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Rutgers—Newark, Camden announce graduation speakers Erica D’Costa Associate News Editor
Queen Latifah and Anita Hill will be the 2018 commencement speakers for Rutgers—Newark and Rutgers—Camden respectively, according to Rutgers spokesperson, Dory Devlin. The speaker for the New Brunswick campus has yet to be chosen. The decision became official at the Board of Governors meeting on Wednesday at the Rutgers—Newark campus after students, faculty and staff selected the two icons. The keynote speakers will receive honorary degrees from the University to add to their long lists of accomplishments. Latifah was born in Newark and raised in East Orange, NJ. According to a press release, Rutgers will welcome back home the Newark-native on May 14 at the Prudential Center to recognize the thousands of graduates in scarlet cap and gown. “Queen Latifah is inspiring to us as students because she always projects herself through her work as a strong woman,” said Adebimpe Elegbeleye, a Rutgers—Newark undergraduate who served on the commencement selection committee. “She shows young women that we can do that too and young men that they need to respect that.” The award-winning actress, singer, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur and humanitarian will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at the graduation. After receiving her Grammys, Emmys and Golden Globes, Latifah never forgot her Newark roots, the press release said. She started a scholarship foundation for low-income youth and has worked
to diminish home foreclosures in poverty-stricken neighborhoods. Her humanitarian efforts were recognized when she won the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s Community Award in 2013. Latifah has been an advocate for “Let Girls Learn,” an initiative created by former First Lady Michelle Obama, that seeks to bring education to the 62 million girls around the world who do not have access to schools. “Queen Latifah has been a consistent supporter of Newark and a source of inspiration for creative people and entrepreneurs in our city and throughout the world,” said Lyneir Richardson, executive director of The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at Rutgers—Newark, in the press release. “She is an inspiring role model of excellence for Rutgers—Newark. I have seen, up close, her creative spirit, entrepreneurial drive and deep-rooted connection to inclusive urban community revitalization.” Hill is also well respected in the international community as a leading figure in the Time’s Up movement, a sexual assault awareness campaign. She will receive an honorar y Doctor of Laws degree from Rutgers—Camden on May 17, at the BB&T Pavilion on the Camden waterfront. Hill is currently a professor at Brandeis University, specializing in social policy, law and women’s studies. In 1991, Hill testified against then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. She alleged that Thomas made inappropriate sexual advances on her when she worked with him.
Queen Latifah — alongside Anita Hill who will present at Rutgers—Camden — is the 2018 commencement speaker for Rutgers—Newark. The East Orange native will speak in front of this year’s graduating class on May 14 at the Prudential Center. THE DAILY TARGUM / FEBRUARY 2016 In an interview with New York Daily News, Hill said, “Despite a generation growing up hearing that sexual harassment is unacceptable, it clearly remains a plague.” The press release stated that her testimony sparked conversations about workplace misconduct and inequality and that she has refused to be silent about sexual harassment for more than a quarter of a century.
“Her career is a living testament to her commitment to the idea of equity in access in myriad ways, particularly regarding the importance of equal rights for women. She is the ideal role model to charge graduating students to take what they learned at Rutgers—Camden and work to improve their communities and world,” said Phoebe Haddon, Rutgers—Camden chancellor.
Student petition collects hundreds of signatures Christian Zapata News Editor
Anjanette Vaidya, the president of Rutgers Students with Children, started the organization after she saw there was not enough being done to provide for student parents. TWITTER.COM
More than 400 students have signed a petition urging University President Robert L. Barchi to institutionalize support for student parents at Rutgers. As a single mother, Anjanette Vaidya, president and founder of Rutgers Students with Children (RSWC), nearly failed out of school. She left Rutgers and upon coming back found that there was not enough being done to provide young single mothers with educational resources. She started RSWC two years ago and has since pushed for the
University to meet the basic supports and ser vices needed by single parents. “We’ve been asking the administration for basic supports and services for student parents that other higher education institutions have provided their student’s parents with for years,” she said. In an open letter to Barchi, the organization details its many efforts to push institutional reform for student parents over the last two years — citing more than 35 in-person meetings with academic deans, vice chancellors and faculty members in multiple departments. The petition currently has more than 400 signatures.
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In 2016, Rutgers—New Brunswick spent approximately $1.5 million dollars on former President Barack Obama’s speech, according to NJ Advance Media. This year, school officials said Rutgers—Newark and Rutgers— Camden will not pay a fee and stated that both women were chosen because they are strong female role models.
