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18-year-old U. student dies Sunday afternoon NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The Rutgers community encourages students to preserve some information in traditional paper-and-ink formats, as opposed to storing exclusively in digital technology mediums such as Apple iCloud.

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Students, staff emphasize traditional media in era of digital technology MEGAN JOSEPH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Rutgers students rely on phones, laptops and other forms of technology every day to store vital information for classes.

But today’s media users may lose access to digital files in the future, said Vint Cerf, vice president of Google in an inter view with The Guardian.

The programs used to run these

files will be a thing of the past, Cerf said. This “bit rot,” or the disintegration of storage media, will lead to a forgotten century and digitally uploaded information will disappear.

Cerf’s opinions directly challenge the advent of fledgling technologies popping up in Silicon Valley, where people are nonchalantly throwing all of their data into what could become an information black hole without even realizing it, he said.

A new phone case, Prynt, allows photos from a smartphone to be printed straight to the device. It is available for pre-order before March 2, according to the product’s website.

“If there are photos you really care about, print them out,” Cer f said.

Another new technological investment on online fundraising website Kickstarter is the microSSD. SEE TECHNOLOGY ON PAGE 4

Patrick Awosogba, an 18-yearold School of Ar ts and Sciences first-year student and East Brunswick resident, died around 3:15 p.m. Sunday afternoon, playing basketball at the Cook Douglass Recreation Center.

Cause of death appears to be hyper trophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a condition in which the hear t muscle becomes unusually thick and causes an irregular hear tbeat, said Dr. Temipope Awosogba, Patrick Awosogba’s sister and Boston resident physician, according to nj.com.

Rutgers police and emergency ser vices responded to the situation shor tly after 2 p.m., said E.J. Miranda, University spokesperson.

Lifeguards on duty at the recreation center immediately conducted CPR, Miranda said. A few minutes later, Rutgers EMTs and police began resuscitation ef for ts through CPR and electronic defibrillation.

“The young man was transpor ted to Rober t Wood Johnson (University) Hospital where resuscitation ef for ts continued,” Miranda said.

Awosogba entered the University in fall 2014 and was scheduled to graduate in 2018, Miranda said. Friends and peers have been expressing grief on social media in memor y of the student’s death.

Chris Kenney, East Brunswick head baseball coach, told My Central Jersey, “He was such a nice kid.”

Counselors are being made available to any students mourning Patrick’s passing, or who are in need of counseling for any reason, Miranda said.

Students living in on-campus facilities are also encouraged to communicate with their Residence Life staf f to cope with the loss. Of f-campus or commuter students can speak with their Dean of Students.

Tim Grimm, located at Bishop House, 115 College Avenue, is the College Avenue campus Dean of Students. Michelle Jef ferson, located at 305 College Hall, is the Cook and Douglass campuses’ Dean of Students.

Jef frey Broggi, located at Lucy Stone Hall A239, is the Livingston campus Dean of Students. Sandra Castro, located at the Busch Campus Center, is the Busch campus Dean of Students.

Students can also consult Counseling, ADAP and Psychiatric Ser vices at 17 Senior Street in New Brunswick or call at (848) 932-7884.

Natasha Tripathi is a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior majoring in painting and journalism and media studies with a minor in political science. She is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum.

Follow her on Twitter @natashatripathi for more stories.

‘Megadroughts’ expected to impact United States ANANTH RAO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A recent National Aeronautics and Space Administration study announced the United States and the Great Plains may soon experience more severe and persistent droughts than those in the past, said Anthony Broccoli, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science.

Dif ferent climate models were combined to identify the most realistic behavior for the future, he said. This study is unique because the many models used were all consistent with each other. All of the models indicate there will be much drier conditions in the future.

More severe droughts are primarily a consequence of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide caused by burning fossil fuels, Broccoli said in an email. The most direct effect of increasing carbon dioxide is to warm the earth.

Warmer conditions cause evapora-

tion of moisture in soil while plants absorb what water is left more quickly than normal. “(It’s) easy to understand,” he said. “(If) your car has just come from the car wash, it’s going to dry off more quickly on a hot day than on a cold day.”

The geography of the southwestern United States can also contribute to moisture levels in the ground, he said.

In areas where there are lots of mountains, water is often stored in the form of snow in the mountains, Broccoli said. As the climate warms, there is less snow and more rain, which can run off rapidly and does not recharge the moisture in the ground as effectively as melting snow does, he said.

Warmer, drier regions will become more so as the planet heats up, he said.

There will be large agricultural changes associated with such droughts, said Bradley Hillman, diSEE MEGADROUGHTS ON PAGE 5

The current winter season, which has boasted temperatures dipping close to zero degrees Fahrenheit, is one of the coldest winters New Jersey has seen in over a century. REUTERS

Climatologist finds current winter to be coldest one of last fourteen decades NIKHILESH DE CORRESPONDENT

This past February is among the ten coldest Februaries in New Jersey in the last 14 decades, said David Robinson,

a professor in the Department of Geography.

Temperatures are about 10 degrees below average this year, getting close to zero degrees Fahrenheit, he said. This does not account

for windchill, which makes the apparent temperature feel more than 10 degrees below zero.

“This is indeed the coldest air we’ve SEE DECADES ON PAGE 5

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Professors talk transition from textbook to technology DAN VALENTI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Twenty years ago, technological interaction on platforms such as Sakai and iClickers was non-existent. With the constantly changing educational landscape, many students have called professors’ knowledge of technology into question.

Professors are now discussing technology use or the lack thereof, as well as their respective impacts on student learning in the university setting.

Including current technology in classes is crucial to student success, said Denis Hamilton, a professor in the Department of Management and Global Business.

Hamilton said he teaches two lectures consisting of more than 400 students and uses interactive clickers for all aspects of his class.

Using clickers for not only attendance, but also for quizzes and exams, keeps a large group of students entertained, he said.

“Students are often apprehensive (of the clickers) at first, but they get used to them,” Hamilton said.

The Rutgers Business School started to use this technique of grading and attendance in fall 2013 and have never had any major problems with grading, he said.

The idea is to not make the sections seem so large using technology, Hamilton said. He gets personal feedback from students without ever meeting them faceto-face.

“The flow of technology is crucial (for the future of the school) and keeps the students engaged,” he said.

Hamilton said he plays music before every class, and students vote on their favorite songs. This is his way of taking attendance without the students even realizing, he said.

Gina Mogar, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, said technology has its place in the classroom, but professors can improve on how they blend the two.

Many Rutgers classes now make use of sites like Sakai or Blackboard that serve as resources for information obtained outside of the classroom.

“I take regular and hybrid classes, but I don’t think the hybrids work,” Mogar said. “Most hybrid classes contain too much busy work that would not exist if the class met in a traditional classroom.”

Mogar said she does like the convenience of not having to physically attend the hybrid class twice a week but thinks professors make it harder on

themselves when assigning busy work to the students.

Social media could play a significant role in the future, Mogar said.

“I think that using Twitter would help class participation a lot,” she said.

Some professors have chosen not to use available technologies.

Tim Espar, a professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, has continued using a traditional approach in his classrooms.

In his last semester of teaching, Espar said he teaches classes of no more than 20 students, still prints out class assignments as handouts and does not have a Sakai page.

“Back in the day, you didn’t have a choice of which resources you could use,” Espar said.

The extent of his technology is live television and YouTube, Espar said. He said these two mediums have worked for his students for many years.

Modern lectures would be nothing without the appropriate technology to support it, Hamilton said.

“This is my last semester teaching so there isn’t much (that’s) going to change,” he said.

“But I could imagine the classroom going completely paperless in the near future.”

