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Groups host forum on aftermath of Breitbart editor’s talk at institution NOA HALFF ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
“We are here to show support,” was repeated by nearly every person in the crowd as they introduced themselves at a forum to discuss Milo Yiannopoulos’s visit to Rutgers last week. Students and faculty gathered in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center on Busch campus to generate dialogue about Yiannopoulos’s visit and the protest that occurred during his lecture. A variety of different organizations and departments were present to listen, answer questions and show support. Representatives from the Rutgers University Police Department,
the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, Counseling, Alcohol and other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Services and the Bias Prevention and Education Committee were present. Members from the Black Student Union, the Asian American Cultural Center, Center for Latino Arts and Culture, College Student Affairs and many more were also in attendance. Students and community members participated by sharing their personal experiences from the event and by looking for resolutions. Questions regarding the legal aspects of holding a protest and what actions the administration would take were asked.
Students described feeling scared, hurt and discriminated against following Yiannopoulos’s visit. Melissa James, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, said she had trouble even getting into the building during the night of the event. They were only letting cer tain people in, she said. She said the security at the door would not let her in based of f of her appearance. ”If you’re promoting free speech, you should allow people (with) different opinions to come into the debate,” James said. But James said this was not a debate, it was discrimination SEE INSTITUTION ON PAGE 4
Maureen Esteves, an associate dean in the School of Nursing, died Monday after fighting cancer for six years. She was on a medical leave of absence prior to her death. THE DAILY TARGUM
Associate Dean of Nursing dies after fight with cancer NIKITA BIRYUKOV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Asian-American Cultural Center, the Center for Latino Arts and Culture and the Center for Social Justice and LGBT Communities held a forum Wednesday night at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center to discuss Breitbart technology editor Milo Yiannopoulos’s recent visit to Rutgers. GEORGETTE STILLMAN
Students explain benefits received from Office of Disability Services NICHOLAS HUBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Imagine having a disability and having to go to class with that disability without university assistance. At Rutgers, this is not a problem due to accommodations provided by the Office of Disability Services. Rutgers students with disabilities can contact the Office of Disability Services to receive a variety of accommodations for academics and life on campus. The office provides services for about 1,750 registered undergraduate and graduate students, said Bill Welsh, executive director at the Office of Disability Services.
“Our goal is to provide equal access to students with disabilities so they can participate in school programs, activities and courses just as much as anybody else,” he said. All accommodations are meant to level the playing field for students with disabilities, Welsh said. They do not modify exams, but rather provide a way for the students to take the exam considering their disability. Exam accommodations include extra time during the assessments, reduced distraction environments and font enlargements for students with visual impairments, said Carlie Andrews, director at the Office of Disability Services.
Providing additional time and reduced distraction locations are by far the two most common accommodations, she said. Students with hearing disabilities can get an in-person or remote interpreter with a computer similar to a court reporter typing word for word what the instructor is saying, Andrews said. American Sign Language and Communication Access Realtime Translation services are also provided for students with hearing impairments, Welsh said. Some students with visual disabilities can acquire alternative course SEE SERVICES ON PAGE 5
Maureen Esteves, an associate dean in the School of Nursing, died Monday after losing her six-year battle with cancer. Esteves held a strong commitment to providing students with meaningful educational experiences and gave her time generously, said Denise Santangelo, a senior administrative assistant in the School of Nursing. Santangelo had known Esteves for 16 years, she said. “Behind her warm heart and quiet demeanor Dean Esteves was a positive thinker and a concerned administrator whose heart understood the stresses of nursing students’ academic experiences,” Santangelo said. “Her door was always open to her students, and she was
warm, genuine and respected by students, faculty and staff alike.” The dean had been recognized for her extraordinary work by the March of Dimes, who named her as one of their nurses of the year in 2014, according the the group’s website. Esteves is survived by her husband, Raymond Esteves, her son, Matthew Esteves, and her siblings, Michelle Brady, Laurence DeMaio, Diane Feldman and James DeMaio. She was preceded in death by her father, Laurence DeMaio, who died late last year. “Though she is gone, and I will miss her greatly, I would have been far worse off never having known her at all, because she was that good a person,” Santangelo said. “The University is at a great loss because she was that good at what she did.”
Custodians explain lives, work at Rutgers facilities CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Though their beige-colored uniforms might suggest otherwise, custodians around campus are committed and passionate Scarlet Knights. At Rutgers—New Brunswick, custodians are assigned to maintain most buildings throughout the five campuses, from dining halls to libraries. In spite of the demanding and seemingly reclusive nature of
their work, they consider themselves members of the Rutgers community and are proud to contribute to the University’s daily maintenance. “Custodians are a very important part of the Rutgers community. Just think about what the buildings would look like without them … they do a very good job under very difficult circumstances,” said William Puglisi, facilities
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Habitat for Humanity builds homes for those in need
The Rutgers chapter of Habitat for Humanity works at a construction site every Saturday to build houses for families which do not have homes. There are roughly 10 or 12 people at a site every week, out of nearly 150 in the organization. COURTESY KATE GANO
SAMANTHA KARAS CORRESPONDENT
While many students spend their Saturdays doing homework, sleeping or relaxing, a group on the Rutgers campus is dedicating that time to building houses for families who do not have homes. Rutgers Habitat for Humanity, the University chapter of the international nonprofit group, helps
