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University President Robert Barchi speaks at RUSA meeting NIKITA BIRYUKOV AND BUSHRA HASAN STAFF WRITERS

President Robert L. Barchi said that he would support a medical amnesty report adopted by the Rutgers University Student Assembly at last week’s meeting, but would need more data before considering a bill to sell alcohol at athletic events like football games. BRANDON YOUNIE

Medical amnesty is a program that Rutgers University should implement, University President Robert L. Barchi said.

At the Rutgers University Student Assembly town hall meeting on March 3, Barchi fielded student questions about the sale of alcohol in stadiums, racial diversity on campus and the safety of pedestrians.

Barchi was “cautiously supportive” of the Resolution for RUSA to Support the Selling of Alcohol in Rutgers Athletic Stadiums. The Jan. 28 resolution, based on a similar program at the University of Maryland that projects $500,000 in revenue for the 2015-2016 academic year, would need to be researched before being implemented, he said.

“I would really like to see some broader data that suggests that their results are similar or have been replicated elsewhere,” he said. “(But) I think we have to be very, very careful

because there are a lot of folks … who would not be happy about hearing about such a change.”

The change would have to be rooted in reducing risk and health impact to students while producing revenue used to fund athletics and Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug and Psychiatric Services, he said. If the program jumped these hurdles, it would still be put through a trial.

“I think we have to start small, and small might be the (Rutgers Athletic Center) rather than the football stadium, and see how it goes,” he said.

RUSA openly supports the program, and Barchi said Rutgers Athletics supports the initiative. The program’s fate rests on the “temperatures of various constituencies,” meaning alumni, students and the Board of Governors will play a role as well.

A RUSA report on medical amnesty received warmer support from the president.

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Students, faculty discuss Christie endorsing Trump CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ CORRESPONDENT

In the same week that he earned the support of former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump secured another endorsement on his quest to the Oval Office.

Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) flew to Texas on Feb. 26 to endorse Trump in his bid to become the Republican Party’s nominee. The outspoken billionaire has won 10 presidential primaries and caucuses to date, including one in New Hampshire, where Christie’s presidential campaign came to an end.

Since pledging his support, the New Jersey governor has continued to vouch for Trump and even introduced him at the Republican front-runner’s victory speech on March 1 after Trump racked up seven Super Tuesday wins. “(Christie) just clearly needs to be in the spotlight,” said Richard Lau, chair of the Department of Political Science. “He’s no longer running for president, so who else is going to be in the spotlight?”

The endorsement could be motivated by the governor’s aspiration to be part of a potential Trump Administration, possibly as attorney general, Lau said.

“I think Christie sincerely believes that Donald Trump is going to win,” he said.

Najum Junaid, political director of the Rutgers University College Republicans and a School of Arts

and Sciences sophomore, was only slightly surprised by Christie’s decision due to the fact that there are now only a few viable Republican candidates left to endorse.

Since Christie’s term as governor ends in 2018, the decision is a fairly intelligent move on his part, Junaid said.

“I think all politicians look beyond their current positions,” he said. “That probably could have been a factor in his endorsement.”

The move by the governor, who is highly regarded as a moderate Republican and an emblem of the party’s establishment, was unforeseen for some members of the Rutgers community.

“I was very surprised. Trump was the last person I would have expected him to endorse,” said Zach Goldfarb, president of Rutgers for Hillary.

Goldfarb, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, does not see any genuine political bonds between the two politicians. Christie is commonly perceived as a conservative willing to compromise, while Trump is the most outspoken far-right candidate in the race, he said.

The fact that he would put his personal ambitions before the well-being of his party says a lot about Christie, Goldfarb said.

Parth Patel, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, has lived in New Jersey his entire life and is certain that Christie does not accurately represent the people of his state.

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The New Brunswick Free Public Library is hosting its annual photography contest from now until May. Started in 2008, the contest allows local residents to submit pictures for display at the State Theatre or the New Brunswick Cultural Center. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

New Brunswick library hosts 9th annual photo contest for residents CHRISTINE LEE STAFF WRITER

Amateur photographers at Rutgers now have a new outlet for their works.

The New Brunswick Free Public Library is hosting their Ninth Annual Photography Contest running from Feb. 1 to May 14. This year’s

theme is “Freedom: Capture Your World,” where contestants can show their personal perspectives of the world.

The Photography Contest and Exhibition star ted as a pilot program in 2008, said Kavita Pandey, a librarian. She has been in charge of New Br unswick Free Public Librar y’s Annual

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photography contest from the past eight years.

The librar y ser ves a culturally diverse population, she said.

The significance of this program is to increase and enhance community experience and to provide a platform for budding a SEE CONTEST ON PAGE 4

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Campus Calendar FRIDAY 3/4 The Department of Animal Sciences presents “Understanding SOX9 function in development and human disease” from 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. at Foran Hall on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research and the TA Project presents “Creating Conference Posters in PowerPoint” from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. at the Language Laboratory Building on the College Avenue campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Entomology presents “Plant diversity and the predation of herbivorous insects: A new twist on the Enemies Hypotheses” at 11 a.m. at Thompson Hall on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Rutgers Energy Institute presents “REI Seminar: The Renewable Energy Transition and Smart Grid-Toward Energy Democracy” at 11:30 a.m. at the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Percussion and

saxophone master class with Bent Frequency Duo” from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Robert E. Mortensen Hall on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Rutgers—New Brunswick Chancellor’s Office presents “Rutgers Public Engagement Project panel: Writing Books for General Audiences” from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Alexander Librar y on the College Avenue campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Environmental Sciences presents “The Benzoyl-CoA Pathway is an Important Part of the Anaerobic Carbon Cycle” from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Food Sciences presents “MetalOrganic Frameworks (MOFs) as Novel Deliver y Vectors for Encapsulation and Controlled Release of Allyl Isothiocyanate (AICT)” from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Food Science Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Students explore outdoors through Naturalist Club

The Naturalist Club meets every other Wednesday and helps students connect with nature. The club also helps clean up polluted sites, with the next major project being the Arbor Trail. The club hopes to have it ready for Rutgers Day. COURTESY OF OLIVIA LA WARN

NICOLE OSZTROGONACZ STAFF WRITER

To strengthen their connection to nature, members of the Rutgers Naturalist Club will be hiking the Arbor Trail on Douglass campus and planting seeds along the way.

A naturalist is someone who likes being outside and also enjoys learning about it, which is a large part of the Rutgers Naturalist Club, said Olivia Le Warn, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore.

“We like learning and activities like bird watching and taking the skills from our classes and really applying them outside,” she said.

Students can still call themselves a naturalist, even if they do not love roaming around outside, said Angela Monaghan, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior.

“Maybe you like how plants make you feel, or you enjoy learning about different animals that are outside,” she said. “Maybe you look at the birds from your window and can identify the different birds that come to the bird feeder. I think there’s just having a general interest in nature.”

The club’s main focus this semester is the Arbor Trail, which

they hope to finish revamping by Arbor Day, Le Warn said.

On April 16, the club is going to have a cleanup project to remove the trash located at the trail, she said. On April 23, they are going to replant native plants and on on Arbor Day, they are going to formally reopen it, coinciding with Rutgers Day. The officers are also excited

“A lot of us have become friends over the period of time that we’ve been in the club, and we seem to get pretty comfortable pretty quickly with each other,” she said. “There’s a lot of bonding going on and finding likeminded people is really helpful in such a big university setting.”

