The undergraduate magazine of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies
Spring 2016
Why New Jersey Soil Could Be Making You Sick
With thousands of New Jersey children sickening from lead poisoning every year, some university scientists are zeroing in not only on corroded pipes and industrial dumps, but on a substance called “biosolids,” or “sewage sludge”.
A Hundred Years of Filth
After decades of neglect, New Jersey's notoriously polluted Passaic River is finally targeted for a $1.4 billion cleanup – one of the most expensive efforts in the federal Superfund program’s 36-year history.
The Storm That Swallowed A House
Hurricane season is always a threat. But the nor’easter of early October 2015 was unlike any other.
Our Atomic Legacy
In 1943, a vast field in the New Jersey town of Middlesex was part of the Manhattan Project, the top-secret program that created the atomic bomb. It took the federal government nearly 40 years more to discover that radioactive material had been left behind -- and for the land to be targeted for cleanup.
What We Talk When We Talk About Religion
Tatianna Amatruda looks at how the media covers Islam, as...
Random Crossing
Two unwitting soul mates negotiate their separate and physically taxing daily routines, which remarkably almost identically match up. What will happen when they meet?
Running and Recovery
Laura Cisneros lost her best friend in a racecar accident, then her mother to cancer. In grueling obstacle course races, she tried to work out her grief.
Hip Hop Homophobia Meets a Challenge
As high fashion cultivated by gay designers proliferates in hip-hop, there’s been some predictable backlash. With misogyny and homophobia one of the prominent characteristics of the genre, it's hard to say whether the industry will leave those prejudices behind.
Surfers Rushed in, After the Gamblers Fled
Beleaguered Atlantic City develops a surprising second life as a surfing mecca.
Is it Time to Lower the Drinking Age?
A student team in Prof. Khadijah White's Documentary and Video Storytelling class looks into whether the 21+ drinking age is, ironically, encouraging a campus culture of more dangerous drinking.
Amanda Autore Had a Different Idea
After Amanda Autore suffered a traumatic brain injury, her chemistry professor suggested she leave the major.
"That was a slap in the face," Autore recalled. Instead, she established the first Rutgers club for students with disabilities.
"I can still go and get my Ph.D. if I want to," she said. "Which I do."
An Unhealthy Passion for Healthy Food
In attempting to be the healthiest person I could be, I was destroying my health, my mind and my life.
Your Grandma Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead in That
Cecilia Schiavo examines our changing standards for church wear.
More Teens Going Under the Knife
Subjected to the heightened pressures of beauty, and a culture enveloped in social media, photoshopped advertisements and reality TV, teens have turned to cosmetic procedures to modify their "flawed" features, and to feel more comfortable in public.
Battling the Body
The dancer Olivia Miranda talks about how obsession with body image dominates her field.
