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Former Rutgers defensive tackle and inspirational speaker Eric LeGrand speaks at St. Joseph High School’s 2015 Winterfest to a crowd of children facing disabilities. AVALON ZOPPO
Eric LeGrand speaks about disability at children’s event AVALON ZOPPO STAFF WRITER
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Gabriel Hurley and Eric LeGrand, two Rutgers alumni, have more in common than both graduating from Rutgers. Both Hurley and LeGrand suffer from disabilities. Hurley lost his eyesight and sense of smell in a car crash six years ago, while LeGrand became paralyzed after being tackled in a college football game. The two graduates decided to give back to children with disabilities and special needs by making an appearance at St. Joseph High School’s 2015 Winterfest.
Around 100 people enjoyed food, games and live entertainment at the four-hour long event, which was coordinated by students of St. Joseph’s High School. The students set up raffles for the children, giving away different toys and games. “I think the event is completely for the kids to have a time where they feel invited, appreciated and feel like people,” Hurley said. LeGrand gave a short talk on his experience with disability, how he coped with the challenges that arose and began to make progress. He described the moments leading up to his accident and then later
waking up in the hospital the following Wednesday. When he woke up in the hospital, LeGrand said he woke up to a room full of posters, football jerseys and cards. “All of these people were reaching out to me because they heard my story,” he said. He recalled the doctors telling his mother that he would never walk or breathe on his own again. But eventually, LeGrand stopped needing a ventilator. “They didn’t know what the hard work, will and determination of a person could do,” he said. SEE DISABILITY ON PAGE 4
‘Occupy the Bookstore’ compares book prices ERIN PETENKO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The average student at a fouryear public college spends $1,200 per year on textbooks according to The College Board, a nonprofit organization that administers college admissions materials. Buying from unusual sources and reviewing different options — from buying used to renting to ebooks — can help that cost. Occupy the Bookstore is a new Chrome extension that allows students to compare textbook prices from their school’s website with various third-party options, from Amazon to student sellers. The plug-in is powered by Texts. com, a price-comparison marketplace where students can buy and sell textbooks, said Peter Kim Frank, CEO of the website. They decided to expand the service into a new functionality, taking advantage of improving technology. “We realized that students that knew about third-party services
still needed to go to [their school’s] bookstore website,” he said. “This extension brings price comparison to the bookstore website.” Once a student downloads the plug-in — available only for the Google Chrome browser — they can visit their school’s bookstore website and view third-party prices overlaid with the original. So far, they have only a few bookstore websites compatible, but BNCollege, Rutgers’ book source, is one of them, along with Follett and Neebo. According to the Occupy the Bookstore website, the plug-in covers about 2,500 universities. Frank said the site earns money on commission from third parties such as Amazon, Chegg and Dollarbooks. But students can sell their textbooks for free, and he claims the site users are still getting the best price possible. He said the site is a power ful insight that now requires minimal ef for t. SEE BOOK ON PAGE 4
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Professor uses ‘Seinfeld’ to teach class DAN COREY STAFF WRITER
Although the sitcom “Seinfeld” is generally considered “a show about nothing,” a professor in the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is having his students analyze the behaviors of characters Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer nearly 17 years
after the series finale. Anthony Tobia, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has been teaching psychiatry with a tool called “Psy-feld,” inspired by “Seinfeld,” for his students in the psychiatric rotation at the hospital. After creating the class in 2009, Tobia said his third-year and fourth-
year medical students are required to watch the 6 p.m. episode of “Seinfeld” every Monday and Thursday night on TBS. On Tuesday and Friday mornings, he and his students discuss elements of psychopathology that were present in each episode. “The didactic itself is actually
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Experts discuss ‘tyranny of speech’ in relation to Charlie Hebdo attacks NIDHI PATEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER
People have many contradictor y opinions about the Islamic riots relating to the controversial magazine covers depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Gregor y Salmieri, moderator of the panel “Freedom of Speech or the Tyranny of Silence?” an event on Jan. 22 at the Livingston Student Center, initiated the event by introducing Flemming Rose, editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which published Charlie Hebdo issues in the past. “I think I will start off by not speaking so much about my book but about recent events and what kind of challenges I and my newspaper have confronted with after uprisings two weeks ago,” Rose said. Rose commissioned the publication of controversial satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in his newspaper since 2006, but stopped due to the recent Paris attacks. According to CNN.com, two gunmen killed a total of 12 people during their attack on the Charlie Hebdo of fice on Jan. 7. The gunmen said they were avenging the prophet Muhammad after the magazine published controversial depictions of their prophet, shouting “God is great” in Arabic as they fired.
“My newspaper did not republish Charlie Hebdo cartoons as many of the newspapers about the world didn’t do, espe-
“The Muhammad cartoons are special because the threat is not that high, but there still is a threat.” ROBERT SHIBLEY Attorney and Executive Director of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
cially in the United States,” he said. “It is not a decision that I am proud of.” Rose said he would have been happy to see republication of the cartoons, but understands the decision. The staff of the newspaper and the writers face great challenges when publishing controversial subjects, Rose said. In attempt to promote unconventional thoughts, they are putting themselves in danger, he said. “It’s a huge pressure for the employees. People have to go to psychologists. They cannot sleep at night,” Rose said. Many newspapers in the United States, such The New York Times, refuse to publish
cartoons because they do not want to fuel a spark, Rose said. Publishing such controversial cartoons may cause more terrorist attacks, uprisings and riots. Another reason the car toons should be republished is because they are news, Rose said. “Publication does not mean endorsement. We publish things that I find offensive, but nevertheless, I publish them,” Rose said. Robert Shibley, an attorney and executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, also took part in the discussion, relating the topic of free speech to college campuses and the actions taken by universities across the United States. “NYU actually made the decision that the cartoons could not be shown. Instead, they were represented by an empty easel,” Shibley said. “They had to sneak the speakers out of a back way in New York City.” It is difficult to define freedom of speech when there are many restrictions to speech, Shibley said. Speech is easily restricted because many things are stopped from being published, such as Muhammad cartoons in school newspapers, he said. “I don’t think anyone is willing to tr y it –– there is a clear reason why.”
Left to right: Panelists Onkar Ghate, Robert Shibley and Flemming Rose discuss the challenges of upholding free speech at the event “Freedom of Speech or the Tyranny of Silence?” at the Livingston Student Center on Jan. 22. YIZHUANG LI When universities in United States prevent news from being told, it is hard to have freedom of speech, Shibley said. Universities have established trigger warnings. A trigger warning is a statement preceding a written piece or video notifying the reader or watcher that they may encounter distressing content. Onkar Ghate, a senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, concluded the panel by providing a perspective as a philosopher on free speech and religious intervention. Sheena Satpute, a Rutgers Business School sophomore, believes that magazine covers like Charlie Hebdo should not cause such violence. “Comic strips and the newspaper are methods of communi-
cation,” Satpute said. “If people are offended over such things, what about other cultures such as Christianity or Hinduism? Do they feel offended when certain things are offensive about their cultures?” Freedom of speech is important, but there is a sense of censorship in regards to presenting news to the public, Rose said. Rose said controversial cartoons test the boundaries and do cause riots, but it only attempts to show people another form of news regardless of whether it is offensive or not. Coming up with a definition of hate speech that some would be willing to accept would almost certainly be rejected by others, Shibley said.
