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John Wisniewski talks about education at U. Nikhilesh De correspondent
As governor, Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-19) would support a student voting member on Rutgers’ Board of Governors. If it becomes too difficult to change state law dictating who can become a voting member, he would appoint a student to fill an existing spot on the board, he said during a town hall meeting on education Sunday night in the Douglass Student Center. “I’d like to change the law, but I also recognize that there’s a very complicated formula between the number of governors and trustees,” he said. “If we can’t do that, if we can’t get the law changed to create a student member on the Board of Governors, then I would take one of my appointments as governor to make sure we had a student representative.” The assemblyman laid out his views on education in New Jersey, and said that the Garden State does not currently fund its public schools at the levels it should. “We have not funded to the point where this year, we’re underfunding (public education) by $1.6
billion,” he said. “That is a travesty, not only for all of our children who go to public schools but for the teachers and those who pay property taxes which go up.” Higher education also needs to be reformed, particularly with state or other public institutions, Wisniewski said. College students should not be required to take on debt in order to graduate, nor should they be prevented from trying to study a field they are genuinely interested in. “The economics are different today,” he said. “There are young men and women not just in New Brunswick but across the country and across the state saddled with student debts, and what do they do? Their first obligation is not whether they can follow their career goals related to their major, their first goal is ‘I have student loans due in six months and I need to find a job.’” Wisniewski proposed offering free tuition to students whose families have a combined income of $125,000 or less if they attend a public university or college in New Jersey. See education on Page 5
In a town hall in the Douglass Student Center, Assemblyman John Wisniewski pledged to put a voting student member on the University Board of Governors. He also said he would work to minimize student debt in New Jersey for low-income families. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Non-profit holds volleyball game for Syrian refugees Camilo Montoya-Galvez staff writer
Over the weekend, two individuals received non-life threatening wounds after a gun was fired at the intersection of Church Street and Spring Street. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
3 arrested on Sunday in connection to murder ALEXandra DEMATOS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Three New Brunswick residents have been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of Enrique Perez Galindo, 29, early Saturday morning, according to the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD). Manuel Maldonado, 20, Jose David Vasquez-Rivera, 18 and Xavier Sanchez-Parral, 18 were arrested
on Sunday and have been charged in connection with Perez Galindo’s murder, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday on Hamilton Street between Woodbridge and Bridge Streets, Perez Galindo, was approached by three men who demanded personal property outside of his home, according toTAPinto. See violence on Page 5
With her 8-year-old sister beside her, Zena Khoudeir, 21, watched several amateur teams face off in intense volleyball matches — all to raise funds for refugees of Syria, her parents’ native country. It was because of this personal connection that Khoudeir said she drove to the College Avenue campus gym on Sunday afternoon from her home in Princeton, New Jersey, to join dozens of Rutgers students for a volleyball tournament organized by the campus chapter of the national non-profit United Muslim Relief. “It’s amazing that there are people who do want to help us and that want to help them,” she said. “It makes me happy to see that people from other religions, cultures and races are out here to support Syrian refugees.” Ten teams made up of students, members from various Rutgers organizations and other New Jersey residents competed in the charity competition, which lasted for five hours.
United Muslim Relief held a volleyball game in the College Avenue Gymnasium over the weekend to provide food, water, healthcare and housing to Syrian refugees. CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ / STAFF WRITER Kulsum Khan, president of the Rutgers chapter of United Muslim Relief, said all of the proceeds will be sent to their national umbrella organization, which will use them to finance humanitarian aid. This includes food, water, healthcare and housing for Syrians displaced by the ongoing war. “They need help (the Syrians),” said Khan, a School of Arts and Sciences
junior. “They have no homes anymore. They are suffering.” Although the student group strives to help marginalized and impoverished groups in New Jersey and abroad, its members emphasized that the organization does not participate in political or religious advocacy. See refugees on Page 4
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Actuarial Club helps students pass exams, jumpstart careers
The Actuarial Club at Rutgers helps students pass the series of exams necessary to become certified actuaries. The organization also provides academic advising, so students can stay on track in their careers. FACEBOOK
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member participation from the fall semester into the spring semester. In the fall semester, many students come to events to boost The Rutgers Actuarial Club their chances of getting an internis committed to guiding stuship or job at the end of the school dents in the right direction to year. As students get their job ofobtain a career as an actuar y fers, they usually participate less through Rutgers. in the club, Nixon said. Actuaries use statistics and “The good financial theory news is that we to evaluate the “It is important that people are aware of the field so they best utilize their time in school by joining the club are very successlikelihood of ful in helping our certain events and taking classes to help them pass the exams.” members find and manage positions,” Nixrisk, helping rose nixon on said. companies plan Vice President of Rutgers Actuarial Club Nixon befor the future lieves that the and protect Rose Nixon, vice president of with actuaries from insurance to an end, the club is planning to club is an important addition to themselves from loss. AspirRutgers because actuarial science ing actuaries at Rutgers should the Rutgers Actuarial Club, said companies like MetLife and Pru- shift their focus on other skills. “We will most likely have some is a very specific career path that obtain strong quantitative and the club’s overall mission is to dential,” Nixon said. In the fall, the club holds an ac- exam study sessions and another not many students discover until problem-solving skills through advise students as they pursue an tuarial science career fair to help computer skills course. We are they are in college. actuarial career. University courses. “It is important that people “The club provides an envi- club members land internships also hoping to have an actuary Actuaries are needed in many different types of institutions ronment where students can and full-time positions, Nixon said. from the Society of Actuaries or are aware of the field so they best “We also hold resume clinics, Casualty Actuarial Society speak utilize their time in school by joinranging from insurance compa- meet and learn from other actunies, banks and universities, ac- aries-to-be,” Nixon said. “We fa- interview workshops, lessons in about the career at a meeting this ing the club and taking classes to help them pass the exams,” she cilitate establishing profession- VBA and Microsoft Excel and net- semester,” Nixon said. cording to the club’s website. The actuarial club is also plan- said. “The earlier you can take an The Rutgers Actuarial Club al connections, teach effective working events with our alumni,” ning to improve on maintaining exam, the better.” holds weekly meetings on Thurs- tips and studying strategies and Nixon said. contributing writer
days at 8:15 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center board room. Working as an actuary was named the best job of 2013, ranked according to physical demands, work environment, income, stress and hiring outlook. CNN named actuaries “the best job you’ve never thought of.”
