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Barchi issues response to ‘End Assault at Rutgers’ concerns BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR

University President Robert L. Barchi released a message on Friday in response to the concerns raised by a student on behalf of the coalition “End Assault at Rutgers” at Tuesday’s Board of Governors meeting.

Barchi’s message was sent to Rutgers’ Board of Governors Chair Sandy Stewart and Vice Chair Mark Angelson. It outlines the areas of concern the University-wide Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee is evaluating, which it will soon make recommendations toward.

“This committee is charged with making recommendations that will ensure that the University

is proactive in preventing sexual harassment, bringing greater transparency to our reporting, providing world-class training for faculty and staff and engaging in thoughtful assessment on the effectiveness of our approaches,” Barchi said.

The Daily Targum reported on Wednesday that 1 of the 8 demands brought by the student who spoke, Olivia Wischmeyer, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, was to de-tenure Dr. Nabil Adam. He was a former vice chancellor of Research and Collaborations at Rutgers—Newark who had been accused by one of his former graduate students of sexual assault and harassment.

Adam has been largely cleared of sexual misconduct allegations and is now being investigated for allegedly retaliating against his accuser, a graduate student, according to an article by NJ Advanced Media.

Peter Englot, senior vice chancellor for Public Affairs and Chief of Staff at Rutgers University— Newark, said to NJ Advanced Media, “Dr. Adam is returning as a professor emphasizing research.”

Violations of the University’s sexual harassment policy can be resolved in a number of different ways, according to Barchi’s message, including restorative justice (if both parties agree) up to SEE CONCERNS ON PAGE 4

University President Robert L. Barchi said he was supportive of considering de-tenuring a faculty member who was found to be guilty of sexual assault. DECLAN INTINDOLA

RUSA to distribute reusable bags for students’ dining hall takeout JAKE MCGOWAN CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) voted to pass a measure that will replace plastic bags used at dining hall takeouts with canvas bags students will receive at the start of their first semester.

University Affairs Committee Chair Dominique Little said the bag is comparable to the water bottle that RUSA provides firstyear students at the start of their first semesters.

“We’re trying something similar to (the companion bottle). Instead of the companion bottle, this will be a reusable bag. The reusable bag would get rid of all the plastic bags at takeout, similar to how we got rid of all the paper cups and all the

plastic lids and straws that were at takeout,” Little said.

The bag would fit two takeout containers in it, as well as a space for a companion bottle on the side.

While the bag would replace all plastic bags at takeout, other eateries, such as the Cook Student Center and the Douglass Student Center, will continue to use plastic bags. Should a student lose their bag, Little said, they can buy a replacement.

“This bill goes through the effects of plastic bags, why we need to get rid of them and how the reusable bag will replace those harmful effects of plastic with positive effects,” Little said.

The weekly meeting also addressed an initiative taken by the Rutgers football team. Brenda Tracy, survivor of a 1998 gang rape,

spoke with the team. Tracy is the founder of the #SetTheExpectation campaign, which is dedicated to combating sexual and physical violence through education and direct engagement with coaches and young men involved in high school and collegiate athletic programs, according to the campaign’s website.

The Rutgers football team plans to dedicate a game to her, as well as the #SetTheExpectation campaign, said Cole Murphy, an external representative and member of the Student-Athlete Advisor y Committee (SAAC).

“We had the pleasure of having Brenda Tracy come and speak with the football team. We met with our coach today, and we talked about how administration is going to

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During the Rutgers University Student Assembly meeting last week, members voted to push back the deadline for the Internal Affairs Committee to release allocations. JAKE MCGOWAN / CORRESPONDENT dedicate one of our games to the #SetTheExpectation movement, and also wear a purple and turquoise ribbon on our helmets,” Murphy said.

Also addressed at the meeting was a compromise that pushes back the deadline for the Internal Affairs Committee (IA) to release pertinent allocations information received via an audit of RUSA. The new bill (S19-02) was written by Nick Pellitta, chairman of the RUSA Allocations Board, and Nick Tharney, the parliamentarian of RUSA. The compromise is an amendment to the original bill, which mandated the RUSA Allocations Board release cap sheets, which are documents that govern the amount of money provided to student organizations.

In order to increase transparency, multiple extensions have been provided to the IA and the RUSA Allocations Board. The original amendment increased the amount of time for the Allocations Board to review its allocations process in order to provide increased transparency.

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“The assembly clearly felt, when they passed the last bill (F18-10) extending the release of the cap sheets, that they wanted a full investigation,” Tharney said. “We figured that we ought to make sure that we have all of the necessary information, so that we can report back to the assembly.”

The previous deadline, Feb. 15, has been moved to Sept. 20.

While the compromise passed with little resistance, some students voiced their concern with the second deadline extension. Jason Yu, an external representative for RUSA, expressed his concerns.

“We passed RAPTA (RUSA Allocations Process Transparency Act) last spring, 2018, with an overwhelming majority.

The Allocation Board had eight months to review the allocations process, and they still haven’t done anything. They should be done by now. Isn’t this enough? It’s a year now. I think it should be enough.

We don’t need another seven months of this,” Yu said.

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Access Week supports underrepresented students CATHERINE NGUYEN NEWS EDITOR

Today kickstarts the sixth annual Access Week, an event to engage the University around first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students through various programs, workshops and talks.

