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Starbucks in ‘The Yard’ abruptly closes due to contractual dispute kira herzog correspondent

Many students took note when the Starbucks at The Yard @ College Avenue abruptly closed on Jan. 20.

The store has not reopened since, and a Starbucks spokesperson gave no indication that the situation was temporary.

“We can confirm that the Starbucks store located at 38 College Ave. has closed,” the spokesperson said in an email. “As part of Starbucks’ standard course of business, we continually review and evaluate our locations to ensure a healthy store portfolio. We will continue to serve the Rutgers community and encourage our customers to visit us at our other locations in the area.”

The Starbucks at The Yard is 1 of 3 permanent Starbucks locations within a half-mile radius. It originally opened for business in the beginning of December.

The Starbucks mobile truck also made its debut on campus last summer. The vehicle offers students many of the same drinks and food

options as the stores, which can be paid for with RU Express, The Daily Targum reported.

Unlike the establishment at the Yard, the Starbucks truck is owned and operated by Rutgers Dining Ser vices.

“We were shocked by the sudden closure of the Starbucks and were given no prior notice by the operator,” said Christopher Paladino, president of the New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO) in an email. “Apparently Starbucks has revoked the operator’s license due to contractual issues.”

DEVCO is the private non-profit company that partnered with Rutgers to create The Yard @ College Avenue. All negotiations with the vendors operating beneath the apartment complex are conducted through DEVCO rather than through the University, according to Jeffrey Tolvin, a University spokesperson.

Starbucks has not yet confirmed a specific reason for the closure, though the company does have extensive Business Ethics and Compliance code set forth for its partners and operators.

The Starbucks at the Yard @ College Avenue closed on Jan. 20, one-and-a-half months after opening.

Christopher Paladino, president of the New Brunswick Development Corporation, said Starbucks revoked the establishment’s operating license. JEFFREY GOMEZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Paladino assured, both to The Daily Targum and through social media, that DEVCO is still working to remedy the situation.

“We are working with Starbucks to expedite the reopening of the store at The Yard under new management. Both DEVCO and Starbucks

corporate are confident that we will be successful,” Paladino said. “I am personally hopeful since it was my first stop every morning since it opened.”

LeGrand helps raise $750K for spinal cord research jacob turchi contributing writer

On Jan 30. Robert Wood Johnson’s Somertset Family Practice will open PROUD Family Health, making it the first hospital in New Jersey to offer specialized care for LGBT individuals. JASON YE / OCTOBER 2016

Robert Wood Johnson is 1st hospital in N.J. to offer designated LGBT care alexandra dematos copy editor

The introduction of PROUD Family Health at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s (RWJUH) Somerset Family Practice on Jan. 30 will make it the first hospital in New Jersey to offer specialized primary care services for the LGBTQIA community, according to NJ Advance Media.

PROUD, which stands for Promoting Respect, Outreach, Understanding and Dignity, will include primary

medical care for children and adults, hormone therapy and HIV care, according to an RWJUH press release.

There will also be health education, counseling, support groups and referrals for specialty services such as behavioral health services.

“From routine physicals for preventive care to hormone therapy and contraception, we will ensure that each patient receives professional, compassionate care without judgement,” said Lalitha Hansch, program director of the RWJ Somerset Family practice.

PROUD Family Health is comprised of employees at RWJUH’s New Brunswick and Somerset campuses, “who help create a positive working environment for LGBTQIA employees and who also lead LGBTQIA outreach and advocacy efforts,” according to the press release.

All employees at RWJUH Somerset have undergone LGBTQIA sensitivity training, according to the press release.

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Former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand now serves as a source of widespread inspiration for those suffering from paralysis through his involvement in “Team LeGrand of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation,” an organization that gives rehabilitation and recovery services for those with paralysis.

LeGrand began his college football career in 2008 as a defensive tackle under then-head football coach Greg Schiano. By his sophomore year, LeGrand was leading the team with 13 tackles on kickoffs, according to the Scarlet Knights’ website.

But on Oct. 16, 2010, during his junior season, LeGrand was injured during the fourth quarter in a game against Army Black Knights.

LeGrand suffered a career-ending spinal cord injury and was rushed to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with paralysis. He fractured the C-3 and the C-4 vertebrae, leaving him unable to move his body from the neck down, according to NJ Advance Media.

LeGrand was sent to the Kessler Rehabilitation Center two weeks later, and by January 2011, he regained feeling in his body and was able to move his shoulders, according to the Team LeGrand website.

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Despite his injuries, LeGrand said he never lost hope, and that his support system helped him through his hardships.

“Just always remember no matter how bad you think you got it, there’s always someone out there who (has) got it worse than you do,” he said. “So always remember to (be) grateful for every day that you got.”

LeGrand joined the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation in 2011, a charity that specializes in funding epidural stimulation and rehabilitation for those who have paralysis, according to the site. It was here that LeGrand was able to share his story.

Since then, LeGrand has received multiple awards and honors for his charitable efforts.

In 2012, he was presented the Unsung Hero Award in the New Jersey Hall of Fame, the Jimmy V Award and was named Most Influential Person in NJ Sports by The Star-Ledger.

He was then given the final roster spot on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

by Shiano, his former coach. His book, “Believe: My Faith and the Tackle That Changed My Life,” was published in 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers, according to NJ Advance Media.

In 2013, “Team LeGrand” joined the Reeve Foundation. The proceeds See research on Page 4

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Community supports GoFundMe to help student graduate

Matthew Menchaca completed all of his courses at Rutgers, but was unable to receive his diploma because he was an estimated $3,600 short of paying his tuition.

Donations from 75 people allowed him to reach his goal and attain the funds necessary to graduate. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR

Manuel Silva-Paulus

of Philosophy for 30 years before retiring, Matthew Menchaca said.

For several semesters he had written letters, attempting to When a Rutgers graduate stureceive funding because he has dent found himself at a financial not received full aid since his standstill in his educational cafreshman year, Matthew Menreer, he turned to crowdsourcing chaca said. for help.