provide relevant information about career opportunities in actuarial science.” The club holds a variety of meetings throughout the year. “We have meetings ranging from discussing the best Rutgers classes (to take) to prepare for actuarial exams, to hosting events
The main purpose of the actuarial club is to find internships for members to gain experience in the field. The club dedicates its focus primarily to resumes, interview preparation and networking in the fall and early spring semesters, Nixon said. As the hiring period comes
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Lollanobooza gives students night of alcohol-free fun Daniel Israel contributing writer
RU Experience celebrated a second annual “Lollanobooza,” a night of booze-free fun last Friday. RU Experience organized the liquor-less celebration to take place on Feb. 24 in the College Avenue Student Center. Starting at 10 p.m., Lollanobooza provided students with the opportunity to party on the weekend without the presence of alcohol. Though the sober-themed event returned to the College Avenue Student Center for its second consecutive year, Lollanobooza has been around for longer than two years. RU Experience decided to resurrect the event after a five-year hiatus, said Stephanie Reif, a graduate associate of Major Events and Programming. “Probably 10 years ago at this point, they started Lollanobooza,” she said. “It’s a play on words on the music festival Lollapalooza. The program started as a government initiative to calm down drinking on campuses using government grants. We decided to bring it back last year. It went really well, so we decided to do it again this year.” Reif said the main goal of Lollanobooza is to offer a fun event for Rutgers students that does not involve drinking. She said that programs like this are important because they encourage students to choose alternative ways to have fun on a Friday night other than going to bars. “A lot of our events are programmed so it’s an alternative to drinking,” Reif said. “Lollanobooza is the event specifically not for it. We enjoy supporting our students in a fun and safe environment like this. It’s a really fun program to host. Hopefully, we will be hosting it again next year.” At the College Avenue Student Center, Lollanobooza offered many opportunities for students to have fun in a safe environment. This year, RU Experience chose to host the party with a 90s theme.
Students enjoyed an alcohol-free night at Lollanobooza last Friday in the College Avenue Student Center. The 90s themed event featured free food, games and activities. Henry Fowler Noah Gurbin, a School of Arts Separated into three rooms, the the School of Arts and Sciencevent enlisted a variety of Rutgers es. He said the all-you-can-eat and Sciences sophomore, said student organizations to join the buffet was all it took for him to that while the buffet attracted him party to provide entertainment for choose to come to Lollanobooza to Lollanobooza, the atmosphere instead of barhopping around made him stay even after he had the student guests. finished eating. In the main ballroom, student New Brunswick. “I came out groups such tonight to eat as the Nufood. I heard trition Club “There was free food and I was about it. I’d rather eat the that there would hosted games for free than pay to drink.” be free food and differand here I am,” ent activities Gavin McGee Gurbin said. “I’m aimed at enSchool of Arts and Sciences Junior okay with this couraging party. There’s a safe drinking lot more vegetaattitudes. Ta“There was free food and I bles here than an off-campus party bles with games lined the room, alongside a buffet of foods in- was about it,” McGee said. “I’d with alcohol, that’s for sure. I would cluding dinosaur chicken nug- rather eat for free than pay to go to something like this again.” In another room, dancing gets, macaroni and cheese and drink. That’s an easy decision in my mind. And this buffet is pret- students crowded on a dimly potato smiles. The offer of free food was ty great. I’d come to events like lit dance floor, complete with a too enticing to pass up, said this all the time if they have food DJ and glow sticks. Adjacent to that, students could play a money Gavin McGee, a sophomore in like this.”
grabbing game for the chance to win a prize. Additionally, there was a large inflatable castle where a version of inflatable basketball could be played inside. While abstinence from alcohol, as well as the buffet, was the main attraction of the event, the 90s theme helped draw more students to the party. Lindsey Katz, a graduate student at the School of Social Work, said she came to Lollanobooza specifically because of the retro theme, regardless of the fact that there was no alcohol. “I decided to come out here because I’m a 90s kid,” Katz said. “I love experiencing the nostalgia of my childhood. It brings back many memories. I knew it would be a good time. The no booze thing wasn’t really a factor for me. I was here more so for the food, the experience and the fun.”
registered refugees in countries like Turkey and Jordan. There are also nearly 900,000 Syrians in Europe who have filed asylum applications, with Germany, Sweden and Hungary having the most. In North America, Canada has resettled more than 40,000 Syrian refugees and nearly 18,000 have arrived in the United States between 2015 and the first quarter of 2017, according to figures from the Migration Policy Institute.
judge in Washington and upheld by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Feb. 9. The White House has been working on a new order that will withstand legal scrutiny. Senior advisor to the president, Stephen Miller, told Fox News that the new order will have the “same policy outcome” as the previous one. Khoudeir said she does not understand why Muslims, like herself, or refugees fleeing war zones were targeted by Trump’s executive order or demonized by some sectors of the public, noting that her religion is one of “peace, not hate.” “Why would you want to shut the door on people who are trying to live a safe life and provide for their family?” she said. Although the primar y reason she brought her younger sister was because she did not have a babysitter at home, Khoudeir said events like the tournament can help instill values of ser vitude and compassion in younger generations. “Refugees have no way of getting other help,” she said. “We have the power to help them — they don’t need much.”
volleyball United Nations estimates around 63M Syrians have been displaced by violence continued from front Muna Mashhour, one of the group’s event coordinators and a School of Engineering junior, said the organization has Muslim origins, but its membership is not exclusively Muslim or focused solely on Muslim causes. Mashhour said the group has also done volunteer work in Newark and New Brunswick. Syrian refugees need assistance like the groups they have previously helped, but they are now at the forefront of worldwide humanitarian efforts because of their dire circumstances, she said. Yet it is not up to them to dictate what policies should be implemented by governments as it pertains to refugees, she said. “We are not telling the country what to do,” she said. “We have no political stance. We just see people in need and we want to help them.”
Khoudeir, who was born in America, said she used to visit Syria ever y summer before sectarian conflict broke out in 2011. She said the people who have been displaced by the violence and famine in the countr y
increasingly entangled in the conflict over time. Khoudeir said her family is from the historic city of Aleppo, now infamous for the carnage and destruction it endured while it was sieged by government forces. The prolonged war has prompted millions of Syrians to abandon their native lands for neighboring countries or to apply for asylum and refugee programs in Europe or countries like Canada and the United States.
