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Less NJ funding means higher tuition for Rutgers students Alexandra DeMatos Correspondent
With each passing year, students take on an increasing amount of student debt as they pursue higher education. At Rutgers, part of the increasing burden on students can be attributed to a decrease in state appropriations. Cuts in state funding for public schools drive up tuition and force universities to reduce faculty numbers and offer less courses, among other reductions, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “State appropriations for operating costs, which offset the cost of an in-state student’s education before tuition is applied, have remained flat in recent years and not kept pace with inflation,” said Kathy Dettloff, vice president of Financial Planning and Budgeting. State funding for higher education has declined nationally in recent years, according to the center’s website. While New Jersey has seen small cuts compared to other states, the price of in-state tuition in the Garden State remains one of the highest. This year, in-state Rutgers students saw tuition reach an all-time high of approximately $14,638 with additional fees, an increase of 1.85 percent from last year. This was lower than the average 2.1-percent increase seen over the last three years, Dettloff said. For out-of-state students, tuition with fees is approximately $30,579. “The University uses a combination of enrollment growth and University-wide efforts to do more
Eighty percent of Rutgers students receive some kind of financial aid. The University helps offset gaps from state funding with its own grant programs and has secured annual increases in the Tuition Aid Grant program for students. PINTEREST.COM with less, to ensure modest increases in tuition and fees,” Dettloff said. “Grants, scholarships, federal work-study and other forms of financial aid reduce the cost for students and their families.” Open tuition hearings held by the Board of Governors allow students to voice their concerns regarding
tuition, fees and housing prices. It is 1 of 2 opportunities that students have to provide input on the yearly budget before it is finalized. At the April 2017 meeting, only four students were in attendance. University President Robert L. Barchi attributed that number to the University’s effort to keep tuition
down and the absence of a “common group of individuals.” During the meeting, Dettloff discussed the declining support of the state and federal governments toward higher education institutions, such as Rutgers, and its impact on the University’s allotment of $3.9 billion in annual expenses.
“Each year, the University must manage increases in mandatory costs, including fuel, utilities, negotiated salary increases for our employees, fringe benefits and other required expenditures,” she said. “Tuition caps do not address these realities.” Eighty percent of Rutgers students receive some form of financial aid. The University self-funds the Rutgers Assistance Grant program, “which augments federal and state student aid and other scholarship programs to help our neediest students,” Dettloff said in an email. Barchi’s decision to increase the student-minimum wage to $11 per hour was another step to defray the cost of education for students, Dettloff said. Rutgers advocates for government support throughout the year, she said. The University has been successful in securing annual increases to the Tuition Aid Grant (TAG) program “in the face of many mounting pressures in the state budget.” The Depar tment of External Af fairs advocates on behalf of the University in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., along with other elected of ficials and government lawmakers, Dettlof f said. Barchi addresses both the budget committees of the New Jersey State General Assembly and the State Senate annually, during the state legislature’s budget deliberations. “Rutgers University is committed to access and affordability for our students while providing an excellent education,” Dettloff said.
U. professor’s survey finds early onset autism Ryan Stiesi Associate News Editor
Walter Zahorodny, an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, helped develop a questionnaire that diagnoses children with autism early. Autism is a disorder which he says is often found late and affects children from low-income communities. RUTGERS.EDU
One in 68 children in communities across America have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2014 show that this number ranges from 1 in 175 children identified with the disorder in Alabama, to 1 in 45 identified in New Jersey. Researchers at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School have developed a questionnaire that could help doctors detect autism in toddlers more efficiently, according to Rutgers Today. “Even though autism awareness is high in New Jersey and we have some excellent resources, too
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many children, especially from low-income communities, are identified late,” Walter Zahorodny, an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and lead investigator for the study said. The 2-minute sur vey, called the Psychological Development Questionnaire (PDQ-1), had an 88 percent chance of correctly identifying ASD among toddlers who screened positive, Zahorodny said. The study was published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Rutgers Today repor ted that 1,959 children between the ages of 18 and 36 months par ticipated in the study. Children with low See SURVEY on Page 4
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Congress has 1 day to agree upon deal for DREAMers everywhere Abner Bonilla Staff Writer
