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Low-income students who want to attend Rutgers—Newark but cannot afford it are in luck this fall. “RU—N to the TOP,” a major financial aid initiative, was announced Dec. 17, according to the school’s website. The goal of the program is to recruit students and eliminate or decrease the cost of college for talented New Jersey residents. The University will cover tuition and fees for students accepted to Rutgers—Newark whose household income is $60,000 or less, according to their website. The program will include transfer students who have earned an associate’s degree from a New Jersey county college. Residential scholarships will be awarded to honors living-learning community students that fully cover room and board, and the program SEE PROGRAM ON PAGE 4
A new report by the Pew Research Center found that a majority of millennials think national news media is politically biased or otherwise inaccurate. Despite this, more millennials think national media has had a positive impact than any other demographic. SUSMITA PARUCHURI
Pew finds millennials distrust national news NICK HUBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Students all over campus can be seen getting their news in different forms from untraditional outlets. But according to a five year study by the Pew Research Center, millennial’s trust in the national news media has dropped 13 percent since 2010. In
2010, 40 percent of students believed the news media has a positive impact, compared to 27 percent today. There are many variables which could have caused a decline in trust towards the national news media, including the discovery that Bryan Williams overplayed stories he was covering, said Susan Keith, a professor in the Department of
Journalism and Media Studies. The two most commonly named national news media, CNN and Fox News, are also the most oppositely polarized and this could also lead to distrust in news outlets, Keith said. “The polarization of some of what passes for broadcast news and the rise of what a lot of people see as right winged punditry (replaced) news
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Study finds LGBT refugees overseas face persecution
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Life is hard for children fleeing their homeland, harder yet if the child does not conform to cultural norms. A new study published by Edward Alessi, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work, sheds light on the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals overseas. The study, which was published in Child Abuse & Neglect on Nov. 24, found that asylum seekers experienced severe physical, verbal and sexual abuse throughout childhood and adolescence on the basis of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. The abuse occurred in the refugees’ homes, schools and communities The documents reviewed for this research includes 26 interviews from migrants who entered the United States or Canada as a refugee or asylum seekers. Participants came from all continents except for Antarctica and Australia. “I think the U.S. may be more accepting (of LGBT individuals), now that all 50 states have legalized gay marriage,” said Donna Climent, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year. The United States joined 21 other countries that have legalized gay marriage after a Supreme Court decision last summer, according to Pew Research Center.
reporting,” Keith said. “Political polarization of the media may have a large play in why many millennials do not trust the news media.” Rutgers students have different perceptions on how they view the media. “I don’t trust the news because there is quite a lot of political bias
A new study by the School of Social Work found LGBT migrants are discriminated against. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ The number of countries that have criminalized any non-heteronormative activity far outnumbers those that have legalized gay marriage. The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) identifies 75 countries that criminalize LGBT individuals. “The increase in discrimination and violence against LGBT people living in countries where homosexuality is legal has also raised new concerns about LGBT human rights,” according to Alessi’s study. A study conducted in 2013 by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network found that 56 percent of LGBT middle and high school students experienced discriminatory school policies and practices. Nicole Stoicescu, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said she can attest to this discrimination. Stoicescu traveled to Italy over winter break, where the immigrant population is greater than 8 percent of the total, according to the International Society of Transport and Aircraft Trading. Italians called people of Asian descent “bizarre,” she said.
Conflicts between cultures can be geographical, Stoicescu said, but can also be a result of a generation gap. Alessi’s study found that ideological conflicts between refugees and their parents contributed to their ultimate decision to leave their home country. Speech, clothing, hobbies, friends and sexual partners all raised tension in the household, according to the study. “(My parents) raised me differently than their parents raised them,” Climent said. “School for them wasn’t a big priority because they had to go straight to work and make money to survive ... now, education and college is such a big thing, so I have to attend college.” Climent’s mother and father are from Italy and Cuba, respectively. The cultural gap between her and her older relatives, who are from Romania, is striking, Stoicescu said. “There’s a huge difference between my grandmother and I. (Her generation) doesn’t accept people as much,” she said. “They have so many stereotypes, while we as a generation are so including of everyone.” SEE PERSECUTION ON PAGE 4
In 1996, as part of his research as a professor, David Hughes constructed a map of 17 households considered to be within the Rusitu Botanical Reserve. His map showed that people lived there before the national park was legally declared, and as a result, the National Parks Department ceased threatening residents with eviction. But Hughes, president of the Rutgers University faculty union, said his research did not show up in a new data mining tool by a company called Academic Analytics, LLC, that the University licensed in 2013. The database, which tracks professors’ journal articles, citations, books, research grants and awards, and then compares those numbers to national averages, is often inaccurate, he said. Academic Analytics does not track what others call “publicly-engaged
scholarship,” such as his national park research. After submitting a records request, he found that Academic Analytics reported that Hughes wrote three articles, won two awards and published two books. In reality, he wrote one article and received one award. On Dec. 14, the School of Arts and Sciences faculty met to pass a resolution regarding how the University uses Academic Analytics. Rutgers is paying $492,500 for the database over four years, according to the resolution. The resolution stipulates that the University not use Academic Analytics in tenure and promotion decisions, or in allocating resources among departments and grant-writing. On the basis of individual data, the University could aggregate the information and score whole departments or schools, Hughes said. SEE ANALYTICS ON PAGE 4
David Hughes, a professor in the Department of Anthropology and president of the Rutgers faculty union, said the results by Academic Analytics are inaccurate. COURTESY OF DAVID HUGHES
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New class aims to share history of U. with community SAMANTHA KARAS
