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Activists work to localize global Occupy protests BY ALEKSI TZATZEV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
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Students compete in a game of tug-of-war yesterday at the start of “Derby Days” in Buccleuch Park off College Avenue. The event launched a week of fundraising for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
‘Derby Days’ to benefit children’s charity BY YASHMIN PATEL STAFF WRITER
The Iota Psi chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity hopes to break its own national record for amount of funds raised by a greek group this week, attempting to earn $100,000 through the annual “Derby Days”. Sigma Chi raised $95,000 last year through Derby Days, a weeklong event where seven sororities raise money through fundraising, school spirit events and donations, said Sagar Shah, “Derby Days” director. “The main objective of “Derby Days” is to raise as much money as
possible for the Children’s Miracle Network and some of the other philanthropies the sororities who participate are dedicated to,” said Shah, a Rutgers Business School senior. The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is one of the nation’s largest pediatric rehabilitation health care centers aimed at helping sick children across the country, he said. “Half of the money goes to the Children’s Miracle Network, which is Sigma Chi’s philanthropy,” Shah said. “The other half gets divided between the seven sororities.” While raising funds, the sororities will also compete against one another
to win “Derby Days” by trying to earn the most points, he said. “[The sororities] get half of what they raised back,” he said. “If the winning team raised $20,000, they get $10,000, whereas if the losing team only raised $10,000, they only get $5,000 back.” The sororities that will participate with Sigma Chi are Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Sigma Sigma, Sigma Delta Tau, Sigma Kappa and Zeta Tau Alpha, Shah said. Some of the events will include Penny Wars, a brotherhood
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Occupy New Brunswick hopes to gain traction next week, sharing ambitions with its New York sister, two months after the Occupy Wall Street movement began. It started quietly last Wednesday at the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus, but more public protests are planned. Banks are once again at the heart of the problem in the minds of the “occupiers,” who decided to bring the worldwide movement to New Brunswick. “We are going to take on the banks here in New Brunswick,” said Jeannette Gabriel, an activist and University alumna. “This is about bringing Occupy Wall Street to people who want to do something in their own community and can’t get to New York every day.” The week of rallies bears the name, “Take on the Banks,” and has a theme for each day. It is planned to start Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. at the intersection of George Street and Albany Street, Gabriel said. “There are a lot of great activists in New Brunswick,” she said. “It’s a shame that we haven’t done something on Occupy sooner. Over and over again, we’ve heard people want to start something in their own community.” Gabriel said the movement would be a good way of bringing together student and community activists who were already involved in local issues. “This was initially called by community activists and we are trying to bridge that gap and all work together,” she said. Occupy New Brunswick has not communicated its plans with the City of New Brunswick yet, Gabriel said. “One of the themes of the Occupy Wall Street movement has been that the people don’t need permits and we are going to follow through with that,” she said. “We are going to be on the sidewalk and we are going to be utilizing public space.” Still in the prenatal stages of the Occupy New Brunswick movement, about 20 people — most of whom are students — stood in solidarity with the Occupy Oakland strike last Wednesday, which took the stage from Occupy Wall Street for the majority of the week. EE
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Deloatch spokesman asks for student leader support BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Walter Hudson of the Community Awareness Alliance met with University student leaders this past weekend, inviting students to join the protest against police brutality in New Brunswick. Hudson, using a form letter provided by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, created a rough draft of a letter with student representatives Friday afternoon addressing the U.S. Department of Justice for an investigation into the conduct of the New Brunswick Police Department. New Brunswick resident Barr y Deloatch was fatally shot on Sept. 22 after an altercation with the NBPD. “This tragic event culminates years of concern about police practices,” according to a rough draft of the letter to Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice. Hudson and about 20 student leaders from more than one dozen student organizations — known together as Rutgers
United Student Coalition — discussed the letter’s contents. They include actions to initiate reorganization of the NBPD’s policing in the community as well as requests for continued support and justice for Deloatch. Hudson said because of Deloatch’s death and Sgt. Richard Rowe’s mishandling of 81 NBPD Internal Affairs complaints, there is a need for investigation from higher authorities. In the letter, Hudson and the student leaders referred to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 — the largest crime bill in U.S. history — as a basis for asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the matter. In response to both Deloatch’s and Rowe’s cases, the City of New Brunswick instilled a series of policy changes. One includes that after a complaint is filed and reviewed by the NBPD, it must also be reviewed by the Middlesex County’s Prosecutors office before it can be closed.
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INDEX UNIVERSITY The Women Farmers Project aims to teach Turkish women how farming can lead to sustainable life.
OPINIONS New Jersey is holding a referendum to legalize sports betting in the Garden State.
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Deloatch family spokesman Walter Hudson, pictured at a past event, called on students Friday for help in seeking justice in the Barry Deloatch case.
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