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It is home to two famous old universities: [[Princeton University|Princeton]] and [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]]. They are both ''colonial colleges,'' the nine colleges chartered in the colonies before the American Revolution. Princeton traditionally claims 1740 as its year of founding<!--have to put in this qualification because of a longstanding dispute between Princeton and Penn-->, making it the fourth oldest university in the United States; Rutgers, founded in 1766, is the eighth oldest. Princeton is a member of the ''Ivy League.''
 
It is home to two famous old universities: [[Princeton University|Princeton]] and [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]]. They are both ''colonial colleges,'' the nine colleges chartered in the colonies before the American Revolution. Princeton traditionally claims 1740 as its year of founding<!--have to put in this qualification because of a longstanding dispute between Princeton and Penn-->, making it the fourth oldest university in the United States; Rutgers, founded in 1766, is the eighth oldest. Princeton is a member of the ''Ivy League.''
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New Jersey is also home to famed theologian Frank Rutgers who, in a landmark debate that occured on May 21, 2006, in front of a crowd of 2,000 scholars and rhetoricians at [[Westland Baptist University]], publicly debunked many of evolutionist Richard Dawkins' theories on evolution and God.<ref>Times New York Media. ''Dateline.'' May 2006.</ref>
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==References==
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