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"The Perfect Body" & the Media

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.–It is not always easy to feel comfortable in your own skin, especially when society has an idea of the “perfect body”–an idea that is popularized through the media. Women in media tend to be unrealistically pretty with a thin body, airbrushed skin, perfect hair, nails, everything. However, women in the real world rarely […]

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NJ Craft Beer Continues to Grow

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.–Monmouth County is seeing a recent growth of interest in craft beer with breweries that are rapidly opening throughout the county. Once regarded as a state with less-than-quality beer, New Jersey, specifically Monmouth County, brewers are working to change that image. Craft beer is a fast growing industry around the whole country. According to […]

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Oral Testimonies of Spanish Repression

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.–Francie Cate-Arries, Professor of Hispanic Studies at the College of William and Mary, shared direct testimony that she gathered from Spanish citizens who were affected by the brutal practices of the Franco regime, as part of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series on Nov. 10. […]

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How Can You Fight Climate Change?

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.–“I think it’s scary to be living [in New Jersey] with the constant fear of things like Hurricane Sandy,” said Dr. Catherine Duckett, Interim Dean of the School of Science at Monmouth University and professor of the Perspectives in the Science and Politics of Climate Change class with Honors School Dean Kevin Dooley. “In the […]

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Stay Calm, Finals Are Coming

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.—With final season among us, it is safe to say stress levels are at the all time high. From papers to exams, the work load can be unbearable and occasionally, unmanageable. And since the average student juggles 15 to 18 credits each semester, that can add up to four or more finals falling in the […]

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PRSSA Gets LinkedIn

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.—Monmouth University’s Shadow PR and Public Relations Student Society of America chapter held its first-ever workshop last Wednesday. Assistant Director of Career Service Jeff Mass was featured as the keynote speaker of the event, which revolved around LinkedIn. Mass showed students a behind-the-scenes look at the business social networking site–especially useful when searching for careers […]

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How to Land Your Dream Internship

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.—Let’s face it, applying for internships can be overwhelming and sometimes just tedious. Landing an internship? Well, that is an entirely different conversation. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 20.2 million students were expected to attend an American college or university at the start of the fall semester. This increasing […]

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Coco Fusco Visits Monmouth

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.–Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist Coco Fusco visited Monmouth University’s Pollak Theater last week to give a presentation called “Observations of Predation in Humans,” during which she played a chimpanzee animal psychologist named Dr. Zira. The main feature of this performance was Fusco’s character portrayal of Dr. Zira, the chimpanzee psychologist from the 1968 film, “Planet of the […]