Classrooms have bounded forward in the last two decades with the integration of technologies, especially portable devices, such as iClickers, ResponseCards and tablets.

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TECHNOLOGY Rutgers has central record center which stores more than 150,000 feet of records, Dalina says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

This small storage card plugs into a Macbook’s USB compartment and adds up to 384 gigabytes of additional storage space. People pledge money to the project and receive different rewards that consist of storage cards.

These storage cards only add to the information that will be lost in the “forgotten generation,” Cerf said.

Cerf commends those trying to create new technology in order to preserve out-of-date files.

The University has a central record center which stores over 150,000 cubic feet of records, said Stephen Dalina, assistant director in Business and Administrative Services with University Records Management.

“At Rutgers, we need to comply with certain legal requirements in maintaining and retaining certain types of records,” Dalina said.

“There are laws such as HIPAA, GLB and state requirements to how records are stored and destroyed.”

He said that it is more secure and affordable to have a paper record stored on a shelf instead of

He believes that with hardware and software updates constantly changing, it is safer to store information – especially important information – in a tangible format.

Students at Rutgers appreciate digital technology, but they also value the utility of traditional note-taking and studying.

William Tilton, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student who spends an average of 10 hours a day on all of his devices, writes his notes for class by hand.

“I feel like we will outlive how long it will take for digital devices to go away.”

WILLIAM TILTON School of Arts and Sciences First-Year Student

converting the information to a digital record, but sometimes records will be scanned to an electronic format based on certain criteria and conditions.

“Back up your vital information, update your password often and keep your devices as secure as possible,” Dalina said.

He said it helps him remember the information better when he physically writes notes himself.

Tilton also stores photos on his phone and uploads them to his laptop when there are too many. “(My computer breaking) happened to me before,” he said. “I didn’t lose anything too import-

ant, but I did lose saved pictures that I had to deal with not having anymore. I can’t imagine losing all of my school documents.”

Tilton’s devices back up and save automatically, but he said phone and computer companies continue to charge for extra storage. As a result, he went a few months without backing up any memor y.

“I feel like we will outlive how long it will take for digital devices to go away,” Tilton said. “It’s never really occurred to me because I rely on it so much.”

Alexa Venito, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student who owns an iPhone 6 and Macbook Pro and spends at least eight to 12 hours combined on her device, types some of her notes in one lecture hall because the class size is so large, she said.

“My laptop and phone (information) is set to backup every day to the ‘iCloud’ through Apple,” she said.

She writes the rest of her notes in other classes by hand, but thinks new applications like Prynt are what keeps the world technologically advanced.

“I think it is so impor tant to back things up on paper,” she said.

CRIME FEB. 23 MOORESTOWN — An employee of an armed security company opened fire on a coworker inside the business, before fatally shooting himself. Police say Edgar Figueroa shot Melvin Nieves four times. Nieves was conscious when he was airlifted to the hospital, but was in critical condition Monday afternoon.

FEB. 23 EAST ORANGE — Two men were shot and wounded during an apparent armed robbery. The police say the victims were shot multiple times as they were walking along the area, but it was not clear if the perpetrators were successful in stealing their possessions. Authorities say a 29-year-old man was shot three times in the abdomen while a 40-year-old man was hit in the legs and groin by five shots overall. The two were hospitalized in stable condition.

FEB. 23 NEW BRUNSWICK — In the morning, police officers investigated a reported fight in progress. Upon the officer’s arrival they located several witnesses who identified Cruz Bruno-Ruiz as a suspect in a shooting, which had just occurred inside a barbershop. The officers quickly apprehended Bruno-Ruiz and recovered a handgun from his front seat. Once under arrest, he was found to be in possession of a distributable amount of cocaine and a large amount of cash.

FEB. 22 NEW BRUNSWICK — Three men wearing masks forced their way into a Hamilton Street residence and held a female occupant at gun point while they stole various items including cellular phones and jewelr y from the home. The female occupant indicated that her roommates jumped out of a window when they saw the suspects coming. She felt that the suspects targeted her home, because they frequently dealt marijuana from that residence.

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DECADES New Jersey is seeing the coldest February since 1979, Robinson says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

seen in New Jersey in the last several decades,” Robinson said. “It’s quite likely to be the coldest February since 1979. Most (students) have never seen a February this cold in New Jersey.”

Some days saw temperatures more than 20 degrees below normal, said Justin Lamarche, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior via email.

The lowered temperatures are the result of a “dip” in the jet stream that passes over the United States, Robinson said.

The jet stream could be described

as a “river of air” that directs weather systems, said Anthony Broccoli, a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences.

When this jet stream meanders, it can force warmer air away from the northeastern United States, he said. This air has been moving toward the Midwest.

This winter, like last winter, has been relatively mild in places like California, Robinson said. This contrasts with New Jersey, which saw twice as much snowfall than normal last year.

“What’s been most notable about the last two winters is the persistence of (this) jet stream over the eastern

United States,” he said. “We believe this pattern is being driven in part by very mild sea-surface temperatures in the northern Pacific.”

These temperatures cause a bulge in the jet stream in the northwestern part of the nation, which Robinson said directly causes the dip seen in New Jersey.

The lower temperatures result in a noticeable wave pattern carrying polar air down to the country, he said.

This pattern has been seen over the last two winters.

“It just shows how our climate is all very connected,” Robinson said.

Snow has been falling at about an average rate this year for a number of reasons, he said.

The dip in the stream is not as wide or as deep as it was last year, he said. This means New Jersey is located at the border of the fast-moving air.

Snowstorms are developing too far east as a result, which causes

more snow in New England, he said.

Winter Storm Juno was predicted to drop up to two feet of snow on New Jersey. But the storm traveled north, leading to only a few inches in New Jersey, Robinson said.

The storm’s point of origin and path had a significant impact on which places it affected the most, he said.

Juno, along with the other major storms that have hit the area around Boston, have formed much too far east to reach New Jersey, Lamarche said. All of the snow that could have dropped on New Jersey instead hit New England.

A snowstorm coming up from the southeast would drop more snow on the state than one coming from the west, Robinson said.

“It’s just a matter of a storm track.

It followed along the Arctic front across the northern plains,” he said.

“When that storm hit the coastal waters it exploded into a big storm.”

This upcoming week would see temperatures up to 10 degrees warmer than so far this month, Robinson said.

Only a few days could see above-freezing temperatures, Lamarche said. It will still be extremely cold outside and the average temperature will remain below normal.

Future Februarys are expected to be warmer than recent years due to greenhouse gases, Lamarche said.

While some studies show that there might actually be extreme temperature fluctuations in the future, more research needs to be done to reach this conclusion, he said.

The National Weather Service is predicting lower than average temperatures for March in New Jersey, Broccoli said. The western half of the country will continue to see higher temperatures than the eastern half.

March is still too far ahead to make any accurate predictions, he said.

MEGADROUGHTS Increasing cost of water will impact way crops are grown, Broccoli says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

rector of research at the Rutgers Agricultural Research Station.

“It’s a scenario where not only the agriculture, livestock and ranges (are) going to be affected pretty dramatically, but (also) the natural ecosystems,” he said.

“We have irrigation to deal with agriculture itself, but out on the range, there’s no irrigation that’s going to keep the grasses alive.”

The increasing population in these areas cause a demand for water that may not be met, Broccoli said.

Severe droughts would force water conser vation methods, such as not watering a lawn, he said.

Attitudes toward water use are already changing, Hillman said.

Some people are no longer using potable water for tasks that only partly clean water can accomplish. These attitudes will continue to change as water becomes more scarce.

