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Barchi announces plans to modify transportation on College Avenue KIRA HERZOG correspondent
The University is working to open a Panera Bread adjacent to the Rutgers Student Center in the building that previously housed Au Bon Pain. JEFFREY GOMEZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rutgers took its first visible step towards integrating bike and bus lanes along College Avenue this week. Slated for completion within the spring semester, the new developments will include redesigned parking, fencing and traffic signals. The newly designed street will feature a designated bike lane on
the side of the road closest to Voorhees Mall and a buses-only lane on the opposite side, said University President Robert L. Barchi in an email to the Rutgers community. The bus lane will make it easier for Rutgers buses to move down College Avenue, effectively keeping them on schedule, he said. “I am excited about the benefits that these changes will bring to Rutgers students, both making College Avenue more pleasant for
pedestrians and bus riders and encouraging more members of our community to use bicycles,” Barchi said. University and city officials said the changes will help decrease congestion and make it easier for students to safely access alternative forms of transportation. This comes at a time when traffic and congestion, particularly around the Scott Hall bus stop, is impacted by the See transportation on Page 4
Rutgers in negotiations to open Panera Bread Matt Powell CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Fans of the fast-casual dining chain, Panera Bread, are in for a pleasant surprise this upcoming semester. With the closure of Au Bon Pain’s College Avenue location last month, the University confirmed that it is currently in negotiations with competing restaurant Panera Bread to open a location in the space adjacent to the Rutgers Student Center. When Au Bon Pain’s lease expired on Dec. 31 of last year,
Rutgers University decided not to renew it, said Associate Director of Cash and Catering Operations for the University Joseph Charette. Recent reception of Au Bon Pain had been less than favorable, Charette said. “Faculty, staff and especially students had been expressing displeasure with product availability, product freshness and overall maintenance of the store,” Charette said in an email. See negotiations on Page 6
Metered parking on College Avenue from Huntington Street to Hamilton Street will be removed to accomodate the new bus and bike lanes. The University plans to compensate by opening metered parking behind the Rutgers Student Center. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Camden campus improves low-income aid program
PSE&G provides $10K grant to Tyler Clementi Center
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PSE&G delivers more than just electricity to the people of New Jersey, as the company recently forged a partnership with the Tyler Clementi Center at Rutgers University. PSE&G provided a $10,000 grant to help the organization fund an “LGBT Youth Empowerment Initiative.” The Tyler Clementi Center plans to use the $10,000 grant to host a day-long LBGT youth empowerment event for high school students across New Jersey. This event will feature workshops focusing on youth leadership, pre-college preparation and showcasing opportunities open to LGBT youths, according to the Tyler Clementi Center website. The Tyler Clementi Center studies the transition experience of students, particularly those
The electrical company, PSE&G, partnered with the Tyler Clementi Center at Rutgers to create a youth empowerment event for high school students. FLICKR who come from a stigmatized population, by examining the impact of bias and peer aggression. Their mission is to study the transition of young people coming into college in the digital era, according to their website. During this event, students will par take in a series of workshops. Topics will include Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
leadership, navigating challenges in the “coming out process,” healthy responses to bullying, LGBT culture and histor y and finding an LGBT-friendly college. “These workshops are designed to engage students in meaningful discussions about identity development, healthy coping strategies, self-care and See grant on Page 5
Rutgers University—Camden hopes to help an increasing number of students attend college through their “Bridging the Gap” program. The Bridging the Gap program pays for qualifying students’ tuition and general campus fees after state and federal need-based grants have been applied, according to the Rutgers University— Camden website. Craig Westman, vice chancellor for Enrollment Management at Rutgers University—Camden, said Bridging the Gap, which was launched in fall of 2015, developed out of the campuses desire to be more accessible to New Jersey residents. “We realized that because of costs, a lot of New Jersey applicants who were accepted into Camden were opting to attend community college,” Westman said. “So we wanted to construct a program that would change this.”
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For the Fall 2016 semester, Bridging the Gap offered grants to students whose families’ adjusted gross incomes (AGIs) were below $100,000, according to the Rutgers University—Camden website. Westman said grant sums varied from one student to the next depending on their family’s AGI. “If a student’s family had an AGI between zero and $60,000, Bridging the Gap would cover 100 percent of tuition and general campus fees,” he said. “If their AGI was between $60,000 and $100,000, the program covered 50 percent.” Amendments to increase efficiency have already been made and will take effect in the fall of 2017, Westman said. Next fall, Bridging the Gap will offer 100 percent coverage to students if their AGIs are between zero and $60,000, and only 75 percent coverage if their AGIs fall between $60,000 and $80,000. See program on Page 4