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Annual 24-hour hackathon draws more than 600 Rutgers students Nikhilesh De correspondent
Participants and spectators gathered in the Cook Student Center on Feb. 18 for the third annual HackHers event. The 24-hour hackathon focuses on women in computer science. Raj Vaidya
More than 600 students visited the Cook Student Center between Feb. 18 and 19 for the third annual HackHers coding and development competition. HackHers is a 24-hour hackathon primarily centered around women, said School of Arts and Sciences senior Constantin Scoullis. A hackathon is a 24 to 36-hour event where people try to build an app or a similar technology-related project. Often, sponsors or recruiters are present and prizes are distributed at the end. “HackHers is a woman-centered hackathon, so we mostly cater to women or people who identify as female in order to introduce them to technology, to coding, to tech culture,” the HackHers marketing lead said. “The point of a hackathon is to get (participants) to learn and build.”
HackHers began the competition early Saturday morning with breakfast and the opportunity to speak with recruiters at the event, she said. After organizers hosted an opening ceremony introducing the event’s sponsors and prizes, the competition began. Students began coding after the ceremony ended, but had the opportunity to participate in workshops and fun activities throughout the day and night, Scoullis said. “From the time hacking begins to the time hacking ends, there’s workshops to help (hackers) learn new technologies,” she said. “That’s generally the sequence until hacking ends. We try to do things differently every year.” Beginners are welcome at the event, she said. School of Arts and Sciences junior Kelly Tran, who is just entering the computer science field, said she attended HackHers to gain some
experience. She had never participated in a hackathon before, and did not want to start with a larger event like HackRU. “I wanted an environment that was less intimidating than HackRU, so HackHers, which is very woman-centric, is very easy to adjust to,” she said. “I think it’s less intimidating than a bigger hackathon. There’s a lot of familiar faces here and it’s very welcoming.” Tran said her goal was to develop her skills through the weekend. “I’m just trying to learn everything I can,” she said. Scoullis said many of the workshops hosted through the weekend were specifically designed for beginners. A representative from the National Center for Women and Information Technology hosted a workshop during the first afternoon See hackathon on Page 4
U. students take part in conference at Harvard Ryan Stiesi contributing writer
Two Rutgers students and one administrator participated in the National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement conference at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics. The event began on Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. and lasted until Feb. 5 at 12 a.m. Over 70 undergraduate students from 28 different universities came together to discuss the divisiveness of national politics, and created plans to take on this issue. Conferences have been held annually since 2003, with goals of working collaboratively on projects, fostering interest in politics, providing civic education and assisting students interested in public service careers. Brendan Keating, the program coordinator of the Youth Political Participation Program (YPPP) at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said that having the chance to interact with students from all different areas and backgrounds, from big schools like the University of Texas at Austin, or a small school in Pittsburgh like Allegheny College, was a great learning experience for the students. “With people that were obviously on different sides of the aisle, they were able to learn stuff from each
other and realize the point is not how we get there ... we’re going to differ on our views of how we get there, but if the point is making things better for everybody in the country, that’s something that we all agree on,” Keating said. Julia Stadlinger, a junior in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, was one of the two students invited to attend. She was selected through Eagleton to attend the conference because of her previous work with the Darien Civic Engagement Project and RU Voting, Stadlinger said. The weekend-long event consisted of town hall-style discussions on significant issues, followed by breakout groups where students created plans to approach those issues. “We talked about what is going on, (and) what is stopping our country from going in the right direction. We shared all of those ideas and then we got it down to three core issues, one of which was citizenship which had to do with civic engagement, but also just people’s feelings of political efficacy, another one was structural inequality, and another one was media and the whole idea of fake news,” Stadlinger said. Later the students split up into breakout groups based on the three issues. There was a group on citizenship, media and a structural
One administrator and two Rutgers students travelled to Harvard on Feb. 3 to participate in the National Campaign for Civic Engagement conference. They spent three days discussing solutions to major political issues with students from 28 different universities. Google maps inequality group. Stadlinger was in the latter. “Basically what they were saying (when broken up into groups) was how can we address these issues in a way that will bring our country together,” Stadlinger said. Monica Beshay, a sophomore in the School of Arts and Sciences, was the other student from Rutgers selected to attend the conference. “I really enjoyed going to (the) National Campaign Conference at Harvard. I learned that as college students there are so many of us trying to make a positive impact
in our own universities. It was nice seeing other students from around the country,” Beshay said via email. Beshay said that she took many things away from the event that she finds applicable to the Rutgers student body and community in general, including consuming different types of media, fact-checking sources, the importance of civic engagement for the millennial generation and working to understand other people’s perspectives. “We need to learn about the other side. Despite the fact that people
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have different political beliefs from you, does not mean you do not listen to their argument and point of view. We need to acknowledge the fact that one way is not always the best way at all times,” Beshay said. Being able to come together and discuss past experiences with students from different schools and backgrounds and how students can take what we learned back to their universities was a ver y positive experience, Stadlinger said. See conference on Page 4
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Makerspace club helps creators bring their projects to life
The Makerspace, located on Livingston campus, provides students with the facilities, tools and training necessary to create a variety of projects. They provide tools ranging from 3D printers to laser cutters, and accommodate students of all skill levels. rutgers.edu