“It’s kind of like you’re stuck School of Arts and Sciences between a rock and a hard place, senior Matthew Menchaca regisand in the end, it’s unfortunate tered, attended and completed all even though you’re in a larger of his classes, but he was unable school,” Santagado said. “They to graduate because he could not can’t look at it pay his tuition, case by case according to his “It’s kind of like you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place and, in the end, it’s unfortunate even though and he’s beGoFundMe page. come a victim of With the help you’re in a larger school.” that rigidity.” of various donors, N i c o l a s Matthew Mentobi Michelle Santagado M enchaca chaca was able to Primary Creator of the GoFundMe Page said there are pay his tuition for families who the semester.

“Honors (program) Dean Muf- can easily pay six figures for a “I’ve been teaching logic and Menchaca said. “It’s really not pos“It helped a lot, it really helped allow me to graduate,” Matthew I grade for three professors right sible without the goodwill of people, fin Lord helped me. One of my person’s education and it’s not Menchaca said. “I think it has now, so I see the value of philoso- without having some friends, with- professors in philosophy wrote to necessarily a financial burden taught me to be resilient and not phy. It gets people to think inde- out having people that you commu- her and said you should help this to them, but their family doesn’t student to pay for school,” Mat- come from that same place pendently and it gets them to an- nicate with and are sympathetic.” to give up.” of luxur y.

Santagado said the GoFund- thew Menchaca said.

Menchaca’s brother, Nicolas alyze,” Matthew Menchaca said.

Santagado said she knew After his first year, he was After researching the top phi- Me page is still active and receivAzlon Menchaca, said it is very able to get the entire second se- people who were living payimportant for Matthew to re- losophy programs in the nation, ing donations.

Alphonse Burley contributed a mester paid for after receiving check to paycheck that still ceive the funding necessary for he found that New York Univerhigher education. Matthew has sity was ranked number one, but large chunk of the remaining bal- a scholarship from Peter Klein, managed to donate to Matthew who worked in the Department Menchaca’s cause. been recognized by many of his was too expensive. Rutgers was ance, Santagado said.

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professors at Rutgers for doing outstanding work.

According to the GoFundMe page, Matthew Menchaca, who double majored in philosophy and cognitive science, was able to reach his goal of $3,600 and earn his diploma.

The primary creator of the GoFundMe, Tobi Michelle Santagado, said despite financial hardships, Matthew Menchaca has an intellect that is on another plane.

ranked number two, Matthew Menchaca said.

Matthew Menchaca is in a very specific area of study and is working to answer hard questions that the average person is well equipped to engage with, Nicolas Menchaca said.

“People told me on the way, ‘I don’t know why you’ve done this, this is a stupid idea, this is a bad financial decision and what’s the point in philosophy,’” Matthew

“From what I know, he also believes in Matt,” Santagado said.

Matthew Menchaca faced many financial hardships throughout his educational career, according to the GoFundMe page. He said working with financial aid can be a very cumbersome and bureaucratic process.

According to the Office of Financial Aid—New Brunswick, more than $6.2 million in aid was received by undergraduate students last year.

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‘21st Century Cures Act’ allocates funding to Rutgers Cancer Institute Christina Gaudino contributing writer

On Dec. 13, former President Barack Obama signed the “21st Century Cures Act” into law — his last public bill signing in office.

The law passed through the 114th Congress with major bipartisan support, with the House voting 392-26 and the Senate voting 94-5 to pass the bill.

New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6) served as lead House Democratic negotiator for this legislation. He worked closely with Energy and Commerce chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and negotiated with other House and Senate leaders, according to a public statement released by Rep. Pallone’s office. “‘21st Century Cures’ will help New Jersey’s research institutions and pharmaceutical companies to continue revolutionizing the way we manufacture prescription drugs,” Pallone said in a public statement.

“Rutgers and NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology), right here in New Jersey, can be international leaders in reducing the cost and increasing the quality of medicine.”

The purpose of the legislation is to accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of “21st-century cures,” according to the law.

The act designates $6.3 billion to be spent over seven years on a vast array of healthcare reforms and allocates funding to research and develop key areas.

The law provides funding for the Precision Medicine Initiative, launched by the Obama administration in 2015 to tailor medical care to individual needs, and The

“Rutgers and NJIT, right here in NJ, can be international leaders in reducing the cost and increasing the quality of medicine.” frank pallone New Jersey Congressman (D-6)

Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, which aims to revolutionize the understanding of the human brain and how to treat brain conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy and traumatic brain injury.

The law also focuses on addiction to heroin and pain pills, an issue of particular relevance to New Jersey.

According to NJ Advance Media, New Jersey’s heroin death rate of 8.3 deaths per 100,000 people is over three times the national average of 2.6 deaths per 100,000 people. The state also has a disproportionately high rate of opioid addiction.

Of particular concern is the dramatic spike in the abuse of heroin and prescription opioids in college-aged people from 18 to 25 years, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

The bill designates $1 billion to fight the national opioid epidemic by providing grants to states to support opioid abuse prevention and treatment activities, including prescription drug monitoring programs and expanding access to treatment and recovery programs, according to the press release.

A significant portion of the $26 million will come to New Jersey, Pallone said in a separate statement.

The largest sum of money will be designated to fund former Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, which includes more funding for the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), according to the Obama administration’s website.

During his speech recognizing the bill, Biden said what would

research

The way LeGrand carries himself makes him an inspirational figure since his injury, said Brad ‘Team LeGrand’ partnered with Athletes Brand, Butcher, the athlete account manager for Athletes Brand. raised over $2K in T-shirt sales “So with that, we thought he would be a perfect person to jump word “BELIEVE” in the shape on board and use our ‘shirt for a continued from front of a football, with “EL” high- cause’ to help benefit his cause,” go to finding a cure and helping to lighted in red for LeGrand’s ini- Butcher said.

LeGrand continues to have a improve the life of people with spi- tials, according to the organization’s website. positive outlook on life, appreciate nal cord injuries. his loved ones So far, the and work to mocharity has col“Just always remember no matter how bad you tivate others who lected around think you got it, there’s always someone out there are struggling, $750,000 and he said.

LeGrand said who (has) got it worse than you do. So always “You shouldn’t he is confident remember to (be) grateful for every day that focus on the that they will you got.” things that you hit their goal of don’t have,” LeG$1 million soon.

