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Scooting Around Newark: Newly Launched Transportation Initiative Brings Rentals to City By Sreya Das | Senior Staff Writer In July 2021, Newark launched its first ever city-wide rental vehicle initiative in the form of a six-month pilot program called NewarkGo. Through this program, people can rent electric e-scooters and manually operated bicycles, similar to the existing shared bicycle system, Citi Bike, in cities like New York City and Philadelphia. NewarkGo was launched with environmental and equity goals in mind. According to Mayor Ras Baraka, almost 50% of Newark residents do not own a car, so implementing this program will hopefully make safe, easy and affordable transportation more accessible to the community. “I've been looking into micro mobility as a solution to some of our last mile connection, transportation issues in the city for two years now,” said Robert Thomas, Chief of Energy and Environment at City of Newark and NJIT alumnus (Mechanical Engineering Technology, 2010). The last mile connection is a transportation infrastructure term, referring to the gap between where public transit ends and the final destination of a passenger. Thomas traveled to several cities around the country to observe how others have been managing similar programs for this issue. “With everything going on with kind of the maturity of the [micro mobility] industry, and also the need to support mobility within the city, we felt like this was a good time to really

Photo by Sreya Das watch this pilot project to really test out some of these theories that were being presented as solutions to some of the issues that we've experienced in the past.” “We've worked very hard during the pandemic to put together a set of rules and regulations that we feel will really help us understand how residents and commuters are navigating their way through the city — where they're going, how long it's taking them to get there, how quick trips are — to help us essentially understand how we can support similar programs in the future. We'll also see how we can improve our transportation infrastructure to get a better sense of the mobility happening. Ultimately, the data from the pilot will lead to a more granular approach to our transportation planning future.” The city of Newark partnered with two companies, Bird and VeoRide, to operate the rental vehicles. Users can access e-scooter and bike rentals by downloading an app from either Bird or VeoRide. Both apps work similarly, with a map showing the locations and rates of nearby rentals from the respective companies, a QR code scanner used to scan the vehicle once approached in person and safety instructions. The Veo app additionally displays the charge percentage of e-scooters.

Initially, students could be seen zooming around campus on e-scooters over the summer, and rentals were available directly on campus, including locations such as the Honors Green and the intersection of Summit Street and Warren Street. However, before the start of the fall semester, NJIT had declared its campus a “No Ride Zone” due to safety concerns and the operators began relocating their hubs. “At the request of NJIT, the Newark campus is a No Ride Zone. We have moved our hubs off the NJIT campus to keep up service for you!” read a notification from the Veo app on Sept. 1. Andrew P. Christ, Sr. Vice President for Real Estate Development and Capital Operations at NJIT, stated that “based on safety concerns experienced by pedestrians on campus during the launch of the program, my office, Public Safety and the Dean of Students determined, in the best interest of the health and safety of our campus community, the scooters would not be operable within the confines of the NJIT campus. We fully support the program and look forward to students using the scooters to visit local restaurants and other points of interest within Newark, which is the intent of the program. A similar policy was enacted in 2016 regarding hoverboards based on similar concerns. Skateboards, bicycles, and manually operated scooters remain

permitted on the campus.” Thomas agrees with the policy, recalling a similar situation when he himself was an undergraduate student at NJIT in the ‘00s. “Safety is a priority for the city in launching this program ... I remember as an undergrad years ago, I believe the skateboarding policy had just come in. A lot of my friends were skateboarders, and people were upset about the policy, but ultimately, it was also designed to help keep people safe. It can be very difficult sometimes to navigate from the dorm rooms to some of the faculty buildings, with the crowds of students walking. Having a scooter coming to you at like 50 miles an hour could be challenging.” “We’ve had discussions with Rutgers pretty early on with a similar policy and approach,” continued Thomas. “I would say safety is a priority for us. We definitely recognize that on campus property, they want to keep people safe as well. And so, we’re working together to try to figure out and learn what the best policy would be for use on NJIT and university property throughout the program, during the pilot period and potentially in the future.” “We try to always be very fluid in our dealings with local facilities, local universities, local partnerships to provide the best fit and the best service, and part continued on page 3

