Nearly 50 students ignored the threat of a snow blizzard Friday to appear at the first-ever digital media workshop held by the Rutgers University Journalism and Media Studies Department. Students learned how to use common tools - such as a cell phone - to work effectively as mobile journalists. The participants also put together a "Rutgers Reporter Blog," which can be found here.

They lined up to support Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. But many young voters did not participate in the New Jersey gubernatorial election this past November, saying voting for either Chris Christie or Jon Corzine was not a priority in their lives.