Eric Legrand rand said. “InR e c e n t l y, Former Rutgers Football Player stead look at the the foundation thing that you do teamed up with Athletes Brand initially set their have, and be fortunate that you Athletes Brand, an organization that creates clothing to support goal for $2,000 from shirt sales to do- have these things in life, and hold athletes and their causes. They nate to “Team LeGrand.” After two on tight to them, because those designed a promotional shirt weeks on the market, their site wrote are the things that are gonna get you through the worst of times.” for the charity that depicts the they have already reached that goal.

The “21st Century Cures Act” designates a total of $6.3 billion for a variety of healthcare reform initiatives. The funding will benefit the Rutgers Cancer Institute. GRAPHIC BY HELEN PICARD normally take 10 years to complete, will be done in five.

In a transcript of the public bill signing, Obama said the bill will bring the United States closer to ending cancer by investing in promising new therapies, developing vaccines and improving cancer detection and prevention.

“Ultimately, it will help us reach our goal of getting a decade’s worth of research in half the time,” he said.

For this purpose, the bill allocates funding for the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New

Brunswick’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, New Brunswick Today reported.

“NIH’s budget has consistently been eroding over the last decade,” Pauline said in a recent statement. “But with ‘21st Century Cures,’ New Jersey and our health and research organizations will receive a critical boost. From searching for a cure to cancer to working to prevent infectious disease epidemics, NIH funding is vital for New Jersey to stay on the cutting edge of life-saving research and high-level job creation.”

care RWJUH won Community Partnership Award for its contributions to LGBT community continued from front Yesterday, the RWJUH Somerset campus received the Pride Center of New Jersey’s 2016 Community Partnership Award for supporting the state’s LGBTQIA Community, according to the press release.

“We recognized the health care needs of the LGBTQIA community were not being met and in many cases, LGBTQIA individuals were traveling outside of New Jersey for their medical care,” said Michael Antoniades, president and chief executive officer of RWJUH. “PROUD Family Health will offer them the care they need close to home.”

The Somerset campus and the Pride Center of New Jersey initially launched a Transgender Family Support Group in March 2016, which was the first of its kind in the region. It was designed to help partners, spouses and families better understand and accept their transgender family members, according to the press release.

RWJUH has received other awards in recognition of providing, “culturally competent care and reducing healthcare disparities,” according to the press release.

The hospital has been honored

by The Human Rights Campaign as a “leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality,” and in 2015 was recognized by the American Hospital Association with the Equity of Care Award. It was additionally named as one of Diversity MBA Magazine’s 50 Out Front Companies for Diversity.

PROUD Family Health will be open on Mondays from 6 to 9 p.m.

“We want every patient who comes through our doors to feel welcome and to be able to get the care that they need at all stages of their lives,” said Tony Cava, chief administrative officer of RWJUH’s Somerset campus. “We are proud to be leading the way in New Jersey in providing primary health care services for the LGBTQIA community.”

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Eric LeGrand created the organization “Team LeGrand” after an incident on the football field left him paralyzed. The non-profit aims to raise more than $1 million to research spinal cord injuries and help with rehabilitation. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

Jan. 30 LAKEWOOD — Andres Govea Montoya, 55, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and causing a death while driving with a suspended license after a deadly hit and run. Montoya was driving his car when he struck a 55-year-old Lakewood woman who was riding a bicycle at around 5:45 p.m. Friday.

The woman was taken to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood where she died later that night. Police found Montoya after he

fled the scene and took him to the Ocean County Jail.

Jan. 30 BURLINGTON — 20-yearold Autumn Matacchiera has been charged with attempted murder after throwing an unsuspecting 5-yearold girl onto the rail tracks as a train was approaching Friday night. Officers were able to quickly stop the train before the girl was hit and took her to Memorial Hospital of Burlington County.

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Scrapping NAFTA would be disastrous

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he most recent election cycle reCONSERVATIVE HOT CORNER vealed the dissatisfaction with the establishment on both sides of the DANIEL MACLANE aisle. Populist movements emanated from both the Democratic and Republican Parties in the form of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and President Donald J. Trump respectively. Sanders was unable to obtain the Democratic nomination, but Trump was successful in winning both the Republican nomination and the presidency. His right-wing populist message was sharply critical of trade deals, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), of which he has already disposed and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He even went so far as to call NAFTA, “the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere, but certainly ever signed in this countr y” in one of the presidential debates. Now that he is president, Trump is maintaining his stance on the trade deal advocating for its renegotiation. Revoking or renegotiating the trade deal with a protectionist mindset would be damaging to the American consumer and both the American and Mexican economies.

NAFTA is the trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States that was signed in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton and went into effect Jan. 1, 1994. It removed many of the tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers between the nations, which allowed for the increase in trade and investment between the three nations.

The United States withdrawing from the deal would primarily hurt American consumers, considering that “Mexico was the United States’ third largest supplier of goods imports in 2015.” The United States’ imports primarily include vehicles, electrical machinery, machinery, mineral fuels and optical and medical equipment. Americans would have fewer options for goods to consume as well as be forced to pay higher prices due to increases in tariff barriers. This invokes the idea from Henry Hazlitt’s book “Economics in One Lesson,” in which paying higher prices on certain goods gives consumers less money to spend on other industries inhibiting economic growth, specifically if Americans are forced to pay more for cars. If Americans are forced to pay more for cars, then they have less money either to invest or spend on another industry. Americans should expect significantly higher prices in economic sectors such as auto, oil and machinery if Trump revokes NAFTA. The United States does not just import goods from Mexico, but also exports goods to Mexico. In 2015, Mexico was the United States’ second largest market for exports. Revoking NAFTA would consequentially remove the availability of that market for the American industr y. Not only would it distort trade with Mexico, but also Canada. Canada was the primar y importer of American goods in 2015. It was also the second largest supplier of American imported goods in 2015. Disrupting trade with these two nations would be devastating for American exporters and consumers.

NAFTA has actually created an economic zone between the three nations. Ending NAFTA would erode the interdependence created between the nations and actually hurt American jobs. According to Morris Cohen, Wharton professor of operations and information management, thanks to NAFTA, “these plants are integrated.

Some components or sub-assemblies are sent back to the U.S. It is as if there is no border, as if it is one economic zone.” American manufacturing jobs are primarily in assembling parts built in Mexico.

Withdrawing from NAFTA would kill these assembly jobs because the plants in place in Mexico would most likely move to China, taking the assembly jobs with them. The reason the assembly jobs exist is because of its proximity and convenience to the Mexican plants that built the components.

