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School denies professor of color tenure, students rally in support NIKHILESH DE NEWS EDITOR

Jennifer Warren, a professor in the Department of Communication, was denied tenure in April 2015. The Black Lives Matter chapter at Rutgers is supporting her cause. COURTESY OF JENNIFER WARREN

Racism has been featured prominently in the media over the last several years, but its effects may hit closer to home. Jennifer Warren, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication, was denied tenure in April 2015.

She is not the only professor of color in the school to be denied tenure.

“The personnel committee at the department level denied me tenure. At the school level, they approved it, and they not only approved it, they refuted every argument made against me,” she said. “The Dean approved me, and again, refuted every argument the department tried to make against me.”

The case went to University President Robert L. Barchi’s office and he denied her tenure based on the departmental evaluation, Warren said. “(Tenure) is like the holy grail of any institution for a professor,” she said. “(And my) evaluators, all of the outside evaluators lauded me as a research professor and many said I would get tenure at their institution.”

She is normally evaluated as an instructor every year by the school, but

to be approved by tenure, she was evaluated by three committees and a dean.

“As far as the idea of me knowing whether or not I’m prepared for tenure, it’s done on a yearly basis,” she said. “I’m reviewed by the department (and) I’ve never had a bad review. No one ever told me that I was not tenure-worthy.”

Taqwa Brookins, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and representative of the Rutgers Black Lives Matter chapter, said the denial of tenure likely had its roots in some form of racism. Her organization began a petition to have Warren granted tenure.

“People want to jump to the race card and I’m skeptical about that because it’s really hard to prove that,” Warren said. “(But) I’m no different from all the other black (faculty members) that were denied tenure, (and) when you have a pattern of doing that, it suggests to me that there’s an issue with race.”

Warren said she was the only black faculty member in her department, and the entire School of Communication and Information has only one tenured faculty member of color.

Warren said she was hired under a push for diversity encouraged by

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Community discusses new college model being used

Research group kicks off cheap textbook campaign

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The average Rutgers student spends about $1,500 per year on textbooks and course materials — $300 more than the national average — on top of other expenses like tuition, rent, food and household bills, said Kaitlyn Vitez, Rutgers NJPIRG Student Chapters campus organizer.

To call attention to high prices and to highlight potential solutions to the problem, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) launched its campaign for textbook affordability, according to a NJPIRG press release.

“Over the past 10 years NJPIRG’s been working to bring textbook rental programs not only to campuses in New Jersey but to the country, and just in the past two years we’ve been working on bringing opensource textbooks to Rutgers campus,” Vitez said.

Last year, the Rutgers University Senate passed a resolution in favor of creating an open-source textbook pilot program modeled after a program at University of Massachusetts Amherst, Vitez said. On Feb. 3,

then-Dean Jorge Schement, now Rutgers’ vice president of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion.

Schement left the position after being “harangued” due to his stance on diversity, Warren said.

Her tenure was disapproved by the Promotion Review Committee, which stated that student evaluations was a major part of the reason why.

Student evaluations may be used in a professor’s review, according to “Instructions for Tenured and Tenure Track Academic Appointments for Reappointment/Promotion,” a document listed by the Office of Academic Labor Relations.

These evaluations gave Warren an average score of 3.7 out of 5.0, with her undergraduate students giving her a mean score of 3.86 and her graduate students giving her a score of 3.32. She did not receive a large number of responses on the Student Instructional Rating Survey system.

Brookins said the surveys should not be allowed in evaluating for tenure as students responding to them may be biased.

New Jersey Public Interest Research Group has been working with Rutgers officials to launch a program to let students buy cheaper textbooks. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Rutgers announced the creation of a $12,000 competitive grant program available for professors at Rutgers.

Applications have not been sent out yet, but based on projections, the pilot program is going to save students more than $1 million, she said. “(Open-source textbooks) makes these (books) free to download and share online, and students can either purchase it themselves or buy these books at the bookstore for less than $40 compared to a big (biology) textbook that’s $300 – that’s a pretty significant saving,” Vitez said.

In early February, NJPIRG released a report citing statistics from a nationwide survey of nearly 5,000 students, including 1,098 from New Jersey.

The report found that about 29.7 percent of students had to use financial aid to pay for textbooks. According to the NJPIRG study, this means that more than 5.2 million students across the nation use financial aid to purchase their textbooks.

“It’s really awesome that (the University) is moving forward on SEE CAMPAIGN ON PAGE 4

A new type of college is emerging, one where classrooms are digital and facilities are a thing of the past.

Rutgers may or may not be far from a realistic path in this direction, but San Francisco-based Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute is shaping the future of undergraduate studies with this new type of learning platform.

“Minerva isn’t an online school, it’s very much like a blended learning model,” said Michael Lai, student outreach lead for the Minerva Project. “Classes are taught on this learning platform that we’ve built — they’re all seminar based. They’re all small, interactive, live courses. I kind of describe them as like Skypeon-steroids.”

Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute was established in 2012 and offers four-year undergraduate degrees in five accredited majors — Arts & Humanities, Computational Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Business, according to the Minerva Schools’ website.

Minerva was created on the concept of building an entirely new

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institution to prepare students to succeed in the 21st century. One of the premises, Lai said, is looking at the history of higher education and the changes implemented through new institutions.

“Like Johns Hopkins University in the 1880s — they pioneered this new model, which was a research university merged with an undergraduate college,” Lai said. “Before that, that didn’t really exist ... After Johns Hopkins started up, the Ivy League and other traditional universities started to say, ‘That’s an interesting model, let’s merge in that direction.’”

Minerva seeks to inspire a similar revolution, he said.

While there are benefits to the new learning platform of smaller, hyper-interactive seminars, tradeoffs also exist, he said.

“We wouldn’t be doing this if there weren’t an overall net positive, but one of the trade-offs we make, for example, is around the lectures. We have this hardline policy that lectures are a bad way to teach, and so we do away with lectures, and all classes are taught in hyper-interactive, seminar way,” he said.

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Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Cello master class with Sara Sant’ Ambrogio” at 12:30 p.m. at Robert E. Mortensen Hall on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Eagleton Institute of Politics presents “Steele-ing the Scene: Election 2016 with Michael Steele” from 12:45 to 2:30 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public, but online registration is required.

The Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences presents “Stars’ War: The Return of the Raymo-Ruddiman hypothesis?

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Mason Gross School of the Arts “Min Kwon, piano, with guest artist Sara Sant’Ambrogio, cello” at 7:30 p.m at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Ticket prices can be found online.

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Students host conference on campus for Asian-Americans NIKITA BIRYUKOV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

More than 900 university students from across the nation gathered this weekend to discuss how they could break through society’s boundaries.

For the first time in seven years, the East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) held its annual conference at Rutgers University.

The conference’s host of speakers, performers and workshops all centered around this year’s theme – “beyond our boundaries,” said Austin Yip, the head finance officer of ECAASU and one of this year’s conference directors.

“We want to encourage our attendees to go out of their comfort zones and to break the stereotypes that people perceive of Asian-Americans to make a positive change when they go back to their communities,” Yip, a Rutgers Business School senior, said.

The most prominent of these stereotypes is that of the model minority, he said. Asians are often viewed as quiet or meek, in both their private lives and the political sphere. The perception is that Asians do not want to do exciting things or be outgoing.

