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Ranking of Rutgers Law School jumps 30 spots Christian Zapata contributing writer
The Rutgers Law School rose to be the 62nd best graduate program in the country as a result of a recent merger between two programs. In the U.S. News and Worldwide Report, Rutgers Law School jumped 30 spots this past Tuesday. The decision made in late 2015 to merge the Rutgers—Camden and Newark graduate programs into one cohesive school resulted in one of the largest leaps ever on the U.S. News school list, according to NJ Advance Media. The original decision to merge both programs came into discussion years back when the former deans of the Camden and Newark Law Schools felt they could achieve more if they functioned under one name, said Alec Walen, professor of Law at Rutgers—Camden. In an attempt to maintain Rutgers—Camden, which at the time was having trouble staying afloat,
members of the board were tasked with sustaining the program financially in the years between the merger, organizing the merger itself and preventing Rutgers—Camden from becoming Rowan Law School, Walen said. While the merger was well into effect prior to any issues, troubles came about for two reasons, Walen said. There was the threat of being bought out by Rowan University and the general overall economic downturn. “Truth is, Rutgers was ranked near the bottom in both the New York and Philadelphia law markets before the merger took effect. Now, due to the quality of the faculty and resources, it’s ranked squarely in the middle. We’re only two schools down below and could end up being in the top of the second tier which would be very nice,” he said. If the University decides it wants to invest and bring the program up See ranking on Page 5
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U. becomes 1st to appoint full-time Muslim chaplain Camilo Montoya-Galvez staff writer
In hiring Kaiser Aslam as a full-time Muslim chaplain for the community, Rutgers became the first public university to offer this type of spiritual guidance to Muslim students. Aslam’s position provides a combination of advising and counseling, and his services are open to all students. RUTGERS.EDU
Immediately after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Kaiser Aslam said he was mortified about the social implications of praying in public at an airport. Now, he is worried about the legal ramifications of simply boarding a flight. As Rutgers’ first full-time Muslim chaplain, Aslam is tasked with providing spiritual guidance to thousands of Muslim students on campus. Although he acknowledged that it is a “scary time” for many Muslim-Americans nation-wide, Aslam said his new position requires him to distinguish between irrational and rational fears for the sake of the students he now serves. “If there is going to be a place in which Muslim students can feel at home without being vilified, without feeling pressured to defend their Muslim identity, it would be on campus,” Aslam said. Karen Smith, a University spokesperson, said there are an estimated 5,000 Muslim students on the three Rutgers campuses, including about 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students at Rutgers— New Brunswick. “It’s almost like this weird paradoxical thing because it is so late in the game,” Aslam said. “But then on the flip side, we are the first ones in the countr y to have a
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full-time Muslim chaplain at a public university.” He said his primary responsibilities include counseling students, advising student Muslim organizations, offering guidance to University faculty and staff on Muslim topics, partnering with the Rutgers and New Brunswick police departments to discuss incidents of anti-Muslim bias and acting as the University’s chief Muslim liaison with outside groups. Aslam noted that over the last decade, the University’s Muslim community has found itself embroiled in a number of situations where having an established chaplaincy would have been beneficial. These include rifts between Sunni and Shiite Muslims students, a 2012 Associated Press report that found that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) had conducted anti-terrorism surveillance on various Muslim student groups at Rutgers and other college campuses in the Northeast, tensions with the Jewish campus organization Rutgers Hillel and protests against the University’s decision to invite former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to serve as the commencement speaker in 2014. Right after his arrival at Rutgers in August of 2016, Aslam said he reached out to Muslim alumni who were in school when the monitoring by the See chaplain on Page 5
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Rutgers Irish Dance Club performs at Spring Showcase
The Rutgers Irish Dance Club (RIDC) held a performance on Sunday in the Douglass Student Center to showcase the routines they have been rehearsing over the course of the last year. CASEY AMBROSIO
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Rhythmic tapping could be heard upon walking into Trayes Hall in the Douglass Student Center on Sunday. They came from the performers of the Rutgers Irish Dance Club (RIDC), who were dressed in sparkly dresses, shirts with ties and of course, tap shoes. In its Spring Showcase, the group kept the tradition of Irish dancing alive. The members performed various dance numbers that they had learned throughout years on-stage on Douglass campus. The RIDC is an organization that provides a community for students with an interest in Irish dancing. Students are able to discuss, debate and socialize over the love of the dance. The organization also offers classes that teach interested members the basics of Irish dancing for performance, competition or just for fun. They provide a social network of practice buddies for competing students and
allows students to compete with other dance clubs at an intercollegiate level. Shea Shovlin, a senior in the School of Arts and Sciences and the president of the RIDC, helped co-found the club two years ago. Shovlin said Irish dance is unique in its characteristics,
“Our beginners did great today, though. I am so proud of them.” Shovlin also organized the showcase. It was the first event for the organization and there were a lot of unknown logistics in the planning, but Shovlin said she had great support from the rest of the members. Alexia Ciarfella, a junior in the
traditions alive but also important for the people watching to learn about new and different traditions.” Meghan Corr, a senior in the School of Arts and Sciences, said she agrees with the importance of keeping the tradition of Irish dance alive, saying it displays Irish heritage. Corr was the event coordinator
“We’ve all spent so much of our time — hours and hours of practice for two minutes on stage. We’re all really happy to perform for our friends and family.” Meghan Corr School of Arts and Sciences Senior
partially because there is a lot of turnout in dancer’s hips and toes with a stiff upper body and quick and precise movements of the feet. Pittsburgh born and raised with half Irish roots, Shovlin’s parents owned an Irish dance studio and she has been dancing since she was young. “There is a lot of rhythm and technique (in Irish dance) that requires a lot of practice,” she said.
