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Rutgers SpyCam Convict Apologizes For 'Stupid And Childish Choices'

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Dharun Ravi Apology, Webcam Spying, Dharuin Ravi Apologizes, Video, Dharun Ravi Sentencing, Dharun Ravi Guilty, Dharun Ravi Update, Crime News, Dharun Ravi, Rutgers University, Dharun Ravi Prison, Tyler Clementi Update, Crime News

TRENTON, N.J. — A former Rutgers University student openly apologized for the first time on Tuesday for using a webcam to spy on a romantic liai...

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Is It True About Commencement Speeches? (A Response to James Franco)

Adam Levin | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Commencement Speeches, College-Education-Cost, Inspiration, College, College Education, Inquiry, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Student Loan Debt, Student Loans, Graduation, James Franco, Graduation Speakers, Graduation Speech, Commencement, College Graduation, Cost of College, College News

The system by which we fund higher education may be horribly broken, but that in no way means the people who are a product of it should be written off. Graduates should feel empowered to effect these changes. If they don't -- if they're all too cynical and feel there's no use in trying -- then we're in big trouble.

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BREAKING: Dharun Ravi Sentenced For Spying On Tyler Clementi

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Video, Webcam Spying, Dharun Ravi Sentencing, Dharun Ravi Guilty, Dharun Ravi Update, Dharun Ravi, Dharun Ravi Prison, Rutgers University, Poll, Tyler Clementi, Anti-Bullying, Crime News

Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail as part of a probationary sentence today for spying on his college roommate with a webcam and writing abo...

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Dharun Ravi Prepares To Learn His Fate

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Video, Crime New Jersey, Dharun Ravi Sentencing, New Jersey, Dharun Ravi, Webcam Spy Trial, Oradell, Rutgers University, Anti-Bullying, Tyler Clementi, Crime News

UPDATE: Dharun Ravi has been sentenced. Click here for an update. ORADELL, N.J. -- One couple lost their teenage son to suicide in the days after ...

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Prosecutor Requests Prison Sentence In Rutgers Hate Crime Case

Reuters | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Hate Crimes, Dharun Ravi Case, Dharun Ravi Jail Time, Tyler Clementi Dharun Ravi, Dharun Ravi Trial, Rutgers Webcam Case, Dharun Ravi Update, Dharun Ravi, Tyler Clementi Roommate, Reuters, Hate Crime, Tyler Clementi Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers Suicide, Crime News

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Thursday recommended a former Rutgers University student be sentenced to...

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Friday Night Lights Author Wants To Ban College Football

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: College Students, Change My Mind, College Athletes, Ban College Football, College Football Costs, College Change My Mind, College Costs, College Athletics, Roi of College, Rutgers University, College Football, Malcolm Gladwell, Cost of Football, Buzz Bissinger, Rutgers Football, Friday Night Lights, College News

Buzz Bissinger, perhaps the most famous chronicler of high school football, is calling for a ban on college football, The Gothamist reports. The P...

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How Much Are Students Paying For College Sports?

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: College Sports Funding, Tuition Hikes, College Sports, Cincinnati, Slideexpand, Athletics Funding, Money on Sports, University of California, Student Fees for Sports, Rutgers University, Louisville Cardinals, Bloomberg News, Student Fees for Athletics, University of Virginia, College News

Amid cuts in state funding and tuition hikes, college athletics programs are under the gun to fund themselves with earned revenue or produce winning s...

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There's Something Special in a Name

Randy Miller | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Camden-New Jersey, Chris Christie, Rutgers University, Rowan-University, New York News

A lot of hoopla has surrounded the discussion of the potential merger between Rutgers University's Camden Campus and Rowan University, which is locate...

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Exclusionary Housing Leads To Educational 'Segregation' -- Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Education News, David Rothwell, Education and Housing, Zoning, Housing, Exclusionary Zoning, Montgomery County, Brookings Institute, Maryland Education, Dianne Piche, Education, Washington, Rutgers University, Housing Policy, Inclusionary Zoning, Education Reform, D.C., Education News

Tanya McDowell, a Connecticut mother, made headlines last year when she was accused of stealing -- specifically, of stealing an education for her son....

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'Crisis' In U.S. Preschools As Spending Drops, Enrollment Climbs

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Education News, Nieer, Early Education, Education, Early Education Funding, Arne Duncan, Pre-School, James Heckman, 112th Congress, Head Start, Steven Barnett, Rutgers University, Stimulus Fund, Education Reform, Education Funding, Education News

Before Diamande Montague started preschool, she was the kind of kid who clung to her mother's skirt. When she and her mom went outside and other kids ...

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Rutgers University Newspaper Under Fire For Hitler Spoof

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Video, The Daily Targum, The Medium, Hitler, College Newspapers, Judaism, Rutgers University, Religion News

By Jessica Calefati and Ryan Hutchins Religion News Service NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (RNS) A satirical student newspaper is under investigation by Rutg...

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High Performance Computing: The New Imperative Is Economic Development And Jobs

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Ibm, New Jersey, Ibm-Bao, Economic Development, Computer-Engineering, Jobs, Rutgers University, Smarter Ideas, Manish Parashar, Excalibur, Technology News

Manish Parashar Professor of electrical and computer engineering Rutgers University For years, universities have worked with businesses to produc...

