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Black activist gives speech for MLK week JAKE MCGOWAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rutgers American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT), a group dedicated to promoting minority representation among Rutgers faculty, was one of many present at the second event of Dream Week. The event took place at Busch Student Center at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the event website. The event, “From Robeson to King,” was held to celebrate Paul Robeson, an alumnus of the Rutgers Class of 1919, as well as a musician
and political activist, according to the event website. Keynoting the event was Opal Tometi, a social activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter. Tometi also serves as executive director of the Black-Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), according to an article in TIME magazine. Tometi spoke about the long lasting impacts that slavery and Jim Crow have had on Black people, as well as the modern problems that Black people face, and the necessity to continue fighting against them. SEE WEEK ON PAGE 4
The purpose of the events from Dream Week are to promote racial issues and equality, while also celebrating the civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. These events also commemorated Paul Robeson, a Rutgers alumnus and political activist. JAKE MCGOWAN / CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rutgers fitness centers have rise in crowds
DNA may change with heavy, binge drinking CATHERINE NGUYEN STAFF WRITER
JUSTIN CONFALONE
A Rutgers-led study found that binge and heavy drinking may cause a person’s DNA to change, causing a cycle where they crave alcohol even more, according to Rutgers Today. “We found that people who drink heavily may be changing their DNA in a way that makes them crave alcohol even more,” said Dipak Sarkar, senior author of the study, director of the Endocrine Program and distinguished professor in the Department of Animal Sciences. “This may help explain why alcoholism is such a powerful addiction, and may one
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With the new year in its early stages, many students go to the recreation centers at Rutgers to fulfill their 2019 resolutions. There are countless workout options at each of the Rutgers campuses, ranging from weightlifting in the College Avenue Gymnasium, to swimming at the Rutgers Aquatic Center on Busch, according to the Rutgers Recreation website. Other classes offered are cardio and Tai Chi. Both the fitness centers and classes offered have been very crowded throughout January, and the numbers are still high as the month is coming to an end, said Kristina Kong, a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior. “There has been a major spike, especially in the fitness centers ... for the past two weeks we’ve been getting maxed out very fast. Fitness classes have even been filling up within 5 minutes of starting,” she said. Crowds at the recreation centers tend to be large around noon and dinner time, with the largest crowd coming in near closing. Kong said she recommends people to come between 3 and 4 p.m. to avoid crowds, or when the gym first opens. New equipment is added yearround to the recreation centers as well, especially in the summer when new activities and equipment were being implemented, she said. SEE CROWDS ON PAGE 5
While the majority of people who go to the recreation centers are students, there are also faculty and outside members who frequent the gym. JUSTIN CONFALONE
day contribute to new ways to treat alcoholism or help prevent at-risk people from becoming addicted.” According to a World Health Organization report, harmful use of alcohol has accounted for 5 percent of all global deaths. In 2016, more than 3 million people died due to alcohol misuse. Of these alcohol-related deaths, more than 75 percent of them were among men. Alcohol abuse has also been responsible for 5.1 percent of the worldwide number of diseases and injuries. For the study, scientists from Rutgers collaborated with Yale University School of Medicine, SEE DRINKING ON PAGE 5
The findings are a potential way for researchers to identify biomarkers, such as proteins or modified genes, that could predict a person’s risk for binge or heavy drinking. PIXABEY
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