“And yet, in the span of two years, Rutgers University has refused to discuss what it is planning to do to help student parents, or to invite us to engage in any dialogue about this issue,” the petition said. “To add insult to injur y, we informed Rutgers administrators that we had discovered a simple and painful truth: pointing student parents to already existing resources could prevent them from having to drop out in any given semester. Still, nothing was done.” As of last week, RSWC received confirmation that it would meet with Barchi and discuss some of its long-term goals such as on-campus housing for undergraduate students with children, child-friendly study spaces, student-parent parking passes and scholarships for single parents. See Signatures on Page 4
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Engineering team uses drones to test water quality of Raritan Jaehyun Kim Contributing writer
Using drones and under water robots to monitor water quality may seem like the plot line of a science fiction movie — but it is actually one of the latest projects between the Rutgers Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The project is called “Enabling Real-time Dynamic Control and Adaptation of Networked Robots in Resource-constrained and Uncertain Environments,” according to the School of Engineering website. It is paid for through a sizable National Science Foundation grant, according to the website. The team received $999,904 in funds. In a collaboration between Javier Diez and Jingang Yi, faculty members in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The plan is to have drones monitor water quality at rivers, lakes and artificial or natural reservoirs in real time. This is important because it could prevent contaminated water from reaching civilian populations and help engineers deploy appropriate and timely solutions. Dario Pompili, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, said incidents in the past that led to contaminated water have left people without access to clean water. “We have seen that water-contamination incidents such as the one occurred in West Virginia on Jan. 9, 2014 caused by an accidental chemical spill may lead to the non-availability of drinking
With a donation close to $1 million, members of the University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering will utilize drone technology to study and help prevent water contamination in the Raritan River. YOUTUBE.COM water for thousands of residents, livestock and irrigation, and also result in adverse effects on aquatic life. In order to make optimal decisions, it is necessary to collect, aggregate and process water data in real time,” Pompili said in an email. He explained that the goal of the research project is to design a “Cyber-Physical System” where drones can identify “regions of interest” (ROIs), take
measurements, transform that information into raw data and then into knowledge. Cyber-Physical Systems can be more efficient because they rapidly deploy at a low cost, which allows integration with other, more expensive systems, he said. “This enables them to probe the water body on their own to identify (ROIs) and perform triage to decide which of these
(ROIs) they have to work on and which regions need attention from the boat,” Pompili said. They also divide the autonomous vehicles into two categories, those who can operate in two mediums — such as air and water — and those who can only operate in water, he said. This helps operation run more smoothly. The Raritan River is a major New Jersey river and provides a quality case study, Pompili said. It
is a unique laboratory available to the University. “The Raritan River watershed is impacted by contaminated sites and sewage treatment systems. Pollution from contaminated sites leaks into the river and harms the environment and public health. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports, over 16 noxious chemicals and solids were found infecting the section of the Raritan River that borders New Brunswick,” Pompili said. The project will enable streamlined and improved monitoring of the river, he said. And will help protect against chemicals like arsenic, benzopyrene and the pesticide heptachlor epoxide, which could potentially affect the water supply. Pompili said the watersheds should be monitored regularly to provide usable data about water quality and its overall health. The project is important to Rutgers, because it will develop a pipeline of diverse and computer-literate engineers who can help solve related problems, he said. Because the project requires theoretical skills, system-level skills and cross-disciplinary expertise, it will provide Rutgers engineering teams with an educational experience. “The team will conduct integrated field testing on the Raritan River, which has been polluted with industrial toxic waste for over 100 years,” according to the website. “The Raritan is also the state’s largest contiguous wildlife corridor, offering refuge to numerous threatened and endangered species. The researchers say that the river serves as a unique laboratory system in Rutgers’ backyard.”
Javier Diez, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, helps one of his students, Carolyn Andia, fix a rotor on her senior design project in 2014. Diez will collaborate on a project that measures the water quality of rivers, lakes and artificial or natural reservoirs. RUTGERS.EDU
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Signatures More than 400 people signed in favor of providing U. student parents with additional resources continued from front “I know that parking passes are a source of contention for many commuters but this (is) a population that has dismal dropout rates and rates of graduation and retention are extremely low,” she said. “These inter ventions, like student-parent parking passes and priority registration, can greatly improve those rates.” Many of the demands listed on the petition come at no monetar y cost to the University and includes priority registration, a website which lists supports and ser vices for student parents and having student parents recognized as a population on campus, according to the petition. “Rutgers University—New Brunswick is committed to helping all of its students succeed, including students who have children, those who have financial needs, and those who have responsibilities that may make it challenging to balance their academic and family priorities,” said Neal Buccino, a University spokesperson, in an email with The Daily Targum.
He said that Rutgers has created a working group of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and other University officials to review the needs of student parents and that RSWC is a recognized student organization. As a grassroots program, RSWC lacks the resources that might benefit a recognized student population. Many of the strides made to help students with children — such as brochures on available supports and services, social media campaigns and traveling the country to meet with policymakers and legislators — are attributed to RSWCs personal work. “We’ve created our own informal networks of faculty who support us so we are kind of on call 24/7,” she said. “ So if a student parent contacts us and says ‘hey, are there lactation rooms on this campus? I’m pumping milk in my car’ … we connect them to resources.” Knowing where to access these resources can drastically improve a student parent’s experience, Anjanette said. Oftentimes student parents are unaware of where to access this information and can lead to an increase in dropout rates.
University President Robert L. Barchi will meet with members of Rutgers Students with Children to discuss their demands for better resources for student parents. Neal Buccino, a University spokesperson, assures that Rutgers is committed to helping all students. THE DAILY TARGUM “There are student-parent programs at other colleges and universities, there are none in New Jersey,” she said “Even within the Big Ten, schools like Purdue where the Chancellor Deba(sish) Dutta just came from. Purdue even has student parent-student programming in language, Rutgers doesn’t even name us as a population.”
The University of Michigan subsidized childcare for student parents by taking a dollar out of each student’s tuition payment, an action that Anjanette said pales in comparison to how Rutgers subsidizes its athletic programs. She said the RSWC is eager to lend its efforts to aid students parents and become part of the conversation but has been shut out from doing so.