To combat this stereotype, the conference aimed to engage and empower students interested in issues facing the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community by spreading knowledge about political activism, mental health issues and identity in the modern age.

By functioning as an educational resource, the organization hopes to transfer attendees the skills necessary to combat these issues, Jim Chan, executive director of ECAASU and a Harvard University senior, said.

“One of our biggest issues, is that we’re being ignored, and sometimes, a lot of people say ‘you’re technically a person of color,’ but at the same time people kind of see us as people of privilege,” Yip said.

By making their voices louder and involving themselves in the political process,

The East Coast Asian-American Student Union holds a conference every year, with this year’s events being held at Rutgers for the first time in nearly a decade. Attendees discussed stereotypes they face and ways to further their causes. FACEBOOK Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders can tackle these injustices and force change where it is needed, he said.

Asians are generally seen as hard working people who perform well at work and in their studies. Despite their apparent

Asian-American community can be distorted in a more basic way, Yip said.

Within the Asian-American community are a number of very diverse ethnic groups, many of which are ignored when the community is discussed at large, he said.

“People may tend to stick to their own cultural group because they are more familiar with it, but at any chance to diversify, to interact with other social groups, ECAASU is ver y happy to push ... for solidarity with other minority groups, push

“We want to encourage our attendees to go out of their comfort zones and to break the stereotypes that people perceive of Asian-Americans to make a positive change when they go back to their communities.”

AUSTIN YIP Rutgers Business School Senior

success, they are still treated as exotic others, he said.

“We’re not treated as Americans. A lot of the questions Asian-Americans face are ‘where are you from,’ are you really American,” he said. “They treat us differently. They see us as not American, and we want to change that perception, that’s what we’re trying to fight against.”

Similarly, perceptions of the

“When a lot of people think Asian, they think East Asia --Chinese, Japanese, Korean -- but our conference is not just focused on them. We also want to focus on Southeast Asians, South Asians,” he said. “That’s really important to us -- especially here at Rutgers University, where that population is really large.”

Cooperation between Asians and other ethnic groups is also important, Chan said.

forth understanding of different racial, ethnic backgrounds and understand other perspectives,” he said.

The diverse perspective gained by an expanded understanding of others would impact students greatly, he said.

Because of the cultural and societal stigmas surrounding mental health, many in the Asian-American community have

issues dealing with these issues in a healthy manner, he said.

“In Chinese, the word for mental illness (shen jing bing) has the same meaning as violent psychosis,” Chan, a Chinese-American, said. “This cultural foundation really underlies the mental health issue, which deeply affects Asian-Americans on campuses.”

In addition to the numerous workshops aimed at teaching students important mental health skills and dispelling the myths about mental disorders (clinical please), ECAASU has held mental health summits to provide expert attention and guidance to afflicted students.

“The vision for the advocacy team this year is to be a foundation, a home base, for all these issues we talk about on campus,” Chan said. “At the heart of everything we are very much a grassroots organization focused on advocacy and activism representing college students interested in Asian American and Pacific Islander issues.”

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CAMPAIGN Students spend $1,500 on average on textbooks, Vitez says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

the issue, and that we can try and save students some money,” Vitez said. “We’re just really glad that this program is now a reality and instructors are going to have the opportunity to bring open-source into the classroom.”

Not long after hearing about the campaign, Alexandra Singh, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, has signed up to offer her support.

“Textbook prices are crazy — I actually haven’t bought one in three semesters. I either try to find it online or borrow it from the library,” Singh said.

For the current semester, Singh used a free trial to finish an entire semester’s worth of work over two nights, saving herself $135 in the process, she said.

These kinds of situations are stressful, she said, but people do not have the kind of money to spend on these sources for class when it is more needed for other things, such as gas and food.

“I had to go through every aisle and stock the books on the shelves. The prices for some of those textbooks were insane,” said

Singh, who is a Barnes and Noble employee. “Companies are expecting kids to pay hundreds of dollars, not just $100, but hundreds.”

Noor Meky, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she sometimes has to buy at least five textbooks, costing $45 to $60 each, for a single class.

“Even though the older editions cost like $2, you are forced to get the new editions,” Meky said.

“There is no reason for it either, other than the publishers wanting to make more money off us. I feel like we have no choice in the matter either because companies don’t care.”

The pilot program that was created is only in place for one year, Vitez said. Rutgers can test out the application process and what the results look like at the University.

If the program is successful, she said it may serve as a model for other schools across the nation.

“What’s really important is that we get the word out about this pilot program so that it’ll be funded for a second year and continue to save students money,” she said.

While the traditional model for colleges involves large lecture halls and in-person meetings, new schools are experimenting with digital classrooms. This new model is easier for some students, but others prefer meeting their instructors. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

MODEL Digital classrooms reduce need for buses, make lives easier for commuters, Shlafman says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Inspiring lectures, a staple of Lai’s college experience, will be lost, supplanted by Minerva’s hybrid system, he said.

Debbie Cho, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she believes the platform’s success will depend on the individual university.

“Personally, I know we all have different learning styles, but I think doing great Skypelike sessions would be difficult because Rutgers is just so big,” Cho said.

Cho does not believe she would enjoy being taught through the Miner va learning platform because she learns best knowing there will be someone physically there to guide and instruct.

While it might not be the best situation personally, Cho said a hybrid class of the traditional classroom and Skype-based seminars could be successful at the University.

“Giving students that face-toface education and then doing a Skype session, where students can be a little more independent, might work in my opinion,” she said.

Rosalyn Shlafman, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she thinks there are countless

pros and cons to the Minerva learning platform.

“It would definitely wipe out the problem with buses and the struggle for commuters, but it would also seriously contradict ever ything Rutgers is doing now with all the new construction,” Shlafman said. “College might be ‘easier’ ... but it would also take away all the fun from the experience.”

Shlafman’s brother currently takes a chemistry recitation over Skype and has expressed mixed reactions to the learning process.

It makes it harder to ask questions, but also easier because anyone can watch either of the two Skype recitations or even record them, she said.

While she has not heard of Minerva, she said all schools should move a portion of their classes online.

The learning pedagogy might not work for all students, but Lai said there is never five minutes that go by in class at Minerva where the student is zoning out or not engaged.

“Every class is fully active, there’s constant discussion, there’s debates, there’s ways to constantly engage students, and so it’s not passive at all,” he said.

TENURE Warren was told she had to grade students with bell curve, gave too many ‘A’ grades, she says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“They said stuff like ‘I’m not a rigorous teacher,’” she said. “I was Warren said her ratings told, ‘too many A’s, you can’t have dropped after Warren was re- all those A’s.’ I had to use a bell quired by the School of Communi- curve and I did not agree with that cation and Information to change mentality. My students work their her teaching style and some of asses off, (they) deserve their A’s.”

Black Lives Matter will work to her courses. She used to teach a three-hour course that involved convince the University to change the decision field trips, but and grant Warcould no longer do so after a “(Tenure) is like the holy ren tenure, said. few semesters. grail of any institution for Brookins Part of their She was also a professor.” work will inforbidden from volve protests writing a book, JENNIFER WARREN if Warren loses while colAssociate Professor in the Department of the appeal. leagues who Communication “We have the joined the Unitactics, we have versity around the people, and the same time we have the will to convince Rutshe did published several.

