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Student Life & Arts/Volume 97/Volume 97 Issue 5

Serving Supper with a Side of Environmental Activism

November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

There is a misconception that combating climate change requires some act of extreme eco-passion: tie yourself to a tree marked for demolition or spend a summer planting thousands to reverse rising carbon…

Student Life & Arts/Volume 97 Issue 4

Ecofest Brings Creativity and Sustainability to Students

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024

Student vendors and clubs lined the Ehinger Center patio with tables as the Drew Environmental Action League hosted its first annual Ecofest on Oct. 23. Bringing together clubs, student creators and environmental…

Volume 97 Issue 3

Aurora Borealis Catches Drew by Surprise

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024

People across the northeast and on Drew’s campus gathered outside to witness the spectacle of the northern lights Thursday night, Oct. 10.  During the particularly bright atmospheric event, people as far south…

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Fern Fest Returns After Two-Year Hiatus

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022

On Saturday, April 23, the Drew Environmental Action League, also known as DEAL, held their annual Earth Week celebration and gardening event at Drew, after a two-year hiatus. Students were able to…

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Maybe It’s Time to Cancel the Easter Bunny

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022

Have you ever found a stray plastic egg laying around by the playground and wondered why kids run around in a field, searching for eggs that supposedly came from the Easter Bunny? …

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Reusable Shopping Bags: Worth It?

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022

As climate change continues to worsen and our oceans fill with more plastic each day, New Jersey government officials have taken action to combat the problem. Their solution? Ban plastic bags. The…

The Environmental Impact of Landscaping

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

As a Drew Student, it is impossible to miss the landscaping crew that shows up everyday like clockwork, interrupting our sleep with their noisy machines. Is Drew’s Campus really that high maintenance?…

Lead Editorial

Lead Editorial: The Counterproductiveness of Smoke Free Campus Policies

February 26, 2021March 19, 2021

Beginning January 1 of this year, the Forest officially became a smoke-free campus. This policy was first announced last semester in an email to the student-body by Campus Life and Student Affairs.…

“The Water Tastes Weird” is not a good argument

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017

By Violet Wallerstein I have seen many people around campus carrying around plastic water bottles. I am constantly confronting my friends, residents or acquaintances about their use of plastic and why they…

Lead Editorial

It’s Hard to be Woke

November 3, 2017

Every day we have to make conscious choices in order to be a good human being. I wish it were easy, that being a woke, intersectional feminist came naturally to me, to…

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