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Rutgers Athletics overspends its 2017 operating budget by $2.3 M. Ryan Stiesi Staff Writer
Generating $96.9 million in revenue but spending $99.2 million, Rutgers Athletics incurred a $2.3 million operating deficit as it outspent its operating revenue for the 2017 fiscal year. The Asbury Park Press obtained this information from the annual report on the athletic department’s operating budget through an Open Public Records Act request, according to it’s article. The $99.2 operating budget is the highest ever spent on athletics, up from fiscal year 2016, which topped at $83.97 million. The department also received an increased subsidy at $33 million, compared to the $28 million mark it received the year prior, according to the article. These subsidies are comprised of student fees and direct, institutional support from the University. In 2017, athletics received $11.77 million in student fees and $21.32 million in direct, institutional support. The University’s total operating budget for 2017 was $3.9 billion, according to Rutgers’ financial statements for 2016-2017. One year ago, NJ Advance Media reported that the department fell short in covering its operating budget for 2016 — $83 million — by approximately $39 million. Pat Hobbs, Rutgers’ director of Athletics, said the resultant $10 million loan from the University was necessary to cover costs related to coach buyouts and investments in
When the Athletics Department failed to meet its overspent budget during 2016, it received roughly $10 million from Rutgers to cover costs related to coach buyouts and investments in future competitiveness, according to Athletic Director Pat Hobbs. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR future competitiveness that will pay back the University. “The University is demonstrating a commitment to success in the Big Ten. They recognize that we can’t simply wait until 2021,” he said. “We have to gain competitiveness now. With an expectation and some
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XinQi Dong, a Rutgers Medicine, Nursing and Behavorial Sciences professor, has been named director of the University’s Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research (IFH). Dong, who works at the Rush University Medical Center, will begin serving as director and the inaugural Henry Rutgers Professor of Population Sciences on April 1, according to Rutgers Today. IFH, established in 1985, is an institute that “facilitates collaboration among the social and behavioral sciences, clinical disciplines, basic sciences and related fields to promote research on critical health and mental health issues,” according to the institute’s official site. The institute conducts research in five core areas including behavioral health, health economics,
social determinants of health and illness, state health policy and health ser vices research. The new director is a renowned population epidemiologist and health services researcher who specializes in geriatric and internal medicine — his main focus being community-based participatory research, according to Rush University’s site. He is currently the principle investigator of eight federally-funded grants, the editor of the textbook, “Elder Abuse: Research, Practice and Policy” and the guest editor-in-chief for the Journal of Aging Health and Journal Gerontology: Medical Sciences. Dong has conducted research in the United States and China, investigating the intersections of violence, resilience and health outcomes, according to Rutgers Today. See institution on Page 4
certainty around future stream of payments, you can model that financially where it allows us to make investments today that we’ll pay off in the future.” A later NJ Advance Media report clarified that according to the University Transition Plan, the loan is
actually $6.1 million. In 2021, Rutgers is predicted to owe $23.7 million in loans and interest. The “future stream of payments” refers to when Rutgers becomes a full-equity partner in Big Ten revenue shares in the 2020-2021 season. In the 2017 fiscal year, Rutgers
received $16.1 million from the Big Ten — an increase from the $9.8 million it received for the previous fiscal year, according to NJ Advance Media. The full revenue share in 2017 was $51.1 million, according to the Asbury Park Press article. Because the University will not receive the $51.1 million share until 2021, Rutgers is getting less than its conference counterparts such as Ohio State and Penn State. Since joining the conference in 2014 it is still getting just a fraction of the distributed money. In March, following the deficit noted in the 2016 Rutgers Athletics financial report, the University’s New Brunswick Faculty Council passed a resolution deploring the shortfall and asking for an outside consultant to review the financial problems, according to NJ Advance Media. “President Robert (L.) Barchi remains committed to ensuring the Athletics Department becomes self sufficient as soon as possible. Rutgers Athletics will be in a position to generate a positive cash flow for the University after we receive our full share of Big Ten revenues in 2021. Membership in the Big Ten brings numerous benefits for Rutgers students, faculty and researchers, including shared academic resources and research collaborations with our peer institutions in the Big Ten,’’ said Karen Ayres Smith, a Rutgers spokesperson, in a statement to NJ Advance Media.
