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Council urges for more student representation BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR

The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) Governing Council has passed a resolution to express disapproval in the selection process for Chancellor of Rutgers University—New Brunswick Christopher J. Molloy, according to a press release.

Specifically, the council is opposed to the appointment’s absence of a selection committee and representation from any undergraduate governing body, according to the release. Previous chancellors, including Chancellor Debasish Dutta, were appointed through this process.

“A lack of both transparency and opportunity for input are of great concern to the undergraduate student body …” the release stated. “The student body is

one of the primary stakeholders in University decisions and collectively pays tuition and fees to support the University, and therefore deserves more information and the opportunity to have seats at the table.”

The resolution urges the University to establish guidelines for the selection process of high-level administrators that includes a formal process to have representation from appropriate student governments and stakeholders, according to the release.

The Daily Targum reported that the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) voiced similar opposition to the selection process of Molloy after his appointment as permanent chancellor was announced in early February.

RUSA will be holding a town hall with Molloy this Thursday, where students will be allowed to ask him questions.

Rutgers redesigns website to improve user experience CATHERINE NGUYEN NEWS EDITOR

Christopher J. Molloy, chancellor of Rutgers University-—New Brunswick, was appointed in the absence of a selection committee with student representation. JACKSON THOMPSON / SPORTS EDITOR

Since January, Rutgers has been working to redesign four separate pages of its website.

The project is a collaboration between University Communications and Marketing (UCM), the Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) and Rutgers Communications (R-Comm), according to the Rutgers website.

Dory Devlin, the senior director of University News and Relations, said UCM is responsible for the content, design and management of the overall University-wide website, rutgers.edu.

ORED, a central administration unit, is responsible for providing SEE EXPERIENCE ON PAGE 4

Speakers give lecture on Title IX changes MIA BOCCHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Jacquelyn Litt, dean of Douglass Residential College, said the Public Leadership Education Network was founded 40 years ago. The purpose of the lectures, which are part of the program, are to give students the opportunity to learn about careers in politics and public policy. YOUTUBE

Last Friday, Douglass Residential College hosted a lecture and luncheon titled, “On the Basis of Sex: The Changing Landscape of Title IX” in the Douglass Student Center.

The title of the lecture was a both a reference to the recent blockbuster, “On the Basis of Sex,” which detailed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s journey as a woman into politics, and an acknowledgement of how Title IX has changed since it was first established 47 years ago.

The lecture is part of the Douglass Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN), a joint program with the Eagleton Institute of Politics that gives students the opportunity to look at careers in public policy and politics. “(PLEN) was founded 40 years ago by a collection of women’s colleges … Douglass, Rutgers and Eagleton were really central in founding this organization,” said Jacquelyn Litt, dean of Douglass Residential College and professor of the Departments of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies.

The PLEN program’s lecture forum has previously held panels with various notable political leaders, such as Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to be elected to Congress. Today, though, with the growing number of women holding leadership positions in

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politics, Litt said the program is even more exciting and important.

During the lecture, Litt also referenced Cheri Beasley, a Douglass alumna and PLEN student who made history by becoming the first Black chief justice in the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Beasley was able to speak to the audience through a phone call, and said Douglass was very important to her, singling out PLEN and Eagleton for being beneficial in her education and development.

The keynote speaker for this lecture was Tamara J. Britt, a general counsel of Manhattan College and professor at Rutgers Law School.

She began by stating the parallels of her life with the notable Black women mentioned in the program.

Chisholm was an inspiration to Britt’s grandmother, who founded the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute in her honor. Regarding Beasley, Britt said her mother previously left the state of North Carolina due to racism and sexism.

Britt also attributed her experience as an undergraduate to playing an important role in her later career in policy, an area she said was often overshadowed by law and politics.

“Policy is important. I am privileged to do both,” she said.

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RUSA adds new subcommittees, standing rules JAKE MCGOWAN CORRESPONDENT

Multiple new subcommittees and representatives were added along with the revisions to standing rules that were introduced at the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) meeting on Thursday. After the Assembly’s debate, students spoke on the state of infrastructure at the University.

Standing rules are a set of rules that govern how the Assembly is run, said Parliamentarian Nicholas Tharney, a Rutgers Business School junior. The only document with higher governing power is the group’s constitution.

Non-clerical changes included the introduction of multiple new subcommittees, as well as the inclusion of a new international student representative, said the Chair of RUSA’s Internal Affairs Committee (IA) Alex Anderson.

“A legitimate change would be an international student representative. We had it brought up to us about how there needs to be better representation in RUSA, by what undergraduates are.

We’ll have a new voting member of RUSA with this new change to the standing rules, so hopefully it’ll be more representative of the undergraduates,” Anderson said.