Jesmarie Minaya, the senior program coordinator of Student Access and Educational Equity (SAEE), said the purpose of the event is to bring attention to ways Rutgers could support these students, which represents approximately 30 percent of the most recent first-year class.

“One of our biggest goals for Access Week is to help the Rutgers community understand that supporting first-generation students should be important to everyone,” she said.

Access Week includes a range of events to raise visibility of issues facing first-generation students. Today’s event is “I AM COLLEGEBOUND: College Fair & Youth Summit” in which Rutgers students help high school students prepare for college through workshops, speakers and trainings. Tuesday will be the “RU1st Forum,” in which a panel of national experts will speak to undergraduates about ways to improve first-generation student retention and graduation rates.

Wednesday will mark the “James Dickson Carr Lecture Series,” which is also part of the Paul Robeson centennial celebration series, Minaya said. At the event, CNN legal analyst Laura Coates will speak

in a public lecture about the importance of knowing and advocating for one’s civil rights and understanding the integrity of activism.

On Thursday, SAEE will host the “Graduate School Preparation Summit” to share advice for how to succeed during the graduate school application process.

The program will end with the “Read to the Youth” literacy campaign on Friday, which is where SAEE students will give back to the community by visiting Plainfield Public Schools to read to children in the classroom, Minaya said.

“This event allows for current college students to inspire a new group of students to attend Rutgers and further their education,” she said.

One of the speakers during Access Week is Zakiya Smith Ellis, who currently serves as New Jersey’s Secretary of Higher Education. While her undergraduate degree was in secondary education, she decided to switch to management and policy because there were parts of the classroom that were out of a teacher’s control.

She said after high school, there were far fewer lowerincome, first-generation students of color that went straight to college. Although New Jersey has a higher amount of people with college degrees than other states, there is still a sizable gap between the rates for different ethnicities.

“Close to 50 percent of white people have a college degree, less than a third of African Americans

Zakiya Smith Ellis, who is currently New Jersey’s Secretary of Higher Education, is one of the speakers taking part in this year’s Access Week. LINKEDIN

have one and approximately 25 percent of Hispanics have a college degree,” Smith said.

Once these students get to college, Smith said the completion rate is also lower for minority students than white students.

The four-year graduation rate is 50 percent for Black students, 56 percent for Hispanic students and 68 percent for Asian students. In comparison, the rate for white students is the highest at 72 percent.

She said that Access Week and other opportunities, such as Rutgers’ Education Opportunity

Fund (EOF), were great models for the state, since it highlighted the needs of first-generation students.

“People turn to New Jersey and look at (its) EOF program … it’s the crème de la crème of student support,” Smith said.

What Rutgers can continue to do to support these students is increase affordability, she said. Through scholarships, initiatives and providing ways to afford room and board, supplies and other hidden costs for attending college, increased affordability would help students

know where to go and not worr y about how their term bills would be paid.

Overall, Minaya said Access Week is important because firstgeneration, low-income and underrepresented students face barriers to higher education and need support.

“A series like Access Week communicates Rutgers’ commitment to diversity and inclusion, and serves as a national model of innovation in supporting underserved students,” Minaya said.

Jesmarie Minaya is the senior program coordinator for Student Access and Educational Equity. She said the main goal of the event was to raise awareness for ways the University could support the first-generation students who represent 30 percent of the incoming first-year class. LINKEDIN

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CONCERNS Sexual harassment cases may take longer than 60 days to resolve CONTINUED FROM FRONT

and including the de-tenuring and dismissal of faculty.

“I am supportive of the concept of making the initiation of the detenuring process mandatory upon a finding of sexual assault, and will consult with academic, legal and shared governance leadership on the process for making this so,” Barchi said.

Another demand laid out by Wischmeyer was to ensure the accused be placed on unpaid administrative leave until the Office of Employment Equity (OEE) investigation is resolved, according to the Targum.

Rutgers personnel are placed on leave on a case-by-case basis, according to the message, and the University does not prejudge or place faculty on unpaid administrative leave before ascertaining the validity of claims.

Due process and collectively negotiated agreements are followed closely.

Wischmeyer also demanded the avoidance of conflicts of interest in OEE investigations. On that point, OEE refers conflicts of interest, whether actual or perceived, to other internal units or retains external experts who specialize in investigating sexual harassment claims, according to Barchi’s message.

Additionally, Wischmeyer demanded the office provide an update to the person who filed the complaint within 60 days.

“It is the goal of OEE to complete all investigations within 60 days, but if new information comes to OEE’s attention, or sources are difficult to locate or refuse to cooperate, or any number of other complicating factors occur, some cases may take longer than 60 days to resolve. That said, I have brought this question to OEE’s attention, and the office has committed to providing 60-day updates to investigations, regardless of their status,” Barchi said.

The University has a clear policy against retaliation for bringing forward a complaint, according to the message.

“We steadfastly uphold our policy of protecting those who bring allegations, whether as a witness or a victim,” Barchi said.