Students support legal marijuana amid NJ medicinal program review Christian Zapata Correspondent
Home delivery service, expanding available edible products and raising the purchase limit from 2 ounces are a few of Gov. Phil Murphy’s ideas for legal marijuana in New Jersey. Pixabay
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As states across the country move to expand marijuana legalization, Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D-N.J.) 60-day review of New Jersey’s medical marijuana program brings the Garden State one step closer to its own legalization. At a press conference in Trenton on Tuesday, Murphy spoke about how efforts to further expand the legalization of medical marijuana and open dispensaries in New Jersey have been slow in light of a hostile administration, according to NJ Advance Media. “... the ability of dispensaries to open has been slow-footed. Doctors have faced stigmatization for participating. And nonsmokeable and edible products that could benefit patients have been blocked from the market,” he said, according to See review on Page 4
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New bill endorses on-time graduation for NJ students Ryan Stiesi Staff Writer
A new bill in the New Jersey State Legislature shines a light on college graduation, affordability, and institutional accountability in the garden state. More than 60 percent of bachelor-degree seeking students in New Jersey graduate in six years, according to data from the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), a nonprofit that focuses on improving higher education decision making. The state is high on the list, but additional college years means more spending, loans and potential debt. To address this, bill A322 — which would require certain undergraduate students to file degree plans and public universities to develop graduation pathways — awaits decisions in the new legislative session, according to the New Jersey State Legislature. Assemblywoman Nancy J. Pinkin (D-18) is the primary sponsor for the bill, and Assemblyman Joe Danielsen of the 17th legislative district, home to New Brunswick, is third prime on it. “We became involved and interested in the bill from an affordability point of view with college students,” Wayne Dibofsky, chief of staff for Assemblyman Joe Danielsen, said. He said that Danielsen and staff became a third sponsor on the bill after finding studies done by the Commission on Higher Education that showed the average student at a four-year college in New Jersey spends closer to five-and-a-half to six years in school rather than to four years to get a degree. Dibofsky said there could be many reasons — financial, health, personal or others — for a student taking extra time to graduate, but regardless the more time a student spends in school the higher their debt becomes. This bill would then serve as a way to move students through college faster, making it more affordable by providing them with guidance and bringing more accountability to higher-education institutions, he said. The Daily Targum reported in October that nearly 59 percent of Rutgers students graduate in four years and around 80 percent graduate in six, rates that are both above the national average. In an interview with the Targum, Courtney McAnuff, vice president of Enrollment Management at Rutgers, said these numbers are high which reflects well on the students, but also explained that financial issues are what gets students in trouble — and falling behind in a degree track can be a precursor to problems. “If you’re not finishing 30 credits a year you can’t finish in four years. Every additional year costs about $65,000 to $70,000,” McAnuff said in the earlier interview. “Forty-five thousand dollars in potential earnings and $25,000 indirect cost of school. Students often don’t think about it that way but they are giving up a job.”
Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (middle) is in support of bill A322 — legislation which requires undergraduate students to file degree plans and asks that public universities develop graduation pathways for their students. FACEBOOK
Located in Trenton, the New Jersey State House serves as the states’ capitol building where bill A322, and others like it, are first conceived and written into their proper technical form. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS “As the third sponsor, we can’t He explained the Satisfactory Ac- states, and that’s loss of economic mittee where a hearing would ademic Progress (SAP) requirement resources because those students have to be called by the bill’s chief take the lead on the bill,” Dibofsky sponsor and chairwoman of the said. “You know, it’s just procedurally that the Office of Financial Aid has, tend not to come back.” The premise of the bill may be assembly. If the bill gets out of wrong. We’ve had Rutgers students which states that financial aid recipients must meet both a qualitative and applicable to many college stu- committee after a hearing, it goes in before on bills that we’ve been a quantitative standard to maintain el- dents today, but it has a long road to the New Jersey General Assem- second and third prime on, requestigibility for aid and complete the pro- ahead if it is going to be signed bly floor where the speaker has to ing us to help. We can do the best job we can, but you can’t go against post the bill. into law. gram within a maximum timeframe. a colleague.” Staying on The exact track to gradlegislation of the uate, not just “If you’re not finishing 30 credits a year you can’t finish in four years. Every bill, if it were to GPA can affect a be signed into students’ finanadditional year costs about $65,000 to $70,000.” law, is not set cial situations. Dibofsky said. Dibofsky Courtney McAnuff He said that said that stuVice President of Enrollment Management at Rutgers if it did become dents taking law, the next extra time to step would be a graduate can Dibofsky said if it gets through trip to the Commission on Higher He explained that the current be a good thing, if that is what they want, but a lack of guidance, legislative session, number 218, the assembly, the process starts all Education. As it stands, the purfailure to graduate in four years is in just the second week of its over and it has to go through the pose of the bill is simply to move and financial burdens can lead to session. In an average two-year other house, the New Jersey Senate. people through the higher-educa“Less than one half of one per- tion system faster in hopes of savstudents, and the state, losing out legislative session, close to 30,000 ing students money and holding bills are introduced, of which less cent are signed into law,” he said. on a lot of money. The bill is new, but things like institutions more accountable, Di“ ... That is why we have a than five to seven percent make it high out-migration of students in through both houses and get to it moving simultaneously in both bofsky reiterated. ‘Once a bill becomes a law, you houses could expedite the prothe state of New Jersey,” he said. the governor’s desk, he said. Bill A322 is in its early stages. cess if that were to occur, he said. have framework for the intent,” he “Students who graduate high school can’t afford to go to our He said that next the bill would But that decision is up to the pri- said. “The bill would then go to the institutions because they’re more have to be referenced to the As- mary sponsor and what they want Commission on Higher Education to draft regulations – the meat.” expensive, so they go to other sembly of Higher Education Com- to do with the bill.