“My white counterparts, people gers,” Brookins said.

Warren said she filed a grievwho came in with me and after me, did whatever they wanted to, and ance against the University to apI tried to do what (my superiors) peal the decision, but has not yet been informed when the appeal wanted me to,” she said.

Another argument made will occur.

The University did not respond against her tenure was her lack of to requests for comment. “academic rigor,” she said.

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Group lists professor for Nobel Peace Prize

CRIME FEB. 28 NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers youth counselor, Irving Acevedo, was arrested and charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey said. Detective Addie Spinola of the Old Bridge Police Department and Detective Donald Heck of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office conducted the investigation. Acevedo, 42, was in jail, waiting for bail to be set. The investigation is ongoing.

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States, Italy and Holland has been the most complicated process he has ever engaged in, according Roger Clark, a Rutgers School to nuclear-news.net. He said the of Law professor, was nominated team has done a lot of hard work for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize by and he was thrilled to be part of it.

Clark, a Rutgers professor for the International Peace Bureau, according to Victoria University more than 40 years, has played a large role in determining interof Wellington’s website.

Clark is a New Zealander who national human rights law and has been nominated in recogni- had advocated against nuclear tion of his work on a lawsuit to weapons throughout his life, acfight against nuclear testing, ac- cording to Victoria University of cording to the Otago Daily Times. Wellington’s website.

He worked to include a course He is a member of an international team representing the on the international protection of Republic of the Marshall Islands. human rights in the law school curriculum, and The hearings he helped confor the nation struct the study begin in March “The nomination is for of international and the Nobel Peace Prize ... the whole team that is criminal law and helped Laureates will working on the case.” launch the be announced Inter national in October.

ROGER CLARK Criminal Court Sixty nuclear Distinguished Professor at Rutgers School in The Hague, weapons have of Law according to been tested on the article. the Marshall Although it Islands during a period of 12 years by the Unit- would be difficult to win, Clark ed States, according to the Otago said he thinks they have a shot.

“It’s an exciting thing. I think Daily Times As a result, they have launched it’s a really important case and, a legal bid in The Hague against of course, the nomination is for nine countries that are in posses- former RMI (Republic of the Marshall Islands) Foreign Minister sion of nuclear weapons.

Clark said coordinating his (Tony) De Brum and the whole team of eight lawyers from the team that is working on the case,” United Kingdom, the United he said to Nuclear-news.net.

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FEB. 28 PISCATAWAY — A police chase on Exit 8 on I-287 ended in an arrest. Police only had limited information so it is not clear at this time how the car chase began or what charges the man was wanted for.

FEB. 28 UNION — A children’s birthday party was interrupted by a physical fight and four kids were arrested at the Knights of Columbus building. “The party got out of hand at some point, and it was a melee both inside the establishment and outside of the establishment,” Lt. Robert Christie said.

Roger Clark, a distinguished professor at Rutgers School of Law, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy work against nuclear testing. NEWS.RUTGERS.EDU

FEB. 28 ATLANTIC CITY — A domestic dispute led to Jannett Campos, 47, being arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend. Police found the 53-year-old victim with a wound on his torso. It was a nonlife threatening injury, according to Police. Initially the victim tried to say that another suspect caused his injury, but police then determined Campos was most likely responsible. The investigation is on going.

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OPINIONS

February 29, 2016

Who’s playing ball for Yankees in 2016?

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ct. 6, 2015, was the day after my birthday, but more importantly, it was the day RYAN MORAN the New York Yankees lost the wildcard game to the Houston Astros, 3-0. Their 162-game season ended in just one game. One game is ridiculous for the wildcard series, but that’s for another discussion.

I was angry that they lost, that their offense had been missing for more than a month, and the Blue Jays won the American League East.

A lot of people said Yankees fans should not be mad because not much was expected from them last season, let alone actually making the playoffs.

My answer to those people was that they didn’t understand the culture of the Yankees: It’s win or go home. With a team that has won the most championships in any of the major sports, 27, the team is expected to compete every season.

Now, I do credit the Yankees for making moves to help the team in the long term, like not trading away any of their top prospects or losing any first round picks, because their lack of youth has killed them these past couple of years.

The Yankees fell apart down the stretch last season mostly because of a lack of production from their stars, like Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Texiera.

The injuries on the mound to the starting pitching staff devastated the team, with CC Sabathia not being the same player and eventually checking in to rehab and Masahiro Tanaka, Nathan Eovaldi and Michael Pineda being on the Disabled List for extended periods.

But enough with the excuses, because in about a month, we all forget about the previous season and focus on the rigorous six-month season ahead.

The Yankees had an interesting offseason to say the least — being the only team not to sign a free agent to major league contract.

They did however make headlines for acquiring the hardest throwing reliever in the league, Aroldis Chapman, for essentially no valuable trade assets. Of course, this was not received lightly with Chapman facing domestic violence charges.

With Chapman now in the fold, along with Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller, the Yankees have formed the best seventh, eighth and ninth inning punch in MLB history.

Overall, the other two big moves were acquiring Aaron Hicks, who will act as the team’s fourth outfielder, and considering how much the outfield was affected by injuries, it was a smart move. The team also added second baseman Starlin Castro, who will provide production at a position the Yankees sorely lacked last season.

The Yankees could be the biggest conundrum in all of baseball because nobody really knows what they are going to be.

A lot of their success is going to be predicated on the health of the team and avoiding major injuries this season.

Instantly, the attention turns to Rodriguez and Texiera, along with Carlos Beltran in this department.

A-Rod admitted he wore down and got tired last season but is hoping his conditioning this offseason helps him. Considering he does nothing but hit, fans hope he can make it the full length.

I cannot remember the last time Texiera was not injured in a season since winning the championship in 2009. Texiera should be motivated going forward and play his best to earn a good contract knowing he will most likely not be a member of the team next year with prospect Greg Bird waiting in the wings.

Beltran has what sports people refer to as “no knees.” After almost 20 seasons playing and multiple knee surgeries, it’s taken a toll on him.

The competition has only gotten better in the AL East this season making things difficult for the Yankees to get back to prominence.

The Blue Jays are essentially the same team as last year and get a full year together this season to only get better.

The Red Sox have really good young talent and made an important signing in David Price and solid trade for Carson Smith. Personally, I’m still not buying them contending.

The Orioles have spent roughly $270 million this offseason to improve their team.

The Rays are always a thorn in each divisional teams side.

It’s going to be most important for the Yankees starting five of Tanaka, Sabathia, Eovaldi, Pineda and Luis Severino to remain healthy because in my mind they are the X-factors for this team. If those five are healthy and play to their potential, the Yankees should be in the discussion for playoffs come September.

Joe Girardi, in my mind should be on the hot seat since he has really struggled ever since winning the 2009 championship, but we will wait to see what impact he has on the team this season.

There are a lot of moving parts for the Yankees this season, and we have to wait to see how it all culminates.

So who are the 2016 New York Yankees?

Who really knows?