Addressing Wischmeyer’s demand for a mandatory yearly climate survey on each academic department on its three main campuses as well as any satellite campuses, the University is currently in a climate survey cycle, using the online campus climate assessment tool #iSPEAK, according to the message. “(This) is designed to help us assess the prevalence and

Nabil Adam, who was formerly a vice chancellor of Research and Collaborations at the University, is currently being investigated for allegedly retaliating against the graduate student who accused him of sexual assault. RUTGERS.EDU incidence of campus sexual assault and harassment and better understand the circumstances under which it occurs. The results of the survey are being used to inform services and programs funded by the $2 million Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant that Rutgers received from state and federal sources to expand services, training and education in Newark, Camden and New Brunswick,” Barchi said.

Barchi said he supports establishing a program to provide accommodation to students who need to find new advisors or labs based on the results of OEE investigations and any other adverse events related

to a student’s relationship with their advisor.

Barchi’s message does not directly address two demands brought by Wischmeyer: that the University provides a semester of funding to graduate students who need to find a new advisor due to an OEE or independent investigation, and to allow five delegates from “End Assault at Rutgers” to sit on the Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee.

The committee began its work last fall, when concerns were raised regarding the University’s two-year limit on conducting investigations. What the message stated was immediately taken out of the language of the University’s

policies, ensuring that all credible complaints would be investigated no matter when the alleged incident(s) occurred.

“The Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee led by Barbara Lee is close to finalizing its recommendations, and I have asked Senior Vice President Lee to meet with the student who addressed the board to answer any questions about the work of the committee. While there are undergraduate and graduate student members of the committee already, I strongly endorse greater student involvement as the committee considers the implementation of its recommendation,” Barchi said.

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Political correctness has pushed us too far

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his past week, I was in class when my teacher asked us MICHAEL HOLEY for our opinions and analyses of the story we were reading. We could say anything we wanted to, or so I thought. The story, in short, was about a group of kids picking on another group of special needs children. The teacher asked how having the group of special needs children changed the story. I said that having them be special needs elicited a strong sympathetic reaction, from the readers, to their circumstances within the story.

I then dared to say that people would have not tended to be so sympathetic toward a “normal” group of children in the story. She took issue with the word “normal” and so I replaced it with “average.”

I was told not to say average either and was told to use the specific terminology of “not special needs” instead.

I have something called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and when I was a child, I used to have really bad tics whenever I was stressed. If someone had compared me, then, to “normal” or “average” children I would have taken no offense. Even today, I would still take no offense. Why? Because OCD is not normal, just like being special needs is not average. They are both special circumstances. When someone refers to a specific trait in an individual and then refers to the “normality” within others, they are addressing one specific aspect of the individual and not the entirety of the individual.

Additionally, part of what champions of political correctness fail to remember are the important matters of intent and context for when people speak. Was the wording someone used filled with malicious intent? Communication is a widely complex thing that cannot be broken down into absolute truths based on the words themselves alone.

Ironically enough, some girl in the class I was in ended up saying the N-word (by my observation, she was not Black) and the professor made no comment — presumably because it was quoting the story, meaning she said the word without any malicious intent. I personally would not have directly quoted the word, but I still did not judge the person for what

THE BREAKING POINT

“Because, if we live in a society where we all constantly try correcting each other’s behavior in the rudest manner possible – even when it comes to basic things said without any ill intent – then no one will want to speak.” they did. If anyone was offended by the word usage, they could have spoken up and I am certain that the person would have clarified that they meant no harm by it – the same as I would have done for what I said.

My theory is that people who advocate for radical political correctness take their own inner stigmas and force them on to the people around them. They, at one point, realized their own inner prejudice and so they immediately assume that everyone else has that same prejudice and that others just may have not realized it yet. They are wrong.

Not everyone goes around trying to bring down and degrade other people. Most people are just trying to get a point across in the way that they are used to. It is far more understandable if someone takes a word with a certain historical usage, like the N-word, and makes a case for people not using the word. But, I think banning words like “normal” is going a little too far.

I will give one final example of radical political correctness in order to show why such a mentality is so harmful. Months ago, I told someone “Merry Christmas,” despite not even being Christian myself.

I was subsequently told not to say “Merry Christmas” because “they might not celebrate Christmas.” I was then told that I should have said, “Happy Holidays” instead.

There was no politeness in such a “correction” as they acted as if I had committed some grand offense by wishing someone good will and happiness – God forbid. Do you know what will happen the next time I am around those people during the holidays? I will not say a single thing to them. I will happily ignore them because when I tried being nice, their first instincts were to correct me according to their world view, as if I needed to be put in my place.

I take no offense to someone saying “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Hanukkah” to me because I understand that they are saying it to be positive and to make me happy. I respect another person’s intent to be joyful and celebratory.

I do not want to live my life discouraging people from talking to one another out of fear that I will lash out at them. Because, if we live in a society where we all constantly try correcting each other’s behavior in the rudest manner possible – even when it comes to basic things said without any ill intent – then no one will want to speak.

People would rather just sit back and hold in their thoughts lest risk some self-righteous person attack them for their accidentally using “incorrect” wording.

Michael Holey is a School of Arts and Sciences junior interested in political science. His column, “The Breaking Point,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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Amazon evades taxes, takes from system Nation is held hostage by corporations in exchange for tax subsidies

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ound and gagged, American democracy is the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailheld as a hostage of the rich and powerful. ers out of business!”

