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Transfer process for Mason Gross prioritizes skill level over credits Christian Zapata contributing writer
Students looking to transfer into the Mason Gross School of the Arts may experience more difficulty graduating on time than students applying to other schools at Rutgers. Mason Gross serves as the hub for the visual, theater and music departments at Rutgers with roughly 785 undergraduate students participating in different programs of study, ranging from jazz to painting, according to Petersons. With an acceptance rate of 21 percent, Mason Gross is consistently one of the most selective schools at Rutgers. Embodying less than 1 percent of the population here, it has become a highly sought out field of study, according to the school’s website. It is not more difficult transferring into the second year, said Kara Golden, director of Admissions for Mason Gross. What is difficult is transferring into the second year and starting as a second-year student.
There is an even playing field for students who transfer in, but the difference is that they still have to complete four years of study. This seems to be the deterrent for students as the real difficulty lies in transferring course work without adding additional time, Golden said. Mason Gross customizes its student’s schedules from day one, meaning that any student transferring in is required to make up that work, Golden said. Students in a program that involves ballet practice five days a week, for example, are expected to maintain a level of athleticism that a transfer student would struggle with. “That’s not to say that someone in a dance program at another conservatory is out of the question. If they have completed a year of study at a different university then they will most likely be accepted as a second-year student. It is the students who are taking liberal arts courses or only dancing twice a week that often lack the rigor we look for,” she said.
The decision process is not solely based on credits and weighs more heavily on how the applicant showcases their skill. A student who auditions at a sophomore level will be offered a spot in the sophomore class, and the same applies to all other majors, Golden said. There are two different populations here — transfer students within the Rutgers community and transfer students outside of it, Golden said. Often a student inside the community finds it harder to transfer into Mason Gross as opposed to a student that may have had exposure to these rigors elsewhere. “Many times we have students who want to transfer into Mason Gross and knew it from the beginning but lacked parental support. A lot of parents are scared to let their child pursue their passion of the arts, coupled with the wrong idea that they won’t make a career of it,” she said. Administrators often see students changing their career paths in order to please their parents, and then later realize that they made a mistake. It
As one of the most selective schools at Rutgers, the Mason Gross School of the Arts has unique stipulations for students transferring both internally and externally. ANA COUTO divides the student population into those who have support back home and those who do not, Golden said. In admissions, Golden said they do their best and explain to concerned parents the variety of different options post-graduate students have with an arts degree. More and more corporate companies are looking for creative people that do not have a degree in business.
Employees say uses of libraries have evolved Anushtha Mittal contributing writer
Rutgers libraries have become primary places for students to hang out with friends and indulge in group studies, whereas their original function — as places to check out and read books — has moved to online databases. Erin Fitzgerald, a Rutgers Business School junior and a lab consultant at Kilmer Library, said some people still use library books because they ask for help with research on circulation desks or scanning pages of books for projects. Graduate students and those who study certain subjects like law absolutely require books, so they often use library resources. But undergraduate students do not use books as much because everything can be found online, she said. “It is easier to get everything online so the Rutgers libraries have the online database system. No one wants to come to the library and spend all that time to find a book. If you can Google search something, you are going to do that over asking the librarian for help, looking through the stacks,” she said. Numerous resources like journals and articles are accessible
online on the libraries online database and it is very helpful for research. They have made hundreds of online resources available to students, paid for them so that they are accessible to all, she said. “But (the online system) can be tricky sometimes. Even classes go the library and have one of the librarians school you (on) how to search for stuff online. It just depends on what you are looking for if you know how to navigate around the searches. It depends on your technical skills,” she said. Libraries at Rutgers provides more than just books, as they are places where people can come together in between classes with a group of friends to study, work on projects, print or just relax after class, Fitzgerald said. “People are constantly printing. Everyone is here, studying and doing last minute work. Libraries are busiest in the middle of the day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is a good crowd around 7 to 9 p.m. too. Usually, the night owls who like to study and do work at night. We, consultants, are on until midnight,” she said. Kasey Shneiderovsky, a School of Engineering sophomore and work-study employee at the circulation desk at Kilmer Library, said
Undergraduates have increasingly occupied library spaces for studying and socializing, while turning to online databases for reading materials. ANA COUTO students tend to get as many as 10 books, sometimes more, every time they are doing an in-depth research paper. Ph.D. students and graduate students visit libraries to get books often. Students also check out the recreational reading section offered by KiImer library frequently.
“We also have a reference desk. So a lot of kids use the internet for research but when they get stuck and they cannot access an article, they come into the library to talk to someone about how to use the database to get the resources they need. So internet does not bring down the
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The school had three recent graduates working for Yelp! and two for IBM who were hired because of their creativity, she said. “Students are taking a risk in some ways but I often tell them that they’re taking more of a risk in not pursuing it. What you risk in not pursuing your passion is a lifetime of unSee credits on Page 4
amount of students because they still come in for help,” she said. Online tools are convenient as long as students know how to use them. Students can find articles or books, order them from another library and then have them sent to Rutgers libraries. Computers in the library are also equipped with student software, Shneiderovsky said. “Recently I have been going (to the library) every day until two in the morning when they close. I don’t really use the books. I just go there for the quiet environment and to meet up my friends there. They have areas where you are able to collaborate,” said Camila Mejia, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Libraries have a lot of computers which allow students to print for classes. There are rooms for group study where one could go with friends. Libraries are open until late in the night, which gives students enough time to finish off their work, she said. The libraries have a couple of laptops they lend out to students, but if they had more such rental services, it would be a lot more useful. Swiping a book out like in a vending machine instead of going to the front desk every time you need a book would make it more convenient, he said. “I usually come here to relax, sometimes use the computer. For Livingston, it is normally to use the leisure books. They have computers, they have leisure books. That’s pretty much everything you want,” said Jonathan Xiong, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.
