The afternoon rush that descended on Rutgers University-Camden’s Campus Center Starbucks as students were freed from their Tuesday classes and looking for their caffeine fixes did not faze Tyee White. He greeted and took everyone’s order without skipping a beat. Under his visor and behind his mask, a smile was […]
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From the Classroom to the Campus Quad: Professors Protest for Pay Equity
Last month Rutgers-Camden’s faculty took to the campus quad to express their frustration at the lack of inter-campus pay equity. “Nearly three years ago, our union negotiated a contract with the administration. As part of that contract, we negotiated what’s known as a pay equity program because we wanted to […]
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A Reflection on This Lost Year
By Doris Zheku Since March, it’s felt like the world was put on pause. Even though time never stopped, life has continued on as an alternate version of itself: similar but not the same. I miss my professors. I miss having actual discussions with my classmates and I’m not talking […]
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Soccer in the Time of Corona
By Doris Zheku It was the first game of the 2019 season. Raimondo Partito was midair going for a header when he suddenly found himself colliding into two other players and then hitting the ground — hard. After being taken off the field on a stretcher, and a routine examination, […]
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Sleep Out for Homelessness
By Doris Zheku It was 8 p.m. on a Thursday evening. The temperature was 35 degrees, cold for November, and students were trickling into the Campus Center carrying sleeping bags and stuffed animals. Upon first glance, it seemed as though there was a slumber party happening instead of an event […]