If conditions are extreme enough, building plants to turn seawater into fresh water by removing the salt can have an impact, Broccoli said. There are desalination plants like that that exist in some of the really dry parts of the world such as the Arabian peninsula.

Right now, a billion dollar desalination plant is under construction in the San Diego region, in Carlsbad, he said.

“It’s a reverse osmosis system, and it does something like 50 million gallons a day,” Hillman said. “But … it’s energy intensive to do.”

This energy intensive process can contribute to heating the planet more, he said.

There are also financial disadvantages associated with large scale desalination, he said.

“It costs money to do (desalination), which makes water more expensive, but if water is in short supply, then that may be the only way that society can respond,” he said.

Increasing water costs can cause agriculture to change, he said. If water costs significantly more than it does right now, people will be less willing to water crops, which would change

which plants are grown.

Farmers may also move east to wetter lands, he said.

There are plant breeding programs all over the country that breed for drought tolerance, heat tolerance, and salt tolerance, Hillman said. As it gets drier, the water that is left gets saltier, and a lot of times the land there gets saltier as well, so plant breeding programs will have to take all of those things into account. “(The east is) really different from the west in terms of the changing climate, but we’re expected to have an increasing number of extreme weather events out here,” Hillman said. “We will continue to have robust agriculture out here, but it will be affected by these extreme weather events.”

Storms will not be the only worries for agriculture in the east coast, he said. Land close to the ocean may be inundated by salty sea waters, which would also impact which plants can be grown.

With gradual warming, there will also be a migration of insects and pathogenic pests, he said. “(The) southern pine beetle is a very good example of that,” Hillman said. “(It is) a pest that eats pines, and was limited pretty much to the south until a few decades ago when it started to march up, and now it’s all over New Jersey.”

NASA projected two scenarios, one assuming carbon dioxide emissions continue increasing, the other assuming the emission would slow. Which one is in store for the future will depend largely on the public attitude to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

John Holdren, science advisor to the President of the United States, said using more energy ef ficient technologies would have an impact. These include heating, cooling, lighting and refrigeration.

Using more fuel efficient methods of transportation would also have an impact, he said.

Adapting to climate change is something society will need to do, Broccoli said.

“I’m optimistic but on the other hand, I think that as a society, we have been pretty slow so far to respond to the press that is associated with climate change,” he said.

IMPRISONMENT INFLUX Students gather Monday evening at the Busch Student Center for “Imprisoning America: The Impact of Mass Incarceration,” a movie and networking event sponsored by The Collaborative Center for Community-Based Research and Service, where Matt Pillischer, director of “Broken On All Sides,” spoke to students and faculty. LUO ZHENGCHEN

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‘Birdman’ wins Academy Award for best motion picture

Director Alejandro Inarritu accepts the Oscar for best motion picture for his film “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virture of Ignorance)”during the 87th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California Feb. 22. REUTERS LOS ANGELES - The dark comedy “Birdman” held up a mirror to Hollywood and its struggling actors and in return received the film industr y’s highest recognition on Sunday, the Academy Award for best picture.

Director Alejandro G. Inarritu’s stor y of a washed-up, former superhero actor attempting an improbable comeback on Broadway won four Oscars in its nine nominations, including best director, the second consecutive win in that categor y for a Mexican filmmaker.

Acclaimed for looking like one continuous shot through a Broadway theater and mixing reality with fantasy, the movie, Inarritu said, came from learning to be fearless in filmmaking.

“Fear is the condom of life.

It doesn’t allow you to enjoy things,” Inarritu said backstage at the 87th Academy Awards.

The reward for the Fox Searchlight satire hews to an Academy tradition of awarding films that honor the entertainment industr y, such as “Argo” and “The Artist” in recent years.

Britain’s Eddie Redmayne won best actor with his painstaking portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in “The Theor y of Ever ything”, robbing “Birdman” lead and former superhero actor Michael Keaton of a big comeback moment.

Each of the eight best picture nominees went home with at least one award, but it was a disappointing night for “Boyhood,” Richard Linklater’s unprecedented 12-year endeavor to depict the simple stor y of a boy growing up, using the same actors. It won one Oscar out of its six nods.

Wes Anderson’s color ful caper, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” proved popular among the 6,100 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Ar ts and Sciences who vote for the Oscars, winning four awards on its nine nominations.

“Whiplash,” the independent film about an aspiring jazz drummer and his tough mentor from young director Damien Chazelle, won three Oscars.

The only box office blockbuster among the eight, the Iraq war drama “American Sniper” from director Clint Eastwood, also fell short with one win.

It was a night in which the controversy over the lack of diversity among this year’s nominees was front and center.

First-time host Neil Patrick Harris opened the telecast with a quip: “Tonight we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest, sorr y brightest.”

But the race theme resonated in a more serious way too, when Common and John Legend got a standing ovation and made many in the audience cr y with their performance of “Glor y” from the 1960s civil rights drama “Selma.”

It won best song, delivering the sole victor y to “Selma,” the film at the center of the diversity debate sparked by the exclusion of actors of color from the four acting categories. The nominations prompted a backlash on Twitter with the hashtag “ #OscarsSoWhite.” “’Selma’ is now, because the struggle for justice is right now,” said Legend in the aftermath of recent racially charged protests in America.

All four acting award winners celebrated their first Oscars.

Redmayne, who won critical acclaim for his depiction of the various stages of disability endured by Hawking, who suffers from the motor neuron disease known as ALS. “I am fully aware that I am a lucky, lucky man,” Redmayne said. “This Oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS.” Five-time nominee Julianne Moore won best actress, also for her portrayal of an illness, as a middle-aged woman suffering Alzheimer’s in “Still Alice.”

“I read an article that said that winning an Oscar could lead to living five years longer,” said the 54-year-old Moore. “If that’s true, I’d really like to thank the Academy because my husband is younger than me.”

Patricia Arquette won best supporting actress for her role as a struggling single mother in “Boyhood” and made an appeal for equal pay and rights for women in America in her acceptance speech.

J.K. Simmons, after decades as a character actor, won the best supporting actor as a monstrous music teacher in “Whiplash”.

For the biggest televised event outside the sports world, the Academy aimed to attract young viewers who may not care much about the films but who could tune in for the musical acts.

A bridge between the young and old, pop diva Lady Gaga received a standing ovation for her medley of tunes from “The Sound of Music” before introducing that film’s star, Julie Andrews.

Harris got laughs with his brave appearance in white un-

der wear, a spoof of Keaton’s opening scene in “Birdman.” But some of his jokes fell flat and his debut got mixed reviews.

Ratings for the ABC telecast might also suffer because the show ran past midnight on the U.S. East Coast.

Poland’s “Ida” clinched best foreign-language film, and director Pawel Pawlikowski pushed the 45-second acceptance speech boundar y to thank “my Polish friends who are in front of the TV, the crew who were in the trenches with us and who

are totally drunk now, and you were fantastic.”

Best documentar y went to “Citizenfour,” director Laura Poitras’ feature about National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who detailed the secret mass sur veillance programs.

“The subject of ‘Citizenfour,’ Edward Snowden, could not be here for some treason,” joked Harris.

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Michael Keaton, best actor nominee for his role in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virture of Ignorance),” arrives at the 87th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California Feb. 22. REUTERS

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February 24, 2015

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Study reveals e-cigarettes to have negative effects on health TYLER GOLD STAFF WRITER

Two weeks ago, talk show comedian John Oliver made waves after spending a large par t of his show talking about the tobacco industr y and the innately harmful nature of the plant it manufactures.

While many agree cigarettes are a detriment to health, others are unsure about the impact of electronic cigarettes.

Electronic cigarettes, often called e-cigs, are commonly believed to have fewer harmful effects on health when compared to traditional cigarettes, according to The Verge.