provide housing for low-income families, said Vishnu Venkatesh, the group’s vice president and a School of Arts and Sciences junior. The group’s mission statement is meant to be “a hand up, not a hand out.” “There’s a whole application process, and the family has to have a background check and prove they can have a stable income ... After they are selected, they work on the house with us,”
CRIME FEB. 17 PATERSON — Jose Classen, 20, had 900 bags of heroin in his car when narcotics detectives pulled him over near Main and Barclay Streets. Classen also admitted to smoking marijuana in his car, according to a press release. Police asked him to step out of his car and that is when they found about $5,000 worth of drugs. Classen was then charged with possession of heroin, possession with the intent to distribute, possession of heroin within 1,000 feet of a school and possession of marijuana. FEB. 17 FREEHOLD — One of New Jersey’s “most notorious killers” was found responsible for the murder of 18-year-old Mary Agnes Klinsky, of Hazlet, in 1965. The case has been on-going for 50 years. Robert Zarinsky died in prison several years ago while serving a life sentence. New
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Venkatesh said. “They have ‘sweat hours,’ so they’re actually helping to build their own house.” Unlike a regular home, the mortgage for the house built by the organization has no interest, and the labor is heavily subsidized which allows the construction project to be less expensive than normal, he said. The organization works on fundraising, advocacy work and construction, said Andrew
Spano, the group’s president and a School of Engineering senior. The club has embarked on their next fundraising goal, which is raising $50,000 by Jan. 31 of next year. RU Habitat is affiliated with the Greater Middlesex County and Plainfield Habitat for Humanity chapters. Group members work on projects almost every Saturday, Venkatesh said. “Usually, the sites that we build on are in Plainfield, and we take anywhere from 10-12 students,” Spano said. “The work can be anything from framing a house, to roofing, to tiling and painting and anything in between.” Builds start at about 8 a.m. and go until about 3 p.m. Members of the club and the club’s executive board are sometimes joined by other clubs, fraternities or sororities, Venkatesh said. There are between 100 and 150 people in the club, he added. They usually try to alternate people every weekend to build so no one person is overworked. “We send out sign-ups as we have events come up,” Spano said. “We usually send out signups (for builds) two weeks beforehand, and it’s usually firstcome, first-served.” When Venkatesh first came to Rutgers, he had no idea what he was doing and had no sense of purpose, but went to one of the club meetings and was immediately inspired. “This work is important because you get to help families who are very hard-working, who
are working to get the American dream, but they might not necessarily have all the means to, and they just have some bad luck,” he said. “It’s a really good cause.” Joining Habitat for Humanity was a great decision, Simran Riar, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said. “It’s nice to be surrounded by people who really want to make a difference and, at the same time, find a way to make it fun for everyone,” Riar said. Spano said anybody who volunteers for charity work likes to give back and recognizes there are people that are less fortunate or just have had difficult times in their life. “I like trying to help people,” he said. “Being on the executive board for two years now, I like trying to provide opportunities for students to grow outside of the classroom, whether that’s at the construction site or going out on the ladder for the first time or going out on a roof or using a power tool.” These opportunities help people grow in ways that are not immediately recognizable, he said. Venkatesh said he finds it impor tant to help out because of the impact it has on the local community. “With a lot of other community service projects you don’t get to necessarily see the direct impact, or any product immediately,” he said. “But when you go and build a house, you immediately see what you’ve been doing all day.”
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INSTITUTION
She said people were clapping about things that are not true. “He said it is in black people’s Students who feel threatened should call Rutgers nature to be angry. I am not an angry person,” she said. “It was rePolice first, representative says vealing to see people who already had these thoughts. He was just there to confirm it.” CONTINUED FROM FRONT What was frustrating for DenIt was not so much about Yiannis was not just Yiannopoulos and nopoulos, but what he revealed and it was not free speech, but his responses, but the responses about the Rutgers community, coming from her classmates. said Jannah Handy, director for hate speech. James was scared to walk Intercultural Initiatives in the Of“I am for debates and understanding other sides to different around campus the next day. fice of Student Affairs. The event went on to answer issues, but off the bat there was Many others agreed and said they discrimination, not only from the felt unsafe at the event and around questions and concerns of students by the faculty. organization but other students,” campus afterward. She believes the administration Representatives from the she said. Yiannopoulos asked the crowd has not done enough, and that RUPD said that if a student feels threatened, the if they thought first step they black lives matshould take is tered. When to call them. people raised “As a sexual assault survivor that hurt me, I broke “The whole their hands, down crying after I left. How can you say point of the James said forum is for Yiannopoulos that is not violent?” student to told them get have recoursout and that MELISSA JAMES es, namely the rape culture School of Arts and Sciences Junior Bias reportdid not exist. ing process, “As a sexual which can be assault survifound at bias. vor, that hurt me, I broke down crying after I University Chancellor Richard L. rutgers.edu. The students also left,” she said. “How can you say Edwards’s email did not address have recourses at CAPS and points of contact and the culturthat is not violent? Maybe they the issue. “It is upsetting that my mental al center and University wide,” did not hit me, but that took such health is not cared about by the Handy said. a big toll on me emotionally.” Questions that remain unreAfter hearing Yiannopoulos’s University,” James said. “I do not speech, Jasmine Dennis, a School know what else to do for us to be solved were the line between hate of Arts and Sciences sophomore, heard for us to be cared about. I speech and freedom of speech said she also felt frustrated by deserve an apology, everyone in and social media regulations. this room deserves an apology.” Attendees went around the what was said. Dianne Techwei, a School of room expressing how they felt “I felt my identity was getting shot at by what he was saying and Environmental and Biological Sci- in one word. “Impressed,” “hopeby what other people were say- ences sophomore, said she was ful,” “inspired” and “determined” not angry, just frustrated. were said. ing,” she said.