More than 100 students are currently registered for the class, and they have teaching assistants that will be there to help too, As Rutgers celebrates its 250th Bell said. anniversary, a new course has “Professor Clemens and I will been created to give students the be (available) all day — it’s not opportunity to learn more about online as if you took it off some their centuries-old university. shelf,” Bell said. “This is live, we The online course, called are here. And we are going to “History of Rutgers University,” be very involved and I think it’s is open for the Spring 2016 term going to be a wonderful interacand available for registration to all tive class between the alums and students on the Camden, Newark the students.” and New Brunswick campuses. Bell said he thinks the course “The course focuses on the has a very interesting historical history of Rutgers and the whole issue where students will find 250 years. There are many parts out what Rutgers is about, where of the course that raise issues it comes from, where it’s going about Rutgers history that have and why. some bite to them,” said Paul CleClemens believes it is immens, a professor in the Departportant for students who plan to ment of History and one of the graduate from Rutgers to know course instructors. more about where the school The class is open to a broad comes from. range of undergraduates, Clem“A typical student comes out ens said. Alumni have been inof here and they want to think vited to take the course as well their degree from Rutgers Unibecause of their past roles in Rutversity matters in some way, if gers history. it will help them both as a fully Rudy Bell, an instructor of the developed human being and as course and a professor in the Desomebody who is an applicant for partment of History, said he does As part of its 250th anniversary celebrations, Rutgers has created a new online history course not want the class to be celebra- open for students and alumni to explore. Paul Clemens, one of the instructors in the course, previ- jobs and towards grad school or professional school,” he said. tory, but rather, to look at Rutgers ously wrote a book outlining its history from 1945 to the present. COURTESY OF RUDY BELL Getting some background of history and its turning points “I think it’s always important portion of the course, which fo- including Lee Schneider and how Rutgers has developed will over the years. “How did we become so dif- to ground your understanding in cused primarily on athletics post- Robert E. Mulcahy, and said it give students self-confidence in was interesting to hear their per- being able to explain to other peoferent than Princeton? Is that a the present in what has come be- World War II. “It really is a great example spectives on their relationship ple how important it is that they good idea or bad? How did that fore in the past, and I think this went to Rutgers, he said. happen?” Bell said. “There isn’t course will give (the students) a of how there’s always more than with Rutgers. The course a public New will be a tool Jersey support for students for the Universi“This is live, we are here. And we are going to be very involved and I think it’s going to be a wonderful who don’t know ty and that has interactive class between the alums and the students.” about the hissome historical tory of their reasons, and RUDY BELL institution, we’re very interProfessor in the Department of History Cohen said. ested in explor“It’s so rich ing that.” and almost unThe students “It’s really interesting because even, there’s so much to it that one side to the story. It’s never will get a chance to look at dif- sense of Rutgers’ past,” he said. Jordan Cohen, a School of one thing or another — there’s you’re talking to people that are it’s kind of intimidating,” he said. ferent aspects of the history including academic freedom, the Arts and Sciences sophomore, so many different viewpoints, so integral to these multimillion “And I think that especially in dollar performances that hap- terms of being Rutgers students relationship between Newark and assisted Clemens and Bell on two many different factors,” he said. Cohen conducted several pen throughout the year and it’s and being Rutgers alums, it’s imCamden campuses and some of aspects of the course, including the controversies concerning ath- the second hundred years from inter views with notable Rut- almost kind of humanizing for portant to learn about the history of the institution that you’re at.” 1866 to 1966 and the athletics gers individuals for the course, some people,” Cohen said. letics, Clemens said. CORRESPONDENT
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“(Academic Analytics) is part of what we call audit culture, where everything is reduced to a quantifiable variable and measured and compared in order to rank people,” he said. “It’s equivalent to high school testing.” The resolution also stipulates that the Deans’ Office of the School of Arts and Sciences should distribute Academic Analytics data to each faculty member. Without this, Hughes said the University would be violating the terms of their contract. “The contract ensures that the process is fair and transparent and accountable. A big part of fairness, transparency and accountability is
that the faculty member has access to everything in their personal file, with the sole exception of letters you get from other institutions,” Hughes said. Two days after the resolution was passed by the School of Arts and Sciences, Hughes met with Chancellor Richard Edwards to pass a memorandum of agreement on Academic Analytics. But the University did not agree to the memorandum, which asked the school to not use Academic Analytics in the promotion or tenure of faculty. Signing the memorandum was unnecessary, Edwards said. The University already does use citation indexing and considers the quality of journals during the promotion process.
“Promotion standards change over time, the bar gets raised, someone who got tenured or promoted here 10 or 15 years ago might not be promoted here now because the expectations are different,” he said. “We are looking at a variety of things in terms of output.” The University uses a wide scope of tools to determine a
“This advertising and ranking system encourages colleges to be more like each other and replicate each other.” RICHARD L. EDWARDS Rutgers University Chancellor
faculty member’s promotion or tenure, he said. The process spans an entire year. Candidates submit a detailed form of everything that they’ve done at the University and
develop a personal statement. The University compiles a list of the candidate’s publications, any grant they may have received and letters sought from other schools and national experts. This information is sent to a department committee, an appointments and promotions committee at the school level, a University-wide appointments and review committee, the president and the Board of Governors. Academic Analytics is simply one piece of a larger puzzle that would be used in considering tenure or promotion. “We don’t look at any one single thing,” he said. As for its “inaccuracy,” Edwards said the database does not collect specific information such as state grants or grants from foundations. “Academic Analytics is very clear on what it measures and what it doesn’t,” Edwards said. Even so, the use of Academic Analytics promotes the mass marketing of universities, Hughes said.
Unlike similar tools such as Google Scholar, the Academic Analytics database compares departments at Rutgers to departments at other colleges. And Hughes argues that comparisons only undermine the uniqueness of each university. “You have U.S. News and World Report ranking colleges,” Hughes said. “This advertising and ranking system encourages colleges to be more like each other and replicate each other.” But Edwards disagrees, and said the University invested in a tool that improve the image of the school, and in turn make students’ degrees more valuable to employers and draws in Ph.D. candidates. “Individual Ph.D. programs can use it to bring in students,” Edwards said. “It’s a question of ‘Our program is ranked in the top 10 among all the Ph.D. programs in that field nationally.’ That is a piece of information that might be useful to someone who is deciding whether to go here or Texas or Michigan.”
