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Students discuss politically correct culture on campus BRITTANY GIBSON STAFF WRITER

Microaggressions, trigger warnings and a new language for being politically correct is a hot topic on college campuses, and Rutgers students are eager to weigh-in on the pros and cons.

There should be a balance between not offending others, and still being able to discuss sensitive subjects, said Chelsea Lebron, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Even if certain topics are delicate, they may still have their place in higher education.

“I think being politically correct is important,” said Suntan Kaur, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student.

“I think there are certain things you have to be very clear about and there are certain things you shouldn’t say, because it can be like attacking someone’s presence sometimes.”

This is not the first time that young people have attempted to create a more politically correct language. Last year, for example, students at Princeton University protested the name of the school’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

This wave of syntax activism is geared toward the importance of emotional SEE CAMPUS ON PAGE 5

Two teams from Rutgers will present their ideas at the Hult Competition Regional Finals. Change Booths will compete in San Francisco, hoping to create a new technology to help urban communities with limited Internet access get online more easily, said Melissa Diep, a Rutgers Business School senior and team leader. COURTESY OF MELISSA DIEP

Students represent Rutgers in Hult Competition NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITER

One million dollars to change the world seems like an unattainable dream for some people, but 12 different people from Rutgers will soon have the opportunity to

compete for just that.

Two different Rutgers teams will compete in the Hult Competition’s regional finals, said Melissa Diep, a Rutgers Business School senior.

She formed and leads Change Booths, a collaborative project aimed at bringing Internet access

to urban communities with a limited ability to go online.

Change Booths will be competing in San Francisco in March.

The Hult Competition is dedicated to providing teams with world-changing ideas the opportunity to apply them, according to

SEE COMPETITION ON PAGE 6

Law school will host panel to provide help to veterans

U. administrator explains cleanup efforts after Jonas

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Winter Storm Jonas saw an average wind speed of 30 miles per hour, with gusts up to 45 miles, said Dianne Gravatt, assistant vice president of Operations at University Facilities and Capital Planning.

And New Brunswick received nearly 27 inches of snow, according to NJ.com.

“Our custodial staf f, grounds staf f (and) utilities staf f began work at 1 a.m. Saturday through the storm (to) keep up with the snowfall,” she said. “Some staf f remained on duty all night Sunday … this (morning) our staf f returned at 5 a.m. and continued our ef for ts.”

Cleanup ef for ts will continue through the week, she said in an email. All commuter lots have been plowed to their extent, with the back of the Yellow Lot on Livingston campus remaining unplowed until Monday evening.

This section of the lot is usually where visiting athletics teams park, she said. Because there were not any spor ting events

their website. Teams can compete in regional finals in one of five cities or online, and the winners of those events will eventually have the opportunity to compete in the global final in September.

Snowdrifts covered parking spots on Livingston campus well into Monday afternoon. Cleanup efforts for University facilities will continue throughout the week. NIKHILESH DE planned for Monday, the lots were not initially plowed.

Sidewalks were repeatedly plowed throughout Monday, Gravatt said. Several walkways were again covered in snow after plows came down roads to clear them, pushing material onto the sidewalks.

Ice melting products with calcium and magnesium will be used to melt snow and ice ever y morning, and the same products were used before the storm began, she said. Their tan color means they are dif ficult to see.

Unlike rock salt, these products melt snow at a lower temperature

and are less harmful to the environment, she said.

While University roads and walkways will continue to be plowed over the next several days, many of the roads off the College Avenue campus are the responsibility of New Brunswick or Middlesex County, she said.

“Once everything (was) plowed we began to remove snow piles with backhoes and dump trucks,” she said. “You will see these activities on all campuses as we will continue this process daily during daylight hours until we have removed the bulk of these snow piles.”

Veterans face a number of issues, both during their service and upon their return. But fellow veterans can help them overcome these issues.

On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Rutgers—Camden will host a law career panel discussion where veterans practicing law will give advice and guidance to their student counterparts.

The goal of the panel is to connect student veterans with veteran alumni, said Alison Nissen, director of the Academic Success Program at Rutgers—Camden.

“We’re trying to support our veteran law students by connecting them with veteran alums,” she said. “(We want to) make sure they’re supported. Not only while they’re in law school but also … as they’re looking for jobs” The panelists will include a judge, a partner at a law firm, a lawyer who worked with the Judge Advocate General’s Corp. and a veteran who missed his graduation because he was on active duty, Nissen said.

Advice from subject-matter experts can be invaluable to veterans looking to further their careers, said Tom Wollard, a Rutgers School of Law—Camden second-year student.

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This advice is doubly valuable when provided by a veteran.

“It’s always better to hear from someone who’s already done it, as opposed to someone who says, ‘Hey, I think this is how it’s going to work,’” he said. “These are people who can say ‘this is exactly how this works.’”

Wollard, a veteran with 20 years of military service, is pursuing a law degree and plans to become a cybersecurity lawyer, a specialization currently in high demand, he said.

In today’s world, marketability is increasingly important, Wollard said. It is important to continually make oneself more skilled and attractive to employers.

“As a white collar worker, at any time they could say, ‘Hey, we’re going to offshore this job’ or ‘We’re selling or we’re going to get rid of this division,”’ he said. “You don’t want to be left on the rocks.”

For some, a law degree is an opportunity to help others.

Joshua Picolli, a Rutgers School of Law—Camden second-year student, wants to use his law degree to help veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

As a result of their ser vice, veterans can develop PTSD and turn SEE VETERANS ON PAGE 5

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The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy presents “The lure of the genome: Is Africa ready for biobanking?” at 4 p.m. at Civic Square located at 33 Livingston Ave. in Downtown New Brunswick.

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Debate team invited to exclusive round robin tournaments IRFAN SHAIK CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers University Debate Team won the opportunity to compete in to two exclusive Round Robin tournaments this year, according to the Rutgers—Newark website.

One invite came from the Annual Val A. Browning Round Robin tournament at Weber University in Ogden, Utah and the other from the Marie Hochmuth Round Robin at University of Pittsburgh.

Both competitions are open to only 16 debaters from across the country. This year, teams from Big Ten and Ivy League schools will be present, along with several other institutions, according to the website.

Round robin debates are unique in that they are invite-only, and require each team to debate eight The Rutgers—Newark Debate Team will be 1 of 16 competitors at two different contests hosted by Weber University and the Uniother teams.

“Receiving two invitations to two versity of Pittsburgh. The other contestants hail from Big Ten and Ivy League schools, and these invitations mark Rutgers’ rank as a round robin tournaments this year top-rated collegiate debate club, said coach Chris Kozak. NEWARK.RUTGERS.EDU demonstrates that Rutgers UniThe School of Public Health Cornell University, Dartmouth High School students in Newark to versity—Newark is competing at Administration, as well as the NewAffairs and Administration hosted University, New York University the debate medium. the top level of collegiate debate,” ark Debate Academy.

According to its website, The Then in 2012, Chris Kozan, a event was attended by nearly 50 and Princeton University. coach Chris Kozak said on the RutThe team’s victories demon- Newark Debate Academy builds School of Public Administration people. It showcased various degers—Newark website. strated their “potential to become intellect, confidence and ambition, The Newark-based team was graduate student became the bate styles.

This year, the team hopes to lifelong intellectual leaders in the and helps its students for their colawarded entrance into these com- team’s coach, leading to its number display a strong showing in its two public sphere,” and that the team lege admissions. one ranking in the Northeast. petitions due its successes in 2015.

The team’s Newark roots make would “honor our investments in In 2015, the team was allowed Round Robin Tournaments.

Notable victories in 2015 includThe debate team has reached their education many times over for its members local heroes. In the ed a rank of first in the Baby Jo Me- into the National Debate Tournament in Indiana, the nation’s most new heights every season since many years,” Marc Holzer, found- coming year, the team hopes to morial Debate Tournament. ing dean of the School of Public continue its history of success.

Elijah Smith, a School of Pub- competitive tournament which its beginning.