Parliamentarian Nicholas Tharney said the standing rules govern how the Assembly is run. Some members raised the concern that Tharney wrote and revised the bill. DECLAN INTINDOLA The new subcommittees added included a physical health subcommittee and an alcohol and drugs subcommittee, she said.

After discussion on the standing rules concluded, the platform was opened to the public. Neeharika Thuravil, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, spoke about the deterioration of equipment and infrastructure on campus, specifically on Busch campus, and what she said was the University’s lack of response time.

“I went around to all the buildings on Busch in the last week, and out of most of the major

classroom buildings, they’re all dilapidated. Carpets are stained, some of the walls are leaking, the buildings showed a lot of signs of age,” Thuravil said.

The University received $4.3 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2018, according to Rutgers’ website. The University spends 4 percent of its budget on utilities, repair and maintenance, compared to 7 percent for fellow Big Ten member University of Maryland and more than 32 percent for another Big Ten member Michigan State University, according to both universities’ budgets.

Thuravil said she is upset with the way the University is allocating its funds.

“It really came back to my attention today, how much trouble the University is going through, in terms of prioritizing where they put their money,” Thuravil said.

Another revision to the standing rules added during the internal debate limits the power of RUSA’s executive board, Tharney said.

“Because we are an assembly that functions through committee structure, the idea is that most legislation should come out of committees … In the event that there is a discrepancy between what the committee wants and what the executive board wants, the Assembly would be the ultimate arbiter,” Tharney said.

The new standing rules require a vote from two-thirds majority of the Assembly to pass. The standing rules are to be voted on at the next RUSA meeting, which takes place on Thursday, said Andrew Petryna, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and member of RUSA’s Public Relations Committee.

Jeff Zhang, an external representative for RUSA, raised a question about potential conflict of interest over the standing rules.

“Do you feel like you have a conflict of interest in both being

the primary author of this bill, and the one deciding what’s to remain in this bill or not?” Zhang said.

Tharney responded by saying conflicts of interest were not an issue.

“Absolutely not. For those of you who were paying attention during my executive board updates, you’d know that the parliamentarian advises the chair, and the chair is the one who makes the ultimate decision,” Tharney said.

Despite questions of a conflict of interest, other members of RUSA voiced support for the revisions, specifically the inclusion of an international student representative. Jason Yu, an external representative for RUSA, voiced his concerns about the lack of international representation and how the revisions would help fix that.

“I’m just speaking to one part of the legislation, which is the international student representative.

I definitely feel like that’s one part of our student assembly that’s lacking representation.

Statistically speaking, international students are at least 5 to 7 percent of the undergraduate population.

I think you should support your legislation,” Yu said.

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EXPERIENCE There are 4 separate pages on Rutgers’ website being redesigned CONTINUED FROM FRONT information to support faculty research and leading economic development activities at the University, she said. Along with a dozen other domains, they manage the research website for Rutgers, research.rutgers.edu.

Finally, R-Comm, the marketing and communications office for the University, manages the New Brunswick website, newbrunswick.rutgers. edu and rbhs.rutgers.edu, the website for Rutgers Biomedical and Health Science.

All three units are working together to combine resources for the most impact, according to the website. While each website will maintain its own individual look and functional features, developing all of the sites together will provide a more cohesive approach to design and user experience.

“The overall goal of the project is to improve the experience for internal and external users of these university websites,” Devlin said in an email to The Daily Targum. “The new websites will simplify navigation, organize content in a way that is best for the user and help tell the story of the University, its students, faculty, staff and world-changing research in a more engaging way.”

Input from the Rutgers community will also be used to gain insight for the project.

An email was recently sent out to students, faculty and staff, asking them to answer a sur vey about how they use each of the four websites.

The project will not only impact the four websites listed, but also provide assets and design ideas that can be utilized by other parts of University website. One of the developments of the project is

CHANGES Eagleton’s joint program gives students career opportunities in public policy CONTINUED FROM FRONT students until she was looking at colleges for her son and a college admissions counselor blamed the low amount of colleges that had what Britt was looking for on Title IX. She also said that people had many misconceptions about Title IX, basing it on other aspects such as athletics and financial aid. While other parts of the Education Amendments

Act of 1972 addressed these aspects directly, such as Title IV on financial aid and grants, Title IX was based strictly on gender equality.

“If you want to talk about the intersection of law, politics and policy, you bring up Title IX,” she said.

Title IX began as a way to focus on gender equality in athletics, claiming that on the basis of sex, no one should be excluded from participation

The redesigned websites will impact users by providing information about the University in a way that is optimized for all screen sizes, from phones to computers. The first website is scheduled to be launched later this year. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GARRETT STEFFE / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR a component librar y, which will contain the styles and functional elements that were designed.

The library will thus make it easier for other departments to use these design elements for their websites. It also has the potential to save costs for these departments, since they will be able to adopt the same shared assets.

“This library will store these components in such a way that they can be combined like

LEGO building blocks to create webpages of all types,” according to the website.

