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Hillary Clinton set to visit Rutgers, discuss women in politics ERICA D’COSTA ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Rutgers on March 29 for a conversation hosted by the Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics, according to an email announcement from Chancellor Debasish Dutta on Friday. Clinton will sit down with Ruth B. Mandel, director of the institute, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the College Avenue Gymnasium to reflect on her extensive political career. She will visit Rutgers as the Eagleton Institute’s 2017-2018 Clifford P. Case Professor of Public Affairs. Clinton will discuss American democracy and her revolutionar y presence in the women’s political movement as a former female presidential nominee, according to the email. “Eagleton is proud to host the most important American political woman of our time,” Mandel said, according to NJ Advance Media. “As a public leader, Hillary Rodham Clinton has crossed traditional boundaries, making both history and headlines ... This visit will afford our students and the Rutgers community an opportunity
to witness a conversation with the person behind the media fog.” Clinton is one of several high-profile political leaders to visit the Rutgers community. The University hosted former Vice President Joe Biden in the fall to speak on sexual assault on college campuses. Rutgers also saw former President Barack Obama as the commencement speaker for the Class of 2016. Although the general admission to this event is free, the University will pay Clinton $25,000 to speak, according to NJ Advance Media. Tickets will be available for the Rutgers community starting March 6, and will then open to the public on March 12, according to the email. “Rutgers contributes to our nation’s conversations about politics, policy and other issues affecting society,” Dutta said, according to TAPintoNewBrunswick. “Our academic mission and innovative research and teaching create an environment in which global thought-leaders such as Secretar y Clinton can share their experiences and perspectives. We welcome her and look for ward to a fulfilling conversation with the Rutgers community.”
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Police raid off College Avenue Police corruption costs millions in tax dollars turns up 2 imitation firearms CHRISTIAN ZAPATA NEWS EDITOR
On Saturday afternoon, police executed a court approved search warrant at a home on Sicard Street, directly behind the College Avenue Student Center, following information about possible assault weapons on the premises.
“The New Brunswick Police Depar tment, in conjunction with the Rutgers University Police Depar tment and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Of fice followed up on information received from individuals who attended a par ty at the house earlier in the day,” according to a press release from the New Brunswick Police
Depar tment (NBPD). The search turned up two imitation firearms — one resembled an assault rifle and the other resembled a handgun. No charges have been filed against any of the residents at this moment, according to the press release. This investigation is ongoing.
Following a court approved search warrant, local police officers entered a home on Sicard Street this Saturday and found two imitation firearms — one resembled an assault rifle and the other resembled a handgun. No charges have been filed. GOOGLE MAPS
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In late 2017, 1 of 2 lawsuits filed in 2012 charging the New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) with discrimination was settled, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Four Black police officers filed lawsuits “claiming they were discriminated against by their corrupt bosses,” according to a report from New Brunswick Today. The lawsuits also claimed the cases represented the constant intimidation of people of color on the police force as well as issues of politics — officers donating their time and money to “seven-term Mayor James Cahill are rewarded, while those who don’t are punished,” according to the report. For Rutgers students, such issues within the small city that houses their University can be unsettling, but according to the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD), it takes action to prevent any similar issues from happening on campus. Michael J. Rein, the deputy chief of University Police, said RUPD is 1 of 17 police departments within the state to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law
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Collaboration is key to better, more diverse research at Rutgers RYAN MCAULIFFE STAFF WRITER
Prabhas Moghe, the recently appointed vice chancellor of Research & Innovation for New Brunswick, said Rutgers needs to undergo renewed efforts to expand and improve its non-medical science and engineering research — the best way to do this is by increasing the amount of collaboration between researchers of varying expertise. “It is my job to promote, encourage, nurture and advance collaboration (between researchers),” Moghe said. Collaboration yields larger grants and thereby makes Rutgers more competitive as an institution dedicated to research. Moghe said research at Rutgers begins with skilled faculty members launching into new projects. These projects are funded by a variety of national agencies depending on the particular field of study. After students complete the research and outcomes are deciphered, it is published in its respective publication. Other Rutgers research projects are then more likely to get more funding as a result of previous successful publications. A significant amount of science and engineering research funds come from federal sources, according to data released by the chancellor’s office. Rutgers is around the median in federal-funded research expenditures among Big Ten Public Universities, according to the data. Rutgers Chancellor Debasish Dutta agreed that although Rutgers succeeds in life sciences, there are many opportunities for students to grow in the engineering and computer sciences field, according to an article from The Daily Targum. In fact, 57.9 percent of total research expenditures in 2016 went toward life sciences, compared to 11.8 percent that was channeled toward engineering and less than 2 percent going toward computer/information sciences, according to the data. These statistics are not too different from the average of other Big Ten schools, where life sciences are allotted 50.6 percent, engineering is given 18.7 percent and computer/information sciences gets approximately 4 percent. In addition to increasing collaboration between researchers in an effort to net larger grants, Moghe’s strategy is to avoid extraneous staff members who use finite resources, and to focus on uniting researchers toward a common goal. The areas in need of such an adjustment include data science, cyber security and the Energy Institute, he said. Moghe was careful not to diminish the efforts of many researchers currently in these fields who are already working hard. He said many faculty members are getting their grants funded toward exciting research projects. Moghe highlighted the Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA), an institution at Rutgers funded by the Department of Homeland
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Security that uses advanced data analysis to address natural and man-made threats to the safety and security of the American people, according to its website.
said. CCICADA does research in everything from natural disaster precautions and cyber security to preparing for a nuclear detonation, according to the agency. In the data, there are proposals
submissions or submit grants that Rutgers is more likely to be awarded. The department wants to net more of the high quality research and grant initiatives, according to the report.