With the 2016 lic Affairs and season Administration “The debate team’s tradition of excellence demonstrates compellingly how profound the student talent pool is debate in full swing, the junior, achieved at Rutgers–Newark — and with many of them having come from Newark, how profound our city’s talent pool Rutgers debate the National Deteam hopes to bate Tournament truly is.” place strongly championship once more. title. Nicole Nave NANCY CANTOR “The debate and Devane Rutgers­—Newark Chancellor team’s tradiMurphy won “It’s a tremendous sense of ac- Affairs and Administration, said on tion of excellence demonstrates championship honors at a nation- came after five debate seasons, accompellingly how profound the complishment that within two years the Rutgers—Newark website. al level. The pair received top-20 cording to the article.

The team was “one of the great- student talent pool is at RU—N It also hosted the annual coach- we were ranked alongside schools speaker awards, according to the es’ tournament, an event that pro- like Harvard and Stanford,” Rut- est, but least widely known stories — and with many of them having Rutgers-Newark website.

The invites mark a milestone for vided high school and collegiate gers-Newark Debate Coach Kurt of student success at Rutgers Uni- come from Newark, how prothe team, which was founded five debaters the opportunity to de- Shelton said on the Rutgers—New- versity—Newark,” Chancellor Nan- found our city’s talent pool truly cy Cantor said on the Rutgers— is,” said Cantor on the Rutgers— bate in an egalitarian environment ark website. years ago.

Newark website. “Our current The team’s northeastern divi- Newark website.

The debate team debuted in regardless of institution affiliation Many of the team’s members team is burnishing that tradition 2009 under a partnership between or status as a coach, administra- sion, in which it is highly ranked, the Office of the Chancellor and tor, high school, college debater includes schools such as Boston come from Newark’s Debate Acad- and we couldn’t be more proud College, Columbia University, emy, which is designed to introduce of them” the School of Public Affairs and or judge.

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January 26, 2016

New study finds excessive exercise does not work out CHINMOYI BHUSHAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Three weeks into January, many people have already dropped their resolutions to work out more, but some people may be exercising too much.

A recent study suggested that overdosing on exercise can have detrimental effects on a person’s health, specifically their heart, according to The Wall Street Journal.

While exercise is believed to improve both mental and physical health, certain types of workout sessions like cardio should not exceed more than 45 minutes, according to Mercola Fitness.

Regular cardio exercises have many benefits. It can help increase the amount of oxygen in blood, improve the ability of the body to detoxify and elevate one’s mood.

But excessive exercise can lead to the breakdown of tissues, release stress hormones, increase the risk of injuries due to tears in muscle fibers and weaken the immune system, according to Mercola.

Excessive exercise can be a part of an eating disorder, said Susan Kaplowitz, a professor in the Department of Exercise Science and Sport Studies. It manifests when a person exercises excessively as a way of losing weight or to compensate for their eating.

“It can also be a psychological problem caused by poor body image: ‘I am not thin enough, I am not muscular enough,’” Kaplowitz said.

The former is often associated with women and the latter with men. An unrealistic body image is called body dysmorphic disorder, she said. For men it is sometimes referred to as muscle dysmorphia.

People become obsessed with exercise and neglect their other activities. They may take drugs, like steroids, to continue this situation, Kaplowitz said.

“Physiologically, this affects their oxygen uptake, could have an effect on blood pressure, could cause arrhythmias, could cause infertility (like) amenorrhea for

Over-exercising may be a symptom of an eating disorder, said Susan Kaplowitz, a professor in the Department of Exercise Science and Sports Studies. People who believe they are not thin enough may try to compensate for their eating habits. LOUIS KANG females (and) could (harm) relationships,” Kaplowitz said.

An ideal workout session depends on the individual’s age, physical level and other constraints, Kaplowitz said. Most surgeons agree a 30 minutes session of moderate intensity would be beneficial for people.

For individuals in the intense range, 60 to 75 minutes is a good length of time for a workout, she said.

Though there are negative effects, they do not outweigh the positives when done correctly.

It can control glucose levels,

improve sleep, improve aerobic functioning, preserve flexibility, improve balance and increase endorphins, she said.

So being a “gym rat” is not immediately a positive or a negative.

If being a gym rat brings intense pressure, stress and anxiety and you plan your whole day around excessive exercise, in lieu of their school work and friends, this is a serious problem. And you should ask for help, she said.

“But if (you) use exercise to gain the benefits mentioned before, they will have a positive outcome,” Kaplowitz said.

Kira Mikayla Herzog, a School of Engineering first-year student and a member of the Rutgers gymnastics team, practices for about four hours, five days per week.

“In addition to gymnastics training, we do spin for an hour each week, lift for one hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays and swim once a week for an hour,” Herzog said.

Exercise in itself can become problematic when it is combined with the pressure and stress of obtaining perfection. There are a lot of cases of eating disorders and other problems with college athletes, she said.

If the mental aspect of it is kept under control and injuries are avoided, exercise is generally a positive thing, she said.

“A lot of times after I practice, I find myself more capable of focusing on school work and being productive,” she said. “Gymnastics is a very high-risk sport and as a result, over my career I have torn both my ACL and PCL in my knee, broken my foot and experienced a lot of problems with chronic injuries like tendinitis.”

Injuries are a big part of any sport, but Rutgers Athletics does a good job of handling them, she said.

“Our team has a personal trainer that works with us on rehab and prevention and as a result we are able to recover from injuries much more efficiently,” Herzog said.

Shajjad Khondaker, a School of Engineering junior, said he likes to go the gym every day for an hour.

“If I start my day with exercise, I feel better and am able to concentrate more on my studies,” he said.

Khondaker has never experienced negative effects of working out. The only time he stopped exercising was when he had a ligament tear due to playing soccer.

“Exercise is good for building a body, health, and mind and is a great stress reliever, it gives my mind a break,” Khondaker said.

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VETERANS Many veterans have to deploy repeatedly, unlike in previous generations, DeLury says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

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SNOWY START Rutgers began classes Monday in the midst of cleanup efforts after Winter Storm Jonas dropped more than 26 inches of snow in the New Brunswick area.

CAMPUS People should have chance to learn politically correct terminology, Kaur says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

and maybe even agree with me on a bunch of issues, who sometimes well-being, according to an article in aren’t listening to the other side, and that’s a problem too,” Obama said.

The Atlantic.

Critics of political correctness Lebron believes it is important for students to feel welcome in any worry that it is making students too environment and not be excluded by sensitive, according to The Atlantic.

But it is also important to consider someone’s word choice.

“I think it’s a positive thing, be- that an awareness, or hyper-awarecause when speaking in general ness depending on whom you ask, terms you don’t want to offend any- is coming during a time when people one with what you say,” said Austin are connected to each other more Renna, a School of Arts and Scienc- than ever.

“If you’re just so worried about es sophomore.

Because of the rise of political offending someone that you end up offending somecor rectness, one, it doesn’t college students help anything,” have been ste“I think being politically Renna said. “But reotyped for being over correct is important and if you take it into account and are sensitive and has its place.” aware without easily offended, making it your according to an NANA ADU whole point (it article in The School of Arts and Sciences First-Year can be helpful).”

Atlantic. But the People should article notes that not be afraid to it is important to understand political correctness is argue with those they disagree with, Obama said. an innate trait of all college-goers.

“But you shouldn’t silence them “It’s something that you learn.

You can’t attack someone for not by saying, ‘You can’t come because knowing something because (we I’m too sensitive to hear what you are growing up) in a certain culture have to say,’” he said.

This addresses most of the conwhere we have to unlearn things,” cerns of critics of politically-correct Kaur said.

People should also be aware that culture, that students are being too anyone not using politically correct sheltered from important topics.

But despite controversy, it seems terminology deserves the chance to learn more appropriate phrasing, that politically correct vernacular seems to have carved out its own Kaur said.

But being politically correct is place amongst Rutgers students and not just geared at liberals, as Presi- in colleges across the country.

“I think being politically correct dent Barack Obama said at an Iowa is important and has its place,” said town hall.

“Sometimes there are folks on Nana Adu, a School of Arts and Scicollege campuses who are liberal, ences first-year student.

to substance abuse to cope, Picolli said.

With the help of the Military Assistance Project, a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization, Picolli will assist veterans attempting to process their disability and compensation claims.

“A lot of people who have been diagnosed with PTSD were subject to substance abuse to fight these symptoms, and as such were disciplined or released from the military,” he said. “It’s an other-than-honorable discharge, which prevents them from obtaining benefits (that) they very much need.”

