Rutgers University officials said yesterday that the school was encouraging students, faculty and staff members on its campuses in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden to register their mobile phone numbers with the university so they can receive alert messages during an emergency. Many schools have been turning to such warning systems after the shootings on April 16 at Virginia Tech. At Princeton University, officials purchased a mobile phone warning system a day before the shootings.
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