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Addition by Contraction

January 27, 2012 02:20 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

For the past year I’d heard rumblings that it might happen, but earlier this week the state's plans were revealed—Rutgers-Camden is going to become part of Rowan University.

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Tags: Camden | government | education | College | Glassboro | Rutgers University Camden | Camden County | Rowan University

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Facing the Music for Facebook Post

January 16, 2012 03:25 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

Should a person serving in an official public capacity be held accountable for posts on his or her personal Facebook page? That’s the question in a current controversy surrounding a member of the Camden school board.

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Tags: Camden | Facebook | Sean Brown, | Bessie LeFra Young, | Chris Cerf,

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Journalism’s Brave New Blogging World

December 15, 2011 09:51 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

It’s been several years since I started teaching magazine writing at Rowan University in Glassboro, but this fall was my first semester at the helm of a course called Online Journalism I. It’s been a great experience.

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Tags: Glassboro | blogs | Rowan University | journalism | Berkey-Gerard, Mark

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Strangers on a Train

December 09, 2011 08:46 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

Recently, a friend of mine who lives in California posted a video to his Facebook page with a caption that read, “Stay classy New Jersey.” Oh boy, I thought. Now what?

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Tags: Camden | NJ Transit | Alyounes, Lisa | Courier Post

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The Sad Case of the Blue Undies

November 03, 2011 02:33 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

Peering into a shop window on Main Street in Medford last week, I was taken aback by a blown-up photograph of what appeared to be my town’s mayor, Chris Myers, lounging in nothing but a pair of blue Calvin Klein briefs. The photo is at the heart of the latest sex scandal to bubble up in New Jersey politics.

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Tags: Medford | politics | political scandal

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Exhibit Celebrates the Boss of Free Speech

October 28, 2011 01:59 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

You’ve got to love the concept: Bruce Springsteen, Jersey guy, celebrated as an icon of free speech at a new exhibit opening in February at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

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Tags: Music | Bruce Springsteen

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Another Issue Crops Up for Medical Marijuana

October 21, 2011 03:25 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

As you may have read, medicinal marijuana is finally going to be available in New Jersey this winter. But apparently not in the South Jersey town of Maple Shade.

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Tags: alternative medicine | medicine | Top Doctors

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