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REVIEW Murphy intends to improve access to medicinal marijuana for patients continued from front The New York Times. Murphy said he is willing to consider providing home delivery services, allowing people to buy more than 2 ounces of dried marijuana a month, expanding the availability of edible products, permitting the six approved dispensary operators to open multiple retail locations and expediting the patient application process, according to NJ Advance Media. “The goal of the audit is to improve access for patients who have encountered far too many bureaucratic hurdles in trying to participate,” Murphy said. At the conference, Murphy invited a number of families currently enrolled in New Jersey’s medical marijuana program. Soon-to-be Rutgers student Charles Griebell has been a medical marijuana patient since last year. He spoke about how marijuana treatment helps him manage his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Tourette syndrome — newly added to the list of conditions awaiting state approval. “(Cannabis-infused butter) calms my body down. I’ve only had six absences this year, compared to 80 last year,” Griebell said. As states rapidly transition into pro-marijuana legislation, so have concerns regarding the drug’s possible health implications. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported approximately
70 percent of high school seniors do not consider marijuana harmful and 44 percent report having smoked it at some point in their life, according to Rutgers Today. “Issues such as education, treatment and increased studies on how marijuana affects the developing brain should be addressed before laws are enacted,” said Theodore Petti, a professor in Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, in an interview with Rutgers Today. The brains of people under the age of 25 are still susceptible to adverse side effects from marijuana use, Petti said in an interview with The Daily Targum. Paired with exceedingly high Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels and a decrease in cannabinol — the compound in marijuana which mitigates the effects of epilepsy without inducing psychotomimetic properties — teenagers and young adults are far more susceptible to negative side effects than their parents were. “A lot of individuals who are older adults into middle age recall the marijuana that was available to them and say, ‘well that’s not a big issue, I used it and I’m successful,’ but the THC as it increased has more potential for adverse effects and that’s a really major concern,” Petti said. Despite this, student groups on campus continue to show their support.
“Medical marijuana has been legal in New Jersey for eight years. However, it has been incredibly difficult for New Jerseyans to actually gain access to medical marijuana,” said Megan Coyne, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and president of Rutgers Democrats. “It is vital that our state government studies the current system and finds ways to best improve access to it for patients, so as to work towards creating a healthier, fairer and safer state.” She said a huge boost to the state’s economy and criminal justice reform are some of the benefits New Jersey residents will reap from legalization. “More directly, certain Rutgers’ policies would have to be reconsidered as a result of legalization,” she said. “Currently, students who are found in possession of illegal drugs, which currently includes marijuana, can face a variety of punishment, including arrest, expulsion or loss of University housing. Students are not even allowed to possess or use medical marijuana on the Rutgers campus.” Marijuana has plenty of medical benefits as an alternative to opioid painkillers and much fewer negative side effects compared to other legal drugs like tobacco and alcohol, said Brandon Chesner, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and member of the Rutgers Conservative Union. “It should honestly be regulated the same way cigarettes are so anything that’ll bring it closer to wider distribution is a positive,” he said. “There isn’t really any reason for all this red tape.”
institution Dong’s many accomplishments demonstrate his knowledge on health disparities, culture continued from front “With his passionate commitment to interdisciplinary work in medicine and public health, Dr. Dong will look to build on the strong infrastructure of excellence, collaboration and innovation at IFH to advance stateof-the-art science in population health, health services and community health equity,” said Brian Strom, chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Rutgers Today repor ted that Dong’s histor y working in the Depar tment of Justice and Center for Disease Control and Prevention has made a large impact on sur veillance and preventive strategies for violence and mental health on a national level. He was selected as a member of the Institute
of Medicine’s Global Violence Prevention Forum. Dong has been nationally and internationally recognized for his research and advocacy by the American Public Health Association, American Geriatric Society, Gerontological Society of America and International Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, according to Rutgers Today. Along with extensive published works on violence prevention, culture and health disparities, Dong has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, and has served as senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “His vision will further the mission of our acclaimed and exceptional institute for health care policy scholarship and research,” Strom said.
XinQi Dong, who works at the Rush University Medical Center, will serve as director of the University’s Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Legalization across the country Amy Lassiter Contributing Writer
WASHINGTON — Washington became one of the first U.S. states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. Since then, the state has raked in more than $1 billion dollars from cannabis sales. You must be at least 21 years old to purchase cannabis and can have up to an ounce on your person, but you cannot smoke publicly. The growing of marijuana is illegal unless you are a producer — a licensed grower — or you are using it for medicinal use. COLORADO — Colorado was also one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. You must be at least 21 years old to purchase cannabis, can have up to an ounce on your person and can grow up to six plants within your household, but you cannot smoke publicly. Tourists and residents alike are allowed to purchase up to an ounce of marijuana in one transaction. OREGON — Oregon legalized recreational use of marijuana in 2015. You must be at least 21 years old to purchase cannabis, can have up to an ounce on your person and can grow up to four
plants within your household, but you cannot smoke publicly. Private citizens can have up to eight ounces of marijuana within their homes. ALASKA — Alaska legalized recreational use of marijuana in 2015 and began legal sales through licensed dispensaries on Oct. 29, 2016. You must be at least 21 years old to purchase cannabis, can have up to an ounce on your person and can grow up to six plants within your household, but you cannot smoke publicly. CALIFORNIA — California legalized recreational use of marijuana in the beginning of this year. The legal sales through licensed dispensaries started on Jan. 1. State laws match those of Alaska. NEVADA — Nevada legalized recreational use of marijuana on Nov. 8, 2016 and legal sales of marijuana through licensed dispensaries began July 1, 2017. Like other states, you must be at least 21 years old to purchase cannabis and you can possess no more than an ounce at a time. But, residents must live at least 25 miles from a dispensar y in order to be a producer.
