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Board of Governors highlight 2019 plans BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR

The Rutgers Board of Governors held a meeting yesterday in which University President Robert L. Barchi gave updates on the University’s plans for a new building for Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (RCINJ), a new scheduling system, student scholarships awarded, its budget and faculty contract negotiations, potential Title IX changes and the Big Ideas Campaign.

NEW BUILDING

RCINJ is planning on building a new cancer center across from its current 225,000 square-foot building in New Brunswick, said Steven Libutti, the director of the institute, vice chancellor of cancer programs at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and senior vice president of oncology services at RWJBarnabas Health.

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One of the topics covered at the Board of Governors meeting at Winants Hall yesterday was the future construction of a new cancer center in New Brunswick. The new facility will offer outpatient care, which is care that does not require an overnight stay. BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN / NEWS EDITOR

‘End Assault at Rutgers’ delivers demands to Barchi at meeting BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR

The coalition, “End Assault at Rutgers,” spoke at yesterday’s Board of Governors meeting and gave University President Robert L. Barchi a letter of eight demands in response to the ongoing situation involving Dr. Nabil Adam.

Olivia Wischmeyer spoke on behalf of the coalition, laying out its demands. One of the demands is to detenure Adam and any professor guilty of sexual abuse or harassment, have the accused professor be placed on unpaid administrative leave, require an investigation independent from the University, provide a semester of funding to graduate students who need to find a new advisor as a result of an independent or Office of Employment Equity investigation and require the Sexual Harassment

Prevention Committee to conduct a mandatory yearly climate survey.

The coalition is made up of more than 700 undergraduate, graduate, professors, staff and 14 organizations, Wischmeyer said.

Dory Devlin, the senior director of University news and media relations, said the University takes all complaints of sexual harassment seriously and offers counseling or other support to alleged victims.

The University Committee on Sexual Harassment Prevention at Rutgers is comprised of students, faculty and staff from all campuses, Devlin said, and is actively looking at ways to prevent sexual harassment and enhance transparency in our processes.

“As has already been announced, Dr. Adam was permanently relieved of his responsibilities and authority as vice chancellor for Research and Collaborations and is not teaching at the

University. The University is unable to comment on confidential personnel matters, including any corrective or disciplinary actions,” Devlin said.

The Daily Targum reported in January that Adam, who previously worked as the vice chancellor for Research and Collaborations at Rutgers—Newark, has returned to an office at the Rutgers Business School in New Brunswick after a paid administrative leave that began on Nov. 28, 2017, when the University began an investigation into sexual assault and harassment claims made by a former graduate student of his.

Adam and the graduate student were given a University document stating the two should not come into contact with one another, according to the Targum. If they are scheduled to attend the same departmental meeting, they must contact Rutgers University Police Department 48 hours prior.

Olivia Wischmeyer, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, spoke at the podium during the Board of Governors meeting. BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN / NEWS EDITOR

Rutgers professors evaluate Cory Booker’s 2020 presidential campaign APARNA RAGUPARTHI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has been compared by some to former President Barack Obama due to his idealism, since he runs on a message of hope and change. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

On Feb. 1, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced his campaign for the 2020 presidential election.

A Rhodes Scholar, Booker first rose to national recognition in 2002 when he lost the Newark, New Jersey mayoral race. He went on to win his 2006 campaign and served as the mayor of Newark until a special election gave him a seat in the Senate.

Ross Baker, a distinguished professor in the Department of Political Science, said Booker fits the bill for a liberal Democratic candidate in terms of supporting the Green New

Deal, Medicare for all and a $15 minimum wage. But the issues that matter most to him are education and prison reform, which the typical voter may not know.

“I don’t know that Booker is associated with a single position or a set of positions that a candidate should have during the presidential primaries. He is less identified with positions than with feelings,” said Saladin Ambar, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science.

Booker is an eloquent orator, who is well-liked within the Democratic Party circle, Ambar said. But in a pool of diverse candidates, his charisma is not enough to win the party’s

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nomination. In order to keep up with the other candidates, he would also have to demonstrate a greater level of specificity on his policies.

“There’s more than one Michael Jordan in the ring now, so voters are going to be looking at other qualities and policy positions,” Ambar said.

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The Depar tment of Nutritional Sciences presents “Addressing the Complexities of Neurodegeneration and Aging, One Worm at a Time” from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Food Science and Nutritional Sciences Building West on Cook campus.

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Rutgers University Libraries presents “From Cooking Pot to Melting Pot: New Jersey’s Diverse Foodways” at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.

FRIDAY 2/15 The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation presents “Visiting Filmmaker Series: Person to Person” at 10 a.m. at Rutgers Cinema on Livingston campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “The Movement Project” at 7:30 p.m. at Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater on Douglass campus. This event is $10 for students.

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Professor given grant to research human brain MEHA AGGARWAL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Konstantinos Michmizos, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been awarded a Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) grant for his research in computational astrocyence.

Michmizos, who is affiliated with the Center for Computational Biomedicine Imaging and Modeling and has done research for labs through Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was awarded the grant to further understand the role that astrocytes play in the human brain.

Astrocytes have been underappreciated and misunderstood throughout neuroscientific research, Michmizos said. They are cells in the central nervous system, which consists of the brain and spinal cord.

