WELCOME BACK LETTER: Dance Team

Traces of Asbestos Found Behind Birch Hall

A small amount of asbestos was found behind Birch Hall this past Wednesday, April 24. The substance was quickly identified and removed when a University groundskeeper discovered it upon his rounds.

Turnitin Follow-up: Professors Finding Software Beneficial

Last semester, the University introduced a new plagiarism detecting program called Turnitin. The program scans essays that are submitted to eCampus and compares the words to similar papers within the database. The program includes papers from other universities, as well as scholarly databases. The program high lights the areas that are similar and estimates a percentage of how much the paper is plagiarized.

NJ Ranked Sixth In U.S. for Teen Drug Overdose

In findings reported by Trust For America’s Health, the national health policy organization, New Jersey is the state with the sixth-highest teen drug overdose rate.