NAFTA has been critical in accelerating the development of the Mexican economy considering the United States is the top importer of Mexican goods. Contrar y to popular belief, this economic growth has actually created a net outflow of undocumented Mexican immigrants with the increase of employment opportunity in Mexico since 2009. So trade deals and economic interdependence can help combat illegal immigration that Trump stood so strongly against during his campaign.

So please, President Trump, from one Republican to another, please reconsider your position on NAFTA. Free trade is essential to international cooperation and economic growth. Protectionism also never works. Just look at the trade war that was accelerated by former President Herbert Hoover in 1930 with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.

Introducing tariffs on particular countries leads to retaliation and economic devastation for each countr y involved. Protectionism and economic nationalism will not revive the American manufacturing industr y that was once burgeoning half-a-centur y ago, it will only decelerate economic growth and hurt current American industries.

Daniel MacLane is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science. His column, “Conservative Hot Corner,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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Rutgers needs practice to be protected Active shooter drills on campus are important to security

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rom 2013 to 2015, 47 percent of school received the alert were alarmed and frightshootings occurred at colleges and at uni- ened, despite Rutgers sending out emails about versities. So it is appropriate that the Rut- the upcoming drill the day before. But this is gers University Police Department (RUPD) exe- the reason that RUPD has worked to improve cuted a drill in order to practice what faculty and these drills.

Although Rutgers’ campuses may not have been staff should do in the case of an active-shooter the target of gun violence, the truth of the matter threat on campus.

The drill was focused on the reactions and re- is that anything can happen at any time. Twensponses of Rutgers employees and officers in the ty-three shootings occurred on college campusface of a dangerous situation. RUPD used the nor- es in just 2015, and Rutgers’ attempts to actively mal working conditions of employees and simulat- combat the unpreparedness for these shootings ed scenarios that included the threat of an active are anything but a bad idea. Just because there shooter. This training session, which used the have been no drastic gun violence attacks at Rutimitation of the sights and sounds that one might gers does not mean that we should not prepare for the worst. This is experience during the same reasonshooter incidents, ing that justifies is a continuation of Rutgers’ extendother simulations ed suspension of and tests that have “There is only so much one can do to prepare Kevin Allred, who been scattered for something so horrible, and only training was a professor over the last sevfaculty and staff in case of an emergency in the Departeral months. After may not be enough to secure the safety of the ment of Women’s trial and error, as and Gender Studwell as feedback community.” ies. Allred, who from those partakis known for his ing in the drills, unique teaching RUPD has been styles and controable to refine their training and effectively prepare Rutgers employ- versial opinions, published a potentially threatenees in assisting officers during an active-shooter ing post on his Twitter account. The tweet, where threat. At the end of the day, those who had par- Allred raised a hypothetical situation about shootticipated in the drill had felt that the information ing white students, caught the immediate attention of Rutgers officials last semester. Allred has they learned was helpful.

With Rutgers fortunately avoiding gun vi- not been officially terminated but continues to olence but having faced a tragic stabbing in- remain on suspension. This is because Rutgers stead, it is understandable that some may feel is doing what it should as a university — priorthat these drills taking place are not as ben- itizing the safety of its students and not taking eficial as RUPD is making them out to be. In any chances.

RUPD taking precautions in case of acfact, for some students, the recollection of Rutgers’ testing system in June 2016 was a prime tive-shooter situations is a smart move. That beexample that the active-shooter protocols ing said, Rutgers should be extending these drills to students as well. There is only so much one can need improvement.

Last summer, Rutgers sent out a series of do to prepare for something so horrible, and only texts in the form of an “RU Alert,” stating: training faculty and staff in case of an emergen“Armed suspect in area of alexander librar y cy may not be enough to secure the safety of the (sic). Seek a safe space and shield/secure your community. Preparing each and ever y member location.” Although the texts included “TEST” of Rutgers for worst-case scenarios is giving the at the bottom, many Rutgers students who University the best odds.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Joining DSA can help one achieve resistance against Trump To the Editor:

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n the months following President Donald J. Trump’s election, pundits and personalities from across the political spectrum have suggested various strategies for “resisting Trump” and his administration’s policies. I’m going to assume you already disagree with Trump’s policies. Starting there, let’s go over which of these strategies work and which don’t work.

Making fun of Trump’s hair and calling him “Donald Drumpf” will not work. Ignoring the economic plight that Americans of all backgrounds face will not work. Forming an unholy alliance with moderate Republicans will not work. A surface level, symbolic co-opting of identity politics will not work. Election results, if not common sense, should be proof enough that the approaches pursued by the Democratic establishment are doomed to failure. Only political organizing based on substantive issues that trouble American people can constitute effective resistance, and bring real change.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has continued to embody substantive resistance since Trump’s election. He has held town halls, grilled Trump’s Cabinet appointments and participated in the Women’s March on Washington this past weekend (unlike his primary opponent) all in the past month. But we Rutgers students are not U.S. senators.

Individually, we lack the power or platform to do what Sanders does. But Sanders’s vision itself demands that we come together and form a popular movement to cause real progressive change. If you support Sanders’s politics but are lacking an avenue and community to fight for them, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a political organization that does precisely this.

Through their local chapters, DSA fights for reforms and supports candidates that empower working people and weaken the power of corporations. For example, the Central New Jersey chapter is currently focused on the “Fight for $15” minimum wage battle and the “sanctuary movement” to encourage municipalities and campuses to resist the deportation of undocumented immigrants. Joining DSA is an opportunity to harness our community’s latent collective outrage toward Trump, and one our country can’t afford for you to miss.