Overall, the new websites will affect users by providing information about Rutgers in a way that is optimized for all screen sizes. The units will also be able to use the borrowed capital from the project to more efficiently design a “state-of-theart Rutgers branded website” in the future.

Devlin said the websites were set to launch in a staggered schedule starting later this year, with the last website to be completed in 2020. The goal is for the first website to be launched at the end of 2019 and the next three sites being launched in sequence throughout the spring and summer of next year.

“The final cost of the project will not be known until all of the websites are completed,” she said.

or be discriminated under any educational program or activity receiving federal funding.

The law later expanded to address sexual assault in schools.

In 2017, Britt said Title IX laid out new regulations on sexual misconduct on campus, detailing what sexual harassment is and how universities and colleges should move forward.

“College and universities are educational institutions, not arms or alternatives to the criminal justice system,” Britt said, reading aloud from Title IX’s regulations.

While all individuals are required to be treated the same under Title IX, she said most colleges do this regardless of federal legislation.

“That’s just the way we feel about our students,” Britt said.

PLEN was a three-part program, according to a brochure from the lecture. One

for the New Jersey government and the third was the Douglass in D.C. program, which allowed students to attend seminars and conferences in the capital.

“If you want to talk about the intersection of law, politics and policy, you bring up Title IX.” TAMARA J. BRITT General Counsel of Manhattan College and Professor at Rutgers Law School

part involved bringing in political leaders for a seven-class forum lecture series in the spring, another involved a seven-week internship in Trenton to work

The PLEN program and Douglass Residential College share a common goal and slogan, which Litt said: “Preparing women to lead.”

CONSTRUCTION CAPTURED A photo taken at Carpender Hall on Douglass campus yesterday showed there was construction involving the digging of a ditch alongside the building’s driveway. BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN / NEWS EDITOR

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We need willpower to overcome problems

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ears ago, I went through a period of depression that, in its worst moments, took MICHAEL HOLEY nearly an entire year of my life. At some point back then, I decided that I had to go see a psychologist for help. I thought that someone else would be able to give me a solution to my problems. It did not work. The therapists I went to offered opportunities for me to vent my frustrations, which was not at all what I wanted. I wanted my problems to be fixed.

Then came the day when I had a sudden epiphany: If I wanted my problems to end, then I needed to change them myself. Of course, such a realization by itself was not necessarily that profound. But, without going into too much personal detail, my problems were far from normal and seemingly out of my control to begin with.

How, then, did I plan to ever overcome my situation? To any rational person, there was not much I could do. There was not much that I did actually do, at least in regard to fixing the issues I was facing. Yet, at the same time, I was able to thrive in my environment because my mentality changed. Situations out of my control no longer depressed me because I decided I would overcome them all.

Sometimes, you will be faced with a dilemma that is completely out of your control. It may depress you, and it may cause you to lose repeatedly. But at the same time, while you may not be able to beat that situation, you cannot let it beat you either. At some point, life becomes a matter of willpower. At least, if you do decide to stand up for what you believe in, you may not always win, but you at least have a chance of not losing.

Humanity would be wise to muster up more willpower against near-impossible odds. Today, we live in a world where the potential for evil and destruction is far greater than it has ever been. Our own planet struggles to support us. Thanks to our advancement

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“People need to come to the realization that the problems we face today are not going to be fixed unless rational people can come together and muster up the willpower to try and overcome great odds. ” in technology, governments can now oppress their citizens with greater ease. We have weapons that can wipe out millions in minutes. The list of factors pointing us toward a future of mass tragedy goes on.

Meanwhile, our society remains completely divided. Every issue that we face is only exacerbated by our unwillingness to rationally communicate with each other. We lack the ability to collectively handle any issue with the speed and efficiency required to avoid catastrophe.

Rather than addressing problems, we are too busy distracting ourselves by having to argue fact from fiction.

Even the people who have managed to come up with solutions to many of the issues we face today have no way to spreading their thoughts among the public. The only medium we have for any hope of change is our fractured, unreliable political system that changes leadership every 4 to 8 years to a side with completely opposing views and strategies.

People need to come to the realization that the problems we face today are not going to be fixed unless rational people can come together and muster up the willpower to try and overcome great odds.

It is no longer acceptable to just sit back and let life depress you with its chaotic and catastrophic aspects. Either we all decide to fight together, or we will all definitely lose together.

The first thing we could start doing to try and have a positive impact on this world is organizing some sort of movement devoid of petty partisanship. Imagine what ordinary people could accomplish if they all got together and met to try and discuss actual, viable solutions to issues. Imagine a world where Democrats and Republicans would all sit down at a table — political identities left behind — and not leave until a solution to one of the world’s many pressing issues is created.

If people went in with open minds and the intention to actually solve something, then perhaps we could truly make an impact on the world far beyond any single individual.

