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U. prepares for upcoming Mark Conference MEGAN JOSEPH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
World-renowned speakers are invited to talk and give advice about how they succeeded at the annual Mark Leadership Conference to aspiring students. The University has held the conference each spring semester since 2013 to inspire students to make an impact on the “real world,” according to the conference’s website. The 2015 conference will be held on Feb. 28 in the Livingston Student Center. Keynote speakers this year include Molly Barker, founder of Girls on the Run International, Pen Farthing, 2014 CNN hero and founder of Nowzad Dogs, Rosemarie Truglio, vice president of Education and Research for Children’s Television Workshop and William Yosses, former executive pastry chef for the White House, according to the website. According to the website, these speakers rose to the occasion and made their mark on society in a variety of different ways. There are sixteen speakers this year who range from entrepreneurs to choreographers. This year, there will also be a raffle to meet speakers in addition SEE CONFERENCE ON PAGE 5
Students queue to speak at the Rutgers University Student Assembly’s meeting the evening of Feb. 19 at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. AARON SAVAGE
RUSA indefinitely tables proposal to pay members AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Rutgers University Student Assembly planned to vote on a controversial proposal at last night’s meeting, but the student government never reached a decision. The proposal, which would allocate $16,904 a semester to compensate its 12 executive board
members, was neither approved nor rejected. “There is no resolution as to whether the bill is active or not, it’s just tabled indefinitely,” said Jacob Nieman, vice president of RUSA. But if the proposal is passed at another time, an amendment has been made to the bill stating that RUSA must obtain 100 percent of the funding for the stipend from an outside
source, said Nieman, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. If an outside source does not fully fund the proposal by the end of the summer, then the bill would be null and void, Nieman said. Outside sources include grants, a corporate benefactor or even a very wealthy alumnus, he said. Sam Clark, author of the bill, gave a presentation on the proposal before
amendments and motions were made. He noted that the proposal would go into effect next year, not this year. Money would not come from student fees, said Clark, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. He said his greatest goal is not having the bill negatively affect other student organizations. “One of the weaknesses of the bill SEE RUSA ON PAGE 5
Pesticide use may have tentative link to ADHD NIKHILESH DE CORRESPONDING WRITER
About 82 percent of surveyed 18 to 34 years view flirting online while in monogamous relationships as cheating on their significant other. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NAAZ MODAN
More millennials perceive online flirting as cheating in relationships NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Sending a risqué late-night text message or swiping right on matchmaking mobile application Tinder could be deemed as inappropriate
behavior according to Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll. The poll sur veyed 1,000 cases between the ages of 18 and 34 regarding various topics ranging from political affairs to dating matters. One result revealed 82 per-
cent of millennials consider online flirting and relationships to be a form of “cheating.” Various methods for interacting and discovering potential affairs SEE CHEATING ON PAGE 5
More than 6 million children in the U.S. are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pesticides may be the cause of this disorder in children, according to research done by Jason Richardson, an associate professor in the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Richardson conducted a study analyzing the effects of exposure to common pesticides on pregnant mothers and their children in both animal and human models. A specific group of pesticides, known as pyrethroid pesticides, were analyzed in the study. “If you go into your grocery store, [or] Home Depot or something like that and get some bug spray, there’s [a 90 percent chance] it contains pyrethroid pesticides,” he said. ADHD is a biological disorder that impacts a person’s ability to focus and pay attention, said Kathy Loder-Murphy, a coordinator in the Office of Disability Services. There are different types of ADHD, she said. Victims have issues with
both hyperactivity and paying attention. The hyperactivity component differentiates people with ADHD from those with attention deficit disorder, she said. A person with ADHD would have difficulty sitting still, and other factors would further complicate their ability to focus, she said. “If you have trouble just paying attention, it’s hard to handle any noise around you,” she said. “Even typing on a computer [can distract a patient].” Certain tasks that unaffected students might find normal, such as writing notes while listening to a lecturer, are difficult for students with ADHD, Loder-Murphy said. Verbal lectures with few graphics or slides would be especially difficult for a student to learn from. In the study, mice were used as animal models to determine if a link could exist between pesticides and ADHD, Richardson said. “What we found was that if we gave pregnant mice fairly low levels of this pyrethroid pesticide, and we looked at her offspring, we found that their behavior was similar [to children SEE ADHD ON PAGE 4
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Modern dance company ‘J Chen Project’ seeks to inspire WEINI ZHANG STAFF WRITER
Jessica Chen recalled the moment she woke up from a coma, where she gestured for her boyfriend to bend over. Instead of croaking out, “I love you,” she whispered, voice hoarse, “Get me out of here.” In the wake of a debilitating car accident and the accompanying eight hours of surgery, 13 hours in a coma and an unsuccessful attempt to flee from the hospital, Chen, an inspirational speaker and dancer, reflected enough on her rehabilitation process to find the roots for her to-be modern dance company, the “J Chen Project.” “The doctor said that I [could] recover as a healthy person but not as a professional dancer anymore,” she said. “My family urged me to go back to California instead of dancing in New York.” Though acquiescing to frequent advice from family to give up dance and move back from New York City to California, Chen instead gave herself a second chance to approach life in the way she wanted, and she ultimately chose dance. To showcase her art, the Rutgers University Programming Association hosted “A Evening with Jessica Chen — A Journey Through Life and Death and Life” yesterday night at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Student Center. Chen and six other dancers, Jessica Aronoff, Flannery Hous- Founder of “J Chen Project,” Jessica Chen and Sandy Shelton perform in “Training the Devil,” a part of “An Evening with Jessica ton, Sandy Shelton, Rafael San- Chen – A Journey Through Life and Death and Life,” an event hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Association on the chez, Yasmin Schoenmann and evening of Feb. 19. AARON SAVAGE Cole Mills, put on seven contemporary dance performances, fol- love about [contemporary dance] on to the thing that I know, which lowed by Chen’s speech “Dance is that inspirational stories are is dance.” told through body movements Through My Recovery.” Chen concluded her perforStarted in 2008, the J Chen and everyone can take it in their mance with “Amen,” encouraging Project is committed to the artis- own way.” people to familiarize themselves Chen’s dance “Prayer” is one with the demons that ensnare tic conversation between artists and audience, putting imagination of those pieces. them and always be ready to take Chen said she devised the a leap of faith. onto the stage and letting it live on those who witness, according dance relating to her days in Emily Bliss, a School of Arts the hospital. Though not a re- and Sciences first-year student to the company’s website. Chen, the artistic director of the ligious person, she realized the and participant in Rutgers theater J Chen Project and a University of impor tance of faith not just to groups such as the College AveCalifornia, Santa Barbara graduate, herself, but to all the people nue Players, said she came to the has held seminars across the globe waiting outside of the Intensive event with an interest in how stoand presented work at numerous Care Unit. ries can be told. “There were people with all venues including the New York “While in theater we express Live Arts Studio Series and Brook- colors and ages,” she said. “They using words, [with] dance it’s tolyn Museum of tally different,” Art, according to she said. “It’s interesting to see the ways we are all the the J Chen ProjNeil Russell, ect’s website. same — we all fear, we all want happiness, and we a School of Arts “It is the first and Sciences all hope.” time that RUPA sophomore, an[brought] a other attendee dance company and coordinaJESSICA CHEN to Rutgers,” said tor of a hip-pop Founder of “J Chen Project,” Dancer and Inspirational Speaker Lindsey Silvera, dance team assistant direccalled “Team tor of outreach Technique” in can’t do anything but [hope] for the Taiwanese American Student for RUPA. Silvera, a dance major in the the best. It’s interesting to see the Association, reflected his passion Mason Gross School of the Arts, ways we are all the same — we all for dance. said it is important to keep an fear, we all want happiness, and “Dance is the reason I wake up open mind while appreciating we all hope.” in the morning,” he said. “It is one Last night, Chen embodied of the best ways to express yourself. modern dance. Karishma Motwani, assistant those three feelings in her solo It is physical, and you pour energy marketing director of outreach for piece “Climb” that implicated her and emotions into the movements.” RUPA and a dancer affiliated with step-by-step process of rehabilRutgers South Asian Performing itation after her accident. It was Weini Zhang is a School of Arts Artist, expected the audience to feel a time when she had to relearn and Sciences first-year student inspired by the power of art to help how to chew and walk and rethink majoring in economics and mathpeople through hardships. ematics with a minor in Italian. about life, she said. “It’s a different way of express“It is scary to trust my body She is a staff writer for The Daily ing oneself other than conversa- again,” she said, “There [was] so Targum. Follow @WenergyZplus tion,” Silvera said. “What I really much unknown, but at last I held for more stories.