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best when it comes to helping low-income families put their chilwill cost about $13,600 this year at dren through college. “In Newark you see a lot more Rutgers—Newark, according to students who come from harsh the website. Peter Englot, senior vice chan- backgrounds, but still find a way cellor for public affairs and chief of to get through school. I know the staff at Rutgers—Newark, said he EOF (Educational Opportunianticipates that the financial aid pro- ty Fund) program helps a ton of gram will help address several key kids, not only on the financial side priorities identified in the RU—N of things, but also a counseling side,” she said. strategic plan. She has “Succinctly, friends who ‘RU-N to the “As one of the most were born TOP’ is dediverse schools in the and raised in signed to make country, we should take Newark. They college more pride in adding diversity have already affordable for students from to income of the students benefited from programs that greater Newthat we accept at our Rutgers has ark and across school.” instituted at loNew Jersey, cal middle and something exhigh schools to plicitly identiMICHAEL OKOLO showcase what fied in our plan School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore the school has as a high priorto offer, includity. It also constitutes an investment in building ing in terms of tuition, she said. In her experience at Rutgers— human capacity in our community, where we are an anchor insti- Newark, it is often on the student tution — another one of the key to reach out and look for help with tuition by talking to faculty, advipriorities in our plan,” he said. Nancy Cantor, chancellor of sors and financial aid officers. She Rutgers—Newark, said on their said it is sometimes a hassle but website that this program will the benefits for the student are speak to the challenges that face never compromised. “I definitely think the program not only Newark and New Jersey, will help students who have the but communities everywhere. “We are saying to the young drive to attend college, but don’t people of the city of Newark and have the financial coverage for it,” our great state (that) we see your she said. Michael Okolo, a School of talent. We honor your talent. We want you to learn with us, and we Arts and Science sophomore, want to learn from you,” she said. said he thinks that Rutgers—New Investing in the people and cre- Brunswick should use Newark ating more pathways to college as a template and implement this is the best way to strengthen de- program, and although Rutgers— mocracy and compete in today’s New Brunswick does a great job of reaching out to students in general, global economy, she said. The program has already been this program would have positive implemented at Rutgers—Cam- effects if implemented correctly. “As one of the most diverse den, but there is no such program schools in the country, we should at Rutgers—New Brunswick yet. Maseera Subhani, a Rutgers— take pride in adding diversity to Newark first-year student, said income of the students that we acshe thinks the school does their cept at our school,” he said.
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involved,” Joshua Siepmann, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior said. “I think the media as a whole is not a reliable source of information.” Siepmann said he gets his news primarily from CNN, social media and word of mouth. Millennials’ loss of faith might be due to them being younger at the time and having a general idealism and optimism. As they grow older, they grow more skeptical, Jack Bratich, Department Chair of Journalism and Media Studies, said But in today’s era many young people get news through newer forms of media, which allow them to view articles they want to read rather than reading a newspaper or watching the news on T.V., he said. “I don’t think new media would lead to those institutions to lower ethical bars in such a way that young people would then begin distorting,” Bratich said. “New media has allowed more people to circulate information as news and one could argue that millennials are getting news from nontraditional sources, and seeing stories that aren’t covered by the traditionally dominant ones.” Having various alternatives could lead to distrust of the traditionally dominant institutions and journalists have diminished fact checking in exchange for greater viewership, Bratich said. He only gets his news from Google News and News 12 New Jersey,
said Leslie Cherry, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. If he does not find the news article interesting, he does not click on it. Millennials do not find the national news generating relevant information for their lives, Bratich said. “The pace of news in a competitive metrics-based corporate environment has led to a situation where the main facts that matter are the number of clicks, viewers and sales,” Bratich said. “It is not clear that more facts would lead to more trust in news media, as they would be part of a data flood that can lead to more passivity in our mediated world.” Journalists such as Bill O’Riley have been accused of trading facts for viewership and ratings, he said. “Fox isn’t looking for O’Riley to be reliable or tell the truth, but to attract a like minded demographic,” Keith said. But while media can reinforce particular biases, it is hard to say in this case how it would affect an overall increase in skepticism, he said. It was interesting how millennials do not have more or less skepticism about news media than other generations, and it would make sense to see how older generations changed during their youth. Keith had some concerns on how accurate the Pew study’s data is, given the time period that was taken. “Trust in journalists has never been high in the U.S. and to look at a five year period is not as instructive as it might be to look at 30 years or 40 years,” Keith said.
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Even so, some parents can reach a mutual understanding with their children. “The largest cultural gap between (my parents and I) would be living in fear ... or being double-stigmatized,” said Da’shon Holder, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “However, I am grateful that my parents are extremely loving and supportive in every way.” Holder is a member of LLEGO, the LGBTQQIA people of color organization. “Socially, being a person of color is already minority classification, and it takes privilege away from you,” he said. “Being queer (and) being (a person of color) takes even more privilege away from you, as you have to face racism and queerphobia.” Climent said she agreed, and that this attitude persists, “especially in some countries where religion is a big part of their culture.” For queer students of color or for those from outside of the United States, there are several resources at the University that can provide support. Those organizations include LLEGO and the Center for Social Justice, Holder said. “These families have opened their doors to identities that the masses continue to devalue and leave unacknowledged,” Holder said. “They offer platforms for people who have these intersecting identities.”
CRIME JAN. 19 NEWARK — A man handing out free cigarettes along with flyers to promote his entertainment company was brutally attacked, according to a police report. Several men approached the victim saying they were selling loose cigarettes and that his promotion was hurting their business. The men threatened to harm him if he continued
and attacks began when the victim did not cease, reports said. JAN. 19 BERGEN COUNTY — Twenty-six schools were locked down or evacuated because of threatening phone calls to police stations throughout Bergen County. The calls were prerecorded and warned of nonspecific threats to
the schools that were all followed up by large amounts of law enforcement, but no threats were found. The calls were traced and some came from Bakersfield, California. Currently, there is no reason to believe any of the threats are true, but precautions are still being taken, said Clifton spokesperson Detective Sgt. Robert Bracken.