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Wage growth requires changes in course POLICY OVER POLITICS CONNOR O’BRIEN
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he American economy is currently experiencing its longest stretch of continuous job growth in recorded history. For 87 months in a row, more jobs have been added than lost, with the unemployment rate plunging to just 4.1 percent. Long-term unemployment, once a symbol of the slow recovery, has finally normalized. In other words, the job market is strong. Yet after these eight years of steady progress, the economy continues to feel fundamentally broken to most Americans. The middle class sees the system of broad prosperity and mobility, which once made the United States the envy of the world, at risk of falling apart. No set of economic data better encapsulates this era of false promise and resentment better than the last four decades of stagnant wage growth. Last month’s jobs report from the Department of Labor showed median wages grew just 2.5 percent last year, barely topping inflation. Despite the tightest job market in two decades, the real earnings of the median worker hardly budged. The economic orthodoxy that dominates mainstream politics posits that as unemployment dips this low, wage growth should accelerate as employers compete for the shrinking pool of idle labor. Unfortunately, this link has mostly disappeared since the 1970s. For all the nostalgia over President Ronald Reagan’s economic expansion, real wages actually declined over that period and have not improved much in successive business cycles, according to data from the Brookings Institution. It was not always this way. There was once a time when the average worker’s wages rose with productivity. According to the Economic Policy Institute, from 1948 to 1973 the productivity of the American worker increased by an astounding 96.7 percent and wages followed closely behind, rising 91.3 percent. From 1973 through 2016, though productivity rose another 73.7 percent, hourly pay rose just 12.5 percent. How do we reverse this daunting trend and spur widely-shared growth? Conservatives in Washington, D.C. argue that only doubling down on the last four decades of failure is the answer. They claim that only if government further deregulates the financial system, cuts taxes on the wealthy even more and finally cripples what few unions remain, it can
“Our government continues to view wage growth through the narrow lens of tax policy, but it is really an issue of power.” unleash a wave of equitable growth. But if this has not worked over the last 40 years, why would we expect it to now? The strict regulatory regime in the financial sector that emerged from the New Deal has been steadily dismantled since the 1970s, allowing massive growth in both the size and scope of banks. Instead of unleashing broad prosperity through increased access to credit, this move produced an historic asset bubble and a recession that hit the poor the hardest. The industry is currently raking in record profits and sitting on $2.1 trillion of capital in excess of regulatory requirements, but we are supposed to believe that over-regulation is now the problem? The warped logic of the recently passed tax cut also fell along these same lines. Despite massive reductions in top tax rates failing to produce middle class wage growth over the past 40 years, conservatives say it must be the answer now. But if bringing the top marginal income tax rate down from 70 percent in 1980 to 39.6 percent today did not unleash broad wage growth, why would a further reduction of a few percentage points be any different? Similarly, if unions truly are hoarding wage gains for themselves at the expense of unorganized labor, why has this period of wage stagnation occurred just as unions have all but disappeared from the private sector? Our government continues to view wage growth through the narrow lens of tax policy, but it is really an issue of power. The problem is not a shortage of profits or capital, but a weakening of the channels by which workers negotiate for a fair share of the economic growth they produce. The economy is by no means a zero-sum game, but markets are two-sided affairs in which leverage matters, and for the last four decades, American workers have been steadily losing leverage. Rates of union membership have plummeted in part due to harsh “right to work” laws around the country. The accelerating concentration of employers and the rise of non-compete clauses and other employer-friendly contracts have limited workers’ options. At the same time, restrictive zoning laws are preventing housing expansions in booming cities, limiting workers’ ability to move in search of opportunity. We need to look beyond the tax code to solve the long-running problem of stagnant wages. While tax cuts may provide some short-term relief, they do little to produce real wage growth in the long-run. To do that, we need to rethink the power dynamics in our economy and start reversing, not embracing, the trends of the last few decades. Otherwise, the average American will continue to get stiffed. Connor O’Brien is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in economics. His column, “Policy over Politics,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
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s the opioid crisis becomes increasing- cases of people becoming addicted to opioids bely deadly, former Gov. Chris Christie gin with doctors prescribing medication to allevi(R-N.J.) has made it his mission to fight ate pain. Marijuana is seen by many, on the other back against the de-facto plague here in New Jer- hand, as a safe and relatively non-addictive altersey. For Christie the crisis is one that hits home, native to pain medication. But Christie wants to as a friend of his was addicted to opioids and was move away from drugs, which is a reasonable poultimately killed by them in an overdose. Christie sition to take, especially when discussing young recently announced that New Jersey universities, people. Instead of doctors prescribing drugs for including Rutgers, will receive $5 million to help pain in the first place, the idea would be to miticombat the issue on college campuses. The grant gate all unnecessar y usage of them. But this will was decided upon before Christie left office, and is not solve the whole issue. There are many pieces meant to go towards funding education and reha- to this puzzle, and some of them lie within colbilitation with regard to drug addiction in young lege culture. At orientations and other gatherings of the people — a group that badly needs it. In 2016, 40 percent of all treatment admissions reported to sort, the University advocates for the safe consumption of alcohol, New Jersey’s Subwhich is obviously stance Abuse significantly more Monitoring Sysreasonable than simtem was comply telling students prised of people “... we would be naive to state that a drug not to drink in the between the ages culture does not pervade part of the first place. The thing of 18 and 29. University’s student body.” is, it seems that stuIt is clear that the dents pay no mind to aforementioned these suggestions. issue is present Without batting an in the communieye, students continty here in New Brunswick, and we would be naive to state that a ue to take to the streets in droves on weekends in drug culture does not per vade part of the Univer- search of ways to alter their state of mind, legalsity’s student body. And it may help us in the long ly and illegally. From an outside perspective, it is run to examine our community’s hypocrisy in that massively clear that there is an underlying depensense. While students often tend to look down dency issue when