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Rutgers ranks ahead of Penn State in new study CATHERINE NGUYEN NEWS EDITOR
In a report from Business First yesterday morning, Rutgers was ranked as the 23rd-best national public college out of more than 500 institutions. The University placed ahead of other Big Ten conference
schools such as Pennsylvania State University, which ranked 31st, and Michigan State University, which ranked 45th. Rutgers also improved slightly from last year’s ranking, where it placed 25th. Other Big Ten conference schools, such as University of Maryland and the SEE STUDY ON PAGE 4
Some of the factors considered for the ranking were the University’s admissions process, retention and graduate rates, alumni earnings and resources offered. The factors that were given the best rankings were the retention rate and graduation rates of students. GARRETT STEFFE / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Author speaks about racism, anti-Semitism MIA BOCCHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Last Sunday, best-selling author Deborah Lipstadt came to Rutgers to speak about her newest publication “Antisemitism: Here and Now,” in order to address and combat antiSemitism as well as racism. Lipstadt is well-known due to the famous 1996 case in London, where British author David Irving charged her with libel in her book “Denying the Holocaust.” At the time, Irving was also claimed to be the world’s leading Holocaust denier. Eventually in 2000, Lipstadt won the case, when the court ruled that Irving’s claim of libel was not valid because he had distorted evidence. Irving was also found to be a “neo-Nazi
polemicist” by the judge because he exhibited racism and anti-Semitism. This case was the topic of Lipstadt’s book, which was recently reissued with the title “Denial.” A film with the same name was also released in 2016 on her case, starring the actress Rachel Weisz. Lipstadt continued the conversation through a TED Talk where she discussed the trial, which has received nearly 1.2 million views online. She also worked as a historical consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial and Museum located in Washington, D.C., helping to design the section of the museum dedicated to how America responded to the Holocaust. SEE ANTI-SEMITISM ON PAGE 5
Deborah Lipstadt was previously charged by a British author with libel in her book “Denying the Holocaust.” Four years later, the court declared that she won the case due to distorted evidence from the prosecutor. MICA FINEHART
Ex-professor with 160 charges alleges fraud BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR
James Goydos, a former Rutgers New Jersey Medical School professor and director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, resigned last December when he realized that he would be removed from his tenured position. RUTGERS.EDU
A former Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) professor and director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey who was charged on 160 counts of crimes, including recording 26 women and three other people in various states of undress, has filed a lawsuit stating that he was initially framed for being a whistleblower, according to an article by NJ Advance Media. Dr. James Goydos is depicted in the suit as a “troublemaker,” who drew ire after speaking out on fraud for applying to grants and the direction RWJBarnabas Health’s new business model was headed. He alleged the investigation on him originally began under the lead of Saiber LLC, a Florham Park law
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practice, that allegedly hired retired FBI agents to conduct investigatory interviews and ordered the search and seizure of electronic records, according to the article. They then — allegedly, according to the suit — destroyed the evidence except for some that were “otherwise innocuous” and delivered it on a “silver platter.” This prompted government officials to investigate Goydos, according to the article. The Daily Targum reported in February that investigators found evidence for charging Goydos on 160 counts, including more than 100 counts of invasion of privacy, official misconduct, burglary, computer theft, impersonation, wiretapping, falsely implicating another, coercion, hindering, SEE FRAUD ON PAGE 4