University affiliates answered questions, text messaged and tested their knowledge Wednesday night at the Cook/Douglass Recreational Center. Styled after “Jeopardy!,” contestants of the 22nd annual “Trivia Bowl” answered questions to rounds such as sports, presidents, “name that tune,” entertainment and human anatomy. Throughout the night, bonus questions allowed participants a chance at different prizes. “I enjoyed the categories. They were a little bit tougher this year than last year. Overall, it was fair,” said Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy student Kenneth Biason, whose team placed in second last year.
A new portion of the event included a text message battle. “We included a new twist on trivia [by] adding [a] speed texting competition, which would be a feature event in the upcoming months,” said host Paul Fischbach, associate director of University Recreation. The winning team this year included three University alumni: Daniel Benovitz and
A comprehensive single-payer health care system is not in the cards for Americans, but its specter still dominates some discussions surrounding health care reform. Members of the general public and University community exchanged opinions, personal experiences and a few verbal jabs at a forum on health care sponsored by the Rutgers University Chapter of Amnesty International Wednesday night at the Douglass Campus Center, in order to discuss the proper way to move forward with health care reform. Ellen Whitt of Healthcare-NOW! said a single-payer system would lower prescription drug costs, lower administrative costs and would generally be more efficient. “This is more economical than anything that is being proposed in Congress right now,” Whitt said. The House of Representatives and the Senate have their own respective proposals on
University students assumed the roles of people of all nationalities and socioeconomic backgrounds Wednesday night to simulate the discrepancies in food availability between different classes. New Jersey Public Interest Research Group’s Hunger and Homelessness Campaign fed students at their “Hunger Banquet” at the Cook Campus Center to spread awareness about poverty issues. Lead Intern of the Hunger and Homelessness Campaign Stephanie Naling said some students think hunger and homelessness is a distant problem only found in impoverished third world countries. “The campaign wants to be the voice of the hungry and homeless in New Brunswick,” said Naling, a Douglass College senior. More than 2.5 billion people live in poverty around the world, and 35 million Americans live below the poverty line, she said. “You may think hunger is about there being too many people in the world and not enough food, but really, there is enough food to feed every single person on this earth,” Naling
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