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Cypress Brewing Co. links beer with Rutgers roots ANDY BITTLE
ber gets higher, the brew gets darker,” Backmann said. Three different giant stainless Rutgers University was found- steel basins are used to brew. A ed in 1766 as Queen’s College, brewer uses one ‘“tun” to boil the but what Wikipedia won’t tell you water, and another that serves as is the reason that Rutgers went a tea kettle of sorts. The amount of sugars withthrough the name change. The college was renamed in drawn from the grain was re1825 after Colonel Henry Rut- ferred to as the “brew house efgers, due to his generous dona- ficiency”, a number that reflects tion that allowed the school to the percent of sugar that the reopen after years of financial dif- brewer was able to extract from ficulty. But where did this money the grains being used. “I’m getting out about everycome from? According to David J. Fowl- thing that I can. There will always er’s article, “Benevolent Patriot: be something left over, though, The Life and Times of Henry when you’re dealing with 180 Rutgers,” the family operated at pounds of grain,” Backmann said. The boil kettle is where addileast two breweries in New York City — beer of course being the tions to the brew are made. The second most popular and econom- brew is sent through a chiller and ically important consumer good into a fermenter. “Once we add a little yeast, it in early America. Over four geneventually mulerations of the tiplies as it eats Rutgers family the sugars in have worked as grain. The brewers, giv“Rutgers University was the leftovers are ing them the partially founded the alcohol, title, “the first on beer money.” which is reof the brewleased by the ing families yeast. It also in America”. produces CO2 Rutgers University was partially founded in the breakdown of the sugar,” on beer money. The founding Backmann said. Hops, a flower of the cannabis fathers are revered as heroes in the U.S., and it’s liberating to family, ser ves in the brewing know that these founders just process as well. It was a brewwanted to crack open a cold one ers tradition to eat one of ever y after a long day of revolution and hop that you are brewing with on that day. If a bitter, ashy and finding democracy. We realized we knew very lit- all around unpleasant flavor is tle about the business or craft of what you’re seeking, you may brewing, so we decided to take a consider working hops into fifteen minute drive to Cypress your diet somehow. The bitterness in beer comes Brewing Company located in Edison, New Jersey. We visited from the alpha acid found in the with the owner, lead brewer and hops, which is given a number on Rutgers alumnus, Charles Back- the International Bitterness Unit mann, who gave us a tour of his (IBU) Scale. “The scale was created by a brewery, explained the process of brewing, and even let us sample whole bunch of taste testers sitting down, tasting beers and desome of his fantastic beers. Much like their craft beers, Cy- termining how bitter they were press Brewery was created due to from there,” Backmann said. After explaining the process of extreme passion and eagerness to make something great. Family brewing to us, we were invited and friends had a large influence to try some of the beers that the in the creation, from Backmann’s business had on tap. We began with the Strawberry mother elegantly painting the walls and tiling the floor, to part- Basil, a fine combination of Thai ners, friends and extended family basil and sweet basil, mixed into building everything from the bar the boil to get flavor from the real, organic plants used. We then tried to the cabinets. “Everybody chipped in and the very hoppy IPA. We were also able to sample played a part,” Backmann said. Backmann graduated from other great beers like the PumpRutgers in 2002 with a degree in kin Porter, which tasted like chocCriminal Justice. He often spent olate and graham cracker, and the time home brewing with his Seison, which uses lemon and tanfriends, and now business part- gerine for the aroma and flavor. Our favorite was the Pumpkin ners. Working for a brewing company after graduating gave him Imperial Ale, which tasted strongthe experience necessary to open ly of pumpkin, and came in at a whopping 8.3 percent alcohol. his own business. Tours are given to ever ybody Often requiring 80 hours of work a week to brew, it’s truly a who comes in for a pint. All of labor of love. Our tour started out the vegetation used in the brews with seeing the barley used in the are also home grown, making Backmann one of the only brewbrewing process. “Barley comes in many differ- ers in the area to use organic, ent levels, as the Lovibond num- fresh ingredients. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Cypress Brewing Co. offers a variety of hand-crafted beers ranging from Strawberry Basil to Pumpkin Imperial Ale. DANIELLE GONZALEZ / FEATURES EDITOR
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n the United States, heart disease is the leading cause of death among men and women. Despite the high mortalities associated with cardiovascular disease, many individuals are unaware that a majority of these deaths can be averted through preventative education, lifestyle modifications, smoking cessation, regular physical activity and nutritional changes. Obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol levels, sedentar y lifestyles, stress, smoking and non-nutritious diets are modifiable risk factors that increase the likelihood of an adverse cardiovascular or cerebrovascular accident. The World Health Organization estimates that 80 percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease and strokes worldwide could be prevented through appropriate diets, physical exercise and avoiding the use of tobacco. Some great ways to adopt a healthier lifestyle include getting regular exercise, quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, reducing and effectively managing stress, eating a diet that is low in salt and saturated fats, eating a variety of fruits, vegetables, lean meat and fish, as well as maintaining good hygiene. Give yourself adequate time for rest and sleep. Other lifestyle modifications include controlling your blood pressure and lowering your LDL cholesterol levels if they are high. Depression also increases the risk for heart disease, so seek professional help as soon as possible. As college students, we have easy access to greasy, fried, sugar y and overall unhealthy foods. Rigorous coursework, employment and other commitments may make exercising on a regular basis difficult. Working out for 30 minutes at least three days a week can make a difference. Exercise may help you to reduce hypertension, cholesterol levels, risk of developing Type II diabetes mellitus, risk of developing metabolic syndrome, control weight, oxygenate the body, promote better sleep, increase bone strength, improve self-esteem and confidence, improve mood, enhance longevity, improve concentration and ability to think clearer and may improve your overall quality of life. In recent years, researchers have found that women with an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) tend to present atypical symptoms and delay in seeking care because they underestimate their risk for a heart attack. It is important to realize that heart attacks and strokes can happen to anyone and at any age. Some symptoms of a heart attack that women (and men) may experience include chest pain, discomfort, pressure or squeezing or a feeling like there’s a ton of weight on you. There’s also unusual upper body pain, or discomfort in one or both arms, back, shoulder, neck, jaw or upper part of the stomach. Moreover, there’s breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, unusual fatigue, shortness of breath and lightheadedness or sudden dizziness. It is important to call 911 if you or if anyone you know experiences these signs and symptoms. Being aware of the signs and symptoms, exercising and making necessar y lifestyle modifications are some things that we can do now to lower our risk for developing heart disease. After all, if we know how to reduce our risk for heart disease, then what’s stopping us from making our health a priority? Cilgy Abraham is a Rutgers Nursing School senior majoring in nursing. 147TH EDITORIAL BOARD
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‘State of the Union’ looks to future President Obama’s eighth SOTU shows concern for US democracy