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RU FeelGood plans grilled cheese sale for humanitarian aid
The last deli hosted by RUFeelGood raised between $500 and $600 toward the national organization, which used the money to provide food, shelter and water to people in need around the world. FACEBOOK
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the University. Student leaders of the club said they have great things planned for the current semester and beyond which will Members of the Rutgers stuallow more students to get indent organization RU FeelGood volved in serving both the local are working to end world hunand global communities. ger through the cultivation of “Last semester we tried to ensocial consciousness and skills gage our members in more comin entrepreneurship. munity service based activities FeelGood is a national organioutside of FeelGood, as well as do zation that began in 2005 at the our best to make our general inUniversity of Texas at Austin and terest meetings more educational now functions through 25 active and activity based to try to get chapters on college campuses, acpeople to come cording to their to our meetings,” website. In the “Last semester we tried to engage our members in more community service based activities outside of Ng said. past 12 years, Knowing the the organization FeelGood, as well as do our best to make our general interest meetings more educational and activity based...” unique benefits has raised $1.82 for members and million as part of stephanie ng for the communitheir mission to Rutgers Business School Senior ty, leaders of RU end world hunFeelGood hope ger by 2030. “Each chapter is responsible organization, which occurs each Student Center. A variety of collaboration toward a common to expand the club in the future to for fundraising money with 100 semester, is a grilled cheese sale grilled cheese styles will be sold goal, which can also be beneficial positively affect a greater portion in the professional world, Arashi- of Rutgers students. percent of the proceeds going to through King Pita’s Palace in the at prices ranging from $3 to $5. “I hope to improve the club by The organization is unique in nagundi said. FeelGood’s sponsor organizations Rutgers Student Center. Club As a large University, the club encouraging others to see the valsuch as Water for People, The members are responsible for ev- this focus on collaboration and enHunger Project, Pachamama Al- erything, from buying ingredi- trepreneurship as tools for fund- is made up of thousands of dif- ues of this club and how we as colliance and Choice Humanitarian. ents and advertising the event to raising. As members, students ferent people from various back- lege students can do something All of these organizations focus running the grilled cheese deli cultivate skills required to run a grounds, Ng said. She said it is so innovative and give back to business and work with a team, amazing to see how the cause can those unfortunate. FeelGood has on providing water, food and shel- and preparing sandwiches. honestly been such a great expeThis experience allows stu- said Stephanie Ng, a Rutgers bring together so many people. ter around the world,” said JanIn the past, the club has rience for me and I want to share delle Serapio, a Rutgers Business dents to learn about entrepre- Business School senior and pubSchool senior and secretary of RU neurship while contributing to lic relations and marketing chair struggled to get their message that with other people,” Arashinaout to the greater population of gundi said. the resolution of global food for RU FeelGood. FeelGood, in an email. contributing writer
Although the Rutgers chapter of FeelGood is new to the University, it has already exceeded fundraising goals, Serapio said. “With hard work and enough advertising, FeelGood managed to raise about $500 to $600 from our last spring semester deli. This is one of FeelGood’s greatest achievements. We are a small club at Rutgers and the amount definitely surpassed our expectations,” she said. The largest fundraiser for the
insecurity, said Spurthi Arashinagundi, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and deli manager for RU FeelGood. “This event encompasses entrepreneurial and philanthropic ideologies. All the money we raise goes to our partner organizations to help sustainably end world hunger,” he said. The next grilled cheese deli fundraiser will take place on March 8 from 2 to 6 p.m. at King Pita’s Palace in the Rutgers
“Students can benefit from joining because you will get a lot of experience with teamwork and collaboration, as well as learning how to utilize your entrepreneurial skills in a community service oriented setting, like learning how to run your own business which is done through our big deli fundraisers, where you learn all aspects of what it takes to run one,” Ng said in an email. Through RU FeelGood, students learn the importance of
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Student holds campus event to raise awareness for rare diseases Kimberly Peterman contributing writer
There are over 6,000 rare diseases that affect people in the United States. One Rutgers student who suffers from a rare disease held an event on Tuesday to raise awareness about her disease and how to make progress going forward. Allysa Kemraj, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, was diagnosed
with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome during her first year of high school. This disease is a collection of heritable tissue disorders that affect the body’s collagen. It can affect skin, joints and anywhere else with connective tissue, according to the Ehlers-Danlos Society’s website. A rare disease is defined in the U.S. as any disorder that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans at a time, according to the Rare Disease Day website.
These diseases can often be misdiagnosed and severely affect a person’s quality of life. Kemraj said that she first found out about Rare Disease Day shortly after her diagnosis when she was doing research about rare diseases. But she did not participate until her sophomore year of high school. “My freshman year I was way too scared to do anything remotely close to it,” Kemraj said. “But my
Rare Disease Day took place at Rutgers on Feb. 28, led by Allysa Kemraj, a student who was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome four years ago. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR sophomore year I realized it was a disservice to not only my community but to myself to not present for Rare Disease Day because I have information that everyone needs and everyone wants.” She then got materials from the Rare Disease Day website and held her first event, she said. Since then, she has participated in the event almost every year and has introduced it to the Rutgers community. This past Tuesday, she spoke at an event hosted by the Busch, Engineering, Science and Technology (B.E.S.T.) Gives Back group about her experiences with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. There were a variety of people at the event, including B.E.S.T. Hall residents, medical school students and other undergraduates. Kemraj spoke about recognizing symptoms of rare diseases and why and how people should promote awareness. Other Rutgers students found the information discussed relevant to their coursework. “You always hear about the same diseases, even in class. You always hear about preventable disease or non-preventable ones like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s,” said Shyam Patel, a second-year student in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. “This increases awareness that there are other life-threatening diseases that need to be researched for treatment.”