Congress has until tomorrow to strike a deal that determines the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) DREAMers. The next update in finding a permanent solution for DREAMers at Rutgers and nationwide will be Feb. 8. This is the spending-bill deadline that pro-immigration advocates hope will pass by the House of Representatives before the DACA program expires on March 5. Each day that Congress does not act on DACA legislation, 122 people lose protection from deportation and a legal job, according to statistics from the Center for American Progress. Demands vary between the White House, immigration hardliners, pro-DREAMer advocates and a bipartisan group, which has made finding a solution for more than 500 DREAMers at Rutgers and 690,000 nationwide especially difficult. For those hopeful that a government shutdown similar to the one that occurred on Jan. 22 will occur, Ross Baker, a professor in the Department of Political Science, said tomorrow is a different situation where he does not expect a shutdown nor an agreement to be reached. “Congress never does anything until it’s absolutely the last minute,” Baker said. For Baker, because of the lack of agreement between the different groups on Capitol Hill, he bets the final showdown will be around the expiration date of the DACA administrative program, March 5. The most promising agreement, inclusive of demands from both sides, is an immigration proposal brought forward by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). The bipartisan bill became complicated after a meeting with
President Donald J. Trump backfired when Hogan Gidley, the White House deputy press secretar y, said that the legislation was “completely dishonest” and did not go far enough in funds for a border wall and security. He added that it did not address “chain migration,” according to a Politico article. In a previous interview with The Daily Targum, Baker said the debate around a solution for DACA was confusing because no one knew where the White House officially stood in terms of immigration reform. This changed when Trump delivered his four-pillar plan for immigration reform in his first State of the Union address — a necessary ingredient for Congress to be on the same page as its executive counterpart. The four-pillar plan revolves around creating a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers, $25 billion in border-wall funds, the elimination of the diversity visa lottery and the limitation of family-based immigration. Though there are 690,000 existing DACA-recipients today, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data, Trump said in his address that there are an estimated 1.8 million DREAMers residing in the U.S. that would be qualified for his proposed phased-in pathway to citizenship plan, according to Migration Policy Institute data. The original criteria for DACA-eligibility is any individual who came to the U.S. while under the age of 16, lived in the U.S. since June 15, 2007, was under 31 years old as of June 15, 2012, is currently in school or the armed forces and has never been convicted of a felony or significant misdemeanor. On Tuesday, members of Congress inched closer to passing a bipartisan deal for the government’s spending budget. Trump met lawmakers with his stance on
At Rutgers and across the country, recipients of the DACA program await a decision from Congress regarding the program’s future. Everyday, 122 people lose protection from deportation and access to legal work as the program nears its expiration. FLICKR the possibility of a second shutdown if his immigration policies were not met, according to an article from The New York Times. “I’d love to see a shutdown if we can’t get this stuff taken care of,” he said in a meeting with lawmakers and law-enforcement officials to discuss gang violence. “If we have to shut it down because the Democrats don’t want safety, then shut it down.” The bill looks to increase militar y and nonmilitar y spending caps through September 2019
as a means for Congress to bypass Thursday’s deadline and segway into a long-term bill over the next two years, according to the article. Lawmakers have yet to detail a definitive plan that would maintain government operations past Thursday should the bill not pass, according to the article. “I would shut it down over this issue,” Trump said in regards to striking a deal for DACA DREAMers. “If we don’t straighten out our border, we don’t have a country.”
It is a push-and-pull battle between how many DREAMers will be granted legal status or even citizenship, versus technical tweaks made to the status of legal immigration and how much funding will be latched on in the deal for the border wall and security. “It’s discouraging making these pushes and seeing politicians kick the can down the road,” Sergio Abreu, president of UndocuRutgers and a School of Engineering senior said.
If lawmakers are unable to pass legislation that agrees upon the future of DACA DREAMers and immigration policy by Thursday, the government may experience its second shutdown this year. FLICKR
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SURVEY It was estimated that 1 in 45 children living in New Jersey during 2014 had autism continued from front PDQ-1 scores were considered at risk for ASD, and received developmental evaluations to determine if they were on the autism spectrum. The test identified autism in children from a variety of socioeconomic groups. Zahorodny said early detection of ASD is challenging — as no single approach is likely to be reliable for all children — but the new study is promising. The findings provide preliminary evidence in support of PDQ-1, which could provide an eventual alternative to the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers and its follow-up which requires a telephone interview in addition to screening. The study was conducted in two phases. The first phase involved investigating test reliability
and identifying things like a risk-threshold score. Phase two involved the aforementioned screenings, followed by children who screened positive being referred for “diagnostic evaluation.” At age 4, screened children had a follow-up appointment to identify autism cases previously missed and to specify properties of the test. The study concluded that the findings offer preliminar y empirical support for PDQ-1, and suggest that it might be a useful addition to “developmental surveillance of autism.” “Diagnosis of autism can only be accomplished through comprehensive evaluation by a professional,” Zahorodny said. “Effective screening is but the first step toward diagnosis. If we want to improve early detection, easy-to-use and reliable autism screeners need to be widely used.”
