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Professor finds bias from white teachers toward Black students BRIANNA ROSARIO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Dan Battey, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education, said his study observed mathematics classrooms to see how the teachers interacted with students. RUTGERS.EDU
A Rutgers professor’s research on education systems found that that white teachers were three times more negative with Black students than with white students, showing that critical phases of development for Black children could be hindered through daily interactions with their teachers. Dan Battey, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education, analyzed a data study of the interactions between teachers and students across racial lines. He
said most of the research literature was about discipline within schools leading to suspension, and also the school-to-prison pipeline. What researchers have not looked at is classrooms, so Battey’s data shows how small behaviors end up escalating to become more intense issues, particularly with white teachers. His study, titled “Racial Mis(Match) in Middle School Mathematics Classrooms: Relational Interactions as a Racialized Mechanism,” focuses on how white and Black students and white and Black teachers interact in
both urban and suburban settings, specifically in math classes. “We were interested in how the suburban-urban split kind of functions as well as the teacherrace (split) within the urban space. There weren’t many rural schools,” Battey said. Measuring the dimensions of the behavior, contributions and emotions of students, the data for his study found that white teachers were three times more negative with Black students, which played out in terms of how they dealt SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 4
Rutgers study suggests that 9/11 1st-responders face cancer risks ELIZABETH KILPATRICK CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Judith Graber, an associate professor in the School of Public Health, said the purpose of the study was to help clinicians have a better understanding of head and neck cancers. RUTGERS.EDU
A recent Rutgers study found a correlation between first-responders from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and diagnoses of head and neck cancers. Judith Graber, an assistant research professor at the Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) and the lead author of the study, gave her insight about the findings to The Daily Targum. Graber and her colleagues looked at a number of patients in a case series that was also published. They noticed that some of the patients were police or in the military. They
were also younger than the average cases of head and neck cancer patients. It also seemed as though most of them had responded to the attacks on 9/11 itself. “Particularly, we looked from 2005 to 2012,” Graber said. “We saw the increase in the later period from 2009 to 2012, and that’s important. When you think about if there is, and we’re not saying yet whether there is, but if World Trade exposure does contribute to people getting cancers in the head and neck, then that makes sense in terms of the length of time it takes to get cancer.” The study found a 40 percent increase of diagnoses of these cancers between 2009 and 2012 for World Trade Center first-responders.
The purpose of this study is to explore the discoveries that can help clinicians working with those afflicted by the cancers have a better idea about what is going on, Graber said. Physicians and other clinicians who are treating these populations should be aware that there may be an increased risk for these cancers, and should raise their suspicions for head and neck cancers. Professor and medical director of the EOHSI Iris Udasin approached Graber in 2015 with the hypothesis that there is more head and neck cancers diagnoses among World Trade Center patients than the rest of the population. SEE RISKS ON PAGE 4
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Rutgers students developing new scuba club JACOB TURCHI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Students and faculty in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University are planning to develop a scuba diving club for those who wish to explore and view the aquatic life of the local lakes and rivers. Deborah Miller is the coordinator of the Rutgers Recreation Scuba Program, and has been recently acting as an advisor to the students who want to start the scuba club. “This is an opportunity for certified divers here at the school to be able to get together, to link with one another, get new diving buddies or engage in any sort of diving activity,” Miller said. “It’s a great way to keep the community of divers here at Rutgers together and keep them engaged and encouraged to keep going.” Students behind the club want to create more opportunities at Rutgers through the recreation department to train inspiring students and help them become certified, Miller said. The club will also consist of certified divers who can share some of their advice and tips for success.
This past Monday, the students trying to develop the scuba club held an open dive night at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus. Miller said the certified students came in and spent hours working on buoyancy, technique and holding relay races in the Olympic-size swimming pool. The pool has a 17-foot diving well where students have been practicing diving methods. Presently, Miller said the students are not doing any local dives due to the winter. Once the season opens up in May, students will travel to different places for diving. One example is in Buffalo, New York as students go to a freshwater lake called Dutch Springs. Other times they do dives off boats on the coast of New Jersey. Other locations the scuba students have been visiting include the Florida Keys, the Bahamas and Jamaica. There are approximately 5 to 6 students operating as the development board for the club, Miller said. They are able to host open dives once a month at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center, but the students have been working to develop different ideas and trips as selling points for the club. Ideas that have been floated include a beach and water clean-up,
guest speakers from professional divers, lectures on environmental preservation and so on, Miller said. The school already provides some scuba lessons through its recreational department, but the focus of the club will not be entirely on training and technique. It is a place where people who work
in this field can go and have fun, Miller said. Miller is confident that the scuba club will take off at Rutgers. She said the recreational department already certifies more than 300 students a year, and the University is the perfect environment for a club like this.
“We just want to provide students and professional divers a space to interact and to practice,” she said. “Hopefully, we can get all of these divers to expand on their skills, expand on their experiences and build a diver community within the Rutgers community.”
Rutgers students and faculty are hoping to start a new scuba diving club with the intention of getting those interested together for social activities and group encouragement. The club works in coordination with the Rutgers Recreation Scuba Program. RUTGERS.EDU
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STUDENTS Battey’s study collected data from schools with small amounts of Black teachers CONTINUED FROM FRONT
with student contributions in math classes. “They were more negative in handling student emotions. They are more negative in interacting with student ability and how they framed student ability than
Black teachers on basically every dimension,” he said. On the other hand, Black teachers were found to be less negative toward Black students. They were equally as positive as white teachers, though. Battey said these teachers were in the same schools and
teaching kids from the same neighborhoods, yet they were acting differently, indicating that there were possibly internalized stereotypes about who the students were. To remedy negative interactions within classrooms, Battey said viewing students across racial lines as more capable is a possible solution. Another remedy is hiring more Black teachers. “I think the best way to think about that is through training teachers from the community and bringing
them back. You can still have some cultural dissonance there, but it’s really, to me, about bringing in teachers who are going to view these kids as having resources,” he said. “So that the students can draw on resources the kind of succeed in believing in them.” To obtain the information, Battey and his colleagues coded videos for each student-teacher interaction. The data he collected was from eight different schools, and within these schools there were only small amounts of Black teachers.
