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Associate head coach David Cox and freshman point guard Jerome Seagears face Georgetown together Saturday for the first time since both opted for Rutgers.
U. study finds paid family leave beneficial BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO NEWS EDITOR
There are economic and social benefits to providing paid leave for workers who seek time of f to care for a seriously ill family member or a newborn child, according to a University study released yesterday. The National Par tnership for Women and Families commissioned the University’s Center for Women and Work to run the study, which calls for a national family leave policy that will give all workers access to such benefits. “Paid leave policies are good for working families, for businesses and for the public,” said Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs at the National Par tnership for Women and Families. “This research and its findings … come at a par ticularly impor tant time when working families are struggling and the economy is in trouble.” The data, which spans from 1997 to 2009, represents those born between 1980 and 1984, said Linda Houser, post-doctoral research associate at the Center for Women and Work. Researchers specifically looked at the ef fects of those who took paid leaves versus those who took unpaid leaves for employees working par t-time or 20 hours or more per week. Seventy-two percent of paid-leave workers and 58 percent who did not take leave were working nine to 12 months after bir th, said Houser, an assistant professor at Widener University. “Past research [has] suggested that without leave, women are more likely to disconnect from the workforce,” she said. Sometimes workers face a situation where they must leave a job to care for another family member. When they are ready to return, they
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Activists from Occupy New Brunswick and Barry Deloatch supporters stand outside the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office yesterday in downtown New Brunswick to protest the lack of charges posed against the two officers involved in the Sept. 22 Deloatch shooting.
Protestors demand officers face charges BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
New Br unswick activist Tormel Pittman led the cheer “no justice, no peace” to a crowd of about 20 protesters yesterday in front of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Of fice, occupying the sidewalks as police of ficers drove in marked cars looking on the group. Members of Occupy New Brunswick and Barr y Deloatch suppor ters gathered with demands that New Br unswick police of ficers Brad Berdel and Dan Mazan be charged with the death of Deloatch. Mazan and Berdel stopped Deloatch, a 46-year-old New Brunswick resident, and two other unidentified men during a
routine patrol on Sept. 22. During the stop, Deloatch was shot and killed. “We’re here to make a stand that [the prosecutor’s office] treats these officers like you would any other citizen,” said Pittman, leader of the Deloatch protest. “Leave it to the grand jur y to determine if they’re innocent.” Jim O’Neill, spokesman for the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Of fice, said the prosecutor’s office has not officially identified the police of ficers involved in the shooting. No charges have been filled against the officers, he said. “The case has been presented to the grand jury,” O’Neill said. “We had asked a superior court … to investigate the incident.” Ellen Whitt, an Occupy New Brunswick activist, said despite the fact
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that the prosecutor’s of fice has yet to file charges, they are required to go to a grand jur y where she hopes justice will be ser ved. Whitt said she is still uneasy with the question of whether the officer’s actions against Deloatch were necessary. “Officers have not released details,” she said. “We know that he had a puncture wound, but we don’t know if he had bruises or how he got his injuries.” Whitt said she continues to hand out leaflets with information about Deloatch and Occupy movements with the hopes of keeping New Br unswick residents informed. “[Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan] knows we are here, and we are
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Comedian Adam Mamawala, New Jersey Comedy Festival winner, performs his routine last night in the Cook Campus Center during “Laugh In the New Year,” sponsored by the Rutgers University Programming Association.
With the star t of the spring semester comes the need to obtain textbooks. But this semester, students are turning away from purchasing traditional textbooks in favor of renting or buying e-textbooks and used books. Jessica Zaloom, public relations representative of online textbook retailer and renter eCampus.com, said this season could make-or-break textbook retailers, as the sale and rental of e-textbooks threaten traditional textbook sales. Although this poses a threat to textbook companies and retailers, Matt Montgomer y, CEO of eCampus.com, said his company intends to overcome the obstacles by stocking up on popular textbooks and of fering used options.
“The key to success is having the right books in stock at the right point,” he said. “All of our preparation focuses on ensuring we reach both benchmarks.” He said the cause of low textbook return rates is based on the prospective value of the book for the following semester. “Buyback prices are established based on the future value of the book the next semester,” Montgomer y said. “If a publisher releases a new edition of an existing text, the buyback value of the old edition will decrease dramatically.” He said many students prefer having a physical copy of the book rather than a digital copy because the physical copies do not have a subscription expiration date. “E-books have drawbacks. The greatest is that they are
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