We all care so much about nature and have similar interests,

Trail, which is located behind the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center.”

Members of the club can also contribute to the open discussions at the club’s meetings, Le Warn said.

“A lot of people are from New Jersey and they’ll know little secret spots that we can go to. So we’ll ask if anyone knows any

“A lot of us have become friends over the period of time that we’ve been in the club ... There’s a lot of bonding going on and finding like-minded people is really helpful in such a big university setting.”

ANGELA MONAGHAN School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Senior

about a guest speaker who will provide insight for interested club members, Monaghan said.

The guest speaker, Lindsay Napolitano, owns a permaculture farm, which blends ecology and farming. She grows medicinal herbs and is with the Community Supported Agriculture club, Monoghan said.

Not only has the club helped the environment, but its members have grown closer and connected throughout their experiences together, Monaghan said.

so it’s easy to make friends, Le Warn said.

The club usually meets on alternate Wednesdays in the G.H. Cook Room at the Cook Campus Center, according to the club’s Facebook page.

“Myself or the other officers will come up with an agenda beforehand and we’ll go over the agenda (at meetings), and talk about upcoming trips like hikes, future hikes, different projects,” Monaghan said. “Right now we’re focusing on the Arbor

places to hike, to camp. Our meetings are relaxed because most of the things that we are doing are going out on trips and that’s fun,” she said.

Kelsey Kaskoun, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she joined the club because she was raised by parents who love to hike and go on outdoor adventures.

She was also looking for a change and a way to meet new people.

“The club is growing. Last semester, our attendance at meetings increased,” Monaghan

said. “But it had also been kind of difficult for us to figure out what we needed to do and how to accomplish our goals. This semester we’ve really gotten it together and we’re making stuff happen.”

Usually during the more rare events, a lot more people will come that we don’t recognize, Le Warn said.

There are about 30 or 40 of the same faces during the clubs regular meetings, she said.

Students have several ways to join the club if they are interested, Le Warn said.

“Like us on Facebook. Write a message to us. I have an under an hour response rate. Once we’ve gotten your information, we can add you to our Sakai site.

You’ll get all the information you need. Just coming to a trip or two, you really will just like find your groove,” Le Warn said.

Kaskoun also encouraged other students to attend at least one meeting and hopefully become involved with the club.

“The executive board is great,” Kaskoun said. “They’re all passionate and brainstorm fun activities for almost ever y weekend in the month. We’re a group of really down to earth people, from a variety of majors.

Also, think of all the cool Instagram posts you could have if you joined.”

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Community discusses importance of political views in class SANJANA CHANDRASEKHARAN STAFF WRITER

Politics and religion are two subjects that often come up in classes conducted by the Department of Political Science, and some question whether professors providing their own opinions on these issues helps students learn.

Jo-Leo Carney-Waterton, a parttime lecturer in the Department of Political Science, said the general consensus is that instructors should remain neutral because stating an opinion could cause students who disagree to remain silent and open professors up to accusations of favoritism.

“I don’t necessarily subscribe to the idea,” he said. “My experience has been that when I’m neutral, there typically isn’t any conversation in general, and on top of that, I’ve often found that the students are not conversing because they don’t know the other side.”

While he does share his beliefs in the classroom, he mostly plays devil’s advocate, so students never know his true views.

Varunraj Baskaran, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, believes politically charged discussions provide students with an opportunity to discuss things they normally do not.

“There will be some issues, because some of the topics are sensitive. But overall, I think it’s

Some argue professors should not state political views in class as it might deter opposing students from speaking, while others say they should to spur discussion. JULIAN PEREZ / JANUARY 2016 a good thing that these conversations happen. You have to learn that people, even your teachers, might not agree with what you think,” he said.

Few people understand how often religion and politics converge, Carney-Waterton said. In his classes, the two are discussed relatively often.

Having these discussions is important because most students, especially today, do not have these conversations at all, he said. Because there are so many professors who believe in remaining neutral, students never get a

chance to hear the other side of an argument.

“I don’t care for that kind of learning environment,” he said.

“I want a learning environment where the students feel free to disagree and to agree and know what they’re agreeing or disagreeing with.”

He finds that many people, not just students, are more moderate than they initially thought.

Helping students more firmly establish their positions on various issues is another reason why it is important to be having these conversations, he said.

Exposure to different arguments allows students to learn from unfamiliar perspectives.

Aparna Seshadri, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said she would hopes college students are mature enough to handle different opinions.

“Because of the nature of the class, you can’t not share your political views as a professor. I don’t think it’s wrong of them to share their political opinions, but a lot of people aren’t okay with difference of opinion,” she said. “People might think professors are trying to push their opinions onto them.”

Carney-Waterton said he finds it helpful to put a human face to the issues. He said it is one thing to argue a pro-life versus pro-choice position in the abstract, but it is a completely different experience when the professor gives it a personal or meaningful experience.

“For instance, in the issue of affirmative action — I am a beneficiar y of affirmative action, and clearly I’m not a person who is dumb or slow or anything of that nature. Being able to speak from a personal perspective enhances the quality of the discourse,” he said.

CONTEST Submissions should include digital, printed copies, Pandey says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

After a failed presidential bid was suspended on Feb. 10, Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) flew to Texas to support current Republican front-runner Donald Trump for president. He enjoys a 31 percent approval rating, up 2 points from his all-time low. THE DAILY TARGUM / AUGUST 2015

TRUMP Christie wants to remain in spotlight, may hope for attorney general position, Lau says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Christie cannot genuinely endorse a presidential candidate like Trump, Patel said. “(Christie) is tr ying to get famous. He’s tr ying to get his name out there,” he said. “If you endorse someone, you are saying, ‘Hey I agree with this person’s thoughts.’”

Others characterized Christie’s support for Trump as a blatant refusal to acknowledge the ethnic makeup of the state.

According to the New Jersey Department of Health, the Garden State is one of the top three most diverse states in the United

States in regard to ethnic and foreign born populations. In 2011, 44 percent of the state’s population was made up of racial and ethnic minorities.

Nicholas Quinn, president of Rutgers for Bernie 2016, said Trump’s ideals and political platform are divisive and discriminatory. With this endorsement, the governor is turning his back on his constituents.

“I feel disgusted,” said Quinn, a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear student. “This diverse state has always been welcoming to people, and now (Christie) is supporting a candidate that wants to shun immigrants and shun Muslims.”

Trump is exploiting people’s inner fears and the governor has just validated this method of fear mongering, Quinn said.

Christie, who spent most of his second term running for president, is growing more unpopular in New Jersey.

According to a Feb. 25 poll by the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, the governor’s approval rating is now at 31 percent among registered New Jersey voters — up 2 points from his alltime-low on Feb. 16.

Ashley Koning, the poll’s assistant director, predicts the endorsement will create another drop in the Christie’s ratings.

“This is a very diverse state and I think for the most part, people in New Jersey celebrate that,” Lau said. “Trump is just playing to these fears of some subset of the population, but I don’t think there are many of them in New Jersey.”

The workshops are occurring on April 21, April 28 and May 4.

The public benefits from this seasoned photographers to disprogram in a number of ways, play their talents.