Matthew Schmieder is a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

New presidency is indicative of turbulent times

groups coming together to combat the forces of rancor. The very next day after the presidential inauguration, millions came out onto the street to express their disapproval of the new administration’s policies. The Women’s March on Washington was nearly all-encompassing — black, white, Hispanic, Jewish people, Muslim people, Christian To The Editor: people and other groups were all welln its first days, President Donald J. represented. Similarly, large protests are Trump’s administration has been in a continuously taking place throughout the rush to change many of their campaign United States, to an extent unseen since the promises into executive orders. Be it the Civil Rights Movement. For the first time revival of the Keystone XL Project and the in decades, the American opposition is now being lead from Dakota Access Pipeline, the grassroots or the multi-pronged instead of the anti-immigrant and an“Similarly, large protests are politicians in ti-Muslim directives, Washington. these orders are causcontinuously taking place ... ” Nonetheless, ing many to become it seems that this fearful and anxious. nation is heading While the political climate toward the end of former President toward an extraordinary clash — a clash that Barack Obama’s administration was ex- pits the American majority who did not vote tremely divisive, no one could predict such for Trump against his near-unanimous control a hurried change of direction for the nation. of the federal government. While the day is Instead of attempting to unite the country still young, it remains to be seen whether the during these turbulent times, the new pres- lawmakers and enforcers win this fight or if ident not only continues his hate-filled rhet- the common people will prevail. However, oric that garnered him such vast populist Dr. Martin Luthur King Jr.’s exhortation that support during the election but is now acting “one has a moral responsibility to disobey upon it, giving us an ominous and dark pic- unjust laws,” may, in fact, be a forecast for what is to come. ture of the days to come.

But in contrast to the gloomy aura radiating Shabbir Abbas is a graduate student in the from the White House, we are seeing unprecedented coalitions of once-divergent Department of Religious Studies.

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January 30, 2017

Rutgers Geology Museum hosts annual open house

The Rutgers Geology Museum held its annual open house on Saturday. The event included a number of activities and lectures from Rutgers professors. THE DAILY TARGUM / FEBRUARY 2016

Akhil Gumidyala contributing writer

The Rutgers Geology Museum hosted its 49th annual Open House on Jan. 28, aimed at all age groups, particularly children, who participated in geography-based activities.

The event was held in the museum and in Scott Hall, both on the College Avenue campus.

According to the museum’s website, the open house, which required no prior registration or admission fee, is held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the last Saturday of January annually.

The museum consists of an exhibit spanning two floors that displayed various rocks dug up from within the state in towns such as Franklin and Paterson, New Jersey. The exhibit also showcased replicas of large dinosaurs such as Eurypterid, a carnivorous marine animal that lived around 350 million years ago, according to the website.

Francesca Chagas, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said she believes that not many people are familiar with the museum’s presence.

“A lot of people don’t know that there’s a museum here, so

it’s really cool to see people from all around the area to just come by and experience the open house,” Chagas said. “Geology is our history. We’re built on the past. We have to be informed of where we came from and what’s out there.”

Museum staff said children participated in activities that included painting canvases of objects they saw in the museum, studying the anatomy of modern-day animals and getting involved in a scavenger hunt that required them to identify certain items at the exhibit.

At Scott Hall, there were hands-on activity sessions for children, lectures related to geology and a mineral sale.

Michaelah Valentine, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, worked at one of the mineral sales at the event. She said geologists donate a variety of objects such as shells and ammonite to the sale.

“We bring them all here to the sale to price them where members of the community and people of the museum can come out here and purchase (these items),” Valentine said.

There is more to the open house than increasing visibility, said Ericka Alfaro, a School of Arts and Sciences junior and student manager at the museum.

The event is primarily about inviting people to come together from different places.

“I know a lot of people travel to come because it’s a very famous event among geologists, but we also provide outreach opportunities for children of different backgrounds,” she said.

Alfaro said the Open House works to change perspectives on science and geology.

“I’m someone who was never interested in geology and I feel that working here helped me learn about the science that I kind of avoided my entire life.

(Geology) teaches you about the history of different species. We have fossils of dinosaurs, specimens from the ice age, and much more,” Alfaro said.

Geology can appeal to people’s different tastes and backgrounds, she said.

“It’s important to realize that geology is universal. People of all ages love different types of rocks. There are rocks that glow in the dark, there are rocks that are shiny and lustrous. There’s a different type of rock for everybody,” Alfaro said.

At the event, professors from Rutgers and other institutions gave lectures, connecting phenomena seen in geology to other

scientific branches such as astronomy. One of the lectures concerned the topic of dust and gas in distant galaxies.

Interstellar dust absorbs visible light, which then reradiates the light as infrared rays with a longer wavelength, said Andrew Baker, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. This essentially means that wherever there is a missing path of visible light in space, there is most likely to be dust.

“There are techniques of geology that can be applied to meteorites that land on the surface of the Earth and are used to analyze not only the formation of history of the planets but the overall history of the solar system,” Baker said Some of these meteorites contain particles that were floating around in space at the time of the solar system’s formation, he said.

Students working at the museum, as well as professors, said that geology is a scientific branch ingrained in history that gives clues to the past.

“There are different ways here at the museum for kids to just enjoy themselves on a regular Saturday morning in an educational way,” Alfaro said. “I think that that is a big goal for the museum itself.”

DIVERSIONS

January 30, 2017

Mark Tatulli Horoscopes

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Page 9 Eugenia Last

Happy Birthday: Step outside your comfort zone and take on new challenges. Don’t settle for accepting something that doesn’t stimulate you mentally, emotionally and physically. Take a look back at the way your life has unfolded and the limitations you have placed on yourself in the past. Recognize what you would do differently and begin again. It’s time to start enjoying instead of enduring. Your numbers are 6, 13, 20, 24, 35, 37, 42.

Over The Hedge

T. Lewis and M. Fry

Non Sequitur

Wiley

Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make changes for the right reasons. Getting upset or angry without taking a moment to consider all angles of a situation will result in regret. Make a calculated move instead of acting on impulse. Learn from past experiences. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do things your way, even if you don’t please everyone. It’s important to live up to your own expectations, not what others have planned for you.

You will learn through the experiences you encounter while trying to push forward with your plans. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Dreams can be turned into a reality if you are willing to do the work.

Gather with people who have similar interests and you’ll find a way to get things done efficiently. Show some team spirit and you’ll end up in a leadership position. 4 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Clear a space at home for entertainment or working on a creative hobby. Attending a social function will bring you in touch with someone who has something interesting to share. Update your image. A trendy look will boost your morale. 5 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t trust others to tell you what’s going on. Professional gains can be made if you stay on top of the current trends and are willing to work alone to outmatch anyone who may try to compete with you. 2 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take better care of yourself. Poor judgment or following what someone else does will not help you reach your goals. Caution will be required to prevent injury or illness. Don’t overdo it. 2 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t make excuses. If you want to get ahead or make a difference, go ahead and do it. Don’t get caught up in someone else’s dilemmas. Tell it like it is and do your part to make the world a better place. 5 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Revisit ideas you left sitting on the shelf.