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COMING BACK TO CAMPUS

CLUB SPOTLIGHT: NUCLEUS

"MONTERO" ALBUM REVIEW

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Week of September 19, 2021

Newark Scooters continued from page 1

of that is in recognizing a university or partnership’s needs and acting in response to that to provide that,” said Roger Gonzales, Global Ops Manager from VeoRide. “In regards to NJIT’s wanting to have that policy for no right zone, I think part of it is that this is a new program. Everyone is still adjusting to how such a program would integrate with their facility operations and such.” Despite no longer having hubs directly on campus, the NewarkGo rentals are popular with students and other Newark residents. A combined total of 2,000 e-scooters and bicycles are already in Newark, from both Bird and VeoRide, and program leaders are expecting the demand to increase. “In Newark, we're seeing an average of 500+ rides per day but expect that to increase pretty quickly as we increase the size of our fleet! Right now, we have 600 vehicles in Newark, and over the next month we are excited to bring in 400 more,” said Ana Malladi, General Manager at Bird. “This will include our brand new pedal-assist BirdBike! We definitely look forward to providing sustainable transportation options to

many NJIT students in the near future as the program develops.” VeoRide was also contacted with similar questions regarding usage statistics but has not yet responded at the time of publication. To promote the NewarkGo pilot program, Bird recently participated in two Newark community events: a church-organized back-to-school drive on Aug. 28, and Newark’s annual Brazilian festival on the Sep. 10 - 12 weekend. “We have been working closely with Rev. Dr. David Jefferson Sr of the Metropolitan Baptist Church. Most recently, we participated in their Willing Heart Community Center back-to-school drive: distributing free helmets, promoting discount pricing programs for low-income residents, and donating one of our Bird Air scooters to a raffle for young adults receiving vaccinations,” said Malladi. “We also teamed up with a local business to take part in Newark’s annual Brazilian Festival last weekend. We offered free helmets and demo rides following the festival and truly enjoyed the opportunity to engage with car-free residents in the Ironbound neighborhood!”

“We also have our university partnerships team who emphasizes outreach to local anchor institutions, namely Rutgers and of course, NJIT,” added Thandi Nyambose, Government Partnerships Associate at Bird. “We also continue to partner with Newark Park Foundation, Newark People's Assembly, as well as New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition, who Rob [Thomas] connected us with on safety outreach, and education. In terms of safety, we've really provided the latest and newest scooter technology, and we can also expect our Bird bikes to roll out throughout the week of the 20th of September and they are brand new, so we're really excited to deploy those as well.” Although there were some challenges in launching the program, from predicting where demand would be and where to place rentals, to prioritizing safety in a busy city with few existing designated bike lanes, to ensuring there would be affordable pricing options, NewarkGo has been a success for the city of Newark. Going forward, the initiative directors will continue to monitor the pilot program and make changes as necessary to allow for greater dispersion of the vehicles and increased access.

“We're all learning how to operate in this area, with the data and experiences, with what's critical in the feedback from the community,” said Alex Keating, Director of Public Policy and Partnerships from . “So we've got a lot more learning to do during the pilot, and hopefully we can actively sort of tweak things and improve things as we go. But I think it's really the city's job, and they're on top of it so far.” “The intended purpose of this program is not just for recreational use, but the scooters and the vehicles are also for allowing safe, affordable, equitable transportation options to the community as a whole,” said Thomas. “We want to be able to support this growing community to help us achieve our transportation goals, our Newark Forward goals, and our greenhouse gas emission goals. And I think that this could really help us in the long term, to get more cars off the road and make sure that we create safe spaces.”

Opinion

Reflection on coming back to campus By Ali Jamil | Contributing Writer It wasn't too long ago that we were waking up late in the afternoon and hopping onto our online classes in our pajamas as we lay in bed cozily sipping tea while our professors talked in the background. Now, we're back in school. Many of us are waking up long before the sun has even come up and wishing that the lockdown would stay in place for just a little longer. It's not easy adjusting ourselves to this not-so-new lifestyle once again, despite the fact that we've been through it many times already. Some of us, however, had our very first college year entirely online, completely warping the expectations we had in mind of what college life is like. Before starting my first year of college, I was preparing myself mentally on the things I should expect on my very first trip to campus: the different events to attend, facilities to use and clubs to join. I had taken a gap year between high school and college, so I felt like all those ropes were quite new to me. As soon as everything shifted online, however, that mindset had changed drastically. For some time, I was honestly pretty glad. After all, this meant that I wouldn't have to wake up at six in the morning each day to make my commute and that I could relax and attend each class from the comfort of my home. I can’t lie; I enjoyed it to the fullest.

