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Rutgers students face their fears at annual ‘Tower Jump’
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Christian Zapata
The Mark Leadership Conference, hosted by the Department of Leadership and Experiential Learning, had its fifth annual gathering on March 4 at the Livingston Student Center. The goal of the conference is to “inspire action among students and encourage them to think
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Students had the chance to face their fears one dive at a time this past Friday at the annual “Tower Jump” at the Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus. Normally hosted in the beginning of April, the event allows students to take a chance jumping off of one of the three diving platforms in the Rutgers Aquatic Center, according to the Student Affairs site. Elizabeth Yarus, the aquatics coordinator, said they invite students once a year to jump off the different levels of towers. Working their way up from the 5-meter to the 7-meter then the 10-meter it is an opportunity that students do not usually get, to overcome their fears and have a good time. Yarus inherited the event two years ago when she first became aquatics coordinator and said students are generally hesitant but excited when approaching the jump. They are excited to overcome their fears and it exhilarates them when they are able to complete the jump. “Occasionally we’ve had people require a lot of extra encouragement to make the jump and some only do one or two stations, but most people know they’re here and know they might not get that opportunity again,” she said. Each student starts at the 1-meter platform in order to practice jumping in the straight body position, Yarus said. From there, students line up and progress through the various heights leading up to the 10-meter platform.
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critically about the ‘mark’ they will leave on the world around them,” according to the Mark Conference website. One of this year’s guest speakers was Olympic gold-medalist Laurie Hernandez. “The leadership unit on campus wanted to create something new and innovative for our students. We wanted to explore leadership See conference on Page 4
Every year, the Aquatics Coordinator invites students to jump from the 5-, 7- and 10-meter diving platforms at the Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus. Christian Zapata / CONTRIBUTING WRITER Fred Woodruff, head diving coach for the women’s swimming and diving team and event organizer, said it was very exciting to the watch the event progress over time. While the first year only had roughly 20 students, more than 80 students came the following year after hearing about the event through friends. The event took place at the Rutgers Aquatic Center, equipped with an Olympic-sized swimming pool measuring 50 by 25 meters long with a 17-foot diving well and a 10-meter diving tower, according to the school’s site. It has become very popular, and he tries to promote the event as best he can so students are able to come
out and challenge themselves and try something new, he said. A lot of times students look at the diving platforms without being able to use them and this event serves as a treat once a year, he said. “Most students are pretty excited that they made the jump and met the challenge to do something they never did before. It’s really exciting for them so we hope to continue the event for years to come,” he said. Prior to his jump, Andrew Nelson, a School of Engineering senior, said he was excited to take part in the event. As a senior, it was his last chance to take the plunge and something he looked forward to for See jump on Page 4
This year, Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez spoke at the Mark Leadership Conference at Rutgers. More than 500 attendees gathered to participate in the nine-hour event. Casey Ambrosio
Entrepreneurs showcase startups at ‘Demo Day’ Christian Zapata contributing writer
In order to further product development and entrepreneurship among Rutgers undergraduates, several Rutgers graduates working in conjunction with RAMENWORKS created “Demo Day”, an opportunity to showcase Rutgers student-based startup companies. RAMENWORKS, the New York City-based startup company, focuses its attention on middle market cities with limited access to capital, said Ryan Toa, a Rutgers Business School sophomore and RAMENWORKS student partner. They set out to challenge this as institutions like
New York University, with entrepreneurial labs, continue to out-contend smaller cities like New Brunswick. The current model for business students tends to eliminate the need for startup companies and streamlines them into a corporate culture. With the help from his company they have been able to reintroduce the need for these businesses and develop professional presentations to showcase for investors at their “Demo Day,” Toa said. “As a student venture partner, my job is to make sure that I understand these startups, that I work with them and make sure they know what they’re doing come “Demo Day.” This See startups on Page 4
On March 1, RAMENWORKS hosted ‘Demo Day’ to give New Brunswick student startups a chance to showcase their ideas to investors. Five teams from Rutgers—New Brunswick participated in the event this year. FACEBOOK
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U. Bass Fishing Club competes in collegiate tournaments Max Marcus contributing writer
Fishing may be less popular in New Jersey than in other parts of the country, but the Rutgers Bass Fishing Club gives students who do enjoy the sport a place to pursue it. “It’s a pretty challenging sport,” said Marcus Pescinski, a Rutgers Business School senior and president of the club. “You can’t be good at it off the bat. It takes patience and dedication.” There are two aspects to the club, he said. Club members get together to go fishing for fun whenever they can. But the club also participates in competitive collegiate fishing tournaments. Pescinski said that the club participates in the Northern Conference of the college league, which is run by Fishing League Worldwide (FWL). Fishing season spans from the spring through the fall, and the conference holds three tournaments each season. If the team finishes in the top 10 of any of those tournaments, they advance to the conference championships. If they finish in the top 10 of the championships, they advance to nationals. “It’s not by division the way (National Collegiate Athletic Association) NCAA sports are,” Pescinski said. “So we see community colleges all the way through Division I ... These schools will have like ten boats, The Rutgers Bass Fishing Club is newly established on campus and gives students the chance to fish, either competitively or for fun. wrapped in their school’s logos. The team participates in three major tournaments prior to the championship portion of the season. Courtesy of Marcus Pescinski We’ve fished with schools where it’s a Division I sport and you can compete if you have your own “Stuff where we can get to know know where to go to fish, what and where in the lake the fish are areas of the lake, what time of most likely to bite, he said. be a scholar athlete ... They have bass boat. These have to be at each other more and have fun.” “We do a lot of research beforeNuara said the club has day is best temperature-wise,” coaches, full gear, everything. I least 17 feet long, 50 horsepower. don’t think Rutgers realizes that These are boats that, brand new, gone fishing in local lakes like he said. “For us, we grew up in hand,” Pescinski said. “You get Round Valley Reservoir, Spruce New Jersey. There are not too topographic maps of the bottom are 20, 30 thousand dollars.” this is more than a fishing club.” of the lake. You figure out where Shane Nuara, a School of Envi- Run Recreational Area and Far- many lakes.” Pescinski said that the club Fishing, whether recreational- there might be rock piles or lacks the financial resources to ronmental and Biological Scienc- rington Lake. In New Jersey, where large ly or competitively, is more stra- grassy spots where the fish might compete as often as they would es junior, said that the team’s only like to. All the lakes in the North- boat is the one that he owns. And lakes are few and far between, tegic and less about luck than be hiding. We use Google Earth to see where east region are might be over 400 miles “I’ve had friends who are like, ‘Dude, this is so boring, when are you gonna catch anything, why are you doing there trees or grass in away, and Rutthis?’ And I’m like, ‘Watch.’ Throw something out there, catch like a 3-pound bass ... ” the water.” gers Sports But Nuara said Clubs will only marcus pescinski that this should reimburse a President of The Bass Fishing Club and Rutgers Business School Senior not dissuade club’s expenses beginners who for trips within in a tournament, only two fisher- the Department of Environmen- most people realize, Pescinski would like to learn about fishing. 350 miles of Rutgers. “I’ve had friends who are like, tal Protection’s Divison of Fish said. There are many variables Access to fishing boats is an- men are allowed to a boat. Even so, Nuara said that the and Wildlife stocks lakes and that require consideration, in- ‘Dude, this is so boring, when other financial issue for the club, club would rather devote its en- ponds with fish for the purpose of cluding time of year, temperature are you gonna catch anything, Pescinski said. “When this club first start- ergies to organizing informal fish- recreational fishing, Nuara said. and whether it is mating season, why are you doing this?’ And I’m He also added that he is willing all of which influence how the like, ‘Watch.’ Throw something ed, all of the tournaments used ing outings. out there, catch like, a 3-pound “Moving forward, we would to go fishing in virtually any body fish will behave. to provide the boats. They’d get Armed with the right informa- bass, we’re like, ‘Dude, that fish volunteers to drive the boats, so like to try to get more of just hav- of water. “There (are) people who tion, the fisherman is able to de- was flying out of the water,’” there wasn’t any barrier to entry,” ing fun fishing, doing mini tourPescinski said. “Now you can only naments within the club,” he said. grew up on lakes and they just termine what kind of lure to use Pescinski said.
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startups Demo Day drew 150 attendees, presenting unique chance for entrepreneurs to network which led them to organize the idea that is now Demo Day. Fusiarz reached out to Toa last is game time, it’s their big coming-out party so we want to make fall in hope that they would find reoccurring success through Rutsure they’re ready,” he said. Demo Day was a group-funded gers-based startups. In order to event that came together over eight prove they could provide student weeks and turned out over 150 at- entrepreneurship new opportunitendees, validating members that ties, Fusiarz quickly assembled a their idea was gaining momentum, team of five partners in various Toa said. Sourcing startups have leadership positions throughout been an immense opportunity for campus, he said. “Since March of last year we’ve the group and has helped further their work experience by creating been building case studies to show new members that the camnew internship opportunities. RAMENWORKS works in puses we’re on have the potential conjunction with all startup com- for success and that we’re receivpanies that they feel have the po- ing help from other entrepreneurtential to succeed based on their ial businesses to support these level of commitment to their idea. startups,” Fusiarz said. Having four startups present at An open-minded approach has Demo Day has granted them further encouraccessibility to all up-and-com“Since March of last year aged the team to out more ing startups, we’ve been building case seek Rutgers-based thus capturing studies to show new organizations. a piece of the market that othmembers that the cam- The partnerand funder companies puses we’re on have the ships ing they have remiss out on, potential for success...” ceived over the Toa said. last few years “Our propatryk Fusiarz allowed them gram is open Rutgers—Newark College of Arts and to continue deto anyone that Sciences Junior veloping events has at least one like Demo student based Day and estabout of Rutgers. As long as you have a startup lish a social presence on campus, company and are interested in he said. The group constantly looks to entrepreneurship, you’re a valid make new connections and partcandidate,” he said. It is all about customer value ner with different companies, and proposition, Toa said. In order to they encourage that students do achieve success in entrepreneur- the same if they wish to find sucship, one must have the will not to cess in their startup, he said. Be abrasive, Fusiarz said. In orgive up. If one person shuts an individual down, they simply move der for someone’s idea to be suconto the next until they get the cessful, it means that they must be willing to walk into 10 differanswer they are looking for. Patryk Fusiarz, a Rutgers—New- ent New York City firms looking ark graduate and co-founder of RA- for someone to answer questions MENWORKS, said this is the larg- or have a 15-minute conversation over and over again. est event they have ever hosted. “It’s reassuring to know we’ve Coming out of late March last year, the company was ready to received support, but as good as debut with four Rutgers-based I want to feel, I know we can go startups they felt were ready to so much further,” he said. “At the meet with investors, Fusiarz said. end of the day, we want to grow Since then they have received a into investing on our own rather large reception of student startups than connecting people and (we) looking for their idea to be voiced, won’t be happy until we get there.” continued from front
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it outdo the year before, she said. There is always a desire to achieve more and offer something original, 5th annual event involved 20 different speakers, this year being multimedia and virtual reality. ranging from celebrities to students For one student, the conference was successful in their own stories and perspec- its intent. Dennison Adad, a continued from front tives. The diversity of lifestyles post-graduate student in the in a ver y different way…(by) and mindsets offered what Gi- School of Engineering said she inspiring students through a nese called “a transformation- had never previously attended the Mark conference, but enTED-style format,” said Robyn al experience.” Besides the main speaking joyed it. Ginese, director for Leadership “I thought this conference and Experiential Learning in the events, there were also other energizers that the students could was done really well. I thought Student Affairs Division. This conference is the main participate in. Breakouts were in- the speakers were great and event held by the Department fused into the nine-hour long day ver y motivational. One of the of Leadership and Experiential to allow attendees to expose them- best things about this conferLearning, and this year it sold selves to different activities. Activ- ence, I thought, was