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Students develop programming skills with 10th annual HackRU minna kim contributing writer
Diahlo Grant, a 27-year-old Franklin resident, was shot and killed by police in April. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said he fired at the officers before the shooting. THE DAILY TARGUM / JULY 2016
Prosecutor’s office justifies Diahlo Grant’s shooting noa halff associate news editor
Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday that two officers who fatally shot Franklin resident Diahlo Grant in April will not be charged. An investigation, which followed the April 9 shooting, found Grant had fired at the officers prior to his death, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Grant was shot and killed on April 9 by Franklin Township police officers after being chased and exchanging gunfire with the law enforcement members, The Daily Targum previously reported. In August, hundreds gathered in New Brunswick to march and protest the fatal shooting. In the police report, the officer said he had reasonable belief that his life was in danger and the level of force demonstrated was needed to protect him and the other officer present.
Grant had outstanding warrants for his arrest, was armed with a handgun and fired the handgun at the officer, the prosecutor’s office said. The day of the shooting, police recognized Grant as a suspect for a previous shooting in Franklin and approached him. Police said Grant then fled the scene on foot and attempted to enter a private residence, which activated a motion sensor light. The officers chased Grant down toward the border of Franklin and New Brunswick and told him to get on the ground when Grant pointed a revolver and fired one shot at the officers, the prosecutor’s office said. One officer returned fire and struck Grant multiple times. Grant was brought to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and died two hours later.
In one corner of the room, stacks of blue cups tower over a crowd. In another, a crowd of students collect green Android plushies and YouTube stickers. Between them, there are rows of eager programmers and computers working
together to develop a program. The College Avenue Student Center was home to HackRU and its 500 participants over the weekend. It was the 10th semiannual hackathon hosted at Rutgers, organized in partnership with Undergraduate Student Alliance of Computer Scientists (USACS) and Major League Hacking.
The 24-hour event commenced with an opening ceremony and ended on Sunday with project demonstrations and prize distribution. Akshay Malavade, a School of Engineering first-year student, only recently began programming, and experienced HackRU for the first See skills on Page 4
Students practiced their programming skills and listened to professionals with technology firms over the marathon hacking event last weekend. More than 500 students participated in the 10th semiannual iteration of HackRU. JEFFREY GOMEZ
How Clinton, Trump’s climate plans compare jacob turchi contributing writer
Rising oceans might flood coastal areas in New Jersey and New York. While constructing protective barriers might help some areas, locations built on sand will suffer greatly from the damage future storms can cause. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2013
Rutgers professor finds rising oceans might threaten coastal N.J., N.Y. Matthew Powell contributing writer
Damaging floods from hurricanes could become a more common issue in the future for residents of New York and New Jersey, according to researchers.
Storm surges produced by hurricanes are likely to pose an increased threat to the East Coast in the future, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences based on both computer model projections and historical data.
An increase in ocean levels and temperatures, as well as rising atmospheric temperatures, can be blamed for this increased threat, said David Robinson, a New Jersey State Climatologist See oceans on Page 4
The next President of the United States will have to face the growing concern over climate change. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump have both proposed plans about energy and climate change. Clinton has focused on the issue of global warming as both Secretary of State and as Senator of New York. She has pushed for investments in solar and wind energy and proposed a $60 billion plan for transitioning the United States into clean energy. Clinton hopes to have more than half a billion solar panels installed across the nation by the end of her first term and generate enough renewable energy to power every home in America within the decade, according to her website.
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Trump is more focused on accomplishing his plan of American Energy Independence, which focuses on the productivity of coal mines and oil companies and finding new job opportunities in places with large oil supplies, such as North Dakota. In his 100-Day Plan, Trump vows to cut regulations implemented by the Obama Administration under the Climate Action Plan, renew the Keystone Pipeline and cancel the United States’ involvement with the Paris agreement. Trump has faced criticism during his campaign for denying the existence of global warming. He tweeted in 2012, “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” See plans on Page 5