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RUSA bill seeks to assist commuters with college MADHURI BHUPATHIRAJU CORRESPONDENT
Rutgers student organizations are working on programs to make commuters feel more connected to their campus. The Off-Campus Student Association, with the support of the Rutgers University Student Assembly, is working toward implementing a new Commuter Assistant Program for the upcoming academic year. Murtuza Hussain, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, is the OCSA initiatives chair and RUSA chief of staff, as well as the author of the Commuter Assistant initiative resolution. “Fifty-seven percent of our student body is now a commuter or off-campus student, and it’s been increasing over the years,” he said. “About 40.5 percent of them said they don’t feel connected on campus at all.” Surveys show that students are feeling more disconnected to campus-life now than ever, according to the resolution.
On-campus students have resident assistants who help integrate them into Rutgers by helping answer questions and providing oppor tunities for engagement at Rutgers’ events, according to the resolution. A commuter assistant would mentor first-year commuter students by providing tips and advice and by helping make connections with other resources and student organizations, according to the resolution. “Ideally there would be about 20 CA’s and each CA would have about 20 students they can mentor. The CA’s would be in constant contact with them through email, GroupMe, Facebook, etc.,” Murtuza said. The details are still being finalized, he said. “What we’re proposing is that during orientation, or during emails, all freshman commuters coming to Rutgers would get an email saying, if you want a CA, you can sign up for one,” he said. SEE COLLEGE ON PAGE 4
Assembly passes Title IX resolution for members ROMAN GERUS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers University Student Assembly passed a resolution for all RUSA members to complete sexual misconduct training under Title IX guidelines. The resolution, which was passed unanimously on Feb. 11, according to an article by The Daily Targum, was created by Margaux Taylor, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, Mohamed Asker, a School of Engineering sophomore, and Natalie Settimo,
a School of Arts and Science firstyear student. The training takes about an hour and is required of all students involved with RUSA, Asker said. This mandate will officially go into effect after the election of a new student body in April. The training is run by the Office of Student Affairs Compliance. It covers definitions of various interpersonal and sexual misconduct violations, including but not limited to sexual assault, sexual harassment, interpersonal violence and stalking. SEE RESOLUTION ON PAGE 4
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 550 cases of meningitis in the country in 2013. Last week, a student was hospitalized after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. SUSMITA PARUCHURI / DESIGN EDITOR
Student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, hospitalized over break NIKHILESH DE AND BUSHRA HASAN STAFF WRITERS
A Rutgers student was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and hospitalized on March 18, according to an email sent to the University community by Melodee Lasky, assistant vice chancellor for Health and Wellness. “Those who had close contact with the student are being notified so they can receive antibiotics as a preventative measure,” Lasky said.
Between 10 and 15 out of every 100 people infected with bacterial meningitis die from the infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the 100 survivors, 11 to 19 people experience long-term effects, ranging from brain damage to hearing loss. This comes out to about 18 cases for every 10 million people in the United States. While children less than 12 months SEE MENINGITIS ON PAGE 4
Comedian alumnus runs Chicago Improv Festival, expands career JESSICA HERRING STAFF WRITER
One in five women at Rutgers experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact, with 23 percent not discussing it with their friends, according to the iSpeak survey. SUSMITA PARUCHURI / DESIGN EDITOR
The student’s identity was not disclosed to the public. Meningococcus, the colloquial name for Neisseria meningitidis, is an illness affecting the lining of the brain and spinal cord and infecting the bloodstream. The disease is treatable with antibiotics, but requires immediate medical attention, according to the email. The New Jersey Department of Health is conducting special testing to determine the specific type of bacteria that is causing the illness, Lasky said.
An English major with a focus on cinema studies has developed into a famous comedian with ties to one of the world’s largest sketch comedy festivals. Jonald Reyes, who graduated from Rutgers in 2001, now works with the Chicago Improv Festival to help other comedians find their audiences. “The months leading up to the Chicago Improv Festival were careful and detailed in planning,” he said. “Once we got to a month before the week of CIF performances, I was constantly thinking about it.” As the producer for the Chicago Improv Festival in 2015, Reyes led the logistics and operations of the how the festival itself ran. The Chicago Improv Festival takes place
for one week and is held at multiple venues, he said. For 2015, they were in 16 different venues with more than 150 acts, he said. Reyes was the point person between the Festival and each venue, he said. He also led the marketing, web development, social media and record keeping for the Festival with the help of his assistant producers. Over the years, he said he has been able to develop a routine and balance multiple projects. “I think anytime you perform as part of a festival, it adds a bit more excitement and ner vousness,” he said. There is an expectation to be good but even more so due to being a part of this big name festival, he said. During festivals, Reyes has had the opportunity to perform sketch, improv and direct material.
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One of the benefits that some festivals provide is access to watch other shows for free, Reyes said. So he often observes what other people have been working on. “I actually really enjoy watching other peoples’ work,” he said. As the associate producer for the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival and Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, Reyes helps with being the point person between comedy groups and the Festival. He assists in submissions, social media and house management duties. “In five years, I’m hoping to have another feature length film either in the works or under my belt,” he said. “As a producer of theater, I’d really like to own my own theater,” he said. Right now, Reyes is directing and producing “Blackfish The Musical,” SEE CAREER ON PAGE 4
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Campus Calendar TUESDAY MARCH 22 The Department of Germanic, Russian, and Eastern European Languages and Literatures presents “Empire on the Post-Soviet Screen Spring 2016 Film Series” at 5 p.m. at the Zimmerli Art Museum. The event is free and open to the public. The Eagleton Institute of Politics Alumni Committee presents “Political Film Screening — Chisholm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed” from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wood Lawn Mansion on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The Catholic Student Association presents “Catholic Confession Service” from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Catholic Center on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Services presents “Mindfulness Meditation” from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Busch Student Center. The event is free and open to the public. WEDNESDAY MARCH 23 University Career Services presents “DECISIONS: Choose a Major that Fits You” from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Gateway Transit Village on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Charlotte M. Craig and Bob Craig present “Craig Young Scholar Lecture Series: Gabriel Trop” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the German House on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Department of Neurology presents “Neurology Grand Rounds” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Clinical Academic Building on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Violin master class with Frank Almond” from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Marryott Music Building, Stephanie Morris on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Department of Nutritional Sciences presents “Brown fat and browning of white fat in the prevention of metabolic syndrome: evidence from human studies?” from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Institute of Jazz Studies presents “Free Concert with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin Quartet” from 2:30 to 4 p.m. located at 15 Washington St. in Newark, New Jersey, on the Rutgers—Newark campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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Students hope to raise awareness of international issues SANJANA CHANDRASEKHARAN STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers University Global Citizens Club aims to provide students with a sense of belonging to their original identity, as well as their community and the world. By working with a partnership between local schools and a school in Gaborone, Botswana, they seek to empower the next generation of Global Citizens by promoting universal education on campus. The club was created to spread global citizenry on campus, said Saba Yasmin, a School of Arts and Sciences junior and co-president of the club. “Our general meetings tackles important issues like multiculturalism and women’s rights around the world, and our events raise money for important initiatives like global education and domestic violence,” she said. From the first discussion that she attended, Val Melikhova, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, knew that this was an organization that could really bring awareness and change at Rutgers. “I decided to get even more involved by the end of the semester by running for a position in the club, and so far it’s been a truly rewarding experience,” she said. “I am glad to see how the Global Citizen family has grown in just a year.” The club has the potential to create change on campus simply by increasing awareness and empathy for global issues, Yasmin said.