THE MORANT

Ryan Moran is a School of Arts and Sciences junior double majoring in journalism and media studies and economics. His column, “The Morant,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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Gitmo should take no prisoners Obama proposes plan to close Guantanamo prison in Cuba

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ast the blue water and warm sands of the largest time. You have presidential candidates echoing strong island in the Caribbean lies a dark symbol of the sentiments that assert Guantanamo’s usefulness, such United States’ anti-terrorism efforts: Guantana- as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), who said, “Don’t shut down mo. The military prison within Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay Gitmo — expand it,” and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) currently holds 93 prisoners from the 775 detainees that who believes we should bypass due process for sushave been brought there, but this blight on the U.S.’s re- pected terrorists. The chances of the plan passing cord could slowly come to an end as President Obama through Congress are pretty slim.

But Guantanamo violates human rights and causes sent Congress a plan mid-February to close the prison.

Obama made closing Guantanamo a prominent U.S. taxpayers millions every year, and these issues component of his two presidential campaigns. But after in tandem prompt the necessity of its closure. It’s a finally coming into office, it wasn’t until the final year prison that’s tucked away in Cuba, away from U.S. of his second term that he’s actually created a tangible citizens. People don’t think about Guantanamo on a plan to close the infamous U.S. military prison. He’s regular basis, if at all, but it has a real effect on each made closing Guantanamo part of his agenda even be- and every person. In 2013 alone, the U.S. spent $454 fore he was president, and it’s only now that he’s taken million, which is roughly $5 million on each detainreal steps to ensure this happens. House Democrats ee, most of whom have been held for nearly 14 years told him in 2009 that he wouldn’t be receiving money without charge or trial. When there is no meaningful to close Guantanamo until there’s a concrete plan, and oversight and recourse for prisoners who have been sent to prison, the mysterious cut $80 million into closing internal workings of Guantanathe military facility. House mo are incompatible with the Appropriations Committee “So seven years later, Obama ideas of fairness and justice Chairman Rep. David Obey has a plan — but we know it that America claims to uphold.

(D-Wis.) told reporters, “So far as we can tell, there is yet doesn’t really take seven years People can’t get out once they enter, even if they didn’t commit no concrete program for that. to outline a plan, if he was any crime. People suspected of And while I don’t mind detruly invested in it as he had acts of terrorism are detained fending a concrete program, claimed to be.” indefinitely, and they’re treated I’m not much interested in in proportion to this dire act wasting my energy defendthey’ve presumably committed, ing a theoretical program. So when they have a plan, they’re welcome to come back regardless whether or not their guilt has been provand talk about it.” So seven years later, Obama has a en. Millions of dollars are spent maintaining people in plan — but we know it doesn’t really take seven years Guantanamo who haven’t been proven guilty, and it to outline a plan, if he was truly invested in it as he had makes sense to close even on the financial basis alone.

People against closing Guantanamo mistakenly fear claimed to be.

While it is commendable that he has now sent a de- detainees are going to simply be released in the open, tailed plan and budget to Congress — it’s better late but the good news is that prisoners aren’t going to be than never — his framework to close the prison is dropped off in your local neighborhood: They’re going reaching a Republican-led legislature that will do what to be transferred to other detention facilities. Even if it takes to undermine his effort. The government’s this plan doesn’t pass during Obama’s term, we hope schism between the two parties produces a formida- that the next person who takes his position will continble impasse for what the President proposes to truly ue take up the endeavor and close this wasteful struccome into fruition, and it’s unsurprising in this point in ture devoid of regard for human rights.

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‘River Dorms’ part of transition to modern state university PAST IMPERFECT: REMEBERING RUTGERS’ HISTORY CARLA YANNI

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n 1953, the Rutgers College Dean of Men, Cornelius Boocock, did not welcome the idea of high-rise residence halls. He wanted the college to house 1,000 young men in low-slung, U-shaped buildings in the area near Bishop Quad, in imitation of Demarest Hall. He requested that the new residence halls should be a “traditional type of architecture to harmonize with existing buildings.” Former Rutgers President Robert C. Clothier objected to the tall River Dorms.

Neither Boocock nor Clothier got his his way. In January 1954, the architectural firm, Kelly and Gruzen, along with President Lewis Webster Jones, took campus design in a new direction. The “River Dorms,” built in 1955 and 1956, were the first modern-style, tall dormitories at Rutgers. The choice to build high-rises was partly generated by the small site, but it was also entirely in keeping with the fashion in dormitory design in the 1950s. Even universities with plenty of land, such as the Ohio State University and Michigan State University, built skyscraper dorms.

Kelly and Gruzen lobbied for tall buildings when he told the Buildings and Grounds

Committee of the Board of Trustees that it was any architect’s responsibility to insist on “1954 architecture for 1954 students.”

The architects and the Dean of Men had a disagreement about balconies. Without uttering the word, “suicide,” Dean Boocock argued against balconies so high off the ground, saying such a feature in a college dormitory was “not desirable and might even be dangerous.” In one set of plans, the balconies were outside of each lounge, and this in itself concerned Boocock, but when another set of plans showed balconies on every room, he was apoplectic. He ticked off many reasons why this multiplicity of terraces was a terrible idea: Students would store food and drink (probably beer) outside and students would dry their clothes on the railings. Indeed, the dean implied, the balconies themselves were an invitation to slovenliness and mischief. The balcony design ended in a compromise — the lounges had outdoor terraces, but the individual rooms did not.

As irritated as he was, Boocock wrote to President Jones to say he did sympathize with the architects who were tr ying to avoid the look of “a low-cost housing project.” Modernism — the style of architecture that rejected the use of applied ornament and historical details — was used extensively for low-income housing. A single slab-shaped building with a repetitive facade made up of rows of

identical windows would bring to mind public housing, and three such buildings would summon up images of housing projects even more readily. In that regard, Boocock’s remark was apt. On the other hand, as the architects could have reasonably countered, tall modernist housing rose in wealthy urban neighborhoods, such as Greenwich Village in New York and Society Hill in Philadelphia. One subtle difference between low-income public housing (“the projects”) and middle-and high-income housing was that expensive apartment blocks tended to have balconies, which is probably why the architects included them.

The “River Dorms” included classrooms below the level of George Street. These instructional rooms were not exactly underground — they were below grade on the George Street side but above grade on the canal side. Each classroom was square.

These were designed for traditional small classes of 25 persons. The classrooms looked out at the trees above the canal, as the nearby portion of Route 18 had not been built yet. The University boasted that the seating capacity for teaching was 1,500 students. Oddly, University officials did not see the sharp increase in student population as a reason to build larger classrooms at this time. Either that, or the long, thin shape of the “River Dorms” did not lend itself to large classrooms, a fact that was lost on later architects who

renovated the instructional space by combining square classrooms into nonfunctional rectangular ones.

The Ledge, now known as the Student Activities Center (SAC) on the College Avenue campus, was located between Frelinghuysen and Hardenbergh. Rutgers did not yet have a student center, so this recreation center, with a lounge, snack bar and music room, was especially important for the social life of the young men. The Ledge was originally designed to include a roof terrace, accessible from a side staircase. The main room was a unified high-ceilinged volume, with a wall of windows that looked out over the Raritan.

Gracious and open, the space was a point of pride. The Bruce Springsteen Band (as it was once known), among other major musical groups, played there in the 1970s.

The “River Dorms” soared above everything else at Rutgers College. The three identical slabs were uncompromising in their modernity. The simple, sleek, money-conscious style was a statement of the future-focused goals of state-funded higher education. The “River Dorms” announced that was no longer a cozy, liberal arts college. It was a modern state university.