The vapor is not as harsh, the smell is not as obtrusive and advertisers claim cigarettes are more harmful than e-cigs. Many people inhabiting cities or college campuses might notice how e-cigarette use has spiked in recent months, according to The Verge.

The presumed health benefits of switching to e-cigs may just be a fog distracting us from the truth, according to a recent study from Johns Hopkins University.

According to the study, mice exposed to vapor from e-cigarettes had impaired immune systems, and their lungs were less capable of fending off viral and bacterial infections when compared to mice not exposed to the vapor.

The study also found harmful molecules, known as free radicals, were also present in the vapor, according to scientific journal PLOS One. The team behind the study exposed mice to electronic cigarette vapor over a two-week period, with a control group not exposed to the vapor, according to PLOS One. There were no mice exposed to conventional cigarette smoke.

The research only dealt with one brand of e-cigs, specifically Njoy, according to PLOS One. There are dozens of other comparable products on the market that may or may not have different combinations of chemicals.

According to the study, another area of concern is how animals will not naturally vape or smoke like humans, so complex apparatuses might need to be constructed to simulate the effects of e-cigs in this type of study.

According to a similar study, released in January and published in a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine, vaping at high voltages actually results in high levels of formaldehyde, a well-documented carcinogen.

Because e-cigs don’t produce smoke or tar, there is a common perception among both physicians and the public that e-cigs are a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, according to The New England Journal of Medicine.

Consistent with this finding, cigarette use among teens is at an all time low, according to TheTruth.com.

But in December 2014, USA TODAY reported that teen electronic cigarette use had not only reached an all-time peak, but had surged past regular cigarette use among teens.

Electronic cigarettes led users to adopt use patterns that differ from established cigarette norms — namely, going outside to smoke. An intense discourse over whether or not it is okay to vape indoors has tightly followed the rise of e-cigs, according to USA Today.

E-cigs should be treated the same as regular cigarettes, said Mar y Kate Riecks, a Rutgers alumna.

“It might just be vapor, but enough of the same chemicals and nicotine are there,” she said. “There’s definitely a noticeable smell. It’s still rude to do it inside.”

There is a common perception of how cigarettes are more harmful to your health than e-cigarettes, but that does not mean e-cigs do not pose a threat to your health, according to The Verge.

Until more information and studies become available, it’s still in one’s best interest to avoid running the risk of burning a hole in your future.

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his time Kanye isn’t the one calling B.S. The elicited cheers from Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lo87th Academy Awards is being called the pez as she dedicated the speech to any woman that “whitest” the show has been since 1998. The has given birth and said, “It’s our time to have wage categories for both male and female leading and sup- equality once and for all and equal rights for women porting roles were completely filled with white people in the United States of America.” While Arquette lat— for the first time in years, there were no minority er botched her sentiments, expressing that gays and nominees. Similarly, there were no female nominees colored people have their rights and now it’s time to in the musical original score and directing categories. fight for women, she does have a point. An awards It is unlikely that the Academy is actively trying to acceptance speech is the most unexpected yet opporsnub minority actors and actresses, even though that tune time to make a political statement and alongside may be what it looks like on the surface. The problem Arquette, Reese Witherspoon did exactly that, just not is that the entertainment industry is not giving minori- on stage.

While on the red carpet, the “Wild” actress called ties the opportunity to shine through in roles that were attention to the social media slogan #askhermore. The created without race in mind.

When minorities are cast for movies that have been campaign is designed to get red carpet hosts to ask deemed Oscar-worthy, they are usually stereotypical women about the roles they’ve played and the movroles. The black actors and actresses that have won ies they have been in, the sole reason they are at the awards show to being Oscars in the past with — not just their traditionally win them nails and dresses. Asfor roles that fulfilled “But talent has no color. If an actor, director suming that women stereotypes: Lupita or musician has the talent, they should not should only discuss Nyong’o as a slave, their outward appearHattie McDaniel as a be denied the chance to win awards.” ance is archaic. The maid and Halle Berry red carpet show was as a struggling, single likely created to showmother. But talent has no color. If an actor, actress, director or musician case what everyone is wearing, but if men get asked has the talent, they should not be denied the chance about their roles in filmmaking, why can’t women?

The choice is simple: do Americans want awards to win awards that praise their talent. The sentiment is obvious. But when movies like “Gone Girl” and “Selma” shows to represent society and entertainment as a are snubbed for nominations, it makes everyone ques- whole? If the answer is no, then the Academy and all tion what the Academy’s standards are and why. The other nominations boards can proceed with business movies that allow minorities to showcase their artistic as usual. But if the answer is yes, then changes need talents are not the types of films that typically get nom- to be made to nomination processes and the people inated for the Academy Awards. Movies that are of the who are allowed to vote and nominate musicians, accomedy, action or horror genres are not typically nomi- tors and actresses. It feels like America is ready to see nated for awards and whether coincidently or not, these minorities dominate the silver screen in important roles that transcend race, but the Academy just isn’t are the movies that often showcase minorities.

The 87th Academy Awards also called into question there yet. Without a Kanye-like figure calling them out the way women are being treated not only in film, but for failing to give a nod to minorities, is there really a in America as well. Patricia Arquette, who won the problem? Just like a tree falling in the woods with no Oscar for best actress in a supporting role, used her one around to hear it, if no one calls on the Academy speech to advance the fight for equal pay. Her words to change their practices, are they making a sound?

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ir dman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), swept the evening’s most coveted awards at the Oscars this past Sunday, but across the board, buzz over the ceremony had little to do with winners and losers. The 87th Academy Awards were undeniably as politically charged as ever, with nearly each and ever y honoree vying on behalf of social issues ranging from immigration to gender inequality to suicide prevention.

One remark that almost instantly made headlines came from Sean Penn’s off-color introduction of Best Picture winner and Birdman director Alejandro G. Inarritu, in which he refers to Inarritu’s immigrant status, saying, “Who gave this son of a bitch his green card?” Inarritu assured that Penn’s words were in jest and between friends, but his wisecrack energized long-standing debate over faux liberalism and thinly-concealed racism in Hollywood. Regardless of his opening, the dark comedy’s director used his platform as a call for justice for his fellow Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, to ensure they “be afforded the respect that previous generations of immigrants

have been given.” The standing ovation that followed his speech was but one of a slew of ovations that came about over the course of the Oscar ceremony.

In a dynamic, theatrical opening number, Neil Patrick Harris, host of the 87th Academy Awards, revered the moving picture while poking fun at the pitfalls of show business, including a not-so-subtle nod to the cast of Selma with his remark that the “best and whitest, sorr y, brightest” were being honored in the Oscars fanfare. With tongue-in-cheek, Harris touched on the fact that among the nominees across all 20 acting categories not one was a person of color, without exception. Others did not take it so lightly.

After Selma, the critically-acclaimed chronicle of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic march from Selma to Montgomer y, went without director or leading actor nominations for Ave DuVernay or David Oyelowo, the Oscars and those who govern it came under heavy fire. The snub led many to wonder just who makes up the governing panel of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

According to the Los Angeles Times, approximately 94 percent of Oscars voters are caucasian and 77 percent are male. This disparity angered black civil rights groups and almost resulted in protest. Selma took home best song with its anthem, “Glor y,” after an impassioned performance by John Legend and rapper

Common that brought audience members to tears. In their acceptance speech, Legend spoke eloquently to the tremendous incarceration rates of Black men in the United States today, and Common emphatically summoned people to band together, holding the iconic Edmund Pettus bridge as a symbol of freedom, whether in inequalities of race, gender or sexual orientation.