Though the data set also included video data from English language arts classes, Battey’s study opted to focus on mathematics. “I think oftentimes one of the reasons to do this work in math is because we think of it as cultureless. Yet, there’s all sorts of ways that culture comes in that classroom,” he said. “We see the patterns of race playing out in mathematics and yet still continue to frame it as cultural and neutral. Yet, the teaching of math and the encouragement or discouragement for math is entirely a social phenomenon.”
Dan Battey, who works in the Graduate School of Education, found that white teachers were three times more negative toward Black students. This was measured by their responses to students’ contributions in math classes. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
RISKS Graber’s purpose of her study was to explore care options to help clinicians treat patients CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“Dr. Udasin and I talked about what the possible mechanisms for this could be. Could it just be that people with these cancers are coming to her clinic, rather than other ones? Is it just that they’re coming because they’re in a monitoring program, so they’re seeing the cancers earlier, or is it maybe a real excess?” Graber said. Since 9/11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have medically monitored certain
people who were considered at a high risk of developing illnesses, Graber said. This includes people who worked or volunteered at the World Trade Center destruction site as examples of people who have been observed. “If you are eligible for enrollment, then you are eligible for an annual exam,” Graber said. If someone has a health condition that is considered by the CDC to be a result of World Trade Center exposure, then they can receive treatment for their illnesses.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been monitoring people considered at-risk for developing diseases from their work at the World Trade Center. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
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Kidney donation to father inspires thesis CHRISTIAN BALBUENA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A Rutgers graduate student’s recent kidney donation to her father is the inspiration for her current master’s thesis. Kidney disease is a condition that affects 31 million people in the United States, and is the ninth leading cause of death, according to the American Kidney Fund. One person who was diagnosed with this disease is Charles “Tom” Allen, who is the father of Laura Allen, a graduate student at the Rutgers School of Health Professions. Genetically, Tom Allen had been at risk from the beginning. “We have had a family history of kidney problems,” Laura Allen said. Tom Allen was born with only one kidney, and was also diagnosed with type 1 diabetes early on in his life. Although he maintained a healthy diet and controlled his intake of sugars, the diabetes still had an effect on him over time. In February 2017, Tom Allen received the news that he was in renal failure, which is when the kidney is unable to remove waste and balance fluids. This diagnosis required a major change in his daily routine. Tom Allen then had to visit his doctor to receive dialysis treatment, which is the process of removing blood from a person’s artery and purifying it by adding vital substances and later returning it to the vein. This meant his blood had to be purified through a machine on a regular basis. At first, the diagnosis had been seen as a short-term ordeal, so
her father had not been looking for a donor, Laura Allen said. A year into dialysis, the situation had changed, “taking a toll on (his) quality of life,” Lauren Allen said. Tom Allen was losing weight due to the treatment, and had to spend approximately 4 hours at the hospital three times a week to keep up with the dialysis treatment. As a result, he decided to peruse the option of getting a transplant. Even before her father’s decision, Laura Allen offered to be his donor. When he finally expressed the need for a kidney, she was more than willing to go through the steps to help her father. The pre-screening tests to become an organ donor were thorough. During the process, Laura Allen said she felt excitement at the idea of her father being able to recover, even though a great amount of patience was needed for the process. Tom Allen made the decision to get a transplant in May 2018, but the surgery took place later that year in October. When the date of the surgery grew near, Laura Allen said she felt anxious about the process. “Working in a hospital, you can see what can or can’t go wrong ... I got in my head a little bit, but it was never anything where I said I’m not gonna do this,” she said. But after the surgery, Laura Allen said she had a greater feeling of appreciation for her own patients, since she was a dietitian. She recounted the feeling of nausea after the operation, and realized why patients were
The goal of Laura Allen’s research is to provide better nutrition to kidney disease patients. Her thesis monitored the fat, fiber and cholesterol in diets. COURTESY OF LAURA ALLEN
For her current master’s thesis on the study of nutrients of patients on dialysis, Laura Allen, a graduate student at the Rutgers School of Health Professions, was inspired by her recent kidney donation to her father, Tom Allen. RUTGERS.EDU unwilling to eat after undergoing their surgeries. Her hospital visit was less than a week long, but Laura Allen still had to adjust when she returned home after the operation. Laura Allen also had to write a thesis for her master’s degree, and chose to work with Laura Byham-Gray, an expert in renal nutrition and professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences.
She chose to work with Byham-Gray’s study because “it blended dietary intake and dialysis,” and it was a topic that related to her father. Laura Allen’s thesis thus revolved around monitoring nutrients like the fat, cholesterol and fiber of patients on the dialysis treatment. The ultimate goal of her study is to help guide medical practitioners in giving a more
optimal diet for patients going through dialysis. Since the surgery, Tom Allen has recovered, is off dialysis and is returning to a normal routine. Though the father-daughter duo had been close before the transplant, the experience caused a stronger bond to form. “I just want to check in on him more and make sure he is feeling well,” Laura Allen said.
