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Rutgers food pantry has increase in student users BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN STAFF WRITER

Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Salvador B. Mena said the Rutgers Student Food Pantry has served 721 students, 221 of which were first-time users, since Aug. 1, 2018. From October 2016 to the end of the Spring semester 2018, a survey found that overall 300 students had been served. RUTGERS.EDU

The Rutgers Student Food Pantry in New Brunswick has seen the number of food insecure students more than double coming in for meals in the last five months of 2018, compared to the previous two years combined.

Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Salvador B. Mena, in an interview with The Daily Targum in December 2018, said the pantry had received 721 visitors since August 2018, 221 of which are first-time users. A Rutgers survey found that from the pantry’s formation in October 2016 to the end of the Spring semester 2018, there had been approximately 300 students served.

“Many of the recommendations we made in our report have been addressed or are in the process of being addressed,” said Cara Cuite, an assistant extension specialist in the Department of Human Ecology and coauthor of the study that found the initial number.

She said the Board of Trustees’ task force on student aid has committed more than $2 million in aid to students in need, with a significant portion earmarked for food insecurity. Increased funding to aid the issue was one of the recommendations of her study.

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Board nominee faces opposition on Twitter CATHERINE NGUYEN STAFF WRITER

The nomination of billionaire philanthropist and former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Glenview Capital Management, Amy Towers, for a seat on the Board of Governors has sparked opposition from the Rutgers faculty union and professors.

According to NJ Advance Media, she was nominated last week by Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.). The position has influence over decisions such as setting tuition and hiring or firing the University president.

A former hedge fund executive,

Towers and her husband have donated more than $5 million for a new practice facility at Rutgers, as well as hosted a private performance by the hip-hop group Migos for the football team.

Murphy’s spokesman Matthew Saidel said the governor believes Towers would bring “incredible value” based on her experience with running a multi-billion dollar financial institution, as well as her management of philanthropic and humanitarian programs around the world.

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Although Amy Towers has experience running a multi-billion dollar financial institution and managing philanthropic programs, members from the Rutgers faculty labor union believe she is not fit for the position because she lacks experience in higher education. YOUTUBE

Rutgers enters partnership for gene editing CATHERINE NGUYEN STAFF WRITER

Yesterday morning the gene-editing company Horizon Discovery, better known as Horizon, announced that they would be entering an exclusive partnership with Rutgers to develop a new technology to edit genes known as base editing, according to Business Wire.

“Gene-editing technology has truly revolutionized how SEE EDITING ON PAGE 4

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TUESDAY 1/29 Eagleton Institute of Politics presents “The Political Power of Women’s Anger: A Conversation with Rebecca Traister and Brittney Cooper” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Douglass Campus Center on Douglass campus. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Department of Nutritional Sciences presents “Cancer Metabolism” from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Food Science and Nutritional Sciences Building East on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Rutgers University Democrats presents “Conversation with Mayor Jim Cahill” at 9 p.m. at Van Dyck Hall on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Rutgers Recreation Department presents “Swim For Life” from 4 to 8:30 p.m. at Sonny A. Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences presents “Tropical Cyclones: Variability, Risk, and Future Changes” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public.

THURSDAY 1/31 Rutgers Center for Chinese Studies presents “Transmission and Indigenization of Chinese Daoist Faith in Late Choson Korea” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.

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Rutgers hosts North American Debating Championship MEHA AGGARWAL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers University Debate Union (RUDU) hosted the 2019 North American Debating Championship last weekend from Jan. 25 to 27, marking the first time the University has hosted this tournament.

The tournament attracted 78 teams of two from more than 20 schools throughout the United States and Canada, said tournament director Will Donnelly, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and vice president of RUDU. It was held throughout Livingston campus and spanned from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, according to the RUDU website. The team from Yale University went on to win

the overall tournament against Stanford’s team.

Each year, the tournament changes location, alternating between the United States and Canada, Donnelly said. Last year, the University of Toronto hosted the North American Debating Championship. In the past, it has been hosted by colleges such as Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University and McGill University.

Executive board members of RUDU, along with other team members and alumni, judged rounds at the North American Debating Championship. Donnelly said the tournament is crucial to RUDU’s funding.

“The main source of our funding is tournaments,” he said.

“The (North American Debating

Championship) will probably fund us for another year.”

At most tournaments, Donnelly said, teams decide their own topics prior to the tournament.

The North American Debating Championship, though, comes with predetermined topics that are announced just 15 minutes before each round.

These topics are determined by a group of debate alumni known as the Adjudication Core and can generally be about anything. Topics span from the movie “Shrek” to the Italian budget deficit, said Rajul Bothra, School of Arts and Sciences junior and treasurer of RUDU. Although this is Rutgers’ first time hosting the North American Debating Championship, RUDU hosts at least one tournament

annually within its league, the American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA).

“Rutgers hosts an intercollegiate debate tournament every year, and it’s usually one of the largest in our league,” Bothra said.

RUDU has a strong history of debate and is highly ranked in its league, she said. For the 2017 to 2018 season, Rutgers University was ranked ninth for College of the Year in the APDA, and during the 2016 to 2017 season it was ranked first for teams, Bothra said.

“It makes me (ask) a lot of second-level questions that you wouldn’t think about normally,” Bothra said. “It definitely made me a better thinker.”