Carla Yanni is a professor in the Department of Art History. Her column, “Past Imperfect: Remembering Rutgers’ History” runs on alternate Mondays and is in collaboration with Benjamin Justice and Paul Clemens.

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Students practice programming at HackHERS

Students competed at HackHERS, a hackathon hosted at Rutgers over the weekend, to develop innovative programs while also learning new skills. JACQUELINE DOREY

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Students from all across Rutgers gathered to participate in a hackathon held at the Cook Student Center.

The hackathon, “HackHERS,” allowed students of all levels of experience to compete, network, mentor and learn with one another for 24 hours straight. The free event was organized by the organization, Women in Computer Science (WCS), as well as The Douglass Project, according to the event’s website.

Hackathons are events where participants develop software projects in a short period of time.

HackHERS has an added emphasis on female participants, as the organizers believe there should be more software products with more women involved, according to the event’s website.

HackHERS was open to both women and men, giving them an area to work together to achieve goals and create new things. The competitors, or “hackers,” worked to create the best “hack,” or software to solve a problem of their choice.

The hackathon had a variety of categories in which participants

could win awards. These included “Best Overall Hack,” “Best App for Women by Women” and “Silliest Hack.”

The event was sponsored by technology companies such as Microsoft, UPS, Verizon, Lockheed Martin, Bloomberg and Colgate-Palmolive. Those companies were available for students to network with during the event, allowing them to look into their potential career paths.

Two of the hackathon organizers were Jasmine Feng, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and president of WCS, and Poorva Sampat, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

WCS enjoys hackathons and their communities, but wanted to have an event more focused on women, Feng said.

“Not that there’s anything wrong with (experienced people), but we wanted to create the kind of atmosphere and go back down to the beginner level and just have the joy of learning,” she said.

The event included a variety of “Tech Talks,” workshops and bonding events, she said. The talks were presentations by Microsoft, detailing how to incorporate certain software into the students’ hacks, and UPS explaining how to avoid fraud.

“We decided, ‘Oh, we’re going Workshops covered topics from the basics of hacking to life to go to this event on this day beafter college for students in the cause we like programming, and technology fields. There were even though we’re not the most also events created just for fun, competent, it’s okay because it’s such as jigsaw puzzles, cupcake open to all levels,’” she said.

Other motives to attend Hackdecorating and karaoke.

Some hackathons draw larger HERS included the importance crowds with people who mostly of technical skills in the busiwant to hack for the prizes, making ness world, where technology is them less beginner-friendly, Sam- becoming more prominent, said pat said. The workshops at Hack- Noelle-Marie Cabrales, a School HERS were intentionally more ba- of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

After speaking to a corporate sic so more students could gain a better background and understand- representative, Cabrales learned that they look for competence in ing of hacking.

Putting the event together basic computer programs as well took months of planning and shuf- as coding. Learning to code would fling around, she said. People and be a competitive edge over other positions were changed through- applicants, she said.

Hackathons out the planare important ning process to enable memto optimize the bers of the results of the computer scifinal event.

“You don’t necessarily ence commuThe organizhave to go to a class to nity to come ers utilized solearn how to code.” together and cial media heavbond, as well ily to promote NOELLE-MARIE CABRALES as allowing HackHERS, School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore those with a bamentioning it to sic interest in other computer computer sciscience stuence to further dents, the Uniexplore what it versity hackathon club and the Major League has to offer, Peters said.

They also enable students to Hacking organization, Feng said.

Major League Hacking is a learn from experienced members league designed to promote and of the community, picking up difhelp plan student hackathons ferent skills and techniques. The across North America and Europe, ability to code is not a requirement, so it is a great learning exaccording to the group’s website.

They also used computer sci- perience, Cabrales said.

“You don’t necessarily have to ence groups on social media from other universities, in addition to go to a class to learn how to code,” Rutgers, helping to attract more at- she said. “You can just come to hackathons and pick some basic tention to the event, Sampat said.

HackHERS succeeded in at- things, which I find really cool.”

The organizers hope the attracting students of all experience levels, as many of the attendees tendees learn from the hackathon were new to hackathons, includ- and use that knowledge for the ing Mikaela Peters, a Rutgers future, Feng said.

“I hope (the attendees) gain a Business School junior.

Peters decided to attend Hack- love of learning,” she said. “Just HERS after hearing about it on so- learning and doing things for the cial media and thought it would be sake of knowledge, not for prizes a good way to gain programming but because it’s fun, enjoyable experience with a friend, she said. and creative.”

SIMPLE SCIENCE WHY IS THERE A LEAP YEAR? This year is a leap year, which means there is an extra day on the calendar. A leap day is added ever y four years, making the year 366 days long rather than 365.

The rotation of the Earth around its axis (a day) has essentially nothing to do with the length of its orbit around the Sun (a year). The length of a day is just a convenient way to measure periods of time.

The length of a year is about 365.2425 days long, meaning that with a 365-day-long calendar, you would be behind the seasonal cycle by one day every four years.

This lag would be horrible for farmers who rely on the seasons to plant crops, so a day is added every four years.

Large events, such as earthquakes, can speed up Earth’s rotation in the magnitude of microseconds. This adds up over time, and in order to keep with atomic times, a leap second is added when needed.

Tidal drag from the Moon is the primary cause of Earth’s rotational slowdown. The tides, pulled up by the Moon’s gravity, are pushed ahead of the connecting line between the Earth and the Moon by Earth’s rotation. This creates a torque on the Earth, slowing down its rotation.

Eventually it will become tidally locked, meaning the Ear th’s rotation will slow down enough that one face will always look at the Moon. The Moon is already tidally locked, meaning the same face has faced the Ear th for as long as humans can remember.

Due to gravity, the Moon is also losing speed relative to the Earth. While it is currently moving a few centimeters further from the planet every year, this state will soon change.

When that happens, the Moon will continue to get closer to the Earth every year that passes.

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Today’s Birthday (02/29/16). Climb the professional ladder this year. Personal growth (after 3/8) leads to a shift in shared financial priorities (after 3/23). Begin a lucrative two-year phase after 9/9. A relationship moves to the next level (after 9/1), rearranging your personal goals (after 9/16). Grow the love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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Aries ( March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Manage your money to increase cash flow. Review your resources, and make changes as necessary. Guard against losses.

Check statements for errors. Garbled or broken communications could cause confusion. Resist the urge to splurge.

Taurus ( April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Collaboration takes you further today. Stay patient with communication snafus. Let another decide. Action speaks louder than words. Move quickly, but not recklessly. Watch your step, and open the door to your future.

Gemini ( May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Shift into higher gear.

Anticipate disagreement, and avoid financial discussion for now. Verify the investment of time and money first. You can profit from a dreamer’s vision. Get busy writing. It could be productive.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- The game is getting good, and your team is hot. Successes come through your own energy and effort, despite the impulse to run. Consider your next move carefully. Listen for the best timing to jump.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Dreams reveal a major change.

A home project takes an unexpected detour. Shipping and transport could see delays. Adapt your plans accordingly. Get physical with your housework. Clean and sort. Take satisfying action.

Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Get your message out. Question authority. Untangle communications snarls as they occur. Move fast with breaking news. You know what to do. Romance could interfere with a deadline. Others are depending on you.

Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- It’s easier to make financial decisions. Pay bills and make reservations. Provide leadership.

Commit to a new direction. Resist the temptation to spend frivolously.

Choose for value and quality. Invest in home security.

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Make an amazing personal discovery. Things aren’t as they seem. Wait, and watch developments. Work quickly and carefully, without stomping on anyone. Full speed ahead. A rush job preempts scheduled programming.

Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 6 -- Good planning leads to abundance. Take charge. Cut entertainment spending. Give away stuff you’re no longer using. Stillness and peace provides the perfect setting for productivity. Work faster and earn more. Increase efficiency.

Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Begin a fresh page in a group project. Address an uncomfortable situation head on for the quickest resolution. Watch your step, and get moving. Take advantage of a sudden opportunity. Keep everyone informed as changes occur.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Go for professional gold! A rise in status lies within sight.

Avoid reckless spending. Tempers could be short. Take advantage of the emotional undercurrent. Make a heart-felt pitch. New opportunities require immediate action.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Pack as lightly as possible before traveling. Bring only what you’ll need. Toss out the superfluous.

Review your route and itinerary. Deviations could require quick thinking. Study the situation, and make backup plans.

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STAGS Knights lead Fairfield for entire game in route to best start to season since 2011 CONTINUED FROM BACK

off a 23-save effort against Bucknell— stopped 11 of them.

The combination of Behring and a swarming Stags’ defense was the main reason the Knights held leads of just two, four and four at the conclusion of the first three quarters.

But even a strong goaltender and an active defense couldn’t contain Rutgers’ trio of top offensive horses for a full 60 minutes.

Heningburg led the way with an efficient four goals on five shots while picking up an assist. Right behind him was redshirt freshman sensation Adam Charalambides with three goals, giving him a total of 13 on the young season, and an assist.

Finally, the centerpiece of the trio, senior captain Scott Bieda, picked up all five of his assists on Heningburg and Charalambides goals and also added an empty-net goal with 34 seconds remaining in the contest.

Rutgers’ offense wasn’t fuming like it was in its opener against St. John’s, but it was patient in the offensive zone and scored timely goals.

“We came in knowing he was a good goalie and we just had to get dunks more so than taking shots outside the paint,” Heningburg said. “We got away from it a little during the game, but then we found it a couple times.”

Trailing 9-4 late in the third quarter, Fairfield began to gain momentum for the first time all afternoon. A goal from Drew Murray marked the first time

the Stags had scored consecutive goals in the game and drew the score to 9-5 with under two minutes remaining.

With the final seconds running out in the quarter, Jake Knostman got a free look at the net and fired a shot at sophomore goalie Max Edelmann.

Going to his knees, Edelmann secured his seventh save of the day as the third quarter ended.

But when he tried to get up, the Middletown, Maryland, native went right back to the ground, as he was injured on the save.

Unable to return, senior Kris Alleyne — who has 36 career starts — subbed into the game in Edelmann’s place.

On the Stags’ first shot of the fourth quarter, Charlie Schnider beat Alleyne to cut the deficit to three with over 12 minutes left on the clock, the closest it had been since just under the 10-minute mark of the second quarter.

But the Knights’ swiftly regrouped and stymied Fairfield’s comeback effort.

Heningburg and Charalambides added goals in the next four minutes of action to bring the home team’s lead back to five. On top of that, Alleyne settled in and saved all three of the shots he faced for the remainder of the quarter.

“The message was just keep playing,” said senior long-stick midfielder Zack Sikora on what the message to the team was after Fairfield cut the lead to three. “We knew what we had to do. We believe in Kris. Kris is a great goalie,

FINALE Knights end 3-game losing streak, control their opponent from start to finish CONTINUED FROM BACK

And even that was an accomplishment.

Flaherty, a Point Pleasant, New Jersey, native entered the contest averaging over 22 points per game, but the length of the Knights’ backcourt made the Wolverines’ guard work for every shot.

Flaherty finished 7-of-24 shooting from the field, despite her point total. And with no other viable offensive threat, Rutgers throttled Michigan down the stretch.

Although the game was out of hand early, senior guard Briyona Canty refused to lose focus.

“I just was really focused on us. I didn’t want us to stop what we were doing,” Canty said. “I didn’t really focus on them too much, I just wanted us to continue to push, push, push.”

And push they did.

The Knights scored 20 points off 16 turnovers with most of the damage coming in transition.

By the midway point in the final frame, Rutgers held a 24-point lead when Copper delivered the dagger — a 3-point play with 4:34 remaining in the four th quar ter to get her to 20 points.

“It feels good and I think it was really good for us because you can’t really rely on offense,” Copper said, referring to her team’s ability to defend on Sunday. “Once we locked in on what we needed to do defensively, we’re gonna get the easy offense.”

As exciting as the victory may have been for the team from the Banks, especially its seniors, head coach C. Vivian Stringer dealt a harsh dose of reality from the postgame podium.

Stringer reminded reporters that next season’s roster will undergo significant renovation.

“This entire team is going to be gutted,” Stringer said. “(The seniors) have been the backbone of this program for the past four years, period. It’s difficult because as a mom, you have your children and you love them and you want them to stay home, but you also know that it’s time for them to spread their wings and go to the next stage of life.”

The Knights are hoping to postpone that “next stage” with a run in the Big Ten Conference Tournament beginning Wednesday in Indianapolis.

Rutgers will enter the tournament as the No. 10 seed,

he always has been and we got his back and he has ours. So we just had to keep playing, there was no change in an attitude really, it was just keep doing your job.”

Although the offense has captured most of the limelight through the first two games, the Knights’ defense had been consistently sound as well and they were just that yet again on Saturday.

Rutgers only allowed a total of 16 shots to reach the net, 10 of which were saved by the duo of goalies. It also caused 10 of the Stags’ 15 turnovers and were a perfect 20-for-20 on clear attempts.

The six total goals was the fewest Rutgers had given up since the 2014 season, when it held Monmouth to just four.

On a day where the Knights offense had to solve the Stags’ defense and goalie, their defense allowed them all the time they needed to put points up on the board.

“I think we definitely got together as a team,” Sikora said on the defensive performance. “We let three goals up each half and I think being able to come together like that gives us confidence that a Rutgers’ defense has never had, at least since I’ve been here. I’m just really excited for what this team holds for us.”

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Senior long-stick midfielder Zack Sickora attempts to clear the ball in Rutgers’ 12-6 win over Fairfield at High Point Solution Stadium.

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poised for a matchup with No. 7 seed Nebraska.

Although the matchup will occur on a neutral court, Copper is confident that her team earned a fresh start with the win on Senior Day, regardless of the Knights’ opponent.

“It’s a new season,” Copper

said of the Big Ten Tournament.

“We have a new slate and are ready to attack it. I think we’re confident and we’re ready.”

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Senior guard Briyona Canty goes up for a lay up in the Knights’ 72-50 win over Michigan. She had 9 points and four assists.

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GAME Fightin’ Blue Hens score 5 of first 6 goals in second half to take down Knights CONTINUED FROM BACK

our heads back on straight and go from there.”

The Knights, preparing to make another comeback, answered with two goals of their own with Kolodny’s second goal and senior attacker Halley Barnes’ first of the game.

Once again, the Blue Hens came charging out with another three-goal eruption started by attacker Jamie Schwartz.