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A unit within the Division of Continuing Studies, Rutgers Makerspace, employs an inclusive environment for students and community members to make their projects a reality. Recently, a club was created to utilize the Makerspace facility and expand its outreach. “We’ve had over 500 students in this building just this semester,” said Lee Pagenkopf, program coordinator at the Rutgers Center of for Innovation Education. It is only a few weeks into the semester and the group already has more attendance than during the fall semester, he said. The Makerspace student club meets ever y Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Makerspace on Livingston Campus. Nestled less than a half a mile from the Livingston Student Center, Makerspace offers a variety of technology for creators. The workstations include 3D printers, scanning, laser cutters, a wood shop and several other facilities, according to their website. The group ensures every student who wants to use a machine
Pagenkopf said high school when they graduate, Furnitureis properly trained before using it, students come in to observe the walla said. Pagenkopf said. In terms of sponsoring events, “We assume that (students) Makerspace and use it as a decidcome in knowing nothing — we ing factor as to whether they want the club hopes to bring new faces to the Makerspace and make use are here to teach the very basics,” to attend Rutgers. Recently, students created of its growing technology. he said. “We’ve been sort of a myth The Rutgers Makerspace is a an organized club to strengthen place for Rutgers affiliates of all involvement in the Makerspace around campus where students didn’t really know if we exist,” Paexperience levels to bring their community. The club is currently aspiring genkopf said. “The Makerspace ideas into reality, according to to work on more projects and club has been instrumental in their website. bringing new Members students into of the club are the building.” from a variety Throughof backgrounds “We’ve had over 500 students in this building just out the spring and majors, Pasemester the genkopf said. this semester.” Makerspace Whether they will receive are experienced lee pagenkopf about $125,000 or not, everyManager of the Rutgers Makerspace worth of equipone is welcome. ment, he said. “We think The club we can teach (students) any machine in here in enter competitions, said Abbas puts all of its money back into the Furniturewalla, a School of Engi- Makerspace to ensure that if a under a half hour,” he said. The University joins thou- neering senior and president of student needs access to a certain machine, they have it, he said. sands of other Makerspaces the Rutgers Makerspace Club. “The Rutgers Makerspace “We are trying to work with around the world. Many Universities have been running such other organizations such as the club has workshop days where Engineering Governing Council,” we are working on our own projfacilities for years. ects and get students thinking “This an effort to keeping up he said. Rutgers Makerspace in- about their own projects they with the Joneses,” Pagenkopf said. “Schools around the area vites industr y professionals to want to do,” Furniturewalla said. already have well-developed Mak- come to events and speak with “We not only want engineers but students about what to expect people who are artistic, good at erspaces,” he said.
programming and who just want to work on their own do it yourself (DIY) projects.” Rutgers Makerspace hopes to encourage the cross-curricular cooperative development of ideas and projects, Pagenkopf said. Ideas are never limited in the Makerspace. “There are classes that we’re working with that are starting to make Makerspace integration a requirement,” Pagenkopf said. The Rutgers Makerspace often visits local K-12 schools and gives workshops on how they can improve their own spaces. “I am not sure Rutgers realizes that these sort of DIY spaces are going to be important to students,” Pagenkopf said. “As they decide what college to go to their looking at spaces like these to sort of be a part of their undergraduate experience.” In bringing innovative students to the University, Pagenkopf and Furniturewalla hope to grow the space and club to have an important impact on campus, they said. “In the future, I want to start a ‘maker league’ where we have students develop teams and work on projects,” Pagenkopf said.
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Dining Services working to expand options for takeout Andrew Jia contributing writer
Ordering takeout food at the four dining halls on campus is one of the most popular options and advantages to having a meal plan at Rutgers. Rutgers University Dining Services hopes to improve takeout by modifying the menu every year, said Nelson Gonzalez, assistant director of Marketing and Communications at Dining Services. Rutgers was recently accepted into the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative that is led by the Culinary Institute of America and Stanford, along with prestigious universities such as Cornell, Yale and Harvard, Gonzalez said. Through this initiative, Rutgers is working hard to im-
prove the quality and the variety of their takeout options. “Overall, takeout is a ver y popular option but we know it’s not always the most healthy menu,” Gonzalez said. “This is why we are currently in the process of revamping all of our menus to adopt the Menus of Change (University Research Collaborative) principles.” The dining hall menus, as well as takeout, will begin to change this semester, he said. Already, the menu changes every year to incorporate change, said Nick Emanuel, the director of Operations at Rutgers Dining Services via email. “Our takeout menus have changed over time to include many of the items you see now,” Emanuel said. “Although we have
Rutgers is currently working to expand their takeout options through collaboration with the Menus of Change Research Collaborative. ANDREW JIA / CONTRIBUTING WRITER a menu committee, each dining hall usually selects menu items that are the most popular to their particular student population.” Emanuel said when changing the menu, Dining Services takes
note as to if an item is popular, and if it is not, they will change it back to something students prefer more. “For example, we know that once in awhile breakfast takeout
at dinner time is popular but not as popular as wing night, so we may add it in for a change but not make it permanent,” he said. Variety is not the only initiative that Dining Services is taking in order to improve the quality of the takeout menus at Rutgers. Dining Services is also aiming to provide healthier and more nutritious food options for the students as well, he said. Dining Services are currently moving towards a more “plant forward menu,” he said. Whether students are in a hurry, or coming back from late night classes, being able to order meals on the go is very convenient, said Edward Schell, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “The food is good occasionally, but eating the same meals every week gets boring since options are very limited, and there is little to no variety in the meals,” Schell said. “I wish they changed up the menu every once in awhile, just like they do in the dining halls.”