Sasha Chuprakova, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year and novice debater, said she has

debated topics from mandated IQ tests to whether religion worsens the world. The unpredictability of rounds has given many members valuable skills.

“It definitely makes you think on your feet,” Chuprakova said.

“That’s an important skill to have.”

Even when members are not debating, they are still discussing a wide variety of subjects. Members of RUDU and debaters from other colleges discuss topics such as philosophy, religion and politics, Bothra said. The depth of interaction between members has brought the team together.

“I like being in a group where, when I’m interacting with people, I’m learning,” she said. “That’s something that happens in debate that I don’t think I get ever ywhere.”

At the tournament, members discussed a wide variety of subjects even when they were not debating, such as philosophy, religion and politics. The interaction between members at the tournament has brought them closer as a group. FACEBOOK

More than 20 schools throughout the United States and Canada participated in the tournament. The winning team was from Yale University, which won the overall tournament in a final competition against Stanford University. THE DAILY TARGUM

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USERS Approximately 1 in 3 Rutgers undergraduates experience some level of food insecurity CONTINUED FROM FRONT Student Health. She said the program that began in September is currently being evaluated, with a report planned to be released sometime this year.

Lauren Errickson, the senior program coordinator for Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH), said the need for her group’s food donations to the pantry is growing.

“Because there is an increasingly recognized need among students experiencing food insecurity, RAH has been sending the majority of the food items we receive to the student food pantry since it opened,” Errickson said.

Since the pantry’s beginnings in 2016, the organization has sent more than 3,000 pounds of food donations to the pantry.

Errickson said to accommodate the increased need for food donations, RAH will start a new initiative that will place food collection bins in all of the student centers. Rutgers community members will be invited to donate non-perishable food donations to the Student Food Pantry

by using the green RAH collection bins near the information desks at each of the student centers.

The majority of food donations comes from the Rutgers community, she said. RAH organizes food drives on all New Brunswick campuses in partnership with collaboration programs and departments. Its signature program is the Adopt-a-Family holiday drive, when individuals and departments within the Rutgers community sponsor a local family in need by donating food items and buying gifts off their wish lists.

This winter, Errickson said RAH plans on organizing food drives at sporting events in connection with Rutgers athletics. There are also food drives planned at the Home Gardeners School events on Cook campus, which collect hundreds of pounds of food donations each spring.

During the summer months, RAH collaborates with Student Affairs to organize Snack Pack, an activity in which incoming Rutgers students package thousands of pounds of non-perishable snack

EDITING Horizon’s technology may be applied to new cell therapies CONTINUED FROM FRONT scientists think about their search for better options and outcomes in the treatment of disease. We look for ward to advancing the shared goals of further developing this novel base editing platform and improving human health through this collaboration with Horizon,” said David Kimball, interim senior vice president for Research and Economic Development.

The technology has the potential to be applied to the development of new cell therapies. It will also increase the amount of Horizon’s research tools and ser vices.

“Base editing is potentially transformative for all gene-editing technologies with the potential to help target many diseases that to date have no treatment.

As a world leader in the field of gene editing and gene modulation, both in research and

items during the New Student Orientation events for distribution to New Brunswick youth at risk for food insecurity.

Cuite said her survey also found that 1 in 3 Rutgers undergraduates have some degree of food insecurity, as measured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Household Food Security Survey. This is consistent with national surveys of food insecurity among college students.

“Not all food insecure students need to use the on-campus food pantry,” Cuite said. “And our study found that many students use off-campus pantries. In addition, there are other on-campus food supports available to students, largely through the Dean of Students office.”

Errickson said there may be students who do not know about the food pantry, which is something RAH is trying to change through promotional efforts.

Food pantries are a way for the University to help food insecure students in the short term, Cuite said. But they are not a long-term solution to the complex issue of food insecurity.

“Ultimately it is a lack of money that causes students to be food insecure,” Cuite said. “So additional financial supports for students can help alleviate food insecurity.”

Kerri Wilson and Amouli Kulkami work at the Rutgers Student Food Pantry. Since the pantry’s founding in 2016, Rutgers Against Hunger has donated 3,000 pounds of food. RUTGERS.EDU

applied markets, we are ver y excited to partner with Dr. (Shengkan “Victor”) Jin and Rutgers University,” said Terr y Pizzie, the CEO of Horizon.

the authority to exclusively own the base editing technology, to be used in its therapeutic applications.

Horizon has also agreed to fund further research in base editing

“Base editing is potentially transformative for all gene-editing technologies.”

TERRY PIZZIE CEO of Horizon

In collaboration with the University, Horizon plans to operate in the laboratory of Jin, an associate professor of pharmacology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The company has already made payments to Rutgers for the option to be given

for Rutgers, and will then be undertaking evaluation and proof of concept study, or a demonstration of the technology’s feasibility.

Base editing is a new type of technology platform for engineering DNA or genes in cells, allowing

bases, the name of the smaller components of DNA, to be converted to another without requiring breaks in the double-stranded DNA. It has the potential to correct any genetic errors or mutations by modifying genes using protein molecules.

Other gene-editing methods, such as CRISPR/Cas9, creates cuts in the gene. These breaks can cause negative effects, while base editing would be both more accurate and reduce changes in genes.

