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New Year’s Resolutions are timeless traditions that should be honored

By Calla Patino | December 3

New year, new me. I’ve said it one too many times.

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Classic childhood Christmas movie reminds me to believe in myself

By Sofia Kasbo | December 3

A Christmas movie taught me to believe in myself. Yes, you heard that right. Not a motivational speech, not a self-help book, but an hour and forty minutes filled with snow, magic and the sound of sleigh bells.

Magic of Christmas past is different than Christmas present

By Morgan Dence and Kaelyn Blizard | December 3

The holiday season is back again—but is the magic of the season?

Combating the Christmas blues

By Ashley Smith | December 3

It's the day before the first of five final exams I have to take for the fall semester.

Christmas has become too commercialized

By Lakyn Austin | December 3

I bet you can’t remember what you got for Christmas last year. Okay, maybe if you got a car, a phone, or something big, but if you got five shirts, I doubt you remember which five you got and who gave you what.

‘Pokémon Legends: Z-A’ falls short

By Matthew Koroski | November 26

I love Pokémon. Who wouldn’t?

Seton Hall: A commuter’s school

By Kaitlyn Campeau | November 25

It’s no secret that campus is dead most weekends—empty library, university center, and dining hall.

Romanticizing college vs. living it

By Ishal Chhipa | November 20

By the time we step on Seton Hall’s campus, most of us have already envisioned what college should be like. Golden-hour walks to class, lattes next to color-coded notebooks, friends laughing on super green lawns—these are the scenes in our minds. The real-life version of college has been shoved in our subconscious long before we even take our first course.

South Orange sights to cure boredom

By Rickiya Coulton | November 7

The weekend provides students with free time that can seem boring when they have nothing to do.

Tuition at Seton Hall: Is it absurd or reasonable, compared to peers?

By Zahyrah Lindsay | October 29

When I first glimpsed my bill for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year at Seton Hall (SHU), I nearly fainted.

Redefining success at Seton Hall from a non-STEM perspective

By Grace Tylee | October 27

Students often equate late-night lab reports or complex mathematical equations with “real” academic rigor.

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From the Sports Desk: Love for basketball from bleachers to byline

By Sports Desk | October 27

As a section, we’re all very passionate about sports—I mean, we better be, given the position that we’re in.

‘Baby, let the games begin’: the art of diss tracks

By Kaelyn Blizard | October 24

Diss tracks are back in the spotlight with Taylor Swift’s latest album, where a song rumored to target pop icon Charli XCX has fans buzzing, but lyrical feuds and musical showdowns aren’t new.

A press that needs permission isn’t free

By Megan Pitt | October 22

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said journalists must agree not to disclose unauthorized information to maintain access to the Pentagon on Sept. 19. News organizations were given until Oct. 14 to accept the new restrictions.

Road to Seton Hall: a commuter story

By Ishal Chhipa | October 9

For commuters, the college experience doesn’t start in a dorm room, but in a driver’s seat.

Dodgers survive Philly frenzy as Game 3 looms large in Los Angeles

By Jeremy Son | October 7

The Los Angeles Dodgers weathered a relentless ninth-inning rally to edge the Philadelphia Phillies 4–3 in a tension-filled Game 2 at a roaring Citizens Bank Park.

NJ PBS is dead, what now?

By Lianna Cruz | October 6

A mere two months after Congress rescinded funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), New Jersey’s Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) announced it will close in July 2026. The loss of federal funds was the final blow after Gov. Phil Murphy cut state funding by 75% in June 2025.