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Obama would frequently make jokes and refer back ypically delivered annually, the State of the Union (SOTU) is a speech given by the pres- to the upcoming presidential election, and surprisingly, ident to the joint session of the United States his SOTU gives hints over a possible preference for one Congress, and this year’s SOTU signaled the end of Democratic candidate over the other. Former Secretary another presidential era. President Barack Obama gave of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) his eighth address on Jan. 12 for his final year in office, are the big names on the side of the Democratic Party, and it was the first SOTU with Paul Ryan as the speaker and it seems that Sanders’s policy goals align best with of the House of Representatives. He emphasized how Obama’s aspirations for America’s future. Earlier last this speech was not going to be about this year or the year, it seemed that Obama would bestow his endorsenext five years — it was going to be about the rest of ment on his former Secretary of State. But while he has not officially given his blessings to either of these two America’s future. Whether you are a Republican, Democrat or Indepen- Democratic presidential contenders, Obama’s call for dent, this SOTU resonates as it beckons for stronger rectifying the moneyed interests in politics that have political participation regardless of party allegiance. A broken the democratic integrity of our government in strong quarter of his speech referred back to what can his SOTU is reminiscent of Sanders’s policy goals and be done to sustain America’s democracy. After he expli- language, as opposed to that of what is widely regarded as the establishment cates his achievements and centrist Clinton. during his two terms, The spirit demochow far we have yet to “If voters no longer choose representatives, racy and the soul go and what his plans but instead representatives choose their of America are at a are for the upcoming fragile state. Obama years, Obama states, constituents, then it makes sense to have mentioned, “It’s not “Better politics doesn’t pervasive social malaise.” enough just to change mean we have to agree a congressman or on anything.” It is at change a senator or this point in his speech (toward the end of the address) that marks when he even change a president. We have to change the system dedicates the rest of the SOTU on enhancing the quality to reflect our better selves. I think we have to change of our democracy amidst the heightened political atmo- the system to reflect our better selves. I think we’ve sphere of the 2016 presidential election. This statement also got to end the practice of drawing our congressioholds true for Republican and Democratic candidates, nal districts so that politicians can pick their voters, not who for the most part antagonize one another for the sake the other way around.” He hearkens to the problems of of animosity and polarization rather than passing policies gerrymandering in the latter sentences, but the pith of in the best interest of the nation. Obama goes on to sup- his statement is the remark that change cannot happen port his assertion that better politics does not mean that even if you change senators, representatives, mayors, everyone has to agree on anything by noting the diversi- or representatives. If voters no longer choose representy of regions, religions and attitudes, as well as the size of tatives, but instead representatives choose their conthe country, makes it difficult to find consensus. It is not stituents, then it makes sense to have pervasive social about agreeing on everything or anything, so Obama malaise. However, doing that would be giving up and urges in his SOTU that the citizens of the U.S. merely chipping away at the power that all citizens are meant to find trust in another. Trust is invaluable to true democ- have. Like what Obama said in his SOTU, we can’t just racy and with it comes cooperation — which is all that change senators or presidents. We have to change the we have wanted from the government this whole time. system for the sake of democracy and America’s future. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 147th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Extremism not entirely unique to fringe religious groups
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deological dogmatism is the root of all evil — and you’re most likely guilty of it. The recent terror attacks in France have brought about a new wave of hate and anger sweeping across the globe. And as with any religiously motivated act of violence, there has been, in response, a surge of hatred directed particularly at Islam, and generally at religion. Public figures and politicians have not been called out on Islamophobic comments that would have been unacceptable to the public only last week, and feelings of righteous outrage have driven many people to express anger at the beliefs that drive people to violence. Many anti-theists stand up and point out that “atheists don’t do this sort of thing,” or that “only religious people are crazy enough to commit such atrocities.” Others take this opportunity to question why people still believe in religion, when after all, it has been shown to be outmoded and false. Religious individuals, on the other hand, seek to distance themselves from the fanatics, pointing out where they “went wrong in their understanding of the texts,” or that the extremists “failed to understand the true nature of their religion.” At the same time, they feel the need to go on the defensive against the outpouring of hatred from the secular community, explaining why they actually believe in all of the same things the secular individuals do.
Of course, everybody is completely sure that they’re right. Religious people don’t want to admit it, but it’s not always true that the extremists misunderstood something, or that the fanatics have their understanding of the religion wrong. Sometimes religions teach terrible things. Despite this, it is not true that some understanding of the religion is right and everyone else is wrong. The truth is that
same way that other disciplines and practices do over time. Atheists — or more specifically, the anti-theists — would have everyone believe that nothing good comes from religion in the modern age, and that religion represents an outdated and archaic way of understanding the world that has been replaced by superior ideas in today’s day and age. In this narrative, the only people who cling to religion are either ignorant, mis-
“Despite this, it is not true that some understanding of the religion is right and everyone else is wrong. The truth is that there can be as much diversity of opinion and interpretation within a single religious tradition as there is diversity of religion itself.” there can be as much diversity of opinion and interpretation within a single religious tradition as there is diversity of religion itself. The truth is that just because someone doesn’t have your interpretation of your religion, that doesn’t make them “not a representative” of your religion. At the same time, just because a religion has extremist factions doesn’t mean that every adherent of that religion is either an extremist or a bad adherent. Religions evolve, change and diversify in much the
guided, fanatics or a nasty combination of the three. Certainly if this were the case it would make the world a very simple place. But it’s simply not the case. The religions of the ancient world to which the anti-theists point as outdated are no longer in practice today. Religions evolve, change and diversify. Being religious today doesn’t uniformly mean believing a magic man in the sky gave you a book with all the answers, as many anti-theists would have you believe. The
truth, as always, is much more nuanced than that. The truth is that it may or may not be reasonable to believe in God, and it may or may not be reasonable to be religious. And for everyone, no matter how educated or intelligent, it comes down to personal feelings of whether or not you think it makes sense. No one has ever or will ever prove or disprove religion beyond a reasonable doubt. It isn’t only not possible, it’s not necessary because religion doesn’t need to be a set of incontrovertible facts about the world. The truth is that the underlying problem in this conflict is common to both sides: dogmatism. Anti-theists and theists alike often display a dogmatic adherence to their beliefs in the face of truth, but furthermore, many theists and anti-theists are so convinced of their correctness that they don’t believe they need to respect others who do not believe as they do. Extremism isn’t unique to fringe religious groups. Extremism isn’t a consequence of how you feel about creation versus evolution or the ethics of abortion. Extremism is a natural consequence of getting so lost in how right you are, that nothing else or no one else matters. Joseph Kotzker is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in computer science and minoring in philosophy and Jewish studies.
