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Athletics budget rises from year 2016-2017 BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR

Rutgers spent $102.5 million on athletics in 2017-2018, running a deficit of $29.98 million, which was made up by $15.18 million in support from the University’s operating budget, $11.89 million in student fees and $2.9 million in direct state or government support, according to an article by NJ Advance Media.

The budget is an increase from $99.2 million in 2016-2017, according to the article. Student fees contributed more this year than the year before as well, rising from $11,766,728.

The University’s operating budget contributed less this year, decreasing from $21,320,750 in fiscal year 2017. This was also the first year since 2015-2016 that New Jersey gave a significant number of direct government support, only giving $29,163 in 2015-2016 and $0 in 2016-2017, according to the article.

In terms of Rutgers Athletics’ revenue for 2017-2018, ticket sales were $10,764,623, down from $12,824,201 the year before.

Yet money from the Big Ten distribution went up from the SEE YEAR ON PAGE 4

Pat Hobbs, director of Rutgers Athletics, said that being part of the Big Ten Conference would help with revenue because there would be a gradual increase in distribution for the University. He also emphasized being successful in both the basketball court and football field. MICA FINEHART

Autism rates rise 40% among preschoolers YARA ASSADI CORRESPONDENT

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published a study concerning the prevalence and characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among children aged 4 to the end of their adolescence, which increased approximately 40% from 2010 to 2014.

Due to the interest in lowering the age of diagnosis of ASD in children, as well as the public discourse surrounding ASD, researchers in 13 different states collected data on autism rates

in their respective region. The importance of early detection lies in earlier interventions, which can be more helpful.

“The sooner one begins interventions for language and/ or social delay, the more likely one is to see progress,” said Dr. Walter Zahorodny, an associate professor of pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), who collected data for the New Jersey portion of the study.

Upon first glance, the statistics on pediatric rates of ASD in SEE PRESCHOOLERS ON PAGE 4

Author to become professor for Fall 2019 semester CHRISTIAN BALBUENA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Walter Zahorodny, an associate professor of Pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, said New Jersey has the highest rates of autism because of access to resources for detection. LINKEDIN

Next semester, Rutgers School of Communication and Information will be adding another notable name to its list of full-time professors. Mark Beal, a part-time lecturer in the Department of Communication and known for his “101 Lessons” books, will be teaching full-time next semester.

Beal said his debut at Rutgers as a full-time professor marks a SEE SEMESTER ON PAGE 5

High school students to get Rutgers credits CATHERINE NGUYEN NEWS EDITOR

A new program presented Wednesday night will allow high school students from Franklin High School, located in Somerset, to earn 10 credits from Rutgers by the time they graduate, according to TAP Into.

At Franklin Middle School— Hamilton Street Campus, Eric Siegal, district supervisor of science at the school, introduced the program to a group of parents.

Twenty-four students interested in working in the healthcare industry will be chosen for the program, and will take classes throughout

high school that also counts as University credit. The initiative, considered a “health professions academy,” aims to give students at Franklin a unique opportunity in all aspects of healthcare.

“Not all healthcare is delivered by doctors. If a student is interested in working as a lab tech, or medical assistant, or a nurse, or a phlebotomist who is someone who draws blood or maybe working in a psychiatric institution ... this would be a program that prepares students to major in those fields,” Siegal said.

“With the aging population we have in this country, there will be a lot of SEE CREDITS ON PAGE 4

Franklin High School, located in Somerset, New Jersey, will soon be allowing high school students interested in healthcare fields to take courses that translate to Rutgers credit. The program will select 24 students for its first year. GOOGLE MAPS

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Campus Calendar FRIDAY 4/19 Rutgers University Libraries presents “Visualizing Difference: The Art and Architecture of Alterity” from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Rutgers Athletics presents “Rutgers Baseball vs. Purdue” at 2 p.m. at Bainton Field on Livingston campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Center for Human Evolutionar y Studies presents “Lecture: Sex Differences in Cognition Among Hunter-Gatherers” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Ruth M. Adams Building on Douglass campus.

This event is free and open to the public.

SATURDAY 4/20 Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “BFA Senior Dance Concert” at 7:30 p.m. at Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater on Douglass campus.

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SUNDAY 4/21 The Catholic Center presents “Roman Catholic Mass” from 11 a.m. to noon at Catholic Center on the College Avenue

campus. This event is free and open to the public.

MONDAY 4/22 Permanent Mission of Peru to the UN, Rutgers Climate Institute, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers Global, Students for Environmental Awareness and SEED, The Food Science Club present “Seeds of Time: Film Screening and Panel Discussion” from 5:30 to 8:45 p.m. at Douglass Student Center on Douglass campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences presents “Waves and turbulence and navigational signals for dispersing larvae” from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. at Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public.

TUESDAY 4/23 Center for Couseling, Alcohol and Other Drugs Program and Psychiatric Services presents “Mindfulness Meditation” from noon to 1 p.m. at Busch Student Center on Busch campus. This event is free and open to the public.

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Panera, Chipotle give fundraising opportunities DAVIN TAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Fundraising events in restaurants such as Panera Bread on College Avenue and Chipotle on George Street offer student organizations the opportunity to grow their finances, extend their outreach and generate buzz for the businesses involved.

Since Panera Bread first opened two years ago, it has hosted approximately 200 fundraising events and continues to do so almost every day, said Matthew Roseman, general manager of the restaurant. This school year alone, there have been between 60 to 70 fundraising events.

Each event involves a different organization, including the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Relay for Life. Each group is “limited to one event every 30 days, assuming past events have been successful,” according to Panera Fundraising’s website.

Once a request for an event is issued, Roseman said it goes to corporate. The restaurant would then call the corporate number, who would issue the organization the date and time of when its fundraiser event can be held.

Afterward, the organizations typically promote their events

through social media and flyers.

Events at Panera Bread typically last from 4 to 8 p.m., with 10% of the proceeds distributed to the club.

The size of the organization is often a correlating factor for how successful the event will be.

“It depends on the group.

They’re all different. The bigger the organization a group is, the bigger the fundraiser is,” Roseman said.

Mariah Devila, an associate at the Chipotle on George Street, said that sports teams especially had the most people participating in their fundraisers.

“They had a lot of people come in constantly. I think the line was out the door,” she said.