Boyhood’s Patricia Arquette took home the Oscar for best supporting actress and used her podium to deliver powerful messages on both ecological sanitation and gender inequality, specifically in regard to equal wages for women, inciting uproarious applause from Mer yl Streep and Jennifer Lopez.

Today, Arquette is under feminist fire — not for what was said on stage, but off — when she implored “all the gay people and all the people of color” to “fight for us now.”

The issue of suicide and suicide prevention was also a prevalent one during the Oscar ceremony. First-time nominee Graham Moore, who won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for “The Imitation Game,” spoke unabashedly on his own teenage suicide attempt, and in doing so shed light on the seldom discussed issues of childhood depression and self-harm. In the spirit of Alan Turing, the unsung war hero who took his own life at the age of 41 after being prosecuted for being an openly gay male,

Study abroad offers valuable experiences a brief training will lead to full cultural competency in that (or any other) culture, we hope it will encourage our students to look more deeply at, and be more sensitive to, people that differ in ethnicity, religion or values from that of their own, and we encourage others leading such trips to arrange pre-departure cultural sensitivity trainings and/or coursework.

Communication. It is often the case that there will be communication barriers between students and the people of the culture they are traveling to ‘serve.’ Although verbal communication barriers are partly resolved through able translators — an integral part of these groups — issues also arise during non-verbal communication.

Here, the saying “it is not what we say but how we say it,” is key. We must be aware of how we convey information non-verbally to avoid the appearance of bias in our

of such biases, which in turn create otherwise avoidable conflict. One example of this is learning culturally specific ways to TEFERA GEZMU AND GWENDOLYN BEETHAM decline offers of food and other invitations without being offensive.

Using technology wisely. Although we tude nts at Rutgers University are each have ‘no technology’ policies in the fortunate to have numerous opporclassroom, we cannot expect — nor would tunities to travel abroad, whether we want — students to leave their camfor extended periods of study or shorter eras and phones behind while on their service-learning based trips. As leaders study abroad or service learning trips. of such trips, we have seen firsthand how In fact, technology can be a useful way to interactions with people of different culhelp students reflect on their experiences. tures and ethnicities allows our students However, the use of technology on these the opportunity to see the world and its trips becomes an issue when students are contents, while enabling them to develop more focused on documenting their expeadditional sets of values and views they rience via Instagram and Facebook than can use throughout their lives. These posactually being present in the moment. The itive effects, however, can be lessened, effects are two-fold: first, it prevents stuand miscommunication and conflict can dents from fully engaging with their host arise when students are not adequately community, and second, photos taken of prepared. With spring break travel around people in other countries the corner, we offer this without their permission five-point list based on our demonstrates a lack of reown experiences that we “Study abroad and service-learning programs are spect and the kind of culhope will help students not unidirectional. Students should not participate in tural ‘othering’ that goes be better equipped for the these experiences expecting to ‘change lives,’ but rather against the core objectives challenges and opportuniof such travel experiences ties offered through interexpecting to engage in a learning exchange.”

— to become more culturnational travel. ally competent students Learning exchange. and global citizens.

First and foremost, it We encourage students to seriously should be made clear that study abroad expressions, which can interfere with the and service-learning programs are not uni- essential purposes of these trips. Under- engage with the suggestions we have directional. That is, students should not standing some basic dos and don’ts of a offered here and take the initiative to participate in these experiences expecting particular culture is imperative in this learn more about the cultures of the to ‘change lives,’ but rather expecting to case. For example, recognizing particular places they will be visiting. In so doengage in a learning exchange wherein cultural beliefs about modesty and dress ing, students will not only be more rethey will learn as much (if not more) from is important so as not to offend others or spectful and reflective members of their create discomfort to our students. host communities, but they will also their hosts as they contribute.

Recognizing prejudice. We all have cul- get the most out of their experiences.

Cultural competency. Cultural understanding is not innate or intuitive to turally specific biases and prejudice, and Dr. Tefera Gezmu is an Assistant Profesthose outside of that culture and must be students must learn to recognize and exlearned — even a brief training on cul- amine theirs. Although most prejudice is sor in the Bloustein School of Planning and tural sensitivity can help avoid cultural based on fear and ignorance, it is still im- Public Policy. Dr. Gwendolyn Beetham is misunderstandings that result in insult or perative that we personally acknowledge it the Global Village Director in the Douglass conflict. Although we do not suggest that so as to mitigate unintended expressions Residential College.

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Moore emboldened all misfits to “stay weird, stay different.”

Accepting the award for best documentar y on behalf of “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1,” Dana Perr y dedicated the Oscar to her late son, a victim of suicide.

“We should talk about suicide out loud,” she said.

Citizenfour, the gripping inside look on Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency scandal, took home best documentar y feature, and Laura Poitras dedicated a portion of her speech to the subject of democracy, affirming, “the disclosures that Edward Snowden reveals don’t only expose threats to our privacy, but to our democracy.”

Hollywood’s most star-studded evening was political from beginning to end, promoting discussion on the topics award winners chose to use their airtime to advocate for. Remembrance of the big winners and the losers of Oscar night will surely fade in the public consciousness, but if the advocating of award winners is any indication, social issues are at the forefront of even Hollywood’s star-studded consciousness, and the tides are swiftly turning.

Christopher Roney is a sophomore in the School of Arts and Sciences double majoring in journalism and media studies and American studies. He is the Copy Editor of the Daily Targum.

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RUSA budget, sizeable funded by student fees When advocating for his bill that would pay certain members of Rutgers University Student Assembly, Sam Clark, who serves as RUSA’s parliamentarian, argued that money for his proposal would not come from student fees and would not negatively affect other student organizations. That is simply not true.

The entire budget of RUSA — over $146,000 for the year — is funded by student fees. Unlike other student organizations, however, their budget is approved outside of the allocations process. In fact, their budget is approved in its entirety before the Fall semester, as opposed to other student groups which must apply for allocations each semester. In addition, unlike the allocations process, their budget approval is not transparent. In fact, when I asked many members of RUSA, most did not know how large their budget was, how it got approved or how their budget is funded.

Because allocations is also funded by student fees, and the amount of money collected by student fees is itself limited, every dollar that goes toward the RUSA budget is a dollar that is not distributed to other organizations, many of whom have seen their budgets slashed by over 50 percent this semester. In contrast, not only has RUSA not seen any budget reductions, but their budget has actually grown when compared to last year.

I end with one final question to the Rutgers public: what do you feel you’ve gotten for your $146,000 this year?

Michael Guggenheim, Class of 2016, Eagleton Undergraduate Associate, Majoring in Political Science, Minoring in Modern Hebrew Language.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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Today’s Birthday (02/24/15). Grow your professional status along with your income this year. Step into new leadership. Discipline and focus pay fine dividends. Nurture your social reach to amplify. Prepare to launch a personal dream project after 3/20. Meticulous bookkeeping serves well, especially after 4/4. New partnership sparks after 10/13. Stir passion into your work and thrive. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 10 — The money’s available, if you go for it. It takes discipline. Clean and cook and imagine an inspiring future. Focus attention on home and family. Create beauty together. Grow community support networks. This is power.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Keep focusing time and interest on a subject you love.

Be persistent, even without agreement. You’re stacking up treasure for the future. Make peace with what is. You can get whatever you need. Important people speak well of you.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Delegate a difficult job. Let go of what you have to get something better. Take time to meditate on it first. Organize household matters. Get advice from an elder auntie. New information helps solve a dilemma.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 9 — Feminine discipline and strength supports you now.

Completing old tasks pays best.

