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War of words over Rutgers-Rowan plan gets ugly
The proposed takeover of Rutgers’ Camden campus by Rowan University has sparked off something of a Civil War in New Jersey — and kicked off the 2014 campaign for one of the state’s seats in the U.S. Senate.
In response to a request by U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), that the federal education secretary review the potential merger, Sen. President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) — a possible challenger to Lautenberg — and the entire South Jersey Democratic delegation blasted the state’s elder senator yesterday for making “uninformed and vengeful remarks” about the plan. (O’Dea, NJ Spotlight)