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Detention of 21 Savage cannot be overlooked
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want to start by saying that I am not really a fan of 21 Savage’s music. It is just not my thing. And yet, 21 ANJALI SHAH Savage’s detainment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is something that absolutely ever yone should be paying attention to, regardless of whether we find “Bank Account” to be poetically appealing. Because of the incident’s unexpected addition to our growingly ridiculous news cycles, it is quite easy to delegitimize it altogether. The musical artist has been misrepresenting himself as an Atlanta native. The memes about it are funny, even Demi Lovato said so. Societally, the best way we seem to deal with the incredibly serious yet incredibly ridiculous moments in our current socio-political climate is to ease the anxiety with a meme. Yes, it is fair that in order to make sense of an increasingly negative and cruel world, we need a sense of humor. But not when these jokes detract from an instance of serious political ramifications, and not when this unjust arrest could possibly happen right in front of our faces without careful consideration of what this says about our immigration policy. Early Sunday morning, ICE took She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, better known as rapper 21 Savage, into custody for overstaying his visa. In 2005, he was brought to the United States from the United Kingdom on a temporary visa by his parents, who overstayed the visa when he was only a minor. “He, like almost two million other children, was left without legal status through no fault of his own,” said Charles H. Kuck, Abraham-Joseph’s lawyer. He is facing deportation from his home of 15 years, which is an extremely dangerous prospect as Abraham-Joseph is the provider for his three children. He is even being denied a bond hearing — a fairly standard procedure for those who are charged with overstaying their visa — despite having “relief from removal available to him,” Kuck said. When it comes down to it, the “targeted operation” that resulted in 21 Savage’s deportation was random and yet not random at all. Less than a week ago, 21 Savage performed a new immigration verse on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” criticizing ICE’s inhumane detention of children at the border. And now, he has been targeted by ICE. Being an immigrant in the United States is difficult enough as it is, but in a criminal justice system that disproportionately targets Black men, the pressure intensifies tenfold. The arrest of 21 Savage calls our attention to negligence of Black communities in conversations about immigration, even though they face a disproportionately high risk of deportation. But, the way we publicly choose to see the detainment is largely determined by the way ICE spokesman Bryan Cox has framed the event. In the statement, the only other details given about the arrest are regarding Abraham-Joseph’s felony drug charges of October 2014. Cox even allegedly said to CNN anchor Nick Valencia that 21 Savage’s “whole public persona is false,” deliberately painting him as a liar and a criminal. Statements from the agency failed to mention that the 2014 drug convictions have reportedly been expunged since then, or that Abraham-Joseph has applied for a currently pending U visa, which was filed in 2017. Even while knowing of his origin and story since 2017, ICE strategically took action that particular morning as an orchestrated intimidation act against a Black man — trapped despite his wealth and influence — and there is absolutely nothing more profound or intricate about it. By using a now-irrelevant drug charge from 2014 against him, ICE seeks to slander a man who has dedicated his most recent years to giving back to his community. He launched a charity entitled the “21 Savage Bank Account Campaign,” which aims to teach students about financial literacy, and gifted 21 students $1,000 to launch their own bank accounts. He hosts an annual “Issa Back 2 School Drive” in his old neighborhood to give children school supplies, clothes and haircuts to keep them in school. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) has actually written a letter to ICE in support of Abraham-Joseph, noting that he is a “remarkable young man ... who spends his time giving back to the community.” They are tr ying to divert our attention with stories that have nothing to do with the nature of the deportation. They are depending on our lack of diligence to further intimidate Black immigrants and perpetuate a criminal justice system that is designed to oppress Black people. We cannot let our lack of outrage be the reason that ICE gets away with this. The real story is that Abraham-Joseph, a rapper who has made an extensive effort to turn his life around, was unjustly targeted by ICE and deserves at least the justice of our attention. Do not let the jokes interfere with your understanding of the nefarious intent behind this deportation.
THE PROGRESSIVE’S HOT TAKE
Anjali Shah is a Rutgers Business School sophomore, contemplating her primary major but minoring in political science and philosophy. Her column, “The Progressive’s Hot Take,” runs on alternate Friday’s.
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EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW: Laurels and Darts WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
After launching in January, the “Windows of Understanding” project has been displaying temporary art installations created by Rutgers students on storefronts and restaurant windows in New Brunswick. The artwork is meant to teach the New Brunswick community about the social impact of local organizations in the city, which does not always generate headlines in the news. The initiative is an incredible means of using art as a medium for raising awareness and building support in the community. We laurel the project as it expands accessibility of art and brings positive messages of engagement and civic action.
ATHLETIC DEFICIT
On Thursday, Feb. 7, the athletic consulting company College Sports Solutions (CSS) released a comprehensive 58-page report on Rutgers athletics. The report found that the athletics program has a total debt (principal and interest), not including institution funding and projected gifts, estimated at $144.6 million. The athletics department’s deficit was $399.3 million in the 2003-2004 school year, and has been steadily decreasing. The faculty union attributed this to the athletics program’s increasing reliance on the University’s operating budgets, as reported by The Daily Targum. With the athletics program consistently producing budget shortfalls, we dart the continued effort to pull from University funds for athletic program initiatives while the faculty union remains in a contract dispute and the mission of Rutgers is based in the strengthening of academics.
BIOSENSOR DEVELOPMENT
Bringing positive change to the world community, Umer Hassan, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and core researcher for the Rutgers Global Health Institute, has developed a biosensor for AIDS diagnosis and management. While HIV/ AIDS diagnosis traditionally requires hundreds of dollars, expensive machiner y and trained technicians, biosensors allow for the lowering of costs and shortening of diagnosis time. We laurel the ingenuity of Hassan and the ability to recognize the problem of global healthcare inequity and the use of STEM to solve it.
WRONGFUL SELECTION
As it was announced by email on Tuesday, Christopher J. Molloy is now the chancellor of Rutgers University—New Brunswick. Without a public or formal process, Molloy’s interim position has been solidified. This break from tradition was notably opposed by president of the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) Suzanne Link. We dart the exclusionar y process of appointing the second-most powerful administrator at the University.
GREEN NEW DEAL
As climate change studies continue to paint a dire future and extreme events like hurricanes, droughts and raging wildfires ravage the nation, the Green New Deal provides ambitious goals for some drastic measures to cut carbon emissions across the country. While the initiatives would set the country on the path that avoids calamity, they are also set to boost the economy and create jobs. It also includes the progressive ideas of universal basic income and high-quality healthcare for all. The Green New Deal is only set to become a symbol, a beacon of light for politicians to create progress as it will most likely fail to come to fruition. We laurel the bold outline as a means of building support for responses to the devastating impacts of climate change and setting new limits to legislative measures.