You cannot always change your situation, but you can always change yourself. When people come together and recognize that, then situations may start to change as well. Anything good only has a chance of beginning if someone has the willpower to try and make it happen.

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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n 1982, the Supreme ruled in Plyler v. Doe that states did not have a compelling interest to deny access to kindergarten through 12th-grade public education on the basis of immigration status, and required states to extend the provision of public education to all students.

While the Court did not declare education as a fundamental right in the ruling, the opinion of the Court determined that “public education has a pivotal role in maintaining the fabric of our society and in sustaining our political and cultural heritage, the deprivation of education takes an inestimable toll on the social, economic, intellectual and psychological well-being of the individual, and poses an obstacle to individual achievement.”

Even though the ruling was only limited to kindergarten through 12th grade, it opened up broader consideration of unrestricted access to education and self-improvement. “Without an education … undocumented children, already disadvantaged as a result of poverty, lack of English-speaking ability, and undeniable racial prejudices … will become permanently locked into the lowest socio-economic class,” said Justice William Brennan in the majority opinion.

In recognition of the constraints still present in a system that restricts access to public education with a ceiling at 12th grade, New Jersey has extended eligibility for state financial aid to undocumented immigrants. Since they already had a right to primary and secondary education under federal law and eligible for in-state tuition at public colleges under New Jersey law, the extension of access to state financial aid is simply a means to uphold the values outlined in Plyler v. Doe and enshrined in our nation’s vision of opportunity.

Last fall, 513 undocumented immigrants received $1.6 million through the new state program, according to the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA). Well below the expected expenditure of $2.5 million per semester,

opponents of the program still argue that those without legal citizenship should not be eligible for these benefits. This critique is often built on the false idea that undocumented immigrants do not contribute to public funds and evade taxes.

In order for these undocumented students to file the New Jersey Alternative Financial Aid Application, they had to have attended a New Jersey high school for at least three years, graduated from a New Jersey high school or received an equivalent diploma in New Jersey, registered for the Selective Ser vice System if the applicant is male, signed an affidavit requiring they file an application for naturalization when eligible and, in order to receive state financial aid, provided proof that their family has filed tax returns or have payed taxes on their wages.

“In order for students to qualify for New Jersey state aid, upon request, applicants must provide proof of verifiable income, such as U.S. tax return transcripts, IRS wage statements or proof of income through a federal or state agency,” according to a statement from the HESAA. Showing a commitment to all residents of the state, Rutgers enrolled the most undocumented immigrants receiving state financial aid out of all New Jersey colleges.

The promises of social mobility and economic opportunity must extend to all in this nation. The program, resulting by a law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) last year, makes New Jersey 1 of less than 12 states in the nation to offer college financial assistance to DREAMers.

The children brought to America by their parents without authorization ought not be shackled to a destitute status of disadvantages and obstacles. An economy grows with the growth of an educated population. America develops with the development of its inhabitants. Depriving education pulls at the seams that hold our collective nation exceptionality together.

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Digitally enabled misinformation will lead to next outbreak PRIDE, NOT PREJUDICE NEHA SAJU From Jan. 1 to Feb. 21, there were 159 individual confirmed cases of measles across 10 states. Last year, New York and New Jersey counted for more than half the measles cases in America. Similar outbreaks have occurred in 2014 and 2017 in Minnesota and California respectively.

The danger of a contagious disease spreading like wildfire is exceptionally high in places like Texas, where there are 60,000 unvaccinated children. Vaccine hesitancy is defined as the resistance to lifesaving available vaccination — the World Health Organization has ranked it as 1 of the top 10 health threats for the world in 2019.

Vaccine hesitancy allows for onceeradicated diseases to plague society again. Despite the growing scientific consensus that vaccines are safe and they do not cause autism, there is a stubborn minority of people that refuse to vaccinate themselves and their children. Vaccines are one of the triumphs of modern medicine.

Yet, despite a safe and effective history, the anti-vaccination movement continues to grow because of fear-mongering and poor science.

There are two main groups that merged to form the anti-vaccination movement

of today: people who blame the mumpsmeasles-rubella (MMR) vaccine for autism and people who attribute mercury toxicity to human illness. These two groups combined on the issue of thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative in some vaccines.

In the 1990s there was a supposed increase in the number of autism cases (autism, or autism spectrum disorder, which refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication) that many people linked to an increased number of vaccines that children were receiving.

because those who support the antivaccination movement (colloquially referred to as anti-vaxxers) have created hundreds of websites that promote their message.

The defense against this misinformation has not reached the same level of public attention, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a website with the correct information but no prominent internet presence. Furthermore, the United States Surgeon General’s office and the White House (this administration as well as previous ones) have both not done enough to directly discredit the anti-vaxxer’s pseudoscience.