While Trump’s personal vendetta against Bezos The system of power in our nation has closed off the faucet that flows to the people, diverting ef- and his company manifested vocal opposition, the ficacy and influence to those at the top of the socio- 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the main contribueconomic hierarchy. The policies governing society tor to Amazon’s legal evasion of taxes. The corpohave been tilted to benefit the wealthy few of the elite rate-friendly tax cut not only lowered the tax rate on corporations, but it also maintained the “slew of tax class.

Amazon not only paid $0 in federal taxes on profit loopholes that allow profitable companies to routineof $11.2 billion last year, it actually received a federal ly avoid paying federal and state income taxes on altax rebate of $129 million. The e-commerce giant had most half of their profits.”

This past Thursday, Amazon also announced it an effective federal tax rate of approximately -1 percent. Led by Jeff Bezos, a man worth the combined will no longer be setting up its new headquarters in wealth of 2.3 million Americans, Amazon is paying an Long Island City. While many decry the efforts of effective federal tax rate below that of the poorest 20 politicians to prevent Amazon’s New York location as there was promise for percent of American the creation of 25,000 households after its “Our era of corporate tax cuts and jobs, others are not second year of paytoo quick to deem the ing a negative federplutocratic policies is also the era of wage dropped project as a al tax rate on multistagnation and inequality.” loss. billion-dollar profit.

Housing econoNational Low Inmists found that “in come Housing Coalition’s (NLIHC) annual report “found that a worker tight housing markets, the poor do worse when the needs to earn $17.90 an hour at a full-time job — 40 rich get richer.” Rising tides do not lift all boats when hours a week, 52 weeks a year — to afford a modest pricing of already scarce housing increases. A maone-bedroom apartment.” A low-income federal min- jor pillar of the opposition was Bezos’s antagonistic imum wage earner would have to work more than position against organized labor. Amazon unilaterally two jobs to afford this apartment. That wage earner determined that its workers cannot unionize.

The degradation of unions in America is directly would be paying more in taxes than a company bringrelated to the irreprehensible rise in income inequaling in billions of profit.

Amazon’s history of avoiding taxes includes their ity and wage stagnation. Our era of corporate tax cuts success in lobbying Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to and plutocratic policies is also the era of wage stagnarepeal a tax that was going to benefit the homeless tion and inequality. As corporations blackmail states population in the city. The company’s business prac- for tax subsidies and exploit federal tax loopholes, tices became a target of the White House as Presi- the people of America are left to bear the burdens dent Donald J. Trump tweeted on March 29, 2018, “I and costs. Power must be returned to the people. have stated my concerns with Amazon long before The workers that drive our economy forward must the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes not be smothered by corporate interests. A balance to state & local governments, use our Postal System can be reached between the fostering of entrepreas their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to neurship and the preservation of workers’ interests.

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Benefits from privilege come with duty to extend gains to all PRIDE, NOT PREJUDICE NEHA SAJU

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rivilege is the idea that some people benefit from advantages that are unearned and are, for the most part, unacknowledged. An individual will have privilege in at least one aspect of their identity: race, skin color, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, socioeconomic background, mental wellness, physical ability, physical appearance and/or immigration status.

Privilege is the understanding that the identities of some people are supported and reinforced while the identities of others are invalidated and discredited because of inherent societal oppression. It is an unavoidable truth in our society.

Having privilege does not necessarily make you an entitled person, but ignoring the needs of someone with different experiences does make you an insensitive one. The more that people deny their privilege, the farther away we get from achieving a more equal nation.

The “American Creed” is a promise rooted in the ideologies of the American identity: democracy, freedom, equality and opportunity. It reinforces the idea that being born as an American citizen makes

you the inheritor of these ideals as well as a continuation of the system built by the founders of this country. Being born in this country, growing up here and/or being educated here affords an individual a certain amount of privilege. But, this foundation does not guarantee liberty and justice for all.

Having privilege means having power, and using that power to benefit others means understanding and accepting that

extracurricular activities because team uniforms and music lessons all cost money. There are people that grew up having to deal with some of these realities.

There are also people that grew up having to deal with all of them.

Acknowledging that you may be unaware of someone else’s struggles does not mean you are ignorant. Oftentimes, there is a negative connotation attached to the word privilege.

“By taking a positive mindset on privilege, it is understood that one has the responsibility to assist people who are at a disadvantage. Only when privilege is acknowledged can a nation begin to address its problems and better serve all of its citizens.” other people have to face more obstacles to reach the same destination. There are tough conversations that some people have at a young age that their peers will not have to concern themselves with.

Adolescent girls are often warned against dressing suggestively. Kids of color are taught how to deal with racist comments and interact with law enforcement from a young age. Children that grew up in poverty understand that they may not have the chance to do

The negative privilege mindset usually categorizes histor y between the oppressor and oppressed. When an individual is accused of not checking their privilege, they will point to an instance when another one of their identities was at a disadvantage. But, engaging in an identity war yields no real social amelioration — an equal playing field cannot have a moral high ground. Besides, pointing out injustice does not always have to come with undertones of blame.

Acknowledging a patriarchal society does not blame every single man.

Understanding white privilege does not accuse every white person of being a racist.

Identifying a heteronormative culture does not seek to shame every straight person.