HATE IN POLITICS
Virginia faces a political crisis as the state wrestles with its deep roots of slavery and oppression. A photo of two figures, one in blackface and one in a Ku Klux Klan robe on the medical yearbook page of Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) recently surfaced. Soon after this was revealed, elected officials of the Democratic Party have requested Northam’s resignation. After initially denying that he is featured in the photo, on Saturday, he admitted to wearing blackface in 1984. An accusation of sexual assault against the governor’s potential replacement, Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax (DVa.), has also surfaced. State Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R-Va.) was the managing editor of Virginia Military Institute’s 1968 yearbook, which includes photos of students wearing blackface and using of racial slurs. We dart any political leadership by those who have contributed or taken part in the degradation and oppression of minority groups.
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We need to confront our out-of-control outrage culture CONSERVATIVE ACROSS THE AISLE GIANA CASTELLI
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candal is not new to political and social realms, nor is its hold on the public conscience after a recent development. But, the way it has proliferated through the use of social media is certainly a cause for concern. It seems that every day there is something new to be angry about, or some controversy to be swept up in and bemoan about how the country is falling apart. The outrage culture that social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram produce makes its users both the judges and the defendants. They are subject to the intense scrutiny of others while simultaneously dishing it out themselves. The nature of these platforms allows the users to react instantly and emotionally without thinking of the ramifications and consequences of their words. This results in people saying incredibly harsh and outlandish things they otherwise would not say in real life. It truly brings out the primal side in all of us. There is, of course, nuance to this issue. The public should hold certain people like our elected officials accountable for their actions. But, when the said action is an off-color tweet or comment from 2012, then the public outrage seems a little ridiculous.
The internet makes it especially easy to dig up the lard of someone’s social media pages — especially those in the public eye. Past tweets and posts never go away and are a permanent mark on the individual, a “black stain” on the soul. They become unredeemable and are condemned and punished harshly in the public. If we are expecting our politicians and celebrities to be perfect, then should we expect the same for ourselves? If we police our celebrities, then would it make sense to scrutinize every word our peers say? Being
Catholic High School incident rings loud in this period of political polarization. The narrative was that the standoff between Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann and Omaha elder Nathan Phillips was indicative of how racist, Christian and conservative youth were being brought up in America. But, with a few minutes of research, this story was simply not true. When the full video of what transpired was released, it was revealed that the Black Hebrew Israelites approached the students and began calling them derogatory names.
“There is no incessant need to comment on events as they are happening. Take the time to research and look into an issue before making a judgment. Healthy skepticism never hurt anyone.” so quick to judge someone leaves us vulnerable to that same judgment. As a result, many people take half-baked information without context and display it to the public without getting the full story. This is especially evident with journalists and Left-leaning celebrities who wish to virtue-signal to their followers for a nice pat on the back. Among the plethora of recent examples of this phenomena, the Covington
Throughout the video, the students did not chant “build the wall” like many media outlets claim, but rather school spirit chants that they often used during games. The media twisted the story to make it out that these boys were instigating the Native Americans, when in reality the truth lies somewhere in the middle. The Covington Catholic students were wildly and disgustingly mischaracterized as
products of the “hate factory” and “segregation-era racism,” and celebrities calling for the dox and even murder of these children is absolutely despicable. When new details were revealed, the media was slow to correct its errors and celebrities were even slower to correct themselves, if at all. The enticing temptation of the outrage the story potentially presented caused journalists to not do their jobs and for celebrities to react carelessly, only to seem foolish when the truth came out, and they are slowly receiving the consequences of their impulsivity. As the negative effects of social media and the hive-mind mentality it fosters is coming to light, it seems that the outrage has begun bubbling to a boiling point. Where do we draw the line? Would it be when people begin to take their own lives? That certainly has not stopped them in the past. People should be more careful with what they post, yes, but other users should exercise restraint and caution when browsing. Thus, it brings to us the age-old lesson: Think before you speak. There is no incessant need to comment on events as they are happening. Take the time to research and look into an issue before making a judgment. Healthy skepticism never hurt anyone. Giana Castelli is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science. Her column, “Conservative Across the Aisle,” runs on alternate Friday’s.
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China, 1989: Zimmerli exhibit details student protests HAOLUN XU CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Well-timed alongside the Chinese Lunar New Year, the arrival of Khiang H. Hei's featured exhibit of his photography series carries a number of strikingly lucid images to the downstairs level of the Zimmerli Art Museum this year. Taken in the spring of 1989, the scenes are tinted by the nostalgic, technicolor saturation of Hei's student film camera. The year was a pivotal point of the 20th century's political momentum. Alongside the events portrayed in the exhibit, the Berlin Wall would fall in the same year and the Velvet Revolution would take place in Prague. There was also the transition between former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and the U.S. invasion of Panama. Donna Gustafson, curator of American Art and Mellon Director for Academic Programs, said 1989 was "the beginning of the end of the 20th century." Gustafson, who organized the exhibition, said that the collection has a great potential to "expand what Americans might believe the Tiananmen Square events to be." Hei's exhibit is meant to be experienced sequentially, as each picture is taken throughout the timeline of the protests, which started in the middle of April and ended in the beginning of June.
The protests lasted longer than the events of June 4, which spread the memorable images of the student activists around the world. Hei’s photographs provide detailed documentation through the interactions of the protesting student body, civilians and authorities. The images engage the viewer with various compositional strengths. One standout photo is titled “Supporting Patriotic Students,” in which the accompanying description written by Gustafson and Hannah Shaw, a graduate curatorial assistant in the Department of American Art, said, "More than a million people from all walks of life marched to the Tiananmen Square on May 17 to 18. Many left factories and other workplaces to demonstrate their support for those students on hunger strike. People also brought food and water to share." Hei's collection captures the massive presence of student activity. A majority of his photos portray impressive crowds of college protesters and graduate students rallying behind a variety of speakers, and homemade memorials and banners stuck together with bamboo sticks. It's an appropriate set of pieces centered within the University, itself an institution that holds a proactive formation of activism and grassroots initiatives. The emphasis that Hei places on the forming of democratic discourse
The student protests of 1989 were part of an especially tumultuous year in global politics. Khiang H. Hei's portraits illuminate the hope and optimism within the movement. TWITTER and political action on both sides of the political spectrum brings his perspectives into a very relatable space. There are photos that portray ultimately chilling images of the conclusory events of June 4, where the authorities respond with martial action. One piece is aptly named "Flames of Rage," as the frame bursts with flashes of red in the form of molotov cocktails hurled at military trucks and tanks. The scenes of violence, taken from the distance, prove Hei as an arduous witness of the day's
events. Another photo is titled "June 4: Blood Calligraphy," in which students and remaining protestors take the blood of injured protestors and write haunting messages into local post stations. The potency of these images summon an array of strong emotions as the exhibit concludes its storyline, but Hei's emphasis on the days prior are equally as hopeful and intimate as he elaborates on a student-based community. The coalition emphasized optimism and robust hope toward its historical predicament.