Datellas picked up her second of the game while midfielder Becky Gohsler’ goal put the Blue Hens up 8-4 with a little over five minutes remaining in the half.

Gohsler’s goal would end sophomore goalkeeper Bianca Dente’s day as she was replaced for the third game in a row by freshman goalkeeper Devon Kearns.

Continuing the same trend after Delaware’s initial three-goal outburst, the Knights were able to close the gap back down to two goals after sophomore attacker Joanna Reilly and Barnes both scored with less than two minutes closing out the first half.

The second half spurred a lot of the same offensive surges from Delaware as the Blue Hens scored another three unanswered goals. In the midst of the three-goal run, Datella capped off her hat-trick with what became the game-deciding goal.

Senior defender Addington Elliot believes Delaware’s consecutive scoring happened because Rutgers’ difficulties communicating on defense.

“When we’re not communicating, that’s when the offensive runs happen,” Elliot said. “So we need to get our communication back and try to create a caused turnover to bring the spark back to the defense.”

The Knights were able to close the gap heading into the final stretch, but Delaware’s extended possession time made it impossible for Rutgers to complete a comeback.

Elliot said not being able to get the ball back at the end was the most frustrating part of the game.

Junior midfielder Kristina Dunphey finished the game with three goals, marking the third time the Hillsborough native has scored multiple goals in a game this season.

Barnes and Kolodny each scored two goals, extending Barnes’ goal scoring streak to four after scoring in every game so far this season.

Joanna scored her second goal of the season while sophomore midfielder Paige Paratore recorded her first career goal as a Knight.

Kearns closed out the game allowing five goals and registering six saves.

Rutgers has a quick turnaround in its schedule as its next matchup comes away against Penn on Wednesday.

For the Knights, a positive attitude will be key moving forward.

“Coming off of two or three losses, I mean it’s tough, but we just need to stay positive and be there for each other and just stay motivated,” Kolodny said.

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February 29, 2016

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Junior leads RU to win on Senior Day to close out season MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT

Though the Rutgers women’s basketball team did not finish with as many wins as it was hoping for during the regular season, it finished in strong fashion with a dominating performance against Michigan.

The Scarlet Knights (16-13, 7-10) played very well in front of their home fans at the Rutgers Athletic Center on Senior Day, defeating the Wolverines, 72-50.

The senior class was on display in the victory, just as they have been when Rutgers has needed them most during this season.

Four seniors earned the start for the Knights, and all contributed in big ways.

They sparked Rutgers in its victory, culminating its regular season in winning fashion.

“This group has been the backbone of this team for quite some time,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “We appreciate the fact that we have another 40 minutes, and if we play like we did today and are all out, there’s no stopping us in terms of us losing because this group is very capable.”

Ariel Butts set the tone immediately for the Knights with an offensive rebound and a put-back layup on the team’s first possession to give Rutgers a 2-0 lead.

She grabbed five rebounds in the first quarter alone, and finished with seven boards for the game.

The Knights rode that early momentum to a 12-9 lead at the end of the first quarter, though both teams struggled shooting the ball in the opening period.

Rutgers was 6-for-18 from the field through the first 10 minutes,

while the Wolverines were just 4-for-14 during the same time.

Senior wing Kahleah Copper then followed Butts’ blueprint by getting things going to start the second quarter for the Knights, scoring a basket after drawing a foul to increase her team’s lead to 14-9.

She then started to get into a groove and helped Rutgers increase its lead just before halftime.

She made four of her six shots in the first half, registering 9 points and six rebounds, helping the Knights take a 34-23 lead into halftime.

Then there was guard Briyona Canty, who scored the team’s first basket to begin the third quarter.

Canty put together another strong all-around performance like she has done throughout the year, finishing with 9 points, six assists and two rebounds.

With Michigan looking to get back in the game midway through the third quarter, Copper hit Butts for an uncontested layup to make the score 38-29 in favor of Rutgers.

Center Rachel Hollivay, the school’s all-time leading blocks leader, scored her first 5 points during the third quarter, including hitting an and-one.

She finished with 7 points, along with six rebounds and three blocks.

Copper then put the finishing touches on the lopsided victory in the fourth quarter by hitting an and-one of her own to extend the Knights’ lead to 24 points, at 66-42.

The Philadelphia native finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in her final home game as a Scarlet Knight.

Canty, Copper and Hollivay were major parts of Rutgers’ victory, and earned high praise from

their head coach after the game for their long careers at Rutgers.

“Bri started around her sophomore year, Kah has been starting since freshman year and the same thing with Rachel,” Stringer said.

“That’s the reason why I want for them to have the ultimate success at the highest levels … They have taken starting roles since freshman year.” *** On the day Rutgers honored its seniors, it was junior guard Tyler Scaife who was key in getting the Knights off to a fast start.

She had 17 points in the first half, including five-straight free throws in the final minute of the half to extend her team’s lead to 1 point heading into the break.

Her early rhythm was crucial for Rutgers to get going, and her success didn’t come as a surprise to her head coach.

“Tyler did what she normally does,” Stringer said. “If the shot is there, she’s a very capable scorer … She knows that’s her job, as well as Kah’s is to score.”

Scaife seems to raise her game when the stakes are high.

She entered the game averaging 18.4 points per game against Big Ten opponents, and raised that average by finishing with a gamehigh 23 points on 9-for-15 shooting from the field.

Her free throw shooting seemed to rub off on her teammates, as Rutgers finished 17-for-21 from the charity stripe in the game.

Getting those easy points against a Michigan team that entered the game winning 5 of its previous 6 contests was critical for Rutgers in grabbing and extending its lead throughout the game.

“It was very important to make those (free throws),” Canty said.

“We hadn’t been doing a good job with that, but today we made a conscious effort to focus on free throws, and it happened.” *** Following a tough overtime ​ loss on the road against Purdue on Wednesday, the Knights were able to bounce back in quick fashion to close out the regular season on a high note.

The regular season was littered with some tough and close losses for Rutgers.

Nearly two weeks ago, it suffered a heartbreaking defeat at home at the hands of Michigan State, 70-67.

A common theme in these losses and in the season as a whole has been the inability to hold leads for the majority of the game.

But on Sunday against Michigan, Rutgers was not going to allow anything like that to happen again.

It led for over 35 minutes of the game, not letting the Wolverines have much hopes of forcing a comeback.

It was a point of emphasis for the Knights to stay intense throughout the game, and they did just that by staying in control even when the score became out of reach.

“We’re just tired of coming up short,” Hollivay said. “We wanted to come into this game and into every game from now on as hard as ever.”

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Junior guard Tyler Scaife dribbles at elbow in Rutgers’ 72-50 win over Michigan on Senior Day. She led all scorers with 23 points.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL NORTHWESTERN 98, RUTGERS 59

Wildcats shoot lights out, bury Knights in blowout GARRETT STEPIEN CORRESPONDENT

Freshman forward Jonathan Laurent led the Knights in scoring for the third time in the past four games with 17 points.

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Before things could even get going, fate had already decided the predictable outcome.

Entering its road matchup at Northwestern, the Rutgers men’s basketball team knew it had to lock up its perimeter defense. It knew it needed to find a better source of offense. And the struggling Scarlet Knights certainly knew that if they didn’t, the end result would be much of the same.