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Maria Espinal, one of the custodians at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus, has worked at Rutgers for 15 years. Her daughter attended the University, graduating in 2002. CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
FACILITIES Castillo hopes her 2 young children will attend U. in near future, she says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
coordinator of University Services and Library Administration. Members of the custodial staff work either a morning shift from 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., or a night shift from 2:30 p.m. to about 11 p.m., Puglisi said. Maria Espinal, a native of the Dominican Republic and morning custodian in the Alexander Library, has abided by one principle throughout her 15 years at the University. “I always make sure to do my best,” she said. “I want everything to be perfect so that students and faculty feel comfortable and at home when coming here to the library.” Espinal’s lengthy tenure is only one of her attachments to the University. She currently resides in New Brunswick with her family, and her daughter graduated from Rutgers in 2002. Although she enjoys listening to music and watching Colombian soap-operas in her leisure time, Espinal treasures her job and is genuinely passionate about it. “I really love my job and I love coming here everyday. More importantly, I refuse to be ashamed of it,” she said. “I’m very proud of what I do.” On the other side of campus, in a building she humorously calls her second home, fellow custodian Elga Velez recalls 16 years of experiences in an ever-changing Tillett Hall on Livingston campus. “I’m really fond of this building and all of its rooms,” Velez said. “I’ve been here through most of its remodeling and I can even remember when there used to be a dining hall on the second floor of the building.” Velez, whose son recently transferred to Rutgers, has many memories working at the University, but one experience stands out the most. “My dearest memory working here in the University was the day when a professor forgot his wallet
with a lot of money inside. I found it and gave it to him when he returned,” she said. “His gratitude really touched me, and it felt really good to be acknowledged.” Despite being born in Puerto Rico, Velez views New Brunswick and the University as her home and always makes sure to take strolls through campus during the summer. In the Douglass Student Center, students will often run into Yaira Castillo, a morning custodian whose fragmented English does not get in the way of her constant ongoing interaction with faculty and students. Castillo, who was born in the Dominican Republic, cherishes the seemingly unusual and special relationship she has with the students here at Rutgers. “There are always students who offer to help me when they see me taking out the trash or lifting something heavy,” she said. “This is really a rare thing. You do not find this consideration and respect in every place you go to.” When she is not working, Castillo pursues her devoted hobby of reading books, which she said is helping her improve her English. She adamantly believes in the power of education, and would love to see her children become Scarlet Knights someday. “I have a 6-year-old and a 10-year-old at home. It would be a dream come true if they could come study here at Rutgers in the future,” she said. Inspired by the amount of gratitude that stems from her honest work, Castillo always eagerly anticipates the start of her shift during her five-minute drive to work from her home in New Brunswick. “I really feel like my work here is appreciated. Many of the students make sure to thank me for my efforts,” she said. “These are seemingly small gestures, but I really value them because it gives my work here in the University a significance and purpose.”
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SERVICES Office provides assistance for any sort of disability, Valentine says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
material such as textbooks with braille writing or in a different font, he said. For a student to obtain accommodations from the Office of Disability Services, they must first complete a set of criteria, Andrews said. Students with disabilities need to do an intake with a coordinator so they can create a self-report, she said. They also need documentation from a qualified professional. “Who that qualified professional is depends on the kind of disability it is that they’re repor ting,” Andrews said. “We are looking for documentation that discusses a student’s functional limitations that would rise to the level of being a significant disability.” Matthew Valentine, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, has worked with the Office of Disability Services throughout his entire college career. “They are very helpful, and one of the reasons I came to Rutgers versus other schools was the department was very welcoming,” Valentine said. Valentine has cerebral palsy and receives accommodations from the Office of Disability Services that cater to his disability.
To receive accommodations he filled out a form online, submitted the necessary paperwork and then the office did all the rest, he said. “Sometimes it’s hard to keep up in lectures while taking notes, so I have a recorder so I can listen and go back and re-listen to the lecture later on to get anything I missed,” Valentine said. Valentine uses a recorder for lectures and receives extra time for exams, par ticularly for essay exams. Because of the accommodations he receives from the Office of Disability Services, his disability does not affect his academic life, he said. “Any sort of accommodation you can think of, they have it,” Valentine said. “There is nothing the office could do more, they have every base covered.” The Office of Disability Services also hires student note-takers to take notes for students who may not be able to make it to class due to a disability. Cortney Esposito, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, was employed as a student note-taker during her first and second year at Rutgers and took notes for three different classes. She wrote key points down that the professor said and uploaded
Students with documented disabilities can apply for assistance from the Office of Disability Services. The office provides accomodations for students taking exams or attending lectures, so that their academic lives may be the same as any other student’s. SAMANTHA CASIMIR them to the correct class under the “Disability Services” Sakai course, she said. Disabled students have access to the print out notes on Sakai, but
they miss important pieces of information in lectures or exam material professors hint at, Esposito said. “I think note takers are essential, because the disabilities
page allows disabled students the same opportunity to get this material even though they are unable to make it into the classroom,” she said.
OPINIONS
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When standing up for justice is necessary
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he expectation soared as the bleach-blonde character in the imperiBECKY RATERO al blue suit climbed the stage. Rows of seats faced the elevated stage — nobody knows quite what to expect, but many know it won’t be good. He takes off his sunglasses and smiles coyly at the audience, his entire persona rehearsed and rerehearsed. As he tactfully delivers false fact after false fact, the tension in the room becomes palpable. With endless ammunition, his voice becomes the firearm that delivers rounds of pure, unadulterated hatred. The wage gap doesn’t exist because the left cannot distinguish between wages and earnings. Boom. The rape epidemic on college campuses does not exist because we are not the Congo. Boom. Lesbians don’t exist because sex has to involve a penis. Boom. Black Lives Matter is akin to the KKK because they want segregation. Boom. He didn’t finish until he virtually denied the existence of most of our university’s population, one sickeningly syrupy sentence at a time. I’m not sure whether it was worse that his arguments were delivered in a tremendously efficient, pseudo-logical manner, or that there were students in that room with us, who we share public and private spaces with, cheering him on. I’m sure I’m not the only one who had adrenaline pumping through my veins. People like him tap into people’s most primal emotions, create divisions and rile us up based on unfounded biases and oppressive assumptions. It is terrifying and infuriating to be in a room full of that amount of hatred. It feels like somebody is going to harm and violate you physically at a moment’s notice — the only step left after they’ve been verbally abusing you and everything you stand for. It feels like after you leave, you will be tracked, bullied and threatened. In fact, after we left, we have been tracked. And bullied. And threatened. I recently saw a photograph of a wall in a favela in Brazil that