It is difficult to detect autism since there is no benchmark for what the disorder looks like among different children. The newly developed questionnaire has had an 88 percent chance of correctly identifying autism across different socioeconomic groups. TWITTER.COM
Christian immigrants leave Reformed Church of Highland Park Alexandra DeMatos Correspondent
Three undocumented immigrants, who were seeking sanctuary within a church in Highland Park, walked out its front doors yesterday. NJ Advance Media reported that Arthur Jemmy had been seeking shelter in the Reformed Church of Highland Park since Oct. 9, 2017, along with Harry Pangemanan and Yohanes Tasik since late and early January, respectively. All three men are undocumented Christian Indonesian immigrants. They were able to return home after a federal judge temporarily halted their deportation, according to the article. U.S. District Judge Esther Salas issued a temporary restraining order halting their deportation after the ACLU went to court, “arguing that the summary deportation of the men violated their due process and deprived them of the opportunity to argue their case for asylum,” according to NJ Advance Media. Pangemanan was not home when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) originally showed up at his doorstep. He subsequently went to the Reformed Church of Highland Park, where Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale “has long been championing the cause of the Indonesian Christian community,” NJ Advance Media reported. Two others, Gunawan Liem of Franklin Park and Roby Sanger of Metuchen, were arrested a week prior to Salas’s decision without warning by ICE, according to NJ Advance Media. “It is a relief,” said Jemmy, who arrived in the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2000 while fleeing religious persecution. “It’s like all the heavy problems are lifted off my shoulders.” Jemmy overstayed his visa and self-reported his stay to ICE after 9/11. He received a stay of remov-
U.S. District Judge Esther Salas’s decision to temporarily halt the deportation of three men that found refuge in a Highland Park church will benefit other Christian Indonesian families in New Jersey. They can now file motions to reopen other cases. FLICKR.COM al — a temporary postponement that prevents the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from carrying out an order of removal, NJ Advance Media reported. His application for asylum, for those who are already in the United
States but cannot return home, was denied multiple times. Salas’s ruling will benefit other Indonesian families in New Jersey, Kaper-Dale said to NJ Advance Media. Members of the Christian Indonesian community
will be able to “file motions to reopen for each case.” The men cannot be deported for the next five weeks until the judge delivers another ruling, but ICE can still detain them, according to NJ Advance Media.
“What we need right now is a tremendous outpouring of support from law firms in New Jersey,” Kaper-Dale said. “Right now we want to have lawyers lined up so those motions are ready to go.”
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Rutgers administration over reliant on surveys
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ost faculty and students COMMENTARY agree that NEW BRUNSWICK FACULTY COUNCIL students should have the opportunity to convey their thoughts and opinions about the courses they take and the instruction they receive. But, the recent article in The Daily Targum glosses over substantial concerns with regard to the validity, fairness and harmful consequences of student evaluation sur veys. Here at Rutgers, there are few mechanisms for encouraging or requiring student response to on-line sur veys. As a result, response rates in some courses can be extremely low, resulting in statistically invalid results. A major redesign of the Rutgers Student Instructional Rating Surveys (SIRS) could achieve response rates ver y close to 100 percent and provide more focused and in-depth information about both the course and the instructor. But, such sur veys have other fundamental problems. Research findings support that there is no meaningful correlation between student evaluation sur veys (SET) and learning, gender bias and racial and ethnic bias can have a significant impact on SET results, less demanding courses and easier grading can increase SET ratings, serious enforcement of academic integrity regulations decreases SET ratings and, as mentioned in the Targum’s article, SET ratings decrease in more quantitative courses. Notwithstanding these problems, the evaluation of teaching as part of personnel actions at Rutgers has required nothing more than a numerical grid of the responses to two SIRS questions. Life changing decisions about denial of tenure, denial of promotions and denial of reappointments have been strongly influenced by these invalid and biased indicators. The continued use in personnel decisions of a measure that has documented bias against women and people of color is unfair to those groups. While not the only factor, the use of SET data in personnel decisions likely contributes to the substantial discrepancy in the composition of the tenured faculty in the U.S. Only 37.5 percent of the tenured faculty are women and only eight percent are women of color. Currently, SET scores are the primar y indicator used to evaluate quality of teaching. Not surprisingly, many faculty members adjust their instructional methods to increase the likelihood of positive
“Such a course of action should not suggest that we wish to reduce the opportunities for students to convey their opinions and assessments of the courses they are taking and the instructors who are teaching them.”
SET data. For example, faculty who assign lighter and less rigorous workloads tend to receive higher SET results. Thus, the use of SET in personnel decisions contributes directly to grade inflation while unfairly penalizing faculty who are tougher graders. The pressure to lower standards is particularly strong for adjunct and non-tenure-track faculty members for whom a single poor student evaluation can lead to non-reappointment. In this way, the use of SET data in personnel decisions diminishes the academic quality of our curriculum. We strongly support Rutgers moving away from an overreliance on SET and toward a multifaceted system of teaching evaluation. Such a course of action should not suggest that we wish to reduce the opportunities for students to convey their opinions and assessments of the courses they are taking and the instructors who are teaching them. Rutgers should provide as much technical and financial support as possible for this purpose. The question is what should be done with the SET results? We believe that the results should be disseminated to students to help them make decisions about instructor and course selection and to the instructor being evaluated, with as many comments as possible, to help the instructor improve his or her teaching. But, we believe that SET should not be used in any personnel actions for all the reasons we have outlined. The New Brunswick Faculty Council (NBFC) is a deliberative body consisting of faculty representatives elected by departments and other constituencies of Rutgers University—New Brunswick.
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Athletics can be key to improvement
New academic center for athletes could bring future success to U.