it comes to college students in upon those who have succumbed to addictions to general. In looking to address the opioid crisis, we drugs like heroin, they themselves are in many should also take note of this. We are of the opinion that more should be cases dependent on a drug — just a more socially acceptable one. Granted, binge drinking alcohol done to truly reach the student body in guida few nights a week may not be as detrimental to ance away from drug dependency. In other the mind and body as heroin or other opioids. In words, in order to begin working on the drug any case, this is why we need to change our social dependency issue among students, students view of people with drug addictions. Part of the need to have more drug-free options for fun. solution to the crisis is accepting drug addiction That likely sounds painful to many young and as a disease or condition, like Christie is urging drug-dependent college students, and maybe people to do, and to encourage and aid addicts in even immature. But the truth is that purposely drinking to the point of losing consciousness evgetting the help they need. Christie was avidly against marijuana through- er y weekend and some week days is itself, imout his governorship despite the popular opin- mature. Shifting away from the culture of drugs ion that it is a mostly benign drug with multiple and drug dependency in general as students can health benefits, including pain relief. This comes help us solve the maybe more pressing issue of as paradoxical to some considering that many opioid addiction. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 149th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Progressives must take action this year, not simply protest ALL THAT FITS JULIA DEANGELO
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n the eyes of many, 2017 has been defined by the roar of resistance. Reviving from post-election traumatics, critics of President Donald J. Trump gathered in the millions last year to voice their disapproval like clockwork. Those who wished to defy the new administration took to the streets with signs and dissent. The protests began in the first month with the Women’s March, then branched into oppositions against travel bans, immigration reform and climate change. Across the nation, there was a collective battle cry that yelled, “This Will Not Stand.” This year began in a similar way, with millions more participating in a second annual Women’s March just last weekend. Again, protesters gathered to shape their vision of America. Again, celebrities stood behind podiums to deliver political sermons. The calendar page turned, and 2018 brought civil unrest that turned more backs to the president. Though it is important to note the overwhelming need to speak out is threaded in the DNA of Americans. We were founded on revolutionary resistance and will continue to find ways to change the status quo for the sake of growth and improvement. It
is patriotic to challenge the systems that govern us. But, as the United States enters the second year of Trump’s term, the resistance will have to do more than paint signs and walk streets to practice this patriotism. In 2018, they need to arm themselves with more than self-assurance. They must go out and vote. What some of Trump’s critics may not know is that November of this year welcomes the midterm elections for Congress. The nation-wide vote takes place in the dead middle of Trump’s four-year term, putting all 435 seats in the House
GOP-majority Congress. The only thing they have to do is show up. Off-year elections get little-to-no attention, due to the fact that some legislators have been sitting in the capital building for more than 30 years. Issues arise from stale and complacent excuses like “my vote doesn’t matter,” which in itself has plagued the minds of American voters. Granted, there are some fundamental issues with the way we cast our votes currently, especially in regard to polling locations and times. But there are alternate ways to vote, such as absentee ballots
“Exercising our freedoms of speech is as red, white and blue as it gets. If people in the United States want their expressions and outcries to hold influence they need to act.” of Representatives and 33 out of 100 seats in the Senate up for reelection. Actively flipping the majority from red to blue in the Senate, and potentially sending the current legislative agenda out the window, only requires two seats for the Democrats. As for the House, the partisan gap is much wider so it is harder, yet not impossible, to do the ver y same thing. By electing candidates that represent the ideals they protest for, supporters of this notion can alter the tides of a
that do not require a physical button push and can be sent in by mail. If you live in New Jersey and want to register to vote, but do not want to enter the offices of your local elected official or motor vehicles, you can fill out a form online. These ways are made easy for a reason, and taking advantage of them requires little time and effort. If proclamations of “new day on the horizon” are true, and the people of the United States agree with Trump’s majority disapproval rate, there must be action
to see that sunrise. For protests to genuinely work, the order must be as follows: resist, register, vote. A megaphone in hand does no good when the words going through it are backed by nothing. Protest outcries like those might as well be equivalent to silence. If you do not identify with Trump’s stances, do not support an official who does. Voters across the country presently understand this and the results can be seen in the Democratic election sweeps of 2017. This is what brought us Assemblywoman Danica Roem (D-Va.), the first trans-woman to be elected in Virginia replacing a staunch anti-LGBTQ Republican, the first Sikh to be elected the mayor of Hoboken Ravi Bhalla (D-N.J.) and Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D-N.J.) win over former Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno (R-N.J.). Exercising our freedoms of speech is as red, white and blue as it gets. If people in the United States want their expressions and outcries to hold influence they need to act. When critics of Trump do not vote against him, they lose their right to complain. The new resistance must realize that without leaders that rally alongside them, their voices get further lost in the chaos. Julia Deangelo is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies. Her column, “All That Fits,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
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January 25, 2018
NJ Film Fest to offer exclusive screenings Clarissa Gordon correspondent
The Rutgers Film Co-op and New Jersey Media Arts Center will kick off their biannual New Jersey Film Festival — a monthlong event showcasing up to 30 independent films — this Friday. With every film premiering exclusively in New Jersey and conveniently being screened on the College Avenue campus, the festival is an ideal cultural experience for Rutgers cinephiles craving local media arts apart from the Rutgers Cinema. Carefully curated by a panel of media professionals, journalists, academics and even students, the festival puts all forms of film on center stage. From independent American projects and international features, to traditional pieces and more experimental shor ts, the festival is a well-rounded showcase of cinema. Because of its diverse film selection and praise from established news outlets such as The Star-Ledger and The New York Times, the festival regularly draws notable figures in film. Past famed festival goers have included Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker and Paul Morrissey, just to name a few.