Chipotle sometimes hosts up to four events a week, with events usually scheduled for a 4-hour time slot. Chipotle offers 33% of the proceeds to be kept by the clubs or organizations that host an event in its restaurant, according to its website.

During these events, work can pick up during peak hours, which is between 6 or 7 p.m. But Devila said the work was usually not too much effort for those volunteering in the fundraiser.

One of the student organizations that has partnered with Chipotle in the past is

Chipotle Mexican Grill, located at 387 George St., sometimes hosts up to four events per week. A third of the proceeds raised go toward the club or organization that hosted the fundraising event for that day. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR Rutgers Enactus. Kimberlie Chao, a Rutgers Business School senior and president of Rutgers Enactus, said it was an organization that looked to empower people in need.

The organization does so by utilizing student entrepreneurship to help create sustainable

solutions for organizations on both a local and global scale.

“Sometimes the solutions that we develop with those different communities include the need for finances. Enactus as a whole has conducted several restaurant fundraisers.

We partner with these various

restaurants and the proceeds that we get fund our projects or allow us to bring more members to competition, which allows us to present our projects and get our name out there in order to gain more support for the individual communities that we work with,” Chao said.

FEATURE FRIDAY The Honors College, located at 5 Seminary Pl., is home to more than 500 first-years, as well as several deans and professors. It also features a coffee bar, 3D printer and classrooms. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR

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YEAR Rutgers’ Big Ten distribution raises approximately $25 M. for 2017-2018 CONTINUED FROM FRONT

$16,106,487 raised last year, coming in at $25,222,071 for this year, according to the article.

“I think it is a waste of money,” said Deepa Kumar, president of the Rutgers American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT) and associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, in an interview with The Daily Targum last week.

Rutgers Athletics Director Pat Hobbs, in an interview with the Targum in February, said the revenue from ticket sales was not enough and that athletics still has the lowest budget from an expenditures standpoint in the Big Ten. “You have to fix things on the revenue side,” Hobbs said. “Part of that will be the increase in distribution from the Big Ten in the years ahead, and what you need to do is be successful on the basketball court, be successful

on the football field and then your attendance grows and that becomes a more significant part of our revenues.”

The AAUP-AFT recently agreed on a new contract with the University, giving faculty and graduate students 3% raises in the first three years and a 2.5% raise in the final fourth year of the deal, according to a University letter obtained by the Targum.

It also “establishes a process to address instances of salary inequity, allows for longer term appointments for non-tenure track faculty and recognizes the more than $40 million in funding that (University) President Robert L. Barchi previously committed to enhance diversity hiring, among other items,” according to the letter.

Pat Hobbs said that the money from ticket sales alone was not enough, and that attendance was a significant part of the revenue for Athletics. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR

PRESCHOOLERS ASD has male-to-female ratio of 4 to 1, which is similar across race groups CONTINUED FROM FRONT

New Jersey specifically can be alarming, Zahorodny said.

“The prevalence of ASD among N.J. preschool-aged children increased approximately 40% between 2010 and 2014,” Zahorodny said. “We don’t understand why, but it is imperative to acknowledge the scope of (ASD) increasing.”

On top of the growing scope of diagnosis, New Jersey specifically has the highest rates due to more complete access to the professional (health and education) records that serve as the detailed evidence of the ASD case-finding method, Zahorodny said. Therefore, the high rates may not be indicative of different environmental factors and may just be a disparity based on better access to the resources for detection.

Zahorodny also noted the importance of expanding

research into the reasons for that increase and to enhance the early detection of ASD in young children.

The science of autism detection is beginning at earlier ages and becoming more advanced. Zahorodny said his group developed a brief ASD screener for toddleraged children, called the Psychological Development Questionnaire-1 (PDQ-1), to enhance early detection.

Although this extensive study brought the prevalence of ASD to light, there are even more trends without an explanation, Zahorodny said. The ratio of males and females with ASD is 4 to 1. The sex ratio is similar across race and ethnicity groups, according to the study.

“The ASD estimate at age 4 is about 25-30% incomplete,” Zahorodny said. “That is, we expect to identify and additional 25-30% of ASD individuals from

CREDITS High school program limits students to gaining 10 credits toward Rutgers Nursing CONTINUED FROM FRONT

STEM jobs available to students to serve in a healthcare capacity that’s not necessarily a doctor.”

The program will start this September, with incoming firstyears taking courses such as the Dynamics of Healthcare, Medical Terminology, Human Anatomy, Math in Medicine and Scientific Principles of Nutrition. High school teachers at the school will be accepted as adjunct faculty, with the curriculum being identical to classes offered at Rutgers. At the end of each class, these students will also take the same exam as the one given at the University for their respective classes.

“It’s the same curriculum, same exam, but it’s done at Franklin High School. These are official Rutgers credits and the grades will appear on a Rutgers transcript as if they had gone to Rutgers as

an 18 or 19-year-old freshman,” Siegal said.

He encouraged all students to apply, emphasizing to parents that it was not exclusively for the most high-achieving students.

“This is not an honors program.

This is not selected for a few. We’re looking for students at about a B-plus who have good behavior and good attendance,” he said.

The selection process involves a board-approved rubric in which academic performance has an equal weight to personality. Siegal said this was because the program hopes to foster nurses and health practitioners who have empathy, so while students will be judged on grades, essays and letters of reference, they will also be judged by an interview.

The district will look at students’ average grades over the span of three years in mathematics, science and English, as well as PARCC test scores, a letter of interest written by the student and

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, which is located in New Brunswick, conducts research on children. Some of these studies focus on the cognitive, social and emotional development of children with autism. RUTGERS.EDU this birth cohort when they are 8 years old.”

The researchers will also be able to detect trends from these children as they become teenagers, specifically a sample

an in-person interview to select the first group of students in the program. All of the requirements will take place while students are in school, including the interview and written letter of interest.

Rutgers will require these students to take certain prerequisites, such as biology for first-years and Algebra I. In the case that a student wants to take a different science class, such as AP Physics, Siegal said they would be accommodated on a caseby-case basis.

To stay in the program, students must maintain a 74% average for courses in the program, and an 80% in their classes overall. They are also required to complete 10 hours of clinical experience.

“It could be going to the doctor’s office with a relative or witnessing or participating in physical therapy,” Siegal said. “Anything relating to a health profession. It’s a very large umbrella of activities that are approved.”

Siegal also assured parents that these students would also have time for other extracurriculars.

