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Study finds elderly face income inequality issues SAMANTHA KARAS CORRESPONDENT
A decades-long study on income inequality has been updated and finds senior citizens have greater economic issues than when they were younger. Stephen Crystal, a professor in the School of Social Work, published a paper with co-authors Dennis Shea and Adriana Reyes that found income inequality is higher in individuals older than 64 years old and especially after age 74 than during their traditional working years. The income received by members in this age group within the lower 40 percent of income distribution went down from 17 percent to 14 percent of the total from when they were younger, while those in the top-most 20 percent saw their income increase from 46 percent to 48 percent of the total. For those aged 75 or older, the poorest 40 percent of people saw their share of the total income decrease from 15 percent to 14 percent. About 20 percent of senior citizens receive 50 percent of the total income by those aged 75 and
older, with the lower 80 percent receiving the other half. This study on income inequality is unique in comparison to all his other works because it likely goes back the farthest in terms of being involved with these questions, Cr ystal said. While writing a book in 1981 titled “America’s Old Age Crisis” — an extension of his doctoral dissertation — and working as a program evaluator for the state of New York on old-age policy, Cr ystal said he was looking at how to deal with the needs of this specific age group. As a doctoral student at the time, Crystal said he wanted to step back and take a look at the big picture and how policy strategies were working and what the problems were. The population of older people was large at the time, and Crystal said it was expected to continue to grow as a percentage of the population. “We spend something like a third of all federal expenditures on older people,” he said. “So when you think about the problems of the federal budget and all of these things SEE ISSUES ON PAGE 5
The Rutgers College Republicans hosted the state convention on Saturday in the Wood Lawn Mansion on Douglass campus. Various elected officials came to discuss their work and national issues. NIKITA BIRYUKOV / ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
College Republicans hold state party convention on Douglass NIKITA BIRYUKOV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Rep. Scott Garrett (R) of New Jersey’s 5th congressional district said he decided to run for Congress when he realized “Washington was getting in the way” of what he and his fellow state legislators were trying to do.
Mason Gross group gives high school musical lessons
The New Jersey College Republicans held their annual convention last Saturday at the Wood Lawn Mansion on Douglass campus. The convention featured talks by a number of prominent New Jersey Republicans, including Garrett, Rep. Leonard Lance of the 7th district SEE CONVENTION ON PAGE 4
U. hosts students from University of Utrecht
CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ CORRESPONDENT
On Wednesday and Thursday mornings, echoes of soothing symphonies travelled through the halls of the New Brunswick High School. The sound could be traced to one of the school’s music rooms, where a group of Rutgers students and students from the high school came together to play various string instruments. Under the guidance of the college musicians, the young orchestra members worked to enrich their violin, viola or cello playing techniques. The par ticipating University students are par t of the Rutgers chapter of the American String Teachers Association, a national organization for music educators and string instrument players. The campus group, which was established in the fall of 2014, is the only recognized chapter in New Jersey. “We really wanted to get a volunteer component because we
“Our Constitution has certain enumerated and limited powers that they put on the federal government, and it’s always my admonition when I’m down in Washington to ask this question ... ‘do I have the constitutional right to actually be doing these things and expanding the powers of the federal government,’” he said.
The Rutgers chapter of the American String Teachers Association works with New Brunswick High School students every week to teach them music. CAMILO MONTOYA GALVEZ / CORRESPONDENT think it’s important to give back to your community,” said Seth Van Embden, president of the group and a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior. Van Embden and other members of the chapter saw a window of opportunity when they found out that the New Brunswick high school had a string program for students who could not fit orchestra classes on their schedules. They teamed up with the arts department of the New Brunswick school system and Mar ybeth Purcell, a music teacher in the high school and organizer of the school’s string program. Having more experienced and technical string players to help
mentor the students has been beneficial, she said. The members of the chapter allow her to divide her students into smaller groups and have them concentrate on practicing their respective instruments. “When they can go off and work on the particular parts that they are having trouble with (alongside) a Rutgers student, it lets them get it better,” Purcell said. This one-on-one support is what the chapter’s secretar y, Brianna Tagliaferro, enjoys offering the students the most. “I really just love working with students and…hopefully inspiring SEE LESSONS ON PAGE 5
In spite of the approximately 3,700 miles of Atlantic Ocean water that separates them, Rutgers students have a lot more in common with their counterparts in the Netherlands than they might think. Thirteen undergraduate students from the University of Utrecht culminated their week-long stay in Rutgers–New Brunswick on Saturday. Their arrival was part the “Sister Republics” initiative, organized by the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program to celebrate Rutgers’ 250th anniversary. “There is this very sort of heavy Dutch connection with the founding of Rutgers, and part of that is connected with the University of Utrecht,” said Jennifer Jones, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. “Many of the early presidents and teachers at Rutgers had been trained at the University of Utrecht.” Founded in 1636, the University of Utrecht is the largest institution of higher education in the small European country with more than 30,000 students. When Rutgers University was established as Queen’s
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College in 1766, it adopted the motto “Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also,” a variation of the Dutch institution’s motto. To further explore the profound links between the two “spiritual” sister universities, a course was drawn up for students in the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program, Jones said. Some of the participants were able to travel with her over spring break to the Netherlands and were welcomed by a group of students from the University of Utrecht. Thus, an invitation, Jones said, was extended to the students who hosted her class to come to New Brunswick and learn about Dutch roots in the region. The second or third year students from the University of Utrecht – a bachelor’s degree is usually a three-year process in the Netherlands – arrived at Rutgers on Monday. “It is very good to see where you [come] from,” said Mariëlle van Deelen, a second-year student in SEE UTRECHT ON PAGE 4