Personal changes that bring back your youthful appreciation and desire to succeed will help you kick-start new beginnings. Romance is on the rise and personal gains can be made. 4 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Head in a direction that will promote change, excitement and using your skills, talents and knowledge to reach your goal. Don’t miss out on an exciting opportunity because someone close to you raises the fear of failure. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put your ideas and thoughts down on paper. Negotiate the way you want to see things unfold. Make alterations that will result in greater stability and do whatever it takes to follow through with your plans. Be responsible for your actions. 3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Living in the past will be a waste of time.

Open your mind and try something new. Friendships will develop and a partnership will give you the motivation you need to move forward with your plans. Physical improvement is encouraged. 3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Control your emotions when dealing with professional matters or situations that can affect your reputation. Be thoughtful and use your intuition to help you make wise choices. Personal improvements are favored. Choose love and peace over discord. 3 stars

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Universal Crossword ACROSS

62 ___ on (put trust in)

1 Be it?

63 Bosc, for one

5 Register drawers

64 Positive responses

10 Sage

65 What Simon does

14 Tartan wearers

DOWN

15 Moron

1 Striker’s foe

16 Sandler of the movies

2 Fitzgerald of jazz

17 “I almost forgot ...”

3 Three o’clock, in directions

18 Foot bones in astir?

4 Cheap imitation

19 Infamous emperor

5 Jot

20 “OK, class, in order, AT words”

6 Popular potato, or its source

23 Drug bust units, often

7 Italian “dollars” no more

24 It goes ‘round and ‘round

8 Needing directions

in woodshop

9 Blend in a bowl

25 Boot part

10 Classified thing

28 Alternative to magic mushrooms

11 That is to say, formally

30 Head ‘do

12 Comedian Silverman

31 Beat, as a heart

13 Act too dramatically

33 Also

21 Be under the weather

36 “OK, class, in order, IT words”

22 It can keep one from going

40 One of a common couple

to jail

43 Cause affection for 44 Divides evenly

41 Meek, quiet and timid

25 Long-range weapon

45 Any MLB player

42 Hindu royal

26 What’s black, Jacques?

46 Deep-six or eighty-six

43 Proves to be a foodie

27 Uses a chair

47 French valley known for wine

44 What love at a campfire

28 Highfalutin’

48 Where you may catch my

produces?

46 Argot

29 Abbreviation for Potter on “M*A*S*H”

drift?

49 Ice cream holders

49 Bay of Naples isle

31 Because of this

50 Make amends

51 “OK, class, in order, OT words”

32 That man’s

52 Unnamed ones

57 Climb up

33 Peter or Ivan the Terrible, e.g.

53 It starts a nice day?

58 Vietnamese city

34 Farm cry

54 Type of bargain

59 Collection of

35 Inventor Elisha

55 Like a mechanic’s rags

37 Insect’s adult stage

56 Santa’s handouts

miscellaneous pieces 60 General vicinity

38 New walker

61 The javelin toss, e.g.

39 Treasoning is their reasoning

Yesterday’s Solution

Yesterday’s Solution

January 30, 2017

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WISCONSIN Badgers force overtime after run in late 4th quarter to cut Rutgers’ 9-point lead continued from back game slip. “I felt pretty comfortable with the lead but playing a good team, you can’t be comfortable. They just did what they had to do to tie it up ... could’ve been different, but the costly mistakes that we made ended up losing the game ... to have the lead and feel comfortable and then to lose, it’s just hard. ” Happ, a top candidate for Big Ten Player of the Year, scored 15 of his career-high 31 points in the final eight minutes of the game, including a layup with two seconds remaining to tie the game at 45.

After Sanders, who led his team with 16 points, gave the Knights an early lead in overtime with his first and only three-pointer of the afternoon, Happ responded with three straight lay-ups.

Happ did what he pleased in the extra period against little resistance. With both C.J. Gettys and Ibrahima Diallo in foul trouble with four each entering overtime, Rutgers had no solution for him.

“Terrific angles, great hands, finishes around the basket,” Rutgers head coach Steve Pikiell said on Happ’s abilities. “He’s tough down there. We tried to wall him up a little bit, we tried to dig down sometimes, he just gets great low post position and he’s relentless.”

It took seven shots and three minutes for Wisconsin (18-3, 7-1) to score its first bucket in the second half, but Rutgers didn’t allow

that snowflake to become a fullblown avalanche.

What would normally become a sudden burst of offense from the opposition was instead a slow, quiet 7-2 run from the Badgers as they retook the lead for the first time in the second half.

It was a stark contrast from the final 10:36 of the first half in which the Knights kept them without a field goal.

Rutgers responded with its 10-1 run, jumping out to a lead that seemed big enough to be able to hold on and pull off the upset.

But the run came to a screeching halt, with the Knights scoring just 4 points in the final three minutes, only two of which coming off of a single field goal.

It was a rough stretch in a game it shot a decent 35 percent from the floor and 30 percent from three.

“Today wasn’t our best offensive game,” Sanders said. “Felt like we could’ve did better running our offense ... it was just a bad offensive day for us.”

Pikiell and Rutgers didn’t take the hour-long bus ride down I-95 back to Piscataway without being optimistic.

To their credit, the Knights played exceptional defense for the first 37 minutes.

Rutgers held Zak Showalter — who torched the team with 18 points, three steals and two assists a month ago in Madison — to 4 points and five rebounds before he fouled out in overtime.

It held Nigel Hayes — averaging 15 points per game in his last

14 outings, a stretch including his game-high 20 points against the Knights — to 7 points, three of which coming in overtime.

They kept Koenig, their leading scorer with an average of 14.6 points per game, to 10, four of which coming from the free throw line to secure the game down the stretch.

Despite the late explosion, Wisconsin fell well below the 48 percent shooting clip it has averaged this season, converting on just 33 percent of its attempts from the floor. That includes a 12 percent clip from three, well below its average of 37 percent.

The difference, once again, came in the form of excessive turnovers (19) and lackluster freethrow shooting down the stretch, missing four of its last six attempts from the stripe in regulation.

