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The Rutgers men’s soccer team competes in its first Big East Tournament since 2009 on Sunday, when the Scarlet Knights host No. 7 Connecticut.
Panelists encourage students to vote in state election BY ALEKSI TZATZEV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Pizza and politics brought together University students and a panel of political experts last night for a discussion on why voting matters. The event, held at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Douglass campus and the first in a series of forums on student voting, hosted a panel of three non-partisan people. It allowed students to express their opin-
ions on the upcoming N.J. legislature election on Nov. 8. “You shouldn’t care at all if you are happy with the way things are,” said Pete McDonough, vice president for Public Affairs at the University. “If you are happy with state funding for higher education … then you shouldn’t vote. But if you aren’t and you want them to pay attention to you, then you have to vote.” McDonough, alongside Rick Thigpen, vice president of State Government Affairs
at PSEG and Amy Denholtz, senior research analyst at the N.J. Of fice of Legislative Services, argued that participation in politics is essential to any change made in young people’s lives. Politicians pay attention to those who participate and the most consistent voters so far have been older generations, McDonough said. “Given the choice of funding higher [education] and funding programs that people my age think about, it’s going to
us, because you folks have demonstrated that you are really loud but you don’t vote,” he said. Thigpen said politics decide students’ tuition, and if students do not participate in elections, they should not be surprised at some of the results. “Participation is what is required. If you don’t participate, don’t be unhappy with the results,” he said. “If you don’t participate, I’m
Council rejects proposal for police residency requirement
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Mason Gross School of the Arts senior Francesca Fiore and Rutgers Business School first-year student Dan English practice their roles as Janet and Rocky in preparation for the Livingston Theatre Company’s production of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” The show continues tonight with two performances at the Livingston Student Center at 8 p.m. and midnight.
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Because of state regulation limits, the New Brunswick City Council said Wednesday that there could not be a residency requirement for hires to the New Brunswick Police Department. City residents advocated a police residency requirement after the Sept. 22 Barry Deloatch shooting, which would require police applicants to live in the community for three years before they could be hired. Deloatch, a New Brunswick resident, was fatally shot after an altercation with two NBPD officers. At the council meeting in City Hall on Bayard Street, City Attorney William Hamilton said the council could not ordain the three-year mandate because of existing state law. But the city chooses officers from a prioritized residency list, he said. “You start from city residents, county residents, state residents and everybody else,” Hamilton said. “You have to follow that procedure. You don’t jump from one to the other. You have to [hire from] the city first and then the county and so on.” Hamilton said there are exceptions to this rule, which give priority to
children of law enforcement officers and veterans. Councilmember Elizabeth Garlatti said although the proposal from residents cannot be passed, councilmembers have mulled over the issue. “We’ve had a discussion regarding how we can insure greater community involvement by our public safety employees,” she said. “That is a key element to keeping us safe.” Garlatti said the community should propose a resolution that encourages state legislature to look at how the city can incorporate residency into the hiring of public safety employees. “That would support this idea that being part of the community is more than just working there,” she said. The council passed a resolution to accept a $1,682,807 federal stimulus for hiring police officers in the department. The funding comes from a grant for hiring seven officers, said City Administrator Thomas Loughlin. New Brunswick plans to hire the seven officers in the next six to 12 months, said Bill Bray, city spokesman. The money allows them to pay for their
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RUSA opposes ‘fracking’ in Delaware River Basin BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
In an effort to extend its reach beyond the University sphere, the Rutgers University Student Assembly passed a resolution to take a stand against “fracking” in the Delaware River Basin. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is a method of extracting natural gas involving the extended use of chemicals and hazardous materials during all phases of the extraction process, said Stacey Milliman, RUSA University Affairs committee member. Milliman, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said a lot of the water from the process goes into the streams and waterways and eventually into drinking water. “[There are] chemical traces of benzene, lead, kerosene, mercury,” Milliman said. “A lot of these chemicals are unreported because they don’t have to be reported. Essentially people can light their water on fire.”
As part of hydraulic fracturing, millions of gallons of water, salt and other chemicals are injected into shale rock buried deep in the ground. “In New Jersey, we have some shale rock, but it’s much deeper in the ground than in Pennsylvania,” said Charlie Kratovil, a New Jersey Food & Water Watch representative. Many of the chemical constituents injected during the process have been documented to cause adverse health effects and adverse environmental impacts, said Kratovil, a University alumnus. “In the United Kingdom, there have been two earthquakes which have been linked to ‘fracking,’” Milliman said. “There is currently a ban on ‘fracking’ in the United Kingdom because it has been linked to earthquakes.” The chemical mixture exposes adjacent land and surface waters to the risk of contamination through open pit
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Councilmember Elizabeth Garlatti and City Administrator Thomas Loughlin listen to residents’ opinions on the police ordinance Wednesday night at City Hall.