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Junot Diaz says writing was shaped by Rutgers Kira Herzog news editor

Junot Diaz published his first short stor y collection, “Drown,” four years after graduating from Rutgers University.

The Rutgers alumni has since become one of the most critically-acclaimed writers in the contemporar y fiction genre, garnering national and international recognition for his eclectic representation of the immigrant experience.

In 2011 he won the Pulitzer Prize for literature, and last January, Diaz was named in The New York Times, alongside Toni Morrison and William Shakespeare, as one of former President Barack Obama’s personal favorite authors.

In an exclusive inter view with The Daily Targum, Diaz said his writing was largely shaped by the landscape of New Jersey and, more specifically, Rutgers.

“Understand, for some students Rutgers is their safety school of a compromise between parents or money or a waystation before reaching a better place,” Diaz said in an email. “Some students come from cities that make New Brunswick seem woefully provincial.

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But I came from a poor isolated Central New Jersey community and growing up I was star ved for art, scholarship, film, bookstores, politics or activism. At Rutgers, I found all of that and more.”

This included an administration that “wasn’t all that responsive to students,” Diaz said, but nevertheless, Rutgers introduced him to a diverse community of intellectuals that shaped the work he would create later in life.

Douglass College was still separate from the larger University when Diaz was a student at Rutgers. He said one of the biggest mistakes administrators have made was revoking the autonomy of individual colleges.

“The intellectual and political fer vent at Douglass — these extraordinar y women — had a lasting impact on me. I had never met people of color like the ones that became my friends at school and that too changed me,” Diaz said.

A portion of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” takes place on campus at Rutgers — with the College Avenue campus playing a particularly prominent role in the stor y.

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Targum, Pulitzer prize-winning author, Junot Diaz, talked about activism, the Rutgers housing lottery and the current state of American politics. KIRA HERZOG / NEWS EDITOR One of the main characters in the novel, Yunior, receives a high lotter y number upon entering his senior year and winds up living in Demarest Hall. Diaz, who lived in the residence hall while at Rutgers, told the Targum he chose the

setting to show that hierarchies exist, even among “outcasts.”

“I wish I could recall the number precisely,” Diaz said, when asked about his own lotter y number.

“But it was something like eight from the bottom. All I remember is

showing the number to this senior I was dating and her saying: F---.”

It is impossible to accurately condense an experience as nuanced as college into a single answer, Diaz said, that the topic would warrant at least one or two books.

“I had to work all the time and didn’t have much loot for anything and the racism was pretty thick on the ground. The school certainly wasn’t sensitive to our needs as first generation students and there were zero resources, which sucked,” he said. “On the other hand, Rutgers was wonderful because I never had a chance to study and to learn and to grow intellectually before and so the hardships were easily offset by the opportunities and the incredible friendships I made … for me, those were the years when I began to live, but they certainly came at a cost.”

The tension that exists today between administrators and students was present, to a similar extent, a decade ago, he said.

Universities have a long histor y of leaving marginalized students behind and failing to live up to their claims, and standing up to injustices and inequality is at the heart of democracy, he said.

“Rutgers students who walked out and sit-in give me a lot of hope for the future. Considering our See writing on Page 4

Ray Lesniak attends town hall on campus Nikhilesh De correspondent

The Rutgers University Democrats invited State Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-20) to speak at a town hall meeting on Wednesday night. The gubernatorial candidate said he would increase state aid for higher education. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

State Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-20) would appoint a Rutgers student to the University’s Board of Governors if he is elected to New Jersey’s highest office this November.

The state’s longest-serving active legislator attended a town hall hosted by the Rutgers University Democrats on Wednesday night in Van Dyck Hall on the College Avenue campus, where he spoke about his experience and why he believes he should be elected as the Garden State’s 80th governor.

During the question-and-answer session that followed his pitch, he voiced support for putting a student on the Rutgers Board of Governors and said he is a cosponsor on a bill which would amend the Rutgers Act of 1956 to put a current student with full voting powers onto the body.

“It fits in with my concept of giving the public a voice and a vote in the government, by putting real commuters on the Port Authority board, and bus and train riders on the New Jersey Transit board, and real environmentalists on the (environmental commissions), not just someone

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who’s my political friend but recommended from those organizations,” he said.

Lesniak said that he does not think it is likely that the bill would come up for a vote, given how much time it has already spent in committee.

Unlike primary competitor Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-19), Lesniak would not commit to providing free tuition for public institution students whose families made $125,000 or less, because the state would be unable to pay for it.

“What we should do is increase state aid to higher education,” he said. “We’ve been decreasing it for 20 years. We should also make the loan program more affordable for our students, we can do that, (but) we don’t have the money to make it free for that many students.”

Lesniak said he would support reforming how student loans are collected so that no student would pay more than 10 percent of their income, as well as increase the general amount of aid distributed to students.

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The Department of Animal Sciences presents “‘The DARC side of Breast Cancer Disparities’” from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. at Foran Hall on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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U. pharmacy students hold health fair for senior citizens

The Students of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) health fair offered senior citizens the chance to receive free blood sugar tests and self-care advice and gave students the opportunity to develop professional and hands-on skills. Courtesy of Jessica Xiao

Sophie Nieto-Munoz staff writer

Senior citizens can have trouble getting to a doctor, receiving proper care or even understanding the craziness that is the ever-changing health care system.

The Students of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) are working to change that.

APhA-ASP held a health fair for local senior citizens on Tuesday, where the organization offered education on immunization, selfcare, diabetes and more to ensure they are making healthy lifestyle choices and maintaining the best quality of life they can get.

Karishma Patel, an Ernest Mario Pharmacy fourth-year student and president-elect of the club, said it is a daytime activity for the seniors, and the club tries to go to Piscataway to see them once a month.

“They really love it because they get to test their blood sugar in the morning for free and they really appreciate talking to the students, it freshens their day-today lives as I’ve seen,” she said.

At the health fair, senior citizens were not just pricked with needles for blood screenings and to check blood sugar, but also had

some time for fun, like games and trivia which educated them on vaccines and asthma prevention, Patel said.

Sarah Hun, a co-chair for Operation Diabetes of APhA-ASP, said this is something the senior citizens love, especially because the organization does this so often and they recognize the students.

“Honestly, I don’t always see old faces, but it’s nice to meet new people and hear their stories,” Hun said.

of health issues due to lack of finances or education, and the APhA-ASP has saved people from such instances, Patel said.

“We’ve actually had patients on the brink of hyperglycemic shock or with a blood pressure of 200/140 not knowing that they’re on the border of a severe health problem and we’ve had some patients taken to the clinic or ER for prevention purposes,” she said.

Hun said of the two years she has been with the organization,

can aid in advising the next steps for patients, she said.

“We saw some of these cases on Tuesday with some senior citizens who were experiencing trouble breathing because they didn’t have their flu shot yet or had high blood pressure and weren’t on any medication,” she said.

The club was able to advise seniors and give them information sheets along with charts showing their blood sugar levels and blood pressure, so the senior citizen could take it to their physician in the future for further treatment, Patel said.

Patel also said how senior citizens many times do not get the treatment they need because of their health insurance.

