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U. President makes statement on free speech, speakers NIKHILESH DE NEWS EDITOR
University President Robert L. Barchi released a statement on the first amendment and freedom of speech at Rutgers on March 1. Barchi defended the rights of the University community to say what they want, including the rights of faculty members to express their own views in class. “All of the members of our community — our faculty members, students, alumni and staff — are free to express their viewpoints in public forums as private citizens, including viewpoints that the University itself or I personally may not share,” he said. Statements or comments made at Rutgers should not be taken to mean they reflect the values of every student or members of the University Administration, Barchi said. Rutgers does not necessarily support these statements, including controversial ones, Barchi said. “We do not restrict the activities of recognized University organizations, including the speakers they invite to campus, as long as these organizations obey the law and SEE SPEECH ON PAGE 5
Several student groups held a vigil to remember three East-African Muslim men shot and killed last week in Fort Wayne, In., as well as to pray for another man shot by police Monday in Salt Lake City, Nv. NIKITA BIRYUKOV / ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Groups host vigil for recent shooting victims NIKITA BIRYUKOV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Roughly 80 students gathered Tuesday night in order to mourn the deaths of three young men and pray for another who was wounded and remains in critical condition following a police shooting on Feb. 26. One of many now being held across the country, this vigil, held by the Muslim Public Relations
Council, the University’s Black Lives Matter chapter, the Rutgers University Muslim Student Association and the Ahlul-Bayt Student Association, grieved for Mohamed Taha Omar, Adam Kamel Mekki and Muhannad Adam Tairab. The three East-African men were shot multiple times “execution style” in a home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
The last victim, 17-year-old Abdi Mohamed, was shot by police after officers interceded in an assault that the Salt Lake City resident allegedly committed, according to a statement released by the Salt Lake City Police Department. As civil rights groups called for police transparency, several hundred protesters incensed by the shooting protested in the city on Monday, according to ABC.
Those attending the vigil were not there out of anger, said Mujtaba Qureshi, Vice President of the Muslim Student Association. Instead, they sought to acknowledge the shootings and lend a voice to the victims. “There are a lot of concerns ... with what happened, with how there wasn’t much media coverage of the situation. Today, we’re not talking SEE VIGIL ON PAGE 4
Professor, student creates 3-D braille map for blind students SAMANTHA KARAS CORRESPONDENT
Jason Kim, left, a School of Engineering senior, and Howon Lee, right, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, created a braille map of the Joseph Kohn Training Center to help blind students find their way around. SOE.RUTGERS.EDU
An academic trip to South Korea has morphed into a project to provide visually impaired students with 3-D-printed braille maps. When giving a seminar on his research on 3-D printing, Howon Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, said the host of the seminar introduced him to some of their outreach activities using 3-D printers. “One of the interesting things that I found there was that they used 3-D printers to develop educational materials for children (who are) blind and visually impaired,” Lee said. When children start to learn letters, they usually rely on pictures, Lee said. But kids without sight do not have the means to do so. The 3-D printers produced related materials, such as a 2-D apple silhouette marked with braille saying “apple.” After researching schools for blind children for his project, Lee found the Joseph Kohn Training Center, which is the only training center run by the state of New Jersey.
Because students do not stay long at the training center — typically only two weeks — they need to learn their surroundings as quickly as possible so they can focus on their training, Lee said. “Every time they navigate the building, they have to go specifically to the place where the map is found (on a wall), and they have to touch the wall,” Lee said. “Imagine how difficult it is to memorize everything — you cannot just carry that map with you.” Lee modeled the maps using computer aided design (CAD) software, said Jason Kim, a School of Engineering senior who assisted Lee with the project. The computer models were then processed and printed using the department’s 3-D printer. Some difficulties with putting the maps together included the 3-D printer’s capabilities, such as object size, can affect how well the printer can print and how small of a feature the printer can resolve, Kim said. “We can model anything on a computer, but that doesn’t mean a 3-D printer can print exactly that,” Kim said. “So I had to be cognizant
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Club aims to encourage sisterhood among students SANJANA CHANDRASEKHARAN STAFF WRITER
A Rutgers debutant program is striving for the progression of women and to shed a light on women’s issues in contemporary society by shaping the character of the club’s members. “I Demonstrate Educated Beauty” is a multicultural women’s empowerment student organization seeking to teach women useful business and leadership skills, as well as social etiquette. Ugochi Anwanyu joined the club on a whim when she was 19. Since then, the School of Arts and Sciences senior has become president of the club and said her biggest accomplishment has been maintaining the club’s momentum. “I’m extremely proud of my organization because we’re creating a little ... family. It’s so cool to see people genuinely interested in us. I think that has to be the biggest accomplishment and I pray we just keep getting better and building off of that,” she said. The club’s main purpose was to help foster sisterhood, she said. They are working to create a stronger sense of sisterhood throughout the campus while promoting higher education and
The “I Demonstrate Educated Beauty” club holds discussions on various topics affecting women, ranging from defining themselves to societal norms. The group hosts multiple events to support different charities. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHLOE COFFMAN / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR instilling a stronger sense of self in women. “We want to teach women how to be strong ... on their own and teach them the importance of education. We want to create friendships and help build a sisterhood,” Ugochi said. The club has weekly general body meetings on Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center’s Room 202C, where discussions are held about what
a woman is, natural beauty, financial tips, networking tips, societal norms and the value of education, Ugochi said. “We hold a bunch of charity events such as our annual In Memory of the Arts talent show, where proceeds go to the Alzheimer’s Association. Also our annual date auction, A Date With IDEB, which is my favorite event,” Ugochi said. “All proceeds from that go to the Susan G. Komen foundation.”
CONDEMNING CORRUPTION Zephyr Teachout, an activist who also ran for governor of New York, spoke at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Student Center on Feb. 25 about corruption in politics and how students can have an impact on it. JULIAN PEREZ
The club held its first H.E.R Gala this year, which celebrated women in history and in the Rutgers community in honor of women’s history month. The club is starting an “IDEB week” with events that include community service and networking programs. “We’re also having our first ever Ladies Night Out, which is just a relaxed and chill get-together at the Rutgers Zone,” Ugochi said.
