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Democratic candidate for governor visits U. Camilo Montoya-Galvez Staff Writer
The Rutgers University Student Assembly debated changes to their constitution, concluding a process they began roughly a month ago. The existing constitution has been in use for nearly a decade. NIKHILESH DE / NEWS EDITOR
RUSA continues month-long revision process to chief governing document Bushra Hasan correspondent
The Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) spent
hours discussing the overhaul of their constitution, star ting late Thursday night and debating until midnight. If enacted, the decision would lead to changes in
many of the document’s amendments and a restructuring of the assembly’s branches. See document on Page 4
After the unexpected outcome of the 2016 presidential election, many Democrats and liberals are counting on local and state governments to oppose the incoming Donald Trump administration. In that same vein, Phil Murphy, the current Democratic front-runner in the upcoming New Jersey gubernatorial race, stated his mission to “take back” the Garden State and America at a former a town hall in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus Wednesday night. “Twenty-two days ago the world and our countr y changed,” the former Goldman Sachs (Asia) president and a U.S. ambassador to Germany said. “The stakes got a lot higher.” New Jersey and Virginia are the only two governor’s races up in 2017, and they will be the first two state elections to take place after Trump takes office, he said. The gubernatorial hopeful, who labeled himself an “outsider,” unveiled the main premises of his
platform. He said he will focus on strengthening New Jersey’s economy, revamping infrastructure, investing in public transportation and tackling college affordability. In his speech, Murphy vowed to increase funding for public education in the state, with particular attention to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. He said investing in these fields will help to bring New Jersey back to its roots as the original “Silicon Valley.” Murphy also advocated for including a voting student member on Rutgers’ Board of Governors. Murphy said Gov. Chris Christie (R) has hijacked New Jersey to fit his personal narrative during the past years. He asked the crowd what had happened to the state that was once a leader in environmental policy, that funded women’s health, embraced gun-safety laws and allocated more resources to higher education. At the national level, Murphy said the Democratic Party is in See governor on Page 5
Graduate student seeks out donor for Leukemia treatment Stephen Weiss correspondent
Siqi Li, an international student from China who is pursuing a master’s degree in human resources at Rutgers, was diagnosed with Leukemia on Oct. 10 and began phase two of her chemotherapy treatment near the end of November. At first she turned to online forums to find donors, but then she found out about Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei (DKMS) — a database that stores cheek swabs of possible donors and stores them anonymously for the global patient search, according to their website. “I found that DKMS makes their registration process free and ver y simple. If people register through DKMS, they increase the chances of people finding their donor,” the School of Labor Management and Labor Relations student said in an email. In order to find a match, the patient needs to find your “genetic twin.” Since the Asian community represents only 7 percent of the National Donor Registr y list, Li said it is difficult for her to find a donor. “DKMS has been very helpful through this process and has worked with me to raise awareness
on my story in hopes that I find my match,” she said. Jordan Segal, the donor recruitment coordinator for DKMS, said the organization’s mission is to end blood cancer. He sets up events for DKMS and has held blood drives for patients like Li. Drives with specific victim’s faces attached to them are significantly more successful, Segal said. “We actively advocate for and register people for the National Donor Registr y,” he said. “We make the process as easy as possible.” People who want to register can go to the DKMS website and fill out an online sur vey or call them to find the closest drive. If a person qualifies for the registr y, a donor kit is sent to their house to be completed and sent back, Segal said. “A huge portion of the registry is caucasian and a small portion is minorities,” he said. “Less than 10 percent of people ever get matched with a patient.” It is important for people of various ethnic backgrounds to register because when looking at a genetic print it is much more likely to match with a See treatment on Page 4
More than 60,000 people were diagnosed with Leukemia last year. Treatment often includes Chemotherapy and can require bone marrow and blood transplants. Bone marrow donors require complete genetic compability with recipients for transplant to work. GRAPHIC BY HAILEY EBENSTEIN
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