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Rutgers to sell beer, wine to general admissions at some sporting events BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR
Rutgers Athletic Director Pat Hobbs said he expects the sporting venues to be a safer environment for fans attending due to the regulated sale of alcohol. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR
Rutgers Athletic Director Pat Hobbs, in an interview with The Daily Targum, said he expects Rutgers to take in more than $1 million with a new expansion of alcohol sales for general seating at most sporting events. “Purdue … it has about the same size football stadium that we do,” Hobbs said. “This year had a total benefit of excess of $1 million.” The amount will depend on the size of attendance, the price and how many event locations they ultimately offer it at.
Purdue was also able to redeploy resources in a more effective way, because they previously had to deal with more incidents at the tailgate lots with intoxication. The University spent two years studying the experiences of national programs that sold alcohol to general seating, he said. Schools like West Virginia University, Ohio State University and the University of Maryland all saw improved safety with regulated control of beer and wine sales. Schools also saw a decrease in the amount of binge drinking during pre- and post-games.
To regulate the sale and distribution of alcohol, there will be a limit of two drinks per transaction and the University reserves the right not to serve any individual, Hobbs said. Rutgers will also be adding “drink responsible” campaigns around the expansion, Hobbs said. It will provide designated driver opportunities such as food vouchers and a partnership with Lyft. “We want this to be a safer environment, and we expect this to be a safer environment,” he said. “But we also expect this to be a better environment for the fan experience.”
Chemical processes in DNA causes love CHRISTIAN BALBUENA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Helen Fisher, a visiting research associate and chief scientific advisor for Match. com, broke down her findings regarding love, relationships and the chemical processes that cause these functions. An expert on love, Fisher has conducted an annual study on more than 30,000 singles in the United States with Match.com for the past nine years. She said love is a bodily function, which is illustrated by
her findings from putting subjects into functional magnetic resonance imaging machines (fMRI). “It’s a drive. In fact, when my colleagues and I put people into the brain scanner and found basic brain circuitry for romantic love, we found activity in a tiny factory in the base of the brain called the ventral tegmental area that pumps out dopamine,” Fisher said. “It lies near brain regions that regulate thirst and hunger.” There is an important correlation in these functions, which is why SEE LOVE ON PAGE 4
Physical appearance is the first impression a person gives, especially on online dating services such as Tinder. One issue that arises is that those who have high expectations may end up being disappointed when they meet matches in person. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GARRETT STEFFE / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
U. students win statewide prize for reimagined landscape design on Cook CATHERINE NGUYEN NEWS EDITOR
Both Edwin Gano, a Rutgers graduate (left) and Giovanni Caputo, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior (right) were given an award for their work. COURTESY OF GIOVANNI CAPUTO
Two Rutgers students have recently won an award from the New Jersey chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (NJASLA) for their design project. School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior Giovanni Caputo and Edwin Gano, who graduated as a Landscape Architecture major in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences last year, reimagined one of the designs for Rutgers’ 2030 Master Plan. The plan includes updates to transit hubs, housing, student centers and athletic facilities to create a more environmentally green campus, according to The Daily Targum. Gano said they decided to take one of the main designs for Cook
campus and Douglass campus, since the majority of the funding and focus was going toward the other campuses at the University. The original 2030 Master Plan drafted a campus walk through the aforementioned campuses that would essentially serve as a means of transportation for students. Focusing on the fact that Cook campus and Douglass campus are known as the most “natural” campuses, Gano and Caputo turned the trip to each into a “garden” walk. The walk would include gardens and living lab systems, which are outdoor classrooms where students can learn about topics such as ecology, stormwater management and carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. “We really wanted to encourage people to walk rather than just
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take the bus, to help promote that sustainable culture,” he said. While Gano and Caputo mostly stuck within the confines of the walk from the 2030 Master Plan, these plans were generally not as detailed and flexible to change. Gano said he redefined the walk so that it would be based on where current gardens and living lab systems were on campus. Gano and Caputo were par tially inspired by other Big 10 schools for their designs, since those universities were also working on ways to incorporate nature and the environment into their campuses. For the design report, Gano looked at the current bike lane system in New Brunswick in SEE DESIGN ON PAGE 4