Christine Emba said it best: “A request to acknowledge one’s privilege is just a reminder to be aware — aware that you might not be able to fully understand someone else’s experiences, that the assumptions you were brought up with may be blinding you, that some people may have to struggle for reasons foreign to you.”

When privilege is ignored, it can easily manifest into entitlement. By taking a positive mindset on privilege, it is understood that one has the responsibility to assist people who are at a disadvantage.

Only when privilege is acknowledged can a nation begin to address its problems and better serve all of its citizens.

Moreover, recognizing that you benefit from unequal society does not mean apologizing for an identity you have.

Privilege is not asked for, but it is not something that is earned either. When you have an unintentional leg up, make sure to extend a helping hand back.

Neha Saju is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student planning on majoring in political science and history and minoring in English. Her column, “Pride, Not Prejudice,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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You'll never walk alone: Support systems make us better HAOLUN XU CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Support systems are not easy to find, especially on a rigorous schedule. There is a level of maintenance that involves a messy form of engagement, and sometimes even the closest of friends and family fight. Nevertheless, having different kinds of people to provide an emotional place of shelter or simply a voice among the ruckus can change one's life for the better.

"Friends who care and listen to your problems as well as help you forget about them by doing fun things (are important)," said Tracey Miller, a Mason Gross School of Arts senior. There’s a huge world out there and sometimes it takes another person to display the many different roads one can take each day.

College is a time for plenty of opportunities to learn how, exactly, to be a person. The growth available from becoming much-needed role models in a community, to the development needed to build a lasting career, runs parallel to the journey of becoming helpful companions for others.

How many times does a person hear what another has to say in

class and find a commonality that just can't be ignored? Schoolwork is terrifying without a study buddy and life’s struggles are difficult without a foxhole friend to join in on the battle.

The endeavor to create, build and flourish in a social world can

be nerve-wracking but also thrilling. Sometimes, it's by chance or by design. Occasionally, friends meet through mutual friends or they're assembled through matchmaking at the same party or the same car ride from one club to another, one class to another.

What's important is to reach out beyond yourself. It's an act of courage, and not one to be underestimated or downplayed.

Building a network isn't professional, it's social. Emotional connections act as a safeguard for tough times ahead.

Support systems should consist of people who offer you constructive criticism while simultaneously celebrating your achievements. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR

"Individualized treatments and genuine care is what I look for," said June Lee, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. In so many ways, it's a pivotal point to stand for a certain value in oneself and to look for it in others.

It almost goes without saying, but it's important to have someone tell you off fairly often – honesty is important. The comfort of having a small community of friends to go to in moments where fatigue covers the entire body or the world seems far too vast that it's dizzying is crucial. It's healthy to have a place to rest and familiar shoulders to lean on.

There are so many different words for this type of support system. Friends, family, community, brothers, sisters, rivals, companions, pals – but what's so exciting is that people get to choose what to call it, they can choose exactly what they want to see. Whether it be when they open their phone or decide to confide in someone.

It's at this precipice, that freedom comes with the ability to choose a world beyond our internal world. Choosing a home isn't a chore, it can be a blissful way of establishing who to become and who to love.

Will Smith's Genie leaves Disney fans wishing for more ELIZABETH LEOCE

Disney animated movie and the have Shang as the bisexual love hesitant to directly copy or go original actor behind the Genie, interest, and will be replaced by car toonish that for live-action, Robin Williams. Was Smith the Chen, who will allegedly be an making him seem like just some right choice? Disney embraces army recruit who is bent on being guy painted blue falls flat,” During the 2019 Grammy its animated said Kayleigh Awards, viewers got a sneak films by trying Donaldson in peek of the live-action remake of to make them an ar ticle for Disney’s classic animated movie, culturally accuScreen Rant.

“Aladdin.” From the first look at rate, by seeing It seems like the film, revealed on the cover of “It seems like Disney can never get it right. who fits best in Disney can Entertainment Weekly earlier this these roles. never get it year, actor Will Smith portrayed Or maybe the fans are just too picky.”

For example, right. Or mayGenie while looking fairly human. the upcoming be the fans His hair was in a long ponytail, live-action film are just too accompanied by a ver y long goa“Mulan” is takpicky.

Some tee, but being that it was similar ing some hits have said Disto the animation, this look was because the film may no longer “the best soldier in history.” Like ney should stop doing remakes expected. Still, many wondered “Mulan” and “Aladdin,” concerns of classic movies because it rufor who fits the best roles are al- ins the true magic behind the original films. It may seem frusways on the table for discussion.

Another fear for the “Alad- trating that Disney has not put din” movie is the way Smith is out as much original content portrayed as a CGI character. and that they keep reusing the Due to the lack of animation, same ideas, but eventually it will many are saying he looks “fake” become overdone and they will and that the film is poorly pro- need to find other ways to draw duced. Disney’s passion for CGI in viewers.

For now, most of these films has carried over into the recent film “The Jungle Book” where evoke pleasant feelings of nosits ef fects were so detailed talgia, and we should not be and realistic that fans were left judging a film right from the stunned. But, Smith’s Genie trailer. Many movies including garnered negative attention to- “Beauty and the Beast,” as well ward the visual ef fects for the as “The Jungle Book,” had their flaws. Each Disney film has a upcoming movie.