“Refugees have no way of getting other help. We have the power to help them – they don’t need much.” zena khoudier ‘Serve for Syrian Refugees’ Attendee
are in desperate need of humanitarian aid. The Southwest Asian country has been embroiled in a convoluted war — involving forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, moderate rebel groups, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. A number of external countries and secular groups have also become
The United Nations also estimates that around 6.3 million Syrians have found themselves internally displaced by the violence. According to statistics from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, most Syrian refugees have resettled in the region, with nearly 5 million
During his first week in office, President Donald J. Trump rolled out an executive order that temporarily banned immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries and halted the nation’s refugee admissions program. After days of nationwide demonstrations, an injunction was placed on the order by a federal
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Rutgers alumna Alene Mathurin created My Nanny Circle as a way of empowering and protecting nannies from exploitation and abuse. Her work has gained significant traction in the last few years, forming a support network for women in the field. FACEBOOK
Rutgers alumna creates advocacy group to empower, protect child care workers Gabriela Amaral staff writer
Undocumented child care workers are likely to receive extremely low pay and suffer exploitation, harassment and abuse at work, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). Alene Mathurin, a Rutgers alumna, is working to change that fact with her organization My Nanny Circle. Mathurin immigrated to the U.S. from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. She worked as a nanny for many years and is now empowering and protecting nannies from all backgrounds through her advocacy work. Her organization and website are a support system for women in child care services, she said. “I realized that nannies needed a voice. I realized that there I was,
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an immigrant working as a nanny and there were stereotypes about nannies that were unfounded, stereotypes that needed to be dispelled. I realized that nannies need to be better trained,” Mathurin said. Mathurin’s work was recently featured in a New York Times article, “Nanny on a Mission.” She told The Daily Targum she recognizes the need for nannies to have a platform that allows for constructive dialogue. “So here I was, an outsidethe-box thinker, a woman who was at a university like Rutgers and simultaneously serving and working with children. The ideas that some members of society have about my work did not represent me and instead of pushing back, I realized that we needed to educate,” Mathurin said.
She said she saw a need to tell the stories of women from different backgrounds through their own unique voices. “We needed to do a lot of work and My Nanny Circle gave us space to do that in a non-threatening way, in an educational way, in a way that said, ‘Let me tell you more about me,’” Mathurin said. Many people only see nannying as including the custodial care of children, but Mathurin said, as a psychology major, she understood the importance of cognitive development in caring for children. My Nanny Circle was a way for Mathurin to bring light to the fact that there are nannies who are well educated about child care, she said. “We will not be able to convince every member of society, but we have come a long way,” she said.
“I realized this created preMy Nanny Circle includes women who are nannies with conceived notions in others that no formal education, as well as perpetuated discrimination, and women who have completed their these were the things that said to me that I should never stop,” graduate studies, she said. “Like Martin Luther King Jr. Mathurin said. This was true for immigrant said, every profession is honorable and we wanted to bring honor women as much as for white back into our profession,” she said. women who felt pressured to take My Nanny Circle strives on societal roles that did not fit for this by creating a dialogue them, she said. “If we are going to ask for through which people can understand who these nannies truly more, we need to give more. We were not going to approach this are, Mathurin said. She said the organization from a sense of entitlement,” began organically through the Mathurin said. Mathurin sees the fear that connections she made with other nannies that she met immigrant women are going during playdates while working through in the current political climate and said she is motivated in Manhattan. “It was at that point that I fell to help them find power in themin love with the spirit of women,” selves. She believes that every woman, whether she sweeps the Mathurin said. Mathurin realized that her- streets or studies at a university, self and the nannies around should be treated with respect in her all had impor tant perspec- their profession. The emotional support that My tives, and decided to network with them for the betterment of Nanny Circle provides women is the most important element of their profession. At that time, she said she re- the organization, Mathurin said. Women who leave their own alized that she loved technology children to and created a care for the website which children of aimed to creothers are ate a wide com“...We didn’t want to looked munity with create ripples, we wanted often down on and other nannies. to create tsunamis.” she said she The page has can undersince grown alene mathurin stand this pain to include live videos, Face- Rutgers Alumna and Founder of My Nanny personally as Circle she had to book groups work while her and televisown child was ion interviews. ver y young. The organiMothers spend time away zation grew slowly at first with one connection at a time but word from their own children to probegan to spread quickly in the vide them with a future where they can study at universinanny profession, she said. “I was really fortunate that ties like Rutgers, Mathurin women embraced what I was do- said, and this sacrifice cannot ing and came because they too go untold. She is guided by the phrase, “I wanted change,” Mathurin said. She was motivated to create alone cannot change the world,” an organization to empower the words of Mother Teresa. “I knew that I alone could not nannies because she recognized that there were so many vulner- change the nanny profession, able women, she said. Layers of but knew that collectively we all complexities such as language could cast stones on our waters and culture prevented many and we didn’t want to create ripwomen she saw from articulat- ples,” Mathurin said. “We wanted to create tsunamis.” ing their stories.
Schools also need to invest more in instructors, not just textbooks or facilities, Wisniewski said. School Wisniewski says, currently, public education is districts are not able to properly take care of teachers, at least in being underfunded by $1.6B part due to funding difficulties and issues with their pension plan. Fixing the pension plan could He promised to halt the continued from front take decades and may require a PARCC if he is elected, but said constitutional amendment to enHe also suggested ways of school districts which invested sure the state can consistently helping primary and secondary funds into equipment needed to pay for it, he said. take the exam — the test is onpublic schools in the state. Wisniewski also wants to enForced statewide exams line and required some schools sure that teachers are trained prevent teachers from proper- to purchase laptops or other a d e q u a t e l y. ly educating In response their students, to a quesWisniewski said. “We have a phenomenon occurring right now where we have so many teachers tion about “We have a teaching their students not to enrich their minds and learn but to pass the students phenomenon PARCC test.” who could occurring right not propernow where we John Wisniewski ly write or have so many Gubernatorial Candidate communiteachers teachcate, he said ing their stuhe would dents not to enrich their minds and learn, computers to allow every stu- charter schools in their area like to see education in general improve. but to pass the (Par tnership for dent to take it — would not re- can receive. “Communication is so import“I don’t see that there’s any addAssessment of Readiness for coup their investment. Wisniewski said he wants ed advantage to having the state dic- ant, fundamentally once you’re College and Careers) PARCC test,” he said. “The PARCC schools to take advantage of com- tate to the local districts, we’ve seen done with your education one test is one of those which came puters and other modern technol- the outcome when the state dictates of the things you need to have what the schools should do,” he to succeed in our economy and out of the education commu- ogy in the classrooms as well. Not just public education, but said. “If we go the route of no more society is the ability to community but has become a drain and a source of frustration for also charter schools need to be charters, what has to be done, that nicate and we don’t always see that,” he said. reformed so that they are helping has to be done at the local level.” many families.” students rather than draining resources, he said. In particular, he pledged to put a moratorium on charter schools until local school districts can decide how to work with them. At present, if a student goes to a charter school, the charter school receives tax funding rather than the public school district, Wisniewski said. He would rather see local school districts receive the funding as well as direct how much funds
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3 arrests were made on Sunday in connection to series of crimes continued from front The victim was then stabbed by a sharp object, according to RUPD. Perez Galindo was treated by first responders on the scene but died from his injuries. It is unclear whether he was killed by one person or a group, according to TAPinto. About an hour earlier, two non-affiliated individuals sustained non-life threatening gunshot wounds at Church Street and Spring Street in Downtown New Brunswick, according to RUPD. The descriptions of the perpetrators of the shooting are still limited at this time, according to RUPD. The New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) asks that anyone with information contacts the New Brunswick Police Department Detective Bureau at 732-745-5217.