The changes in the veteran profile can also create issues, said Judge Bernard E. DeLury, a Rutgers graduate of the Class of 1986 and one of the event’s panelists.

“We have a much younger veteran profile now … much bigger veteran profile now,” he said. “(Young veterans are) doing something that I never experienced in my early part of my career ... cyclical deployment” Many young veterans, some of whom are reservists or members of the national guard, deploy for six to 12 months, and must reintegrate into their civilian lives only to deploy again later, DeLury said.

“That’s a very real concern,” DeLury said. “You have to leave your family and your job, and then get plugged back into your family, your job and your civilian life …

That’s something that we definitely have to be aware of as veterans helping veterans.”

Despite these problems, veterans are well suited to law school and higher education in general, he said. Values taught by military service, such as application, dedication and discipline, are valuable when seeking a high-level degree.

To help these veterans along in their pursuit of higher education, DeLury helps provide opportunities for experienced and enlisted people, recommending them for commissioning programs and other opportunities.

There is also a mythical, inexplicable bond between veterans, all the veterans said.

“There’s definitely a sense of camaraderie with anybody that has served in the military,” Picolli

said. “It’s a common understanding that we all posses, it’s very hard to explain, but it’s there, and you know that it’s there.”

This feeling is a big part of the reason veterans feel so inclined to help one another, said David Dziengowski, one of the event’s panelists and a Rutgers Class of 2008 graduate.

Networking is important, especially for lawyers, Dziengowski said. The instant connection provided by the shared experience of militar y ser vice allows for veterans to relate to each other in a powerful and meaningful way.

“All veterans have that sense of camaraderie with each other.

We all speak the same language,” DeLury said. “There’s a certain lingo that comes with the military.

There’s certain actions, certain disciplines that everyone is accustomed to ... Having that when you’re around other veterans, it’s almost like a brotherhood.”

Samuel Waltzer is one of the panelists who will speak to fellow veterans about earning a law degree while serving in the military.

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COMPETITION

like Diep’s showcase New Brunswick as a location for innovation, which may invite large companies like Google to establish a presChange Booths was 1 of 25,000 teams to apply to ence in the area.

Hult Competition, Diep says Like the University of California, Irvine, the University of Chicago, the Massachusetts Institute of TechnolCONTINUED FROM FRONT ogy and Duke University, Rutgers “There’ll be free Internet access will be sending two different teams points in urban areas,” Sharma said. to two different regional finals.

Diep, who is leading the team, “We’re all working on the projUrban Seed, composed of Rutect in order to try to bridge the said she originally thought of gers Business digital divide in many underserved Change Booths School seniors areas,” Diep said. “A main goal of while compet“A main goal of ours is to work very closely with Daniel Reji and ours is to work very closely with ing at the Goocommunities where the world’s poorest reside, in order David Shah, Commucommunities where the world’s gle Leaders poorest reside, in order to connect nity to connect this population to the global economy and School of Arts and Sciences this population to the global econ- Program case all of its benefits.” senior Chisancompetition. omy and all of its benefits.” im Egbelu and More than 60 percent of the Her team of MELISSA DIEP alumnus Myles world’s population cannot use four beat about Rutgers Business School Senior Jackson, will the Internet at present, said Aish- 100 other combe attending warya Sharma, a Rutgers Busi- petitors to win director of the New Brunswick the Boston contest, having won ness School senior. Free Internet that contest. first place at a local Hult competiSince then, her team has grown Office of Innovation. access will help these communi“Part of being a savvy business- tion, Shah said. ties by letting users check work- to include students from three dif“We don’t have the name recogferent Rutgers schools, an alum- woman is not necessarily knowing place and education websites.

The main advantage Change nus and a partner from outside how to do everything, but knowing nition as Harvard but I think that Booths has over other teams is the University. They applied to how to bring different people togeth- makes our students even hungritheir idea brings technology to the regional finals and beat near- er,” he said. “She has done all of that.” er for success,” Kaplan said. “The Kaplan’s office provided fund- fact that the Hult competition is the communities they want to ly 25,000 other candidates when help by building it, rather than they earned a place in the San ing for Change Booths because such an exclusive team of people they have a legitimate chance at is really impressive. It demonasking people to use their own de- Francisco competition.

Along with Sharma, Diep’s the competition, he said. Teams strates Jersey roots, global reach.” vices, Diep said. team includes Mandev Singh, Raghav Bhardwaj and Rigved Tummala from the School of Engineering, Jacqueline Chen from the School of Arts and Sciences, University alumni David Karivalis and Nick Sahler.

Her ability to organize this team and gain entry into the regional finals is part of what makes the team effective, said Brendan Kaplan, a University alumnus and

Umair Masood, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, organized the contest at Rutgers and is an official representative from the Hult Organization.

“Basically I was selected to host this competition here at Rutgers, and the winner of the competition would have a direct advantage compared to teams that applied online,” he said.

The judges at the event were told to base their evaluations on the actual criteria used by the Hult Competition, he said.

The winners, Urban Seed, showed a realistically sustainable idea in terms of business models, he said. They were not given the opportunity to plan before the contest.

“We were able to surpass the 25,000-(person) applicant pool since we won first place, so we’re moving into the regional finals without having to go through the application process,” Shah said.

Urban Seed will tackle the problem of global food waste, he said.

They want to change how food gets from one location to another and how it is stored to ensure not only its longevity but also that the people who need it will be able to eat it.

“The issue’s not really food shortage or that food’s in the wrong hands, just that there is waste because the process is imperfect or not complete,” he said.

“We found a way to make the process more efficient, to get the food where it needs to be.”

Both teams are now getting ready for their respective regional contests.

Developing a physical product from the idea is the next goal, Sharma said.

“Definitely (the contest) has a high caliber of students competing but we think we’ll do well,” Sharma said. “I think the strength that the San Francisco team has is (we are) diverse in our backgrounds, and I think that will contribute. We’re really just excited.”

Part of the contest rules state teams must fund their own way to the regional finals. Change Booths is hosting a GoFundMe to help raise their capital for travel costs.

CRIME JAN. 25 NEWARK — Ir vington Police Capt. Monique Smith is facing charges of aggravated assault, criminal mischief and weapons charges after an altercation with Newark Councilman John Sharpe James, whom she dated for dated for two months.

On Jan. 5, James emailed her saying he wanted to end the relationship and Smith showed up at his place of residence.

She also followed James when he drove to his parents house.

Smith did not leave until Jame’s father inter vened.

JAN. 25 HACKENSACK — Ten defendants are being charged with the death of Nazerah Bugg, 14, of Paterson. Jeavonte Dennis, Quajeir Culbreath, Jalon Brown, Devonte Lewis, Tyheem Mayfield, Nyje Johnson, Knolaisha Washington, Shakeem Ricks, Nyjeir Barrett and Baseem Williams have all pleaded not guilty. Bugg was shot by a group of people while walking near Mom’s Fried Chicken in Paterson, but it is likely she was not the target. The men’s trial date will be set after a hearing on Feb. 29.

January 26, 2016

Tech Tuesday

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New app aims to light up New Brunswick party scene JULIAN JIMENEZ STAFF WRITER

out which bar or party to attend based on factors such as which friends are there and how lit it is inside,” he said.

Both Weiss and Jerushalmy take on various roles at the company. It is important to pay attention to every detail, in part because they have a large number of workers and interns working on different things, Jerushalmy said.

“In a startup, anything is everyone’s job,” Weiss said. “You have to be versatile (because) everyone is held responsible.”

Their application launched last week and is gaining popularity at Binghamton and Rutgers. “(It’s) hard to describe the feeling,” Weiss said. “After working on a product for over a year, you just hope to receive great feedback and we have received nothing short of that.”

Launching the application was one of the most gratifying moments he can remember, Jerushalmy said.

“It was also overwhelming knowing that this business had now taken off full scale and we had to convince people to use our app, which they had never heard of,” he said.

Weiss, Jerushalmy and Greenfield, along with the rest of their team, contacted one of the venues on the New Brunswick campus,

For students looking for a good night out, there is now a mobile application to find the most “lit” parties and social events in the area.

Mark Weiss, a Yeshiva University sophomore, and Avi Jerushalmy, a Binghamton University junior, co-founded a mobile application called “LIT” about a year ago.

