More_Like_A_Stain: Why are they changing the name to begin with? Is it due to a change in administration/direction, or something that might actually have some validity in regard to the university's future reputation? Or is it a paid sponsorship, like a stadium? Because nothing will lend gravitas to a diploma ten years down the line, than to have it be issued by Rutgers Gold Bond Medicated Crotch Powder University.

The state is merging Rutgers-Camden with Rowan-Camden into one school. Rutgers-Camden was formed by the merger of the South Jersey Law School and the college of South Jersey and Rowan-Camden is a satellite school of Rowan.

/NJIT grad
//McGreevey tried to merge Rutgers-Newark, NJIT and UMDNJ during his term. Plan failed.

More_Like_A_Stain: Why are they changing the name to begin with? Is it due to a change in administration/direction, or something that might actually have some validity in regard to the university's future reputation? Or is it a paid sponsorship, like a stadium? Because nothing will lend gravitas to a diploma ten years down the line, than to have it be issued by Rutgers Gold Bond Medicated Crotch Powder University.

It will open up rutgers camden rowan to more federal funding then the two would generate combined as stand alone schools and allow it to join the Association of American Universities.

Rowan was called Glasboro until Henry Rowan left the university 100 million dollars or so like 10-15 years ago...some of the stipulations of the endowment called for creating and improving its research capabilities, engineering classes and whatnot.

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You ought to know.

K....thanks Alanis....wanna go to the theater?

DarthBrooks: Mentat: Why do they want to rename Rutgers? And when does Cory Booker take over?

It's not the "real" Rutgers in New Brunswick. It's Rutgers-Camden. They want to merge Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University so it'll be called "Rutgers-Camden Rowan."

Don't quite understand what all the fuss is about.

Because Rutgers is a well-known school. Rutgers-Camden is one of the Rutgers Campuses, like the one in Newark. Merging w/Rowan (which used to be Glassboro University until some guy gave them a boatload of money with the condition they change to school to his name) would be like merging NYU-PolyTech with Long Island University. Nobody's heard of Long Island University but NYU certainly carries a good recognition value.

I'm wondering if they can't merge & just call it Rutgers because of the strings attached to the Rowan donation.

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L, M, N, O, P......your point?
Theater of the absurd? Have you seen the full clip? Have you? I haven't. Maybe, just maybe, Mr. Fatso is a blowhard asshole. It's not like we haven't seen that from him before. Or do you just have a copy of the DSM-IV-TR lying around for internet diagnostics?

Yes it was covered at lentgh on a number of Tri State TV and radio stations....guy asks a question and when Chritie starts answering it the guy drones on and on and on....but don't let that stop your outrage at Republicans.

Fart_Machine: tomWright: Interesting how these all identify him as a student and former Navy Seal only, and NONE of these identify him as a professional politician who runs as a Democrat.

What offices has he run for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZbRo5l52_g

8th district

tomWright: not just some innocent student trying to speak truth to power.

Nuh-uh. That's exactly what he is. Even if he's paid handsomely to do it.

randomjsa: I shall be sending outspoken Republicans to every campaign appearance Obama makes and he must stand there talking to them until they've had their say and he may not ever tell them to shut up... because... Hey, he works for us right?

Didn't you guys already do that in 2010 when you were trying to kill the health care bill?

When did Governor's make the leap to "Super Villain Evil"?

s2s2s2: smeegle: s2s2s2: Because shouting down the person trying to answer your question is a sign of humility and class.

Didn't see the video but from reading what happened sounds like the guy shouted out in retort not over. Christie had finished his answer. But like I said, haven't seen it.

I just watched it. They don't show the guy talking over CC. Either way, a lot of respondents in the thread haven't watched it either.

When Christie is talking about how the merger will lead to a bigger and better university you can hear Brown trying to talk over him in the background.....thats when christie finally asks him if he was there to put on a show.....even HuffPo claims thats what happened.

The situation escalated into a shouting match, and Brown continued to make his argument while Christie was speaking,

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/christie-argues-with-veteran _ n_1334963.html

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When Republicans can act like human beings, I'll stop taking them to task. I'm not holding my breath.
Funny how Republicans love to send kids off to war, but don't like to deal with the consequences, huh? Never mind the fact that this kid has done more in his short life than you or I may ever accomplish....How DARE he interrupt his Holiness and take a few minutes of his time. I mean, it wasn't like he felt passionately about it. But, leave it to some Gunt like you to dismiss him.

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Yeah, you run with that whole "fark that SEALS guy" thing there, buddy. He's farking earned it. You guys and your photo meme's.....It's like, "I can't think of a thousand words to write, here's a shiatty photoshop, OHHHHHHH.......burn...". Let's you and I talk about Nov. 7th and see who's crying then, OK?

Seals are pussies....when I was in the core I was part of operational attachment Sigma which is like orders of magnatude greater then delta force.

In my mind, the world is split neatly into two groups: meat-eaters and plant-eaters. Nothing is wrong with either one. Both are necessary. One contributes much, much more to society than the other. The other is necessary to protect the contribution. I'm a meat-eater. My existence allows the plant-eater to contribute. Some plant-eaters, living in a so-called civilized world, call me evil, but at the end of the day, when the bad man comes and the plant-eater's praying for a miracle, I'm what shows up.

MAYORBOB: WhackingDay: I'm no Christie fan, but geez... you get a chance to put him to the question and the only major issue you can think to ask about is a name change for Rutgers University? Pathetic.

The most pathetic thing is having an institution of higher learning in a shiathole like Camden.

Camden is indeed breathtakingly awful. I've been in "ghettos" all over the country, and Camden makes the rest of them look like The Ritz. Truly spectacular in its scope of societal fail.

Hobodeluxe: taoistlumberjak: Every one of his retorts to someone is "shut up."
Apparently, this man is a big kindergartner.

that's what makes him a republican.

It's that Reagan legacy. Republicans will eat this up and love him more for it.

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Seals are pussies....when I was in the core I was part of operational attachment Sigma which is like orders of magnatude greater then delta force.

Its Corp not core, you chicken hawk sack of shiat.

Holy balls, welcome to fark.