said, “Rich people want peace to stay in power … we want peace to survive.” There is a tremendous amount of violence that backwards individuals who think like the man who visited our campus last week inflict on people every day. Yes, psychologically, and that is something to contend with in its own right — but also physically. Division, hatred and lack of understanding all create violence, as well as systemic and systematized violence in society. Hate speech is an excuse to inflict violence on other people. It is the root cause of oppression and genocide because it’s used as justification. We listened to almost the entirety of his speech, and it was as vile as his YouTube videos — if not more, as he was capable of looking right at us and spewing his bigotry with a straight face. Naturally we exercised our own right to bring this to the forefront of University news. People must know what is going on. Furthermore, self-proclaimed defenders of free speech need to grapple with the fact that we might have the right to say whatever we want, but that does mean that we should, or that saying those things will not have consequences. Then again, if this had been about free speech, my face would not have been plastered on the Internet with what was essentially a search warrant: dead or alive. This is not the only threat I have received, and they dare speak of violence from us during our peaceful protest? But let me make something else crystal clear. Students who favor justice and equality, and have morals, are not in the minority. Human beings respectful of other human beings are not in the minority. Every single person who stood there in opposition and passionately joined in with the “Black Lives Matter!” chants was right and righteous. We had every right to be there, and we were in fact representing the majority of the student body. We should all be proud of our presence, of our disruption and what we represent as student activists. Furthermore, life in a world where this brand of hatred exists is tremendously unsafe for anyone who does not fit the very narrow cis-white-hetero-patriarchal masculine norm. Rising up is not only important, it is necessary — and it can be therapeutic. It feels good to rise up, share emotions, tensions and solidarity in the same physical space. Claiming your rights instead of waiting for them to be handed on a silver platter, which will never come, gives you purpose. This is not only tremendously valuable, but uplifting. The elation, happiness, feeling of productivity, energy and sense of conviction that comes from direct action is like no other. Often times, standing up is no longer a matter of bravery, but of observing a need and doing what it takes to resolve that need. If and when you choose to join movements for justice and equality, you will never be alone. Remember also, in the words of Audre Lorde: Your silence will not protect you. Rutgers community: What will you do now?
MANGOES AND REVOLUTION
Becky Ratero is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in women’s and gender studies and history. Her column, “Mangoes and Revolution,” runs monthly on Thursdays.
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You can’t escape those student loans Man arrested for not paying 30-year-old debt
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he United States Marshals are the enforce- are faced with — debt ranging from $30,000 to ment arm of the U.S. Federal Courts and $150,000. Both sides were in the wrong in some are designated to capture fugitives, ser ve way, and while this scenario is ridiculous, it federal arrest warrants, transport prisoners and a points to the big picture of the faulty structure of variety of other tasks regarding criminal activities student loans. Student loans in the United States exceed $1.2 of considerable severity. Student debt doesn’t fall in this categor y, but maybe now that’s becoming trillion, and it’s the only type of loan you cannot escape. If you declare bankruptcy in New Jersey, the norm of the past. Paul Aker is a man who was recently arrested you can lose your home and your possessions, but by U.S. Marshals for an outstanding $1,500 feder- you still can’t lose your student loan debt. There al loan he received in 1987. He said seven armed should be ways to mitigate this problem that’s U.S. Marshals showed up at his home, arrested been crippling current and subsequent generahim and took him to federal court where he had tions of Americans. This system also favors one to sign a payment plan for his 30-year-old student class of people over the other. Wealthier individloans. His arrest caused an uproar on social media uals are privileged to take out a lot of money with little interest, but individas people’s indignation uals in poverty must take caused it to go viral. But out less money with highin its defense, the U.S. “But then on the other hand, we er interest. People in lowMarshals Ser vice asserted agents made attempts don’t know what his life is like and er socioeconomic ranks often can’t account for to ser ve Aker an order to whether $1,500 is actually a lot interest, so they appear in federal court when putting it into the context of higher can easily lose control of dating back to 2012, but the rest of his finances.” their situation and have it he refused to go — so a spiral into oblivion. federal judge then issued The state of the student a warrant for Aker’s ardebt crisis is so bad that rest for failing to appear in court. Despite media attention and general there are online tutorials on how to avoid paying support for Aker, he’s not completely faultless. student loans on YouTube. Its instructions consist How could he have forgotten he took out $1,500 of losing your identity and falling under the radar in loans? It’s surprising that interest didn’t accrue by not applying for mortgages, not applying for to a gargantuan extent, because three decades is a driver’s licenses or any other action along the truly a long time. Aker should have paid the little lines of participating in the rest of formal society. amount of his loan that was left. But then on the People are now also fleeing the countr y to avoid other hand, we don’t know what his life is like and the debt that’s almost impossible to pay. People are contemplating not having a life in whether $1,500 is actually a lot when putting it order to avoid becoming indentured ser vants to into the context of the rest of his finances. It wasn’t tactful to take such drastic measures their private or public lenders. When Aker took to arrest someone for a really old, $1,500 student out his loans 30 years ago, he couldn’t have gotloan debt, and Akran was likely to have had the ten arrested for it, but now apparently you can. If capacity to pay that money back in the span of this is how the national student debt is going to three decades, since $1,500 is infinitesimal com- be addressed, will the government start putting pared to the formidable burden current students millions of students in jail? The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 148th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Hillel invites Muslim community to discuss issues, create ties To The Editor: Rutgers Hillel is shocked and disturbed by the Feb. 17 column, “Attempts by Hillel to combat Islamophobia is self-serving.” The column’s non-sequitur attacks take aim at a year-and-a-half-old program, Hillel’s new building and a former U.S. ambassador to a United Nations
Jewish and Muslim communities on campus. This is incredibly unfortunate, and it cannot be denied. We are working to repair this damaged relationship. We are leaders in the Jewish community, but we are also Rutgers students, and we experience many of the negative ramifications of a strained inter-communal relationship. Therefore, we would like to invite our Muslim peers to meet with us personally and discuss obstacles to positive ties between our respective campus communities. Alex Hamilton is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in Jewish
“Nevertheless, Hillel recognizes that significant tensions exist between the Jewish and Muslim communities on campus.” commission. The op-ed casts a broad net over Rutgers Hillel, whose constituency includes the largest undergraduate Jewish population in North America. This rhetoric places the author’s Jewish students in a difficult position. Thus, for the sake of all parties involved as the greater Rutgers community, we do not intend to engage in a counter-productive, endless debate in the The Daily Targum. Nevertheless, Hillel recognizes that significant tensions exist between the
studies and president of Rutgers Hillel. Evan Gottesman is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in history and political science, and the Israel co-chair of Rutgers Hillel. Benjamin Kern is a Rutgers Business School sophomore majoring in business management and Jewish studies, and the Israel co-chair of Rutgers Hillel. Paulee Manich is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in genetics, and the reform community co-chair of Rutgers Hillel.