“What it’s important for people to remember is that when a student parent drops out it’s not just that individual,” she said. “It represents however many children that that person has because a Bachelor’s degree can really end cycles intergenerational poverty, it can get people off of welfare for life, and really change the educational prospects of their children.”
New Brunswick-based community kitchen appoints new director Ryan Stiesi Associate News Editor
In January, Elijah’s Promise — a New Brunswick-based organization that strives to break the cycle of poverty through alleviating hunger — named a new executive director, Michelle Wilson. In 1989, the Elijah’s Promise Community Kitchen was founded and has since grown from a team of three to a multi-service
organization providing more than 100,000 meals annually, according to its website. Wilson said she began working at the community organization 11 years ago, when she got her start as its development and community relations director. She recalled an inspiring stor y from her first day on the job. Jane Betz, one of the founding members of Elijah’s Promise, came in to meet with her and
explained the values of the community kitchen. “She said you need to understand when you’re working here, that these are guests in our kitchen,” Wilson said. “That everyone’s story and every person who walks through our door is valued and respected, and that is what we do here at Elijah’s Promise.” Wilson said this was a special moment, one that she still reflects on when making decisions for the organization years later. As it moves forward, Wilson said she wants Elijah’s Promise to continue providing quality, healthy and nutritious meals to the people of the community who need them. “We continue to serve more meals every month than we did the year before,” she said, explaining that the organization’s hopes to continue this trend. Elijah’s Promise is also looking to expand its urban agriculture program in order to connect more people with school nurses to increase awareness of the resources it offers, and to expand its “Let’s Cook” program.
She said that “Let’s Cook” is a program for low-income seniors and children, where they teach community members how to cook healthy meals on a budget. According to the website, sections of these cooking classes are specialized for children, adults, cooking for wellness and cooking in the garden. Wilson said that she previously worked in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Rutgers University. At the time Elijah’s Promise was a much smaller community soup kitchen, and it was doing its first work with urban agriculture, which is what Wilson got involved with. “I have seen it, over the years, grow from a small organization and sort of spread out and serve tens of thousands of more additional meals, and start a culinary school and expand their urban agriculture program,” she said. Currently the urban agriculture program, called “Promise Agriculture,” provides garden space to residents, produces food for the community and engages and educates residents about the process of food production, among other things, according to its webpage.
She said that the organization still works with Rutgers. Hundreds of student volunteers throughout the year work with different professors, departments and schools like the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, showing strong relationships with the University. She said students can check the organization’s Facebook page for updates on volunteering and other events. “We are an organization that survives on the goodwill of the community, and we are who we are because of the people who volunteered and supported us,” Wilson said. “And I always do come back (and) think of that Jane Betz story.” She said she hopes the organization can continue to expand and that people in the community are aware that Elijah’s Promise is there for them. Being able to meet the demand of the people walking in ever yday and providing them with a nutritious meal is what is most critical to the group. “We say we use food to change lives,” Wilson said.
Elijah’s Promise provides healthy and nutritious meals to New Brunswick residents in need and intends to continue the tradition under new leadership from the organization’s Executive Director Michelle Wilson. FLICKR
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States should adopt insurance mandates POLICY OVER POLITICS CONNOR O’BRIEN
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ne of the most highly-touted accomplishments of the recently-passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a repeal of the Obamacare “individual mandate,” a requirement that Americans purchase a health insurance plan or pay a fine. The policy has long been a top target of GOP lawmakers in their quest to repeal the entire Affordable Care Act, and has also been among the law’s most unpopular provisions. Lost in the celebration over the passage of the bill and the “freeing” of the American people from this mandate was the fact that this will, according to nonpartisan estimates, damage health insurance markets. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that on its own, a repeal of the individual mandate would lead to 13 million people becoming uninsured by 2027 and a 10-percent increase in premiums above previously-projected levels. After campaigning for years against rising insurance costs, the singular health care “accomplishment” of the Republican Party has been to enact a policy that will worsen the very problems it has so long derided. To understand why the individual mandate came to be and why its repeal will be bad for insurance markets, we must first examine how insurers determine the prices they charge customers. It involves some very complex probability and mathematics, but at its most basic level, hinges on the health of customers. If a “risk pool” — the pool of people who purchase health insurance — is very sick and incurs high medical costs, insurers will charge all of their customers more in premiums and co-pays. Conversely, if people buying insurance are largely young and healthy, premiums will be lower. The Affordable Care Act struck a fundamental bargain between consumers and insurers. It required insurers to cover a set of basic services, allow parents to keep their young adult children on their plans and accept people with pre-existing conditions. In exchange, the federal government introduced various mandates meant to incentivize healthy people to buy insurance. As health insurance costs have steadily risen in recent years, the prime culprit has been a shortage of healthy customers. This can turn into a vicious cycle dubbed a “death spiral.” When the customer base of an insurance company becomes sicker, insurers raise prices. But as they raise prices, the healthiest of