Kemraj met her best friend at last year’s event, who had also suffered from a rare disease and found out about Rare Disease Day through the Mayo Clinic, she said. They became fast friends despite the suffering from completely different diseases. “The thing that always excites me is when someone comes to Rare Disease Day and I’m able to talk with them and find out that they have a rare disease too,” Kemraj said. Because Rare Disease Day is an international event, she said that she has been able to connect with others who participate around the world on online forums. During the year, Kemraj maintains a Facebook page for Rare Disease Day where she regularly posts information about rare and chronic diseases, as well as well information about the event. Ultimately, she said that she thinks that having events like this at Rutgers that informs students about rare diseases is necessary for medical progress and student awareness. “My main goal is to promote awareness amongst my fellow students because a lot of them are literally the future of not only America, but the world,” she said. “We’re going to be the policy makers. We’re going to be the doctors, the researchers, the advocates. So it is very important that we are able to educate ourselves.”
credits Mason Gross has low acceptance rate, with only 21 percent of applicants making it in continued from front happiness and that prospect is really far scarier to me than a lifetime of lower earnings,” Golden said. Craig Sirota, a Mason Gross School of the Arts sophomore, said before transferring to Mason Gross he was in School of Arts and Sciences. As an avid member of his high school band, he considered music education as a career early on but was discouraged by the low earnings. “After doing well in Advanced Placement (AP) computer science in high school, I decided that I would follow that path. But after being at Rutgers for a few weeks, I realized that although computer science pays well, I just didn’t enjoy it,” he said. The application process was tedious. He submitted his application, went in for his audition and waited to hear back. After a few weeks passed he said he still had not received an answer and began to worry that he was not accepted. He heard back in June and knew he was admitted into the program.
Even though he is a member of the Class of 2019, he will be graduating in 2020 as result of transferring into Mason Gross, Sirota said. His family has always been very supportive of following his passion, he said. Many people who try and do what he did face opposition and hesitation from their families so he said he is very lucky to have a support system throughout the whole process. “Go for it. What is the worst that can happen? If you make it then good for you, but if you don’t then stick with your original major or choose a different one. I am so thankful that I did and am following my passion,” he said. Ultimately, what one makes is the product of their dedication and skill, said Holly Lathbury, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior. Putting on a brave front and projecting confidence about their work is possibly the most important thing about being a part of Mason Gross. “Take the time to think about your artwork,” she said. “Take the time to obsess over your artwork. Don’t rush anything. Don’t procrastinate.”
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RBS plans to make up for career fair incident Jacob Turchi contributing writer
The Rutgers Business School continues to face some backlash after an incident where business students were turned away from the career fair for failing to meet their dress code policy. On Feb. 10, an estimated 40 students were not permitted to enter the annual career fair on Livingston campus because they were wearing the wrong color of clothing. The Daily Targum reported that students wearing blue shirts or navy and gray suits were not allowed inside, as the event’s dress code called for “dark, conservative suits.” The department immediately received criticism for their actions from students, including an online petition at change.org. The petition demanded that not only the students receive an apology, but that the “no navy business suits” policy should be eradicated altogether, claiming that navy is the most popular color for those who work on Wall Street. The document also states that this is an attempt by the school to protect their own image. “It is even more unfortunate that someone’s ego is getting in the way of apologizing for this ridiculous policy,” the petition said. “RBS needs to recognize navy as appro-
priate business attire because the whole world already does.” The petition will be sent to Dean Lei Lei and Senior Associate Dean Martin Markowitz once it reaches 100 supporters. Erik Rasmussen, a junior in the Rutgers Business School, was actually inside the business career fair when the incident occurred. Because he was inside, he was unaware at the time that people were turned away at the front door. It was not until the end of the event that he was told a lot of people were refused entry. “My opinion of it is that if someone is wearing a navy suit they should be able to attend an event like this,” Rasmussen said. “For example, if someone is working in a major corporation they’re likely going to be able to wear a navy suit to work so the idea of excluding the navy suit from the dress code was not well thought out. However, I feel as though the business school had the right intentions, they just did not have the right execution.” The career fair often provides students with their first opportunities to find work in the professional field of their choosing. Louai Hassan, a Rutgers Business School junior, said it was not right to take something so important away from students for something that seems so trivial, adding
The Rutgers Business School faced backlash after refusing to allow an estimated 40 students into their annual career fair. They have since apologized, promised to amend their dress code and offered to make up the lost networking opportunity for students. Georgette Stillman that he himself has worn a navy blue suit to school career fairs in the past and was never bothered about it. “It’s really not fair, especially to the seniors who are kind of depending on this career fair to land a job, and now it’s kind of difficult for them to find anything like this ever again,” Hassan said. The Rutgers Business School was quick to apologize for the debacle. Lei has already publicly apologized for the incident and has stated that they will meet with the students who were turned away and review the dress code
to avoid excluding students from important events. Daniel J. Stoll, the director of communications and marketing for the Rutgers Business School, said they are working to rectify the problems in the department. In response to the backlash from the incident, the Offices of Career Management met with 16 students from New Brunswick and 10 students from Newark who were turned away at the Feb. 10 career fair to reconnect them with recruiters. Stoll stressed that the depar tment is working quickly to
set up those who were denied access to the career fair with recruiters. They are also working on arranging another job fair on April 6 on Livingston campus to of fer all Rutgers business students a chance to meet with a recruiter. “(We have) changed the recommended dress to ‘professional attire,’” Stoll said in an e-mail. “In addition, Rutgers Business School is working with 300+ corporate sponsors to put together an advisor y board of recruiters to ensure that best practices are followed.”