“So many senior citizens have told me that because of their Medicare plans, they bounce around a lot between physicians and it’s usually a 10 minute sit down they get with a physician,” she said. “They’re in and out quickly without really getting the time to ask questions about their lifestyle or their medications.”

APhA-ASP is not just taking care of these senior citizens, but also making them more aware of what other resources are available.

“This also raises awareness to (them) that if they can’t get an appointment with their physician, they can always go down to their nearest pharmacy and ask the pharmacist about any questions or concerns they have or if they think their medication is not working,” Patel said.

Patel said being a part of the club and working with senior citizens not only makes her feel great, but humbles her.

“I love going to the health fairs

“They really love it because they get to test their blood sugar in the morning for free and they really appreciate talking to the students, it freshens their day to day lives as I’ve seen.” karishma patel Ernest Mario Pharmacy Fourth-Year Student

Patel said how important it is to have these outreach programs not just for aspiring pharmacists to gain insight into how to interact with patients or being comfortable with healthcare providers, but also for the community.

“There are a lot of underserved areas in New Jersey, New Brunswick and Piscataway being two of them,” she said.

Many times, people living in underserved areas are unaware

she met patients who never had their blood glucose checked.

“We were essentially their only access to healthcare,” she said.

In the case of a true medical emergency, though, there is a registered and licensed pharmacist at the health fair, Patel said.

The pharmacist is there to answer questions students may not know the answer to, but also double-check tests, look at patient history, see medication lists and

and talking to the patients who don’t speak English, I communicate with them in Spanish or Hindi or Gujarati and they get so happy and they feel important and cared for when someone is able to explain to them in their own language about what’s going on, how this specific medication is going to help,” she said.

Often times in the classrooms, students learn about drugs and interactions and clinical knowledge,

but Patel believes being a part of APhA-ASP and working health fairs gives her first-hand experience of how to work with patients and become a great future physician.

There are still so many gaps left in providing the best care for our patients and the only way to fill them is by hearing first hand exactly what is happening, she said.

“These health fairs really prepare me and my classmates to communication and listen to our patients,” Patel said. “So while we study all night and take our exams, we know it’s so that in the future, we are prepared to take care of these individuals and spend the time with them that they need to really understand what’s going on with their health.”

Hun said the hands-on experience the organization offers is important for being able to interact with patients in the local community.

“Not only does this benefit our own professional development, but also to spread awareness of healthcare issues,” she said.

The APhA-ASP does not only work with senior citizens, but also young children and adults to focus on patient care, and work to advocate for student pharmacist’s rights to immunize in New Jersey, one of four states that have yet to allow this, Patel said.

It is important for the organization to be recognized as health care providers in order to help the 15 underserved counties in the Garden State, she said.

These counties are underserved because they have too few providers, high infant mortality rates, high poverty and a high elderly population, Patel said. There are more than 11,000 licensed and registered pharmacists capable of providing care, but under Medicare Part B, are not recognized and reimbursed.

This means patients are unable to access services such as drug therapy management or preventative screenings because pharmacists are limited by the scope of practice, she said.

“So as student pharmacists, when we go out into the community and offer these services for free, it not only raises awareness to our scope of practice but also allows the elderly and sick access to free health care services,” she said. “We hope in the long run we will be recognized as health care providers and patients will be able to save cost, have more access to counseling and preventative services and have a better quality of life.”

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Center holds forum on Muslims in America Ryan Stiesi

about the topic of being Muslim in America,” said Tasia Milton, a graduate assistant at the Center On Wednesday afternoon, The for Race and Ethnicity.

In terms of what students Center for Race and Ethnicity presented “Muslims in America: were able to take away from the A Conversation,” with the goal forum, Bay said they were givof educating Rutgers students en an opportunity to think about about what it means to be Mus- the different types of Muslim-Americans in the countr y, lim in present-day America.

This two-hour forum focused the histor y of Islamophobia and on creating a conversation among various forms of discrimination students. This meant having peo- that they face.

Conversations also delved into ple share their experiences while others who wanted to learn more the ways in which these issues attended, said Mia Bay, a profes- can be intersectional, and how sor in the Department of Histo- appearance and gender also play ry and director of the Center for a role in the degree of discrimination a person might face.

Race and Ethnicity.

Allison Harbin, a doctoral Speakers were comprised of professors, graduate students candidate in the Department of and Muslim members of the Rut- Art Histor y, said she hoped students left the gers commuevent with a nity, according more nuanced to their flyer.

These in“The center was founded understanding of the topic. cluded Donunder this idea of “I would na Auston, a promoting an hope (they acdoctoral caninterdisciplinary quired) a sort didate in the of tolerance Depar tment conversation...” and a willingof Anthropoloness to let go gy, Dr. Sylvia allison harbin of the fear of Chan-Malik, Doctoral Candidate in the Department of difference. I a professor in Art History think the fear the Departof difference ment of Ameris what is diican Studies and whose current research viding us and is being used as a focuses on the history of Mus- political tool, and I think if we can lim women in the United States, all come together and have conKathryn Goldstein, a doctoral versations we realize that we’re candidate in the Department of all humans. So hopefully this was English and Dr. Hakim Zainid- a way for like-minded people to dinov, who received his Ph.D. in come together and have an honest conversation,” Harbin said.

Sociology from Rutgers in 2016.

Bay said when planning the They each shared parts of their research and personal experienc- event, they had to research who on campus had the expertise es related to the topic at hand.

“We basically asked the panel- to discuss the topic, and then ists to speak very briefly, maybe worked to bring together gradufor about five to seven minutes ... ate students and faculty, she said.

The center’s operating concept is then we’re kind of just opening it up to a wider discussion. So it’s the idea that the topics of race and not necessarily that we have a ethnicity can not be handled from very focused agenda in mind, it’s the perspective of just one discijust to gather as many thoughts pline. It will take many great minds contributing writer

campus Lesniak says he will ensure no student pays more than 10 percent of their income Lesniak said he supports allowing undocumented immispends on unnecessary projects to grants to continue studying at institutions of higher education help students.

Lesniak also wants to ensure and believes they should be that schools themselves are not granted financial assistance as well. He cowasting funds sponsored which could go the New Jertoward student “What we should do is sey Tuition aid, he said.

Equality Act “I would also increase state aid to ­­ have a very, very higher education. We’ve — other wise known as the strong commisbeen decreasing for DREAM Act sioner of higher 20 years.”

— which was education who signed into would not only law in 2013. be on the table Ray Lesniak He also lobbying in the Gubernatorial Candidate pledged to governor’s cabnot coopinet, my cabinet erate with I hope, but also look at the universities themselves President Donald J. Trump’s deto make sure they’re spending ap- portation of undocumented immigrants, as he believes cooperating propriately,” he said. continued from front

For two hours, professors, graduate students and Muslim members of the community talked about what it means to be Muslim in modern-day America. The conversation took place on Wednesday and was organized by the Center for Race and Ethnicity. ANA COUTO to work together to try to get to the heart of an issue, Milton said.

“So we bring together scholars from the fields of the humanities, from the social sciences ... to think about these issues, and also to think intersectionally about these issues,” Milton said.

The Center for Race and Ethnicity has more events scheduled throughout this semester, Bay

would actually weaken the safety of New Jersey.