“This refusal by lawmakers to do right by their citizens has been a reoccurring theme throughout the country.” customers are the most likely to drop their coverage, forcing insurers to raise prices further or drop out of the marketplace altogether. Any good-faith effort to stabilize private insurance markets has to induce more young and healthy people to buy coverage, not fewer. Repealing the individual mandate does the opposite, raising costs for both the sick and the healthy. This refusal by lawmakers to do right by their citizens has been a reoccurring theme throughout the country. State governments run by Republicans who disagree with the Affordable Care Act have refused to implement huge portions of the law, despite the undeniable benefits to their populations. For instance, many states have refused to expand Medicaid coverage for their poorest citizens, despite the federal government agreeing to pick up almost the entire cost. No surprise, these states are also those with the most people paying the penalty for not buying insurance. The poorest people in these states were not only denied nearly-free health coverage that their governments refused to take, but were then hit with the individual mandate penalty because of this refusal. There is further evidence that Republican demonization of the Affordable Care Act has also contributed to its problems, as 54 percent of those who choose not to purchase insurance are, financially, better off buying it. As long as the Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land, state governments should do their best to make it work for their residents. If Republicans want to have another national discussion on healthcare and advocate for a change in federal policy, they are welcome to do so, but in the meantime, they should put the well-being of their citizens above politics. This means accepting the federal government’s offer to pay 90 percent of the cost of insuring the poor. This means being honest with people about the benefits of becoming insured. This means maintaining, not eliminating, incentives for healthy people to get covered. Unfortunately, the effort to sabotage the existing healthcare system has expanded from southern state houses to Washington, but states still have the flexibility to salvage their own systems. As of now, at least nine states are considering adopting individual mandates of their own, a list that will hopefully grow to include red states. While political tribalism reigns supreme these days, the ultimate goal of politics should always be to improve the lives of regular people. Republicans should remember this as they contemplate destroying their own country’s healthcare system for purely political reasons. Connor O’Brien is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in economics. His column, “Policy Over Politics,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
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Vaccines should be widely encouraged Influenza is particularly widespread this year
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etween September and this past Saturday, Student Health Ser vices. In 2016, approximately there have been more than 5,000 positive 3,000 Rutgers students declined to get the menintests of influenza in New Jersey, according gitis vaccine despite its reappearance. While this to the New Jersey Department of Health’s Respira- is ill-advised, those who signed their declination tory Virus Surveillance Report. A significant spike forms were informed of the risks involved. With in number of positive tests began in early January, that said, it seems, in a sense, a bit irresponsible and the H3N2 influenza virus is particularly wide- to reject the empirical evidence suggesting vaccines’ effectiveness in a community environment spread this year. Considering the flu’s ability to mutate so ef- as well as the low safety risks involved with them. ficiently, it can be difficult to formulate a suffi- School environments entail large numbers of peociently effective vaccine for the illness. For that ple being in close proximity to one another for reason, we still see people getting sick despite long periods of times, and in some sense even at having gotten their shot. But in general, vaccines all times. An interesting thing to bring into question with are quite effective at preventing diseases. Sometimes, though, people are understandably war y regard to the spread of diseases at Rutgers, esof receiving them. Rumors of their causing men- pecially considering how widespread influenza tal defects and things of that sort no doubt deter is this year, is the University’s attendance policy. Rutgers has a pretty people from getting strict policy when their shots, as well it comes to class as the fact that in attendance, and many cases they some professors are are regulated by “One important aspect of vaccinations is the quite adamant about the government concept of ‘herd immunity’ ...” their students being — not necessarily there and on time. always the most Additionally, it is oftrusted of instituten not easy for stutions. But the case dents to get notes for getting vaccines seems, in some sense, to overpower that of choos- excusing them from class, especially from on-campus health centers like Hurtado. Not being able to ing not to do so. One important aspect of vaccinations is the con- get notes from on-campus centers forces students cept of “herd immunity” or “herd resistance.” This to either go to a doctor off campus — which they is the idea that the more people who are vaccinat- may not have time or transportation for — or simply ed, the less likely the disease is to spread because go to class. Many choose the latter, and by doing so it becomes harder for it to be contracted from one risk infecting other members of the Rutgers comperson to another, eventually leading to a possible munity. In that sense, some professors’ overly strict eradication. Such is the case with polio and mea- attendance policies are maladaptive. Most professles. Despite a good safety record with regard to sors would likely agree that they would rather their vaccines in this day and age, people do remain students not get others in their class sick, but their skeptical and are sometimes subject to misguided policies regarding attendance conflict that. Us students with our young and resilient bodies safety concerns. In those cases, people fail to get vaccinated. This can lead to a re-emergence of the will undoubtedly get through this flu season, but the ver y old and ver y young members of the New disease in question. When it comes to Rutgers, we see that there Brunswick community may not be so lucky, as our are rules in place that require students to receive immune systems are in many cases not as strong vaccines for certain diseases. One such disease making them more susceptible to severe cases. is meningitis. All undergraduate students are re- Rutgers students should be informed and remindquired to either submit verification of receiving ed further of the importance of getting vaccinated the vaccines or to formally decline the vaccina- not only for their personal self, but for ever yone tion through a separate document, according to else around them. 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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People must not forget struggles of Myanmar’s Rohingya ALL THAT FITS JULIA DEANGELO
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he world is in the midst of one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century, and yet there has been echoing silence. As of January, an estimated 655,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled their home villages in Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh to escape the treacherous campaign of violence brought on by the military. It is thought that 9,000 Rohingya have died between Aug. 25 and Sept. 24 of 2017, with the vast majority falling victim to brutal and inhumane acts. The United Nations named the crisis as “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing,” and has recently raised the potential to call it genocide. A 20-year-old Rohingya, Rajuma is one of many who was held at gunpoint chest-deep in a river during a military raid. She told The New York Times that soldiers ripped her 18-month-old baby from her arms and threw him into a fire. Military personnel then dragged her into a house and proceeded to rape her and kill her entire family. She was the only one to somehow escape, but that does not mean her struggle to survive is over. With her future at bay, Rajuma reached the end of her testimony and sobbed so hard she could barely breathe.