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ADHD Bedsheets, pillowcases, plush toys, items with foam attract pesticide particles, Richardson says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
diagnosed with ADHD],” he said. Male mice offspring were more affected than female mice were, he said. Because these mice were exposed while still in the womb, the effects of the pesticides persisted through their lives, he said. This study was a preliminary one and the results presented are initial findings, said Brian Buckley, the executive director of Laboratories in the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute. The effects of pesticides in mice were analyzed, he said. The location of the pesticides within the animals were determined, as well as why the pesticides migrated to those tissues or areas of the brain. One of the things to establish is mechanistic plausibility, he said. Looking at the effects in an animal or cell culture model can help determine what sort of effect can be expected in human children. This can be estimated by determining the biochemical and physiological changes, he said. This helps the research team figure out what symptoms might show in humans. “Obviously we can’t give little kids pesticides and say, ‘here, let’s see if you have ADHD later on’,” he said. Previous studies have shown that pesticides may reside in a home environment long after they were expected to dissipate, he said. In
a person’s room, this would mean residue would appear in soft, clothbased items. Bed sheets, pillowcases, plush toys or items with foam attract particles from pesticides, he said. Particles stay in the environment beyond their planned decomposition time, he said. Typically, pesticides are expected to decompose three hours after they are used, he said. Because the particles were relatively large, only specific groups were in danger from this, Richardson said. “For most of us, it’s not really a problem [because] we metabolize these pyrethroids really well,” he said. “The concerns are pregnant women, children and those who don’t metabolize [them] very well.” Only objects out in the open where a pesticide might be used were analyzed, Buckley said. Dishes stored in cabinets or anything covered were not looked at in the study. Inhaling pesticides was likewise not looked at in the study, but other means of transmission were, he said. Pesticides migrated up walls and corners after being applied on cracks, he said. Children might not lick a wall, but it is likely they would touch it and then put their hands in their mouths. There are ways to live with ADHD, Loder-Murphy said. These range from performing certain
BLINDFOLDED BANQUET Left to right: Amanda Piendra, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, Anastasia Kudlai, a School of Engineering senior and Monica Castle, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, feast on a three-course meal Feb. 19 at the Busch Student Center for Envision Rutgers’s second annual “Dining in the Dark” event to help visually impaired children in India. YIZHUANG LI
tasks to help concentrate to taking specific medications. Simply sitting in a more quiet location in a classroom would help someone focus, she said. Some students may also use a timer on their phone to force them to refocus if they get distracted. Exercise seemed to help some of the affected mice, Richardson
said. Increased physical activity caused some changes in the brain. This may also help people affected by the disorder. Presently, up to 40 percent of patients may not respond to medication, he said. “As individual as a person is, it impacts them differently,” she said. “People who suffer from
ADHD are compromised. It really impacts [those who suffer from it] every day.” Nikhilesh De is a School of Engineering sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering. He is a correspondent at The Daily Targum. Follow him on Twitter @eagleraptorjsf for more stories.
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Eight Ignite Speakers will take stage this year at 2015 Mark Leadership Conference
Cheating via Snapchat is temporary, low-risk, wrong, Strauss says
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to last year’s set of events, according to the conference’s website. Not only can students participate in activities and hear speakers, they can also get involved as Mark Captains, according to the website. A Mark Captain holds specific positions, attends weekly meetings and plays a special role within the conference. “This year’s speakers are awesome,” Jason Gaines, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and current Mark Captain said. “For me, anyone who is truly making an impact on society should have the opportunity to have their voice projected to an audience as they can incite action in the next person.” He is excited about conference activities at the end of the month such as the energizers, run by corporate professionals from Pepsi, Target and AT&T. They will engage attendees and connect students that need help making their marks with a few organizations. Gaines holds the position of Human Resources Captain and is incredibly passionate about contributing to Rutgers and the world. He is especially excited for the Ignite Speakers, who are students that have been selected to share their unique, inspirational stories during the conference. Gaines said the Mark Conference is intended to help Rutgers students figure out who they are, why each of them are enrolled and what their place in the world might be in the future. He believes “inciting action now” is what the conference is all about. “From a personal standpoint, [creating] a legacy in this world with billions of others is ver y important to me, and I’m not sure why it wouldn’t be to others. I want to stand for many things and mark my legacy,” Gaines said. Christina Colon, a School of
Arts and Sciences senior and Mark Captain is also the Ignite Speaker Captain and the official coordinator for the speakers. At the conference, these are known as “Ignite Talks.” In the past, there have been seven to eight student speakers that took the stage at the conference. This year specifically, there are eight Ignite Speakers made up of a motley crew of juniors and seniors. This group of students, coordinated by Colon, will tell each stor y next Saturday and how they are inspired ever y day. “Last year I was on the planning team/volunteer committee and grew so much from the friendships I made, and the things that I learned,” Colon said. “It was my first real taste of being involved in a leadership initiative, and honestly, I loved it.” Since then, the Mark Conference has left a huge impact on her and she is intent on returning the favor by making an impact as an asset to this experience and in all of her future endeavors, she said. Inspired Mark Captain, Nicole Chen, a School of Management and Labor Relations sophomore, decided to apply for some leadership positions at Rutgers because the conference empowered her. She now sees it as one of the best decisions of her life, she said. Chen, who is involved in many other organizations at Rutgers, believes that whether students are interested in a certain industr y or not the speakers and their messages somehow still captivate and inspire the audience. “This conference is important to Rutgers, because we are one of the only universities around the tristate area to hold a conference at this large of a scale,” Chen said. “I mean, people from around the world come to Rutgers just to speak at the Mark Conference. That is something to take pride in.”
while she thinks liking Facebook profile pictures of another person are available through both dis- while in a relationship is acceptable, crete and obvious social media commenting with phrases such as outlets, such as text messages, “hey sexy momma” or using particdating applications, Facebook ular emoticons in a flirtatious concommenting, Snapchats and text is deeply inappropriate. “Emoji winky faces are more even emails. While the poll never defined than just a smile,” she said. “Cer“cheating” when conducting re- tain emoticons and emojis are search, female participants were okay, and others are not. There found more likely to consider should be limits.” Sayed said the study’s results are flirtatious online activities as promiscuous cheating behavior by 88 believable because she thinks men percent, compared to 77 percent are more likely to accept different kinds of flirting as acceptable while for men. Paul Giannoglou, a Rutgers in a relationship because it is “in Business School junior, said using their nature.” Dominic Bo“winky faces,” horquez, a Rutcomprised of a “Emoji winky faces are gers Business semicolon and more than just a smile. School first-year parentheses in student, said online conversaCertain emoticons and the likelihood of tion, has sexual emojis are okay, and a man cheating implications. others are not. There depends on the “Even though should be limits.” kind of person a winky face he is and not a isn’t necessarRANDA SAYED “nature” specifily cheating, School of Arts and Sciences First-Year ic to all men. there’s no point Student Some relato using it if you tionships are aren’t going for rushed and uncared for, while that,” he said. Jared Strauss, a School of Arts others are deep and meaningful, and Sciences senior, said the like- Bohorquez said. If a man or womlihood of cheating and the accep- an is emotionally and intellectually tance of it among people’s signifi- invested in their romantic relacant others is entirely dependent on tionship, they will not need seek further fulfillment of any kind elsetheir type of relationship. “The first thing I think of is send- where, he said. “Love has to do with it,” he said. ing nude photos on Snapchat,” he said. “I think that’s the most promNatasha Tripathi is a School of inent example.” This method of cheating is tem- Arts and Sciences junior majoring porary, low-risk and wrong, he in painting and journalism and mesaid, but not nearly the same as dia studies with a minor in political engaging with someone physically science. She is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum. Follow while in a relationship. Randa Sayed, a School of Arts her on Twitter @natashatripathi for and Sciences first-year student, said more stories. CONTINUED FROM FRONT
RUSA President of RUSA would work 16 hours per week, earn $2,688 per semester, Clark says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
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that I openly admit is that it does not outline where the money is coming from,” he said. “If this does come to fruition, we’d be looking primarily at grants.” Justin Lucero, treasurer for RUSA, explained why other student organizations will not see budget cuts as a result of the proposal. “Student fees are collected and certain groups are directly advised, so they get a budget assigned to them,” said Lucero, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “… If we keep this cost within the budget we are assigned each year, it won’t spill over to other groups.” Clark, who has been working on the proposal for three months, said one reason he wrote the bill is because he strongly believes students from all walks of life should have the opportunity to run for RUSA without having to work multiple jobs. “I would be a better parliamentarian if I didn’t have to work two jobs,” he said. According to the proposal, the president of RUSA would receive $2,688 each semester and be re-
quired to work a minimum of 16 hours per week. The vice president and treasurer would both receive $1,680 each semester and be required to work at least 14 hours per week. Many have speculated whether people would run for RUSA po-
“I would be a better parliamentarian if I didn’t have to work two jobs.” SAM CLARK Rutgers University Student Assembly Parliamentarian
sitions simply to receive the stipend. But Clark said the average RUSA pay would only be about $9.50 an hour. Rutgers students have seen many improvements at Rutgers due to the work of RUSA, Clark said. He believes the executive board and committee chairs deser ve to be compensated
FEB. 19 EAST ORANGE — The East Orange Campus High School head wrestling coach and middle school gym teacher is charged with growing marijuana out of his home, where he kept a stockpile of weapons, as well as using school computers to store child pornography. FEB. 19 WOODBRIDGE — A school district business administrator was arrested Wednesday after police said they found a gram of cocaine during a search of his car. Dennis Demarino was charged with possession of a controlled substance and released on his own recognizance. He was later suspended from his job with pay. FEB. 18 NEW BRUNSWICK — One of two suspects in a home invasion robbery that occurred on Feb. 2, 2015 has been arrested. Police detectives have identified Jerome Powell as one of two suspects who went to an address with intent to purchase an X-Box, which the resident was attempting to sell. Once inside the residence, one of the suspects showed a firearm while the other suspect took a X-Box, cellphones and marijuana in the home. FEB. 18 CARTERET — A man has been charged with killing his boss while the two were renovating a house. Adison Trigueno is charged with the murder of Anthony Mocci and the possession of an unlawful weapon. The prosecutor said Trigueno was charged at the Middlesex County jail where he had been held since Feb. 4 on charges of forgery, theft by deception and uttering a forged instrument for depositing an undisclosed sum in his personal account after stealing one of Mocci’s checks and signing the victim’s name on it.
