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Rutgers Mathematics Team travelled to Princeton over break. Find out how they did in the Metro section.
FirstTransit considering changes to bus routes BY AMY DIMARIA OPINIONS EDITOR
University officials are on the verge of yet another difficult decision about student transportation to help balance finances. A meeting of the Transportation Coordinating Council (TCC) has proposed that weekend routes continue every day of the week and all other routes will be eliminated. “Removing the L bus and introducing the LXC was a difficult decision,” said President Richard McCormick. “But the students understand that sacrifices have to be made in an economy
like this. This plan is still in its beginning stages and may not even happen.” If the bus routes were to completely switch over to the weekend loops it is estimated to save the University $50,000 in labor and gas costs. However, the new proposed routes would skip over all residence hall stops and include 20-minute breaks at all Student Centers. Student reactions to the proposed changes have been overwhelmingly negative. “I can’t believe this is even being considered,” said AliSEE
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Buses may shift to weekend routes as soon as FirstTransit inherits the contract from Academy Transporation.
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Sorrentino and Polizzi, pictured here with DJ Pauly D, right, will be at the LSC tonight.
‘Situation’ to join Snooki at event BY JORDAN GOCHMAN NEWS EDITOR
In a surprise announcement by the Rutgers University Programming Association, Mike ‘The Situation” Sorrentino will be joining his Jersey Shore co-star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi at the Livingston Student Center this Thursday, March 31st. Previously, RUPA had announced that only Polizzi would be in attendance at a special event at the Livingston Student Center.
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interviewed by Adam Ace, a popular comedian known for partnering with Snooki at many events, in a style that mimics “Inside the Actor’s Studio.” Sorrentino and Polizzi will answer various questions about their life before and after being thrust into the spotlight. “You can also expect many juicy details about all the fun behind the scenes stuff that happened during the show,” SEE
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Residence Life to cut staffing levels in dorms CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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“We couldn’t announce ‘The Situation’ was coming officially until his manager finalized the contract with RUPA,” said Greg Kassee, Vice President of the RUPA Comedy and Movies committee. “We had hoped to announce his participation in the event the same day we announced Snooki’s but it all got tied up behind the scenes. The event, intended purely for entertainment, will feature the stars of the popular MTV show being
Staffing cuts by Residence Life will affect the number of Resident Assistants at many Residence Halls, such as Clothier Hall on the College Avenue Campus. Residence Life adminsitrators hope this change will not increase deviance.
“We have decided to kill two birds with one stone,” was the way Jane Kerring began her address in a meeting of University administrators. In the meeting, different department administrators spoke of changes and progress in their respective departments. Kerring, the Director of Residence Life, made the announcement that shocked and angered many in the room. “It is with regret that I announce that in the coming school year, 40% of the resident assistant positions will be cut.” Kerring attributed the change to insufficient funds being brought into the department, and increasing expenses.
In the past years due to more residents, the department has needed to spend significant amounts of money on unexpected expenses such as the Crowne Plaza hotel arrangements, the cost of the Hotel Shuttle bus, retrofitting lounges with locks to be utilized as rooms, and increased staff to manage the amount of students. “We have come increasingly closer to going over budget in the past few years, and I do not want to see us get to that point,” said Kerring. To balance the budget in the coming school year, multiple residence life positions will be cut. The most visible one to the student body will be the decrease in resident assistants. Income will be generated by assigning the former resident assistant rooms to students as single rooms.
A decrease in expenses will come from the merging of other higher level positions, which have not yet been specified. Despite Kerring’s suggestion that the change is necessary, there was much opposition from other administrators. “Those bastards are going to go around tearing shit up now, and that’s going to be on my bill,” said Dave Johnson, Director of Facilities. The department is currently looking into a new way to enforce the policies, which are rarely enforced anyway. Some options include installing more video cameras in the Residence Halls deemed “high risk” by outgoing staff members. Other SEE
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