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Hidden Grounds coffee shop to open second store JESSICA HERRING STAFF WRITER
What started out as a basement with no floors, wall, electricity or heat is now Hidden Grounds, a coffee shop offering Rutgers students and New Brunswick residents coffee, tea and sandwiches. Three years after opening the first location on the corner of Mine Street and Easton Avenue, the restaurant will see a second location opened near the New Brunswick Train Station, said Anand Patel, one of the owners. Patel opened the original cafe in 2013 with his friends from Johnson & Johnson. “I became so fed up discussing the possibility of a new business and not turning it into an action,” he said. His team stumbled on the original location while looking at a “For Lease” sign in New Brunswick, he said. They liked what they saw in the subterranean rooms they found. “It had a sense of coziness, which didn’t leave me or my friends,” he said. The next day Patel and his business partner turned it into their own shop, he said. The new cafe is in the process of being built at 4C Easton Ave., Patel said. The plan for this new location SEE STORE ON PAGE 4
Sir Jose Bright of the Teboho Trust spoke about what originally inspired him to work for charity at the Mark Conference. Guests discussed surviving abuse and how to have an impact at the annual event. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
Speakers inspire Rutgers at Mark Conference NIKITA BIRYUKOV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Time Magazine’s 2014 “Person of the Year,” a genocide survivor and a hip-hop artist have one thing in common — they left their “mark” on students at this year’s Mark Conference. Hundreds of students joined a host of inspirational speakers
Saturday at Rutgers’ Fourth Annual Mark Conference in the Livingston Student Center. Humanitarians, artists and activists were joined by a host of student speakers, each looking to make their own “mark” on the world. By retelling their experiences, they hoped to encourage others to be better and help those around
them, even if it just meant giving a smile. “It’s been so amazing. Absolutely every speaker is inspiring,” said Suraya Almosbeh, a Rutgers Nursing School—Newark senior and president-at-large of the School of Nursing executive board. Among the speakers was Sir Jose Bright, founder of the Teboho
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School hosts anxiety workshop series for U.
Students discuss removal of ‘gayfriendly’ emojis After significant public backlash, the Indonesian messaging app, LINE removed emojis depicting same-sex couples from its catalog in early Februar y. According to the Washington Post, the Indonesian government will take steps toward removing similar emojis from other apps, like WhatsApp. Something as small as an emoji can alarm people, and there can be significant reactions on the political level, said Kathleen Riley, a professor in the Depar tment of Anthropology. “It was simply the fact that (the emoji) existed on the site. (The Indonesian government is) offended by having it there in their public
Trust, a charitable trust established to help communities in South Africa by engaging communities and imparting the skills those communities need to stand on their own in the future. “It was important to get the people in the community to move
While the Indonesian government has not banned gay-friendly emojis, backlash from citizens has forced their removal from at least one app. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Rutgers Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities (SJE) has teamed up with Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) to provide a unique experience for students struggling with anxiety-related problems. The series contains four parts in which participants will learn about anxiety, how it manifests in different people and different methods to manage symptoms, said Julia Pennick, a Graduate School of Social Work student. In the first session, Pennick said, students will examine anxiety and its biological function in humans for survival. The second session involves discussing and practicing meditation and mindfulness, the third session examines anxiety from
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a cognitive restructuring approach and the final session explains exposure therapy as an option for helping anxiety. The sessions occur every Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Center for Social Justice, located at 17 Bartlett St. on the College Avenue campus. A study published in 2010 found that a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and selective serotonin reuptake inhibits (SSRI) improves overall performance of those with depressive disorders and anxiety disorders, according to the National Institutes of Health. More than half of all students seeking help at college counseling centers report anxiety as an issue, said Annmarie Wacha-Montes, the assistant director for community-based services at CAPS, who cited the Center for Collegiate Mental Health’s 2015 annual report. SEE ANXIETY ON PAGE 5