On April 19, Demarest Hall held Demfest, its yearly music festival, on College Avenue Campus. The featured bands included Skylar Pocket, Zoloft Zombie and Daddy’s Closet performing original songs.

Demarest Hall Presents: Demfest 2024

On April 13, the New Brunswick Free Public Library hosted its annual Holi celebration honoring the traditional Indian festival of colors on Livingston Street. The event included color play, dancing and Indian snacks.

New Brunswick Holi Festival

On April 6, the Rutgers University Japanese Student Association presented its yearly Sakura Fest, a celebration of Japanese-American culture and community, at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus. The event featured dance performances, food, games and martial arts demonstrations.

Rutgers Japanese Student Association hosts Sakura Festival

Welcome to Targum Unplugged, your window into Rutgers’ vibrant music scene. In today’s episode, The Daily Targum welcomed School of Communication and Information sophomore Jake Thistle into the office to perform some of his most personal tracks, including "Half Beats Nothing," "Brooklyn Can Wait" and "Silver Bullet Sky."

Jake Thistle: Targum Unplugged

On March 23, the Rutgers-affiliated radio station, 90.3 The Core, organized and presented its annual music festival, Corefest, at the College Avenue Student Center. The event featured several local performers and vendors.

Rutgers 90.3 The Core's 2024 Corefest

A University professor and students discuss the role AI has in the classroom. Jim Samuel, an associate professor of practice and executive director of the Master of Public Informatics Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, discusses his view of AI in today's classrooms, as well as the future of AI in academic settings.

Should college students use AI? Rutgers students and professor pitch in

In this episode of The Scarlet Sitdown, former Head Sports Editor Ellis Gordon and current Head Sports Editor Josh Meyers spoke with junior infielder Josh Kuroda-Grauer of the Rutgers baseball team. They discussed the upcoming baseball season, Kuroda-Grauer’s MLB dream team, his favorite baseball memories and more!

The Scarlet Sitdown: Rutgers Baseball with Josh Kuroda-Grauer

Head Sports Editor Josh Meyers rode the Rutgers buses to talk to students about their Super Bowl LVIII picks and predictions, as well as their thoughts on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

Interviews on the Bus: Super Bowl LVIII Edition

Senior guard Erica Lafayette of the Rutgers women’s basketball team sat down with associate sports editor Josh Meyers and associate sports editor-in-training Camden Markel to talk about her favorite memories playing for the Scarlet Knights on and off the court, what it was like playing for legendary head coach C. Vivian Stringer, who Lafayette thinks is Rutgers’ biggest rival and more. The trio also talk about Lafayette being the biggest hype woman on the team, the greatness of Hansel 'n Griddle and what music gets the Knights going before games.

The Scarlet Sitdown: Rutgers Women's Basketball with Erica Lafayette

The Daily Targum takes an inside look at 90.3 The Core, a student- and community-run radio station located on Livingston campus of Rutgers—New Brunswick

An Inside Look at 90.3 The Core

On Dec. 1, 2023, the Bengali Students Association hosted Holud Raat, a traditional ceremony before a Bengali wedding. The ceremony had several live performances, music, food, dance and more.

Rutgers Bengali Students Association hosts Holud Raat

Head sports editor Ellis Gordon and associate sports editor Josh Meyers spoke with Rutgers and Miami football fans ahead of the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in New York to get their insights on who they think their team MVP is, how they would grade their team’s head coaches, their prediction for the bowl game and more!

Asking Rutgers and Miami football fans for their 2023 season opinions

In the latest episode of The Scarlet Sitdown, head sports editor Ellis Gordon and associate sports editor Josh Meyers sit down with head news editor and interim editor-in-chief Brian Delk to discuss everything involving The Daily Targum, including how to join, what it’s like to be involved and more. The trio then discusses their favorite sports movies and dives into Delk’s athletic abilities.

The Scarlet Sitdown: Targum Inside Scoop with Brian Delk

On October 18 and October 20, Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine held Protests for Palestine at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. Protestors chants included "Free, free Palestine!" and "Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry! We will never let you die!" Some protestors held signs saying, "Rutgers funds an apartheid state" and "Land you have to kill for is not yours. Land you have to die for is."

Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine Holds Protests for Palestine

Discover the top five spookiest spots at Rutgers—New Brunswick. From Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus to the Rutgers Ecological Preserve on Livingston campus, this list is filled with spine-chilling spots that you can visit for an eerie night out.

Top 5 Spooky Sites at Rutgers

On Thursday, Demarest Hall on the College Avenue campus hosted the Halloween Cover Show, with several bands performing their renditions of some of the top hits from popular music groups. Bands included Something Odd as The Arctic Monkeys, Fleetwood Sac as Fleetwood Mac, Bad Parenting as Black Flag, ER as The White Stripes and Public Access as Pinegrove. Many event-goers showed up in costumes and even participated in a costume contest.