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Dharun Ravi: Gay Rights Activists 'Going Overboard' With Clementi Case

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Dharun Ravi Trial, Rutgers Webcam Case, Video, Gay Rights, Dharun Ravi, Tyler Clementi Suicde, Suicide, Rutgers Webcam Spying, Rutgers University, Dhraun Ravi Interview, Rutgers Suicide, Clementi Trail, Tyler Clementi, College News

Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi says he "wasn't the one who caused" Tyler Clementi to jump off a bridge in his first televised interview...

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Alternate Juror Disagrees With Hate Crime Verdict In Webcam Spy Trial

AP | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Video, Hate Crime Laws, New Jersey, NJ Spycam Trial, James Downey, Dharun Ravi, Alternate Juror, Suicide, Rutgers University, Tyler Clementi, Armchair Detective, Crime News

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- An alternate juror in the trial of a former Rutgers University student convicted in a webcam spying episode that ended in his g...

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The Dharun Ravi Case: Law Upheld, Justice Denied?

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Cyberbullying, Lesbian, Bullying, Dharun Ravi, Homophobia, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Tyler Clementi, Indian Americans, Privacy, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Crime News

With the jury's guilty verdict in the so-called Rutgers University webcam spying case, Ravi, it appears, has been turned into the proverbial sacrificial lamb for society's collective guilt about its own bias intimidation against homosexuals.

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NJ Spycam Case Stirs Debate Over Hate Crime Laws

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Video, Hate Crime Laws, NJ Spycam Trial, New Jersey, Dharun Ravi, Suicide, Rutgers University, Tyler Clementi, Crime News

NEW YORK -- There was a verdict in the wrenching Rutgers webcam spying case, but no resolution to a broader question that hovered over it: To what ext...

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Dharun Ravi Verdict Inspires Impassioned -- And Conflicted -- Responses

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Twitter, Rutgers, Dharun Ravi Case, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Gay Bullying, Video, LGBT Youth, Dharun Ravi, Rutgers University, Anti-Gay Bullying, Dharun Ravi Verdict, Gay Youth, Tyler Clementi, Gay Voices News

The conviction of former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi for bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence among other cha...

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Injustice at Rutgers

Jess Coleman | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Rutgers, Rutgers-University, Rutgers Suicide, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Tyler Clementi, Rutgers Student Suicide, Dharun Ravi, Dharun Ravi Trial, Dharun Ravi Guilty, Tyler Clementi Trial, Dharun Ravi Hate Crimes, Teen News

Had Clementi not committed suicide or had the case not been given so much attention, Ravi probably never would have faced a jury. The prosecutors had no choice but to push the harshest possible charges.

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Gov. Chris Christie Gets Into Shouting Match With Veteran, Calls Him An "Idiot"

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Chris Christie, Video, Rowan-University, Nj Gov, New Jersey, William Brown, Governor Chris Christie, Rutgers University, Politics News

Gov. Chris Christie argued with a former Navy SEAL Thursday over the state's plans to reconfigure public universities in New Jersey -- resulting in Ch...

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UPDATE: Tyler Clementi's Mystery Date Takes Stand

Posted 03.02.2012

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UPDATE: 12:08 p.m. -- The man known only as "M.B." testified today that it was "strange" to see a webcam pointed at him while he had a sexual encounte...

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Mystery Man's Testimony Could Shed New Insight Into Tyler Clementi's Suicide Case

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: LGBT Teen Suicide, George Washington Bridge, Gay Teen Suicide, LGBT Youth, Teen Suicide, Rutgers University, Tyler Clementi Mystery Man, Tyler Clementi, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Gay Youth, Gay Voices News

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter wit...

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WATCH: Man's Take On Nicki Minaj Going Viral

Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Mattstache, Video, Matthew Ferguson Nicki Minaj Cover, Nicki Minaj, Rutgers University, David Guetta, Matthew Ferguson, Karmin, Entertainment News

We've got another viral YouTube video on our hands, and it's centered around a man in various stages of shaving. Matthew Ferguson, the assistant d...

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Tyler Clementi's Older Brother Speaks Out On Suicide, Coming Out And Media Barrage

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Lgbt Suicides, Gay Suicides, James Clementi, Gay Youth Suicide, Rutgers University, Rutgers Suicide, Tyler Clementi Death, Tyler Clementi, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Gay Youth, Gay Voices News

The older gay brother of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers University freshman who took his own life in 2010 after his roommate allegedly used a webcam to t...

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Beyonce Goes Political?

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Beyonce's Rutgers Class, Beyonce, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Politicizing Beyonce, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News

Throughout the course of Beyonce Knowles' illustrious career of achievements the singer has been labeled as one of today's most popular sex symbols, h...

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Rutgers Students Demand An Apology For Racist Email

Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Rutgers, Video, Rutgers University, Song-of-the-South-Racism, Song of the South, Rutgers Racism, Black Voices News

Graduate students at Rutgers University in New Jersey are asking officials to step in after a student there invited peers to a screening of a movie w...

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