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February 27, 2017
Embracing of Muslims can begin in churches
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n a sermon delivered by Pope Francis on ALTERNATIVE OPINIONS Thursday, the patently liberal pontiff chastised his Christian constituents SOPHIA SAMUEL for “saying one thing and doing another.” He emphasized the duplicity of leading a “double life,” one that is manifested by adherence to religious doctrines, but failure to apply religious values like tolerance, honesty and probity to daily experiences. His opprobrium was grand in magnitude as he conveyed “to be a Catholic like that, it’s better to be an atheist.” The Pope’s sentiment regarding “leading a double life” is one that I share. I grew up in the absence of a concrete affiliation to any one religious institution, but I formed a spirituality closely aligned with Christianity. I never believed the Calvinist shibboleth that faith alone is the absolute determinant of who is deemed a decent Christian — faith, in my opinion, embodies itself in acts of kindness and being, faute de mieux, a good person. I didn’t regularly attend church until college because I was resistant to the prevalent disconnect between what pastors and church-goers preached, and how they conducted themselves outside their sacrosanct institutions. I ultimately decided to attend a non-denominational Christian church as per my roommate’s recommendation, and I was instantly rapt by the non-traditional perspective of its pastors. That was until last Sunday. As I sat in the conference room of a hotel, which transforms into a makeshift church every Sunday, I listened to the church’s lead pastor discuss how Christians across the globe are being slaughtered at the hands of their “Muslim persecutors.” He used Syria, specifically Aleppo, as a prime example of the epicenter for this particular crisis. He noted that Open Doors USA, a nonprofit that combats the persecution of Christians in over 60 countries, claims the population of Christians dwindled from 400,000, prior to the Syrian civil war, to 30,000. It is also crucial to mention that, while there may be veracity in these numbers, I was not able to find them on Open Doors’ website or corroborate them through other sources. The pastor concluded by stating that we must pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in Syria.
“Yes, it is better to be an atheist than a Christian who believes we should only pray for our fellow Christians in Syria.” What he should have said, though, was that we should pray for all our brothers and sisters in Syria. The country, where increasingly turbulent streams of terror, destitution and pandemonium converge, has witnessed an unparalleled slaughter of its people — Christian and Muslim alike. The death count in the beleaguered state stands at 470,000 since the war’s outbreak, while an additional 11 million have fled their homes and have catapulted our world into its current, disquieting refugee crisis. Syria is a nation where terrorism maintains hegemonic dominion, and where civilians feel there is little or nothing they can do to conquer it. But these executors of terrorism are not “Muslim persecutors.” They are persecutors who have been radicalized to believe Islam propagates violence over nonviolence and hatred over love. They are terrorists, and it is perilous and profoundly misguided to think otherwise. Yes, it is better to be an atheist than a Christian who believes we should only pray for our fellow Christians in Syria. Persecution of this caliber is senseless, no matter who is on the receiving end, and it is against all Christian maxims to value lives more because they concur with your religious inclinations. The cords of brotherhood and sisterhood are not woven by religion, but rather by the much more impregnable bond of humanity. It is more critical than ever for Christian leaders and their acolytes to practice what they preach, especially in a world stained by ignorance and animus. Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, before his pitiful and utterly foreseeable fall from grace, tweeted: “Fear of Muslims is RATIONAL.” The capitalization of the word “rational” was a paradoxical display of how laughably irrational this fear is. Statistics prove we should be far more afraid of death by guns, lightening and — yes — bathtubs than we should be of terrorists who are not, by any metric, the exemplar of Islam. Of course, facts start to matter less and less when the leading premier of the free world, a fabulist in his own right, is exercising his awesome power to fan the flames of bigotry against the Muslim community. But this obscenity provides an opportunity for churches to step in, to obstruct the fire’s oxygen supply and to smother its flames. When mosques are scorched, Jewish cemeteries are vandalized and the framework of religious freedom is tested, it cannot only be other minorities that come to the rescue — it should also be the majority that is galvanized to charge to the front lines. As Pope Francis sensibly expressed, “We all have a duty to do good. Just do good and we’ll find a meeting point.” Sophia Samuel is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in public policy and economics. Her column, “Alternative Opinions,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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resident Donald J. Trump and his administra- identity are the transgender people themselves. They tion have seemed to give opponents of former face discrimination, harassment and sexual assault. President Barack Obama’s administration an- So Trump’s new ruling regarding transgender people other thing to cheer about after Wednesday night. using bathrooms is only fueling the anti-LGBTQ senThe Trump administration revoked protections for timents that lead to assault and discrimination. As wonderful as it is for Jenner and Evancho to transgender students who wish to use bathrooms and facilities that resemble their gender identity. be standing up for LGBTQ rights, there is a sort This decision was done despite the announcements of selfishness embedded in their choice to speak by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who said up now. What about the ban of people traveling to she would protect the rights of transgender students, and from the seven Muslim-majority countries, or then had to choose between defying the president when Trump reinstated the Mexico City policy? But and ignoring her instinct, and ended up doing the it’s not just about executive orders that have been coming from Trump. As we are using Evancho and latter. But