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Yesterday evening, MSNBC and NBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki spoke at the Douglass Student Center to discuss his book, “The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism.”

The program, which was hosted

by Eagleton Institute of Politics, was this year’s Albert W. Lewitt Endowed Lecture. John Weingart, the associate director of Eagleton Institute of Politics, gave the introductory remarks, providing a brief history of Kornacki’s accomplishments in journalism and politics.

“Those of us who follow politics in New Jersey take a certain pride

in having known him first,” Weingart said.

Kornacki then took the stage, beginning by telling the story of how he first started working as a reporter in New Jersey. At the time he was reporting, he said he was involved in the midst of scandals such as Robert Torricelli dropping out of the New SEE REPORTER ON PAGE 4

Steve Kornacki, a national political correspondent for MSNBC and NBC, said he first started reporting in New Jersey, despite having grown up in Massachusetts. BENJAMIN CHELNITSKY

U. masters program expands to Singapore MADISON MCGAY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In recent years, Rutgers Business School (RBS) has expanded beyond New Jersey to Asia. In 2010, the University established Rutgers Business School Asia Pacific, which is located in Singapore.

Kenneth Cheong, the manager of International Executive MBA (IEMBA) in Singapore, said the program first began expanding in 1991 with an IEMBA program in Beijing, followed by programs in Singapore and Shanghai.

“We began the first intake (in Singapore) of the Executive MBA program in 2011 and have been offering the program for the past eight years,” he said.

The requirements for students to join the program at RBS Asia Pacific are similar to the ones for the Executive MBA (EMBA) in New Jersey.

Cheong said applicants typically

have 16 years of work experience, and are 40 years of age, on average.

He said students in the program are working professionals, some of which have held high-end positions in multinational companies. The program has more than 20 industries for students to focus on, and currently, students encompass 17 different nationalities.

“These expats and local executives are looking for a hard-hitting and highly applied program taught by superstar professors with strong global experience,” said Lei Lei, dean of Rutgers Business School. “In addition, the program needs to be structured around their work schedules. This is where we come in.”

Students are typically accepted in February every year, and those accepted begin working in a part-time format. The program typically takes 14.5 months to complete.

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The Rutgers Business School Asia Pacific MBA program has more than 20 industries for students to focus on, and students encompass approximately 17 different nationalities. This program, located in Singapore, was founded in 2010. COURTESY OF MADISON MCGAY

Dining Services presents cooking demonstrations JACOB TURCHI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Rutgers Dining Services has been hosting cooking demonstrations across the University throughout the school year. The focus of the program is to encourage students and faculty to maintain healthy habits in their lifestyles. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rutgers Dining Services has been hosting a wide variety of cooking demonstrations for students, organized by the Division of Student Affairs and Rutgers Health and Wellness.

Kris Solt, assistant director of Dining Ser vices at Rutgers— Camden, said that the focus of this program is to encourage healthier eating diets in both students and faculty.

Solt has organized pop-up tailgate chef demonstrations and promotions for Big Ten football games

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at HighPoint.com Stadium, one of which provided a recipe for a healthy chicken sandwich and another for a healthy chicken and vegan chili.

Dining Services plans to organize more pop-up demonstrations like this for future Rutgers sporting events, Solt said.

“In keeping with the Division of Student Affairs and Rutgers Health and Wellness, all of our dining hall chef demos are themed around the Menus of Change University Collaborative, and have the message of healthy eating,” he SEE DEMONSTRATIONS ON PAGE 5

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Campus Calendar WEDNESDAY 3/06 Catholic Center presents “Catholic Ash Wednesday Mass” from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Catholic Center on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Talk: Immigration, Diversity and Student Journeys to Higher Education” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Cook Student Center on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Food Science presents “Alcohol in Wine: Sensory Effects” at 11 a.m. at Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Rutgers Recreation Department presents “Lemon Squeezer Hike” from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Cook Douglass Recreation Center on Cook campus. This event requires registration.

Center for Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drugs Assistance Program and Psychiatric Services presents “Mindfulness Meditation” from noon to 1 p.m. at the College Avenue Student Center on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Rutgers Gardens presents “Cooks’ Market — Winter Farm Market” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rutgers Gardens on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public.

THURSDAY 3/07 Rutgers University Libraries presents “Introduction to Mapping” from 10 a.m. to noon at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.

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Club begins compost collections for food waste ANNIE KIM CONTRIBUTING WRITER

RU Compost has recently started making compost collections available to students in order to encourage them to compost and appreciate their foods.

The compost collections, which were launched earlier this year, can be found on the College Avenue campus in front of the Eva and Arie Halpern Hillel House. Dorothy Lee, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior and president of RU Compost, said the collections will be placed weekly ever y Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. So far, since the ser vice has began, approximately 25 students drop off their scraps each week.

“Although composting is not the top solution for food recover y, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) food recover y hierarchy, it makes people think about their food waste and hopefully encourages them to decrease the amount of produce thrown away,” she said.

Composting occurs when decayed organic material, such as vegetable scraps, are turned into plant fertilizer. Lee started focusing on composting during her internship at SuperFresh, where she noticed that the grocery store did not compost its food scraps. While she recommended composting to the store, she

RU Compost will place weekly compost collections every Sunday from 10 to 11 a.m. in front of the Hillel Center on the College Avenue campus. So far, approximately 25 students drop off their scraps each week. COURTESY OF SUKYOUNG KIM started to wonder whether dining halls at the University composted as well.

She learned that dining halls had access to digesters, which are proteins in commercial-grade composts that speed up the rate

Composting is when decayed organic material, such as banana peels, is turned into plant fertilizer. This process decreases the amount of food thrown away. COURTESY OF SUKYOUNG KIM

of decay. As a result, Lee realized that students were able to waste food by sending full plates back to the conveyor belts without feeling guilty.