“For over 100 years now, we have been studying how neurons change their electrical charge to talk to other neurons,” he said. “Contrar y to neurons, astrocytes do not use their electrical charge and that is why, for a centur y of brain recordings, we have thought of astrocytes as being silent.”

Rather than being silent, astrocytes are active and abundant.

They listen to what neurons are “saying” through their electrical

charges, said Michmizos, and can intercept or kindle neurons’ signals as needed.

“It is fascinating to listen, for the first time, to the unheard discussions that (astrocytes) have with neurons and to try to understand what they are saying,” Michmizos said.

Together, he and his lab, the Computational Brain Lab, are conducting research with vast implications. Michmizos said astrocytes are 2 to 10 times more abundant than neurons.

“The impact of understanding what more of half the brain is doing is enormous,” he said.

“Understanding astrocytes will revolutionize the way we mimic, understand and treat the brain.”

To conduct their research, Michmizos and his team used a combination of mathematics, computer programming, neuroscience, machine learning and robotics. They first mathematically describe an astrocyte so that it can be understood by a computer, known as a computational cell.

The team then creates networks of neurons and astrocytes, using their computational cells as building blocks. Finally, it examines the cells’ functions and how they relate to the function of entire networks.

Through developing computational cells, Michmizos and his team are able to predict roles that have not yet been observed in astrocytes.

This research embodies a novel approach in the field of computational astrocyence, Michmizos said, since it is the first where researchers are observing the conjunction of neurons’ and astrocytes’ functions. The ability to form predictive models has allowed past scientists to win Nobel Prizes for predicting unseen functions, he said.

In earning the BHI grant, Michmizos has had to push back against the so-called “neurocomputing dogma.” Especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), he said, many prominent scientists have only focused on the role that neurons play in the brain.

Michmizos’s team, on the other hand, is among the first to incorporate astrocytes into AI. His lab is the first in the United States, and also among the first in the world, to own a “Loihi” neuromorphic chip, a chip that presently processes data through using neurons, just like the human brain would. Based on the team’s research, astrocytes could be incorporated into this chip to complement neurons as a processing unit.

Michmizos has also worked within the Rutgers community to make his research more accessible. Currently, he teaches a self-developed course, Brain-Inspired Computing, in the Department of Computer Science. Each semester, approximately 100 students receive hands-on training in neuromorphic computing.

Konstantinos Michmizos, who is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, said he is incorporating brain cells with artificial intelligence. RUTGERS.EDU As for the BHI grant, Michmizos and his team view it as the first fruit of their efforts. “(The BHI grant) nurtures intra-disciplinary collaborations

in their first, the most fragile, stages,” he said. “It encourages researchers across Rutgers to join their forces towards common goals in understanding the brain.”

WINTER WATCH Rutgers University­­—New Brunswick experienced a winter weather mix of snow, hale and freezing rain yesterday. There was a delayed opening for the campus. PRONNOY NANDY

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PLANS

BUDGET AND CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

Rutgers produced 23 Fulbright scholars, ranking 9th among research universities nationwide CONTINUED FROM FRONT

This new facility will strictly treat cancer patients, and it will offer outpatient care, or care that does not require an overnight stay, Libutti said. It may also cover inpatient care, or treatment that requires a patient to stay overnight. This would make it the first inpatient cancer center in New Jersey.

RCINJ ser ves as the cancer treatment leader for the entire state through the Robert Wood Johnson Health System. Libutti said there has been a 10 percent increase in total patients and 12 percent increase in new patients for the system across New Jersey.

Another initiative of RCINJ has been ScreenNJ, which is attempting to increase cancer screening for lung and colon cancer, Libutti said.

SCHEDULING SYSTEM

“We have been working to put together a single scheduling system that would look at first-year housing, assignment

classes, instructors and scheduling of buses,” Barchi said.

This has been a huge process, he said. The University has done two shadow runs, and has decided the system needs to make sure all the faculty preferences are in place and everything works out correctly.

The system is planned to go live in April.

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Rutgers produced 23 Fulbright scholars in the 2018-2019 offerings period, which was the ninth most in the countr y among research universities and second most among public research universities, Barchi said. This was Rutgers’ 10th straight year in the top 10 producers of Fulbright scholars.

Only University of Michigan and Northwestern University produced more Fulbright scholars then Rutgers did among the Big Ten, Barchi said.

One student was awarded a Gates Cambridge scholarship and two students were awarded Schwarzman scholarships, he said.

Due to the University reaching its maximum enrollment limit and increased costs due to faculty contract settlements, Barchi said the central offices have absorbed the entirety of these new costs to the budget. This is a budget cut of 1 to 1.5 percent for the offices.

Now, the focus goes to each campus’ individual chancellors as they work with their schools and deans, he said.

“We are challenging them to look serious about budgeting in a different way,” Barchi said.

“Looking at things that are more entrepreneurial, things that align with our mission but are thinking outside the box.”

Dory Devlin, the senior director of University news and media relations, said to The Daily Targum that agreements have been reached between five of Rutgers’ labor unions. Two of these agreements, with the Teamsters Local 97 and Office & Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153, brought wage increases between 2018 and 2022 by three percent per year in the first three years and then a 2.5 percent increase in 2022.

Contract negotiations with the Rutgers American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers

(AAUP-AFT) are still ongoing, Barchi said.