The application provides users with real time feedback and services to locate social gatherings and events at nearby areas.

The creators said because they are part of the college atmosphere, they understand how social situations work and brought their idea to life.

“We realized, as college students, that going out and partying is often an inefficient experience,” Jerushalmy said. “We thought we found a formula that could truly maximize students’ efficiency “LIT” will help students tell each other which parties are interesting and which are not by letting with regard to time and money— them directly rate events, said Avi Jerushalmy, a Binghamton University junior. This will help them two things college students often save both time and money as they enjoy their nights. COURTESY OF MARK WEISS don’t have much of.”

If someone at an event is not He said there were students future. They think this a great great and people loved the app’s enjoying themselves, Weiss said simplicity and how it maximized who showed up from another par- way to promote their ser vices LIT allows the student to see ty because they heard how much and expand into other major their time and money.” if his or her friends are talking The event went so well that of a good time people were hav- university campuses around about another event nearby. He they received over 1,000 new ing at Huey’s Knight Club from the countr y. said a unique and social aspect of The team the application said they are is its real time “After working on a product for over a year, you just hope to receive great feedback and we have received also continuoususer feedback. ly working to “The app is all nothing short of that.” come up with based off user newer ideas for feedback so MARK WEISS improvement when you see a Yeshiva University Sophomore and features. party is ‘hot’ you “Every day, know it was a felwe think of new ways to enhance low party-goer that wrote that and Huey’s Knight Club, to host a followers on Instagram, Je- their friends.

The entire team is planning the nightlife of our users and we rushalmy said. “It’s perfect marlaunch party. not a bar owner,” Weiss said.

“Over 500 people attended,” keting because it’s beneficial for to partner with local business- will continue to innovate our app,” He and Jerushalmy said due es to hold similar events in the Weiss said. to the many factors that play into Weiss said. “The staff there is the local businesses (too).” scheduling and choosing where to meet friends, there is an appreciation for this kind of service on college campus life.

“Sometimes the covers are way too high, there are long lines, friends aren’t always there, (or) places aren’t always exciting,” Jerushalmy said. “We wanted to remedy (those) issues.”

Weiss and Jerushalmy used their connections at Rutgers to help expand and publicize their application.

Joshua Greenfield, director of Outreach at LIT and a School of Arts and Sciences junior, saw the potential in Jerushalmy’s idea. “(Jerushalmy) reached out to me last semester and told me that he and Mark, both of whom I attended high school with, created an application called LIT and wanted to launch it at Rutgers,” he said. “I immediately thought LIT was a great idea and that it would be a great compliment to the nightlife of Rutgers’ thriving bar scene.”

Currently, Greenfield works with the LIT team to create different marketing strategies to promote the application. He also works with the developers to come up with ideas for the applications features, designs and functions.

“Because Rutgers has several bars to choose from, the app is a great way for students to plan

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January 26, 2016

‘Diversity’ card permits imbalance of power

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ast week, Chancellor Richard L. Edwards notified the Rutgers community about the formation of a task force that would work to “improve the student experience.” This task force, along with the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Populations in Rutgers History, have been the administration’s response to a brewing discontent among faculty, staff and students. Although the recent responses may seem proactive, their goals are neither clearly outlined nor are they openly accessible to the broader community.

Instead, any hope for accurate representation of the student body and faculty concerns are further fractionated and compartmentalized into some ambiguous five-person task force framework. This reproduced mini-administration, if you will, comprised of the same students and faculty who were once raising tangible concerns, undergo an uncanny role shift, now left to devise like administrators with ambiguous titles and confused positions, further dwindling any chance for change.

Clearly, the ways in which we structure representative bodies at the University are flawed. In light of their responses, the administration realizes this issue too.

Instead of making their own decisions and positions at the University contestable, outlined and penetrable, they enjoy throwing around buzzwords like diversity — as if the achievement of multiculturalism alone will cure the blatant power inequality the administration holds against faculty, staff and students. Instead, the administration’s stress on multiculturalism in its strategic planning has reproduced the same problems. If diversifying representation is the administration’s concern, it ought to foremost make professorships once again sustainable career paths for a wide array of qualified individuals with varying class, ethnic, racial and gendered experiences. When departments are set up to compete for squandered funding, while the football coach is the highest paid public employee in the entire state, one is left dumbfounded by the administration’s supposed role to foster an educational institution. Increasing tuition year after year, cutting funding to the most critical departments that foster alternate historical narratives, meanwhile claiming that we need a committee “charged with examining the role that the people of these disadvantaged groups played in the founding and development of Rutgers University, and with making recommendations to me on how the University can best acknowledge their influence on our history,” is morally inconsistent. It seems that the administration only asserts to foster critical knowledge production when it does not have to pay for it, as the humanities departments at the University fail to generate high profit margins in an increasingly corporatized institution.

Students want to engage with the community and their professors, but cannot do so if their instructors, some of which are only paid $4,800 a course, are underpaid and overworked. Whenever actual concerns are brought to a table, instead of direct engagement with the so-called facilitators of this institution, a committee, an office or a task force is birthed with no real solution in sight. Thus, their responding with more administrative-type positions for students and faculty to enact on these task forces, rather than the restructuring and reducing the number of highly paid administrators, is disillusioning to say the least.

Meryem Uzumcu is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in planning and public policy and women’s and gender studies.

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Water isn’t Michigan’s only problem ...

Public school inefficiency creates unsafe learning environment

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chools are the emblem of education. They In Michigan, teachers aren’t allowed to protest, and signify a sanctuary for learning and develop- that’s the reason for why the district is suing to stop ment. They are places that we enter with a their sick-outs. Teachers have taken their grievances set of questions or general curiosity, and then leave to social media and presented the quality of their classwith more information and a wide range of developed es, which consists of bathrooms growing mushrooms, skills. They are where we grow in a variety of ways — mold spores, broken staircases, uncovered marks intellectually, morally or otherwise — and where we from gunshots, moldy meals for students and more. are encouraged to be the best possible citizens and These horrendous working conditions are where human beings that we could be, hence the value of teachers are unrealistically expected to perform in, schools is apparent. They serve a critical function to compounded with their crippling financial struggles.

It is unfathomable how teachers are consistently the optimum operation of our society.

So when asked to think of an ideal learning envi- blamed for a faulty education system when the simronment, you think of a clean, clutter-free school. ple infrastructure of the school, which is dangerous You think of a safe place where you are nurtured and falling apart, is beyond the power of the teachers physically and mentally. You are given a healthy to fix. This instance in Detroit demonstrates the egregious educational system lunch so that you don’t go that we have in the United hungry. You are taught States, characterized by low novel ideas so that you can “In Michigan, teachers aren’t funding and further eviscercritically think for yourself. allowed to protest, and that’s the ation by state negligence.

Unfortunately, in several At the end of the day, Detroit schools this fails reason for why the district is it is the future of America to be the case, and the sitsuing to stop their sick-outs.” that suffers. This debacle uation instead proves to in Detroit is an especialbe far from ideal as thouly deplorable case since sands of students lack access to a proper educational environment. This students in inner-city neighborhoods are the ones Monday, 60 Detroit teachers protested outside of who likely need the most robust school to provide a court where a judge listened to arguments for a for them. If the U.S. truly believes in equality of opcase that could force teachers to stop their absenc- portunity, they would invest in these institutions so es. The district in Detroit filed a lawsuit to stop the that these students who come from areas of poverabsences as teachers’ sick-outs repeatedly forced ty and high crime can find a way to escape the sitthe district to close schools, and thereby keep thou- uation if they choose to. Moreover, these schools sands of students at home. Two schools in the city should serve the students by giving them well-needclosed on Monday due to a high volume of teach- ed safety and protection, not adding to the hostile er absences, and last Wednesday a sick-out shut environment by not covering up gunshot marks. down more than 85 of the district’s 100 schools. Also, in many cases, schools are where students reBut it wouldn’t be right to put the blame on the ceive many of their meals, or else they’ll go hungry. teachers. The purpose of these sick-outs and unac- How is the school helping if they are feeding their ceptable absences is not to express their irresponsi- students moldy food? Children have the capacity to bility, but rather to show their responsibility to them- improve themselves and improve the world, but the selves and their students by protesting their appalling state and federal government send a message that circumstances, including low pay, overcrowded class- children — our future — are not worth investing es, supply shortages and dilapidated school buildings. in when we cut funding for educational institutions.