Companies have taken steps to curb the spreading misinformation. Pinterest,

“So, how did we allow this issue to grow into a public safety hazard? The answer is simple: Misinformation. ” In reality, the real reason for the increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder is due to the effects of expanding the diagnosis and increasing the surveillance to spot the disorder. There have been numerous independent lines of evidence that prove that there is no link between vaccines and autism. So, how did we allow this issue to grow into a public safety hazard?

The answer is simple: Misinformation.

Anti-vaccine propaganda has outpaced provaccine health information on the internet

a social media website that 80 percent of mothers and 38 percent of fathers in the United States use, has achieved progress to stop anti-vaxxer propaganda. While other companies like Facebook and YouTube have taken steps to limit propaganda, only Pinterest has chosen to banish results associated with certain vaccine-related searches, regardless of whether the results might have been reputable.

When you type in “vaccination,” “vaccine” or “anti-vax” in the search bar, nothing comes up. But, it must be noted

that social media is not the correct location to find accurate medical information. Using accredited official government websites is the only way to make sure that the information is scientifically accurate.

This is a time when news stories are reporting on children who choose to get vaccinated as soon as they turn 18 and minors who are sneaking out to get vaccinated behind their parents’ backs. These kids understand the importance of getting vaccinated at a time when the very scientific integrity of vaccine science is in question. They know what the risks are, even when their parents do not want to understand the dangers.

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Heidi Larson, a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that the next major disease outbreak will not be because of a lack of advanced technology, but due to an “emotional contagion, digitally enabled.”

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March 4, 2019

'Green Book' wins Best Picture in Oscars' most glaring gaffe EAMONN O'NEILL STAFF WRITER

Last week, the Oscars crowned “Green Book” Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards. As Julia Roberts read the winning name, director Spike Lee stormed out of Dolby Theatre. He seemed incensed and mystified by the Academy’s choice.

Like many others, myself included, Lee felt slighted yet again by an Oscars ceremony that just can’t get it all right — even though it did deliver a few big victories, including a much-deserved Oscar to Lee. For those unfamiliar with the white-washed snoozefest that is “Green Book,” here's a brief rundown. Viggo Mortensen (“Lord of the Rings”) stars as Tony “Lip” Vallelonga, a racist white bouncer at local mob hangouts. Vallelonga is hired by Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a celebrated black pianist, to drive Shirley across the Deep South on tour.

The film uses them as an odd couple to solve racism through Vallelonga beating up more outward racists and teaching Shirley about black music, black culture and fried chicken — lots of fried chicken.

Spike Lee is surely used to the Academy making the wrong decision. He's been snubbed by the Oscars many times, notably during his prime in the 80s and 90s. INSTAGRAM Even if one ignored the movie entirely — which I will remind you is awful — the present and past behavior of the filmmakers should've been enough to discount the movie from any real award consideration. Take the director Peter Farrelly, who made a name for himself

directing high-brow affairs such as “There’s Something About Mary,” “Dumb and Dumber” and “Dumber and Dumber To.” The Cut recently unearthed a 1998 Newsweek article that detailed Farrelly flashing his penis to Cameron Diaz and other stars several times

on set. The writer and son of Tony Vallelonga, Nick Vallelonga, scored an Original Screenplay Oscar in addition to Best Picture. The victory was laughable, which may explain Samuel L. Jackson’s bewilderment while reading the envelope.

During the press junket for the film, Nick Vallelonga was revealed to have tweeted several 9/11 conspiracies, including that Muslims were cheering as it happened.

The final pillar of creator controversy came from Mortensen, who somehow recovered from saying a racial epithet during an interview.

“Green Book” seemed to be the teflon of all awards seasons. No matter how many think-pieces or Twitter threads were published, “Green Book” had its defenders. Director Steven Spielberg championed the film as the best duo since “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” and claimed to have watched it five times in two weeks. Others clung to the movie for its 1960s-era racial politics and white-savior complex. A few just watched and loved in defiance of the political correctness police.

The film’s victory doesn’t seem to make much sense from any other traditional Oscar indicator.

“Green Book” was not well-reviewed by critics and wasn't a hit at the box office.

The victory has piled on controversy because it echoes the Academy Awards of 30 years ago. “Driving Miss Daisy” prevailed, besting Lee’s phenomenal “Do the Right Thing,” which was not even nominated. “Green Book” and “Driving Miss Daisy” are essentially the same film with a role-reversal.

Lee’s outrage this year mirrored the world’s 30 years ago.

The Academy had so many great films that would've represented so much more to the world and film fans. “A Star Is Born” and “Black Panther” were massive, well-received studio efforts that could’ve been deemed a return for the studios. Netflix entered the fray with the marvelous “Roma.” “BlacKkKlansman” and “The Favourite” showed how auteurs could operate in the new cinema world.