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Today’s Birthday (01/20/16). Grow family savings this year. Carefully nurture and maintain friendships, as they fulfill and present opportunities. Financial breakthroughs after spring eclipses lead to a turning point. After August, begin a two-year educational journey. Autumn inheritances and family gains lead to financial changes. Plan for long-term love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Team efforts and projects are favored this month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Your social life is extra fun. Collaborate with friends. Schedule carefully. Call or text if you’re going to be late. Play together. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Focus on career, and take advantage of new opportunities. Take on a challenge this month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Advance your position. Your status and influence are on the rise. Showing up is fundamental. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Stick to the budget, despite eagerness to leap boundaries, push limitations and discover. Travel beckons over the next month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Conditions are favorable, so go! Higher spiritual values come into play. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Focus on family finances over the next month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Sort, file and organize. You’re a genius at building legacies. Discuss long-term goals. Persuade your partner with charm and patience. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Partnership grows your efforts over the next month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Collaborate, compromise and negotiate win-win deals. Rely on each other. If you have bad dreams, ask the monster for a gift. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Focus on your work over the next month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Mental creativity is at maximum. Grow your professional performance and productivity. Schedule extra rest for balance. Choose private over public engagements.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Enter a highly creative period. Don’t get mad when others remind you to stay on task. You’re lucky in love and games this month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Practice hobbies, sports and talents. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You shift mental gears. Focus on home and family this month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Nurture your creativity in comfortable surroundings. Take care of household responsibilities. Beautify your own surroundings, and settle in. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Write, record and publish over the next month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Learn and retain complex material. Your communications thrive, and words come easily. Don’t evade the tough questions. Heed the voice of experience. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Money comes more easily this month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Balance expenses with income. Move forward with an eclectic idea. Show off your self-discipline. Put in the extra work required. Grow a tidy nest egg. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — You have the advantage this month, with the Sun in your sign. Put forth your personal best effort. Use your growing power and talent for good. Planning helps keep costs down. Take care of others. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Finish old projects in peaceful productivity this month, with the Sun in Aquarius. Enter a private intellectual assessment phase. Savor solitude and introspection. Restore mental and physical energy through rest and meditation. Make excellent plans.
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DEFEAT Breakdown in final quarter pushes No. 21 Spartans past Knights in East Lansing CONTINUED FROM BACK control, if the guards aren’t confident enough, then you’re gonna see just what happened, happen.” One of those seniors, wing Kahleah Copper, had an off-night. The Philadelphia native fouled out of the game after posting nine points and seven rebounds in 34 minutes on the floor. Foul trouble continues to plague Copper, who entered the game averaging 16.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per contest, but three first-half fouls forced Stringer to put the senior on the bench for large chunks in the first 20 minutes. MSU forward Aerial Powers was a concern for the defense entering the tilt, boasting 21.9 points per game. Powers posted a double-double that included a team-high 18 points and 12 boards, highlighting the discrepancy on the glass between the two conference foes. Michigan State outrebounded the Knights, 43-30, including 19 coming on the offensive end. It is a stat that did not sit well with Stringer postgame.
“We have turnovers — crucial turnovers, lazy cuts, and that always leads to the transition back into the other end of the floor,” she said. “And then they got second and third opportunities to rebound a lot, because we didn’t block out.” Rutgers had control after two quarters. Although the Knights’ lead was just three points at 28-25 heading into the locker room, it didn’t appear to be nearly that close. Michigan State trailed, 28-21, after sophomore guard Shrita Parker drained a 3-pointer for Rutgers. But the home team scored the half’s final four points to make it look a little closer. Stringer believed the defensive alignment in the second half could have contributed to the breakdowns on that end in the game’s closing minutes. “I thought, for the most part, we probably played a decent control game in the first half,” she said. “But we were gonna play a zone, but we decided to play man, and I still would agree with that but I think that we weren’t free, we didn’t have time
COACH Vince Okruch speaks about value of special teams as he settles in at Rutgers CONTINUED FROM BACK I said, ‘It’s gon’ bite them in the ass,’ because they should have downed it.” With more than 35 years in the coaching business all over the map in college football, Okruch brings seasoned experience to Piscataway. He has 15 years to his name in the Big Ten, most recently under Urban Meyer at Ohio State as the quality control coach of kicking and defense. Now, on a relatively young staff at Rutgers under Chris Ash, Okruch finds himself in a familiar place with a handful of former Buckeyes following the first-year head coach over to New Jersey for a rebuilding process stunted after a messy 4-8 season in 2015. “I am excited to welcome Vince to the Rutgers coaching staff,” Ash said in a release when Okruch was hired. “I have worked side by side with him the past two years and have been impressed with his professionalism, knowledge of the game and his connection with the players.” Character, compatibility and competence were three key aspects Ash pointed to when he introduced his coaching staff last Tuesday at the Hale Center. “Good guys to be around, intense people that are competitive, and are not here to just be excited at Rutgers, they came here to win,” said offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer. “This is an exciting time.” But out of all the hires Ash has made to cement his fulltime branch of assistants, the first might be the most overlooked — just as some of the aspects of the special teams unit he oversees are.