The Targum reported in December that the AAUP-AFT were picketing outside that month’s Board meeting for new faculty contracts, a cost-of-living salary adjustment, salary equity, gender and race equity in hiring, academic freedom and affordable healthcare and education.

“We’re committed to working through and achieving a fair contract with all of our employees,” Barchi said.

“We’re committed to working through and achieving a fair contract with all of our employees.”

ROBERT L. BARCHI University President

TITLE IX CHANGES

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has proposed changes to Title IX compliances, which have been going through an open period of comment from universities nationwide, Barchi said.

Rutgers has put together a committee with faculty, administration and student representation from all campuses. It has generated a

document that represents the response of the community.

The document addresses the proposed changes, as it voices opposition to the idea of getting rid of the requirement to investigate sexual assault incidents that occur off-campus or during study abroad trips.

“If that were in place, most of the incidents we deal with would not be considered,” Barchi said.

BIG IDEAS CAMPAIGN

Rutgers has launched a Big Ideas Campaign, Barchi said, which devoted $25 million to implement transformative ideas for the Rutgers University—New Brunswick and the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS).

They received approximately 200 responses from faculty and students, and are now in the process of shortening the list to a few ideas.

The ideas are planned to be presented at a 1 to 2-day conference with faculty, alumni, donors and friends. Barchi said the top ideas will then be given to him, Chancellor Christopher J. Molloy and the deans to think about.

These ideas are meant to change the University, its campus and peoples’ overall experience “that can be used to engage our philanthropic supporters in fundraising,” Barchi said.

CAMPAIGN Booker is considered less hostile than other 2020 candidates to Wall Street CONTINUED FROM FRONT

services and the pharmaceutical industry employ many voters in the state.

Voters from Newark also did not consider Booker an effective administrator while he was mayor, said John Weingart, the associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics. Others also feel that his idealist campaign messages are insincere.

But Booker did manage to gain the approval of the New Jersey Press Corps. “(The New Jersey Press Corps) conclude that he seems sincere.

He’s got a number of actions like running into a burning building to rescue people, and for another politician they’d be perceived as stunts, but he’s done it so often it just seems like part of who he is,” Weingart said.

Booker’s idealism is why many compare him to former President Barack Obama. Despite running on the same message of hope and change, Obama is often seen as more of a political pragmatist than Booker, Ambar said.

“I think Obama was someone who came to the race a young man with a little less experience than Booker and no executive experience. But he gave the impression of being more seasoned and more pragmatic than Booker,” Ambar said. “They have a lot of similarities in terms of their personal stories and their racial backgrounds, but to be honest with you, I think that they are two different sorts of men.”

How the Democratic nominee will fare against President Donald J. Trump is a question Democratic voters may have. Baker said Trump was able to wipe out

the 2016 Republican hopefuls, which means he is doing something right.

Before going toe-to-toe against Trump, Booker would have to secure the Democratic Party. The last time this many Democrats competed for the nomination was in 1976.

“He is certainly not in Bernie Sanders’s corner. I think from the point of view of the constituents, the so-called socialist Democrats, who elected Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Booker is not their guy,” Baker said.

He said that though Booker may not secure the nomination, he could have a shot at vice presidency.

“This year particularly, the mood of the electorate and the preferences of the electorate are harder than ever to pin down,” Weingart said.

But all three Rutgers professors agree on Booker’s appeal to students.

“Booker is the star. He’s funny, has great anecdotes, is at ease with students and doesn’t patronize them. He’s a complete extrovert and students really eat it up,” Baker said.

While Baker believes the student vote holds great promise, he said it has never delivered, even though the stakes for voting are higher for students than other demographics — especially considering the cost of higher education. If elected, Booker’s connection to New Jersey and the University could benefit college students.

“Booker is a favorite son of New Jersey, and a candidate in that position tends to remember where they’re from and be more cognizant of issues in their home state than issues in other states,” Weingart said.

John Weingart, the associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) was able to gain the approval of the New Jersey Press Corps. Booker seemed sincere to them because of his actions, such as running into a burning building to save people. FACEBOOK

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We should resist urge to conform to society

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espite the overt discrepancies in how different groups socialYVONNE OLAYEMI ize, and the fact that the social cultures in college vary due to many factors, most of us have nonetheless had to, and may still be finding out how to, navigate the various nuances of Rutgers social life. In an undergraduate community as large and socially diverse as the one we currently exist in, it is a necessary skill to determine how you “fit” in the grand scheme of Rutgers relations. The question is whether Rutgers’ social culture has bred an obligation to assimilate in a way that is toxic to how we operate as a community.

To state the obvious, despite the fact that we have, in theory, been removed from the childish politics of high school pressures to fit in, we have not necessarily left the similar subconscious sense of obligation to suit certain aesthetics depending on what group we are with. This pressure was especially apparent in my freshman and sophomore year at Rutgers.

For those who know, “Livi” Dining Hall was the absolute place to go to broadcast a particularly fly fit (outfit). At least in “Black Rutgers,” “Livi” Dining Hall, especially at dinner, was where you could guarantee seeing numerous people that you would otherwise only see at parties or apartment kickbacks.