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Financial reform must be chief concern in 2016 election

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he New Year has rolled around and the holiday giving season has closed. However, we should remember not to forget the neediest members of our communities.

Your local politician needs you!

Or maybe not. The new year means we are in a presidential election year, and politicians begin to fulfill their primary responsibility, which is getting re-elected. They’ll need your support in the form of a monetary donation, but no — 5s, 10s and 20s won’t do. Bring out your checkbook and be ready to write a Rutgers tuition-sized check. You’ll need to buy your politician to have a voice.

Since 2010, when the Supreme Court paved the way for the creation of Super Political Action Committees (PACs) in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, federal elections have been inundated with money. SuperPACs, political organizations which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in elections but are required to operate “independently” of a candidate, have received over $1 billion (roughly the size of Rutgers’ endowment) in donations since 2010, mainly from the super-rich. Of the $1 billion, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, over 60 percent of the money came from just 195 individuals and their spouses. Bankers and business people, not teachers who toil. Not nurses who nurture. According to Ian Vandewalker of the Brennan Center, “Ending Spending,” a conservative SuperPAC supporting Republicans in the 2014 election,

had an average donation of $502,000 for those willing to donate $200 or more, while donations of $200 or less made up less that 0.01 percent of total funds.

If you have less than $200, don’t even bother donating.

But why should we care? Why should we be concerned how a billionaire donates, if SuperPACs by law are supposed to operate independently of the candidate it supports? Though laws state that SuperPACs must be independent, the laws are toothless, as weak as our Congress’

Take Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader of the Senate and a leading voice disputing climate change. Running for re-election in 2014, McConnell had two SuperPACs supporting him. One, “Kentucky Opportunity Coalition”, registered as a 501(c)(4) social welfare group, which is not legally required to report donations and who made them (so called “dark money”).

The other, Kentuckians for Strong Leadership, received its largest single donation of $300,000 from Murray Energy Corporation, the largest coal mining company in

“Mitch McConnell is shackled to big corporations and has become deaf to the American people and their policy desires. And he’s not the exception. He is an example of the norm, on both sides of the aisle.” resolve to act on important issues. Candidates regularly have campaign staff members leave the official campaign to work for the SuperPAC, and candidates themselves often fundraise directly for the SuperPAC. So when the super-rich or corporations donate a $500,000 dollars to a SuperPAC, they are essentially donating directly to the campaign itself, swinging their bats of political influence. Candidates are shackled to their benefactors if and when they win, and the common people who donate in small amounts, like the 0.01 percent of “Ending Spending,” lose their voice.

the entire country. McConnell consistently votes against any measure to limit climate change and has reached out to governors outside of his domain to fight the EPA regulations President Obama has proposed, even when, according to the Pew Research center, over 71 percent of Americans believe the “country should do whatever it takes to protect the environment.” Senator Mitch McConnell is shackled to big corporations and has become deaf to the American people and their policy desires. And he’s not the exception. He is an example of the norm, on both sides of the aisle. When

the super-rich and corporations swing their bat of political influence, the mailboxes on Main Street are destroyed.

The people of America suffer. The children of this country suffer. With weak campaign finance laws and the inundation of money, we have unceremoniously tumbled from the high perch of a model democracy.

We can no longer chastise and scorn the corrupt governments of other countries when our politicians are performing political favors for those who pay.

Campaign finance laws must be strengthened so that the few, the wealthy and the corporations — cannot buy our leaders. Penalties must be severe. New laws should prevent candidates’ staff members from working for both a campaign and a SuperPAC in the same election season. Candidates themselves must be forbidden from attending and fundraising at SuperPAC events. We should revive the DISCLOSURE Act legislation, a defeated piece of legislation in 2010, which would require a SuperPAC which received a donation of more than $10,000 to disclose the donor’s identity. And long term, we must seek to reverse the effects of Citizens United and ensure that everyone has the ability to participate in democracy.

The key is, in this election year, to elect officials who understand the evidence and will enact reforms. It looks like we’ll need a SuperPAC for that.

Vineet Shinoy is a School of Engineering sophomore majoring in electrical and computer engineering.

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US democrats skirmish 1 week before Iowa caucus vote DES MOINES (Reuters) - With Iowa kicking off the 2016 election season in one week, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton went into a CNN town hall on Monday with her campaign accusing archrival Bernie Sanders of changing his views for political convenience.

At the event, Sanders got in the first salvoes by saying his judgment, not Clinton’s experience, is the most crucial quality for the next commander-in-chief.

Clinton argues that as a former secretary of state and former senator from New York, she is the more experienced White House candidate.

Clinton, anxious to put down a threat from the democratic socialist, faced the challenge of convincing Democratic voters not to be swayed by Sanders’ populist rhetoric and promises for more government programs.

The town hall at Drake University lacked the feel of a normal debate. It was featuring separate appearances by Sanders, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and Clinton, in that order. All three were taking audience questions at the event.

Sanders cited Clinton’s 2002 Senate vote to authorize the Iraq war and her prior support for the Canada-to-Texas Keystone Pipeline as evidence that her experience is misguided. Clinton has shifted her position on both issues, while Sanders opposed both from the start.

“Experience is important but judgment is also important,” he said.

Clinton, who lost the Democratic primary to Barack Obama in 2008, was for months the clear front-runner to be the party’s nominee this time around, but opinion polls have showed a surge of support for Sanders in recent weeks.

She argues that while Sanders’ goals on issues such as social inequality are laudable, some are unobtainable and he lacks the experience to tackle a wide range of issues.

“When you’re in the White House you cannot pick the issues you want to work on, you’ve got to be ready to take on every issue that comes your way, including those you cannot predict,” Clinton told the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines on Monday.

The Clinton campaign presaged an attack line for Clinton by issuing a news release accusing Sanders of

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses issues with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at the NBC News-YouTube Democratic presidential candidates debate in Charleston, South Carolina on Jan. 17. REUTERS flip-flopping on a variety of issues, such as on gun control and whether he would support normalizing U.S. relations with Iran.

Clinton got some much-needed praise from President Obama in a Politico interview published on Monday, exactly a week before Iowans hold the nation’s

first nominating contest for the November 8 election.

While never explicitly criticizing Sanders, a senator from Vermont whose campaign is focused on pledges to redress social inequality and contain Wall Street excesses, Obama praised Clinton’s experience and suggested

several times that Clinton’s messages are grounded in realism. “(S)he’s extraordinarily experienced — and, you know, wicked smart and knows every policy inside and out — (and) sometimes (that) could make her more cautious, and her campaign more prose than poetry,” Obama said.

Washington faces days of cleanup following epic blizzard Jonas WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington will need several more days to return to normal after a weekend blizzard dropped more than 2 feet (60 cm) of snow along the U.S. East Coast, likely causing billions of dollars in damage and killing more than 30 people.

The U.S. capital was at a standstill, with federal government offices to be closed again on Tuesday, schools in the district and surrounding suburbs shut until at least Wednesday, and the U.S. House of Representatives canceling all votes until next week.

Washington’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, said city public schools would remain closed on Tuesday but that city government offices would reopen. She urged people to use mass transit rather than trying to drive and park on the city’s snowclogged roads.

“We knew that we would have ... several days of cleanup ahead of us,” Bowser told reporters. “Know that we’re going to be dealing with snow all of this week.”

Officials reported at least 36 storm-related deaths, including traffic accidents and heart attacks while shoveling snow in Washington, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.

The dead included a North Carolina man who was shot and killed when he saw a motorist who had run off the road in the storm and attempted to help him. The motorist remained jailed on murder charges on Monday.

Risk Management Solutions meteorologist Jeff Waters said he could not provide specific damage estimates yet, but said the storm “could rank as one of the more significant events in recent history.”

He said comparable historical storms would include the Blizzard of 1996, which caused approximately $1.5 billion in economic losses and $740 million insured losses at the time.

Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield said on Monday the storm likely caused billions of dollars in economic losses, including damage to buildings and lost business from closures.

Officials said all but one line on Washington’s second-busiest subway system would resume service on Tuesday and bus services would be expanded.

High snowbanks at street corners made travel within Washington difficult for pedestrians.