A striking image entitled “Echo of Democracy” hosts a tight-knit circle of students holding up an 8-foot crafted paper statue called "The Goddess of Liberty." It stands tall, facing directly into the Forbidden Kingdom entrance, steadfast and beaming white eggshell colors against a gray sky. Hei himself will be at a panel discussion hosted by the Zimmerli Art Museum during its After Hours event on April 3: a symposium that will be exploring his reflections on the exhibit and experiences of documenting the Tiananmen Square protests.
Creatives at Rutgers hopeful about perilous industries BREANA OMANA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
If Tinah Ogalo, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, isn't in class, she's either at her internship, working at her on-campus job, holding down her executive board position at her sorority or on her phone making business calls and strategically posting online. It’s part of the life as a major in journalism and media studies and a brand ambassador on Instagram. “I want to be the female Ryan Seacrest,” Ogalo said. Ogalo oozes style, confidence and drive, but this doesn’t mean she's immune to the fears that plague so many students who get degrees in creative fields and have creative aspirations. Just within the last couple of weeks, 2,100 people lost their jobs within media, with Buzzfeed, VICE and Huffington Post taking big hits according to The Cut. Furthermore, creative media jobs seem to be dwindling away as Google and Facebook eat up all the advertising revenue. In fact, "according to estimates from eMarketer, spending on digital ads in the U.S. will likely grow this year to the point where it is larger than the
amount spent on television, the former Goliath of the industry," according to Fortune. Media is ever-evolving, and it moves in the direction of money, not what is good for current and prospective employees. With that comes much fear, anxiety and stress, especially for students who
wish to go into creative fields. Even with all of these disturbing facts and parents who ask if you “can even get a job with that,” students like Ogalo echo the same sentiment — “competition is fierce, but we're fiercer.” Briana McLaurin, a Mason Gross School of Arts sophomore,
Mass layoffs at seemingly profitable media outlets like Buzzfeed have sent ripples throughout the world of creative media. Still, Rutgers students are confident about their odds. TWITTER
is studying fine arts and art history. Her Instagram is flooded with some of the most beautiful, vibrant and gripping portraits and still-lifes. Still, McLaurin feels that she has so much more to learn, and it’s not enough to just be good, you also have to do and know everything in your field. McLaurin is a busy artist who has been in multiple showcases, sold her paintings, been commissioned to paint a mural and works tirelessly on her craft. She often stays after class to talk to her professors as she tries to learn from their triumphs and failures. “I just want to paint. I love art,” McLaurin said. She acknowledges the challenges of being an artist and how work in the arts is precarious, which is why many with a passion for the arts still choose a “safer path.” Many of her professors were able to pursue their passions within the arts because of their “side hustles,” and that’s exactly what McLaurin, Ogalo and many students with creative pursuits plan to do. Students in creative arts have a multitude of back-up plans and a plethora of jobs to rely on if things don’t initially work out. McLaurin plans to teach at a college level while working on her own art on the side. Similarly,
Ogalo has an array of skills — from social media strategist to writer to video producer — that she can always fall back on until she hits the limelight. "(Journalism) is a field that some say is dying, but I feel like it will never go away," said Nicole Orlando, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year who aspires to become a news anchor covering politics. “I know that the field I'm going into is competitive, but that's what makes it fun.” Armani Croft, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, is majoring in journalism and media studies and aspires to become a graphic designer. “I don’t think (creative fields) are necessarily easy or hard — more circumstantial if anything. The market gives my creativity more direction and purpose. I design and create certain things that I know companies would be impressed with," Croft said. While they see the news and statistics, Rutgers students with creative pursuits are tougher than their aesthetically pleasing Instagram accounts may convey. They have a drive and fire within them that burns bright, and is even more intimidating than the competition in the fields they aspire to change.