There was an unspoken understanding that if you were going to be on Livingston that day, you could not wear just anything. My friends and I (back when we lived on Douglass campus) used to jokingly justify dressing up for our dreaded 8 a.m. classes by saying statements like, “Oh, I’ll be on Livi all day today, starting with this class, so you know I can’t look like a bum.”

For men, there are pressures in certain groups to always have a “fresh” haircut, otherwise you are shamed into wearing a hat, hood or durag until the issue is sorted out. Women similarly have their ponytail, hat or scarf days to hide the unwanted frizz or incomplete (maybe even failed) twist-out. Facial hair, eyebrows, makeup, body build, among other things, are all physical factors to be concerned with, all before the worry of clothes and other material things.

I am sure we have all either been the friend who gets dragged to an event that we did not really want to go to, or have been the friend who does the dragging. From parties, to football games, to fraternity formals, to “Livi pop-out” days, many can relate to the feeling of pressure or obligation to attend these social functions and subscribe to the public niceties that go along with them.

Traditionally, for guys at a party, it is almost an expectation that they attempt to pursue at least one, if not more than one woman before the night is over. If not, they are likely to be questioned or made fun of by their boys. Women are burdened as well, often questioned or criticized (likely by the opposite sex) for going to parties and not being open to the advances made by their male counterparts. A common argument made is that if women wanted to go to a party to solely have a good time with their girls and no one else, then they could have stayed in and enjoyed the same sensation.

Couples go through their own separate set of pressures in addition to the social pressures that plague them as individuals. As someone who has a number of friends in relationships, the common internal questions are, “Is it weird that we aren’t going to this event together?” “Am I comfortable with my significant other in this kind of setting without me?” “Is my significant other going to feel some type of way if I am in this setting without them?” “Do I really want to be a part of one of ‘those’ couples?”

We are a part of a society that has a college social culture with an emphasis on partying, which is so heavily present that alcohol and drug consumption has, in most instances, become a norm and almost even an expectation.

A friend of mine even said that sometimes he feels awkward when it seems like he is the only person at the party who has not had a beer yet. Indulging in alcohol has become a natural part of the process rather than a voluntary action based on preference.

Acknowledging that the instances mentioned only highlight few of the many circumstances that illustrate my point, we have all, at some point or another experienced times where we unconsciously fall into the conformity that accompanies having a social life. Without our knowledge, it infiltrates how we operate: what we wear, what we say, where we go and what we do. It compromises our individuality in ways so subtle that we rarely realize it.

Being on a campus like ours only exacerbates those expectations.

While I cannot realistically hope to see change in the social pressures that are consistent with college life, I do hope that those who read this are able to be honest enough with themselves.

Whether you want to acknowledge it, although we have grown, and time has likely yielded maturity, the paradigms of social culture and interaction have not substantially shifted from when we were kids in high school.

LIFE AT RU

Yvonne Olayemi is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in biological sciences. Her column “Life At RU,” runs on alternate Wednesday’s.

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Wrongfully convicted must have justice Unfulfilled promises of liberty hollow system that imprisons innoncent

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he land not of milk and honey but rather allowed for the exoneration of 364 people in the handcuffs and jail cells. From the moun- United States through DNA testing, including 20 tain top, one can see the 2.3 million incar- who were ser ving time on death row.

A major contributing factor to wrongful concerated in America. Of those in shackles, some are waiting for the promises of justice and due process victions is misidentification, which is often built to be upheld. What happens to justice when it is on problematic cross-racial identifications and deferred? “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? faulty recollection. Witnesses have been seen to Or fester like a sore — and then run? … Or does miss subtle dif ferences and identifiers that distinguish between members of another race. it explode?”

A study from the National Registr y of ExonHuwe Burton, who had no previous criminal record, was only 16 years old when he was wrong- erations noted that while “African Americans fully convicted of murdering his mother exactly are only 13 percent of the American population 30 years ago. For approximately 10 years, stu- ...they constitute 47 percent of the 1,900 exondents and attorneys in Rutgers—Newark Law’s erations listed in the National Registr y of ExCriminal and Youth Justice Clinic worked to ab- onerations (as of October 2016), and the great solve him from the conviction, according to Rut- majority of more than 1,800 additional innocent defendants who were framed and convicted of gers Today.

Last month, in a hearing on Jan. 24, Bronx Su- crimes in 15 large-scale police scandals and later preme Court Justice Steven Barrett finally annulled cleared in ‘group exonerations.’”

For murder, Black people are seven times more Burton’s conviction and dismissed the case. Due to newly discovered evidence showing that Burton likely to be wrongfully convicted. For sexual assault, Black falsely confessed people are 3.5 to the murder, times more Barrett was able to likely to be make his decision “While justice delayed is justice denied, no wrongfully conas The Daily Tarnation of laws can survive on a foundation of victed. For livgum reported. ing while Black, As the mighty injustice and wrongful conviction. ” Black people stream of justice will experience continues to slip the theft of through the dams their liberty. of a system that In response to the reality of the misallocation obstruct and constrain the waters of liberty, an innocent man righteously walks free. We at the Tar- of justice, the New Jersey State Senate passed Bill gum acknowledge and commend the tireless work S406 in December 2018, creating a commission to of those involved and Rutgers—Newark for pro- “study the scope and scale of wrongful conviction viding students with the opportunity to not only in New Jersey” as reported by NJ Advance Media. witness the ease at which assembly line justice The Last Resort Exoneration Project at Seton Hall manufactures faulty goods, but also experience University School of Law estimates that there can the struggle to assert due process and appeal be roughly 300 people currently wrongfully locked up in state prisons. wrongful convictions.