Lesniak said he does support the deportation of criminals who are also undocumented immigrants, but that deporting those who are not breaking any laws would have a negative impact on the state.

Trump would be unable to withhold funding from New Jersey public institutions if the state did not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) due to restrictions against the commandeering of state resources under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution.

“I believe we should have a sanctuary state, that we should not be using our police forces to enforce his federal laws,” he said.

“It’s harmful not only to (undocumented immigrants) as individuals — they get torn apart as families — but by sending folks underground because they’re afraid of being deported, crimes against them don’t get reported, when they’re witnesses they don’t come forward, so it’s not good for safety.”

said, including film nights, where they hope to watch a film on race riots in Wilmington, Delaware.

One of our main goals at Rutgers is to create a dialogue among the different departments and among all professors. Rutgers is such a huge place with a lot of diversity and one of our goals is to bring all of these groups together, Harbin said.

“The center was founded under this idea of promoting an interdisciplinary conversation where scholars could further their own research interests but that we could also reach out to the larger student body,” Harbin said. “This conversation attracted both graduate students and undergrads and it was a really lovely thing.”

writing Diaz moved to U.S. from Dominican Republic when he was 6 years old continued from front current political situation, we’re clearly going to need more people willing to stand up to bullshit and tyrants,” he said. “That kind of courage doesn’t come spontaneously. You have to start standing up for yourself early if you want to stand up for yourself in times of trouble.”

On a national level, Diaz has openly advocated for immigrants. Immediately after the election, he published an essay in The New York Times entitled “Radical Hope,” which focused on what comes next for immigrants and those who fear what is to come. He has also spoken to the topic in publications ranging from the New Yorker to NPR. The United States is not a singular entity, but is rather

comprised of “multiple Americas” existing alongside one another — overlapping and, at times, creating contradictions, he said. As an immigrant, some of these versions of America are comprised of discrimination and fear, while others are filled to the brim with opportunity.

“If, as Whitman argues, the individual can contain multitudes, just imagine what is held within the breadth of any nation. Especially one as heterogeneous as the United States,” he said. “In the decades since I immigrated to the States we’ve only become more diverse and interesting a countr y which of course is what troubles the Trump people to no end — they dream of a white America that only ever existed in their strange fantasies.”

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Event raises awareness of eating disorders Christina Gaudino contributing writer

On Wednesday afternoon, the Rutgers Nutrition Club and the Rutgers Eating Disorder Organization hosted an Eating Disorder Awareness Symposium.

Present at the event were three guest speakers along with representatives from Rutgers Student Health, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and GenPsych Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facility.

The event was held from 2 to 5 p.m. at the New Jersey Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health located on Cook campus. More than 50 people were in attendance, including students and faculty members.

Appropriately, the program date, March 1, intersects with National Eating Disorder Awareness Week and is also the first day of National Nutrition Month, said Ali Senatore, president of the Rutgers Nutrition Club.

The symposium aimed to create a platform for a forum of experts to discuss the identification, nutritional counseling, treatment and behavioral rehabilitation of the different types of eating disorders, Senatore said.

“Our goal today is to combat the stigma that keeps so many college-aged students from confronting an eating disorder in order to foster a healthy relationship with food,” the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior said. “We hope that the information received here today will be able to put a different, enhanced perspective on the topic to our audience.”

In her program introduction, Senatore thanked the members

of Nutrition Club for their work in organizing the event.

The event commenced by introducing on-campus resources with a presentation by health education specialist Mark Cruz from the Health Outreach, Promotion, and Education (H.O.P.E.) department, part of Rutgers Student Health.

Cruz spoke about the programs and counseling services that are available to Rutgers students.

“One of the things that we would like to do is to combat stigma in all shapes and forms,” Cruz said.

He introduced the Counseling, Alcohol, and Other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) program on campus, which provides individual and group counseling.

The first guest speaker was Judith Oshinsky, a psychotherapist who focuses on eating disorders in her office in Highland Park. Oshinsky briefly described the characteristics of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and orthorexia, which is an obsession with clean eating that can lead to reduced calorie intake and drunkorexia, which she defined as disordered eating in combination with alcohol abuse.

“Nearly 91 percent of women on a recently surveyed college campus had attempted to control their weight by dieting,” Oshinsky said.

She said 1 in 10 women in the United States will be diagnosed with an eating disorder and noted that eating disorders are the most lethal of all the mental health disorders.

“We used to think of it as a teenage female disorder. We now know that it’s not discriminatory,” she said.

She also discussed the causes of eating disorders.

The Eating Disorder Awareness Symposium at Rutgers intersected with both National Eating Disorder Awareness Week and National Nutrition Month. Raj Vaidya Eating disorders are multi-de- in eating disorders and a fourtermined, she said, citing societal time best-selling author, said it influences, as well as psycholog- is impossible to know whether a ical, inter-psychic and neurobio- person is struggling with an eatlogical factors that contribute to ing disorder.

“We need to not prejudge anythe onset of the conditions.

Oshinsky said that eating dis- body,” she said.

People with orders have a an eating disorvery high coder can be unmorbidity with derweight, at a other mental “One of the things that healthy weight health disorwe would like to do is or overweight, ders, such as to combat stigma in all she said. anxiety, depresCipullo also sion and subshapes and forms.” called attenstance abuse. tion to soci“I have never mark cruz ety’s misusage seen an eating Health Education Specialist for Rutgers of the word disorder withStudent Health “diet.”

The out anxiety. dictionary defiUnder neath nition of the every eating disorder is anxiety, and anxiety word, she said, is actually “habitcorrelates very closely with de- ual nourishment.”

“As dietitians and nutrition pression,” she said.

When a student in the audience students we need to redefine asked about the best way to help a what diet is to the public,” friend who suffers from an eating dis- she said. “Diet is taking care order, Oshinsky said, “Love them.” of yourself ever y day and givShe stressed that it is never easy to ing yourself nutrition. It is bring such issues to the forefront, not deprivation.”

Cipullo outlined her plan for but it is important to confront them.

Another speaker, Laura Cipullo, positive nutrition, which focuses a registered dietitian specialized on wellness, not weight.

The final guest speaker was Greta Gleissner, the executive director of Eating Disorder Recovery Specialists, an in-home and community based eating disorder recovery support program, and a former Radio City Music Hall Rockette who fought a lifelong battle with bulimia. She described her story, from the onset of her disorder as a child to her long and difficult recovery as an adult.

After the three speakers, audience members were given the opportunity to share their own stories and eating habits, and to ask additional questions to presenters.

This was the first largescale event the Nutrition Club has organized.

Senatore, who was ver y pleased with the reception of the symposium, said, “Rutgers Nutrition Club typically hosts single-speaker events, but nothing to this caliber — certainly not nationally published to any prominent organizations like the National Eating Disorder Association.”

Christina Chan, the treasurer for the Nutrition Club, initiated the idea for the symposium.

“We had this idea last semester, but we didn’t begin contacting speakers until over winter break.

So it’s been in the works for some time,” said Chan, a School of Biological and Environmental Sciences junior.

Due to the success of the symposium, Senatore said that she and her peers are considering holding the event again next year.

