THE DAILY TARGUM
Volume 142, Number 13
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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
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The Rutgers men’s soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to four games after a pair of victories this weekend at Yurcak Field over Hartford and Long Island.
Fire officials encourage U. to know protocols BY REENA DIAMANTE CORRESPONDENT
Fire safety is a critical issue and one that Chief of Emergency Services William Scott is hoping to prevent. A Seton Hall University residence hall suffered a tragedy when three students were killed 10 years ago because of a fire, said Scott, and he is hoping to prevent any such incident from happening at the University. “When students finish their education, we want them to go home,” Scott said. “It’s for them — it’s not something we decide all of a sudden. It’s based on incidents that occurred in the country. We want to prevent them from
occurring here. We need the student’s help to make sure it doesn’t happen here.” An e-mail was sent out last week encouraging students to review the fire safety procedures for their residence building, Scott said. Students must acknowledge they went through it by clicking a link and checking a box saying they reviewed their residence hall’s floor plan. The Department of Emergency Services worked to go out and create specific emergency action plans in each residence hall, he said. Part of the work was to provide the plans to the students so they are aware of
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LIFE ON THE BANKS RAMON DOMPOR / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Some users think the recent upgrade to Windows 7 at the campus labs is not as efficient because it takes too long to log on to Windows computers. The University is working to shorten log-on times.
Slow computers frustrate students BY DENNIS COMELLA STAFF WRITER
The University upgraded all of its Windows computers to Windows 7 this semester, advancing from Windows XP and improving overall speed and functionality of the systems — except for log-on time. “It was just time to upgrade them,” said Winnie Ling, manager of Busch campus computer labs who said the computers are typically upgraded every four years. Brian Luper, project manager of the Of fice of Information Technology Central Systems and Ser vices, said Microsoft provided
the software through a campuswide license negotiation with the University. The University also purchased 140 new all-in-one personal computers and 102 Macs for the computer labs around campus, he said. These new computers can be found around the University, including the Allison Road Classroom Building on Busch campus, Records Hall on the College Avenue campus, the Livingston Learning Center and the Loree Building on Cook/Douglass campus, Luper said. The all-in-one PCs offer more desktop real estate for students,
which is similar to the Macs already in service, he said. “You can open up a book and study while at the computer,” Luper said. But although the University feels the PC upgrades provide more for students, they are receiving mixed feelings from students. School of Arts and Sciences junior Sagara Wijeratne said he feels Windows 7 is better than Windows XP. But even with the upgrade to the brand new PCs in the Busch Campus Computing Center in ARC,
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CATHERINE DEPALMA
Attendees watch as local group Deuce1’s performs its song “Rutgers State of Mind,” Friday at the ResFest Carnival, hosted by Residence Life, at Deiner Park on the College Avenue campus.
Sorority remembers sister through cancer awareness BY MICHELE MAZZOCCHI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Alpha Chi Omega members Amanda Holway and Mehreen Ismail tie teal ribbons around campus in memory of Meghan McGrady, who died of ovarian cancer.
Teal ribbons decorated the trees of Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus this weekend to raise awareness for ovarian cancer. The Alpha Chi Omega sorority hung the ribbons this past Saturday also in memor y of an alumni member, Meghan McGrady, who in 2007 died of ovarian cancer. “Hanging up the ribbons is ver y therapeutic because it makes us feel as if Meghan is still here,” said Ali Patel, an Alpha Chi Omega alumni member. “It helps us grieve her loss and honor her at the same time.” During her years at the University, Meghan McGrady appeared on the Dean’s List several times, served on the executive board for the Residence Hall Association for three years and did volunteer work for children with cancer and blood disorders, said Cheryl McGrady, her mother. In her junior year, she joined Alpha Chi Omega, where she became very close with all her sisters. She then became the vice president of risk management as a senior.
“She was ver y humble and spunky,” Patel said. “She had a great heart, and the sorority really brought her out of her shell.” The March before graduation, a growth was found on Meghan McGrady’s ovar y. Since she was only 21 years old, the doctors thought it was unlikely for it to be cancer, Cher yl McGrady said. Her plan was to take her finals and graduate before her operation was scheduled for the following month, Cher yl McGrady said. But she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer a few days before the surger y. Meghan McGrady graduated in May 2007 with a 3.7 grade point average and the hopes of attending the Rutgers Graduate School of Education the following September. After Meghan McGrady passed away five months later, Cher yl McGrady spread the word by organizing and participating in many different events for ovarian cancer awareness, one being RU Aware: Tealing Rutgers. Since September is “Turn the
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INDEX UNIVERSITY Texts From Last Night drops by the University to give insight to their accidental business.
METRO A block party in Somerset helps to promote a productive school year.
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