Known as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities, the Rohingya have been oppressed in majority Buddhist Myanmar for hundreds of years. Before the massacre that began in August, members of the ethnic group lived in slum-like camps that lacked basic resources. Rohingya have been repeatedly denied proper citizenship, which left them stateless and unable leave the country without government permission. To the Burmese, or people of Myanmar, they are not people. What is so chilling about the recent ethnic cleansing is that the efforts are not the
the point of unrecognizability. It is one of the first records of atrocities backed with hard-core evidence. According to videos the news-wire service obtained, there were “blue-green puddles of acid sludge” that ate at corpses without heads and torsos that “jut into the air.” The AP says many of these bodies, which are probably in the hundreds, lie half-buried if not buried at all. The Burmese government has, of course, denied the existence of these shallow graves, claiming the investigation as false. They have made efforts to bar reporters
“Undoubtedly, the United States has extended a sympathetic hand promising to send $32 million in refugee aid.” first. The Burmese military has made attempts to annihilate the Rohingya, whom they call “terrorists,” before in 2013 and 2016. But, the government has repeatedly denied these attempts and posed sanctions to prevent reporters and humanitarian groups from interfering. It seems that the Rohingya have been stripped of their human rights and subject to extrajudicial killing, rape and arson time and time again with no active defense. This was until a few days ago when The Associated Press released a graphic report about several mass graves withholding the bodies of Rohingya that were disfigured to
from entering affected areas, in order to create confusion around the situation. It is hard to tell what is truly happening in Myanmar when stories only come from survivors who have experienced traumatic events. But, the AP’s and other organization’s efforts to uncover the truth is the beginning of finding out the extent of this massacre. Many have argued that although the plight of the Rohingya is tragic, it does not necessarily concern us. But, we must not distance ourselves from the terror in Myanmar. This world has learned its lesson in ignorance after the mass slaughter in Rwanda, where upward of a million peo-
ple were killed in a lull. The Rohingya’s persecution is severe, and people across the globe should not stand with caution. A genocide of this scale is the responsibility of all humanity, not just those who live in the general vicinity. Undoubtedly, the United States has extended a sympathetic hand promising to send $32 million in refugee aid. The money makes up approximately one-fourth of what is needed to address the crisis, with the hopes that the rest will be covered by other countries. But, we ought to do more. The United States has the ability to re-impose trade sanctions against Myanmar and pressure other nations to do the same. It will not directly stop the militarized state, but it can slow the exchange of weaponry and send a message that says the world is watching. It goes without saying that individuals here have no direct access to stop what is happening in Myanmar. But, words and education hold a significant amount of power. If there is a consistent conversation about the Rohingya refugee and humanitarian crisis, we may be able to put a stop to the travesty. As fellow humans, we cannot and must not forget the Rohingya. Julia Deangelo is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies. Her column, “All That Fits,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
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Global Fashion Showcase celebrates stylish side of cultures Clarissa Gordon Features editor
New York Fashion Week (NYFW) is in full-force in Manhattan, but the Fashion Organization of Retail and Marketing (FORM) brought the catwalk to New Brunswick with their Global Fashion Showcase on Wednesday. The show was part of the organization’s annual campus fashion week featuring a variety of fashion-focused events, from showcases to to workshops to conversations with guest speakers. All proceeds from the showcase will go towards a fundraiser for Dress for Success, a nonprofit organization that provides professional attire for low-income women. The student organization kicked off its first annual fashion week in 2016 with a fashion show that promoted the designs of local, Rutgers-affiliated designers and brands. This time around, FORM decided to showcase the diversity of the student body and wide range of cultures that make up the Rutgers community.
Members from the Association of Punjabis at Rutgers University (APRU), Sif Sangam and Fashion Organization of Retail and Marketing (FORM) modeled traditional and modernized clothing reflective of their cultures. GARRETT STEFFE “We thought it would be a great idea to showcase the diversity of Rutgers students through a fashion show, especially since certain fashion garments and styles are unique to different cultures,” Phoebe Mak
said, secretary of FORM and a Rutgers Business School junior. “We also wanted to create an opportunity to collaborate with other on-campus organizations, since fashion is something everyone can relate to.”
Currently the only fashion organization on campus, FORM offers a community for fashion-for ward students and helps prepare industr y-hopefuls for a career in the fields of fashion retail and marketing. The Association of Punjabis at Rutgers University (APRU) opened the show, with members of the club acting as models. A male model graced the runway in a rich mahogany-colored kurta, a traditional shirt for Punjabi men that can be worn casually or formally. Close behind followed a female model in a traditional orange and gold dress called a lehenga. With a high neckline, slight train and pencil pants underneath, the dress was comfortable yet elegant. Another male model showcased the modern twists Punjabi people can choose to put on their traditional dress by pairing his long, bedazzled kurta with athletic sneakers. The last model to represent APRU gracefully wore a bright pink sari complete with gold jewelry and makeup. Next to present was RU Sif Sangam, the South Indian organization on campus. A young woman from the club modeled a green and gold sari, a traditional staple for Indian women that translates to “strip of cloth” in Sanskrit. Ideal for warm climates and worn in all different kinds of styles, the sari is worn by women in many different regions of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Another female model wore a decorative lehenga choli, a co-ord dress with a midriff-grazing gold top and long, orange high-waisted skirt. The mismatched top and bottom is a trend within the culture, and the dress is almost always accented with accessories and jewelry. One woman to grace the runway wore a three-piece dress called a half saree: A skirt, a top and a scarf that wrapped around her shoulder down to her hips.