The Rutgers University Global Citizens hope to raise awareness of multiculturalism and women’s rights around the world, as well as help support philanthropic campaigns, such as the United Nations’ 16 Days Against Gender Based Violence. YOUTUBE The club works to serve as a The club has steadily increased But some difficulties they have dealt with include logistics and conduit for cultural exchange be- membership and continues to have communication, she said. The tween elementary students of dif- that comfortable environment that allows each member to speak club allows each member to have ferent cultures. freely and a say and voice learn more. their opinion Some of and concerns, the events the allowing them “It’s been a truly rewarding experience and I am glad club has held to easily solve to see how the Global Citizen family has grown.” include raising these issues. awareness for One of the VAL MELIKHOVA human trafmain goals of School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore ficking, a cofthe club is to feehouse for have a stable victims of doand strong mestic violence inter national Their largest accomplishments and soon, a benefit dinner for globpartnership with a school overseas, said Meghan Margino, a School of have been the ability to get people al education. Marie Callahan, one of the Arts and Sciences junior and the to discuss and learn about complicated global issues, Yasmin said. co-founders of the club, said they club’s co-president.
would be holding a benefit for their future school partnership on March 25 at the Zimmerli Art Museum. “All proceeds will be going directly to benefit this partnership to help it start off as strong as possible. We also support the UN Women’s 16 Days Against Gender Based Violence campaign every year. We hold events to spread awareness. This is something I personally look forward to planning every year,” she said. Yasmin said the club has increased her knowledge of global issues. “I am also grateful for my wonderful team and our fantastic general members for the warm and welcoming atmosphere,” she said.
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Other schools with commuter assistant programs demonstrate large success rate, according to bill CONTINUED FROM FRONT
The commuter system would help them acclimate into Rutgers and hopefully get them involved in more programs and events. The program is modeled off of similar commuter programs from other universities such as New York University, Drexel University and Stony Brook University. Surveys show a huge success rate of this program in other colleges where a majority of the commuter students say they benefited from their CA, according to the resolution. The resolution passed through RUSA with unanimous consent, but the proposal still needs to be approved by the upper administration. Many commuters express the disconnectedness they feel with campus life. “I have a few friends that dorm and sometimes I see flyers
in their dorm and I see flyers around the school ever y once in awhile, but other than that it’s hard for me to find out about events,” said Lizbeth Cespedes, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Neha Ashraf, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore said, she does not feel as connected as she would like to, but it has not changed during her two years of attending Rutgers. Facebook events are a way to help keep her connected to what is happening on campus. Murtuza said he understands the difficulties of adjusting to school, especially as a commuter. “I hope this program can help students feel more related and more connected on campus,” he said. “That’s the ultimate goal ... I just want this to get approval because I know it’s going to help thousands of students in the future.”
A new bill passed by the Rutgers University Student Assembly aims to help commuters cope with school through an assistant program. JULIAN PEREZ / NOVEMBER 2015
RESOLUTION More than 20 percent of women at school have unwanted sexual contact, according to survey CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Taylor has completed the Title IX training and said the course delves into the process in which these violations are treated and reprimanded accordingly. “I have gone through Title IX training, and after having done so was reached out to by Mohamed Asker with the idea that the whole RUSA body should as well,” Taylor said. Taylor, Asker and Settimo wrote the bill, but further research and cooperation with other departments played essential roles in the process. Taylor had done research with Title IX Compliance Coordinator Jackie Moran and said the training is an invaluable instrument for justice for students and their peers who have been victims of these crimes. “So many people have no idea what happens when they or
their friend is sexually assaulted. Thankfully, I think most students know to call (the Of fice for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance), but a huge por tion of students don’t know what happens on the compliance side,” Taylor said. The training is designed to help students help themselves and each other in difficult situations, according to Student Affairs Compliance. In crimes involving sexual or interpersonal misconduct, ignorance and insufficient training are often the catalysts for an inflammatory situation. This can hopefully be avoided with proper instruction from the course. This training will give students more knowledge about what happens and enable them to speak out in the event that the Title IX depar tment is not upholding their duty, Taylor said.
MARCH 21 SECAUCUS — A 51-yearold woman of Union City crashed into a Secacus fire engine in the Plaza at Harmon Meadows. Her Ford Explorer struck the fire truck while it was responding to a call at about 11 a.m. in the morning. No one was injured, police said. The woman was arrested for an outstanding failure-to-appear warrant in Jersey City, but she was not charged with collision, Detective Sgt. Mike Torres said.
Jonald Reyes produced the 2015 Chicago Improv Festival. The Class of 2001 graduate has spent the last 15 years working on his career in comedy. COURTESY OF JONALD REYES
CAREER Reyes is developing satirical musical inspired by ‘Blackfish’ documentary, he says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
a satirical story based off of the 2013 documentary. “This musical has received amazing exposure and positive feedback,” he said. Reyes said being Asian-American and performing on stage tackles one stereotype — that it is possible to be an Asian-American comedian. “Being who I am and looking the way I do is different from the Caucasian, male prototype that society is so used to,” he said. If Reyes is performing, he believes he can be an example for other Asian-Americans who want to try it out. Reyes said a documentary he filmed and produced, “That Asian Thing” was accepted into the Independent Features Film Festival, which was held at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City. It was his first film festival experience, but Reyes sold out his
screening slot and won the Festival’s Audience Choice award. “The whole experience was surreal and it truly showed me how much support my relatives, my Jersey friends and Rutgers family had for me,” he said. As a comedian, Reyes seeks human behavior as inspiration. He watches people and tries to figure out why people do what they do, including his own behavior. Jay Steigmann, director of K-Spa Time Machine and Reyes’s comedy troupe, Stir Friday Night, said the comedian is enter taining. Stir Friday Night has created a large amount of material, Steigmann said. Reyes’s work ethic leads to his spending excessive amounts of time perfecting his material. “K-spa was both funny and heartfelt. He is going to take over Chicago,” she said. “He has a major presence and his future is unlimited.”