Legislatures with innovative ideas are needed in New Jersey To The Editor: The presumptions in the article, “Representatives must vote to raise gas tax,” seemed a bit far-fetched to me. I’ve lived in eight different states around the country. Even though Jersey is geographically the smallest, but most densely populated of all those states, I have never seen a state that searches so meticulously for ways to squeeze every penny possible from its residents’ pockets. With sky-high property taxes, the price and number of road tolls, fees for residents to visit their own beaches and the overall higher cost of living, I don’t see what could be so vital that Jersey “legislators should act with bravery, and vote for a tax despite its political implications.” In order to keep the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) afloat, which I’m admittedly skeptical is as dire as you stated, why not require a percentage of New Jersey road tolls be allocated to it? There are other ways to solve the problem than to give the impoverished even more burdens. If you increase gas tax, which you accurately surmised
would facilitate fewer drivers on Jersey roads, are all of these people supposed to purchase transit passes, which possibly targets the poor? Jersey transportation is not cheap, especially if there are multiple family members requiring passes. The state’s public transportation does not provide effective or efficient travel to all towns or townships and areas around the state. With the lack of a living wage, the increase in gas tax could eventually lead to a decrease in the cost-effectiveness of traveling to work. I won’t go further into that, but I think you get where I’m going. A solution must be found that does not discriminate against people who already have the deck stacked against them. I don’t see that many overall improvements in the state’s road construction and beautification efforts, despite the large budget dedicated to roads and transportation. With all the money the state receives from its residents, it leads one to ponder on where all these funds are going? Is it a misappropriation of funds? With the governor who appoints the five public members to the TTF Authority, I have some ideas. What is clear is that if “the options on the table aren’t especially appealing,” we need more innovative legislators who can think of solutions with less detrimental impacts on its disadvantaged population. Lacey Peterson is a School of Social Work second-year graduate student.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
‘Halogens’ guitarist impresses with musical success
Charlie Throckmorton’s band, ‘Halogens’, formed in Wall Township, New Jersey, and has been going strong for five years. SAMANTHA CASIMIR
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The process that goes into the creation of an album is forever strenuous, requiring hours of collaboration and toil with other band members. The ordeal of pushing one’s creative limits, available funding and of course, the unpredictable success of the project is a lot to handle. Now, add a bustling, rigorous Rutgers schedule on top of the creative development. The task then becomes a herculean challenge. Charlie Throckmorton, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior and a music major,
has proven that it can be done, and he has the evidence to show for it. Charlie and his band, Halogens, hail from Wall Township, New Jersey, and have been an official writing and performing group for five years. Charlie used to meet one of the founding members, Zach, after school and they would play covers. After recruiting drummer and bassist George and Tim, Halogens came into existence, trying to combine a plethora of genres. “Everyone has a style and we all just tried to put it together,” Throckmorton said. “Think of punk rock with groove, or
more like a groove punk and a jam band.” Charlie has played music since childhood, picking up guitar at age nine at the Tom’s River Music Academy. Though enrolled there for three years, he eventually left, but continued playing and writing music. A decade later, he is a major contributor to the band’s material and writing, and believes his foundation with his years of experience with music helped establish that. Placing him in his current position as the lead guitarist for the band. The group has successfully worked together to release an
EP every summer for the past several years. Yet, in 2015, Halogens decided to slow down their process and truly refine their craft. Though separated during the school semesters, the band collaborated and shared ideas through email and phone. By winter break, Charlie and his group were ready to record. “This album took three full days,” Throckmorton said. “We used to do it in our basements and stuff. Everything was self produced and recorded, but we hooked up with Adam Cichocki in Bayonne, and he targeted and nailed the sound.” The self titled EP has amassed considerable praise in the New Brunswick music scene, along with plenty of attention online as well. There is a lieu of shows they have lined up, and at some pretty impressive venues too. “We have a few shows in March, actually. We’re playing the meat locker in Montclair, Friday March 18. That’s actually our five-year anniversary show. My drummer has it tattooed on his leg — March 18 — our first jam, so we had the date reserved for there,” Throckmorton said. “Then we’re playing up in Rhode Island the Friday before the 18th at this place called the Barn in Kingston, and after that we have another show in New York
March 30 at the Bitter End. I think that’s like one of the oldest rock clubs there.” Charlie’s group has also played a handful of other famous local venues, such as the Stone Pony, the Saint, the Wonder Bar and the Langosta Lounge. Yet, it wasn’t just luck that helped him reach this point of success. Writing nearly all the guitar parts for the group, especially on the last EP, Charlie takes his creative exercises and writing processes as seriously as he does his schoolwork. On top of that, his involvement in the Rutgers concert band as a trumpeter and the school choir shows his passion for music is ride or die. With his true drive and motivation to be as successful as possible with his group, he thrives in the Rutgers community. Charlie wishes to continue Halogens for as long as possible after school. Given the recent success the group has had with their EP, continuation means success. Halogens has even started writing and preparing for their next project, a follow up album after their previous success. “I’ve been working on some songs and have a few guitar parts written,” Throckmorton said. “Once it’s the first day of summer, we’re gonna be jamming and trying to write some new stuff.”
