THE DAILY TARGUM
Volume 142, Number 15
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Unbeaten in its past four games, the Rutgers men’s soccer team is on the perfect roll entering this weekend’s Big East-opening matchup against Marquette.
Group shows creative side of business
White House praises science project at U.
BY DEVIN SIKORSKI
BY AMY ROWE
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Whether your dream is to become a leading fashion designer or the next Michael Jackson, the Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society provided an outlet last night to expand this dream and potentially have it come true. The event, “The Sexy Side of Entrepreneurship,” was held in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, providing both student and outside entrepreneurs the chance to show off their business ideas and passion. President of RES Marc Cortez said the event showed what University students can do outside of their daily academic work, which is what his organization attempts to do.
The development of an advanced scanning electron microscope at the University was placed on the list of “100 Recovery Acts that are Changing America,” according to a report released Friday by Vice President Joe Biden. The project is a collaboration between research scientists at the University’s Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices and Nanotechnology and Seattle-based Nion Co., to extend the very latest electron microscope equipment so it can see atoms and their vibrations, said Philip Batson, principle investigator and research professor at the University. “With Recovery Act projects like these, we’re starting to turn the page on a decade of
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University Professor Quintus Jett observes Denzel Seals’s work yesterday at the “The Sexy Side of Entrepreneurship” at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.
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Site aims to simplify nightlife BY JEFF PRENTKY STAFF WRITER
Andrew Hollander was just an ordinary college student at Kean University in 2009, enjoying weekends at the bar with friends, until an idea sparked in his mind. That is how calenbar.com came about, which he created as a directory of all venues that sell alcohol, such as bars, restaurants, liquor stores and dance clubs. The site provides drink specials, happy hours, entertainment schedules and dress codes, he said. Venues will also offer
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specific “Calenbar” specials in the future. “Ever y time I went to a new bar with friends, I could never find a website that told me their drink specials or what band was playing,” he said. “So I figured, let me make one myself.” The website, which is targeted to anyone above the age of 21, is now based in New Brunswick, Hollander said. “We are starting at Rutgers because we want to establish ourselves in a specific location before we go to areas like New York City and Philadelphia, simi-
lar to how Facebook started at Harvard,” he said. Calenbar is based around the idea of simplifying nightlife, Hollander said. “Calenbar is extremely userfriendly and can be a trusted source because all of the information is uploaded by the venues themselves,” he said. The site includes an option to select a type of venue ranging from comedy clubs to wine bars, sushi lounges and more. In the future, users of Calenbar.com will be able to
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The Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance displays shirts created by victims in an effort to raise awareness of abuse.
Student Life introduces a new program aimed at teaching students leadership skills.
Clothesline tells tales of abuse survivors
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Students line up for a taste of “King Neptune Night,” featuring all types of seafood, yesterday at the Busch Dining Hall. The event is held every year along with other special dinners, including “Midnight Breakfast.”
Victims of abuse can often lose power to their attackers, but with some markers and a solid T-shirt, those who were once oppressed may take back the right to something many take for granted — a voice. The Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance yesterday brought the Clothesline Project, a visual display to raise awareness about interpersonal violence, to Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus. On the project’s 10th anniversary, more than 300 T-shirts made up the clothesline, to which survivors of violent acts and their loved ones add
shirts year after year, said Laura Luciano, manager at the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance. More than 30 of those shirts are new to this year’s line. “For us, the project is really twofold,” Luciano said. “It gives survivors and loved ones of survivors or victims a place to express how they feel. The second part is really to raise awareness.” Shirts on the clothesline are colorcoded, with each color representing a different type of abuse. Those affected by sexual assault and rape express themselves using red and orange shirts, while victims of domestic abuse use yellow shirts, Luciano said.
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