About 20 percent of female rights and will make more prostudents at the University re- cessed decisions,” Asker said. The students and staff in the ported unwanted sexual contact on campus, according program are well-versed in areas to a previous article by The of students rights and the process of sexual and interpersonal misDaily Targum. Of these, only 77 percent dis- conduct, he said. The students are cussed unwanted sexual contact taught how to make informed deciwith a friend. Less than 8 percent sions in a timely matter that benefit discussed the contact with Rut- themselves and their community. Therefore, gers officials. it is not only Before coma course for ing to college, in24 percent of “So many people have no individual centives, but women had idea what happens when on how to already expereach out to a rienced sexthey or their friend is larger base of ual violence, sexually assaulted.” support and to according to unite in a comthe ar ticle. MARGAUX TAYLOR mon cause. “In my opinSchool of Arts and Sciences Sophomore “I also beion, a huge lieve that havpar t of sexing this oneual assault hour training prevention is done through education, the will benefit the people that we more we educate our students are connected too,” Asker said. about the issue, in any way “Many of our friends expect we can, even if it is just about us as student leaders to know the policy, the more students our rights, and this training will feel comfor table speak- will provide us with the necesing out about these issues,” sar y information and resources to inform our fellow stuTaylor said. “I think RUSA members will dents of necessar y information be more conscientious of their if needed.”
MARCH 21 SALEM — Rick Gazzola, 45, of Lower Alloways Creek Township, will go to state prison after pleading guilty to second-degree aggravated sexual assault. When Gazzola was arrested, he was employed as a Social Studies teacher at Salem Middle School, and his teaching license will be permanently revoked, said Salem County Prosecutor John T. Lenahan. The victim was a young girl and family friend. Gazzola is scheduled for sentencing on June 2.
MENINGITIS 15 per 100 people die from disease, according to CDC CONTINUED FROM FRONT
old are most susceptible to the disease, those between 16 and 23 years old are also likely to be diagnosed with the disease, according to the CDC. Symptoms include high fever, chills, rashes, fatigue, confusion, nausea and vomiting, rapid breathing, sensitivity to light, headache or a stiff neck, showing up within two days of the infection, sometimes within a few hours, Lasky said. Students experiencing any of those symptoms should contact their medical provider, especially given the recent case of meningitis at the University, Lasky said. Students who are not experiencing these symptoms should remain cautious anyway. Meningitis is usually transmitted through direct exchange of respiratory secretions such as when coughing, sharing drinks, kissing or being in close proximity to someone affected for an extended amount of time. The illness is not spread by simply breathing the air where an infected individual has been. The University Health Services advises the student body to stay vigilant and recommends good personal hygiene practices such as washing hands, covering coughs and not sharing drinks, utensils or cigarettes with others. The New Jersey Department of Health does not recommend the cancellation of any activities or scheduled events on campus at the moment. “Members of the University community who experience symptoms or have health concerns may visit their health care provider,” she said. “Students may visit Rutgers Health Services Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Hurtado Health Center and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Busch/Livingston Health Center and the Cook/Douglass Health Center.”
March 22, 2016
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Artificial intelligence takes on global game champions
An artifical intelligence program known as AlphaGo has defeated an 18-time world champion at the board game. Its use of more complicated learning techniques means it is a very intelligent computer. GRAPHIC BY RAMYA CHITIBOMMA / STAFF DESIGNER
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the presence of the features it is meant to look for. If it does not find a feature that it should, the neural numerical values are In the last few weeks, an artificial changed so it does work, accordintelligence (AI) program has been ing to the site. competing with a world champion Recently, researchers have broboard game player, showing off ken down objects into many laythe strong advances Google has ers, with the first-layer learning made in artificial intelligence. basic recurring features that are The AI, named AlphaGo, beat recognizable. That information is 18-time world Go champion passed to later layers which recLee Sedol in a series of five Go ognize more complex features matches, and showed the world and combinations of prior inforhow advanced AI research is, acmation, according to the site. cording to the MIT Technology This is comparable to how faReview website. cial recognition software works, AlphaGo showed off some difwhere the computer looks for a ferent learning techniques used basic feature, such as the curves by an AI, such as deep learning of an eye, then looks for the whole and a tree-search. Using these eye and eventually finds the whole techniques in a complex game face, according to datarobot.com. shows how intelligent the AI is, Deep learnalthough it has ing has many more room to applications grow, accordin addition ing to the site. “I think (Go) is really the pinnacle to learning Go is a (of complex board gaming).” to play board board game ingames and vented in Asia GEOFFREY HINTON facial recogand played for Cognitive Psychologist and Computer Scientist nition. It is thousands of used for lanyears. Players guage translatake turns plaction, molecule ing stones on a board, trying to surround empty techniques,” and can be used to recognition and reverse image areas and capture the opponent’s learn features of different objects searches, according to MIT Techstones, according to the British or systems, such as the curves in nology Review. In the future, deep learning and handwriting and the strategies of Go Association website. AI can be used for self driving Similar AI victories have taken Go, according to datarobot.com. Researchers tried to increase cars, train systems to recognize place in games such as Jeopardy, with IBM’s Watson winning the complexity with which com- and translate spoken language in 2011 and in chess when Gar- puters can recognize these small and suggest advertisements ry Kasparov was defeated two features, but the technology was based on a person’s web search decades ago, according to Ma- not powerful enough to accommo- history, according to the site. At the end of the day, people clean’s, a weekly news magazine date such additions, according to should not be afraid of AI advancthe site. in Canada. In a virtual neural network, the es because of possible harm that Geoffrey Hinton, a cognitive psychologist and computer scien- computer creates virtual neurons could come from it, Hinton said. tist who is known for his work in with a random numerical value, Many technological advances can neural networks and deep learn- between zero and one, which be misused or used to harm peoing, discussed AlphaGo’s victory determines how the neuron re- ple, but it should not prevent peosponds to a digital feature, such ple from trying to move forward. in an interview with Maclean’s. “Any new technology, if it’s used “The neural networks provides as the shade of a color in a specifyou with good intuitions, and ic point, according to MIT Tech- by evil people, bad things can happen. But that’s more a question of that’s what the other programs nical Review. Programmers then repeatedly the politics of the technology,” he were lacking, and that’s what people didn’t really understand send the network digital objects said. “It will be much better than computers could do,” he said. “I so the network learns to detect us at a lot of things.“ DIGITAL PATEL