“The potential is enormous. In addition to the ‘simple’ diseases caused by a single genetic alteration event, the therapeutic strategy, in principle, could also be useful for treating diseases where permanently targeting a disease-related gene is beneficial,” Jin said.

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OPPOSITION Rutgers’ Board has 15 members, including CEO of Motorola Greg Brown CONTINUED FROM FRONT In response to her nomination, Towers said in a statement she was grateful for Murphy’s support and would be honored to serve on the board if her position was confirmed by the state Senate.

She has also previously served for the Rutgers Board of Overseers, which overlooks the University’s fundraising foundation.

Richard Ebright, a Board of Governors professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, referred to

Towers as “a parasite and an idiot” in response to her multi-million dollar donation to the Rutgers athletic program.

In an interview with Steve Politi, Ebright’s response to whether his words were appropriate was: “That’s Twitter.”

Many of the people who replied to Ebright’s tweets were Rutgers alumni or students. One Twitter user tweeted in response, “Athletics is and will continue to be a VERY big part of Rutgers University as Big Ten members. If that upsets

you I suggest seeking a position at the University of Maine.”

Ebright later said in the interview with Politi that he had an issue with Towers giving her personal fortune to the athletic department.

“It probably would have been more prudent, just as I said to you, to indicate that the donations directed to the athletic program do not support the core missions of the University and indicate a lack of familiarity or emphasis and interest on the core missions of the University,” he said. “That’s

The response Richard Ebright gave when he was asked in an interview with Steve Politi whether his words were appropriate was, “That’s Twitter.” TWITTER

one thing for a private citizen, it’s quite a different thing for a candidate for a member of the Board of Governors for a university.”

Members from the Rutgers faculty union are also opposed to Tower’s nomination, claiming that it was a favor for the amount of money she has given to the football team at Rutgers.

“Somebody who has been so useful in the sideshow is now promoted into running the place,” said David Hughes, the vice president of the American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers. “That doesn’t make any sense to us.”

Although Towers has experience, Hughes said she lacked exper tise in higher education — a qualification he believed should be a prerequisite for anyone ser ving on the Board of Governors. The faculty labor union has opposed nominees in the past, calling for leaders with more experience in being able to achieve initiatives impor tant to Rutgers’ academic mission than those with business experience.

According to NJ Advance Media, the 15-member board is currently filled mainly by business executives, such as Greg Brown, the CEO of Motorola. There are no faculty members or student representatives able to vote on the Board.

“Giving money to the athletic program does not constitute expertise in higher education, and giving money to the athletic program does not actually help the primary mission of Rutgers at all,” Hughes said.

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Line between artist, art blurs with #MeToo

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ver a year ago, I remember strolling through Twitter and BREANA OMANA seeing a tweet: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” The tweet, which was from October 2017, ignited the #MeToo movement that exposed dozens of men in Hollywood who either harassed, assaulted or raped women and men.

The #MeToo movement was inspiring to me and countless women and men. It was an opportunity to take control, regain power and not hide in shame. Although the movement was widely accepted, that support came with much backlash. Many people were upset, saying that one cannot just believe everything someone has said, because they could be lying. Others said that a man’s career and reputation could be ruined in vain.

There was a large divide, with some condemning those accused and others fighting for their reputation to remain intact. For months, the #MeToo movement has worked to destigmatize sexual assault and harassment. Since 2017, a stream of artists, actors, Hollywood producers and politicians have been exposed, including Harvey Weinstein, Brett Kavanaugh, Sylvester Stallone, R. Kelly and most recently, Chris Brown.

Last week, news broke that Brown had been accused of raping a woman in France. Instantly, people online became divided — there were those who supported Brown and those who did not. They argued over the validity of this woman’s claims and how the media and women were always out to get Brown, with fans practically painting him as a saint with no break from constant accusations.

Brown has had a long history of abuse toward women. From beating Rihanna in 2009, to Karrueche Tran placing a restraining order on him in 2017, to a claim that he threatened a woman with a gun in 2016, Brown has had a long history of being violent and abusive. His “apologies” proved to be nothing but press stunts, as he is a recurring offender who made a mockery of rape accusations after selling merchandise with the catchphrase “this b**** lyin’.”

But this begs us to take a look at a bigger picture. Celebrities are capable of just as much bad and evil as regular people. It does not matter if they are multi-millionaires or if they appear personable on the Tonight Show, they are just as capable. Due to their idolization and glorification, we may often forget this. While the #MeToo movement has inspired much discomfort and change, it should not be a shock that

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“It is almost impossible to listen to a song or watch a movie without associating the art with the crime of the artist. While we can separate the art from the artist, it ruins the perception of something we used to enjoy. ” these actors have allegations against them. Many have showed signs throughout the years that we turned a blind eye to.

Violent sexual assault and rape, as well as using sex as leverage, are not new phenomena. There must be hundreds of people who have not yet been exposed, maybe even celebrities or figures from the past.

There has to be more influential art that was made by vile people. So what do we do? Can we separate the art from the artist? In short, yes, but the answer is much more complex than that.

Weinstein’s connection to “Pulp Fiction” and other great films, Kevin Spacey’s iconic performance in “House of Cards,” and Louis C.K.’s comedy specials raise the question: What do we do about the legacies left behind?

I believe we often feel guilty about enjoying art made by those who have done horrible things, and it is completely natural.