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, was at the RIDC showcase to support a friend. With a bouquet of flowers in her hand during the showcase, Ciarfella said she was really happy to come out to support her roommate. “I think it’s important to show the traditions of different cultures,” Ciarfella said. “It is important for the dancers to keep the
for the performance, and also the MC, who introduced every act before they performed. She has been a member of the club since she was a first-year and is also a dancer. “We’ve all spent so much of our time — hours and hours of practice for two minutes on stage. We’re all really happy to perform for our friends and family,” she said.
Corr explained how Irish dance is different from other styles of dance. “The phrase goes ‘ice of body, fire of feet,’” she said. “In a college like this, showcase we can have a little more fun with it. We use our hands a little more.” Tickets sold for $5 and the audience was filled with loved ones eager to watch the hours of hard work and practice. During intermission, they sold Irish soda bread and other refreshments. The showcase also featured some guest performers aside from the dancers in RIDC. Some of those performers were the Heritage Irish Dance Academy, Rutgers Performing Dance Company, Sean Connelly, Miss Central Coast 2017 and Miss Cape Resort 2017. Those performances from guests ranged from solo and group dance routines to music from the bagpipe. “RIDC is a really great way to spend time with friends,” Corr said. “A lot of these girls have been dancing together since they were little, but a lot of them are beginners as well. This is a really cool way to get together and share our passion with everyone.”
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Rutgers holds special screening of ‘The Mask You Live In’ Brielle Diskin contributing writer
As a part of their campaign to end sexual violence on campus, the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance screened the film “The Mask You Live In” at the Rutgers Academic Building this past Monday evening. With a strong turnout of both men and women, the organization was able to introduce the audience to the way toxic masculinity plays a role in our society. “The film does a really good job at following some of the problematic belief systems that boys are taught at a younger age of how to be a man. Which often, at times, falls in line with anti-feminine ideas,” said Jean Semelfort, the prevention education coordinator for the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance. The film identifies some of the effects of young boys having to suppress themselves and then what happens for boys who then transition into adulthood having not had a moment to actually be themselves, Semelfort said. In opera theater, masks express the art or the content of the art, The Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA) held a documentary screening of the film “The Mask You Live In” to so the mask that men develop focus on the harmful repercussions of toxic masculinity. CASEY ABSROSIO revolves around expressing the They have to prove their gender oppor tunity to drink a lot expectations that people have of up for conversations and it makes preventative piece and I believe them as male-identified individu- people think about things that in addressing masculinity and over and over again, Semelfort said. and hook up a lot is one that Semelfort said he would love becomes recruited in the cycle they may not have thought about specifically toxic masculinity, you als, Semelfort said. Some of the activists in this work on their own, or maybe haven’t re- inherently challenge rape culture for everybody on campus to see of proving masculinity, Semelthe film or come to the screen- for t said. — particularly Byron Hurt, who is ally been able to put it into words and sexual violence,” he said. “I think emotional repression ing. He hopes that whoever feels featured in the film and spoke at or language,” Hurt said. He said it is part of male priviThe screening is a part of the for boys and men doesn’t just validated within their masculine lege that they do not necessarily the event — talk about masculinity campaign to end sexual violence come from men not creating a experience can walk away with have to think about what it is to in the sense of a performance. “The question be a man but at then becomes, the same time, how do I perare expect“The film does a really good job at following some of the problematic belief systems that boys are taught at a they form?” Semeled to prove their younger age of how to be a man, which often falls in line with anti-feminine ideas.” fort said. gender constantSemelfort ly and it then jean semelfort said he has seen becomes an act Prevention Education Coordinator for the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance Hurt’s work bewithout thinking. fore and thinks Semelfort said Hurt is an exhe would like traordinary male-identified femi- on campus, as well as having the safe space. I think it comes from identifying areas in their mascu- men to think about how, as a comnist and filmmaker who does a lot community start to develop a anyone that’s a part of that com- linity that can be changed. munity, they contribute to toxic “I think a young man coming masculinity and how they tend to of great work challenging toxic sense of what toxic masculinity munity — male, female, cisgenlooks like but also how the com- der, trans male, trans female, who- to college, even the perspective look at male role models for acmasculinity, Semelfort said. of what his college experience countability. “I think the film really prompts munity starts to think about how ever the person is,” he said. Research has shown males in will be, is shaped by toxic ideas of people to think deeply about the to create healthy masculinity, Se“I think a lot of times in our comparison to female counter- masculinity,” Semelfort said. culture of manhood and issues melfort said. totality we adhere to some very The idea that once men get toxic views of how men and boys “A part of our campaign in end- parts tend to check with their genaround toxic masculinity and it on campus, they will have the should be,” he said. does it in a way that opens people ing sexual violence is also the der much more frequently.