“They can still do sports, they can still do after-school activities, they still take the same bus. The only difference is for certain courses

population of adolescents born in 1998 and residing in New Jersey in 2014.

“We hope this study will provide us with information about the developmental trajector y of

individuals with ASD from age 8 to 16,” Zahorodny said. “This study will allow us to improve our knowledge of the challenges characterizing the transition to adolescence.”

All students are encouraged to apply for the new program, due to its selection of students based on both academic performance and personality. PXHERE throughout their four years, they’ll be taking courses together as the 24-person cohort,” he said.

The program is also much cheaper for these students than what it would normally cost. Ten nursing credits at Rutgers would cost approximately

$4,630, but the exam fees for the high school students in the program add up to $140.

While the program only limits students to gain 10 credits, the district hopes to increase that amount to a maximum of 34 credits.

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SEMESTER Beal hopes to expand relationships with current students, alumni CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“return of sorts,” as it was his alma mater.

“Exactly 30 years ago, in 1989, I graduated from Rutgers and started my career in public relations,” he said.

Shortly after graduation, Beal was able to find work at Taylor, a sports and entertainment public relations firm that was reported as one of the top-ranking firms, according to Holmes Report.

He has worked for almost three decades at Taylor, and has served as its managing partner since 2004.

He has also worked with a variety of companies alongside Taylor. “(My colleagues and I) collaborated with categoryleading consumer brands and Fortune 500 companies, creating and executing awardwinning campaigns leveraging major sports and entertainment properties including the Olympic Games, Super Bowl, World Series, NCAA March Madness and U.S. Open Tennis Championships,” he said.

Beal hopes to bring his many years of hands-on experience to current and future students of Rutgers. Since 2013, he has been serving as a part-time lecturer, teaching the course Principals of Public Relations. Through the course, he said he has been able to cultivate relationships with current students and alumni.

By moving to a full-time position, he hopes to expand this level of collaboration.

“I want to collaborate even more with the incredible community of SCI faculty, administrators and of course the students, helping

them prepare for the successful transition from college to a career in the communications industry whether that be in public relations, advertising, social media or any other channel in the integrated marketing mix,” he said.

Beal said working full-time will allow him to invest more time into his work. For him personally, he hopes to use that extra time to formalize relationships between the school and his contacts in professional public relations agencies, which include senior communications executives at Fortune 500 companies.

He also hopes to further the Department of Communication at the University by improving research and teaching.

“In collaboration with the incredible community of existing SCI professors, faculty and administrators, I want to help transform the tremendous foundation of research and teaching that already exists at the graduate and undergraduate levels in a way that delivers to current and future Rutgers University students, in the nation’s top-ranked program of study in communications and public relations,” he said.

Though he does not yet know which new classes he will be teaching, Beal said that students studying public relations can expect many unique opportunities in the near future, and not just due to his role at Rutgers. The media landscape was also changing and reshaping the role of public relations, he said.

“This is a very exciting time for public relations, as the industry is transforming beyond just the earned media channel,” he said.

Mark Beal, currently a part-time lecturer in the Department of Communication, said his 30-year experience in public relations will help students going into the field. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR

Beal said his students will study the dif ferent types of media channels involved in public relations, and then be able to apply that knowledge through internships and

full-time oppor tunities. His ultimate goal is to utilize his professional network to help his students. “(My ultimate goal is to) elevate my efforts and facilitate even

more real-world opportunities for our SCI students with agencies, corporations, brands and organizations by leveraging my vast professional network,” he said.

Rutgers School of Communication and Information, which is located on the College Avenue campus, conducts extensive research on public relations and other fields. Author Mark Beal hopes to improve research and teaching to give students the best program of study. GOOGLE MAPS

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Notre Dame donations can have larger impact

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s the devastating structure fire destroyed the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris on April MALAIKA JAWED 15, people all over the world mourned the loss of the beautiful historic structure. Multiple generous donations have flooded in to help restore the cathedral, reflecting the importance and significance that the structure held for many.

The White House was among the ones to pledge all necessary support to France in its efforts to rebuild the structure.

“So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!” President Donald J. Trump tweeted.

Whereas it is important to acknowledge efforts and political angle of the White House in helping France to rebuild such an important icon, it is even more crucial to look at the big picture of where the world is standing.

More support has been offered to rebuilding a building in France than has been toward America’s own people. Several bills which would provide support for Puerto Rico were recently defeated in Congress at the behest of Trump, according to NPR. Flint, Michigan is still without clean running water, years after the tragedy started. Puerto Rico is still largely devastated after being hit with natural disasters.

Citizens in Puerto Rico are still struggling without resources, food and support.

This critique of Trump’s actions does not question his helping hand toward France, but rather questions why it has not been extended to his own people who have been facing potentially life-threatening calamities for years.

IF NOT OUR OWN, THEN SOMEONE’S

“‘Make America Great Again’ comes with a caveat when the president is not as willing to help people from Puerto Rico or Flint or Louisiana. As these places struggle for financial assistance, financially stable Western Europe is being accommodated. ” Trump has signed H.R. 2266, which authorizes certain funding for Puerto Rico such as food assistance, but no more disaster relief is being offered.

Another big thing that has been in question is why no acknowledgement or support has been offered to the several churches that were set on fire in Louisiana.

Local churches have to set up GoFundMe pages to raise money to rebuild instead of receiving any support, condolences or financial assistance from the local or state government. Trump did not even tweet about it.

It has been more than 18 months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, killing nearly 3,000 people, destroying much of the infrastructure and leaving much of the U.S. territory still without adequate power.

“Make America Great Again” comes with a caveat when Trump is not as willing to help people form Puerto Rico or Flint or Louisiana. As these places struggle for financial assistance, financially stable Western Europe is being accommodated. Politically, this is a powerful move for Trump. What would make America great again, though, is if Americans were also being helped and aided with the same enthusiasm.

None of this is to say that Paris should not be helped at this time of need. It remains an important religious and other wise significant icon, but more important are the lives of people suffering in America. More important are the churches burnt down in America. Less important is tr ying to earn brownie points with France.

Malaika Jawed is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Her column, “If Not Our Own, Then Someone’s,” runs on alternate Fridays.

EDITORIAL

Social progress is won through unions Victories of teacher union must not dwindle efforts for part-time lectures

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he state of this nation is intertwined with the state of unions. Societal progress is won and lost by the unions of America. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stated in an address to the Illinois American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), “The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.”

