Megan DeMarco/Statehouse Bureau By Megan DeMarco/Statehouse Bureau

 

Rutgers BOG President Ralph Izzo and Rutgers President Richard McCormick. Staff Photo by Tim Hawk/Gloucester County Times
Rutgers BOG President Ralph Izzo and Rutgers President Richard McCormick. Staff Photo by Tim Hawk/Gloucester County Times

CAMDEN — Hundreds of opponents jammed a meeting of the Rutgers University Board of Governors today to protest a takeover of the Rutgers-Camden campus by Rowan University, and shouted down Senate President Stephen Sweeney, who spoke in support of the controversial plan.

For more than two hours, speaker after speaker lambasted the proposal, while the packed audience, dressed in a sea of scarlet, gave standing ovations to fellow opponents but jeered Sweeney, (D-Gloucester), one of the only people to express support.

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