brookdale students have yet to reach their 21st birthdays. New Jersey voters decided in November 2020 that one choice residents and visitors, 21 and older, can make is whether to consume cannabis,...

Recreational-Use Marijuana Is Often Not About Getting High

Recreational-Use Marijuana Is Often Not About Getting High

Joseph Basile, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

The legalization of marijuana in New Jersey has impacted many lives, with the state now being home to 38 dispensaries. Most dispensaries offer both medical marijuana and recreational-use products. Thirteen...

Student Discovers Even More Learning Outside Of Class

D. Emelia Stedman, Staff Writer March 7, 2024

From skipping classes to staying late to attend events. My college experience completely changed once I started to get involved. It was both accidental and mindful when I decided to attend events beyond...

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