
Commencement and Graduation
March 21, 2013 by manolomorales · Leave a Comment
By Aya Abdelmoamen, Din Gjidija, Navita Nauth, and Stepanie Rivas The John Jay administration decided to keep the graduation walk after all. Graduating seniors will now be able to have their names called individually as they walk across the stage. On Feb. 25, Thomas Stafford, Interim Vice President of Student Affairs, announced that the 2013
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Fierce Yet Comfy
By Cheriva Lambert Riding boots are one of the “must have” items in a female’s closet. Riding boots have been around for a long time but recently these types of boots have become the most seen foot wear this fall. They are three types of riding boots – knee high,over-the-knee boots, and ankle boots [...]
Oh So Natural…
By Sabrina B. Guillaume Is it possibly that the cure for the creamy crack was right beneath our scalp this whole time. The natural hair movement has now become an epidemic, uniting woman of color to embrace the purist element of their being, natural beauty. The press and curl, perm, and the relaxer which is [...]
Hair Color 101: How to Achieve the Perfect Hair Color at Home
By Justin Budde Let’s face it, we’re usually scouring through magazines to see the current fashion trends celebrities are following. It’s very common for us to model after a celebrity, and one feature that catches our eyes as being easily attainable is the color of their hair. Hair coloring is a growing trend not just [...]
Internship Opportunities: Departments Work with Students to Fulfill Career Goals
By Jeannette Villeda John Jay College was originally named the College of Police Science, focusing solely in policing issues, it evolved into a school that would offer twenty-two majors, nine of which offer internships. John Jay students are often unaware that the college offers credited internship opportunities as part of their major. An academic internship [...]
Headphone Danger: Is Anyone Listening?
By Adrian Cepeda Headphones have become a staple in everyone’s lives, but everyone seems to be ignoring the consequences. Hearing loss is on the rise among teenagers and young adults due to the frequency of use and volume of the headphones. According to the Journal of American Medical Association hearing loss in teens is “30% [...]
School News
Babies and Books: The Balance of Being a Mother and a Student
May 10, 2013 By cperez Leave a Comment
By Violet Santana It is 7:30 pm on a Sunday, and Kristie Fuentes has finally sat down for a break at the booth in her house. Six days of the week Fuentes is a full time student at Hofstra University; Seven days of the week she is the mother of two year old Sophia. “A [...]
How College Students Manage School Work and Their Jobs
May 8, 2013 By Alexa Capeloto Leave a Comment
By Alaa Alamin To be a college student is one thing, to work while attending college is another. Handling full time college classes and part time or full time jobs can cause stress and difficulty in assessment. If you feel like you can connect to this, then you’re not alone. According to the recent U.S [...]
Other Than A Major: Business Ventures That Don’t Involve Schooling at All
May 8, 2013 By Alexa Capeloto Leave a Comment
By Ricardo Cordero “School’s school, I love what I’m doing there, but I have too many interests at heart.” said Lachelle Unyque Lewis, age 20, who attends the college of the Fashion Institute of Technology, other known as “FIT” for short. “I mean, I get good grades, I worked so hard in high school to [...]
Urban Male Initiative: Changing Students Lives One Step At a Time
May 8, 2013 By Alexa Capeloto Leave a Comment
By Melissa Kong While students anticipate the clock striking 1:30pm for community hour, they rush to turn the sharp right corner on level L in the New Building to enter into a new world. “Sign the sign-in sheet” shouted a voice inside an office cubical. A cubical built to hold only three people, has nearly ten [...]
Blackboard Mobile Learn
April 11, 2013 By bpassikoff Leave a Comment
By Herman Chang Blackboard released its own mobile app for Android and iOS: Blackboard Mobile Learn. While the app is free to install, its users still have to pay a $1.99 fee for one year of access and $5.99 fee for lifetime access. The fees to use the app are questionable when access to Blackboard [...]
Sports

World Wrestling Fan Base at a Crossroads
April 5, 2013 By Alexa Capeloto Leave a Comment
BY ALBERT ALBANESE April 7, 2013 marks World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) biggest event of the year, Wrestlemania 29. To be held in Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, fans from around the world will descend upon the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets for the hard-hitting, fast-paced, exciting action the WWE [...]

Palumbo Resigns, Stafford Assumes Duties As Interim Athletics Director
October 16, 2012 By - Leave a Comment
By Ahmed Jaradat In a some what shocking turn of events, Dan Palumbo, who’s been the Director of Athletics since 2008, has resigned. Thomas Stafford, the interim Vice President of Student Affairs has assumed his duties. Palumbo, will stil remain the baseball coach as well as well as the Director of Special [...]

Meet New B-Ball Coach
November 28, 2011 By John Jay Sentinel Leave a Comment
In September, the John Jay Men’s basketball team, coming off of a 9 – 17 season, named Otis Fenn the new head coach. Fenn isn’t a rookie in the coaching field. As assistant coach in 2005, he helped lead New York City College of Technology to a CUNYAC championship and to the second round of [...]

Women Swimming
October 31, 2011 By John Jay Sentinel 1 Comment
College of Staten Island’s women swimming team lost to Hunter College with a score of 55-31. Now the CSI’s dolphins will face off against the John Jay bloodhounds on November 4th at 6pm.

Player Of The Week
October 25, 2011 By Sean Whetstone Leave a Comment
John Jay College soccer player Brenda Pitts was awarded City University of New York Athletic Conference(CUNYAC)/Applebee’s Women Soccer player of the week. A co-captain of the soccer team, she wins the award for the first time this season. She won the CUNYAC All-Star and sportmanship award last season. She led the soccer team to victory [...]
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