“We want people to appreciate the foods they do have and to use

them up instead of feeling guilty about having to throw them away,” she said.

The idea of a compost club was recommended by Laura Lawson, dean of Agriculture and Urban Programs. Lee said

she envisions the organization reaching all students in the future and promoting mindfulness about wastefulness.

Lee’s younger sister, Vivian Lee, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year, is also part of RU Compost. She said her passion toward the club began last year when she was scuba diving around the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

The world’s largest coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef is currently in danger from pollution and other environmental damages.

During her time in Australia, Vivian Lee was able to see the damages of coral bleaching on the reef firsthand.

“I think that just opened up my eyes when I was able to see all the effects we have on our planet, and it made me want to contribute in however many ways I can,” she said.

Vivian Lee holds the same goals for RU Compost as her older sister, wanting the collections to bring the student body together in a conscious effort to stop mindlessly wasting food. The club collected approximately 50 pounds of food scraps in the first week its compost collection was in operation.

Dorothy and Vivian Lee said they have seen a visible difference in turnout as the weeks progress and hope the steady growth will continue as they spread the information and locations of the collections in the future.

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REPORTER Kornacki says today’s politics has seen many past rules change CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Jersey Senate race, former Gov. Jim McGreevey’s (D-N.J.) governorship “imploding” and former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) prosecuting federal crimes in the state.

“That was what I covered starting out my political career,” he said. “And compared to where we are today, it feels quaint.”

Turning to the present, Kornacki posed the question of how politics got here in the first place. He acknowledged that the rules for politics have changed, and that there is definitely tension in the politics of today.

To answer the question, he first explained the title of his book.

He said the concept of “Red” and “Blue” in politics actually first began nearly two decades ago, in the presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Until then, the colors defining Republican and Democratic had not been standard.

That election was not only a partisan division, but also was influenced by factors such as geography, demographics and culture. Kornacki said these basic divisions, which are still present today, could be traced back even further to the 1990s.

Before discussing the politics of the 1990s, Kornacki also provided an explanation for the “rise of Red America.” He said a major influence on modern political history was Newt Gingrich, who was able to recognize how media was

changing and use it to his advantage to flip Congress from a Democratic majority to a Republican majority in the 1980s.

Gingrich took advantage of C-SPAN, which televises the operations of the government, by giving monologues during “special order” time that attempted to frame the Democratic Party as corrupt. He eventually prompted former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill to criticize

Gingrich’s character during a floor meeting, which violated House rules.

“They didn’t take him seriously before that moment, and they did after,” he said.

The next victory for the Republicans came in November 1987, when they were able to pass a bill for a tax increase through the House, winning by just one vote.

Kornacki said a week after, Gingrich held a press conference filing an ethics complaint against then House Speaker Jim Wright, who was later forced to resign.

This momentum continued up until 1994, when the Republicans took majority of the House and Gingrich became the Speaker of the House,

which allowed for him to band the Republican Party together and stand in absolute opposition against then President Bill Clinton (D-Ark.) in any bill he wanted to pass, Kornacki said.

While it seemed that Gingrich’s vision for his party seemed within reach, once Gingrich had to actually govern, Kornacki said the label switched from “Red America” to “Blue America.” In 1995, Gingrich believed he would be able to address the scope and size of government, and thus pushed a bill that would cut Medicare funding in order to balance the national budget.

Against Gingrich’s expectations, the public sided with Clinton, who vetoed the bill.

“Conceptually, philosophically, if you look at polls there’s a lot of support for the idea of limited government, small government,” Kornacki said. “But people still like Medicare, they still like social security and the politics of moving on that are complicated.”

After his talk, Kornacki took several questions from the audience about topics such as the possibility of Bill Weld taking down President Donald J. Trump and the influence of social media on politics. Once the questions ended, members of the audience lined up to get their copies of his book signed

by Kornacki.

The title for Steve Kornacki’s book, “The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism,” refers to how Republicans and Democrats began to be associated by color after the 2000 election. BENJAMIN CHELNITSKY

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PROGRAM It takes students approximately 14.5 months to complete this program CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Farrokh Langdana, the director of the Rutgers EMBA program in New Jersey and the academic director of the Singapore IEMBA program, said incorporating global business in an education program is important for building a strong education.

“The logic is very simple really, any major business school cannot profess to be one if it does not have a real global footprint in terms of teaching, enrolling global students and conducting global research,” he said. “Globalization is like water flowing downhill — it never stops happening.”

Lei adds that both Rutgers Business School in New Jersey and Singapore have the same curriculum. She said that the University introduces Singapore graduates to issues and cases that pertain to countries all over the world.

“We ensure that our Singapore graduates have exposure to

issues and cases that pertain to the U.S., Europe and economies in Asia such as Malaysia, China, Japan, South Korea and India,” Lei said. “But the curriculum for Singapore is definitely Asia-centric, as it should be.”

Langdana said in his Singapore courses, he teaches about Singaporean and Southeast Asian economies, focusing especially on Singapore’s exchange rate targeting monetary policy, which she said was arguably one of the best-run central banks in the world.

He said notable alumni from the program include Sean Norris, the executive vice president at Accuity UK and Kavita Sinha, the regional director for Clean Energy at the European Climate Foundation.

“Really, if you looked at each class roster for the Singapore program, it would read like a list of ‘who’s who’ for Singapore,” Langdana said. “It truly is a Rutgers powerhouse.”

