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Tanning Scientist aims to reduce indoor tanning usage among young women see SCIENCE, page 10
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Shooting at Rutgers greek life event leaves man hospitalized Chloe Dopico Associate News Editor
Early Saturday morning an altercation outside of a Rutgers greek life event escalated into a shooting that left one man hospitalized, according to a New Brunswick police statement. New Brunswick Police Captain JT Miller said the altercation began around 1:30 a.m. when a group of Black males attempted to enter a
greek life gathering on Hamilton Street, according to tapinto.net. When the group was denied entr y, a fight broke out inside the party. It spilled out onto the sidewalk, where a man pulled out a black handgun and fired two rounds into the crowd, according to the site. A 21-year-old man was hit in the shoulder and transported to Robert Wood Johnson hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.
It is still unclear whether the victim was a student. The suspect is described as a Black male between 5’7 and 5’9 with shoulder-length dreadlocks. He was wearing a white baggy shirt and blue jeans at the time of the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call the New Brunswick Police Department at 732-745-5217. Rutgers Media Relations was unable to be reached for comment at the time of publication.
Sheila Oliver, the Democratic candidate in the lieutenant governor’s race, spoke at the “Millennial Day of Action” event at Rutgers to engage younger voters. THOMAS BONIELLO
‘Millennial Day of Action’ mobilizes young voters Max Marcus Correspondent
The “Millennial Day of Action,” a rally supporting Phil Murphy’s gubernatorial candidacy and other Democratic candidates running for office in the Nov. 7 election, was held on Saturday in the Busch Student Center. The event lasted all day and many participants spent the morning canvassing for Murphy and his running mate, Assemblywoman
Sheila Oliver, who spoke at the end of the night. With live music, dance performances and a guest appearance from Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake, the event aimed to get a younger generation involved and excited about the state elections. “We need to learn from what happened in the 2016 election,” Blake said. “We can’t just sit on the See voters on Page 4
According to the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD), a fight outside of a greek life event on Hamilton Street escalated when a man pulled out a gun. The perpetrator fired two rounds into the crowd, hitting a college-aged man in the shoulder. JEFFREY GOMEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Workshop at Eagleton explores NJ opioid crisis Christina Gaudino Staff Writer
On the morning of Oct. 27, one day after President Donald J. Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency, the Eagleton Institute of Politics hosted a timely workshop about multidisciplinary approaches to combating opioid abuse. The event, entitled “Opioid Abuse: Searching for Solutions in Science and Politics,” was part of the Eagleton Science and Politics Workshop series and was open to current Rutgers graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty. About 50 people from a wide array of academic and professional disciplines were in attendance. The discussion was moderated by John Weingart, associate
director of Eagleton, and featured four distinguished panelists: New Jersey State Sen. Joseph Vitale (D19), Dr. Stephen Crystal, a Board of Governors professor of Health Services Research, Dr. Frank Ghinassi, president and CEO of Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care and Dr. Saira Jan, the director of pharmacy strategy and clinical integration for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Crystal, Ghinassi and Jan are all members of the Rutgers’ faculty as professors. A September article from NJ Advance Media reported that at least 1,901 people died from opioid overdoses in New Jersey last year. “This epidemic is something that snuck up on us as a country, as a state, when we were looking through the rearview mirror,” said
Online classes see steady rise in popularity at U. Samil Tabani Staff Writer
which he partly attributed to the “not very thoughtful” use of opioids in pain management in a system that is influenced by marketing. “This is the only country besides New Zealand that has direct
Thousands of students at Rutgers University take online classes and in many ways, they are revolutionizing the way people think of the traditional classroom. Richard Novak, the vice president for Continuing Studies and Distance Education, said that the online class has improved at Rutgers over the past few years as newer technologies have been developed and more faculty members have been instructed on how to design their courses and teach online most effectively.
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An event at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Douglass campus gave a comprehensive look at how the country can strategically combat the opioid epidemic. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Crystal, who is also the director of the Center for Education and Research on Mental Health Therapeutics at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. Crystal said society created a whole generation of people with opioid use disorder, a phenomenon
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