Roughly speaking, humans are about 100 to 200 pounds of meat and bones, spread across five to six feet high and two feet shoulder-to-shoulder. A car comes in at approximately 4,094 pounds of metal and with a "slow" road speed of 20 miles per hour. Despite the obviously massive physical threat, so many pedestrians, who are mainly students here around New Brunswick, seem to blatantly disregard roadside awareness and disrespect drivers.

TRAN: Rutgers pedestrians need to be more mindful

Over the winter break, I asked my parents for an iPad for Christmas. When they asked me why I wanted one when I already had my laptop, I told them that the iPad was perfect for taking notes and would also give me the motivation to do my work before the last minute. When the clock hit midnight on Christmas morning, I opened my present and saw an iPad.

LOPEZ-ORTIZ: iPads prove to be worthwhile purchase for college students

In the past eight days, California has suffered four mass shootings. On Monday, seven people were injured, one was killed at an Oakland gas station and seven lives were lost as agricultural workers were gunned down at their workplace in Half Moon Bay. On Saturday, 11 people were murdered in Monterey Park after Lunar New Year celebrations at a dance hall the shooter attended. And last Monday, a shooting in Goshen, California claimed six lives, including a teenage mother and her baby.

EDITORIAL: Recognize guns as main culprit for gun violence

The Original Picken Chicken is a restaurant I have been wanting to visit, not only because of its proximity to the Cook and Douglass campuses but also due to a craving for chicken. It really was the perfect storm.

DODARO: The Original Picken Chicken proves to be convenient choice for Rutgers students

Since President Joseph R. Biden first declared the possibility of student debt relief, the idea has gripped the American consciousness like an earworm. No matter how politically elusive the earworm becomes, students across the country struggle to suppress its tune.

JOLIE: Loan forgiveness programs are not reliable forms of financial relief for students

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By now, most of us have heard about Rep. George Santos' (R-N.Y. 3) many lies. Santos, a freshman Republican congressman from Long Island, New York, has lied about seemingly everything. While some of his deceptions might be reduced to mere resume boosters, such as where he attended college and where he worked during his early career, others are far more worrying.

EDITORIAL: George Santos' lies underscore decline of American political culture

A new popular pastime for college students has arisen. Many Rutgers students have been testing out the seemingly endless capabilities of ChatGPT. It is a revolutionary Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot created by OpenAI, which is headed by CEO Sam Altman. For those who are not familiar with ChatGPT’s abilities, it essentially takes human language that users plug into its system and produces human-like responses via written text. 

EDITORIAL: OpenAI's ChatGPT raises concerns over academic integrity, authenticity

As we enter finals and then break, one way to remain grounded is to reflect on everything we have experienced this past semester. In what was a busy term, The Daily Targum's editors step back and share what this semester meant to them.

EDITORIAL: Targum editors share their reflections about this semester

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We are Rutgers’ — and all of academia’s — underpaid and exploited dirty little secret. Part-time lecturers. Adjuncts. Higher education’s gig workers. And the University could not run without us.

COMMENTARY: Why we speak

Like many people, I am ready to stop letting the pandemic control my life. The virus is still here, it always will be, and everyone (including you and me) will catch it eventually. But viewing air as a lethal threat was starting to take its toll on my sanity. So after my fourth vaccine dose this spring, I made the uneasy but informed decision to stop wearing a mask.

COMMENTARY: Time for Rutgers to reconsider mask mandate

Every college campus has its hidden spots — corners of libraries discovered in junior year, book shops tucked away between late-night convenience stores and restaurants with menus you know like the back of your hand. First-year Rutgers students are faced with the immensely fun task of picking what their New Brunswick spots are going to be, a task that requires many trips with friends up and down Easton Avenue and beyond.

COMMENTARY: College experience depends on finding your own places to enjoy, Hidden Grounds should be top place to try

On April 11, Rutgers—Camden hosted its inaugural Chancellor’s Lecture on Global Racial Reckoning and Civility with Professor Sheryll D. Cashin, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice at Georgetown Law.

COMMENTARY: Rutgers must distribute opportunities equitably across all Rutgers campuses

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“America is broken!” has become ubiquitous in American politics. The premise of the last two presidential campaigns relied on tapping into the feeling of a fractured American culture: Make America Great Again and Build Back Better both implied brokenness that needed fixing.  

ON THE FRONT LINES: Oslo Freedom Forum encourages us to reckon with difficult truths to protect, sustain democracy

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. 

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TRAN: Rutgers pedestrians need to be more mindful

TRAN: Rutgers pedestrians need to be more mindful

LOPEZ-ORTIZ: iPads prove to be worthwhile purchase for college students

LOPEZ-ORTIZ: iPads prove to be worthwhile purchase for college students

EDITORIAL: Recognize guns as main culprit for gun violence

EDITORIAL: Recognize guns as main culprit for gun violence

TRAN: Rutgers pedestrians need to be more mindful

LOPEZ-ORTIZ: iPads prove to be worthwhile purchase for college students

DODARO: The Original Picken Chicken proves to be convenient choice for Rutgers students

JOLIE: Loan forgiveness programs are not reliable forms of financial relief for students

EDITORIAL: Recognize guns as main culprit for gun violence

EDITORIAL: George Santos' lies underscore decline of American political culture

EDITORIAL: OpenAI's ChatGPT raises concerns over academic integrity, authenticity

EDITORIAL: Targum editors share their reflections about this semester

COMMENTARY: Why we speak

COMMENTARY: Time for Rutgers to reconsider mask mandate

COMMENTARY: College experience depends on finding your own places to enjoy, Hidden Grounds should be top place to try

COMMENTARY: Rutgers must distribute opportunities equitably across all Rutgers campuses

ON THE FRONT LINES: Oslo Freedom Forum encourages us to reckon with difficult truths to protect, sustain democracy

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