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Council urges for more student representation BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) Governing Council has passed a resolution to express disapproval in the selection process for Chancellor of Rutgers University—New Brunswick Christopher J. Molloy, according to a press release. Specifically, the council is opposed to the appointment’s absence of a selection committee and representation from any undergraduate governing body, according to the release. Previous chancellors, including Chancellor Debasish Dutta, were appointed through this process. “A lack of both transparency and opportunity for input are of great concern to the undergraduate student body …” the release stated. “The student body is
one of the primary stakeholders in University decisions and collectively pays tuition and fees to support the University, and therefore deserves more information and the opportunity to have seats at the table.” The resolution urges the University to establish guidelines for the selection process of high-level administrators that includes a formal process to have representation from appropriate student governments and stakeholders, according to the release. The Daily Targum reported that the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) voiced similar opposition to the selection process of Molloy after his appointment as permanent chancellor was announced in early February. RUSA will be holding a town hall with Molloy this Thursday, where students will be allowed to ask him questions.
Rutgers redesigns website to improve user experience CATHERINE NGUYEN NEWS EDITOR
Christopher J. Molloy, chancellor of Rutgers University-—New Brunswick, was appointed in the absence of a selection committee with student representation. JACKSON THOMPSON / SPORTS EDITOR
Since January, Rutgers has been working to redesign four separate pages of its website. The project is a collaboration between University Communications and Marketing (UCM), the Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) and Rutgers Communications (R-Comm), according to the Rutgers website. Dory Devlin, the senior director of University News and Relations, said UCM is responsible for the content, design and management of the overall University-wide website, rutgers.edu. ORED, a central administration unit, is responsible for providing SEE EXPERIENCE ON PAGE 4
Speakers give lecture on Title IX changes MIA BOCCHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Jacquelyn Litt, dean of Douglass Residential College, said the Public Leadership Education Network was founded 40 years ago. The purpose of the lectures, which are part of the program, are to give students the opportunity to learn about careers in politics and public policy. YOUTUBE
Last Friday, Douglass Residential College hosted a lecture and luncheon titled, “On the Basis of Sex: The Changing Landscape of Title IX” in the Douglass Student Center. The title of the lecture was a both a reference to the recent blockbuster, “On the Basis of Sex,” which detailed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s journey as a woman into politics, and an acknowledgement of how Title IX has changed since it was first established 47 years ago. The lecture is part of the Douglass Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN), a joint program with the Eagleton Institute of Politics that gives students the opportunity to look at careers in public policy and politics. “(PLEN) was founded 40 years ago by a collection of women’s colleges … Douglass, Rutgers and Eagleton were really central in founding this organization,” said Jacquelyn Litt, dean of Douglass Residential College and professor of the Departments of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies. The PLEN program’s lecture forum has previously held panels with various notable political leaders, such as Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to be elected to Congress. Today, though, with the growing number of women holding leadership positions in
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politics, Litt said the program is even more exciting and important. During the lecture, Litt also referenced Cheri Beasley, a Douglass alumna and PLEN student who made history by becoming the first Black chief justice in the North Carolina Supreme Court. Beasley was able to speak to the audience through a phone call, and said Douglass was very important to her, singling out PLEN and Eagleton for being beneficial in her education and development. The keynote speaker for this lecture was Tamara J. Britt, a general counsel of Manhattan College and professor at Rutgers Law School. She began by stating the parallels of her life with the notable Black women mentioned in the program. Chisholm was an inspiration to Britt’s grandmother, who founded the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute in her honor. Regarding Beasley, Britt said her mother previously left the state of North Carolina due to racism and sexism. Britt also attributed her experience as an undergraduate to playing an important role in her later career in policy, an area she said was often overshadowed by law and politics. “Policy is important. I am privileged to do both,” she said. Regarding Title IX, Britt said she was unaware of how it affected SEE CHANGES ON PAGE 4