A Rutgers student with a life-threatening condition has found the strength to persevere. Mike Carroll said he’s beaten the odds of his condition and he has learned many lessons from his medical situation.

Renee Theroux said getting accepted into optometry school was the happiest moment of her life. Recently, Theroux was accepted into the New England College of Optometry in Boston, Mass. Reading the letter of acceptance had “lifted a weight off my shoulders,” she said.

OPINION

When I first heard about Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers freshman whose suicide has drawn anger and sorrow, I felt that - as a society - we were going nowhere. But it was my son who made me feel differently.