Before Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, at least 5,000 women died annually from unsafe abortion, a number that was no doubt underreported due to the stigma at the time — a stigma that still exists in some parts of the country today. Roe v. Wade gave pro-choice movements and women around the country a sense of security, but after nearly 50 years, that guarantee to the right to choose is quickly fading.

EDITORIAL: Abortion rights must be NJ law

One of the biggest grievances I hear from other peers and first-years is about that one class everyone has to take, but everyone has a problem with. Expository Writing is a very emotionally charged topic and causes a lot of stress to students. Love it or hate it, it is extremely important to take this class and experience this style of writing. I am going to be the voice for Expository Writing and other required classes similar to it. 

FUCHS: Reasons to appreciate Expository Writing

Rutgers is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Of course, there are implications for athletics, especially in bringing Rutgers to a national stage, but there are also academic and institutional implications that are often undervalued.

SUTA: Rutgers libraries are more than just study spaces

Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) is up for reelection this November against Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Murphy, the one-term incumbent Democrat, will very likely be reelected in solidly blue New Jersey, as he still maintains at least a comfortable 9-point lead in the latest polls.

MULHOLLAND: College students should vote for Phil Murphy

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The first upperclassman we meet as fresh-faced Rutgers first years is our resident assistant (RA). They introduce us to our hallmates, the campus we are first assigned to and our first college memories. For some students, RAs take the role of mentors, helping us through our Rutgers dilemmas and struggles.

EDITORIAL: Resident assistants deserve compensation for their work

Sexual assault on campus and in our community at large is not something that is comfortable to talk about. It is a topic we dance around, use euphemisms to avoid speaking about directly and generally dismiss until someone we know is implicated. Phrases like “stealthing” soften the language around vicious acts of sexual assault and rape.

EDITORIAL: NJ Assembly must pass anti-stealthing bill A2748

As our schedules get ever busier, and we lose ourselves in the minutia of day-to-day Rutgers life, we become hyper-focused on the issues surrounding our campus and residence halls and forget that Rutgers has two other branches outside the one that we happen to be attending.

EDITORIAL: Rutgers—Camden employees deserve more

Rutgers Athletics sparks mixed responses in our student body from the truly die-hard to the apathetic. But love them or hate them, Athletics can bring in more than $100,000,000 in revenue annually, a sum which does not even consider the indirect impact that a successful athletic department can have on Rutgers as a whole.

EDITORIAL: Athletics Department deficit must lead to budget reevaluation

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Even when I was ashamed of my Chinese heritage, Lunar New Year was always a joyous, raucous occasion in my household — growing up, it was one of the few moments every year that I felt not just comfortable in my Chinese skin but happy to be celebrating such a vibrant and rich culture. 

COMMENTARY: America’s xenophobic violence against Asian Americans must end

If you are like me, you had some sort of nerdy phase in the early stages of life that seemed to shape how you approach adulthood. For me, "Harry Potter" was my choice because my oldest brother already had all seven books. I grew up idolizing characters and waiting on my Hogwarts letter.

COMMENTARY: J.K. Rowling's legacy casts shadow over 'Harry Potter'

The pandemic has brought the worst in almost everything. The “worst” meaning that people were losing their jobs left and right, and schools were shutting down here and there — all of which was amid the completely and extremely chaotic 2020 presidential election. Yet, through this insanity of constant stay-at-home-orders and dangerous political protest (if you can even call the recent Capitol Hill insurrection a “protest”), pop culture has helped me to stay sane.

COMMENTARY: Pop culture provides needed distraction amid bleak times

We were heartened to read Akhil Dwasari’s plea in his column, "Americans cannot wait until January for stimulus bill," for the passage of a robust coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stimulus package now! We are advocates with Raise Your Voice to End Poverty (RESULTS), a non-partisan advocacy organization for the end of poverty, here in the U.S. and abroad.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stronger leadership required to pass stimulus

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If ever there was an activity that should make you want to turn around and never attempt to leave your house again, it must be finding off-street parking in New Brunswick. You have not known true frustration until you have spent more than 30 minutes circling around your house like a vulture looking for a parking spot. 

ON THE FRONT LINES: Parking nightmare commences at Rutgers

Have you ever truly looked at a comma before? Or deliberated for an hour on the exact capitalization of WALL-E? If you have not, then you probably are not a copy editor.

ON THE FRONT LINES: It is your copy editor's world, writers should try living in it

One day when I was in middle school my mom walked in on me counting pennies in order to be able to pay for my ticket to see One Direction. My mother was a reasonable woman, she offered to pay for my ticket to see my favorite band, but I was an unreasonable child and I insisted that I had to be as close to those five men as possible. 

ON THE FRONT LINES: Still love One Direction? You are not alone

By mandating the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for students in the Fall 2021 semester, Rutgers is taking the right step to ensure all members of the community can work and study in a safe environment.  

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EDITORIAL: Abortion rights must be NJ law

EDITORIAL: Abortion rights must be NJ law

FUCHS: Reasons to appreciate Expository Writing

FUCHS: Reasons to appreciate Expository Writing

SUTA: Rutgers libraries are more than just study spaces

SUTA: Rutgers libraries are more than just study spaces

EDITORIAL: Abortion rights must be NJ law

FUCHS: Reasons to appreciate Expository Writing

SUTA: Rutgers libraries are more than just study spaces

MULHOLLAND: College students should vote for Phil Murphy

EDITORIAL: Resident assistants deserve compensation for their work

EDITORIAL: NJ Assembly must pass anti-stealthing bill A2748

EDITORIAL: Rutgers—Camden employees deserve more

EDITORIAL: Athletics Department deficit must lead to budget reevaluation

COMMENTARY: America’s xenophobic violence against Asian Americans must end

COMMENTARY: J.K. Rowling's legacy casts shadow over 'Harry Potter'

COMMENTARY: Pop culture provides needed distraction amid bleak times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stronger leadership required to pass stimulus

ON THE FRONT LINES: Parking nightmare commences at Rutgers

ON THE FRONT LINES: It is your copy editor's world, writers should try living in it

ON THE FRONT LINES: Still love One Direction? You are not alone

ON THE FRONT LINES: Mandating vaccine is only way to begin to get Rutgers back to normal