Probably the only good thing to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic is the groundswell of support that it is generating for progressive policy ideas.
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Peter White is a sophomore mechanical engineering major and has been a member of the Stute for two semesters. He writes for the Campus Liberal column and metro beat. Aside from the Stute, Peter is also involved in Amnesty International, Poetry club and is a member of the Stevens Mens Basketball team.
While the city of Hoboken continues to push out suggestions and policies that are intended to flatten the curve, the pandemic continues to rage onward.
Hoboken continues helping its residents and small businesses. The Hoboken Alliance has been updating its webpage with important information for small business on subjects related to the federal stimulus package and the New Jersey Economic Development Agency.
After recent calls for donations of personal protective equipment (PPE), Hoboken has received 12,000 surgical masks from “HongKongers4US.” 10,000 of these masks have been sent to the Hoboken University Medical Center, with the remainder to be used by the city’s first responders.
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hoboken rises to 116, the pandemic continues. The City Council meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, will be held via Zoom and a Facebook live stream.
According to Mayor Ravi Bhalla’s daily briefings, the number of lab-confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Hoboken has grown to 40.
Most students here at Stevens are well aware of the stress created by the cost of college. Not just the high base price, but also the complicated and confusing process behind that cost.
In his third year in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy hopes to create impactful change statewide. Murphy, a Democrat, proposed a number of policies in his most recent State of the State address, in which he called for “Ethics-reform” in New Jersey.