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ranking Rutgers Law School leapt from 92nd to 62nd in this year’s national report continued from front to par with the other Big Ten law schools, then they should continue to do even better. Schools like Michigan, Illinois and Indiana are all first-year law schools and there is no reason Rutgers cannot be competing with them, Walen said. But the benefits of the merger extend beyond rankings and prestige, he said. It relates to the synergies present now that faculties can interchange campuses and things like the Star Trek inspired Holodeck that effectively allows students to partake in events on other campuses seamlessly through live stream interaction, Walen said. John Oberdiek, professor of Law at Rutgers—Camden, said although the merged school is now larger than either one individually it should not make the University any more internally competitive or cut-throat. It does help to have a single unified school and a single unified name, Oberdiek said. Now anyone that accredits the University post-graduation does not have to worry about explaining the dynamic between schools. Similarly, it does not incline people to ask about the graduate program in New Brunswick as a third alternative. “Now that we’re just Rutgers Law School — there’s no confusion in marketing the school
chaplain More than 5K Muslim students currently take classes at Rutgers continued from front NYPD was revealed to gauge how they fared during that period without a Muslim chaplain. There was a volunteer and part-time Muslim chaplain back then, but he was based in Newark, New Jersey, and only came to New Brunswick once a month. “All they described was that they were super confused as to what to do,” he said. “They didn’t know who to talk to. They didn’t know whether they should go to the (University) administration.” Despite not being present for those situations, Aslam has had to deal with multiple events and issues that have alarmed the University’s Muslim community during his short tenure as chaplain. After the presidential election last November, Aslam said many concerned Muslim students found support in the study circle he hosts every week. He called some students who were afraid to leave their residence halls to try to reassure them. “It’s scary when you feel like you as a group are being targeted,” he said. “But, for some students, this is also a time to become closer to the community.” When President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order barring immigration from seven predominately Muslim nations on
about what you are. You are just the law school of one of the oldest universities in the nation, which is a great way to hold yourself out,” he said. One of the goals of the merger was to raise the national profile of legal education. The thought process going in was to further unify all Rutgers departments under its Big Ten status for a more familiar name, Oberdiek said. A change that students can expect in the future, while the merger progresses, is the implementation of a three plus three degree, Oberdiek said. Previously exclusive to Rutgers— Camden and Newark students, this type of degree allows for New Brunswick undergraduates to combine their last year of college with the first year of law school in order to graduate a year early. The department intends to accomplish this by adding first-year law school courses into the New Brunswick curriculum so that students enrolled here do not have to sacrifice their social life senior year in order to get a head start, Oberdiek said. “Certainly the school didn’t merge to recuperate costs. But what it does allow us to do is think how we can better use resources and allows ourselves greater flexibility,” he said. “I think we’ve provided a pretty good model for graduate school and professional education at Rutgers.”
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Jan. 27, Aslam’s office — which is part of the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) — brought some immigration attorneys to offer legal advice to students planning to travel abroad. In February, Aslam also had to respond to an incident in which a flyer by a white supremacy group that said “Imagine a Muslim-Free America,” was posted on the wall of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, which is home to a Muslim prayer space.
Aslam said his office will tackle these issues and challenge today’s political discourse around Muslim people by making its services accessible to students, having more direct communication with the University’s administration and by cultivating a dialogue with other faith groups. He said he is already meeting with heads of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish chaplaincies at Rutgers to discuss interfaith initiatives once a month.
Hamna Qureshi, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior and a member of Rutgers’ Muslim community, believes the chaplain’s arrival comes at a very opportune moment. She said the marginalization of Muslim Americans has become more salient in recent times. “There’s been support on campus for Muslims, but having a Muslim chaplain would bring that to the next level,” she said.
Because he has had to spend a considerable amount of time on campus as he establishes the young chaplaincy he hopes one day will serve as a blueprint for future projects at other universities, Aslam has brought his 9-monthold daughter to Rutgers on various occasions to make sure he spends enough time with her. “The students are telling me that she is not my baby, that she is now the University’s baby,” he said.