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DISABILITY Winterfest has grown significantly since Winterfest 2014, when about 30 people attended, Ellis says mosphere and relieves pressure for everyone involved. “For the parents of disabled LeGrand told onlookers that he often reminds himself there are children, it can get frustrating,” people in the world that would be Goldy said. “I think it’s a good day to take some of the presgrateful to be in his shoes. “No matter how bad it might sure of f.” ShowStoppers Plus, one of be, there is always someone out there who has it worse,” New Jersey’s premiere event he said. “Focus on the things companies, planned the activities you do have, not the things you for the children and gave away balloons, bracelets and shirts don’t have.” High-school students paired that read “I Make a Difference.” Roll Call Wheel Chair Dance, a up with disabled children to participate in a scavenger hunt, non-profit organization that spedance on the dance floor and par- cializes in teaching wheelchair users how to dance with standing ticipate in a game of limbo. partners, had a The Christogroup of their pher and Dana Reeve Founda“No matter how bad it members pera dance tion endorsed might be, there is always form entitled “Possithe event and someone out there who bilities.” Magic 98.3 proTheir motto vided music for has it worse.” is “egos and the day. disabilities Adele Ellis, ERIC LEGRAND checked at coordinator of Former Rutgers Defensive Tackle the door,” said the event, said and Activist member Kevin Winterfest has Greene, who grown substantially since last year, when about became disabled after a car accident. 30 people attended. Mark Bobko, a St. Joseph’s “We had a better way to reach out to the community this year,” High School senior, said it is she said. “We managed this year most rewarding for the volunto get in touch with facilities that teers to see the smiles they put deal with people with disabilities, on the kids’ faces. Bobko said he has a cousin so that helped.” The Children’s Specialized with Down syndrome and beHospital in New Brunswick and lieves the event helps the chilthe Lakeview School in Edison dren and young adults interact brought in patients and students, with new people. “[My cousin] means well and she said. Eric LeGrand making an appearance also helped the everything she does is for other people,” Bobko said. “We don’t turnout, she said. Brandon Goldy, a St. Joseph’s always get to see what is unHigh School senior, said the derneath, but this event helps event has an all-around good at- [change] that.” CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“Occupy the Bookstore,” a web tool offered exclusively only on Google Chrome currently, offers students the option to compare their school’s textbook prices with third-party retailers, such as Amazon and Chegg. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BOOK Textbook prices have increased 812 percent since 1978, according to The Huffington Post CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“I think it will help students find required course materials with a lot less manual searching,” he said. The plug-in has been in the Chrome store for a about a month and has been downloaded about 30,000 times. As of press time, it had an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 5. The plug-in comes in a time of increasing textbook prices. Book prices have increased 812 percent since 1978, far more than the 559 percent increase in tuition and fees during that time. An average of 21.6 percent of the cost of a bookstore textbook goes to the bookstore itself,
whether for personnel or operating costs, according to US News and World Report. Patty Stewart, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she would be interested in using the site and extension to buy and sell books. “I would definitely sell books there. It seems like a fair playing field,” she said. She tries to find older editions of textbooks and buy used books from students, but said in previous years, professors have not been so accommodating to those methods. “Now that I’m older, professors seem to be more into the work rather than the book itself,” she said. According to a 2008 report from
the California Bureau of State Audits, textbook publishers release a new edition of each textbook every 3.9 years, on average. As a first-year student, she spent $400 in one semester on books, mainly because the books were “big” and she was not as familiar with ways to reduce prices. Christina Daniels, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, relies on renting books on Amazon as a way to get reduced prices. She said she would be interested to use a tool to compare prices using the plug-in, especially to see the difference between the bookstore and Amazon. So far, she estimated she would spend $130 just this semester on several textbooks, including newer editions of psychology textbooks. “Most of my professors say you could use the older editions, but they have some differences, so I usually just go with the new one,” she said.
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SEINFELD Jerry Seinfeld has an “obsessive-compulsive personality” fixated on perfection, Tobia says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
one part of a much more comprehensive didactic where we use media ... to bring along aspects of psychiatry and psychology,” he said. “My choice of ‘Seinfeld,’ looking at TV, was simply because of its popularity.” As a result of “Psy-feld’s” success, Tobia said he created an extensive database that lists every single episode of the nine seasons of “Seinfeld.” He said within that database, as many as six teaching points may be found in a particular episode. The primary role of “Psy-feld” in Tobia’s classroom is to provide a medium where psychiatric topics are presented in a “unique and interesting” fashion. This ensures his students remember psychiatry even in non-psychiatric careers. Dr. Matthew Menza, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at RWJMS, said “Psy-feld” is good at appealing to all medical students instead of only the few that are actually pursuing a career in psychiatry. Tobia said one of the reasons he created “Psy-feld” is because of how Larry David, one of the creators of “Seinfeld,” puts important psychosocial issues in a relatable context throughout the sitcom. As a result, Menza said putting these issues in a familiar or relatable environment promotes discussion among the medical students and de-stigmatizes psychiatry to students who plan on entering a different medical career. “A key hurdle in getting medical students to approach psychiatry as they would any other medical specialty is to engage them,” he said. “‘Psy-feld’ helps them to begin to think about, and focus on, psychological issues that everyone deals with in a context that is familiar to them.” While there is a problem concerning how few medical students
actually specialize in psychiatry, Menza attributed innovative programs such as “Psy-feld” for RWJMS averaging “considerably” above the national average in attracting students to enter psychiatric careers. “Psychiatry has a real problem, nationally, in attracting medical students to the field [as] less than 4 percent of students choose our field,” he said. “This is such an important issue because without
“It’s something that’s enjoyable despite that none of the students watched it when it was actually aired on NBC.” ANTHONY TOBIA Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
enough good psychiatrists, parity means little.” In order to make the characters from “Seinfeld” seem more applicable to real-life psychiatric disorders, Tobia actually provided his own diagnosis for most of the show’s characters — each has at least one trait that is maladaptive on the individual level. Along with other behavioral deviations, he limited George Costanza’s personality as being egocentric, Cosmo Kramer as being schizotypal and Elaine Benes as having difficulty forging personal relationships as an adult. Tobia also diagnosed the fictional portrayal of Jerry Seinfeld, the protagonist of “Seinfeld,” as having an obsessive-compulsive personality. This often leads to discussions of whether perfectionism is a bad practice. “[Jerry is] an individual who
needs to be in control and is always a perfectionist,” he said. “We actually talk about some previous episodes in which Jerry actually terminates relationships because he is having to give up control.” The psychiatr y professor also mentioned the character Newman, Jerr y’s fictional foil, as having some sort of psychiatric disorder because his sole purpose throughout the series is to annoy Jerr y. Ashnoo Nanavati, a RWJMS four th-year student, said Tobia’s method of teaching psychiatr y has influenced the way she understands human behavior and its impor tance in the medical field. She said following the characters on episodes of “Seinfeld” allows students to obser ve demonstrations of unusual human behavior in the sitcom’s relatable setting. “I really do think that a large part of [what] Dr. Tobia’s teaching is his way of teaching,” she said. “To watch a show that’s on every day, you get to know the characters in their natural habitats ... that’s very different from the patients we get in the hospital.” Considering how the exercise always begins with the disclaimer “Seinfeld is funny, mental illness is not,” Tobia said the sitcom illustrates issues faced by physicians every day. The fact that current students watch “Seinfeld” anyway only accentuates its applicable nature. “[‘Seinfeld’] does cross generations — that is, [my] medical students are literally a generation younger than me,” he said. “It’s something that’s enjoyable despite that none of the students watched it when it was actually aired on NBC.”
