The Outlook at Monmouth University

02/19/2025

Kendrick Lamar performed at Super Bowl LIX's Halftime. Read more about the captivating performance here:

On Feb. 9, Super Bowl LIX (59) took place, the world’s most popular TV program of all time. This year, over 126 million viewers in the United States watched, making it the most-watched Super Bowl in history. The halftime show, a performance by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, brought in over 133.5 ...

02/19/2025

Need new game recommendations? Check out Prof. Dickie Cox's top 10 favorite games.

For this month’s Top 10, “The Outlook” talked to Professor Dickie Cox, an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication. Currently, he teaches Games and Worldbuilding, and Introduction to Digital Media. Due to these of courses and interests in games, we asked him about his top 10 favo...

02/19/2025

In conjunction with The College of New Jersey's student paper "The Signal," "The Outlook" dove further into instances of online hate speech. Read about it here:

THE BACKGROUND Last November, Members of the Monmouth University College Republicans participated in the The College of New Jersey’s (TCNJ) College Republicans GroupMe chat where many hateful and bigoted opinions were expressed targeting members of the Jewish, Palestinian, and LGBTQIA+ communities...

01/31/2025

Needing a good book to help you get through the winter cold? Here are 10 thriller/mystery book recommendations to give you a different kind of chill:

We are now entering the toughest time of the year: post-holiday winter. When the sun sets at 5 p.m. and the outside air is cold and dry, all I want to do after a long day is curl up in bed with a hot tea and a good book. My favorite genre to read during […]

01/31/2025

Blue Hawk Records helped raise money for the Light of Day foundation at their Boardwalk Jam. Read about their performances here:

The talented artists from Monmouth University’s Blue Hawk Records (BHR), along with the organization’s Blue Hawk house band, performed for Light of Day’s Boardwalk Jam at the Berkeley Hotel on Jan. 16. Many of the performers were featured on the newest Blue Hawk compilation album, “Vol. 25: ...

01/31/2025

Women's Monmouth Basketball won both of their home games this weekend. Read more about their victories here:

Monmouth’s Women’s Basketball won both games played at OceanFirst Bank Center this week, picking up wins on Friday and Sunday. On Friday night, the Hawks hosted the North Carolina A&T Aggies. Entering the game, North Carolina A&T was undefeated in CAA play and on an eight game winning streak aft...

01/31/2025

The Outlook is back for the spring semester. Read about Monmouth University faculty publications of 2024, the latest from Blue Hawk Records, Debate Hawks' winter trip to India, and more in our first issue of the year:

11/21/2024

Tate McRae is steadily gaining mainstream popularity. Read about her rise to fame here:

Taking the pop industry by storm, Tate McRae is exactly what the music industry has been waiting for. It seems like the rise of dance-pop and superstars is making a comeback. Coming from the professional dance world and aspiring to be a backup dancer, McRae’s stage presence and identity as a perfo...

11/21/2024

Social media can promote negative behaviors, especially for college students. Read more about social media's effects here:

The Renfrew Center is an eating disorder treatment facility located in North Jersey whose goal is to help educate college students on the concern of body image issues. Renfrew hosted a full day of webinars on Oct. 10 of this year, the date of World Mental Health Day, that covered topics such as “S...

11/21/2024

Read about Zeta Tau Alpha sorority returning to campus next year:

Monmouth Panhellenic and Fraternity and Sorority Life announced in a joint Instagram post on Oct. 15 the return of a former sorority to campus. Zeta Tau Alpha, also known as ZTA or simply Zeta, will recruit new members during Spring 2025 formal sorority recruitment. The Kappa Nu chapter of ZTA, orig...

11/21/2024

Read about SGA's Big Event, winter things to do around Monmouth University, MU Football's win against Villanova University, and more in this week's issue:

11/13/2024

Billie Eilish has gone viral for her political comments during one of her recent post-election shows. Read about it here:

Earlier this year, on May 17, Billie Eilish released her third studio album titled “Hit Me Hard and Soft.” Just weeks prior, Eilish had announced “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour”, which includes 81 stops across North America, Australia, and Europe and would officially begin on Sept. 29 in Qu...