There are multiple perspectives on having the club be exclusively for women, but the argument used to preser ve women’s clubs is the same argument that is used to preser ve women’s colleges, said Deborah Carr, a professor in the Department of Sociology. “Women often are silent, and they don’t feel confident speaking their minds when they’re in a group of men,” she said. “And there is evidence to support that, studies show that men will listen more to men even when a woman is saying the exact same thing. So I think it provides a safe and supportive environment for women.” The club seems beneficial to women, Carr said. Women have not had as many role models, so having women teaching relevant skills to other women, especially workplace skills, it is ver y important. “IDEB has helped me become a better version of myself,” Ugochi said. “The goal is true, we help to empower women, and IDEB has done that for me. I’ve found that I’ve grown more confident in who I am and comfortable in my idea of what a woman is rather than what society tells me a woman is. IDEB has taught me to find women who are looking for their ‘home’ and help them become their best self.”
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Group raises $50,000 for Dance Marathon NOA HALFF ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) had a goal to raise $29,000 on Leap Day, Feb. 29, but they surpassed this goal and made up to $52,565.71. Because the marathon is approaching soon, people used RUDM’s goal for Leap Day in order to reach out to their friends and family to get donations, said Tatiana Blackman, director of Communications for Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2016. The hashtag, #29KOnLeapDay was used to spread the word, the School of Arts and Sciences senior said. Other universities have had similar goals on social media, which inspired the idea. “We really promoted the event heavily on social media,” she said. “We created a Facebook event a
week ahead of time and had constant posts both on our Facebook page and in the event page. We also had a donation night at King Pita Palace in the College Avenue Student Center, where a portion of each customer’s bill was given to RUDM,” she said. The organizers thanked everyone who donated and “made 2/29/16 a leap day to remember” on their Facebook page. RUDM are still seeking donations, which can be done by visiting rudm.org, according to their Facebook page. The group is still expecting many more donations, Blackman said. “Donations continue to come in up until we announce our total fundraisers total during closing ceremonies at the Marathon,” she said. “Dancer and volunteer minimums are due by March 7 so we do expect to have several donations on that day.”
The Pakistani Student Association invited Zamir Hassan, founder of the Hunger Van, on Monday evening to pack meals for residents in Newark. They were joined by Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, and Omega Phi Alpha, a service sorority. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Pakistani Student Association packages meals for homeless MARIELLE SUMERGIDO STAFF WRITER
Dance Marathon organizers hosted a fundraiser on Monday in honor of Leap Day, and raised a total of $52,565.71. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2015
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As of 2012, 1,151,890 New Jerseyans live in food-insecure homes, according to Rutgers Against Hunger. Under the Muslims Against Hunger project, Zamir Hassan, a volunteer, started the Hunger Van and sought to alleviate that hunger in the Garden State. “Meals for Hope,” hosted by the Pakistani Student Association (PSA), attracted more than 60 volunteers to the International Lounge of the Busch Student Center on Monday night to create the meals. The Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity and Omega Phi Alpha (OPA) sorority brought
Taufeeq Ahamed, the Muslim Student Association’s President and a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said recognizing injustice was Students should recognize victims of shootings, the first step to righting the scales. ensure it does not happen again, Ahamed says “It’s our duty to stand up and to make sure that awareness is spread and that action is taken, beCONTINUED FROM FRONT best to care for them and love for cause what happens when the stothem. He never did a single thing ries of those who are oppressed are not written, we find that that about that,” Qureshi, a School wrong to either of them,” he said. The best course of action, he oppression can be continued,” he of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, said. “We just said, was to move forward and in- said. “The first step is to make the problem visible.” want to use this as an opportuni- spire others to be better. While members of the various Qureshi said mourners should ty to remember, to give them our shelve their anger and show patience host groups knew about the shootprayers, to express patience.” ings, they only knew because of Despite the apparent injustice, to come to terms with their sorrow. Despite the vigil’s goal, the sit- connections between them and Muslim Public Relations Council Vice President Mohamed Asker uation may cast a light on already the victims, Mujtaba said. Many students on campus do warned that not all the emotions present problems, said Yasmin Ramadan, president of the Mus- not know about the shootings, felt at the vigil should be heeded. and many of those will likely nev“At a vigil there are a lot of lim Public Relations Council. er recognize different emothe tragedy, tions going on he said. in your head. “Something like this does fill you with rage and Shabbir AbSometimes anger, but that’s not the response you should have. bas, a Muslim there’s sadness Public Relations inside,” Asker, Anger is not the solution to anything.” Council reprea School of Ensentative and a gineering sophMOHAMED ASKER student in the omore, said. School of Engineering Junior Rutgers Grad“Something uate School— like this does New Brunsfill you with Media coverage of the shoot- wick, called for unified support. rage and anger, but that’s not the “The friends of these three response you should have. Anger ings came late, Ramadan, a School young men in Indiana and the of Arts and Sciences senior, said. is not the solution to anything.” “We feel that there is a lack of one in Utah have been tested and Instead of letting rage induced by the shooting fester, students awareness in the community, and are being tested in ways that we should remember the victims for this vigil specifically was to spread cannot even begin to imagine,” awareness that we must mourn all he said. “The Muslim community, who they were, he said. “(Abdi Mohamed) was a loving deaths, not just some deaths, and as conflicting and diverse as it is, father to his son, his girlfriend stat- we must do it as a community,” stands together, but doesn’t just stand with fellow Muslims.” ed that he was always trying his she said.
craft supplies for volunteers to create cards to accompany the meals. PSA, with the help of the greek organizations, brought Hassan and his Hunger Van to Rutgers, and will later distribute the packed meals to homeless residents in Newark. The organization wanted to highlight the charitable side of Pakistani culture as opposed to the extravagance of cultural celebrations and performances, said Salah Shaik, community chair of PSA and a School of Arts and Sciences senior. To start the night of service, Shaik announced the intentions of the event and thanked the volunteers for their time before introducing the group to Hassan, the founder and president of the Hunger Van.
Hassan’s quiet demeanor did not prevent his message from being heard. He questioned the crowd, asking what hunger meant. After some prodding, tentative hands offered their interpretations before he revealed his definition. “Hunger is not knowing where your next meal will come from,” Hassan said. Hassan then reminded the volunteers of their fortunes in life before directing the group to pack meals for the less fortunate. For students who could not attend, the PSA is accepting donations at gofundme.com/PSAMealsofHope2016. All proceeds will be given to the Muslims Against Hunger project.