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gift of $15 million has been granted to Rut- athletes to be more than “eligible to play.” We want gers Athletics by Rutgers alumni Gary and them to be academically excellent, as with the rest of Barbara Rodkin. The money, which is the our student body. In the vein of academic success, this new building largest gift in Rutgers Athletics history, will be dedicated to the construction of The Gary and Barbara can, conceivably, eventually help improve our school’s Rodkin Center for Academic Success. The Center overall prestige. An attractive athletic program is will be located on Scarlet Knight Way on Busch cam- like a positive feedback system in that a successful pus, and will act as a consolidated academic support outcome amplifies its future success further. For example, with the building of this academic center, proservice facility for Rutgers’ student athletes. In the eyes of many, too much money is funneled spective student athletes may be more likely to coninto Rutgers athletic programs as opposed to other, sider Rutgers because they know they will be more maybe more needy, departments of the institution. likely to succeed academically in addition to their But, considering the fact that this enormous sum of athletic ventures, maybe increasing the number of money was a gift to Rutgers Athletics, it should obvi- student athletes who wish to attend our school — reously be used to improve its programs. Also, in light sulting in a larger total of talented athletes. Then, the larger number of talof the fact that the ented athletes our AthAthletics Department overspent “Athletics can bring in students and money, letics Department has, the better our athletic their budget by both of which are absolutely necessary for programs as a whole $2.3 million in the will presumably do. 2017 fiscal year, the increasing prestigiousness of Rutgers.” It seems obvious that maybe this dogood athletic programs nation will allow have the ability to not them to ease their own monetary burdens associated with program ex- only draw in more and more good athletes like a magpansion while we wait for the money that comes along net, but to draw in more and more students in general, because kids want to go to schools with a lot of pride with our full membership to the Big Ten in 2021. In any case, though it only directly affects a relatively in their sports teams. The more students that apply to small part of the school, this gift has the ability to be great Rutgers, the more selective our admissions office can be, and the more elite our student body can become. for not only Rutgers Athletics, but Rutgers as a whole. First of all, being a student athlete is no easy task — In addition, as Athletic Director Pat Hobbs stated in a especially a Big Ten student athlete. Division I sports recent Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) are no doubt extremely demanding and require a sig- Town Hall meeting, athletics are a big part of the Uninificant amount of dedicated time, which for students versity’s image and can play a very important role in in general can be difficult to find. Additionally, the vast the amount of money received by alumni. So it seems that, generally, having an elite athletics majority of student athletes will not move on to play their sport professionally. For that reason, student department can only really work to our University’s athletes must be students first. This new academic advantage as a whole. Athletics can bring in students center will allow for them to more easily place their and money, both of which are absolutely necessary studenthood in the forefront of their priorities. When for the increasing prestigiousness of Rutgers. If all student athletes do not succeed, their lack of success goes well in the future, Rutgers Athletics can be a falls on the University. In the end, we want our student key to our school’s success. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 150h editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Race issues result from avoidance of confrontation with past UNVEILING THE TRUTH LUKE HINRICHS
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e are taught only a version of history in which the past and present achievements are unheard and unseen. By no means should Black history end with the progress of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and by no means should Black History Month predominately focus on slavery, but it does provide an opportunity to reflect on the immensity of the institution and the continuation of its flawed foundational values. A troubling study released by the Southern Poverty Law Center revealed that only 8 percent of high school seniors surveyed could identify slavery as the central cause of the Civil War. As troubling as this is, the cause of the Civil War is also a question for the sitting president. President Donald J. Trump said in May 2017, “People don’t realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why? People don’t ask that question, but why was there a Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?” Mississippi in its Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession stated, “Our position is
thoroughly identified with the institution of slaver y … There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union...” A refusal to abolish slavery was why there was a Civil War. In its stated cause of secession, Louisiana asserted, “The people of the slave holding States are bound together by the same necessity and determination to preserve African slavery.” A determination to preserve slavery was why there was a Civil War.
American statesmen only delayed an inevitable confrontation. Immediately preceeding Black History Month, on Jan. 30, in an egregious use of grief and pain as props in a political performance that climaxed in an explicit criminalization of millions of individuals, Trump, in his State of the Union Address, paraded grieving parents of color whose children were murdered by the multiracial gang MS-13. It must be asserted that immigrants, documented and undocumented, are less likely to commit crime, especially violent crime, compared to native-born
“States must set higher expectations and standards for historical content ...” General John Kelly, current chief of staff to Trump, disclosed a similar sentiment as his boss. General Kelly described Robert E. Lee as an “honorable man,” and claimed “the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War, and men and women of good faith on both sides made their stand where their conscience had them make their stand.” A moral conscience does not exist or is inactive in those who support slavery. Historians today broadly agree the slaveholding aristocracy was irreconcilable with the nation’s commitment to liberty and equality, and decades of compromises between
citizens, and immigration has been correlated to declining crime rates in communities. In this instance, persons of color were, as they often are in white America’s constructed history, used as images to perpetuate an American deceit in an attempt to convince communities that immigrants are inherently dangerous. In a systematic use of anti-intellectualism and reconcilationist history, Black history has been isolated to a few figures whose achievements have been diminished and condensed to a few digestible talking points. The history taught in schools that is presented sugarcoated and sterilized, in time, will only
bring a bitter taste to the mouth of America. The Teaching Tolerance project in 2014 graded all 50 states and the District of Columbia on how well their public schools taught the civil-rights era to students. Twenty states received a failing grade, and in five of those states — Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Oregon and Wyoming — civil-rights education was totally absent from state standards. States must set higher expectations and standards for historical content, slavery must be connected to the American ideology of white supremacy and the past must be taught in connection with the present. A study revealed that the driving force in the election of Trump was the fear of cultural displacement, which is based in the same white supremacy that was coupled with a racist dogma to justify slavery. James Baldwin in “Black English: A Dishonest Argument” stated, “History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history.” Many of the issues we face today result from our avoidance of confrontation with our past. King had wrote, “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability.” Change comes when we make it come. Change is not given — It is taken. Luke Hinrichs is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year majoring in political science and economics. His column, “Unveiling the Truth,“ runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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Partner up with fun, interactive workouts ABIGAIL LYON COrrespondent
We all have a friend we love to go out to eat with, but what about a work-out buddy? Buddying up for a workout comes with tons of benefits, most importantly, you and your partner will motivated to work harder. And you’ll hold each other accountable for completing the toughest of sweat sessions, not to mention catching up and kicking butt with your bestie or significant other is a seriously fun way to get fit. With all that in mind, you probably want to get on it as soon as you can. Here are just a few workouts that prove everything, or at least exercise, is better together.