Albert G. Nigrin, a professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at Rutgers and the executive director and curator for the festival, said the Film Festival is a unique experience for students and non-students alike, as it offers hands-on, one-of-akind experiences unavailable at the typical movie theater. “Not only do our audiences have the opportunity to view many independently produced films that are being exclusively premiered in our state, they also get the added benefit of meeting with the filmmakers themselves and with critics, scholars and media art professionals who are invited to speak at the screenings or to hold workshops, seminars and lectures,” Nigrin said in an inter view with The Daily Targum. A variety of films are scheduled to be screened opening night, with genres ranging from thriller to animation. Written and directed by student filmmaker Tiger Ji, Nigrin predicts the feature film “Pluto” will resonate with college students due to its relatable cast and comingof-age plot. The 40-minute short film tells the stor y of a young man who longs to visit Pluto, as he believes it is the only destination that will
Tiger Ji, a student filmaker, wrote and directed “Pluto,” a story about a young man named Booker on his quest for happiness as he finds the girl he loves. NJFILMFEST.COM
Although only 9 minutes long, the animated short film “Two Balloons” is cute yet complex and conveys an inspiring message without the help of dialogue. NJFILMFEST.COM
offer happiness. A seemingly simple plot on the surface, the story poses a lot of questions. With its ambiguous tone and surreal nature, Nigrin describes the film to have a David L ynch quality about it, although Ji credited musician Bob Dylan as his one influence when making the film. The film can also ser ve as inspiration to students with dreams of a future in filmmaking, as Ji himself was a student when he created the movie and faced many obstacles as an inexperienced filmmaker. After a set designer bailed, he and his equally inexperienced producer took matters into their own hands, and Ji made the set himself with dirt, spray foam and a little paint. Described as headstrong, confident and honest by Nigrin, the filmmaker proved with “Pluto” that there’s nothing a young creative mind can’t achieve. “I was a maniac, because at the time, I thought that if I could convince myself that making the film was a matter of life and death, then there was no way that I couldn’t do it,” Ji said. “I encourage all the people with big dreams out there to do the same.” Another curator-suggested film that will be screened opening night is the animated film “Two Balloons,” a sweet short that tells the stor y of two travelers on a journey to find love. Written, directed and produced by Mark Smith of Portland, both children and adults will find the film incredibly touching, especially for being only nine minutes long. Other opening night features include the smart and sexy “Getting Naked,” the compelling “The Lost Village” and the engaging “Starlit,” among others. Whether you’re a student studying film, a film fanatic or simply looking for a new and different cultural experience, this on the Banks exclusive is one festival that shouldn’t be missed out on. Tickets for students are $10, and each film will be screened in Voorhees Hall off College Ave. A full film schedule and ticket pricing for the festival can be viewed at www.njfilmfest.com.
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January 25, 2018 men’s basketball notebook knights offense starting to look like real problem
Last minute missed rebound serves as loss catalyst Griffin Whitmer Associate Sports Editor
On Wednesday night, the Rutgers men's basketball team had the perfect opportunity to get back on track in Big Ten play, as the Scarlet Knights welcomed Nebraska to the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC). But it wasn't the result that Rutgers wanted, as the offense sputtered once again and the team dropped its second straight loss, a 60-54 setback to the Huskers. Junior guard Corey Sanders led the way with 14 points and two assists, while true freshman guard Geo Baker chipped in with 10 points and fifth-year senior forward and captain Deshawn Freeman notched his second straight double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Here are three observations from the frustrating loss.
The offense is officially a serious concern
There are times where the Knights just can't accomplish anything on offense. As a team, they shot 33.8 percent from the field, while the Huskers were 39.6 percent. Sophomore wing Issa Thiam was ice cold from behind the arc, missing all seven of his attempts from deep, which kept the offense from gaining any sort of rhythm. In Thiam's defense, he didn't take any ill-advised shots, the ball just wasn't falling, and it simply wasn't his night. Hindsight is 20/20, but if Thiam makes just two of those, this is a completely different game that Rutgers has a ver y good shot to win. But it's not fair to pin the poor performance on one player. The Knights were simply ver y sloppy and failed to execute down the stretch. Too often they settled for bad shots,
Freshman guard Geo Baker pulls up from 3, where he went 2-of-3 from on the night. Unfortunately for Baker, he went 1-of-8 from everywhere else on the floor in the loss to Nebraska. TOM BONIELLO while Sanders was called for a key charge to turn the ball over with less than a minute left and a chance to get his team back into the game.