the diverout the fastest it has in five years. ities like black-out archery tag and sity in the stories. I think for School of Environmental and light saber competitions serve as those who think they aren’t Biological Studies junior Jessica relaxing breaks, but also as an seen in the world or that people Thorpe said the conference this opportunity to meet new people don’t relate to them, I think this kind of event will inspire people year welcomed more than 500 and network. “(The conference) brings Rut- to aspire toward their dreams,” individuals from all over the trigers as a whole together. The Adad said. state area. Students have Thorpe, shared over who is Speak100 pictures er Logistics their expeCaptain for “The students really envision everything. My job in the of riences at the the conferdepartment, from a professional standpoint, is to help conference with ence, is one of the nuthem actualize those ideas, and so we sit there and try the hashtag, #MyMark on merous stuto think bigger and bigger every year.” Instagram. dent leaders Thorne said who helped robyn ginese she hopes that organize Director for Leadership and Experiential Learning in the Student Affairs Division this event has the event. motivated stuAlthough dents to achieve the Departwhat they ment of Leadership and Experiential Learning community we had today was want, no matter their age or goal. is professionally-staffed, the event amazing,” Thorpe said. Ginese said the energy at the “I think (an event like this) is was run completely by Rutgers students. There were eight Mark conference was electrifying and it so important because it demoncaptains who lead the group and was crucial to grant students the strates to students that they don’t have to wait,” she said. “They don’t roughly 50-60 other students, freedom to forge connections. An event as large and encom- have to wait until after college to deemed “the SWAT team,” who passing as this did not come make a mark. You don’t have to assisted with other duties. “The students really envi- without its challenges, though. say ‘Oh, I’ll start that business afsion ever ything. My job in the As Speaker Logistics Captain, ter college.’ You can start now. Get department, from a profession- Thorne was responsible for out there and do what you can.” al standpoint, is to help them reaching out to speakers and deactualize those ideas, and so ciding which ones were compatiwe sit there and tr y to think ble with Mark’s goal. “The hardest part was finding bigger and bigger ever y year,” the speakers who will speak to Ginese said. This year’s conference in- the students. There are so many volved roughly 20 speakers, all speakers out there, and they all Attendence quadrupled hailing from various walks of life. have a stor y, but we wanted to between 1st, 2nd Tower In addition to Olympic gymnast pick the ones that will really hit Laurie Hernandez, presenters home with our students and our Jump included tech entrepreneur Yas- attendees. It can be difficult bemine Mustafa, and professional cause you have to find such good spoken word poet Rudy Francis- speakers like we had today,” co — as well as Rutgers students. Thorpe said. continued from front To Ginese, the toughest aspect of There were seven Ignite speakers, all students, who presented organizing the conference is having a while. Without a fear of heights, he was confident in his abilities and had previous experience cliff diving a depth similar to that of the 7-meter platform. “It was fun, I felt like I was in the air for a really long time. I worked my way up from the (5-meter), to the 7, then the 10-(meter) lastly. I’d definitely do it again given the opportunity,” he said. Matthew Peacock, a Rutgers Business School senior, said he had been cliff diving before but did not expect this jump to be nearly double the height. Going in, he said he knew he was not going to let the opportunity pass and insisted on making it all the way to the top. Just go for it, Peacock said. He said it is much safer than cliff diving since students are in a controlled environment with lifeguards and staff constantly monitoring the water. “It’s a lot higher than I thought it was looking up underneath the platform,” he said. “It felt good, I’m a senior and it’s something I had to do before I graduated so I brought five of my friends out here with me for a good experience.”
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‘Get Out’ urges blackon-black rescuing
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et Out,” the new comedic thriller writA ‘POPPED’ CULTURE ten and directed by Jordan Peele, has been packing movie theaters MICHAEL ANDERSON since its debut on Feb. 24. The film amplifies the small, non-comedic but truly horrifying moments black people experience on a daily basis through micro-aggressions and navigating black spaces. There have been plenty of articles touching upon the many subtle nuances of the movie. Many talk about its nods to slave-trading in America, others speak about what the film means in terms of cultural appropriation by white people and others talk about the non-inclusive nature of white feminism. All of these articles are brilliant, but I saw few articles that spoke about what the movie offers in terms of its lesson about black interpersonal relationships. While the movie is clearly a “black film,” it does not have many black people, thus making it hard to not focus on the white horrific actions throughout the film. Yet we are given great lessons about the importance of black resistance through black-on-black rescue, even when it seems that staying and trying to help other black people is detrimental to our own lives. It is easy to selfishly say that black lives matter in the sense that we want white people to recognize our humanity, but “Get Out” encourages us to remember that, before white people understand this, other black lives must unequivocally matter in the hearts of black people themselves. The movie tells us time and time again to save each other. In the movie, black people are hypnotized, their bodies remain functional, but their consciousness is stolen from them and are forced to remain elsewhere. This elsewhere is called the “sunken place” in the movie. We do see brief moments of the black inner consciousness trying to regain control of their bodies. The first time we see it is when Georgina, the hypnotized, black house maid pours out ice tea for Chris, the black lead. It is important to note the first thing that every black hypnotized person does when they “regain consciousness.” They try to save another black life. Georgina is trying to save Chris when her inner consciousness forces her body to flinch as she pours the tea. Her character is immediately dismissed by a white authority figure soon after when she is told to go “rest.” Don’t rest Georgina, stay woke. When Andrew, the hypnotized black man at the function, regains consciousness and control of his body, his first instinct is to put his own life in danger while trying to save Chris’s life. Given his actions are much more direct, he is physically removed by white authority figures immediately after. The theme of black-on-black rescue becomes even more pressing when the movie takes a turn for the worse. The most important rescue scene is when Chris brings Georgina into the car when he sees her lying on the ground. He knows that his own life will be in danger if he goes back for her, but the black loves prevail and he drags her into the car anyway. He knew that she was far from regaining consciousness and did not have the means to save herself yet. Outside of the metaphor of the movie, Georgina could represent black people without