“The hardest part was getting the stroller through the unclean sidewalks,” said Isam Qahwash, a 41-year-old scientist from Princeton, New Jersey, as he carried his 14-month-old son in a stroller across a downtown street. “It seems like they move really slow cleaning the snow here.”

Even with federal government offices officially closed, the Supreme Court was open for business, scheduled to issue rulings and act on pending appeals from the snowbound courthouse across from the U.S. Capitol building.

Washington officials said the city has applied for federal disaster relief to help pay for the snowstorm’s costs, which they did not estimate.

Air travel remained seriously affected as some 1,603 U.S. flights were canceled on Monday, with Newark Liberty International Airport, New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport the hardest hit, according to FlightAware.com.

Along New Jersey’s southern coast, business owners were left

to mop up the damage of a storm surge that flooded homes and businesses in the popular tourist

area. Several expressed frustration with Governor Chris Christie’s weekend comments that the

area hit by this storm had not borne the brunt of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy.

January 26, 2016

Pearls Before Swine

DIVERSIONS Stephan Pastis

Horoscopes

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Today’s Birthday (01/26/16). Collaborate for a bumper crop this year.

Plant and nurture seedlings. Share bold visions and dreams. Review assets and accounts, strategizing for maximum growth. Expand your network. New spring income spurs a two-year exploration phase, beginning this summer.

Reap a fat autumn harvest, and preserve the bounty. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Over The Hedge

Non Sequitur

Lio

T. Lewis and M. Fry

Wiley

Mark Tatulli

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Refocus on work today and tomorrow. Dig into a big job.

Let others share in the expenses.

Avoid distractions. Gamble? Not today. Choose stability over illusion.

Practice your talents. Reward yourself with a nature walk.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Come up with creative and unusual ideas. Plan diversions, fun and games. Romance tickles like a feather. Don’t assume your secret messages are being received. Get advice from family and friends. Gentle, patient efforts win out.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Domestic projects entice you with delicious flavors and fragrances. Sink into home comforts. Test a new appliance or tool. Insist on the real thing, without straining your budget. A distant acquaintance sparks your imagination. Try exotic recipes.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — You’re especially clever. Express yourself in words, images and sound. Study the situation. Practice your arts. Send your communications. Welcome contributions from others. Keep things simple and lowcost. Thank everyone involved in the production. Resupply locally.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — The next two days favor bookkeeping and profitable productivity.

Keep a practical outlook. Avoid distractions and silly arguments. Resist the temptation to spend all the money you’re making. Save up for future dreams. Together, you get farther.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Focus on personal goals, even if you have no idea how. Start with small, achievable steps. Get inventive. Talk to people with relatable experience. Consider a new hairstyle or outfit. Dress for the role you want.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Enjoy privacy and peaceful contemplation. Make plans and organize papers. Talk to your angels.

Clear out clutter to create space for what’s coming. Pamper yourself with sensual treats like hot water, subtle flavors and fragrances.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Get to work on a team project. Meetings, gatherings and parties go well. Schedule carefully.

Work out priorities with everyone in advance, or risk wasted efforts. Build a strong foundation, especially financially, for support.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Enjoy your work today. Abandon theory for practice.

Get your hands dirty. Learn by doing. The pace is picking up, so look sharp and get moving. Keep fulfilling your promises. Don’t get stuck on misconceptions or assumptions.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Review financial plans, including for the long-term future. Focus on what’s in the bag, not what you hope is coming. Keep generating momentum. Replenish reserves, and cut unnecessary spending. Dream big dreams backed by concrete action.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Focus on joint finances.

Handle bills, invoices, insurance and investments to keep current. Discover unconsidered savings. Strategize your moves. Collaborate and coordinate efforts for maximum ingress.

Completion leads to profits. Beat your deadline.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — A partner’s opinion is important, and it’s coming straight at you. Push each other past individual limitations. Dance gracefully with unexpected circumstances. Collaborate, negotiate and arrange terms. Discover romance hiding in plain sight.

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STREAK Knights fail to capitalize on momentum from first half play in loss to No. 7 OSU CONTINUED FROM BACK

”I don’t think she just got the Through almost four minutes ball and scored on Rachel (Holfrom the opening tip, Rutgers ap- livay),” Copper said. “Guards, we weren’t doing a great job peared ready for the challenge.

Mitchell was held scoreless on defending. We were forcing 0-for-1 shooting until she scored Rachel to help and we weren’t her first points at the 6:04 mark of helping the helper. I think that’s where a lot of Alexa Hart’s the first by hitting a 3-pointer. points came from.”

It was not her last.

Hart entered the game avMitchell finished with 22 points, including 4-of-9 from eraging 10.8 points and 6.8 rebeyond the arc with three re- bounds, while Hollivay has been bounds to suck the life out of an enigma of late. When she perthe crowd, the building and the forms her team wins, but when she does not they are unable to home team.

“We switched our defense to a overcome it.

Hollivay leads the Big Ten in zone and we did a good job of I.D.ing (Mitchell) and where she was blocked shots with 60, but also in the first four minutes,” Scaife toward the top of the conference said. “Then we kinda got away in fouls with 63. Not so coincidentally, Copper has 64 fouls. from that after.”

When the 6-foot-4 center is on Mitchell went off, scoring 14 points in the second half helping the floor she alters most the shots to swell the visitors’ lead to 17 she is unable to block, Whether it has been a slow points by the end of the third. It star t or a bitter finish for Rutwas their largest of the game.

Ohio State head coach gers in the 2015-2016 campaign, Kevin McGuff believed the the team continues the strugdefense and energy the Buck- gle to put together 40 minutes eyes brought out of the locker without lapses.

Stringer room at halfaddressed time were the the inconsismain catalysts “It looked like we were tency in a difor building very tentative, very rect manner a healthy 5437 lead at the afraid is the word, which in her postgame press close of the I hate to use, but conference. third quarter.

“Nothing “I thought that’s a fact.” changed exour energy cept we feel level was a lot C. VIVIAN STRINGER the pressure better when Head Coach and we menwe started the tally strain,” second half,” McGuff said. “I thought we really she said of the third quarter. “It turned up the defense and that scares me in the third-quarter or was the key to the game there in fourth-quarter. And I don’t know the third quarter. We had a little what to do about it. Maybe we’ll run there where we really got af- just pretend that it’s the first or the ter it defensively. Then we were second quarter and play that way.”

The winningest head coach able to get out in transition.”

Senior wing Kahleah Copper in program history, Stringer has was the top-scorer for Rutgers seen it all. Watching her team notching her eighth double-dou- carelessly give away the ball, she ble of the season with 18 points sees fear in her players, an emotion she does not want to use and 13 rebounds.

Like Scaife, Copper was also giv- when describing her team.

“The truth of the matter is we en a difficult defensive assignment.

The Philadelphia native had to cannot afford the type of turnteam with senior center Rachel overs that we’re getting. Simple Hollivay in order to contain Ohio as that. And they’re the same kind of turnovers,” Stringer continued.

State’s 6-foot-3 center Alexa Hart.

The Scarlet and White were “That’s a token press. And, you know, if they can do it and get unsuccessful in that.

Hart scored 15 points and away with it — it looked like we pulled down eight rebounds, re- were very tentative, very afraid is peatedly punishing the Knights in the word, which I hate to use, but that’s a fact.” the paint and on the glass.

Hollivay finished with two For updates on the Rutpoints and two rebounds in 30 minutes on the floor, but Copper gers women’s basketball team, @KevinPXavier and didn’t believe the blame rested follow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter. upon her teammate’s shoulders.

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Junior guard Tyler Scaife and the rest of the Rutgers backcourt had trouble containing OSU guard Kelsey Mitchell, who scored 22 points. Scaife finished with 11 points. CHLOE COFFMAN / JANUARY 2016

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yron Lue has been the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for less than a week, and he certainly hasn’t been shy about the changes he plans to implement as head coach. Lue wants the Cavs, who play at the third-slowest pace in the league, to push the ball and become more of an uptempo team.

When former head coach David Blatt was hired and Lue was subsequently hired, there was thought that for ward LeBron James would have more input into schemes, but James said the change in of fensive philosophy is not coming from his end.

“This is what Coach [Lue] wants. This is what Coach wants to do, and we’re going to do it,” James said according to ESPN. com. “This isn’t a Lebron thing.

