THE DAILY TARGUM
Volume 142, Number 30
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The Rutgers football team’s third-down defense ranks second in the nation, as the Scarlet Knights only allowed 15 conversions in 65 opportunities.
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Students express mixed views on tragedy coverage BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
With the nation captured by the recent death of University first-year student Tyler Clementi, students here voiced their opinions on the intense media coverage on campus. While some said the media coverage was necessary, others believe the media sensationalized the story. School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Chelsea Stahl said the media needed to cover Clementi’s death extensively because there is a problem with homophobia in the nation. “A lot of people all over the country are killing themselves for being gay because they are being tormented,” she said. “I think by the media shedding light on it, it will show the problem and hopefully people will be less inclined to do so.” Lindsey Waxman, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, agreed with Stahl, saying the national media did a good job of covering the tragic event. But she did not feel the same about the reaction within the University. “I think they should probably put more of a focus within Rutgers that we’re not seeing just because it is a big thing,” she said. “I don’t think any of the activities they are doing is really helpful as much as making sure everybody knows what happened and how it could have been prevented.” School of Arts and Sciences senior Jake Witkowski said although the media did cover the death too much at first, they redeemed themselves by providing proof that there was a problem across the country by covering other similar situations. “They quickly found a greater number of the same incidents of which they were able to buttress it with and make it a legitimate national story,” he said. “They jumped the shark but then they got back.”
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Health Services offers annual exams and different forms of contraception, factors the Trojan 2010 Sexual Health Report Card took into consideration when ranking 141 colleges across the nation. Last year, the University ranked No. 52.
U. sex health resources ranks high in US BY REENA DIAMANTE CORRESPONDENT
The University ranked ninth out of 141 universities across the country in terms of available sexual health resources, according to Trojan’s 2010 Sexual Health Report Card, putting it among the “Top 10 Sexually Healthy Schools.” The goal of the annual study was to compare the different schools, which represent 30 percent of all four-year undergraduate students, said Bert Sperling, president of Sperling’s BestPlaces, which conducted research for the report. “We had the report measure which schools are doing the best jobs of communi-
cating information and providing resources and services for the students,” Sperling said. The University jumped more than 40 places from its former standing at No. 52, according to last year’s sexual health report card. University Health Services is doing a better job of getting the word out about sexual health resources, which may help explain the higher ranking, said Francesca Maresca, a senior health education specialist for Health Services. “We never [say], ‘Since it worked last year, let’s just do the same thing this year,’” Maresca said. “We’re always trying to make our services more accessible to our student population.”
WORLD Rescue operations work to recover 33 Chilean miners from an underground trap.
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Health Services enhanced its website and updated its content, Maresca said. Students can now make appointments online for services at any of the University’s health centers. The peer sexual health advocacy program at the University, Sexual Health Advocates, is also a probable cause for the high ranking, she said. “These students are trained in an academic course that takes a whole semester on how to be effective sexual peer advocates, and they provide workshops that facilitate discussions in residence halls, student organizations, greek letter
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Rutgers Business School first-year student Pavel Sokolov, left, helps School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Renee Rosiecki, right, to register during NJPIRG’s “Rock the Vote.”
With less than a month left before Election Day, The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group hosted its second annual “Rock the Vote” concert at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus Monday afternoon to encourage students to register to vote. In conjunction with the Rutgers Voting Coalition, the concert was the final push to register students, as yesterday was the last day to register and be able to vote in the upcoming election. “We are really proud of ourselves, and we have worked hard all semester long to get students to register,” said Sophia Fishbane, state board chair woman for the University’s NJPIRG chapter.
“As a local constituency of Rutgers, we really want to provide a platform for the students. This concert was a great success and it allowed us to draw in more students.” The organization worked hard on all five campuses to make sure they were out everyday getting people registered, Fishbane said. Although there was a concert on the College Avenue campus, tables were also set up at Hickman Hall on the Cook/Douglass campus, the Douglass Student Center and the Busch Campus Center, Fishbane said. On the Livingston campus, they were present at the student center and Tillett Hall. NJPIRG registered more than 1,400 student voters over the course of the semester,
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