After 17 years as entrepreneur, man pursues medical degree at Rutgers Maxwell Marcus contributing writer
Gidon Coussin, a current Rutgers student, worked as a technology entrepreneur for 17 years before deciding to discover another professional area. He is now in his second semester of Rutgers’ three-year Physician Assistant (PA) Program. He said that he applied to Rutgers in November 2015, was accepted the following March and began school in September. “I think I realized I was done with business. I really wanted to give back,” Coussin said. “I know it sounds cliche, but I really wanted to help people and do something with people. Seventeen years around business tables has its advantages but I wanted to do something else.” Coussin said his first step in his new career path was working as a volunteer emergency medical technician. After completing his paramedic training, he decided that he wanted to pursue it further. That was when he learned about Rutgers’ PA Program. He said that the PA degree is perfect for him because it will allow him to work in the medical field alongside doctors without having to enroll in a Medical Degree (MD) program, which would take much
longer. The PA program at Rutgers takes 32 months to complete. “The PA usually does the screening, the consultation, even prescriptions but they have to have a doctor. It’s a teamwork kind of thing, which I’m fine with,” Coussin said. “I’m not looking for the glory. Someone told me, ‘If you want to do the work that’s 80 to 90 percent of what a doctor does, go PA. If you need the title, go be an MBA.’ I’m not at the point in my life that I care about that. I just want to work.”
“I think I realized I was done with business. I really wanted to give back.” gidon coussin First-Year Student in Rutgers Physician Assistant Program
He said he received his bachelor’s degree in his native Israel, then moved to the United States in 1999 while working for a cybersecurity company. About three months later, he and a few friends started their own company, which would become the first of several, Coussin said. His last venture in the technology
hackathon From Feb. 18 to 19, more than 600 students stopped by Cook Student Center for HackHers continued from front explaining to students how to pursue opportunities in technology and obtain scholarships, she said. Marie Kalliney, a representative of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., said this was the company’s first year sponsoring HackHers, although the organization has been sponsoring hackathons around the world for nearly half a dozen years.
“We love hackathons, but we are particularly interested in women in technology and we are relentlessly looking for women in technology, so when we heard about this event we were incredibly excited about it,” she said. “To see a female-centric hackathon is ingenious and we’re looking for the next top talent.” Kalliney said her mother was a scientist, and helping other women join STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)
industry was a company he co-founded in 2007 called Boxee, which produced an interactive TV system similar to Apple TV. He and his partners sold Boxee to Samsung in 2013. After selling Boxee, Coussin began his medical training, he said. It took him almost three years to complete his paramedic program and all the prerequisite science courses that he had not taken for his bachelor’s degree. “I thought of myself as pretty much educated. I know a lot of stuff, and so on. But paramedic school was hard,” Coussin said. “It’s not like I strolled through. I had to open books and read and learn. It’s a humbling experience because you think that you’re old hat and you find out that you’re not. A lot of stuff I had to learn from the beginning.” Although his background in the technology industry is not immediately relevant to the work he will be doing as a PA, he said that he is almost certain there will be opportunities to integrate the two. “There is so much innovation to be done in the healthcare world. It’s the last big frontier for tech,” Coussin said. “Tech is just now starting to look at this industry and to really take a stab. We’re in the middle ages com-
Gidon Coussin moved to the United States from Israel in 1999. Now, 18 years later, he is attending Rutgers University to receive a Physician Assistant (PA) degree. Courtesy of Max Marcus pared to where we’re gonna be in 10 years.” The wearable devices that are available now are early examples of the technology that will likely revolutionize the healthcare industry, he said. He expects a major shift in the paradigm of how healthcare is delivered, which will be caused by advances in consumer technology. Today, a patient goes to a doctor only when something has already gone wrong, but future technologies similar to our current wearable devices will alert the patient before a health problem manifests itself, Coussin said.
“Even though we market that fields is something she personally cares about. She also believes that it’s a beginner event, people are helping women join technology or still shy,” she said. “But you can come in knowscientific fields ing nothing is important on at all about a professional programming, level as well. Letting nov“To see a female-centric nothing about e c h n o l o g y, ice developers hackathon is ingenious tand we will know that they and we’re looking for the do everything are also weland anything come at Hacknext top talent.” under the sun Hers was one to help you goal Scoullis marie kalliney feel prepared had. Part of her J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Representative and build marketing camsomething. As paign focused long as you’re on letting those open-minded with no experience know that they can also par- and you take risks, you’ll build very cool stuff.” ticipate and learn from the event.
Because healthcare is such a large and firmly established industry, he said that he expects some resistance to change. “Industries that are vested against technological progress are always gonna fight back. So it might take a while, but in the end you can’t stop innovation,” Coussin said. “But if I can get someone to tell me before something happens, it will reduce the cost because the disease doesn’t manifest itself and I don’t overburden the system. So it will work economically better, and it will work better for me personally. That tends to win out.”
conference Over 70 students from 28 universities attended the conference continued from front “One idea that I really liked was from the citizenship group, they were talking about having a civics fair in school — it’s kind of a similar idea to a science fair, but through the roots of effectively teaching civic education. So like experiential learning (and) community-based projects that also relate back to being civically engaged,” Stadlinger said.