Something doesn’t add up. Postpone household chores. Send for whatever you need. Tailor the plan to fit the budget. Make soup and comfort foods.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Think of more ways to grow your income. A creative path suits you nicely. Your partner provides needed resources. Work on design and brand management. Work for what you love, despite obstacles and barriers. You’re attracting attention.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Travel, study and exploration flow well today. Pursue a curiosity. Unravel a mystery. Romance enters the picture unbidden. Your best tutor is a good friend. Don’t spend on stuff you don’t need. Use what you’ve got. Whistle a tune.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Manage household funds to conserve resources. No gambling. Clean, sort and organize.

File and give away things. Cooking at home saves money. Plan for the future. A trickle adds up, over time with interest.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Collaborate on a passion project with someone interesting. Deepen your partnership.

Invest in your career. Someone you respect is paying attention. This work brings unexpected rewards.

Create something of beauty together. Align your efforts to your heart.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Clean up a mess at work. Manage a breakdown without losing your cool. Reject a suggestion that’s too expensive. More funding is required. Hold a bake sale or crowd funding project. Find buried treasure by getting organized.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Provide well for your family, without losing your sense of humor. Get at least one big task completed. Play together. In adversity, pull together for strength.

In thriving, build your teamwork and replenish reserves.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Pay extra for long-lasting quality on a home repair. Invest in something that saves you time. Devote energy and effort towards home beautification. It’s not about impressing anyone. It’s about supporting you, your family and work.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Your partner appreciates you handling the plans. Talk about what needs to get done and delegate tasks. Send out press releases, and issue statements. Record your song. Accept a sweet deal.

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February 24, 2015

WALKOVER Knights need to take advantage of lowly Wagner team before schedule stiffens CONTINUED FROM BACK

something I’ll be focused on improving on Tuesday,” Nardella said.

The senior midfielder also together as a team and tr y to turn this around’,” Bieda said, adding, stressed that the Knights need to “I’m ver y excited for it, its definite- finish when given the chances this ly going to go up from here and I time around.

“Not being able to finish our know that.”

Head coach Brian Brecht sug- opportunities really killed us gests the team gets back to basics, (against Virginia),” he said.

There is little doubt Rutgers leave the past behind and refocus for today’s tilt. will run roughshod over the SeaBrecht and his team are head- hawks today, but the question reing into the teeth of their schedule, mains –– will the team learn anywhich includes matches with at thing from a perspective blowout? least four more ranked opponents.

The Knights’ head man hopes With that in mind, there’s no time they can draw something from to dwell on the Virginia drubbing. ever y contest.

“We have five games in 14 “We need to learn from every days, so we’re game, but also gonna have to take advantage of put this one the opportunities “We lost but we can’t behind us and to get better for look for ward,” worry about it. I just told the next game,” Brecht said. said. the guys, ‘Let’s just try to Brecht In his fourth *** year at the helm In the last get back on it and come in Piscataway, matchup between together as a team.’”

Brecht is conthe two schools, stantly preachRutgers crushed SCOTT BIEDA ing consistency Wagner in Staten Junior Attacker in improvement Island, 20-5. for the Knights, Goaltender a young team with 14 freshman and Kris Alleyne was a rock in the net 11 sophomores on the 48-man roster. for the Knights, stopping 12 shots “We are getting better ever y from the Seahawks. week,” Brecht said. “With a lot Senior midfielder Brian Goss of young guys and other guys fill- grabbed a hat trick in the matching in new positions and different up, netting three goals in the roles, that’s important.” strong outing. When he takes the Face-off specialist Joe Nardella field at High Point Solution today, won 18-of-21 faceoffs in last year’s it will be his fourth time facing off matchup against Wagner, helping against Wagner. to control possession for Rutgers

throughout the game.

For updates on the Rutgers men’s “We didn’t face off well against lacrosse team, follow @KevinPXavier Virginia and that is definitely and @TargumSports on Twitter.

HISTORY RU places 11th out of 13 teams, sets four school records at Big Ten Championships CONTINUED FROM BACK Wu was able to get the team’s first top-ten finish in an individual event in the 100-backstroke with a season best time of 53.14 seconds.

In her final meet, Leberfinger earned a season-high of her own in

the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:01.56. She even broke her own record in the 200-breaststroke with a time of 2:11.38.

Following her performance over the weekend, she was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team.

Entering the Big Ten Championships, junior swimmer Joanna Wu said the Knights made it a goal to rewrite the school’s record books.

TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2014

Junior attacker Scott Bieda assisted on two goals in last year’s matchup with Wagner. Bieda leads the team with six goals through three games this year. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2015

“I was really pleased with how we performed,” Leberfinger said.

“Several coaches had commented on how we approached the meet very well. We didn’t let the transition show at all. We supported each other and took it head on.

On the boards, freshman Addison Walkowiak continued her impressive rookie campaign by breaking the record in the one-meter dive with a score of 305.25, which earned her a 12th place finish.

The four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week and four-time ECAC Diver of the Week aims to continue her success as the postseason gradually nears.

Pfaff posted a season-best of 2:00.87 in the individual medley, while the group of Coyne, Wu, sophomore Meghan Kiely and freshman Karli Rymer was able to post a season-high of 1:32.12 in the 200-freestyle relay.

The team knows it have to kick it up a notch with the NCAAs right around the corner.

But according to Spiniello, the big stage of the meet and records have motivated the Knights to pick up the slack even more.

“We have to take it to the next level and to prepare we will set a team goal of finishing higher next year and that all starts with spring training,” Spiniello said. “This year’s experience and breaking a lot of school records, as well as setting personal bests, helps us do that.”

For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

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February 24, 2015 WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

RU peaks as postseason nears KAYLEE POFAHL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Expectations sometimes exist to be defied.

The young Rutgers women’s track and field team has led an indoor season sowed with performances that do just that.

With a team that has double the amount of freshman and sophomores (22) than juniors and seniors (11), the outlook for the Scarlet Knights this season wasn’t anything extraordinary.

In the United States Track and Field and Cross Countr y Coaches Association’s national report, Rutgers held a ranking of 81 for the first three weeks of the 2015 indoor season. In the latest report, the Knights jumped further up the list, now ranking 72 nationally.

What caused this leap?

Although a predominantly young team, Rutgers has collectively and consistently seen improvements as the indoor season has progressed.

At the Rutgers Invitational, the kickoff event of the season, the Knights logged only two ECAC qualifying marks, both from senior standout Gabrielle Farquharson.

At the most recent meet, the Valentines Invitational held Feb. 14, Rutgers picked up six ECAC qualifying times. Four of the six times were clocked in by underclassmen.

“Because it’s a young team, I think the ability to train at a high level on a more consistent basis has really gotten better over the last couple months,” head coach James Robinson said. “I think that’s been a major key — that they’ve stayed healthy and been able to handle a higher-level training.”

Among the top young performers was freshman sprinter

Bria Saunders, who picked up an ECAC qualifying mark in the 200-meter dash for the third time in a row this season.

Surpassing her previous time from the Metro Team Challenge of 24.88 seconds, Saunders set a new personal record in the event in her second place finish at the Metropolitan Championships where she followed Farquharson closely across the finish line at 24.57 seconds.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a championship meet or if it’s

“We’ve had upperclassmen that really stepped in and ... helped the young team adjust to college training.”

JAMES ROBINSON Head Coach

just a regular meet, I treat them all the same,” Saunders said. “Ever y meet’s impor tant, ever y meet is a new oppor tunity for me to fur ther time and get better.”

With strong examples and encouragement from the team’s upperclassmen, the young Knights have flourished in both training and competition.

“I think it starts definitely with your leadership. We’ve had upperclassmen that really stepped in and showed them the ropes and helped the young team get adjusted to college training,” Robinson said. “The upperclassmen are ver y good at sharing their experiences and guiding the young ladies on what they should do, so I think that’s been ver y helpful.”

