The Tower - The Independent Voice Of Kean University - April 2022 Issue

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TH E I N DEPEN D EN T VOI C E OF K E AN U N IV E R S IT Y

Gearing up for Graduation:

Class of 2022 Senior Class Royale By Harmony Sanchez The Class of 2022 at Kean University kicked off the celebration for their upcoming graduation at the Senior Class Royale this March. The Student Government Association hosted the formal on Saturday, March 29 at the Sheraton Parsippany Hotel, where

night was great and it was an awesome turnout overall,” Martha Julemis, Senior at Kean and Student Government Association Executive Vice President said. Julemis stressed that every step of the event, from planning to execution was a memorable experience for her leading up

“The Senior Formal allowed for everyone to just truly enjoy themselves and their hard work and dedication to their studies.” students gathered with one another to take photos, enjoy food and dance the night away. The formal started with a cocktail hour including hor d'oeuvres, an open cash bar for guests 21 and over, and shrimp cocktail. Students who attended the formal purchased their all-inclusive tickets for $50.00 Photo by Harmony Sanchez prior to the event. At check-in, the LED Robot and Dance Floor vaccination cards and ID’s of each guest were verified. “The Senior Formal was an amazing to graduation. time, absolutely enjoyable. The Vice “The Senior Formal allowed for President of Programming from the everyone to just truly enjoy themselves Student Government Association, and their hard work and dedication to Yessica Jimenez and myself were able to their studies and because of that the plan that wonderful night with the help scenery, the overall formal was something of the senior class President and formal continued on page 8 committee. Seeing the students enjoy the

The Tower Named Among Top College Newspapers in NJ for Sixth Time The Tower has been awarded second appeal, effectiveness, and readability into place for General Excellence among New account, according to NJCPA rules. The judges, who are professional Jersey’s college newspapers, both public journalists, said The Tower had “good and private, by the New Jersey Collegiate front page stories with a good mix” of Press Association. journalism, including enterprise stories, This is the sixth time since 2015-2016 that The Tower was ranked among the top news, local features and profiles and a three college newspapers in New Jersey, nice layout.” “I am honestly proud of the hard work including winning the most coveted number-one slot for General Excellence our staff of writers and editors put in, given that we had spent more than a year in 2019-2020. Chelsey Jaipersaud and Cindy Lazo, online and just recently transitioned back both Communication/Journalism majors to in-person," Lazo said. "This award is a testament to their who graduate in May, contributions.” served as co-editors Jaipersaud was also in chief of the awardawarded third place in winning paper in Fall the Column/Opinion 2021. This semester, Writing category Jaipersaud serves as for her piece, “One Editor-in-Chief, while Relationship That Runs Lazo now serves as Deep,” a personal essay Features Editor. about her relationship “I’m very proud of with God. all the editors and Contest judges reporters, they worked deemed Jaipersaud’s hard and this is their piece “wonderfully win,” Jaipersaud said. honest, brave and Photo by Andrey Nalbantov “I’m also grateful for beautifully written.” the faculty advisors Chelsey Jaipersaud, Editor-in-Chief, Cindy Lazo, Former Co-Editor-in-Chief Jaipersaud received a and previous editors second-place award last that helped me become the writer I am year in the same category for a column today.” titled, “Coping with Heartbreak During The General Excellence award is Covid-19.” based on “coverage, writing quality, The Tower is required as part of the copyediting, style and layout in the academic program in journalism in the newspaper.” Judging also takes local continued on page 13


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