Nevertheless, the Academy picked a terrible movie, though choosing “Bohemian Rhapsody” would've been even worse. To quote the greatest Lee moment this year, these Academy Awards were “not my cup of tea.”

DIVERSIONS

March 4, 2019

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Happy Birthday: Focus on what you can do and how best to help others.

Patience, understanding and good advice will turn you into the go-to person for friends and family. Moderation coupled with a responsible attitude will ensure you bypass temptation. Aim for greater stability, and be willing to walk away from situations that offer little but demand a lot. Your numbers are 4, 12, 20, 29, 31, 37, 45.

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Non Sequitur

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be receptive, but don’t feel you have to follow or give in to someone who isn’t authentic or reliable. Pick and choose the people you associate with based on morals and integrity, and make changes that are good for you. 4 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t try to impress someone by taking a risk. Stick to the safe route, no matter what others do. You have plenty to gain by using your intelligence and discipline to get what you want. Learn from experience and flourish. 2 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Concentrate on what you can accomplish. Reach for the stars, but be reasonable, even if someone close to you isn’t. Personal improvements can be achieved if you do what’s right and you incorporate moderation into whatever changes you make. 5 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Encourage others, and you will get the same in return. Set goals and take the road less traveled if it promotes something you’ve been longing to do. Exploring, expressing and experiencing will take you on a journey that will change your life. 3 stars

Pearls Before Swine

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If someone asks you to do something that appears to be dangerous or could cause health problems or upset someone you love, know enough to back away. Call the shots instead of following someone who is a poor influence. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Listen and revise what you hear to suit your needs. Put some muscle behind your plans, and make a difference to the outcome and concerns that matter to you. Learn through observation and from those with more experience. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take time out to make personal improvements that will make you feel good and make you more marketable. Networking will help you build connections that can help you advance. Look ahead and let go of any baggage you’ve been carrying around. 5 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do your own thing, and be respectful of what others want to do as well. A creative idea can turn into a worthwhile investment that will allow you to build confidence and earn a little extra cash. 2 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Question anyone trying to use emotional tactics or false information to push you in a different direction. A change you want to make should be for the right reason, not because you are being pressured. Love who you are. 4 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Hard work will pay off, but don’t neglect to take care of your health and physical well-being. Injury or illness, however insignificant, should not be allowed to turn into something more serious. Don’t overreact or make assumptions. 3 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take better care of yourself, your relationships and your personal possessions. Emotions will run high and can cause problems if you let anger take over. Channel your energy into something that will benefit you, not hold you back. 3 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s OK to dream, but don’t lose sight of what’s possible. Know your limitations and how best to make the most with what you’ve got. Time matters, and preparation and organization will lead to success. 3 stars

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March 4, 2019 GYMNASTICS NEW HAMPSHIRE 196.000, RUTGERS 194.625

RU tops 194 behind Rizkalla’s pair of 9.900s ALEX FABUGAIS-INABA CORRESPONDENT

Senior team captain Jenna Rizkalla, who posted two 9.900s, led the Rutgers gymnastics team to a third-place finish in New Hampshire with a team score of 194.625.

The host Wildcats won the meet with 196.000.

Landing in stick fashion and on top of the podium, Rizkalla tumbled her way to tie a career high on the floor before jumping to a

new personal best on vault for a double-win in both events.

“Rizkalla was on fire today,” said head coach Umme Salim-Beasley.

“She stepped up in a big way. We counted all three of her scores. For her to have two 9.900s in one meet, it’s pretty remarkable. For her to do it and to do it away from home is really an exclamation point on her career because a lot of times away teams just don’t score as high.”

The Scarlet Knights posted yet another 49.000 on floor for the

Senior team captain Jenna Rizkalla earned a 9.900 score in the floor and vault exercises on the road. She also captured a stick.

MICA FINEHART / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019

fourth time this season. Rutgers knows how to bring its energy on floor, and it always gets the ball rolling into its other events.

For posting the fifth consecutive mark above 194, the Knights didn’t have key point scorers freshman Mia Betancourt and senior Riahanah Ali in their respective events.

Betancourt returned to competition, but only competed on beam, posting a 9.550. She will hopefully return to all three of her events (beam, vault and floor) this weekend. Ali was out entirely, but she will likely compete at Rutgers’ senior meet at home as well.

“The team did a fantastic job tonight,” Salim-Beasley said. “We had to go with two replacements on pretty much every event because Mia Betancourt is just coming back from a concussion and was only able to compete beam today. And we had to rest Riahanah Ali, doctor’s orders.”

After qualifying for the noon session at the Big Ten Championships at the end of March, the Knights know that they’re starting off on beam there, and did so this past weekend.

Rizkalla recorded Rutgers’ highest beam score with a 9.750 for eighth. Coming in a tie for ninth was junior Kaitlyn Hall with a score of 9.725.