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Diversity is becoming abstraction for elite
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side from the notorious Oscars flub FAHRENHEIT 250 airing live with millions watching, the Oscars revealed some interesting MERYEM UZUMCU trends within the movement of “high culture concerning the realm of the arts and cinema. The hashtag that succinctly criticized the lack of diversity and roles for marginalized experiences #OscarSoWhite gained enough traction to create some visible change within the kinds of roles up for nomination in 2017. Although the diversity box was checked off the Oscars checklist with a black actor/ actress in every onscreen category, other criticisms echoed a need for roles that were not “defined by their race.” One could also argue that race is already integral within individuals’ experiences. Perhaps the experiences that audiences perceive as “not defined by race” only prove the pervasive universality of the white experience. Every role has been already influenced by race, whether or not audiences perceive it as a definer speaks more to the normalization of whiteness over the experiences of blackness. My main point of contention, however, is the viewpoint that the Oscars’ moment of progress is seen to trickle down to the rest of society. Although the Oscars awards and the Hollywood society of high art and culture is ubiquitous, its sociality is not necessarily relatable. The elite that have patted each other’s backs for their progress in representation exist siloed off in their impenetrable lifestyles more than ever. Yet many studies show the benefits of diversity within education, the workplace, as well as other areas of public life. Is diversity becoming evermore a phenomenon that benefits elite institutions and spaces? With The New York Times coming out with headlines like “Small Steps but no Major Push to Integrate New York Schools” less than a year ago, you’d think this issue was resolved decades ago through the historic precedent Brown vs. Board of Education. Huffington Post’s headline “The South Isn’t The Reason Schools Are Still Segregated, New York Is” rings true in recognizing that the issue of racially segregated experiences in public life is not plaguing the rural south but global cities like New York City. Segregated experience exists across class lines as well as a result of more charter schools competing with public schools over lacking federal funding. Children being sent by their affluent families to private over public schools lose parents who otherwise would have more time and extracurricular labor into establishing committed relationships between schools and families. What is at stake when we engage in progressive liberal discourses on diversity in the abstract and yet our communities and workplaces do not reflect it? There is indeed a perpetuation of silos that seem representative or ubiquitous and yet refract the real issues in the application of policy. The progressive rhetoric at the forefront of liberal politics does little to fight the insidious effects of class and racial segregation in this country. The seemingly far way we have come in terms of diversifying has occurred in segregated pockets or manifested a perception of diversity. Not only do we need to reassess what progress simply looks like, but also focus on the effect of ostensible progress, which manifests in the process of our alienation from each other’s experiences. When the writers of “Moonlight” accepted their award for best adapted screenplay on the Oscars stage they vowed to dedicate it to “all people who feel they have no mirror.” But what happens when the mirror itself is refracted to the view of onlookers? What representation of reality becomes truth and what becomes “fake news?” How can a politics of “diversity” be progressive when the actuality of those who live in a community or send their kids to school is extremely siloed and exclusive? To think that the power of Hollywood’s achievement in diversity politics is a form of progress invests in a belief that we are not actually divided and segregated in real ways in public life from those with vastly different experiences. Our alienation from each other is not reflected in the articulations elicited through high art and culture, but rather in one person communicating their belief that the president is producing real change meanwhile another person’s family is being fractured and banned from entering the countr y. The mechanism to divide us has become empowered with a president who vows to divide us, literally with walls and bans. Communicating these stories to one another is not about channeling a discourse on “race” or “minoritization” but recognizing that we live in a universally elite, white world with white elite experiences. On this current trajectory, the road to progress has produced a road to alienation along race and class lines. Diversity as a principle seems to be touted in elite spaces without reflecting the differentiated experiential makeup “on the ground.” Perhaps we are at the apex of this process of segregation or we have just begun to realize the full force of its insidiousness as we have a leader who has come to power through its mechanization.
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Being married but not reaping benefits Texas is attempting to infringe on same-sex marriage rights
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ast week, the LGBTQIA community was in to diminish the foundation of Obergefell v. Hodges. shock over the blatant disregard of their They plan to do this by reverting the decision of rights by President Donald J. Trump and his same-sex marriage back to being up to each individadministration when they decided to remove the fed- ual state. This would essentially do the same thing eral protections for transgender people who want to and ban same-sex marriage since a 2005 state ban on use bathroom facilities that correspond with their same-sex marriage illustrated Texas’s negative feelgender identity. A majority of the Democratic Party, ings towards the subject. This even allowed county as well as some members of the Republican Party, clerks who felt as though their religious values were voiced their anger over this decision by the Trump being compromised by issuing marriage licenses to administration. And now, it seems as though the dust same-sex couples could refuse to do so. After this, has barely even begun to settle before the nation be- Republicans of Texas also plan on attempting to reverse some of the rejections the Supreme Court had gan to chip away at LGBTQIA rights again. Texas, which has been a hub of controversy re- on abortion restrictions that the state had. It is probably most important to point out that as garding its political climate for the past year, seems to be one of the forces aiding in the breaking down a Republican state, and a previous ban that proves that most of these Republicans were against sameof these rights. In 2013, conservative groups in Texas wanted to sex marriage, Texas holds those who identify with the LGBTQIA comsue the city of Housmunity as a minority. ton for offering muAnd when a majority nicipal employee “This even allowed county clerks who felt of the state is left to benefits to same-sex as though their religious values were being determine the rights couples. Originally, of the minority, there a year later, the Sucompromised by issuing marriage licenses is a lack of justice preme Court denied to same-sex couples could refuse to do so.” at play. the court from even Although Obergehearing the appeal. fell v. Hodges did However, after consistent pressure from elected officials and church not specify rulings on such benefits, the approval of leaders, the Supreme Court has now decided to open same-sex marriage throughout the United States was up the table for conversation about possibly changing not just for the sake of being able to say that you are these laws. A basis for the debate surrounded the mon- “married.” It is not about the title, it is about the recumental case Obergefell v. Hodges. This ruling, which ognition of someone’s love in the public eye. Texas legalized same-sex marriage within all 50 of the United is doing the opposite of this and asserting that sameStates, was used as a reference point because Republi- sex marriage may be okay for now, but receiving the can Party members said that it never gave any specifi- same benefits that straight couples get should be cations about requiring the government to offer same- left up to the discretion of the state. This is not why sex couples the same benefits for employees that are same-sex marriage was legalized. In fact, it defeats offered to straight couples. The main underlying issue everything the Obergefell v. Hodges case fought and here? These benefits are funded by taxpayer’s money. won to protect. It seems as though Texas is heavily attempting to The Supreme Court is not scheduled to present its decision for another few months, and in that time, the mandate every detail of their citizens’ lives and the groups who are suing Houston plan on advocating Supreme Court should do everything in its power to for religious liberty and also eventually finding ways block this. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 149th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff. Twitter: @Daily_Targum Instagram: @dailytargum
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To combat opioid crisis, U.S. should decriminalize heroin POLICY OVER POLITICS CONNOR O’BRIEN
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lleged “small-government conservative” and United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to reporters on Tuesday about his views on the state of crime and addiction in America and hinted at some of the actions he, the Justice Department and President Donald J. Trump’s administration as a whole will take to combat it. “I do not believe this pop in crime is a onetime aberration,’’ Sessions said. “I’m afraid it represents the beginning of a trend.” He went on to suggest that the federal government should more strictly enforce federal laws against recreational marijuana, even in states that have voted to legalize it, and further prescribed the need for a crackdown on heroin. Sessions is a vestige from the old guard of crime policy, which believes that “getting tough” on drugs is the path to ending addiction. He has railed against marijuana, both medical and recreational. He supports further militarization of police forces, civil asset forfeiture and once proposed imposing the death penalty on twice-convicted drug dealers. In other words, he’s a virulent supporter of what former President Richard Nixon termed in 1971, the “War on Drugs.” The War on Drugs should be something that self-proclaimed conservatives abhor.