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Time for moderates to listen to conservatives
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n previous articles, I have not been coy CONSCIENCE OF A CO-ED about my distaste for the unwavering support President Donald J. Trump LOUIS RUZIECKI has gotten among the “conservative” community. Whether it be self-proclaimed conservatives such as Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.), former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.), Sean Hannity or the like, I have seen it as a betrayal to the conservative movement, and conservatism as a whole. Aside from my frustrations from the warping of conservatism to “Trumpism,” there has been another group in Congress who have been virtually useless in their fight against the political left. Moderate Republicans are no strangers to the status quo. They talk a big talk during a Democratic administration, but when a Republican is in office, almost nothing gets changed. When something does get changed, it is often minuscule and has some leftist language included. An example of this would be none other than the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The American Health Care Act, also known as “Obamacare lite,” was the Republicans first attempt at reforming the Affordable Care Act. A pathetic attempt by the moderates, which is problematic, to say the least. The bill itself had been dubbed “Obamacare lite,” by many prominent actual conservatives. It has been called this because it keeps many of the provisions set forward by the Affordable Care Act, which the GOP had promised to completely repeal if Trump was elected. But of course, they could not even get that right. Sen. Rand Paul (R-K.Y.), who is perhaps one of the most qualified senators to be discussing health care reform, given his experience as a doctor, walked furiously out of the meeting with Republicans. Paul, who has been one of the champions of conservative values on the floor of the United States Senate, has not spoken out against establishment Republicans if they propose something that is not in the interest of conservatism. A few other senators have come out against this bill including, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ariz), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and
“Moderate Republicans have spent more time criticizing members of their own party who are to the right of them, than actually listening to what they have to say.” over 20 members of the House Freedom Caucus, which was enough to kill the bill completely. Knowing of Collins’s past actions of being only a hop, skip and a jump away from dropping the “R” and adding a “D” in her title, I was surprised by this. But she may come around once Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) gets around to her. In short, the bill was bad news and fell quite short of fulfilling the promise of fully repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. Why has virtually nothing been accomplished by Congress since Trump’s inauguration? Other than the disastrous roll out of the travel ban and some allegations of wiretapping that have fallen very short, there has been virtually no good policy laid out by Congress. There is absolutely no excuse for this. Republicans control the presidency, the House of Representatives, the Senate and have control of more governor position and state legislatures than ever before. It has been two months into the Republican-dominated government and nothing good has come out of it yet. Due to the cowardice of moderate Republicans in the past, we have been subject to a disastrous policy set forward by, in recent memory, the administrations of former Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama alike. No Child Left Behind, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the Affordable Care Act and budgets consisting of spending run amok, were all able to succeed under moderate Republicans. Most of these disastrous policies were championed by the Democrats, who are mostly to blame, but it is with great disappointment that I witness the Republican’s not learn from their past mistakes again. Take the Tea Party wave, for example. This grassroots movement came from a frustration with Democrats and moderate Republicans respectively. These members of Congress were accused by the Democrats, Republicans and the press, as being “obstructionist.” But what they were really doing was trying to bring about change. They were trying to bring about change from the same old same old, to a new conservative direction. Moderate Republicans have spent more time criticizing members of their own party who are to the right of them, than actually listening to what they have to say. Perhaps they know a thing or two about health care, education and how to combat the national debt. It is time to listen to the conservatives in Congress who have been muzzled for too long. It is time for the moderates to step aside for once, and listen to the conservatives who have been kept quiet for far too long. Louis Ruziecki is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science with a minor in history. His column, “Conscience of a Co-Ed,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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United Airlines should have let it fly Barring 2 girls from boarding flight because of leggings is wrong
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ome people have argued over whether wear- to forfeit clothing of comfort simply because they are ing leggings as pants is a fashion-do or a fash- sexualizing it? Now some may say that this is reading too much ion-don’t. But recently, that is not the only debate these bottoms have been involved in. Aside into their statement and they have every right to dicfrom trying to claim leggings as a fashion faux-pas, tate what they deem is inappropriate clothing. These United Airlines has come under fire for categorizing same people would probably argue that because leggings are unprofessional, i.e. one would not wear leggings as inappropriate clothing. The incident occurred when two young girls them to a job interview or professional setting, they and their father were attempting to board a flight should definitely be banned from the airlines, at least to Minneapolis from the Denver International for pass travelers. There are a few problems with this logic. There Airport (DEN). This family was “pass travelers,” which are passengers whose family members work is a difference between appropriate clothing and professional clothing and it is hard to imagine why in the airlines. When word of this incident got out, celebrities United Airlines would want pass travelers to look and samaritans alike took to social media to con- as if they are going to an interview. Leggings can front United Airlines about their decision to bar be presentable. Students wear them to class. And if these girls from boarding a flight and forcing them jeans are allowed, then so should leggings. Also, the biggest to wear dresses over problem with this their leggings. was that Chrissy Teigen, “Of the two girls that were traveling, one was incident the father of the among the angry a teenager and the other a 10-year-old girl.” girls was wearing voices, stated that shorts that didn’t she had previously pass his knees as boarded a United his daughters were being told to change their clothAirlines flight with barely any clothing on. Now, when people began to speak out against Unit- ing. How can clothing that is actually more revealing ed Airlines, they responded to people’s discontent. more skin be considered perfectly fine while someBut they did not apologize. Instead, United Airlines thing that is tight but covers someone’s skin entirely is not? stood their ground. Many people may not realize why this situation Their justification seemed reasonable at first read. Pass travelers receive reduced or free flights that are has caused so much controversy over the past few on standby because they are related to