STUDENTS Computers can design to tighter tolerances than 3-D printers can use, Lee says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
GPS came out, and it helped me a lot and actually gave me freedom of the printer’s abilities and make to move and then navigate and sure that the features on the map go places without worrying too much,” Lee said. could be discerned by users.” The map is similar because it Lee and Kim also had to learn braille in order to organize and aids these students in the navigafollow through with the details of tion of their surroundings, he said. The reception from students the project. “I wanted to do something for using the braille maps was positive, Kim said. the blind and viThe project sually impaired, is a pilot for but I had no “Imagine how difficult other ideas idea (how to it is to memorize that use 3-D read) braille, everything — you printed learnand neither ing materials, did (Kim),” cannot just carry that he said. Their Lee said. map with you.” hope is that A new stanthe success of dard for the HOWON LEE these braille tactile lanAssistant Professor in the Department of maps will genguage released Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering erate interest several months in the topic ago also posed for others to issues for the project, he said. The system had get involved. “Of course, this small map to be modified to accommodate is only for the small building at the changes. The map is useful for students, the training center, but maybe similar to how GPS assists people we can expand this project to the city of New Brunswick or who are driving, he said. “About 10 years ago or so (the) New Brunswick campus when I learned how to drive, I so blind students can really walk had a hard time memorizing all around and move from one place the paths of my town, so I had to to another without worrying too learn the map, and then later on, much,” Lee said.
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CRIME MARCH 1 NEWARK — Catanzaro and Sons Enterprise, or CATCO Demolition Services, has been reported for not taking down the United Airlines Hangar No. 14 at Newark airport according to plan. On Feb. 24, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a citation because, according to OSHA, several cuts to I-beams were unapproved. CATCO is aware of the investigation being down on its demolition, but has not received a citation yet, Veronica Catanzaro, of CATCO, said.
University President Robert L. Barchi released a statement on Tuesday that Rutgers will never infringe on a group’s right to free speech, even if students disagree with what is being said. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2015
SPEECH Students, faculty have right to express their views regardless of controversy, Barchi says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
follow University policy and guidelines regarding these events,” he said. Some of the rhetoric used on campus has been negative, but still fall within the parameters of free speech, Barchi said.
“Some of the comments have been offensive to many people and have been inconsistent with the commitment Rutgers has to reasoned discussion and balanced points of view,” he said. Academic freedom, the right of faculty members to say what they think, is “a cornerstone of American
education,” Barchi said. At Rutgers, faculty members are told to “explore” ideas even if the general populace disagrees with them. University Chancellor Richard L. Edwards said in an email that Rutgers has “a proud tradition” of supporting free speech, especially that of faculty members. “(This is) a tradition that every now and then requires renewed support and vigorous safeguarding,” Edwards said. “Though ours is a diverse community full of disparate experiences and ideas, our continued commitment to free
expression will ensure these distinct strands, and our community, remain tightly woven.” The only limits that might be placed on a faculty member are legal ones — they must stay within the bounds of laws, Barchi said. “While I will not defend the content of every opinion expressed by every member of our academic community, or of speakers who we invite to our campus, I will defend their right to speak freely. That freedom is fundamental to our University, our society and our nation,” Barchi said.
MARCH 1 CAMDEN — Noemi Pender, 57, pleaded guilty to her role in a conspiracy to boost business. She was charged with one count of conspiring to aid and assist others preparing false tax returns. From 2007 to 2011, her tax preparation company, Pender Tax Services, was attempting to “increase referrals, enhance their business, and enrich themselves by preparing and filing income tax returns based on false information,” officials said. MARCH 1 EAST BRUNSWICK — Just Pups, a pet store, had 267 animal cruelty charges filed against the owner. Investigators found that Vincent LoSacco, 50, had exposed several dogs to illness in the store and found three dogs being kept in a freezer. The Officers with the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NJSPCA) filed the complaint. Just Pups has closed because of a restraining order.
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Greek life has benefits, but can be oppressive
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hile only about 10 percent of Rutgers students are a part of greek EPATIA LILIKAS life, this small percentage is a huge part of what makes Rutgers such a fun and diverse place. Not to sound cliché, but the Rutgers greek community is a place that people usually do not regret becoming a part of. People find their “brothers” and “sisters,” and become family with those that were once strangers. Being that I am a non-member of this community, such a stereotypical phrase pains me to say, but it all seems worth the hype. Aside from gaining a lifetime of friendships, it can offer many different social and philanthropic opportunities, depending on which sorority or fraternity you might join, while also creating a vast network of professional connections. I always recommend joining a sorority or fraternity to underclassmen when they ask for my opinion, because there really is a chapter out there for anyone and ever yone. There are those people in greek life that like to fulfill the college-movie stereotypes that we all come to imagine, but at the same time, many of those students promote 4.0 academics and great philanthropic causes. I took the stereotypes to heart when I was a freshman and told myself that I could never really fit in to a sorority wholly and comfortably. Now it’s likely that you can read all of the great things about greek life in a pamphlet somewhere in the student center, but there are some particulars of the greek community they neglect to include. I tend to mind my own business when it comes to the terms and conditions of joining and being a member of a sorority because, truthfully, it is none of my business if I have no part in it. I usually hear about the process of recruitment and roll my eyes — the mandator y dress codes and formal process just seem exhausting and complicated for ever yone involved. Up until recently, however, my indifferent position on all of this has transformed with some opposition. I roll my eyes less and stare more in astonishment at the things I hear through the grapevine. This is not me tr ying to sound like the typical anti-greek ranter, but just because hazing is slowly being weaned out of the system does not mean that human decency should be as well. It is common knowledge that greek life comes with a degree of conformity, but I was unaware of the extent until this year when the girls in my class year started becoming fullfledged members.