DIVERSIONS
February 8, 2019
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Page 9 Eugenia Last
Happy Birthday: Stay focused this year. Don’t let the little things get to you. Your strength will kick in if you keep busy and concentrate on what it is you want to change and achieve in your life. Don’t sit on the sidelines when you should be expressing your ideas and taking the initiative of going after what you want. Your numbers are 3, 11, 19, 27, 30, 37, 46. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Emo- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Question tions will surface if things don’t go your motives as well as the motives of according to plan. Take a step back those you are dealing with. Problems and rethink your next move before will arise if you or someone close to you make a mistake or say some- you isn’t being truthful about what thing you will end up regretting. you want or how you feel. Emotions It’s best to get along and keep the will flare up easily. 3 stars peace. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take need a distraction. A getaway or a closer look at yourself, your life attending a reunion or family gathand how you present yourself to the ering will help you distance yourself world. A couple of updates will lift from some of the personal issues you your spirits and lead to compliments are faced with. Listen, and someone from someone special. A decision with experience will offer an interyou make will point you in a better esting alternative. 5 stars direction. 3 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Trust 21): You’ll have too many options in your judgment, not what some- and not enough time to fulfill your one else wants you to believe. When promises. Plan out your schedule dealing with love, contracts or joint before you get caught off-guard with financial matters, get the lowdown a reminder from someone you don’t before making a decision. An offer want to disappoint. A change will do won’t be as good as it sounds. 4 stars you good. 2 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Work CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): quietly on your own. If you let Stick to what and who you know. others get involved, you will end Don’t get sidetracked by someone up losing control and things won’t making loud noises about something turn out as planned. Finish what that is probably too good to be true. you start before you present what Back away from unpredictable peoyou have to offer. Don’t let emotions ple and situations. Avoid conflict by take over. 2 stars doing your own thing. 4 stars LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Look for AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): something that excites you. Whether Open up a discussion. Explain your it’s a new position, friend or interest, position and what you want to see the experience will lead to personal unfold. Being straightforward and growth and a change in the way you detailing your plan for someone in a move forward. A partnership will position to help you will lead to vicencourage you to expand your mind tory. A romantic encounter will lift and your skills. 5 stars your spirits. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Make PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be plans to have fun with friends. Get- careful not to take on too much or ting out will do you good and stir make a promise you won’t want to up feelings you haven’t felt for some keep. Practicing a minimalist aptime. New beginnings are within proach to life will be beneficial when reach, but sticking to a budget may someone pressures you to indulge in be difficult. Monitor expenses care- something you shouldn’t. Take good fully. 3 stars care of your health. 3 stars ©2018 By Eugenia Last distributed by Universal Uclick
Universal Crossword ACROSS
58 Kool-Aid instruction
1 Wise Norse god
that can apply to either
5 ___ Dhabi
part of 17-, 24-, 34-
8 Secret Service operatives
or 48-Across
14 Moon goddess
60 Continues until
15 Nobelist Hammarskjold
61 “What a surprise!”
16 Mixer
62 Claudius’ adopted son
17 Chicago pizza style
63 Big Bird’s street
19 First pope to broadcast on radio
64 Like every prime but one
20 Strongly desires
65 Straightforward
21 Wetland 22 (Not my error)
DOWN
23 Dog’s archenemy
1 For ___ times’ sake
24 NFL’s Marshawn Lynch, for one
2 Reasonable effort, at law
27 Nursery beds
3 Resistance to change
29 Opposite of ‘neath
4 California wine valley
30 End-of-term test
5 Goodbye, in Grenoble
31 Scorch on the grill
6 Bottom of a chord
32 Late guest’s guess, briefly
7 “Blecch!”
33 Skip over
8 Colorado skiing mecca
34 Being harshly criticized
9 Making it big
37 Presupposes
37 Rock concert venues
10 Former French coin
38 Hits a line drive
40 Prefix for “eminent”
11 Altimas and Sentras
39 Gofers run them
41 Jet set?
12 Metered vehicle
42 Floral brew
45 Woman in the Starbucks logo
13 In a smooth manner
43 Pink Pearl products
46 ___ chi
18 TiVo products
44 Marry, or married
47 Mall map listing
21 Christmas tree choice
46 “Angie Tribeca” airer
48 Respite before
23 Adds to an email
47 Throw off kilter
25 Pretty good, in golf
49 Prepare parmesan
51 Pathetic
26 Split down the middle
50 Helped
52 Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ ___”
28 Country on Borneo
55 Prop for Yoda
53 Birthday candles,
32 Asner and Sheeran
57 “This ___ test”
33 Blackberry dessert
58 Previously
54 Nephews’ siblings
35 Nursery monitor
59 ___ G. Biv
56 Activist Lewinsky
36 Sent a Facebook request to
graduation, perhaps
symbolically: Abbr.
(rainbow mnemonic)
Yesterday’s Solution
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February 8, 2019 GYMNASTICS RUTGERS-PENN STATE, TOMORROW, 7 P.M.
RU faces 2nd ranked team in Penn State ALEX FABUGAIS-INABA CORRESPONDENT
Building off of its highest total score of the season, the Rutgers gymnastic team will take on Big Ten foe No. 25 Penn State on Saturday at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC). The Scarlet Knights will face their fourth ranked team of the season in the Nittany Lions, as they competed against No. 16 Nebraska earlier in January. “The mentality isn’t going to change depending on who we compete against,” said head coach Umme Salim-Beasley. “We don’t get intimidated by big gains or old reputations. Every team has to prove that they’re great every single weekend, so we’re going to go out and attack our routines the best that we know how.” Last Saturday, Rutgers fell to Maryland, despite producing its best all-around score of 194.600, which was highlighted by a 48.775 on beam. Capturing the beam title was freshman Kiera Doherty-Herwitz with a career-best 9.825. Junior Shannon Farrell also produced an event title win on the uneven parallel bars with a career-high of 9.875. Both Doherty-Herwitz and Farrell have shown consistent progress in the events, and should be main contenders in such events this weekend. Neither of the two have competed in multiple events, so they could capture major points for the Knights this weekend. “Our focus is going to be the same, just to go out there and hit as big as we can,” Doherty-Herwitz said. “There’s going to be a lot more energy around competing against our rivals, but our focus in the gym will stay the same on every event, just trying to clean everything up and make everything as best as we can do it.” Last week, Rutgers worked on its connections, as it became a major flaw in past competitions. By honing in on their connections, the Knights were able to notch their season-high beam score