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John Wisniewski is just what New Jersey needs
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ooking back on the election cycle when THE HARD TRUTH the Democrats failed to recapture the majority in both chambers of ConDANIEL CHULAK gress and lost the White House to a millionaire real estate tycoon, President Donald J. Trump, it is clear that the party needs to be significantly restructured. If the party wants to regain the faith of the American people, new leadership needs to step up and steer the party’s focus away from the donors and toward grassroots organizing. The working class of the country needs to be involved in the political process. Presidential and congressional elections are important, but it is imperative that all citizens participate in local and state elections as well. New Jersey will be making a key decision on Nov. 7 when the state will elect a candidate to replace Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.), who has been in office for seven years now and only has an 18 percent approval rating to show for it. Needless to say, the Democratic nominee will have a great opportunity to occupy the New Jersey State House in 2018. The race for the Democratic nominee is coming down to an intense primary battle with Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-N.J.), former U.S. Ambassador Philip D. Murphy and Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-N.J.) leading the way. With Trump in the White House, New Jersey needs to elect a governor who has a proven history of standing up to political insiders and fighting for progressive values. Wisniewski presents a clear solution to the corruption and greed that has plagued Trenton, New Jersey for years. Wisniewski, a Rutgers alum, was born and raised in the Garden State and has served in the General Assembly for 21 years. As the chair of the Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee, he has cosponsored bills to fight corruption at the Port Authority and fought against Gov. Jon Corzine’s (D-N.J.) efforts to privatize the New Jersey Turnpike. But what Wisniewski is best known for is the prominent role he played in the “Bridgegate” investigation. Despite party leaders discouraging him from pursuing an investigation into the illegal lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, Wisniewski uncovered the infamous “time for traffic problems in Fort Lee” email and exposed the political retribution tactics of Christie. Wisniewski has shown that he will not back down when faced with adversity and will fight for what he believes in. This was demonstrated when he endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as the Democratic nominee for president and served as the New Jersey chair of the campaign despite the New Jersey Democratic leadership’s overwhelming support of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The candidate who will present the greatest challenge to Wisniewski’s run for governor comes in the form of Philip D. Murphy, a former Goldman Sachs executive and National Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee. After boosting his name recognition with his organization New Way for New Jersey, Murphy declared his intent to run last May and kick-started his campaign with a $10 million loan of his own money. As Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) endorsed Murphy, other Democratic leaders quickly fell in line and offered their support. Murphy has made the economy a focus of his campaign and promised that he does not owe anything to the special interests. But if Democrats truly want to create an economy that works for all, a governor who has shown he’s not afraid to take on the special interests needs to be elected. Wisniewski has shown that he will fight for the working class of New Jersey and will be a voice for those who have been silenced. In the State Assembly, Wisniewski has sponsored legislation to raise the minimum wage and recently helped pass a resolution to protect New Jersey’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students from deportation. Wisniewski, who is running on a platform similar to that of Sanders, has voiced his support for universal single-payer health care, free tuition for students coming from households with an annual income of $125,000 or less and an energy infrastructure designed to mitigate a climate emergency. Wisniewski recognizes the growing threats that face New Jersey and that the politics of yesterday will not solve the problems of today. Many lessons can be taken from the humbling election defeat in 2016, but the main message is that many voters feels disenfranchised and disconnected from their elected representatives. New Jersey voters need a governor that is not beholden to the financial elite or the politically powerful and is willing to take a stand to reduce corruption and wealth inequality. John Wisniewski will bring a determined, progressive perspective to Trenton, while also representing a pragmatic negotiator that will act in the interest of all people of New Jersey. Now more than ever, we need an experienced leader who has shown he is willing to fight for us, and Wisniewski fits the description. Daniel Chulak is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior majoring in environmental and business economics with a minor in German. His column, “The Hard Truth,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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Trainwreck created by NJ Transit New Penn Station policy is targeted at homeless community
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Homelessness is an institutional issue. Although lot of Rutgers students rely on the train to get to home and back. Being affordable and New Jersey has reported a decrease in homelessconvenient, sites of train stations become ness over the past year, the issue is still prevalent popular areas with high volumes of people. If you and these people are still suffering so heavily from have ever sat down to wait for a train amongst these poverty that they are forced to live on the streets. crowds of people, you have probably noticed that When public places homeless people rest in find there are some homeless people who inhabit these ways to force them out, they are left with no options. This NJ Transit policy resembles previous arareas. But this might not be the case anymore at chitectural designs other cities have implemented Penn Station in Newark. Any passenger who wishes to sit in the main wait- to keep homeless people from sleeping or resting ing room at Penn Station must show an NJ Transit of- in public places. Benches with added arm rests ficial their train ticket. This change in procedure also and building fronts with spikes in sheltered areas includes enforcing the already instated two-hour time appear to be obvious attacks at the homeless community, displaying limit that the stanot only the indiftion has for waiting ference of cities rooms. Officials from towards homeless NJ Transit have ex“Although New Jersey has reported a but also plained that their readecrease in homelessness over the past year, people their contempt. soning for making the issue is still prevalent and these people As for Penn Stathis decision is just tion, regardless of to ensure that those are still suffering so heavily from poverty its true intentions, who are actually pasthat they are forced to live on the streets.” it is creating an insengers may have convenience for the room to sit down. homeless communiBut the policy seems ty and claiming that to be targeting anothit is doing the opposite for the paying customers. er “problem” that NJ Transit thinks they have. Although NJ Transit officials have denied that But think about train station waiting rooms. There their decision has nothing to do with the removal are apps and websites where people are able to of homeless people from their waiting rooms, this check the time that trains arrive at, allowing them decision seems like it has everything to do with to spend as little amount of time in the station homeless people, as the New Jersey American Lib- as possible. Even when there are delays, people erties Union has expressed. The only other seating should not be spending more than a few hours in area NJ Transit said that accommodates for the train stations. How much trouble can the presence public is a seating area with benches that is located of homeless people cause for those who are waiting far behind the Amtrak’s seating. It is in an area dif- for trains? Are homeless people sitting in seats so ficult to find. Considering this along with the new inconvenient that it needs the installment of offipolicies, NJ Transit really seems to be sending a cers and checkpoints to have tickets checked? It’s message that they want to keep the public out of the not as if these people are freeloading and attemptstation. This decision is not only borderline uncon- ing to get free rides on the train — conductors stitutional but also morally problematic: ACLU and check tickets while passengers are actually on the NJ Transit made an agreement which states people train. This new policy is hurting a group of people without tickets are not allowed on station platforms that has already been hurt by society and circumstances enough. but everywhere else is allowed. 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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February 21, 2017