think (Go) is really the pinnacle (of complex board gaming).” Playing Go requires complex thinking, using reasoning and pre-planning to determine the best strategy for victory, as well as adjusting to the opponent’s moves. This is done through the use of neural networks, allowing computers to think like humans, Hinton said. AlphaGo’s use of deep learning and neural networks is an application of a newer branch of AI, where the AI uses a system modeled after the human brain’s neurons. Technology has advanced so that deep learning can be explored with sufficient computing power, according to Maclean’s. Deep learning is a “collection of statistical machine learning
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n 2005, then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg NICK HANSEN (I), then-Gov. George Pataki (R-N.Y.) and then-Gov. Richard Codey (D-N.J.) attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. The station, which would serve trains along the Newark-WTC and Hoboken-WTC PATH lines, was to be finished in 2009 and would cost $2.2 billion, mostly funded by $1.7 billion in Federal Transit Administration money. The station opened this month and cost almost $4 billion. It is the most expensive train station in world history. It is the 18th-busiest subway stop in Manhattan. How could this have happened? The complete story would span volumes, but the core problem seems to be institutional velocity and unchecked ambition. “The hub is a project driven by institutional ambition, and once begun, the decisions that have made it so costly became irreversible,” Lynne Sagalyn, the director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at the Columbia Business School, told The New York Times. The federal government in 2002 set aside $4.55 billion for Lower Manhattan transportation projects in order to revitalize the area after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. A design partnership hired by the Port Authority, which manages the transportation hub, chose Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. A renowned artist nonetheless known for cost overages, Calatrava seemed like a natural choice for the center. His ambitious plans for the design — much more dramatic than others, more utilitarian PATH stations further uptown — were approved by Authority officials who traveled to Milwaukee and Europe to view other projects. A series of blundering decisions — made possible by rapid leadership turnover — only further increased the costs. Perhaps this all would’ve been justified if the station actually were as beautiful as the Port Authority promised. The Milwaukee Art Museum, the Calatrava project that most resembles the transportation hub, is striking because it stands alone — there are no other large buildings around it. His more subtle projects, like the Zürich Stadelhofen railway station in Switzerland, naturally blend in to their urban landscapes. The WTC transportation hub does neither. Situated in the middle of a
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“It feels almost like a religious site for a well-funded, New Age space cult.” busy neighborhood, surrounded by taller buildings, the station’s wings resemble an abandoned dinosaur skeleton more than the originally intended dove. The interior isn’t much better. It’s certainly pristine — the steel bars create a soaring ceiling with views of surrounding buildings — but the dead space is jarring. It feels almost like a religious site for a well-funded, New Age space cult. When the retailers start pouring in, as they promise to, it will feel less empty. But it will also lose whatever semblance of charm it once had when it’s occupied by Hudson News or McDonald’s. Then again, the Port Authority apologist might say, even if it’s ugly and expensive, it provides a critical transit link for New York-New Jersey commuters. Again, they would be wrong. Having a PATH stop at the World Trade Center is unquestionably important, but the massive hunk of steel at the location doesn’t actually contribute much. Indeed, when the station opened earlier this month, customers still couldn’t walk the underground path between the transportation hub and the Fulton Center, which would at least provide access to the NYC subway system. Now, all commuters get is a glimpse at the Oculus and a walk through the most expensive hallway in the world to an exit near Zuccotti Park. Again the ardent fan of the WTC transportation hub may say that these things are expensive. That if we want a train station or a public space, we need to be ready to pay. But this argument falls flat. Adjusting for inflation, Grand Central Terminal, one of the most beautiful buildings in the region, cost $80 million and 750,000 people pass through it each day, compared to the current WTC station’s 50,000. Perhaps all of this could have been forgiven if a new WTC station was the region’s most pressing infrastructure need. But it’s not. The Port Authority manages Newark Liberty International Airport, JFK, LaGuardia, the Port Authority Bus Terminal and several other properties. The money wasted on a dinosaur’s rib cage could have gone to a PATH extension to Newark Liberty, or a bus terminal renovation or a new airport. It didn’t. The Port Authority tried to marry utility and beauty in the manner of the original Penn Station or Grand Central Terminal. They failed on both counts. Instead, we got a space-age Babylonian temple that exemplifies excess, poor taste and mismanagement. Nick Hansen is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science with a minor in history. His column, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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On reaping fruits of child, slave labor Bill that bans products made through coercion finally passes
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ftentimes the idea of slavery is limited to the 136 goods from 74 countries, according to the recUnited States’ atrocious historic practice that ommendations of the U.S. Department of Labor, from ended in 1865 with the 13th amendment, being accepted into the country but verifying whethand modern-day slavery is presumed to not exist or er goods are produced from coerced labor is going to is simply out of social consciousness. Even well into be difficult. Some instances may prove to be obvious, the 21st century, unfair and abhorrent labor practic- but there are some more inconspicuous slave labor es still continue: forced labor and child labor. From practices. In an example that took part in our very small children in Tanzania gold mining — extremely own University, 24 members of Rutgers United Studangerous work that risks death from explosion, rock dents Against Sweatshops (Rutgers USAS) marched falls and tunnel collapse — to slaves in Thailand who to Old Queens to discuss with University President are abused, drugged and caged with no pay for their Robert L. Barchi Rutgers’ contract with Nike and the efforts to catch seafood. Marginalized people all over company’s labor practices. Nike refused members the world have been reduced to pawns in an illegal of the Workers’ Rights Consortium, an independent scheme that earns $150 million for those responsible factory-monitoring association, access to its factories, which signals the possibility of inhumane working for the forced labor market. The U.S. is now taking a strong stance against conditions and would then be a breach of contract slave labor practices as President Barack Obama with the University. Rutgers USAS encouraged Barchi to give Nike a warning signed a law in late Februto reverse policies or terary that closed a loophole minate the contract if the in the Tariff Act of 1930, “To avoid scrutiny corporations demands aren’t met. Rutand it’s putting pressure are unequivocally going to work gers already had this eson countries that overlook tablished agreement with coercive labor practices or, harder to make their labor Nike that stipulates against worse yet, acknowledge its practices and their working the use of sweatshops, but existence on their territory conditions obscure.” the lack of transparency but unabashedly allow it persisted on the part of to continue. Embedded in Nike and required the lobthe trade enforcement bill that Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. Ron Wyden bying efforts of a student organization to hold the (D-Ore.) presented last year is the “prohibition on company accountable. To avoid scrutiny corporations the importation of goods made with convict labor, are unequivocally going to work harder to make their forced labor or indentured labor,” and before this bill labor practices and their working conditions obscure. We treat the issue of U.S. slavery with wide disdain. the loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930 allowed these products to be imported into the U.S. as long as the Imagine an attempt to bring back this abolished pracitems were in short supply in the country. Although tice in the country — the backlash it would incite is this prohibition is only in the U.S., it sets an example unfathomable. However, when it comes to people outfor other nations to follow in its steps. Also the loss side the country producing cheap items (deceptively of America’s demand for goods made from coerced so, since it’s at the grand cost of the risk and danger labor means that this $150 million of illegal profits is to the lives of workers), people are more likely to accept it because they’re spatially and socially detached going to take a hit. This is a milestone in terms of raising and sticking from the acts. The law that’s been passed may not to ethical standards, but its implementation is ques- catch all of the coerced labor practices on its radar, tionable. The law that’s been signed is going to ban but it’s an improvement to the current situation. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 148th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Integrity more important than charm for millennials THE CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST JOSE SANCHEZ