Submissions should be limit- Pandey said. It is open to all ages, ed to three photos per individ- it exposes the public to profesual and include both a printed sional artists who run the workphoto and a digital copy in a shops and it allows the public to .jpeg format. Printed photos display their artwork at promimust be 8 by 10 inches. The nent local locations.

Pandey also encouraged the deadline for submissions is May 14, 2016. The submitted photos contestants for photo submission.

“People must be taken should send in between Feb. photos because 1 and May 14, “People tend to library will be according to doing a photo the librar y’s automatically assume exhibit with website. photographs are taken all the photos All phodirectly from life, unlike entered in the tos will be on display drawings or paintings.” contest,” she said.

“Each the library’s participant will meeting room.

SUSAN PIZZAIA be getting a Winning phoMason Gross School of the Arts Senior certificate, if tos will be disthey enter in played at the the contest.”

George Street Photography is an ideal way Playhouse and New Brunswick Cultural Center in Crossroads to present her work because it Theatre for about one month, is a flattened view of a single perspective, said Susan Pizzaia, Pandey said.

Winners will be announced at a a Mason Gross School of the reception on Friday, June 10. And Arts senior.

“People tend to automatically the winning photos will be shown to the public at the George Street assume photographs are taken Playhouse and Crossroads The- directly from life, unlike drawings or paintings where artists atre during the reception.

“In order for people to increase freedom seems more expected,” their photographic skills, the li- she said. “I try to utilize this in brary is offering three free work- my own personal work because I shops led by professional photog- want the constructed aspect of my rooms to be a slow reveal.” raphers,” she said.

March 4, 2016

POLITICAL REVIEW There are 94 days until the New Jersey primary.

After 12 states and a territory voted on Super Tuesday, businessman and Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and former Secretary of State and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton both have clear leads in the race for the presidency, having won seven states each. Trump won a combined 237 delegates, bringing his total to 319. After winning 504 on Tuesday, Clinton now has 1,052 total delegates.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) won three states and now has 226 total delegates, 17 of which he had before Tuesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won four states and has 427 total delegates.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) won his first state, and now has 110 total delegates.

While no candidate has secured a nomination yet, Trump’s success has earned him an endorsement by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and a rebuke from former presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-Ma.).

Trump has a 37 percent approval rating, and a 60 percent ufavorable rating, according to CNN. Clinton has a 45 percent approval rating, and a 52 percent unfavorable rating, while Sanders has a 50 percent favorable rating and a 33 percent unfavorable.

There are 1,762 more delegates available for the Republican candidates, who need 1,237 to secure the nomination. The Democratic candidate would need a total of 2,383 delegates, and there are 3,276 available.

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MEETING

The roads are under the jurisdiction of the city, and working with the city takes time, he said.

After the town hall, the assemSchool needs more data on whether alcohol sale bly passed two pieces of legislawould be beneficial, Barchi says tion slated for the day’s agenda.

RUSA introduced the “Bill to Establish Water Fill Stations CONTINUED FROM FRONT When asked a question about in Campus Dorms.” The bill pedestrian safety spurred by a calls for higher quality water “I’m surprised to find that it recent car accident on Nichol Av- fountains to be installed in the wasn’t already the law of the enue that sent two students to the Cook-Douglass residence halls.

Derek Howard Lecker, one land,” he said. “I put a policy like hospital, Barchi said that while this in place with (The University issues with infrastructure may ex- of the bill’s authors, said the of Pennsylvania) in 1999, and it ist, part of the issue lies with stu- return investment per student would be $6.38. was kind of cutting edge then. It’s dents recklessly crossing roads.

Lecker said a combination of “I come home coming out not cutting edge anymore — this of College Avenue, and I come New Brunswick’s poor water is sort of a standard play.”

While parts of the report to work coming down George quality and poor pipe maintenance have would require caused water discussion, he to said medical “I can’t have a student think for five minutes whether fountains become detriamnesty for that person not breathing is going to get a 911 call mental to stuthose who call 911, identify because they happen to have drugs on them. That can’t dent health.

R U S A themselves happen. That’s not going to happen.”

President and stay at the Matthew Panscene is “absoROBERT BARCHI coni, a Rutlutely sound.”

University President gers Business “I can’t have School senior, a student think for five minutes whether that street. I can’t tell you the number said there is “plenty of room in the person not breathing is going to of times that I’ve almost hit some- budget” for this type of upgrade.

The “Bill to Sponsor Purget a 911 call because they hap- body,” he said. “It’s not the crosspen to have drugs on them. That walks … It’s coming out between chase of Water Bottles for can’t happen. That’s not going to cars, it’s jumping out between NSO,” authored by School of Arts and Sciences sophomore happen,” he said. “So I support two buses.”

The University president then Nivedh Rajesh, called for the that report.”

Students can expect reports suggested RUSA create an educa- purchase of 9,000 water bottles for the new student orientation. from committees dealing with tional program on jaywalking.

The infrastructural issues on He said that this type of public diversity on campus to come out before the end of the semes- Nichol Avenue are being ad- relations campaign will boost ter, he said. The Committee on dressed, said Kenneth Cop, chief RUSA’s presence among the Enslaved and Disenfranchised of the Rutgers University Police first-year students.

The bottles will be paid for by Populations will provide interim Department. Improvements are RUSA’s operating expenses and comments this semester, and also planned for Ryders Lane.

Changes for both roads may will not require additional monrelease a full report in the Fall take some time to be implemented. ey to be allocated.

2016 semester.

CRIME MARCH 3 NEWARK — Police officers pursued a teenage boy who had a gun on his person. The boy was with a large group of boys all wearing ski masks, Acting Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. When police saw the weapon, they attempted to confront the boy and the boy ran. The teenager was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a gun. The 17-year-old boy’s name has not been released.

MARCH 3 BAYONNE — Karol J. Lausz, 31, was charged with distributing heroin and cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school and within 500 feet of a public park. The exchange between Lausz and Grzegorz E. Snella, 32, happened near Miriam Teresa Park and Lincoln Community School. Stella was also charged with possession of heroin. Police did not say the status of Lausz’s bail, and Snella was released on a summons. This is one of several drug-related crimes in Bayonne that took place in last four days.

MARCH 3 VERNON — Samuel G. Caruthers, 44, of Mountain Lakes, pleaded not guilty to punching and hitting a 12-year-old boy with a ski pole in what is being called a “ski rage incident,” Vernon police Lt. Keith Kimkowski said. The boy was visibly injured when police responded, Kimkowski said. The anthologists lawyer said, “My client had no intention of causing any harm to this young man, (and) it was more in the nature of an accident.” They will appear in court again in April.

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Social circles matter in building healthy bonds

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ou cannot change the people around you, but you can change the people that ATIYA STROTHERS you choose to be around.”

Some years ago, the cell phone company AT&T had a “who’s in your circle?” campaign. This campaign allowed their customers to gain instant access to the people closest to them. If your mom was your BFF, you could talk to her for free.

If your roommate was your “go-to” person, they could be in your circle as well. In essence, this campaign showed the importance of relationships and the power of influence.

The cool thing about your circle is that it allows for an instant connection, and most importantly, you have the power to control it.

As a child, parents are almost always asking questions about who your friends are. They want to know the who? What? When? Where?

How? And why? And to be honest, this can sometimes be ver y annoying. But as you grow up and become more mature, you understand that these questions come from a place of care and concern.