employees of days. What they fail to realize is that oftentimes when the airlines. But because pass travelers are affiliated a certain dress code is being enforced, it is systemwith the airlines directly, they have certain rules and atically put in place to target women more than men. guidelines that they must follow and adhere to. One It is much easier for someone to look at a woman or of these rules is that “no inappropriate clothing” is girl and pinpoint something that may not be “appropriate” because of the way it fits her body. And when allowed on the flight. Seems reasonable right? you do this, you send out the harmful message that Not exactly. Of the two girls that were traveling, one was a women should be held accountable for their clothing teenager and the other a 10-year-old girl. Saying choices while men should not. If United Airlines had asked the father to change that girls this young should not wear clothing that is essentially “too tight” is creating an uncomfortable into something more appropriate as well, they would conversation where a girl, a minor, is being oversexu- not have to be dealing with the negative press that alized. Does United Airlines expect a 10-year-old girl they are now. 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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There is plenty of evidence to support meal programs AND (ECONOMIC) JUSTICE FOR ALL THALYA REYES
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hite House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney recently defended proposed budget cuts to prominent anti-hunger programs, including the popular Meals on Wheels America and school meal programs, stating that the administration will not spend money “on programs that cannot show that they actually deliver the promises …” He went on to claim that there is “no demonstrable evidence” that school meals help kids perform better academically. In the age of “alternative facts,” it comes as no surprise that an official from President Donald J. Trump’s administration is making unfounded assertions about programs that help the poor. It is crucial that members of this democratic republic stay vigilant and review the evidence when such statements are made. First, it is important to highlight how widespread food insecurity and hunger is: In 2015, nearly 20 percent of U.S. households experienced food insecurity and households with children report a significantly higher rate than those without children. What is more, of the 12 states that exhibited statistically higher household food insecurity rates than the national average,
10 voted overwhelmingly for Trump in the 2016 national election. It might behoove the Trump administration to pay attention to the “hard-working Americans” (largely working poor) it claims as the majority of its base — though the reality is a discussion for another time. Over the years, numerous studies documented the connection between nutrition programs and better academic and life outcomes. A famous 1988 study of Boston schoolchildren showed a causal relationship between expanded school breakfast programs and higher academic
compared to other policy interventions set on raising achievement. In 2014, 9 percent of seniors (over age 60) were food insecure. Providing home-delivered meals is one way to address this need. Meals on Wheels America, a nonprofit organization that receives a mix of private and public funding, serves over 2 million seniors ages 60 and older each year. A 2013 review of home-delivered meal programs found that they “significantly improve diet quality, increase nutrient intakes, reduce food insecurity and nutritional risk among participants.” Moreover, seniors also benefitted from
“Providing home-delivered meals is one way to address this need.” performance. Participation in school meal programs is also associated with reduced absenteeism, improved cognitive performance, and an increased ability to focus. Of late, researchers have been looking into the effects of healthier school meals on performance. This happened after provisions in the most recent Child Nutrition Reauthorization of 2010 were vehemently opposed by many conservatives. A team of economists recently published a paper showing that students at schools with healthier school lunch vendors perform better on state tests — a significant finding given that improving school meals is highly cost-effective
reduced risk of falls, “increased socialization opportunities, improvement in dietary adherence and higher quality of life.” In an era of cost constraints, Meals on Wheels has also proven to be a good bang-for-your-buck for older adults who can remain in their homes and communities instead of moving into costly nursing facilities for long-term care. With the rising costs of healthcare particularly for seniors, programs like Meals on Wheels go very far in reducing long-term healthcare expenditures. A health services study showed that “Medicaid spending could be reduced by $109 million if all states were to increase the population of people
who receive home-delivered meals by 1 percent.” Including the value of volunteer labor and donated resources, this comes to approximately $11 per meal or about $2,500 per year — a sound investment especially when compared to the $2,300 average per day cost of hospital care. These are extremely uncertain times when it comes to federal support for poverty alleviation and anti-hunger programs particularly those funded by community development block grants that would be eliminated under Trump’s budget. Mulvaney’s claim that these meal programs do not work is not only unfounded, it goes against the Trump administration’s cost-saving rhetoric as multiple studies conclude the positive return on investment of Meals on Wheels and school nutrition programs. Not only do we have the evidence to show that anti-hunger and nutrition programs are smart investments, it is our civic duty to care for the most vulnerable among us. Support our children and seniors and call your representatives to demand they stand up for those who need them the most right now. To fight poverty and end hunger, we must support a humane, evidence-based national food policy that includes these successful programs. In the end, facts really do matter. Thalya Reyes is an Edward J. Bloustein School master’s candidate for public policy and city and regional planning. Her column, “And (Economic) Justice For All,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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March Munchies: Top seeds fall as Final Four are confirmed Brian Fonseca Correspondent
Four weeks into #MarchMunchies and there are just as many teams remaining in the field. Following another weekend of voting, the Elite Eight became the Final Four, making PJ’s Pizza, RU Hungr y?, Destination Dogs and Hansel ‘n Griddle each regional champions and another step toward winning the title. Here are the full results: ELITE EIGHT: Busch Campus: No. 2 PJ’s Pizza 498 (484 Targum Poll + 14 Twitter Poll) defeated No.1 Stuff Yer Face 231 (188 + 43) College Avenue Campus: No. 1 RU Hungry? 237 votes (205 + 32) defeated No. 3 Wings Over Rutgers 153 votes (131 + 22) Cook/Douglass Campus: No. 2 Destination Dogs 250 (233 + 17) defeated No. 1 Tacoria 131 (104 + 27) Livingston Campus: No. 1 Hansel ‘n Griddle 354 (310 + 44) defeated No. 2 Diesel & Duke 80 (67 + 13) Perhaps the most surprising result was on the Cook/Douglass Campus, where tournament favorite and top overall seed Tacoria was defeated by Destination Dogs. Tacoria, which celebrated its first anniversary just more than a
March Munchies is getting closer and closer to crowning this year’s champion. This week’s voting will pit the Regional Champions against each other in the Final Four round. MIKE MAKMUR / STAFF DESIGNER month ago, has been the hottest lunch spot in New Brunswick since its opening on Easton Avenue. It quickly built its name as the best Mexican food place in the area, as evidenced by it being the only of its kind to reach the Elite Eight.