After all, it is perhaps the most oppressive institution in the United States today, and ineffective in achieving its desired goal. The prison system is supposed to be one that rehabilitates criminals and seamlessly returns them to society. This model does not work for drug crimes. Addiction should be treated as a public health issue, not as something that can be treated by giving someone a criminal record. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 89 percent of people who needed
box” on job applications, asking if the applicant has a criminal record. Studies show that people forced to mark this box are far less likely to even get called back about a job, let alone actually get one. Criminals are also ineligible for many safety net programs that the rest of us use to pick ourselves up after a tough break. We strip offenders of nearly all the tools necessary for economic integration, and then pretend we don’t know why three-quarters of drug offenders re-enter the criminal justice system within five years.
“In Portugal, there are only three drug-caused deaths per million adults, far lower than the rate across the European Union and in the United States.” drug treatment did not get it. Meanwhile, according to the FBI, over 1.5 million people were arrested for drug crimes in 2015, the vast majority for possession. “Tough on crime” laws passed in the 1980s and 1990s, most famously by former President Bill Clinton, make it incredibly difficult for former convicts to re-enter society. People with previous drug offenses are barred from public housing. If they move in with their family right after prison (as one would reasonably expect), their entire family is subject to eviction. Certain professions that require licensing do not allow ex-cons to become certified. Most employers include “the
The only logical path forward on drug policy is decriminalization and treatment, and not just of marijuana. To truly end the opioid crisis, we need smarter drug policy that treats the disease of addiction rather than one that chases some Old Testament sense of justice or morality. We need to be brutally honest with ourselves about what works and what doesn’t. Criminalization, creating millions of permanent second-class citizens and locking people in steel cages do not work. Supervised injection sites work to decrease overdose deaths. Needle exchanges are successful in stopping HIV in its tracks. Treating addiction, rather than
harshly punishing someone for being an addict, works. If the Trump administration truly wants to combat the drug issues faced by the United States, it should take a page from Portugal, which decriminalized all drugs in 2001. Since then, past-month and past-year rates of drug use have dropped, especially among young people. The number of drug-related deaths plummeted, as did the number of new HIV cases among drug users. In Portugal, there are only three drugcaused deaths per million adults, far lower than the rate across the European Union and in the United States. Portugal decided to use money that would have been spent on prisons on treatment instead. Now, addicts have access to the most medically-effective treatments. Decriminalizing dangerous drugs like heroin may seem counterintuitive, but it has shown to work, while our current “war” has proven to be a catastrophic, expensive failure. We need smarter, evidence-based policy that treats the underlying issues of addiction and the problems that stem from it. The era of “getting tough” on drugs must end because if we don’t radically rethink our approach, we’ll continue to make the same mistakes, and people will suffer as a result. Connor O’Brien is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in economics with a minor in history. His column, “Policy Over Politics,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
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CULTURE
Former Guerrilla Girls share secrets behind their masks
Two of the original members of the Guerrilla Girls gave a private tour at the Zimmerli Art Museum and spoke to a packed Voorhees Hall about their journey as artists, art world activists and their next steps in their mission for inclusion. ALEXANDRA DEMATOS / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Brittany Gibson Features Editor
On Monday night, two of the original feminist art world activists took off their masks to share with a packed auditorium the work of the Guerrilla Girls. The Guerrilla Girls is a collective that started in 1985 in New York City focused on being the “conscious of the art world,”
bringing to light the injustices regarding diversity and inclusion. The women that banded together after an exhibit of contemporary artists at the Museum of Modern Art failed to show an adequate number of female artists and artists of color. Being artists themselves, they kept their identities a secret to protect their own careers and took on the names of deceased
female artists (keeping their memories alive as well). Alice Neel (1900-1984) and Hannah Höch (1889-1978) graced the Zimmerli Museum last Monday. These two original G Girls took to the streets in the mid-80s, armed with what Neel called “feminist anger, real stats and humor.” In an age before computers, the founding Guerrilla Girls became statisticians and
researchers, going through data to prove their point. But being women, and being labeled feminists on top of that, came with a unique set of challenges, Neel said. One of the biggest obstacles was the misconception that feminists didn’t have a sense of humor. “We had to make feminism sexy, funny and a good word,” Höch said. With this sense of awareness and facts on their side, the Guerrilla Girls took to the streets, pasting posters around New York’s art gallery neighborhoods in the middle of the night and putting stickers on the walls and stalls of gallery bathrooms. One of the most famous is a bright yellow poster with a cut out of the nude female figure from the Grande Odalisque wearing a Guerrilla Girls mask next to text that reads, “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? Less than 3 percent of the artists in the Modern Art Sections are women, but 83 percent of the nudes are female.” Witty banter and eye-catching graphics were as important to them as the message themselves
and at times it was difficult to draw the line between where personal art ended and artistic activism began, Neel said. Neel and Höch, now retired from their days of postering New York City in the dead of night, are developing the next generation of activism. Their project, called PEARL (Protecting Essential Art Related Legacies), has been in the works for three years because as anyone in the art world knows, there is still work to be done. “The (National Endowment for the Arts) is threatened to be cut, and I look back at these posters that we did and we’re back there again,” Neel said. “PEARL legacy is going to help this by persevering and continuing to make our voices heard and not give up and be intimidated or be bullied.” And as Neel and Höch mentioned consistently in their presentation, progress will be a group effort moving forward and an activist’s work is never done. “We’re going to have to take the bull by the horns ourselves and not rely on these big institutions,” Neel said. “It’s sad you say you have to do it that way, but that shouldn’t stop you.”
