THE DAILY TARGUM
Volume 141, Number 32
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A photographer, a model and a truck full of clothes hit the streets as Inside Beat holds its first-ever fashion photo shoot and unites glamour with some of the University's most iconic locations.
Housing sign-backs limit on-campus lottery system BY MARY DUDICH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Even after receiving hundreds of e-mails from concerned students and parents last year, only about 15 students showed up last night to the Residence Life Lottery Review Committee’s 2010 Housing Lottery Forum. Despite the small turnout in the Multipurpose Room of the Cook Campus Center, one major problem students voiced was the sign-backs of Cook campus apartments for students in School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Mason Gross School of the Arts, Executive Director of Residence Life Joan Carbone said. “All students who lived in apartments were allowed to sign back, giving SEBS students priority on [the Cook] campus,” she said. Last year, off-campus students were not allowed to join the lottery, but could get
back on campus if a student in a Cook campus apartment “pulled” them in through the sign-back process, Carbone said. It also guarantees housing for upperclassman for three years, she said. The University only holds places for first-year students, and even then, they may not see housing if they apply too late. School of Arts and Sciences junior Prisca Park came to defend the sign-back process because she worked hard and researched people looking for another roommate to pull her into the apartments. “I didn’t have a roommate. I did research … and if you really want to get into the Newell apartments, that’s what you have to do,” she said. “If you want it, you have to do it yourself.” Carbone said this poses a problem, as the committee does not want to continue a
ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Executive Director of Residence Life Joan Carbone addresses lottery system issues with a small student audience last night in the Multipurpose Room of the Cook Campus Center.
SEE LOTTERY ON PAGE 6
U. content with guest policy amid Tufts’ ‘sexile’ reform BY CAGRI OZUTURK ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
“Sexiling” and having sex while your roommate is present in your room in residence halls was formally banned at Tufts University. “Sexiling” is the act of forcibly removing your roommate from your room, according to the 2009-2010 Tufts student handbook.
“I was surprised to hear that Tufts made the rule based on what I heard, [which] was less than 10 isolated complaints,” said Tufts University School of Engineering senior Melissa Romanus. “Really, I think some form of ‘sexiling’ occurs at ever y college. I don’t really feel that there was cause for the rule.” But at home, the University’s policy remains stagnant.
“We do not have any plans to develop a policy similar to the one at Tufts University,” Vice President of Student Affairs Gregory Blimling said. “When we receive complaints about such behavior, our staff talks with the students and resolves the situation.” Most students at Tufts feel the same way, Romanus said. “It’s not like Tufts kids are the only college kids having sex,” she said. “There was a
lot of talk after it happened. A lot of people think that it’s just something that should be worked out with the roommate. I kind of feel the same way.” She said she never saw anyone written up for having sex while their roommate was present, but she heard of students being ‘sexiled’ and seen the “sock on the door” policy.
SEE REFORM ON PAGE 4
Commencement Campus Identity changes reflect needs of visitors, future graduates
INDEX UNIVERSITY Find out what a University professor did to develop a bridge made of plastic that can support the weight of the Army’s leading tank.
BY ARIEL NAGI CORRESPONDENT
a lot of direct community and neighborhood interaction.” The various campuses appeal to diverse ways of life, Matsuda said. College Avenue exposes students to a large array of shops and retail businesses as well as nightlife. There are also a number of quirky traditions unique to the campus, Matsuda said. Aside from the original historic landmarks
With the merging of the undergraduate schools into the School of Arts and Sciences, a few changes are being made to the 2011 University commencement. Although most of the changes — specifically dates — are not set in stone, the University Senate is in the process of approving date and time changes to the 2011 commencement and individual school graduations, said Barr y Qualls, vice president for undergraduate education. “We are waiting for a date approval from the University Senate,” said University Secretary Leslie Fehrenbach. “They have authority over the University calendar and we hope to hear from them soon about the 2011 date.” The University sent a request to the senate in late July asking to change the dates of the 2011 commencement and beyond, along with a proposed schedule, Qualls said. The proposed commencement date is Sunday, May 15, 2011. The commencement usually takes place on a weekday, but the University decided Sunday would work better in order to accommodate the needs of visitors as well as graduates and to ensure that students can stay in their residence halls instead of going home and coming back, Qualls said.
SEE SETTING ON PAGE 6
SEE GRADUATES ON PAGE 4
ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
College Avenue Campus Dean Matt Matsuda said the historical significance of Old Queens campus (above), the Grease Trucks and proximity to downtown New Brunswick draws in students and visitors.
Historic, urban setting attracts students BY ARIEL NAGI CORRESPONDENT
Students do not have to take a train ride to New York City to get a taste of the city life when they can experience it much closer to home. The College Avenue campus has become the icon of the University’s traditional and historical significance, attracting students and visitors with its city-like social setting that integrates the University with
the New Brunswick community, said College Avenue Campus Dean Matt Matsuda. “One of the things that most distinguishes College Avenue in particular is that it is the most urban of the campuses in the sense that it’s built right up into New Brunswick,” Matsuda said. “The off-campus housing neighborhoods … become part of the University and the University becomes a part of them, so there’s
SPORTS Rutgers women’s soccer head coach Glenn Crooks has been suspended by Athletic Director Tim Pernetti for an undisclosed violation of athletic department policy.
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