U. hits $1 billion fundraising goal KATIE PARK STAFF WRITER
In a 7 1/2-year endeavor, Rutgers slid into a landmark victory by raising $1,037,056,700 — more than its original goal of $1 billion — for its “Our Rutgers, Our Future” campaign. The announcement was released University-wide on Jan. 22, though the campaign formally ended on Dec. 31. Of the $1.037 billion, $412.6 million will be allocated to suppor t faculty and research, according to an email sent by Rutgers president Rober t L. Barchi. With the $412.6 million, 29 endowed chairs will be created. $286.1 million will be used for students and learning. Nearly 450 new endowed scholarships and fellowships are par t of the cost. $132.7 million will be funneled into further developing facilities, campuses and buying state-of-the-art equipment. $101.7 million was raised for the athletics department, according to nj.com. An estimated $838 million of the $1 billion was raised in cash, according to nj.com. The remaining money was contributed in pledges. The University also engaged 130,450 donors, where 70,690 were alumni. The biggest donation was a $40.6 million anonymous donation, according to mycentraljersey.com.
As of June 30, Rutgers’ endowment sat at $918.6 million, up from $783,492,000. Despite the improvement, Rutgers’ endowment ranking lags compared to its Big Ten counterparts. Northwestern University takes first place with an endowment of $9.8 billion. Ohio State University follows, with an endowment of $3.1 billion. Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Indiana, the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign comprise the next six schools with the highest endowments. Rutgers sits at ninth in terms of highest endowment in the Big Ten Conference, succeeding the University of Mar yland’s $874 million endowment. University officials acknowledged Rutgers’ lag behind other state schools, according to nj.com. But the campaign was the biggest step taken so far in Rutgers’ nearly 250-year histor y to join the top tier of state universities. “Through generous contributions in suppor t of the campaign’s four priorities — faculty and research, students and learning, campuses and facilities and university and community programs — we are poised to move for ward as never before,” according to Barchi’s email.
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Engineers discuss source of energy, hot water for campuses TIFFANY ZHU CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Even though the Busch and Livingston campuses have distinct characteristics, they share the Busch Cogeneration Plant, which provides energy and hot water to both campuses. Rober t Williams, the chief operations engineer of the Plant, said he oversees operations and ensures it is operating ef ficiently and safely. “I do this by taking any feedback from the technicians to schedule repairs and or services needed to be done on the equipment,” Williams said. Built in 1995, the Plant was originally just three high temperature hot water boilers. The University decided to adjust in response to a growing carbon footprint due to the ever-expanding infrastructure by creating a cogeneration plant, Williams said. The process of cogeneration involves a single fuel source, such as natural gas, to produce both electrical and thermal energy. “At the Busch facility, we have three dual-fuel five megawatt turbines,” Williams said. “These units produce electricity from the engines, and the exhaust from those engines is used to heat
the water that is used throughout the two campuses.” The only other byproducts from the Plant are exhaust emissions that escape up the smokestack, Williams said. In accordance to a mandate by the New Jersey Depar tment of Environmental Protection, the emissions, including carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, are monitored within the facility. Williams said the ef ficiency of the Plant will increase or decrease based on the age and maintenance of the equipment. He said most cogeneration systems typically achieve total system ef ficiencies of 60 to 80 percent for producing electrical and thermal energy. He said the facility is environmentally friendly because of the nature of the equipment and also because they are mandated by the NJDEP to monitor and abide by the standards they have set for the Plant. The United States Environmental Protection Agency recognized the Plant in September 2000 with the Combined Heat and Power Cer tificate, according to an ar ticle published online by Rutgers Focus. The cer tificate was issued to the Busch Cogeneration Plant for utilizing heat that used to be wasted in energy production, allowing the facility
The cogeneration plant on Busch campus utilizes three dual-fuel five megawatt turbines to produce electricity and heat water for the Busch and Livingston campuses. NIKHILESH DE / STAFF WRITER to be more cost-ef fective while minimizing the amount of pollutants released. Managed by the EPA’s “Energy Star” program, the new program under the EPA encourages energy ef ficiency and pollution reduction. Rutgers is only one of three facilities honored with such a cer tificate, according to the Rutgers Focus ar ticle. Alice Kwon, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, said she thought it was “amazing” that the Busch and Livingston campuses ran on energy
and heat generated by a University facility. “I think it’s a ver y ef ficient way of doing things,” she said. Ji-Yeong Son, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy second-year student, said it is beneficial for the University to present an environmentally friendly image. Williams said the facility is monitored by a minimum of two highly trained technicians at all times in case an issue occurs. He said they are trained to handle any problems and have the ability to stop and star t faulty equipment as needed.
The facility also has built-in redundancies, so if a piece of equipment fails or needs to be shut down, a back-up piece of equipment can be turned on in its place, Williams said. He said students would not notice if the back-up was being used. “If a point arises where there was a significant change in the supplied utilities to the campus, a campus-wide notification would then be sent out with the details of the issue, and the Plant would do its best to fix the issue as soon as possible,” Williams said.
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Drug to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease shows promise in curing melanoma HARSHEL PATEL AND MIKE MAKMUR CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Nearly 76,000 people were diagnosed with melanoma in 2014, according to the National Cancer Institute website. Suzie Chen, a professor in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, uses mouse models to study how melanoma progresses from its initiation to the possibility of metastasis, or the spread of a cancer or disease to another organ not directly connected to the cancer or disease. They then move from mouse models to human cell cultures in an effort to gain knowledge to use for human patients, she said. While more than 900,000 people were diagnosed with melanoma in the United States by 2011, about 90 percent lived at least 5 years after diagnosis. Chen is helping lead the fight to make melanoma fully survivable and preventable. “When studying [a] mouse model, we noticed that it has a lot of glutamate,” she said. “Glutamate is an amino acid, and for a long time people knew cancer cells put a lot of glutamate into their surroundings. We also found this in the culture cells.” The main question about the glutamate, Chen said, was why there was so much extra glutamate in the cells. Since it was found in tumor cells and not normal cells, her team concluded that the glutamate promoted tumor cell growth. James Goydos, a professor at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, recommended that Chen test a drug used to treat Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, she said. Tumor cells in a culture treated with this drug began to die off, Chen said. Chen then tested the drug on an animal model. “A culture cell in the closed system can only have one type of cell growing,” she said. “When testing an animal, you have all the cells and interactions between different cells. You may get a different answer.” Upon moving to this “in vivo” system, she ended up seeing the same results, she said. After injecting a tumor and subsequently treating the animal with the drug, the progression of tumor growth decreased tremendously. While the drug slowed down the growth of primary tumors, Chen said tumor metastasis, when the tumor spreads to other organs, was what usually kills patients. The tumor will generally metastasize in the brain, where it can become especially fatal. “When a patient has a brain metastasis,” she said, “they are not given a long time to live. Surgeons will remove the tumor from your brain, and they will expose the patient to gamma radiation to try and irradiate the tumor cells.” Taking the results they had gotten from the drug previously, Chen and her team created a brain metastasis animal model. By tagging the tumor cells, she was able to track the development of the tumor without killing the animal. Chen’s tests split the animal models into four groups that got different treatments: one group had both gamma radiation and the drug, one had only radiation,
one had only the drug and the final was treated with nothing. The tests showed combining the drug with gamma radiation had the highest efficacy in reducing the brain metastasis from growing, she said. The results told Chen’s team that a similar process could work in humans. Despite the known risk of melanoma and other skin cancers, many people do not take enough measures to protect themselves and their skin, said Melvin Pastrana, a School of Engineering sophomore. He said he regrets not wearing sunscreen whenever he gets sunburned. “I’ve been lucky enough to avoid melanoma for the short longevity of my life,” he said. “I can’t say much about the future. I should probably take more caution, but I’m not really inclined to remember to care.” Krupa Parikh, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she is not intensely worried about melanoma. Students who take the necessary precautions, such as applying sunscreen, should be fine. Tiffany Kingsley, a School of Engineering junior, said people should worry more about their body and skin. Having had a precancerous birthmark removed, she is interested in a drug that can treat melanoma. “There could be a bump that could be nothing, but it could also be something big,” she said. Chen said the next step is to attempt to try it in humans to see if it will actually help people. Since the drug is already FDA approved, she said, they can quickly move into clinics without having to wait through the approval process, which take up to 20 years.