Could it be that our parents understood the importance of “your circle” way before this cell phone company? Could it be that our parents were actually right and it took wisdom and experience for us to get it? Nah. The truth of the matter is, our circles are ver y influential and ver y telling of who we are or who we hope to become. You know the saying, “birds of a feather” … But, how do you develop or create this circle? And once it is created, how do you maintain it? As human beings, we are almost forced to be social creatures. It is expected that you have friends and associates, and that you develop a network. It is also assumed that you automatically know how to build relationships.

What if developing relationships was similar to riding a bike? You don’t know it unless you are taught it. But once you learn it, you never forget it.

THE NETWORK

“The truth of the matter is, our circles are very influential and very telling of who we are or who we hope to become. You know the saying, ‘birds of a feather’ … But, how do you develop or create this circle?”

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EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW: Laurels and Darts SEND ‘EM PACKING University students took action to address pressing problems related to destitution.

Project Night Night does not sit idle when there are more than 2.5 million homeless children in the United States, and the Pakistani Student Association did not ignore the fact that there are more than 1 million food insecure New Jerseyans. We laurel these two organizations for making care packages for homeless children and packaging meals for local residents who are food insecure.

OVERPRICED EDITIONS Here are a few tips to building healthy relationships: 1. Be your better self. You may look at this and question the phrase being used here. As opposed to just being yourself, you should seek to be your better self. In relationships, you want to be comfortable enough to be yourself, but uncomfortable enough to allow yourself to grow. You should always be in a position to challenge who you are and those around you so that you are always growing to become the best you possible. Your circle should want you to change for the better. If they are constantly holding you back, then you need a new circle.

2. Maintain consistent communication. Relationships cannot develop or be maintained without communication. Whether it is a quick text, a phone call or a visit, the dialogue has to happen. And it should be consistent. Why do you think “your circle” was created? Because they understood the role and importance of communication.

3. Give more than you receive. We have been socialized to have this “what’s in it for me” type of attitude, but that is not beneficial for healthy relationships that should be mutually beneficial. Stop asking the question of what can this person do for me? Instead start asking, “What can I do for this person?” In essence, you reap what you sow. If you sow love, you will receive love. If you sow hurt, you will receive hurt. If you sow joy, you will receive joy.

In practicing these things, keep in mind the value of your circle and building relationships in purpose.

It is from these relationships that we seek to develop strong ties and connections. The research on social capital helps us to understand how strong ties allow for new perspectives as well as emotional support, whereas weak ties do not. If we are not able to develop these close relationships, our circle will not reach its fullest potential, according to Granovetter in “The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theor y Revisited.” As Putnam distinguishes in “Bowling Alone,” we have to decide whether we have bridging or bonding social capital.

Are we simply building a bridge in our relationships to get from one place to another? Or are we maintaining a bond that creates opportunity for long lasting exchanges?

You have the power to choose your circle. I challenge you to choose wisely.

Atiya Strothers is a Ph.D. candidate at the Graduate School of Education. Her column, “The Network,” runs on alternate Fridays.

If wallets could cry, they’d cry in college. Having to buy the $200 26th edition of a textbook as opposed to $50 25th edition can really injure a person’s bank account — taking into consideration five classes each semester, eight semesters and four years, the cost really adds up. Some organizations are calling attention to high textbook prices, such as Rutgers’ chapter of NJPIRG that’s trying to bring open-source textbooks and rental programs. We dart the highpriced textbooks that add to the burden of highpriced tuition.

NUCLEAR ACHIEVEMENT Roger Clark, a Rutgers School of Law professor of more than 40 years, worked on a lawsuit to fight against nuclear testing. For a period of 12 years, 60 nuclear weapons have been tested on the Marshall Islands and Clark played a prominent role in determining international human rights law and advocating against it. We laurel his nomination for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize by the International Peace Bureau.

MEDIA’S (IM)PARTIAL MOURNING Three East-African men were shot multiple times “execution style” in a home in Fort-Wayne, Indiana. This issue was not publicized, and vigils across the country were held for the three men, including one at Rutgers by the joint effort of the Muslim Public Relations Council and the University’s Black Lives Matter chapter, for the purpose of mourning the deaths of those who have been largely ignored. We dart the media for failing to pay attention, as well as failing to providing sympathy, for the victims’ lives and their families.

VISIONARY ENGINEERS Navigating campus or generally navigating your surroundings can sometimes be a difficult feat, but it is especially so when you’re visually impaired. Howon Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, and Jason Kim, a School of Engineering senior, created a braille map of the Joseph Kohn Training Center, a center that offers blind and visually impaired individuals skills that enable independence. We laurel the two for their initiative to assist people with disabilities.

UNRELIABLE EVALUATIONS While teaching evaluations offers an assessment of a professor’s expertise, they don’t encompass all that a professor has done to contribute in his or her field.

The fact that the Promotion Review Committee denied Department of Communication Professor Jennifer Warren tenure on the basis of teaching evaluations doesn’t hold well. We dart the use of teaching evaluations as the deciding factor for acquiring tenure, since each student is different and every student has a different experience in a given class.

The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 148th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.

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Exploratory medical tests might not be ready for consumers UNDER THE MICROSCOPE VANDANA APTE

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o you ever wonder how someone could ever actually enjoy the taste of brussels sprouts? Do you ask yourself why you have an unibrow when others don’t? Most of our traits — which we might think of as being randomly distributed — are defined by our specific genetic makeup. So wouldn’t it be fun to know why you’re made the way you are, what makes you ... you?

This is precisely what a company called 23andMe promises it will deliver — sort of.

All you have to do is spit in a vial and mail it in along with a check for $199, and you’re on your way to find out which darned gene makes your hair misbehave just the way it does. If it sounds like fun and games — even if the company’s name is a spunky spin on an individual’s 23 pairs of chromosomes — it at least started out that way, until things started to get more serious.

Sure it’s nice to know about freckles and your taste perceptions, but stuff starts to get a little murky when you go around saying you can inform people about whether or not they have the gene for sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. That’s when the Food and Drug Administration starts asking questions. Which is precisely what happened to 23andMe,

because the FDA considered the kit, called a “Personal Genome Service,” as a “medical device” that needed to be regulated. Things got heated when 23andMe skipped government protocol and went directly to consumers, launching an ad campaign encouraging them to see that the tool-kit can generate “information that they can use to prevent or manage their risks for certain condition.”

“If there’s an overall message, it’s that personal genetics will become an integral part of the future of health care, and 23andMe wants

risk and drug responses (e.g., warfarin sensitivity, clopidogrel response, and 5-fluorouracil toxicity) because of the potential health consequences that could result from false positive or false negative assessments for high-risk indications such as these.” To put it simply, Suzie Q’s interpretation of “below average risk” might be different than Jane Doe’s. What if Suzie Q were told she had a slight chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime and decided to seek drastic and unnecessary interventions?

“Sure it’s nice to know about freckles and your taste perceptions, but stuff starts to get a little murky when you go around saying you can inform people about whether or not they have the gene for sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis.” to empower people by putting access to their own genetic information into their own hands,” according to the company in a blog post.