When people do something wrong to us or to others, we typically struggle to perceive them the way we did before. This same attitude applies to celebrities as well. It is almost impossible to listen to a song or watch a movie without associating the art with the crime of the artist. While we can separate the art from the artist, it ruins the perception of something we used to enjoy.

I think talk shows and red carpets have the tendency to make us pay closer attention to the artist than to the art. In turn, our society pays close attention to, criticizes and glorifies celebrities. This makes us focus more on the life of the celebrity than on the content they produce.

These people are adored by millions, idolized past a humanly realm and have more money than we could dream of. They think that they are untouchable, and we believe this to be true.

To have these celebrities exposed for being sexually perverse and violent is shocking, confusing and almost repulsive. To separate them from their art is tricky. While we can do so, our conscious does not always let us do so with preconceived ideas of celebrity influence.

These artists can still be considered talented, but for the most part, they will never be celebrated in the same way.

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Flu season returns after fatal 2018 year All at U. ought to be vaccinated in face of invalid skepticism, anti-vaxxers

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Anti-vaccination movements and apathetic indifife was brought to a standstill. Streets were empty, businesses were barren and carts were filled ference to reality has seen success in America. Over with the dead. More than a century has passed the past two decades, the latest national data shows since “the greatest medical holocaust in history,” the 1918 that the amount of kids under the age of 2 who are Flu Pandemic. Estimates of those who succumb to the not protected by any vaccines has quadrupled. This virus range from 50 to 100 million. Even though modern is still a very small minority as the vast majority of American parents still vaccinate their children. medicine has advanced, salvation has been elusive.

Some trace back the roots of this problem to a small Eighty-thousand Americans died of the flu last season, according to preliminary data from the Centers study that was published by an esteemed medical journal for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While 90 in 1998. That study has come to be known as one of the percent of those killed were over the age of 65, the flu most notorious and damaging research papers in medialso killed 180 young children and teenagers, which cine. The now discredited physician-researcher Andrew surpasses every other year since the CDC began its Wakefield, who led the study, suggested a “link exists between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccurrent measuring methods.

New Jersey is already seeing significant surges in cine,” vaccines that are administered to millions of chilemergency room visits and admissions as this year’s flu dren around the world each year. Even though the study season has not even reached its peak, which is usually was invalidated and disproven, the damage remains.

Everyone must around February. choose between Officials have said “A society plagued by science skepticism must being a sheep to a it is still too early to disproven and disknow if the season prepare to welcome reducible and credited shepherd will be as devastator being active in the avoidable illnesses.” ing as last year, but strengthening of our the virus officially “herd immunity.” hit widespread levels throughout the state, according to the New Jersey This herd resistance or herd immunity is the concept that the more people who are vaccinated, the less likely Department of Health (NJDOH).

In December, Chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical the disease is to spread as it becomes harder for it to be and Health Sciences (RBHS) Brian L. Strom sent contracted from one person to another.

A society plagued by science skepticism must prepare out an email to implore students to take care of their health and get vaccinated. To most effectively pre- to welcome reducible and avoidable illnesses. Between vent the flu and decrease its symptoms and spread, last October and this month, the NJDOH and other Strom encouraged students to receive vaccinations, local health officials worked together to investigate an outbreak of measles. They identified a total of 33 outas The Daily Targum reported.

The warnings and advisory messages may remain break-associated cases in the state.

While many of us remain in the University bubble with ringing out as unanswered calls to fulfill our responsibility to our own health and the welfare of all. Accord- our youthful resilience and impenetrable immune sysing to Rutgers Student Health, the University has an- tems, the most vulnerable cannot ignore the threat of the nual flu clinics. The next clinic is open today, Jan. 29, season. Initiatives ought to be based in the University and at the Livingston Student Center and Sojourner Truth extended to the broader community of New Brunswick Apartments. It is often easier to claim the excuse of be- to ensure that vaccinations are administered. Get your ing too busy, but now is the time to make the time to flu shot at the Livingston Student Center and Sojourner Truth Apartments. get your vaccine.

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Breana Omana is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies and minoring in political science. Her column, “Left Brain, Right Brain,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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Mental health resources must be held to higher standards ON THE FRONT LINES PRIYANKA BANSAL

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hen it comes to mental health initiatives at Rutgers, any faculty, administrator or student leader can immediately point you toward several different resources — the Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program & Psychiatric Services (CAPS), Health Outreach, Promotion and Education (H.O.P.E), Rutgers-Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA) or the Office of Disability Services (ODS).

One of the most recognized and cited of these organizations is CAPS, which offers services ranging from group therapy to individual sessions. CAPS offers therapists, psychiatrists, short-talk sessions and crisis intervention. But when it comes to actually remedying students suffering with serious mental illnesses, Rutgers might be lacking overall.

Supplying students with centers like CAPS is ver y different from aiding students and helping them cope. CAPS offers therapy sessions for illnesses such as depression, anxiety, obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar disorder and more. But these therapy sessions are often only limited to approximately 10 free sessions.

This practice results in inconsequential and even harmful therapy. For example, rather than practicing long-term talk therapy with a patient, therapists encourage patients to practice exposure therapy or other shortterm techniques. This is not always beneficial for the patient, yet it is used anyway. In most cases, it takes more than two months to change a life-altering mental illness such as depression, anxiety or OCD. But every patient is different, and requires different treatment. Resorting to the quickest fix should not be a professional practice.

available to speak over the phone, it is often not enough. Students cannot always afford to turn to expensive outside therapists.