against the Terrapins, so landings should be a key aspect to watch for during Saturday’s competition. “The little details are the things that are holding us back,” Salim-Beasley said. “Some were missing some landings that needed to be stuck, so we don’t have deductions there. We could probably add a point to our score just on landings alone. They’re getting the confidence they need to hit their routines in any circumstance, so that will give them the opportunity to focus in more on the tiny things that they can make better.” After falling to Ohio State and Minnesota, Penn State won its first conference matchup against Illinois with an overall score of 195.275. Sitting in the middle of the Big Ten, the Lions average a score of 195.3 with every competition above the 194 mark. This season, the highest score for Penn State was 196.775 against the Golden Gophers. For four consecutive weeks, the Lions recorded bar and floor scores above 49.000 to claim the event titles against the Fighting Illini. Penn State has a lot of consistent depth in both events, which is something Rutgers is still trying to work toward. The Knights have only scored above the 49-mark once this season with a 49.300 on the floor exercise in their home opener against the Cornhuskers. Since its competition against Nebraska, Rutgers has not had a standout event. It has fluctuated between all the events as its highest score on each competition. The Knights are going to have to put together a string of quality performances and transition their success from practice against their Big Ten competition. “A stick is obviously what our goal is. We just perform the routines we know how, because that’s what we do in practice,” Farrell said. For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Sophomore Belle Huang earned a 9.750 score in the vault event against the Terrapins last week. She was an NCAA qualifier last year. MICA FINEHART / FEBRUARY 2019
FOOTBALL AUSTIN, HAMPTON INVITED TO INDIANAPOLIS
2 Knights invited to Combine JAKE SCHMIED ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Senior defensive backs Blessuan Austin and Saquan Hampton will represent the Rutgers football team at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine, from Feb. 26 to March 4 at Lucas Oil Stadium. This year marks the second consecutive year that a Scarlet Knight is selected to the Combine and the first time since 2016 that two players represent the Banks in Indianapolis, Indiana. Alumnus defensive lineman Kemoko Turay was Rutgers’ lone representative last year. He bolstered a 4.65 time in the 40yard dash and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round with the 52nd overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Austin enters the Combine after undergoing season-ending knee surger y — only playing in the Knights’ first game and single win of the season against Texas State on Sept. 1. His season ended a year ago the same way. The 6-foot-1-inch safety has not played a full season since his sophomore year in 2016, when he played 11 games. Austin was one of the top defensive backs in the
nation then, ranking No. 2 in the Big Ten and 12th nationally with an average of 1.8 passes per game. He was named an All-Big Ten honorable mention in 2016 for totaling a career-high 41 tackles and deflecting 15 passes — the first Rutgers defensive back to do so since 2012. Austin also was 1 of 7 different players to intercept thenOhio State starting quarterback J.T. Barrett. In Austin’s career, he recorded 67 solo and 89 total tackles, four interceptions and 23 deflected passes. In his freshman season, he returned a 50-yard interception for a touchdown. A Queens, New York native, he played four positions at Milford Academy: cornerback, safety, quarterback and wide receiver. Austin was selected to the First Team All-Queens. He threw for 578 yards and rushed for 682 yards, accumulating nine touchdowns. Hampton, a fifth-year senior and a team captain, participated in all 12 games as safety this season and made up for the injured Austin by tying for the Big Ten lead for average passes defended per game, with 1.3. His 13-pass breakups this season were the most of any Knight.
He finished with a team-leading 36 tackles in pass coverage this season. Like Austin in 2016, Hampton was also named an All-Big Ten honorable mention last year. He also earned the Homer Hazel Award, given to the team’s most valuable player. In four seasons on the Banks, Hampton made 177 total tackles, recorded five interceptions, 24 pass deflections and recovered one fumble. Hampton ended last season with 44 solo and 65 tackles, both career-highs, as well as three interceptions. He captained a Rutgers defense that ranked 20th nationally in stopping opponents’ passing game. The team held opposing offenses to an average of 186.7 yards per game and totaled nine interceptions. A Hamilton, New Jersey native, Hampton attended Nottingham High School and went to the Central Jersey Group IV semifinals. In South Jersey, he was named to the First Team All-Group IV, as well as the First Team All-South Jersey. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @SchmiedJake and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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MATCHES Rutgers has 6-1 record against Indiana Big Ten schools CONTINUED FROM BACK be putting his undefeated record on the line against either Indiana’s Fernando Silva or Breydon Bailey on Friday night, neither of which have a winning record this season. On Saturday against Purdue, Ashnault will face either Parker Fillius or Austin Nash. Ashnault will look to get two more wins to move to 21-0 on the season and climb the program’s all-time wins list. Currently at No. 5 on the list with 110 wins, Ashnault needs only eight more by the end of the season to take sole possession of the top spot for most all-time wins. On the other end of the spectrum for the Knights, sophomore 125-pounder Shane Metzler will be looking to break out of a prolonged slump over the weekend and get his first win since November. Metzler has started all but one meet in the 125-pound slot, and is currently riding a 10-match losing streak. Metzler will have his work cut out for him this weekend, as he will either be taking on the Hoosiers’ Elijah Oliver or Liam Cronin
Friday evening and will likely be taking on the Boilermakers’ No. 19 Devin Schroder on Sunday. No. 4 junior 133-pounder Nick Suriano has already faced five ranked opponents this season going 3-2 in those bouts. Suriano will get a match against Indiana’s Garrett Pepple on Friday night before getting another shot at a ranked opponent on Sunday as he will take on Purdue’s No. 14 Ben Thornton. Rutgers’ last ranked wrestler, No. 14 graduate student 157-pounder John Van Brill, is coming off a win over the Tigers’ Quincy Monday and will be facing an opponent ranked just above him on Sunday. Van Brill will look to take an Ashnault-eque jump as he is set to take on the Boilermakers’ No. 13 Griffin Parriott. Sophomore 174-pounder Joseph Grello will be facing the Knights’ toughest opponent of the weekend, as he is set to challenge Purdue’s No. 11 Dylan L ydy. L ydy is a 2018 NCAA qualifier and the current team leader in wins. A similarly dif ficult challenge awaits sophomore 197-pounder Matthew Correnti,
as he is set to face No. 12 Christian Brunner on Sunday. Correnti is coming of f a 1-point loss to Princeton’s Patrick Brucki, and he will look to break out of a five-match losing streak. History proves that Rutgers has a clear advantage over both of these opponents, as the Knights are 3-1 lifetime against
