Citizen groups voice protests in Trenton

Written by Bob Jordan, Statehouse Bureau

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Another group of about 20 people focused entirely on the merger of Rutgers-Camden and Rowan. Hyun Kyu Seo, a Rutgers-Camden student, brought copies of online petitions he created in opposition to the merger, signed electronically by 11,500.

The junior art major from Columbus — joined by several other students and a dozen Rutgers-Camden faculty members — said taxpayers “deserve a fuller fiscal and educational accounting before being forced to commit to radical changes in education in southern New Jersey.”

“I disagree that a merger between Rutgers-Camden and Rowan will boost the educational mission of both institutions,” he said.

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