I’m talking out of IQ of the game, but this is what Coach wants to do, so this is what we’re going to do.”

The Cavs have not had much success in high-paced games this season, with just a 3-7 record in games where they had over 100 possessions according to ESPN Stats & Information.

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t his end-of-season press conference on Monday, New England Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick did not shift blame onto Stephen Gostkowski for the Patriots’ 20-18 loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship game. Gostkowski missed an extra point in the first quarter of the game, which came back to bite the Patriots in the end. After scoring a touchdown to cut their defect to two with 12 seconds remaining in the game, the Patriots were forced to attempt a two-point conversion that they ultimately failed to convert.

“Steve is a great kicker. He had a great year for us,” Belichick said according to ESPN. com. “I think ever y coach or player who par ticipated in the game wishes there was a couple things they could have done dif ferently. I feel that way. Ever ybody I’ve talked to feels that way…I feel like it’s my fault, I’m sure all the other players who played feel like it’s their fault.”

Gostkowski had made an NFL-record 523 consecutive extra points before his costly miss on Sunday.

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BOOST RU struggled without Laurent, losing 5 straight by average margin of 31.4 points CONTINUED FROM BACK

“It was good. Jon’s the playnow-22-game losing streak in er that he is and it showed,” conference play with a 90-76 Sanders said. “He’s ver y active, loss to Iowa, the improvement he’s an explosive guy and he from the previous five games does a lot of things right for us.

It was good having him back was evident.

Laurent’s presence inside was out there.”

Laurent was joined by junior crucial in the Knights keeping the game close throughout the college transfer Deshawn Freefirst half and for a chunk of the man and sophomores Shaquille Doorson and Ibrahima Diallo second period.

Owning a rebound margin of as the injured players for Rut-17.1 in Big Ten play after get- gers. Sharing the frustrations ting outrebounded by 40 against and setbacks of being out with Purdue — the Boilermakers teammates going through the had more rebounds (63) than same thing was a big help in getting him their hosts through it. had points “When you (57) — Rut“(Laurent’s) presence can’t practice gers was withhelped us ... he gives around other in five boards teammates, of the Cornus good athleticism ... you kind of huskers when we’re happy to have feel left out,” the final horn Laurent said. sounded. him back.”

“So it was In addition good being to helping on EDDIE JORDAN around them the boards, Head Coach because they Laurent prohelped me vided a presence in the paint on the other end just kept my head and keep of the floor. The Knights were out- it going.”

While the pain of his conscored in the paint in all five conference games when Laurent was cussion was dif ficult to deal with, watching helplessly as his sidelined.

They outscored opponents in- teammates practice and play side the key in both games he’s without him ate at him more than anything. Now that he’s played in.

“His presence helped us,” Jor- back, his focus is completely on dan said of Laurent. “He gives us ending the current seven-game good athleticism. He’s got a good skid and getting the Knights knack to score around the basket. back on track.

While Rutgers wasn’t able to He defends every position. We’re do so against Iowa, things are happy to have him back.”

Perhaps the player most hap- looking up for the Knights with py to see No. 4 back on the court Laurent back in action. for Rutgers is Corey Sanders.

The leading scorer among all Big Ten freshman is tasked with leading the undermanned Knights through the gauntlet that is the conference schedule, a difficult task without his fellow Florida first-year.

Having Laurent back on the floor gave Sanders another scoring hand to feed, something he can never get enough of.

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klahoma was voted as the No. 1 team in college basketball for the second consecutive week in the most recent Associated Press Top-25 poll. The Sooners lost to Iowa State last week, but still received seven more first-place votes than No. 2 North Carolina. Iowa, Kansas and Texas A&M rounded out the top-five.

The Aggies’ No. 5 ranking is a program-best feat.

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dmonton Oilers’ rookie sensation Connor McDavid has been cleared for full contact. The number-one pick in the 2015 NHL Draft has been out since Nov. 3 with a broken left clavicle. McDavid had compiled five goals and seven assists in 13 games before suffering his injury.

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Freshman guard Corey Sanders was happy to see fellow Florida freshman Jonathan Laurent return to action against No. 9 Iowa.

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“I’m feeling kind of banged up right now,” Laurent said following his team’s loss to Iowa. “But really happy to be back.”

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January 26, 2016 FOOTBALL DREW MEHRINGER PRESENTS QB’S WITH EVEN PLAYING FIELD

Offensive coordinator leaves quarterback position open GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

Of all positions on the depth chart for the Rutgers football team and head coach Chris Ash’s first-year staff, the one gleaming opening that remains the biggest mystery is under center.

Quarterback.

With the turnover that Ash brings and a new scheme on the way with offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer’s power spread coming to the Banks, the one spot on the field that was unquestionably Chris Laviano’s for the duration of the 2015 season is now up for discussion.

“Every spot is open.

Everything is going to be a competition,” Ash said. “We’ve sent this message already. If you’re afraid to compete, you’re not going to be welcome here at Rutgers — whether you’re a current player, an incoming player, a recruit down the road.

The program is going to be built on competition.”

Ash was clear on that message, referring to the current signalcallers on the roster, but pointing to what was once a two-man competition between rising juniors Laviano and Hayden Rettig.

Regardless of the new direction being taken with a switch from the pro-style offense that the program has been accustomed to, despite six coordinators in the past six seasons before Mehringer’s arrival, Ash remained firm on how he views the evaluation of the position moving into the spring.

“There are not going to be any starters anointed because of what they’ve done in the past, where they’re from or what age they are,” he said. “The guys better come in ready to compete, they better buy into what we’re doing, buy into our culture, do the things we want

Offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer has made it clear that the quarterback competition is wide open heading into spring camp and the 2016 season. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / JANUARY 2016 them to do or it’s not going to be the right place for them.”

With that in mind, what might the people who pile into High Point Solutions Stadium see on Saturdays under a new-look unit overseen by a high-energy 28-year-old?

To Mehringer, the former Houston wide receivers coach who spent time at James Madison as the co-offensive coordinator in 2014 and a graduate assistant at Ohio State from 2012-13, there isn’t an exact prototype to his multiple system.

“I think the ideal quarterback in the system, everyone is going to wonder if he is a dual-threat guy, a pro-style guy. I don’t think that’s necessarily important,” he said. “There’s no one system ever that has been the saving

grace of football, whether it be at the professional level or college football level ... The ideal quarterback for us is going to be a guy that is extremely competitive, an intelligent guy that’s going to come in with a relentless passion to win.”

Since those comments from his introductory press conference roughly two weeks ago on Jan. 12, Mehringer and the Knights’ staff have offered three 2016 quarterback prospects.

In the span of 24 hours, Rutgers dipped down south and extended scholarships to Tylin Oden (Columbia, Tennessee), Tyrrell Pigrome (Pinson, Alabama) and Lindsey Scott (Zachary, Louisiana).

Oden received an in-home visit from Ash and Mehringer on Jan. 18, three days before he decommitted from Louisville. Scott decommitted from Syracuse on Jan. 17, two days before Mehringer paid him an inhome visit. Pigrome, who has been uncommitted, was the only one of the three not to receive a visit.

As far as the concern goes with dual-threats fitting Mehringer’s offense, all three stack up as ideal candidates for a spread.

Past the three, the decommitment of Elite 11 quarterback Anthony Russo (Warminster, Pennsylvania) alludes to the idea that a signalcaller who can run it as good — if not better — than he can throw it, might be the best option.

But even if those characteristics fit into the blueprint of the offense, Mehringer doesn’t see it as a make-or-break.

“Really, I think the intangibles of the position separate itself far from the measurables and the style of system that he fits in,” he said.

“Ideal quarterback-wise, extremely competitive and super intelligent.”

As for the quartet of quarterbacks currently on the depth chart — Laviano, Rettig, rising sophomore Giovanni Rescigno and rising redshirt freshman Mike Dare — the competition is all for the taking as far as Mehringer is concerned.

“I’ve talked to all of the quarterbacks. You reach out to Chris, being the starter from this past year. Very good conversation with him on the phone. I talked about the expectations we have,” Mehringer said. “The same thing with Hayden, the expectations we have for that position. When you address Hayden, I hope you didn’t come in here to be the backup.