“In the trailer, Smith looks huge budget, which usually over tly smooth in the way that ends up reaping huge returns. hastily finished CGI often does, So even if Disney is rever ting but he also looks just a little to its older ideas, it knows it is too human. The Genie in the doing good business by enticanimated film is clearly other- ing people to watch the films worldly and while it’s under- and bringing the magic back to Will Smith's version of the Genie was revealed during the 2019 Grammy Awards. The internet standable that Disney would be life once again. relentlessly roasted the film for making him look like a member of Blue Man Group. TWITTER CORRESPONDENT

if Smith would portray the character as he appears in the animated film, and to those watching the Grammys, Genie was finally revealed.

The reactions following the reveal proved fans “right” again, that Disney has failed to pull off the live-action remake. Some of the milder reactions from Twitter referred to him as one of those “90s Fruit Gusher commercials” and said he “looks like an auto insurance commercial that comes on at 2 a.m.”

The reveal elicited strong emotions due to the link between the

DIVERSIONS

February 18, 2019

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Happy Birthday: Make changes for the right reason. Consider what will benefit you the most. Look for opportunities that will encourage you to update and use your skills to fit a trend or job market. Spice up your resume and find a way to branch out. Expand your circle of friends, your knowledge and your experience. Your numbers are 4, 9, 22, 29, 30, 37, 46.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take one step at a time. If you act on an assumption, you will have regrets.

Getting along and seeing the positive in whatever situation you face will be liberating. Accept the inevitable, and work with what you’ve got. 2 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Look beyond your situation and consider how best to maintain balance and peace in your life and still be able to achieve your goals. Reflect on what’s happened in the past, and avoid making the same mistakes. 4 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Lay down some ground rules, and pick up the pace. Make a unique contribution to change someone’s life.

Love, romance and personal improvements will bring you joy and set you on a path that will add to your security. 4 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Use your imagination and originality.

How you separate what you have to offer from others will invite opportunities with people who are open to doing things differently. Don’t let emotions alter the choices you make. 2 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t trust what someone tells you; believe in yourself, what you know to be factual and what you are capable of doing. It’s OK to think big, but when it comes to putting your plans in motion, practicality should be enforced. 4 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Concentrate on personal goals and changes that will give you the edge in a competitive situation. Understanding what others want and are willing to do will help you direct your energy wisely. Recognize who is truthful. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Use your imagination, surprise someone you love and focus on what’s important to you. Partnerships deserve more attention, and discussing your intentions and plans will bring you closer to the person you want to spend time with most. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s OK to show emotions and to tell someone how you feel. Speak up; you will be able to bring about a change that will make your life better. Emotional anger will not help you find a solution. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You need a boost. It’s time to get moving and to get things done. Change begins when you’ve mastered your skills and you have the confidence to use them in your own special way. Don’t ponder over what to do next. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Keep busy and accomplish as much as possible. The less time you waste explaining yourself and the more time spent being productive, the better. Pull in the people you know can do a good job without supervision. 2 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take a critical look at yourself, your life and your prospects. Do something that will turn your dream into a reality. Look inward and strive for personal growth and obtaining the knowledge required to be successful. 3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stand up and help those less fortunate.

Being fair and nonjudgmental will lead to greater recognition and opportunities. A personal change will prepare you for an offer that is too good to turn down. Networking will pay off. 4 stars

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February 18, 2019 WRESTLING NO. 4 MICHIGAN 28, NO. 18 RUTGERS 7

RU falls to No. 4 Michigan on senior day JACKSON THOMPSON SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers wrestling team saw its three dual winning streak snapped at home on senior day

by Michigan, 28-7. The fans in attendance bid farewell to seniors No. 1 149-pounder Anthony Ashnault, No. 14 157-pounder John Van Brill, 184-pounder Nicholas Gravina and heavyweight Ralph Normandia.

The No. 18 Scarlet Knights (11-6, 4-4) dropped their third dual at the RAC this year as they finish their home schedule 7-3. The only two wrestlers to earn wins for Rutgers in this dual was Ashnault and 174-pounder Joe Grello.

“It’s a tough schedule,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “It’s an incredible conference. We’re tested every single night, I said we’re close and I believe we’re close.

We just gotta get over the hump of those 1-point overtime matches.”

Two Knights came ver y close to claiming victories in the dual as junior 141-pounder Peter Lipari and No. 4 junior 133-pounder Nick Suriano dropped 1-point decisions.

Against the No. 1 133-pounder in the country Stevan Micic, Suriano wrestled the Serbian senior, and faced his toughest opponent of the season. Suriano was featured in a similarly hyped match back in January against Daton Fix and dropped an overtime decision on a controversial call by the judges.

Now in his first meeting against Micic, Suriano would also just fall by a score of 3-2 and drop Rutgers into a 7-0 hole.

“I thought he was aggressive overall and made some good

No. 4 133-pounder Nick Suriano lost to No. 1 Stevan Micic after he earned a takedown to defeat the Knight 3-2. VIVEK VIDYARTHI / FEBRUARY 2019 attacks and just didn’t finish on him,” Goodale said. “It was a much different Nick Suriano than the Fix match just because he was aggressive … he got a little overzealous and that’s what allowed Micic to get to his leg and then he did a good job of finishing quick so that’s really the difference right there with two evenly matched guys.”

The Knights fell into a 10-point hole off another close match in the 141-pound bout.