That’s all part of the evolution Pikiell is seeing in his team, one that was validated partially in his team’s first Big Ten win over Nebraska a week ago.

He continues to see the progress in practice and in games, and while the final result wasn’t what he wanted, it’d be wrong to say the growth the Knights have seen since falling by 20 a month ago at Wisconsin isn’t evident.

For 37 minutes in a home game on a neutral court with the atmosphere of an away game, Rutgers shut down one of the most efficient offenses in the country.

Now it has to learn how to close out the deal.

“We need to continue to learn how to win, finish off games,” Pikiell said. “We haven’t been in this position before and now we’re in it. You need to be in it to win it and the next step is to win these opportunities.”

For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.

Junior guard Nigel Johnson defends Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig at the top of the arc. Johnson limited Koenig to 10 points, despite his 14.6 average. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / JANUARY 2017

SEASON RU celebrates head coach Louis Levine’s contributions with Hawaiian-themed meet continued from back After one rotation and a second-place start, the Knights took to the uneven bars where they scored a 48.725 season-high, highlighted by senior April Baker’s 9.800, good for second place on the night.

Still in second after two rotations, Rutgers had the beam and floor exercises still to come, routines that have been irregular for the Knights all season.

But after scoring a 48.725 on the beam, helped out by junior Makenzey Shank’s meet-best 9.875, Rutgers assumed first place and held it the rest of the night.

“We’re definitely starting to hit our groove,” Shank said. “We’re really getting in the hang of things and we’re supporting each other and we’re definitely gaining a lot more confidence.”

With one event left and the home crowd cheering for them every step of the way, it seemed like the Knights were poised to take this one.

“I love the RAC,” Shank said. “I think it’s way more loud, a lot of energy, we have the music going on and we can see everyone supporting us.”

The floor routines definitely gave the crowd something to cheer for as Rutgers scored

another season high score of 49.075, this time Jones stepping up with a second place score of 9.875.

“The biggest thing we’ve been talking about is positivity and it’s finally all just coming in,” Jones said.

The energy and positivity emanating from the rafters put into perspective the experience of competing at the RAC. “The energy was huge,” Jones said. “This is my last meet here as a senior and we basically said whatever happens, happens but you have to make it fun.”

There was definitely no shortage of fun as many fans were seen with Hawaiian leis and flower clips as the Knights celebrated “Coach Lou’s Luau.” Even Levine got in on the fun, sporting a red and white Hawaiian shirt.

“Everybody keeps telling me this is my lucky shirt and that I got to wear it more often,” Levine said.

“We’re going to do this every time if we keep competing like this.”

All around, it was a great night for the Rutgers squad and its fans.

“It was a great meet,” Levine said. “It was a close meet the whole way through and it’s great to come out with a victory. This was a great go and we’re going to keep going.”

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

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January 30, 2017 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK FREE THROWS HAUNT RUTGERS IN 61-54 DEFEAT

Knights marred by free throws in overtime loss to Badgers Eric Mullin Associate Sports Editor

NEW YORK CITY — The free throw line has been one of the outright Achilles’ heels for the Rutgers men’s basketball team this season.

So much so that head coach Steve Pikiell didn’t feel comfortable when the Scarlet Knights held a 9-point advantage over No. 15 Wisconsin with 3:19 left in regulation.

Pikiell knew there were crucial free throws down the stretch likely awaiting Rutgers that entered Madison Square Garden (MSG) on Saturday as the 12th worst free-throw shooting team in the country with a sub-63 percent clip.

And just as they have throughout Big Ten play, the Knights’ inefficiency from the free-throw line allowed them to squander an opportunity to capture a signature Big Ten win.

Rutgers connected on seven of its first 10 attempts from the line, but misfired on four of its six free throws in the final 105 seconds of regulation, as Wisconsin reeled off an 11-4 run to tie the game with two seconds left and carried that momentum into overtime for a 61-54 win over the Knights.

“A 9-point lead means nothing,” Pikiell said. “I watched (Wisconsin) play Minnesota. They’ve got the best shooter in the nation (Bronson Koenig). You’ve gotta play 40 minutes. And we don’t shoot free throws well. So a 9-point lead for us isn’t really a 9-point lead when you shoot 54 percent from the line. If we shot 83 percent like Purdue, then a 9-point lead I’d feel pretty good (about). But I never feel good in any of these games with the offensive firepower that these teams have.”

Two consecutive scores inside by sophomore Ethan Happ, who finished with a game-high 32 points, cut into Rutgers’ late 9-point lead.

Trailing by 5 points with only 1:45 remaining, Wisconsin immediately went into a full court zone press following Happ’s second bucket.

The Knights easily found the hole in the press as junior guard Nigel Johnson fired a pass down court to junior forward Candido Sa, who was by himself at the basket. Sa turned and rose for a dunk, but was fouled from behind at the last second by Nigel Hayes.

The dunk attempt was to no avail and Sa, a 41 percent freethrow shooter, missed both of his attempts from the line.

“You gotta make some free throws, I think that’s important,” Pikiell said. “Down the stretch Nigel made a great pass to Candido.

Maybe a year from now that’ll be a dunk, instead it’s missed free throws. Just some different opportunities that we have to capitalize on and we have to learn how to win against really good teams.

That’s not an easy thing to do.”

Wisconsin and Happ kept their momentum going on the subsequent possession, as the Big Ten Player of the Year candidate scored inside for the third consecutive time. Much like the last Wisconsin score, the Badgers pressed, Rutgers broke it with ease and junior forward Deshawn Freeman was fouled down court while attacking the rim.

Freeman split his two attempts from the line, extending the Knights’ advantage to four with 79 seconds remaining.

The teams would trade buckets before Koenig knocked down a triple to bring Wisconsin within one and 32 seconds on the clock.

Rutgers turned the ball over on the subsequent in-bounds pass, but Koenig misfired on his

percent overall, made three triples and missed seven free throws — allowing two offensive rebounds off missed free throws stood out to Pikiell more than the missed free throws down the stretch because they put an already challenged offensive team at a greater disadvantage.

“Everyone will get caught up in that last possession,” Pikiell said. “We got two free throw block

outs that we don’t get the rebound.

No one remembers those plays.