others did not stay as quiet. The Democratic community was in outrage over Jenner for argument’s sake, neither of the two ever the Trump administration’s neglect of nondis- commented on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movecrimination laws. But they were not the only ones. ment. In fact, once when Jenner was asked about High-profile supporters of Trump also voiced their BLM, she turned and left. Jenner herself was not concerns over the Trump administration’s new deci- even a supporter of gay marriage until after the filmsion. Caitlyn Jenner, who is one of the profiles or fac- ing of the first season of her show “I Am Cait.” For people who unes of the transgender derstand what it feels community, sent like to be a part of a a message out to “High-profile supporters of Trump also marginalized group, Trump via Twitter, voiced their concerns over the Trump it is almost unfathomreferring to his deciadministration’s new decision.” able to comprehend sion as a “disaster,” why they would not and calling on him want to stand up for to remember his promise to “protect the LGBTQ community.” Jackie those who are discriminated against as well. When people, especially those with a celebrity Evancho, the “America’s Got Talent” runner-up who performed the national anthem at Trump’s inaugura- standing that enables them to reach a large audition, also reached out to Trump asking him to meet ence, only speak out against the issues that involve with her. Evancho’s sister came out as transgender in them, the world becomes a very selfish place. The 2015 and so the issue is near and dear to her heart. importance of speaking out for those who are marginalized, especially in different ways than you, is unBut there is a troubling issue surrounding this. The first obvious issue is with the Trump admin- derrated. If people continue to only raise their voices istration’s decision itself. Supporters of his decision when issues directly affect them, then there will be claim that by having transgender individuals in bath- no one to support them when the spotlight comes rooms that correlate with their gender identity rather to them. With an administration that seems to tarthan their sex, the other people in the bathrooms be- get different groups with every new legislation, it is come at risk to being sexually harassed, which is why important for us to stand as one even for issues that there are separations in the first place. However, time don’t necessarily involve us, not only because it is the and time again, the people who are at risk when trans- morally right thing to do, but also because you never gender people use the bathrooms of their gender know when it’s going to be you that needs help. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 149th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff. Twitter: @Daily_Targum Instagram: @dailytargum facebook.com/thedailytargum youtube.com/targummultimedia
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President Trump was not entirely wrong about Sweden CONSERVATIVE HOT CORNER DANIEL MACLANE
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resident Donald J. Trump, at a rally in Florida last Saturday, seemed to mistakenly reference a terrorist attack that occurred in Sweden the previous night. He said, “We’ve got to keep our country safe. You look at what’s happening in Germany. You look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden! Who would believe this? Sweden! They took in large numbers, they’re having problems like they never thought possible.” This statement was then mocked by the media and the Swedish themselves, as there was no reported incident the night prior to this speech. Trump clarified himself, stating that he was referencing a segment from Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News that involved Carlson interviewing Ami Horowitz, a media personality, about the immigration situation in Sweden. Trump and his cohorts have a history of inventing fake tragedies to push their political agendas. Just look back a few weeks ago to when Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway concocted a story about a bogus Bowling Green “massacre,” or even Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s fraudulent anecdote about the terrorist attack in Atlanta.
It is fair to assume that this was just another usual blunder by the Trump administration. Even though Trump’s rhetoric was sloppy, he does have a valid point in referencing Sweden as a country struggling to manage its huge influx of immigration. The most overwhelming problem facing Swedish immigration policy is that they have allowed such a large number of immigrants to enter the country. From 2014 to 2016, Sweden welcomed 275,000 asylum seekers, which was the most per capita of any European country. According to
Nima Sanandaji, president of the think tank Europe Centre for Entrepreneurship and Policy Form, in his book “Debunking Utopia: Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism,” he writes Sweden is having huge issues with crime associated with migrants from Morocco and other North African countries. When these migrants are arrested for committing crimes, they “are often released shortly thereafter because authorities lack information about their age, and most of the young men (migrants) tell the police they are underage.” Sanandaji also
“The number of asylum seekers dropped significantly in 2016 due to the increased scrutiny of Swedish laws regarding asylum seekers.” Benjamin R. Teitelbaum, a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, “Sweden, a country of 9.6 million, lately has been absorbing 10,000 asylum seekers per week, and expects the total number coming into the country this year (2015) alone to reach 190,000 — a population greater than that of its fourth largest city.” Since the country has taken in so many refugees, they are struggling to manage the high costs associated with helping them. Swedish authorities also lack proper information on immigrants being granted refuge into the country. According to Dr.
notes that many immigrants that come to Sweden are significantly older than they claim to be. According to Sanandaji, an immigrant from Afghanistan was accused of raping a child. The Afghan man claimed to be 15 on arrival but Swedish officials later confirmed from his Facebook profile that he was 45. According to Jimmy Åkesson, party chairman of the Swedish Democrats, and Mattias Karlsson, head of the Sweden Democrats in Parliament, 80 percent of people immigrating to Sweden in 2015 “lacked passports and identification.” So there is no proper system for vetting in place.