Demarest Hall Presents: Halloween Cover Show

On October 12, the Rutgers University Programming Association (RUPA) held its 15th annual Homecoming bed races. Student organizations gathered on Sicard Street near the College Avenue campus and raced against each other in custom-designed beds.


2023 Homecoming Bed Races

On September 28, Rutgers Desi Intercultural Youth Association (DIYA) held Diwali Dhamaka at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The event included dancing, food and performances. All proceeds went toward Shanti Bhavan.

Rutgers DIYA's 2023 Diwali Dhamaka

Senior forward Allison Lowrey from the Rutgers women's soccer team joins Ellis Gordon and Josh Meyers to discuss career highlights, hat-tricks, favorite music and much more.


The Scarlet Sitdown: Rutgers Women's Soccer with Allison Lowrey

On April 15, RU Breaks, the Bboy student organization at Rutgers, hosted RUTHLESS XI at Red Lion Cafe in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The event consisted of 2v2 breaking among several participants and a free workshop from Jeremy Havikoro, president of Break Free Worldwide.

RU Breaks presents RUTHLESS XI | 2v2 Breaking

Sophomore 125-pounder Dean Peterson joins Ellis Gordon and Josh Meyers to talk about the Rutgers wrestling team, wrestling superlatives, pancakes and so much more.

The Scarlet Sitdown: Rutgers Wrestling with Dean Peterson

On April 13, LLEGO: The LGBTQQIA People of Color Organization at Rutgers held Queer Ball for the Ages at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The event included dancing, voguing and live music and performances. All proceeds went toward the Hyacinth AIDS Foundation.

Rutgers LLEGO’s Queer Ball for the Ages

On April 19, members of The Daily Targum and WRSU Radio Station met up for a game of basketball at Jersey Mike’s Arena on Livingston campus. It was the second annual match of the rebooted classic between the two teams.

The Daily Targum-WRSU 2023 basketball game

On April 10, the first teaching strike in Rutgers’ 257-year history launched, spreading picket lines across all three University campuses. The strike was suspended on April 15 when the University and the three unions — the Rutgers American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT), the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union (PTLFC) and the American Association of University Professors at the Biomedical and Health Sciences of New Jersey (AAUP–BHSNJ) — issued announcements that they had agreed upon a framework. Though the strike is currently suspended, no contracts have been signed. Organizers and demonstrators continue to rally across campuses.

First Week of Rutgers University Faculty Strike

On April 14, Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine held an emergency protest at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. This was organized in response to the recent attacks on worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Protestors organized outside, some holding signs saying, “Hands off Al-Aqsa Mosque” and “Stealing land makes you a thief. Not a partner for peace.” They also chanted, “Long live Palestine” and “Free, free Palestine.” Attacks on mosques in Palestine have repeatedly occurred during the holy month of Ramadan over the past several years.

Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine Holds Emergency Protest

On March 25, the Rutgers-affiliated radio station 90.3 The Core organized and presented its annual music festival, Corefest, at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

Rutgers 90.3 The Core’s 2023 Corefest

On April 19, The Daily Targum will take on WRSU in a basketball game for media outlet supremacy. The game will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Jersey Mike’s Arena on Livingston campus. If you can not make it, tune in to 88.7 FM or wrsu.org.

The Daily Targum vs. WRSU 2023 Basketball Game Promo

On March 4, Rutgers University Twese held its 32nd annual fashion show called SOLARIS: A Twese Odyssey at the College Avenue Student Center. The event hosted many designers whose pieces were worn on the runway by several student models as well as many vendors who tabled outside the main show.

Rutgers University Twese's 32nd annual Fashion Show

Camden Markel joins Ellis Gordon and Josh Meyers to talk about the Rutgers men’s basketball team's recruiting landscape. Listen to what they have to say about Ace Bailey, Gavin Griffiths, Dylan Harper and other potential recruits.

The Scarlet Sitdown: Discussing Rutgers basketball recruiting targets with Camden Markel

On March 20, Candace Owens — a Conservative political commentator, talk show host and author — came to Rutgers University and spoke at the Douglass Student Center as part of Turning Point USA's Live Free Tour. Protestors organized outside the venue, some holding signs saying, "Trans Lives Matter" and "Death to Fascism." The groups also chanted, "Nazi scum off our streets," and "Say it loud, say it clear, nazis are not welcome here." Turning Point USA is a non-profit Conservative organization founded by Charlie Kirk. Each semester, the organization hosts the Live Free Tour, a speaker circuit across various college campuses all over the country. Owens previously visited Rutgers in October 2018 alongside Kirk to speak at the Campus Clash event hosted by the organization.

For more information, read “Turning Point USA event on Douglass campus faces protests, controversy” from The Daily Targum’s News section.