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Students protest U.’s use of minimum wage minna kim staff writer
“RU really revolutionary?” “Overworked and underpaid,” chanted over 30 student protesters, stunning alumni, administrators and others in attendance at the Old Queens bell ringing ceremony, which kicked off Rutgers’ 250th birthday celebration festivities on Thursday afternoon. Members of the Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops (Rutgers USAS) unveiled their new campaign, an effort to raise minimum wage for on-campus employees to $15. “This effort includes wages for dining employees, bus drivers, facility maintenance staff and student-employees,” said Maggie Woodruff, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. USAS is an international organization run by youth and students. “(The organization) develops youth leadership and runs strategic student-labor solidarity campaigns
with the goal of building sustainable power for working people,” according to its webpage. Their efforts are encompassed within three themes -- garment worker solidarity, campus worker justice and student worker organizing. Of the three, each unit of USAS can choose one or multiple campaigns to primarily focus on, said Akarshna Premanand, a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear student. This semester, the Rutgers chapter of USAS decided to advocate #15oncampus, she said. An effort to raise minimum wage is being discussed at many other institutions, like public New York universities, and a minimum wage of $15 is already in place at other institutions like Columbia University and schools within the University of California system. In October, Harvard Dining Services employees held a successful 22-day strike after its union and the See wage on Page 4
A group of students and faculty members protested the ringing of the bell at Old Queens Thursday afternoon to raise awareness of the school’s use of minimum wage for many of its employees. Many employees need a higher wage to pay for their families, they said. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
Brower hall employees decry manager’s transfer Chloe Dopico staff writer
More than 80 members of the Brower Dining Commons staff signed a petition in hopes of preventing a beloved manager of the facility from being transferred. Mark Gulick, a manager in Brower Commons, was transferred to Neilson Dining Hall on Nov. 7, said Caroline Gillian, an employee at the facility. The kitchen staff was
not told why he was being transferred, only that the decision was already finalized when the staff found out earlier in the month. “You could have five or 10 different managers in the building, but everyone goes straight to Mark Gulick, because he’s the one that helps us,” Gillian said. Gillian said that after Gulick leaves, she feels there will be no one to go to. See transfer on Page 4
After New Jersey repealed a law that penalized Rutgers for having international students in 2011, Rutgers steadily increased the number of students from overseas. GRAFFIC BY HAILEY EBENSTEIN AND SUSMITA PARUCHURI / STAFF DESIGNERS
Rutgers sees consistent increase in number of international students Madhuri Bhupathiraju staff writer
Throughout the last few years, the diversity of the Rutgers community has increased significantly due to a continual rise in the number of international students at the school. In 2011, the incoming undergraduate class for Rutgers—New
Brunswick had 226 international students. The incoming undergraduate class in 2016 has jumped to a total of 790 international students. Courtney McAnuff, the vice president of enrollment management, explained several causes for the recent and significant increase in students. “Until about six years ago, the State of New Jersey penalized Rutgers
$6,000 for every out-of-state student that was enrolled,” McAnuff said. This financial penalty limited the number of international students admitted despite the high demand. When the toll was finally lifted, Rutgers started recruiting more out-of-state and international students, McAnuff said. See students on Page 4
Mark Gulick, a manager at Neilson Dining Hall, was transferred out of the Brower Dining Commons on Monday, but employees at the facility say he needs to return. NIKHILESH DE / NEWS EDITOR
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