Class is getting boring? Play some video games in the background. Lecture too long? Record it and watch it later. There really wasn't much stress involved when it came to taking classes and that was fine with me. As the months went by, though, I began to notice that in all of my classes, I became less and less interested by the actual subject matter. To be fair, not many people are fans of calculus to begin with, but it felt even less appealing to me as it all started seeming like nothing more than plugging numbers into a machine. Classes becoming duller wasn't the only effect. The biggest issue to accept was the fact that there simply weren’t many effective ways to reach out to other students and form actual connections. Classmates would still make group chats to communicate with each other, but it was mainly to discuss the homework or complain about the course. As soon as the classes ended, the chats would dis-

band, and students would move on. It really started to hit me during my third semester online. I began longing for that college experience I always wondered about in high school. As I simply felt no connection to the school I was attending or the work I was doing, it started to feel like work that I had to do because, well, I had to do it if I wanted to graduate. Days started to feel less and less like days and more like a mixture of random moments in time, especially since I expected the same things each and every day. Coming back to campus has certainly been a jarring experience. From spending an entire year with basically no real scheduling to going back to waking up early in the morning and having to keep track of every hour of my day, it feels like being hit by a semi-truck. I won't lie, I sometimes find myself wishing to go back into lockdown.

Photo by Sean Slusarz But as the days go by and we begin to adjust to actually having a bedtime again, things begin to look up. Every day is a new day, a chance to see and meet new faces, tackle new problems and engage in new events. That feeling of nonstop monotony I had before is beginning to fade away along with some of the bad habits such as relentless procrastination I picked up during quarantine. Attending class has begun to actually feel worth the amount of money spent on it. Of course, not everyone may feel the same, but most human beings need other human beings to truly feel like they have a place within the world as well as feel like the work they do means something at the end of the day. Coming back to campus has given me those two feelings once again.

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Features

Week of September 19, 2021

Club Spotlight The Nucleus is NJIT’s official yearbook club, with the dedicated purpose revolving around creating and distributing a yearbook for the most recent school year. The yearbook is supposed to highlight the college experience for the class of graduating seniors while at the same time offering them a memento to represent all of the fond memories they have developed while attending NJIT. The Nucleus is always accepting new members, and there are several different ways for new individuals to participate in the yearbook creation process. Meetings are a great way to make friends and explore new passions as new members are placed onto one of several different committees. These committees are split up based on what they contribute to the paper, featuring: writing, photography, and layout, business. Experience is not needed for spots in any of these committees, and the club is happy to train members in an effort to help them realize their potential. All of the committees work in conjunction with each other to create the Yearbook. The photography committee is responsible for capturing memorable moments on campus and taking pictures of prominent individuals in the NJIT community. The writing com-

The Nucleus By Nick Merlino | Web and Multimedia Editor

mittee is in charge of giving context to these moments by drafting captions and messages to accompany the photos. The business committee is in charge of community outreach, recruiting new members and selling the yearbook. The layout committee compiles the photographs and writing in the finished yearbook. Although this process is involved and requires meticulous planning and attention to detail, the final product is worth it, especially with the passion and energy of the wonderful Nucleus crew. The members are all very enthusiastic about their work, and the comradery featured in the club is one of the strongest you will find on campus. There are opportunities for members to experience personal and professional growth as they learn new skills, meet new people on campus and just generally have a good time. If you have skills in graphic design, writing, photography or social media (or are looking to learn!) and are trying to find ways to apply them on the NJIT campus, the Nucleus is the place for you! Meetings are on Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. in the Nucleus office, located in Room 464 in the Campus Center. Come check it out! Photo by The Nucleus

COLLECTIONS voices from around campus

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What is the best part of homecoming? Wrong answers only! "Going home at 1pm because I commute" "Trying to spread my religion next to the clock tower"

"Trying to work out in the WEC while the concert is going on"

"Passing the weekend with my friends!" "Getting Covid"

"Studying to pass calc 1 in my junior year" "Forgetting that Homecoming was "Simping for Jason happening" Derulo ;)"

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Snapshots

Week of September 19, 2021

Greek Party on the Lawn NJITs Greek Life hosted their annual beginning of the year bash on the honors lawn. Plenty of games were available on the field as well as a bench press that attracted quite a crowd.