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can’t wait for the boomers to die off. Us millennials are the most highly educated, diverse and left-wing generation this countr y has seen. Our elders don’t have enough of the tech-savvy skills nor the egalitarian and compassionate worldview needed to save our countr y and our planet from deepening inequality and economic stagnation, expensive wars, financial profligacy and ecological deterioration. A Januar y YouGov sur vey found that Americans under 30 years old favor socialism over capitalism by about 10 points. Similar results were found in a 2011 sur vey as well by the Pew Research Center. A little more than 40 percent of millennials are not “white,” largely due to massive immigration from Latin America and Asia. And, if you remember that “white” on the U.S. Census also includes Nor th Africans and Middle Easterners, the numbers of “white” people may be a bit inflated. And, as of 2014, the majority of babies and toddlers aren’t “white” either. Large majorities of millennials aren’t interested in organized religion and are also similarly
left-wing when it comes to matters of gender and sexuality. “Terrifyingly liberal” is how G.O.P. strategist Frank Luntz described millennials who’re both deeply dissatisfied with the countr y’s direction and view corporate America with a deeper sense of distaste than they do Washington, D.C. When Luntz asked whether socialism or capitalism is the more “compassionate,” millennials chose socialism 58 percent to 33 percent. It’s no surprise then that Luntz also found that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the top presidential choice of millennials, winning the hearts of 45 percent to former Secretar y of State Hillar y Clinton, who got less than one-fifth. As for Donald Trump, he got 10 percent and ever yone else got less. Not only that, but Sanders is the most “admired” of politicians, with about one-third saying he’s the politician they most like and respect, while President Obama and Clinton got 11 percent and thank God, the fascist Dynamic Duo Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) got less than one-tenth. Sanders is winning the millennial vote by lop-sided margins, surpassing Clinton and even what Obama could do and is also drastically more competitive with millennial African-Americans, who are — pitifully, due to Clintonite “electoral capture,” pandering, lesser-evilism, etc. — more habitually enamored with Clinton.
The characteristic diversity and leftwing worldview of the millennial generation is then what’s really behind the incessant bashing of us as a bunch of spoiled, lazy, selfie-loving, oversensitive, “politically correct” brats. But let’s stop this baseless, condescending psychobabble and start talking empirically. Unemployment for 16 to 24-year-olds is between a tenth to a fifth, and 70 percent of college graduates have $29,000 in student loan debt, while 42 percent of African-Americans between 25 to 55 years of age carr y debt compared to 28 percent of whites. And out of the 2.5 million people locked up in the American Gulag, 38 percent are millennials, half are between the ages of 20 to 30. Millennials’s impoverishment, indebtedness, un(der) employment and criminalization relative to their elders ought to make their politics understandable. We millennials are, as ever yone ought to know, the first generation of Americans in decades whose standard of living is lower than that of our parents. Indeed, in 1980, 18 to 35-year-olds earned much more on average. Yet, that same generation was the one that either ushered Reaganism, eschewing the promises of liberalism’s heyday back in the 1960s. They voted for the free-market fundamentalists that followed Reagan, barely escaped Reagan’s legacy with Clinton and voted for Reaganism’s heir in George W.
Bush, who depleted our public monies with his warmongering, eviscerated our civil liberties, peddled gay-bashing evangelicalism, let New Orleans drown, cut taxes on the rich and crashed the financial industr y. Some may be curious how a curmudgeonly, unglamorous old Jewish guy with views from the bygone Cold War era could become more of a youth icon than the cool, suave, moderate-minded Obama. But, they fail to understand that millennials can’t be charmed by dancing with Ellen or namedropping Kendrick Lamar. We’re suffering, we’re in debt and Obama’s conciliator y attitude toward the 1 percent and an intransigent Republican Party just comes off as muddy-headed feebleness more than anything. When it comes to Sanders, millennials value integrity much more than charm. We value the kind of “audacity” that’s practiced and not just preached about. Whether or not Sanders goes on to win the nomination, the libertine and egalitarian-minded teens and 20-somethings of today will be the policymaking adults of tomorrow, so let’s expect a much more socialist future … absent a catastrophe. José Sanchez is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in history with a minor in political science. His column, “The Champagne Socialist,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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DIVERSIONS Stephan Pastis
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Today’s Birthday (03/22/16). Reinvent your work this year. Discipline pays. Make plans for study and travel. Breakthroughs with a partner raise your collaboration (after 3/23). Resolve work or health-related challenges (after 9/1). Partnership flowers over the next two years (after 9/9). Transitions reveal new doors (after 9/16). Follow your dream. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Aries ( March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Take notes. You’re exceptionally clever with words over the next few weeks, with Mercury in your sign. Underscore your statements with feeling. Share a vision that inspires your partner over the next two days. Taurus ( April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Begin a busy two-day phase. Listen to intuition and unspoken clues over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries. Don’t bend the rules ... transform them. Increase your security online. Gemini ( May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Your friends crack you up. You’re surrounded by love. Participate with an energetic team over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries. Fun with family and friends especially entices today and tomorrow. Cancer ( June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Make a home improvement you’ve been wanting, today and tomorrow. Upgrade household beauty and functionality. Watch for professional opportunities over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries. Creative work pays well. Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Creative work engages you today and tomorrow. Catch up on the reading. Make long-distance connections. Communications and transportation flow with greater ease over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries. Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Tap new revenue. Today and tomorrow are profitable. It’s easier to organize shared finances over the next few weeks, with Mercury in Aries. Divide the goodies fairly. Develop a lean, mean machine.
Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re getting stronger today and tomorrow, with the Moon in your sign. Let someone draw you into a different world over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries. Challenge old assumptions together. Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 6 -- Your imagination goes wild over the next two days. Relax in hot water. Over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries, find ways to work smarter. Clever solutions come through your networks. Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Put your passion into words. Romantic prose flowers over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries. You have more friends than you realized. Share your enthusiasms. Get into a twoday party phase. Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Take on a home renovation project over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries. Discuss the improvements you’d like, and get family on board. Focus on professional opportunities over the next two days. Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Travels and studies occupy you today and tomorrow. Get the word out over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries. Participate in a bigger conversation. Promote, write and publish. Share what you’re learning. Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- For nearly three weeks, with Mercury in Aries, develop new income. Track finances for growth. Make profitable connections. To avoid potential trouble, play exactly by the book. Tackle detailed financial tasks today or tomorrow.
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HOFSTRA Rutgers seeks to continue momentum in advance of Big Ten competition CONTINUED FROM BACK
3.70, a drastically lower number than in previous weeks.
Junior Shayla Sweeney leads the team with a 3.40 ERA, followed by an refining 3.65 ERA for
Junior pitcher Shayla Sweeney leads the Knights pitching staff in ERA at 3.40 in over 57 innings of work. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2015
COLUMN Knights fail to put together first winning streak of season with loss to Duke Dogs CONTINUED FROM BACK
its 16th goal of the game with extraded goals throughout the en- actly one second left on the clock. Brooks ended the game totaltire game, keeping both teams ing 6 points as multiple Knights’ within reach of each other. The Knights’ opportunity to go players were able to complement on their first winning streak of the her performance with goals of season was halted when James their own. Senior atMadison tackers Halbroke the “(Brooks has) really been ley Barnes, tie and went who scored 2 on a 3-goal producing in practice, goals, and Kim run with less Kolodny, who so that’s why she’s been than 10 mina goal and utes to play getting more opportunity had two assists, in the second both continhalf. and really stepped up. ” ued their pace F r o m towards 100 there, the LAURA BRAND-SIAS career points. gap continHead Coach Dunphey ued to widen stretched her as the risks Rutgers needed to take in order lead as Rutgers top point scorer create late scoring chances ulti- with 2 goals and two assists, while mately ended in more goals from junior midfielder Macy Scott scored her sixth of the season. the Dukes. Freshman goalkeeper DevJames Madison added its final grain of salt to Rutgers wound on on Kearns made seven while
senior Dresden Maddox, and last of the year is to keep her but not least, freshman Whitney mindset positive. “Continuing to have the Jones’ 3.69. Maddox struggled earlier good mindset and not swinging in the year. But as time went at anything out of the zone,” on, Maddox seemed to find her Huang said referring to the groove and improve her ERA to keys for her to continue her remarkable play. the second best on the team. Something to be aware about The big improvement Maddox has made has her team and when watching this scrappy Hofstra herself anxious for the upcoming team play is the five batters it boasts with a .300 average or higher. conference play. Michaela “I’m pretTransue leads ty excited,” “By playing (ranked the Pride with a Maddox said. .373 batting av“I think evteams) we learned how erage, followed erybody else to hit better pitching, and by Brittany Alis too. We’re locca’s .338. looking forhow to pitch to better Hofstra is ward to it, we hitters .” coming off of have confia great series dence going in which they into it with JAY NELSON took care of the wins over the Head Coach Nittany Lions past week. of Penn State We’re ready with a 2 out of 3 series win. to get at it.” The Knights are ready for any Another bright spot for Rutgers is Stephanie Huang. The competition headed to them after senior third baseman is the facing four ranked teams earlier team leader in batting average, in the season. A big part of the imboasting the eighth overall bat- proving Rutgers in Nelson’s view ting average in an impressive is credited to the hard competiBig Ten conference at .402. Her tion it faced in February. “One of the things was we performance over Spring Break earned her Big Ten Player of the played some really good teams to start with,” Nelson said. “And Week honors. The Paramus, New Jersey, by playing those teams, we native said she credits to her learned how to hit better pitchsuccess this season is not getting ing, and how to pitch to better ahead of herself and staying disci- hitters. And even though we were handed losses, we were plined in the batters box. “I think the biggest thing is getting better. We competed in not swinging at bad pitches and those games.” just not getting ahead of myself,” For updates on the Rutgers softHuang said. Something Huang will con- ball team, follow @TargumSports tinue to do over the course on Twitter.
allowing 13 goals before being replaced by sophomore Bianca Dente with less than 10 minutes to play. The Knights move on to play Hofstra in New York on Friday in their last game before dipping into their Big Ten conference schedule. Rutgers is ready continue feeding off their positive play against Lafayette while looking
past the setback faced in the loss to the Dukes. “It’s definitely hard to have such a big win and have a little bit of a setback,” Brooks said. “But we’re going keep going and keep pounding, look forward and put it behind us.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
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ittsburgh head men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon is leaving the Panthers for his alma mater, TCU. Dixon, who played for the Horned Frogs between 1984-’87, took over as head coach at Pitt in 2003. He’s won at least 20 games in 12 of his 13 seasons with the Panthers, never once having a losing season. He took Pitt to the NCAA Tournament 11 times. The Panthers were eliminated by Wisconsin in the first round of this year’s NCAA Tournament Saturday. Meanwhile, TCU went 59-79 overall under former head coach Trent Johnson, who was fired last week. Johnson led the Horned Frogs in their transition from the Mountain West Conference to the Big 12. TCU hasn’t made an NCAA Tournament appearance since 1998 and hasn’t won a game in the tournament since Dixon’s final season in 1987.