The model embellished the royal blue and gold dress with a belt, showing the different ways traditional dresses can be styled. Almost every garment showcased by the club was accented with metallic gold tones. The last two looks were a long black dress and a colorful plaid dress, two styles that have become popular among the South Indian youth culture. Members of FORM closed the show with modern takes on clothing and styles from their individual cultures. One model from Chengdu, China wore an outfit almost exclusively made up of pieces from 1807, a popular streetwear brand based in his hometown. Another model from Chengdu mixed 1807 pieces with clothing by American designer Thom Brown, a popular label in China and accessorized with a jade stone necklace. “If you’ve ever been to Chengdu, you’ll see the presence of 1807,” the host of the show said. Connor Shah, the event planner for FORM, modeled Japanese streetwear brand A Bathing Ape, Japanese selvage denim and a traditional furoshiki to honor his Japanese heritage. Models representing FORM also showcased their creativity and eyes for style. One model paired a Balenciaga denim jacket with streetwear, merging a luxury name with an edgier look. Another model was completely “thrifted” out in secondhand and consignment clothing, accessorized with a custom Gucci baby bottle made by a local Indian designer. NYFW has still only just begun, and FORM’s fashion week is still going strong. Thursday night the organization will be hosting a Thrift Shop Showcase in partnership with New Brunswick thrift store Simuel’s Closet. Not only will the show feature curated, one-of-a-kind and vintage items, it will also raise money and awareness for the store’s nonprofit organization.
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Happy Birthday: Any alterations you want to make personally, physically or emotionally should be well-thought-out. Take your time and do your own research. Avoid making a mistake that will turn into a costly lesson instead of a gain based on common sense. Past experience will help you define what’s important and help you set positive priorities. Self-control is essential. Your numbers are 2, 13, 19, 25, 34, 40, 46.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Set up a guideline that will help you save more and spend less. Don’t feel you have to follow what someone else is doing. Figure out what works best for you and take the initiative to bring about positive change. 5 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Plan a trip or an excursion that will be educational and informative. Delve into your past in order to discover what it is you should pursue in the future. Love and romance are on the rise. 4 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Be cautious when dealing with personal relationships. Don’t let anyone take advantage of your emotional vulnerability. Protect against injury and illness. Get involved in a fitness and diet regimen that will help improve your physical strength and overall health. 3 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Personal problems will develop if you or someone close to you is indulgent or emotionally unstable. Do your best to keep things running smoothly and avoid making any rash decisions. Protect against injury and ill health. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make sure your motives are good before you begin something new. Your success will not be sweet if it comes at someone else’s expense. Work alongside others to make matters better for everyone involved. Romance is encouraged. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be tempted to make a purchase that isn’t likely to do what it’s supposed to do. Don’t be gullible or believe everything you are told. A skeptical attitude will help you avoid making a mistake. 3 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Overdoing it will set you back. Look for legitimate ways to get ahead without jeopardizing your position, relationship or reputation. A partnership will steer you in a positive direction. 5 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Trust in your abilities. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you or make you feel like you have less to offer than anyone else. Show some discipline and the desire to enhance what you do with new techniques, strategy and knowledge. 4 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t be gullible. Generosity is a wonderful trait, but if someone is trying to take advantage of your kindness, you have to know when to say “no.” If you want to bring about change, look inward and make improvements that benefit you. 5 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t waste time trying to do the impossible or get involved in costly or time-consuming endeavors. A responsible attitude will help you avoid being coerced into joining forces with someone who has big dreams and little experience. 2 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be careful how you handle domestic affairs. Someone will be eager to pick a fight, offer false information or revert to emotional blackmail if you aren’t knowledgeable about what’s happened in the past. Ask questions and remain calm. 2 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Avoid indulgence, poor choices and abrupt actions. Whether it’s you getting out of control or someone else, consider the consequence of your actions. Too much of anything will end poorly. Focus on helping others. 5 stars
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Yesterday’s Solution
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woes Rutgers averaging less than 37 percent from field during 6-game losing streak continued from back Of course, not all of the blame falls on the team itself, and head coach Steve Pikiell recognizes this and does not expect performances like those against Purdue every time out. “I think part of it is youth, and part of it is that we have some guys out who are fighters,” he said. “We’ve really got to figure that out.”
