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Verizon donates $50,000 to U. to aid survivors of domestic violence AVALON ZOPPO MANAGING EDITOR
Most students know Verizon as a global cellphone provider, but the company is forging a presence right here at Rutgers by standing up against domestic violence. HopeLine, a Verizon organization, collects no-longer-used cellphones, batteries, chargers and accessories, and then donates these devices to local domestic violence shelters across the country. There are several drop-off locations at Rutgers, including the College Avenue, Busch, Douglass and Livingston student centers, along with any administrative building on campus. On Wednesday morning, HopeLine presented a $50,000 check to the Center on Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) at the New Jersey Department of Children and Families Professional Center.
The grant will help develop an online-training platform addressing the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault, according to a press release. The platform, inspired by the New Jersey Department of Children and Families Program, will be available for child welfare employees across the county. “Thanks to Verizon, we are able to put select courses online to be utilized by child welfare employees across the country,” said Judy Postmus, founder and director of the Center on VAWC, in a press release. The center at Rutgers will continue to support child welfare employees and ensure that employees can effectively respond to women and children affected by abuse and trauma, Postmus said in the release. At Wednesday’s event, Rutgers staff, Verizon Wireless representatives, past training alumni and current students showcased how online-training courses have impacted the community, according to the press
release. Speakers included Cathryn Potter, dean of the School of Social Work at Rutgers, and Allison Blake, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families. Since its launch in 2001, HopeLine has collected 11.4. million phones nationwide and provided more than $29 million in cash grants to domestic violence organizations just like VAWC here at Rutgers. Support is especially needed in higher education, where 1 in 3 college women and 1 in 10 college men may be victims of sexual dating violence. Verizon Wireless is striving to be a partner in the Rutgers community, said Andrew Testa, public relations manager of the Northeast Market of Verizon Wireless, in the press release. “(Verizon Wireless is) thrilled to be able to support a university center and program like the Center on Violence Against Women and Children at the School of Social Work at Rutgers,” Testa said.
Verizon’s HopeLine has provided more than $24 million in donations to groups who aid survivors. SUSMITA PARUCHURI / DESIGN EDITOR
New dining facility has healthy food options
Study finds climate change impacts wealth distribution
KIRA HERZOG CONTRIBUTING WRITER
CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ CORRESPONDENT
Climate change, labeled by some as the most daunting challenge facing humanity, appears to influence wealth distribution, according to a study examining the seemingly insignificant movement of fish. A new report, compiled by a research team of scientists and academics at Rutgers, Yale, Princeton and Arizona State University, found that economic capital is being reallocated in parallel with the movement of natural resources. By observing fish migration, the researchers have been able to study how communities with different economic and institutional circumstances are affected by climate change. “Over the last few decades, climate change seems to be pushing many resources, like fish, into new areas,” said Malin Pinsky, an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources. “We tackle what this means for the value of the fish and what these movements of natural resources mean in terms of wealth.” It turns out that communities with developed economic institutions can better adapt to the changing patterns of natural resource movement that is being stimulated SEE STUDY ON PAGE 4
“From Exclusion to Inclusion” was a symposium hosted at Rutgers on Tuesday, where researchers discussed the lives of women at the University over the years. CHLOE COFFMAN / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Symposium features past Rutgers women CHLOE COFFMAN AND NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITERS
With hopes of changing the future, women of Rutgers took time on Tuesday to speak about their influential predecessors. Held on International Women’s Day, “From Exclusion to Inclusion” highlighted the work of several prominent women in the University’s history, said Marisa Fuentes, an assistant professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. “Recounting the history of women at this institution is vitally important so it’s not forgotten,” she said. “It gives us a sense of how far we’ve come and how far we need to go, and the community that’s here for us.”
Learning from the past can help those trying to force change in the present, said Nafisa Tanjeem, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. Underrepresented or otherwise marginalized groups are able to learn from the struggles that their predecessors overcame. Understanding the historical roots behind why these groups are marginalized can help society advance beyond them, she said. “You need to look at the past and have a critical lens,” she said. “(You need to) look at why people do what they did and how we can address the mistakes (made) in the past, how they can correct it and make changes in (the future).” SEE WOMEN ON PAGE 6
College students living on campus often struggle finding healthy and nutritious dining options. But now, those seeking a break from ramen noodles and Brower Commons have a new option. The Harvest dining venue opened in September of 2015 on Cook campus in collaboration with the Department of Food Science. The venue aims to provide students with fresh, locally sourced alternatives to typical dining hall food. “Harvest is the first operation of its kind at Rutgers. Dining halls make a lot of things fresh daily, but at Harvest, everything is made fresh daily using whole foods,” said David Donlon, the director of Neilson Dining hall. Featuring stations for pizzettes, flatbreads, noodles, salads, grains and smoothies, Harvest seeks to encourage people to “eat well” and “live well,” according to the venue’s webpage. The venue offers students a chance to customize their meals to create unique combinations, placing an emphasis on the coexistence of flavor and health, both key to the institution’s mission. Harvest is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and operates both a breakfast and lunch service according to the website. The new dining venue has encountered two obstacles on its path
to mainstream popularity— location and visibility. While its location in the lobby of the New Jersey Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health allow for more convenient access to locally sourced ingredients, students living outside the Cook/Douglass campuses have difficulty reaching Harvest. “I don’t step on Douglass ever,” said Isabel Lim, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “I don’t have any classes there and generally I don’t want to take a trip there.” Despite the location, Lim said she was excited about the concept behind Harvest and would still be willing make the effort to go check it out. “Healthy eating is really important to me and it’s kind of hard to find healthy food here because most of the dining halls don’t offer too many options,” she said. A similar complaint was made by Richard Faringthon, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student who said he plans on visiting Harvest for the first time later this week. “Regular dining halls don’t have enough healthy options available and I tend to have a hard time finding food that’s good for me,” Farnsworth said. “I feel as though most college students have accepted that healthy eating is impossible in college.” The lack of healthy options is something Donlon is working to change. SEE FACILITY ON PAGE 6
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