Against No. 6 Kanen Storr, Peter Lipari wrestled to a 1-1 stalemate after three periods, but ultimately fell in double overtime after

Storr made a 1-point escape and a 4-point takedown.

“I know he has the ability to do it, but it was a good match against the No. 6 kid in the country, but in order to win those big matches you got to get to the kid’s legs,” Goodale said.

Rutgers’ first victory in this dual was a bittersweet one at that. In his last match at the RAC, Ashnault earned a 15-4 major decision over Michigan’s Malike Amine to get the Knights its first points of the dual. Ashnault exited to a standing ovation by the home crowd as a final home sendoff after a six-year career wrestling at the RAC.

With the win, Ashnault improves to a perfect 22-0 on the season and tallies 113 career wins. He is now tied for second place on the program’s all-time wins list and is only five wins shy of overtaking Mike McHugh for the top spot.

“It was hard to put it in the back of my mind today. I was getting a little emotional thinking about it, too, but really I was just in a blur until I had to wrestle … I had BTN come to me saying how they wanted to mic me up before I even had a chance to warm up and those kind of things can get to you,”

Ashnault said. “I kind of felt like a celebrity after wards.”

Ashnault was able to finish his career at the RAC undefeated. In his six-year career he has never suffered a defeat at the RAC, with his only career home loss coming at HighPoint.com Stadium.

Out of the intermission, Rutgers fell 6 points further into the hole right when it had to forfeit the 165-pound matchup.

Freshman Stephan Glasgow who had filled that slot for the Knights this season was inactive due to injur y.

Despite being listed as a 149-pounder, freshman Jake Benner has filled the 165-pound slot for the Knights lately, but Goodale opted to sit Benner out in this dual.

“Benner is a 149-pounder, the match was out of reach really from a points standpoint and I don’t want him getting discouraged. He can be a very good wrestler down the line,” Goodale said.

Junior 174-pounder Joseph Grello would get the only other victor y for Rutgers in this dual, earning a 4-1 decision over Justin Hughes.

Ashnault still has one more dual as a Knight against Maryland before his final farewell tour to college wrestling in Minneapolis for the Big Ten Tournament and in Pittsburgh for the NCAA tournament in March.

“There’s a month left and we’re gonna really sit back and reflect on it. And today was a great day but we’re gonna really sit back and reflect on it. We’re gonna be together for a long time,” Goodale said.

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

SHOT Knights suffer 10th conference loss this season, 5th at home CONTINUED FROM BACK “We shouldn’t hang our heads after today. It was a great team effort,” Harper Jr. said. “Obviously this one’s going to hurt us for a while, but we’ll get over it.”

Harper Jr. hit his first 3 3’s in a row to start out and had the RAC buzzing. The fans showed their approval by giving a standing ovation as he was checking out of the game for the first time.

Baker was all over this game, including his nearly game-winning 3-pointer. He was just behind Harper Jr. with 13 points, while also providing offense elsewhere with six assists.

“I thought we played really hard, I thought were prepared to win that game, but it was just a tough shot at the end,” Baker said. “Down the stretch there are going to be games where we win like that too.”

His 6-foot-4-inch frame was on full display as well, as he grabbed six rebounds and had a gamehigh five steals — the Knights as a whole stole the ball 10 times.

Junior forward Eugene Omoruyi had his seventh double-double of the season with 10

points and 11 rebounds, while adding two assists and a steal to his stat line in the end.

“I feel that if we go every night and play our game, we can beat anyone in the conference,” Omoruyi said.

As a team, Rutgers shot a solid 45.6 percent from field, but saw some struggles from true freshman guard Montez Mathis, who shot 3-11 for the night and also just 1-4 from the foul line — all four attempts were taken in the final 2 minutes of play, which gave Pikiell some added decisions to be made over who should be in the game in crunch time.

The entire game could have been a different story had the officials not taken away a clear tip in basketball by redshirt freshman forward Myles Johnson, which they deemed as offense interference because the ball was still over the cylinder when he tipped it in — it wasn’t.

“Coach always says this is the life that we choose, so you win and you lose games and that’s just how it goes,” Baker said.

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

Sophomore guard Geo Baker scored 13 points and went 4-6 from the field, on Saturday. He also had five steals. WILL MORALES / FEBRUARY 2019

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February 18, 2019 MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 17 ARMY 10, NO. 8 RUTGERS 9

Knights come up short against old rival CHRIS TSAKONAS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, falling to No. 17 Army 10-9 at HighPoint. com Stadium.

The Scarlet Knights (2-1) were ranked at No. 8 before this game, and the Black Knights (2-0) were the first ranked opponent Rutgers faced this season.

This game was a tough battle for the Knights, who found it very difficult to get into a rhythm offensively. This was due in part to the turnover differential — Rutgers had 20 turnovers compared to Army’s 11.

“We had twice as many turnovers as them in a 1-goal game,” said head coach Brian Brecht.

“That’s a lot of opportunities that are missed.”

This game marked the return of fifth-year senior starting goalie Max Edelmann from injury.

Edelmann was sidelined for the first two games of the season, as true freshman goalie Ben Pounds filled in between the pipes. Edelmann had 17 saves on 27 shots on goal against the Black Knights.

