Saturday, March 30, 2013
See the stories that made headlines this past week in Montclair
Montclair Police released surveillance footage of a man robbing a local convenience store last month. A Lyndhurst woman was arrested on Highland Avenue last week after police allegedly found her sitting in a parked car with nearly nine grams of cocaine, crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia. The council is in an “information gathering phase” with regards to the Nishuane Park water well project in the 4th Ward, officials said during a community meeting this week. Third Ward Councilor Sean Spiller said he does not want the former Social Security Office Building in his ward to become a homeless shelter, despite a letter from the federal government last month. A fire erupted in a two-story Forest Street apartment building shortly before…
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Plus the Top 5 reviewed restaurants, 7-Eleven robbery and a couple scammed out of their wedding bands.
More than 700 guns — including an AR-15 high-capacity assault weapon similar to the one used in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting — were turned in this weekend in Montclair during a countywide gun buyback program. A Montclair resident who was honored as the Essex County Teacher of the Year in 2012 pleaded guilty Tuesday to endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. Recommendations for how best to utilize Montclair’s land and housing resources, known as the unified land-use element of the township’s Master Plan, was unveiled Tuesday at a 4th Ward community meeting where about 60 residents turned out. Montclair district's practice of student tracking -- pairing students of similar educational …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Montclair State University says its costs have only risen 9.7 percent, compared to the federal government's estimates of about 35 percent in recent years.
Montclair State University is contending the increases in tuition costs at the school reported in a new federal database are “misleading.” The College Scorecard, an interactive database released Wednesday by the Department of Education, claims Montclair State’s tuition costs have skyrocketed 34.5 percent between 2007 and 2009 — one of the highest increases compared to similar schools. However, Montclair State issued a statement Friday questioning the federal government’s calculations. "The Federal College Scorecard released by the U.S. Department of Education on February 13, 2013 presents inaccurate information about Montclair State University," wrote the university in an email. The university is arguing actual costs have only risen 9.…
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The average tuition cost has increased 34.5 percent from 2007 to 2009 for MSU, which is the highest among similar institutions, according to the federal College Scorecard.
The rankings are in for Montclair State University. A new interactive College Scorecard was released Wednesday by the Obama administration which offers students and parents basic information about a college. The website quickly offers information regarding a school’s graduation rates, tuition costs, average borrowing rates and employment history of former graduates. So what does the new scorecard say about Montclair State? Here’s a quick rundown: The new College Scorecard was announced by President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday. “... Parents and students can use [the new scorecard],” said Obama, “to compare schools based on a simple criteria: Where you can get the most …
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Here is a rundown of the top stories of the week!
A Claremont Avenue resident has died from injuries sustained in a stabbing early Sunday morning at his home, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The township contends its growth will depend on a larger water supply, but residents object to a plan to place a new water treatment facility on federally protected parkland. The second part of the arcitle can be read by clicking here. A water well proposal in Nishuane Park received a second round of rebuke Thursday night by residents in favor of preserving the parkland. More than 30 people turned out at the municipal building for a second night to cite their utter disapproval with the township’s Nishuane Well Production Facility Project. The township’s plan, a 38- by 41-foot …
Friday, January 18, 2013
Joseph Aziz, a 26-year-old student from Weehawken, expects to work with the university to take classes in the spring semester.
Montclair State University rescinded a suspension Thursday it had handed down to a male student who made fat jokes about a female student on social media websites. Joseph Aziz, a 26-year-old student from Weehawken, began serving his semester-long suspension on Jan. 2 for violating the university’s No-Contact Order with a female student whom he had made comments about online. But on Thursday, Montclair State President Susan Cole revoked the suspension. “While Montclair State should never have issued its unconstitutional gag order in the first place, we commend President Cole for acting swiftly to end the situation once it became public,” wrote Foundation of Individual Rights in Education Vice President Robert Shibley, which is a …
JT
5:17 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Why isn't MSU providing increase in costs between 2007-2009 for period the gov't reported on? Seems too convenient to pick 2008-2010 and say costs only increased 10%. The rationale may make sense but if the reported costs are not accurate, report what they were for 2007-2009 then, don't arbitrarily pick a time period when they were clearly less. more ›