“It is my job to promote, encourage, nurture and advance collaboration (between researchers).” PRABHAS MOGHE Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation for Rutgers—New Brunswick
Despite the need for improvement in the science and engineering fields, programs with researchers like those at CCICADA are still doing exciting and rewarding research work, Moghe
on methods to grow Rutgers’ research. It outlines three methods of growth: strategic initiatives, coalescing teams and research capacity. Strategic Initiatives aims to increase its number of strategic grant
Coalescing teams is a concept very similar to Moghe’s plans to increase collaboration between researchers. In this case, the goal is to increase collaboration around what the University deems as ar-
eas of strength in an effort to enhance its competitive edge. The third method, research capacity, refers to expanding training programs for graduate students and postdoctoral students. The data also indicates Rutgers’ interest in increasing the number of Ph.D.’s it awards, according to the report. Rutgers awarded 620 Ph.D.’s in the 2015-2016 school year, putting it in the 35th percentile in the Big Ten after taking faculty size into account. Rutgers hopes its plans for expanding research capacity will increase the funding Rutgers has received in the past three decades and enable the school to become a stronger, more thriving research university, and stay on par with other Big Ten schools.
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DOLLARS 4 New Brunswick police officers filed lawsuits for discrimination during 2012 CONTINUED FROM FRONT Rein said that the RUPD and NBPD have a strong, interdependent partnership “centered on providing exceptional policing services” to Rutgers and the surrounding communities. He did not comment on the discrimination lawsuits. RUPD members attend community events and conduct regular surveys of their community. The data from their event attendance and sur veys is used to designate community-involvement initiatives and crime-prevention activities that will be further developed based “on data reflective of community input and indicative of the types of problems that pose the greatest concern to the community,” he said.
The RUPD, broken down by the numbers provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, is more diverse than most local police departments. Average departments maintain a race breakdown of 72.8 percent white, 12.2 percent Black or African American and 2.4 percent Asian or other races, while the RUPD ranks are comprised of 55 percent white, 21 percent Black or African American, 17 percent Hispanic and 4.6 percent officers that are Asian or other races, he said. “The RUPD strives to provide essential policing and security ser vices to the Rutgers University Community,” he said. “While all members of the RUPD engage in community partnerships, the RUPD has officers specifically assigned to community policing functions.”
One of two lawsuits filed citing discriminatory practices and favoritism by members of the New Brunswick Police Department has been settled. The four officers who submitted the case claimed intimidation and political biases were also involved. THE DAILY TARGUM
Nature scavenger hunt finds 258 species of wildlife in 4 days RYAN STIESI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The fifth installment of the “Spring Personal Bioblitz,” an online collection of species from around the world documented by the Rutgers community, is four days into its observation dates. Utilizing technology, Bioblitz — a program headed by Rutgers and the California Academy of Sciences — aims to focus public attention on nature and its many species. Participants can upload their images to a website where others can also see and add to the conversation. Bioblitz wants everyone involved to see as many species as possible, wherever they are, according to the Bioblitz release on the Herbarium website. “The Bioblitz is aimed at getting people to learn more about life around them, to collect species data for scientists and to promote conservation in an era of rampant habitat destruction,” according to Rutgers Today. Anyone with a Rutgers connection — students, faculty, alumni, friends and family — can sign up. They then go to the iNaturalist website and create an account, which is where they can upload wildlife photographs and recordings, according to the release. The release provides more information about what being involved in the project means. Statements like, “your observations might be used for research by anybody in the world, so your observations add to the total knowl-
Lena Struwe, a professor in the Department of Plant Biology, says Spring Personal Bioblitz helps anyone connected to the University build their knowledge of wildlife and biodiversity, while growing an appreciation for nature. RUTGERS.EDU edge for these species,” and others regarding contributing to the project and community are listed out on the site. “The Personal Bioblitz is a way to engage anybody who knows a lot or nothing about species to start looking at what exists around them in their everyday life,” said Lena Struwe, a professor in the Department of Plant Biology who
is leading this program, according to Rutgers Today. Since the start of the project, there have been 436 obser vations of 258 different species by 21 people, according to the iNaturalist website. Struwe said that last year’s record-breaking totals amassed to 20,823 observations of 4,874 species from 55 people, according
to Rutgers Today. She said she hopes these numbers continue to increase and counter “species blindness” — when people lack knowledge of and are unaware of the species surrounding them. People contributing to and discussing the species online allows for those unfamiliar with a species that they photographed or recorded to learn
more, because iNaturalist users can help you identify species, she said to Rutgers Today. “It all goes back to having that sense of community and sense of place and sense of the awesomeness of what’s around you,” Struwe said. “The truth is that biodiversity is ever ywhere and it’s not just in special places like nature preser ves.”