Williams's absence continues to hurt team
It's unlikely senior guard Mike Williams will play again this season due to injury, and each game
Rutgers fans are reminded of how important he was to the team. It's cliche, but what Williams brings to the table doesn't show up on the stat sheet. He always brings a spark off the bench and seems to make a key shot in the first half to give the Knights some momentum when they desperately need it. That player just isn't there when he's not on the floor. Additionally, in his absence, Steve Pikiell has resorted to using two players to fill his void. Senior guard Jake Dadika and sophomore forward Matt Bullock play hard when they are given the chance but simply aren't the same as Williams. Neither of them rebound like Williams does and aren't a serious threat to score the ball. That lets opposing defenses to zero in on players like Sanders and Baker, making it even more difficult for a struggling offense to score points.
This was arguably the most frustrating loss of the season
While losing to Nebraska — one of the hottest teams in the Big Ten — isn't necessarily an inexcusable loss like Stony Brook or Hartford, Wednesday night was especially frustrating considering how many times Rutgers had a chance to get back in the game and couldn't execute. With 54 seconds left in the game and the Huskers clinging to a 54-52 lead, their best player in James Palmer Jr. missed a 3 pointer. Despite the Knights being one of the best rebounding teams in the country, it was Nebraska who grabbed the miss and gave itself another possession. The Huskers called a timeout and Glynn Watson Jr. beat the shot clock with a driving layup to put his team back up by 4 points with just 29 seconds left. If Rutgers had gotten that rebound, which it seemingly always does, the team would've had a shot to either tie or take the lead with less than a minute left and put itself in a very good position to win. Instead, Sanders drove to the hoop and had his layup blocked and despite getting the ball back off of an offensive rebound, was called for a charge that sent Nebraska to the free throw line, where it would go on to put the game away. For updates on the Rutgers men's basketball team, follow @GriffinWhitmer and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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invitational Rutgers will face 11 other teams this weekend, including host school Columbia continued from back 200-meter (21.62) and 400-meter (47.45). Following close behind in the 200-meter was junior Zo Aris with a season-best time of 22.04 to put him in second place. Additionally, freshman hurdler Boaz Madeus ran a time of 48.90 to place fourth in the 400-meter, while the 60-meter hurdles saw freshman Edwyn Pierre run a 8.38-second finish, receiving the runner-up position. Distance-running sophomore Sean Martinek and freshman Billy Hill paced Rutgers in the 800-meter by placing fourth and fifth, respectively. Posting a ninth-place finish in the mile was sophomore Cole Pschunder with a time of 4:17.86. The 3,000-meter saw junior Conor Murphy run in the middle of the field to record a 15th-place finish, out of 38 runners, with a time of 8:40 flat. The field events were dominated by sophomore Patrick Warren, freshman Ja’Quan Mial and junior Jairus Paul.
Warren captured the longjump title with a 6.79-meter (22’ 3.5”) jump. The Knights claimed the top two spots in the triple jump with Mial and Paul leaping 14.42 meters (47’ 3.75”). In the end, Mial bested Paul with his second farthest jump of 14.24 meters to Paul’s 14.17-meter jump. In Rutgers’ first two competitions, sophomore Tobi Tella won back-to-back triple jump titles. At the Penn 8-Team Select, Tella fouled twice at the start of the event before pulling out completely to prevent injury. The Knights closed out the invite by taking the 4x400-relay title in a season best time of 3:15.77. Aris, Burgess, Madeus and Hill were able to just outrun the 3:15.89 time posted by Penn’s relay team. Rutgers will compete at the Dr. Sander Invitational from Jan. 2627, with the Columbia Challenge taking place on Saturday. For updates on the Rutgers men’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
LOSS Knights shoot 34 percent from field, 17 percent from 3 in bad loss to Cornhuskers continued from back Copeland, who had no trouble finding a rhythm early on, combining for 22 of the Huskers 27 first-half points. Palmer especially took advantage of the shifting rotations the Knights slotted out on defense, exploiting mismatches by beat-
ing undersized defenders off the dribble en route to finishes at the hoop. The guard ended the night with 16 points, six rebounds and four assists. Copeland broke out in the second half, finishing the night with 23 points on a 9-for-15 line from the field. The 6-foot-9-inch Georgetown transfer found
After fouling on his first two attempts in the triple jump at the Penn 8-Team Select, sophomore Tobi Tella decided not to jump again to prevent injury. JEFFREY GOMEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2017
success inside and outside, going 3-of-5 from deep while remaining a strong presence in the paint, contributing to Nebraska’s 24 points in the paint Wednesday night. Rutgers tried to match that presence inside and succeeded somewhat, with 30 points in the paint, both through guard play and the frontcourt. “We’re tr ying to do that now ... we’re tr ying to get the ball a little closer to the rim,” Pikiell said. “And we can rebound. We had a great rebounding night ... and that’s partly why,