academic, political, social or economic access. Chris, the self-aware black individual, did not see her as his enemy — he saw her for what she truly was: a victim. The first thing Walter, the other hypnotized black man, does when he regains consciousness, is save Chris’s life by shooting his attacker. The ultimate savior of the movie is Chris’s close friend, Rod. Rod spends the entire movie trying to save Chris. He warns Chris before he embarks down a dangerous path by educating Chris and keeping him under his wing even though Chris remains optimistic about his situation. Rod tries to rally other black lives to help him save his friend, and when they fail him he takes initiative and removes Chris from the unhealthy environment himself. The black community must embrace the idea of unselfish saving. For too many years, black people, once we have “saved ourselves” either economically or academically, become complacent. We leave the hood, we do not look back and we condescendingly look down on other black lives. Black people buy into individualist capitalist white-supremacist mindsets when they choose to forget the black community once the “American Dream” has worked in their favors. J.Cole, ironically on a song called “Role Models,” sings “Don’t save her, she don’t wanna be saved.” While the saving he speaks of is governed by patriarchal sexist mindsets, under the context of “Get Out,” black people should not heed J.Cole’s words and instead always be in the business of saving each other. By saving I do not mean bringing other black people up to empty white-European standards of success. Saving here means caring enough to teach, empathize, motivate and love each other. It is also important to note that no black person in “Get Out” is able to save another black life, until they regain consciousness, take control of their body and become empowered enough to save themselves first. Michael Anderson is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies with minors in Africana studies and digital communication, information and media. His column, “A ‘Popped’ Culture,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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America, haven’t we been here before? Neglect of Pence’s use of private email shows double standards
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t is usually President Donald J. Trump who comes a private email server while he was guilty of someunder the scrutiny of the media, and although thing so similar is so hypocritical that it is hard to there has been recent news about Trump tweet- process. And Pence is right — the two circumstancing out claims that former President Barack Obama es are not the same. A lot of the uproar surrounding Clinton’s Wikileaks ordered Trump’s phones to be tapped, Trump’s Vice President Mike Pence’s headline-worthy news seem had to do with how closely her administration was ensuring that her public image was kept in tact, and to be even more prominent. Because of emails being released to the press, it did not specifically reveal much about the candidate was discovered that Pence had been using his own herself. Clinton was investigated and was not proseprivate email account when managing business cuted. Meanwhile, Pence has claimed that there was during his time as governor of Indiana. It was re- nothing classified in his emails. This does not make ported that the contents of his email included sensi- sense as some of the emails were not disclosed betive matters such as homeland security, also includ- cause “the state (considered) them confidential and ing inquiries about investigations on vandalism, too sensitive to release to the public.” The most uprequests to promote op-eds that advocated for the setting part of this ordeal is that Pence’s email has barring of Syrian refugees from settling in the state been hacked in the past. Last year, the person who and even topics about responses to terror attacks hacked Pence’s AOL account had sent out emails around the world. The media was not able to de- to many people stating that Pence had been robbed in the Philippines termine how often and was in need of Pence used his primoney. Pence was vate AOL email ac“The most upsetting part of this ordeal is never investigated count over the one that Pence’s email has been hacked in for this, and for him the state assigned the past.” to be able to joke to him, but after beabout this while an ing confronted with extremely similar sitthe release of information, Pence’s response was to joke that the most uation had ruined the election chances for Clinton is embarrassing aspect of this information is that now unfair, if not anything else. The conversation that is important to have here Americans would be made aware of the fact that Pence was one of the few people who still had an is surrounding this question: What would happen if this fact had been discovered during the election? AOL account. One of the first obvious questions relayed to Pence Would it have even made a difference? Pence may was whether or not he felt sympathy for former Sec- not have created his own server as Clinton did, but retary of State Hillary Clinton, whose failure to win what he did what was wrong, regardless. Double the 2016 presidential election is often credited to her standards seem to be prominent in this conversation, private email server, which Wikileaks launched a as it seems as though this news would not have hurt “searchable archive” for. But Pence responded that Pence’s campaign. Look at the consequences now: the situations were entirely different because of Without any investigation, this seems to be yet anPence’s former position as governor compared to other piece of recent news that is brushed under the Clinton’s former position as secretary of state. This table with Trump’s administration. The general public jokes that this should be expected from the two, is problematic. For Pence to have previously been a part of a but if this is the new norm, then America needs to campaign that ran heavily upon the slogan to “Lock consider if it’s lowering its standards for the people her up!” when referring to Clinton and her use of who are in charge. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 149th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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March 6, 2017
Proactive conversations between men can combat misogyny GOT RIGHTS? HARLEEN SINGH
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ne-third of the girls in underdeveloped countries are married before the age of 18, and one of every nine girls are married before 15. Not to diminish the discrimination that women in the United States face, and partially because it’s been socialized in me, but I can’t even begin to comprehend the toil women in third-world countries have to face. The women in underdeveloped countries are generally treated like actual objects, as if their sole purpose in life is to quench and cater to man’s every need. To pleasure him, to bear him sons (and sons only), to cook for him, clean for him and to entertain him. The mindset that men are far more superior than women is so deeply set in their society that people (mothers and fathers alike) feel no empathy for the little girls they give away to older men in exchange for a service or to settle a mere feud. Female life is given little to no regard and women are only perceived valuable or are only lauded when they produce a male heir, otherwise, they’re deemed as useless. All that little girl is ever going to know is pain, pressure, rape and sexual assault. She’s going to get pregnant and be expected to give birth. But if she herself is still