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Left criticizes NRA for wrong reasons A RINO’S VIEW ROBERT SURIANO
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ince the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which took the lives of 17 teachers and students, the nation has embarked on a debate over guns, the Second Amendment and school safety. In the course of this national debate, some of the most heated criticisms have been thrown toward the National Rifle Association (NRA). Members of the NRA have been accused of buying politicians, have been called murderers and have seen businesses cut ties with them. I understand that politics gets heated especially in the wake of such an unimaginable tragedy, and no one wins an award for politeness. My complaint is not with criticizing the NRA, but rather with the reason the Left is criticizing it. In short, the NRA has been worsening as an organization, but not for the reasons gun control activists argue. To start off, let me argue why some of the common attacks on the NRA are off the mark. Firstly, a common attack you may hear is that the NRA buys off politicians. This argument predisposes that there is a simple solution to the mass shooting problem, Republicans know it and agree with the solution but stand in the way of it because of their greed. This is silly of course as Second Amendment supporters do not believe that gun control measures introduced by the Left will stop mass shootings and do not want to sacrifice enumerated rights. The NRA does not find people ready and able to pass gun control legislation and bribe them into inaction. It finds people it agrees with and uses First Amendment rights to help its election chances. For example, the Left would not agree that a Democrat voting against a bill restricting abortion was only doing it because their campaign got donations from Planned Parenthood. Now moving on to those who blame the NRA for the Parkland shooting. This is wrong on the face as the shooter was not a member of the NRA, but more importantly this blame shifting lets people in power off the hook for their failings. Let me say this, the only person responsible for this monstrous act was the shooter. That being said, putting responsibility on the NRA misses the fact that law enforcement failed the victims in this case. Before the shooting, the sheriff’s department received 45
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calls concerning the shooter from as early as 2008, and while the shooting was taking place sheriff deputies, including the one assigned to the school, remained outside instead of confronting the shooter. These failures by a group sworn to protect the school and its students seem more relevant than a special interest group who advocates for a constitutional right. Does anyone argue that the ACLU is responsible for Nazi’s because it defends in court their right to march? No, because it is an outrageous charge. These unfair attacks on the NRA from people reported to disagree with the organization only serves to help the NRA, because it distracts from the very real problems and trajectory with the current NRA. Now let me explain why the NRA is currently acting badly and risking hurting its own mission. In recent months, the NRA has made some public blunders that risk its reputation. For example, the group did not defend Philando Castile enough, an African-American man who was shot by police after warning them of his legally-owned firearm. This has opened the NRA up to accusations of racial bias. I cannot say if it has one, but it seems to me the NRA is afraid of angering police and police supporters, which in the long term will hurt its stated goals. If the NRA is terrified of angering cops, how will it stand up to them if a “gun ban” comes. Also, I believe the NRA is risking becoming a simple partisan organization. In recent months, the organization published series of intense ads which have nothing to do with gun rights. If the NRA becomes or even seems to become a wing of the Republican Party, that will do a disservice to its cause. Constitutional rights should be nonpartisan, and if it does become partisan you risk driving half the country away. Plenty of the Democrats in this country own guns and support the Second Amendment, so the NRA should try to bring them in, not drive them away. I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and believe the right to bear arms is as important as freedom of speech or religion — that is why I want the NRA to be a better run organization with a narrow focus. That being said I think they should be treated fairly in a political debate and not be accused of murder.
omething that may still be unknown by slippery slope, where anyone who had some hand many members of the Rutgers community in a wrongdoing will be erased from history — and is how closely intertwined their University is since seemingly many of our past leaders took part with America’s shameful past of slavery and the dis- in some sort of wrongdoing, this renaming can go on placement of Native Americans. Not only was Henry ad infinitum. But when it comes to the Scarlet and Rutgers himself a slave owner, but so were multiple Black Project, this by no means needs to be the case. As Edwards said with regard to the initiative, “to other significant and well-known University founders, professors and trustees, such as Frederick Frel- truly praise Rutgers, we must honestly know it; and inghuysen, John Neilson and Philip French. Several to do that, we must gain a fuller understanding of it.” founders, including Henry Rutgers, were also active Though some parts of our University have been remembers of the American Colonization Society, which named to acknowledge slaves who helped build this was an organization that advocated for the resettle- school, those whose names have been removed are ment of freed slaves in Africa instead of allowing them not gone from our history. And as gut-wrenching as it may be to say, they are as integral to the creation to live freely in this country alongside white people. Rutgers’ Scarlet and Black Project is aimed at un- of this University as their slaves were. This is an unveiling the largely untold stories of slavery and dis- fortunate fact about Rutgers that we cannot ignore. placement embedded in our University’s history. It Since Rutgers prides itself on the fact that it is one of the most diverse and began in 2015 when inclusive universities a group of students in the U.S., to ignore concerned about parts of our past Rutgers’ racial and “... in order to proudly praise our University, these would be to undercultural environwe must know, understand and come to mine those values we ment brought their hold so deeply. interest in these asterms with even the parts of its history that Naming future pects of our Univerwe are most unproud of.” buildings and strucsity’s history to the tures after prominent attention of former Black or Native-AmerChancellor Richican figures is a step ard L. Edwards, who then created and appointed the Committee on in the right direction, and for Rutgers it is undoubtEnslaved and Disenfranchised Populations in Rut- edly the right thing to do. But it cannot end there. gers History. Since then, many changes have been Edwards was right — in order to proudly praise our implemented. To name some, in 2017 the apartments University, we must know, understand and come to at The Yard @ College Avenue were renamed the terms with even the parts of its history that we are Sojourner Truth Apartments to honor a slave owned most unproud of. For that reason, we suggest that at by the first president of Rutgers, Jacob Hardenbergh. the very least the University implement some sort of Additionally, Joyce Kilmer Library was renamed after informative requirement with regard to this subject that all students must partake in. For example, an Rutgers’ first Black graduate, James Dickson Carr. Some may think of these renamings as, on one extensive information session at all orientations, an hand, attempting to erase Rutgers’ history, or on the online course like the one for safe alcohol and drug other hand attempting to cover it up — as are com- use or even a core requirement aimed at the history mon points of discussion when it comes to things like of Rutgers. The only way, if any, that we can truly rectaking down confederate statues or flags from public oncile these parts of our school’s past is to spark an places, which is a seemingly parallel issue. To some, ongoing community conversation about it and why it renaming buildings has the potential to become a matters, beyond simply the names of buildings.
