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Feeding the hungry is not enough. That’s not a rationalization for me to not volunteer at a soup Kitchen. I’ve done that. I’ve served food, sorted clothes, and spent an entire afternoon separating cans of baked beans from all the other cans of beans.  It’s also not meant to be a dismissal of soup Kitchens and their volunteers— I think they do admirable and important work.  Instead, it’s an acknowledgement of the fact that hunger is a symptom of forces much larger than itself.  What are those forces? That’s what …

The world is horrid right straight through and so am I…I want to grouch and sulk and rip and snort. I am a pail of milk that has gone sour. (Emily Carr)
There are two art scenes in New Brunswick. There is the art in the galleries, the theaters, and even produced from Mason Gross but then there is the underground. Ironically enough you can find it walking down any street in all the most conspicuous places. The only problem is having the eye to find it. The most popular places …

In Ben’s last article, he explored New Brunswick’s newly built high school, guided by city spokesman Bill Bray. Click here to read that article. Here, we have include a slide show of pictures taken on that tour, to give you a better idea of what the new school actual holds in store for its students. Feel free to comment below, and enjoy!

Rob Drucker is the kind of guy who would participate in the Great International Fall Album Listening Weekend, a weekend organized by fans of the prolific and seminal post-punk band The Fall during which one listens to all twenty-seven (!) of their albums. With a schedule of the events posted on his refrigerator, Drucker is ready to have a great weekend. Another thing to make that weekend great is the release of his band Silent Way’s first full length LP and accompanying CD-R.

These photos by Dan Bracaglia, www.thelondonbroil.com, show New Brunswick after the first of two major snow systems hit the North-East. This storm established a base layer of ice that would later exacerbate road and parking conditions in the Hub City. These photographs, alternating from black and white to color, capture both the aesthetic drama and the practical inconvenience that is a blizzard in New Brunswick. All Rights Reserved. Enjoy.

In his last piece, Ben Kharakh took a tour of New Brunswick with Charlie Kratovil, local political activist, to get an inside view of the Hub City. This week, Ben took the time to tour the city with Bill Bray, City Spokesman to incumbent Mayor Jim Cahill, in order to get the other side of the story. Bill spoke of his time in New Brunswick and some of the city’s positions on low income housing the “swing space” school on Jersey Avenue, and initiatives to combat littering.

A photo series of various parts of New Brunswick under snow. Some of these photos depict the lack of organized snow maintenance in New Brunswick. Others are just nice to look at. Enjoy and stay warm this Winter season. All rights reserved by the artist. 

Some people call Rutgers “Slutgers”. I don’t like that name because it perpetuates the stigmatization of female sexuality. If I wanted to, I’d call it “Notverygoodgers”, but I wouldn’t call it that either because I don’t really get angry. I’m like Bruce Banner, except my inner Hulk is also Bruce Banner.

I also can’t really tell you what I think of Rutgers because I transferred in the spring of ‘09 and I’ve been a commuter until recently. Being a commuter is like going to an all you can eat buffet and then eating more than your fill to get your money’s worth. You leave with a stomachache and realize that you haven’t gotten your money’s worth at all and that you should have just lived on campus. So, I put down my knife and fork and moved into a place half a mile from College Ave.

Some shots of Christmas lights around Johnsonville, by Brendan McInerney. Please Enjoy.
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Edward Wheeler, a longtime New Brunswick resident, has been homeless for the past five months. He attended last Tuesday’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive at Scott Hall, hosted by Operation Robin Hood. Mr. Wheeler, a father of seven, came out to help with brown bag distribution, and to get a meal of his own. He had this to say….