Tips to get us through President Donald J. Trump Era SIP ON YOUR CHAI NEEHARIKA THURAVIL
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ith the publication of false terror incidents, the attacks on “fake” news outlets and rants on baseless yet inflammatory claims the man in the Oval Office insists on perpetuating, it seems as though President Donald J. Trump will stop at nothing to constantly put non-white straight, Christian males in a negative light. As unfortunate as the leader of the free world invalidating almost two-thirds of the country’s population is, it is a sad reality we’ll have to deal with for the next four years. Luckily, I’ve managed to round up some useful tips and tricks to help us get through this difficult time, mostly sane and maybe in one piece. Pretend to really enjoy fast food and meat, even if you don’t. It’s known that Trump really loves fast food, especially McDonald’s, KFC and his Trump Tower Taco Bowls. To appear more favorable to him, get yourself some, too. Tweet it out to him. And along the way, you’ll be doing the Counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway’s job of giving “free commercials” to these chains too. It’s a win-win. And to my fellow vegans, vegetarians, kosher and halal diet followers, I know it’s hard, but ask yourselves — would you rather have to
digest food that your stomachs are not used to or morally and ethically against, or digest the sorry and terrifying state of affairs that greets you every single morning? Talk about fake attacks and incidents to seem in the loop with “real” news. Out with the lazy and entitled millennial whines about a crashing job market and the rising cost of living and in with the, “Oh my god, did you hear about what happened in Bar Harbor, Maine?” Of course, nothing really happened
Education Betsy DeVos doesn’t want you to know are full of “alternative facts.” Two plus two equals four? Wrong. The Earth’s round? That’s a lie. The censorship of media is a key characteristic of fascism? Fake News. With this blind and foolish insistence, you too can be swept into the tidal wave of ignorance sweeping across the nation. After all, who doesn’t want to be responsible for young children being taught that dinosaurs roamed the earth along with
“And to all my men out there, while your ladies are out flaunting the lace and satin works of the Trump family, pick your most ill-fitting suits and embrace your society-enforced hyper-masculinity.” in Bar Harbor, but because we said so, we can confidently claim without evidence that it, in fact, did. This is a great way to seamlessly fit right in with the Trump camp, and you get bonus points with Conway, making you super relatable. Don’t worry about the implied criminalization of Muslims who are entirely not at fault and are unfairly held responsible for actions of extremists who happen to share their religion, because the Trump administration doesn’t either. Insist that your science, math and other classes that tell you anything Secretary of
humans? You’ll be hailed and worshiped as a hero. That is if people still know how to spell “worship” by then. Wear clothes made and endorsed by the administration, and make sure to dress like your sex. Who cares if the endorsement is a violation of government ethics? These clothes are expensive and come from a family known for mongering hate against people who aren’t male, straight and white — and that’s what you want your outfit to represent. You want to blend right into the — relatively small — crowds of people who show up to
support the president. You will also get a special mention from Trump for “dressing like a woman” and not shopping at Nordstrom — even if you do, you can quickly make up alternative facts to hide that. Forget individuality and personal self-expression, looking like the epitome of male-dictated femininity is the next big fashion trend of 2017, no matter how much it seems like it’s from the 1960s. And to all my men out there, while your ladies are out flaunting the lace and satin works of the Trump family, pick your most ill-fitting suits and embrace your society-enforced hyper-masculinity. It’s a great look to roll back women’s and minority rights and advocate for outdated elitist policies in. Above all, be patriotic and act as a champion of capitalism and freedom, even though your president is a slow-moving train-wreck on course to destruction. If our president can act as though everything is fine and that the White House is operating like a “fine-tuned machine,” then so can you. All your foresight and predictions of what the state of America will be in the future can be tossed out through the window because they tend to interfere with the toxic and unquestioned support of the current administration. And in a democracy as free as the American dream, who wants that? Neeharika Thuravil is a School of Arts and Sciences freshman majoring in computer science and astrophysics. Her column, “Sip on Your Chai,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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Tech Tuesday
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February 21, 2017
Computer science legend discusses digital humanities
E-board members of the Rutgers Undergraduate Student Alliance of Computer Scientists (USACS) hosted a speaker event with Brian Kernighan, co-author of “The C Programming Language.” Kernighan spoke about digital humanities and his life experiences. Courtesy of USACS
Harshel Patel
“I wandered back and forth between things that were actually helping make better telephone systems that never saw the light of On Friday, Feb. 19, the Rutgers day and things like C and Unix that Undergraduate Student Alliance were visible on the outside world,” of Computer Scientists (USACS) he said. “I was there 33 years, I was hosted Brian Kernighan, a Princnever once told what to work on.” eton professor and co-author of USACS decided to invite Ker“The C Programming Language,” nighan after learning that he at the Computing Research & Edworks nearby at Princeton Uniucation (CoRE) Building auditoriversity and is a well-known name um on Busch campus. in the industry, said Aditya Geria, He is well known for his a junior in the School of Arts and book, his contribution to the Sciences and outreach director of Unix operating and writing the USACS, in an email. ver y first “Hello, world” proGeria also noted that blending gram, as stated in the event’s the fields of computer science and online description. humanities is Kernighan important to find spoke to a packed room “This interdisciplinary perspective is not explored often enough, and we wanted to show that there’s more to new opportunities. “This interabout digital hustudying (computer science) than software engieneering or app development.” disciplinary permanities, a way spective is not for scholars in Aditya GEria explored often the humanities School of Arts and Sciences junior enough, and we to present inwanted to show formation about that there’s more their field using digital representations. In addi- in digital humanities after being Kernighan’s interest was the dif- about the humanities is what to studying (computer science) than software engineering or app tion, he discussed his lengthy ca- invited to teach a course about ficulty that arose from taking writ- keeps him interested. After his talk, Kernighan an- development,” he said. reer from his time at Bell Labs to digital humanities to seniors in ten or printed text and