Among the ECAC qualifiers is sophomore Felicia O’Donnell, who has had consistent top-ten performances in the 1000-meter run throughout the season.

O’Donnell picked up a new personal record with her ECAC time of 2:55.19. Freshman Celine Mazzi followed O’Donnell across the finish line, capturing a season-best in her own ECAC time of 2:55.94.

Sophomore Nicole Nicholas also had a notable performance in the 500-meter run, grabbing an ECAC qualifying time at the Valentine Invitational in her debut appearance for the event this season.

Thriving off the successes of one another, Rutgers continues to show vast improvements as the season continues.

“Just seeing ever yone do well, it really just influences ever yone else to tr y to match that,” Nicholas said. “It makes ever yone tr y to work to their best ability.”

With so many distinguished performances, it is clear that any competitor who perceives the Knights as a young team that poses minimal threat will suffer the consequences first-hand.

A strong, family-like team dynamic paired with focused training revs Rutgers onward and upward as it heads into matchups with conference rivals at the Big Ten Championships this weekend.

“We’re all here in the best interest of our teammates, and we want to see ever yone succeed and do well,” Saunders said.

“That really brings us closer together on the track and off the track, and it really brings out the most success in all aspects.”

For updates on the Rutgers women’s track team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

On a relatively young team, senior Gabrielle Farquharson (middle-left) has been one of the few upperclassmen to lead the team in its indoor meets this season. THE DAILY TARGUM / JANUARY 2012

Despite the absence of All-American senior jumper and sprinter Corey Crawford, Rutgers is flourishing in its indoor season.

TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2014

Rutgers preaches poise amid pressure MIKE O’SULLIVAN

The coaching staff has been doing all it can to instill confidence in their athletes, telling In most sports, there is a part them to stay focused on hitting of the season in which expecta- their marks and to block out any tions are heightened as the stakes unnecessary distractions. are raised.

“We’ve had some strong Everything — all the hard performances this season, and work in practices and effort exert- several athletes have already ed in games and competitions — set personal records,” said asleads to the most important time sistant coach Robert Farrell. of the year.

“Ever yone is really starting to For the Rutgers men’s track put things together and all our and field team, its most import- workouts are starting to come ant stretch of the indoor season is together, which is what we all about to get underway. want to see.”

That begins with the Big Ten It has been a successful start Championships this weekend in to the season in terms of qualGeneva, Ohio. ifying marks, all done despite The Scarlet Knights under- All-American senior jumper and stand the importance of compe- sprinter Corey Crawford having titions at the yet to compete Big Ten Chamthis season. pionships and Crawford “Everyone is really the upcoming has retained starting to put things IC4A Chama vocal leadpionships in ership role together ... which is Boston, Maswhile looking what we all sachusetts, to get back but believe it on the track want to see.” is critical to after bouts stay loose and with a hamROBERT FARRELL not buy into string injur y Assistant Coach the belief that and is expectpressure is ed to be back something to worry about. for the final stretch.

“If there is any added presMeanwhile, others have taken sure, it is only the pressure to it upon themselves to make sure do well and to be motivated to do the team is in the right frame well,” said sophomore pole vault of mind heading into the key competitor Nicholas Patterson. stretch of meets ahead.

“We know that people might be Junior hurdler Kyle Holder looking down on us, but we build wants his teammates to continue off of that. We’re ready to go down using the positive mindset it has the stretch of the season.” implemented in recent weeks, The Knights know what they putting themselves in prime poare up against moving forward. sition to succeed in the biggest They have heard whispers of competitions of the season. how they are in for a rude awak“There is always pressure ening during their first time at to perform well, but we aren’t the Big Ten Championships, but adding more on ourselves now,” have not let that talk deter them Holder said. “Track and field in their training. is a sport that is different than That talk has also not crept into most. Ever y single year we have their minds during their last few an opportunity to race the best meets, as they have recently put teams in the countr y, and this is together some of their best perfor- just another year and an oppormances on the indoor season. tunity to do that.”

In Rutgers’ last meet at the Valentine Invitational in Boston, For updates on the Rutgers 11 athletes qualified for the IC4A men’s track and field team, follow Championships. @TargumSports on Twitter.

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February 24, 2015 BASEBALL RUTGERS TRAINS IN BUBBLE, RAC WHILE OUTDOOR WEATHER LIMITS PRACTICE

Knights use alternative training methods during slump TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDENT

The season has not gone the way that the Rutgers baseball team expected it to.

The Scarlet Knights dropped their opening series against thenNo. 9 Miami, losing all four games by tallies of 5-2, 9-5, 9-3 and 25-4 in the finale — the most runs the Knights have allowed since they dropped a 24-6 game to Louisville in May 2010.

Head coach Joe Litterio found some sort of silver lining in the young season, but still expects more from his squad.

After only four games, he reiterated that there is nowhere to go but up.

“Once you get a chance to sit back and think about the opening weekend, what really makes the weekend bad is the 25-run game on Sunday,” Litterio said.

“You take that game away, and we are in tight ball games those three games and we didn’t play well. That’s the bright spot. We didn’t play well and we are still competing with the ninth-best team in the countr y.”

After a weekend that left most of the Knights thinking they committed more faults than accomplished good, Rutgers aimed to rebound in Knoxville against competitive SEC-program in Tennessee.

However, record-high snowfall decided the Knights would not get a chance at redemption on the season, at least not yet.

Governor Bill Haslam declared a level-two state of emergency this past weekend with the death toll reaching 22 lives on Sunday afternoon, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

With travel to Tennessee out of the question and the weekend series cancelled, Rutgers turned to alternative methods to improve. Without the same advantages of southern schools and other programs with baseball facilities, Rutgers has to put in work in creative ways.

That means more training in the Bubble, extra hitting sessions in the hidden batting cages at the Louis Brown Athletic Center and practices on a thawed-out Bainton Field, when possible — ways the Knights get more work in during the winter.

To junior left-hander Howie Brey, the best way to improve on what has been a rough start to the season is more specific to each position.

For the pitchers, it’s about the first pitch of an at-bat and keeping your command.

“We have to learn from our mistakes,” Brey said. “We had a tough weekend (against Miami), especially with not throwing strikes or making that first pitch a strike. We got behind guys. We really worked this week on throwing bullpens, getting those first pitches in as strikes and pounding the zone in our sessions this week at practice. That’s how you have to bounce back.”

Senior first baseman Joe D’Annunzio said Rutgers underperformed against then-No. 9 Miami. The Knights return to action Friday at Old Dominion. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2014 With nine total errors on the weekend, Litterio feels the Knights left something to be desired on defense. Since the days of legendar y former head coach Fred Hill, Rutgers has had the philosophy of playing sound defense.

With all the physical mistakes, Litterio eyes improving the little things when the Knights take the field.

“We need to work on the little things that we did wrong that hurt us in those ball games,” Litterio said. “We need to field

routine ground balls. It wasn’t a standpoint of not knowing what to do or where to be. These problems are routine and we are going to make these errors when you go from a turf bubble to go play on grass and dirt for the first time. We had some routine balls that we will field during the regular season that we didn’t this time.”

With all the hardships in the early part of a season, senior first baseman Joe D’Annunzio said Rutgers has already moved past the series with the Hurricanes

and believes the Knights have the rest of the season to improve.

“We did a lot of things as a team that we didn’t want to do, but we come into this week just working hard,” D’Annunzio said.

“We are trying to get back to the little things and focusing up. We are trying to forget the Miami series and move forward. It’s four games out of a 56-game schedule.

We still got a lot of ball to play.”