But the new kid on the block was defeated by a veteran in Destination Dogs, a staple in New Brunswick cuisine that’s become known for its large, flavorful hot dogs. The key to the upset, like every other matchup in the competition,
comes in winning the poll on The Daily Targum website — Tacoria won the battle on Twitter, but the margin of victory from Destination Dogs on the website was too great to overcome. The same situation unfolded on Busch Campus, when the most iconic eatery in New Brunswick Stuff Yer Face was upset by late-night pizza favorite PJ’s, which got the most votes by one restaurant in a single round through the first three rounds of #MarchMunchies. Stuf f dominated on Twitter, defeating PJ’s 43-14 in the poll, but was dominated on The Daily Targum website poll, losing the battle by a hefty margin of 484-231. The College Avenue and Livingston Campus Regionals were chalk in comparison, with top seeds RU Hungry? and Hansel ‘n Griddle advancing past No. 3 Wings Over Rutgers and No. 2 Diesel & Duke, respectively.
It sets up a Final Four with a pair of No. 1 v. No. 2 matchups. The left side of the bracket sees a matchup between two beloved late-night drunken eateries in PJ’s Pizza and Hansel ‘n Griddle. The other side sees the most iconic drunk food in New Jersey, if not all American college towns, in RU Hungry?’s fat sandwiches taking on Destination Dogs, where the drinking is encouraged to occur while eating their esteemed dogs. With the way the Elite Eight shook out, it’s anyone’s guess which two restaurants will meet in a highly anticipated New Brunswick championship days after the National Championship in college basketball’s #MarchMadness is done and over with. The only certainty is the choices to be made will be agonizing for the voters. As always, polls open Thursday at noon and will close Sunday at 11:59. For the penultimate time, make your voice heard and support your favorite restaurant.
DIVERSIONS
March 29, 2017
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
Lio
Page 9 Eugenia Last
Happy Birthday: Turn your emotions into something creative. Direct your energy wisely and express your opinions with clarity and backup. It’s how you present who you are and what you are trying to achieve that will lead to your success this year. Don’t back down when you should be standing up and moving forward. Listen and learn as you reach for your ultimate dream. Your numbers are 8, 14, 23, 27, 34, 39, 46.
Over The Hedge
T. Lewis and M. Fry
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will learn through observation and collaboration. Meetings, travel and educational pursuits are favored. Take care of any persistent health issues that arise and avoid challenges that could result in injury. An emotional situation is best monitored, not confronted. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll feel the tension mount as things heat up around you. Try not to get involved in gossip, rumors or situations that have the potential to make you look bad. Keep your personal thoughts and information to yourself. 3 stars
Non Sequitur
Wiley
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Keep your secrets hidden. Boasting will give other people a chance to bring you down. Play your cards close to your chest and do your best to ensure that you come out on top. Act on your intentions with precision. 4 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Pitch in and do your part. No one can complain if you are willing to put in an honest effort and do your best to make a difference. Don’t let an emotional incident turn into something that is impossible to control. 2 stars
Pearls Before Swine
Stephan Pastis
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t get caught up in someone else’s dilemma. You’ve worked hard to get where you are and you need to protect your position and your future. Look inward and stay focused on what will bring you the highest rewards. 2 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Show compassion toward your friends, relatives and peers. The way you treat and help others will be judged and referenced in the future. Protect your reputation and you will position yourself for new possibilities and financial gains. 5 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Look at all sides of a situation and adjust your thinking to consider the best way to keep the peace and benefit everyone involved. Taking conservative action in a diplomatic manner will result in unexpected prospects and greater opportunities. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s okay to show your feelings and express what you want to get out of the different relationships you have with others. Whether it’s business or pleasure, your uniqueness will be what attracts attention as well as support. 3 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A personal pick-me-up will bring about emotional, mental and financial improvements. Live in the moment and enjoy the people who share your beliefs. Changes at home will add to your comfort, convenience and happiness. Romance will improve your personal life. 5 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Say little, listen carefully and avoid getting into a dispute. Avoid joint ventures with people who don’t have the same ethics, beliefs or standards as you. Practice moderation and mindfulness and you’ll avoid a dispute. 2 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Past experiences will help you make wise choices in regard to money, legal and health matters. Listen to your heart as well as your head and you will find the answers you are looking for. Romance will improve your personal life. 4 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stay focused on what you do well. Add greater versatility and depth to your skills as you progress. Taking a wider view of things will give you insight into exciting possibilities that you never knew existed. 3 stars
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64 Uttered “not guilty” in court
1 Nonaggressive Asian snake
65 Customs or directions
6 FBI agent, slangily
66 Deli sausage
10 On the waves
DOWN
14 Nonoriginal copy
1 Polish metropolis
15 System with an LP player
2 Make a place one’s home
16 They drill through stuff
3 Miniprogram for computers
17 Like a needy one with
4 Wrinkle-crushing device
NOT EVEN A MOUSE? 20 Type of oven
5 Word with “little,” “much” or “late”
21 The meaty part of menus?
6 Gold Coast place
22 Poem of tribute
7 Not quite crying, but almost
23 Historic event of 1944
8 One place to love from
24 Notes from the boss
9 “Good shot!”
