THE DAILY TARGUM
Volume 141, Number 21
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After losing his starting spot at tight end to redshirt freshman D.C. Jefferson, senior Shamar Graves continues to fight for playing time at both tight end and his new position of H-back.
Senate charge may limit comments at meetings
BEES’ KNEES
BY CAGRI OZUTURK ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
From left to right: Woodrow Wilson Middle Schooler Noryvee Ramos paints jars with University juniors Carly Sikorski and Marivi Henriquez at last night’s “Bee Real Project” at the New Brunswick Free Public Library.
OIT expands wireless campus Internet BY ARIEL NAGI CORRESPONDENT
Although several locations throughout campus do not have wireless Internet availability, the Of fice of Information Technology continues to imple-
ment access in more buildings around campus. University Director of Information Technology Joe Sanders said OIT began deploying wireless Internet access in residential common areas and expanded access in classroom buildings throughout the summer.
BY JOHN WILDMAN
UNIVERSITY The documentary “Girls Like Us” spurs discussion about teen pregnancy and looks into the lives of four girls growing up in Philadelphia.
In his white, brick-walled office stripped of posters, commendations and degrees, Hans Fisher, a lecturer in the Depar tment of Nutritional Sciences, looked back over his 55year-long career at the University — longer than any other employee of the University. But this semester is his last at the University.
Millburn High School seniors started a slut list of all the first-years as part of their hazing process, showing the correlation girls make between power and sex. UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . 3 METRO . . . . . . . . . 8 OPINIONS . . . . . . . 10 DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 12 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 14 SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
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“Thanks to the classroom renovation bond funding, we have wireless coverage in Scott [Hall], Tillet [Hall], [the Science and Engineering Resource Center on Busch campus] and Hickman
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In the coming months, the University Senate’s University Structure and Governance Committee will review a charge to consider limiting discussion during Senate meetings when motions are on the floor to only Senators and invited guests. “The University Structure and Governance committee has been tasked to consider the best way for the public to provide input while still enabling the Senate to conduct its business,” USGC Co-Chair Jon Oliver said. “The charge is not meant to restrict input at all but simply to provide the proper venue for that input.” The committee has only now begun discussing this charge, said Oliver, who is also the associate director of Information Technology. Their deadline to respond to the Senate Executive Committee is not until the December meeting. Aside from limiting discussion during Senate meetings to only Senators and guests, they will also consider proposals to provide for public input only during the University president’s annual address, the three annual campus reports and other times such as during public hearings or forums,
according to the charge language available at the Senate Web site. The charge was born from the USGC itself, based on its own general discussions and proposed to the Senate Executive Committee on Feb. 6, 2009 by USGC former Co-Chair Tricia Nolfi, said Ken Swalagin, executive secretary of the University Senate. The issue arose largely out of comments and concerns expressed after the November Senate meeting when the recommended, revised referendum guidelines were adopted. “Obviously, this charge comes from the debate over [The Daily] Targum’s fee on the term bill — I don’t know of there being any other problems of public input being limited at Senate meetings,” said Josh Slavin, student representative to the Board of Trustees. During a Nov. 6 Senate meeting, several non-senator students continued to speak at the microphone about special student organizations after the time to speak had expired, according to the meeting’s minutes. “While I am not on the Structure and Governance Committee, I see adding a ‘public sector’ to the meeting agenda as a potential solution,”
SEE SENATE ON PAGE 6
Longest-serving professor recounts 55 years at U. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Fisher began teaching at the University in October 1954. He has been active ever since, ser ving a plethora of roles including professor, researcher, committeeman, depar tment chairman and faculty union president. “I came to Rutgers because I was offered a unique opportunity of being hired as the University’s first nutritional chemist,” Fisher said. “It was a real opportunity to build a program here in nutritional chemistry.”
Program to aid local families fighting poverty
The Department of Nutritional Sciences was formed in 1966 and upon its founding, Fisher served as the department chair for 22 years. “[Former] University President Mason Gross was asked to give the keynote address at the American Dietetic Association in 1966. He made the surprise announcement that Rutgers would start a department in nutrition,” he said. Fisher, from an early start, displayed academic excellence and dili-
gence. Graduating as valedictorian of his high school class, Fisher earned a four-year scholarship to the University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences. Fisher’s professors left a strong impression on the aspiring educator and scientist throughout his academic career. “Two [Rutgers] professors made a greater-than-average impression on me: Professor Platt, who taught
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CUTS FOR CAUSE
BY GREG FLYNN CORRESPONDENT
Winter is going to be a little warmer this year for local families. Rutgers Against Hunger launched its first Adopt-AFamily campaign yesterday to enable the University community to offer direct help to New Jersey families struggling with hunger and poverty. In a University-wide e-mail message, President Richard L. McCormick outlined the campaign’s goals and urged students to participate. “Hunger and poverty continue to cause great suffering in our state, particularly for families with children and people on fixed incomes,” McCormick said. “As the holiday season approaches, their needs become more
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MAYA NACHI/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Indigo Hair Salon stylist Danielle Gardner cuts University alumnus Cindy Fung’s hair as a part of the downtown salon’s annual Cut-a-Thon event. See METRO Page 8.