THE DAILY TARGUM
Volume 142, Number 12
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The Rutgers men’s soccer team plays host to Long Island tonight at Yurcak Field in the third leg of a five-game homestand.
Dean aspires to enhance experiences BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO UNIVERSITY EDITOR
After she was appointed dean of Douglass Residential College this summer, Jacquelyn Litt received words of congratulations from her father. The letter he wrote reminded her that she had wanted this job since she was a little girl and that she finally made it. “Apparently, I would make all my cousins and siblings sit down and I would teach them, starting from when I was five,” Litt said. “And I remember I used to make libraries in our basement. I always wanted to be dean.” But now that Litt finally assumed the position at the start of this month, she said she is trying to find 15 free minutes on her calendar. “This is a job that, by definition, JACQUELYN to do it well, I have LITT to reach way out to our alumnae, to our students, to our staff and to various administrators and faculty across campus,” she said. In her candidacy speech last spring, Litt said one of her goals was to strengthen bonds between Douglass and the University in order to enhance the curriculum for students. To achieve this, she aims to create more collaborative programming that will make Douglass a site where learning can take place outside a classroom but can supplement classroom lessons as well, Litt said.
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The Stadium West lot in Zone B on Busch campus is one of the lots students complain is difficult to find available parking areas.
U. oversells Busch campus parking spaces BY COLLEEN ROACHE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
While some University students can wake up, hop on a bus and get to class in 20 minutes, some commuters spend that amount of time just looking for a parking space. Too many cars and not enough places to put them is a problem at the sold-out Zone B on Busch campus — which includes Stadium West Lot and Lots 62, Lot 67 and Lot 65 D — and some students are displeased. “We’re still having problems with Zone B,” Department of Transportation Ser vices Director Jack Molenaar said. “We oversold it, and we’re trying to fix that problem.” Even though the DOTS is working to increase the number of available parking spots on the campus, Andi Zhupa, a School of Engineering sophomore, is not happy.
“We drive past Route 18, that’s already [delayed], so when you get here, you want to find parking,” he said. “Sometimes, it’s very inconvenient.” Zhupa said there are times, especially around midday, when he must circle around 15 to 30 minutes to find a spot. School of Arts and Sciences junior Kyle Dronne agreed. But he said sometimes, the wait could be even longer. “You’re wasting like an hour of your time just in the car,” he said. School of Arts and Sciences student Mary Beley said parking is sometimes a hassle, but making sure there is sufficient time to find a spot for her car before she goes to class is helpful. Beley does not mind leaving even an hour earlier if it means she will find parking.
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OPINIONS NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposes a ban on smoking in public places.
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“It’s manageable if you come early,” she said. “It’s no worse than when you’re in corporate America and you have to park.” Liz Chambers, a Rutgers College senior, also parks in the Stadium West Lot. Although she has never received a ticket herself, Chambers witnessed others who were penalized. “A lot of times, people aren’t able to park in stalls, so [they] get tickets,” she said. “You have to circle around and around, and it takes forever.” Chambers, who has parked in the lot over the past three years, said doing so has never been so difficult. While Zhupa acknowledged that more spaces are available, he complained that there is too much distance between the bus stops and the new spaces.
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Pianist Sezi Seskir performs at the Schumann Anniversary Performance yesterday at the Marryott Music Building on Douglass campus, hosted by Mason Gross School of the Arts.
The New Brunswick City Council passed a resolution Wednesday night in an effort to increase efficiency in government, with few members of the public present. The resolution would require members of the city council and other elected of ficials to attend courses, containing basic and instructional information per taining to government duties. “We, as members of the city council and as elected officials, will make a good faith effort to attend and complete at least one such course each year,” said Elizabeth Garlatti, city council president. According to a press release, the resolution is an extension of Gov. Chris Christie’s attempt to increase best practices in local governments across New Jersey. “Establishing a framework to review existing services, programs and work-
forces and setting budget priorities gives officials at all levels of government more of the tools they need to manage their budgets and fund priority ser vices, without raising property taxes,” Christie said in the release. In a letter from the governor’s office, Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Lori Grifa said the initiative began after hearing concerns from local governments. “Their concerns are largely the same in all parts of our state — how to make government operate more efficiently, provide needed ser vices and pr udently manage taxpayers’ financial resources,” she said. “The DCA shares in these concerns and is committed to working together with all of New Jersey’s municipalities in changing the way we conduct business.” The letter provided a checklist for each municipality to use to self-assess their operations.
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