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BORN TO BOULDER Top: Officers of the Rutgers Climbing Team advise their athletes at their bi-weekly meeting at the College Avenue Gymnasium Rock Wall on Jan. 25. Bottom: Connor Glacken, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, scales the bottommost rocks on the wall. AARON SAVAGE
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Rutgers snapyak is demeaning, tasteless Snapchat account featuring students encourages nudity, illegal actions
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Consent is another, if not the most important issue irst it was rutgersnudes, followed by yikyakrutgers and a dozen other usernames until it finally with snapyak. Everyone has seen the yaks of girls covbecame ru.snapyak. The wildly popular snapchat ering their faces saying “stop” while their boyfriends or account is a play on yikyak, otherwise known as anony- partners smack their butts and grab at their boobs, saymous Twitter. But what has transpired as a result of these ing “c’mon.” The moderator and all the guys who send in Snapchat accounts is a far cry from anonymous. People, such yaks are taking advantage of girls to garner some namely Rutgers students, send in their naked photos and set of invisible points for swag from people who don’t sex videos accompanied by drug use, with a few guns even know them. So while the masses may seem fine thrown into the mix and for 24 hours, everyone can see. with sending in their whale tails on Thong Thursday, the The concept is pure college: it’s just a bunch of kids, “liv- objectification of some girls is overshadowed and viewing young and wild and free,” looking to have fun and ers become complicit to it, further encouraging others cash in their five seconds of fame in a stream of what can to partake in a nude display for whoever is watching, like be over 1000 seconds or 16 minutes of hasty debauchery. their brothers or professors. Exhibitionist culture has become more and more Yet, there is a fine line between innocent entertainment and pornography — these Snapchat accounts have been engrained in the public consciousness, and people are certainly allowed crossing the line since to be proud of their their inception. bodies. But watchThe moderator “If you add the account, you can see and ing girls dancing claims to “do it for the contribute to it. So everything is all fun around shyly while people.” He can’t posa booming voice sibly be out partying and games until President Barchi sees you off-camera coaxes with friends, because doing lines of blow off a textbook them to flash their uploading thousands in Scott Hall.” chest, convincing of seconds of conthem that it’s comtent a day is way too pletely fine to show time-consuming. Rather, he lives vicariously though the hundreds of rowdy your boobs to the thousands of people who will see students who send in their photos and videos, getting his is unacceptable. Ru.snapyak was by far the most disgusting and mikicks by having complete and unaltered access to milsogynistic display of the nefarious activities that stulions of nudes, namely ones with your face in them. Snapyak is a vacuum of peer pressure that cheapens dents take part in. Even though the videos only last for Rutgers’ image. It’s apparent to any visitor that The Rut a few seconds, once you see something on the yak, you is “lit,” but this is an entirely different concept. To begin can’t “unsee” it — so to the girl who tried to put on maswith, the account isn’t strictly Rutgers. It doesn’t matter if cara while twerking in her panties, everyone saw you you’re in New Brunswick or New Mexico — if you add fall and everyone saw the mirror fall on top of you. At the account, you can see and contribute to it. So every- this point, snapyak is an expectation, students want to thing is all fun and games until President Barchi sees you see these photos and videos — they want the fame, and doing lines of blow off a textbook in Scott Hall. Secondly, there may be no way to stop it. There is no guarantee the sheer volume of girls voluntarily being featured on that not watching and not sending in pictures will make the account is enough to make other girls, who would it disappear forever, but the fact that these accounts are otherwise never consider objectifying themselves, feel as repeatedly being shut down is evidence enough that if they need to be part of the trend and “do it for the yak.” they are utterly tasteless.
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How to make the most of the Mega Career and Internship Fair ASK THE CAREER SPECIALIST DAVID BILLS
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ou’re standing in the middle of the Spring Career & Internship Mega Fair located in the Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus, when you slowly spin around to take in your surroundings: scores of employers staffing the hundreds of elaborate give-awayladen convention booths lined up neatly throughout the large multipurpose room, 1,000-plus of your Rutgers peers (dressed in business suits) zigzagging through the crowd and some patiently standing in line to speak with employer representatives. You ask yourself, “How can I possibly stand out in this huge pressed and polished crowd of students? How do I make a lasting impression on the employers I’m most interested in?” Kathryn Lobo, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, planning to attend the fair, asked us these very questions. Welcome to the first biweekly installment of “Ask the Career Specialist,” in which an expert from University Career Services will answer your career-related questions. To initiate our new series, we asked Kathryn’s questions about thriving at the fair to a handful of employers that regularly recruit at Rutgers. These recruiters responded overwhelmingly that preparation is the key. Before you step through the doors of Werblin this Thursday and Friday, employers advise you spend at least
a few strategic hours in preparation (conducting research on employers, thinking about professional wear, reviewing your resume and reflecting on your strengths and goals). This large-scale, well-organized career fair will be your biggest opportunity this semester to meet and talk with various representatives from over 250 corporate, government, non-profit and education organizations visiting campus over these two energized days to recruit standout student candidates for career and internship positions.
2. Take advantage of pre-fair programming. UCS is offering a handful of preparatory programs this week, including four Resume Clinics and two Career Fair Success workshops. (For details, see the Events page on careers.rutgers.edu.) 3. Research the participating organizations to avoid asking questions like, “What kind of positions do you have?” or “What does your organization/company do?” Surprise them with your knowledge, and impress them with the initiative you took to research their mission, purpose, cli-
“This career fair will be your biggest opportunity this semester to meet and talk with various representatives from over 250 corporate, government, non-profit and education organizations. ” In order to take full advantage of this once-in-a-semester mega-recruiting and networking event, and to significantly increase the near-future likelihood that you’ll pick up your ringing cell phone to hear, “We’d like for you to come in for an interview,” employers offer these suggestions to help you prepare and to keep in mind before, during and after the fair: 1. So that you can offer the recruiter a genuine smile as you hand him or her your relevant, typo-free resume, make sure to have your resume critiqued by UCS and prepare at least 20 copies, which ideally you should carry in a professional-looking portfolio or folder. (Other than the portfolio, try to carry as little as possible. Check your outer coats and backpacks before heading into the fair.)