DEMONSTRATIONS Winning recipes will be presented at dining halls on March 28 CONTINUED FROM FRONT

said. “Many of the chef demos offer a healthier alternative to an unhealthy choice.”

Solt has tried to keep options for Dining Ser vices’ demonstrations healthy and thematic.

The demonstrations can also be heavily product-driven, like that of “Mushroom Mania” on Feb. 28 in all four dining halls on the Rutgers—New Brunswick campuses.

Dining Services tries to make these demonstrations feel like a

One of the demonstration events, “Mushroom Mania,” was a heavily product-driven demonstration program that occurred in all four New Brunswick dining halls. THE DAILY TARGUM

Yaw Mensah, the executive vice dean at RBS and interim executive director of Rutgers Singapore IEMBA, said there have recently also been upgrades to the program in Singapore. Participants have the opportunity to attend Mini-MBA programs in New Jersey, instead of taking an additional elective in Singapore.

Peter Methot, the executive director of Executive Education, cites the benefits of this change.

“A senior manager for, say, Merck, based in Singapore may find that taking an upgraded MiniMBA in Big Data, for example, when she is back in New Jersey, would be a perfect way to really take her team’s marketing campaign in Singapore to a new level,” Methot said.

Langdana said Rutgers Business School, both in New Jersey and Singapore, offers a unique experience to students.

“And this cannot be understated,” he said. “In our stressful and conflict-ridden world, the Rutgers Executive MBA programs are a safe haven of learning, trust and lifelong connections, and really, to us all at RBS, this is truly one of our unique differentiators.”

Students accepted into the program typically have 16 years of experience and are approximately 40 years of age. Application decisions are released in February. COURTESY OF MADISON MCGAY

real event at the school in order to create more attraction and invoke a sense of creativity in the events, Solt said.

“The event featured games with prizes, mushroom recipes and entrée choices for breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with a chef demo at 6 p.m. with t-shirt giveaways,” he said.

Among the upcoming events, Dining Ser vices will have “An Evening of Healthy Indulgences.” This event will involve the Healthy Dining Team, a group

of students who hope to be future nutritionists, scientists and dietitians. They submit recipes of their choice to the Culinar y Excellence team, and from there chefs can create the foods based on submitted recipes and hold a tasting contest among a panel of judges. All of the winning recipes will then be presented in all dining halls on March 28 for any student to taste, Solt said.

Another event coming up will feature Barilla showcasing its

new “legume” pasta, Solt said.

Recipes featuring this healthier pasta will be at each dining hall, and Busch campus will welcome a visit from Barilla’s new Pasta Food Truck.

Solt hopes students will be able to come out to any event at their closest dining hall and be inspired to maintain a healthier diet.

“All of our demos are designed to educate our students on healthy foods while adding fun and enjoyment for our students,” he said.

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Fraternity pledging has gone too far at U.

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his past Saturday, I was in the Undergraduate Reading Room at Alexander Library on the College AvASHLEY ABRAMS enue campus feverishly reading assignments for the forthcoming week. As I was poring over a paragraph from Audre Lorde’s “Sister Outsider,” I felt a faint tap on my shoulder.

I suppose it was a fellow Rutgers student, but I did not recognize him.

I figured he would ask me to keep an eye on his things while he used the restroom or made a phone call — the sole reason a stranger has ever approached me in a campus library. But a polite request to ensure his MacBook would not be stolen was not the reason for his visit.

“Hey. I need to tell you something as part of a bet. It’s going to be kind of inappropriate, so I’m sorry.”

“Okay ... sure,” I said hesitantly.

He paused for a moment before lowering his voice into a whisper: “I’m really sorry. I had this nickname in high school called ‘2 minutes’ because I could give you the best 2 minutes of your life. Again, I’m sorry,” he said.

I could tell from the way he lowered his voice that he did not want me to fully hear what he was saying. But I heard.

“Are you a pledge?” I asked.

“Yes. Thanks,” he said. He then walked off without looking me in the eye.

Perhaps in any other plausible scenario that involved a prospective suitor making a feeble attempt to catch my attention by hinting at sex, I would be angry. But the “2 minutes” part of the comment implied that my peer was ostensibly lampooning and attempting to humiliate himself in front of a female student — any female student.

That was why I felt compelled to ask him if he was a “pledge,” an individual in the process of being initiated into a greek life organization, as no sane individual other than one desperate to prove his worth to a formidable brother would deliberately humiliate himself in front of a stranger.

I am quite familiar with the fact that fraternity pledges are routinely expected to humiliate themselves on campus: I have seen pledges ask girls to sign t-shirts, or walk around with whacky props down College Avenue, but I have never seen one go so far as to blatantly disrespect both himself and a female peer.

Fraternities, like any tribe we would like to gain admittance to, wield social acceptance as a pseudo-currency that many believe can drastically elevate the quality of their college experience — and even continue to enrich their lives after college. While most of us know that organizations at institutions from small liberal arts colleges to state schools like Rutgers attract the attention of naïve 18-year-olds by explicitly promising conspicuous gains of lifelong friendships, homework help, communal Chegg accounts, networking opportunities and invitations to parties, the implied guarantee of social acceptance is the key that unlocks the door to these opportunities. It is therefore the main driving force behind joining such an organization.

Social acceptance is not a prospect that just drives fraternity pledges.

We all live our lives keen on attaining acceptance by our peers, which

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“Our psychological propensity to attain social acceptance can lead to toxic and even incriminating behavior in fraternal organizations.” is why lack of acceptance places one at a higher risk for mental health disorders like anxiety and depression.

Our psychological propensity to attain social acceptance can lead to toxic and even incriminating behavior in fraternal organizations.