(Ethan Happ) made a great play. I’ll go back to those block outs. Those are things we can control, talk about and teach. You can’t control free throws going in sometimes, you can’t control the shot going in sometimes, but you can control those things. Those are areas that every mistake we make we can’t

produce enough points to make up for some of those mistakes. Teams like Wisconsin can. They can make up for a defensive error. We gotta continue to be in these games and we’ll learn how to win them.”

For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @ EricMullin_ and @TargumSports on Twitter.

Junior forward Candido Sa, a 41 percent free throw shooter, misses both attempts from the line after a breakaway dunk attempt, leading to a string of missed free throws for the Scarlet Knights. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / JANUARY 2017 three-point attempt. Johnson corralled the rebound and was immediately fouled. With 20 seconds left, Johnson walked the length of the court with a chance to give the Knights a 3-point lead.

But Johnson split his trip to the charity stripe, giving Rutgers a 2-point lead and setting up Happ’s tying lay-up with two seconds left to send the game into overtime.

“To have a lead, feel comfortable and then to lose. It’s just hard,” said sophomore guard Corey Sanders.

Saturday marked the second consecutive game where missed free throws proved costly in a game where the Knights came up short of taking down a ranked opponent.

Rutgers was coming off of a loss to Maryland where it missed more free throws (14) than the amount of points it was defeated by the No. 22 Terrapins (12).

But even more than the Knights’ misses from the line late in regulation against Wisconsin, Pikiell was distraught with two offensive rebounds off missed Wisconsin free throws Rutgers allowed before the Badgers went on that final run to push the game into overtime.

The Badgers converted on their second offensive rebound off of a missed free throw, which came in the form of a Happ score inside that broke a seven-plus minute field goal drought and started a string of 8 straight points, and 10 overall, for the talented big in the final four-plus minutes of regulation.

For a team that struggles to generate offense — the Knights shot 35

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Quote of the Day

“We need to continue to learn how to win, finish off games.”

— Head coach Steve Pikiell on Rutgers’ overtime loss to No. 15 Wisconsin

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MEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 15 WISCONSIN 61, RUTGERS 54

Rutgers lets upset bid of Wisconsin slip away Brian Fonseca Sports Editor

Wisconsin forward Ethan Happ grabs a pass from Rutgers sophomore guard Corey Sanders out of his hand in the final minute of the Knights’ 61-54 overtime loss.

DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / JANUARY 2017

NEW YORK CITY— You know the story.

It’s happened countless times this season — the Rutgers men’s basketball team has an exceptional first half, takes a surprising lead over a formidable opponent into the break, only for it to unravel in the opening minutes of the second half.

It transpired at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) against Northwestern, in the Prudential Center against Seton Hall and at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Iowa.

Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden (MSG), the Scarlet Knights had another one of those first halves. They held No. 15 Wisconsin to 20 points on 20 percent shooting, forced seven turnovers and held a 5 point lead entering the break.

But this time felt different.

Rutgers passed the first test, responding to Wisconsin retaking the lead midway through the second half by breaking an eight-minute scoring drought with a 10-1 run.

It held Ethan Happ, who scored 10 of the Badgers’ first 13 points and led all scorers with 11 first-half points, to 3 second-half points with three minutes to go.

It had the Badgers on the ropes, holding them — a team shooting 48 percent coming

into the contest — to 20 percent shooting, including an eight percent clip from beyond the arc, through the first 37 minutes.

“Nobody could really throw it in the ocean today,” Wisconsin senior guard Bronson Koenig, who entered the game shooting 57.5 percent from three during Big Ten play, said.

“For most of the game.”

The Knights took a 9 point lead — its largest of the game — with 3:22 to go, and the large majority of the 8,531 in the crowd at the World’s Most Famous Arena held their breath as comparisons to the 2015 upset of the then-No. 4 Badgers were bubbling in the minds of many.

But it would be a false alarm for Wisconsin and false hope for Rutgers.

Just as they did in Iowa City, the Knights let a potentially huge Big Ten win slip from their grasp. Their exceptional defense would falter late, with Wisconsin finishing regulation on a 13-4 run, hitting four shots in a row and pushing the game to an overtime period in which it led from start to finish.

It would end yet another upset bid from Rutgers (12-10, 1-8) as it fell in a crushing 61-54 loss, this one perhaps the worst of the bunch before it.

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GYMNASTICS KNIGHTS SURPASS MICHIGAN STATE, CORNELL, URSINUS

RU places 1st at final RAC meet of season Robert Sanchez Contributing Writer

After a rather sluggish start to the season, the Rutgers gymnastics team has kicked into third gear and is riding a huge wave of momentum, which was evident to the home crowd on Saturday night at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC).

After only their second Big Ten win in three years and their first time beating Michigan State, the Scarlet Knights (8-4, 1-2) walked away with a first-place finish ahead of the Spartans, Ursinus and Cornell.

“We’ve all had such a great friendship this whole preseason and season, but it seems like we’re finally all on the same page,” said senior Claire Jones. “It’s just a good feeling.”

With a total score of 194.875, a new season high breaking last week’s score, Rutgers did not let anything get in its way — not even a somewhat slow start on the vault with a score of 48.350.

“Just their resolve,” head coach Louis Levine said, on what has impressed him the most about the team. “We never let anything get in the way of us performing the way we need to.”

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Senior Claire Jones jumps on the vault in the first rotation, earning a score of 9.700 in the last Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) quad meet of her career, finishing above Michigan State, Cornell and Ursinus on Saturday. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / JANUARY 2017 knights schedule

EXTRA POINT

NBA SCORES

New York Atlanta

139 142

Washington New Orleans

107 94

Oklahoma City Cleveland

91 107

Orlando Toronto

114 113

Houston Indiana

101 120

Philadelphia Chicago

108 121

ADDISON WALKOWIAK, junior diver, broke two program records on Saturday in Rutgers’ 109-103 win over Richmond.

Walkowiak eclipsed her old program record with a score of 362.10 in the 3-meter dive and garnered a score of 325.35 in the 1-meter dive.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

vs. Iowa

at Iowa

Metropolitan Indoor Championships

Metropolitan Indoor Championships

Friday, All Day, Staten Island, N.Y.

Friday, TBA, Staten Island, N.Y.

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Tomorrow, 7 p.m., RAC Iowa City, IA