and will work more diligently if paid. “Who here remembers the L route?” Clark asked. “RUSA is responsible for replacing the L route with the LX route that we all know and love.” But after the presentation, there still was no decision to approve or reject the proposal, Nieman said. A second bill was passed at last night’s meeting that will establish a veteran seat in RUSA. RUSA is a growing body for all students, and veterans represent a significant part of that population, said Natasha Marchick, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Veterans need the academic resources and voting resources that every student on campus has,” she said. The seat will be chosen by RU SERVS, a student organization on campus that represents all Rutgers University students who have both undertaken the responsibilities of defending our nation’s freedom and being a student, she said. “Rutgers is currently number three in the nation for veterans,” she said. “We want Rutgers to be number one.” Avalon Zoppo is a Rutgers Business School first-year student majoring in pre-business. She is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum. Follow her on Twitter @avalonzoppo for more stories.
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Apple goes to court against A123 Electric-car batter y maker A123 Systems has sued Apple Inc for poaching top engineers to build a large-scale batter y division, according to a court filing that offered further evidence that the iPhone maker may be developing a car. Apple has been poaching engineers with deep expertise in car systems, including from Tesla Inc, and talking with industr y experts and automakers with the ultimate aim of learning how to make its own electric car, an auto industr y source said last week. Around June 2014, Apple began aggressively poaching A123 engineers tasked with leading some of the company’s most critical projects, the lawsuit said. The engineers jumped ship to pursue similar programs at Apple, in violation of their employment agreements, A123 said in a filing earlier this month in Massachusetts federal court. “Apple is currently developing a large-scale batter y division to compete in the ver y same field as A123,” the lawsuit read. The suit was reported earlier by legal website law360.com. Neither Apple nor A123 immediately responded to requests for comment and Apple has not responded to the allegations in the complaint. The company also sued five former A123 employees, who could not be reached for comment. A123 Systems is a pioneering industrial lithium-ion batter y maker, which was backed by a $249 million U.S. government grant. It filed for bankruptcy in 2012 and has been selling of f assets.
Lithium-ion is a batter y technology that can be used in applications from computers to airplanes, but A123 specializes in big batteries that can be used in big machines, including cars. A123 did not say what specifically the engineers worked on. It said in its lawsuit that the engineers who left were of such caliber that the projects they had been working on had to be abandoned after their departures. It also accused one of the five defendants, Mujeeb Ijaz, of helping Apple recruit among its ranks. “It appears that Apple, with the assistance of defendant Ijaz, is systematically hiring away A123’s high-tech PhD and engineering employees, thereby effectively shutting down various projects/programs at A123,” according to the lawsuit. “They are doing so in an effort to support Apple’s apparent plans to establish a battery division that is similar if not identical to A123’s, in competition with A123.” In its complaint, A123 said it believed Apple was looking to hire other battery engineers from companies including LG Chem Ltd, Samsung SDI Co Ltd, Panasonic Corp, Toshiba Corp and Johnson Controls Inc. None of the companies immediately responded to requests for comment. A123 added that former executive Ijaz also contacted its batter y partner SiNode Systems on behalf of Apple. Ijaz’s outreach to SiNode “confirms that his work on behalf of Apple is at least substantially similar (if not identical) to his work at A123,” the filing said. SiNode did not respond to a request for comment.
Tr ying to build an actual car would mark a dramatic shift for the maker of the iPhone and iPad. Apple often researches projects which are then discarded, but has so far mainly stuck to its core expertise in mobile and electronic devices. Whether it will build and release an electric car or a more evolved autonomous vehicle remains to be seen, the source told Reuters last week. But evidence is mounting that the maker of smartphones and other mobile gadgets is, like Google Inc, researching and developing next-generation car technologies. Silicon Valley is competing to create software to run self-driving vehicles, as well as ser vices associated with autonomous driving, such as mapping, car-sharing and car recharging ser vices. Data on LinkedIn, the professional networking site, shows that Apple has been siphoning up automotive engineers and experts, many with expertise in autonomous driving technology, at a significant pace. A search of LinkedIn profiles turns up more than 60 former Tesla employees now employed by Apple, including dozens of hardware, software, manufacturing and supply chain engineers. There are also a variety of ex-Tesla recruiters, retail or sales specialists, attorneys and product managers. Apart from the five defendants, at least six other ex-A123 engineers had moved over to Apple, according to their LinkedIn profiles, though with titles like “Technical Program Manager,” their duties at Apple are unclear.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it AFL-CIO President Richard Trumwould raise entry-level wages to $9 ka said in a statement. “Workers evan hour, a 24 percent increase from erywhere are glad to see Walmart the U.S. minimum wage that some change their view.” employees now earn, succumbing Others reiterated their call for it to longstanding pressure to pay its to pay least $15 an hour, which they workforce more. say represents the minimum “living The world’s largest retailer said wage” for U.S. workers. the increases would cost it $1 billion The changes by Walmart “are inand impact 500,000 employees, or adequate for the hundreds of thouabout 40 percent of its workforce, sands of employees who struggle to although the hike falls short of what support themselves and their famisome labor groups have been agitat- lies,” Christine Owens, executive diing for. rector of the National Employment The move comes amid a growing Law Project, said in a statement. debate in the U.S. over the widening The step by the world’s largest gulf between the rich and low-in- retailer may nevertheless prompt come workers. Wal-Mart has been other low-wage employers to follow a prime target of critics who say its suit, some analysts said. “Wage inlow-wages and inflexible scheduling creases could be imminent for other are a big part of the problem. companies,” Cowen and Company The White House praised the analyst Oliver Chen said in a note. move, pointing out that 17 states In fact, Wal-Mart’s wage hike have already moved to boost their follows similar moves at other conminimum wages above the federal sumer goods companies. A year level of $7.25 an hour and renewing ago Gap Inc set its minimum at $9 its call on the Republican Congress an hour and pledged to raise that to boost the wage on a national level. to $10 in 2015. And more recently, “But given their recalcitrance Panera Bread Co on this because Republicans keep told investors this month that it blocking it, we’re going to continue was paying higher wages across the to keep making progress in other board, citing a “war for talent.” ways,” White House spokesman Wal-Mart’s $1 billion program Eric Schultz told reporters. includes changes to staff training Chief Executive Doug McMil- to help workers advance their calon, who took the post about a year reers. It said it was working on a ago, told reporters on a media call scheduling system that would make that he wanted Wal-Mart to be a it easier for employees to set their “ladder of opportunity” for workers hours, targeting another longtime and that the investments in wages complaint of labor activists. would ensure employees are “highMcMillon did not disclose how ly engaged in our business.” much average wages would inInvestors, worried about the bot- crease next year but expressed contom-line implications even after the fidence the investment would evenretailer reported better-than-fore- tually pay off with increased traffic cast profits, pushed Wal-Mart’s to its stores. shares down 2.9 percent to $83.77 Wal-Mart also reported a betin afternoon trade, making it the ter-than- expected fourth-quarter biggest decliner on the Dow Jones profit, helped by lower U.S. gas Industrial average. prices, which put more money into The company acknowledged consumers’ pockets and led to inthat the wage bumps would dent creased trips to Wal-Mart stores. profits this year but said they would Same-store sales in the United improve customer service over the States rose 1.5 percent. Analysts on longer term, addressing issues that average had forecast an increase of have in part been blamed on low 0.7 percent, according to Consenwages, as well sus Metrix. as a paucity of