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“Sororities and fraternities embrace this power to dictate how their fellow members should portray themselves.” But oh, that is a harsh thing to say for someone uninvolved in the actual community, right? Maybe so, but I can no longer keep an apathetic opinion on the visibly oppressive nature of greek life. And yes, we have heard this all before in the media, but it is sincerely hard to believe it until you witness it first-hand at your own university. It is almost the end of winter recess and all of the sorority girls are coming out of break’s hibernation just in time for spring recruitment. Facebook is bursting with rush banners and Instagram is overflowing with sorority squads urging people to become a part of their sisterhood. Just recently, a friend of mine said her “artistic integrity (was) policed” when it came to her posts publicizing her sorority. And although she wasn’t hazed, her supposed “sisters” made her feel so divergent for not accommodating their girly, basic image, that she was subconsciously forced out of the organization. These posts are evidently crucial in creating the desired perception of a sorority. This is one of the reasons why there are Tumblr and Instagram accounts created purely to illustrate a picture of perfection and a yearning for other girls to be (and want to be) just like what they publish online. This is entirely understandable until personal posts from non-board members are micromanaged and pressured to be deleted. Sororities and fraternities embrace this power to dictate how their fellow members should portray themselves. Telling people that are considered family how to represent themselves will not improve the organization’s image because that comes with the individual. In order to improve or steer clear from the stereotypes, mature development needs to begin singularly. With all of the negative national news on Rutgers and greek life in general, the greek community needs to avoid complying to the conventional image of fraternity men and sorority women. Instead, they should recognize the authority they’ve been given to expand their horizons beyond looking cute and being a “bro.” They need not integrate clichéd expectations into their identity and influence others to be the same way. Epatia Lilikas is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in English and economics. Her column, “Digital Canvas,” runs monthly on Wednesdays.
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omen have long struggled for control over of terminating a pregnancy, women consider it as a their lives, from centuries of exclusion to method of last resort. On March 2, the Supreme Court is scheduled to citizenship that deprived them of formal participation in public life, such as working and voting, hear arguments on the challenge to the Texas law to more contemporary endeavors that give them the that’s closing down abortion clinics on the case of final say over what happens to their own bodies. Wom- Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt. The law reen simply seek to have the same capacity of self-deter- quires abortion doctors to be affiliated with a nearby hospital, and limits abortions to ambulatory surgical mination as men. Family planning is one of the clear-cut issues in centers, so the clinics who don’t meet the criteria are which women’s agency are circumscribed. Aside from shut down. Despite the strides marked by the 1973 abstinence, preventing pregnancies include using Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade, which made contraceptives that don’t guarantee 100 percent effec- abortion legal in the United States, there have been tiveness, therefore additional recourse is necessary — numerous setbacks that’s resulted from the galvaand that’s where abortions come into play. Unplanned nized efforts of anti-abortion supporters — escalatpregnancies are the consequence of accidents and per- ing violence (clinic bombings and physical attacks), haps negligent actions, but regardless of what precip- Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992 establishing that itated fertilization, people should still be able to act on states can restrict pre-viability abortions and placing unnecessary regulations on the opportunity that they have clinics that create more obstato terminate a pregnancy and cles and more of a burden for set a future that they’ve imag“The idea of being pro-choice women to acquire an abortion. ined for themselves and be able to live within their means. continues to be misconstrued The Texas law being deliberThe introduction of children when it’s conflated with being ated is the last of those three categories, which are similar significantly changes the order, pro-abortion.” laws adopted by numerous structure and future of a perstates to deter women who son’s life, so choosing when to seek abortions, such as dehave children is an important of a question as ever, inextricable to the question of abor- laying it with two-day or three-day waiting periods to tions, which dates as far back as thousands of years in force women to wallow in the shame and guilt of the every society that’s been studied. Yet the backlash and procedure, or restricting access to available clinics. The lives of millions of women are at stake in this opposition against abortions, usually driven by ideologies of religious tenets, elevate the collection of cells case. Advocates for the Texas law say they’re trying over the life of a fully formed woman, since you have to make the process of abortions safer, but it’s going political figures who advocate banning abortions with to do the opposite by reducing the number of clinics no exceptions and discounting the physical danger of to prevent access for women who are going to end delivering a baby or the emotional trauma for a person up doing it themselves. We cannot be a country that regresses to archaic days of women acting in desperawho has been raped. The idea of being pro-choice continues to be mis- tion by throwing themselves down the stairs or using construed when it’s conflated with being pro-abor- hangers to extract the zygote. Back-alley abortions tion — pro-choice means a person can still choose to have happened and will continue to happen, so women deliver a child from an unplanned pregnancy — and need alternatives that provide them with healthy and perceive it to be a stance that aggressively advocates sanitary methods to help them exercise their right to for aborting a baby without thought or concern. But bodily autonomy so women acquire the beautiful, yet considering the mental, physical and emotional strain simple capacity to have a choice. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 148th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Underrepresentation poses threat to higher education MIDWEEK CRISIS SABAH ABBASI
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n a Supreme Court case over affirmative action brought by Abigail Fisher, a white student who claimed that the University of Texas denied her admission in 2008 because of her race, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. questioned what value diversity has in an academic setting: “What unique perspective does a minority student bring to a physics class?” The implication that the presence of minority students in a classroom ought to be justified, or that the value of diversity is in the “perspective” that minority students offer to their peers, is problematic in itself. A more important question to ask is how the presence of diversity in an academic setting — or lack thereof — impacts minority students and faculty themselves. Many universities have attempted to fix this by throwing money at the issue, opening more slots to hire minorities and offering salary incentives for minority appointees. But hiring faculty members does not translate into retention, promotion or tenure. According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the representation of minorities declined since 2007 in certain fields, such as engineering, which can largely be attributed to the fact that many people from these minority groups were hired as contingent
rather than full-time tenured faculty. Rutgers, to its credit, does relatively well when it comes to faculty diversity. According to a nationwide study from the 2013-2014 academic year that includes data from 20 fouryear universities with the biggest instructional staffs and all eight Ivy League universities, Rutgers—New Brunswick has the lowest rate of white faculty members (62 percent) and the second-highest rate of black faculty members
professor Jennifer Warren’s tenure warrants a serious examination of what Rutgers can be doing to help fix this issue. Warren is an African-American professor at Rutgers in the Department of Communication who was recently denied tenure on the basis of her departmental evaluation. In order to be approved for tenure, faculty members are subject to review and evaluation by three committees and a dean. Warren said she was approved for
“But regardless of one’s opinion of whether Warren in particular should or should not have been granted tenure, the bigger question is why there are so few tenured faculty members of color in the first place.” (4.2 percent). Just 4 percent of Rutgers’ faculty members are black, but that still puts the University among those with the most diverse faculty in the country. It is important to note that this data does not make a distinction between adjunct faculty and tenure-track professors. Clearly the standards are unacceptably low and we’re hardly reaching the bare minimum. When compared to the national population, this representation of faculty is still completely disproportionate. While 62 percent of the national population is white — which is almost perfectly reflected at Rutgers — the 13 percent of the national population that is black is severely underrepresented. This is why the current question of
tenure at the school level, but denied at the departmental level, and was subsequently denied approval by University President Robert L. Barchi. Currently there is only one tenured faculty member of color in the department. I have never taken a course with Warren and I don’t have any knowledge of her tenure review process. But regardless of one’s opinion of whether Warren in particular should or should not have been granted tenure, the bigger question is why there are so few tenured faculty members of color in the first place. Just because we do relatively well compared to other institutions, such as Dartmouth, which has a faculty that is overwhelmingly (80.4 percent) white and only 4
percent Hispanic and 2.3 percent black, does not mean that we reach anywhere near a fair and representative student and faculty body. A major focus of the University’s Strategic Plan is to improve scholarships by attracting distinguished faculty members. According to its ambition for the five-year plan introduced in February 2014, “Rutgers aspires to be broadly recognized as among the nation’s leading public universities — preeminent in research, excellent in teaching and committed to community.” While Rutgers is known for its strong research programs, especially in STEM fields, the University has to also prioritize the inclusion of a more diverse faculty and student body — merging certain liberal arts departments and cutting funding from certain humanities fields does not help. Diversity is about much more than just numbers. Increasing the enrollment of people of color, low-income students, women and other marginalized groups may be a priority for Rutgers, but higher numbers do not create a more diverse and inclusive university environment. The underrepresentation of race in faculty is an issue in universities across the country and will continue to be an obstacle in higher education until it is more seriously addressed. Sabah Abbasi is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science and public health with a minor in Arabic. She is a former Opinions Editor of The Daily Targum. Her column, “Midweek Crisis,” runs alternate Wednesdays.