growing and developing, how on Earth is she going to be able to reproduce safely? What kind of life is that? How can someone be expected to live a life without any education, any goals or ambitions? Child brides have their entire futures, innocence, sense of contentment and dignity stripped away from them. It’s important to educate people about internalizing gender equality. The root of the problem started from the patriarchal society and the mentality that men are superior to women has still carried
dominance. If only boys were raised with even half the rumination as daughters in South East Asia are subjected to. Half as much bidding, constraint and caution. But the freedoms in a boy’s upbringing are absolute, especially those in third-world countries. Since sexual assault isn’t a daily threat to boys, it isn’t even brought up. It’s not something even considered worth talking about. But at the end of the day, parents raising daughters can’t put an end to sexual assault or to sexist ideology. They can only
“Fathers need to set good examples for their sons, as their sons will learn to treat women the same way their father treats women, so it’s highly imperative to demonstrate respect and equality.” centuries later and it’s quite perplexing. How do we prevent the universal mistreatment of women? What will it take for society to finally accept women to be as capable or as valuable as their male counterparts? How many more female lives or generations will need to suffer before drastic change is enforced? We need to start talking more about sexual assault and rape. We need to teach not to rape, instead of how not to get raped. We need to stop thinking that manhood is displaying machismo and power, and redefine what it means to be a man. It starts with the basis of the entire predicament: Male
issue a solid amount of warnings and hope for the best for their little girl. Parents of boys, on the other hand, have a lot of room to change the way the future generation of males treat women. Instead of parents teaching their girls caution, they should be teaching their sons about consent. Instead of teaching us trepidation or apprehension, they should be teaching their sons reverence. They should teach their sons about the significance of gender equality, and that “no” quite simply means no. And that males are not entitled to any part of a female’s body, attention or time. Or that they
don’t have the leisure to take whatever they please. Girls should not be taught modesty or humility, but rather boys should be taught about the concept of personal space and how to respect it. Girls should not be taught to avert, preclude or shy away from gazes, but boys should be taught not to stare. Growing up, boys should be subjected and introduced to the idea of healthy relationships, romance and masculinity. Boys should be taught to be angered by rape, sexual assault and unjust crimes against women. All women. Not just women they would consider to be wives, mothers or sisters. They should be taught that all people of all genders sanction and warrant respect. Boys need to be taught that love and care is something that is built, not coerced. That sex is agreed upon, not taken. Fathers need to set good examples for their sons, as their sons will learn to treat women the same way their fathers treat women, so it’s highly imperative to demonstrate respect and equality. Instead of raising girls to be wary of men, parents should raise their sons to be men who quite simply don’t need to be feared. It’s time that we, men and women alike, come together to finally diminish the nefarious flame of misogyny that still burns bright in our society today. Harleen Singh is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year majoring in cell biology and neuroscience. Her column, “Got Rights?”, runs on alternate Mondays.
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Professor creates low temperature solidification system
Richard Riman founded Solidia Technologies, a company which aims to spread the use of a specifically created cement which reduces water consumption and carbon dioxide emission. Madhuri Bhupathiraju / SCIENCE EDITOR
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Richard Riman, a distinguished professor in the Department of Material Sciences and Engineering, has developed a low-temperature solidification process that reduces carbon dioxide emissions, consumes less water during cement production and lowers production costs. Riman’s research group has produced a patented technology that allows ceramic composite materials to be manufactured at temperatures much lower than standard current methods. Ceramic materials are required to be processed through high temperatures in order to be solidified. His research is focused on trying to find ways of using water and other solvents to lower the temperatures that are used to make these materials, he said. “All that stuff is very carefully engineered to solidify at high temperatures. What I’ve done is develop a process that allows materials to solidify at much lower temperatures,” Riman said. Temperatures for making ceramics are usually around 1,000 degrees Celsius and higher and this is much hotter than anything a kitchen oven can do, Riman said. The technology Riman is working on allows a person to use what could be considered baking equipment to process the materials. A normal kitchen oven can go up to around 350 degrees Celsius, he said. One of the big advantages of such a technology is its ability to lower production costs. “You can go out and buy a stove for a 1,000 bucks but kilns are way more expensive. If you’re trying to build a factory, you’re talking millions or hundreds of millions of dollars so if we can use the new processes that I’m introducing, then we have some really interesting ways of breaking price barriers on materials,” he said. If it costs less to build a factory, then there is no need to borrow or
spend as much money to build a company, Riman said. Riman’s current main area of focus with this technology is producing concrete at lower temperatures. Concrete is typically made up of cement, sand and gravel, so they focus on producing cement with the hydrothermal solvothermal technology, he said. Apart from the financial convenience, Riman’s new technology also provides ecological gains. “Every time you’re burning fuel, you’re releasing carbon dioxide and water,” Riman said. “If you’re running a furnace at lower temperature, it means you are burning less fuel which means you’re releasing less carbon dioxide.” Cement is one of the largest carbon dioxide emitters of any single chemical that is manufactured in the industry, he said. In current cement production, the cement reacts with water and becomes a part of the crystal structure of the bonded matrix that allows concrete to hold together, he said. “When you’re making cement, you usually have to use freshwater, and only 3 percent of all the water in the world is freshwater and only 1 percent is drinkable and usually when you make cement, you use potable water. You’re using tens of billions of gallons of drinkable water that people can otherwise use,” he said. With the hydrothermal solvothermal method of cement production, the cement reacts with carbon dioxide rather than water. The cement reacts with the carbon dioxide and makes calcium carbonate and silica as products, he said. In Riman’s cement, the calcium to silicon ratio is only 1 to 1 so that material does not react with water. “This technology doesn’t consume water. In fact, if you use water with the process, you can capture the water and re-use it so you don’t even necessarily even consume the smaller amount of water that’s used,” he said.