Robert Suriano is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in history. His column, “A RINO’s View,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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“Constitutional rights should be non partisan, and if it does become partisan you risk driving half the country away.”
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U. must acknowledge student parents’ need for parking help COMMENTARY LEO CHIAET
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am Leo Chiaet, and I am the Public Relations coordinator for Rutgers Students With Children. If you see fliers around campus advertising our group in the student centers, they are there because of me, and if you are interested in social justice I strongly recommend reaching out to us at rustudentparents@gmail.com. We need your help. We met with the Department of Transportation on Wednesday, Feb. 28, and we walked in with the expectation of being heard and working out the pressing issue of student-parent parking exemptions. It has been very difficult to get a meeting with anyone from the Department of Transportation, and so when we had gotten one with Jack Molenaar, the senior director, we were excited, but cautious. We have been to many other meetings with other administrators, and have walked away empty-handed, so we wanted to keep a realistic vision in mind for this meeting. We wanted him to grant the student parents at Rutgers passes to park on other campuses and to forgive outstanding ticket debts. I, personally, was expecting him to compromise on something and meet us somewhere in the middle. Molenaar did not compromise on anything. He instead wanted to lecture us
about the history of his job, and what he did to make traffic less congested, with all of the details and logistics that go into moving traffic through linear places like George Street. It almost felt like he wanted us to tell him how intelligent he was (even though we did, and we asked him to put his intelligence to use in figuring out how to make traffic allowances for student parents, and yet his answer was a firm no from the outset). It seems Molenaar’s scope of concern ends at traffic. It seems he does not care
the student-parent population is likely small enough to have a minuscule impact on traffic or that a delimited number of parking exemptions could even be set aside for student parents, such as they do at UCLA. Furthermore, he definitely does not care that student parents on campus are being saddled with hundreds of dollars of debt in parking tickets ever y semester from parking illegally in order to make it to classes on time, that they have their cars towed and financial holds put on their accounts and that this has
“This was just an example of another administrator deciding that student-parent populations do not matter.”
that certain populations of students are more vulnerable to barriers put up by parking regulations than others. He only sees students and the cars they drive as numbers. He does not care that students raising children have busy schedules and cannot drop their children off an hour or even half an hour earlier to daycare or school to park in a designated commuter lot and have time to ride the bus to their first class, and he does not care that
prevented many of them from obtaining an education. Parking presents a big barrier to student parents completing their courses, and often times they have to park in illegal spots in order to make it to class on time, because a lot of classes count late comings as absences. But Molenaar believes that if a student parent parks and accrues tickets, then that is their choice, and that there is nothing he could do about it. Why would a
student parent make the choice to accrue hundreds of dollars in tickets? When there is a group of people who have dismal drop out rates and the University does not accommodate for them, what the University is saying is that these kinds of people do not belong here. And while the University always totes policies that say “you are a student first and a (fill in the blank) second,” it does not provide that same support to parents that allows them to believe that they are a student at all if they are parenting. This was just an example of another administrator deciding that student-parent populations do not matter. In a school where retention rates are the pride of the administration, and diversity and inclusivity is touted as a rallying banner, it is a damn disgrace that Rutgers ignores the dropout rates of a group of people who are disproportionately affected by issues of racism, sexism and classism. The complete lack of respect and concern for this population is problematic. To Molenaar, you are wrong if you think student parents are not worth it, and I wish you could see that. And to the rest of Rutgers University, I sincerely hope you will not make the mistake of underestimating this population. Leo Chiaet is the public relations coordinator for Rutgers Students With Children. He is a School of Engineering sophomore.
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RIME, PLOrk tie music with technology in laptop orchestra show JORDAN LEVY
to be more about sonic exploration than the melody and harmony that you might expect at most concerts. Music was played from scores being electronically generated in real time, and there were multiple improvisatory works. RIME performed a piece called “Singaporean Crosswalk” composed by Joo Won Park. The piece required the performers to walk around the performance space, laptop in hand. Their movements and locations subtly altered the tone and rhythm of the piece, giving everyone in the room a unique experience, depending on where they sat. PLOrk performed music from Snyder, who also composes and designs instruments, and works by Earle Brown. PLOrk was accompanied by musical robots made by Kemper for one of their pieces. They also performed works based on neurons firing and graphical notation, which differs from the regular musical notation system. RIME and PLOrk also performed in tandem, playing an improvisation on white noise, inspired by famed electronic composer Pauline Oliveros.