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Don’t care if your wrapper is loud, eat your snack anyway NICOLETTE ACCARDI STAFF WRITER
The munchies in college seem like a never-ending phenomenon for most of us. You could literally eat a colossal hoagie and it still won’t be enough. Do you often ask yourself, “Why am I still hungry?” If you do, this one’s for you. We all love some good food, and some love it so much that they even bring grub to class. I am one of those people. I have received my fair share of dirty looks when trying to open up my food in class. Why do wrappers have to be so noisy, dammit! I used to try to be really careful and open up
my granola bar slowly, but I feel like that just prolongs the noise. Now, I have come to the realization that I just have to rip that bad boy open. I get stared down for about five seconds, but it’s worth it in the end because I am enjoying some nice eats. Geez, just let me eat my granola bar in peace. People act like I’m eating a four-course meal or something. If you are going to eat in class, you have to do it the smart way. I enjoy some good, crunchy food, so why should I have to swap out my noisy, wonderful pretzels for some yogurt? You don’t have to — it’s all about the art of chewing correctly. You do not have to chomp your food viciously to enjoy it. I get it,
Forget what everyone else thinks and chomp away on those pretzels. You know you want to, and we won’t blame you if you do. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHLOE COFFMAN / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR you get excited and just want to shovel it all in, but try and refrain from doing that. Be conscious of how you are chewing, and try your best to chew slowly. The idea here is to make it seem like you are not even there. People will not get annoyed if there is no noise. Eric Bajek, a Rutgers—Newark Business School senior, is one of those people that despises when students eat in class. “That’s the absolute worst. When you’re literally minding your own business, trying to learn and the person next to you is just crunching away like they’re not the only one making noise,” Bajek said. Woah, that guy would sure hate me. I mind my own business when I’m eating too though, man. For me, eating snacks in class cures my boredom. If I didn’t eat in class, I’d probably be snoozing or shedding a few tears. There’s something about food that just makes you wide-awake. It’s probably because all those snacks cause a foodgasm. Did I seriously just say that? Emma Sobel, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, has no problem with students eating in class — she gets me. “I don’t mind people eating in class, not everyone’s schedule allows them time to eat a regular meal,” Sobel said. “It may be annoying to some people, but I think overall it helps the person do better in class because they aren’t hungry and distracted in the middle of class.” I have come to the conclusion that tons of people in my classes probably hate me. Even though I am fairly quiet while eating, there are still those bitter people that will just not let it go. Let me and my food be, gosh. I guess I’d consider myself a professional class eater. The amount of stink eyes I have gotten throughout the years have definitely decreased, but there will always be those wandering eyes on my bag of chips. If anyone ever gives you a problem for eating a snack in class, just bring the most obnoxious meal of your choosing next time to get some sweet revenge. I recommend a bowl of cereal, lasagna or hardboiled eggs. Be prepared to have the mob come after you after you eat those, because those things smell raunchy.
March 2, 2016
Pearls Before Swine
DIVERSIONS Stephan Pastis
Horoscopes
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Today’s Birthday (03/02/16). Your career grows with care this year. Imagine the perfect partnership. A profitable two-year phase launches after 9/9. Solar eclipses enunciate personal breakthroughs (Pisces, 3/8) and new collaboration (Virgo, 9/1). Lunar eclipses illuminate a turning point for shared resources (Libra, 3/23), and for you personally (Pisces, 9/16). Nurture 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 a 7 — The opposition holds out, and it could get tense. Partnership issues demand attention, with a disagreement on priorities. Romance blossoms through communication. Artistic creativity flows when allowed. Meditate on desired results. Articulate them symbolically. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Try something new. Challenge assumptions. Don’t try to convince someone who isn’t listening. Refine your speech. Talk about what’s in it for your partner. Unexpected romance could kindle. Let yourself get swept away. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — You can solve a puzzle together. Stick to basics. Consider different options, and obsess on details. Determine who will do what. Discover hidden benefits. Cheer each other on. Finish what you promised. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Put your heart into your work, and it pays in unexpected ways. Restate what you’re learning in your own words. Talk, write, post and broadcast. Issue communications and mail packages. Send love letters. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Take a creative tack in a passion project. Get into design. Consider ways to increase beauty and harmony. Look for hidden benefits. Someone attractive wants to play. This could make things much more interesting. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — Clean, sort and organize at home. Keep the good stuff, and give away the rest. Update home technology to increase efficiency. You’re fascinated by the imagination of another. Romance comes calling when you least expect.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Frustrations are part of the creative process. Accept assistance. Punctuate the agreement with optimism. Express your passion, even if it makes a mess. Talk about what you love. Share your appreciations. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Discover a windfall. Provide reliable excellence for extra gain. Invest in your business to take advantage of lucrative opportunities. Someone finds your experience valuable. Keep to your budget. Get creative for profitable results. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Pamper yourself a little. Try a new style. It doesn’t need to get expensive ... nurture yourself with relaxation, soft music and hot water. Give in to artistic impulses. Create beauty. Find it in unexpected places. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Slow down, and work in peace and quiet. Keep things simple and frugal. Resolve a long-standing problem without ruffling any feathers. Keep secrets and confidences. Be still, and discover beauty hidden in plain sight. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Networking and social interaction provides solutions and unconsidered perks. Hold meetings and cultivate your friendships. Provide support, and share resources. Talk about the work you love doing. Help each other out. Generate some buzz. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Practice and study before the test. Invest in an investigation. Your influence is rising. Work interferes with playtime. Heed advice from experts, even when you don’t agree. You gain more now through wit.
