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The Student News Site of Brookdale Community College

The Current

The Student News Site of Brookdale Community College

The Current

Brookdale Professors: Home life amid the Crisis.

Brookdale Professors: Home life amid the Crisis.

As we all know Brookdale along with most other colleges went completely online for the rest of the semester. Students had to deal with their own learning styles and preferences and adjust. Some students...

How the Coronavirus Affects Brookdale Students

How the Coronavirus Affects Brookdale Students

Staff Writers April 16, 2020

COVID-19 changed life as we know it, at least for now. When we return to normalcy, nothing will be exactly as we left it. Many students spent their spring cooped up at home, while others battled the pandemic...

Coronavirus updates from around the world

Coronavirus updates from around the world

Staff Writers April 16, 2020

Australia: As of April 12, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia has reached 6,313 with over 353,000 tests conducted. In the last 24 hours, there have been 21 reported new cases. Out of...

Coronavirus updates from around the country

Coronavirus updates from around the country

Staff Writers April 16, 2020

California: According to ABC 7 News, a doctor at Stanford's Hoover Institute believes Californians may have already been exposed to the virus much earlier than originally thought. The institute released...

Bored in Quarantine? Learn a Foreign Language

Bored in Quarantine? Learn a Foreign Language

Patricia Mendoza, Staff Writer April 16, 2020

As many students near the one month mark of being in quarantine due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it seems like everything that can cure one’s boredom has been done already. Bread has been baked, puzzles...

Congrats! Youre Now In A Long Distance Relationship With Everyone

Congrats! You’re Now In A Long Distance Relationship With Everyone

Jillian Casey, Staff Writer April 6, 2020

Like many, it’s my first time living through a global pandemic. The coronavirus has impacted every aspect of my life. So far it has taken my job, the quality of my education, weekly trips to TJ Maxx...

Closed Until Further Notice

Kathleen Hyer, Staff Writer April 4, 2020

Due to COVID-19, all face-to-face clubs and activities were either canceled or moved online until further notice at Brookdale. Starting the week of March 23, all classes and many student services are being...

Physical and Social Distancing Extended

Tatiana Mackel April 1, 2020

President Trump announced earlier this week that he is extending the social/physical distancing to April 30. This means that groups over ten people are prohibited along with non-essential jobs and...

Letter from the President of Brookdale

Dr. David Stout, President Brookdale Community College April 1, 2020

Dear Students, We're now about to begin our second full week of remote learning. Feedback that I've received regarding our transition last week has been largely positive -- we so appreciate your patience...

What’s Scarier: COVID-19 or the Retail Industry?

What’s Scarier: COVID-19 or the Retail Industry?

Hannah Minnick, Staff Writer April 1, 2020

I have worked in the retail industry since I was 16. Up until this point in my life, I have viewed it as nothing more than a job that provides me a paycheck. I have been able to balance a full-time job...

The Power of Kindness in Times of Crisis

The Power of Kindness in Times of Crisis

Heather O’Donnell, Staff Writer April 1, 2020

With the news revolving around the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to get wrapped up in negativity. However, there is a silver lining amidst the bleakness: the fact that the pandemic is bringing out the...

‘This too will pass’

Cameron Costanzo, Staff Writer April 1, 2020

The coronavirus first became real to me when a friend of mine was tested. This was back in January. My friend had come home from China in December at the end of the semester at the school where we both...

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