As Coach Ash said, there are no starters, backups right now, it’s open competition. All the way back down to even Gio and those guys.”

While it remains to be seen who the Knights might pick up as National Signing Day approaches on Feb. 3, it’s a given for the quarterback position to remain an unknown into the spring — and maybe even into training camp in August.

But regardless of who ends up on the depth chart as Rutgers sets its sights toward the 2016 season, Mehringer has one message in mind for whoever guns for the starting job.

“If you didn’t come here to compete and win, your position or game for that matter, you don’t really belong here,” he said.

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Drew Mehringer told sophomore quarterback Hayden Rettig, who played backup to fellow sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano for most of last season, he should be ready to compete for the starting spot under center. Mehringer will be running a power-spread offense. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2015

January 26, 2016

Page 15 WRESTLING ANTHONY GIRALDO IS STILL LOOKING TO IMPROVE AS SEASON WEARS ON

Redshirt freshman shoots for strong finish to season ERIC MULLIN STAFF WRITER

Anthony Giraldo faced the first true test of his collegiate career at the Northeast Duals back on Nov. 15.

The Rutgers wrestling team’s redshirt freshman, who had just three dual matches under his belt at the time, was scheduled to square off against the then-No. 1 wrestler at the 133-pound weight class in Cody Brewer of Oklahoma.

Just under two minutes into the match, Giraldo used three takedowns to build a 6-2 lead over Brewer. But with 50 seconds remaining in the first period, Brewer was able to get Giraldo onto his back.

After fighting off a pin fall for over 30 seconds, Brewer finally got Giraldo’s shoulders onto the mat for an official fall.

Even though he had ultimately dropped the match, his potential was on full display in building an early lead against the top wrestler in his class.

But that wasn’t enough for Giraldo, who already believed that he could compete with the top grapplers in his class.

“Yeah, I guess I can say that,” Giraldo said on whether his match against Brewer proved to him that he could compete with top competition. “But before that match, I was telling myself that as well.

I believed it before the match too and that was just an opportunity

to prove it to everyone else and to actually to do it.”

Even before he competed in his first dual meet at the collegiate level, Anthony Giraldo was named by FloWrestling and The Open Mat as a top-20 grappler in his 133-pound weight class. He was a blue-chip prospect coming out of North Bergen High School, where he won back-to-back New Jersey State Championships.

Without a spot for him in the lineup, Giraldo wrestled unattached last year in his first year on the Banks, compiling a 20-5 record and finishing in the top-3 in three of the five tournaments he competed in.

Entering this season, Giraldo was the lone name listed at 133-pounds for the Scarlet Knights, as they decided to redshirt junior Scott DelVecchio. In his first year in the lineup, Giraldo has worked himself to a 13-7 record overall and a 9-5 record in dual meets.

But since his match against Brewer, he has continued to struggle against ranked opponents in dual meets. Since that match, he has fallen to the No. 3, 4 and 9 grapplers in his weight class.

Even though he hasn’t had much success against ranked opponents, Giraldo’s teammates believe his best wrestling is still ahead of him.

“I think Anthony’s done a great job,” said senior heavyweight Billy Smith. “He’s very consistent, which is good. I think he’s not where he wants to be yet and defi-

nitely not wrestling his best yet, which is good because you wanna be wrestling your best towards the end. Just like a lot of us, there’s so much more left to give at the end.

Hopefully we can get that out of us in the last month or two.”

At the Midland Championships on Dec. 29-30, the Guttenberg, New Jersey, native was finally able to break through.

While finishing in fourth among 133-pounders, Giraldo defeated No. 5 Earl Hall of Iowa State in a 5-4 decision for his first win over a ranked opponent.

He’s won both of his dual matches since the Midland Championships as well, while coming in at No. 18 in his weight class.

With seven dual meets remaining on the schedule, there is more than enough time for Giraldo to build up momentum heading into the Big Ten and National Championships.

“I feel like I’ve made some improvements, getting my hand raised a little bit more,” Giraldo said. “I got a ranked win under my belt, so that’s pretty satisfying. But I’m still really hungry. The best wrestling has to come at the end of the year, Big Tens, Nationals.”

At the team’s media day on Oct. 27, head coach Scott Goodale noted the high expectations that he had for the former two-time New Jersey high school state champion. Goodale said he was looking for Giraldo to have similar success as sophomore Anthony Ashnault had last year.

In his first year in the lineup last season, Ashnault finished eighth at the NCAA Championships and left the tournament as an All-American at 141-pounds.

So even though Giraldo has experienced up and downs in his first year in the lineup, the high expectations on him from the beginning of the season for championship tournaments remain.

“We’re not just looking for him just to qualify, we’re looking for him that make noise at that tournament,”

Goodale said. “Obviously the kid can wrestle, but there’s so much more that goes into it. If he can handle the minute-to-minute balance of a wrestler’s lifestyle, he’ll be fine. And what I mean by that is being able to control his weight ... It’s something that is his weakness, it’s where he struggles. If he’s doing his weight right, he wrestles really, really good.”

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NO. OHIO STATE 67, RUTGERS 58

Rutgers falters in second half, snaps streak KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

On the strength of a 17-point lead built in the third quarter, No. 7 Ohio State defeated the Rutgers women’s basketball team, 67-58, at the Rutgers Athletic Center on Sunday to snap the home win streak of the Scarlet Knights (12-8, 3-5) at eight games.

The Buckeyes (15-4, 7-1) rode a 9-0 run to open the second half, ultimately outscoring the Knights, 24-7, in the third period before a moderate comeback from Rutgers fell short in the fourth.

“We always do that,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “So we just wait for the third or fourth quarter to do that. We just like to make sure that everyone knows we can play in the first two quarters and then we fall apart.”

Heading into the locker room for halftime, the two teams were dead even at 30-30.

The Knights left the floor having equaled the Buckeyes with 15 first-half rebounds and 12 points in the paint.

Eleven lead changes and seven ties took place in the first two quarters, signaling all the makings of a competitive second half with the crowd of 1,510 in attendance at the RAC making its presence audible throughout the first 20 minutes.

Then the third quarter began and the wheels fell off for Rutgers.

Junior guard Tyler Scaife — and the rest of the Knights’ backcourt — drew the assignment of holding down the nation’s second leading scorer, guard Kelsey Mitchell, who entered the matchup averaging 25.4 points per game.

Head coach C. Vivian Stringer did not sugarcoat her assesment of the Knights’ performance on Sunday night. Stringer said her team was afraid in the second half, leading to a 67-58 loss to No. 7 Ohio State. ACHINT RAINCE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / DECEMBER 2016

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MEN’S BASKETBALL LAURENT WAS OUT FOR 5 GAMES AFTER GETTING INJURED AGAINST WISCONSIN

RU receives boost from freshman forward BRIAN FONSECA

by an average margin of 31.4 points, with all coming by at least 20 points.

The Knights broke the record for worst loss at the Rutgers Athletic Center in consecutive games. After suffering a 34-point loss to the Cornhuskers, who were winless in conference play entering the RAC, Rutgers was humiliated in a 107-57 shellacking at the hands of the Boilermakers.

So when Laurent was cleared to return to practice two days prior to his team hosting the No. 9 Hawkeyes, as first reported by The Daily Targum, the mood around the Knights was instantly improved.

“First day of practice when I came back, everybody was happy I came back,” the Orlando, Florida, native said. “We just had another body on the bench.”

The boost transitioned well into the team’s next game.

While Rutgers wasn’t able to snap its

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When Jonathan Laurent hit his head hard in the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s meeting with Wisconsin at the Kohl Center on Jan. 2, everyone on the Scarlet Knights’ bench held their breath.

The freshman forward left the game and was later diagnosed with a mild concussion, an injury that added him to the already long list of players head coach Eddie Jordan wouldn’t have at his disposal in the early stages of the Big Ten conference schedule.

The Knights (6-14, 0-7) were left with just seven scholarship players heading into a stretch of games at No. 3 Maryland and Ohio State in between hosting Nebraska, No. 20 Purdue and No. 9 Iowa.

The results may have been worse than what was expected.

Rutgers was embarrassed on multiple occasions during the five-game stretch, losing

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Freshman Jonathan Laurent made an immediate impact upon returning from injury against No. 9 Iowa. The forward scored 14 points against the Hawkeyes.

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