Brothers can wave the magic wand of social acceptance to compel prospective members to engage in behaviors they would not otherwise engage in, had social acceptance not been on the line. This is why we see fraternity pledges humiliating themselves and committing obscene acts on campus each spring, through props, t-shirts and now, apparently, sexual harassment of women in the library.

My experience this past Saturday led me to realize one sprawling implication: As a college student relatively acquainted with greek life’s esoteric colloquialisms and rituals, I was expected to be sympathetic to this pledge. I was expected to tolerate an act of sexual harassment — albeit one that involved self-deprecation — because I knew that his future fraternity membership and social acceptance hinged on complying with the brother who instructed him to do the act. Had this incident occurred outside of our university bubble, and the victim had not been someone familiar with social acceptance’s role in the act, my peer would have been reported to authorities.

When we can definitively say that a pledge’s behavior would lead to a police report outside of the university context, we know fraternity pledging — seemingly unable to be disentangled from a toxic, cyclical process of gaining social acceptance — has gone too far.

Ashley Abrams is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science. Her column, “Thank U, Next Opinion,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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Executive order has potential problems Issue of free speech on campus is in part manufactured for political gain

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n eruption of applause and cheers from conservative activists, clad in “Make America Great Again” merchandise, followed President Donald J. Trump’s announcement that he will make federal funding for universities conditional on their support of freedom of speech.

No further announcements or policy outlines have been publicly released after Trump said that he “will be signing an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research dollars” at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

What may prove to be hollow words meant to perpetuate the feeling of conservative victimhood and persecution, such an executive order would be riddled with potential problematic repercussions sliding the nation down the slippery slope of governmental suppression. Trump’s announcement comes in the wake of an event at the University of California, Berkeley campus in which a non-student, conservative activist was punched in the face by someone unaffiliated with the university while tabling. School officials were quick to respond to the altercation, issuing a statement disclosing the steps taken to address the incident and included a list of conservative speaker events that have been hosted at the campus with the college spending more than $4 million to ensure these events were safe and sucesful.

This executive order, unnecessary since public universities are already bound by the First Amendment, has the potential for Orwellian repercussions if this executive order is recklessly crafted. Jonathan Friedman, project director for campus free speech for PEN American Center, said that “policies designed to improve the climate for free speech, if they are not carefully crafted, can have the unintended effect of curtailing it.”

The way in which this order would actually be enforced is unclear, but the possibility of a report system of violations brings up the problem of who would verify the validity of the reports as well as whether a committee would have oversight, acting as a faux thought-police entity.

The announcement is in line with the narrative that a widespread wave of political correctness has washed over campuses across the country, neutralizing dissenting opinion and suppressing conservative

thought. But this wave’s existence has no statistical evidence of proof. Beyond the anecdotal examples, colleges have been shown to fulfill its purpose of exposing students to new, conflicting ideas.

Studies have generally shown that public support for free expression, including that of racism and hate, has been rising. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the American Council on Education, the Charles Koch Foundation and the Stanton Foundation found that college students have been shown to be in even more opposition to restrictions on speech than the general public. Attending college has been shown to have a causal relationship with more open-mindedness to opposing beliefs, according to data from the College Senior Survey (CSS).

In fact, some studies have actually found that there is existent suppression of more Left speech, as Leftwing professors were more frequently dismissed for their speech than Right-wing ones.

This supposed crisis of speech on college campuses is considered overblown, as Georgetown University’s Free Speech Project suggested in its data analysis. Researchers catalogued more than 90 events in which freedom of speech was under threat since 2016, with two-thirds of those incidents occurring on college campuses. There is little evidence that conservatives make up a disproportionate amount of those targeted. With 4,583 colleges and universities in America, including two- and four-year institutions, only approximately 60 events in two years indicates that such incidents do not define campus life and are not systematic, but rather they are simply rare events.

“Most of the incidents where presumptively conservative speech has been interrupted or squelched in the last two or three years seem to involve the same few speakers: Milo Yiannopoulos, Ben Shapiro, Charles Murray and Ann Coulter ,” said Sanford Ungar, the the Free Speech Project’s director. “In some instances, they seem to invite, and delight in, disruption.”

Trump’s announced intent on signing an executive order to address a manufactured crisis in which conservative student groups invite speakers widely known for their offensive, divisive and racist speech in the hope of provoking those with more Left ideologies is an unnecessary measure with potentially harmful repercussions.

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Feminism in conflict with consumerism confronts our values FEMINISM IN THE WORLD MARIELIS MEJIA

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o I have to put my feminism aside in order to be part of a consumerist society?

In the western world that we live in, consumerism is one of the most praised social and economic orders that currently exists. Consumerism has created a system of worth based on purchasing power that values those who are able to spend more over those who have limited resources to purchase. The world of global consumerism that we currently take part is in direct opposition with feminist ideals.

As Nicki Lisa Cole and Allison Dahl Crossley said in “On Feminism in the Age of Consumption,” feminism opposes consumerist practices due to it being “a system which thrives on the exploitation of labor, theft of resources and facilitates vast accumulation of wealth among a tiny percentage of global elite, while simultaneously impoverishing the majority of the world’s population.”

The oppressive nature of the current global consumerist model by which the western world operates works against feminist goals of social equality and equity. The disenfranchised groups need defending, and without feminist thought,

little achievement toward helping said groups would actually be done.

In the United States, independence is defined through individuality. But what is a better way to define your independence than being able to buy the latest vibrator?

If I have extremely high spending power as a woman, then to define my true independence I should be able to spend on anything I desire, right? Can I indulge in items that are not essential to my everyday life, but still make me feel accomplished, since I have worked for my wealth?

