The economy and the new state governor will play a crucial role in addressing students’ concerns in transportation, study spaces and dining services, University President Richard L. McCormick said last night at the Rutgers University Student Assembl...

Juniors and seniors at the University may be the main students worrying about the low number of jobs available after graduation. But job growth in New Jersey is not expected to reach its pre-recession peak until 2016, well after most underclassmen are exp...

Homophobia in college athletics has been gaining more attention and prevention, but more still needs to be done, according to several University affiliates who addressed the issue. In the Cook Campus Center, a panel of media specialists, coaches and athle...

During the course registration period, some students may be confused about what classes to register for because they are unsure of what the class is about and what to expect. But now that more students are requesting professors post syllabi online during ...

The day after the election, Empower Our Neighborhoods, Unite New Brunswick, the city and voters were expecting to know the final results of the ward-based system question altering the composition of the city council, but now they will have to wait two mor...

A day after Governor-elect Chris Christie defeated Gov. Jon S. Corzine for the gubernatorial seat, the Eagleton Institute of Politics played host to panelists who analyzed the outcome of this year’s election and what the results mean for New Jersey....

Home of the Rutgers Stadium, tailgate parties, math and science life and more, Busch campus is home to many different groups and diverse aspects of the University.  Campus Dean Thomas Papathomas said the campus is very unique and very diverse. &ldquo...

Daylights, sunsets, midnights and cups of coffee — that is how the Livingston Theatre Company measures their production of the famed musical “Rent” this season. With only days left for final run-throughs and set adjustments before the s...

When Sean Smith, a former University swimmer and coach, came out as gay in 2005 during his senior year of college, he struggled to find guidance at the University despite the support of his teammates. “I always felt like there was a magnifying glass...

During a typical week, Douglass College senior Marisol Conde-Hernandez balances 50-60 hours working as a waitress with six credits of classes — and the possibility of being deported due to her undocumented immigrant status. Conde-Hernandez said she ...

If the latest polls are any indication, there is no way to confidently foresee the next governor of the state of New Jersey. “Anyone who tells you that they know who’s going to win [today] has a message from another universe, because no one ca...

With the election results just hours away, the Rutgers Democrats and Rutgers University College Republicans squared off last night in their debate for the 2009 gubernatorial race. Among the issues discussed were health care, the economy, job growth, highe...

New Jersey is sending deputy attorney generals to oversee today’s election in the city, which includes a question that aims to change the city’s government from an at-large system to a wards-based system. The deputy attorney generals will be a...

She would like to pick a Scarlet “R,” Pat. School of Arts and Sciences junior Stephanie Francis is set to spin the “Wheel of Fortune” Friday in Los Angeles. Francis, a communication major with minors in English and Spanish, said sh...

It started with a single question. “What could there be that’s in-between a soup kitchen, where people don’t pay anything, and a restaurant that’s exclusively for affluent people?” That is what Jean Stockdale, executive direc...

Out of the 260 funded undergraduate student organizations at the University, 110 of them have cultural identities attached to them such as race, ethnicity, religion or gender, while 67 are academic organizations. The rest of the organizations are divided ...

After months of anticipation and negotiations, New Jersey Books will finally be able to open the doors at its new location to the public once all materials are moved in. As of yesterday, NJ Books officially owns its new bookstore, located at 39 Easton Ave...

Those who went to the Rutgers University Student Assembly’s retreat consider it a success, but some think it is too early to say. The assembly went to their annual retreat last weekend amid criticism from students at the declared maximum price of th...

The student leaders of the Rutgers University Student Assembly began to prepare the results for the “What’s on Your Mind Month” survey initiative for their next meeting, where they will present them to University Administrators.  &l...

The steepest climb in published tuition and fees at public four-year colleges in the last 30 years occurred in the past decade, with the University included. After being hit hard with state budget cuts, four-year public colleges hoisted tuition and fees b...