When unions throw themselves onto the industrial belt and place themselves in between the gears of injustice, they work the mechanisms of democratic evolution. “Out of (unions’) bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, government relief for the destitute and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life,” King Jr. said.

The Rutgers American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT) has won vital concessions in the ongoing negotiations with the University over its contracts. We must bear witness to the history made through the pressures of collective bargaining.

“For the first time in the union’s nearly 50-year history, we won equal pay for equal work for female faculty, faculty of color and for faculty in the Newark and Camden campuses,” said Deepa Kumar, president of the AAUP-AFT and associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, in the press release.

As the faculty moved toward the brink of striking, it garnered national political support recognizing the gravity of the situation. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), in a statement of support, said: “Educators at every level of our education system deserve better. I support the Rutgers AAUP-AFT in this fight for equality & dignity. Rutgers faculty are on the front lines every day for their students — we should all be united in the movement to support them.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders also tweeted in support last Monday, and said: “I stand with AAUP-AFT Rutgers professors who are prepared to strike in order to defend affordable, quality higher education. When we organize and stand together, we win.”

And win they did. The union won pay raises for graduate employees and greater job security for graduate employees and non-tenure track faculty on top of its victory for righteous equal pay for equal work, as reported by The Daily Targum.

Academia ought to be the beacon of progress for our nation. It must be the lighthouse, guiding us safe-

ly forward. As the State College of New Jersey, our progress is a microcosm for the progress that can be attained by New Jersey as a whole. “Labor Unions are the leading force for democratization and progress,” said Noam Chomsky, a professor of linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

With some reports showing New Jersey’s wage gap between women and men ranking 25th nationwide and dead last for the wage gap between Latina women and white men, the progress won for equal pay for equal work at Rutgers acts as a model for the state.

Nonetheless, these steps forward must not veil our vision from seeing what was left behind.

“Nearly 3,000 part-time lecturers still await a contract, fair salaries and health care,” said David Hughes, a professor in the Department of Anthropology, in a press release following the negotiations.

Nationally, “the number of non-academic administrative and professional employees at U.S. colleges and universities has more than doubled in the last 25 years,” while the full-time tenured faculty positions are at the lowest rate in 25 years as of 2014.

This national trend is reflected in Rutgers, as more than 30% of classes are taught by part-time lecturers (PTL). Though they are teaching around one third of all classes, only .8% of the University’s budget was spent on wages for the PTLs. The negotiating table must not be left until these professors receive due compensation and security.

With the administrative discussion on tuition costs soon approaching, we must be wary of any malignant claims that assert the cost of attendance must rise due to the recent concessions to the teacher union.

Even though the University has sunk millions into Rutgers Athletics, that lost us $193 million due to its deficit in earnings, it may still claim that tuition will have to increase due to the union.

Even though the University pays its unnecessarily large administrative apparatus irrational and unexplainable salaries that tops most of those at our Big Ten peers, it may still warn that tuition will have to rise due to our faculty. Even though it may make these assertions, we will not accept its hollow justifications.

The responsibility of the student body, the people, is to stand in solidarity with our educators. Solidarity must not dwindle when progress is won for the path of justice and social improvement is mired by greed and regressive interests.

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Exposure of core requirements provide notable benefits THE BIGGER PICTURE DILARA GUVERCIN

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lmost ever y college student has cursed the institution of general education or core requirements at least a few times in their life. I mean, why do you have to take extra math classes when you are an art histor y major?

Core requirements are tedious, excessive and seem like a complete waste of time because they usually have nothing to do with the field one is actually pursuing.

Furthermore, especially when one gets to college, these extra courses take up a lot of time and money that could be contributed to taking classes that are related to one’s major or career goals.

Essentially, there is a long list of shortcomings to the general education and core requirement institutions within the American education system. But, there are also a few vital factors that make it a necessary and highly beneficial component of one’s academic career, which ultimately outweighs the inconveniences.

When I first arrived at college, I was astounded by the long list of core courses that I had to fulfill in order to graduate. I initially had a perception that college is based entirely on one’s major, and I was excited to indulge myself in a plethora of psychology and philosophy courses.

Like many other students, I let out sighs of annoyance every time I had to accommodate my schedule to fit a core class and sacrifice some other classes that seemed infinitely more interesting. By now I have taken a variety of courses in fields like anthropology, environmental science, ITI, political science and statistics, which I would have otherwise never have been exposed to.

While I cannot say that I loved every second of those courses, I have come to

times I was able to enrich my conversations with others by being able to relate to something within their field or share something new with them, or how much I have benefitted from forcing myself to engage in activities that were outside of my comfort zones.

The core requirement system also provides an opportunity for one to take courses that can potentially shape the rest of one’s academic or career goals by giving one access to areas that one was never exposed

“The core requirement system also provides an opportunity for one to take courses that can potentially shape the rest of one’s academic or career goals by giving one access to areas that one was never exposed to. ” genuinely appreciate them in terms of my education and well-roundedness. While I was calculating Factorial ANOVAs and studying macroevolutionary processes, wondering how the heck I was ever going to use this information in my life, I did not realize just how much my repertoire of random knowledge and critical thinking processes had developed.

Looking back, I am actually glad I had the opportunity to experience fields outside of my own and avoid limiting myself to a very limited scope of study. Even though I do not remember everything I learned in those courses and suffered many nights trying to drill some of the material into my brain, I cannot count how many

to. Similar to many other college students, I have met people who have even changed their major or decided to minor in a field that their core requirements had covered.

Furthermore, I personally found it a weirdly nice break at times to be able to sit down and solve a few problems, memorize formulas or interpret graphs in scientific articles instead of having to read long philosophy papers while writing pages and pages of essays. It provides the student an opportunity to shift their activity and focus into areas that are distinct from what they are primarily exposed to and subsequently be able to develop their critical thinking skills.

None of this is to say that the general education system and core requirements in schools are perfect and should be universally applied. There is no question that these systems have a lot of room for improvement, especially in terms of student experience and providing courses that actually promote the idea of well-rounded thinking rather than forcing individually useless information onto students.

Academic institutions can focus on expanding the scope of which fields and classes can apply to a specific core, encouraging professors and teaching assistants to adjust their methods to accommodate the objective of addressing society and institutions at large, and making it easier for students to fit these courses into their schedules while also focusing on their target fields.