Riman started his own company, Solidia Technologies, back in 2007 in order to commercialize his product. The company is based in Piscataway and employees develop the technology and go around the world teaching people how to make this kind of cement and make this special kind of concrete. The goal is for the technology to go worldwide, he said “If the world tomorrow were to use this technology, we probably could reduce the carbon dioxide admitted into the air by 3 billion tons a year. The world now emits around 35 billion tons and we’re both consuming carbon dioxide and releasing less of (it) when making the cement. You end up preventing a lot of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere,” Riman said. The world actually does not manufacture enough commercial carbon dioxide to be able to sustain the complete replacement of concrete that’s out there now with this new material, he said. At the same time, nobody’s going to produce all that carbon dioxide if there is not a material or a process that will use it. So far, over 100 or 150 patent application for the technology have been filed around the world, he said. Riman thinks this technology will be all over the world in probably 10 years. Apart from concrete, the hydrothermal solvothermal technology can be used to manufacture a variety of materials. Riman started a second company, RRTC Inc., which focuses on using the technology for other new types of new age, next generation material composites. Materials can be made out of a mix of polymers and ceramics, metals and ceramics, and could even possibly be a replacement for carbon fiber composites which you find in a lot of highend products like automobiles and aircrafts and things like that, said Kevin Blinn a senior engineer at RRTC.
Blinn was a previous undergraduate in the Department of Material Sciences and Engineering and did his senior project with Riman. RRTC started a little over a year ago and gained venture funding that came in last April. The company focuses on applying the low-temperature solidification technology to new materials, Blinn said. One project they are currently working on includes producing a lighter material to be used for automobiles. One of our big drivers is actually coming up with greener processes for making these materials. We have a similar theme with Solidia in that regard,” Blinn said. “Another common
theme we have with Solidia is that we’re tr ying to find new ways to incorporate carbon dioxide itself into our materials, that further drives down the carbon dioxide footprint.” Sabri Rafi, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, believes that other companies should invest in this type of technology. Demand by citizens will force countries to push companies toward that direction to save the planet, so it makes sense for companies to diversify their investment into other means, he said. “I believe that transitioning towards eco-friendlier manufacturing processes is not only a more sustainable solution for our planet but one that is sensible economically,” Rafi said.
SIMPLE SCIENCE HOW DO TOUCH SCREENS WORK?
Touch screens are now becoming a part of most digital tools. There are three systems in which devices can recognize and process a touch.
Resistive System
This system contains a glass panel which is coated by a conductive and resistive metallic layer which is then covered with a scratch resistant layer, according to How Stuff Works. The glass panel and metallic layer are separated by spacers. An electric current is passed through the two layers and when someone touches the screen, the two layers come together in that spot. The change in electrical filed is marked and its coordinates are translated into something that the operating system can provide an output for, according to the site.
Capacitive System
This system has a layer with an electrical charge on top of
the glass panel. During a finger touch, some charge is passed into the finger. The decrease in charge on the charged layer is measured by circuits in the corners of the screen and the location of the touch is calculated, according to the site. This information is then sent to the driver software.
Surface Acoustic Wave System
Two transducers are placed along the length and width of the glass panel as well as reflectors that reflect signals sent between the two transducers, according to the site. If a touch disrupts a wave, the receiving transducer can locate where the touch occurred. Resistive and acoustic systems allow for the screen to sense the touch of any object whereas capacitive systems must have conductive inputs such as human skin, according to the site.
DIVERSIONS
March 6, 2017
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Happy Birthday: Gather information and use it to stabilize your personal and professional status. Make choices that promote your values and resonate with others. Don’t allow vanity or fear to stop you from reaching out, standing up and taking notice of what needs to be done. Be the conduit for change in your life and in your community. Your numbers are 1, 6, 15, 21, 27, 30, 42.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stay focused on what you can accomplish. If you try to do too much, you will fall short of your goals. Partnerships can be established or taken to the next level. A passionate approach to life and learning will help you excel. 4 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Aim to get things done and to lessen your burdens. It’s important to assess your friendships and consider who is heading down a similar path. Secrets are best kept that way until you feel comfortable enough to share personal information. 4 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Keep your feelings locked up until you know exactly what someone has in mind. Listen carefully and only take part if you are certain you will not be taken for granted. Ulterior motives are prevalent. Physical improvements will turn out well. 3 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Put your emotions aside and stay focused on the chores, responsibilities and creative endeavors that need to be finished. If you take on too much, you will end up accomplishing little. Don’t let temptation come between you and a chance to succeed. 3 stars
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t try to escape from reality. Get a firm grip on what it is you feel destined to do, and get moving. Personal improvements will be a good place to start. Celebrate new beginnings with someone you love. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Make conversation and build stronger relationships with the people you feel you have something in common with. A creative project will put you one step closer to gaining respect and personal satisfaction. Follow your instincts and you will reach your goals. 4 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Observe what’s going on around you. Make subtle changes to the way you do things and try your best to keep the peace. You’ll have to dodge anyone looking for a fight. Personal alterations are favored. 2 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Play to win. Get into conversations that will encourage growth and positive changes. Put some muscle behind your plans and progress will be made. An entertaining pastime will change your way of thinking. 5 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take charge of your life and do something about the way you live. Put some muscle behind your plans and initiate what you want to see unfold. Love and romance are highlighted and will enhance your life. Dismiss evasive rhetoric. 3 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Pay more attention to what others are doing or saying. You may end up being the subject of someone’s gossip. Your best recourse is to leave no room for error, share little personal information and do things by yourself. 3 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Get involved and be willing to do your own thing. The stars are aligned and the only thing holding you back is yourself. Personal improvements will highlight your day. 5 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be the storm that precipitates reform. Use your clout, your voice and your physical stamina to make a difference and help the little guy. Use your imagination and innovative ideas will sprout. Don’t give up. 2 stars
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CHAMPIONSHIP Knights finish in 8th place with 67.5 points behind 1st-place Ohio State continued from back and the team’s goal for the Big Ten Championships. Rutgers (12-5, 6-3) as a whole saw a middle-of-the-road performance in which the Piscataway side tied for eighth
place out of 14 with Wisconsin at 67.5 points. “I thought we really bounced back. We didn’t wrestle great yesterday, but we had a really good night round, which allowed us to get some guys through,” said head coach Scott Goodale.