“We wanted to disseminate information while also providing a safe space to share stories in order to raise awareness about the topic,” she said. “We were so glad to reach so many students from different majors and ages.

It was such an honor to provide an event like this to the Rutgers community. As one brave attendee said perfectly, ‘everyone knows someone.’”

Saint Peter’s University Hospital wins national 2017 Women’s Choice Award Christina Froelich contributing writer

Saint Peter’s University Hospital, a member of Saint Peter’s Healthcare system, recently won the 2017 Women’s Choice Award after being voted one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Experience by women.

The Women’s Choice Award is the only healthcare distinction that considers female patient criteria.

Criterion includes quality physician communications, cleanliness, the responsiveness of nurses and support staff and trusted referrals from other women.

The seal of approval from the Women’s Choice Award is widely recognized as a way to show women that an organization is dedicated to quality care for women and children.

According to the Women’s Choice Award, the hospitals recognized as the best for women’s patient care are carefully chosen based on thousands of female patient surveys on top of extensive partnership research with the Wharton School of Business determining the differences between needs of men and women in a hospital setting.

Saint Peter’s University Hospital offers a wide breadth of high-quality services for women and children. They are leaders in prenatal care, gynecology, geriatrics, oncology, orthopedics and other pediatric specialties, said Philip Hartman, a news contact for the hospital.

“We approach each person as an individual, spiritual being who needs care beyond just the clinical side,” Hartman said.

Saint Peter’s is the premier organization for pre-and post-natal care for women. The hospital was also the first to have a nationally accredited breast center in the area.

The hospital is always looking for ways to continue improving. This past month Saint Peter’s opened a cardio-oncology center for women in response to research citing that women who have undergone chemotherapy treatment very often develop heart problems. The center has been successful thus far in providing high-quality care for their patients, Hartman said.

Saint Peter’s is also in the midst of building a birthing center in hopes of providing women who want to have natural births with that option. The hospital is always

hoping to make things easier and more comfortable for women in terms of their care, said Scarlett Szymanski, director of ambulatory oncology, radiology, cardiology and breast center services at Saint Peter’s.

The services provided are unparalleled, but what makes the biggest difference between Saint Peter’s and other hospitals is the exceptional physicians, Szymanski said.

Saint Peter’s has invested in technology that provides the lowest doses in imaging, 3-D mammograms and other new technologies that allow for the hospital to continue to be a leading patient care facility.

The biggest factor that sets Saint Peter’s apart from other organizations is the outstanding leadership of physicians within the hospital, Szymanski said. Physician leadership is what really makes a difference in providing the best care for patients.

“We are always striving to incorporate the best and newest technology at the hospital,” she said. “The leadership in the hospitals allows us to be forerunners in our fields.”

The Saint Peter’s University Hospital was chosen as the best hospital in the nation for women based on patient surveys, referrals and extensive research. ANA COUTO

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Trump’s address has conciliatory tone

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his Tuesday evening, President THE PRINCIPLED MILLENNIAL Donald J. Trump issued what is shaping up to be his most compelling MICHAEL PIQUERO and unifying presidential address to date. For all his recent foibles and frequent lashing out of the mainstream media and political opponents, Trump struck a conciliatory tone in his prime-time speech addressing Congress. Harkening back to the image that ultimately won him the presidency, Trump painted a delicate and, dare I say, optimistic picture of the America he wishes to govern. Trump’s remarks elicited bipartisan praise in a time of intense polarization and divineness, hinting that the future he intends to embark on will benefit each and every American, even those whom vehemently disagree with him. This is not to say that many citizens of our country can’t point to specific proposals and courses of action that they disagree with the president on, however, admittedly uncharacteristically, Trump spoke directly to these Americans and offered a sweeping vision of change, compromise and action.

What marveled me most about this speech was the change in tone Trump showed when compared with his rather alarming and dire assessment of America that he laid out on Inauguration Day. Although I believe that his assessment was accurate and indeed necessary, I concede that it was largely partisan in both its style and content. On Tuesday, however, Trump spoke to a broader audience, opening his administration up not only to the millions of Americans who resonated with his message but also to the many million who did not. For this, I applaud the president and pray that going forward he works hard to bridge the terrible divide plaguing our nation.

Critics will contend that Trump’s divisive off-the-record remarks will always overshadow any legitimate attempts to work across the aisle.

To this, I will remind them that although brash and oftentimes vitriolic, there is a man behind that veneer that intends to work hard and succeed for the American people. There is a man who, despite counted out on countless occasions and ridiculed as temperamentally unfit to govern, intends to deliver on his campaign promises to make America safe, economically prosperous and great again. Trump needs to make this Tuesday’s speech not an anomaly, but the norm. If the president is truly serious about uniting us as a people, he must work across the aisle, partner up with the same political opponents he ruthlessly berates from the stump and deliver for a broad audience who only wishes to see this nation thrive once more. This, of course, requires the Democrats, who have positioned themselves as the “resistance” to the president, to hash out their differences at the table and work with the man they disagree with. Compromise must no longer be the dirty word it has become in Washington. Trump branded himself as a tough negotiator, and now it is time to see if he indeed is the man he says he is. I strongly believe that this speech went a long way in proving to many that the image cultivated by his opponents of him is demonstrably untrue.

The issues he spoke about — expanding school choice, repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act without negatively affecting those benefiting from it, strengthening and modernizing our military, advancing economic opportunities to those in the inner city, bringing back manufacturing jobs for the working class and cutting onerous taxes for the middle class — are issues that should garner bipartisan praise and approval. He demonstrated a willingness to bridge the partisan gap, boldly proclaiming that “Democrats and Republicans should get together and unite for the good of our country and for the good of the American people.” This kind of rhetoric was absent in many of Trump’s prior addresses, and marks a transition in tone which I hope will persist through the opening crescendo of his presidency.

I have defended Trump on many occasions, and continue to assert that his forceful personality resonates with a large, and tremendously frustrated segment of the country. However, I also believe that, as president, he needs to abandon divisive talk that will only further the partisan divide, and speak to a crowd larger than the 46 percent of Americans who voted for him. This speech did just that. I stand with the president when he pronounced that, “We all bleed the same blood.

We all salute the same great American flag. And we are all made by the same God.” Professional in deliverance, eloquent in tone, and uniquely conciliatory compared to other addresses, Trump needs to use this speech as a model looking forward. There is no defense to the absolute debacle that was his last press conference. Such ramblings and denunciations only serve to appease his base while alienating his detractors. If he genuinely is to be a president who works for all Americans, he must continue to use such unifying language and truly make America greater than ever before.

Michael Piquero is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science and history. His column, “The Principled Millennial,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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THIS IMITATION IS NOT FLATTERING

RU FeelGood is a Rutgers student organization whose members are working to end world hunger by improving social consciousness as well as skills in entrepreneurship. They are preparing a grilled cheese fundraiser where members of the group will make and sell the sandwiches. Not only will these students learn about entrepreneurship, but the money raised will go to partner organizations to help sustainably end world hunger. We laurel RU FeelGood for creating a fun (and delicious) way to help a world issue.

The president of the Rutgers Conservative Union posted a flyer into several Rutgers University graduating class Facebook pages.