ents served, etc. At the very least, log in to CareerKnight (careers.rutgers.edu) for the complete fair employer list. The background information, positions available, majors sought and website are all just a few clicks away. 4. Dress in a business suit. If you don’t own one, women can wear professional-looking pants or a skirt with a blouse, and men can wear tailored pants and button down dress shirt. 5. Career and internship fairs are first and foremost networking opportunities. Introduce and market yourself with an elevator pitch (a succinct and honest summary of your major, year in school, internships, career goals, strengths, etc.). At the fair, collect as many business cards as you can so when it’s time to apply for a position, you
can stand out by referencing that connection in your cover letter. 6. While waiting in line, listen to the nearby conversations. What are employers saying and asking? What are your peers asking and how are they responding? 7. The recruiter may ask you to apply for the job or internship online. If that’s the case, use the knowledge you gained from speaking with the recruiter at the fair to highlight what’s really important from the organization’s point of view. Don’t forget to reference the key points of the conversation you had with the recruiter. 8. Try to get on the employers’ campus interview schedules. Some employers attend the fair to meet and encourage top candidates to get on their interview schedule as part of our On-Campus Interviewing Program. Each academic year, the Busch Student Center hosts hundreds of employer visits, in which recruiters interview for internship and post-graduation full-time positions. 9. After the fair, send out thank you notes to the employers of most interest. We at University Career Services wish you the best of luck at the Mega Fair and hope these employer-provided insider tips prove useful as you work toward growing your professional network and deepen your pool of potential internship and career opportunities! “Ask the Career Specialist” is a column by Rutgers University Career Services that runs alternate Mondays. Submit career questions for future columns by emailing careerservices@echo.rutgers.edu.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter to the Editor an attack on Hillel director The Targum published an opinion piece written by Janna Aladdin titled “Hate speech will not be tolerated on campus” several days ago. The letter’s intention is not to encourage students to stand up against hate speech, as the title might imply. Rather, it is an offensive and distasteful attack on Rutgers Hillel director, Andrew Getraer. The author’s basis is that conversations between Getraer and others were “leaked” on alternet.org, as if the content is shocking or offensive. In reality, all comments made by Getraer in the article are factual, and not even remotely Islamophobic. Since when are fact-based views stated on social media regarded as “hate speech?” Aladdin’s letter is nothing more than cherry-picked words taken out of context and repackaged to align with her argument. In an attempt to stir outrage among her readers, she paints Getraer as a racist Islamophobe whose mere existence as Hillel director insults all Muslims at Rutgers. She accuses Getraer of making statements such as, “a majority of [Muslims on campus] are violent,” and “identifying as a practicing Muslim is enough to be labeled a radical.” These claims are fabricated and are not found on Aladdin’s only source, alternet.org. I encourage each reader to discover this truth for his or her self. Although irrelevant, the letter refers to an event that occurred last semester with speakers Brooke Goldstein and Dr. Qanta Ahmed. Initially focused on the topic of human rights abuses in the Middle East, the event transgressed into a hostile environment during the
question and answer session when Muslim students in the audience verbally attacked the speakers, destroying any potential for educational discussion. They claimed, and continue to claim today, that the event (which focused specifically on the injustices innocent women and children face in the Middle East) was “Islamophobic.” It seems that at any single mention of Islam and issues concerning the Middle East, these students scream of hate speech, Islamophobia and bigotry, rather than countering the opposing view with a discussion of their own. Aladdin follows her baseless accusations with flowery words that urge students to promote diversity of thought, religion and expression, and not to promote hatred. Since her article failed to do this and ironically only promoted hatred and slander against an individual, a red flag is raised about the author’s true agenda. What purpose does it serve the author to attack the director of Rutgers Hillel? Nonetheless, I am inspired by Aladdin’s encouragement for students to “enter the difficult but severely needed conversations on freedom of religion, institutionalized racism, prejudice and privilege” nearing the end of her article. I could not agree more. Rather than looking through social media posts and struggling to find ways to victimize ourselves, we should be encouraging conversation. With that said, I would like to spark the potentially uncomfortable but severely necessary conversation and challenge Aladdin to engage in discourse on Muslim extremists and their role in Islam. Danielle Dossantos is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior and president of Rutgers Christians United for Israel.
Multicultural curricula needed to fix American educational system Before enrolling in Introduction to Education at Rutgers, I had many preconceived notions about the “broken” state of education in America but not a lot of ideas on how it could be fixed. I had hoped that the class would set the groundwork for a potential career in the realm of educational policy, and while I can’t say that this hope has entirely died out, it has certainly transformed throughout the semester. Before this class, my opinions when considering the problems that America’s educational system faces were coming from a ver y sheltered perspective. I only considered the divide between “academic students” and “vocational students” that existed in my largely Caucasian, southern New Hampshire school district. Introduction to Education opened my eyes to the racial and socioeconomic struggles that students and families face ever y day navigating the educational system in America. The problems that exist are problems that I previously thought existed only in histor y books. However after learning about unfair school funding, tracking and especially the use of “traditional” curricula, the harsh reality of inequality in America became impossible to overlook. Despite governmental attempts (such as the No Child Left Behind Act) to ameliorate unequal education in America, deep-rooted systematic
and institutional racism and classism (which leave unprivileged children at an astounding disadvantage to their rich, white peers) should be relieved through the implementation of multicultural and multiethnic curricula. From what I have learned in this class, I believe that multicultural education is the necessar y first step that must be taken in pursuit of true academic equality for all students. I think that it is often easy to suggest that we must revise national standards and curriculum in order to create a better education system. The implementation of multicultural curricula would provide all students with an equitable, educational opportunity, fight against stereotypes, prejudices and discriminator y behavior, promote open-mindedness and the ability to analyze things from multiple perspectives, and give students the tools necessar y to critique society with the goal of social justice in mind. Looking to countries like Finland, Korea and Singapore, we see incredibly successful educational systems and wonder if we could ever emulate it here in America. I would love to believe that the answer is yes. I believe that although our nation has serious racial issues (and people who still deny those ver y issues), we can succeed in creating a system that is fair and equal for each and ever y American child through the implementation of multicultural curricula. Aven La Rosa is a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore majoring in anthropology and French.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (01/26/15). Fortune smiles on teamwork and partnership this year. Get involved in community projects. Take leadership and strengthen support networks. Save the gravy from a profit surge after 3/20. A new phase in romance arises after April, and you could be tempted to bold adventure. Grow family prosperity this autumn. Ignore petty distractions. Focus on what’s important. Prioritize love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries ( March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Focus on making money today and tomorrow. Cash flow improves nicely. Enjoy this lucrative phase. Take advantage and keep accounting current. Record where the money’s coming from and where it’s going. You can beautify without breaking the bank. Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — No more procrastination. Tackle a personal challenge. You’re stronger for the next two days, with the Moon in your sign. Things go easier, and you’re especially suave and debonair. Someone’s paying attention. Prepare to launch a passion project. Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — You’re especially sensitive and intuitive today and tomorrow. Get quiet and listen to the unspoken clues. Contemplate your next move. Something’s coming due. Worry wastes time. Review priorities, and plan the steps to take. Slow down and rest. Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — A friend comes up with a new money-making scheme. Shipping or mechanical delays could disrupt the plan. Support their game and they’ll be there for you. Encourage and propose solutions. Provide food at an opportune moment. Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Crazy dreams seem possible. Take on more responsibility over the next few days. Forge ahead with a career upgrade. Assume leadership. Talk over the possibilities with your partner and friends. They can see your blind spots. Listen. Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Craft your itinerary over the next two days. Make plans and reservations. Research the best prices and locations. Expand your territory and your mind. New opportunities for adventure present themselves. Explore new flavors and exotic ways of thinking.
Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Attend to shared finances over the next two days. Manage accounts and file documents. Prepare to negotiate carefully. Keep insurance, fees, bills and policies current. You can get the terms you want. Ask for specifics. Wheel and deal. Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Negotiate for the long run. Let a strong leader take charge. Listen graciously. Your partner really shows up over the next two days. Your admiration grows. Share you appreciation. Give in to romance and caring. Love fills you up. Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — It’s getting busy. Add elegance to the proceedings by dressing professionally. The pace quickens. Put your back into your efforts. Follow the rules. Provide value. Over the next two days, work to get your ideas into action. Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Play the game you’ve been practicing. Apply your creativity to artistic pursuits. Make decisions about color and design. Spend time with family, and relax with hobbies, sports and amusements. Focus on doing what you love with dear ones. Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Stay close to home for a couple of days. Get into interior decoration and style. Plan a project, and put together a budget before you shop. Household matters need attention. A little color goes a long way. Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — You’re extra brilliant for the next two days. Dig deeper into a favorite subject. You feel like you’re emerging from a cocoon. Talk about a transformation you’re experiencing. Share it with someone who could benefit. Teach what you’re learning.
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Penn State sinks 10 threes, dissects Rutgers’ defense with pick & roll schemes
Scaife’s season-high 28 points propel RU to its second win over a ranked opponent CONTINUED FROM BACK
CONTINUED FROM BACK “We didn’t really give them a great tussle. We shot ourselves in the foot again in the first half, throughout the game,” said head coach Eddie Jordan. “But give them credit. They got into us, they made shots, they ran their offense. Newbill was very good, and we just didn’t get a handle on their pick and roll schemes.” Rutgers’ offense wasn’t nearly as effective. Early on, the Knights found space for senior Kadeem Jack to operate within Penn State’s 2-3 zone. The senior forward drained his first five field goals with a nice touch on turnarounds in the lane, as Rutgers jumped out to quick leads of 6-0 and 15-12. But no other Knight finished in double figures to supplement Jack’s 19 points, and Rutgers’ ball security unraveled. With 10:23 remaining in the first half, sophomore wing Kerwin Okoro threw away a long inbounds pass from the baseline intended for Mack near midcourt. A fastbreak layup gave Penn State a 16-15 lead that never wavered. Minutes away, Newbill stole the ball from freshman guard Mike Williams off the dribble for another easy bucket. Rutgers’ eight first-half turnovers — mostly on traps and deflections across half-court — spotted the Nittany Lions 13 points on easy run-outs for a 4128 halftime advantage. “They got it going. They hit a couple of threes back-to-back, and that’s where they started pulling away,” Jack said. “We started turning the ball over, missed a lot of free throw opportunities and that’s where they started getting us.” Momentum never swung back into Rutgers’ favor in the second half. Penn State kick-started the final 20 minutes with a 9-0 run on two 3-pointers and a 3-point play after Newbill scooped in a fastbreak layup. Too often the Knights’ communication broke down on screens as they tried to switch defensive alignments and contest shots from beyond the arc. “I think the energy was there. The execution wasn’t,” Mack said. “Our matchups weren’t there on the defensive end.” Mack found himself in foul trouble down the stretch, compromising Rutgers’ lost cause even more. He went to the bench with 3:35 remaining amid the shellacking. He joined Jack, who sat down for good a minute and a half before that. There wasn’t much to say for the Knights, who witnessed firsthand how desperate a team they had already beaten was for their first conference victory. “We’re disappointed, more than anything,” Jack said. “We obviously have the capabilities to beat this team.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @gregp_j and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
of the game, starting on runs of 10-0 and 15-0 following the opening tip and forcing turnovers that led to easy scores on the offensive end. Rutgers forced 10 turnovers in the first half alone, but the Gophers clawed their way back into the contest to make it a six-point deficit at halftime. This was largely due to the size and skill of Minnesota center Amanda Zahui, who had a gamehigh 36 points and 15 rebounds in the contest. Every time the Gophers were in need of a basket, the ball went down low to Zahui. The Knights had no answer for her, but displayed impressive defensive pressure on the rest of the Gophers. “I’ve never seen anybody take 33 shots,” said Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “But she is an outstanding player and
I thought our best bet was to put a lot of pressure on the guards so they couldn’t see Zahui, and just force her to move and take off balance shots.” Aside from Zahui, Rutgers limited Minnesota to 31 percent shooting from the field. In total, the Knights forced 17 turnovers and accumulated eight blocks in the game. Rutgers scored 18 points off of turnovers, while also adding 16 points from the fast break. Scaife scored a season-high 28 points, along with senior wing Betnijah Laney adding 15 points and six rebounds. Junior wing Kahleah Copper chipped in 13 points and six rebounds. “I thought what we needed to do on offense tonight, we executed at near perfection,” Stringer said. “I really haven’t seen us move the ball as well and as beautiful as it was moved today.”
Senior wing Betnijah Laney drives into the lane during the Knights’ 66-61 win over No. 25 Minnesota last night at the RAC. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPGHER
With an important home win, Rutgers improved to 2-4 against ranked opponents. To Laney, recording a win in that column helps give the Knights a critical self-confidence boost. “We really needed this one,” Laney said. “It was our first
signature win against a top-25 team and I think it was major for us because we showed people we are capable of beating a top-25 team.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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January 26, 2015 GYMNASTICS
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD FIVE KNIGHTS QUALIFY FOR IC4A’S
Rutgers falls short in meet against top team EVAN BRUNO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers gymnastics team had a near victory over another top-10 gymnastics program on Saturday, but let the chance slip through its fingers. The Scarlet Knights (3-4, 0-3 Big Ten) posted a 195.375 overall score to place second — just behind No. 6 Nebraska. Rutgers was less than one point away from beating the Cornhuskers and securing their first Big Ten Conference win in front of a sold out crowd at the Livingston Gym. First place Nebraska posted a 196.250 score with the Knights in second place followed by Southern Connecticut and Brockport. Rutgers went toe-to-toe with the Cornhuskers for the entire matchup, outscoring them on the beam and the floor. The Huskers beat the Knights by less than one point in the other two events, the vault and the bars. “You want to beat teams that are ranked in the top-10 in the country,” said head coach Louis Levine. “You’ve got to get up there and you’ve got to hit every routine. But this is a huge improvement and a big step to where we want to be.” The Knights began the quad meet on the vault and all six gymnasts posted a 9.700 or higher. Senior captain Luisa Leal and sophomore April Baker posted 9.800 and 9.850, respectively, in the event and helped tie the record for the fourth-best team score in program history at 48.975.
Rutgers followed up with a strong performance on the bars, posting a 49.100. Senior captain Emma Hoffman turned in an astounding 9.900, a career-high mark. “I almost cried on bars before my bar routine because of how great we were doing,” Hoffman said. “Getting my career-high on bars actually was just icing on the cake for the first home meet.” Senior Anastasia Halbig led the Knights on the beam with a 9.875, tying a career-best. Freshman Libby Grodan posted an impressive 9.800 in her collegiate debut. The Knights went onto the floor, with a sold out crowd buzzing behind them, hoping to capture their first Big Ten victory. Rutgers posted an overall score of 48.875. Sophomore April Baker had an impressive competition, including a 9.875 on the floor. While Hoffman posted a 9.800 to set another personal-best, it was sophomore Claire Jones who stole the show. The fans gave Jones a thunderous applause in her season debut after posting a 9.800 on the floor. “For me it was just confidence,” said Jones on her performance. “My coaches told me all week, Claire you can do it. … I was really ner vous and I’m not really a ner vous competitor but, when I stepped foot on this floor I was like, my teams got me if I don’t have myself and that really helped.” For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Sophomore Claire Jones prepares to dismount during her beam routine over the weekend where Rutgers fell to No.6 Nebraska. EDWIN GANO/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
HUSKERS Theobold collects third win by fall this season, gives RU boost in first half CONTINUED FROM BACK those are spots we feel we can get — they are two of our better guys. We know Ashnault is going to be up against nationally ranked guys week in and week out. When you lose those, that hurts, but we are losing those in the third period, which that can’t happen.”
