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THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2019
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Students, professors speak at Board hearing BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR
The Rutgers Board of Governors held its annual Open Hearing on the University’s Tuition, Fees, Housing and Dining Charges for 2019-2020 yesterday, sharing details on this past year’s finances and listening to concerns from students and faculty members on tuition. Kathy Dettloff, vice president of Finance, began the meeting by giving an overview of Rutgers’ revenue and expense budgets. Out of the University’s $4.4 billion revenue for fiscal year 2018-2019, 36% came from student tuition and fees and auxiliary enterprise
(housing and dining services), and 20% came from the state, she said. “It’s interesting to note that 10 years ago, state support made up 26.5% of our budget,” Dettloff said. Another 20% of revenue came from patient care and 13% came from grants and contracts, she said. The University is committed to access to affordability for its students as much as possible, so it is important to invest in resources in education, research and other services, Dettloff said. In terms of University expenses for last year, 65% went toward salary and benefits, 9% went to scholarships SEE HEARING ON PAGE 5
Molloy shares his experiences before working at Rutgers JAKE MCGOWAN CORRESPONDENT
Jeffrey Dowd, a professor in the Department of Sociology, said one of the questions commonly asked by students is why the University continues to raise tuition prices. BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN / NEWS EDITOR
Chancellor of Rutgers University—New Brunswick Christopher J. Molloy spoke to students at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy on Wednesday. Molloy spoke about job options for pharmacy students. He has a long history of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, which began after he received a Ph.D. in toxicology from Rutgers. SEE EXPERIENCES ON PAGE 4
RUSA begins internal elections for senators NICOLE WOOTTON-CANE CORRESPONDENT
Last Thursday’s Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) meeting saw the governing body begin its internal elections, as well as a report on the new allocations budget. Ase Awari, a School of Engineering sophomore, was unanimously re-elected as secretary of the assembly. The secretary is responsible for maintaining all nonfinancial records of RUSA. After heated debate, Subhadha Kartik, a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear, was named the new Legislative Affairs Committee chair. Kartik will
be responsible for representing the student voice in local, state and federal policymaking settings. The rest of the internal positions will be voted on at the meeting on May 2. RUSA Allocations Board presented its report on the Fall 2019 semester budget, which saw $680,000 allocated to 288 student organizations, including five organizations that are funded annually. The Board, which is made up of students, is responsible for allocating money from RUSA’s budget to student organizations each semester. Organizations had been given more than a month to SEE SENATORS ON PAGE 4
Sandy Giacobbe, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, was appointed by the Executive Board of Rutgers University Student Assembly as an interim senator, since it was a role unfilled during the most recent round of elections. FACEBOOK
Meningitis B is still risk to most students CATHERINE NGUYEN NEWS EDITOR
One common misconception that students may have about meningitis is that it is not as severe as it seems. Another misconception is that if a student was already vaccinated in the past, they do not need to get vaccinated again. HEALTH.MIL
Despite two separate cases of meningitis this year at Rutgers, the number of undergraduate students getting vaccinated remains relatively low. Melodee Lasky, assistant vice chancellor for Health and Wellness, said as of last week that 17% of the “at risk population,” which is defined as undergraduate students living on-campus or offcampus, had been vaccinated since the start of the outbreak, which was in Februar y.
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The Daily Targum previously reported that a student was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis on Feb. 6. Later that month, on Feb. 26, the Targum reported that a second student was diagnosed with the disease, which was the same strain as the first case. “We haven’t had a lot of students coming into the clinics that we have,” Lasky said. “We haven’t seen huge numbers.” The largest turnout for attendees at a clinic was approximately 400 students, which she said does not SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 5