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The Student News Site of Brookdale Community College

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The Student News Site of Brookdale Community College

The Current

Documentary Focuses On Women And Migration

Documentary Focuses On Women And Migration

Chris Valentin, Staff Writer November 7, 2022

Brookdale gathered about two dozen people from all over the world to view the 16-minute film “Outbound/In: Locating Women’s Boundaries” as part of a Zoom presentation Friday, Nov. 4. A documentary...

Stigma-Free Speaker Will Discuss Life In The Foster Care System Nov. 10

Jeanette Falotico, Staff Writer November 6, 2022

The Psychology and Human Services Club has invited Brookdale student Jay Mahoney to discuss the challenges of growing up in the foster care system. Scared and lonely during their childhood years led...

Do You Have Your Brookdale ID On You?

Do You Have Your Brookdale ID On You?

Jessica Lacalamito, Staff Photographer October 31, 2022

Do you have your Brookdale ID on you? Do you have one and/or have you applied for one? Do you know you are required to have your ID when on campus? “No, I have it at home. I have it I just don’t...

BCC Students Sweep The Beaches; What They Find Is No Genie In A Bottle

BCC Students Sweep The Beaches; What They Find Is No Genie In A Bottle

Isabel Shaw, Staff Writer October 24, 2022

What do a car transmission, toilet seat, and a 20-pound dumbbell have in common? They are all unusual items found during Beach Sweeps.   Clean Ocean Action (COA), a nonprofit group working to protect...

Traveling Alone And Heading To Salem

Traveling Alone And Heading To Salem

Sara Hosbach, Staff Writer October 23, 2022

I awaited this trip – my first time traveling alone– yet as I walked through Terminal C and hugged my brother goodbye, the dread of being by myself turned my stomach around. Boston – a foreign city...

Student Works To Remove Mental Health Stigma, Support Struggling Peers

Student Works To Remove Mental Health Stigma, Support Struggling Peers

Isabel Shaw, Staff Writer October 10, 2022

“It’s OK not to be OK,” said Jill Petersen, the new Morgan’s Message Ambassador at Brookdale. The 21-year-old homeland security major from Lincroft is part of the Morgan’s Message Education...

WILL Alumni And Current Members Work To Empower Students

WILL Alumni And Current Members Work To Empower Students

Sara Hosbach, WILL President October 10, 2022

Women in Learning and Leadership, or WILL, is offered as both a student-led organization and academic program at Brookdale. The organization seeks to empower young women and students, raising leaders in...

5 Paris Fashion Week Trends To Incorporate In Your Brookdale Style

5 Paris Fashion Week Trends To Incorporate In Your Brookdale Style

Gianna Ferrigno, Fashion Editor October 10, 2022

Ah, back-to-school season, a time when we usher in the changing leaves and say goodbye to summer. As we head back to the classroom, we may experience some mixed emotions. While some of us may be eagerly...

BEWARE: Ghosts Lurk Throughout PAC, County

BEWARE: Ghosts Lurk Throughout PAC, County

By the Jour 101.002 Class October 9, 2022

Brookdale students face “Impending Doom” as they head toward the Performing Arts Center weekend nights as the college hosts its nineteenth annual Brookdale Haunted Theater, “New Jersey’s No. 1...

BCC Students Take A Variety Of Classes While Taking Short Trips Abroad

BCC Students Take A Variety Of Classes While Taking Short Trips Abroad

Sara Hosbach, Staff Writer September 26, 2022

Research Writing and Creative Writing courses stepped away from the classroom over the summer and stepped foot on the streets of Paris from May 16 to May 26. Walking on the same grounds as famous authors...

What Changes Have You Noticed In Students Returning To In-Person Learning?

Christian Velazquez, Staff Writer September 25, 2022

“It’s definitely a big change; I think I can speak for everyone else. I feel like planning and getting to class on time is quite a change from virtual, where you just pop open your computer. Now, you...

Creative Writing: Intimacy

Ewurafua (Effi) Acquaah, Poet September 25, 2022

Intimité, Intimidad, Intimacy A longing of the soul A yearning, often misunderstood and misinterpreted There is no one definition for it. No one can truly explain it But its power and presence are...

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