Nevertheless, core requirements can be significantly beneficial for those who see them as learning opportunities rather than inconveniences. So, the next time you are writing a long essay on archetypes and themes found in a book, or converting decimals to hexadecimals while evaluating your life and whether college is even worth it, just know that you will have gained at least something as little as a conversation starter to something as significant as a strong background on a certain topic in a different field.

Dilara Guvercin is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore double majoring in philosophy and psychology. Her column, “The Bigger Picture,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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TV Roundup: Red-hot returning series, Glover's 'Guava Island' EAMONN O'NEILL CORRESPONDENT

With more shows on television than any other point in history, it can be hard to decipher the good from the bad. An ever-growing number of streaming platforms featuring premium shows, when combined with cable networks, makes for a crowded TV schedule. To help catch up, here’s a breakdown of some notable new shows and returns for the binger in us all.

GAME OF THRONES

The colossus fantasy hit finally returned last Sunday after a two-year hiatus. With a truncated six-episode final season, Thrones fans — or as I say “Gones” fans — are eager for a satisfying finale. Last week’s premiere featured plenty of reunions and set the plot in motion.

The Starks and Targayrens are prepping for the impending doom that is the White Walker invasion. Cersei Lannister is waiting in King's Landing, thinking the

threat of a deadly zombie attack is of minimal concern. The episode, while weak, is pretty much par for all “Game of Thrones” premieres: setting up for a bloody affair.

KILLING EVE

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s spy thriller returned for its second season a couple weeks ago, and rest assured it's still as amazing as the first. “Killing Eve” follows a British detective, Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), as she tracks down a murderous assassin, Villanelle (Jodie

Comer). The premiere begins seconds after the final moments of the finale, in which Eve stabs Villanelle. The drama is driven by Eve and Villanelle’s sexual attraction to one another. It's a cat-mouse hunt that's a must for all watch lists.

BARRY

Sticking with the killer theme, “Barry” returned last week.

The multiple-Emmy Award winning show, co-created by and starring Bill Hader, is a tale of breaking good. Barry is a veteran-turned-hitman who desperately wants to get out of the business.

To do so, he moves to Los Angeles, California and joins an acting class. He realizes that leaving the assassin life is harder than it appears after he gets entangled in a botched murder for the Russian mob. Now none of that sounds funny. But “Barry” is flat-out hilarious with winning performances by Hader and Henry Winkler as Barry’s acting coach.

Make sure to stay tuned this season.

VEEP

Directed by Hiro Murai, a frequent collaborater on the show "Atlanta," Donald Glover enlisted Rihanna to star in his new short film "Guava Island." TWITTER

Perhaps the most consistently perfect comedy in cable television history, “Veep” also returned last week. After an extended hiatus due to Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s cancer diagnosis, Selina Meyer (Louis-Dreyfus) is back on the campaign trail. Alongside her as always is the large ensemble cast

that makes “Veep” the best political show. Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Gary Cole, Anna Chlumsky, Matt Walsh, Kevin Dunn and Sam Richardson each elevate every line of vulgar dialogue thrown at them.

The characters have all eased into their roles over the seven seasons, but somehow resisted staleness.

I’ll miss this show, honestly even more than “Game of Thrones.”

It deftly captures our political climate and always gives me at least one belly laugh per episode.

GUAVA ISLAND

Donald Glover’s musical persona, Childish Gambino, is for some reason, well-liked now? “Atlanta,” Glover’s terrific FX show, brought new ears to his tunes following the release of the P-Funk album “Awaken, My Love!” Last summer’s “This is America” video earned him Grammy praise and a hefty amount of clicks. “Guava Island” is directed

by Hiro Murai of “Atlanta” and the aforementioned video.

It stars Glover and Rihanna as lovers. Glover’s character, Deni, is a musician organizing a festival. Rihanna really is just there to hang out. The evil manufacturing giant, Red, wants to shut down Deni’s performance. An overall enjoyable film, it seems like a minor work made to just kick out the moth balls rather than put forth any meaningful statement.

Social media is useful, but not for relentless comparison RHEA SWAIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Social media helps us saturate the internet, documenting and curating our memories. But documentation is not always innocent in nature, and can take its toll on the minds of young people.

Whether it’s seeing an Instagram picture of someone’s wild spring break at an exotic destination or watching a Snapchat video of someone we know having fun at Coachella, consuming content on social media can often spark a sense of FOMO in most people.

The inevitability of social comparison is exacerbated by social media, especially among the youth.

Approximately 10% of people’s daily thoughts involve making comparisons of some type, according to researchers at Psychology Today. The word “comparison,” in this case, takes on a rather negative connotation. We have all heard the maxim that “comparison is the thief of joy.”

Our constant online presence makes this phrase especially pertinent to today’s day and age. While the achievements of others can be utilized as motivation to improve our own lives, the superficial nature of the Internet makes it difficult to have a healthy approach to comparison and competition.

The American Psychological Association (APA) defines social comparison theory as “the proposition that people evaluate their abilities and attitudes in relation to those of others in a process that plays a significant role in self-image and subjective well-being.”

We tend to underestimate our own value and feel inferior when we view someone who appears to be more successful and happier than us living their best lives.

This is known as upward social comparison. On the other hand, an overlooked and toxic aspect of comparison is downward social comparison, which is when we negatively view and demean others to make ourselves feel better.

How do we conquer the many downsides of social comparison?

First and foremost, we must realize and accept that setting unrealistic standards for ourselves in the context of others is futile. All we can ever be is ourselves, or a better version of ourselves.

Moreover, it's important to practice self-love and reflect on our own flaws and achievements in a vacuum. Meditate on why we compare ourselves in the first place and if comparison is worth the time we waste engaged in it. Finally, do not reduce yourself to mere metrics.

GPAs, pounds on a scale or even the dollars in your bank account

are all about self-evaluation and improvement. By evaluating our metrics against those of others, we belittle ourselves and our efforts.

The fact that our online social worth is quantified by the metrics of likes, retweets and views can detrimentally impact our self-esteem. Keep in mind that these systems of metrics are designed to visualize how active someone is on social media, not how valued they are in society. These metrics help businesses and organizations thrive from a marketing

perspective, but on a quotidian level, they're meaningless and time-consuming. Therefore, it's important that we don’t use them as a means of personal validation and empowerment.

Michael Perez, a School of Engineering first-year, thinks that a great way to escape comparison culture is to change our approach to social media.