‘Halogens’ plans to start writing new music once the spring semester ends. SAMANTHA CASIMIR
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Today’s Birthday (02/18/16). Mobilize community actions for positive change this year. A financial breakthrough (after 3/8) could alter your educational plans (after 3/23). A two-year travel and study phase begins after 9/9. Shared accounts improve (after 9/1), allowing personal financial changes (after 9/16). Come together for love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — For the next four weeks, under the Pisces Sun, ponder big questions. You’re especially sensitive to spiritual inquiry. Review the road traveled for insight ahead. Focus on home and family. Rest and relax together. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Get social this month, with the Sun in Pisces. Find what you need in your network. Get out and explore, especially today and tomorrow. Study and practice your latest obsession. Learn like a child. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Advance in your career this month, with the Sun in Pisces. Today and tomorrow get especially profitable. You’re especially persuasive. Make a firm offer. Sign contracts and file papers. Amp up professional creativity. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Higher education, studies, research and travel provide avenues of exploration over the next month under the Pisces Sun. Follow a personal dream today and tomorrow. Make reservations and set the itinerary for growth and expansion. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — This month could prove lucrative for shared accounts, with the Sun in Pisces. Collaborate to grow assets and reserves. Finish old projects today and tomorrow. Make long-term plans, and review budgets. Creative possibilities abound. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Friends are a big help over the next few days. Support each other through changes. Begin a partnership phase this month, with the Sun in Pisces. Share the load. Provide what’s needed when you can.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Your work is in demand this month, under the Pisces Sun. Pay attention to your health. Monitor medications carefully. Get rest and exercise. Don’t take things personally. Parting is sweet sorrow ... let bygones be bygones. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Expand your territory. Pursue a passion where it takes you this month, with the Sun in Pisces. Relax and play with people you love. Practice your skills to attain mastery. Romance feeds your spirit. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Collaborate to grow family finances. Monitor expenses and income, especially regarding home improvements over the next month, with the Pisces Sun. Anticipate changes and pad the budget. Make a mess for longterm benefit. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Writing, research and communications projects go well this month, with the Sun in Pisces. Words come with greater ease. Study and practice. Challenge the generally held opinion. Get your partner’s illuminating view. Discuss plans. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Your work is in demand. Concentrate on making money during a peak month, with the Sun in Pisces. Take advantage by expanding infrastructure. Strengthen and build support. It’s all for love and family. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Take time for love. Family comes first. Stay out of another’s argument. You’re in your element this month with the Sun in your sign. Take advantage of power and confidence to advance personal dreams.
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It was almost poetic. The senior defensive stalwart makes the stop, the team’s leadKnights seek fourth-straight win with Big ing rebounder grabs the loose ball and hurls it ahead to the Ten showdown against No. 25 Spartans leading scorer who delivers the game-winning bucket. It was Stringer’s presence that CONTINUED FROM BACK at a game-winner. Senior center made the play possible and after the season, the Knights negated Rachel Hollivay provided help it was all over, Scaife identified Northwestern’s potent offensive from the backside, bailing her her head coach as the one responsible for attack and got themselves in po- teammate out the win. sition to win the game in the clos- by swatting “The fact Coffey’s shot ing seconds. “I just want to thank the that we did Senior wing Kahleah Copper with less than credited Stringer with helping her 10 ticks left fans for their hearts. This it for Coach S t r i n g e r to play. make an adjustment. has been an extremely makes it that Copper “It’s so funny because earlimuch sweeter in that quarter, there was a corralled the rough month for me ...” er,” she said. possession where I was coming r e b o u n d , “We’re happy down the floor and I didn’t have found Scaife all C. VIVIAN STRINGER that we got my eyes up and coach had battled alone, and the Head Coach that win (over me about passing the ball, getting rest is history. Nor thwest“That play my eyes up and passing the ball,” ern), but mainhappened so Copper said postgame. With the game tied at 59-59, fast,” Copper said. “Rachel got the ly (that) one was for Coach Stringjunior for ward Nia Coffey, the block, I got the rebound and I had er. It really wasn’t for the team, Wildcats top-scorer, drove the my eyes up and I saw Tyler and I nobody but Coach Stringer.” It was defense, a staple of lane past Copper for a chance got her the ball and she finished.” Stringer’s 21-year tenure on the Banks, that propelled Rutgers to victory over the Wildcats just three days after the head coach said goodbye to her hero. And the foundation of that defense is Hollivay. “Honestly, we wouldn’t have won that game if it hadn’t been for Rachel,” Scaife said. “She helped Kah out on the block, Kah got the rebound, pushed the ball, so (those) two made the lay-up easy for me.” Now Hollivay draws another difficult assignment in MSU forward Aerial Powers. Powers sits fourth in the Big Ten in scoring (20.7 points per game) and fifth in rebounds (8.6). In the first meeting, Powers posted a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds, while Hollivay tallied just 4 points with six rebounds and six blocks. The senior from Columbus, Mississippi, won’t need to score 20 points, but she will definitely need to up her production on the glass in order for the Knights to control the tempo in the paint. Spartan’s guard Tori Jankoska finished with 15 points the first time around, right at her average RU seeks to win its fourth straight, a streak started after senior for the season. Jankoska stretchTyler Scaife scored the game-winning layup versus Northwestern es the floor with her ability to shoot from distance, converting CHLOE COFFMAN / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016 51 3-pointers in 2015-16. If Rutgers can continue to employ Stringer’s stingy defensive strategy — one that has them sitting atop the Big Ten in scoring defense and blocked shots — and score 60 points, it will likely slay the Spartans and secure the first win over a top 25 program for the Knights this season. If not, it could be a long night. But with Stringer on the bench, Rutgers always has a shot. She has become a virtual institution in Piscataway since her arrival in 1995. And after that crucial win over Northwestern, Stringer wanted to show her gratitude to the Knights faithfully, while explaining the difficulty of her process. “I just want to thank the fans for their hearts,” Stringer said. “This has been an extremely rough month for me. I try not to talk about it but the team received me well and the coaches did, I’m just trying to get back into the swing of things.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior attacker Kim Kolodny dished three assists to go with a goal. She now leads the Knights in helpers after two games. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2015