Junior 149-pounder Scott DelVecchio secured a seventh-place finish. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017
WIN Rutgers caps off regular season earning its 3rd Big Ten win against Illinois continued from back the points, prompting him to take not one but two timeouts. The latter timeout was followed by the insertion of Jake Dadika into the game. The walk-on guard provided a spark, dishing two assists to junior guard Mike Williams, who sank two straight treys to initiate the 13-3 run. “I have a never-say-die attitude. I’m going to fight no matter what,” Williams said. “Like coach Pikiell says, it’s basketball, anything could happen. And luckily, those two big threes were able to spark us. The crowd got into it and we fed off that energy and we were able to pull off the win.” The game became a backand-forth slugfest, with Sanders answering a Maverick Morgan dunk and layup and a Malcolm Hill three-pointer with three consecutive successful drives to the basket. The Lakeland, Florida, native scored 10 straight points for Rutgers, teeing up Freeman’s game winner before even making the assist. It was a stark contrast to his last performance, where he went 2-for-10 in a loss to Mar yland. “I just wanted to stay aggressive,” Sanders said. “Last game, when I was cold against Maryland, I just stopped attacking ... Today I wasn’t going to let it affect me. I was cold but I just wanted to keep attacking and hopefully it
was going to fall, which it did today. That was a big boost for us. It was reminiscent of Sanders’ performance the last time the Knights faced the Illini, when he hit a game-tying three as time expired to push the game into triple-overtime, one that was picked as the top play on SportsCenter’s ‘Top 10 Plays’ countdown the next day. Sanders didn’t make it back onto the countdown for a third time, but he was more than happy to see Rutgers win. “That’s crazy,” Sanders said of Rutgers’ recent history against Illinois. “I walked into the locker room and (to Deshawn Freeman), I was like ‘D, it’s something about Illinois.’” It served as the best possible send off for senior center C.J. Gettys, who contributed 8 points, nine rebounds and an assist, most of which came in a first half his team dominated for the most part. When Pikiell shook the hand of every last fan remaining in the student section minutes after the final buzzer, he was asked to bring Gettys with him for their last chance to say goodbye. The love felt by the fans is palpable, so much so that Pikiell called Gettys a “cult-hero.” “It was great,” Gettys said of his regular season send-off. “I want to thank Coach Pikiell for the opportunity to come play for him. If I could do this, make the decision (of where to go for my postgrad
The weekend presented a sharp divide between Ashnault and the rest of the Knights side, as the South Plainfield native was the only one to advance to the semifinals. Of the others, six wrestlers won their opening matches to advance to the quarterfinals, while freshman 125-pounder Brandon Paetzell and junior 165-pounder Dylan Painton were eliminated from the competition with two losses in the early going. Despite the drop-off in performance from last year’s squad, some wrestlers watching from the outside for much of the season showed encouraging signs in the weekend’s play. Junior 133-pounder Scott DelVecchio enjoyed a series of low-scoring bouts to a seventh-place finish. No. 9 DelVecchio ushered in his weekend with a commanding victory over No. 8 Luke Welch before almost stealing a victory over No. 1 Nathan Tomasello. Another South Plainfield product, DelVecchio earned his second consecutive NCAA Championship berth, putting him at a unique position relative to the rest of his team. Though the weekend did not go as smoothly for Paetzell, the other freshman taking the mat this weekend, 197-pounder Matthew Correnti, worked a clinic in knocking off higher-ranked talent, defeating No. 5 Ricky Robertson in the first round. Going into the event unranked, Correnti cruised his way to a national championship bid with a sixth-place finish. While there was uncertainty surrounding the likes of Correnti
and DelVecchio, due to their contentious positions in the lineup throughout the season, less could be said from those like No. 5 Ken Theobold and No. 7 Nicholas Gravina, whose consistency for the Knights has been a welcome element to an otherwise turbulent 2016-2017 campaign. Senior 149-pounder Theobold had an eventful day one on Saturday, collecting two major decisions before being narrowly toppled by No. 4 Alfred Bannister. Theobold made his case for the national stage regardless, pinning Northwestern’s Shayne Oster in 2:21 to round out a successful Big Ten campaign with a fifth-place finish. Gravina, on the other hand, faced a much more trying weekend in Bloomington. The junior 184-pounder, who had been dealing with shoulder complications throughout the weekend, lost his first two matches to wrestlers below his rank. In the consolation rounds, Gravina made good on his word to finish throuwgh the field, securing a ninth-place finish with a win over No. 9 Mitch Sliga. “He’s in, and no one cares about your conference tournaments at this point, right?” Goodale said. “It’s about the national tournament, and the seeds won’t matter and the records won’t matter. It’s about getting hot the last three days of March.” In a similar position to Gravina was sophomore 174-pounder Jordan Pagano, whose rise up the top of the national rankings has given Goodale and company much-needed depth at the tail end of the lineup.