The murkiness here is that the markers are presented as risk probabilities (below average, etc.) that the FDA argued that the average Jane or John Doe has insufficient tools to evaluate. In 2013, The FDA ordered a halt to this kind of genetic testing, claiming that “Some of the uses for which PGS is intended are particularly concerning, such as assessments for BRCA-related genetic

As Dr. Atul Gawande, a staff writer for The New Yorker and famed surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, wrote in an article, “Overkill,” or unnecessary medical care, is harming patients both financially and physically. Likening exploratory medical tests to fishing expeditions, he says, “Since no one is perfectly normal, you tend to find a lot of fish.”

So if you’re anxious enough about life, imagine adding another layer of anxiety about health concerns.

What about the ethics behind such tests?

While companies claim that results won’t be shared, there has been hand-wringing about the possibility of such sensitive data being used to crowdsource studies in genetics. Sure there might be many positive outcomes from such use, but patient privacy is sacred and consent might be a slippery slope here.

Then again there’s the issue of your genetic data being used to deny you services or sold to marketing companies that target tailored services based on your information. What’s more, some worry that even if you don’t sign up for the service, even having an aunt, sister or brother send in that sample is enough to garner specific information about you. In the era of big data, can companies really be trusted to handle such a gold mine wisely? The verdict is uneven.

The FDA approved the kit late in 2015, and now 23andMe is back in business, and offering an impressive suite of genetic markers it can find. So if you’re really digging existential questions — Who am I? What am I made of? — you might be toying with the idea of $199 to learn more. But I for one, am not ready to bite that bullet just yet.

Vandana Apte is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior majoring in biotechnology with a minor in women’s and gender studies. Her column, “Under the Microscope,” runs monthly on Fridays.

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Not fond of your major? Don’t be afraid to change it

Changing your major may be a hassle, but it will be worth it in the end. Don’t torture yourself with a major you dislike, major in something that makes you happy.

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The struggle is real when contemplating whether to change your major or not. It truly is a popular question many Rutgers students face. Many college students face this dilemma at some point or another in their

university career, but why do people sometimes view this as such a bad thing?

College is a time for you to discover who you are and to become the person you have always wanted to be, so what’s with the stigma against changing your major? Many people like to joke that when you enter college, you

will change your major faster than you can finish that first round of beer pong.

Changing your major is a natural part of the college process, because you are taking steps to becoming a productive and happily functioning member of society. Doing something you love is truly a necessity in that

search. Tiarra Brown, a School rut that seems to be created by of Arts and Sciences junior, the ver y people that should be talked to us a bit about why she protecting them.

Victoria Sharp, a School of Enchose to change her major from science to a histor y and art his- vironmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, discussed why tor y double major.

“I realized I was living some- she decided to pursue a different one else’s life and I decided the career path and major.

“I entered Rutgers thinking I one I wanted was something betwanted to do what my mom does, ter,” Brown said.

For Brown, it was a natural and I realized that was a huge misprogression and she wanted to take.” Sharp said.

Sharp is now pursuing a career change her major for a better life. For these reasons, chang- in biotechnology over nursing, ing your major can be an ex- and is much happier that she tremely important part of your decided to go forward with the Rutgers experience. A lot of change. While Sharp did have people may be scared about some resistance from her mother, changing their major due to the she is now happy that her daughfear that when you change your ter is doing something that makes major, you will add extra time to her happy.

While the stigma against your undergraduate career in changing your order to meet major may be credit requirements.

“While the stigma against vast, the posioutweigh While this changing your major may tives the negatives fear is warbe vast, the positives if it results in a ranted, it better quality doesn’t have outweigh the negatives of life. The few to be someif it results in a better people I spoke thing that quality of life.” to are living holds you a much more back. You may satisfying life find that pursuing something you are better due to the change they decided at or happier doing is worth the to pursue. Changing your major time. It’s all about time man- may be daunting, due to the fear agement, and it is doable after of too many uncompleted credits seeing many Rutgers students or the thought of adding an extra year to your college career. complete it.

Another fear and huge reason When it comes to being happy in why many never change their your life, an extra year has nothmajor is the fear of displeas- ing on that.

Those I spoke with about ing their parents with their new choice. Many students de- changing their major are docide to work in the same field ing so without adding an extra as their parents, thinking that year to their university career. if their parents love it, then It is doable, so don’t let the fear so will they. Parents also add and the rumors keep you from pressure to study something something that may be the best considered practical for get- decision you’ll make all four ting a job. Whether it is vani- years. Do what makes you hapty or misguided hope driving py and screw what others think their desire to be something or say, because there is only one they may not be meant to be, it person you need to listen to and can be hard to get out of this impress, and that person is you.

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Pearls Before Swine

DIVERSIONS Stephan Pastis

Horoscopes

Page 9 Nancy Black

Today’s Birthday (03/04/16). Reap what you sow professionally this year. Plan your moves, before a profitable two-year phase begins (Jupiter enter Libra, 9/9). Breakthroughs include in personal matters (3/8) and partnership or marriage (9/1). Change directions regarding shared resources (3/23) and your own plans (9/16). Collaborate and prosper together. Kindle passion. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Take new professional territory. Your influence is on the rise.

Push past old barriers. Abrupt decisions could work out well, although patience is useful. Pay attention for perfect timing. Take advantage of optimistic trends.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Visit or accept visitors. It’s a good time for cultural exchange. Travel and study. Friends open the door to a new world. Respect others, and share resources.

Provide support when you can. Relax and enjoy.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Changes are proposed.

Talking relieves anxiety. Impress your partner with your research.

Apologize for past disparaging remarks. Support each other with a profitable venture. Increased productivity equals increased profit. Follow a passionate insight.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Track appointments and financial obligations closely.

If you can’t make something, call the moment you find out. Extra communication avoids arguments later. Spend time with your partner or significant other. Enjoy simple pleasures.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Keep your cool, despite high demand for your attentions. Complete one task and prepare for the next. Conditions may seem unstable. Don’t take anything for granted. Figure out your bottom line and get creative.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Get into a creative project.

Your work is attracting attention.

Play with your passions, enthusiasms and talents. Dress the part. Simple pleasures with family and friends feed your heart. Discover romance when not looking.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — Handle chores and repairs at home before settling into domestic comforts. Maintain household infrastructure and study inexpensive beautification tricks.

Get expert advice. You can find the necessary funds. Do the homework before buying.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Dig for the info you need. Avoid chatter and gossip, and learn voraciously. Write your discoveries. Tap into hidden assets.

Tempers could get short, especially around money. Find a quiet place and get productive.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — There’s money available, if you work for it. Shop later. Things could get chaotic. Financial disagreements look likely. Create a safety net. You can overcome a domestic irritant. Listen more than you speak.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Count your blessings. It’s a great time to get outside. Personal growth sparks in the unlikeliest of places. Make a positive change. Use power rather than force. Who will you be in the matter?

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Consider how you would like things to be, and what you can do about it. Plan your strategy. Don’t worry about money or spend much. Look back for perspective on what’s ahead. Friends inspire you.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Rely on your team.

Stay in communication, and clarify misunderstandings. Provide support to your crew. Expect nothing in return. Show loyalty and find it when needed. Respect others, and be respected. Learn from each other.

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PUSH RU overcomes late 8-point deficit to reach Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals CONTINUED FROM BACK

hung in there until the last second ... it was a very rewarding and exciting win.”

The win was iced by two free throws from Shrita Parker.

The sophomore guard led the Knights with 18 points off the bench, including 7 of the Knights’ final 16 points.

“It feels great (to come in clutch for the team),” Parker said. “I always prepare myself for these type of situations, but it felt amazing. One of the best feelings in the world.”

