Briana Supardi, Writer at New Brunswick Today

EOF Students Speak Out in Support of Counselor After Reports of Military Style Ritual

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Dozens of current and former Rutgers students jumped to the defense of a university employee accused of conducting a “military style” lecture for incoming freshmen in the university’s Equal Opportunity Fund (EOF) program last summer.

Students in the program are typically the first in their family to attend college, and incoming first-year students are required to pass a five-week "Summer Institute" to prepare them for college. The program usually begins just days after the students finish high school.

Incoming Rutgers EOF Students Endure “Military Style” Ritual in Campus Parking Lot

By: Briana Supardi

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ— Multiple sources say students in Rutgers University's Equal Opportunity Fund (EOF) Summer Institute were forced to endure a “military style” ritual last summer at the hands of a Rutgers employee on their second night on campus.

Future Scholars Film Festival Highlights Program That Puts Kids on Path to a Rutgers Degree

By: Briana Supardi

PISCATAWAY, NJ—The Rutgers Future Scholars Program, a program designed to help disadvantaged students get into Rutgers and pay for their education, is hosting a film festival on Sunday April 27 from 4pm-10pm in the new Rutgers Cinema on the Livingston Campus.

Tickets are each $5 dollars, and can be purchased online at the Eventbrite invitation page.

After Students Scammed via University Website, Rutgers Career Services Improves Job Scam Awareness

By: Briana Supardi

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—In the digital age, there’s at least one shady industry that’s growing rapidly: internet scams.

Scam artists have found easy targets in the massive numbers of unemployed individuals and college students who are searching, sometimes desperately, for employment.

Chantal Supardi, a new transfer student at Rutgers University, became a victim of a job scam in December after she applied to a job posting through Rutgers online career management system, CareerKnight.

New Brunswick High School Nurse Laid to Rest After Fatal Car Crash

By: Briana Supardi

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Anne Egan, a nurse at New Brunswick High School, was killed on January 8 in a fatal car accident in Howell Township, Monmouth County.

Egan, a 59-year-old resident of Sea Girt, was killed when her 2010 Subaru Forester was hit by a 2011 Ford Ranger pick-up truck who was being operated by Daniel Boden, 24-year-old man of Marlboro.

A funeral was held at the O'Brien Funeral Home in Monmouth County on the morning of January 13.

Brawl at Olde Queens Tavern Leaves Rutgers Alum with Serious Injuries

By: Briana Supardi

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A November 10 brawl between customers and bar employees at the Olde Queens Tavern left one man hospitalized in serious condition.

The fight occurred shortly after midnight on a Sunday morning, when two patrons became “agitated and aggressive” when bar staff tried to kick them out but ended up physical, according to a report on NJ.com.

NJ Law Passed in Response to Undercover NYPD Surveillance in New Brunswick

By: Briana Supardi

TRENTON, NJ—On September 9, Gov. Chris Christie signed a new law that requires out-of-state police to notify New Jersey's government officials before conducting counter-terrorism operations within the state.

The bill, A2948, was passed by the state legislature after it was discovered that New York City police was conducting extensive surveillance on Muslim communities within New Jersey, including at Rutgers University.