But as the Wildcats pounced on the Knights out of the gate, they jumped out to a lead as high as 32 in the first half. And as Northwestern torched it from behind the 3-point arc for a season-high 17 treys, Rutgers stood no chance.

The end result: a 98-59 feasting from the Wildcats over the Knights in front of 7,833 at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois.

The national broadcast on ESPNU was the latest bad look from Eddie Jordan’s squad. The third-year head coach saw his program’s Big Ten losing streak dating back to Jan. 11 of last year grow to 31 games.

On the season, Rutgers (6-23, 0-16) has dropped its past 16 contests — all of which have come in conference play.

With freshman guard Corey Sanders missing the trip to the Midwest for his fourth and final game of his two-week suspension after a team rules violation, the Knights trotted eight scholarship players out on the court.

Greg Lewis, who sat last week’s matchup at Minnesota to nurse a knee injury that has nagged the senior center for much of his fifth season on the Banks, returned to the starting lineup.

Rutgers even added one more big man with 6-foot-11 for ward Ibrahima Diallo seeing his first live game action since Dec. 12 at George Washington.

Jordan deemed the redshirt freshman out for the remainder season on Jan. 18, but said on Feb. 2 that he hoped to re-evaluate Diallo with 2-3 weeks left in the season.

But even with both of those additions to aid the Knights in the paint, none of it mattered. The Wildcats owned the glass, ending the contest with a plus-20 rebounding advantage, 45-25.

They used it to their advantage, notching 22 second-chance points with 34 points in the paint. Rutgers played into Northwestern’s trap, turning the ball over 12 times.

But even that wasn’t all.

The Wildcats (18-11, 6-10) shot 9-for-12 from deep in the first half, ending the afternoon with an incredible 17-for-28 clip. Tre Demps led the red-hot charge from Northwestern, securing a game-high 24 points that featured a 6-for-8 mark on 3s.

For the Knights, Jonathan Laurent posted a team-high 17 points and six rebounds. But the freshman forward struggled from the field, with his 11-for-14 clip from the free-throw line covering his 3-for-12 mark from the field.

Rutgers has two more games before it heads to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tournament. The Knights return to the Rutgers Athletic Center to host No. 6 Michigan State (23-5, 10-5) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. before rounding out the regular season with Minnesota (8-19, 2-13) on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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Off a feed from senior attacker Scott Bieda, Jules Heningburg found the back of the net one minute and 26 seconds into the first quarter.

The sophomore attacker’s goal gave the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team its first lead of the afternoon over Fairfield.

It was a lead the Scarlet Knights would never relinquish.

Although the Stags were staunch in not allowing the Knights to ever run away with the game, Rutgers (3-0) was in control from start to finish in an eventual 12-6 win over Fairfield (0-3) at High Point Solutions Stadium on Saturday.

The Knights’ win over the Stags — their third consecutive to open the season — marks Rutgers’ best start to a season since 2011 when it reeled off victories in its first four games.

“I was proud of the win,” said head coach Brian Brecht. “Obviously, there’s always learning experiences that we can take from each game win or loss. ... The guys in (Rutgers’) locker room should be proud … That’s a great win for us. It’s still February, but I like going into the month of March being 3-0, I’ll tell you that right now.”

Although the Knights led for the final 58plus minutes and held a lead of at least three for the last 40 minutes, Fairfield made Rutgers work for its third victory of 2016.

In front of a tough net minder, the Stags’ defense didn’t allow the Knights to have many open looks at the net. While Rutgers held a large advantage in shots and groundballs, Fairfield locked down and forced the Knights into long possessions when it gained the offensive zone.

Of the 23 shots Rutgers was able to get on net, goalie Tyler Behring — who was coming

The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team’s early season struggles continued, losing its third straight game after starting off with a win in its season opener against Villanova.

The Scarlet Knights (1-3) lost 13-9 against Delaware (4-1) at High Point Solutions Stadium on Saturday in a game where they found themselves down early and having to play catchup once again.

Head coach Laura Brand-Sias said the Knights were collectively not sharp enough, leading to their first half deficit.

She said the loss was not attributable to one side of the field, but as an overall unit, the Knights were not playing with enough confidence or drive they need to play with.

“I think in the beginning of the game, we were really, really flat,” Brand-Sias said. “Each side of the ball had flat moments and you can’t do that when you only have 60 minutes to play.”

Delaware took an early lead on a free position shot that was put in by midfielder Kara Dattellas.

From there, Rutgers and the Blue Hens traded goals back-and-forth with senior attacker Kim Kolodny scoring the Knights’ first goal of the game.

Rutgers would only hold the tie for a few minutes before Delaware went on a threegoal run, getting goals from midfielder Coley Ricci and attackers Caroline Farley and Shannon Hawley.

Kolodny spoke about the difficulties in falling behind early in a game, but said it is not worth being negative when the score is against their favor.

“Getting negative and getting upset about it doesn’t really do anything,” the Farmingdale, New York, native said. “We always tr y to stay positive and then the defense brings it in and says fight, then we get

Senior forward Kahleah Copper dribbles past her defender in Rutgers’ 72-50 win over Michigan. She earned her 15th career double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

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Rutgers saves best for last, dominates season finale KEVIN XAVIER CORRESPONDENT

Better late than never.

It took 30 games, but the Rutgers women’s basketball team saved its best performance of the season for the regular season finale against Michigan on Senior Day. Senior wing Kahleah Copper scored 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the year and the Scarlet Knights (17-13, 8-10) dominated the Wolverines (17-12, 9-9) to walk away from the Rutgers Athletic Center with a 72-50 win on Sunday.

The Knights put a halt to their threegame losing streak by getting ahead early and pouring it on late.

Rutgers scored back-to-back buckets to end the first quarter with a 12-9 lead, before scoring 22 points in the second to mount a 34-23 advantage heading into the locker room at halftime.

From there, it was purely semantics for the Knights’ seniors, headlined by Copper, who scored 11 points in the second half.

Rutgers was virtually unconscious from the floor, converting 27-of-54 field goal attempts for an even 50 percent.

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Sophomore attacker Jules Heningburg scans the field for an open teammate.

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Every time the Wolverines put together a run to threaten the lead, the Knights would answer, leading for over 35 minutes of the total 40 minutes of game time.

With just over two minutes gone by in the third period, Michigan guard Siera Thompson sank two free throws to spur a 5-0 run for the Wolverines to close the gap to 36-29.

But Rutgers responded in kind, jumping out to an 8-2 run of its own to put the game out of reach.

It was the Knights defense, which held the Wolverines to 29 points fewer than their average, that got the motor running for Rutgers offense, according to Copper.

“I think we took pride in our defense,” she said postgame. “We played really good defense and our defense turned into offense.

We got transition points, and I think it was the defense that really got us going.”

The Knights defense limited Michigan to 33.3 percent shooting from the floor with sophomore guard Katelynn Flaherty the only one to make a dent in Rutgers’ Scarlet Curtain, scoring a team-high 21 points in defeat.

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GABRIELLE FARQUHARSON,

a graduate senior, won the 200m title at the Big Ten Indoor Championships for the second consecutive year, resetting the school record she set in the same tournament last season with a time of 23.32 seconds.

Senior attacker Kim Kolodny attempts to side step a Delaware defender Saturday.

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