Take on classic partner workouts, or get creative
Interactive workouts are quintessential partner exercises. High five sit-ups, resistance band play and weighted ball passing prob-
schedule for a friend you barely see and suggest attending a workout class together. Fitness classes are a great way to maximize your time: You can see a friend and get your workout in at once.
Take on online workouts
ably come to mind immediately, but workouts can be even more creative than that. You can incorporate strictly bodyweight workouts to your gym routine and blast fat with a combination of exercises like wheelbarrow push-up squats and many others. But if battling these workouts is intimidating, there are other fine options out there.
Form a running club
Running may be one of the universe’s most loathed workouts, but doing it with a friend can spike your cardio with a dose of delight. Meet at least twice a week to do sprints up the steep Buccleuch Park hill (those who know, know) or to conquer a 3-mile College Avenue to Busch loop. You can also take to the roads and terrains of New Brunswick and challenge yourselves to a steady time goal of 30 minutes or more. If the weather is unfavorable, score treadmills next to each other at the gym for
Rutgers Recreation offers free fitness classes for students such as spinning and outdoor yoga, workouts that can easily double as fun group excursions. COURTESY OF ISABEAU TOUCHARD matching tempo runs. To keep yourselves motivated during a rather grueling run, form a post-run cappuccino or healthy lunch ritual.
Become fitness class friends
Slipping on your Manduka mat at hot yoga is much more fun with a friend than without, plus you’re
40 percent more likely to drop out of a fitness class if you go on your own, so sign up together. Rutgers Recreation offers free fitness and wellness classes for all full-time students on each campus, so you can even turn your study buddy into your fitness friend for a postclass Vinyasa yoga sesh. Consider cutting some time into your busy
You don’t have to be a fitness expert to perk up your derriere and alter your arms. You two can defeat a variety of different high intensity interval training videos in the comfort of your home, in a free corner of the gym and even outside among nature. Fitness Blender is a beautiful online source for a number of workouts tailored to different needs, and Instagram is great for a condensed workout tutorial, brought to you by your favorite Insta fitness models like Jen Selter and Whitney Simmons. All you need to do is blast some upbeat tunes and let sweat exit your pores as you take on the routine. Nothing’s better than burpees with a bud and planks with a pal, right? Now that you’ve got some ideas about working out with a friend, all you have to do is search for your perfect chum (or several) and get started.
On lazy days, wake’n’make these microwavable mug meals ELIZABETH LEOCE CORRESPONDENT
Sometimes, it’s okay to take the easy way out, especially when it comes to whipping up
something delicious in your residence hall room. Imagine your stomach growling on a cold rainy day, not wanting to take the long walk to the dining hall and having only a few dollars
left in your wallet. The vending machine in the lounge is a convenient but unsatisfying option, and most people underestimate the power of a microwave. A staple for heating up leftovers and cooking popcorn, a microwave can also be utilized to make creative meals in a mug. The best part? They’re personal-sized, so you won’t feel the social pressure to share with your roommate. Forget the pots, pans and oven that you typically use and try these recipes that you can easily make in a mug.
The Burrito Bowl Mug
Ingredients: Rice Canned black beans Your favorite pico de gallo (or salsa) A few pinches of salt Your favorite corn chips Diced avocado Combine ¼ c. of rice with ½ c. of water in a microwave safe bowl, cover and microwave on high until all of the water is absorbed. Wash beans while rice is cooking When done, place a few scoops of the rice, black beans and pico de gallo (or salsa) in a mug. Give it a stir, and microwave on high for 1 minute to heat. Season with salt, to taste.
Mac and Cheese Mug
Ingredients: A measuring cup Elbow noodles Some pre-shredded cheese Milk Water
Never underestimate what a microwave is capable of. When Chipotle feels too far away, whip up a burrito bowl (or mug) in your residence hall. Guac is free. ELIZABETH LEOCE Put 1/3 c. of elbow noodles into your mug Add 1/2 c. of water to it Microwave until water evaporates (approximately 4 minutes), then stir Stir in milk and cheese, microwave for 30-60 seconds Stir to blend everything together.