Alongside laptops, instruments like the violin, bass drum, bassoon and trombone were used to emulate white noise. Marissa Hickman, a member of RIME, spoke about her long-held interest in music technology. “I’ve been interested in music technology throughout college, I was first introduced to it when I came to Rutgers, and I’ve taken a bunch of classes for it. Then I decided to do a minor in music technology,” the Mason Gross School of the Arts senior said. Hickman, a pianist, takes every opportunity to immerse herself in programs involving music technology, and RIME is a prime opportunity that she was eager to take. The difference between piano and laptop is vast, and Hickman detailed some of the unique problems that come with electronic performance. “A lot of things can go wrong, so you have to make sure everything is set up on time and set up correctly,” Hickman said. The concert was truly one of a kind, with music being stretched beyond the standard conventions, creating an intensely 21st-century experience.
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Music and technology have always been inseparable. In the 21st century, the relationship has become more intimate than ever, as computers are not just hosts for music, but instruments for performers as well. One of the first and most prominent ensembles using laptops is the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, or PLOrk. Princeton has had a long relationship with music technology. Their music professors were some of the founding members of the Computer Music Center (CMC). The CMC is the oldest electronic music research center in the country, started by Columbia and Princeton professors in the early 1950s. Drawing from a legacy tracing back decades, PLOrk was formed in 2005, and the group has performed in venues like Carnegie Hall and the American Academy of Sciences. Led by directors Jeff Snyder and Jason Treuting, PLOrk came to Mason Gross School of the Arts last night for a special performance with the Rutgers Interactive Music Ensemble, or RIME.
On Sunday, the Rutgers Interactive Music Ensemble (RIME) teamed up with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) to perform in its first public ensemble. JORDAN LEVY RIME is a new performing group at Mason Gross School of the Arts and last night was its ver y first public performance. Led by Professor Steven Kemper, who teaches Music Technology and Composition, the ensemble of Mason Gross students opened the concert. Kemper commented on his role at the school and with RIME.
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Happy Birthday: Step back and look at the big picture. It’s important to understand the magnitude of what you are trying to accomplish as a whole and to break it down into doable segments that will fit into your day-to-day schedule. Maintaining balance and integrity, and having the vision and the desire to do something beneficial, will make this year worthwhile. Your numbers are 7, 12, 23, 26, 31, 38, 47.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let impulsiveness get the best of you. Slow down and figure out the right way to handle situations that can affect your reputation or status. Speaking without accurate information will limit how to best move forward. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take the plunge and get things up and running. Work alone and forego joint financial endeavors. Take pride in what you can do and an opportunity will come your way. Don’t try to do the impossible. Protect against injury. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Sharing personal information or reconnecting with someone from your past will pose a problem for you. Focus on doing a good job and taking care of unfinished business. A compliment you receive could have ulterior motives attached. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s time to have some fun, follow your heart and engage in activities that make you happy. Look at your prospects and pursue your dreams. The sky is the limit. If you reach high enough, you will reach your goal. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): An opportunity will not be as good as declared. Do your homework before making a commitment that can tie up your time or cost you money. If you want to bring about positive changes, focus on personal growth and educational pursuits. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be anxious to make some changes to your social life and future plans. Don’t let impulsiveness take over. You can only fit so much into your day. Falling short on a promise you made will lead to a negative response. 4 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): You stand to gain if you participate in what’s going on around you. Networking functions and taking part in activities that include likeminded people are favored. Romance or personal improvements will highlight your day. 5 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t underestimate others. Just when you think you have agreed on something, someone will make a last-minute change to throw you off guard. Don’t give in to something that doesn’t work for you. Walk away and do your own thing. 2 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t let your generous nature get the best of you. Making others happy can be done without going into debt. The time you spend with the ones you love should be the greatest gift of all. What you provide is secondary. 2 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s up to you to bring about change. Don’t wait for someone else to step in and take over. Size up the extent of what needs to be done, make sure your plans are within reason, and move forward with confidence. 5 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Addressing matters concerning children, seniors and partners will bring about positive changes. An unusual opportunity will lead to personal gain. Get in touch with an old friend or relative, or sign up for an event that will improve your neighborhood. 4 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Opportunity is knocking and the chance to make a financial gain is within reach. Check out your options, look at your resources and don’t get flustered if someone doesn’t see things the same way you do. Do your own thing. 3 stars
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March 5, 2018 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK RUTGERS PROVED IT WAS BETTER THAN ITS RECORD SHOWED
RU gains respect from conference foes at tournament GRIFFIN WHITMER CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK, N.Y. — “They brought a lot of respect to this uniform,” said head coach Steve Pikiell. And he could not have put it any better. The Rutgers men’s basketball team entered the Big Ten Tournament with zero respect from anyone outside the program. Despite dropping a hardfought 82-75 contest to No. 8 Purdue on Friday night at Madison Square Garden, the Scarlet Knights walked off the court with the attention of the college basketball world. Rutgers is no longer a pushover, an automatic win or a conference bottom feeder. The past three days in New York City have cemented junior guard Corey Sanders as one of the greatest Knights in the last 20 years and the program as one that is here to stay. True freshman guard Geo Baker led the team with 25 points against one of the best defensive teams in the country. Sanders kicked in another 23, with the two guards looking like they were
messing around on the public courts and not the biggest stage in basketball. “I just wanted to step up for the seniors,” Baker said. “We didn’t want to go home. I knew that if we lost, it’s their last game ever with the program. Just thinking about that just made me want to fight even more. It just sucks that we came up short.” It was an emotional locker room, with several players wiping away tears and exchanging hugs with seniors such as guard Mike Williams, who earned the respect and admiration of every Rutgers fan with his play the last two seasons under Pikiell. After injuring his ankle in practice earlier in the year, many people, including Pikiell, thought his Knights career would be over. But he fought back and made it back to the court to finish out his four years. “(I) didn’t think I would even have him back. Tells you what kind of a kid he is, and that tells you what a Scarlet Knight is moving forward,” Pikiell said of Williams. “He’ll be an example to me and the rest of the team for the rest of my career. There will be a big picture of Mike in my office,
Freshman guard Geo Baker poured in 25 points for Rutgers on 50-percent shooting, while also grabbing four rebounds in the team’s 82-75 loss to Purdue. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / MARCH 2018 and next year at this time I’ll be calling him somewhere and I’ll be wishing he had another year of eligibility.” Friday marked the final game for Williams and fellow captains forward Deshawn Freeman and guard Jake Dadika, as well as forward Candido Sa. While it was a heartbreaking way for those four to go out, they all committed to Pikiell’s vision when he was first hired and helped to lay a strong foundation for the future.