The Knights put up their lowest event score of the night with a 48.225, but continued their way through the competition by taking on each event as a new opportunity to perform at the highest level for Rutgers.

“I think they started out well,” Salim-Beasley said. “A little tight on beam, but they were able to relax and be really aggressive on floor, so they did a good job on being able to manage starting off tight and then we did the best we could to finish out strong in our other events.”

Alongside Rizkalla’s 9.900 on floor, all-arounders sophomore Belle Huang and senior Michelle Amoresano contributed respective scores of 9.850 for fifth and a 9.825 for eighth.

Hopping their way to vault, Rizkalla kept the fire lit inside of the Knights’ bubble with her second consecutive 9.900 to add to an overall vault score of 48.800. Hall also came through for Rutgers to post a 9.775 for a tie in seventh.

The only event Rizkalla didn’t compete in was uneven bars, which the Knights finished on with a team event score of 48.600. Stepping up to the bar this time around was Amoresano with a 9.800 for fifth. The next best event score for Rutgers was junior Shannon Farrell with a 9.725 for 11th.

The Knights will return on the Banks for a quad meet at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) on Friday at 7 p.m. Rutgers will host Bridgeport, Centenar y and Towson University.

With any kind of adversity, the Knights have shown that no matter the circumstances, they need to bring their best performances to every single competition.

“It really gave an opportunity for some of our other gymnasts to show what they’re capable of doing,” Salim-Beasley said. “They did a very good job. They stepped into lineups and really put up scores that helped us have a solid team score.”

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

TENNIS RUTGERS 5, BUFFALO 2

Knights edge out Bulls for 4th home win ALEX FABUGAIS-INABA CORRESPONDENT

Against Buffalo in its second match of the week, the Rutgers tennis team battled through every singles match to come from behind, clinching a 5-2 win on Friday afternoon.

The Scarlet Knights (5-2) lost the early doubles point against the Bulls (7-3), who have a perfect streak of doubles point wins this season, but collectively put on a strong enough singles performance to run away with the win.

“It was amazing,” said freshman Tess Fisher. “We all had a lot of fight. We didn’t get the doubles point. That can be really important because a lot of teams can go downhill from there, but we turned that around and we made it a positive.”

Taking a blow to the No. 1 spot, the duo of junior Kat Muzik and Fisher fell to Buffalo’s Chantal Martinez Blanco and Nikoleta Antoniou-Karademitrou in six straight sets. Team

And two sets they were. The Zahare. Fisher threw out her reel captains sophomore Maya Jacobs and junior Jaci Cochrane Knights started things off with a as long as she could and held on won their slot at the No. 2 posi- dominant first singles win from to close in two sets of 6-3 and 7-5 Cochrane at the No. 5 spot with for the No. 3 win. Clinching the tion for a 6-3 win. match came down to Zahare with Unfor tunately, freshmen sets of 6-1, 6-3.

The Bulls returned with in- a solid 6-2, 6-4 win to the Bull’s Kristiana Zahare and Sydney Kaplan weren’t able to cap- tensity to upset Muzik at the No. Sanjana Sudhir.

Next time out, the Knights ture the No. 3 spot against the 2 position, losing in sets of 5-7 head to Mar yland to compete Bull’s Emel Abibula and Hsin- and 3-6. against Towson Yuan Shih, on Friday for a falling 3-6 to noon match bejust miss out “There’s always going to be adversity. There’s always fore taking on on the doutheir first conbles point. going to be something that you can’t control.” ference matchBut Rutup against gers, with the MAYA JACOBS Mar yland home court Sophomore on Saturday. advantage, Rutgers prewon all but viously comone singles Rutgers came back around peted against Big Ten foe Penn match against Buffalo.

“It’s a highlight of what we’ve again and did not let up. Kaplan State on Feb. 1 at the beginning been practicing every day,” Jacobs ser ved up a 7-5, 6-3 win for the of the season, but it did not count said. “There’s always going to be No. 4 spot while Jacobs made toward the team’s overall conferadversity. There’s always going to her mark at the top with a 7-5, ence standing. That will deterbe something that you can’t control, 6-2 win against Buffalo’s Marti- mine who qualifies for the Big Ten Tournament. but we can work on the things we nez Blanco.

The Tigers (2-5) have racked With the stakes still high, can control and that’s fighting for every ball, running for everything the freshmen closed out another up three consecutive losses, foland closing out those game points.” dual this season with Kaplan and lowed by one win against Hofstra

GAME Harper Jr. drops career-high 27 points as Rutgers earns 7th Big Ten win of season CONTINUED FROM BACK That kind of passing is a big reason why all but one player who entered the game made at least one field goal, and why Rutgers shot 11-23 from deep, looking like the team who started the season 2-0 and couldn’t miss from downtown.

“All credit to my teammates, they found me for open shots. I got a feel for the game and so I just kept putting them up,” Harper Jr. said, who led the shooting barrage.