Consumerism forces a feminist paradox

values passed down from our parents have been drenched in ideas of what it means to be consumers. Constant messages funneled through advertisements create ideals of what is needed to be successful in a consumerist society. Celebrities set the status quo for what it means to “have made it.”

Neoliberalist policies in a global framework have created economic incentives that make it easier to violate human and environmental rights than it is to follow them. Economic transformations under neoliberalism have also led to the lack of social safety nets. The ability of

“Many companies that are well-known for using sweatshops in the creation of their merchandise have been capitalizing off of ‘feminist’ products. ” to be created: Do I continue to follow my deeply-held beliefs, or do I give in to the consumerist market that allows me to show my womanly independence through the objects I can purchase?

The harsh truth is that most of the time, we do not have a choice when it boils down to feminism versus consumerism. Once the two “-isms” face off, most of the time consumerism will reign supreme. Our lives have been designed to be consumerist at heart. Advertisements, celebrities and even

collective bargaining powers, work safety regulations and employee benefits are all debilitating over time.

The outsourcing of free labor to other countries, in order for companies to increase their profit margins, have led to major human rights violations. The driving force behind America’s fast fashion has become sweatshops in foreign countries that do not hold any standards when it comes to respecting human rights. Long hours, unlivable wages and terrible working

conditions are all defining characteristics of sweatshops. Naturally, feminist concerns would arise from the violations to human agency and justice that are taking place in sweatshops all over the world.

Considering all of this, many feminists still buy “feminist” t-shirts from companies that do not preach fair working environments and employee benefits.

Many companies that are well-known for using sweatshops in the creation of their merchandise have been capitalizing off of “feminist” products. Those companies have made it their mission to commodify what cannot be commodified: Values that they do not hold as a company.

In order to increase my value in a society operating under a neoliberalist framework that relies upon a consumerist economy, I must put aside my feminism. To buy nice things and prove my worth, I must set aside my values. I must ignore the part of me that screams, “do not buy from this unethical place” in order to show my worth, all the while having limited spending power as a broke college student.

I must ignore my values of equality and equity. How can you increase your value? All while living in a consumerist economy, but simultaneously ignoring economic spheres.

Marielis Mejia is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in political science and women and gender studies. Her column, “Feminism In The World,” runs alternating Wednesdays.

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Celebrating trailblazing women reared by Rutgers BREANA OMANA

Cum Laude with a dual degree in Journalism and Latin American Studies. Have you ever doubted Rutgers’ renowned School of Communication and Information?

Morales is just one out of many to have made it big after attending.

While at Rutgers, Morales took a class with the notorious Steven Miller, whom every Journalism or Communications student will end up meeting at one time or another. Morales accredited much of her great experience at Rutgers to Miller, and said he was a great help and mentor to many students.

Since graduating, Morales has made a name for herself, becoming a notable and successful news anchor for over two decades. Today, you can find Morales hosting "Access" and broadcasting the West Coast’s “Today."

CORRESPONDENT

God is a woman. We might be playing Ariana Grande's song on repeat all month long, because March is National Women’s Month. It's time to overwear our “The Future is Female” t-shirts and reflect on all the goddesses in our lives.

From our mothers to our sisters, friends and girlfriends, we all have women in our lives who inspire us. But it’s not just women we personally know. There are countless women making waves in STEM, government, literature and Hollywood. What do a lot of these incredible women have in common? They’re Rutgers alumni.

Rutgers is the heart of New Jersey, a little slice of heaven. Is it really a surprise that some of the most notable and respected senators, news anchors, athletes and Hollywood stars would hail from the home of grease trucks? Here’s a list of some of the most successful, female Scarlet Knights who inspire us ever yday.

ELIZABETH WARREN (1970'S)

We hope that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) can maybe attribute some of her phenomenal self and career to her schooling at Rutgers, where she received her Juris Doctor degree in 1976. Since graduating, Warren has boldly and fearlessly slayed in ever y aspect of her career.

After splitting from her husband in 1978, Warren began to focus her research on bankruptcy and commercial law and how it affected financially distressed companies, women, the elderly and the working poor. Warren has carried this passion for the American people throughout her career. Warren has taught law, advised the new National Bankruptcy Review Commission and chaired the Congressional Oversight Panel.

CARLI LLOYD (2000'S)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is seen as a presidential hopeful and prominent politician to many. On the Banks of the Raritan, she's also remembered as a Scarlet Knight. TWITTER Simpsons,” “30 Rock,” and most In 2010, former President JANE KRAKOWSKI (1980'S) Barack Obama appointed Actress and Parsippany native recently, the very binge-worthy Warren as Assistant to the Jane Krakowski first showed off “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”

Krakowski is almost TV royalPresident and Special Advisor her acting chops as a student at the to the Secretar y of the Treasur y Mason Gross School of the Arts. ty, and a Broadway connoisseur.

Krakowski on the Conhas starred in sumer Finan“Grand Hotel,” cial Protection and Bureau. Two “Defying gender binaries, labels and obstacles, these “Nine” “She Loves years later, Me,” just to Warren won four women made history and continue to name a few. the Senate shine in their careers.”

We will happily election of enjoy our bragMassachuging rights, setts. getting to add This Scarthe fabulous, let Knight is unstoppable, and her recent While at Mason Gross, Krakowski Tony Award-winning Krakowski running announcement for met fellow “Ally McBeal” co-star to our list of Rutgers alumni. the 2020 presidential election Calista Flockhart. Since gradumakes us wonder if our ver y ating, Krakowski has starred in NATALIE MORALES (1990'S) own alumna will become the some of our favorite TV shows Part of the class of 1994, Nafirst female president. and comedies, including “The talie Morales graduated Summa

At this point, Rutgers soccer is synonymous with record-breaker and Olympian Carli Lloyd. Lloyd made a name for herself on the Banks, years before becoming an Olympian, as she became “the only Scarlet Knight to earn FirstTeam All-Big East Honors four times in her career (2001-2004),” according to the Rutgers University Alumni Association.

