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By Jovelle Tamayo

U. promotes state bond referendum

Jury finds Ravi guilty on all counts

Two years after the suicide of Tyler Clementi, Dharun Ravi was found guilty of all 15 counts against him, including privacy invasion, bias intimidation, tampering with physical evidence and witness tampering. Ravi was not charged in connection with the suicide of Clementi, his former roommate. Ravi, a former University student, set up a webcam in their Davidson Hall residence on Busch campus in September 2010 to view and broadcast a sexual encounter between Clementi and an older man. Apr 30 2012

U. to welcome new president, era

University President Richard L. McCormick announced last year that he would step down as head of the University, and 11 years after he took office, he is making way for president-designate Robert Barchi. Shortly after his announcement, the University Board of Governors assembled a 24-member presidential search committee, chaired by Board of Trustees member Greg Brown. Apr 30 2012

U. community reflects on past, current activism

University students with a passion to change the world or, at least, the New Brunswick community, have been the source of years of picket signs, marches, rallies and protests on the Banks. “The tradition of student dissent is deeply woven into the fabric of Rutgers,” said University President Richard L. McCormick. “It’s been this way for decades, if not centuries.” Student protests have been responsible for some of the most important innovations in the University’s history, and the tradition of dissent is vital to University history, McCormick said. Apr 20 2012

Students occupy University for 10th Tent?State

University students set up camp at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus yesterday, marking the 10th annual weeklong campaign against tuition hikes. Students pitched tents across the lawn near Scott Hall for Tent State University, known this year as Tent State X, which serves as a platform for individuals to express their concerns about University issues, said Sonia Szczesna, one of the student supervisors for the event. Apr 16 2012

Electronic mail system to debut in fall

Next fall, students could be using touch screens to pick up their snail mail. University Mail Services plans to replace the traditional manual mailboxes at all campus mail centers with ByBox, an electronic mailbox network system. “The current system is flawed in the sense that it’s often inconvenient for students to reach the hours that the mailing system is open,” said Grant Whelply, president of the University Residence Hall Association. Mar 28 2012

IBM, U. work to further supercomputer research

The massive “Excalibur,” the University’s own supercomputer and the only one available for commercial users in New Jersey, sits in the basement of the Busch campus Hill Center. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Manish Parashar turned the IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer on for the first time yesterday afternoon in the Hill Center’s data center, to signify the launch of a high-performance computing center and collaboration between IBM and University researchers. Mar 28 2012

U. to open bidding process for Lot 8

The tires underneath the University’s grease trucks, located on Lot 8 on the College Avenue campus, have been flat for more than 15 years. But the Mobile Food Vendor Policy Committee, established November 2011, agreed yesterday afternoon that pumping air back into those tires to remobilize the trucks is what is best for the University community. In their efforts to draft a policy that will apply to future mobile food venders, the committee decided that both Lot 8 and a mobile food vendor license would be put up for public bid in the coming weeks. Mar 27 2012

University Board of Governors holds special meeting about presidential search

Supporters, critics react to popular online campaign

Café Z to close doors before end of month

Because of conflicting visions between the business owner and the museum director, Café Z, located at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus, is closing its doors. “I’ve been here through several museum directors. I went in there and built this place up from nothing,” said Bruno Pascale, the café owner. “This new director comes in and starts to make all these changes — spending money, changing up where I put my signage — that kind of stuff.” Feb 23 2012

State Assembly passes gay marriage bill

TRENTON — After about two hours of forum in the State House, the New Jersey State Legislature voted in favor of same-sex marriage. But the discussion is far from over. The N.J. State Assembly passed the Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act yesterday 42-33. The state Senate passed the corresponding bill on Monday, 24-16. Feb 17 2012