moving it Priyanka Dhulkhed, a sophomore swered questions from the mascomputer science at Princeton. into a digital format. Princeton University. After finding books that traced sive audience, discussing some in the School of Arts and Sciences, “It is the intersection of com- Prior to this, he had no knowlfamilial lines from the early 20th of the intricacies and applications enjoyed the talk’s topic because digputing and the humanities,” he edge of digital humanities. “I was, until very recently, the centur y all the way back to co- of digital humanities and his ca- ital humanities is not a subject that said. “The only difference between what’s going on in finance acting director of the Center for lonial America, Kernighan be- reer prior to joining Princeton is regularly discussed. She said she appreciated hearing Kernighan’s ... and the humanities is that the Digital Humanities. The opera- came interested in digitizing University. Early in his career, Kernighan real world experiences. data in the humanities come tive word there was acting,” Ker- that information so it can be eas“It’s important for students to joined Bell Labs and worked from the traditional humanities in nighan said. “I pretended to be ily searched. Essentially, each page of a book there for decades. He was able know that computing is not just knowledgeable about the digital some sense.” Digital humanities allow schol- humanities and I actually learned is scanned and made available on- to perform any project he wanted about what they learned in class,” line. Eventually, code can be writ- with full freedom. It was in this she said. “It’s important for them to ars to identify and present informa- a fair amount about it.” Students in the course had to ten to take those scanned pages time that he contributed to the know how life will be after graduattion in a unique way. Various unidevelopment of Unix and wrote ing and it’s just nice to hear from a versities and institutions around create their own projects related to and turn it into searchable text. A major struggle with this is “The C Programming Language” famous person and how their expethe world are involved with digital digital humanities, using technolorience was.” humanities, including Stanford gy to create new pieces of informa- correcting inaccuracies through with Dennis Ritchie. staff writer
University, Rutgers University and the Old Bailey, the criminal court of England, he said. One example of this is Rutgers’ large online catalog of ancient artifacts, including Roman coins. The artifacts are all held by the University, and can be browsed online by anyone, he said. The Old Bailey, a court that has been in use for centuries, has almost 200,000 criminal trial records from 1674 to 1913, available online for general use. The Old Bailey took written information and transformed it into searchable text. Kernighan became interested
tion from the humanities, such as books and historical resources. Kernighan explained how one student made a map detailing the travels of Xuanzang, an ancient Chinese monk, through India. The map included regional temperatures, crops and other details recorded by Xuanzang. Xuanzang kept a detailed record of his travels through India in the early 7th century. Using this information, the student was able to create an interactive map to show how the region was divided and what each area was like. One of the many pieces of digital humanities work that peaked
this process. Programs can be written to identify individual letters, but errors occasionally arise in formatting and information can sometimes be lost, Kernighan said. “(A lot of tools) are standard tools in the digital humanities and it turns out none of them quite work right,” he said. “They worked originally but they’re often not very useful for pointing out flaws.” Kernighan set out to solve this problem and others, putting him in the world of digital humanities. Solving these problems to aid the field while also learning more
DIVERSIONS
February 21, 2017
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Happy Birthday: Look for the good in everything that unfolds this year. Use charm and thoughtfulness to raise awareness about the matters that concern you the most. Participate in events that will give you a platform to express your views and offer suggestions. Use persuasive tactics to get others to pitch in and help. Strive for perfection. Your numbers are 10, 13, 22, 27, 32, 36, 47.
Over The Hedge
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Non Sequitur
Wiley
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep your emotions level regardless of what is inferred or who steps in your way. Own what you do and use your knowledge and experience to overrule anyone who challenges you. Don’t argue, state facts. 5 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Check out destinations that interest you or make plans to get together with someone you don’t get to see very often. Travel will lead to knowledge and information that will inspire you to take on something new and exciting. 5 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Trust in yourself before you take someone else’s word as truth. Hype up what you want others to know and you will find out who is eligible to contribute something worthwhile to your pursuits. Gains are apparent. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Domestic situations will be difficult to deal with. Emotions will be due to unwanted meddling or impulsive actions. Remain calm and do your best to talk your way through any discord that you face. Love will conquer hate. 2 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Spend more time at home sorting out what you want to do personally and how you can initiate reaching your goals. Determination and responding to what others suggest will help you make up your mind. Do what works best for you. 4 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Problems while traveling or dealing with official matters will arise if you aren’t fully prepared and don’t have your course of action or direction mapped out well. Don’t leave anything to chance. Make love, not war. 3 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Learn as you go. Your astute way of observing what’s going on around you will help you make a personal decision that can improve your most valued relationships. Choose to walk away from those who have taken advantage of you. 3 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t let anyone persuade you to head in a direction that doesn’t feel right to you. Emotions will be difficult to control if you are drawn into a situation that makes you feel nervous or uncertain. Trust in your abilities. 3 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Map out a plan and work toward making it happen. Stay focused on the way you envision your future. Personal improvements can be met if you are disciplined and willing to do things differently. Adapt and excel. 3 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your intelligence and willpower will help you bring about the changes you need to make in order to find your way to financial freedom. Contracts, negotiations and unexpected gains look promising. Physical improvements are featured. 3 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Joint ventures will not be in your best interest. Gather all the information you can, but look for alternative ways to move forward on your own. It’s OK to discuss your plans as long as you don’t get involved in financial partnerships. 5 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An adamant mindset will help you reach your goal. Use your experience and call on people who have proven to be an asset in the past. Offer incentives and you will form a coalition that is bound to get results. 4 stars
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Page 10
RESULTS Harris has big weekend, helps Knights upset No. 17 Miami on Sunday continued from back more runs and we didn’t,” Harris said. “So it felt good to really
tack on extra runs late, during the game as well.” During the 17-run barrage, six Rutgers players had multiple-hit
games — five players had multiple runs batted in (RBI) and six players had multiple runs scored. “I like the confidence they had going into the weekend,” said head coach Joe Litterio. “We usually come down here to face Miami and there are a little bit of nerves and jitters, but these guys were very confident and played that way all weekend.”