“I believe social media has a negative effect on the way we deal with comparison culture.

With social media being easily

accessible, people have many different ways to compare themselves. Appearances are so much easier to compare online, which can really make people feel bad about themselves," he said. "Instagram, for example, is just for pictures and videos. People scrolling through their feed can see other people and then try to compare themselves. The best way I deal with comparison culture is to just focus on the positives in life and try to not compare myself to others often."

Documenting life through social media is a great way to keep memories fresh and accessible. Still, that can lead to unhealthy forms of comparison. UNSPLASH

DIVERSIONS

April 19, 2019

Mark Tatulli Horoscopes

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Page 9 Eugenia Last

Happy Birthday: Don’t waste time. Size up what you want, and take steps to make your dreams come true. Communication, traveling and experience will be the vehicles that motivate and move you to do what’s right and best for you. Strive for perfection and equality, and build a strong base. How steady and stable you are will determine how high you can go. Your numbers are 2, 9, 16, 26, 35, 42, 46.

Over The Hedge

T. Lewis and M. Fry

Non Sequitur

Wiley

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep your plans to yourself until you have fully fleshed out your ideas. Sticking to your budget and being reasonable and responsible will increase your chance to succeed. Make arrangements to do something special with someone you love. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Address pressing issues before a situation escalates. Do your prep work before you engage in a discussion that can turn ugly if you aren’t fully prepared. Use your strengths and intellect to ensure success. Protect your assets and your passwords. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A financial, medical or legal change looks promising. Don’t leave anything to chance. Get your fundamentals in order, and plan your actions carefully.

You stand to gain in more ways than one. Celebrate with someone you love. 3 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Face emotional matters openly. You will be able to resolve a problem before it fans into something irreversible. If you are honest regarding your feelings and also willing to compromise, you can come out on top. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may feel like speeding things up, but before you jump too quickly, take a closer look at the information you’ve been given. It’s better to be skeptical and ask questions than to forge ahead blindly and suffer regret. 5 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Use your ingenuity to outsmart anyone trying to push or persuade you to do something questionable. Take the safe route, and stick to the people who are reliable and offer facts to back their claims. A personal change looks inviting. 5 stars

Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A social event will lead to a change of heart. Don’t jump to conclusions based on what someone does or says about someone close to you. Go directly to the source to find out what’s going on. 3 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may face opposition if you want to make changes that will affect friends, relatives or your domestic environment. Lay out your plans carefully, and be sure to offer incentives to those less likely to jump on board with your intentions. 2 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): An invitation is worth looking at as long as it doesn’t infringe on your bank balance. Only sign up for what you can afford. Don’t feel you have to buy someone’s attention or take on responsibilities that don’t belong to you. 2 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make changes at home or to your personal paperwork. How you handle your money, health or legal matters will make a difference when dealing with authority figures. Don’t leave anything to chance. Details and facts must be authentic. 5 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take part in something that interests you.

A change of scenery will do you good and be conducive to meeting exceptional people. Share your experience with someone you love, and it will make your day special as well as enhance your relationship. 4 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A change for the wrong reason will set you back. Consider your motives before you get involved in something that may be risky. Focus on personal improvements and positive change that will benefit you physically, emotionally or financially. 3 stars

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Universal Crossword ACROSS

65 Powerful figure

1 Munch loudly

66 Informed, with “in”

6 International economic activity

67 Kyoto currency

11 Carry-___ (overhead bags)

68 Hunts, with “on”

14 “___ you doing?”

69 Buffalo hockey player

15 Actors’ gigs 16 Org. hidden in “special ops”

DOWN

17 *Amazon explorer

1 English fellows

20 Cabo currency

2 H.S. practical skills class

21 Brother’s daughter

3 Has because of

22 Regretted

4 “Domo arigato” Styx song

23 Snag in a plan

5 Louvre pyramid architect

25 Pride-protecting sounds

6 Three-horse vehicle

27 Hip

7 Wander

28 *MSNBC business correspondent 8 Frequent “SNL” guest Baldwin 32 Gentle treatment, briefly

9 Like good causes

34 “It was a joke!”

10 Mind reader’s acronym

35 Heavy weight

11 Dawns on

36 Enjoying learning about

12 Comment after a three-point

39 Singer Clay

swish

41 Pasta-cooking vessels

13 Verbalized

42 Luau dish

18 Vitamin seller

43 Be really mad

19 ____ Mountains

44 4.0, for a straight-A student 46 *Tessio’s portrayer in “The Godfather” 49 Middle East’s second-largest country

(Russian range) 24 Opposite of none 26 Massive reference, for short 29 Hit the thumbs-up button 30 ‘50s prez

52 Hesitant

31 Networking aims

53 Divides

33 Left the ground, on a

56 Not straight

skateboard

57 Off-limits

36 Hoppy brew, for short

60 Bra specification

37 Plato’s well-intentioned fib

61 *Battery pioneer

38 Drink too much

64 Blurb about an author

40 “I think,” in texts

41 Curve such as y = x2 43 Dressing room evaluation 45 Dessert with a crust

Yesterday’s Solution

47 Brewery containers 48 What a squirrel squirrels away 50 Apt student org. for the starred people?

51 Fix, as a dog 54 Lav, in the U.K. 55 Certain black card 56 Crib sheet user?

58 Up the ___ (risk more) 59 Annual celebration, slangily 62 Common fuel additive 63 Startup funders: Abbr.

Yesterday’s Solution

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DAY Knights will look to contain Michigan’s Alex Buckanavage, Kevin Mack at home CONTINUED FROM BACK

Senior defenseman Garrett Michaeli has played at Rutgers all four years. In his senior season, he recorded a career high in ground balls with 46. GARRETT STEFFE / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2019

tougher. Maryland is No. 2 in the country, Ohio State is ranked and Hopkins is ranked. We’re playing better lacrosse down the stretch, but we’re playing better teams down the stretch.”

If you had to pick a Big Ten opponent to face in a must-win, the Wolverines (3-8, 0-3) would probably be the first choice. Michigan got off to a hot 3-1 start in February, but has lost its last seven games and is coming off a blowout 17-7 loss to No. 1 Penn State.

The Knights will have to contend with some playmakers on Saturday, especially the attacking duo of the Wolverines’ Alex Buckanavage and Kevin Mack, who have combined to put up 40 goals and 34 assists on the season.