The high point for the Knights was the matchup at 149-pounds with junior Ken Theobold. Theobold earned a takedown early and followed it up with a move he said he worked on in the week of practice leading up. Theobold worked the tilt and collected the win by fall over Justin Arthur 1:27 into the bout. Goodale called the win by Theo-
Senior sprinter D’Andre Jordan claimed first for the Knights in the 400-meter race, qualifying for IC4A’s with a time of 48.11 seconds. TIANFANG YU / STAFF PHTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / MARCH 2014
RU claims second at Armory MIKE O’SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s track and field team placed second overall in the Metro Team Challenge at the Armory track complex on Friday. Monmouth won the event with a score of 109.5, and Rutgers followed with a score of 81. It was the third straight weekend meet for the Scarlet Knights, so head coach Mike Mulqueen held back some team members from competing in order to give them some rest. Those who did compete, however, netted five more qualifying slots for the IC4A Championships later this season. Freshman sprinter Stuart Tweedie won the 200-meter race for the Knights, qualifying for the IC4A’s with a time of 21.96 seconds. Senior sprinter D’Andre Jordan took home the victory for the Knights in the 400-meter race, finishing in 48.11 seconds while also qualifying for IC4A’s. The Knights’ 4x400 meter relay team also ran a qualifying time of 3:18.85. Jordan, sophomore Zachary Ghizzone, sophomore Brendan Jaeger and freshman Jordan Jimerson made up the relay unit for the Knights. Two field events also resulted in IC4A qualifying marks for the Knights.
bold huge and good revenge after not having matches go his way against Arthur in the past. “That was a big win for Kenny. He lost to that guy twice and lost to him at the Clif f Keen Las Vegas Invitational this season,” Goodale said. “It was good to get that one back because it helps with seeding. It was really something that we needed after kind of losing the ones we wanted.” While Theobold won after three-straight losses in the dual, Rutgers dropped its next five bouts before junior heavyweight Billy Smith took the mat.
Junior AJ Vance took third place in the high jump with a leap of 6’ 8.25”, and junior Joseph Velez placed second in the weight throw with a distance of 60’ 11.25”. Despite the five IC4A qualifying marks garnered by the Knights, Mulqueen feels it could have been a better day at the Armory for his team. “We did not perform as well as we had hoped,” Mulqueen said. “We had a few bright spots, but we need to keep working harder to
“We’ve been practicing at a really high level. If we keep that up, races will start to get easier because we’ve been preparing.” RAJEE DUNBAR Junior Sprinter
keep improving.” He believes the IC4A qualifying marks were positives for the Knights but feels the team, collectively, could have performed better throughout the meet. Tweedie was one of the bright spots for the team, a younger Knight who has gotten more comfortable with the college race schedule over the past few weeks.
Smith and No. 17 Collin Jensen faced off at 285 pounds and brought the match to a 3-3 mark after Smith collected a reversal before the two needed sudden victory to decide the bout at the end of the third period. Jensen and Smith scrapped a few seconds into the sudden victor y period before Smith shot for Jensen’s legs and collected the takedown to end the bout and the dual-meet on a high note for the Knights. Goodale called the win huge for Smith not only to end the dual on a high note, but for Smith to gain some confidence moving
He was happy to take first place in the 200-meter race and hopes to carry momentum from this performance throughout the remainder of the indoor season. “It felt great to win that event,” Tweedie said. “This is my first full year doing track and the training has been pretty tough and rigorous, but I think it is paying off already.” Since the Knights did not have their usual lineup of athletes ready to compete, there was added pressure on those who were competing to be even better. “We weren’t really at full strength for this meet,” Tweedie said. “We had guys resting and recovering this weekend, but we still performed fairly well.” Junior sprinter Rajee Dunbar also competed at the Armory, taking seventh place in the 60-meter race in a time of 7.02. Despite not running as fast a time as last week’s personal record of 6.89 seconds at the Penn State Invitational, he remains positive in his outlook on the team’s performance for the rest of the season. “We’ve been practicing at a really high level,” Dunbar said. “If we keep that up, races will start to get easier for us because we’ve been preparing so well.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
forward in the season after losing four out of his last five bouts. “Billy needed that win — good for him. He’s been on the losing end of three overtime losses, and he needed that against a kid who beat him last year,” Goodale said. “It wasn’t that his technique wasn’t great, it was just fighting through it, getting his hips in and gutting it out. We all need to be more aggressive, as a team, and he waited until overtime to do it.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow @TylerKaralewich and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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January 26, 2015 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK RUTGERS FINISHES WITH 16 TURNOVERS AT PENN STATE
Similar mistakes cost Knights in defeat SEAN STEWART ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Turnovers, free throws, perimeter defense. Throughout the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s threegame losing streak, deficiencies in one or two of these categories have been the dif ference between wins and losses. At Minnesota on Jan. 17, the 19 turnovers committed ultimately cost the Scarlet Knights in an other wise respectable road showing. Three days later
against Michigan, struggles at the foul line — Rutgers shot 50 percent from the charity stripe — and poor defending late in the game from beyond the arc was its downfall. When the Knights faced Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday in Pennsylvania, it was poor execution in all three aspects that resulted in their worst margin of defeat this season, 79-51. It star ted with poor perimeter defense. After the Knights scored three unanswered buckets to star t, the Nittany Lions star ted
to find their stroke from beyond the arc, scoring their first 12 points with four 3-pointers. Despite this, Rutgers still managed to build a three-point lead. Then came the turnovers. With just over 11 minutes remaining in the first half, the Knights turned the ball over five times, four of the Penn State steals led to easy fast break points. Add in five missed foul shots and the Nittany Lions’ continued hot streak from 3, and there lies the moment the game got away. “I mean, once again, turnovers and free throws,”
Senior guard Myles Mack looks to pass during Rutgers’ 79-51 loss at Penn State on Saturday. Mack finished with eight points on 3-of-11 shooting from the field. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / PHOTO EDITOR
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Rutgers grabs top-four finish in 20-team field BRIAN FONSECA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
When the Rutgers women’s track and field team entered the Armory in the Bronx for the Metro Team Challenge last Friday, its goal was to do well in its individual events and to continue to improve. When all was said and done, the Scarlet Knights finished fourth among a 20-team field with a total of 72 points. They managed this feat without participating in many of the events, including the relays. Ninth-year head coach James Robinson saw this as a learning experience and was proud of his team’s placement at the meet. “I’m happy with the way we competed,” Robinson said. “These were individual events we needed to develop and improve on throughout the season.” Senior co-captain Gabrielle Farquharson was a big reason for Rutgers’ success. The Williamstown, New Jersey, native won all three events she was entered in, qualifying for the ECAC meet later on this season in all three events in the process. The events she won include the 60-meter sprint, 200-meter sprint and the long jump for the third consecutive meet.