Rutgers Student Affairs administrators must invest in higher budgets and higher standards for student mental health.

As much as Rutgers prides itself on promoting mental health initiatives, we as a community tend to ignore the fact that those promoting these facilities might be the ones who need it most. In other words, student leaders and staff are under immense pressure, and many are suffering

“Understaffed resources and low-budgeted techniques, combined with ignorance of those in need, result in a poor mental health system at Rutgers. Mental health is something that needs to be taken more seriously ...”

Additionally, CAPS is often overbooked and understaffed. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, “One in four young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 have a diagnosable mental illness.”

Especially during exam season, there are not enough therapists or counselors available. Countless times, students are turned away because of unavailability.

While CAPS makes themselves readily

through mental illnesses. We neglect their needs and forget that many leaders need accessible disability and illness services as well. We cannot forget that student leaders in Residence Life and Student Affairs, as well as staff members, are human too.

Everyone can benefit from counseling or therapy in some way. It is often seen as a leader’s job to direct those who look to them for guidance toward resources

such as CAPS. But we need to enforce a culture that helps leaders and staff support each other, encouraging mental health improvement for all. Making mental health resources accessible and normalized for everyone is heavily neglected.

Understaffed resources and lowbudgeted techniques, combined with ignorance of those in need, result in a poor mental health system at Rutgers. Mental health is something that needs to be taken more seriously, especially in a college environment with a large population.

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, almost 20 percent of the population is affected by some sort of anxiety disorder, but “only 36.9 percent of those suffering receive treatment.”

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in America. With an average of 129 suicides per day and 1,300,000 estimated attempts in 2017, mental health is not a topic to be taken lightly. Rutgers needs to invest and do all it can to prevent severe mental health cases and help those in need.

Is it enough for Rutgers to simply provide these resources without actually providing quality, helpful improvement?

Priyanka Bansal is a Rutgers Business School junior double majoring in business and journalism and media studies. She is an editorial assistant at The Daily Targum.

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Echo effect: How online personal bubbles shape perspective MANNAL BABAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Scrolling down your newsfeed, you might be amazed at how many people agree with your latest post. You feel seen, even if just for a second. You feel understood. Your online world is yours alone. With the touch of a button, you don’t have to see anything you don’t want to. Having the option to customize your

newsfeed and timeline is important, and it creates a virtual world of comfort.

According to Journalism in the Digital Age, the phenomenon of online echo chambers is “an increasingly common situation where readers are only shown content that reinforces their current political or social views, without ever challenging them to think differently.” This “echo effect” swaddles us in our

Entrapment in online echo chambers is a phenomenon that most people deal with, whether they realize it or not. A way to avoid this issue is to challenge your own views regularly. UNSPLASH

interests as we browse the internet looking for answers, entertainment and information.

When you get in the habit of viewing certain content, algorithms pick up on your interests and beliefs. They track your spending habits, the sites you visit, your latest TV show obsession and many more of your online behaviors. Google and Facebook are some of the larger companies that use these kinds of algorithms, but are not alone in this practice. Over time, algorithms begin to curate your newsfeed on Facebook or the ads on Twitter to your specific interests. While doing this, they also filter out any information that you may disagree with or aren't interested in.

This one-sided influx of information doesn’t give us the chance to see both sides of the story.

It delivers a warped view of the world that limits our interaction with people who live differently than us. Online echo chambers are a breeding ground for group polarization, meaning if you’re constantly listening to people that validate your views, you’ll probably get more confident and grounded in your opinions. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it can have a negative effect on our outlook of the world. It leaves

more room for views with xenophobic undertones to grow in various parts of society. It allows people to be comfortable in their ideologies and label anything that doesn’t align with their standards as abnormal, or even a threat.

The detrimental effect of online echo chambers have seeped into our political views. A prime example of this was the 2016 election. According to Pew Research Center, millennials were more reliant on platforms like Facebook and Google News for political news. Young voters with Hillar y Clinton buttons pinned on their backpacks had a hard time understanding why people their age would even think about voting for President Donald J. Trump. Articles supporting Trump didn't circulate their newsfeeds, but were constantly popping up on the personalized feeds of those who had more conser vative backgrounds.

As a liberal immigrant with Muslim family members, I couldn’t fathom the idea of people actively supporting Trump’s campaign policies throughout the 2016 election. But what I didn’t realize was that nearly ever y post on all of the online platforms that I was using supported my opinion, ideologies and political preferences. From the

politically-involved people I followed to the posts I retweeted, my virtual reality was being tailored to my idea of what kind of leader America deser ved. It was cutting out any piece of information that offered me a glimpse into the rationale of Trump supporters, without my knowledge.

Many of us don’t realize that the smallest things — such as liking a post — dictate the flow of content coming into our online spaces. But it's through being more aware of the little things that you can avoid getting stuck in an online echo chamber. One way out is to simply broaden your perspective online by engaging with multiple neutral news platforms, like BBC News, among other unbiased sources. Another way you can avoid echo chambers is by taking a peek into the other side’s argument, even if it’s the last thing you want to do.