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SEAHAWKS Knights’ defense allows just 1 first-half goal in dominating win over Wagner CONTINUED FROM BACK
After allowing Fairfield to get on the scoreboard just six times on Saturday, Rutgers allowed one goal in the first 33-plus minutes of action. The Knights’ activity in their own defensive zone caused 13 of the Seahawks’ 18 total turnovers. Sophomore midfielder Christian
Mazzone led the team with three caused turnovers, while also scooping four groundballs. Mazzone earned Big Ten Defender of the Week honors Tuesday after a similar performance against Fairfield. Although Wagner had the edge in shots and extra man opportunities, it wasn’t given a
In relief of sophmore Max Edelmann, senior goalie Kris Alleyne got his first start of the season on Tuesday and made 13 saves. THE DAILY TARGUM / FEBRUARY 2015
RAC Knights finish season at home, hosting Minnesota on Saturday after facing MSU CONTINUED FROM BACK
Knights in their 70-58 loss to the Nittany Lions on Feb. 20. “And it just left a lot of opportunities to everyone else.” Luckily for Rutgers, some help is on the way. Corey Sanders has returned to practice and will be active for the Knights after serving his fourgame suspension over the span of the last two weeks. Third-year head coach Eddie Jordan announced the disciplinary action for the freshman guard in a release on Feb. 15 after a team rules violation. On top of receiving the twotime Big Ten Freshman of the Week back into the lineup to defend along the perimeter, Rutgers has another body down low. Redshirt freshman Ibrahima Diallo made an early return for the Knights last Saturday at Northwestern, grabbing 3 points and two rebounds during 18 minutes in what was the 6-foot-10 forward’s first live game action since Dec. 12 at George Washington. He returned from a fractured foot that initially ruled him out for the season.
While he’s aware of how poor Rutgers has played this season, those two additions haven’t flown under the radar to Izzo. “This week, everybody knows what we’ve got going to this team that’s 0-16, a team that’s had its best player out the past four games and he comes back in Sanders ... They also got the kid, Diallo, a (6-foot-10) kid who hasn’t played all season, really,” he said. “We’re just trying to sell to our team this: Listen, if we’re gonna try to keep getting better everyday, we shouldn’t worry about any other things than us.” The Knights get a jolt of energy with nine scholarship players expected to be available for the David-versus-Goliath matchup with the Spartans, giving an undermanned and depleted lineup for much of the season some needed help. But even at that, there’s no telling how much will be enough to dethrone Michigan State. “Basically, we’ve been in this situation before. We (were) here last year,” said senior guard
lot of great looks at the net, and with five scores and Bieda behind when it did, Kris Alleyne was him with three. Wagner managed 10 shots in there to make the stop more the second quarter, but couldn’t times than not. After filling in for injured soph- find the back of the net once as omore goalie Max Edelmann and Rutgers took a 9-1 lead into the making three saves in the fourth locker room. The Seahawks would score 3 quarter against Fairfield, the senior got the start in goal and made of the first 4 goals in the second half to cut the Knights’ lead to a total of 13 saves. Rutgers swarming defense six with 23 total minutes of laled to a number of its turnovers crosse still to play, but Rutgers and groundballs, which opened wouldn’t allow them to get any up the transition game for the closer than that for the rest of Knights with midfielders scoop- the afternoon. In what has become a trend for ing loose balls and delivering it to the Knights in the attack unit. the early third “ We ’ v e been working “We out-hustle teams, we of the season, led for hard in pracout-groundballed, now, they almost the tice, working hard on our every team we’ve played entire game the final 52 slides and ... We got way more heart — minutes and recoveries,” 48 seconds — M a z z o n e than teams. ” and also mainsaid on the tained a lead Knights’ deSCOTT BIEDA of at least six fensive sucSenior Attacker for the final 35 cess. “Really minutes and game planning well, knowing our opponent and 27 seconds. With its convincing win over just executing, working hard getting ground balls when we Wagner, Rutgers has now shown its ability to play with large leads get turnovers.” Following a low-scoring first and not allow the opposition back quarter in which the Knights into the game in 3 of its 4 wins, an grabbed an early 2-1 lead, Rut- impressive feat for a team that has gers’ offense exploded in the sub- a number of young players playsequent period, spurred yet again ing significant roles. “I think it’s really a contribby its top line of attackers. Sophomore Jules Heningburg, ute to our defense,” Bieda said senior Scott Bieda and redshirt on why the Knights have been freshman Adam Charalambides stout in protection of big leads each respectively scored a goal this season. “Kris Alleyne, with in the first five minutes of the Max being hurt, coming in and second quarter to give Rutgers a making 13 saves, I couldn’t be prouder. We out-hustle teams, 5-1 lead. That unit wasn’t done yet ei- we out-groundballed, now, every ther, as each member of the trio team we’ve played. Maybe we hacontributed to 3 of 4 goals Rut- ven’t even won as many faceoffs, gers scored in the remainder of but we’re still out-groundballing teams ... we got way more heart the quarter. On the day, the Knights’ start- than teams.” ing attack unit combined for nine For updates on the Rutgoals and five assists, with Heningburg — who was named Big gers men’s lacrosse team, @EricMullin_ and Ten Co-Offensive Player of the follow Week Tuesday — leading the way @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
Bishop Daniels on Feb. 20. “You’ve just gotta keep fighting. You’ve gotta get better because the main thing is it’s a learning lesson. We can’t always win. You’re gonna face some struggles in life that you gotta overcome, and this is the perfect
time to experience those and see what you gotta do to overcome those certain situations.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @GarrettStepien and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
Senior guard Bishop Daniels, who experienced similar struggles last season, urges his team to keep fighting no matter what. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016
IN BRIEF
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roldis Chapman became the first Major League Baseball player to be suspended under the league’s new domestic violence rules. The New York Yankees closer was suspended for 30 games by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfried for his involvement in an alleged incident last October. He will not appeal the suspension. “I want to be clear, I did not in any way harm my girlfriend that evening. However, I should have exercised better judgment with respect to certain actions, and for that I am sorr y,” Chapman said in a statement. “The decision to accept a suspension, as opposed to appealing one, was made ... in an ef fort to minimize the distractions that an appeal would cause the Yankees, my new teammates and most importantly, my family. ... Out of respect for my teammates and my family, I will have no further comment.” Chapman will lose 30 days of pay — $1,856,557 of his $11,325,000 salar y — due to the suspension which begins on Opening Day, when the Yankees host the Houston Astros on April 4.