In Friday night’s season opener, O’Reilly (0-1) pitched seven innings, striking out seven, walking three and giving up two runs on a two-run home run to Hurricane Romy Gonzalez in the second inning. The Knights would go on to lose by a score of 3-0, only recording three hits while committing three errors in the field.
Sophomore outfielder Jawuan Harris had an impactful weekend at the plate, collecting five hits, including two home runs and two doubles. Harris also drove in three runs and crossed home six times. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2016
CHAMPIONSHIPS Scarlet Knights break 3 records, but just miss out on 8th place finish behind PSU continued from back after also receiving one on her 1:54.56 preliminary race time. Stoppa, a native of Italy, produced two school records this past weekend. She hit the wall at 53.16 in the 100 butterfly and 1:56.20 in the 200 butterfly, to break previous program records. “The most exciting thing was that we were doing this together, the team was very well unified and supportive of each other. Even though we didn’t have a big group there, we were able to move up another spot and put a lot of points on the board,” Martin said. In the 400 freestyle relay, the Knights produced a time over four seconds faster than their seed time. Koprivova, senior Meghan Kiely, freshmen Alexandra Fabugais-Inaba and Clare Lawlor finished the relay with a time of 3:24.97, breaking another school record in the process. Kiely was able to be a part of a school record before leaving the pool for the last time as a Rutgers student. “I felt really good,” Lawlor said. “Our team did so well, everyone swam really great and the team energy was so high. Everyone was super supportive, so it was just a really great time.”
Lawlor also swam in the C final of the 100 freestyle, finishing 17th overall with a 49.66, a NCAA B cut. Rutgers saw overall improvement from last year, improving on 2016’s 10th place finish. This year, the Knights were in a tight race with Penn State for eighth place, ending just seven points behind them. “It was sort of last minute and turned into a great rivalry and a great push. It doesn’t get much more exciting than that, so I’m very proud of the team,” Martin said. Senior Rachel Stoddard swam to yet another NCAA B as her Rutgers career comes to a close, finishing 15th overall in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:12.97. Freshman Federica Greco placed 18th in the 200 butterfly with a 1:58.59, another NCAA B cut for the Knights. “We are definitely going to keep on focusing on the little things every single day in practice, making sure we are not losing our focus, every single day. Just mental preparation so that everything is easier the next time around,” Lawlor said. Off the diving board, junior Addison Walkowiak had three top eight performances over the weekend, including two sixth
places finishes in the 1 and 3-meter events. Walkowiak also came in eighth place in the platform dive with a 260.45. Rutgers continues to go higher and higher each year and wants to take this momentum into the next few meets, especially into next season.
The Knights head up north to West Point, New York for the Army West Point Invitational this weekend, in preparation for the rest of championships season. “This year was very different than last year when it comes to the standards that we place, so that definitely has helped our level of
On Saturday, Rutgers took the lead in the third inning off of a solo shot by Harris and an RBI single by senior first baseman Christian Campbell. In the bottom of the frame, pitcher Serafino Brito relinquished the lead and gave up three runs. Brito (0-1) finished his night with six innings of fourrun balls while striking out four. Harris would hit another home run, this one a two-run shot in the ninth inning, but it wasn’t enough as Miami came out on top, 8-4. “I’m just tr ying to see good pitches to hit,” Harris said when asked how he feels at the plate. “I was just watching a lot of junk and I was able to get into hitters’ counts and just attacking fastballs.” Sophomore right-hander James Torres started on Sunday, but could not qualify for the win as he went 3 2/3 innings, giving up three runs while walking three and striking out four. Freshman Eric Reardon (1-0) came in for relief and got the win in his collegiate debut. Sophomores Ryan Wares and Kevin Romero also saw some action out of the bullpen while Campbell moved from first base to pitch two scoreless innings. Freshman Joe Neglia finished the day off with a clean ninth. Litterio is pleased with how his team performed, especially in a tough environment against a nationally ranked school. “Anytime you can win down south early on in the season, it’s a very good win,” Litterio said. “Especially when it’s an opponent like Miami who is a ranked team.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
performance overall. Every year you are looking for something better to do. Find a better and new way to keep on moving forward,” Martin said. “If it isn’t broken, break it.” For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Head coach Petra Martin was proud of her team’s success this past weekend, as the Knights took ninth place at the Big Ten Championships. THE DAILY TARGUM / OCTOBER 2015
February 21, 2017
Page 11 SOFTBALL RUTGERS DROPS ALL 4 GAMES IN OHIO
Knights cannot find early success in debut weekend Jordan Farbowitz Staff Writer
As a young squad with multiple starting freshmen, the Rutgers softball team will go through some growing pains throughout the course of their season. Some of it was evident during their opening weekend. The Scarlet Knights (0-4) dropped all four of their games at the Ohio Softball Field in Athens, Ohio, despite having a lead at some point during every game. Their bats were hot early in the games, but seemed to cool down as they progressed. Despite the sweep, head coach Jay Nelson remained optimistic, explaining that results like this were the consequence of having a young team. Nelson said there were a lot of errors and plays that should have been made on defense that could have made the difference between a win and loss; it will be something the team will work on in practice. In addition, Nelson said he would have the team work on scenarios encountered during games in order to prepare better for what could happen in future games. The Knights started their weekend with a back-and-forth battle with the Northern Illinois (2-2, 0-2) Friday morning. The Huskies
jumped out to a 5-0 advantage after an inning and a half, but Rutgers responded with six runs in the bottom of the second to take the lead. After multiple leads and ties, The Knights took a 9-8 lead into the top of the seventh and were one out away from opening their season with a win. But the Huskies rallied for nine runs to win the game 17-9. Rutgers didn’t fare much better in their second game on Friday, losing 8-5 to Ohio (8-1, 2-0). The Knights opened the game with two runs in the top of the first before the Bobcats tied it in the bottom of the second. Rutgers pushed across a run in the top of the third, but gave up six runs in the latter half of the frame, including a grand slam. They attempted a comeback in the seventh, but only plated two, and lost. Rutgers returned to the diamond the following day hoping to avenge both losses. But in what turned out to be its only game of the day, it lost to Northern Illinois in a similar fashion as the day before. The Knights took an early lead thanks to doubles by senior Carly Todd and freshman Nicole Bowman. The Huskies tied the game in the bottom of the fourth, but Rutgers responded with a home run from junior Sierra Maddox an inning later to retake the lead.