more guys around the basket. When the 3’s not going in, and it was one of those nights, I told the guys at halftime, we’re just gonna drive it and get it up on that rim.” Though admittedly a low bar to pass, the Knights moved the ball around much better than they did the previous game, abandoning the limiting iso-offense they embodied in the loss to Michigan on the road last time out. Ever ybody was involved on offense — even if the point totals do not show that — with
Junior guard Corey Sanders gets set to takeoff in the paint for Rutgers in the team’s 60-54 loss to Nebraska. Sanders led the Knights in scoring with 14 points but struggled from the field, shooting 35 percent from the floor on the night. TOM BONIELLO
Rutgers not settling for lobs across the perimeter for 25 seconds on possessions, a playstyle the team has resorted to in numerous games throughout the season. One player who benefitted from that was fifth-year senior forward Deshawn Freeman — who primarily lives out of the post and as an outlet for drivers on offense — who collected 10 points Wednesday night. Junior guard Corey Sanders and freshman guard Geo Baker also dipped into double-digits, with 14 and 10 points, respectively. Sanders shot 6-of-17 on the night, doing most of his work on drives to the rim, while Baker was the home side’s main contributor on the outside, going 2-of-3 from beyond the arc, the only Knight to make a 3-pointer. The team shot 17 percent (2-of-17) from deep Wednesday night, much of that due to an uncharacteristically cold game from sophomore guard Issa Thiam, who came into the game shooting 42 percent from 3. The Senegal native finished the night with an 0-of-7 line from outside the perimeter just a week after lighting up Iowa from downtown, in ways a microcosm of Rutgers’ wavering shooting form throughout the season. The up-and-down nature of the Knights’ 2017-2018 campaign can be summed up simply at this point — when they shoot well, they win. Their defense has not been enough to propel them over competitive Big Ten sides, on account of their shooting showing up in far too few games. “We gotta score,” Pikiell said. “We’re not the greatest scoring team to begin with, but when we have our nights and we’re making shots, we can beat anybody.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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men’s basketball Nebraska 60, RUTGERS 54
Rough shooting night leads to loss for RU Jon Spilletti Sports Editor
The final minute almost called for a repeat of last year’s heroics, but the Rutgers men’s basketball team could not pull another game-winner out against Nebraska Wednesday night. In place of a game-winner was the Scarlet Knights (12-10, 2-7) narrowly falling to the Cornhuskers (15-9, 6-4) at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC), 60-54. “They were a couple possessions better than us tonight,” said head coach Steve Pikiell. “But 20 of fensive rebounds, I thought we fought, I thought we really played hard. I thought our gameplan was good. Just a few possessions, needed a couple timely baskets.” What was expected to be a game of good defense and bad offense was exactly that, despite both sides picking up the pace in the second half. Not a novelty in Knights games this season, it was a poor-shooting affair between two of the worst scoring offenses in the conference, buoyed by strong defense on both ends. But Nebraska pulling out the win was ultimately a matter of Rutgers’ defense being unable to contain James Palmer Jr. and Isaac Fifth-year senior Deshawn Freeman shooting one of his 10 shots on the night against the Cornhuskers. Freeman was arguably the best Knight on the floor in the loss, securing his second straight double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. tom boniello
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MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD DR. SANDER INVITATIONAL, TOMORROW, ALL DAY
Knights return to 18th Armory Invitational Alex Fabugais-Inaba Staff Writer
This weekend, the Rutgers men’s track and field team will venture back to the Armory for the 18th annual Armory Track Invitational. The Scarlet Knights have made their mark at the first invites of the season by staying consistent in times and capturing event title wins. Also taking part in the invite are Villanova and Penn, who Rutgers competed against a week ago at the Penn 8-Team Select. Renamed the Dr. Sander Invitational after The Armor y Foundation’s former president Dr. Norbert Sander, the Knights will go against other collegiate track and field teams, such as Duke, Missouri, Connecticut, Albany, St. John’s, Brigham Young, Oregon, Big Ten foe Wisconsin and host, the Columbia Lions. The Columbia Challenge on Saturday will ser ve as part of the Dr. Sander Invite. At the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex last weekend, the Penn 8-Team Select served as the team’s last competition, coming home with five event title wins. For his second straight competition, freshman sprinter Taj Burgess captured both the Junior jumper Jairus Paul has finished at the runner-up position for the triple jump title in the past two invitationals for Rutgers. Paul last produced 14.42 and 14.24-meter jumps at the Penn 8-Team Select. jeffrey gomez / associate photo editor / april 2017 NBA SCORES
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101 115
Toronto Atlanta
108 93
Houston Dallas
104 97
Utah Detroit
98 95
JACI COCHRANE, sophomore on the tennis team, was named Big Ten athlete of the week on Wednesday. Cochrane went 4-0 in singles play and 2-1 in doubles play in last Sunday’s season opener at the NJIT Invitational in Newark, N.J.
Invitational on Page 11
knights schedule
EXTRA POINT
New Orleans Charlotte
See
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Dr. Sander Invitational
Terrier Classic
N.Y. Armory Invitational
at Indiana
Tomorrow, All Day, Bronx, N.Y.
Tomorrow, All Day Boston, Mass.
Tomorrow, All Day, Bronx, N.Y.
Saturday, 1 p.m., Bloomington, Ind.