Old Bay brings taste of New Orleans culture to Rutgers for Mardi Gras Brittany Gibson
Features Editor
On Fat Tuesday, Old Bay Restaurant brought a taste of a traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration to the Banks. Live jazz music electrified the bar and seating areas that were caked in gold, green and purple decorations and the smell of authentic Louisiana-style food wafted through the air in a party that seemed to never end. The celebration rung out until about 2 in the morning the following day in a manner of true indulgence on par with the holiday’s tradition. With a full Cajun-Creole inspired buffet with chicken and shrimp jambalayas, which are staples of the holiday, and drink specials to last the whole night, the crowd was primed for the evening of dancing and jamming that followed in the latter hours with music from the New Brunswick Jazz Project and the Old No. 7 Band. Historically, Mardi Gras, a French phrase for Fat Tuesday, has been a celebration of the luxuries of life before Lent begins on the following Wednesday, a Christian period of penance prior to Easter Sunday. In the States, the holiday most famously comes to life in the streets of Louisiana’s largest city, where it is a two-week-long event. The city comes to a halt at the
helm of parades, people dress up in costumes, and there are traditions for every activity such as bead throwing, mask wearing and “drinking and flashing.” But in New Jersey, it is Old Bay’s signature event. Everything about Old Bay is inspired by New Orleans, from the menu to its regular live music events, but on Fat Tuesday it takes on a life of its own for the Central Jersey community. The highlight of the night was the greatly anticipated performance from Old No. 7 Band, a seven-piece band from the Jersey Shore. The ON7 Band’s bluegrass style transported guests to the cobblestoned streets of New Orleans. As the members strummed their strings, blew into their trumpets and hit their tambourines and cowbells, guests from the balcony above threw down their beaded necklaces on dancing audience members in the packed space in front of the stage below. The synthesis of music, food and good spirits that made an effort to stay authentic to the holiday’s traditions could make anyone feel like they were parading down Bourbon Street. Tommy Brennan, a manager at Old Bay, said to MyCentralJersey, “You can celebrate that culture at the Old Bay without overpaying for a flight — you can do it all right here.”
DIVERSIONS
March 2, 2017
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Happy Birthday: Take pride in what you do. Don’t let anyone make you feel awkward for being original or for delving into the unknown or unfamiliar. Growth comes from being inquisitive and curious, not from doing things the same way every day. Let your emotions lead you into rich encounters that offer knowledge, experience and variety. Live life your way. Your numbers are 8, 12, 20, 23, 31, 37, 46.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may have to take an emotional look at the past before you can move forward. Do what has to be done and put any negativity behind you. Don’t let anger mount. Remain calm and offer an intelligent perspective. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Share your feelings and thoughts. Once you make your position clear, you will discover that you are not alone in the way you are thinking. Join forces with someone willing to go the distance in order to bring about change. 3 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Truth will be difficult to find. Do your own fact-finding and make a change based on what you need, not what others prompt you to do. Personal gains will result if you make honest personal assessments. Make love a priority. 4 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Excess will be your downfall. Stick to basics and use what you have to come up with and develop what you want to do. Your efforts will attract attention and the support you need to make progress toward your goals. 4 stars
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Networking will prove beneficial when it comes to working your way into a cushy position. Getting along with your peers will not be easy due to jealousy and underhandedness. Protect your reputation and your position. Practice diplomacy. 2 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Opportunity will stem from conversations, business trips or educational pursuits. Expand your interests, ask questions and get involved in events that will spark your imagination. Collaboration will lead to important long-term partnerships. Mix business with pleasure. 5 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Consider what others have to offer regarding financial, medical or legal concerns. Greater insight will come if you are more resourceful pressing forward. Take your time and you will avoid a costly mistake. Pay attention to detail. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make personal and partnership changes. Aligning yourself with people who are dedicated to reaching similar goals will encourage greater creativity and stimulate new interest and diverse options to the way you use your skills. 3 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Network and you’ll intrigue someone with your enthusiasm and pioneering thoughts. Be careful not to offer too much information or someone may try to pass your ideas off as his or her own. Offer just enough to capture your audience. 5 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll get more back if you put your time and effort into making your surroundings comfortable and convenient. Bringing some of the people and pastimes you used to enjoy back into your life will bring you peace of mind. 5 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): An emotional situation will quickly turn into confusion if you are too open about the way you feel. Take time to evaluate what you truly want before you get into a conversation that could change the way you move forward. 2 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Believe in yourself and you will find a way to accomplish your goals. Set standards that will make you stretch your skills, knowledge and creativity. Surround yourself with people who inspire rather than drain you. 4 stars
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Yesterday’s Solution
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HISTORY Knights hope to send 10 wrestlers to NCAA’s through Big Ten Championships continued from back play of those taking the mat this weekend. A bonafide leader in the room, Ashnault said that he’s been telling stories to his teammates of wrestlers who have had their best runs of form in the final few tournaments. Those like
two-time all-American Anthony Perrotti, whose first national bid came after an up-and-down 20142015 campaign. It is anyone’s guess whether anybody from this year’s team can step up in Perrotti’s absence, but head coach Scott Goodale holds that that is beyond his purview.
