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Football team holds open practice for Student Appreciation Day Daniel Israel contributing writer
In celebration of the Rutgers student body, Rutgers Athletics hosted the second annual “Student Appreciation Day” this weekend at the Rutgers Indoor Practice and Conditioning Facility, known as the Bubble, on Busch campus. On Saturday, April 8, all students were invited to come out and participate in an open football practice with the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers Athletics Assistant Director of Marketing and Promotions Mike Greengarten, described the events of the day. “Student Appreciation Day is a free, student-only open practice with the players and coaches of the Rutgers football team,” he said. “It’s an opportunity for Rutgers students to get involved and interact with the players and the coaches that they normally don’t have access or exposure to. Throughout the day, the student body (had) the option to partake in stretching and drills alongside the football team.”
At the Bubble, Rutgers students had the unique opportunity to interact with the team’s players and coaches while they trained. Greengarten said that through the activities during “Student Appreciation Day,” the student body was not only able to see the hard work and dedication that goes into each practice, but were able to experience it first-hand while simultaneously bonding with the players. “We want to give Rutgers students an outlet where Rutgers Athletics can show our gratitude for their support,” Greengarten said. “Students (were) able to train next to the players to get a sense of the student-athlete experience for themselves. It’s also an incredibly fun and memorable day.” The day dedicated to the University student community boasted a variety of interactive drills, in which Rutgers students were able to win small prizes and souvenirs for their participation. According to event flyers, attendees were invited to enter a raffle for a chance to win prizes such as Nike gear or 2017 student season tickets.
Students were awarded free t-shirts and raffle tickets for taking part in Student Appreciation Day on Saturday in the Rutgers Indoor Practice and Conditioning Facility. Attendees interacted with players, watched practice and took part in interactive drills. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR Along with the prizes available at the open practice, Greengarten said that each student received “The Hunt” football t-shirts that have the Riot Squad logo on the back. “The student body is all one Riot Squad,” he said. “This event would not be possible without
the Riot Squad. Ever y game or event that a student comes out to makes them a part of the Riot Squad.” On top of the playful games, the student body had the option to sign up to race in a 40-yard dash competition throughout the day.
Greengarten said the five fastest runners from each race were given the chance to compete again on the field at High Point Solutions Stadium during halftime of the spring game. See Football on Page 5
Artist, alumna speaks on Douglass campus Jillian Pastor contributing writer
On Wednesday night, artist and Rutgers alumna Alice Aycock visited Douglass campus to speak about her work and the University. Aycock — a sculptor and installation artist — was an early artist in the land art movement in the 1970s and has created many largescale metal sculptures around the world. The land art movement is also known as Earth art — where landscape and the work of art are inextricably linked. Aycock said her drawings and sculptures of architectural and mechanical fantasies combine logic and imagination. The event, welcomed by Jacquelyn Litt, dean of Douglass Residential College, is part of America Converges Here, a series of events at Rutgers University—New Brunswick that explores the unique coming together of people. Aycock received her bachelor’s in arts degree from Douglass College in 1968. “Douglass College is so important to me and it changed my life,” she said. Litt introduced Aycock to the classroom of students and adults at the Kathleen W. Ludwig Global Village Learning Center. The building
is a new addition to Douglass campus that is dedicated to women and global issues. “We are thrilled to have our esteemed alumni here tonight,” she said. ”I am very pleased to say she is a graduate of Douglass.” Litt said her pieces combined architectural and mechanical fantasies, blend logic and imagination and intermingle science and faith. “We are almost finished restoring one of her pieces, which is very close to the original design,” Litt said. The piece is called The Miraculating Machine. “I like making images that force people to question why they’re there. They don’t look exactly like art installations, they look like they’re there for a reason,” Aycock said. A lot of her art installations and sculptures are huge and built into the landscape. She has to work with a team of engineers to create some of her pieces. She said many of the artists got their start at 112 Greene Street, an artist-run galler y in SoHo in the 1960s. “We all worked for each other. It wasn’t the art world you know today,” she said. “There was no commerciality.” See artist on Page 6