For instance, with blocked kicks, where the Scarlet Knights have racked up 43 since 2009 leading the nation. “I don’t think the people that aren’t involved in this sport realize the impact that a blocked kick has on a game,” Okruch said. “Whether it be a blocked field goal, blocked PAT, a blocked punt ... we will emphasize the block. But there’s a give-and-take here now, too, where we’ve got the advantage.” With the likes of 6-foot-6 defensive end Kemoko Turay at his
to block shots. And that was my concern, honestly.” Scaife’s continued hot streak is definitely a positive that can be gleaned from an otherwise disappointing road defeat. The Little Rock, Arkansas, native has averaged 22.2 points over her last four games, boosting her season average to 17.8 points per game after entering East Lansing with the 10th-best scoring average in the conference. Scaife scored 27 against Ohio State in the last matchup between the schools Jan. 10, but the Buckeyes beat the visiting Knights handily, 90-78. OSU will visit the Banks for the final installment Sunday at the Rutgers Athletic Center.
Asked about how to defend her next opponent, Stringer was unsure. “Oh, I don’t know. The same things. We’ve gotta get back in defensive transition, make sure they’re stopping the dribble penetration,” she said. “I think there was some things we should have done in terms of exposing the big people. And we didn’t do it. They gave us a lot of oppor tunities because they missed a lot of shots down the stretch and if we could’ve just executed. But we didn’t.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
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ollowing consecutive 1,000yard seasons, Eddie Lacy had a down season for the Green Bay Packers and his weight was believed to be a main factor in that decrease of production. At his season-ending press conference Monday, Packers head coach Mike McCarthy was rather blunt about his starting running back’s weight. “Eddie Lacy, he’s got a lot of work to do. His offseason last year was not good enough, and he never recovered from it,” McCarthy told ESPN.com. “He cannot play at the weight he was at this year.” Lacy, who was listed at 234 pounds on the team’s website, rushed for 758 yards and scored just three rushing touchdowns in 2015.
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Head coach C. Vivian Stringer returned to the bench at MSU after being out against Nebraska to be by her ill mother’s side. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / DECEMBER 2015
disposal, Okruch is chomping at the bit to experiment with his special teams unit when Rutgers hits the ground running this spring. But he has a message for the rest of the players on the roster. “If you’re gonna look at how we play, our starting point on offense and defense, the field position battle will be dictated by how we play special teams. And there is statistical analysis that’ll tell you the farther they have to go and the shorter we have to go, the better the results will be,” Okruch said. “It will also make it a requirement. You’re gonna play on special teams or you won’t play on offense or defense. And that’s the way we grew it in Columbus.” It’s all apar t of the master plan Ash has mapped out on the blueprint as he looks to
shift the culture of the program moving for ward. But to Okruch, much of that begins with the sequence of football that takes a backseat to offense and defense on the surface. “The reality is it’s a limited amount of repetitions in the game, but the impact on the outcome of the game is huge,” he said. “It’s a very, very unusual dynamic because it could be maybe 100 plays in the entire season where the offense and defense will play maybe 900-1,000 plays. So it’s one-tenth of the amount of work, but it’s almost three to four time more the impact on scoring. And that’s the way I’ll do it.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @GarrettStepien and @TargumSports on Twitter.
he New England Patriots and Denver Broncos are scheduled to battle for the AFC Championship crown this Sunday, but the Broncos are already beginning to attack the Patriots off the field. Broncos defensive lineman Antonio Smith agreed that the term ‘crybaby’ was a correct description of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. “That would be an accurate statement. I’ve never seen any quarterback look to the referee right after he gets sacked more than Brady,” Smith told the Colorado Springs Gazette Monday. “Every time he gets sacked, he looks at the ref like, ‘You see him sack me? Was that supposed to happen? He did it a little hard. Please throw a 15-yard penalty on him. Get him fined.’”
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ohn Scott is still an NHL All-Star. On Tuesday, the NHL announced that the 7-year left wing will remain the Pacific Division team’s captain for the league’s All-Star game in Nashville, Tennessee, next Monday. The announcement comes after the Arizona Coyotes traded Scott to the Montreal Canadiens, sending him from the Pacific Division in the Western Conference to the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. “I am looking forward to enjoying a fun and unique experience at All-Star Weekend in Nashville with my family,” Scott said in a statement released by the league. “While being voted to the All-Star Game by the fans was not something I expected to happen, I am excited to participate in the All-Star events with my fellow players.”
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Days after he was introduced as the new head coach, Chris Ash made his first staff hire when he named Vince Okruch the special teams coordinator. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / JANUARY 2016
exas Attorney General Ken Paxton ruled daily fantasy sports illegal Tuesday, drawing the comparison to gambling which ultimately outlaws the use of top sites like DraftKings and FanDuel. “It’s my duty as Attorney General to look to the law, as passed by the people’s representatives, to answer the questions put to this office,” Paxton said in a statement. “Paid daily ‘fantasy sports’ operators claim they can legally operate as an unregulated house, but none of their arguments square with existing Texas law. Simply put, it is prohibited gambling in Texas if you bet on the performance of a participant in a sporting event and the house takes a cut.”