28 Feature of some man caves
10 Any excessive drug user
30 Large hawks
11 Manly address
32 Hard-nosed and unbending
12 Abbr. meaning “and more”
35 Use a Singer
13 Fire residue
36 Escapee who was free as a
18 Second versions of screenplays
40 It can be a main feature
19 Rope-making material
43 Exhibited a certain speech defect
40 Precious stone
23 Carpenter’s groove
44 Certain woodwind
41 Product taken for mild pain
25 Arizona city
46 Bring-home-the-bacon person
42 Bewildered “for words”?
26 When repeated thrice, a court cry
47 Approves officially,
LOST BIRD?
45 “___ you when you’re sleeping ...” 27 Storm heading, sometimes
as legislation
49 Indian honorific
29 Blackball
48 Most wise
50 Commotions
30 “Some time ago ...”
50 Mimic’s business
52 Santa in California
31 Open horse-drawn carriage
51 Antiwar animals
53 Drink for Opie Taylor
with one seat
54 Sketched
56 Boast
33 Legendary Hall-of-Famer Willie
55 Large continent
57 “I’ll get my high school diploma,
34 “That’s ___ ya got?”
56 See 49-Across
36 Prefix with “physical”
57 Alfred E. Neuman
DOG GONE it!” is ... 61 ___ vera (common lotion ingredient)
37 Female domestic worker, in Mumbai
Yesterday’s Solution
dental feature 58 Right-angle bend
62 Ireland, to natives
38 Stocking stuffers
63 Assists a criminal
39 “Treasure Island” author’s monogram 60 Not cooked
59 Female deer
Yesterday’s Solution
March 29, 2017
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onslaught Knights put away 18 goals Tuesday, 3 more than its previous high this season continued from back Senior team captain midfielder Macy Scott, sophomore
attacker Abbey Brooks, junior attacker Joanna Reilly and junior midfielder Paige Paratore each scored a goal for Rutgers to
cap its 5-0 start to the game with 18:42 to play in the half. “I think it was a good win,” Brooks said. “Coming off Ohio State we had a lot of energy, we connected a lot and were really strong.” Niagara finally responded after nearly 12 minutes of unanswered play with a goal less than a minute later, and one more after that to make it two straight for the
Sophomore attacker Abbey Brooks escapes a defender en route to goal. Brooks nabbed a hat trick in only three shots in Rutgers’ victory over Niagara Tuesday night. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
The Knights started up right Purple Eagles, but there was still a 5-2 lead for the Knights with where they left off, scoring 4 straight goals and taking a 1015:56 left in the half. Redshirt junior attacker Nicole goal lead over the Purple Eagles. Kopyta helped Rutgers regain its Kopyta, Dunphey and senior at4-goal cushion by catching a pass tacker Kelsey Cuje added the 4 from junior midfielder Sydney straight goals for Rutgers, with Quinn, swinging it over her shoul- the 2 from Dunphey giving her a der with just one hand on the stick second straight hat trick. Niagara cut off the streak and into the goal. Niagara converted its third at 4, but couldn’t gain momenand fourth goals of the game, but tum as the teams went back the Knights squeezed a goal of and forth on goals, resulting their own in between after Quinn in a 17-7 score with 6:25 on the clock. Brooks scored off Turscored 2 of the turro’s second goals for Rutassist of the which game. Rutgers “Coming off Ohio State gers, gave her the was up 7-4 with we had a lot of energy, we first hat trick 4:55 to play in the first half. connected a lot and were of her season. “It felt good, With one really strong.” I think I was player out bejust in the right cause of a penalabbey brooks place at the ty, the Knights sophomore Attacker right time. I still managed connected well to score shortwith my teamhanded, as Turmates and I was turro dished out her third assist of the game to able to finish,” Brooks said. Scott put up the final goal of junior attacker Kerri Puckhaber. Freshman midfielder Saman- the game, as the Knights took out tha Budd scored off a Brooks the Purple Eagles 18-8, tying their pass and Puckhaber added anoth- largest win margin of the season er goal to take the Knights into at 10. Rutgers can now look forward the locker room with a 10-4 lead. “I’ve been working on my to this weekend’s game against No. dodging and keeping my head 10 Cornell (6-1, 3-0) on Saturday at up for feeds, being quick in High Point Solutions Stadium. “Overall, we got the job done, the middle, faking and shooting,” Puckhaber said. “I think so we are going to be happy with we came out pretty slow in the that,” Brand-Sias said. beginning of the game, but For updates on the Rutgers during halftime we adjusted to their D and we came out with a women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter. big win.”