Wa l - M a r t , workers at its however, cut its “Workers everywhere stores. sales forecast ‘WAR FOR are glad to see Walmart for the year TALENT’ ending January change their view.” Wa l - M a r t 2016, citing a RICHARD TRUMKA said its hourly strong dollar. American Federation of Labor-Congress of full-time and The retailer said Industrial Organizations President part-time workit now expected ers will earn at sales to increase least $9.00 an 1-2 percent, behour, or $1.75 low its previous above the current federal mini- forecast of 2-4 percent. mum wage, starting in April. That It also forecast earnings of $4.70will increase to at least $10.00 an $5.05 per share, below the average hour by Feb. 1, 2016 for workers analyst estimate of $5.19. now on its payroll. Net profit attributable to WalThe increase will mainly affect Mart rose 12 percent to $4.97 Wal-Mart’s lowest-paid workers. billion, or $1.53 per share, for the The average hourly wage for full- quarter. time workers will rise to $13 from Excluding items, Wal-Mart $12.85 this year, while the average earned $1.58 per share, according for part-time workers will rise to $10 to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. from $9.48, Wal-Mart said. Total revenue rose 1.4 percent to Labor groups welcomed Wal- $131.57 billion. Mart’s decision as a delayed step in Analysts on average had expectthe right direction. ed earnings of $1.53 per share on “For years Walmart has kicked revenue of $132.35 billion. and screamed that raising wages was not a feasible business model,” —Reuters
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LIFESTYLE
If painting the walls is not an option at your off-campus spot, hang a tapestry to add a bright burst of color to any room. DANIELLE GONZALEZ / ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR
There’s no place like home, how to live stylishly off campus JANINE PUHAK STAFF WRITER
rules, your crash pad will feel like a castle in no time.
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time, and the whole place will be sparkling before you know it.
COLOR IS YOUR NEW BEST
The dawn of midterms is apWhether you will be spending FRIEND proaching, the sun sets a little lat- the 2015-2016 school year cozied Maybe your landlord couldn’t er each evening and hushed mur- up with old friends, new pals or a care less if you bring your Picasso murs of a fabled, promised break blend of the two, clear communi- inspired A-game to the walls, or could mean only one thing: winter cation from the start is the most maybe you aren’t allowed to even is on her way out, and spring is on effective way to ensure a blissful approach them with a paintbrush her way in. living experience. in hand. For those returning to the Before you go ahead and make Regardless of which road you University next fall, the months arrangements to paint the living walk, keep the faith and don’t give of Februar y and March are room scarlet or order a $3,000 up on your creativity. No room celebrator y times to pop cham- leather couch, check in with ev- ever looks bad in a fresh coat of pagne and find just the right eryone to see what the decorat- sunny yellow paint, while tapesemojii to express your excite- ing game plan will be in terms of tries make for a wonderful and ment over your new “place.” common areas. quick splash of color. The decision If your color to move from cannot be peran on campus manent, tack “You do not need to break the bank to blaze a trail — the up some stickresidence hall to an secret is to trust your instincts as well as your budget...” er decals, inof f-campus vest in a huge spot is nothchalkboard ing less than for guests to a ceremonial right of passage as It is never too early to create a doodle on, and know that one can you transition up the ranks as a Facebook group or call great Aunt never go wrong with strands of Rutgers student. Mabel to see if she has any old white Christmas lights – the more Once the initial glitter of renting furniture you could use. the merrier. your own place fades and settles CLEAN OUT HOUSE LOOK IN UNEXPECTED to dust, and you realize you are Lucky you, this is the perfect PLACES actually responsible for dealing time to start over. You’ve got the Believe it or not, it is totally with a landlord, utilities and pre- rest of the year (or even just the possible to design on a dime serving some level of cleanliness very end of it) to sort through any so precisely that your bank acon a daily basis, it is easy to feel old junk you don’t want to bring count won’t even notice that overwhelmed with all of the new along for the move. you’ve upgraded cribs. responsibilities that come with Sorting out the treasure from Thrift stores, eBay and being an owner of an off-campus the trash leaves all the more room yard sales are all fair hunting apartment or house. for the new — in addition to skim- grounds for ever ything from Though the chapter of vintage ming down on clutter before it can bed frames to door knobs, so movie star posters, micro-fridges take root in a new location. let the chase begin as your midand floor meetings is nearing a Pare down your possessions. terms wind down. close, another story of tea lights, Less is always more. You’ll be The web is also loaded with cork boards and house dinners is amazed at what you won’t miss. design ideas to suit any style on just about to begin. As your lease likely begins at Pinterest, Tumblr and Craigslist You do not need to break the the end of May or June, pencil in to boot. bank to blaze a trail — the secret a clean up day with your roomBEFRIEND THE NEIGHBORS is to trust your instincts as well as mates to scrub and sweep before The best thing about a home is your budget and to also take your officially settling in. Throw in the people you share it with. That time. By following a few golden the bonus factor of easy bonding community often extends to the
Repurpose items like mason jars to create cost effective, unique DIY decorations. DANIELLE GONZALEZ / ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR whole neighborhood, especially in New Brunswick. When you move to an unfamiliar area, getting to know your neighbors is one of the smartest and safest things that you can do, whether they live next door, downstairs or down the hall. Having trustworthy people around you who can hold a spare key, water the pet plant or lend
you an egg are worth their weight in gold, so do not delay in getting to know them. Once you are all settled in, take the plunge and invite them over for a housewarming party — you’ll be so glad you did. For more stories on arts and entertainment, food and lifestyle check out targuminsidebeat.com
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EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW: Laurels and Darts WHO RUNS RBS? GIRLS
BUT BARCHI, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
Rutgers Business School Dean Lei Lei was recently named one of New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business. In just five years, she was able to bring the RU business program up from “nothing” to a rank of 13th in the world. Lei was appointed the dean of RBS in January and looks forward to the challenge of leading the school. This laurel is for you Lei Lei, good luck leading RBS, your exemplary track record precedes you.
The past couple weeks have been some of the windiest and coldest we’ve experienced all winter. But from the Davidson Residence Hall on Busch to Hickman Hall on Douglass, the heat has been virtually nonexistent. While giving students space heaters and temporarily moving offices was a good band-aid for the situation, it didn’t solve the problem. This dart is for ever yone responsible for maintaining heat at the University — it’s hard to do homework with three pairs of gloves on.
ASSOCIATES ARE PROFESSORS TOO
DIVESTMENT DIARIES
A survey released by the American Association of University Professors showed that the salary gap between associate and full-time professors is widening. The most recent calculations peg the gap at roughly $12,000 with full-time professors earning more. The requirements for both sets of educators are different, but that doesn’t justify such a vast disparity. This dart is for the trivial nature of professional titles that don’t take into account how well a professor teaches and performs at their job.
For Global Divestment Day, student groups on campus including the Rutgers University Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign, gathered for a rally on the steps of Brower Commons. Calling attention to climate change and dependence on fossil fuels, these students shared their views on why divestment is important. This laurel goes out to everyone on campus that contributes to organized and peaceful protests. Keep on fighting for what you believe in.
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I’M NOT RACIST, HE IS
On Wednesday night, Rutgers Hillel and Rutgers Peacemakers co-sponsored the third “Israel Coffee Break.” The event was held at Au Bon Pain and was designed to allow students a place to break down an “incredibly complex issue” and “listen with the intent of understanding.” This laurel goes out Rutgers Hillel and Rutgers Peacemakers for offering a safe space to discuss a topic that is hotly contested across the world as well as here on campus.