Photos by Ethan O'Malley

Ganesh Chaturthi NJIT's Sanskar began the year with a celebration of Ganesh. The event featured both worship and plenty of food. Photos by Ethan O'Malley

Student Life Game Show Contestants in this competition were subject to a series of puzzles concocted by student life to test the mettle of NJIT students. Winners received a collection of NJIT swag.

Student Life Escape Room

Photo by Emmanuel Ogbonnaya

Students gathered in the campus center's atrium last week to test their skills in a variety of activities. Winners received a gift bag from Student Life.

Photos by Sean Slusarz

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Opinion

Week of September 19, 2021

“MONTERO”Album Review

Content Warning: Suicide

Photo from Lil Nas X

By Evan Markowitz | Senior Staff Writer On Sept. 17, Lil Nas X released his long-awaited “self-titled” debut album, “MONTERO.” Nas X, whose full name is Montero Lamar Hill, began his music and influencer career with a Nicki Minaj “stan” Twitter account, garnering attention and his share of online controversy. Using his social media knowhow, Hill marketed the song that would become his breakthrough hit, “Old Town Road,” in late 2018. The track, which holds the record for the most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with 19 weeks, has also featured “remix” collaborations with artists from country artist Billy Ray Cyrus to South Korean boy band BTS. Following the success of “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X released a number of follow-up singles including “Panini,” “Rodeo” and “HOLIDAY.” Despite the impressive list of singles, though, Hill had yet to release a studio album. The aforementioned album, “MONTERO,” was teased with a number of singles. The first single, which is both the title and opening track, “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” explores Lil Nas X’s sexuality. Hill, who came out as gay in the midst of the success of “Old Town Road,” looked to use the song to normalize gay sexual relationships in music. The track sparked controversy in the media due to its use of Satanic imagery in its music video and even spawned a civil lawsuit over a promotional shoe

sale tied with the song’s release. This song is of course not the only song to feature themes like sexual normalization on the album, but it certainly makes for a bold opener to introduce listeners to the world of “MONTERO.” The next single released, “SUN GOES DOWN,” features a significantly darker subject matter but ultimately ends up being a hopeful track at its core. The song focuses on Nas X’s younger self, his skin complexion and coming to terms with his sexuality. In the chorus, Hill references his mental health struggles, including past thoughts of suicide, a tragic consideration for millions of LGBTQ+ youth every year. The narrative of the track ranges from when he was ten years old up to his coming out in 2019 at age 20 and expresses his gratitude for the support and acceptance he received from his fans both for his music and his sexuality. “INDUSTRY BABY” was the last single released in the run up to the album itself. Featuring production by Kanye West and the album’s executive producer, Take a Daytrip, as well as a verse by Jack Harlow, the song acts as a triumphant victory lap for both Harlow and Nas X’s careers to date. Harlow, who blew up after his song “WHATS POPPIN” was released in January 2020, has had a streak of successful tracks including collabora-

tions with Eminem and Ty Dolla $ign. The music video, whose story line was also written by Nas X, centers around a successful escape from “Montero State Prison.” At the conclusion of the video, viewers are encouraged to donate to the Bail X Fund, a collaboration with The Bail Project to pay cash bail for incarcerated people whose pretrial release relies entirely on a bail payment. While New Jersey effectively eliminated cash bail in January 2017 with the New Jersey Criminal Justice Reform Act, other states will still hold presumed innocent suspects in jail pending a cash payment. Other notable songs on the album include “ONE OF ME” featuring Elton John and “AM I DREAMING” featuring Miley Cyrus. John’s feature on “ONE OF ME” is went unnoticed by many at first, with one comment on the YouTube video for the song noting, “I really thought Elton would be singing. It wasn’t until the end that I realized he was on the piano the whole time.” The “Rocket Man” performer can be heard throughout the track on the piano but most notably in the beautiful outro for the piece. That piano feature is reminiscent of a similar feature in Kanye West’s “All Of The Lights” from West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” The song was originally teased on Instagram Live and Twitter over two years ago with slightly different lyrics than the final release, but through-