While justice delayed is justice denied, no naEver y year, a new record number of people exonerated from wrongful convictions is set. Many tion of laws can sur vive on a foundation of injushave attributed the rising rates to accountabili- tice and wrongful conviction. The criminal justice ty in prosecutorial of fices and the recent trend system stole decades from Burton, who now faces of jurisdictions incorporating conviction review the challenge of building a delayed life. Burton is units or conviction integrity units in their crimi- not alone. There is much to be done and progress nal justice systems. Technological advances have to be made.

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Upbringing contributes to foundation from which we grow TRAIPSE THE FINE LINE SRUTI BEZAWADA

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ot far from New Brunswick and Piscataway is a large township called Edison. There are only three possible reactions to the above statement: you have definitely heard of it at some point and are probably groaning, you are hearing about it now or you are from Edison.

My family and I moved to Edison when I was 6 years old. Before then, we had lived in a tiny, quiet and mostly elderly white neighborhood. As they say, it takes a village to raise a child, and I definitely took after my community, albeit unironically. Nobody in the apartment complex ever appeared on their doorstep. I mirrored this. I enjoyed staying at home, and was rather distant socially.

The thing is, I never actually knew that until we packed our bags and headed for Edison. If you have been to Edison or are from there, you would know it is the complete opposite of small-town North Carolina. It is crowded, noisy and filled with disillusioned students navigating a normal childhood and scathing academic pressure, littered with potholes that have evaded taxpayers’ money for 27 years and the central gathering place of New Jersey’s rudest drivers. When we first moved into this town, I did not know whether to feel flattered or to break down crying each time

some child pounded the door and called me out to play.

The sentiment extended inward. To this day, I still feel like the new kid on the block.

I grew to enjoy spending time with my close friends, but I would always return home sooner than they did and wonder whether there was something wrong with me.

But no matter how frustrating, Edison remains my one and only home.

Edison possesses a strong and growing ethnic Asian population. A single white classmate in a room of 35 students was normal, and on many occasions, there were none at all. It came to the point that

tell-tale signs are everywhere. From the Hindu shrines and temples, to older ladies strolling down the streets in saris to “Ajay Driving School,” to the blazing firework displays during Deepavalli (the word for Diwali in my mother tongue), to the realtor signs advertising “east-facing homes,” the local Indian community has carved a home approximately 8,000 miles away from home. I had the fortune of being raised at the heart of my religion, culture and customary traditions. The familiarity of it all is just so nostalgic that I find myself both amused and proud. Unsurprisingly, this puts me in some unique situations.

“But the hectic noise of my community, and the positive and negative circumstances I encountered along the way, are all pieces of what I call home. And I would not have it any other way.” we ogled and teased schools visiting from afar on band trips or sports matches, which were vastly white. At one point, while watching a video of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering a speech to a crowd in the 1940s, my U.S. history teacher joked about the sheer whiteness of the audience. The teacher was also white.

In any case, the arguably largest Asian demographic that makes up Edison’s population is of Indian origin. And the

I am an ambivert by nature. While I may be on the quiet side when I am first acquainted with someone, I am notoriously outspoken among my close friends. Attending large public schools in Edison would have been a nightmare if it were not for my upbringing so similar to that of my fellow Indian peers.

It gave me something to talk about, relate to and derive mutual elation from. This holds especially true in the awkward years of high school when kids start questioning

themselves, their identities and their futures. I was able to fall back on my familial background to give me the steady boost I needed to keep moving forward.

But the most interesting situation came with applications. All of them possess a question along the lines of: “Describe a challenge you have faced regarding diversity.” How do I explain the first time I stepped foot in a white family’s house and the low-burning shock that I did not have to remove my shoes? Knowing instantly when a teacher or cashier was about to say my name, and interrupting them before they grossly mispronounced it? Correct my world history teacher of a textbook misconception in the Hindu faith? Show that “curry” is not the only food India is known for? That yoga is an ancient Indian tradition, not a modern fad many trends are ripping off?

These doubts do not seem as earthshattering as a “challenge” connotes. Nor does the meaning of culture to a shy kid seem that significant. But the hectic noise of my community and the positive and negative circumstances I encountered along the way, are all pieces of what I call home.

And I would not have it any other way.

Sruti Bezawada is a Rutgers Business School and School of Arts and Sciences sophomore double majoring in marketing and communications and minoring in Japanese. Her column, “Traipse the Fine Line,” runs alternate Wednesday’s.

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Studio Ghibli's deep humanism produces marvelous fantasy TAYLOR DUA COPY EDITOR

For more than 30 years, Studio Ghibli has been enchanting spectators with its works of masterful artistry and fantastic worlds of magic.

Although there is an existing stigma in which animated films are often written off as children’s entertainment, the studio has produced content palatable for mature audiences, revolving around themes of environment, war and tragedy.

It is this versatility that's an essential component to its wild success — without it, The New York Times’ film critics would not have credited “Spirited Away” as the No. 2 movie of the century thus far, along with other accolades.