REDEMPTION Knights suffer second consecutive loss to Hawks after winning first 11 in series CONTINUED FROM BACK
defense as well as having to adjust on offense to Monmouth’s style. “Attack wise, it was something we haven’t seen yet, so we were hesitant with what we were doing,” Kocher said. “Defensively, we were following our game plan, but the communication just wasn’t there.” Sophomore goalkeeper Bianca Dente was replaced by freshman Devon Kearns after the seventh goal. Dente finished with two saves, both coming from the free position. Senior attacker Kim Kolodny finally opened the scoring for the Knights in the final 10 minutes of the first half. Kolodny’s goal was then followed up by two more Rutgers’ goals from junior attacker Kristina Dunphey and freshman attacker Emily Santana. As momentum seemed to be heading in the Knights’ favor, Monmouth temporarily put it at a halt with another goal from Ryan. Monmouth’s ability to capitalize on offense after winning 50/50 balls and draw controls made it hard for Rutgers to gain momentum and make a comeback. The Knights were able to cut the deficit to 8-4 heading into halftime off a goal from Barnes with eight seconds left. The Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, native continued right where she left off in the first half, opening up the second half with two more quick goals followed by another goal by Santana, putting the game well within Rutgers’ reach. Once again, the Hawks were able to kill the Knights’ momentum shortly after with a goal from midfielder Caroline Corbliss. From there, Rutgers and the Hawks traded goals back and forth, leaving the score at 11-9 in
Monmouth’s favor heading into the final minutes of play. With a little less than three minutes left on the clock, Barnes scored her fourth goal of the game to put the Knights within a goal. A comeback seemed imminent as the clock continued to wind down, but the next goal would come from the home team. Senior midfielder Marial Peirce, who was selected to the MAAC Preseason All-Conference team, scored the game’s final goal, giving the Hawks enough insurance to run out the clock and secure a 12-10 win. Pierce finished the game with two goals and two assists. Although the amount of goals did not translate into the outcome they wanted, it was another big offensive showing for the Knights. “We were able to start a fire which is something that is really difficult when you’re down 7-0,” Barnes said. “So I’m proud of our effort to comeback. Along with Barnes’ four goals, the team captain tallied two assists. Dunphey added another two goals and an assist, giving her seven goals and 8 points on the young season. Kocher scored her first goal of the season. Santana’s two goals were the first of her college career, while Kolodny scored in her second consecutive game. The Knights plan to move on from their loss and get their season back on track when they head home to play in their home opener against Johns Hopkins on Sunday. “We can’t hang our heads on a loss,” Barnes said. “Now all of our focus is on Hopkins for this weekend.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
February 18, 2016
Page 11 WRESTLING NICHOLAS GRAVINA IS 6-0 IN DUALS SINCE UPSETTING NO. 4 WRESTLER
Sophomore fends off injuries as he rides unbeaten streak ERIC MULLIN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
What transpired at the Rutgers Athletic Center Dec. 12 very well may wind up being the lasting image of the Rutgers wrestling team’s 2015-16 dual season. The then-No. 11 Scarlet Knights had just won two consecutive bouts to tie up the score with then-No. 4 Nebraska 10-10 through six individual matches. In the subsequent match, junior 174-pounder Phillip Bakuckas trailed then-No. 12 Micah Barnes by just one point with under a minute remaining in the third period. But Barnes took down and nearly pinned Bakuckas to secure the win and give the Cornhuskers a three-point edge. With three ranked grapplers coming up to close out the dual for Nebraska — compared to only one for the Knights coming in the third and final match — Rutgers was most likely going to need an upset in the next two bouts to have a chance for the upset win. Stepping onto the mat at the RAC first for the Cornhuskers was then-No. 4 174-pounder T.J. Dudley. The Knights countered with sophomore Nicholas Gravina, who was coming off two consecutive losses of over five points to the No. 1 and No. 8 grapplers in his weight class. Dudley used a takedown early in the first period to take a 2-0 lead, but Gravina fought hard to keep him off the board after that. About midway through the third period, the Allendale, New Jersey, native picked up a reversal on Dudley to tie the score and then rode him out for the final 1:25 of the match. When the buzzer sounded signaling the end of the third period, the scoreboard read 2-2, but Gravina had riding time on his side and was awarded the tiebreaking point to pick up his first win over a ranked opponent in his career on the Banks. The two Big Ten foes split the final two bouts in decisions, but Rutgers broke the 16-16 tie by holding the edge in criterion 3.15.3 — having more combined points from individual matches that didn’t end in pin falls — and, behind Gravina’s upset victory, had taken down the No. 4 team in the country. “Nick Gravina is something else man,” said senior 165-pounder Anthony Perrotti at the press conference following the upset win. “I’ve been saying it, you’re so close to breaking through and you’re right there on the cusp and everyday, I really tell him I try to drill it in his head, as in everyone’s head. And it doesn’t surprise me that he beat that kid ‘cause he’s one of the toughest kids I know.” What at the time was a match win that was integral in picking up one of the most monumental wins in Rutgers program history also turned out to be a turning point in Gravina’s first full season in the starting lineup. Since his win over Dudley, the 184-pounder has gone a perfect 6-0 in duals, including a second ranked win over then-No. 19 Abram Ayala of Princeton, to bring his overall dual record to 13-3.
