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Controversial Rutgers Official Has Her First Day At Work

AP | TOM CANAVAN | Posted 06.17.2013 | College
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Saying she has already rolled up her sleeves and is ready to work, Julie Hermann took over as Rutgers' athletic director with...

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Astoria Characters: The Walk-On Woman

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 06.04.2013 | New York
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Nancy Ruhling

You can set your clock by Dana D'Ascoli. Every morning in every kind of weather, she's in Astoria Park logging lightning laps from 5 to 6. And it's not just around the park. Dana's running role in life has been careering away from things she doesn't love to do.

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Former Player Backs Up Allegations Against Rutgers AD

AP | STEVE MEGARGEE | Posted 05.30.2013 | Sports
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A former Tennessee volleyball player has written a blog post backing up her teammates' accusations that incoming Rutgers athletic ...

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Rutgers Chief Gets Big Endorsement

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL and KATIE ZEZIMA | Posted 05.29.2013 | College
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NEWARK, N.J. -- Rutgers University's president, a neuroscientist, was brought in last year to turn the school into a medical sciences powerhouse, but ...

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Still in a Very Deep Rut

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.28.2013 | Sports
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Robert J. Elisberg

For a school like Rutgers that specifically is trying to clean up a scandal of physical and verbal abuse by a coach -- what on earth kind of due diligence are they doing?? Is anyone in charge there?!

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Rutgers Pushes Back In Wake Of New Scandal

AP | TOM CANAVAN | Posted 05.28.2013 | Sports
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NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that he has "absolute confidence" in the president of Rutgers University even as some...

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Rutgers Official Resists Calls For Resignation

AP | TOM CANAVAN | Posted 05.28.2013 | Sports
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NEWARK, N.J. — Julie Hermann is not resigning as Rutgers' incoming athletic director following a report that 16 years ago she humiliated and emo...

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Report Finds Big Drop In Funding For Preschool

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.29.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than the...

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Rutgers Suspends Lacrosse Coach

AP | Posted 04.19.2013 | Sports
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Rutgers University has suspended its head men's lacrosse coach as it investigates allegations of verbal abuse. The university ...

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Rutgers To Pay Fired Coach $475,000

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 06.18.2013 | Sports
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TRENTON, N.J. — Rutgers University has reached a $475,000 settlement agreement with Mike Rice, agreeing to pay the fired men's basketball coach ...

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Great News For Duke University's Transgender Community

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 04.17.2013 | Gay Voices
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Duke University has now joined the growing list of universities and colleges that offer health insurance coverage for gender confirmation surgery for...

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Coaches Should Mentor, Not Bully

The Miami Hurricane | Posted 06.12.2013 | College
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The Miami Hurricane

There is no need for a coach to abuse his power in order to gain the respect of his players. The players at Rutgers deserve a coach that mentors, not a bully that demoralizes.

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Moody's Credit Warning To Rutgers

Reuters | Posted 06.12.2013 | Business
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By Hilary Russ April 12 (Reuters) - The scandal over abusive behavior by the now-fired men's basketball coach at Rutgers University thr...

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A Failure of Process

Dave Tomar | Posted 06.10.2013 | College
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Dave Tomar

I can tell you from personal experience that the bureaucratic inefficiency at Rutgers makes transferring classes or campuses an absolute administrative nightmare. But transferring blame takes almost no effort at all.

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American Values at Rutgers

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 06.08.2013 | Politics
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Howard Steven Friedman

With Rutgers University's Mike Rice video and subsequent firing now in the news, many are tempted to talk about the special treatment given to sports. This conversation makes me wonder, which special treatment are they talking about?

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John Celock

Christie Opponent Attacks 'Lack Of Leadership' After Rutgers Scandal

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics
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The controversy at Rutgers University over how the New Jersey school handled accusations that the men's basketball coach abused players is quickly bec...

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Rutgers Coach Abuse Scandal Forces Internal Investigation

Reuters | Posted 06.08.2013 | Sports
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(Recasts with Christie support of Rutgers president, calls for president's resignation) By David Jones NEWARK, N.J., Apr...

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Rutgers President To Hold Town Hall In Newark

AP | KATIE ZEZIMA | Posted 06.08.2013 | College
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NEWARK, N.J. — When Rutgers University President Robert Barchi visits the school's Newark campus Monday, he will encounter some students and fac...

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Willful Cluelessness at Rutgers

Patricia McGuire | Posted 06.07.2013 | College
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Patricia McGuire

What did the president know and when did he know it? If the answer is absolutely nothing, then the president cannot lead.

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Tyler Kingkade

Rutgers President Responds To Calls For Resignation

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.05.2013 | College
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Rutgers University President Robert Barchi will not resign from his post, he said at a Friday afternoon press conference to discuss how the administra...

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Ex-Rutgers Coach Had Abrasive History

AP | WILL GRAVES | Posted 04.04.2013 | Sports
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PITTSBURGH -- Jamie Dixon hired Mike Rice as an assistant at Pittsburgh in 2006, drawn by Rice's passion and ability to get into the living room of a ...

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Faculty Urge Rutgers President To Resign

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 06.03.2013 | College
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TRENTON, N.J. — Thirteen Rutgers University faculty members are demanding the resignation of university President Robert Barchi over his respons...

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Coach Mike Rice Is Fired But Damage Is Already Done To Players

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 04.03.2013 | Entertainment
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Bonnie Fuller

Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice is finally paying the price for physically and verbally abusing his players, but sadly his young team members will carry lasting scars.

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Rutgers University -- Fire Abusive Coach Mike Rice!

Stuart Chaifetz | Posted 06.03.2013 | Sports
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Stuart Chaifetz

Out of all the shameful actions and reactions by Rutgers in this matter, there is one thing that glares out with fierce and blinding light; Tim Pernetti's defense of Rice that this was his "first offense."

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Did This Student Newspaper Go Too Far?

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.04.2013 | College
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The Medium, a satirical student newspaper at Rutgers University, apologized last week for printing a controversial article that made derogatory remark...

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