Mike Colter, the star of Marvel’s “Luke Cage,” spoke at the Douglass Student Center on Wednesday night to talk about his career and the driving forces behind it. Colter is an alumnus of the Mason Gross School of the Arts. Casey Ambrosio
Star of Netflix series ‘Luke Cage’ hosts Q&A session at alma mater Christian Zapata Staff writer
Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts alumnus and current star of the Netflix original series “Luke Cage,” Mike Colter, held a Q&A session for students this past Wednesday night at the Douglass Student Center to discuss his
experiences in acting and decision to develop a modern interpretation of the character. Referred to by staff as an “inside the actor’s studio” event, Colter participated in an open interview where attendants were free to ask questions in addition to a moderated interview hosted by Maggie Flanigan, one of his professors and
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master teacher at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. Anthony Mollica, the director of Arts and Culture for the Rutgers University Programming Association (RUPA), said that toward the end of fall semester, all of the committees involved, including See session on Page 6
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Author reads from ‘New York 2140’ alongside U. faculty Jillian Pastor contributing writer
On Wednesday night, novelist Kim Stanley Robinson read from and discussed his new novel “New York 2140.” He was joined by a panel of Rutgers faculty with expertise in climate science. Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestselling science fiction writer best known for his “Mars” trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural and political themes running through them. According to a New Yorker article, he is known as one of the greatest science fiction authors of the time. The novel “New York 2140” features New York City, set more than 100 years from now. In the story, the city has a rising sea level of 50 feet, and half of the city is submerged. Climate change and global warming is a major theme of the novel. “You can look at topographic maps from the U.S. Geological Survey and see what would be underwater and what would still be dry,” he said. “Lower Manhattan would be underwater, upper Manhattan mostly above water. Tides would make Midtown a problem zone.” Robinson explained the book is about finance, climate change, New York as a place and the characters in the story. “(It’s also about) what we could do now to influence events to make a better future for the people yet to come. Utopian climate change fiction — the obvious next hot genre,” he said. Robinson said that science fiction is trying to talk about the present and the future through a story. It is not just metaphor, but also a prediction of the future. “Science fiction has a basis in reality. It is the reality of our time,” he said. Marjorie B. Kaplan, associate director of the Rutgers Climate Institute, planned the event. She said she thoroughly enjoyed organizing it. “It provided a way to connect society to climate science. For many, climate change seems like something that will only occur in some unknown future,” Kaplan said. Robinson’s book is a story with realistic characters who embody traits of people we all know, yet their daily existence is imagined
in what life under extreme sea-level rise might be, she said. “As a genre, this gives one pause to think about the very real consequences of unchecked sea-level rise for future generations,” Kaplan said. Robinson said that he focuses on the characters and lets the world-building take care of itself, and hopefully the story will reveal a lot of the parts of the world. After the book reading, a panel discussed the novel. It consisted of Rutgers faculty Robert Kopp, Clinton Andrews, Laura Lawson and Jorge Marcone. Their expertise covered climate science, urban planning, urban agriculture and environmental humanities, which are all major themes in Robinson’s book. The panel discussed how the climate change in the novel could be a reality for the future and how societies must adjust to adapt to the new world. “What I’m saying is that science fiction is the cultural modeling and that the ramifications of what we’re doing now extends so far off into the future and are so easy to predict now even though there’s a broader band the further you get out,” Robinson said. “You can’t predict what will actually happen but you can see a band of possibilities that broadens as you get further away.” Science fiction, according to Robinson, is a future histor y that shows what can happen if society continues to make the same choices. Polina Semenoff, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, said that science fiction is a way to get planetary issues to a wider audience. “It gets people interested in science who might otherwise not have been interested in actual science,” she said. Besides climate change and the environment, the novel and the panel discussed how the country would economically be able to handle an event like the flooding in New York. “It’s also about the way that our economic system doesn’t allow us to afford a decent future,” Robinson said. He ended the night with some words of wisdom before thanking the audience for taking their time to be there. “Science fiction is a great way of telling modern reality,” Robinson said.