Even Sweden has acknowledged their immigration problem — although you would not be able to tell from their twitter accounts following Trump’s speech. Prime Minister Stefan Löfven claimed in 2015 that there would be “no limit” to the number of refugees that Sweden could accept. However, his tune changed in 2016 when all of these problems began to arise. He stated that Sweden “simply can’t do it anymore.” The number of asylum seekers dropped significantly in 2016 due to the increased scrutiny of Swedish laws regarding asylum seekers. Trump may have botched the wording of his statement, as he typically does, but there is substance to what he was referencing. The night after Trump’s remarks, there was a riot in a Stockholm suburb primarily occupied by immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East. Having an open-door policy in relation to immigration has its repercussions, and it’s taking its toll on Swedish national security. Violent crime has risen the past few years and Swedish citizens, with immigrant backgrounds, have left to join the Islamic State Group and were still welcomed back into the country. Sweden has experienced problems with their open arms immigration, and it’s a mistake the United States should not replicate. Daniel MacLane is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science. His column, “Conservative Hot Corner,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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U. professor receives $10 million grant for HIV research Akhil Gumidyala contributing writer
The latest data suggests that around 36 million people were living with HIV globally in 2015. Over a million people with the virus live in the United States, where 1 in 8 people living with HIV are unaware of the infection. Statistics from the website show that regardless of race, gay and bisexual men are the most severely affected by the virus. Researchers worldwide, across the nation and even here at Rutgers, are working to find ways of relieving the dangerous effects HIV has on the body. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that infects cells in our immune system known as T-cells. The infection of these cells eventually leads to the exhaustion of the immune system, said Edward Arnold, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology member of the University Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. “When the immune system breaks down, that’s when you have Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV is the causative agent and AIDS is the result of the long-term infection and Professor Edward Arnold, along with his research team, is working toward creating a drug to prevent HIV progression within the disease responding to the immune body. RUTGERS system’s breakdown,” Arnold said. Arnold recently earned a $10 When HIV attacks cells in the resistance works. There are many Moughawech, a School of Arts and the individual polyproteins into mature enzymes, Harrison said. million grant for his research immune system it not only infects brilliant people that were involved Sciences first-year student. Figuring out the mechanism In the 1980s and 1990s, regarding HIV, according to the them, but it also implants a copy in designing effective treatment Department of Chemistry. Roger of the genetic material into those paradigms depending on an indi- HIV/AIDS was associated with by which the virus takes advanthe LGBT community. In mod- tage of these polyproteins can be Jones and Joseph Marcotrigiano, cells through a process known as vidual’s circumstance, he said. Although there is no cure for ern times, it is now more fre- a challenge. both professors in the Depart- integration. Those cells are then “We know the structures of the ment of Chemistry, and Ronald permanently infected. Often the HIV currently, there are treat- quently attributed to general Levy, a professor at Stanford cells would produce many viruses, ments that can prevent the virus sexual recklessness, Mougha- entities that are there, but when they are together as a unit (known University, were part of Arnold’s which go off and infect other cells, from further infecting cells in wech said. These stigmas arise because as a polyprotein) we don’t have a the body. research group, who altogeth- Arnold said. Arnold’s team and others who HIV/AIDS is falsely associated clear understanding of how the er secured a $6.3 million grant Arnold’s team tried to underfor five years from the Nation- stand how the virus worked in mi- work in the field of drug develop- with factors such as death, ho- individual entities are organized to ment have been able to develop mosexuality, personal irrespon- create one unit,” Harrison said. al Institute of General Medical croscopic detail. Harrison’s job in the lab is to Sciences (NIH). This was done by focusing on very effective drugs for main- sibility, sex (a taboo subject in The HIV virus can be transmit- a very key part of HIV known as taining the rate of replication of some cultures) and more ac- examine how the proteins that are included in the polyprotein are ted in several different ways. reverse transcriptase, which is a the HIV virus down to such a low cording to avert.org. Although many people in the able to come together, and how Typically, HIV is transmitted hallmark of this type of virus. It is level that the virus replication can through the exchange of bodily an enzyme that copies the genetic basically be stopped in its tracks, United States are currently living these polyproteins are able to with the virus, other countries are cleave themselves. Arnold said. fluids between an infected and material of the virus. Overall, a non-infected HIV research person. Blood has made great transfusions “How an individual’s life could be completely changed by this infection is what drove me to see how we can strides in the past or the sharing control it not only in Africa, but the world in general.” several years. of needles be“This is one tween infected Jerry Harrison of the toughest and non-infectGraduate Student diseases ever ed persons are encountered and very important many effective means by which the virus can be transmitted, said Arnold made an analogy of a experiencing similar problems, treatments have been brought to Arnold’s team helped to discovmillions of infected people,” he Jerry Joe Harrison, a graduate stu- er and develop two of the drugs drug’s effectiveness in preventing but with more deaths. “I came from Ghana, which said. “To put things in perspective, dent in the Ernest Mario School that are used to treat HIV infection HIV’s progress to a burning fire. of Pharmacy. “You put out the fire and the has a high death rate from HIV/ when I began working in this area, and are sufficient to block the inEveryone, including college fection over a long period of time. embers are still burning. They’re AIDS. Around 2 percent of the it was a total death sentence for students, should take extra pre- They are working on methods that burning so slowly that you don’t population (has) succumbed to anyone to be infected.” HIV research has helped not caution in order to prevent suc- can accelerate drug discovery not have a blaze that’ll allow more the virus. When I came here to cumbing to the negative conse- only in the HIV system but for oth- buildings to burn down,” Arnold Rutgers I saw it as an opportunity just those with the virus, but peoquences of the infection. said. “If there’s no active fire burn- to contribute to the fight against ple affected by certain cancers as er key diseases, Arnold said. For people who have unprotectCreating drugs to prevent ing, full health can return in the the infection and to try to under- well, he said. Areas like cancer research stand its various processes,” Hared sex, apart from the possibility HIV progression comes with case of the body.” have benefitted immensely from of getting infected, there are also some complications. Despite such treatments, cer- rison said. Researchers, like Harrison, HIV research because a virus consequences like unexpected “We have to account for drug tain people who are infected with pregnancy and the negative impact resistance and make sure that the the virus may have to deal with the are trying to figure out the exact that causes cancer could have one or both of these factors could virus that’s being used is being giv- stigma and discrimination that is mechanism behind how the virus similarities with HIV, Harrison said. replicates to infect cells. have on one’s academic life, Har- en properly so that the drug is not associated with it. “How an individual’s life could HIV makes long transcripts of rison said. The use of condoms is being given to someone who’s alHIV/AIDS is seen as this slow, the only way to prevent HIV trans- ready resistant to it,” Arnold said. inevitable disease. People often what are known as polyproteins, be completely changed by this mission during sexual intercourse. A lot of the work that they’ve think that it is this super-conta- which are used in the replication infection is what drove me to see If transmission does occur, the done is to try to understand the gious disease that can easily process. Within each of these poly- how we can control it not only in HIV starts to further its progress virology, molecular biology and be contracted, so they tend to proteins is a very tiny entity known Africa, but the world in general,” within the body. structural biology of how drug keep their distances, said Riyad as protease, which then cleaves he said.