Rice Krispies Treat Mug
Ingredients: 1/2 tbsp. unsalted butter 4 large marshmallows or 1/2 c. mini marshmallows 1 c. Rice Krispies cereal
In a microwave-safe mug, microwave butter on high until completely melted. Add marshmallows and microwave for 20 seconds more. (Marshmallows will puff up, so be careful to not let them overflow from mug.) According to the groundhog, there are still six more weeks of winter. Avoid the rest of this season’s cold and embrace your inner chef with just a few ingredients, a few moments of your time and your favorite mug.
DIVERSIONS
February 7, 2018
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
Lio
Page 9 Eugenia Last
Happy Birthday: Live, learn and respond carefully. Patience, tolerance and moderation will be required if you want to avoid useless battles and poor choices. Look at what you can accomplish. Instead of trying to change others, look inward and make self-improvements. Strive for perfection, kindness and understanding. Personal growth will motivate you to live better and try harder. Your numbers are 7, 18, 21, 25, 34, 39, 44.
Over The Hedge
T. Lewis and M. Fry
Non Sequitur
Wiley
Pearls Before Swine
Stephan Pastis
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Too much of anything will lead to disaster. Overindulgent tendencies will be costly. Explore opportunities for inner growth and implement personal changes instead of trying to change others. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The past will come back to haunt you if you have left matters undone. Tie up loose ends, get your personal books and documents in order and know exactly where you stand. Refuse to let an ex-partner cause trouble. 3 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Overreacting, taking on too much or getting involved in something that will drain you emotionally or physically should be avoided. Look for creative solutions that will enable you to focus on making personal gains. Walk away from indulgent individuals. 3 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Too much of anything will cause a problem. Stick to what’s reasonable and refuse to get involved in someone else’s melodrama. Choose to work alone and to develop ideas that will help you stand out and move forward. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll face some setbacks if you let your peers influence you or take advantage of you emotionally. Stay on top of what matters to you and refuse to put anyone before your own interests. A personal change will improve your life. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Divulging a secret will cause an emotional response that can alter the way you or someone else feels. Try not to fuel the fire by making an assumption. Don’t let anger take over or give in to emotional manipulation. 3 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t spend on products that promise the impossible. Focus on being creative and coming up with personal changes you can make that are within your price range. A partnership will turn out to be to your advantage. 5 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may have some great ideas, but don’t go overboard. Overspending or taking on too much financially, physically or emotionally will be your demise. Look for the best way to use your energy in order to bring the highest returns. 4 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll tend to end up in situations that are emotionally overbearing. Refrain from overly indulgent behavior or making promises you cannot keep. Focus on physical fitness and self-improvement. Look out for your friends and family members. 2 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If someone overreacts or tries to pick a fight, choose to move forward on your own. Trust in your instincts and you will avoid getting tangled up in someone else’s mess. Business trips will lead to interesting information and opportunities. 4 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sit tight, formulate your plan and be fully prepared to move forward before you take the first step. Know what you want, but don’t take what doesn’t belong to you. Taking one step at a time will lead to success. 2 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t overdo it. Take stock of what is necessary and what isn’t. A steady pace will ensure that you get things done right the first time. Protect your assets, possessions and feelings. Take on a creative endeavor. 5 stars
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Universal Crossword ACROSS
61 Ashes container
1 Doesn’t have to work
62 Hotelier Helmsley
6 Sweet cubes
63 Pro bout site
11 Mr. counterpart
64 Wooden pin
14 Competition with ropes
65 Brain or liver
15 Take one’s hand secretly
66 Riot kin
16 Treaty of Rome formation 17 Delaware and New Jersey? No man
DOWN 1 Intense fury
19 Genetic info carrier
2 Fa - la link
20 Rocking Adams
3 Suspicious
21 Colorless Mexican liquor
4 Weak
23 Marten furs
5 Film guy told to run
26 “Pale” descriptor
6 Words before “trap” or “goal”
27 Most like the driven snow
7 ___ Bator, Mongolia
28 Iran-___ Affair
8 Acquired
29 “Entourage” role
9 Alleged evolutionary links
30 Certain NFLer
10 Does some ushering
32 Burn a bit
11 Trader’s waterway? No man
35 Fixes outcomes
12 Kidney-related
37 “Likewise!”