Lloyd is also a Rutgers’ alltime leader in points and goals, and the first Scarlet Knight to be named 2001 Big East Rookie of the Year. Since her time on a Rutgers field, Lloyd became the only woman in history to score the winning goal in two separate Olympic gold medal matches, scoring gold medal-winning goals in both Olympic finals in 2008 and 2012.

We can get so used to the routine of our lives that we forget all of the wonderful and extraordinary things in them (i.e., Rutgers and women). Defying gender binaries, labels and obstacles, these four women made history and continue to shine in their careers.

They're trailblazers, exemplary women and Rutgers legends.

DIVERSIONS

March 6, 2019

Mark Tatulli Horoscopes

Lio

Page 9 Eugenia Last

Happy Birthday: Channel your energy into something that will pay off, not something that will just allow you to tread water. Getting ahead and stabilizing your financial position will put your mind at ease. Refuse to let what others do or say consume you or cause you to do something foolish.

The way to a better future is common sense and hard work. Your numbers are 8, 13, 24, 29, 31, 37, 45.

Over The Hedge

T. Lewis and M. Fry

Non Sequitur

Wiley

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Concentrate on what you need to do in order to keep things running smoothly. Today is about maintenance more than gains. See what needs adjusting, and leave time for a little pampering.

Everything will fall into place. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take a moment to review what you’ve done, where you are and what you want to do moving forward. Don’t let someone’s negativity get in the way or cause you to miss out on something you want to pursue. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do what you can to help others, but not at your own expense. Only do what’s feasible, and make suggestions that will teach others to do for themselves. Be sure to leave enough leisure time to rejuvenate. 4 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Learn from someone with experience. Check out what’s new in your neighborhood or get involved in a movement that promises to bring about positive change in your community. Anger solves nothing, but taking intelligent, positive actions solves a lot. 5 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Consider how best to protect your health and property from anyone trying to take advantage of you. Don’t believe everything you hear. Someone will exaggerate about a situation in order to get you to help out or pay his or her way. 2 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Leap into action. Don’t waste time dealing with people who are overreacting or inconsistent. If you want to get ahead, you have to stay focused and follow through with your plans.

Be blunt and say what’s on your mind. 5 stars

Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Slow down and think before you make a move.

Look at every angle, and consider what will save you money. Personal adjustments should not cause disruptions in your life or the lives of those you love. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get out and try something new. Surround yourself with people who have something to offer. Enjoy getting together with others; you will get an honest opinion that will be helpful when making a personal decision. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Any changes you want to make should be looked at carefully. Refuse to let anyone interfere with your plans or distract you from getting things done. Protect against situations that could lead to injuries. Choose peace and love over discord. 2 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can make a move as long as you don’t jeopardize your health or an important personal relationship.

Much can be accomplished, but you have to go about it the right way.

Being reasonable and intelligent will make your life easier. 4 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): An unexpected change to the way you feel or the way someone treats you will leave you wondering what to do next. Stick close to home, and take care of personal finances and domestic matters that need to be handled with care. 3 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stick to the rules and regulations, and follow procedures you know will work.

Staying on top of your expenses as well as your promises will help you avoid being taken advantage of by someone who is indulgent. 3 stars

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Universal Crossword ACROSS

69 Blasts of wind

1 Installed, as tile

70 Say it ain’t so

5 Japanese or Javanese 10 Geek ___ (nerdy style)

DOWN

14 Otherwise

1 Human sponge

15 “You betcha!”

2 Brass or bronze

16 Dill, e.g.

3 Problem

17 Princess Anna’s sister

4 “Star Trek: TNG”

18 Video game pioneer

character Troi

19 Cupid alias

5 Rent-___

20 Willie Nelson genre

6 Mythical goat/man

23 “Laughing” critter

7 Slack-jawed

24 Say again

8 “Mad Men” agent, informally

25 Start for “carte”

9 Cacophony

27 Open grazing area

10 They’re spotted on safaris

31 Pampering place

11 German mister

34 Rush into battle

12 Press, as clothes

39 A dromedary has one

13 Eye-logo network

41 Borders on

21 Baby powder

42 “Ditto!”

22 “Sharknado” star Reid

49 Be altruistic, say

43 Not in jail, perhaps

26 Captain with a whalebone leg

51 Parsley garnish

46 Gymnast’s top score

28 Pretty cool

52 Reeves of “Speed”

47 “Iron Mike” of boxing

29 Jacks, e.g.

53 Makes a long story short?

48 Down in the dumps

30 Home for Adam and Eve

54 Best Buy buy

50 Revolutionary War gun

31 Whiskey glass amount

56 Car owner’s paper

55 ___ Dame

32 Peewee

57 Queen’s rule

59 Salad ingredients that bookend

33 Rock band gear

58 One-pager, for one

35 Lawyers’ org.

59 Potter’s wheel lump

62 Touched down

36 Dirt road groove

60 Quarterback’s cry

63 Employee’s reward

37 Sporty VW

61 Morays and congers

64 Redding of soul

38 Those, in Tijuana

62 Miss no questions on

65 Devil’s food ___

40 Publicized

66 Core i9 processor maker

44 “Movin’ ___”

20-, 34- and 43-Across

67 Kurylenko of “Oblivion” 68 Sized up

(“The Jeffersons” theme) 45 Da ___, Vietnam

Yesterday’s Solution

Yesterday’s Solution

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WRESTLERS ‘Bubble wrestlers’ include John Van Brill, Nick Gravina CONTINUED FROM BACK

No. 9 graduate student 157-pounder John Van Brill qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season and has a 17-11 overall record this year. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019

are not guaranteed to qualify for NCAAs. “I think looking at the preseeds and the allocations that were given out, you think you can get 5 or 6 guys there,” said head coach Scott Goodale, at Tuesday’s press conference. “And then the other guys, they’re really going to have to upset some people, and that’s a tough thing to do at this tournament.”

