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Rutgers for Hillary club canvasses votes in ‘The City of Brotherly Love’ camilo montoya-galvez staff writer
Going door-to-door, a group of Rutgers students urged Pennsylvania residents to cast their votes for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in an effort to tilt the state’s race her way. On Saturday morning, about 60 members of Rutgers for Hillar y, University faculty and New Brunswick area residents took a bus from the College Avenue campus to Clinton’s campaign field office in Philadelphia. They spent
the day canvassing in the City of Brotherly Love. “Pennsylvania is the battleground state that is nearest to us, and we want to make the biggest impact we can,” said Jeremy Atie, president of Rutgers for Hillary. “We went where our involvement and our work was going to matter the most.” Like in Florida, Nor th Carolina, Ohio and Nevada, Clinton must withstand strong suppor t for her Republican counterpar t Donald Trump and galvanize Democratic voters in order to triumph in Pennsylvania.
More than 60 members of Rutgers for Hillary joined the Democratic nominee’s campaign in knocking on doors in Philadelphia over the weekend to gain votes for the candidate. COURTESY OF JEREMY ATIE
The state’s 20 electoral votes are highly coveted by both candidates, and especially by Trump, who faces an uphill battle in acquiring the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. The former Secretary of State has a 4-point lead among likely voters in the state, according to a recent CNN/ORC poll. Another survey, conducted by Ipsos and Reuters, also found a 4-point edge for Clinton, who is backed by 48 percent of the state’s electorate, compared to Trump’s 44 percent. Pennsylvania has voted for the Democratic nominee for the past six presidential elections, with George H. W. Bush having been the last Republican to carry the state in 1988. Atie, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said Clinton’s campaign office in Philadelphia brought together supporters from surrounding areas, including Rutgers for Hillary, to knock on doors in the city and its suburbs to preserve Pennsylvania’s status as a blue state. Atie’s group was assigned to canvass in the Center City district. They spent hours informing city residents of Clinton’s platform, and advising them to head to the polls on Tuesday to vote for the former first lady and other Democratic officials in down-ticket races. Atie estimated that the See VOTES on Page 4
A former student stabbed a professor and a student at the Rutgers Business School on Friday before being taken into custody. All three are in a local hospital. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
Former student stabs 2, is taken into custody Friday avalon zoppo managing editor
A former Rutgers student is in custody after stabbing a faculty member and another student in an office Friday afternoon in the Rutgers Business Building, campus police said. The former student entered a University office and, unprovoked, began attacking a faculty member and another student with a knife around 2:30 p.m. The two victims fled from the office and responding officers took the attacker into custody. All three individuals were transported to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital for treatment of injuries. The attacker suffered from “self-inflicted”
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Poll finds students prefer meteor to current nominees
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About a quarter of millennials would rather the Earth be struck by a meteor apocalypse than vote for any of the 2016 presidential nominees, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and Odyssey. The poll asked 1,247 people between the ages 18-35 to choose between having Clinton for president, Trump for president, Barack Obama appointing himself to a life term, a lottery that chooses a random U.S. citizen to serve as president or a meteor strike that ends human life. The results? About 39 percent of respondents preferred an Obama life term, 26 percent opted for a random lottery and 23 percent favored a meteor strike.
wounds, Rutgers University Police Department Chief Kenneth Cop said. In an email sent to students, the University described the stabbing as an “isolated incident.” Around 2:50 p.m., police sent an alert to the Rutgers community warning students to avoid the area surrounding the business building or to take shelter. Police checked the IDs of students and took down their names as they emptied the building. Buses were rerouted away from the area and the Livingston Student Center was shut down. Less than an hour later, police indicated that the area was safe and they had a person in custody.
A poll by the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and Odyssey found 1/4 of young voters would rather experience a meteor strike than Clinton or Trump win. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JEFFREY GOMEZ Ross Baker, a distinguished professor in the Department of Political Science, said a meteor strike is instantaneous, noting this election has gone on seemingly forever. Millennials are not the only ones faced with this choice between paper and plastic, and are opting for a reusable bag or nothing at all, he said. “The best that can be said of (Democratic nominee) Hillary Clinton is that she is conventional and I find that only mildly reassuring,”
Baker said. “(Republican nominee) Trump, with his suggestion that he might challenge the results of the election in the event of his defeat, deserves nothing but our scorn. He is a dangerous man.” Baker said he was equally disappointed with the third-party candidate options offered this cycle, calling Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson a “middle-aged stoner” See nominees on Page 4
A nonprofit college watchdog found that Rutgers Universities’ core requirements fail to teach students important lessons in literature, foreign languages, mathematics, history, government and economics classes. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni gave the University a “D” grade for only requiring students to take classes in composition and science, and not in other classes the council deems critical to student learning. Roughly two-thirds of the 1,100 colleges surveyed scored below-average on general education requirements. The SAS Core Curriculum “prepare(s) Arts and Sciences graduates for successful lives and careers built on a critical understanding of the natural environment, human behavior and the individual’s role in diverse societies,” according to the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences website.
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Raquia Battle, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said there are too many core requirements, making it a burden on students hoping to graduate on time . “It seems like too many when you have to major and minor in something, and do those core classes. Of course you can try and find (classes) that take away a core and a minor/ major class but not everything is covered,” Battle said. The “What Will They Learn” sur vey is based on seven subjects, including composition, economics, foreign language, literature, math, natural science and US histor y/government. While most colleges do not require students to take the seven areas of study, this could lead to a lack of necessary knowledge and skills among graduates, according to the organization’s website. See standards on Page 5