While Parker ignited the comeback with a 3-pointer, senior forward Kahleah Copper led the final charge.

The Second Team All-Big Ten selection, who started the game with a protective mask after injuring her nose in practice before taking it off halfway through the second quarter, scored 6 of her 17 points in the final six minutes.

She removed the mask after it impeded her from playing at her best.

“The possession before (I took the mask off), it was a rebound that I missed, and I knew I could’ve had,” Copper said. “So I knew I had to take the mask off and had to start getting busy.”

The shot that gave the Huskers their first lead at 39-38 was a trey from Natalie Romeo, who led all scorers with 23 points on 8-for-16 shooting, including a 70 percent clip from beyond the arc (7-for10). The sophomore guard played all 40 minutes for Nebraska.

After two quarters of loose defense, the Knights buckled down and held Nebraska to just 13 points in the final quarter.

Big Ten Freshman of the Year Jessica Shepard, who was averaging 22.5 points in her two games against Rutgers this season, was held to just 4 points by senior center Rachel Hollivay.

The program’s all-time career leader in blocks swatted just one

IOWA Knights look to improve upon 11th-place finish from last year’s Big Tens CONTINUED FROM BACK

place in the allocation spot, then we can get a wild card. So I think we’ll have a bunch of guys qualifying on their own.”

Last season, Rutgers finished 11th out of 14 teams with a team score of 20.5 in the program’s first Big Ten Championship. It finished 99.5 points behind the two first-place finishers, Iowa and Ohio State.

In that event, only two grapplers entered with a pre-seed higher than No. 5 and four grapplers made it out of the event with automatic bids, including Ashnault — who finished fifth — Perrotti, who finished seventh, and Smith, who finished ninth. No other Knights finished better than 11th.

Many consider the Big Ten to be the deepest, most competitive wrestling conference in the country.

With each weight class containing 4-to-8 ranked grapplers, it

makes the competition even tighter when considering the amount of automatic berths that are awarded.

But with six grapplers making their second trip to the tournament, Rutgers has a better idea of how to approach it.

“I don’t think it’s anything we learned (last year), but it’s been the mantra all the last two weeks is it’s all about the first match,” Goodale said. “In this tournament, you cannot look ahead, you can’t look behind. It’s about who you’re wrestling. Don’t worry about your seeding because everyone in this tournament is so darn good. So it’s about the first period of the first match Saturday morning.”

For the remaining four grapplers, this will be their first time competing in the daunting conference championship tournament.

While redshirt freshman Anthony Giraldo, Gravina, Dippery and Lewis haven’t competed in the Big

Junior 157-pounder Richie Lewis landed a No. 3 pre-seed for the Big Ten Championships this weekend in Iowa City, Iowa.

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shot, but was fundamental in the Knights win on the glass.

“Most of you are used to seeing is a lot of blocked shots from Rachel,” Stringer said. “She didn’t have the blocked shots, but she had 10 rebounds and that’s what we asked her to do.”

The win guarantees the Knights another day in their 20152016 campaign. They will face No. 2 seed Ohio State Friday as they continue to build their case for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

But the national tournament can wait. Rutgers has business to take care of in conference.

The Buckeyes defeated the Knights by an average of 18 points in two contests this season, but Stringer isn’t worried about the challenge — she’s relishing it.

“I think (tonight) is the experience that we needed and we’re hopefully able to transfer that experience to the situation we’re gonna have tomorrow,” Stringer said. “I do believe with all my heart that if we play our best game ... we’ve got just as good a chance as Ohio State does in winning.”

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Ten Championship before, they have squared off and had success against Big Ten opponents.

The Knights were 5-4 in conference duals this season, while losing two of their meets by less than three points and having a late lead over then-No. 6 Michigan in another.

Already having had the chance to wrestle, and win, against high-level grapplers, the competition this weekend will be a confidence booster for those who were in the lineup for the first time this year.

“I mean, definitely my confidence has been building, building, building,” Lewis said, who finished 9-0 against Big Ten opponents this season. “I feel with the right training and the right habits that I’ve been at I’m gonna peak at the right time. And this is gonna be the first time I’m gonna be at my best all season I believe.”

The Big Ten Championships isn’t a make-or-break event for grapplers wanting to make it to the national tournament.

If a wrestler performed well during the dual season, as is the case with most of Rutgers’ wrestlers, they should secure an at-large bid if they don’t place high enough for an automatic one this weekend.

But coming off a dual season in which it took down seven ranked foes, the Knights are looking to carry that success into this weekend by walking away with as many automatic bids as possible, and maybe even a few Big Ten Champions as well.

After an 11th place finish last year, Rutgers is looking forward to showcasing just how improved it is in front of the entire Big Ten. “I just feel like our whole team’s prepared really well for this tournament,” Ashnault said. “So I’m excited to go out there and show what Rutgers wrestling is gonna provide for the next couple of years. I think we’re having a breakthrough season, (finishing) top-10 in the dual meets. And we’re just gonna go up with this tournament and bring it right into nationals.”

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BASEBALL

Freshman outfielder Jawuan Harris hopes he could repeat his performance from Wednesday in Virginia against Old Dominion.

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Knights offense heats up before facing Monarchs MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT

​After a short one-game stand at home, the Rutgers baseball team hits the road again this weekend as it travels down to Virginia for a three-game series against Old Dominion.

It will mark the 20th consecutive season in which the Scarlet Knights (3-4) have faced the Monarchs (7-1), and they are hoping to continue swinging the bats as effectively as they have been throughout the last week in order to return to Piscataway with another series win.

“Every day is a new game, and every weekend is a new series,” said head coach Joe Litterio.

“We’re hoping to carry over how we’ve been playing lately, get on the bus and head to Virginia to play Old Dominion for a threegame series. We’re going to try to win the series.”

The Knights enter the weekend fresh off ​ an 11-3 victor y over Lafayette (0-5) Wednesday, in which 7 of the 8 starters in the lineup recorded at least one hit.

Fifth-year senior first baseman Chris Suseck paved the way for the hitting outburst, cranking a 3-run home run and finishing with five RBIs on three hits in four at-bats.

A team captain, Suseck has a .357 batting average through the first few weeks of the season, and has been a big part of the team’s recent success.

The veteran is confident the team can keep up their recent offensive barrage, feeling they’re accustomed to the travel at this early point of the season.

“We’re used to being on the road, especially early in the year,” he said. “When we start the season, we’re usually on the road, so we have to bring this kind of play to the series against ODU over the weekend. We’re comfortable on the road, so we are looking forward to it.”

Another spark in the lineup has been freshman outfielder Jawuan Harris.

A dual-sport athlete who is also a wide receiver on the football team, Harris has strung together some impressive performances over the last week.

In the win over the Leopards, he had four hits and added four stolen bases.

He was a catalyst in getting things going throughout the order, forming a type of doubleleadoff spot batting in front of senior catcher R.J. Devish, who is at the top of the lineup.

Devish is the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week ​ after reaching base 11-of-14 times in last weekend’s series victory over George Mason.

He scored 3 runs, also contributing with two walks and a hit against Lafayette Wednesday.

He and Harris were constantly on base and starting rallies for Rutgers, which quickly turned over the bottom of the lineup to the top with effectiveness.