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he Philadelphia Eagles managed to keep quarterback Sam Bradford away from the free agent market without using the franchise tag on him. Both parties agreed to a 2-year deal worth $36 million, $26 million of which is guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Doug Peterson, the man Philadelphia elected to succeed Chip Kelly, said in his introductory press conference that Bradford was a “perfect fit” for the offense he intends to run. A former No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, Bradford has struggled with injuries during his tenure in the league. The last season he played all 16 games in was 2012. He tore the ACL in his left knee seven games into 2013. He tore the ligament again in a preseason game the following summer, missing the entirety of the 2014 season for the St. Louis Rams.
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he Denver Broncos applied their exclusive franchise tag on Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller Tuesday. The tag prohibits the linebacker from speaking to other teams. Unless the Broncos and Miller come to terms on a longterm deal by July 15th, he will make the average of the topfive salaries in his position for this year. “Designating Von as our franchise player gives us the time to continue working toward a longterm agreement,” Broncos general manager John Elway said in a statement. “We’ve had productive talks with Von’s representation, and we’ll continue those discussions with the goal of making sure Von remains a Bronco well into the future.” Miller had 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles in the Broncos’ 2410 win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. He earned his fourth career Pro Bowl selection after 11 sacks, 35 tackles and four forced fumbles in 2015.
March 2, 2016
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Knights face Lafayette in home opener at Bainton MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT
The start of the baseball season is always an exciting time, no matter where the games are being played. But there is certainly something extra special about the first home game, and the Rutgers baseball team will get to experience that on Wednesday afternoon. The Scarlet Knights (2-4) will play their home opener at Bainton Field against Lafayette Wednesday. Rutgers is coming off its first series win of the season, taking 2-of-3 games from George Mason over the weekend. The Knights are ecstatic to return to play their first home game, hoping to ride the momentum from the all-around solid play they saw against George Mason. “When you’re on the road for two weekends in a row, you want to be able to play in the home white (uniforms) and at your field,” said head coach Joe Litterio. “We’ve played pretty well at our field, and I know the team is excited and ready to get going for the season.” Rutgers hopes to replicate or improve upon its success at home from last season, where it was 13-10. After playing six road games to start the year and travelling to Florida and Virginia, the Knights have a sense of comfort knowing they can play a game in familiar confines without having to travel.
Junior outfielder Tom Marcinczyk, who hit a grand slam in the final game of the series against George Mason, is looking forward to the Knights’ home opener. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2015 With the weather likely to start picking up, this early-season matchup at Bainton should set the stage for how Rutgers hopes to play at home this season. “We’re very much looking forward to getting home for a game,” Litterio said. “Getting back on the bus after the weekend, we were talking about Wednesday,
wondering what the weather would be like, and things like that.” To beat Lafayette (0-3), the Knights will need to continue seeing the offensive production they received over the past weekend. Senior catcher R.J. Devish was a big reason for the offensive outburst, in which the team scored 24 runs over the three games.
He reached base 11-of-14 times in the series, while gaining five hits and five RBIs. He also launched his first career home run, and for his efforts was named Big Ten Player of the Week, making him the first Rutgers baseball player to win the award. Early on this season, he is seventh in the country in on-base
percentage (.682), third in the Big Ten in batting average (.462) and slugging percentage (.769). Ser ving as a spark at the top of the order for the Knights, he hopes to carr y his quick star t to the season back home at Bainton Field. “It’s great to come home to play on our field after being away for two weekends in a row,” the Beachwood, New Jersey, native said. “We’ve been successful there in the past and after taking the series (against George Mason), hopefully we can keep that up on Wednesday.” It will be a short stay back in Piscataway for Rutgers. After the Lafayette game, the team will be back on the road to play Old Dominion in a threegame series. The Knights only play three home games in March, with its home slate only really starting to pick up in April. Though it is just one game to be played back in familiar territory, Rutgers sees it as a chance to keep building some momentum in the young season. “To get home and play the first home game in front of our crowd is always fun and gives us a chance to build on some things,” said junior outfielder Tom Marcinczyk. “We need to keep with the same pace we had over the weekend and bring it back home.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @Mike_OSully2 and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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Rutgers looks to snap skid in Philadelphia against No. 19 Penn THOMAS CRINCOLI STAFF WRITER
The ability to spark an attack late in games has been apparent in all but one showing for the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, but problems remain when the team finds itself falling into large deficits in the early parts of games. The Scarlet Knights (1-3) travel to Philadelphia on Wednesday to take on No. 19 Penn (1-1), where they will look to take their first lead in a game since their season opener against Villanova. The Knights hold a 9-7 alltime record against the Quakers despite dropping last season’s meeting, 17-7. Rutgers heads into the matchup after suffering its third straight loss against Delaware on Saturday, where the Knights struggled with the Blue Hens aggressiveness on both sides of the ball. Despite the loss, senior defender Addington Elliott still has no doubts about her team’s ability moving forward. “I think this is going to be like a fire under our butt to just keep us going forward and just work really hard,” the Rumson, New Jersey, native said. “We know that we can do it, we just have to put it all together and execute on the field.” Rutgers’ mentality continues to focus on the way its own game is played rather than dividing
its attention and focusing on its opponent, head coach Laura Brand-Sias said. “Everybody we play is very good and very talented. We have an extremely difficult schedule, so if all I did was focus on our opponent, we would never get better,” Brand-Sias said after her team’s latest loss. “We need to grow and improve as a team quickly.” The Knights have a quick turnaround in their schedule, playing their game against Penn only four days after Delaware. But BrandSias said it is something her team needs to be used to at this point of the season. “It’s kind of the way things are at this part of the season for most teams,”the 14th-year head coach said. “It can be taxing physically and mentally and certainly preparation can be tough, but it’s what we have to do.” Rutgers’ quick turnaround is something the team can find beneficial following a loss, said senior attacker Kim Kolodny, who scored two goals against Delaware. The Knights will not have to worry about getting back into a game mindset like they do when their schedule sees longer stretches between matches. “I think that we would much rather get over it, focus on the next team and motivate each other to play against the next team rather than sitting for a week and not playing,” she said.