“There’s gotta be expectations certainly on our behalf, but on their behalf,” he said. “They’re gonna be the ones that wanna do this and wanna join Ashnault and Perrotti and what they’ve done. This is about them.” Rounding out the seeded spots for Rutgers is No. 5 Ken Theobold at 149 pounds, No. 6 Jordan Pagano at 174 pounds, No. 7 John Van Brill at 157 pounds, No. 7 Nicholas Gravina at 184 pounds, No. 8 Razohnn Gross at heavyweight and No. 9 Scott DelVecchio at 133 pounds.
Sophomore 174-pounder Jordan Pagano walks into his first Big Ten Championships off of a major decision over No. 4 Ryan Preisch. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017
season Rutgers finishes season with worst record in C. Vivian Stringer’s career at 6-24 continued from back And as time wound down during the fourth quarter, one could foresee a miracle for Rutgers as they closed a 21-point third quarter deficit to just 6 points with 35 seconds left, thanks to an effective defensive press, leading to numerous turnovers by Wisconsin and more shots for the Knights. But it wasn’t enough and this loss was not a complicated one for Rutgers. The stats speak for themselves, as the Knights shot just 27 percent from the field while the Badgers were nearly twice as efficient, making 50 percent of their shots. With the loss bringing Rutgers to 6-24, it clinched the worst season in head coach C. Vivian Stringer’s career as head coach of the Knights. Their winning statistic of 20 percent is also the worst in the 43 years of Rutgers women’s basketball. The lack of success is not complicated, as Rutgers simply could not shoot the ball. Against Wisconsin, they shot the ball a staggering 27 more times than the Badgers, but made two less shots. The difference in shots stems from the Knights holding a 23-6 advantage in of fensive rebounding. And with 23 opportunities for second-chance points, they were only able to tally 13 points in that area.
Rutgers also found itself in foul trouble for most of the game,
with two players fouling out. Sophomore wing Aliyah Jeune, who has been one of the team’s best three-point shooters this season, fouled out in just the third quarter, with 1:57 left in the penultimate period. Sophomore center Desiree Keeling also fouled out, picking
Though all but Gross and DelVecchio are perched firmly in the national rankings, perhaps none have enjoyed quite the meteoric rise that Pagano has. The sophomore transfer from Penn State, whose most notable effort this season was a major decision over No. 4 Ryan Preisch of Lehigh at the NWCA Dual Championships Series, sports a 24-7 record and a sixth-place finish at the Midlands Championships in December. Since taking over for senior Phillip Bakuckas in the starting spot, it’s been nothing but raised hands for Pagano. “I feel good. I feel more confident than I’ve ever been in myself in my life,” Pagano said. “Progressively during the year, I think each week I got a lot better.” Pagano is joined by another first-timer, Van Brill, who saw Pagano’s same rise to the top but just a couple of months earlier. Van Brill knocked off multiple nationally ranked opponents to break through the polls himself and he now stares at a No. 7 seed going into tournament play. And along with Van Brill are the perennial top 20 wrestlers in Theobold and Gravina, who have done enough to maintain their places since the start of the season and hope to return to the NCAA Championships after qualifying in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Though Ashnault is widely regarded as a lock, he contends that the same could be said for the others. He doesn’t want to be standing up on the podium alone this year, and he doesn’t think that will be the case.
up her fifth with just over four minutes remaining. After the regular season finale against Ohio State, Stringer aired her frustrations with her team, stemming from the Knights’ inability to shoot, her lack of confidence in their ability to press and their lack of aggressive behavior on offense.
“I think there’s guys on our team now that have beaten better guys than a Perrotti already this season,” Ashnault said. “There’s definitely a couple guys that could poke their heads and make some noise in this Big Ten Tournament and the NCAA Tournament.” In addition to the seeded hopefuls on this Knights squad, Rutgers will send freshman 125-pounder Brandon Paetzell, senior 165-pounder Dylan Painton and freshman 197-pounder Matthew Correnti to Indiana to dual for at-large berths in St. Louis. One of three teams that qualified wrestlers in all 10 weight classes last season, the Knights face the same daunting task. A year later, it doesn’t get any easier, no matter the circumstances. For Goodale, he has seen his team through rigorous training throughout the last week to facilitate a smooth transition from the dual meet schedule to a two-day marathon of wrestling. Rest has always been the number one ingredient for him, and he has given his side plenty of it in light of a nervy plane ride to the Midwest in the coming days. But for now and the next few days, the magic number is 10. “Ultimately nobody wants their season to end, and our staff, we wanna bring all ten guys to the national tournament. That’s a goal of ours and we’ll be disappointed if we don’t do that,” Goodale said. “Because all of these goals these guys have, you can’t do it unless you get there.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow @jon_spilletti and @TargumSports on Twitter.
