George Street truck crash delays University operations

A crashed delivery truck in front of the River Dorms on the College Avenue campus yesterday caused the replacement of a utility pole, the re-routing of University buses for the majority of the day and the delayed delivery of The Daily Targum to the entire University. Full story

Hill's judgement day approaching

Mind of Stein

Fred Hill Jr. reclined in a Louis Brown Athletic Center media chair Monday, fielding questions after the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s final practice before losing to Cincinnati in the first round of the Big East Tournament. The inquiries inevitably shifted to Hill’s job security. He took it all in stride, but a sly, what-can-I-do smile crept over his face as the sensitive subject came up. With good reason — it is a very difficult matter to dissect. “I’ve never once, for one second, ever thought [about my job security],” Hill said. “I am the coach at Rutgers and I will be the coach at Rutgers. Full story

Alumnus bleeds modern themes into classic novel

Throughout his life, Eric Ruffin has been an actor, dancer and singer, but the 29-year-old Mason Gross School of the Arts alumnus has returned to the University with hopes of impacting audiences in a new role — director of “In the Blood,” the Rutgers Theater Company’s latest production. Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote “In the Blood,” a modern-day portrayal of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” and its protagonist, Hester Prynne, said Laurie Granieri, director of Public Relations for Mason Gross. “Hester of ‘In the Blood’ is alternately tormented and ostracized by a preacher who has fathered one of her children, a hardening welfare worker and an indifferent doctor, among others, in a murky underworld punctuated by drug, sex, and violence,” Granieri said. Full story