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February 27, 2017
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Page 9 Eugenia Last
Happy Birthday: Take life in stride. Live in the moment. Give yourself a chance to use your imagination and designate time to the projects, pastimes and people that make you feel passionate. Don’t limit what you can do. Freedom comes from allowing yourself to experience your heart’s desires. Use your insight and perception to discover your potential. Your numbers are 2, 13, 18, 22, 26, 38, 43.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Put the past behind you and learn to live in the moment. Don’t give in to anger, revenge or worries that will pass if you are grateful for what you have. True change begins within. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get involved and be a participant. If you don’t try to change your life, you cannot complain. Your voice will be heard if you are passionate about what you say and want. Join forces with like-minded people. Use intelligence instead of force. 4 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Decide what you are going to do next, but don’t share just yet. The element of surprise will give you the edge you need. Someone with less integrity could steal your idea or take credit for your work if you are too vocal. 2 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do your best and don’t worry about what others are up to. Stay focused on what you have to contribute and how you can customize or make whatever you do your own. Meetings, business trips and partnerships look inviting. 5 stars
Pearls Before Swine
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Prospects look good if you are diligent. Show off what you have to offer and you will attract someone who you would like to work with. Expect to face criticism from someone jealous of your talents. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Share your thoughts and ideas with people who show interest. A partnership will enable you to achieve your personal dreams. Your creative imagination, insight and astute vision of what’s going on around you will bring good results. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Be prepared to deal with anyone who is trying to block your path. Know what you want and don’t back down. Work on making progress once you have completed your preparations. Trust in your ability to do things yourself. Celebrate your victory. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Expand your horizons and indulge in unfamiliar events that will engage your mind and prompt you to take on new challenges. Express your thoughts and utilize your skills, and you will improve your home and personal life. 5 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep outsiders at a distance. Stay focused on home and family matters that directly concern your living arrangements and ability to make money. Emotional deception will surface if you are too revealing or open about your personal affairs. 2 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Remembering the past will provide clarity to a situation you face now. Question what others do and don’t feel the need to follow a path led by someone impulsive or unpredictable. Put pressure on yourself to achieve excellence. 4 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Reconnect with people you have collaborated with in the past and you will discover a new opportunity. Personal changes will bring you greater confidence, encouraging you to bring about the changes that will make you happy. Romance is highlighted. 3 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take pride in living your dream. Feel free to engage in what makes you happy. Don’t give in to fear or controversy. Make waves and you’ll make a difference. Be willing to go the distance. 3 stars
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5 Newcomer to West Point
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what one eats
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28 Name that’s uplifting to many?
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11 If X=Y and Y=Z,
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38 Nitro’s relative
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47 Singer’s asset
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48 Beyond silly
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28 Purposely skip over
49 Drain-clearing reptile?
46 Lesser of two ___
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50 Eight things, collectively
49 City of abomination
31 Frilly and delicately patterned
52 About 500 sheets of paper
51 Where you may find an
32 Six-toed bird
53 Great Lake name
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galleries
old board? 57 Unreliable witness
“How are you?”
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59 Firstborn, typically
35 Busy at a task
60 Unflattering marks of adolescence
37 Certain caregiver
55 Ruler’s product 56 Historic time periods
Yesterday’s Solution
Yesterday’s Solution
February 27, 2017
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DEFENSE Knights defense holds Fairfield scoreless in 1st, 4th quarters en route to victory continued from back and creating. We had 24 out of 25 clears,” Brecht said. “We were getting the ball off the ground, Max was making saves and we were flying up the field.” Brecht also complemented other areas of the team, saying that they did an excellent job of creating turnovers and pushing the ball up the field for of fensive oppor tunities. It seemed as if just about every player that stepped on the field for the Knights was swarming to the ball and causing turnovers. Sophomore long stick midfielder Kyle Pless was second on the team with three ground balls while junior defender Garrett Michaeli led the team in causing three turnovers. Brecht had special praise for both Utah natives after the game. “The defense, the short stick (defensive midfielders), our (long stick midfielders) — Kyle Pless and Garrett Michaeli — were outstanding,” he said. Last week against Army, Rutgers was dominant throughout the first three
quarters, despite letting Army back into the game by way of a 4-0 run. If not for a huge save by Edelmann, that might not be a win on the score sheet. Defender Alex Bronzo said that the team lacked awareness last week and wasn’t prepared for a strong effort in the fourth quarter from the Black Knights. But that led to a new focus in practice of being more aware on the defensive end and playing all 60 minutes. “It was a big emphasis this week of being more aware and playing all the way through to the end and not let anything up,” Bronzo said. The junior scooped up three ground balls in Saturday’s win and has been a starter on a defensive unit that has been getting better every game. The unit’s best game of the season could not have come at a better time, but especially because of the game played by Fairfield goalie Tyler Behring, who saved 16 shots and was the main reason why the Knights scored 6 goals fewer that its average output going into the game.
blowout Rutgers follows strong showings with disappointing loss to Blue Hens on road continued from back Delaware scored again less than a minute later and with the score 9-1, both teams held each other scoreless for almost the remainder of the period, until Kopyta scored her second goal with 41 seconds left in the half. The teams went into the locker room at halftime with the score 9-2 in Delaware’s favor. Rutgers and Delaware both scored at 25 minutes, which
included a career-high third goal from Kopyta, who was keeping the Knights in this game to the best of her ability and she obviously showed it. Things looked to be on the rise for the Scarlet Knights, when senior attacker and team captain Amanda Tur turro scored to make it 10-4 with 22:00 on the clock, more than enough time for Rutgers to make a run and get back in the game.
Head coach Laura Brand-Sias cited a lack of adjustment as to why the team was unable to capitalize against Delaware. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017
“It was incredibly important. Our offense had tons of opportunities. We believe it’s gonna start with us, our defense in transition,” Bronzo said. “(Our offense is) gonna keep shooting, their goalie’s gonna make saves and we’re gonna play harder on defense.” This victor y puts the Rutgers at 3-0 on the season, but also
marked a historic day for Brecht, as he earned his 100th career victor y. Brecht, who is in his sixth year on the Banks, previously spent seven years as the head coach at Siena and now holds a career head coaching record of 100-92. “I guess it means I’ve had a lot of opportunities over the
past 13 years,” he said of his new milestone. “I’ve got some talented players that play hard and understand the game plan and compete for 60 minutes and I’m certainly proud of that.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @griffinwhitmer and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior defender Chris Groel led the defensive unit in Saturday’s win over Fairfield, collecting seven ground balls. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017
Unfortunately, this instance would be the only unanswered goal for the Knights, as the Blue Hens scored again two minutes later, and pushed their advantage to 11-4. Delaware scored three more times in an eight-minute span, more than tripling Rutgers on the scoreboard, 14-4. Sophomore attacker Abbey Brooks added another goal for Rutgers at the 9:45 mark in the second half, in what would end up being the Knights last goal of the game. “Coming off a loss like that is difficult. We didn’t capitalize on the mistakes they made, and they capitalized on the mistakes we made, so it’s definitely something to look at,” Brooks said. Delaware scored another three goals on Rutgers in the last ten minutes in what ended up being a route of the Knights, with the final score settling at 17-5. Frustration seemed to obviously be on the Knights’ mind, as junior defenders Dakota Mason and Amanda Casten were given the only two yellow cards of the game. As a team, Rutgers had 13 of its 18 shots on target, compared to an 18-of-29 mark for Delaware. The Knights also lost the turnover battle, having 23 compared to Delaware’s 15. Both teams were even on saves, each totaling eight for the game. Rutgers saw split time in the goal for the game, between junior Bianca Dente and sophomore Devon Kearns. “Obviously, we didn’t play our best game, we were lacking some of our chemistry on the offensive end, not finding good opportunities and we came into the game a little bit passive,” Brand-Sias said. For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
LAST Strong performances in 400-meter dash not enough for RU to climb out of cellar continued from back competition while vying for even a personal record during the meet. In the preliminary rounds for the men’s 800-meter run, Jaeger failed to place in the top eight spots by five positions, as he timed 1:51.44. His time could not quite beat his personal record of 1:50.79, which he possessed during the Spire NCAA Division 1 Indoor Meet. Tella was not able to beat his personal records in the long and triple jump, as he placed 10th in both events, with a shortfall of two positions from earning any points for Rutgers. But Aris was able to take something away from this meet — a new personal record. In the 200-meter dash preliminaries, Aris placed 20th with a time of 21.98, shaving off a slight margin of 0.16 seconds off his previous personal record.