While overt racism may be a thing of the past, implicit racism and biases are still an issue. A UCLA study showed that steps to eliminate racism have been made but not as many as one might think. Now a days people are less likely to admit that they’re biased or racist and instead show their tendencies through cover action. This dart is for ever yone who fails to acknowledge the internal biases they may have — admitting is the first step.
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Anti-vaxxers, Mitt Romey, beginning of end LOGICAL LIBERAL SONNI WAKNIN
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t’s that time of year again: time to think about the 2016 election. The beginning of the end has already begun for the select few presidential-candidate hopefuls and for those of us who have to live through yet another Republican Primary season. In the span of a month, we have seen Mitt Romney decide not to run, while Jeb Bush and Bobby Jindal have started preparing for their respective campaigns. As for the Democrats, it is pretty obvious that Hillary Clinton is gearing up for another shot at the White House. While Romney dropping out is a cause for celebration on both sides, Democrats might not be too happy with the repercussions of his decision. Romney has never been the ideal candidate for the Republican party… honestly, he’s never even been their second-choice. But Romney not running in the 2016 election means more than losing a moderate candidate for the GOP and missing out on a repeat of the 2012 election for Democrats –– his choice will enable candidates and the media to highlight something strange about Clinton: her age. Before Romney’s exit, Clinton would be able to defend against comments about her age by pointing out similar facts about Romney. These comments could have been turned back around and been perceived as sexist. But with Romney out of the race, the floodgates for those who are anti-Hillary are open once again, allowing all to question her age and her abilities … because apparently, being old weakens your
ability to be a good President. While age might seem trivial now, it will blossom into a huge point of attack against Clinton once she declares her candidacy. Romney’s choice to drop out of the race is going to make all of us suffer through questions about if a grandma could run the country and, however ridiculous, call into question her ability to balance being a grandmother and the president if elected. Another issue that has been gaining attention is the anti-vaccination movement and those who identify as anti-vaxxers. The movement stems from religious and personal beliefs as well as pseudo-science claims. Each of these beliefs beliefs culminate in one conclusion, however idiotic it might be –– a parent should not vaccinate their child. This issue seems like more of a concern for public health officials, but the movement will influence politics and could make or break a hopeful presidential candidate. Clinton and Jindal have publicly endorsed the use of vaccinations and have advocated that vaccines be mandator y for Americans. This is a smart move for both of them as it aligns them with the views of most Americans. The choice to openly support vaccinations is particularly smart for Jindal because of the widespread stereotype that GOP members are “science deniers.” By advocating for vaccinations, Jindal aligns himself with the scientific community, his unwavering support is good media for him and for the GOP. On the other side of the Republican coin, Rand Paul has continuously made confusing remarks about vaccinations. He’s been recently outted for associating with groups that link Autism to vaccinations
and making claims that parents do not have to vaccinate their children. While it is not surprising that Paul believes that the government should not make vaccinations mandatory, as Paul is a proud libertarian, it does however cause continuity problems for his personal brand and campaign. As a physician, Paul uses his degree as a leverage point over other candidates and as an authority on healthcare. However, his statements and participation in anti-vaccination groups could make potential voters call into question his legitimacy as a physician, as it certainly should. Since his many public statements on vaccinations, there has been reports that state that Paul does not have an undergraduate degree as he claimed before, shining a light on his if he is truly as competent as he says he is. Paul’s stance — if it stays consistent through his run — will both hurt and help him in the upcoming primary and in the general election, assuming he gets the GOP nomination. Paul shares his anti-vaccination views with the very religious and anti-government on the right, but also with some on the far-far left, winning him some unexpected votes. However, those within the GOP, such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have publically disagreed with Paul. Losing party support, especially with a high-ranking member, will hurt Paul even if he decides not to run. Come debate time, each candidate’s stance on vaccinations will be in a whole new spotlight and the issue will continually come up moving forward with the 2016 election. Sonni Waknin is a sophomore in the School of Arts and Sciences majoring in political science and history. Her column “Logical Liberal,” runs on alternate Fridays.
Social media is ruining real relationships a scary feat nowadays because texting has DIGITAL CANVAS become so conventional. Most families do EPATIA LILIKAS not even feel it necessary to own a house phone anymore. People could have thousands of followers or friends on these social eople were once concerned with mediums, when, in reality, everything postY2K when it came to the evolving ed and uploaded could be a front. This genworld of technology, but nowadays eration has shaped their self-image based it seems like society’s worries are more fooff of what they think people would like, litcused around what Instagram filter to use erally. Many have been able to create entire and how many retweets you can get. Conlives and careers from forging their image. troversy erupted recently with the recent No real relationships can be formed when update to Snapchat, a wildly popular app. one party is pretending to be someone Being able to keep in touch with people by they’re not. It is no wonder so many people sending cute or absurd pictures to one anare being “catfished” these days. other has become a 21st century staple of Being able to interact with others 24/7, communication. Your 365 days a year has Snapchat ‘best friends’ made life 1,000 perhelped to indicate the cent easier, and it “This generation has shaped their self-image based off of what people you actually is without a doubt they think people would like, literally. Many have been able to kept in touch with, an exceedingly or who you just felt positive shift for create entire lives and careers from forging their image.” like sending pictures the world of techback and forth to. The nology. Whether update got rid of this through text confeature and has, thus, started an unintenWe have all been guilty of staring aimless- versation, or even connecting with reltional revolution among young adults using ly at our phones or computers, constantly atives halfway around the world, social the app. But what does this (along with the refreshing every form of social media until media and technology have changed our many other social media trends) really say something new has been uploaded to occu- lives for the better. However, it also comes about our generation? py our thoughts. But this comes at a cost. with its share of threats. Electronic comThe new feature on Snapchat that re- While everyone is transfixed to a screen, munication is superficial, and will continue placed the ability to view other’s ‘best authentic communication slowly drifts into to be the less face-to face communication friends’ is a “discover” section that shares the unknown. People have learned to ex- occurs. It is time for people stop hiding bebreaking news and entertainment stories. press their feelings using emojis or even hind a screen. This caused a media uproar. Removing “subtweeting”, rather than speaking face this somewhat invasive element of the app to face. Every text message comes with Epatia Lilikas is a sophomore in the became the worst nightmare of every para- swallowed words or a hidden facial expres- School of Arts and Sciences majoring in Ennoid significant other. Ignorance really isn’t sion that is evaded just as much as genuine glish and economics. Her column “Digital bliss. This generation has been molded by human contact is. Talking on the phone is Canvas,” runs on alternate Fridays.
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technology –– so much so that something as insignificant as who your Snapchat best friends are is cause for a suspicion of infidelity. Social media has made it so easy to tap into other’s lives via things like Facebook “stalking” or Instagram likes, that when certain capabilities are taken away, people feel like they don’t know exactly what’s going on in their friend’s lives anymore, or even complete strangers’ lives, for that matter. Relationships have lost trust and gained suspicion just from the effects of a menial smartphone application. In an effort to connect to the wifi, we have lost real human connections and continue to neglect reality.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Students condemn ISIS for hate, violence This past Sunday, the Islamic State issued a video showing its militants beheading 21 Coptic Christians in Libya. This attack is only the latest by Islamic State militants against Christians, Jews and other religious communities in the Middle East. Since their rise to power, Islamic State rebels have persecuted and killed countless Christians within Iraq, Syria and Libya. The Rutgers Catholic Student Association joins with our fellow Christian organizations in mourning the lives lost in Libya and Iraq. These victims were not killed for any reason, except for their faith. The victims are rightfully honored as martyrs, those who did not give up their beliefs even when faced with death. People of all faiths and beliefs would do well to follow their example and not yield core beliefs when faced with severe rejection and adversity. We also strongly condemn the Islamic State for showing hatred and violence toward those of other faiths and ethnicities. Unfortunately, the Islamic State attacks are only the latest in a string of religiously-motivated attacks around the world in the past month. In Denmark, one person was killed and two people were injured in a terrorist attack at a synagogue. In North Carolina, three Muslim college students were killed in a possible
“We may not be able to go defend minorities being persecuted in Iraq or Libya, but we can fight against the evil and hatred that separates us here on campus.” hate crime. Every human being should have the right to practice their own faith without fear of death or violence. Yet, these perpetrators continue to view with hatred those with beliefs different from their own. While we, as Rutgers students, may not have the ability go and defend the minorities being persecuted in Iraq or Libya, we can fight against the evil and hatred that separates us here on campus. So when you see someone with a different belief than you in class or in the dining hall, do not judge them solely based on that. Instead, get to know them. Talk to them, find out what their dreams and struggles are and see how their faith and beliefs influence their life. You will probably find out you have a lot in common with them — after all, we are all human! These personal interactions will help reduce the hold that violence and division have on our society. And above all, join us in praying and working for peace, both here at Rutgers and in the world. This letter is submitted jointly by the Rutgers Catholic Student Association E-Board, which includes: Daniel Chedid, a senior in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences majoring in environmental planning and design, Matthew Jensen, a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in genetics, Freddy Kurian, a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in economics, Melanie Blaszczak, a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in criminal justice, Mark Rodriguez, a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in Spanish and Italian and Emma Allen, a non-traditional student.
