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The Rutgers Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Kynan Johns will be throwin’ it down Jay-Z style Sunday evening as they appear with the legendary rapper in a Super Bowl XLIV music video. The 2-minute teaser is set to air just minutes before the 6:28 p.m. ET kickoff between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts.

Appearing in a music video is “outside the mainstream of classical music,” admits Johns, director of orchestras at Mason Gross School of the Arts. “It doesn’t happen in our realm.” Johns says the arrangement of the song is a fusion of rap and rock injected with a substantive orchestral presence.

Johns says the video shoot, taking place this week in New York City, will help his classically trained students to see that “it takes a lot of time to get pop music to that level.”

The Rutgers Symphony Orchestra is scoring prime face time on what is largely considered the biggest TV event of the year. According to The Nielsen Company, last year’s Super Bowl attracted, on average, nearly 99 million viewers.

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Dates: December 12,
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The walking tour, which takes about an hour, explores the origins of Rutgers, its traditions, and architectural points of interests. The area includes some of the university’s oldest buildings.

There is no charge for individuals for the regularly-scheduled tours. There is a nominal fee for groups of 10 or more. Historical tours are offered by appointment every Friday at 11:30 am and Saturday at 12:30 pm during the Fall and Spring Semesters. Admission to regularly-scheduled tours is free. During Summer Break, tours are available on Fridays at 11:30 am by appointment or call to arrange an alternate time. Reservations should be made by 10 am on the Thursday prior to the tour you wish to attend. For more information, call Campus Information Services at 732-445-5745 x2619. For general Rutgers Information, please call 732-445-info (4636).

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Where: Zimmerli Art Museum (at Rutgers)
When: Select Sundays at 3pm
Cost: Free

Oct 18: Schubert for Four Hands
Oct 25: The Road to Mandalay
Nov 8: From Beethoven to Messiaen
Nov 22: Busoni Rediscovered
Jan 24: Violin Virtuosity of Yen Yu
Jan 31: Poetry & Song: Lieder of Hugo Wolf
Feb 7: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Feb 21: Maia String Quartet
Feb 28: Art Songs of Poland
Mar 7: Conformism & Rebellion: 2 Soviet Composers
Mar 21: Romanticism in Song
May 2: Concord Sonata: Music of Charles Ives

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Check out a new Farmer’s Market is here and open until end of September… twice-weekly market on Tuesdays (12-5) and Fridays(2-7) from established through a collaboration among Rutgers, Johnson & Johnson and the city of New Brunswick. It will cater to the nutritional needs and tastes of residents in the surrounding neighborhoods.

The New Brunswick Community Farmers Market is on the border of Rutgers’ Cook Campus adjacent to residential neighborhoods with support from Johnson & Johnson. It will be operated by Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the N.J. Agricultural Experiment Station and open through early fall. The market will provide local residents a convenient location to purchase affordable and nutritious produce grown in New Jersey. The market also will offer programs on nutrition and food preparation by consumer educators, activities for children and crafts by local artisans. It will offer an array of foods that appeal to the diverse community.

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Rutgers is showing off a new stadium, scoreboard, athletic director - will they excite or disappoint fans? This season, ESPN and others are claiming Rutgers is the team to beat - as they hope to be Big East Champs.

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**Dates and times subject to change