In goal, Michigan will start Tommy Heidt, who is coming off a nine-save game in the loss to Penn State.

“I think that we have to take care of ourselves,” Brecht said.

“We have to make sure that we’re focusing on us and what we do.”

As if the postseason implications weren’t big enough, the

Wolverines’ game is also Senior Day, and Rutgers will be honoring the contributions of vital contributors like fifth-year senior goalie Max Edelmann and senior defensemen Kyle Pless and Garrett Michaeli.

If the Knights fail to make the Big Ten Tournament, this will be their final game on the Banks.

“I owe this program my life,” Michaeli said. “It has made me into the man I am today, and I am so grateful to have spent time with the guys here.”

Senior Day has historically been a successful day for Rutgers.

The 2015 season ended with a Senior Day upset over then-No. 3 Ohio State. For this group of seniors, their special day will have an added sense of urgency with a spot in a home-turf Big Ten Tournament on the line.

“I think this program has really helped me grow as a player and a person,” Pless said. “This group of seniors here have really tried to change the culture here.”

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

ACTION Junior Kat Muzik, freshman Tess Fisher have 1 doubles win in Big Ten matches CONTINUED FROM BACK Against No. 14 Michigan, the freshmen duo of Fisher and Sydney Kaplan won their doubles match 6-3 while junior Jaci Cochrane and freshman Kristiana Zahare nearly pulled out another win, losing their match 7-6 (4-0).

But, Rutgers wasn’t able to maintain its momentum in its doubles performance against the Spartans (15-10, 6-5) the following day. Whether the Knights will stick to their original pairs or switch them around again is up in the air.

The duo of junior Kat Muzik and Fisher dominated the fall season, but the Big Ten seems to be throwing them a cur veball with only one doubles win. Instead, Fisher and Kaplan have excelled with a 3-1 in conference outings. Their first loss was against Michigan State.

The only other pairs to win at least one doubles match are sophomore Isabelle Da Silva and Zahare as well as sophomore Maya Jacobs and Muzik. They look like Rutgers’ best shot at securing the early lead.

FRESHMEN PHENOMS

Out with the old and in with the new. Fisher (3-6) and Kaplan (3-5) lead the Knights in singles play with three Big Ten wins each. If they’re out in the first set, they know how to close and most likely will play into a third set for the win.

Fisher and Kaplan are usually slotted into No. 3 and 4 seeds in the column, but it would be no surprise to see them move up in the ranks this weekend.

Air is thin at the top of the column. Jacobs has a 0-7

record, but she has definitely been handed the hardest schedule of any of Rutgers player at the No. 1 spot. Jacobs was also out for three weeks, tr ying to get medically cleared.

Taking her place was Muzik (2-6), who put together a strong showing at the top spot. Muzik has built her way up to multiple Big Ten victories, winning her past two matches and looking to add two more to that

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

The Hoosiers (14-10, 4-5) sit comfortably in the middle of the conference with nationally-ranked singles and doubles players. Making it into the singles rankings this week was Indiana’s Madison Appel at No. 122 after capturing a ranked win against No. 21 Ohio State.

Appel, along with Jelly Bozovic, are a strong pair that sits No. 60 in the nation and will be the ones to beat.

On the other hand, the Boilermakers (8-12, 3-6) are slowly making their way back up from the bottom. Purdue has Silvia Ambrosio and Amina Mukhametshina as its go-to doubles pair, ranking 46th in the countr y. Even though the Boilermakers are at the bottom, they did defeat the Hoosiers this season 5-2.

“There’s a lot of circularity at the bottom this year,” Ritchie said.

“Teams beating teams. You think somebody is out, then they have a good win, so it’s doable if we can play well this weekend.”

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

Junior Kat Muzik has posted nine singles wins and eight doubles wins on the season. She has a 9-8 overall and 2-6 conference record. MICA FINEHART / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2019

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MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WHERE WILL THE KNIGHTS SQUARE OFF AGAINST NEXT SEASON’S BIG TEN OPPONENTS?

Highlights of 2019-2020 basketball opponents

Sophomore guard Geo Baker will be returning as an upperclassman along with several other of last season’s starters. Baker and company led the Knights to a number of program milestones this past season. GARRETT STEFFE / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2019

JACKSON THOMPSON & JAKE SCHMIED SPORTS EDITORS

The Rutgers men’s and women’s basketball teams unveiled their Big Ten opponents for the upcoming 2019-2020 season, marking Scarlet Knights’ fifth season in the conference.

Several new opponents will travel to the Banks that Rutgers did not host last season, including Illinois, Purdue — who advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament this past March — and Wisconsin.

The Knights will play these three teams along with Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State, all at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) and on the road.

Rutgers will welcome Indiana, Minnesota and Northwestern to the RAC as well in the upcoming season.

The Knights sold out the 8,000-seat RAC five times, the most since they were in the Big East 15 years earlier. The first sell-out of this past season was against Michigan State, who Rutgers will face solely on the road in East Lansing, Michigan.

In that game, back on Nov. 30, the Knights trailed by 2 points at the half before losing to the Spartans at the RAC.

Aside from Michigan State, Rutgers will make road trips to Iowa and Ohio State, but will not have the three teams come to the RAC. The Knights handled both the Golden Gophers and the Hoosiers at the RAC last season, while falling to the Wildcats. Against Northwestern in its only road win of the year, Rutgers mounted a comeback down 10 points during the second half and tied the game, but couldn’t take a lead.

This past season, the Knights made the largest surge in the KenPom.com ratings, jumping 70 points over the course of the season. Rutgers was also recently named Sports Illustrated’s Most Improved Team, after finishing the season with a program-best seven wins in the Big Ten, including upsets over the then-No. 16 Buckeyes and then-No. 22 Hawkeyes on the road.

Expected to conclude the 20182019 campaign in last place in the conference, the Knights were able to finish the year sharing the 10th-place spot, the highest spot on the standings in their five-year history in the Big Ten. Subtracting graduate student center Shaquille Doorson (who graduates in May) from Rutgers’ rotation, the team had six underclassmen play pivotal roles throughout the season. With the

average amount of experience at 1.05 years, the Knights will maintain a young core of players including freshmen redshirt center Myles Johnson, guards Montez Mathis and Caleb McConnell and forward Ron Harper Jr. The four freshmen played lengthy minutes during Big Ten play while Mathis, McConnell and Harper Jr.’s average scoring numbers jumped from non-conference to conference play in their first years on the Banks.