“We gave it our all. I’m proud of the guys,” Freeman said after the game. Sophomore for ward Eugene Omoruyi contributed just 4 points against the Boilermakers, but had a breakout second season where he established himself as a top defender in the conference and a player that will not be denied a rebound or loose ball. That mindset comes from the leadership of players like Williams, who said he hoped to leave a “never say die” legacy and wanted to be remembered as a player that was never out-worked. “Everything... They’ve taught me everything,” Omoruyi said of the four seniors. “Every time I get ahead of myself, they calm me down. They’ve done everything for me.”
Williams may not have ended his career the way he dreamed of, but he knows that the way Rutgers played on Friday, the days of the Knights being a laughing stock are over. The team now has something extremely exciting to look forward to next season. “Yeah, that’s gonna stop. Definitely,” he said. “We just showed the world that we can play the No. 8 team in the nation and give them a huge scare. I’m just happy that I was able to be a part of the foundation. Happy I was able to be a part of something special. Nobody said this was gonna be easy. We showed the world that Rutgers is a team to be reckoned with.” As for the future, Baker put on a show for the world against Purdue, and with three years left of him, the Big Ten is in for a new era of Rutgers basketball. And while the Knights will be lauded for their effort, Baker said that the way they came so close and the way they played the last three days will only force him to work harder. “A game like this, a run like this actually makes you want to work harder,” Baker said. “It makes you want to go to the gym more, it makes you want to be better cause we understand how good we can be.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @GriffinWhitmer and @TargumSports on Twitter.
QUALIFIERS Suriano, Lewis, DeLuca, DelVecchio, John Van Brill move on to Cleveland CONTINUED FROM BACK compete for the rest of the day. Suriano missed the team’s final four dual meets due to an illness. “He’ll be ready (for nationals),” said head coach Scott Goodale, according to NJ Advance Media. “He needed probably another week … If he was good after the first one (he would have kept wrestling).” No. 5 seed DelVecchio defeated the Badgers’ unseeded Jens Lantz 3-1, before falling to Nebraska’s No. 4 seed Jason Renteria by that same score. DelVecchio then went on to wrestle Northwestern’s Colin Valdiviez in the loser’s bracket, securing a 10-1 major-decision win. Then, against Purdue’s No. 8 seed Ben Thornton, DelVecchio won 9-6, before losing to No. 3 seed Mitch McKee of the Golden Gophers 8-5. DelVecchio dropped the rematch against Renteria 3-2 to finish in sixth. At 149, No. 6 seed DeLuca soundly defeated the Boilermakers’ No. 11 seed Austin Nash by major decision, 14-5. In the second round, DeLuca suffered an 11-1 major-decision loss against the Wildcats’ No. 3 seed Ryan Deakin.