Lastly, just take into consideration that there is (usually) a person behind the screen. When you're adamant about acknowledging the humanity in people, even if their entire platform is the opposite of yours, you can learn to coexist online. We may get sucked into online echo chambers without realizing it, but just by engaging with a different perspective, you’re on your way out.

Academy snubs, shocks, surprises with 2019 Oscar picks EAMONN O'NEILL STAFF WRITER

Last week, comedian Kumail Nanjiani and actress Tracee Ellis Ross announced this year’s slew of Oscar nominations. The Academy, as always, delivered a mixedbag of snubs, welcome surprises, and befuddling inclusions.

Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” buoyed by critical raves and Netflix’s deep campaign coffers, garnered ten nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for newcomer Yalitza Aparicio. Yorgos Lanthimos’s period costume drama “The Favourite” tied “Roma” for most nominations.

Rounding out the Best Picture category is a wide-array of films ranging from massive studio efforts (“Black Panther” and “A Star is Born”) to indie hits (“Vice” and “BlackKklansman”) and garbage fires created and touted by either depraved alleged sexual miscreants or a team of causal racists (“Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Green Book”). Somehow, the Academy overlooked “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “First Man,” films directed by newly-minted auteurs, Barry Jenkins and Damien Chazelle respectively.

The Best Director category is a boys club yet again, despite the Academy's efforts to diversify the large group of voters. Even worse, they didn’t nominate the

best director. Tragically, Bradley Cooper was snubbed for his brilliant direction of “A Star is Born.”

Cooper should be lauded for making himself look that hot in his own movie. If you don’t believe me, you don’t believe in beauty.

The salve for his snub is Spike Lee’s first directing nomination.

Lee finally received his first nomination in the category for “BlackKklansman” after going unrecognized by the Oscars countless times. Luckily, this year the category is not so monochromatic. Alfonso Cuarón is Mexican, in fact the past 4 of 5 best director winners have been Latin American including Cuarón for “Gravity.”

The other nominees are Adam McKay, Yorgos Lanthimos and Pawel Pawlikowski.

The lead acting nominations more or less went as many pundits predicted. The male category features dueling biopic favorites, Christian Bale (“Vice”) and Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”).

Viggo Mortensen of “Green Book” found time not tripping over racial gaffes to be nominated and Willem Dafoe garnered a surprise nomination for “Eternity’s Gate,” a movie approximately one person saw, me.

And of course, Bradley Cooper’s bearded bronze-skinned, gravelly voiced performance in “A Star is Born” rounded out the category.

Lead Actress is probably the strongest category of them all,

Yalitza Arapico, the leading lady of the film, "Roma," is the first Indigenous woman to ever get an Oscar nomination. Alfonso Cuarón's "Roma" leads the pack with 10 nominations. INSTAGRAM featuring remarkable performances from a variety of films. Olivia Colman reigns over England in the brilliant “The Favourite.” Lady Gaga (“A Star is Born”) is magnificent throughout, but she may have to settle for the Best Song trophy for the hit song “Shallow.” Glenn Close (“The Wife”) aims to finally take home a trophy after a career of nominations. The under-seen “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” picks up a nomination for Melissa McCarthy’s smarmy performance. The aforementioned Yalitza Aparicio

(“Roma”) becomes the first indigenous nominee ever, and it’s sad that it took so long.

The supporting acting categories features one welcomed surprise in Marina de Tavira’s nomination for her role as the mother in “Roma.” The nominees also include the dueling maidens of “The Favourite,” Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. Amy Adams hopes to pick up her first win after five previous nominations, but the award seems to be Regina King’s (“Beale Street”), and rightfully so.

The Supporting Actor has some of my favorite performances this year. Sam Elliott (“A Star is Born”) and Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me”) are veteran character actors who finally get due recognition, and Sam Rockwell’s (“Vice”) George Bush impersonation gets a nod.

Mahershala Ali of “Green Book” is the all-but crowned winner here.

Normally I’d be elated for Ali, but the movie is trash and his performance is…fine. I’ll just count it as another Oscar for “Moonlight.”

This years Oscars feature two movies that should really be nominated for nothing, “Green Book” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Not only for the controversy surrounding their creative teams but for the movies themselves. “Green Book” finds a white man teaching a black man to be black in a manner that, according to the family of Don Shirley, never happened. It is also painfully boring.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” focuses on a sex icon not having sex, while its director allegedly has unwanted sex with underaged boys. No one should see these movies. Watch any of the other wonderful nominees. “Black Panther” and “Roma” are on Netflix. See those a thousand times before you even think about watching “Green Book.” If either of those win Best Picture I’ll lead the riot in the streets.

DIVERSIONS

January 29, 2019

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VICTORY Rutgers captures tight match decisions, as injuries plague 184-pound weight class CONTINUED FROM BACK His record now sits at a comfortable 15-2, with six dual meets left before the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA Championships in March. Suriano can use the last regular season matches as practice to enhance his position for the postseason tournaments.

CLOSE BATTLES

Rutgers’ second Big Ten win of the season was filled with several close matches in spite of both Su-

riano’s and No. 2 graduate student 149-pounder Anthony Ashnault’s technical fall wins.

Junior 141-pounder Peter Lipari and Michigan State’s Alex Hrisopoulos were tied at two through two periods. With almost 20 seconds remaining in the third period, Lipari nailed a reversal for his sixth win of the season. The match would tie the Knights with the Spartans at 11 into the intermission.