It was recently discovered that these flyers followed the same template as those that were posted by the American Vanguard, advising people to “Take your country back” and to “Imagine a Muslim-free America.” We dart the Rutgers Conservative Union for basing their message on the foundation of a white supremacist group that advocates for the alienation of other groups.

IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERE (FAST) After reaching a record-high temperature of 77 degrees Fahrenheit for February on Friday, David Robinson, a professor in the Department of Geography, researched why temperatures were reaching this height.

Through a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) press release, he found that global climate change is affecting the daily temperatures.

NASA also predicts that winters are likely to get warmer. We dart people for not considering these negative consequences or taking climate change as seriously as they should.

YOU BOOZE, YOU LOSE RU Experience celebrated their second annual “Lollanobooza” last Friday. The celebration focuses on having a fun, alcohol-free night. The liquor-less night was 90s themed and featured different games and activities that encouraged safe drinking attitudes. There was also an all-you-can-eat buffet, which included dinosaur chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese and potato smiles. We laurel RU Experience for creating a fun and safe alternative to drinking on a Friday night.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS The Rutgers Business School came under criticism recently after some business school students were turned away from attending a career fair because of the color of their clothing. After much protest and even the circulation of a petition, the Rutgers Business School has tried to rectify their actions by reconnecting the students who unable to go to the career fair with recruiters. They are also planning another job fair in April. We laurel Rutgers Business School for taking actions to right their wrongs.

WHAT’S IN THE PACKAGE? The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG)’s is currently focused on pushing Unilever, the parent corporation of Dove, Axe and Vaseline, to disclose potentially harmful ingredients used in their products. Previously, the list of ingredients on Unilever products was not comprehensive. Although Unilever is attempting to make corrections by implementing the use of a SmartLabel in 2018, NJPIRG is pushing for them to disclose ingredients on its packaging. We dart Unilever for not creating accessible and more comprehensive ways for consumers to check product ingredients.

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Academy Awards politics are overanalyzed to fault TORY TIME ANDREA VACCHIANO

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ast Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony was full of political moments — whether it was when Lin-Manuel Miranda wore a ribbon for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), or when Emma Stone wore a pin for Planned Parenthood, or when the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film skipped the ceremony to make a statement against President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban, viewers at home were reminded again of Hollywood’s politics. But the most unexpected, and unplanned, political moment was when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway accidentally announced the musical “La La Land” as the Best Picture winner, when it was actually “Moonlight,” a drama about a black man struggling with his sexuality. On a night that was supposed to belong to “La La Land,” a movie that had tied with “All About Eve” and “Titanic” for the most nominations in Oscars history and was predicted to win Best Picture, “Moonlight” took its rightful prize after a few minutes of chaos and confusion.

Announcing the wrong winner for Best Picture was an unprecedented mistake, but one that made some people relieved.

Progressives have been arguing for more

minority representation in the Oscars categories — and even though their standards seemed impossible to achieve (since each category for an individual award only has five slots and sometimes the five most qualified for the award are not demographically diverse) — this year their standards were very near met. Two black winners and two white winners were chosen for the Best Acting categories and all four acting categories had diverse nominees. More significantly, the juxtaposition between a high-grossing Old Hollywood-like musical losing to a movie about a gay black man growing up

the cast of “La La Land” under the logic that being gracious for the award and his colleagues’ understanding is a testament to how black people are oppressed in society, as if this is a significant form of oppression. The article says, “Graciousness is appreciated … but it was not necessary. That the incredible win for ‘Moonlight’ — a film about black gay love, black masculinity, blackness in microcosm and writ large, co-written and directed by a black man — will forever be linked to ‘La La Land’ and misplaced graciousness is a damn shame,” although anyone who knows anything about the Oscars realizes that this

“The critical reaction to the Best Picture misunderstanding exemplifies society’s obsession with race and how race theorists try to pin down oppression to a fault.” in Miami was too good to be true for some, but for others, it was not good enough.

The cast of “Moonlight” was in a state of disbelief after winning Best Picture and gave an enthusiastic thanks to the Academy. But when the cast of “La La Land” was mature and very willing to give back their trophies, race theorists still found fault in their actions. On Wednesday, Buzzfeed published a dreadful article called “How The Oscar Flub Demonstrates The Limits of Black Graciousness,” in which “Moonlight” Director Barry Jenkins was scrutinized for being “too gracious” to

statement is nonsense. None of the gratefulness was excessive — winning Best Picture is literally the highest honor that a filmmaker could hope for. And the fact that “Moonlight” was a $1.5 million film made by a rather unknown director makes it that much more special. It has nothing to do with black people needing to make themselves gracious towards white people. It is right to commend the cast of “La La Land” for giving up their trophies without issue, as it was an embarrassing moment for them, but “Moonlight” is still being celebrated. Also, one could even

say that the blunder in announcing Best Picture gave more attention to “Moonlight,” as not many had originally seen it during its limited release. Despite the political significance that modern leftists have placed on who wins Academy Awards, it’s easy for most people to forget which movies won Best Picture, so being connected to such a bizarre moment like the mistake on Sunday will probably make “Moonlight” more recognizable in the long term without detracting from its social commentary.

Is the fact that “La La Land” had the title of Best Picture of 2016 for two full minutes before giving up its award to “Moonlight” going to have severe racial implications for black people? Was the cast of “Moonlight” being racially submissive by expressing their thanks? The answers to these questions are both “no.” The critical reaction to the Best Picture misunderstanding exemplifies society’s obsession with race and how race theorists try to pin down oppression to a fault. After last year’s #OscarsSoWhite backlash, one would think that the representation at this year’s ceremony would be celebrated, but it was only subject to more criticism and dangerous rhetoric.

Once our society gets past minute details like this, maybe we can fix our real issues.

Andrea Vacchiano is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore double-majoring in history and political science. Her column, “Tory Time,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Modern Art Solutions with local artists celebrate black art, culture

FEATURE PHOTO At Modern Art Solutions (MAS), a web, graphic and print design shop in Highland Park, hosted a black arts festival last Sunday. There were works from local artists working in different mediums and live music performances. The show will be open until this weekend. DEANNA DILANDRO

Deanna DiLandro Contributing Writer

Arnold Weinberg didn’t think it was his place to host a “Black Ar ts Festival” as the white business owner of Modern Ar t Solutions (MAS), a graphic design and screen printing company in Highland Park, New Jersey.

Weinberg also didn’t think he was “qualified” to host the event

because of his race. However, that mindset quickly changed with the help of Ras Ujimma of Tiger Art Supply and the passionate, talented artists who submitted their work to the festival this February regardless of the color of their skin.

MAS became the perfect place to host the event that not only celebrates the achievements of black Americans during Black History Month, but also

celebrates all of the vibrant art in such a diverse community.

MAS started in 2012 as a simple idea — and the fact that Modern Art Solutions breaks down into the acronym MAS is also important.

“As an artist and a designer I wanted to offer something more than a brand or business,” Weinberg said. “I want to offer more.”

And that’s exactly what they did.

As soon as I walked through the door of MAS, a small, yet intimate shop, I bumped into the exuberant, 9-year-old jewelry collectors Michael Zalewski and Andrew Dalton sitting at a table displaying their tribal antique pieces.