Any squad starting two freshmen and one sophomore is going to experience growing pains, especially when preparing for wildly different teams on a short turnaround, as seen from the Boilermakers to the Hoosiers. And to no fault of the Knights, some of the weaker teams in the Big Ten have pulled off uncharacteristically strong shooting performances. Illinois, at that point the last-placed team in the conference,
knocked down 57 percent of its off the bench in senior guard shots against Rutgers. On Mon- Mike Williams and sophomore day, the worst 3-point shooting for ward Eugene Omoruyi, Rutgers has for team in the Big the most part Ten in Indiana “I think part of it is kept its shape hit 45 percent and controlled of its attempts youth, and part of it is the reboundfrom beyond that we have some guys ing game, the arc. even in losses. Little of that out who are fighters. Defense is came down to We’ve really got to figure not the issue. the Knights’ It is — almost defensive efthat out.” exclusively — fort, which shooting. has been one STEVE PIKIELL Over their of the posiMen’s Basketball Head Coach current sixtives that has game losing persisted all throughout the season. Despite streak, the Knights have shot 33, losing two of its best defenders 40, 31, 42, 48 and 24 percent from the field, planting them firmly at the bottom of the Big Ten in field-goal percentage by a full 2-percent margin. In games where Rutgers shoots more than 40 percent, it is largely the result of two or three players showing up — usually junior guard Corey Sanders, freshman guard Geo Baker and fifth-year senior forward Deshawn Freeman — but when its percentage dips, it is an off night for virtually everybody. In the 65-43 loss to Indiana last time out, where the Knights shot a season-low 24 percent, no players attempting more than five shots hit at least 40 percent from the field, owing to it being a team
issue, not just the responsibility of a few players. In ways, that makes sense. It is the team as a whole that has felt the effects of rebuilding, losing key parts from last year and losing major players for this year. Though the team could possibly not hit its win total from last year, that may not necessarily be a concern for Pikiell and his players at this point, or even a goal they had at the forefront. Though lopsided losses against the likes of Indiana and Illinois are never going to look good, there is something to say for a team that can play competitively against the likes of Purdue, Seton Hall and Michigan State, something that cannot be said of a lot of the Big Ten. For Pikiell, that is as good a sign as any that the team is right on track. “It’s part of a building process,” Pikiell said. “If we did it every night we would be called (the) Golden State Warriors. We’re not that yet. We’re a program that is growing, we’re a program that’s young, we’re a program that’s hit a lot of adversity. We’re fighting through it, and every game is a different obstacle.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Fifth-year senior forward Deshawn Freeman has just five regular season games remaining as a member of the Scarlet Knights. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2018
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Battle Knights look to hand 2nd straight loss to No. 13 ranked team in country continued from back Mitchell has been racking up accolades for her entire collegiate career. She has won 11 Big Ten Player of the Week awards (including three this season), two Big Ten Player of the Year awards and has been nominated for the Nancy Lieberman Award (given to the country’s best point guard) every year since she started playing. Scaife, who is also one of the nation’s top active scorers, has played Mitchell multiple times in the past and was quick to praise her. “I think she’s a great player, especially offensively, and she’s having a great season,” Scaife said. Behind Mitchell are Stephanie Mavunga (16 points per game), Linnae Harper (15.2 points) and Sierra Calhoun (11.5 points), who all add scoring threats for Ohio State. The Knights will have their work cut out for them when it comes to stopping this offense, especially on the road. But, Rutgers does have confidence heading into the
game after stifling Michigan’s offense. The Knights held Katelynn Flaherty, one of the top scorers in the Big Ten, to just 19 points, and only allowed 56 points overall, the lowest amount the Wolverines scored in conference play this season. Prior to the win over Michigan, Rutgers found itself in a slump. There was a lack of focus during practice, and it showed during games. So after a big win like the one on Sunday, it will be important not to go back and revert to what led to recent losses. But players don’t think that will be a problem this time around, as their last win energized them, brought them out of their slump and has them ready to play anyone. “It feels a lot better because we won,” Scaife said. “We’re really confident, and practice has gone really well. We’re ready to get out there and play.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
signees RU picks up 6 in-state, 2 international recruits on National Signing Day continued from back Last season with the Eagles, Hilliman posted some solid numbers, rushing for 638 yards on 167 attempts and 5 touchdowns, while also catching 24 passes for 155 yards and 2 touchdowns. “It’s time to come home,” Hilliman said to NJ Advance Media last month. “I’m needed and couldn’t be happier to help lead this team into postseason play.” Both Pacheco and Hilliman are among the 10 other signees who enrolled into the University in January, and will be able to participate in spring practice beginning in March. Another two signees who will participate in spring training are quarterbacks Jalen Chatman of Narbonne High School and Inglewood, California and Artur Sitkowski of IMG Academy and Old Bridge, New Jersey. Chatman, a 6-foot-1-inch, 180-pound, three-star signee, committed to the team after throwing 3,133 yards off of 56-percent completions and 29 touchdowns as a senior. He led the Gauchos to a 12-3 record and a come-from-behind win in the Division I-A CIF State Championship last year, before being selected to play in the 2017 Blue-Grey All-American Bowl. After transferring to IMG Academy from Old Bridge High School for his senior year, Sitkowski helped the Ascenders go 9-0. In seven games of action, he threw for 370 yards and 2 touchdowns by completing nearly 57 percent of his passes. Both Chatman and Sitkowski, and Pacheco and Hilliman will all be supervised by another new addition to the teams coaching staff, in newly named offensive coordinator, John McNulty. McNulty, Campanile and new defensive line coach Corey Brown
round out the offseason coaching hires by Ash. The sideline is now set with a 10-coach staff and the 22 newly signed recruits. Rutgers reached across the world to fill out its recruitment class, signing two internation-
Fifth-year senior guard Tyler Scaife will go up against Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell on Thursday, a matchup of two of the top guards in the Big Ten this season. GARRETT STEFFE / FEBRUARY 2018
al players in Robin Jutwreten from Sweden and Adam Korsak from Australia. Jutwreten is a big 6-foot-5-inch, 235-pound defensive end that was found by Brandon Collier, an international football scout who held a camp out in Sweden. Although Jutwreten wasn’t actually at the camp due to other responsibilities, he was scouted at a practice with the Swedish national team. Collier claimed to NJ Advance Media that Jutwreten
“ran a 4.62 laser which is probably a 4.5 hand-timed 40,” and that “if you had this guy at Don Bosco, he’s picking any school he wants to go to,” — which are cer tainly words you want to hear about a player you got from approximately 4,000 miles away. Korsak is a 6-foot-2-inch, 190-pound punter from Melbourne, and has experience playing at Maribyrnong College and Victoria University in the past.