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SLATE No. 10 Rutgers uses added motivation from loss at Delaware to prepare for Big Ten continued from back is more hungry now than they’ve been with more on the line. “The next game is the most important for us. We always live for the next game,” he said. “Obviously now that it’s Big Ten play and it reflects on playof fs, we’re gonna be definitely more hungr y.” Senior midfielder Jeff George echoed that sentiment, saying that the team is excited for a clean slate and starting on the same foot as the rest of the conference. With wins over No. 17 Princeton and No. 7 Army already, Rutgers is no stranger to tough competition. But with all six members ranked, led by Penn State at No. 2, the Big Ten has made its case for being the toughest conference in the nation and the Knights will have to battle through five conference games, three of which are on the road, just to get a spot in the Big Ten Tournament, let alone the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). “Brand new season, man. 0-0 right now, everyone is. It’s a whole new season. We’re very excited,” he said. “Big Ten’s tough this year.” With a 3-1 record on the road, Rutgers has not been terrible, but a lackluster win over NJIT — a team in just its third season of Di-
vision I lacrosse and one total win in its history — and a loss at Delaware have shown that they are vulnerable away from High Point Solution Stadium, a place they have been unbeatable at the past two years. Head coach Brian Brecht does not believe they are a different team and said that he hoped the Delaware loss was simply an aberration. “I don’t know if we’re a different team (on the road),” he said. “We were a different team this week.” With the added motivation, the Knights will hopefully put in more work by themselves in preparation for Friday night’s game at Hopkins. Brecht has singled out true freshman Kieran Mullins — the team’s leading scorer — and members of the rope unit as players who set an example by the extra work they put in by themselves. Mullins, for example, stepped onto campus with no low-tohigh shot in his arsenal. He has made that one of his most dangerous moves and is heating up at the right time, with a running streak of five straight hat tricks. “Hopefully we’ll have a burning hunger in our belly to get out there outside of practice and continue to get better,” Brecht said. With a “new season” and the most crucial five games on the
regular season schedule yet to be played, George said that feeling of disappointment after a loss is something that will be key to them. Brecht has built his program with a blue collar, “chip on your
shoulder” mentality and his players will be as motivated as ever and know what it takes to make history at a school that is starving for some. “We don’t want to have this feeling ever again,” George said.
“We’re gonna come to play, don’t worry about that.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @griffinwhitmer and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Head coach Brian Brecht knows his team needs to improve its shooting and take the responsibility to put in work after practice. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2017
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Quote of the Day
“We don’t want to have this feeling ever again. We’re gonna come to play, don’t worry about that.” — Senior midfielder Jeff George on Rutgers’ first loss of the season
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017
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WOMEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS 18, NIAGARA 8
Offensive onslaught carries RU past Niagara Coby Green Staff Writer
Coming into Tuesday night’s game a winner of four of its last five games, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team continued its hot play in its second straight home game. The Scarlet Knights (7-4, 1-1) crushed Niagara (4-5) in one of Rutgers’ best games of the season, as it put up a season-high 18 goals in an impressive effort on a rainy evening. “They gave us a couple of different looks tonight,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “In the beginning of the game, we were doing a good job with our dodges. We were able to break their perimeter and get some good goals early on. After that, they went into a backer for a little bit, so we were having to pass the ball more, which on a rainy night can be a little bit difficult, but we still found a way to get it done.” Rutgers meant business early, striking first just 64 seconds into play and not stopping, as the Knights scored 5 straight goals to start things off on their home field. They saw their hot start kicked off by senior midfielder Kristina Dunphey, who came down the middle of the lane and swung the ball into the net. Senior midfielder Kristina Dunphey, who contributed 3 goals to Rutgers’ winning affair over Niagara Tuesday night on eight shots, scans for a pass. Dunphey now has 20 goals on the season, tied for the team lead. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
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MEN’S LACROSSE BIG TEN PLAY STARTS ON FRIDAY WITH NO. 13 JOHNS HOPKINS
No. 10 Rutgers hungry for Big Ten slate Griffin Whitmer Associate Sports Editor
When the then-No. 1 Rutgers men’s lacrosse team lost to unranked Delaware, a feeling of disappointment would be expected. For the now-No. 10 Scarlet Knights (8-1), there is only the feeling of more more motivation and anticipation for conference play. When people think of lacrosse blue bloods, the names Hopkins, Maryland, Duke and Syracuse come to mind. Rutgers is not an athletic department familiar with success and certainly not to the extent of being the No. 1 team in the country. While dropping nine spots in the national poll is not ideal, it puts the Knights in a position they have owned and embraced over the years: hunters. With a matchup at Johns Hopkins on Friday — a team Rutgers upset twice last season — the Knights will have an opportunity to take down a traditional power in a huge conference game. Rutgers is not supposed to beat Johns Hopkins in lacrosse, but the Knights have before, and with the Delaware loss behind them, that is where all of their focus is now. Senior defender Chris Groel said that team Senior midfielder Jeff George showed his maturity after the team’s loss to Delaware and vowed that the team will not repeat that performance again with a crucial five-game stretch of Big Ten competition. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2017 NHL SCORES
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GANNA KHRYSTENKO
assistant volleyball coach, was just named to the position by head coach CJ Werneke. Khrystenko was most recently an assistant coach at Florida State and was also a member of the Ukrainian National Team for five years of her professional career.
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BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
TRACK AND FIELD
TENNIS
vs. Monmouth
at Hofstra
Colonial Relays
at Ohio State
Today, 3 p.m., Bainton Field
Today, 4 p.m., Hempstead, N.Y.
Tomorrow, All Day, Williamsburg, Va.
Friday, 12 p.m., Columbus, Ohio