the Hoosiers and 3-0 against Purdue. While Indiana has no wrestlers ranked by Intermat, they do have three wrestlers with previous NCAA experience. The Boilermakers’ two best wrestlers may spell trouble for Rutgers on Sunday as the Knights will send out two unranked wrestlers who have shown recent
struggles to take on Brucky and Lydy. The x-factor in the meet against Purdue is likely to be Van Brill vs. Parriott, as both are close in the rankings and are coming off wins. For updates on the Rutgers wreslting team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Sophomore 174-pounder Joseph Grello earned a 4-point fall against Princeton’s Travis Stefanik. He will face No. 11 Purdue’s Dylan Lydy. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019
ROAD Knights, Fighting Illini are tied for 10th in conference standings Junior forward Eugene Omoruyi and sophomore guard on Tuesday night — to its credit, Geo Baker have averaged 14.6 and Rutgers stayed toe-to-toe with the 13 points per game, respectively. Wolverines throughout, but dug They continue to lead the way in itself into too big of a hole at the points per game for Rutgers this season, but have also gotten help start of the game. Looking at Illinois, no group is from others, as well. “I think it’s going to be a good riding higher than it coming into this weekend’s matchup. The Il- game for us. I feel like it’s a mustlini are coming off a huge upset win,” Baker said. “Every game is victory over No. 9 Michigan State a must-win.” True freshman guard Montez the same night the Knights faced Michigan at the Rutgers Athletic Mathis has improved immensely as the season waned on and since Center (RAC). Pikiell has Illinois’ deimplemented fense caused into the an incredible “It’s organized chaos they him starting lineup. 24 turnovers — 12 of which try to get you to play in. He is currently third on the came off steals You’ve got to be scoring list — and the Illiwith 8.3 points ni’s Ayo Dosunreal poised.” per games. mu scored 24 Graduate points on 8-14 STEVE PIKELL student censhooting (57 Head Coach ter Shaquille percent) to lead Doorson went Illinois past a perfect 4-4 the Spartans. “It’s organized chaos they try to from the field for 8 points and get you to play in. You’ve got to be grabbed six rebounds last time real poised,” said head coach Steve out against the Wolverines. A key point to watch for Pikiell on playing offense in Champaign, Illinois. “As you see, teams Saturday afternoon is Illinois’ really turn the ball over a great score, a high 73.9 points per deal against them, so you’ve really game, compared to 66.8 by the Knights. Rutgers has been able got to take care of the basketball.” Rutgers managed to turn the to hold its opponents to 67.1 ball over just nine times last time points per game this season, but out, but the team usually averages this is significantly lower than 13 turnovers a game, something the Illini’s average. that will need to be kept in check The Knights have eight if the Knights hope to stay alive games remaining in the reguSaturday afternoon. lar season including Saturday’s Tuesday night’s win was the matchup, five of which will be Illini’s second ranked Big Ten win played on the road and at least in four games, as they defeated three of which will be against then-No. 13 Maryland at Madison teams currently ranked in the Square Garden on Jan. 26. top 20 in the nation. CONTINUED FROM BACK
Graduate student center Shaquille Doorson made a season-high four field goals from the charity stripe against Michigan last Tuesday. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019 While Rutgers will have the opportunity to get back at the Wildcats in Evanston, Illinois for the 8-point loss earlier in the season, the same can be said for the Hoosiers when they go against
the Knights in the final game of the season. “(This league’s) got a lot of teams that are capable of beating anybody on any given night,” Pikiell said. “I don’t care what your
preseason pick was or what people say about you.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK
SPORTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2019
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I don’t care what your preseason pick was or what people say about you.” — Men’s basketball head coach Steve Pikiell on Big Ten standings
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MEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS-ILLINOIS, TOMORROW, 4 P.M.
Rutgers can break conference tie on road COBY GREEN CORRESPONDENT
This Saturday’s matchup between the Rutgers men’s basketball team and Illinois has large implications when it comes to the Big Ten Tournament and its seeding chart. As of now, the Scarlet Knights (11-11, 4-8) and the Fighting Illini (8-15, 4-8) are surprisingly tied for the No. 10 seed in the conference with records of 4-8, despite the 3.5-game difference in their overall records. Rutgers had a rocky start to the Big Ten schedule, going 1-6 over the first seven games, including two separate three-game losing streaks. After an 8-point loss to Northwestern, the Knights held a players-only meeting to try and change the culture of the team — and it worked. In a nine-day span, Rutgers won three straight conference games for the first time since joining the Big Ten. Wins over Nebraska, Penn State (on the road) and Indiana catapulted the Knights to as high as No. 8 in the conference standings and also gave Rutgers four Big Ten wins in a regular season for the first time ever — so the team was rolling. But, the Knights have since come back to Earth, falling to Ohio State on the road last weekend and then again to No. 7 Michigan Sophomore guard Geo Baker grabbed a career-high eight rebounds in the Knights’ recent loss to the Wolverines last Tuesday. He is averaging 13 points per game this season. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019
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WRESTLING NO. 18 RUTGERS-INDIANA, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.
Knights head to Indiana for 2 road matches JACKSON THOMPSON SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers wrestling team will be taking a trip to the Midwest this weekend for 2 of its last 3 road meets of the regular season. Fresh off a thriller over Garden State rival Princeton, the No. 18 Scarlet Knights (9-5, 2-3) will be returning to Big Ten action with meets against Indiana on Friday night and No. 19 Purdue on Sunday afternoon. Rutgers will be looking to climb the conference standings over the weekend as it makes one final push to claim the best possible seed before the postseason begins in March. The Knights are currently in seventh place — well ahead of both their opponents over the weekend — but can move into a tie for sixth with Nebraska, should they win both matches. This weekend will mark the first meetings against the Hoosiers (4-9, 1-5) and the Boilermakers (5-7, 2-4) since January 2017. Rutgers won both those meetings en route to a 12-5 finish in a year that saw No. 1 graduate student 149-pounder Anthony Ashnault, then a junior, win two Big Ten titles. Now newly ranked No. 1 in the countr y in the 149-pound weight class, Ashnault will No. 1 graduate student 149-pounder Anthony Ashnault has compiled a 19-0 record this season and can extend it to 22 wins in Indiana this weekend. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019 NHL SCORES
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BRIAN BRECHT, head coach of the men’s lacrosse team, and the Knights will visit St. John’s for their first away game of the season. Rutgers comes into Queens having defeated Lafayette 14-8 at home last Saturday.
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