DeLuca then went on to defeat No. 12 seed Eric Barone of Illinois 4-1, before losing to Maryland’s No. 7 seed Alfred Bannister 5-4. In the fight for seventh place, Minnesota’s No. 9 seed Steve Bleise pinned DeLuca after 4 minutes and 21 seconds. No. 8 seed Van Brill opened up his weekend with a 4-2 victory over Purdue’s unseeded Griffin Parriott. But in the second round, facing the Hawkeyes’ No. 1 seed Michael Kemerer, Van Brill lost 15-5. On day two, Van Brill defeated Michigan State’s unseeded Jake Tucker 5-2, before losing to Nebraska’s No. 5 seed Tyler Berger 5-1, sending him to the seventh-place match. There, the Gophers’ No. 7 seed Jake Short pinned Van Brill in the second round. Noticeably absent from the pack who live to fight another day is No. 9 fifth-year senior 184-pounder Nicholas Gravina who missed the podium for a second consecutive year with his ninth-place finish. Nonetheless, Gravina has a good chance of joining his teammates in Cleveland with an at-large bid. For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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DEFEAT Knights crushed by Buckeyes, 82-57, in 3rd round of Tournament CONTINUED FROM BACK a 15-2 run from that point until halftime, heading into the locker room with a 15-point advantage. The third quarter was when the Buckeyes really started to have the game in hand, outscoring Rutgers 26-7 in the frame and taking a 69-33 lead into the final 10 minutes. The Knights made 2-of-11 attempted shots during that span, while Ohio State made 12-of-22. Rutgers managed to score 11 more points than the Buckeyes in the fourth quarter, but it was far from enough to come back and win. Ohio State had four players score in double figures, with senior Kelsey Mitchell — the coaches’ selection for Big Ten Player of the Year — leading the way with 22. The Buckeyes shot 48.3 percent from the field and 46.2 from 3-point range. Fifth-year senior Tyler Scaife led the Knights with 13 points,
and was the only player to score more than 10. After sitting out last season with an injury and watching her team win only six games, she was excited for the possibility of postseason play,
“We’ve had tremendous growth, and I think that’s rather obvious by our record.” C. VIVIAN STRINGER Head Coach
and doubted that this would be the last time she would suit up for Rutgers. “We definitely think we’re going to the postseason, so we’re ready to take a couple days off and get back at it. It matters when you have to get up at 5:30 or 6 in the morning,” Scaife said. “It matters when you don’t have a chance to even walk through the patterns of another team, especially one like
LOSS Rutgers closes season on high note as 4 seniors end their careers at MSG makers were largely consigned to the perimeter. A lot of that was the Knights’ doready ... But in terms for me, it felt ing, with Rutgers being content with really good going forward.” But of course, Baker’s 25 allowing them to hang out on the points could only rival Sanders, perimeter early on, as they strugbecause Sanders played how he gled from deep to begin the game, has all tournament. The guard missing their first seven attempts finished the night with 23 points before Vincent Edwards and Dakoon 11-of-20 shooting, putting his ta Mathias found their outside shots. It took an entire half for Carstournament total to 74 points. Joining Baker and Sanders, not en Edwards to get going as well, necessarily through his shooting, but when he did, he sparked an was senior guard Mike Williams 11-0 run out of the halftime break in his final game as a Knight. The to give Purdue its first lead of the Brooklyn, New York native, stand- game, and he continued his oning at only 6 feet 2 inches tall, led his slaught from 3 well into the second half. The point side in rebounds guard made with eight — four 3-pointers five coming on “I’m so excited about the on the night the offensive future. I really am. And en route to a end — contributing to Rutgers’ we’re going to get better 26-point performance, and rebounding reand better ... They liked was joined covery from its by Vincent last time out. the big stage, and I liked Edwards and And it was that they liked that. ” Mathias who not only Wilmade four and liams — the three 3-pointKnights as a STEVE PIKIELL ers for the whole made up Head Coach Boilermakers, for Thursday respectively. night’s poor It was ultimately the 3-ball that showing on the boards, where they were outrebounded 31-29 in their did the Knights in, an issue that is difficult to stave off against the best second-round win over Indiana. Against a frontcourt of a 3-point-shooting team in the confer7-foot-2-inch Isaac Haas and a ence. Not much can be expected of seven-rebounds-per-game Vin- a team facing another that makes cent Edwards, Rutgers amassed 43 percent of its shots from 3 and 54 36 rebounds compared to 28 for percent from the field as a whole. For Rutgers to stay competPurdue. That edge was especially felt on offense, with the team once itive until the final moments again staying resourceful with its against that level of competition offensive rebounds, collecting 20 says a lot about the program’s second-chance points on the night. growth, Pikiell would contend. Despite not taking in many To him, Purdue is one of the best boards himself, junior center teams in the country. “They’re in the top two in the Shaquille Doorson played a massive part in keeping Haas out of country in field goal percentage, the paint and cutting off the pass- making 3s,” Pikiell said. “They’re ing lines to the middle on defense. efficient. They have assists. They Haas got his fair share of have the most experienced team chances down low, but the Boiler- in the conference. They have size. CONTINUED FROM BACK
Ohio State. It matters what kind of rest time you have between games in every sport.” Still, she said it was a positive to prepare her team for a potential NCAA Tournament game. If the Knights do end up in the NCAA Tournament, Stringer thinks that they will definitely present a challenge for any team they meet. “I do believe that we’re really unique in our style. If I were
another team, I wouldn’t want to play us. We have the capability of doing a number of things that can be nerve rattling to anybody that we’re playing. We’ll be grateful for the opportunity should we get it, and we’ll take advantage of it,” Stringer said. For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Fifth-year senior guard Tyler Scaife scored 13 points, dished out an assist, grabbed two boards and had one steal for Rutgers on Friday. GARRETT STEFFE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2018
They have versatility. I mean, we outrebounded them. We did a lot of good things.” For the Knights — an essentially second-year program playing its third game in as many days against one of the best teams in the country — accomplishing what they did Friday night is as