“I ended up leading of f the inning three times [against Lafayette], so it’s almost like a double leadof f spot,” Harris said. “We’ve been working on hitting line drives and beating out ground balls. It’s been fine for us.”

Along with the of fense increasing its productivity, the pitching staf f has remained consistently solid to star t the season.

It will need to remain that way to hold off a potent Old Dominion offense, who have scored 17 runs over its past two games.

But there is a confidence throughout the team that they are ready to keep getting better with each game, and believe that it speaks to the depth of the roster as a whole.

“Our lineup and team is deep,” Suseck said. “We think that we can really wear out pitchers. It’s exhausting to face a deep lineup and hitting is contagious, so when we hit, we feel that we can really beat anybody.

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Seniors’ contributions motivate RU ahead of finale GARRETT STEPIEN CORRESPONDENT

When it comes to Senior Day for any team in any sport, it’s difficult to ever overlook the end-ofthe-year honors for those making their final appearance in front of their home crowd.

For the Rutgers men’s basketball team, the three members of the regular rotation who will receive those rounds of applause are guard Bishop Daniels, graduate transfer guard Omari Grier and the fifth-year senior center that’s been here in Piscataway to see it all, Greg Lewis.

The trio of Scarlet Knights took different paths to get to this point of their hoops careers.

Daniels jumped around Miami to ASA College before landing at Rutgers, while Grier wrapped up the final season of his college tour after pit stops at Florida Atlantic and Bradley.

But for Lewis — who came up from St. Francis Academy in Baltimore to join Rutgers in the class of 2011 — the end of his five-season ride concludes on Saturday during Senior Day when the Knights take on Minnesota for a 1 p.m. tip-off at the Rutgers Athletic Center.

While Rutgers (6-24, 0-17) remains lost in the midst of a 17-game skid and a Big Ten Conference losing streak of 32 contests dating

back to Jan. 11 of last year, Lewis’s commitment never wavered once — not even after the Mike Rice player-abuse scandal ripped the program down to the bone.

“I didn’t wanna abandon ship,” Lewis said. “No diss to any of my former teammates, but I came here for a reason. That was just to be a part of something great.

Hopefully, I helped build a foundation that some of the fans can see that there is light at the end of the tunnel. And hopefully, these young guys can help continue to build the foundation.”

Two of those young guys, budding freshmen Jonathan Laurent and Corey Sanders, had nothing but high praise for the soft-spoken senior leader.

“He just brings a lot of positivity and he’s a leader out on the floor,” Sanders said. “Having Greg out on the floor, there is a plus for us ... He fights, he works hard. That’s something that I look at. He works hard, it makes me work hard.”

As the Golden Gophers (8-21, 2-15) enter the RAC looking to spoil Senior Day, the Knights try to put the pieces of the puzzle together for that elusive Big Ten win — one that would come at a momentous time.

Minnesota handily took care of its last matchup with Rutgers in a 22-point rout in Minneapolis, but

the Knights had just six scholarship players at its disposal.

Lewis and redshirt freshman Ibrahima Diallo are back from injury, while Sanders returned from his four-game suspension against No. 2 Michigan State.

But Golden Gophers head coach Rich Pitino suspended his only three scholarship guards on the team — Kevin Dorsey, Nate Mason and Dupree McBrayer — for the remainder of the season.

Dorsey leads Minnesota in scoring (13.8 points per game) and assists (4.8 assists per game) on the year.

While Rutgers head coach Eddie Jordan deflects the heat from his team’s large lack of competitiveness in his third year at the helm, he assured that nothing would alter the way the Knights prepare for the Golden Gophers.

“Every night is important to us and every day in practice is important to us. Like last year, I don’t particularly look at a streak.

I look at how we need to get better each day,” Jordan said. “I know the situation for Minnesota, it’s unfortunate for them, but we want our kids to be ready for our terrific game on Saturday.”

As far as what a win would mean to Jordan’s group of seniors, Lewis didn’t deny the weight it would hold — for him and for the program — moving forward.

“It would mean a lot to me — me, Bishop and Omari,” Lewis said. “But I think more so for the younger guys, it’d give them some momentum heading into next season, let them know that it is possible with hard work and paying attention to close details, you get wins.”

But contrary to Lewis’s unselfish modesty on shedding light for the program as a whole, Rutgers’ underclassmen hope for the proper sendoff — the right way, with a win.

“Man, it’s so important,” Laurent said, of getting a win on Senior Day. “Dating all the way back to last year, it’s been a tough season. It’s been a lot of games that we had, but we’d let slip away. But it would mean a great deal for us to come together and get a win for (the seniors).”

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Senior center Greg Lewis said it would mean a lot to both the seniors and the younger players if the Knights win on Saturday.

MICHELLE KLEJMONT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2016

MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 16 RUTGERS-MONMOUTH, TOMORROW, 2 P.M.

Rutgers seeks fifth straight win, revenge in matchup with Hawks ERIC MULLIN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team didn’t flinch when it was picked to finish last in the Big Ten. Before the season, its lone season-long captain Scott Bieda said that, while Scarlet Knights don’t pay attention to the polls, they knew they had a better team than being given credit for, and would finish the season higher than where they were placed.

Four games into the 2016 campaign, it appears that the senior attacker had a better feel of his team than those who voted the Knights to finish last.

Rutgers sits on top of its conference, as the only team remaining without a loss, and its performance on the field has caused them to slingshot into the national polls.

On Monday, the undefeated Knights landed at No. 16 in the USILA Coaches Poll, their first national ranking since the 2011 season. T ​ he following day, Rutgers protected its unscathed record with a dominating performance on the road against Wagner (1-3) for its fourth win of the season.

After the win, the Rutgers’ captain reiterated that outside perceptions, even when it comes in a positive form such as a national ranking, have remained out of the locker room.

“We’re not looking at polls,” Bieda said. “We could care less about who someone ranks us by. We’re not gonna let that effect who we are and what we do. Our team is a team that likes people doubting us. We’re a team that doesn’t need to be ranked or anything like that. We know who we are in our locker room and we

Sophomore midfielder Christian Mazzone caused four turnovers and scooped four grounds in Rutgers’ prior win against Wagner.

DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016

know the players that we have and our capabilities.”

Rutgers’ unwavering attitude towards polls off the field has been an evident trait in its play on the field as well. No matter the opponent, the Knights play hard for a full 60 minutes and Tuesday’s matchup with an inferior Wagner squad was no different.

Coming off just two days rest, Rutgers was keyed in from the first faceoff as its second lead of the game at the 6:42 mark of the first quarter would hold on until the final horn.

For the third time this season, the Knights jumped ahead of an opponent by a wide margin and kept the opponent at arms length for the remainder of the game. They held a lead of at least six over the Seahawks for the final 35 minutes and change as they cruised to a 15-7 win.

After picking up its second win in four days, Rutgers will wrap up a stretch of three games over the span of eight days on Saturday, when it will have the chance to achieve yet another impressive feat on the young season, albeit against an intrastate foe.

The No. 16 Knights will have the opportunity to tie last year’s win output in its 2 p.m. matchup against Monmouth in Long Branch, New Jersey, Saturday.

A win would give Rutgers its best start to a season since 2003, while also getting some revenge on the Hawks.

When the two New Jersey lacrosse programs met last year at High Point Solutions Stadium, Rutgers had a one-goal advantage entering the final quarter.