Now, with just two games left until the Big Ten Tournament, the Knights will come back home to play Penn State (12-17, 5-13) on March 6 before heading back on

in the past four games. One of the losses was a 6-1 Buffalo win. Likewise, the Terrapins (2-6) have put up their own three-game losing streak to No. 38 Columbia, William & Mary and No. 48 Princeton.

No matter the opponent, the Knights will need to come onto the court being aggressive from the get-go. Especially with the doubles point hanging in the balance, Rutgers has a good grasp on how to return in its singles matches, but also have to worry about closing its doubles matches in the same manner.

The stakes are only getting higher with the team’s goal of making it into the Big Ten Tournament this season.

“Every match is a new opportunity,” Jacobs said. “More so to forget about the ones in the past because they already happened and there’s nothing you can do about them now.”

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

the road to finish their regular season against Indiana (15-14, 6-12) — two teams Rutgers has beaten already this season.

The Knights have yet to clinch a top-10 seed in the tournament but if they win both games, that coveted first-round bye will be theirs.

“This is the best league in the countr y. We’re a young team, we’re figuring things out,” Pikiell said.

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True freshman guard Ron Harper Jr. scored a then career-high 16 points when the Knights hosted the Hawkeyes on Feb. 16.

CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019

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“We’re getting better and we’re doing it in a league that is at its best since I’ve been here, top to bottom.”

— Men’s basketball head coach Steve Pikiell

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MEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 86, NO. 22 IOWA 72

HOW SWEET IT IS After it was stunned by Iowa at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC), courtesy of a Joe Wieskamp corner 3-point bank shot on Feb. 16, Rutgers returned the favor in Iowa City, Iowa. The Knights downed the Hawkeyes by 14 points for their first road victory against a ranked opponent in 11 years. WILL MORALES / FEBRUARY 2019

Knights spoil No. 22 Hawkeyes senior night in revenge game ROBERT SANCHEZ CORRESPONDENT

As the old proverb goes: Revenge is a dish best ser ved cold, meaning vengeance is often more satisfying if it isn’t exacted immediately.

Two weeks ago, the Rutgers men’s basketball team was stunned by Iowa inside the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) on a miraculous buzzer-beating shot. So when Saturday’s contest against the No. 22 Hawkeyes (21-8, 10-8) came around, the Scarlet Knights (1414, 7-11) were salivating at the chance to dish out some payback.

Which they did.

From beginning to end, Rutgers steamrolled past Iowa who was celebrating its senior night. Nevertheless, it was the Knights’ night as they handily defeated the Hawkeyes,

86-72, for their third conference road win of the season and the first against a top-25 team since 2008.

“We’re getting better and we’re doing it in a league that is at its best since I’ve been here, top to bottom,” said head coach Steve Pikiell.

“Good for our guys, especially our young guys to do that in this environment.”

Entering the game as clear underdogs, Rutgers actually led the match for the final 34 minutes and it quickly became a laugher. In fact, the Knights were up by as much as 21 points thanks to a plethora of players.

Most notably, true freshman guard Ron Harper Jr., who scored what was then a career-high 16 points the last time the two squads met, torched Iowa once again.

Picking up where he left off, Harper Jr. led all scorers and finished with a career-high 27 points — the most by a Rutgers freshman in a

from deep, to give Rutgers a huge spark going inside its locker room.

It was the first time Thiam, who had been seeing a steady decrease in minutes and was averaging 1 point in conference play, entered double-digit points in over three months.

“This was a good response for us,” said sophomore guard Geo Baker. “To come out like we did on the road, I’m really proud of my teammates and our coaches. I thought we fought really hard today to come out with a big win.”

While Baker finished with just 9 points, he had his hand everywhere in the game, finishing with nine assists, six rebounds and two steals. His nine assists tied a season-high and became contagious, as 21 of the 30 field goals made by the Knights were off an assist.

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EXTRA POINT RHONDA ROGOMBE, junior on the women’s track and field team, earned a first-place finish in the high jump at the ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday. She beat her previous career best of 1.70 meters with a 1.76-meter jump this past weekend.

Big Ten regulation game since former guard Corey Sanders put up 28 against Nebraska on Feb. 2, 2016.

“It was important to get off to a good start.

Iowa is a team that can (hit) 5 3s in a row and set the tempo so us coming out and hitting our shots and going up early was a big key to us winning the game,” Harper Jr. said.

Joining their classmate in double-digit points were true freshmen guards Caleb McConnell and Montez Mathis, with 11 and 10, respectively. Neither one of them is a stranger to 20-point games either as they have both reached or eclipsed that mark this season as well.

Junior guard Issa Thiam, who came off the bench and found his stroke from 3, also had a double-digit scoring display, putting up 13 points on 4-6 from behind the arc. He scored the Knights’ final 9 points in the first half, all

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