Farquharson’s long jump of 6.31 meters is the best in the Big Ten so far this season and is currently the fifth-best jump in the nation. “It’s a bit nerve wracking if I’m honest. I’ve never had this much recognition before,” Farquharson said. “I try to take the nerves and use them as motivation. I feel like nerves are a good thing — they drive me to be better.” Impressively, Farquharson had to rush from the long jump to the 60m qualifiers to be able to compete in the finals of the event. “The 60m was right after my long jump. I literally took a jump, took my jump spikes off, put my sprint spikes on and ran without thinking about it,” Farquharson said. Two more Knights left the Armory qualified for the ECAC with their performances in their respective events. Freshman Bria Saunders qualified in the 200m with a time of 24.88 seconds, earning a third place finish in the process. Junior Paige Senatore finished second in the 3000m with a time of 9:53.21, earning her spot at the ECAC. “I thought it went really well,” Senatore said after the race. “The Villanova girls were in front pressing the pace, but I hung on to them and I found that worked the best.”
said senior for ward Kadeem Jack. “Those are things that are definitely something that can’t happen.” Trailing by 13 at the half, Rutgers faired no better in the second and finished the game with 16 turnovers and 6-of-14 from the foul line. Penn State ended with 10 made 3s on 50 percent shooting. “It got away from us,” said senior guard Myles Mack. “We weren’t doing the right things. Coach told us we need to execute of fensively and defensively before the game star ted, and we didn’t do it. So, it was hard for us to even stay in the game.” *** While consistent play has been an issue for the Knights all season, locker room problems are becoming a relatively new complication. Nearly one month after Jack was benched during the team’s Big Ten opener against Nor thwestern Dec. 30 for missing a team breakfast, sophomore Junior Etou was absent from the trip to “Happy Valley” for what head coach Eddie Jordan announced as a failure to meet team expectations. The sophomore for ward came into the season expected to be a consistent contributor of fensively, but after a strong star t to the season, Etou has struggled to find his form averaging less than four points per game in conference play. Though Jordan declined to discuss the details
of Etou missing the trip, the Republic of Congo native has been rumored to be having attitude problems both on and off the court. Etou’s defensive presence may have saved Rutgers some face against the Nittany Lions, but now in his second year in charge Jordan has made it clear that no player is above the team. “Yeah, he’s a good rebounder. He’s a great defender for us,” Jordan said on if they missed Etou on the cour t. “But he has to take care of business the way he’s supposed to on campus and in basketball.” *** Just when things looked like they couldn’t get any worse for the Knights, freshman guard Mike Williams’ injur y capped of f the miserable afternoon. After bur ying a jumper with 6:13 remaining and the game out of reach, Williams landed awkwardly on his left leg and fell to the ground grabbing his ankle in visible pain. Williams, who averages 6.9 points per game, was eventually helped off the court by his teammates but Jordan is still waiting to hear the extent of the injur y. “No, I just came in, talked to the team and [Mike] was on the table and we’ll find out in a little bit when we leave here,” Jordan said postgame. For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @SeanStewar tRU and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 25 RUTGERS 66, NO. 21 MINNESOTA 61
MEN’S BASKETBALL
PSU torches Rutgers from deep in rout GREG JOHNSON SPORTS EDITOR
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Myles Mack and the Rutgers men’s basketball team starters sat on the bench with their shoulders slumped, waiting for it all to mercifully end. They knew life in the Big Ten wasn’t going to be easy this season. A 79-51 thrashing by Penn State on Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center reiterated another harsh reality. “I guess it’s hard to win away in the Big Ten,” Mack, a senior guard, said outside the visiting team’s locker room with a black hoodie drooped over his head. “We just didn’t come out and execute the right way — on the offensive or the defensive end ... We just didn’t come out to play.” The Nittany Lions (13-7, 1-6), previously losers of their last six games, shot 10-of-20 from 3-point range and led by as many as 31 points in the Knights’ (10-11, 2-6) fourth straight loss. It was a completely different script from Jan. 3 in Piscataway, when Rutgers limited Penn State to 5-of-26 shooting from deep for the program’s first Big Ten win. Guard D.J. Newbill was at the heart of disparity. The Big Ten’s leading scorer drained 8-of-12 shots from the 3-point line, the paint and everywhere in between for a game-high 23 points, also converting all five of his free throws. Rutgers remains winless on the road in conference play in four tries.
Sophomore guard Tyler Scaife lays in two of her 28 points in last night in her team’s 66-61 win over Minnesota. Scaife’s performance was complimented by 15 points and six rebounds from senior Betnijah Laney. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Knights record signature win CONOR NORDLAND CORRESPONDENT
For much of this season, the Rutgers women’s basketball team has been searching for a signature win. Aside from their 64-52 road win at thenNo. 25 Arkansas, questions rose about the Scarlet Knights’ ability to capture a victory against the top competition in the nation.
Those questions were answered last night, as the Knights picked up a crucial home win against No. 21 Minnesota (16-3, 5-2) by a score of 66-61 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Rutgers (14-5, 5-3) raced out to an early 25-5 lead, eliminating any doubt whether it was prepared to play against the Gophers. Controlling the lead for over 36 minutes in the game, Rutgers was able to control the
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tempo and weather multiple runs from Minnesota. “It was huge to start that way because it helped with our confidence, we were hitting outside shots,” said sophomore guard Tyler Scaife. “Defensively, we were stopping them and we just played hard the whole game.” The Knights immediately seized control SEE WIN ON PAGE 13
WRESTLING NO. 12 NEBRASKA 26, NO. 21 RUTGERS 9
RU falls to Huskers on road TYLER KARALEWICH ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Against the likes of Iowa, Minnesota and Penn State, there was one constant for the Rutgers wrestling team in its losses: The top portion of the dual-meet lineup has been the most productive.
And the highlight of the top half of the Scarlet Knights’ lineup has been redshirt-freshman 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault. But that changed Sunday against No. 12 Nebraska when Rutgers fell, 26-9, when No. 5 Ashnault was a part of a three-match losing skid to start the dual-meet. Ashnault and sophomore 133-pounder
Scott DelVecchio both led their bouts but ultimately fell to grapplers who were ranked lower than them. “One hundred thirty-three pounds and 141 pounds were matches that we really wanted,” Goodale said. “In a dual meet, SEE HUSKERS ON PAGE 14
EXTRA POINT
NBA SCORES
Miami Chicago
96 84
Oklahoma City Cleveland
98 108
LA Clippers Phoenix
120 100
Dallas New Orleans
106 109
Minnesota Atlanta
100 112
Indiana Orlando
106 99
JOSEPH NARDELLA,
Rutgers men’s lacrosse senior midfielder, was selected 36th overall in the 15th Major League Lacrosse Collegiate draft. The pre-season All-American went in the 5th round to the Boston Cannons of the eight-team league.
PSU’s defense swarms Kadeem Jack. The senior forward had 19 points Saturday. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / PHOTO EDITOR
KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
MEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
TRACK & FIELD
WRESTLING
vs. Michigan State
at Purdue
Armory Collegiate vs. Navy Invitational
Tomorrow, 9 p.m., RAC
Thursday, 7 p.m., West Lafayette, Ind.
Friday, Bronx, N.Y.
Saturday, 2 p.m., College Ave. Gym