But for many on the team, like Griffith, who graduates in the spring, the team’s performance was something to be proud of and something to take into account as the outdoor season rolls along. “I think overall we did pretty well at this meet. Our team is pretty young, so you can’t expect a lot just yet. We just need to get our nose in (and) compete well because we were up against a lot of hard competition. But we did really well,” Griffith said. Even with mediocre results at the Big Ten Championships this year, this young team is applauded as they set their sights for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) Championships taking place in early March. For updates on the Rutgers men’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior sprinter Jermaine Griffith followed right behind Brown in the 400-meter dash with a third-place time of 46.15. THE DAILY TARGUM / JANUARY 2016
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After strong showings in its past two contests, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team took a hard loss this weekend against the University of Delaware. The Scarlet Knights (2-2) traveled down to Newark, Delaware to face the Blue Hens (2-1) at Delaware Stadium. Rutgers couldn’t contain the Delaware offense and had a hard time scoring goals, ultimately losing 17-5. The Knights were hoping to carry over the momentum from their two-game winning streak and best start to a season since 2014. “(We were) surprised with what Delaware was bringing to us pressure-wise even though (we) practiced it,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “It was a big difference from what we had seen in our previous two games and it just took too long to get adjusted to it.” Things got off to a rough start just a few minutes after tip off, as Delaware scored its first goal at the 27:41 mark of the first half and things wouldn’t stop there. In the next span of just over 16 minutes, the Blue Hens went on a tear, scoring 7 more goals, while keeping Rutgers at 0 with stifling defense to make the score 8-0 with 11:03 on the first half clock. The Knights finally stopped the bleeding at 10:12 in the first, as junior attacker Nicole Kopyta scored her first goal of the night, getting Rutgers on the board and making the score 8-1. “Delaware is a really good team, we knew that going in it was going to be a battle,” Kopyta said. “We definitely had some bright spots in that game, but other than that we have to work on a couple of things.”
The Big Ten Indoor Championships has always been a key milestone toward the end of any men’s track and field indoor season. Although the Rutgers men’s track and field team finished at the bottom of the podium in 12th place this year with a total of 16 points, it made a very notable appearance in one specific event — the 400-meter dash. Sophomore sprinter Izaiah Brown took the crown in that event with a time of 45.32, beating the school and Big Ten Conference record once again, since his time of 45.67 at the Spire Indoor Invitational a few weeks back. That new and improved finish, shaving 0.35 seconds off the previous record, granted the Scarlet Knights 10 points out of their total 16 and a new record under his name. To partner Brown with his historic finish, senior sprinter Jermaine Griffith also wowed the domes of Spire and placed third, clocking in at 46.15. With his finish, Rutgers was able to add another 6 points to the meet total. “We were up against the best athletes in this country so the training was very rigorous. But I was able to do it by listening to my coach day in and day out, and trusting his training,” Griffith said. With Brown and Jermaine’s added points to be the only numbers accumulating in the meet total and Big Ten Championship conclusion, the 400-meter dash belonged to the Knights this year. Despite the inability to qualify for the finals, other successful athletes during this season — senior middle distance runner Brendan Jaeger, freshmen sprinter Alanzo Aris and freshmen jumper Tobi Tella — faced some rough
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Senior attacker Connor Murphy provided much of the scoring production, slotting in 3 goals on the day. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017
Rutgers defense takes charge in Fairfield win Griffin Whitmer Associate Sports Editor
Junior attacker Nicole Kopyta led Rutgers on the attack with a career-high 3 goals. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
With two new starters this year, some offensive setbacks were expected for the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team this year. On Saturday against Fairfield, that was the case, but the defense stepped up huge, anchoring the Scarlet Knights (3-0) in an 8-3 victory over the Stags (1-2). The Rutgers defense kept the game out of reach for nearly all 60 minutes, despite a 20-minute goal drought for the Knights, which included the entire third quarter. Rutgers was able to hold Fairfield scoreless for the first and fourth quarters, allowing them to get out to a quick lead and close out the game with ease. The leader of that defensive unit was senior Chris Groel, who collected seven ground balls and was all over the field for the Knights. “(Holding Fairfield to) just one goal in the first half, that’s really big for us, especially as a defense,” he said. “We try to keep our average under 10 goals, but I think starting the first half off with just 1 goal not only helps the defense’s confidence but also the offense’s confidence.”
The defensive effort may not have led to the offense upping its production, but it kept nerves down, as despite only scoring 1 goal in the second half, the game never really seemed close. Nearly all of the production on the attack unit came from senior attacker Connor Murphy, who scored 3 goals for his fourth career hat trick and first of the season. Junior Jules Heningburg had just 1 goal and freshman Kieran Mullins was held pointless. “Personally, I don’t think we did a good job shooting and finishing today, across the board,” he said. Instead, head coach Brian Brecht could not have enough good things to say about the defensive effort from Rutgers. Junior goalie Max Edelmann had nine saves while only allowing 3 goals, good for a season-high 75 percent save percentage. As a team, they were 96 percent clearing the ball, which helped lead to 41 shots, 16 more than their opponents. “I thought our defense did a great job. Our rope unit was outstanding, pushing the tempo See DEFENSE on Page 10
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BRIAN BRECHT,
head men’s lacrosse coach, notched his 100th career win in Saturday’s win over Fairfield. Brecht is in his sixth season at the helm and posts a career record of 100-92, including his seven seasons at Siena. His team is 3-0 in the early season.
Sophomore sprinter Izaiah Brown won the 400-meter at the Big Ten Championships. THE DAILY TARGUM / JANUARY 2016
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