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Rutgers Democrats endorse Hillary Clinton Nicholas Simon Contributing Writer
With the 2016 presidential election just weeks away, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has been urging young Americans to vote for her come November. Two Rutgers University clubs, Rutgers for Hillar y and the Rutgers University Democrats, have officially endorsed Clinton and are working together to promote her campaign. Jeremy Atie, president of Rutgers for Hillary and a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said members from both organizations plan on contributing to Clinton’s campaign in a variety of ways in the weeks leading up to the November election. “We’re obviously going to phone bank and make calls and register people to vote and canvass at bus stops and at student centers,” Atie said. “Also, we’re taking trips down to Philadelphia to help out with events going on down there.” Both organizations have also arranged for several public officials to visit campus over the next two months to speak to students, Atie said. Some of the names on the list
of speakers include Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey’s Sixth District, Democratic General Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter of New Jersey’s 35th District and Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop. Atie said he was particularly excited for these politicians’ visits because it would offer students direct contact and real exposure to high-ranking public officials. “They are going to come by and answer questions people have about Hillary, and this will give students a chance to really get to know these people,” he said. “They will also tell students why it’s so important, particularly in this upcoming election, to vote blue.” Atie, who has supported Hillary since 2014, said he thinks Clinton is more than qualified to be the next president. “She’s done work locally, nationally and internationally … I think that she’s done a great job,” he said. “Outside of that, I think it’s really time to give a woman a chance to be president.” Although Rutgers for Hillar y and Rutgers University Democrats have endorsed Clinton, support for the Democratic nominee was not unanimous.
New Brunswick police fish body out of Raritan avalon zoppo managing editor
The Rutgers University Democrats have endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, and are working with Rutgers for Hillary to promote her platform before the election. COURTESY OF JEREMY ATIE Rutgers University Democrats members were “pretty fairly split” between Sen. Bernie Sanders (IVt.) and Clinton during the primary season, said Sonya Abrams, secretary of Rutgers University Democrats and a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Had Sanders won the nomination, Abrams said the group would have endorsed him. “But now that Hillary is the official nominee, we are endorsing her fully,” she said.
Abrams said she was confident in Clinton as a candidate, and she thought it was revealing that Rutgers University College Republicans had released a statement saying it would not endorse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “That kind of speaks to the fact that … there are some Republicans on campus who are very concerned and conflicted,” she said. See clinton on Page 4
Administrator explains cause of power outages
Law professor talks technology ban in classrooms
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It might be odd to walk into a classroom and not see laptops, tablets or cellphones, but not in Stuart Green’s classes. The Rutgers—Newark School of Law professor decided to enforce something new to his students in this day and age: a technology ban. Green said he decided to impose this ban after sitting in the back of his class and realizing there was a student who spent the whole class period streaming an NHL game. “I thought (the ban) was a way to begin or continue to begin a conversation that colleagues and I have been dealing with,” he said. Prior to his decision, he read studies, discussed the decision with his colleagues and decided it was worth a chance. The ban includes all types of electronic devices, and if he sees a student using a device, he will ask them to put it away. Green caught the attention of many after he wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled “I’m Ban-
An unidentified adult man’s body was pulled from the Raritan River near the Rutgers boat docks and Route 18 bridge on Thursday afternoon. Around 12:14 p.m., the Highland Park Police Department (HPPD) received a report from a kayaker notifying police of what appeared to be a body floating near the docks. The New Brunswick Fire Department (NBFD) launched a marine unit around 12:24 p.m., while the HPPD, NBFD and New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) searched the shoreline. “A preliminary investigation does not show any sign of foul play,” according to an NBPD press release. “A final determination will not be made until an autopsy is complete.” The investigation is open and pending, said NBFD Capt. Donald Whitlock. The NBPD and prosecutor’s office are notifying the unidentified man’s next of kin. “The New Brunswick Police Department with the County Prosecutor’s Office are still investigating,” he said.
Stuart Green, a law professor at Rutgers—Newark, banned all phones and laptops from his classroom. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
ning Laptops From My Classroom,” which was shared thousands of times. Although he said the idea was not something original to him, Green thought since he was about to take a stance and change the dynamic of the classroom, he would take the chance to say something publicly about it and spark a conversation in the world of educators. “The over whelming reaction I received was supporting and commiserating,” he said of the hundreds of emails he received from educators around the countr y and abroad. Many of the emails were from other professors who tried the ban and were giving him support, and telling him how their experiment went.
Going viral was a surprise to him because most professors or teachers write books and articles that have a narrow focus and talk about their fields, and do not warrant much of a response from the general public. This op-ed generated a lot more attention than Green was accustomed. “It’s funny … it was a bit of a surprise that it got a lot more general attention,” he said. “Even if people don’t agree, and I hope that some won’t, they could consider the possibility of excluding computers from class and see if it works.” Green said that the reaction was also favorable from Rutgers faculty and students. See classrooms on Page 4
A mechanical failure in a transformer near Cooper Dining Hall caused more than 36 hours of blackouts on the Cook and Douglass campuses this week, forcing students on those campuses to spend the night in recreation centers as buildings were tested and brought back online. Antonio Calcado, executive vice president for Strategic Planning and Operations, said the transformer
was taken offline and no more issues are expected. “The outage was caused by a secondar y transformer ... the windings on that motor were loose and it was affecting the grid,” he said. University Facilities and Capital Planning tested more than 100 pieces of equipment trying to locate the cause of the issue, he said. On Wednesday night, Calcado said the maintenance team was See outages on Page 4
A malfunctioning transformer sent false signals to the Cook and Douglass power grid, causing two days’ worth of power outages. NIKHILESH DE / NEWS EDITOR
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