While he’s been wrestling at his best, Gravina has had trouble escaping the injury bug that has plagued him in his first couple seasons at Rutgers. Gravina didn’t get to compete in any tournaments in his redshirt season at Rutgers’ two years ago due to issues with his shoulder, something he said he’s dealt with for his whole life. He eventually had to have surgery on his right shoulder after dislocating it and was shut down for the 2013-14 season. Fast forward two seasons later and Gravina is still having issues with the same shoulder. Against Wisconsin on Feb. 5, Gravina was a match-time decision because of it, and it was unclear whether the Knights would send him out to wrestle. But with Rutgers trailing 15-6 with only three matches remaining, the sophomore went out to compete — minus the brace that he usually sports on his right shoulder — and dominated in a 7-2 decision win over Ryan Christensen. Although the Knights wound up losing the dual 18-15, Gravina’s gritty performance was integral in their comeback effort, eventually knotting the score at 15. Two days later, with the Knights leading then-No. 8 Michigan 16-10 through seven matches, junior Anthony Pafumi was sent out for the 174-pound match instead of Gravina. “Gravina’s probably not supposed to wrestle tonight, probably not supposed to wrestle,” said head coach Scott Goodale after the Wisconsin dual. “Just a tough kid. Just a really, really tough kid.” After the Wisconsin dual, Gravina said he doesn’t want his shoulder to be something that holds him out of matches. “I just really wanted to go out there. So I went out there, we talked about it,” Gravina said. “My injury is kind of like, it’s not that big of a deal. I treat it like as if I have asthma. Like you don’t want to sit a match just because something stupid like that like an injury.” Gravina was back on the mat this past weekend against Indiana Feb. 12. According to the Big Ten Network’s broadcast of Rutgers’ dual against Purdue two days later, Gravina dislocated his finger in the middle of his match against the Hoosiers’ Matt Irick, but told the coaches he didn’t want to come out of the match and give up six points for a medical forfeit. The 174-pounder continued the match with a dislocated finger and grinded out a 4-3 decision win. As he’s worked his way into the national rankings in his weight class, Gravina has showcased his toughness in battling through injuries. Entering the final two duals of the season — with championship season following that up — Gravina isn’t thinking about the injuries holding him back as he’s cruised through an unbeaten stretch. Rather he’s just focusing on the next match that’s in front of him and not allowing the shoulder affect him. “I haven’t really been thinking about that too much,” Gravina told the Targum on wrestling at
his best while also having to fend off an injury. “I’ve been taking it one match at a time. The shoulder, it’s just been something I’ve
been dealing with my whole life so I’ve kind of gotten used to it and it doesn’t really affect me as much mentally anymore.”
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Sophomore 174-pounder Nicholas Gravina has used six consecutive dual wins, with two of them coming against ranked foes, to land at No. 20 in his weight class. HAOLUN XU / NOVEMBER 2015
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“My injury ... it’s not that big of a deal. I treat it like as if I have asthma. Like you don’t want to sit a match just because something stupid like that like an injury.” — Sophomore 174-pounder Nicholas Gravina on his recurring shoulder injury
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016
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WOMEN’S LACROSSE MONMOUTH 12, RUTGERS 10
Rutgers fails to achieve redemption THOMAS CRINCOLI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Senior attacker Halley Barnes’ four goals were not enough as the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team fell just short of mounting a tremendous comeback against Monmouth on Wednesday. The Scarlet Knights (1-1) lost to the Hawks (1-1) in a thrilling 12-10 game, making it the second year in a row they fell to their instate rivals after winning the first 11 meetings in the series. Barnes’ nearly mirrored her five-goal performance against the Hawks last season by scoring four goals this time around in attempt to lead her to team back from a seven-goal deficit the Knights faced early in the game. “She’s a very consistent player, she’s very steady in the game and she’s someone who we rely heavily on for leadership qualities,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias of Barnes. “She’s a smart player as well as having the ability to execute what she sees.” The beginning of the first half did not play out in Rutgers’ favor, as it surrendered seven unanswered goals. Monmouth’s midfielder Kate Ryan scored four goals, while attacker Olivia Higson netted the other three. The two players traded goals back and forth, giving both Hawks’ players a hat trick as they controlled a 7-0 lead. Senior midfielder Kristin Kocher said the early deficit to lack of communication on Senior attacker Halley Barnes led the Knights with a 6-point performance, scoring four goals and dishing two assists, but the Knights were unable to avenge last season’s loss to the Hawks, falling in West Long Branch. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2015
SEE REDEMPTION ON PAGE 10
WOMEN BASKETBALL NO. 25 MICHIGAN STATE-RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.
RU rides high into matchup with Spartans KEVIN XAVIER CORRESPONDENT
Winners of three games in a row and four out of its last five, the Rutgers women’s basketball team has positioned itself to make a push for the postseason beyond the Big Ten Conference Tournament. In order to strengthen their NCAA Tournament credentials, the Scarlet Knights (1610, 7-7) will need to defeat No. 25 Michigan State (18-7, 9-4) at the Rutgers Athletic Center Thursday night. In the first meeting between the two schools Jan. 19, the Spartans handled the Knights on their home floor in East Lansing, winning 59-48. But the teams that take the floor Thursday are entirely different from those that met 30 days ago. After losing three of its last four, Michigan State has fallen eight spots in the AP Top 25 from No. 17, capped by a loss at Nebraska, 73-66, on Sunday. Rutgers has engineered a dramatic
turnaround that began with a win over Nebraska 66-56 Jan. 30. But the turning point, the game that changed the team, was the second of the Knights three consecutive wins, an emotional rollercoaster that culminated in a last second lay-up by junior Tyler Scaife to carry Rutgers to victory over Northwestern Feb. 10. Head coach C. Vivian Stringer had been away from the team for two games in order to attend to her ailing mother, Thelma Stoner, who has since passed. The matchup with the Wildcats was Stringer’s first time back on the bench since burying her mother and the frenetic finish was a special moment for the winningest head coach in school history. “First of all, I wanna thank my team for really staying together, especially the team as well as the coaches,” she said, fighting her emotions after the 61-59 win. It was vintage Stringer. In search of their first signature win of SEE SPARTANS ON PAGE 10
SCOTT BIEDA, 5 3
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Senior center Rachel Hollivay will be tasked with shutting down MSU’s Aerial Powers. She averages 20.7 points per game. ACHINT RAINCE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2016
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senior attacker, was named NCAA Offensive Player of the Week following his nine point performance in the season opener against St. John’s last Friday. Bieda notched five goals and four assists to reach a career best in points in a single game.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SWIMMING & DIVING
WRESTLING
BASEBALL
vs. Michigan State
Big Ten Championships
vs. Drexel
at Miami
Tonight, 7 p.m., The RAC
Today, All Day, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Tomorrow, 6 p.m., The RAC
Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Coral Gables, Fla.