13 Like a typical fish
41 Shakespeare role
39 Perched on
18 GPS word
43 Blend of diverse things
40 Average Joe’s relative
22 Tiny groove
46 More wee
42 Yogi with the sayings
23 Trains in a ring
48 South Dakota’s capital
44 Be litigious
24 Containing gold
49 “Your IOU is due”
45 Display unsteadiness
25 Brilliant offspring? No man
50 Risked being censored
47 Current measure
26 Generous one
53 Italian volcano
49 Fortune-teller kin
28 Supply food for
54 Astronaut Shepard
51 Lake nymphs
31 Three-mast sailing vessel
57 Dress up, old-style
52 Spooked from sleep
33 Pumpkin relative
58 River slitherer
53 American bird
34 Some swords
59 New Orleans-to-
55 2018 thou
36 Artist’s apron
56 Couple of bucks? No man
38 Creamsicle’s color
Hattiesburg dir. 60 Edinburgh nope
Yesterday’s Solution
Yesterday’s Solution
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season Scaife’s leadership leads to her 3rd Dawn Staley Mid-Season Watch List nomination continued from back an immediate impact. She leads the team with 19.2 points per game, which is the sixth-best average in the Big Ten, and is the main catalyst behind one of the most improved teams in the countr y. In her first season on the Banks, Scaife led all freshmen in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in scoring, averaging 14.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, and was the AAC Freshman of the Year. A year later, when the Scarlet Knights moved to the Big Ten, Scaife remained a constant, averaging 14.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. She also averaged 18.5 points per game in two games during the NCAA Tournament. As a junior, Scaife was once again a stalwart for the team, averaging 17.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. In addition to being Rutgers’ best current scorer, Scaife has also been climbing the school’s all-time scoring leaderboard, passing many Knights legends along the way. She’s currently in third with 2,092 career points, and needs 120 more to pass alumna Cappie Pondexter and become the second-highest scorer in Rutgers histor y — a feat she has five
more regular season games to accomplish as well as the Big Ten Tournament and possibly the NCAA Tournament, which is looking more and more likely after the team defeated No. 13 Michigan last weekend. In 25 games so far this season, Scaife has scored more than 20 points in 14 of them — including a seven-game stretch in December — while starting in all but two contests. In games against currently ranked teams, Scaife boasts an even more impressive 20 points per game, highlighted by a 27-point outburst against No. 23 North Carolina State and 20 points versus No. 7 South Carolina. Scaife is also up for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Award, which is given out by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in conjunction with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. As her storied career at Rutgers comes closer to the finish line, there’s little doubt that Scaife’s jersey will one day be hanging in the rafters of the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC). And winning a national award or two would put the icing on the cake of her last year on the Banks. For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer has started Scaife in 23 games this season in which Stringer is expected to achieve more than 1,000 career wins as a head coach. garrett steffe / february 2018
IN BRIEF
M
agic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers were fined $50,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for violating the league’s anti-tampering rule after Johnson revered Milwaukee Bucks’ star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo in a recent interview with ESPN. The Lakers team president said the “Greek Freak” would someday lead the Bucks to a championship and compared his and Antetokounmpo’s style of play. “Oh yeah, with his ball-handling skills and his passing ability. He plays above the rim; I never could do that,” Johnson said. “But in his understanding of the game, his basketball IQ, his creativity of shots for his teammates ... that’s where we (have the) same thing. Can bring it down, make a pass, make a play.” The Bucks are 29-23 and fifth in the Eastern Conference with Antetokounmpo at the helm, who is averaging 28 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, according to ESPN. “I’m just happy he’s starting in the All-Star Game because he deserves that. And he’s going to be like an MVP, a champion. This dude, he’s going to put Milwaukee on the map. And I think he’s going to bring them a championship one day,” Johnson said. This is the second time the Lakers and Johnson have been fined for tampering within the last six months. In August, the NBA fined the Lakers $500,000 after finding evidence of contact between general manager Rob Pelinka and Paul George’s agent
just days after Johnson made remarks on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” about the current Oklahoma City Thunder forward.
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fter just nine hours into the job, Josh McDaniels has changed his mind and will no longer be the head coach for the Indianapolis Colts in 2018. Instead, McDaniels will return to his position as the of fensive coordinator for the New England Patriots, according to ESPN. The change of heart comes as a shock and leaves the Colts in disarray as Indianapolis announced McDaniels as its head coach on Tuesday, Feb. 6, and said a press conference was scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 7. Patriots owner Robert Kraft talked with McDaniels and ultimately re-negotiated his contract which attracted McDaniels enough to stay in New England. McDaniels and the Colts never had a signed contract agreement. Indianapolis now must look at other options for the head coaching job at a time where most jobs have already been filled. Other than McDaniels, the Colts also interviewed five other candidates — all who have since taken another job. This comes as questions begin to rise about quarterback Andrew Luck’s shoulder. The former first overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft missed all of last season due to a shoulder injury, but there has been speculation whether Luck would be ready to play this season or if he needs additional surgery.