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hroughout his 11-year NBA career Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard has done a lot of things, but on Saturday night Howard endured something for the first time; being investigated for possibly cheating. In the Rockets game against Atlanta, Hawks’ forward Paul Millsap complained of the ball being sticky after receiving it in advance of a free throw. Howard had previously made a layup on the prior possession. While there was no penalty awarded to Howard or the Rockets during the game the NBA is now investigating whether the substance Howard used was illegal. Howard said that he has used the same substance on his hand for the last five years and that he’s not a cheater. “I just think that it’s getting overblown, like I’m doing something crazy,” Howard said according to ESPN.com. “But again, I’ve never been a cheater, never been the type of player that has to do something illegal to win. It’s upsetting, but I can’t control it now.”
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nthony Davis might lose out on $24 million. Last summer the New Orleans Pelicans budding superstar signed a five-year maximum contract worth $145 million that is scheduled to kick in next season. Within that contract was an incentives bonus worth $24 million, which would have been awarded to Davis had he made one of the three All-NBA teams this season. That bonus conveying to Davis seemed like a foregone conclusion in the beginning of the season, but as the NBA season draws to an end that money may be all but gone. On Monday the Pelicans announced that Davis would be shut down for the remaining 13 games of the season to allow a shoulder injury that had bothered him all season to heal. In his fourth NBA season Davis put up strong numbers, averaging 24.3 points and 10.3 rebounds, but the Kentucky product only appeared in 61 games and his team boasts the sixth-worst record in the league on the heels of a playoff-appearance last season. Taking all of that into consideration it would be hard for Davis to edge out a spot on an All-NBA team and subsequently receive his bonus of $24 million.
March 22, 2016
Page 11 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD RUTGERS POSTS NUMEROUS IC4A SCORES, PERSONAL RECORDS
Multiple Knights set meet records at USF Bull Invitational JORDAN FARBOWITZ STAFF WRITER
As the calendar turns from winter to spring, it signals the shift from the indoor to the outdoor season in track and field. And the Rutgers men’s track and field team started off its outdoor season with a bang. The Scarlet Knights produced multiple winners, personal records and Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) qualifying times at the Bulls Invitational in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday and Friday. “It was one of the best opening outdoor meets I can remember,” said head coach Mike Mulqueen. “We set a lot of personal bests that will put us in good standing to get into NCAA qualifying. It was a good outdoor debut for us.” Sophomore Christopher Mirabelli won the javelin throw with a distance of 69.92 meters, a meet record, as well as an IC4A distance, In his first meet of 2016. All of his five throws exceeded 62 meters, and his record-setting throw was 4 meters farther than his closest competitor. “I’m much more experienced than last year,” Mirabelli said. Coming off a big year last year, I just wanted to come into this meet and stay relaxed. My first couple of throws weren’t the best, but I’ve learned how to maintain a stable mind during competition. Senior Joseph Velez also set a meet record in the hammer
Sophmore Christopher Mirabelli set a meet record in the javelin throw event posting a distance of 69.92 meters, 4 meters ahead of the second-place finisher. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2015 throw. His distance of 63.17 meters beat out Princeton’s Adam Kelly for the event win. It was also an IC4A qualifying distance. “I was just trying to get some good rhythm and good timing down,” Velez said. “I was struggling a little bit, but I managed to get a good throw out there, which is encouraging. I’m in better shape than I was last year.” The team performed as a whole after their performances during the indoor season, according to Velez.
“We came out strong,” he said. “It was exactly what we wanted to do — continue the improvements we made in the indoor season and bring them outdoor, and we’re doing that well.” In the track events, the Knights also performed well. Junior Jermaine Griffith produced an IC4A time by winning the 400-meter dash with a time of 46.52 seconds. His time was a second faster than any other racer. Senior Rajee Dunbar produced two IC4A times. He finished sec-
ond in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.11 seconds, which was a personal record. He also finished the 100-meter dash in fourth with a time of 10.68 seconds. Senior Kyle Holder finished third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.42 seconds, which was both an IC4A qualifying mark and a personal best. In his first outdoor meet in his collegiate career, freshman Chais Hill finished second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.37 seconds, good for an IC4A mark.
Sophomore Morgan Murray and junior Brendan Jaeger both produced personal bests and IC4A marks in the 800-meter hurdles. Murray finished third with a time of 1:53.16, and Jaeger was right behind him at 1:53.76 The Rutgers relay team won the 4x100 meter relay, as Dunbar, Hill, Griffith and senior Emeka Eze produced an IC4A time of 41.12 seconds. “We did really well,” Mirabelli said, summing up the team’s performance. “We really opened up well in the outdoor season. I think we can really make a statement in the Big Ten.” Rutgers’ next meet is the Colonial Relays on April 1st and 2nd, in Williamsburg, New Jersey. The performances in the first outdoor meet will go a long way towards subsequent performances, Mulqueen said. The head coach said he was pleased with good performances early on and will use this meet to help dictate how future practices will run this season. “We’re just going to keep doing the same things we were doing before,” Velez said. “We’re just going to keep sticking to the plan that we had before. It’s a plus that we had a good start, but we’re looking for even bigger things during the championship season.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
TENNIS INDIANA 6, RUTGERS 1
RU drops 3 of 4, continue seeking elusive Big Ten win ALEX GOLD CONTRIBUTING WRITER
While many students were laying on a beach in the Caribbean or relaxing with some Netflix and a bowl of popcorn at home, the Rutgers women’s tennis team played in four rigorous matches, including three on the road. The Scarlet Knights came out the other side with a lone win and three losses, dropping down to 6-8 on the season and 0-4 in conference. Even without class to worry about, the Knights, away from the state lines of New Jersey like many of their classmates, couldn’t fully succeed against some formidable foes. In their first challenge, the Knights traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska, to face the Cornhuskers, a fellow Big Ten Conference member. Despite a lot of anticipation going into the match, Rutgers was handled by the Midwestern powerhouse in dominating fashion, 4-0. The two teams didn’t get to finish three singles matchups as well as first doubles, because Nebraska clinched both the doubles point and the necessary three singles victories quickly. “We didn’t play as well as we would’ve liked,” said senior Gina Li. “At the same time, the score isn’t an accurate representation of the flow of the match.” The Knights lost second and third doubles 6-2 and 6-3 respectively, so the simultaneous first doubles match was
rendered irrelevant to the bestof-three system. Li was disappointed she couldn’t complete her doubles set and was subsequently out of rhythm when battling Nebraska’s ace. She lost to her opponent, 6-1, 6-3, while junior Ksenija Tihomirova and senior Lindsey Kayati dropped their individual matches in a more succinct manner, winning three games combined and losing 24. The No. 2, 4 and 6 spots weren’t afforded the opportunity to participate in full matches that morning. Nebraska had another match scheduled for the afternoon, which previously seemed like an advantage for Rutgers, however, the Cornhuskers were the clear superiors with near flawless tennis execution en route to a swift victory. “I believe this is one of the most elite conferences in the nation,” said head coach Benjamin Bucca. “We’re at a high level, but we need to push ourselves to continue to get better.” The Knights got a chance to prove themselves when they traveled to Texas to meet Prairie View A&M three days late. They came away with a decisive victory of their own. In singles action, Li, Tihomirova and senior Mariam Zein all picked up their sixth wins of the season, with Li’s victory coming in the No. 1 position, 6-4, 6-3. Tihomirova defeated her opponent 6-1, 6-3, while Zein won in commanding fashion, 6-1, 6-1, in the No. 4 position.
