THE DAILY TARGUM
Volume 141, Number 53
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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2009
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The Rutgers football team picked up its seventh win of the season with a 31-0 victory over No. 23 South Florida last night at Rutgers Stadium. RU is Bowl-eligible for the fifth straight season.
Student employee sues directors for conflict-of-interest charges BY CAGRI OZUTURK ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Board of Directors of the Rutgers University Student and Alumni Federal Credit Union want to merge with the Rutgers Federal Credit Union, but some members of the board allegedly stand to
benefit by eliminating the student credit union. “This [merger] is a back-door deal that not only benefits these people, but hurts [the student credit union, which] is run entirely by students,” said a member of RUSAFCU, the student credit union, who wished to remain anonymous. “We want to see the student
credit union remain on campus and continue to be run by the students.” Student Credit Union Vice President of Member Ser vices Aimee Becker and Student Credit Union Member Stanley Bozin, a retired United States Navy admiral, sued the Student Credit Union Board of Directors on behalf of all 2,700 members of
the student credit union last week in a classaction lawsuit. “[The student credit union looks] out for students in a very cost-effective way with our current system, and the replacement will not have the students’ interests in mind,” Becker said.
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Post-war decade planted seeds for campus growth BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The 1950s may be famous for poodle skirts and greasers, but a look into the University during post-World War II America shows similarities to a school that has grown significantly over the years. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the all-male University — then Rutgers College — saw an influx of students with the passing of the G.I. Bill in 1946 after World War II, which allowed veteran soldiers to attend college for free. Professor Hans Fisher, who first came to the University in 1946 and then stayed as a nutrition professor, said before he arrived, the University combined had 500 to 700 students. After the bill, his incoming class alone had 1,110 students. “The University was totally unprepared for this onslaught when I came,” he said. This may be familiar to the many students living in hotels off-campus today because of a housing shortage. The cafeteria, originally in Winants Hall on the Old Queen’s campus, had to be relocated to the College Avenue Gym, Fisher said. Jim Van Vliet, Engineering School Class of 1953, said many first-year students lived in
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old army barracks off-campus called the Raritan Arsenal, for there were not enough residence halls. Another alternative was living in one of the 21 fraternity houses, he said. “At that time it was an important component of campus life,” said Van Vliet, a member of Theta Kappa Epsilon. “There were limited dormitories on campus.” University Archivist Thomas Frusciano said the University constructed the River Dorms on the College Avenue campus in the 1950s. The University’s library also moved from its small location, where the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum is now, to the larger Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. Harold Kaplan, Rutgers College Class of 1957, said when he entered school, it was after the rush of veterans. His class had about 600 first-year students. The smallness of the school is something he admired. “You got to know the professors a little bit better because it was on such a smaller scale. Ever ything was smaller and
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Students at the all-male University in the 1950s take an exam. During this decade, the University saw a rise in enrollment from an influx of World War II veterans returning to school.
U. to fix potholes after student drivers complain
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UNIVERSITY Bed bugs are making a comeback in the Northeast, and a University researcher is looking to stop them in their tracks.
BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI STAFF WRITER
METRO Look inside to find out about the new shop where you can enjoy your favorite childhood cereals, study and grab a cup of coffee in the city.
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Yvonne Velez, left, and Bre Noussa dance the night away to salsa beats at Perlé Nightclub’s “Salsa Thursdays” in downtown New Brunswick. Open to the public, dancers of all levels and ages can attend the weekly event.
Bump, thud, clank and rattle. For drivers entering and exiting University parking lots and garages, these are sounds that have become all too familiar, with potholes strewn across the pavement of the lots. Lisabeth Matyash, a commuter who parks in the Douglass parking deck, pointed out the many divots in the garage’s surface, including a big one right at the entrance of the garage. “It doesn’t matter how much you swerve out of the way, because you always hit it,” said Matyash, School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Many students said the Douglass parking deck isn’t the only garage with the issue. Katrina Lundgren, a School of Arts and Sciences junior who parks on Livingston campus, said there is uneven pavement all around the parking lots on campus. “I park in the Yellow Lot, and it is all just one big pothole,” Lundgren said. All these potholes could add up to big problems for drivers, said David Weinstein, the AAA Mid-Atlantic manager of public affairs and government, in an e-mail correspondence. “Depending on the size of the pothole and the speed of the car, damage
can be anywhere from quite serious and expensive to non-existent and only jarring and surprising to the driver who drove through one,” Weinstein said. On the quite serious and expensive side of pothole damage are blown tires and damaged rims, undercarriage damage, and steering and suspension problems, He said. To prevent such damage, the University is taking action, said Director of Transportation Services Jack Molenaar. A consultant was hired to assess the status and quality of every lot to help develop a 10-year capital plan to improve and potentially repave many of the parking areas at the University, he said. The capital plan would determine which lots should receive repairs first. Following the assessment, the Department of Parking and Transportation Services can start planning out which lots they should work on each year based on which have the most need and how much money should be put aside each year to complete the repairs, Molenaar said. The final report should be done within a month, and repaving on some lots could begin as early as next summer, he said. The department works with University Maintenance to keep parking lots clean,
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Students with 30 or greater credits can register for Spring 2010 classes Sunday night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.