January 20, 2016
Page 11 SWIMMING & DIVING RUTGERS WAS DEFEATED BY BOTH PENN STATE, YALE IN NEW HAVEN
Rutgers fails to keep up with tough competition at tri-meet EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers swimming and diving team, in its most recent competitions, would best be described as a mixed bag. This past weekend, the Knights voyaged up to New Haven, Connecticut, for a two-day trimeet against Yale and Penn State at the Robert J.H. Kiphuth Exhibition Pool on Yale’s campus. In her first meet for Rutgers, newcomer Francesca Stoppa put together a sound performance. The freshman from Trento, Italy, secured a first place finish in 100 fly with a 55.92 and put together a second place run of 2:01.21 in the 200 fly. “Well, she’s been here only for a week now,” said head swimming coach Petra Martin on Stoppa. “So I mean we obviously have some more learning to do about who she is and, you know, her full capacity. But so far so good, we like what we are seeing. She’s very excited to be here, we’re very excited to have her and I’m looking forward to her future as a Scarlet Knight.” Other Knights enjoyed individual success in Connecticut as well. Junior Rachel Stoddard finished in second place in her two events — the 100 and 200 breaststroke — where she posted a 1:02.62 and 2:17.11, respectively. Senior Joanna Wu earned two first place finishes. Wu raced to the finish in 55.72 in the 100 backstroke. Meanwhile, in the 200 backstroke, the Kent, Washington, native pushed hard and earned a time of 1:59.71. “Joanna, she was one of the people that definitely stepped up and did the right things,” Martin said. “Just like Rachel (Stoddard) and Meghan Kiely, you know, they stepped up. They went after it and they did not get distracted by all of the noise and that’s what makes them better and that’s what makes them perform well.” Wu’s performance could also be a boost in confidence for the senior swimmer, Martin said. In the 200-yard medley relay, the unit of Wu, Stoddard, Stoppa and senior Sophie Newton secured fourth place for the Knights with times of 26.41, 29.06, 25.65 and 24.24 respectively. Rutgers also picked up fourth place in 200 yard freestyle relay. On the diving board, junior Alyssa Black and sophomore Addison Walkowiak continued to shine. Walkowiak, who won the Big Ten Diver of the Week honors for the third time this season after the team’s meet against Miami and Kansas on Jan. 9, was victorious in the 1-meter dive with a total of 294.95. The Ballston Spa, New York, native also performed well in the 3-meter dive, earning second place with a score of 308.70. Walkowiak’s totals were also NCAA Zone qualifying scores. “That’s obviously super exciting for us,” Martin said on Walkowiak’s award from the Big Ten. “Again, she’s somebody that rises up to the occasion. She rises up when there’s a difficult time or when there’s a time of a challenge. So she got awarded for that.”
Black placed third in the 1-meter dive event scoring a 286.35, also an NCAA Zone score. Freshman Rachel Byrne scored a 272.05 in the 3-meter dive to earn fourth in the standings for Rutgers. Unfortunately for the swimmers from Piscataway, Penn State and the Bulldogs of Yale were able to pull away and secure victories. The Knights were defeated by the Nittany Lions by a score of 242-111. Penn State also outpaced Yale, 196-157. Melissa Rodriguez won the 200 breaststroke for PSU while teammate Kaitlin Jones placed first in the 200 freestyle event. Yale beat Rutgers 231-122. Kina Zhou placed first in the 100 freestyle. The Bulldogs set a new pool record in the 400 freestyle relay. The group of Bella Hindley, Olivia Jameson, Cassidy Richards and Zhou finished the race in 3:23.20 to set the record. “After this weekend, I believe that we were not (ready) mentally exactly,” Wu said. “We were going
against Penn State which is obviously our Big Ten competitor and Yale who’s very, very good in the Ivy League. Physically, we were
definitely there. Some of us were physically tired, but definitely more than capable of swimming a lot better than this weekend.”
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Sophomore diver Addison Walkowiak finished first in the 1-meter diving event, and her score was good enough for her sixth NCAA Zone qualifer. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / JANUARY 2016
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MICHIGAN STATE 59, RUTGERS 48
Rutgers suffers familiar road defeat at MSU KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The return of head coach C. Vivian Stringer to the sideline could not remedy the struggles on the road for the Rutgers women’s basketball team. A 59-48 loss to Michigan State in East Lansing continued the downward trend for the Scarlet Knights (12-7, 3-4) on Tuesday night, dropping their record as an away team to 1-6 on the year and stretching their streak to seven straight losses against Big Ten road opponents. Junior guard Tyler Scaife’s 24 points weren’t enough to deter a relentless push by the Spartans (14-4, 5-2) down the stretch. They stole the lead early in the fourth quarter and never relinquished it. With 8:21 to play, Scaife sank two freethrows to cap a 10-0 run by the Knights, making it 44-40 in their favor. Unfortunately for the visitors, Sparty answered emphatically, closing the game out on a 19-4 run to make it back-to-back losses on the road for Rutgers. It was a defeat that looked eerily familiar. Against Nebraska in Lincoln last Saturday, Rutgers outplayed the Cornhuskers in each of the first three periods, but was outscored, 24-11, in the fourth quarter to suffer an 11-point defeat. At Michigan State, the game was tied after three periods of play. But the Knights were ultimately outscored in the final frame again — 18-9 this time — for Rutgers’ fourth loss this month, all coming away from Piscataway. “That’s the same problem that happened at Nebraska,” Stringer said after the loss. “And it’s unfortunate, because we’ve got seniors. So, you know, that’s the last thing that you expect, but it is what it is. If we don’t have Junior guard Tyler Scaife poured in 24 points against Michigan State, but it was not enough to lift the Knights over the Spartans. The visiting RU squad suffered its seventh straight loss on the road to Big Ten opponents. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / DECEMBER 2015
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Coaching college football since 1980, special teams coordinator Vince Okruch brings rich experience to the Rutgers coaching staff. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / JANUARY 2016
When Clemson and Alabama squared off in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game last Monday, Vince Okruch’s eyes were glued to his TV screen. As the Tide edged the Tigers, 45-40, to win their fourth title in seven years, special teams made all the difference. Alabama rode timely — and boldly — special teams efforts on its way to regaining control of the game against Clemson, namely on a fourth quarter onside kick in the middle of a 24-24 tie before Kenyan Drake ripped off a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to completely shift the momentum. Okruch, the new special teams coordinator for the Rutgers football team, saw it all. But the real turning point came on a series largely overlooked by the average viewer. “When Clemson punted in the third quarter at the 6-yard line, they couldn’t down it.
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It rolled all the way into the end zone (for a touchback),” Okruch said. “(The punter) put the ball where it needed to be and they had six guys down there trying to reach for it. They’re supposed to run down there, put their butt to the goal line and defend it like a hockey goalie. They didn’t do that.” The Tide received the ball at the 20-yard line instead. Moments later, on a drive highlighted by a 53-yard touchdown pass, Alabama seized its first lead of the game. “The onside kick may have never been an issue had Clemson downed the punt at the 2 or 3-yard line,” Okruch followed up. “I’ll tell you this: They would not have have tried to throw the go-route from the 3-yard line. From the 23 is a whole lot different. From the minute (Clemson) didn’t down that punt, SEE COACH ON PAGE 10
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