“I pick pieces based on oldness and uniqueness,” Zalewski said.

“I like the colors and patterns of jewelry from Africa.”

The two business partners find their pieces in thrift stores or in the trash.

“The lady was just throwing half of this away and I was like, ‘Oh no!’” Zalewski said.

I’m sure the lady would be happy to know that Zaleswki and Dalton quickly turned her trash into treasure.

Following my encounter with the young jewelry salesmen, I wandered across the room to BrownMill Company showcasing their brand of culture and wellness through their style of clothing and artwork.

Established in 2009 by Justis Pitt, the company has evolved from its founder hand-making ties and bow ties on his grandmother’s kitchen table into a lifestyle brand promoting love and creativity through their distinctive pieces of graphic apparel, jeans and jackets made out of disregarded and salvageable materials.

“I treat the clothing as canvas,” Pitt said.

Soon into my stay, the event transformed into a wonderful

community conversation and all eyes turned toward the shop’s central staircase where Jemiah Boetang, local artist and MAS employee, opened the discussion by welcoming the crowd to the event and inviting all of the artists to step up and speak about their craft and inspirations.

Boetang spoke about his graphics and drawings. The Brooklyn native started drawing when he was 8 years old, inspired by his mother who is an artist herself.

“My mom always taught me to be a strong, black man and to push my goals as far as they can reach,” Boetang said, while the crowd’s gaze shifted toward the section of the wall where his art was hanging.

After Boetang spoke about his prints, he asked the crowd if they had any questions for him about the art. This sparked a light and engaging conversation with the crowd and the artists. The conversation was buoyant and progressed into an experience that was its own display of art.

Every artist who contributed a piece came up to speak, the last being artist Ras Ujimma, who spoke passionately about culture, black history and art through his poetry.

“I am so thankful that you all showed up today because it shows that ideas really work,” he said. “This is more than Black Histor y Month, this is proof we can actually do something in our lives to change the world around us.”

Arts

Calendar

FRiday, March 3

Saturday, March 4

Action At A Distance — First Fridays / Civic Square Building @ 5 p.m.

Percussion Rhythms of the Caribbean / Who Is My Neightnor?

Inc., HIghland Park @ 3 p.m.

Kate Curran and Michael Bond / Due Mari @ 6:30 p.m.

Oso Oso, Hodera, Halogens, Secret Mountain / Aisle D @ 8 p.m.

Hong Kong Graffiti, johnnycola, Tropic Vibez, Hot Pickup / J House @ 8 p.m.

Ramound Kelly, Rutgers Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Music Hall on Douglass campus @ 7:30 p.m.

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March 3, 2017

Mark Tatulli Horoscopes

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Happy Birthday: Set high standards and unusual goals. Strive to please yourself, not those who may be trying to manipulate your life. Follow your heart where educational pursuits and friendships are concerned. Opportunity will come your way if you remain true to yourself and focus on what you love and do best. Get moving in a direction that promises to expand your interests. Your numbers are 3, 11, 17, 20, 28, 37, 48.

Over The Hedge

T. Lewis and M. Fry

Non Sequitur

Wiley

Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Refuse to let anyone bully you into something you don’t want to do.

Be nice, but make it clear you have better things to do. Make the choice to do something constructive with someone you enjoy being around.

Romance is encouraged. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t argue. Look for an unobtrusive way to implement the changes you want to see happen. Courtesy and understanding will take you far and also help you determine what’s possible and what isn’t. Don’t waste time on no-win situations. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get involved in activities or events that mean something to you. Taking part and expressing your thoughts will be met with both positive and negative responses. Aim high and don’t be afraid to stick your neck out for others. 3 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An older relative or friend will need your help. Make adjustments to your lifestyle if necessary. A complication will make you question your sense of purpose. Look inward and you’ll find the strength, courage and answers you are searching for. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Someone will dangle temptations in front of you. Whether it’s a financial scam or emotional ploy, you are best to take a pass and do your own thing.

Change begins within and making it happen will require effort. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Watch someone in the background making quiet but progressive moves that could disrupt your position or your reputation. Engage in physical challenges that require endurance and courage. Your efforts will pay off. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Step away from anyone who shows unpredictable characteristics. You can do just fine on your own and will prosper if you are precise and follow through. A change in your beliefs or lifestyle will bring you inner strength. 4 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Get together with old friends or attend a reunion that gives you the opportunity to follow through on situations you left unfinished. You’ll learn from past mistakes and benefit from doing things right this time around. 5 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Look over personal papers and take care of any medical concerns that crop up.

Rely on past experiences to make good decisions and you’ll avoid confusion and uncertainty. Don’t let excessive behavior lead to regret or financial loss. 2 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Getting involved in something that you find emotionally or mentally stimulating will open up your mind to new beginnings and awesome personal changes that will help you stabilize your life. Savor the moment. 5 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Research will help you avoid making a mistake. Don’t rely on anyone but yourself when it comes to investments, medical or legal matters. Put your strategy in place and execute your plans on your own behalf. Don’t give in to emotional manipulation. 2 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your contribution to a cause that concerns you will give your reputation a boost. You’ll attract plenty of new associates. Take time to figure out who is worth your while and who isn’t. Surround yourself with doers, not users. 4 stars

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senior Knights welcome Illinois in their final game at Rutgers Athletic Center continued from back expects out of his players by hustling in practice and diving for loose balls to send a message — in order to win, Rutgers had to do the little things.

“They saw an older guy who’s already been through a NCAA tournament and four seasons at a university diving on the floor and showing what it takes to win a game,” Gettys said. “Hopefully they caught on and they’re able to do that next year and the following year. It’s the little things that get you the wins. Playing hard is the price of admission.”

It was one of many reasons Pikiell inserted Gettys in the starting line-up in the season opener against Molloy and has kept him there since.

The Ohio native responded by reaching a career-high scoring average of 7.9 points per game, but his biggest impact comes on the glass where he averages five rebounds a game.

He was directly involved in both of the Knights gamewinners at the buzzer this season, completing a late 13-point comeback with a putback against Hartford and tipping the rebound toward sophomore guard Corey Sanders before he clinched the Knights’ first Big Ten win of the season with a putback against Nebraska.

Those performances, which Gettys said are his favorite memories from the season, were among the many things about him that caught the attention of

his teammates, his coaches and Rutgers fans, particularly the Riot Squad.

The official student section for the Knights recently began taking a cardboard cutout of Gettys near the ticket office into the stands, holding it up to distract opposing free throw shooters or to celebrate a bucket from the graduate transfer turned fan favorite.

“It’s been crazy,” Gettys said of the support. “For them to show the amount of support they have for a guy who is only going to be here for one season, it’s been fun for me and hopefully I’ve made it fun for them and that’s the whole point behind it.”

Batie has not received the same fanfare but his contributions to the program haven’t gone unnoticed.

A walk-on out of Trenton Catholic Academy, he had a rare opportunity to contribute meaningful minutes earlier in his career and he took it. In his sophomore season two years ago, the Knights were struggling to separate themselves from a struggling New Hampshire at the RAC. Eddie Jordan, the head coach at the time turned to Batie, who checked in and hit both his attempts from the floor, both coming from beyond the arc, in seven minutes of action.