“At the end of the day, there are basic fundamentals of the game that we have obviously not learned. Even until the last game,” she said. For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow @griffinwhitmer and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior guard Shrita Parker was the leading scorer for Rutgers this season, but that was not enough on Wednesday in the Knights’ loss to Wisconsin in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017
March 2, 2017
Page 11 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK MARYLAND SHUTS DOWN FREEMAN, GETTYS IN 2ND HALF
RU overpowered by Maryland depth in 6th consecutive loss Eric Mullin Correspondent
The Rutgers men’s basketball team’s pair in the paint of senior center C.J. Gettys and junior forward Deshawn Freeman are mainly known for being the engine that drives the Scarlet Knights’ top 10 total rebounding attack and No. 3 offensive rebounding force this season. But for the first 20 minutes of action against Mar yland on Tuesday night, the front-court tandem known as Ghost Gang made its presence felt elsewhere — on the scoreboard. Gettys and Freeman combined to score 21 of 28 first-half points, connecting on 8 of the 9 shots they attempted from the field. The duo, who tends to do most of their scoring inside and off offensive rebounds, scored in a variety of ways, as Freeman knocked down a long jumper from the top of the key and a 3-pointer from the wing while Gettys connected on a midrange jumper and a hook shot from the post. Even though the rest of the team had combined to a shoot a mere 3-of-17 from the field, Rutgers only trailed the Terrapins by 4 entering halftime thanks to the unconscious shooting display from Freeman and Gettys. But while that front-count tandem was able to nullify an otherwise
unfavorable offensive performance from the Knights, once Maryland found a way to neutralize them in the latter half Rutgers was left without a response. The Terrapins stymied Freeman and Gettys in the second half, as they combined for a mere 2 points — connecting on just 1 of their 8 shots from the field — and Mar yland cruised to a 79-59 win at the Rutgers Athletic Center. “They changed how they covered (Gettys),” said head coach Steve Pikiell. “They didn’t let him get any open looks, they double teamed him in the post and we weren’t able to get anything off that and capitalize on it.” While junior guard Mike Williams poured in all 14 of his points in the second half, most of them came after Maryland had already built itself a comfortable double-digit lead, which came as a result of the Terrapins’ 17-6 run in the first five-plus minutes of the half. Five different players scored for Maryland over the course of that run, which was a microcosm of the solid depth play the Terrapins had against the Knights. At the 4:08 mark of the second half, Maryland did not have a single player with double digits in the scoring column, yet the Terrapins had still amassed 70 points.
Of the 10 players that saw playing time for Maryland, seven of them chipped in at least 8 points. That balanced scoring and unselfish play was reflected in the assist column, as over half of the Terrapins’ field goals were assisted. “They got good bigs. I think they have talented guys that can shoot the ball. They score. They’re a tough team,” Pikiell said. “I think they have elite, elite guards and elite guards cause a lot of problems. They get everybody involved and they did a good job of sharing the game, getting everybody involved.” Rutgers was unable to match that kind of balanced scoring, as just four of their nine players to play more than 10 minutes scored at least 8 points. Rather than distributed scoring down the lineup, the Knights generated most their offense from hot-streak spurts, first with Freeman and Gettys in the first half and then with Williams scoring 14 of their first 17 second-half points. Save for Gettys, Freeman and Williams, who totaled 37 points, Rutgers scored 22 points on a 33 percent clip from the field. Take away Mar yland’s top three scorers, who accumulated 31 points, and the Terrapins totaled 48 points on a 47 percent shooting clip.
But while the Knights may have been outmatched by Maryland’s depth on Tuesday, Pikiell was more concerned with the lack of energy he felt his team showcased in the final 20 minutes of what was ultimately Rutgers’ 15th conference loss. “I just didn’t like our energy in the second half,” Pikiell said. “I thought we had good practices. I thought we came out with good energy to start the game. I knew we were playing an elite team that was hungry and that was desperate
for this game. We had to match that for 40 minutes and we weren’t able to do that. We don’t have a margin for error. Every play is important to us. Every three, every call, everything’s important to us. Again, gotta give Maryland credit. They’re well-coached, they’re good. They beat us today and they were the hungrier team and that’s the disappointing part of it.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @EricMullin_ and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior forward Deshawn Freeman could not match his first half production in the second half against Maryland on Tuesday DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017
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Ten is always the goal. To send the entire eligible Rutgers wrestling team to St. Louis has been the goal since before the wrestling room was dusted off again in August. Before St. Louis is Bloomington, Ind., where No. 12 Rutgers hopes to plant the seeds for a fruitful postseason. The Scarlet Knights (12-5, 6-3) will travel westward to grapple with the best their conference has to offer on Saturday and Sunday at the Big Ten Championships, an event that means more historically for some than others. Namely, it is junior 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault not only leading the school but leading his entire weight class, as last year’s Big Ten champion hopes to repeat, this time from the No. 1 seed. “I’m pretty relaxed about it, I feel really confident in how everything’s going,” Ashnault said, on whether starting at the top changes his perspective this year. “Just taking it day by day right now and just trusting in the process. Gearing up for the Big Ten’s and then nationals.” The 24-3 two-time all-American stands far and away the most experienced in postseason See HISTORY on Page 10
Junior 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault enters this year’s Big Ten Championships as the No. 1 seed after winning his weight class last season and posting a 24-3 record this season. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WISCONSIN 61, RUTGERS 55
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Six games into the Big Ten portion of its schedule, the Rutgers women’s basketball team sat at 3-3 in conference play, including a dominant 16-point victor y over Wisconsin, in which the Scarlet Knights tied a program record for three-pointers made in a game. Ever since then, things have gone down hill for Rutgers (6-24, 3-14), as it closed its season with its 11th straight loss, the final one being a 61-55 defeat at the hands of the Badgers (9-21, 3-13) in the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday. Despite double-digit consecutive losses, junior guard Shrita Parker remained positive about the postseason heading into the tournament, saying that she believed that the Knights could make some headway during the tournament, given that it is March, a month famous for major upsets in college basketball. “Everything happens in March. It’s a miracle. We can go in the Big Ten (Tournament) and we can shock people,” she said. “I believe in my teammates and I’m pretty sure they believe the same.” Head coach C. Vivian Stringer had never won less than nine games as a college head coach until this season, one in which the Scarlet Knights went 6-24 and lost 11 straight games to end the season. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017 NBA SCORES
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