Other than Ashnault and Suriano, six wrestlers were awarded pre-seeds. The most notable ones being No. 9 junior 141-pounder Peter Lipari, No. 10 and two-time NCAA qualifier graduate student 157-pounder John Van Brill, No. 9 sophomore 174-pounder Joseph Grello and No. 9 graduate student 184-pounder Nick Gravina.

Gravina, a three-time NCAA Tournament qualifier, has been riddled with the injury bug all season. A pre-season top-20 ranked wrestler, he is just 4-2 this season.

“He’s as healthy as he’s going to be,” Goodale said of Gravina.

“We’ve been smart with him.

These two weeks (off) have been great for him, he’s trained ever y single day. He feels like he’s in a good spot and he’s a tough draw, no doubt about it.

He can be dangerous.”

Another “bubble” wrestler is Van Brill. Last season, Van Brill qualified for the NCAA Tournament and made it all the way to the blood rounds where he lost in a heartbreaking fashion.

This season, he checks in ranked No. 15 in the country with a 17-11 record, but seeded No. 10 in the Big Ten Tournament.

“If he gets hot he’s dangerous.

Last year he got hot,” Goodale said. “He’s capable. He’s ranked 15th in the country and seeded 10th in the Big Ten Tournament.

So just goes to show you kind of where the weights at, it’s a pretty good weight but they are all guys that can beat each other.”

Of course, there are some Knights who are striving to qualify for their first-ever NCAA Tournament come March 21 in Pittsburgh. There are three in particular who have a real shot, but must wrestle well in the Big Tens to make it .

These guys are Lipari, Grello and junior heavyweight Christian Colucci. Colucci was not awarded a pre-seed, as he fell outside of the top eight at heavyweight.

“Our Big Ten Tournament will depend on those guys,” Goodale said, before mentioning he didn’t mean to put any pressure on them. “If they wrestle out of their minds they can do some great things, place and move on to nationals. If they struggle, from a team score standpoint, we’ll probably struggle.”

If anything, this weekend is about one thing: Getting as many guys to Pittsburgh as possible.

Goodale and Rutgers are poised to do just that.

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

MEN’S LACROSSE ROSE CAME TO BANKS AFTER BRECHT SCOUTED GARRETT BULLETT, GARRETT MICHAELI

Before RU, Casey Rose excelled on ski slopes CHRIS TSAKONAS STAFF WRITER

Fifth-year senior midfielder Casey Rose has made a name for himself over the past three years as a talented and dedicated lacrosse player. Last season, he finished fourth on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team with 21 goals and 28 points to his name, including three games with hat tricks.

Lacrosse wasn’t even Rose’s best sport.

Rose was a three-sport athlete at Corner Canyon High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he earned varsity letters in lacrosse and swimming. But his first love was on the slopes. He was a competitive free-style skier throughout his teenage years.

His signature accomplishment came at the 2014 North American Freeskiing World Tour, in which he finished fourth overall. Rose’s plan was to compete in skiing and play club lacrosse while attending the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Then came the phone call that would change everything.

While Rose was playing high school lacrosse at Corner Canyon, his teammates — defenders sophomore Garrett Bullett and senior Garrett Michaeli — were

both high-priority recruits for head coach Brian Brecht. But as he watched their games, another player stood out to him.

“He had a great senior season in high school,” Brecht said. “And he certainly jumped off the film.”

It turns out that Corner Canyon had one more recruit for the No. 20 Scarlet Knights (3-2) that year. The offer came late in the game, as Rose didn’t even sign for Rutgers until he had already graduated high school that May.

“When coach Brecht reached out to me, I figured I had nothing to lose,” Rose said. “So I went to see what Rutgers was all about.”

While Rose dominated at Corner Canyon, he quickly realized that playing D1 lacrosse for one of the best teams in the country

Fifth-year senior midfielder Casey Rose finished fourth overall at the 2014 North American Free Skiing tour while in high school. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019

would be too much of an adjustment to successfully make as a first-year. Brecht redshirted him for his freshman season in 2015, and Rose said it was the best decision for his development.

“I had to take the redshirt year because I wasn’t prepared to compete physically or mentally at that level,” Rose said. “But I did everything I could behind the scenes to reach that level, and just really dedicated myself to learning everything I can about the game during that year.”

The hard work paid off, as Rose earned a starting role in 2016.

He would immediately become an asset for the Knights, getting 10 points in his first season. He would breakout in 2017, scoring 21 goals and 5 assists, cementing his role as a star midfielder.

Even though he has made a name for himself in the Big Ten, Rose has no question about what he wants to dedicate his time to once he receives his diploma this May. “I’m probably going to try and ski competitively,” Rose said. “I’m looking to move to Montana when I graduate, so my plan is to ski 80 to 100 days a year there.”

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

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MILESTONES Knights host Nittany Lions tonight for 5th sellout at RAC this season CONTINUED FROM BACK Even if the Knights are unable to win either of those games — though they have been hot as of late, beating both the Nittany Lions (12-17, 5-13) and the Hoosiers (15-14, 6-12) this season — the seven conference wins match their highest total in 13 years, when the team won seven conference games back in the 2005-2006 season as members of the Big East.