Rutgers would go on to win by six.

“It means a lot,” Batie said recalling the moment. “I talk to my parents about it, they reminisce

MATCHUP RU heads into its 1st ranked matchup this season as winners of 4 consecutive games continued from back But a top-10 ranking does not satisfy Brecht right now. While he admits it is nice to have the ranking, he wants the team to continue its success and maintain

a top-10 mark throughout the entire season.

The Knights are not even a third of the way through their season, with five more games before they start conference play.

Although the Big Ten currently

on those days, my brothers. It’s something I could tell my kids later on down the line that I played for Rutgers and had some sort of impact some way, sometimes.”

Batie said he plans on exploring his options as a graduate transfer when the season comes to a close, but for now, he’s hoping to enjoy the last couple of weeks he has within the program he’s spent his entire undergraduate career with.

“It’s been a long journey,” Batie said. “Four years went by pretty quick and I wouldn’t have imagined it went by this quick, but it’s here and I’m just trying to

enjoy every second of it I can and thank my coaches in the past four years I’ve had, my teammates, I love them to death so just excited that I could enjoy this with them.”

As for Gettys, continuing his basketball career by playing professionally overseas is the plan moving forward. He has options, with Pikiell saying he’s received interest, but like Batie, he’s not too worried about the future. He’s focused on his final game at the RAC, where he, like Batie, expects to see his parents in the stands. And no matter what the final score may end up

being, the pair can expect some of the loudest cheers and applause they’ve ever heard at home.

“It’s been a great ride,” Gettys said. “I wish I could get another year somehow miraculously, but it’s not possible. I’ll definitely come out to support my guys, especially (junior forward) Deshawn (Freeman), next year … (this team is) going to keep working hard and they’re going to keep getting better.”

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Head coach Steve Pikiell will try to defeat Illinois for the final regular season game of Pikiell’s first year at the helm of the program. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017

has three top-five teams in the country, Rutgers conference wins were not enough to get them into the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament.

What is the fix? This season’s non-conference schedule is identical to last year’s, except for one team — Brown. The Knights nixed Monmouth for a preseason top-10 team to help boost their resume come postseason.

“Obviously it’s a long season.

It’s nice being ranked 10th in the

Junior defender Michael Rexrode has helped the Rutgers defense shutout opponents in four of the last eight quarters it has played. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017

country right now, but I want to be ranked 10th in the country when we head into the month of May,” Brecht said. “Obviously this Saturday will go a long way with helping that.”

The Bears are currently first in the country in goals per game, averaging 21, albeit playing just two games.

Regardless, they are a team that made the Final Four in last year’s NCAA Tournament, making their mark as a highscoring offense to make up for a less-than-stellar defense.

That creates an intriguing matchup, as Rutgers’ defense has been one of the best in the country, allowing just 6.5 goals per game, good for fifth in the nation.

Junior defender Michael Rexrode has been one of the main reasons why they have been so successful, as he nearly singlehandedly shut out reigning CAA co-Player of the Year in Fairfield’s Colin Burke two games ago.

He trusts the defense’s chemistry and preparation as a unit, as it has been consistently the team’s best unit this year.

“We watch a lot of films together and we do (a) lot of extra work together as a defense,” he said. “I’m confident we’re gonna be up to the challenge. They’re obviously a very high-powered offense, but we’re a pretty darn good defense.”

And with Brown ranking 65th in the country with 17 goals allowed per game, it will be an opportunity for the Rutgers offense to regain

its stride that has been missing the past two games.

With the potential for lots of goals comes the potential for lots of faceoffs, arguably the most crucial points in lacrosse games.

Junior Joe Francisco has been the guy for the Knights this season and is coming off of a career performance against Wagner in which he won 75 percent of faceoffs he took, one of the main reason as to why the Seahawks did not score a goal in the first half.

“He was over 50 percent, I think the success (Tuesday) is just what we need from him heading into March and having a top-20 team come into High Point (Solutions Stadium) on Saturday,” Brecht said.

Rutgers is no stranger to big home games, with two ranked wins over Johns Hopkins and Maryland last year as well as an upset in the home finale against Ohio State two seasons ago.

That victory over the Buckeyes not only gave the Knights their first-ever Big Ten victory but started a 10-game winning streak at home that Rutgers will look to continue tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.

“I don’t lose sleep at all with the energy they’re gonna bring and obviously the preparation they’re gonna give,” Brecht said.

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March 3, 2017

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Rutgers set for final indoor meet of season in Boston Kevin Stapleton Staff Writer

The Rutgers women’s track and field team will start the month of March at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center for the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston, Massachusetts this weekend.

The ECAC Championships will start at 3 p.m. on Friday and end late Saturday afternoon.

The Scarlet Knights will be facing primarily non-conference competition in Boston. The University of Connecticut is the team to beat heading into this weekend — the Huskies will be looking to capture their fourth straight ECAC team championship.

After facing challenging competition last week at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships in Ohio — where Rutgers placed in the top ten in only two events — the team will be looking for progression this weekend at its third and final championship meet of the 2017 indoor season.

Graduate athlete Paige Senatore — who last week placed 27th overall in the 5000-meter and helped the distance medley relay team place 11th overall — knew the competition last weekend would be a huge test for the team.

“I went out with a positive mind. I knew it was going to be a stacked field, so I was just trying to run how I have been running. I didn’t want to do anything too crazy in the beginning of the race. I went through the process

Graduate athlete Paige Senatore will look to improve her performance in the 5-kilometer when the Knights compete in the ECAC Indoor Championships this weekend. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2015 of what my coach has told me and all of the work I’ve done so far,” Senatore said. “I didn’t PR in the 5-kilometer which I was looking to do, but that was okay because overall I did well also anchoring in the distance medley relay.”

For the Knights, the team had high hopes for the Big Ten Indoor Championships that ultimately did not pan out. But the graduate athlete highlighted the importance of championship meets

FIGHT Rutgers unable to keep No. 10 Penn at bay, drops game in final few minutes continued from back from redshirt junior attacker Nicole Kopyta of f the assist from Turturro behind the net. The pressure was on the visitors, who were forced into taking their first timeout of the game.

Penn responded, retaking the lead, 5-4.

Scott wasn’t looking to let that happen, scoring her second goal of the game off a free position, tying the game up at five apiece with just over a minute left in the first half.

Penn swung the momentum in its favor before the teams headed into the locker room at the half, scoring 2 straight goals and taking another multiple-goal lead.

“Penn is a top 10 team,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias.

“When we sat back and relaxed a little bit at the end of the first half, we gave up 2 goals in that last minute and 11-9 is the final score.”

After a quiet start to the second half, the Quakers scored their fifth straight uncontested goal with 14:36 remaining in the game, holding a comfortable 10-5 lead over the Knights.

Rutgers finally stopped the bleeding with 14:00 on the clock, as Kopyta scored her second

goal of the game off another Dunphey assist.

Dunphey kept her hot hand going, scoring another unassisted

which help the team grow and prepare for what is to come this season and beyond.