For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @TylerKaralewich and @TargumSports on Twitter.

SOFTBALL BATES ENTERS FINAL SEASON AT RUTGERS WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS

Centerfielder flourishes after gunning down mental block RYAN MORAN STAFF WRITER

When Jackie Bates was researching schools to attend after earning her high school diploma the list was neither extensive nor expansive.

It did not have a slew of schools strewn out across the country — in fact, she composed a list of just one.

She wanted to be a part of the softball program at Rutgers.

“When I was being recruited, I didn’t look at many colleges far away or many to begin with,” said the senior centerfielder. “I really only wanted to come to Rutgers.”

It was an easy decision for her to be close to her home in Lincroft, New Jersey, and play at a prominent university.

But things weren’t always easy at first.

An athlete’s freshman season can be the hardest in college due to how they must adjust to elevated levels of competition on the field and in the classroom.

Despite earning starts in 50 of 52 games, Bates struggled with a .213 batting average in her first season at the Division I level in the Big East Conference. During her sophomore campaign, she saw an increase in her batting average moving up to .258 and she started in every game.

At that point, she began to alter how she approached the plate.

“I changed my mental approach a lot,” Bates said. “I know coming in as a freshman and a sophomore, I would get very

stressed out and down on myself.

I’ve learned how to ignore that and believe in myself more.”

Her adjustments showed as she raised her batting average by a staggering .177, going from hitting .213 in her freshman season to .390 in her junior campaign last year. Bates also started every game of the Scarlet Knights’ first and only season in the American Athletic Conference.

“It’s a natural improvement,” said head coach Jay Nelson on improving hitting. “But she kind of over-excelled in her improvement from her freshman season.

It’s also getting used to the college pitching and figuring it out.

She had two years where she was still figuring it out, and then last year she completely figured it out.”

He went on to praise her for the type of player she has become since arriving to the program.

“She has all the tools,” Nelson said. “She has good speed, she tracks balls well in the outfield, she has a good arm and she hits well. She’s durable and doesn’t get hurt much.”

As someone who has started 158 games out of a possible 160,

As a junior last year, Jackie Bates improved greatly with a career-high .390 batting average. In her final year at Rutgers, the centerfielder seeks the next level. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2013

Bates has instituted her leadership and durability as a constant on this team.

“I think that just experience helped,” Bates said. “Right now, I’m doing a lot of things differently from my freshman year that I would have never thought to do.

As a freshman, you are adjusting and try to learn the program and how to play at this level. By your junior year and senior year, you get used to it and have all the time to practice.”

Bates will be the first one to tell someone that she is not a vocal leader — the Middletown South High School product leads by example to help her teammates.

Bates credits senior left fielder Chandler Howard and senior left-hander Alyssa Landrith with playing a part in her development.

She said the three of them feed off one another.

Five games into the last round at her dream school, Bates hopes that she and her senior classmates can go out with a bang.

“As a teammate you love having her on your side because you know she will work hard for you,” Howard said. “It’s been great being able to play next to her in both the lineup and the outfield. She handles the game with such poise and never lets anything affect her. It shows how well she plays.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It doesn’t matter if it’s a championship meet or if it’s just a regular meet, I treat them all the same.

Every meet’s important, every meet is a new opportunity for me to further time and get better.”

- Freshman sprinter Bria Saunders

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SWIMMING & DIVING KNIGHTS SET FOUR NEW PROGRAM RECORDS AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Knights make history at Big Ten meet RYAN MORAN STAFF WRITER

On the sur face, the results didn’t appear promising.

At the end of the Big Ten Championships this past weekend, the Rutgers swimming and diving team finished in 11th place among a 13-team field.

But despite finishing toward the end of the totem pole with their conference foes, the Scarlet Knights left Columbus, Ohio, by etching their names in the record books.

At the end of the meet, Rutgers came home to Piscataway with four school records in hand in the 200-medley relay, 400-medley relay, 200-breaststroke and one-meter dive.

“We expected that type of competition.

Walking into that atmosphere was pretty electric, to compete with some of the best in the country,” said head coach Phil Spiniello. “We were great in our relays. The 200-medley relay school record was six or seven years old and to break it is great. This showed the program is moving forward and doing a great job.”

Before the Knights embarked on the trip, they already had the mindset of making history.

“A lot of us made it a goal to rewrite the record book,” said junior Joanna Wu. “We want to continue the legacy that our whole team could have an impact on the record book, so it helps at the meet individually to push the extra mile to get that team goal.”

The team of Wu, senior Greta Leberfinger, junior Morgan Pfaff and junior Sarah Coyne took down the 200-medley relay and the 400-medley relay with times of 1:40.43 and 3:37.64, respectively. Their performance in the 400-medley relay was the team’s first top-ten finish of the meet.

Playing a part in three of the four school records set by Rutgers in the Big Ten Championships this past weekend in Columbus, Ohio, senior swimmer Greta Leberfinger contributed to a strong outing by the Knights. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2014

SEE HISTORY ON PAGE 13

MEN’S LACROSSE WAGNER-RUTGERS, TODAY, 3 P.M.

Rutgers eyes walkover win versus Wagner KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

It’s just the right team at the right time.

Sometimes after a tough loss, a team needs that “give me” game.

The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team won’t be facing a top-ranked team Tuesday, nor will it face a team that could be classified as competitive.

Instead, the Scarlet Knights will look to get back on track as they host a sub-par Wagner program today at 3 p.m. at High Point Solutions Stadium.

The Knights aim to bounce back after consecutive lopsided losses to Richmond and No. 5 Virginia, with the latter coming this past Saturday in Piscataway.

Rutgers was unable to capitalize on scoring oppor tunities when they were presented by the Cavaliers and as the

snowfall increased so did the of fensive onslaught waged by Virginia, closing the game with four consecutive goals to seize a 14-5 road win.

But this is not Virginia.

To say that Wagner’s lacrosse program needs improvement would be kind.

The Seahawks (0-1) had an extra week of f after their contest last weekend against Monmouth was postponed due to inclement weather, but they were tagged by a mid-level Lafayette team 10-5 in their season opener.

Wagner was 2-11 in 2014, bookended by a seven-game losing streak to start the year and a 20-5 walkover by the Knights in the second game of the season.

Ten dif ferent Rutgers players tallied a goal with Christian Trasolini, Brian Goss, Connor Murphy and Rich Rambo all scoring twice.

The 2013 season was even worse for Wagner when the Seahawks slinked to a 1-12 finish.

Scott Bieda was encouraged by the oppor tunity to get better after the loss to Virginia.

“We lost but we can’t worry about it, because we have two more games coming up this week starting with Wagner,” Bieda said.

Bieda is one of a few Knights who has been playing well on a consistent basis.

The junior attacker carries a hot stick entering this one, with five goals in the past two games.

That includes a hat trick against Virginia, which ser ved as an attempt to will his team back in the game.

“I just told the guys (after losing to Virginia), ‘Let’s tr y to get back on it and come SEE WALKOVER ON PAGE 13

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Milwaukee Chicago

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Minnesota Houston

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SYESSENCE DAVIS, senior guard, was named among 15 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which recognizes the top point guard in women’s basketball. She is averaging 3.4 steals for Rutgers this year.

Senior midfielder Joe Nardella won all but three faceoffs in last year’s game.

MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

MEN’S LACROSSE

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

TENNIS

BASEBALL

vs. Wagner

vs. Monmouth

vs. Seton Hall

at Old Dominion

Today, 3 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.

Tomorrow, 4 p.m, Piscataway, N.J.

Tomorrow, 1 p.m., East Brunswick, N.J.

Friday, 3 p.m., Norfolk, Va.