http://www.newark.edu Site for students at Rutgers-Newark, working with editor-in-chief Robert W. Snyder, director of the Journalism and Media Studies Program at Rutgers-Newark, and other faculty members. Articles usually start life as journalism and writing assignments at Rutgers-Newark, but we also publish contributions from people who live in, work in, or care about the places we explore: Newark, North Jersey, and New York City. en-us http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/rss.php http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=276 Rutgers-Newark students react to former Newark Mayor Sharpe James' conviction on federal fraud charges. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:42:59 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=276 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=272 On Bloomfield Avenue, a music store thrives by offering Latin music and more. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:55:13 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=272 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=273 "Pete Hamill’s memoir will guide you through the city as he reveals riveting history and shares his personal life in downtown New York City." Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:48:58 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=273 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/poetry/display.php?id=275 We spent that night passing through dreams... Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:29:07 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/poetry/display.php?id=275 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/poetry/display.php?id=274 Light, color and grace in a Newark train station. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:54:26 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/poetry/display.php?id=274 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=268 On Bloomfield Avenue, the faith of Marta Gonzalez brightens a rainy day. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:11:42 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=268 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=270 At Rutgers-Newark, a student's life is changed by her classmates. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:33:27 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=270 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=249 A waitress in a Newark diner balances hard work, quick talk, and a good ear. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:35:19 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=249 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=251 A Russian woman finds money, independence and mixed emotions working in a Staten Island strip club. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:33:00 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=251 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=255 Loss of memory becomes a great weight for a mother and a daughter. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:30:12 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=255 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=258 On the brink of a night of tagging, a graffiti artist is arrested. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:54:44 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=258 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=261 "I had a hard life, but I never gave up," says Muriel Davis, 94. "I kept the faith because I knew life wasn't easy. But I can say I made it. I know one day I'll have sunshine and one day I'll have rain, hail and snow, but I have to cope with it and keep on keeping on because tomorrow there may be sun." Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:41:48 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=261 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=262 For over a century, immigrants have found fresh air and more in New York's Columbus Park. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:28:24 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=262 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=263 In Newark's Penn Station, works of art are hidden in plain sight. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:06:27 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=263 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=266 Mudanzas La Nacional ships everything from food to cars to the Dominican Republic. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:48:05 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=266 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=267 When Jerry Russo immigrated to Newark in 1957, Bloomfield Avenue was an Italian neighborhood. Today, many of the people on the street are Latinos. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:12:05 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=267 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=269 A biology major at Rutgers-Newark considers the lessons learned by going to college in a city. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:23:39 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=269 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=271 At Rutgers-Newark, a student learns inside and outside the classroom. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:53:28 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=271 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=252 A student's time with a doctor teaches him about being a patient. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:58:39 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=252 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=253 The story of a niece, a family and drug addiction. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:57:48 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=253 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=265 The daughter of a veteran marches on the News Corporation building to confront Bill O'Reilly about his claim that he cannot find any homeless veterans. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:43:58 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=265 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=245 In 1957, in Little Rock, Ark., Relman Morin of the Associated Press witnessed a giant step in the struggle against racism. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:36:44 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=245 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=248 A woman from Ohio serving in the U.S. Army patrols the streets of Baghdad and observes the holidays that she remember from home. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:56:15 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=248 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=254 On a thoroughly modern corner in Manhattan, an age-old ritual is played out. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:49:38 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=254 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=247 "The truth is often embarrassing, so I am ashamed to admit that I almost didn’t want to make eye contact with the towering, dark, long-haired figure before me outside a hotel on an empty Newark street near the New Jersey Performing Arts Center." Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:56:13 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/essays/display.php?id=247 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/poetry/display.php?id=244 A poet recalls her grandfather and his buddies, his rapazes, playing the game of malhas on Sunday afternoons in the Ironbound. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:41:09 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/poetry/display.php?id=244 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/photo/display.php?id=241 Photographs from New Jersey and New York overturn the image of Indian religious practices as ancient rituals apart from the contemporary world. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:06:36 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/photo/display.php?id=241 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/video/display.php?id=242 A new business opens in the city of Newark, NJ. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:04:37 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/video/display.php?id=242 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=250 The reporter Randy Shilts broke the silence and told the truth about AIDS. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:28:57 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=250 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=256 After you help a loved one through a fatal illness, what do you remember? Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:05:20 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=256 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=257 A journey from Peru to the United States is broken by deportation, interrogation and jail. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:29:52 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=257 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=17 The story of Newark's Gateway Center illuminates the weight of the past in the city's present. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:15:32 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=17 http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=197 Helen M. Stummer sees the dignity of poor people struggling to survive. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:20:20 EDT http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=197