good an indicator as any of where they are moving on from MSG back to Piscataway. The team is one round better than it was last year, and Pikiell sees that promise building. “I think you’re getting a dose of what we can be at Rutgers,” Pikiell said. “I’m so excited about the fu-
ture. I really am. And we’re going to get better and better ... They liked the big stage, and I liked that they liked that. And that bodes well for us moving forward in this league.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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“I do believe that we’re really unique in our style. If I were another team, I wouldn’t want to play us.” — Women’s basketball head coach C. Vivian Stringer on potentially reaching the NCAA’s
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Despite a loss in the conference tournament, the Rutgers women’s basketball team is assured of playing at least another game this season thanks to its body of work. The only question is: in what tournament? The Scarlet Knights (20-12, 7-9) bowed out of the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis with an 82-57 loss to top-seeded and No. 13 Ohio State (25-6, 13-3) on Friday. “I thought that (Ohio State) played brilliantly. We tried to exploit their weaknesses, but we were just overpowered. They’re a tough team to beat,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. Rutgers now waits until next Monday to see if it will be an at-large selection in the NCAA Tournament. ESPN’s Charlie Creme has it as a 10 seed and one of the “last four in” in his latest mock bracket. If the team ends up not making it, it will likely wind up in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) instead. The Knights started off the game strong, holding a 12-11 lead halfway through the first quarter. That would be the last time they held the lead, though, as the Buckeyes retook the lead on the next possession and ended the quarter with a 25-19 lead. “We’ve had tremendous growth, and I think that’s rather obvious by our record. That doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s enough to get the invitation that we would like to have,” Stringer said. “The greatest thing you could ever hope for is to control your own destiny. We’ve had chances to control our destiny throughout the year, and we have to accept whatever it is.” The team pulled within 2 points early in the second quarter, but Ohio State went on
The season remains alive for five members of the Rutgers wrestling team after reaching the podium at the Big Ten Championships in East Lansing, Michigan over the weekend. No. 7 fifth-year senior 165-pounder Richie Lewis, fifth-year senior 133-pounder Scott DelVecchio, No. 1 sophomore 125-pounder Nick Suriano, No. 12 fifth-year senior 149-pounder Eleazar DeLuca and No. 18 junior 157-pounder John Van Brill have all punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships, hosted inside the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio in two weeks. Despite the results, no Scarlet Knight headed to Cleveland will be doing so as a conference champ. Lewis paced the team with a third-place finish, while DelVecchio and Suriano each finished in sixth. DeLuca and Van Brill added a pair of eighth-place finishes, as well. Coming in as the No. 4 seed, Lewis, who moved up a weight class midway through the season, defeated No. 13 seed Brendan Burnham of Maryland by major decision, 20-7, in the first round. After that, he picked off Wisconsin’s No. 5 seed Evan Wick, 6-4, to reach the semifinals. There, Lewis lost to top-seeded and eventual champion Isaiah Martinez of Illinois, 8-5. In the consolation round, Lewis stunned Iowa’s No. 2 seed Alex Marinelli 7-5 to pull off the upset. In the third-place matchup, Lewis won by default after Wisconsin’s Wick had to medically forfeit. After his first round bye, No. 1 seed Suriano breezed past the Illini’s No. 9 seed Travis Piotrowski, 9-2. But in the semifinals against Minnesota’s No. 5 seed Ethan Lizak, Suriano was forced to a medical forfeit and did not
Brooklyn-native senior guard Mike Williams played his final game as a Scarlet Knight in front of his home crowd at Madison Square Garden. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / MARCH 2018
Season over for RU after 3rd-round loss to Purdue
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JON SPILLETTI CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK, N.Y. — There were not many people who expected “Let’s Go Rutgers” chants to rain down in the final seconds of the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament at Madison Square Garden (MSG). The Rutgers men’s basketball team (1519, 5-16) closed its 2017-2018 campaign with a third-round 82-75 loss to No. 8 Purdue (275, 16-3) in what many will qualify as a program-defining contest. Coming into the postseason as the No. 14 seed in the tournament, the Scarlet Knights pushed past Minnesota and Indiana in consecutive games only to take a strong-shooting Boilermakers side to the final seconds. “Just a program that don’t give up, that you can’t count out, even though we were put last, (sic)” said junior guard Corey Sanders.
Junior forward Caitlin Jenkins scored 5 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the loss. GARRETT STEFFE / FEBRUARY 2018 NBA SCORES
“That’s not how we’re going to finish. That’s not how we want to be remembered.” What Friday night’s game showed was that much of what was left on the court will not be left in memory. If anything, for any Rutgers fan, it was a promising glimpse into the next few years under head coach Steve Pikiell. Freshman guard Geo Baker had the best and most important performance of his collegiate career so far, matching his backcourt partner’s tournament exploits with a 25-point night, shooting 50 percent from the field. Baker had no issue making his own shots Friday night — rivaling Sanders in that respect — extending himself out to the perimeter, where he went 4-of-9 from beyond the arc. “It feels really good,” Baker said, on the confidence boost this gives him heading into the summer. “I’ve got great teammates and a great coach, always telling me to stay confident and SEE LOSS ON PAGE 11
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COREY SANDERS, junior guard on the men’s basketball team, exploded over the weekend in three games at the Big Ten Championships. Sanders combined to score 74 points on 53-percent shooting to lead Rutgers to the 3rd round of the tournament.
No. 7 fifth-year senior 165-pounder Richie Lewis placed third at the Big Ten’s. JEFFREY GOMEZ / JANUARY 2018
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