“It was a 1-goal game (and) he had 17 saves,” Brecht said. “We needed all of those saves and that is the guy that has been a big part of our success over the last three years.”

Army managed to get the scoring started a minute into the game off an Alex Alacqua goal, which was assisted by Brendan Nichtern. The Knights responded quickly, thanks to back-toback goals from junior attack Kieran Mullins.

Nichtern would finish the first quarter with 2 goals and Connor DeWitt would add on a goal of his own to put Rutgers in a 4-2 deficit after a quarter of play.

Matt Manown would open up the scoring again for the Black Knights just slightly more than a minute into the second quarter.

The Knights finally answered back with a score from true freshman midfielder Cole Daninger, the third goal of his season.

Five minutes into the second quarter, Rutgers conceded back-to-back goals to Nick Garofano and Sean O’Brien, putting the Knights in a 4-goal hole at home.

Rutgers would manage to get an offensive burst going as the quarter winded down, with goals from junior midfielder Owen Mead, junior attack Mark Schachte and fifth-year senior midfielder Casey Rose ensuring that the Knights would go into halftime down 7-6.

The offense would slow down in the second half, as the first 10 minutes were dominated by tentative possessions and a lack of quality

scoring opportunities on either side.

When the goals did come, they came fast and hard, with Manown getting his second with 4:44 left in the third and Miles Silva getting on the board 18 seconds later.

Rutgers would answer back late in the third again, with Mullins and sophomore attack Adam Charalambides each scoring a goal to pull the game within one.

The Knights would finally pull even early in the fourth

thanks to an unassisted goal from Charalambides, which was his second of the game and 10th of the season.

Army would get the final goal of the game from Nichtern, which gave him a hat trick and the Black Knights a late goal on the road.

Rutgers had the final possession of the game, but it couldn’t convert an equalizer out of the timeout.

The Knights will now look to regroup as they get set to take on

No. 2 Loyola this Saturday.

After the game, Edelmann cited defensive breakdowns as a critical factor in the game.

“I think we need to step it up in the clearing game, and that starts with me,” Edelmann said.

“I need to be a little more vocal with our guys.”

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

Fifth-year senior midfield Casey Rose scored 1 goal and took five shots in Rutgers’ 1-point loss to Army, on Saturday. Rose, a team captain, finished fourth on the team with 21 goals last season. DECLAN INTINDOLA / APRIL 2018

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RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK

SPORTS MONDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2019

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We’re gonna be together for a long time.”

— Wrestling head coach Scott Goodale on his relationship with 149-pounder Anthony Ashnault

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MEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 21 IOWA 71, RUTGERS 69

Rutgers lost on its home court 71-69 in the final seconds when Iowa’s Joe Wieskamp banked in a tough corner 3-point shot that spoiled the Knights’ hopes for an upset. The Rutgers Athletic Center was sold out on Saturday for the fourth time this season. WILL MORALES / FEBRUARY 2019

SCARLET KNIGHTMARE

Wieskamp’s bank shot deflates RAC as Rutgers falls back under .500 COBY GREEN CORRESPONDENT

What a dramatic, unlikely, critical experience it was for every set of eyes Saturday night at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC), where the Rutgers basketball team looked to pull off a comeback upset win over No. 21 Iowa, only to be shocked by a wild finish.

The Scarlet Knights (12-13, 5-10) were down by 2 with 26 seconds left and the ball in their hands, and sophomore guard Geo Baker decided to go for the win and nailed the shot, hitting a stepback 3-pointer from the top of the key that bounced off the rim

and backboard before finally going in the net with 3.3 seconds to play.

“I wasn’t really thinking about going for the win, I just knew I was going to get a shot off and knew it was going to go in,” Baker said. “I just saw a little space between me and the defender and just rose up. I just thought we were going to win the game right then and there.”

With the Hawkeyes (19-5, 8-5) inbounding the ball from the opposite side of the court, head coach Steve Pikiell decided to not put a defender on the inbounder and instead double team guard Jordan Bohannon, who had already helped keep Iowa ahead throughout the game.

Rutgers will get a chance to avenge one of the toughest losses in program histor y in just a few weeks when it travels to Iowa City, Iowa, but for now, this game will sting for a bit.

The Knights put together another solid showing on both sides of the ball in front of their home fans.

Rutgers kept Iowa to more than 10 points less than its Big Ten second-leading scoring advantage, while true freshman forward Ron Harper Jr. scored a career-high 16 points while hitting 4 3-pointers in the first half.

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EXTRA POINT

MAYA JACOBS, junior on the tennis team, won her singles match 6-0, 6-2, to claim the No. 1 spot, as the Knights defeated the Bears for their third win of the season.

Rutgers is undefeated at the East Brunswick Racquet Club through three matches.

And to the dismay of what was mostly a scarlet crowd, the Hawkeye inbounder managed to heave the ball nearly the full length of the court. The ball was tipped into the corner and into the hands of guard Joe Wieskamp, who miraculously banked in a 3-pointer from the corner to send Iowa home with its second straight buzzer-beating Big Ten victory.

“We just couldn’t catch a break there at the end,” Pikiell said after the game. “They hit a bank three at the buzzer. That’s a tough way to lose. I love the way our team played. There are better days ahead for us. We’re going to get one of these games, but Iowa, great job.”

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