Mathis made the biggest leap out of the three freshman guards, turning a 5.7 points-per-game average against non-conference opponents into double digits against Big Ten foes (10.2 points per game), the only freshman to surpass single digits in the category.

Of all the Big Ten opponents the Rutgers women’s basketball team is set to face next season, the one matchup that may warrant a special mark on the calendar will take place right at home against the defending Big Ten Tournament champions.

The Knights are set to host Iowa for the lone matchup against the Hawkeyes and the only opportunity to avenge their Big Ten tournament semifinals loss.

Rutgers will not have to deal with reigning Big Ten Player of the Year Megan Gustafson when

it takes on the Hawkeyes at the RAC next season, relieving it from the burden of a player that averaged 26 points per game between the Big Ten Tournament meeting, and the regular season meeting between the two teams in Iowa City that snapped the Knights’ 10game winning streak.

The game in Iowa City last season ended up being consequential in determining the top two seeds in the conference, and the meeting at the RAC next season could hold a similar significance for two of the best teams in the Big Ten. Rutgers will play the opposite role when it travels to Purdue to take on the Boilermakers in a rematch of the Knights’ victories in the Big Ten quarterfinals and a 2-point regular season overtime game at the RAC. Unlike the Iowa matchup, Rutgers will be retaining the player that gave Purdue the most problems in rising senior guard Arella Guirantes, who averaged 16.5 points per game in the two meetings against the Boilermakers last season.

Another opponent that will have the Knights circled, not once, but twice, on the schedule this upcoming season is crossstate rival Penn State. Since joining the Big Ten Rutgers has won 7 out of 8 meetings against the Nittany Lions, and is coming off

a year in which they swept both meetings home and away.

Penn State will get two opportunities in Piscataway and in College Park to make up some ground against the Knights, and Rutgers will get two opportunities to keep their perennial dominance over the Nittany Lions going in one of the only college sports where they seem to have Penn State’s number.

Perhaps the Knights’ highest of highs and lowest of lows came against the same opponent last season in two meetings against Maryland. In the final game of the 2018 calendar year, Rutgers went on the road to take on then-No. 4 Maryland and established its presence as a major player in that year’s conference off the back of a dominant fourth quarter.

Maryland returned the favor in February when it came into the RAC and seemingly ran the Knights out of their own building during the team’s rough stretch in which they lost 4 out of 5 games.

The loss to the Terrapins was the team’s worst of the year, and could have been made even worse if not for another ironically productive fourth quarter by Rutgers, but in a losing effort.

The Knights will only have one opportunity to take on last year’s top seed in the Big Ten, and it will take place down in College Park.

Sophomore guard Arella Guirantes averaged 10.8 points per game in her first season playing for the Knights. She worked her way into the starting five by midseason, averaging 12.1 points per game. She also led the Knights in scoring in the postseason. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2019

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I owe this program my life ... It has made me into the man I am today, and I am so grateful to have spent time with the guys here.”

— Senior defenseman Garrett Michaeli

FRIDAY APRIL 19, 2019

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MEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS- MICHIGAN, TOMORROW 3 P.M.

Knights welcome Wolverines for Senior Day CHRIS TSAKONAS CORRESPONDENT

When the season began on the first weekend in Februar y, the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team only had one thing on its mind: finish in the top four and qualify for the Big Ten Tournament on home turf at HighPoint.com Stadium.

But the Scarlet Knights (6-6, 1-2) have followed up on a top-five win over Ohio State with losses to Johns Hopkins and Maryland, putting themselves in a must-win position on Saturday when they take on Michigan.

Putting together a complete 60-minute performance has been a challenge, and Rutgers has struggled to close out games all season. This was on display last Sunday against Maryland, in which the Knights had a 5-goal lead during the second quarter, but collapsed down the stretch by conceding 5 of the last 6 goals in a 16-13 loss.

Several factors have combined to make things difficult for Rutgers down the stretch, including the rise of younger, more inexperienced players and the gauntlet that is the Big Ten lacrosse schedule.

“I think we’re a better team now than we were a month ago,” said head coach Brian Brecht. “But our schedule has gotten a lot SEE DAY ON PAGE 10

Head coach Brian Brecht will coach the final home game of his eighth season as head coach for Rutgers when the Knights host Michigan on Saturday afternoon. GARRETT STEFFE / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2019

TENNIS RUTGERS-INDIANA , TOMORROW 11 A.M.

Rutgers finishes Big Ten action in Indiana ALEX FABUGAIS-INABA CORRESPONDENT

Two matches await in Indiana for the Rutgers tennis team’s final weekend of Big Ten competition. The Scarlet Knights (9-10, 1-8) will face Indiana on Saturday at 11 a.m. before serving up their last match against Purdue on Sunday at noon.

If Rutgers wants a chance at qualifying for the Big Ten Tournament the following weekend, it’s going to have to step up in a big way on the road.

“We have an opportunity,” said head coach Hilary Ritchie. “If we can control our own matches, win, then we’re going to get lucky with some other teams losing. We’ll see how it plays out.”

Last time out, the Knights were gunning for a win against Michigan State in their final home match of the season, but couldn’t secure a key doubles point that led Rutgers to a 5-2 loss.

“We can go out with even more energy,” said freshman Tess Fisher. “We may think it’s enough, but it’s not really enough. We can still do more.

We just need to have confidence and know we can do it.”

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Since the doubles point will be key for the Knights in their last two matches, all options are on the table.

Head coach Hilary Ritchie will look to add two more Big Ten wins this weekend against Indiana and Purdue. Rutgers currently has six Big Ten wins under its belt, two this season. MICA FINEHART / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2019

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

EXTRA POINT

MLB SCORES

HARRIET ALLSEBROOK, sophomore on the women’s golf team, brings a team-best 74.36 scoring average into the championship on the heels of four top-10 finishes this season into the Big Ten Championships this Sunday in Maineville, Ohio.

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TRACK AND FIELD

Virginia Challenge

Today, All Day, Charlottesville, Va.

San Francisco Washington

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TRACK AND FIELD

Larry Ellis Invitational

Today, All Day, Charlottesville, Va.

Arizona Atlanta

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WOMEN’S GOLF

Big Ten Championships

Today, All Day, Maineville, Ohio

Chi. White Sox Detroit

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