On Wednesday, Kim Stanley Robinson spoke alongside a panel of Rutgers faculty about his book “New York 2140,” which paints a hypothetical picture of the world 100 years from now under pressure from rising sea levels. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
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350 guests attend Hillel’s 1st Shabbat Christian Zapata
was organized with student involvement and help from staff members. Through student reRutgers Hillel celebrated its sourcing, they managed to surinaugural Shabbat dinner Friday vey what students would like to night with a community gathering. see and incorporated those ideas The first in a series of weekly into the dinner. “Shabbat dinner was orgadinners hosted by members of the Hillel community welcomed nized because it’s what we do nearly 350 students to indulge in — we host a free Shabbat dinner delicious challah bread, among for RU and Middlesex County other prepared items, and get Community College students involved with the religious day every week ... We just want to allow Jewish students the ability of rest. Rabbi Esther Reed, senior as- to have Shabbat dinner with their sociate director of Rutgers Hillel, friends and the bigger communisaid that Shabbat, or the Jewish ty,” she said. Items featured on the menu Sabbath, is the most important day of the week for the Jewish included soup, a first-time adcommunity. The holiday starts dition and recurring item that prior to sunset Friday night members of the community are very excited and goes unto see incorpotil sundown rated, Brandon Saturday said. every week. “People should know this spiegel A d d i t i o n a l l y, For most event is free for Rutgers the dinner feaJewish people, students and that our tured chicken, Friday night varying side dinner is the mission is to serve the dishes and a quintessential Jewish students at crowd favortime to get Rutgers.” ite — kugel. together with Ve g e t a r i a n family and and gluten-free esther reed friends for this options were Senior Associate Director of Rutgers Hillel holiday meal, also offered. she said. “Shabbat Students is something tend to dress nicely as Shabbat is a ver y really unique. It’s the one day impor tant time of the week of the week that Jewish people for them, Reed said. Having a come together as a community more elegant meal experience and really just be together. Shabis in keeping with the spe- bat dinner has always been our cial nature of Shabbat for the biggest event, and to finally have the opportunity to fill the dining Jewish community. Once allowed in, attendants hall for what it was built for is so made way toward their tables, inspiring,” she said. Hillel frequently hosts events making sure to greet each other with “Shabbat Shalom!” — a throughout the week, Brandtraditional hello and sign of good spiegel said. This coming week of Passover, Hillel will be caterfaith in the Jewish community. When all were seated, Andrew ing kosher meals for students Getraer, executive director of on Thursday and Friday during Rutgers Hillel, led the room in Chol HaMoed. Additionally, the organization brief prayer to officially begin the has two of its largest events evening’s event. Samantha Brandspiegel, a quickly approaching to finish School of Arts and Sciences se- off the year, she said. The end of nior and president of the Hillel year student leadership banquet Student Board, said the event to honor our students, staff and Staff writer
Rutgers Hillel held the first of its weekly Shabbat dinners on Friday night, bringing together hundreds of students in its newly finished building on College Avenue. Guests were treated to a meal comprised of kugel, chicken, soup and more. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR the class of 2017 will be held on Thursday, April 27, and the Ezra Schwartz FIT 5K is scheduled for April 30, Brandspiegel said. Rabbi Reed said that the event has come a long way from dinners held in the Brower Commons Faculty Dining Room to its own personal space. The organization is now able to utilize the proper tools in preparing meals
for the event to further elevate the atmosphere. While the Hillel building has been open to students since March 20, Friday was the first time the building was ready to host Shabbat dinner in its new location. This event marked a transition for the organization that is now fully operational and ready to welcome Rutgers students to Hillel, Reed said.
“People should know this event is free for Rutgers students and that our mission is to serve the Jewish students at Rutgers,” she said. “We were delighted to have so many non-Jewish students attend our opening Shabbat dinner in particular. We look forward to other special events in the future that the wider campus community can attend as well.”
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Rutgers lecture explores human rights crisis in North Korea Max Marcus Correspondent
Rutgers’ Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights recently held their Voices of North Korean Dissent lecture. The keynote speaker was Austin Hyeon, who is a North Korean expatriate. Hyeon is currently studying political science at Columbia University, making him the school’s first student of North Korean descent. Hyeon and his parents escaped from North Korea in 1999 when he was 12 years old. At that time, the United States and other Western countries had begun imposing harsher sanctions on North Korea in response to the country’s efforts to renew its nuclear program. At the same time, the Eastern European communist bloc countries that had previously provided aid to North Korea were collapsing, causing an unprecedented economic depression in North Korea. “One night the electricity went out and it didn’t come back for a couple of months. I don’t remember it clearly, but slowly you figure out that your bowl of rice is getting smaller, and students couldn’t come to school,” Hyeon said. “I was only eight or nine, but slowly I realized that something was going on. Because the government couldn’t provide food and necessities, people were beginning to die.” Hyeon’s parents decided to escape to China. They organized an escape route with other defectors and managed to cross the border, he said. Hyeon said that he was amazed by the comforts of Chinese life. One meal in China was more food than a North Korean had in an entire day. The house he was staying in was a five-minute drive from North Korea, and yet the quality of life was incomparably better. A Chinese man who was harboring Hyeon and his family gave him videotapes of South Korean TV dramas, he said. Hyeon said that in these shows the actors were speaking Korean, but the way they lived was completely alien to what he had known in North Korea. Hyeon said that this was when he realized what it would mean to live in a free world.