Ashnault earned his 17th straight victory of the season by

handling Michigan State’s Jaden Enriquez, 19-4. No. 14 graduate student 157-pounder John Van Brill won a tough 4-2 decision against the Spartans’ Jake Tucker, who has an 8-9 record in dual matches.

Van Brill has wrestled hot and cold this season. He started the 2018-19 season with two wins, before dropping two matches. Prior to his recent win against Tucker, he lost to the Hawkeyes’ No. 5 Kaleb Young in a tough 5-2 decision.

As Rutgers welcomes Nebraska Friday evening at the RAC, he will face a tough match against the Cornhuskers’ No. 2 Tyler Berger, which can perhaps be noted as “the match of the day.”

Freshman 165-pounder Stephan Glasgow, who was on a three-match losing skid of his own, captured his

first career conference dual match win by ousting Michigan State’s Austin Hiles in a 7-4 decision.

INJURY BUG

Throughout the season, the injury bug has thinned the heavier-weight classes, particularly the 184-pound weight class.

No. 17 graduate student 184-pounder Nicholas Gravina went down in the Wisconsin match with an apparent knee injury. He had previously missed some of the first matches due to offseason shoulder surgery.

With Gravina sidelined, junior 174-pounder Willie Scott has since moved up a weight to take Gravina’s place in the lineup. With one win under his belt at the new weight class, Scott commanded

WIN

a lead against the Spartans’ No. 15 Cameron Caffey, courtesy of a takedown and a near fall in the opening period.

But Scott’s lead would be short-lived, as he was forced to make a medical forfeit after sustaining an elbow injury.

The Knights are already thin at 184 pounds. Fifth-year senior 184-pounder Jordan Pagano has also been sidelined with an injury.

Sophomore 174-pounder Anthony Olivieri will likely move up to 184 pounds, as injuries pile up for Rutgers. He started against the Badgers and could start against No. 11 Nebraska (9-3, 3-2) later this week.

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sophomore student athlete may have a long future ahead of him.

Knights in four-way tie for No. 9 seed in Big Ten after defeating Nittany Lions CONTINUED FROM BACK

TEAM MEETING

After losing three straight games by margins of 18 to Minnesota, 35 to Purdue and 8 to Northwestern, the season’s frustrations came to a head. After the loss to the Wildcats (12-8, 3-6) the team held a players only meeting led by junior forward Eugene Omoruyi and sophomore guard Geo Baker — arguably the two biggest leaders on the team.

The duo stressed the need to change and make this a winning team, so ever since, it seems that the vision has been made clear and come to fruition.

LENGTH IN NUMBERS

At 6-feet-4-inches, Baker is long for the point guard position and he has certainly used his height and length to his advantage. He has averaged approximately 1.6 steals per game this season, including 12 in the last five games and three in each of the past two wins. Seeing over his defenders has become an asset for Baker, as well.

He’s put up 20 points three times this season, counting Saturday’s performance at the Bryce Jordan Center. In a game that is seemingly looking for bigger players to be able to stay on the floor and be able to shoot, having a tall player like Baker at the No. 1 spot indicates that the

WINNING AT THE LINE

For the second straight game, Rutgers secured its win at the charity stripe. As noted earlier, the Knights went 9-12 from the free throw line down the stretch to pull out the road victory.

Similar to the win over Nebraska last week, Omoruyi and Baker were sent to the line in crunch time, and they delivered.

As a team, Rutgers shot 71.4 percent from the line in the game.

Not perfect, but good enough — especially late — to get the job done and set up an exciting game against the Hoosiers (12-8, 3-6) tomorrow night at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC).

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Junior forward Eugene Omoruyi scored 11 points off the bench, the 13th time he has surpassed double-digit points this season.

GARRETT STEFFE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2019

GAMES Carey paces Knights with 19 points, team takes season series against Nittany Lions over that timespan, including graduate student guard Charise Penn State dropped to 10-10 Wilson and junior guard Ciani Cryor. Wilson was second on the overall and 3-6 in the Big Ten. The Knights led 47-39 en- team in scoring with 14 points, tering the fourth quarter, but including going 3 of 5 from bethings in that period got a little yond the arc.

Cryor, who scored 9 points on dicey for them. The Lions started the fourth quarter on an 11-3 4 of 6 shooting, led the Knights with eight asrun, capped sists. Rutgers off by an Amari Carter layup “Rutgers is a really good improved to on the seawith 6:14 redefensive team ... (They) 16-4 son and 8-1 in maining in the the Big Ten. last quarter. made it hard for us at The Knights Carter would certain times for us to get will welcome finish with 14 to points on the into a rhythm offensively.” Indiana the Rutgers afternoon.

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SPORTS TUESDAY JANUARY 29, 2019

WRESTLING INJURY BUG HITS TEAM DESPITE WIN

MEN’S BASKETBALL

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“You’ve got to be on top side right from the beginning and take your chance on that pass being thrown to her from the high post position.”

— Women’s basketball head coach C. Vivian Stringer

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

RU players-only meeting key to Penn State win

Rutgers claims 11th win out of last 12 games

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The Rutgers men’s basketball team picked up another Big Ten win this weekend, defeating Penn State on the road in the Bryce Jordan Center for the second time in three visits to University Park, Pa. The Scarlet Knights (10-9, 3-6) used a 4-point half time lead and a 9-12 showing at the free throw line in the final minutes to pull off their second straight conference win — marking the first time they’ve done so in consecutive regular season games.

