Newark Targum

Good luck and goodbye

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT

When I think back on my time at the Targum, it's easy to remember all the banner accomplishments. I've been a part of the birth of a new publication and taken the reins this semester. I've architected expansive coverage of major University-wide events, from multi-million dollar construction projects in Newark and New Brunswick to the historic season of the Scarlet Knights football team.

Birthright of the adopted

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT

In 1940, New Jersey sealed the original birth certificates of children relinquished for adoption. On Monday, the state Senate is scheduled to vote on reversing that law, allowing adoptees access to their records.

For several decades, adoptee advocates in New Jersey have pressed for a bill like the Adoptees' Birthright Bill, which would allow an adult adoptee to unseal his or her original birth certificate - yet also allowing birth parents the right to remain anonymous or avoid contact with their child.

Slumming it

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT

Walk down Hawthorne Avenue, and you might spot a three-story rental across from an elementary school in one of Newark's worst neighborhoods. Like many other parts of the city, it is plagued with the scourge of gangs and drugs that have ruined many parts of the city.

The Real BCS Ramifications

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT

While I cannot help but marvel at Rutgers' recent football success, I would caution against hoping that the attention garnered will solve any of the school's woes.

Studies have shown over and over again that alumni giving shows little significant increase in winning sports seasons and that much of whatever increase there is goes directly toward sports.