out both the teaser and actual track the themes of success beyond being a “one hit wonder” are present. “AM I DREAMING,” the closing track of the record, is a somber ballad pleading with the audience to “not forget” Nas X or Miley Cyrus, the featured artist, and hints at the struggles that come with artistry at a high level. Cyrus, daughter of the artist Billy Ray Cyrus, who was featured in “Old Town Road,” sounds better than ever. Both she and Nas X have experienced growing up in the public eye to some extent, with Nas X spending his adolescence on the internet and Cyrus being a child star on the show “Hannah Montana” from a young age. The album overall was very well put together with solid production throughout. All of the songs and skits on the album have an accompanying video — a testament to the time and effort put into the album by Nas X and his whole team. The features are incredibly well placed and never feel like they don’t belong, an issue on plenty of other modern albums. For a record that has been in the works for literal years, every song sounds fresh and current. Hill has put together what I consider to be a perfect debut album. I rate it 5 out of 5 crabs.

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Entertainment

Week of September 19, 2021

Horoscopes

Do You Even Sudoku?

By An Anonymous Aquarius with an Affinity for Astrology

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

If you’re bustling with energy, you should consider a physical outlet. In fact, instead of taking the car, try biking or riding a scooter some time! (Disclaimer: The Vector is not responsible for any accidents, ride safely and be careful of traffic.)

If home is where the heart is, and family (found or formed) is the heart of the home, and family is the compass that guides us, then where is the needle pointing? I am confused.

If you’re faced with two roads, will you take the one less or more traveled? Or will you choose neither and forge ahead, creating your own path? Eventually it will be time to choose.

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

Your zodiac symbol is a crab, and The Vector loves crabs! You should come to our next meeting. (Everyone should come to our meetings, but crab-lovers especially should come.)

If you make listening and observation your occupation, you will gain much more than you can by talk. Although surely you can still gain a great deal from talking.

Happy belated birthday! If your hand hurts from all the notes you’re writing, don’t forget to do some wrist and finger exercises!

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

Happy early birthday! Take the time to celebrate your coming of age, have fun with family and friends, and make new goals.

Your zodiac symbol is a scorpion, which is basically a venomous sand crab, and The Vector loves crabs! You should come to our next meeting. (Everyone should come to our meetings, but crab- and crab-adjacent lovers especially should come.)

Although you thrive on social engagements and connecting with other people, be sure to check in with yourself and not get burnt out!

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Do you even believe in astrology? Do all of these horoscopes make no sense to you? Well, if you don’t like these ones, maybe you can join The Vector and write next week’s horoscopes.

Although you also thrive on social engagements and connecting with other people, be sure to check in with yourself and make sure you’re not procrastinating on the things that are important to you!

Don’t be afraid to count on your friends! Take rest when you need to and never underestimate your pain. It’s better to be safe than sorry.

Comics

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Crossword

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Tweet @TheNJITVector a photo of your completed crossword puzzle (only if you can solve it, though)! Across 1. Bitter 6. Indonesian island 10. Kind of division 14. False identity 15. Shah's former domain 16. Object of worship 17. Corpulent Crosby? 19. Coffee center 20. Junior 21. Gulf or Canal 22. Ogled 24. Word with jump or goggles 25. New England college town

27. Kind of curl 30. "Jose Jimenez" comedian 32. Doughnut, perhaps 36. Hard or soft attachment 37. Red-coated cheese 38. Serviceable 39. The Confessor and G. Robinson 41. Intrude 43. Kind of rate or suspect 44. Seat of King Olaf's rule 46. Split 47. Doctrine 48. Contents of a Paris grid 49. Very much a fan of

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18. Led 23. Follow 24. Hotbed? 26. Wander 27. Searched for bugs 28. Minister in the military 29. Novelist Shaw 31. Accumulate gases on the surface 33. "American Idol" runner-up 34. Dirty Harry portrayer 35. Japanese martial art 40. Grade beginning 42. Prayer beads 45. Name in a Stephen Fos-

ter song title 51. Take the top off, in a way 53. Penalizes through pay 54. Domino preceder or Minnesota follower 55. Admit openly 56. Georg Buchner's "Leonce and ___" 58. River near Siegen, Germany 59. College credit 60. Kind of pattern 61. Exxon predecessor 64. Gems, slangily 65. It could come after you