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Rutgers preserves history of Women’s March in archive Ryan Stiesi Staff Writer
Rutgers University Libraries look to add and archive the most recent Women’s March — including those taking place in New York City and New Jersey this past Saturday — in order to document these notable protests. One year ago, members of the Rutgers Special Collections and University Archive collected 60 signs and items used in Women’s marches in New York City and Washington, D.C., said Stephanie Crawford, an archivist with the University Libraries. This weekend the group continued its work documenting and collecting objects from the march, she said. “We collect New Jersey-based histor y, we collect women’s histor y and we collect grassroots activism items in general, so this kind of fit right in with our collecting strategies,” Crawford said. She said the idea spawned when her and her colleagues attended the Women’s March last year. More than 2 million people across the world supported the movement in 2017 — protesting the first full day of President Donald J. Trump’s time in office, according to USA Today. Crawford said her plans changed, as she realized that movements like the Women’s March on Washington Archives Project exist to document the oral histories of these events. She brought the idea to Rutgers,
with a focus on collecting signs, who gave her the green light to begin the project. While the official numbers are not in for this year’s march, Crawford said the project has garnered more positive support through interested donors. “When I attended the marches, people were a little confused when I would go up to them and ask them for their signs, so I would hand out business cards, and then they would send me their signs later or they would choose not to,” she said. Crawford said she found a lot of signs by digging through the garbage and collecting those that people left behind. People brought a wide array of signs to the march, but she wanted to collect signs that represented the diversity of women there — in addition to finding some visually appealing and well-made pieces. Marchers came from different backgrounds and demographics, and she said that having accurate representation for all the women present is important. The signs are currently hosted in the library archives, Crawford said. They are available for students and the public to see and use, and there are plans to host everything online in the future. She said that as part of the Women’s March on Washington Archive Project, everything will eventually move online where people can access oral histories, photographs taken at the marches and
This poster and others are now included in Alexander Library. The archive includes mementos from grassroot movements, women’s history and New Jersey-based history, that are available for students and the public to see and use. DECLAN INTINDOLA photographs of the signs there. The Women’s March on Washington Archives Project is an endeavor dedicated to preserving the importance of the January 2017 Women’s March and its various
“sister” marches, according to their Facebook page. “I hope that people can come and recognize that the march just wasn’t about one viewpoint, one kind of issue, there was a multitude
Audit on NJ Transit may affect students
U. email details updates, plans for student resources
Christian Zapata Correspondent
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In an email addressed to students, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Dr. Felicia McGinty reviewed some new updates to the University’s student centers, psychiatric services and recreational resources. Last semester’s efforts to make student centers more “more inviting and conducive to student engagement” have resulted in updates to the Community Gathering Spaces, lounge furniture, equipment and meeting rooms — with plans to improve all facilities by the end of spring semester, McGinty said. “We are also working closely with the Rutgers Commuter Student See resources on Page 4
of voices because women are not just one demographic,” Crawford said. “We are complicated and diverse and contradictory, and I think that our collection can highlight that.”
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Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) signed an executive order on Monday calling for a “full-scale” audit of NJ TRANSIT, addressing the issues surrounding the transport system that Rutgers students rely on to get to nearby cities. “This agency must be boiled down to its essentials and put back together again,” said Murphy during a news conference at Summit train station, according to NJ Advance Media. Since 2009, NJ Transit fares have risen 36 percent, according to NJ.com — an increase that can potentially affect the way commuter students, and those who occupy internship positions in either New York City or Philadelphia, look at their everyday commute. When asked about the likelihood that an audit would result
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in higher fares for New Jersey residents, Murphy did not give a firm answer. “I’m hard pressed to think that’s a conclusion,” he said. “I think we have to believe that there are extraordinary inefficiencies in this organization that we can be much smarter taking advantage of.” In 2004, NJ Transit began a partnership with colleges and universities in New Jersey, offering students a 25 percent discount for NJ Transit monthly passes they purchase online, according to its site. By using NJ Transit Quik-Tik program, fulltime undergraduate and graduate students receive discounted rail, bus or light rail monthly passes directly through the mail. Pass prices vary based on how many trips are made monthly or the number of zones purchased, and See STUDENTS on Page 4