“Our team needs to work on knowing what is expected of us when we go to these meets,” Senatore said. “It’s a real eye-opener — we can see what the competition is like and go from there and prepare for the next championship, which will be the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

It’s good for us to see what we’re

stacking ourselves up against because otherwise, we won’t have change (during) practice.”

For Rutgers, the indoor season has been mostly a transitional period after losing several star athletes last season. The team now knows where it stands among the rest of the Big Ten and the work laid out in front of them.

Overall, Senatore was satisfied with the team’s development this winter.

goal for the Knights and cutting the Penn lead to 10-7 with 12:24 left to play.

Rutgers seemed to breathe new life, scoring its third straight goal late in the second half, on junior attacker Joanna Reilly’s first goal of the game and Dunphey’s third assist of the game.

“My best thing to do is dodging, so I’ve got to utilize

my other talents like assisting and looking for my teammates as the doubles come to me,” Dunphey said.

Scott scored her third goal of the game, off an assist from sophomore midfielder Paige Paratore and pushed the score to 10-9 with 6:58 left to play.

Penn cut at Rutgers’ momentum late, scoring with 1:53

“From the Rutgers Invitational to now, we have had really good performances and a lot of PRs (personal record),” she said. “We shouldn’t be discouraged because of how we performed at Big Ten. I think we still have a lot to commend ourselves for. Just because of one championship meet where we went up against a lot of teams that are really more advanced than our team – we should still take the time to appreciate what we’ve done so far this season.”

Despite a reduced roster, expectations for this weekend’s ECAC Indoor Championships remain high for the Knights. Senatore understands the importance of a strong team performance this weekend in Boston that will ultimately carry over into the outdoor portion of the 2017 season for Rutgers, which starts in only two weeks.

“We’re still going to try our best and give it all we have. I know not everyone on the team is going – so for those who aren’t going, they are already in the outdoor mindset and getting prepared for that,” Senatore said. “For those that are competing, we’re trying to end on a high note — for a lot of us, the Big Ten Indoor Championship wasn’t exactly how we planned it. For this last meet, I’m going in with hopes of getting a PR in the 3k for the season. I’m also really looking forward to outdoor and training and getting ready for that.”

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left to play and increasing its lead to 11-9 for the win.

“We proved to ourselves that we can compete with any team and I think that if we just take care of the little things, we have a really bright future ahead of us,” Dunphey said.

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“When you’re 4-0 in the month of February and you’re ranked tenth in the country, I would think confidence is very hot.”

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No. 14 RU hosts No. 19 Brown in ranked matchup Griffin Whitmer

Coby Green

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In what will be its first ranked matchup of the season, the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team is set to take on No. 19 Brown tomorrow afternoon at High Point Solutions Stadium.

The No. 14 Scarlet Knights (4-0) are coming off a short rest period after a Tuesday game against Wagner. The Bears (1-1) will have had a full week to prepare but were recently upset by Stony Brook, giving up an unprecedented 25 goals in a 25-17 defeat that dropped them nine spots from their previous ranking of No. 10.

And despite Rutgers only having three days to prepare, head coach Brian Brecht remains confident in its ability to prepare, mainly because of the way the defense and rope unit have been playing this season.

“It’ll be a short turnaround. (Senior defender Chris) Groel, (junior defender Michael) Rex(rode), (junior defender Alex) Bronzo and (junior goalie) Max (Edelmann), they’ve been great,” Brecht said. “(Sophomore long-stick midfielder Kyle) Pless and the rope unit, they prepare well. I have all the confidence in a quick turnaround that they’ll be ready to go on Saturday.”

Brecht said that the team’s confidence is very high, and with the Knights coming in at No. 10 in this week’s United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coaches (USILAC) poll, there is a good reason.

Rutgers is also out to another 4-0 start, hoping to match last year’s 5-0 start with a win over Brown.

“It’s nice to win,” Brecht said. “When you’re 4-0 in the month of February and you’re ranked tenth in the country, I would think confidence is very high.”

Coming into Wednesday night’s matchup looking to jumpstart the team’s recent play, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team was up for a big challenge with No. 10 Penn.

The Scarlet Knights (2-3) and the Quakers (3-0) played at High Point Solutions Stadium in a highly intense battle that came down to the last minute of play, resulting in a tough 11-9 loss for Rutgers.

On the rainy evening in Piscataway, Penn was able to strike first blood and take a quick 2-0 lead.

After some back and forth, Rutgers got on the board at the 23:07 mark, after senior team captain attacker Amanda Turturro scored her ninth goal of the season.

The Knights assuaged their deficit in quick fashion, tying the score 2-2 on an unassisted goal from senior midfielder Kristina Dunphey, who sprinted up the right side of the field for the score.

The Quakers answered back and retook the lead at 4-2, off of back-to-back goals with 14:44 remaining on the first half clock.

But, that aggression paid off for the team, as senior midfielder Macy Scott scored off an assist from Dunphey and brought the Penn lead down to just one with 9:44 remaining in the half.

“You can never be happy about a loss, but I am really happy about how we came out, we came out today with a fire under (ourselves) and we were working together and clicking,” Scott said. “We improved in a lot of areas compared to our last game and set the standard for ourselves.”

Rutgers scored again three minutes later, tying the score up at 4-4 on a goal

Graduate transfer C.J. Gettys will play his final collegiate game at the Rutgers Athletic center on Saturday. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017

Rutgers hosts Illinois on Saturday for Senior Night

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For a majority of the members on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, Saturday’s regular season finale against red-hot Illinois is the final game of their regular season under Steve Pikiell, one last chance to demonstrate the growth they have seen with the first-year head coach.

But for center C.J. Gettys and guard Khalil Batie, it will be the last time they will have a chance to suit up and play in front of the Scarlet Knight faithful at the Rutgers Athletic Center.

Coming off one of its worst losses of the season against Maryland on Tuesday, Rutgers will not be short of motivation heading into the contest, but the added incentive of giving its oldest teammates a winning send-off certainly will not hurt.

“Traditionally, you want to win on senior night,” Pikiell said. “You see us going across the league and how important it is. I’ve only been here one short year with these guys but their experience here, I think, has been real positive. We’re trying to use everything

Head coach Brian Brecht is looking to start 4-0 for the second consecutive season.

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we can for every game and that motivates my team, that’d be great … if Senior Day motivates them, that’s a good thing.”

The path to Piscataway by the seniors and their journeys as Scarlet Knights could not be more different.

Gettys, a graduate transfer from UNCWilmington, was a late addition to Pikiell’s first roster on the Banks, bringing with him a wealth of experience which included a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championship and an appearance in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament. He contemplated beginning a professional career overseas, but after weighing his options, elected to use his final year of collegiate eligibility, choosing Rutgers over other options, including Purdue.

He committed to the Knights on August 22 and arrived on campus on Sept. 1, beginning a seven-month cycle with his current teammates.

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along with fellow sophomore swimmer Francesca Stoppa, was selected to swim in the 2017 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Stoppa will swim the 100 and 200-butterfly, while Koprivova will swim the 100 and 200-backstroke and the 400-IM.

Senior midfielder Kristina Dunphey tallied 5 points in Rutgers’ loss to Penn.

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