The founding creative team was comprised of producers Yasuyoshi Takuma and Toshi Suzuki and directors Isao Takahata and the highly-praised Hayao Miyazaki, who is often considered the mastermind behind the studio’s films.

Coincidentally, it's Miyazaki’s movies that are the most revered, including the acclaimed “Spirited Away,” among other favorites like “Howl’s Moving Castle,” “Kiki’s

Delivery Service,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Princess Mononoke.”

I, myself, can still remember my first experience with Studio Ghibli — sitting in the dark in my cousin's TV room, the blue glare of the screen cast upon our faces that molded with wonder as Mei, who sat upon Totoro’s chest, rose and fell in time with his steady snore. I was fascinated by the dewy drops of rain that rolled easily down the leaves of trees. Even as a child who was far from a movie buff, I could tell that what I was watching was really special.

Each of the films has elements of magical realism, delving into worlds afflicted by witches, monsters and other mythical creatures. Often, trajectories are similar — the respective protagonists are torn from their everyday routines of relative normalcy and flung into the unknown and forced to fend for themselves — but each movie retains its own unique flair and life lesson.

An example of this is Studio Ghibli's 1997 release “Princess Mononoke,” which centers around Prince Ashitaka, who — after being bitten by an infected boar — seeks a cure

for his affliction from the Forest Spirit. But along his journey, Ashitaka stumbles upon Irontown and the intricacies of its livelihood. The town conflicts heavily with the forest and consequently with the wolf god Moro, Princess Mononoke and the other creatures that inhabit it.

Roger Ebert, an esteemed film critic, said, “The drama is underlaid with Miyazaki's deep humanism, which avoids easy moral simplifications … You won't find many Hollywood love stories (animated or otherwise) so philosophical.”

It is because Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli have brought forward not only morally complex narratives, but also aesthetically beautiful visuals, that artists across many mediums become inspired.

“One thing that really inspired me and is very noticeable from the films is that they use real life influences in their shows and model all the landscapes and stories from that,” said Fred Quayenortey, a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior who is pursuing a career in animation himself. “A lot of shows copy and reference other shows, so they all look the same, but Miyazaki always referenced from life.”

Studio Ghibli films, like 1997's "Princess Mononoke," display the company's dedication to stories that explore the human conditon while incorporating magical elements. TWITTER As anime grows increasingly popular in Western mainstream culture, it's important to recognize who laid the foundation and essentially paved the way for the art form. Though its works revolve mainly around the supernatural, the real magic

of Studio Ghibli has been its ability to transcend both cultural and lingual barriers to bridge nations. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and the studio drew thousands of pictures that have started many worthwhile conversations.

DIVERSIONS

February 13, 2019

Mark Tatulli Horoscopes

Lio

Page 9 Eugenia Last

Happy Birthday: Don’t mince words. If you have something to say, spit it out. Be direct to avoid giving the wrong impression. How you handle others and the way you relate and share information will make a difference in whether you achieve your goals. Don’t let your emotions take over or interfere in doing what’s right or best for yourself. Your numbers are 4, 10, 16, 24, 31, 35, 46.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Consider what you are doing and what you want to be doing, and look for a way to make the adjustment. Discuss your plans with whoever will be affected by the decision you make, and prepare to move forward. 4 stars

Over The Hedge

T. Lewis and M. Fry

Non Sequitur

Wiley

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Discipline and hard work will pay off.

Set your sights on what you want to achieve and take action. Make personal and professional improvements your targets. Talking to individuals who can help you make your dreams come true will pay off. 3 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Emotions will surface when dealing with matters that can affect the way you earn your living. A change you make should be geared toward adding to your qualifications. Keeping up with the times will determine your fate. 3 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Share your thoughts and intentions. Your descriptive way of explaining your plans will make it difficult for others to resist wanting to come along for the ride. A partnership will take on a deeper meaning, and romance will improve your personal life. 3 stars

Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Opportunity knocks. Get out and do things that will bring you in contact with interesting people. The information you pick up will help you bring about the changes you want to make. Professional options look promising. Negotiate on your own behalf. 4 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Mingle more or spend quality time with someone you love or respect. What you gain through interactions with forward-thinking people will lead to positive changes that will alleviate stress and give you something to look forward to. 2 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Think twice before you get into a spat with someone close to you. Anger and arguments will not solve problems.

Honesty and peaceful solutions will. Show compassion and respect for others’ opinions, and expect the same in return. 5 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Share your ideas with someone you love, and good plans will transpire. A unique change can be made that will improve how or where you live. A short trip or research will jump-start your next adventure. 3 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be a participant, but protect against insult or injury. You have what it takes to win on your own.

Don’t trust others to take care of your business or to protect you from loss. Play your cards close to the vest. 3 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look beyond what’s happening in the present and plan for the future with optimism. Change is required in order to find the freedom you need to take on something new and exciting. Go with the flow and see what happens. 5 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Keep an open mind when dealing with friends, relatives and emotional matters. Try to be objective and to offer suggestions that are doable. A change of pace will help you look, do and be your best in professional situations. 5 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Trust will play a role in how others respond to you. Be honest about the way you feel instead of being evasive for fear of getting hurt or hurting someone else. Truth matters and must be upheld. 2 stars

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Universal Crossword ACROSS

63 Pepper spray relative

1 Loud kiss

64 Hairless

6 Razed, with “down”

65 Finnish cell phone maker

10 Houston slugger, to fans

66 Ran in the wash

14 “You there?”

