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MONDAY APRIL 29, 2019
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Students appeal their financial aid awards CINDY XIE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Approximately 30% of the student population in New Brunswick appeal for financial aid, said Brian Berry, the director of the Office of Financial Aid. Rutgers students are able to appeal their financial aid if they have a compelling reason and supporting documents for Rutgers to reconsider their financial aid award. The process for a student to appeal financial aid includes writing a letter to the Office of Financial Aid explaining their financial circumstances. The
Office of Financial Aid reviews the letter with any supporting documentation, as well as the information received from the student’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and makes a determination from there. The appeals are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, because “institutional funds are limited,” Berry said. Every student and family financial situation is different, so there is no standard template to approve or deny an appeal. “There are a variety of reasons that students typically appeal, usually around some type of SEE AWARDS ON PAGE 4
Into the Light 5K raises awareness for mental health MIA BOCCHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Brian Berry, the director of the Office of Financial Aid, said appeals for financial aid are reviewed on a case-by-case basis depending on the student’s financial circumstances. RUTGERS.EDU
On Saturday, May 4 at 4:30 p.m., the second annual Into the Light 5K will take place at 50 Biel Rd on Cook campus. The 5K run/walk is for mental health awareness and offers free registration to any who would like to participate, according to fliers. The organization held its first 5K in September 2017 after Phil Mazzini, father of Artemis Mazzini SEE HEALTH ON PAGE 4
RUSA impartially passes support for The Daily Targum in its referendum NICOLE WOOTTON-CANE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) passed a resolution to support The Daily Targum for its 2019 referendum. “It is in the best interest of Rutgers students to exercise their right to vote in this referendum and to be informed of that right ... RUSA suppor ts adver tising The Daily Targum Referendum of Spring 2019,” according to the resolution. It also allows the Public Relations Committee to “advertise information provided by the Daily Targum Referendum staff and the
Oversight Committee … through RUSA’s social media platforms.” The resolution is designed to be impartial, and does not encourage students to vote a particular way in the referendum. Rather, it aims to give the referendum the publicity it needs so that students can be made aware of their right to vote. Whatever RUSA will advertise must first be approved by the Targum Referendum Oversight Committee, which aims to ensure that publicity by the referendum staff remains impartial. Jeffrey Kim, a School of Engineering first-year and one of the authors of the resolution, said, “This is something that affects
every single undergraduate student at Rutgers University, and it’s very pertinent that we can get as much exposure to this as possible.” The Daily Targum fee is a refundable fee of $11.25 per semester that is currently paid by students in the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Mason Gross School of the Arts and the School of Engineering due to the results of the 2016 referendum. The bill is sponsored by the RUSA Public Relations Committee, as well as the Targum Referendum Oversight Committee. The Daily Targum Referendum is running from April 1 to April 30.
The resolution passed by RUSA to support The Daily Targum for its referendum this year is designed so students are not encouraged to vote a particular way. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rutgers exchange student wins $1.4 M. after crosswalk incident BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR
An exchange student at Rutgers in 2016 has settled for $1.4 million in a lawsuit after she was struck by a vehicle at a crosswalk while jogging from Busch campus in Piscataway. She was jogging along the John A. L ynch Sr. Memorial Bridge that brings Route 18 over the Raritan River, to Buccleuch Park in New Brunswick, according to an article by New Jersey Law Journal. The plaintiff, Ziyue Xia, followed the jogging path along the bridge
and, in New Brunswick, went through a crosswalk where the path led to the park, said her attorney Nicholas Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC, according to the article. When at the crosswalk, a motorist driving on George Street — the defendant, Sanford Becker — struck Xia with the front passenger’s side of the vehicle, according to the article. Becker said that he did not see Xia due to the glare from the sun, said his attorney Jason Winkler of Winter & Winkler, P.C., who confirmed the settlement, according to the ar ticle.
Xia suffered a head laceration, subdural hematoma and traumatic brain injur y, which caused her to be hospitalized for 13 days, according to the article. She received treatment in her home countr y of China before she returned to Rutgers in Januar y 2017 to attend for the spring semester, Leonardis said. The suit claimed that Xia was also able to maintain a high GPA despite having to spend more time on work due to concentration and memor y issues associated with the brain injur y, according to the ar ticle.
While she was jogging through the crosswalk to Buccleuch Park in New Brunswick, plaintiff Ziyue Xia was struck by a motorist driving on George Street. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR
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