Kayati and sophomore Chloe Lee also picked up victories leading Rutgers to a much-needed recover y after the setback in Lincoln. Playing the very next day in Beaumont, Texas, the Knights suffered a heartbreaking loss at the hands of Lamar. “It’s really tough to remain super focused and energized on the road,” Kayati said. “The travel takes a toll, especially without days of rest in between matches.” Despite the obstacles, there was a heavy competitive nature in the air with the two teams trading blows in both doubles and singles play until ultimately Rutgers fell one point short, losing 4-3. On a bright note, junior Farris Cunningham returned to the lineup and downed her opponent in the No. 6 spots for the Knights. With the road trip over, Rutgers returned to New Brunswick eager for its first Big Ten triumph facing a superbly talented Indiana squad. Competing in their first home outdoor match since the 2014 season, the Knights fell to the Hoosiers, 6-1, Saturday afternoon at the Rutgers Tennis Complex. Indiana is impressively ranked in the top-50 teams in the country with a 12-4 overall record and a 2-0 start to Big Ten play. Li produced the Knights’ first singles conference victory of the season overcoming the nationally acclaimed Madison Appel in three sets during their No. 1 singles bout.
After falling behind in the first set, 3-6, Li battled back with a convincing 6-2 win in the second frame. Li then collected a tightly contested 7-6 (4) tie-breaking win to secure the match and she now leads the Rutgers team with eight singles victories this spring. That would be the only success of the day for the Knights despite outstanding efforts from Cunningham and sophomore
Lee Levy, who both narrowly missed coming out on top in their respective matches. Rutgers will continue its home stand on Friday when they play host to No. 62 Illinois. “We’re vastly improving,” Bucca said. “It’s just a matter of time before we knock somebody off.” For updates on the Rutgers tennis team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior Lindsey Kayati admits it is difficult to maintain complete focus on the road as travelling takes a toll on the body. THE DAILY TARGUM / FEBRUARY 2016
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Big Ten play looms as Rutgers hosts Hofstra BRET LEVINSON STAFF WRITER
After starting the season 0-8, the Rutgers softball team has gone 14-8, improving its record to 14-16. With one more game to play before entering conference play, the Scarlet Knights look to develop an even more impressive record by defeating Hofstra (13-10) — something that was unable to happen due to inclement weather last year. But head coach Jay Nelson has other plans despite inching closer towards the .500 mark. “Just sticking with improvements, that was the plan,” Nelson said. “We’re not worried about getting to the .500 mark, we’re about getting better ever yday. That’s what we do, we take mistakes we make in the game, and we talk about them to get better. That’s what this whole preseason is for, so when we get into our conference play, we are at the top of our game and we can compete for a spot at the top of the conference.” Improvement is the name of the game for the consistent performance Rutgers has displayed throughout the last three weeks. The Knights are tied for sixth overall in the Big Ten with Purdue in total team hits at 212. The bigger story stems from the pitching staff that has lowered its total team ERA to SEE HOFSTRA ON PAGE 10
Senior pitcher Dresden Maddox has rebounded from a shaky start to lowering her ERA to 3.65, good for second best on the team. Her 40 strikeouts lead the Knights as she inches toward 200 punchouts for her career. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2015
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Senior attacker Halley Barnes notched 2 goals in a loss to James Madison. She is now 10 points away from 100 in her career. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016
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STEPHANIE HUANG, senior third baseman, was named Big Ten Player of the Week Monday. Huang went 13-for-21, including five multhit performances, for a .619 batting average over Spring Break to lead Rutgers to a 5-2 record in the 7-game stretch.
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After a dominant performance against Lafayette ended its six game losing streak, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team found itself back on the losing end in the second game of its two-game home stand over spring break. The Scarlet Knights (2-7) dropped a tightly-contested match to James Madison (4-5), 16-11, on Saturday in a game featuring a 5-goal breakout performance from the Knights’ freshman attacker Abigail Lee Brooks. Although the game’s final result was not in Rutgers’ favor, Brooks refused to be denied in what was only her second career game with the Knights. Head coach Laura Brand-Sias noted Brooks’ performance reflected the skills she has shown in practice throughout the season, leaving full confidence in her freshman’s ability to produce prior to the game. “She’s really been stepping up in practice and doing really nice things, so we weren’t surprised by her producing,” Brand-Sias said of Brooks. “She definitely had a kind of breakout day, but like I said, she’s really been producing in practice, so that’s why she’s
been getting more opportunity and really stepped up.” According to junior midfielder Kristina Dunphey, who leads the Knights in points this season, Brooks’ major offensive role against the Dukes was a great look at the skill she provides for the Knights. “In practice every day, she scores on us all the time, so she was a major role for us today,” Dunphey said. “She’s quick and shifty, and we can really use her on the attack as a big threat.” The rookie took a humbler approach in speaking about her own game, as she had few words about her personal performance while directing attention towards the frustration of losing a close game and the positives to look at moving forward. “It’s definitely hard,” the Moorestown, New Jersey, native said. “I think we played really well in the first half and then carried over into the second half, and (James Madison) just came out with the win in the end. As a unit, we played well together and that will carry on to our next game.” Opposed to Rutgers’ large deficits in previous losses this year, the Knights and Dukes
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