67 Meets with

15 Heroic saga

68 Beginning stage

16 “That was close!”

17 *”Later, Jose!”

DOWN

19 Theme park feature

1 Total fraud

20 Yoga pads

2 Navy Cross or Silver Star

21 Hindu in “The Simpsons”

3 Justice Samuel

22 Tadpoles’ homes

4 Sense of finality

23 *”Mona Lisa” locale

5 Winning punches, briefly

27 Intentional jeans tear

6 ASU city

28 Marriage-related

7 Poppy drug

31 Sheer delight

8 Fix, as a match

33 Golfer Mickelson

9 ___-bag (“green” tote)

35 Hair salon sound

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11 Classic Girl Scout cookies

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12 Fantastic Mr. Foxx

40 QB Brett Favre’s 508

13 Has to pay back

42 Blew one’s own horn

41 Gyro meat

18 Seniors’ group

45 Israel neighbor

43 Goldie of “Private Benjamin”

22 Get-up-and-go

47 MIT or UCLA

44 “Anything ___?”

24 Was in a contest

48 Conks out

46 Essayist Ralph Waldo

25 Strike organizer

50 Paperless IRS return

48 Beats headphones Dr.

26 Cho’s “Star Trek” role

51 Has to have

49 *Nursery rhyme with a

29 Senate intern, e.g.

52 Enjoys a lollipop

candlestick

30 Vinyl platters

53 British singer Goulding

54 “Deal with it!”

31 Tiny weight

54 Mummy’s place

56 Doctor’s charge

32 Mojito ingredient

55 Taken by mouth

57 Is home sick

33 Backup strategy

58 Airline reservation

59 Not a copy: Abbr.

34 Chop down

60 “Elementary” network

60 Succeeds (or fails) at

36 Lager alternative

61 “Norma ___” (1979 film)

finding the names hidden

38 “Now I get it”

62 Numero ___

in the starred answers?

39 Six years, for a senator

Yesterday’s Solution

Yesterday’s Solution

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TOURNAMENTS Rutgers hopes to qualify 6 wrestlers for March, like last season CONTINUED FROM BACK Joseph Grello currently has a 12-7 record, including a close loss last week to Purdue’s then No. 11 Dylan L ydy.

If Grello can win the next two dual meet bouts and put together a solid showing at the Big Ten Tournament, he has a solid chance to be wrestling at the end of March in Pittsburgh.

Graduate student 184-pounder Nick Gravina, who has qualified for the NCAA Tournament three times before, will likely miss the tournament this year, having only posted a 3-2 record in what has been an injury-riddled season for him.

At 197 pounds, sophomore Matthew Correnti has posted a 12-12 record so far. He’s qualified for NCAA’s before, during his freshman season when he finished the season 16-13. If Correnti can finish in the top six of Big Ten’s, he’ll be another wrestler likely to qualify for Rutgers.

Finally, for the heavyweight class, junior Christian Colucci is 13-9 this season and putting together a strong case to qualify for his first-ever NCAA Tournament. Pending his performance in Indianapolis,

Colucci should be another qualifier for the Knights.

Now, to take a look at Rutgers’ hammers — the athletes who legitimately have a chance at winning a national title, and can become the Knights’ first-ever national champions.

Starting at 133 pounds, Suriano is currently ranked No. 4 in the country. He already has losses to Oklahoma State’s No. 2 Daton Fix and Iowa’s No. 3 Austin DeSanto.

Suriano could square off against No. 1 Stevan Micic of Michigan in the upcoming dual meet this Sunday.

The Big Ten Tournament will be a great tune-up and measuring stick for Suriano heading into the end of March. He will likely have to get through DeSanto in the semifinals and will most likely see Micic in the finals if both wrestlers make it.

This could set up for some interesting rematches in Pittsburgh depending on the outcomes of the conference tournament bouts.

Ashnault, Rutgers’ only No. 1-ranked wrestler, will be looking to cap off his storied career on the Banks by becoming an NCAA Champion. Ashnault is already a three-time All-American, but his highest finish was

in fourth place during the 20152016 season as a sophomore.

Ashnault is 20-0 on the season thus far with wins over six ranked opponents. No win was bigger than his win over Princeton’s then No. 1 Matthew Kolodzik, who he beat in decisive fashion with a 10-2 major decision victory, on Feb. 3.

Ashnault also has wins over Ohio State’s No. 3 Micah

Jordan, and the Cowboys’ No. 5 Kaden Gfeller.

This postseason will be a huge one for head coach Scott Goodale, as he has a chance to coach two wrestlers in the national finals.

After coming up just short of notching his first-ever national champion last year with Suriano, winning an individual title this season would be a huge program

booster in terms of recruiting for the future.

The remaining question is how many other wrestlers will be along for the ride in Pittsburgh with Ashnault and Suriano?

These last few weeks will be extremely important.

For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

Sophomore 174-pounder Joseph Grello has a 12-4 record this season and has potential to advance in March, if he wins his next bouts. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019

TRIP Knights last fell to Wildcats by 8 points in January CONTINUED FROM BACK

Graduate student center Shaquille Doorson is averaging nearly five rebounds per game and has been a strong presence in the paint. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019

As it stands, the Knights are currently in a tie for 10th place in the conference standings with Indiana. Meanwhile, Northwestern is following close behind with Nebraska and Penn State bringing up the rear.