Rutgers currently sits at No. 69 in the most recent KenPom ratings after the upset victory over the weekend — its highest ranking in the standings since being No. 59 back in 2012. This may come as a surprise to some, considering how young this team is. The Knights rank 328th out of 353 teams in the nation in seniority, according to KenPom. Sophomore guard Geo Baker, true freshman guards Montez Mathis and Ron Harper Jr. make the majority of the starting five underclassman.

Freshmen forward Myles Johnson and guard Caleb McConnell and sophomore guard Peter Kiss have been giving Rutgers valuable minutes off the bench this season as well, with Johnson poised to take the starting center role from graduate student center Shaquille Doorson — who will be honored during senior night tonight — next year.

“Our young guys are really improving. It’s exciting to see them grow right in front of our eyes,” Pikiell said.

The Knights’ leading scorer, junior forward Eugene Omoruyi, will have another year to play next season in what looks to potentially be the best season of Rutgers basketball in years.

Tonight’s game against Penn State can be another historic one in the books for the Knights if they come out victorious. With a win, Rutgers can clinch a firstround bye in the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since joining the conference.

As of now, the Knights sit at the No. 9 seed, but they can go as high as the No.7 seed and as low as the No. 12 seed — which would put them out of reach of the first-round bye.

The Scarlet faithful will surely be present to try and get Rutgers that first-round bye. The Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) will host a sold-out crowd for the fifth time this season, making it the first time in 14 seasons that the RAC has been sold out five times or more in a season.

Overall, the program has experienced a 7-percent increase in ticket sales from last season, and average attendance has improved nearly 29 percent. All of this is under the supervision of Pikiell.

“Rutgers has come out to support this team at the RAC this

True freshman guard Ron Harper Jr. has consistently started this season and has averaged 21.5 minutes per game. GARRETT STEFFE / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2019 year, and we have a really difficult place for people to play us here,” Pikiell said. “We’ve had great fan

support. We just take it one game at a time, keep playing hard and playing with confidence.”

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

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SPORTS

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“They’re really going to have to upset some people, and that’s a tough thing to do at this tournament.”

— Wrestling head coach Scott Goodale

WEDNESDAY MARCH 6, 2019

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MEN’S BASKETBALL KNIGHTS’ 7 CONFERENCE WINS MATCH HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE 2005-06

Freshmen’s minutes helping Rutgers to milestones COBY GREEN CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers men’s basketball team is nearing the end of its third season under the management of head coach Steve Pikiell, and the future hasn’t looked this bright in Piscataway in a long time.

The Scarlet Knights (14-14, 7-11) are coming off the biggest road win over a ranked opponent in program history, defeating Iowa — then-No. 22 in the country — 86-72 in Iowa City, and knocking the Hawkeyes (21-8, 10-8) out of the top-25 rankings.

Combine Saturday’s win with Rutgers’ win over then-No. 16 Ohio State back in January, the Knights have won two games over ranked conference opponents in the same season for the first time since 2007-2008, while in the Big East.

“It’s hard to win on the road in this league,” Pikiell said. “This is the best league in the country. We’re a young team, we’re figuring things out.”

Rutgers has more than doubled its Big Ten win record mark it had reached in the first two seasons of Pikiell’s term, and has the potential to triple that mark if it gets wins over Penn State and Indiana in the final two games of the season.

This season, head coach Steve Pikiell has more than doubled the team’s Big Ten record with seven conference wins. The Knights have the potential to finish with nine wins. GARRETT STEFFE / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2019

SEE MILESTONES ON PAGE 11

WRESTLING ASHNAULT SEEDED AT NO. 1, SURIANO AT NO. 3 FOR BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Knights have 8 wrestlers pre-seeded at Big Tens MATTHEW HOWE CORRESPONDENT

This weekend will be a test for many members of the Rutgers wrestling team. The Big Ten Tournament takes place at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Pre-seeds have been released for all 10 weight classes. They are based on an aggregate poll of all 14 Big Ten coaches and on allocation numbers for the NCAA Tournament, beginning on March 21.

If there are eight or fewer automatic qualifying spots per weight class, the first eight are pre-seeded for Big Tens. If there are nine or more qualifying spots, all 14 in the weight class are awarded pre-seeds.

For the No. 18 Scarlet Knights (12-6, 5-4), there are obvious shoe-ins to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. They are No. 1 graduate student 149-pounder Anthony Ashnault and No. 4 junior 133-pounder Nick Suriano. Ashnault is the No. 1 seed while Suriano checks in at No. 3 for the conference tournament.

What this tournament will hinge on for Rutgers is the so-called “bubble wrestlers.”

These are the guys that have a chance, but SEE WRESTLERS ON PAGE 10

Head coach Scott Goodale and Rutgers will head to Minnesota for the Big Ten Championships, this weekend. The Knights have two wrestlers ranked inside the top 5 of their weight classes. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

EXTRA POINT MADISON POGARCH, senior backfielder on the women’s soccer team, was selected to the Portland Thorns FC preseason roster. Pogarch played one full season under head coach Mike O’Neill after transferring from Central Michigan after her junior year.

NHL SCORES

MEN’S BASKETBALL

vs. Penn State

Tonight, 7 p.m., The RAC

Columbus New Jersey

2 1

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

NCAA Championships

Friday, All Day, Birmingham, Ala.

Ottawa NY Islanders

4 5

SOFTBALL

Buccaneer Classic

Friday, 11 a.m., Johnson City, Tenn.

Carolina Boston

3 4