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Horoscopes
DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
Pearls Before Swine
February 20, 2015 Stephan Pastis
Today’s Birthday (02/20/15). Your career thrives with love and attention this year. Make bold promises and keep them. Extra work pays off, especially now. Launch a personal dream after 3/20. Organize, sort and file financial papers after 4/4. Untangle a mess. A new creative collaboration arises after 10/13, and it could get romantic. Infuse your work with passion. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Your power shines brightly for the next few months, with Mars and Venus entering your sign. You’re spurred to action. Focus on personal development, including physical activity and exercise. Set long-range goals, and begin a passionate new phase. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Complete an old project and set long-range goals over the next weeks with Mars and Venus in Aries. Speculate and dream about the next phase. Clean, sort and organize to clear space. Consider health, happiness and vitality. Rest. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — For about six weeks, anything’s possible together. You’re especially popular (with Mars, Venus and the Moon in Aries). Your team holds the keys. Group efforts achieve traction. Get social and collaborate. Party for a good cause. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — For about six weeks with Mars, Venus and the Moon in Aries, pour energy into your career and professional status. Assume authority, and take responsibility for creating powerful results. Do what you love. Move forward boldly. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Expand your horizons over the next six weeks. It’s easier to travel. A business or educational trip could call you out. Investigate possibilities today and tomorrow. New opportunities open up. Give in to your wanderlust. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Keep tight reins on your budget over the next six weeks, and your savings can grow appreciably. Figure out your finances especially today and tomorrow. Take profitable actions and it all adds up. Do work you love.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Partnership is your golden key over the next six weeks. Generate new possibilities together for long-term collaboration and mutual benefit. Today and tomorrow seem especially hot and fertile. Plant seeds, and nurture your garden. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — You’re entering a highly productive six-week phase, with Venus, Mars and the Moon in Aries. Begin with a bang today and tomorrow. Launch a new product or service. Balance physical effort with rest and good food. Follow your heart. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Today and tomorrow get passionate. Begin a fun six-week phase using your talents for a worthy cause. Play the game full out, and get creative. Artistic efforts work in your favor. Get family involved. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — You’re entering a more domestic phase, especially today and tomorrow. Make repairs to strengthen infrastructure and support systems. Home and family take priority over the next six weeks, with Mars, Venus and the Moon in Aries. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Make lists and schedule tasks. Figure out what you need to learn today and tomorrow. Mars, Venus and the Moon in Aries spark a new six-week phase in study, research and communications. Write, record and broadcast your discoveries. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Bring home the bacon! You’re on a roll, and a profitable venture occupies the next six weeks. Launch into it whole-heartedly today and tomorrow. Turn on the charm and provide value. Squirrel away nuts for later.
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DEFEAT Knights drop 10th-straight game to tie longest losing streak since 1988 season CONTINUED FROM BACK Iowa shot 50.8 percent on the night, selflessly making extra passes to shred Rutgers’ man defense that was routinely too late to rotate out on the perimeter. Nine Hawkeyes tallied points. Four scored in double figures, including the game’s leaders in for ward Jarrod Uthoff (14) and White (13). Rutgers, which shot well at 40 percent for the third-straight outing, was again an utter mess offensively with 19 turnovers. Senior for ward Kadeem Jack matched a season-low with just 2 points on 1-of-7 shooting from the field. Only Mack (11 points on 4-of6 field goals) and freshman D.J. Foreman (10 points on 4-of-9 field goals), who saw extended run during the blowout, finished in double figures. Jack’s only field goal came with 18:38 left in regulation. Then, Mack drained a long three-pointer to cut Rutgers’ deficit to 44-29 with 18:17 remaining. And then, the floodgates opened again. Jok immediately answered that 5-0 spur t with a trey of his own in an eventual 9-0 response from the Hawkeyes. Guard Josh Oglesby punctuated things with one of Iowa’s eight three-balls to extend the rout to
63-36 and give the Hawkeyes their largest lead. Rutgers’ starting lineup never sniffed the hardwood the rest of the night. Mack and Jack sat on the bench for the final 16:03 as head coach Eddie Jordan sent a distinct message on the road, where Rutgers remains winless (0-7) in Big Ten play. Now in last place in the conference standings after two Northwestern wins this week, the Knights have just four regular season games remaining before the Big Ten Tournament begins March 11 in Chicago. On the slate, Rutgers is winless against each team. Aside from their last win over the Badgers in early January, the only other time the Knights tasted victory came during their 50-46 home triumph over Penn State on Jan. 3. The final leg continues Sunday back in Piscataway, where Rutgers hosts Indiana (18-9). The Hoosiers held off the Knights at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, 72-64, back on Jan. 31. Last time out against Indiana, Rutgers came close but couldn’t finish. This time out, the Knights simply hope to stay competitive for 40 minutes in hopes of spurring the first win in a long time. For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @gregp_j and @TargumSports on Twitter.
FINAL After shaky start, Rutgers regathers itself for dominant win in regular season finale CONTINUED FROM BACK The South Plainfield, New Jersey, product attacked all period, opening up the scoring to 10-1 with a minute remaining. And then with less than 30 seconds remaining in the first period, Ashnault went to work. While he was on top, he worked his tilt, bending the torso of Drexel’s Andrew Mauriello and kept trying. Finally, his persistence was rewarded and both Mauriello’s shoulders lay flat on the mat –– only two seconds remained on the clock. Ashnault was fired up before his match and exceeded that excitement after the win by fall. “It was the last dual-meet before Big Ten’s, so I wanted to come out here with some fire, some pop and put up a lot of points,” Ashnault said. “Right away, I got to a single leg and that kind of opened up my whole arsenal. I got on top, and I tried to pin him the whole time and finally at the end of the first I got it.” Perrotti, not to be undone by Ashnault who wrestled two bouts earlier, attacked in his own right. He used a single-wrist turn technique that was stressed all week in practice, along with flurries of forceful offense. A two-leg takedown started it for Perrotti early in the first period, and he followed it up with three-back points on a near fall using that same wrist technique and his momentum while he was riding out Drexel’s Noel Blanco. Perrotti started on top in the second period, used his new-found
favorite technique and got a combined seven back points on three separate near falls. An escape and a takedown in the third period sealed it and the match was over with just over a minute remaining, Perrotti holding his hand up after a dominant 15-0 tech fall. In all phases and positions of wrestling, Perrotti feels he has
Nkereuwem Okoro got off to a positive start last night at Iowa, but the junior wing struggled like the rest of his teammates with only five points. RUOXUAN YANG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2015
honed his craft perfectly. His focus now shifts to the Big Ten Tournament and making his strengths even stronger. “I feel like I am clicking on all cylinders right now,” Perrotti said. “I’m getting out on bottom, I’m turning on top and I’m taking people down when we are neutral. Honestly, my wrestling can’t be better right now. We will take some time off, but we are going to refocus and ever yone will get better.” With the regular season now over, the focus shifts to the postseason for Rutgers.
The Big Tens are two weeks away and the NCAA Tournament is two weeks later. The Knights need to peak in March, and they have already lifted their game in Februar y, with capability to get better. But attention won’t be paid to the postseason quite yet as Goodale said the team will likely take the weekend off and have some time to rest since the grueling, inaugural Big Ten season is now over. That leaves Goodale a chance to reflect on what could be his first top-25 team finish in since
the 2012-2013 Knights team snuck in to make the cut at No. 25. “I think we are wrestling well, and for the most par t, we are really healthy,” Goodale said. “I’m feeling really good –– about as good as I have ever felt at the end of a season. This is a pretty good team we have, and I think we are getting better. It’s pretty cool to finish in the top-25 teams in the countr y.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow @TylerKaralewich and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior 157-pounder Anthony Perrotti dominated his match against Drexel yesterday, scoring a 15-0 tech fall to win his bout. Perrotti used a single-wrist turn to gain control, a new weapon in his athletic arsenal. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2014
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February 20, 2015 GYMNASTICS
TENNIS NJIT-RUTGERS, TODAY, 12:30 P.M.