Kolodny is one of the four returning players for Rutgers who scored in last season’s meeting with the Quakers, netting three of her own. Senior attacker Halley Barnes, junior attacker Amanda Turturro and sophomore attacker Joanna Reilly each scored one goal in the game as well. Penn has even less time to prepare for the Knights, coming off of their first loss of the season against No. 14 Duke on Sunday. The Quakers’ roster sports a lot of the depth in the attacking zone, even after losing their toppoint scorer from a season ago. Headlining their roster is senior attacker Nina Corcoran, who earned her second career Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honor after her 6-point effort against Delaware in Penn’s season opener. Corcoran leads the Quakers with 7 points this season after finishing second on the team in 2015. Penn’s biggest performer against Rutgers a year ago was senior attacker Iris Williamson, leading the charge against the Knights by scoring five goals. Williamson has five goals in the Quakers two games this season after totaling four against Duke. Rutgers continue to experience growing pains during its second year in the Big Ten, as the team looks to get its season back on track against Penn.
After facing a tough stretch in the early goings of the season, the Knights are still in the process of developing as a team. “This early in the season, you gotta find a way to learn and grow from it,” Brand-Sias said. “We got a whole lot of lacrosse ahead of
us, so we need to find some answers and we need to be prepared to make the most out of what we have left in the season.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
Junior attacker Amanda Turturro was 1 of 4 Knights to score in last season’s meeting against Penn. Rutgers lost that game, 17-7. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016
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“I think this (loss) is going to be like a fire under our butt to just keep us going forward ... We know that we can do it, we just have to put it all together and execute on the field.” — Senior defender Addison Elliot following the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team’s latest loss
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MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 16 RUTGERS 15, WAGNER 7
RU flies past Seahawks to remain unbeaten ERIC MULLIN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDIOTR
The day before the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team faced off against Wagner in a matinee matchup on the road, it was awarded with something it hadn’t yet received during head coach Brian Brecht’s five-year tenure. The undefeated Scarlet Knights were voted among the top-20 teams in the USILA Coaches Poll for the first time since 2011, landing at No. 16. When the Knights finally took the field in Staten Island on Tuesday afternoon, they looked every bit of a top-20 side against an inferior Seahawks team. Rutgers’ perfect record was never at risk as its defense stymied the opposition and its starting attackers combined for nine goals in a 15-7 win over Wagner (1-3) to improve to 4-0 on the season. “Our transition was great today,” Brecht said. “Give a lot of credit to that rope unit, that short-stick ‘D’ group with (Christian) Mazzone and (Christian) Scarpello and the longstick middies with (Zack) Sikora and (Kyle) Pless … Those guys were great on defense. I thought they did a great job of locking down Wagner on the defensive end and getting the ball up and out real quick and pushing in transition down to our attack.” For the second consecutive game, the Knights’ defense was in lockdown mode. Senior attacker Scott Bieda scored three goals and added an assist in Rutgers’ 15-7 road win over Wagner on Tuesday. Through four games the captain leads the team in assists with 11 and in total points with 21. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016
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Knights return to RAC, host No. 2 MSU GARRETT STEPIEN CORRESPONDENT
Sophomore forward D.J. Foreman had a team-high 12 rebounds in Rutgers’ meeting with Michigan State earlier this season. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016
How much worse can it get? After the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s most recent time out on the court delivered a walloping 39-point blow at Northwestern in the Scarlet Knights’ final road game of the season, the struggling squad returns home to the Rutgers Athletic Center. But its next contest, a 7 p.m. tip-off on Big Ten Network against No. 2 Michigan State, projects to provide the complete opposite of a warm welcome back to the RAC. The Spartans (24-5, 11-5) enter Piscataway on a power trip, winners in eight of their past nine games. Even Sparty’s only loss in the stretch, an 82-81 overtime squeeze at then-No. 18 Purdue, could have very well gone the other way. “I guess what I was most pleased about, as we enter into this final week, is I still think we took a step forward (Sunday after the 8857 win against Penn State),” Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said to reporters in his weekly press conference on Monday. Rutgers (6-23, 0-16), meanwhile, is in a different state right now.
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senior forward, was named a second team all-Big Ten selection for the second consecutive season. She was joined by junior guard Tyler Scaife, while senior center Rachel Hollivay was named a Big Ten Honorable Mention.
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The Knights have lost 16 straight on the season, in the midst of a Big Ten skid pushing 14 months at 31 conference losses in a row since Jan. 11 of last year. In their past three games against Penn State, Minnesota and Northwestern, Rutgers has been missing in action on the perimeter. Combined, the Knights’ past three opponents have shot 35-for-72 from deep, calculating to 48.6 percent. The Wildcats (18-11, 6-10) entered the game converting 8.5 treys per game despite sitting near the bottom of the Big Ten at 11th place at the time but buried Rutgers behind a 17-for-28 clip from 3 to make life miserable for the Knights. It’s been an ongoing problem for Rutgers, and with Michigan State having already proven to be deep and dangerous after netting a school-record-tying 17 3-pointers in the 96-62 blowout at Breslin Center in East Lansing, it isn’t slowing down any time soon. “We had to defend (all over the floor),” said sophomore forward D.J. Foreman, after Penn State dropped a 9-for-22 clip on the
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