He also enrolled at the University in January and will be ready for spring football. With spring practice beginning in just a few short weeks and both the signees and coaching staff set in stone, the Knights look to get ready for what is sure to be another tough Big Ten season on the Banks. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @cgreen204 and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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After snapping a four-game losing streak and getting its first win over a ranked team in three years, the Rutgers women’s basketball team will be going for two in a row. Coming off their upset over then-No. 13 Michigan on Sunday, the Scarlet Knights (187, 6-5) play current No. 13 Ohio State (19-5, 8-3) in Columbus on Thursday night, looking to pull off another stunner. The team used a balanced offensive and defensive attack to keep the Wolverines at bay, and will have to do that once again if they want to defeat another Big Ten foe. The Buckeyes are one of the best offensive teams in the country, and boast the third-highest scoring average in the nation at 86.3 points per game. In comparison, Rutgers has only scored more than that mark once this season. But, the Knights do have the top-scoring defense in the Big Ten, allowing just 57.1 points per game. Ohio State, on the other hand, is last in the conference, allowing 72.3 points per game. All but 1 of its 5 losses saw it give up more than that total. “We need to stay aggressive and put up as many points as possible,” said fifth-year senior guard Tyler Scaife. Staying aggressive will be especially important against the Buckeyes since they have one the best players in the nation. While Rutgers has faced many prolific scorers this season, it has yet to go up against a player who scores as much as Kelsey Mitchell. Not only is she tied for the secondhighest scoring average in the country this season (24.2 points per game), but her 3,141 points are the eighth-most in NCAA history (and the most among active players).
Very few teams can force meaningful final-minute free throws out of No. 3 Purdue and come back only two days later with an uninspired 22-point loss to Indiana. But that two-game stretch is a microcosm of the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s season — a strong, put-together performance against a ranked team followed by a shambolic showing against programs it should at least be competitive with. It has become so entrenched in the Scarlet Knights’ season that other teams are starting to prepare for this Jekyll-and-Hyde dynamic. The Boilermakers head coach Matt Painter drew upon this after his side narrowly escaped the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) with a 78-76 win last weekend. “I felt the team that would show up, just because of the way they lost in the Illinois game, the team that played Seton Hall, the team that played at Michigan State,” Painter said. “That is what I told them. I told them you look at those two games and you watch Rutgers and if that team shows up you are going to have a dog fight. And that is the team that showed up.” Painter and his players met the team that showed up against Seton Hall, Michigan State and Wisconsin, but that is not the same team that faced off against Stony Brook, Hartford, Penn State, Illinois and Indiana, this season. It is a trend that leaves Rutgers vulnerable to regression from last year, record-wise, sitting with two conference wins with only five games remaining in the regular season, albeit against beatable teams in Nebraska and Illinois, despite falling to them earlier in the season.
Head coach Chris Ash announced a 22-member recruitment class for the Scarlet Knights on National Signing Day. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / SEPTEMBER 2017
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In what has been a big week for the Rutgers football team, National Signing Day has come and gone, and the Scarlet Knights are now stacked and set for the upcoming season. On Wednesday, Rutgers announced signings of letters of intent by 22 members of the Class of 2018, including six student athletes from New Jersey. On the same day, the Knights announced the addition of former Bergen Catholic head coach Nunzio Campanile to their sideline as the new running backs coach. They have now added two running back recruits to work directly under him. “I’d like to welcome Nunzio Campanile to our staff,” said head coach Chris Ash. “During our two years here I have watched him work and witnessed his passion for the game. He has great relationships with his players and
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great respect from people all across this state. I look forward to having him help us move our program forward.” Isaih Pacheco, a 5-foot-11-inch, 190-pound, three-star player from Vineland High School South, and 6-foot, 220-pound Boston College transfer Jonathan Hilliman round out the incoming backs for Campanile. Pacheco and Hilliman will join a running backs corps that certainly needs some help from some fresh faces, as it will be losing graduating fifth-year senior and starting running back Gus Edwards. Pacheco played three positions during his senior year with the Fighting Clan, serving as team captain and leading the team to an 8-2 record. He rushed 154 times for 1,414 yards and 18 touchdowns, leading to being named part of the South Jersey Times All-Area offensive team. See signees on Page 11
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head coach of the women’s lacrosse team, will enter her 16th season at the helm of the Knights, and kick off the season this Saturday at Temple. Rutgers had an up and down season last year, going 8-8 overall and 2-4 in the Big Ten.
Head coach Steve Pikiell looks to end his team’s six-game losing streak. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2018
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