Gymnasts anticipate demanding weekend EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers gymnastics team has a busy weekend ahead of itself. The Scarlet Knights (7-7, 0-6) flies to Raleigh, North Carolina, to compete against North Carolina State, Kent State and North Carolina at 7 p.m. on Friday evening. Rutgers then takes a near seven-hour bus ride up to Morgantown, West Virginia, for a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. featuring the Mountaineers, Big Ten foe Maryland and No. 25 New Hampshire. Head coach Louis Levine thinks the lengthy travel can serve as a great opportunity for the team to bond. “North Carolina is a two-hour plane flight,” Levine said. “We have a day in between (meets) and a trip to Morgantown. Some of the best team bonding goes on the bus, so it’s just another chance for the team to keep getting close. They’ll watch some movies, they’ll sleep, so [traveling] is not an issue.” Rutgers finished ahead of Cornell (192.700) and Ursinus (189.650) last weekend at the team’s annual Pink Meet, but fell to conference rival Mar yland (195.375). The Knights posted a 194.450 in the competition, their second-highest team score of the year. Freshman Elizabeth Groden had an excellent performance. The Pennsylvania native competed all around for the first time in her college career and scored a total of 38.775 points. Fellow freshman Jenna Crisalli set a career-high on floor exercise with a 9.800. Captain Luisa Leal had a solid performance on vault, scoring a 9.850. The senior performed admirably on the balance beam as well with a 9.750 event score. “Because it’s a two competition weekend, [practice] has to be quality over quantity,” Leal said. “We can’t really do much this week because it’s going to be a hard weekend, so it has to be quality of turns instead
of repetition.” North Carolina State (5-4) defeated William & Mar y and George Washington last Saturday with a score of 195.850 for its second-highest team mark this season. Junior Brittni Watkins is arguably the top gymnast, as a top-25 competitor listed at No. 20 on vault and No. 23 in all-around competition. North Carolina (8-4) fell to No. 8 Georgia in its previous meet, 196.200-195.200. Freshman Morgan Lane won the all around competition by scoring a total of 39.175 points. Kent State (2-5) fell to Central Michigan in their last outing 196.400-195.325. West Virginia (6-6-1) lost to then-No. 18 Denver 195.425194.600. The Mountaineers feature two nationally ranked gymnasts with Alexa Goldberg is ranked No. 20 in the uneven bars and has a season average of 9.86. As a team, the Mountaineers rank No. 21 on vault. No. 25 New Hampshire beat Brown on Monday night and was led by Casey Lauter who set a career high on the uneven bars with a 9.825. Lauter’s efforts boosted her profile and, as a result, was named EAGL Rookie of the Week. Rutgers gets another opportunity at a Big Ten victory against Maryland on Sunday. The Knights have come within tenths of points from earning their first conference win multiple times in their last few meets. “I think that we can definitely compete against them [Mar yland],” senior captain Emma Hoffman said. Rutgers must keep emphasizing the point of hitting four out of four events in order to earn its first conference win. “We can definitely win against them,” she said. “It’s going to be good to go in there because they’re not worried. They already beat us so it’ll be good for us to go in there and hopefully get a win against them.” For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Emma Hoffman likes her team’s chances in a vigorous weekend. The senior eyes Rutgers’ first Big Ten win against Maryland. DAPHNE ALVA
After suffering her first losses of the season in her singles and doubles matches Tuesday night in Princeton, junior Mariam Zein looks to rebound against NJIT. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2013
Clean slate can benefit RU on court LAUREN FORSMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For the second time this week, the Rutgers tennis team takes on an in-state opponent. After trekking south to Princeton earlier in the week on Tuesday night, the Scarlet Knights return home. This time, it’s NJIT that takes the ride down. The Highlanders (1-6) enter the East Brunswick Racquet Club on Friday to battle the Knights in a 12:30 p.m. tilt. For Rutgers’ sake, the team hopes to see improvements when it takes the court. The Knights (2-2) look to rebound from a tough loss against the Tigers three days ago. Princeton routed Rutgers, sweeping singles and doubles play to cruise to a 7-0 win. Heading into the match, junior Mariam Zein was undefeated and slotted in the No. 5 singles spot for Rutgers. Zein carried that momentum into the matchup and threatened against Caroline Joyce, before ultimately falling in three sets, 7-5, 3-6, 10-5. Despite her first loss of the season, Zein’s performance was a highlight for Rutgers. It was the only competitive match, as she clawed and competed for three sets before succumbing to Joyce’s strength. After the match, the Knights stressed the importance of relying on the style of play they feel most confident and comfortable in playing. This time around, Zein expects to make the necessar y adjustments to get back in the win column.
“We all have things that we talked about and want to work on. And I think that we will come out on Friday as confident as we did before the Princeton match,” Zein said. “It’s just a matter of going out there and taking care of business.” Following the loss, the coaching staff went back to the drawing board in preparation for the next match up against the Highlanders. Head coach Ben Bucca said the team was eager to get back to practice.
“We all have things that we ... want to work on. ... It’s just a matter of going out there and taking care of business.” MARIAM ZEIN Junior
If his players listened, Bucca said he expects the team to climb back above the .500 mark. “Our focus now is really on NJIT and doing our best to get back into the win column,” said Bucca. It wouldn’t be the first time the Knights bounced back with resiliency. Earlier in the season, Rutgers suf fered a 5-2 loss to Temple on Feb. 8. The Knights answered by traveling up to historic West Point and bouncing back by topping Army, 6-1. In the process, Rutgers swept the doubles action and won fivestraight singles matches.
It won’t be the first time these two teams face of f. With experience against NJIT in the past and a September 2014 scrimmage under their belt, assistant Coach Hilar y Ritchie expects the team to rebound and come out stronger. “We look for ward to playing NJIT,” she said. “... They have strong competitors, but I think we’re ready for them. I know that our girls are always prepared to play.” After a challenging star t to the 2015 season, first-year coach Ira Miller and the Highlanders head down the turnpike with hopes of extending their win streak to two. NJIT snapped a six-match losing streak on Sunday after defeating Saint Peter’s. The 6-1 win at home ser ved as the first of the season for a team that opened its spring campaign reeling on sixstraight losses. Sophomore Natalie Habegger was victorious in both the No. 1 doubles spot and the No. 2 singles spot. She was selected America East Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for her ef for ts in those per formances from the past week. The Highlanders are 0-3 away from home this season, but according to Ritchie, the Knights will not let their guard down on Friday. “It’ll be a good match and we’re going to have to play hard to win,” Ritchie said. For updates on the Rutgers women’s tennis team, follow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
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February 20, 2015 MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 5 VIRGINIA-RUTGERS, TOMORROW, 1 P.M.
Knights host perennial powerhouse in No. 5 UVA KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Opportunity is the point at which luck meets effort. Tomorrow at 1 p.m. at High Point Solutions Stadium the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team will attempt to capitalize on that. After a 15-7 loss last Saturday to Richmond, the captains of the Scarlet Knights gathered their teammates together to address some concerns. Drowning in the doldrums of defeat, players were asked to drink in the whitewashing at the hands of the Spiders and smell the stench of disappointment emanating in the visitors locker room. “We wanted them to understand what they were feeling,” said junior attacker Scott Bieda. “We came together and said ‘Look, you know this feeling that you have right now? It’s not gonna happen again. We’re not gonna let it happen again,’” he said. There’s no time to sulk. As the Knights welcome No. 5 Virginia to the banks, they’ll need to brush off last week’s drubbing and shift their focus to an opponent with arguably the most storied program in the sport and three consecutive victories in a series that dates back to 1950. The Cavaliers (2-0) strolls into Piscataway of f two big wins — a 13-12 thriller over No. 8 Loyola and a 14-10 win over Drexel last Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia. In last season’s clash, Virginia controlled Rutgers’ attack and won the game going away, 19-12. An injur y to face-off specialist and the 36th overall pick in
2015 Major League Lacrosse Draft, senior Joe Nardella, negated the Knights’ opportunity to maintain possession. Head coach Brian Brecht says that had an overwhelming effect on the outcome. “We didn’t have all our pieces,” Brecht said. “We lost possessions on the face of f. We lost transitions in the face of f, it didn’t just hur t us on the field, but it also hur t our psyche.” Virginia has won three national championships in the last 11 years and finished
10-8 in 2014 after a first-round loss to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Tournament. Given the clout the Cavs carr y into the matchup, it’s clear they will not be sneaking up on anyone. “I dont think we have to fake, trick or convince our team that they will have a talented opponent on Saturday,” Brecht said. Rutgers will need to play fast and loose according to the Knights headman, who called Saturday’s slate a huge game.