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sidelines Campanile picked up 60 wins during his 8 years at helm of Crusaders continued from back and scored 44 points in the title game — while also holding the Marauders to just 7. Prior to his time at the helm of the Crusaders, Campanile was the athletic director at Don Bosco Prep, while also ser ving as of fensive coordinator from 2000 to 2009. In his last season with the team, it averaged 46 points per game and scored a season-high 71 points in a game. Campanile can also be credited for producing two of the best quarterbacks in Rutgers’ program history. Knights career passing yards leader, Mike Teel — who threw for 9,383 yards and 59 touchdowns — was supervised by Campanile during his time at Don Bosco. Right behind Teel is Gary Nova, who also played under Campanile with the Ironmen and threw for 9,258 yards and 72 touchdowns during his four years at Rutgers. Campanile graduated from Montclair State and originally wanted to be a lawyer, even passing his LSAT exam before deciding to continue in his family’s legacy and pursue football. His father was head coach of Paterson Catholic and Paramus Catholic for 10 years. Campanile’s brother, Anthony, was a former defensive assistant and wide receiver coach on the Banks. “I had expectations for myself career-wise,” Nunzio said to NJ Advance Media in 2012. “I didn’t know if being a football coach would be reaching my potential.’’ The Campanile hire is bound to have huge implications going forward for the Knights and the rest of New Jersey football, when it comes to recruitment of the state’s best high school players. In the past, Rutgers has had a problem looking appealing to New Jersey’s top recruits,
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with the team not performing as well as it would like and at times struggling against teams it should easily beat. With the likes of four-star recruit defensive end Javontae Jean-Baptiste this year, and fivestar defensive lineman Antonio Alfano and multiple three-star athletes next year, the Knights can capitalize on having one of the biggest names in football in the state on their sidelines. For example, Cleveland Browns safety Jabrill Peppers is from East Orange and played football at Don Bosco and Paramus Catholic, while Campanile was at Bergen Catholic. But instead of going to play for the top school in his home state, Peppers went to Big Ten rival Michigan and had an outstanding career, capped off by being a Heisman Trophy finalist in his final year in college before being the 25th pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. “The hiring of my former coach Nunzio Campanile is the best move Rutgers has ever made. Nunzio is a personable guy who is a genius when it comes to the X’s and O’s side of football,” said Josh McKenzie, a three-star Bergen Catholic running back to NJ Advance Media, when asked about the hiring. “This now creates an interesting turn on my recruitment, as Rutgers was high on my list, but now just got even higher with the hiring of Nunzio. I talked to some other players in the class of 2019 about Nunzio at Rutgers and they all seem to feel the same way about the hiring.” Rutgers needs influence in the New Jersey talent pool, and bringing someone like Campanile into its coaching staf f is a significant move at doing that. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @cgreen204 and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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“I had expectations for myself career-wise. I didn’t know if being a football coach would be reaching my potential.” — Football running back coach Nunzio Campanile
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football Campanile tapped as running back coach
Ash adds Campanile to Rutgers sidelines Coby Green Associate Sports Editor
Rutgers football head coach Chris Ash has completed his offseason coaching hire search, adding Bergen Catholic High School head coach Nunzio Campanile to the sidelines as his running back coach, per reports. This marks the third and final coaching hire of the winter for Ash, who previously hired John McNulty as the offensive coordinator and Corey Brown as the defensive line coach. The Scarlet Knights are now set with 10 coaches ready to go for next season. The Crusaders have been one of the best football teams in New Jersey over the past eight years, compiling a 60-29 record since 2010 under Campanile. Campanile had just one season with less than seven wins in his eight-year career in Oradell. Campanile is known for his offensive mind, leading teams to obscene scores when it comes to high school football. This past season, Campanile capped off his career at Bergen Catholic with the team’s first state title in approximately 14 years, winning the Non-Public Group IV championship over St. Peters Prep last November. The team averaged 34.5 points per game Newly-named running back coach Nunzio Campanile leaves an eight-year tenure as head coach at Bergen Catholic High School behind him, after leading the Crusaders to the Non-Public Group IV state title in 2017. twitter
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women’s basketball scaife put on another mid-season watch list
Scaife having career year in final season Jordan Farbowitz Robert Sanchez Correspondent & Sports Editor
It’s pretty apparent to anyone watching a Rutgers women’s basketball game that if there’s one player who stands out, it’s fifthyear senior guard Tyler Scaife, and national organizations have started to take notice as well. Scaife was recently named to her third Dawn Staley Mid-Season Watch List, which is handed out each year by the Phoenix Club of Philadelphia. The award is given to “a player who exemplifies the skills that Dawn possessed during her career (ball handling, scoring, her ability to distribute the basketball and her will to win),” according to the Dawn Staley Award website. Staley, the current coach of defending champion South Carolina, was a two-time National Player of the Year at Virginia, and led the Cavaliers to three Final Fours. After missing what would have been her senior year with an injur y, Scaife returned to a team that had won just six games the previous season, and she made Fifth-year senior guard Tyler Scaife leads Rutgers with 19.2 points per game this season, making her the only member of the Knights averaging double-digit points per game. jeffrey gomez / february 2018
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knights schedule
EXTRA POINT
Nba SCORES
Cleveland Orlando
98 116
Boston Toronto
91 111
Memphis Atlanta
82 108
Houston Brooklyn
123 113
Milwaukee New York
103 89
Washington Philadelphia
102 115
GARRETT MICHAELI, defenseman on the men’s lacrosse team, was named Big Ten defensive player of the week on Tuesday, after picking up a career-high five ground balls and causing a turnover. It is the first Big Ten award of the early season for Rutgers.
MEN’S GOLF
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SOFTBALL
WRESTLING
Big Ten Match Play Championships
at Ohio State
Titan Classic
vs. Minnesota
Tomorrow, All Day, Palm Coast, Fla.
Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Columbus, Ohio
Friday, All Day, Fullerton, Calif.
Friday, 7 p.m., The RAC