With the score locked at eight with under six minutes remaining,

Monmouth scored two consecutive goals in a 50-second span to take the lead. ​Rutgers scored with four minutes left, but the Hawks held on for the 10-9 win.

That loss, which was the first of six defeats of two goals or less, still hasn’t escaped the minds of the Knights.

“We definitely remember that game,” said sophomore midfielder Christian Mazzone. “That was one of our low points last year, so we’re definitely going to take them real seriously this week and prepare for them hard.”

The players weren’t the only ones who remember how disappointing that loss was.

“I still remember it like it was yesterday,” said head coach Brian Brecht. “So we’re gonna put this (Wagner win) to bed real quickly and we’re gonna start thinking about (Monmouth) right now …

The coaching staff has already been game planning behind the scenes cause it is a short week for us ….

We’re gonna go right to Monmouth, and that’s a huge game for us and our program and for the guys in that locker room.”

Last season, the Hawks’ were a team that utilized a defensive style of play, causing their games to be very low scoring. In 2015, Monmouth scored double-digit goals in 3 of its 13 regular season games, but only surrendered more than nine goals twice.

That style of play has translated to this season as the Hawks collected their wins with final scores of 11-5 over Jacksonville and 8-4 over Wagner. Monmouth does boast the top scoring defense in the nation through two games played, but it

has yet to face a scoring attack as lethal as the Knights’.

While the Hawks were able to hold Rutgers to just nine goals last season, duplicating that kind of defensive performance is going to be a lot tougher this time around.

The Knights enter Saturday’s matchup with the No. 7 scoring offense in the nation — scoring an average of 14.75 goals per game — and have not been held to under 12 goals all season.

Their top attacking line contains the No. 8 and No. 9 point scorers in the nation in Bieda and sophomore attacker Jules Heningburg respectively, and the No. 7 goal scorer in redshirt freshman Adam Charalambides.

That top line has contributed for 37 of Rutgers’ 59 goals, while also adding 20 assists.

The Knights will need to continue to play unselfishly in the offensive zone against a stout Monmouth defense, as that’s what has made it so dynamic this season, Bieda said.

“There’s definitely a lot of chemistry,” Bieda said of the attack unit.

“I think the best thing is that we can all keep our heads up when we’re dodging so we’re capable of scoring, but we’re also capable of assisting each other, which is huge.

We’re always open to making that one more pass, you know, maybe we could shoot it, but instead we’re making that one more pass and then we have a dunk and a layup inside.

So I think that’s really the difference with our team and maybe some other powerhouse offenses.”

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“I’m excited to go out there and show what Rutgers wrestling is gonna provide for the next couple of years ... And we’re just gonna go up with this tournament and bring it right into nationals..”

— Sophomore 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 10 RUTGERS 66, NO. 7 NEBRASKA 63

Rutgers uses late push to defeat Nebraska BRIAN FONSECA

didn’t register immediately, but when it did, it made the difference.

After Rutgers scored 4 of the first 6 points of the second half, Nebraska went on a 10-2 run to take its first lead at 39-38 with 6:09 remaining in the third quarter. The Cornhuskers pushed the lead to as much as eight, 5850, with 7:22 remaining in the contest.

Then the Knights kicked it into gear.

Rutgers (18-13, 9-10) outscored their opponent 16-5 in the final seven minutes of the game en route to defeating Nebraska (18-12, 9-10) 66-63 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.

After dropping numerous games this season by not finishing down the stretch, winning the biggest game of the season with a ferocious comeback at the death was satisfying for the Knights.

“The vast majority of this year, we’ve been losing the game in the fourth quarter,” a happier Stringer told Till after the final horn. “We tightened up ... and executed better.”

Stringer later expanded on her comment in her opening statement at the postgame press conference.

“I was extremely proud of our team mainly because we’ve had problems in the fourth quarter, but in this case, we didn’t blink,” she said. “It was a great team effort, we

SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers women’s basketball team looked set to avoid the struggles it faced in the last time it played against Nebraska.

The tenth-seeded Scarlet Knights stormed out of the gates against the seventh-seeded Cornhuskers in their Big Ten Tournament second round matchup, closing the first quarter on a 13-0 run to take a 22-9 lead into the second quarter.

It appeared head coach C. Vivian Stringer would be spared of scolding her team’s play to wake them up, as was the case in the Knights’ 66-56 win over Nebraska when the teams met Jan. 30 in Piscataway.

But when the halftime horn sounded and Stringer walked to her interview with the Big Ten Network’s Shelley Till prior to heading to the locker room, the game had been flipped on its head.

The Huskers shot 67 percent in the second quarter to outscore Rutgers 24-12, reducing a 14-point deficit to just one as it trailed 34-33 heading into the half.

“I thought (Nebraska) did a great job (in the second quarter). We just were slow. Very late in handling the screens and getting out to the shooter,” Stringer told Till. “I’m upset.

That’s going to change in the second half, trust me when I tell you that.”

The earful the Knights heard at the half

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Sophomore guard Shrita Parker scored a team-high 18 points off the bench in RU’s win over Nebraska Thursday. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2016

WRESTLING GRAPPLERS COMPETE FOR AUTOMATIC NCCA CHAMPIONSHIP BIDS

Knights travel to Iowa City for Big Tens ERIC MULLIN

The top-nine finishers in the Big Ten Championships will receive an automatic bid in the 133 and 174-pound classes. The least amount of qualifications available are in the 149, 165 and 197-pound classes, where only six grapplers will receive NCAA bids. The 125, 141, 157, 184-pound and heavyweight classes will award the top-seven finishers with bids.

Nine of the 10 Rutgers grapplers competing will enter the tournament with pre-seeds, with sophomore 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault and junior 157-pounder Richie Lewis each landing No. 3 seeds in their respective weight classes — the highest pre-seeds among the team.

Senior 165-pounder Anthony Perrotti and senior heavyweight Billy Smith each secured No. 4 seeds. In the 184-pound class, sophomore Nicholas Gravina will enter as the No. 5 seed.

Sophomore 149-pounder Tyson Dipper y enters the tournament as the lone unseeded Knight.

“Our guys did a good job all year long to put themselves in a position to qualify themselves for the weight at the Big Ten’s,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “So our goal was to try and get 10 out of 10 here and wrestle well enough where if we’re not fortunate enough to

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

With a successful dual season that included three wins over top-10 opponents in the rearview mirror, the No. 10 Rutgers wrestling team can see the NCAA Championships at the end of the tunnel in front of them.

But before the Scarlet Knights can head to Madison Square Garden to compete for All-American statuses and National Championships, each individual wrestler still needs to have their tickets to the Big Apple punched.

Only 330 grapplers — 33 from each weight class — from across the nation will be eligible to compete in “The World’s Most Famous Arena” come March 17.

This weekend, each Knight will be given a chance to do just that, as they compete in the Big Ten Championships in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday and Sunday. The conference tournament will hand out 71 automatic qualifications, spread out differently among each weight class, for the NCAA Championships based on finishes in the event.

The remaining bids will be awarded at-large, meaning this is the only chance grapplers have to control their own destiny.

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Senior 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault finished fifth at the Big Ten Tournament last season, earning a bid to the NCAAs. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2016 KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

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fifth-year senior sprinter, qualified for the 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 200m dash. She won gold for the second consecutive year in the event in last weekend’s Big Ten Championships in Ohio.

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