The Big Ten win over the Nittany Lions (7-13, 0-9) already gives Rutgers its same win total in the conference with 11 games remaining on the schedule. Being as high as it is at this point of the season can potentially have big implications.

Here are four takeaways from last Saturday’s win at Penn State:

Coming off a tough loss from No. 17 Iowa and down 13-9 at the end of the first quarter at Penn State, the Rutgers women’s basketball team needed to change the tides in a big way.

Enter fifth-year senior forward Stasha Carey — she scored 9 of her 19 points in the second quarter and had a 3-point play at the end of the half to give the No. 14 Scarlet Knights (16-4, 8-1) a 25-24 lead.

Rutgers would only trail for 29 seconds after it took the lead in the beginning stages of the third quarter, en-route to a 69-61 victory over the Nittany Lions (10-10, 3-6).

“You’ve got to be on top side right from the beginning and take your chance on that pass being thrown to her from the high post position,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

Carey shot 8 of 16 from the field while grabbing a team-high seven rebounds and making all three of her team-high free throws.

For the second straight game, the Knights’ opponent shot more than double the free throws as they did. Penn State made 22 of 28 free throws, while Rutgers made 8 of 11.

Penn State was whistled for 20 fouls, while the Knights were whistled for 15.

Rutgers extended its lead to 45-33 with 2:18 remaining in the third quarter, as sophomore for ward Tekia Mack made a layup. In just 14 minutes, she had 8 points while making all three of her field goal attempts. Mack also grabbed five rebounds, and blocked two shots.

“Rutgers is a really good defensive team,” said Lions head coach Coquese Washington. “(They) made it hard for us at certain times for us to get into a rhythm offensively.”

TIEBREAKER

Last week’s win over the Cornhuskers (13-7, 3-6) was bigger than the average fan might realize, and picking up the first road conference win since 2017 — ironically also against the Lions — shows both how far the program has come and how much these players want to win.

An even greater foundation was set into place, as well with the win — the Knights are now in a four-way tie for the No. 9 seed for the Big Ten Tournament with Nebraska, Indiana (who they face tomorrow night) and Northwestern. Granted, the regular season records will still help determine the seeding, but the team seems to be moving in the right direction.

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No. 14 graduate student 157-pounder John Van Brill defeated Jake Tucker for his 14th win of the season. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2019

Knights take 6 matches in 2nd Big Ten victory JAKE SCHMIED CORRESPONDENT

Head coach Steve Pikiell and his team won by 4 points in University Park, Pa. GARRETT STEFFE / JANUARY 2019 NCAAM BASKETBALL SCORES

Prior to facing Michigan State last Friday evening, the Rutgers wrestling team had suffered a two-match losing streak against tough competition in No. 3 Oklahoma State and No. 4 Iowa.

In those two matches, the No. 18 Scarlet Knights (8-4, 2-2) lost by a 20-plus point margin. But, this past weekend, head coach Scott Goodale’s crew managed to hang on to a 2220 victory against the Spartans (5-6, 2-4) at a loud Rutgers Athletics Center (RAC).

Rutgers didn’t start off its second win of 2019 on the right foot. After the match started at 197 pounds, Michigan State jumped out to an 11-3 lead, as sophomore 197-pounder Matthew Correnti was pinned by the Spartans’ Brad Wilton in the first match of the night.

When junior heavyweight Christian Colucci defeated Michigan State’s Christian Rebottaro 4-2, the momentum began to swing the Knights’ way, as they would go on to win the next 5 out of 7 matches.

The last time Rutgers claimed six individual match wins was when it defeated Rider back in December, a historic match that solidified Goodale as the winningest head coach in the program’s history.

Here are three takeaways from the Knights’ 22-20 win against the Spartans:

BACK TO OLD WAYS

No. 5 junior 133-pounder Nick Suriano had previously lost his two matches to top10 wrestlers in his weight class. Goodale was unsure if he was going to start Suriano because he didn’t participate in practice until last Thursday, just one day before the match against Michigan State.

If there were any doubts that the former 125-pound wrestler was going to lose confidence as the Big Ten regular season heats up, they were instantly shattered Friday evening.

Suriano handily beat his opponent, the Spartans’ Logan Griffin, in a 22-4 technical fall. The match was his third technical win of the season.

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77 80

83 61

Southern Utah Northern Ariz.

Alcorn State Alabama A & M

62 71

Bethune-Cookman 91 95 Coppin State

N.C. Central Savannah State

82 78

Southern Alabama State

65 69

BRIAN BRECHT, the men’s lacrosse head coach, and the Knights are ranked No. 12 in the Preseason Coaches Poll. They have been ranked for three straight seasons. Rutgers will host Lafayette in its home and season opener.

Sophomore forward Tekia Mack went 3-3 from the field against the Nittany Lions.

DECLAN INTINDOLA / DECEMBER 2017

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

EXTRA POINT

Duke Notre Dame

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

TENNIS

vs. Indiana

vs. Indiana

Metropolitan Championships

vs. Penn State

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., The RAC

Thursday, 7 p.m., The RAC

Friday, All Day, Staten Island, N.Y.

Friday, 12:30 p.m., East Brunswick, N.J.