Unfortunately, its pitching was unable to hold the lead, giving up five runs in the sixth. After its Saturday afternoon rematch with Ohio was cancelled due to lighting and timing problems, Rutgers settled for a lone game against the Bobcats Sunday morning. But yet again, recurring issues prevented them from walking away victorious. The Knights got off to a fast start, taking a 2-0 lead in the first on Nicole Bowman’s first collegiate home run. Ohio answered back in the bottom of the frame with two runs, one unearned. Rutgers got an unearned run of their own in the third, but again the Bobcats evened the score. Ohio scored all of the remaining runs in the game with four in the fourth and five in the sixth, getting the 9-3 victory. Two standout offensive performances from the weekend came Bowman and Todd, who each recorded hits in all four games. In her first games on the collegiate stage, Bowman had four hits and drove in six runs. Todd had a similar stat line, recording six hits and driving in four. On the mound, Rutgers was led by 13.1 innings from senior Shayla Sweeney, who either started or relieved in all four games. Freshman Cambria Keefer started her first career game and came on in
relief in the other three games, pitching a combined 3.1 innings. The Knights return to action this Friday through Sunday in Fort Myers, Florida for the FGCU/Four Points by Sheraton Invitational. Their schedule features games against Florida International, Hofstra, Boston
College, Florida Gulf Coast and Wisconsin, as they hope to break the win column for the first time in 2017. For updates on the Rutgers softball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Head coach Jay Nelson said that defensive errors were a factor in the Knights’ disappointing opening weekend. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2016
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“I was just watching a lot of junk and I was able to get into hitters’ counts and just attacking fastballs.” — Sophomore outfielder Jawuan Harris on hitting two home runs
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BASEBALL RUTGERS STEALS SUNDAY GAME IN SERIES AT MIAMI
Rutgers shows mixed results against Miami Robert Sanchez Staff Writer
For the eighth time in nine years, the Rutgers baseball team began its season at the Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park to take on No. 17 Miami. Coming into the series, the Hurricanes had a 14-game winning streak against the Scarlet Knights. After Rutgers dropped its first two games on Friday and Saturday, it looked like the streak might reach 17 games. But on Sunday, the only thing that reached 17 was the runs scored by the Knights (1-2) as they would go on to beat the Hurricanes (2-1) by a score of 17-6, salvaging the last game of the series. “It’s great,” said junior right-hander and Opening Day starter John O’Reilly. “For our seniors, we haven’t done that yet since I’ve been here so it’s good for the culture of the program, for the young guys to come in and get a win and kind of go down there and expect to get a win from now on.” Right in the thick of things during the series was sophomore centerfielder Jawuan Harris, who was happy to see his team firing on all cylinders Sunday. “It felt really good because we had some opportunities in the earlier games to put up Despite losing Rutgers’ opener on Friday to the Miami Hurricanes, junior right-handed pitcher John O’Reilly posted a 2.57 ERA, striking out seven batters in six innings of work. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2015
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SWIMMING AND DIVING RUTGERS BREAKS MULTIPLE SCHOOL RECORDS AT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET
RU places 9th at Big Ten Championships Coby Green Contributing Writer
As a long conference season concluded over the weekend, the Rutgers swimming and diving team returned from the Big Ten Championships this weekend with multiple school records and a historical finish. The Scarlet Knights finished out the fourday tournament Saturday night in West Lafayette, Indiana, finishing in ninth place with a score of 446. This was Rutgers’ highest finish in the Big Ten Championships since joining the conference in 2014. “It was a great meet for us, we moved up in the Big Ten rankings from last year, scoring 59 more points than last year,” said head coach Petra Martin. “We had a really good amount of great performances, some really inspiring swims.” Three school records were broken over the weekend, courtesy of international sophomores Vera Koprivova, Francesca Stoppa and the 400 freestyle relay team. Czech Republic native Koprivova finished fifth overall in the 200 backstroke, coming in at 1:53.94, capturing her first individual school record. This was her seventh National Collegiate Atheltic Association (NCAA) cut Freshman Clare Lawlor anchored the 400 freestyle relay for Rutgers at her first Big Ten Championships this weekend. The relay was 1 of 3 school records the Knights set at the meet. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / JANUARY 2017
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EXTRA POINT
BRIAN BRECHT, Miami Virginia
54 48
Boston College Florida State
72 104
Howard NC Central
59 66
Appalachian State Troy
66 76
head men’s lacrosse coach, saw his team move up three spots in this week’s InsideLacrosse poll to No. 15. This comes on the heels of the Scarlet Knights taking down Army, 12-10. Next up for the Knights is a road contest on Saturday against Fairfield.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
TENNIS
MEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
at Lafayette
vs Nebraska
vs. Michigan
at Northwestern
Tonight, 7 p.m., Easton, Pa.
Tomorrow, noon, East Brunswick, N.J.
Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, 7 p.m., The RAC Evanston, Ill