No. 6 Pagano was held scoreless in the first round by No. 11 Ryan Christensen, which sent him to the consolation rounds wrestling for ninth place. Falling to No. 10 Brett Pfarr, Pagano’s NCAA status now rests on the selection show. On the opposite end was the other rising star this season, sophomore 157-pounder John Van Brill, who fared well on the weekend, securing a seventh-place finish with a shutout decision over No. 5 Kyle Langenderfer. Rounding out the Rutgers qualifiers was junior heavyweight Razohnn Gross, who secured a NCAA Championship place with a sixth-place performance over the weekend. The weekend fell short of the team’s expectations, who, from the start of the season, anticipated sending the full field to the national championships. With only six wrestlers heading to St. Louis next weekend, and only one making it past the quarterfinals this weekend, there exists a drop-off in performance from last year’s squad, one that sent all 10 wrestlers with multiple top finishes. As for Ashnault, it’s a week of preparing to exceed last year’s result. For someone who has done almost everything there is to do in collegiate wrestling, one accomplishment still eludes him. Unlike last year, a semifinal just won’t do. “Right now, just the focus is on going to nationals and doing what I can,” Ashnault said. “I really want to get to the top of the podium, that’s been the goal my whole career.”
year) 100 times, I’d come here 100 out of 100 times. To end on a game like that is crazy. ... I didn’t score but I did what I could and these guys finished it off.” Heading to Washington D.C. for the Big Ten Tournament this week, the victor y gives the Knights momentum as they enter the stage of the season where a loss sends them back home for good.
But even when it eventually happens, Rutgers can look back on its first season with Pikiell and see the progress its had. The Knights doubled their win total from last season, reached a program-high in Big Ten wins, improved on nearly every statistical category and to top it off, finally ended up on the right side of one of the many, many close games it played.
“What a great win on Senior Day,” Pikiell said. “I really feel like we’ve made tremendous progress and you got to see that today ... To be able to come away with a great win to wrap up the year here at home in a great environment was tremendous.”
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“I really want to get to the top of the podium, that’s been the goal my whole career.” — Junior 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault on the NCAA Championships
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WRESTLING RUTGERS QUALIFIES 6 WRESTLERS TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ashnault secures 2nd Big Ten Championship Jon Spilletti Sports Editor
He led the attack early. Latching onto the leg in the opening minute, junior 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault of the Rutgers wrestling team secured the takedown and riding time beyond necessity. Never one to settle, it soon became nearfall after near-fall after near-fall, and the No. 1 overall seed could see a second Big Ten Championship around the corner. “I got on him right away, I was pulling on him the whole time, and got to that takedown,” Ashnault said. “Right when I got on top, I got my two-on-one and got that roll-through tilt that I always get, so that really opened up the match. From there I felt really dominant.” Nabbing a 15-2 major decision in the finals over Michigan State’s Javier Gasca III, Ashnault booked his ticket to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship with ease, only giving up four points in total over three matches, putting away Cole Martin and Luke Pletcher in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. But Ashnault won’t be alone on the plane ride to St. Louis, as the Scarlet Knights qualified six wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, four down from last year’s crop Junior 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault won his 2nd consecutive Big Ten Championship on Sunday with a 15-2 major decision over Michigan State’s Javier Gasca III. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017
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MEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 62, ILLINOIS 59
Freeman’s game-winner seals RU win Brian Fonseca Correspondent
Junior Deshawn Freeman celebrates his game-winning 3-pointer, capping off Rutgers’ last home game of the season. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR NBA SCORES
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Golden State New York
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Boston Phoenix
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Corey Sanders took the ball up the court with 30 seconds remaining in the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s regular season finale against Illinois. The sophomore guard had been on a tear in the second half, making up for a paltr y 1-for-10 clip in the first half by driving to the basket and hitting five shots in nine attempts en route to 13 points in the final 20 minutes. That includes three straight layups to complete a 10-point comeback and another with 59 seconds remaining to tie the game at 59, setting up a chance to repeat his magic from a year ago in the same venue against the same opponent. Everyone at the Rutgers Athletic Center, all 5,706 of them, thought he’d be the one to take the final shot, so when he dished the ball to junior forward Deshawn Freeman on the perimeter with 10 ticks to go, most were caught off-guard. This included the Fighting Illini, who left him open from beyond the arc. So Freeman let it fly as Malcolm Hill closed out on defense, silencing the building before bringing everyone in it to their feet as his 15th career three-point attempt
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freshman attacker, scored a career-high 4 goals in No. 14 Rutgers’ 13-11 victory over No. 19 Brown. Mullins scored 3 of those goals in the fourth quarter, icing the win for the Scarlet Knights with his first career hat trick on Saturday.
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went through the hoop, hitting nothing but net to give Rutgers a 3-point lead with seven seconds remaining. Freeman hopped up after falling down following his shot and ran back on defense, where he grabbed the rebound of a last-second heave from Illinois to seal the 62-59 victory on Senior Day to send off the other half of Ghost Gang on a high. “Yeah, I thought it was good,” Freeman said when asked if he felt the shot was going in when it left his hands. “I just gotta give credit to God, man, and I gotta give credit to Corey. He made a good pass and I was able to knock it down.” Though the distance of his game-winner was surprising, his late-game heroics were not. Freeman led all scorers with a game-high 21 points on a near flawless 7-for-8 day from the field and a perfect 6-for-6 performance from the free throw line. One of those shots, a layup with eight minutes to go, was the cherry on top of a 13-3 run from the Knights, one that came shortly after Illinois used a 17-4 run out of the break to take a game-high 10 point lead in the first five minutes of the second half. Pikiell grew increasingly upset at his team’s effort, or lack thereof, as the Illini packed on
SWIMMING AND DIVING
TENNIS
BASEBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Zone Diving Championships
vs. Binghamton
at Iona
vs. No. 11 Seed TBD
Today, TBA, Christiansburg, Va.
Wednesday, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, 3 p.m., EBRC New Rochelle, N.Y.
Wednesday, 7 p.m., Washington, D.C.