The Knights will have their hands full with the offensive firepower Virginia will provide. The Cavaliers have three scorers with at least four goals on the year and two others with three. Rutgers has one player, sophomore attacker Christian Trasolini, with four tallies, which raises concern about whether or not the Knights can keep pace with Virginia. Junior defender Nick Capparelli spoke about the defensive gameplan implemented to contain the Cavs.
Junior Scott Bieda believes the Knights can learn from last week’s loss to Richmond and use that bitterness to fuel the team’s fire for No. 5 Virginia. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2013
“After the game against Richmond, we realized we weren’t as good as we thought,” Capparelli said. “We had to make some adjustments, so we put in a couple wrinkles on the defensive end and I think that will help Saturday.” Another problem posed by Virginia’s potent attack is its ability to launch from distance. Capparelli explained that the shooting range for Rutgers, or “paint,” extends roughly 12 yards from the mouth of the cage. For the Cavaliers, the range is more expansive. The Knights plan to defend a 16-yard perimeter in front of junior goaltender Kris Alleyne. Alleyne had a rough ride back from Richmond last week after allowing 15 goals to the Spiders, but Brecht believes team-defense is to blame. “Could we have made a couple more saves? Yes, but that’s not all on Kris. He has guys in front of him, too, that need to do their job.” Brecht was disappointed in his team’s performance a week ago, but expects his players to bring the heat tomorrow. He laid out his key to victor y for the biggest game of the young season. “It’s not coach talk, we didn’t play well the last we were out there ... I wanna play well from the opening whistle,” Brecht said. “I wanna play well consistently throughout the game, and if we do that, we can beat anybody.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS-FAIRFIELD, TOMORROW, 2 P.M.
Rutgers eyes similar results against familiar opponent BRIAN FONSECA STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team travels to two states north to Connecticut this weekend to face Fairfield on Saturday. The matchup marks the last game in Fairfield’s season-opening three-game homestand. The Scarlet Knights (1-0) enter the game exactly one week after a dominant second-half performance in their season opener against Villanova. At the end of that matchup, they downed the Wildcats, 10-7. The Stags (1-1) opened their season with a lop-sided victory over visiting Sacred Heart last Saturday, defeating their local rivals by a score of 11-2. In their next action on Tuesday, they dropped a 9-5 decision to Hofstra. Rutgers enters Rafferty Stadium with a record of 23-0 all-time against opposition from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), with three of those wins coming against Fairfield. The Knights found themselves in a similar situation last season, when they opened with a threegoal win over Manhattan at High Point Solutions Stadium before hosting Fairfield. They defeated
the Stags, 6-3, to improve to 2-0 on the season for the sixth time in program history. Head coach Laura Brand-Sias confessed that the success from the clash one year ago has not been a part of this week’s preparation for Rutgers’ trip to the Constitution State. “To be honest, we don’t really look backwards to last season at all,” Brand-Sias said. “We’ll definitely scout some of the tendencies that Fairfield has based on the games they’ve played this season, but it’s more on building on us.” In order to repeat the feat of last year, Rutgers must work to fix the errors it committed last Saturday. “We’re looking to build on our performance against Villanova,” Brand-Sias said. “We’re looking to tighten up on defensive sets, get more chemistr y on the defensive side of the ball, making sure that we’re playing more as a cohesive unit both offensively and defensively.” Junior midfielder Kristin Kocher, one of the team’s three captains, concedes that the deciding factor in this weekend’s contest will be the Knights’ ability to build on the promising start they had to their first opportunity this
season and play a complete game this time around. “We have to start stronger than we did against Villanova. We had some first game jitters coming in, but then we put together a great second half,” Kocher said. “If we can put two good halves together, we’ll be unstoppable.” A key component of the Knights’ defense that had a strong second half last weekend, limiting Villanova to two goals in the final 30 minutes, is senior goalkeeper Candice Dandridge. Dandridge was named the Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts, the first time a Rutgers player has received Big Ten honors in the young season. Despite entering the record books, the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, native remains humble and acknowledges those who helped her pull off the first achievement of her career on the banks. “It was definitely a huge accomplishment, especially being the first one to do it, but I know for a fact that I wouldn’t be able to do it without my defensive unit,” Dandridge said. While she acknowledges the quality of her team’s next adversary, Dandridge is confident that her teammates are prepared for the challenge ahead.
Despite beating Fairfield last year, head coach Laura Brand-Sias said the Knights’ focus is improving upon last week’s 10-7 win. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / MARCH 2013
“Fairfield is definitely not an easy team, but we are ready and we’ll do what we have to do to win the game,” Dandridge said. “It’s going to be something that’s going to take a lot of effort, but we
know what they have in store for us, so we’re ready for it.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL IOWA 81, RUTGERS 47
Rutgers plunges lower with latest defeat GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
If it feels like the Rutgers men’s basketball team hasn’t won in a while, it’s because it hasn’t. The Scarlet Knights have now gone 39 days without a victory since the program’s historic upset over then-No. 4 Wisconsin in Piscataway. And it is only getting worse. With Thursday night’s 81-47 throttling at Iowa, Rutgers (10-17, 2-12) suffered its largest margin of defeat all season and made more history for all the wrong reasons. Its 10th-straight defeat marks the program’s longest skid since the 1987-88 season, when the Knights lost 16 in a row under former head coach Craig Littlepage. Like the majority of Rutgers’ opponents during the nightmare stretch, Iowa (16-10, 7-6) left little to doubt from the outset at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. After an early 5-5 tie less than three minutes in, the Hawkeyes exploded into an 18-3 run over the next six minutes. Three dunks, including one emphatic alley-oop, highlighted a complete demolition of the Knights’ porous defensive rotations. An unforced turnover by Rutgers’ best ball-handler fueled it. With the Knights down 5, senior guard Myles Mack drove the lane before stumbling and losing control of the ball. Iowa guard Peter Jok pushed it back the other way and took advantage of a two-on-one in transition, feeding a lob pass to lanky 6-foot-9 forward Aaron White for an easy slam. Rutgers never fully recovered after that initial breakdown. In what was arguably the Knights’ worst loss of the season, Kadeem Jack was a non-factor in last night’s 81-47 dismantling loss at Iowa. The senior forward managed just two points on 1-of-7 shooting. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / JANUARY 2015
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WRESTLING NO. 23 RUTGERS 28, DREXEL 9
Knights duplicate dominance in final dual TYLER KARALEWICH
on the final dual of the year and what could have been a trap match for the Knights. “It was a good match,” Goodale said. “And it was good to get out of the dual-meet season on a high note. You kind of worry about these matches with the intensity level, guys looking forward to the Big Ten’s and last year we had a really important guy drop a match against this team. We don’t want any of that negativity. I like the way we wrestled and we are winning matches on top –– we really believe in that top game.” Coming up big in the impressive win for Rutgers were Perrotti and redshirt-freshman 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault. Ashnault came in with a chip on his shoulder, he said, and a mentality that he described as a combination of excitement for the postseason and an emotion he couldn’t quite put his finger on –– although it looked like anger.
CORRESPONDENT
PHILADELPHIA – It wasn’t exactly what junior 157-pounder Anthony Perrotti said he had in mind when he was previewing the dual-meet against Drexel. Perrotti believed the No. 23 Rutgers wrestling team would win every bout against the Dragons. The dual did not start the way that the Scarlet Knights expected, with 133-pounder Scott DelVecchio dropping his bout, 4-2. Head coach Scott Goodale said it could be a long night for Rutgers if it struggled in the light weights. Aside from dropping the decision at 133-pounds, the lighter weights shined and the Knights were supported by decisions at 174 and 197 pounds with an 11-2 major decision from heavyweight Billy Smith. With the last dual of the season under their belt in a convincing 28-9 victory, Goodale reflects
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Redshirt-freshman 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault ignited an eventual 28-9 win for Rutgers with a tech fall. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2015
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GRETA LEBERFINGER,
senior swimmer, guided the Rutgers swimming & diving team to a school record time of 1:40.05 in the 200-yard medley relay Wednesday at the Big Ten Championships.
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