A win would be huge for Rutgers in terms of its future Big Ten Tournament seeding, which is now just a month away. The Knights, who already have their most conference wins since joining the Big Ten, are also trying to avoid another last-place finish in the conference.

But first, Rutgers will have to get through the Wildcats, who are also desperate for a win.

They’re riding a four-game losing streak of their own and coming off a complete meltdown against No. 20 Iowa on the road where they lost on a last-second 3-pointer in a game they had been leading all night.

Tonight’s matchup marks the 13th meeting between the two teams, with Northwestern leading the all-time series 10-2. Nevertheless, both teams match up pretty well with each other.

Both teams rank in the lower third of scoring offense and fieldgoal percentage, but the Wildcats have the slight advantage over the Knights in both categories, scoring 68.2 points per game and shooting the ball at 41.4 percent compared to Rutgers’ 68.0 points per game and 41.2 percent from the field.

Neither team shoots the three-ball particularly well either, with Northwestern shooting at a

33.4-percent clip and the Knights shooting it at 31.8 percent.

It’s on the other side of the ball where both teams shine. The Wildcats rank 38th in scoring defense, allowing 65.0 points per game, and Rutgers ranks 100th, letting up 68.5 points per game, even after giving up 99 points to Illinois over the weekend.

On the boards, the Knights have the clear height advantage, racking up a total of 909 rebounds, good enough for 66th in the countr y, while Northwestern comes in at 296th with just 779 rebounds.

Still, Rutgers needs to be aware of the Wildcats’ big men in 6-foot-8-inch center Dererk Pardon, who averages 14 points per game and 7.8 rebounds per game, and 6-foot-7-inch forward Vic Law, who averages 15.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.

But the Knights have some big men of their own in 7-foot graduate student center Shaquille Doorson and 6-foot-7-inch junior forward Eugene Omoruyi.

But for Rutgers to avenge its loss against Northwestern, it will need sophomore guard Geo Baker to return back to form. In his last two games, Baker has shot 30.4 percent from the field and 25 percent from beyond the arc, both of which are under his season and career average.

After the Wildcats, the Knights will have six conference games remaining, including three against currently-ranked teams.

For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

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Rutgers finishes road trip in Evanston ROBERT SANCHEZ CORRESPONDENT

Following its overtime loss against Illinois on Saturday, the Rutgers men’s basketball team will look to put a stop to its current three-game losing streak when it travels to Evanston, Illinois to face Northwestern tonight at 7 p.m. for a Jan. 18 rematch.

The last time the two teams met, the Scarlet Knights (11-12, 4-9) suffered a disappointing 65-57 loss at the hands of the Wildcats (12-11, 3-9) inside the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC), where Rutgers is 9-5 this season.

In that game, after being down by as much as 10 points in the second half, the Knights evened things up at 49 with just less than 6 minutes to play. But Northwestern finished things off with a 16-8 run to steal one inside the RAC. Now, Rutgers will look to return the favor with a win inside Welsh-Ryan Arena.

But like the Knights, the Wildcats are much better at home than they are on the road, boasting a 9-4 record inside their home court this season.

Still, Rutgers, who is staring down its second four-game losing streak of the season and first in conference, is in desperate need of a win.

The Wildcats last defeated the Knights at the Rutgers Athletic Center by 7 points. Rutgers will look to spoil Northwestern’s home crowd tonight, as it goes for its 12th win of the season. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019

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WRESTLING ASHNAULT, SURIANO LOCKS TO QUALIFY FOR NCAA TOURNAMENT

Knights ready for postseason tournaments MATTHEW HOWE CORRESPONDENT

With just two matches remaining before closing out its dual meet season, the Rutgers wrestling team is beginning to gear up for the postseason.

The Big Ten Tournament will take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota from March 9 to 10, and just two weeks after that, the NCAA Tournament starts in Pittsburgh from March 21 to 24.

Last season, the No. 18 Scarlet Knights (11-5, 4-3) had six qualifiers for the NCAA Tournament, and are looking to at least match that number of qualifiers this season.

The shoe-ins are obvious. No. 4 junior 133-pounder Nick Suriano, consensus No. 1 graduate student 149-pounder Anthony Ashnault and No. 14 graduate student 157-pounder John Van Brill. All three wrestlers are heavily favored to make the tournament.

As far as the rest of the team goes, it will be up to its individual performances at the conference tournament to see if they will receive an at-large bid to be eligible for the tournament.

There are a few more wrestlers on the bubble, as well. Sophomore 174-pounder No. 4 junior 133-pounder Nick Suriano is most likely a lock to qualify for the NCAA Tournament in Pittsburgh, next month. He has a 19-2 record this season. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019 NHL SCORES

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MARIN HARTSHORN, freshman attacker on the women’s lacrosse team, was named the Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week. The Allentown, N.J. native scored 4 goals and had two assists in the team’s 20-3 victory over LIU Brooklyn.

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SOFTBALL

vs. Temple

at Northwestern

vs. Ohio State

vs. Liberty

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Tomorrow, 7 p.m., The RAC

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