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As an illegal refugee, Hyeon could not go to school or make friends and said that whenever he left the house, he risked being arrested and repatriated. In order to blend in, he learned Chinese, but was caught and imprisoned after two years. “In the Chinese prison I realized that there was something I couldn’t deny, that I couldn’t erase from my background,” Hyeon said. “I was born in North Korea and I have Korean blood in my body. Even though I was speaking Chinese fluently, I still had the North Korean identity. And now I am in a prison cell because of my identity.” A week later he was handcuffed, blindfolded and driven back to North Korea, he said. There he was brought to a youth prison. His cellmate was a girl whose feet had been cut off at the ankles. “I immediately knew that if I stayed here longer something was going to happen to me too,” Hyeon said. “So I decided to escape. But how could I?” After the guards left that night, he said that he prayed for help. The next day a guard brought Hyeon outside. The guard told him to wait while he went to take a nap. Compared to the main camp, the children’s prison was lacking in security and there was a broken wall. Hyeon said that he snuck to the broken wall, then jumped through and ran. “I didn’t look back because I was so afraid,” he said. “No one discovered me, no one was yelling at me, no one was shooting at me. I believe that God helped me out of prison.” The prison was close to the Chinese border, so he said that he hid in a secluded area for two days, then crossed the border alone. A year later Hyeon learned that his mother had escaped to China as well, and they reunited. His father had gotten sick in prison and died soon after being released. In 2005 Hyeon and his mother moved to South Korea with the help of Chinese missionaries. There he began high school at the age of 18, he said. Now Hyeon has been in the United States for six years. He said that he chose to study political science so that he could
The University’s Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights hosted Austin Hyeon, a North Korean expatriate on Saturday night in the Rutgers Academic Building. Hyeon was imprisoned as a child after attempting to flee the country. Elizabeth Reynes work to solve North Korea’s political dysfunction. “My passion is always for my people. This is my philosophy for myself. As a human being, I could have lived for myself. I could have majored in statistics or computer
science or economics. Each person has different values and a different passion for their subject,” he said. “But for me, studying political science is very special because I wanted to understand the political systems of the world and
gain wisdom and knowledge to analyze North Korea’s system ... I don’t know what I’m gonna do in the next six months or one year, but definitely, I will find an opportunity to be part of a group bringing changes to North Korea.”
the students for coming out to the games 10,000 strong, for making a lot of noise, and for supporting This year’s Student Appreciation saw more than our student-athletes on and off the field.” 250 attendees Danielle Roth, a sophomore in the School of Arts and Sciences, said that she was not aware of Rutgers Athletics said they continued from front “Student Appreciation Day” until were preparing for increased recently. She looked forward to To commemorate the event, turnout for the second year of seeing what exactly Rutgers Athhe said Rutgers Athletics set up “Student Appreciation Day,” after letics had to ofa photo booth fer at this year’s equipped with practice. football props, “It’s important for students to make personal connections with the players and staff of the football team.” “I think it’s where students awesome that took pictures mike greengarten Rutgers is celein Rutgers Assistant Director of Marketing and Promotions for Rutgers Athletics brating Student players’ helAppreciation mets and gear. Day,” Roth said. The Marching Scarlet Knights were in seeing an impressive showing of notes from last year’s operation ment in the spotlight. In a sense, “I don’t think I’ve heard of anyattendance at the open prac- approximately 250-300 students and began to plan this year’s “Stu- the day is a huge thank you to the thing like this taking place at Ruttice returning for their sec- last spring. For the first event of dent Appreciation Day” around Rutgers student body for their gers before. I don’t know much unwavering support of the team about the mechanics of football, ond year, eager to provide the its kind, it was very successful. Easter of 2016. More than 250 students came student body with live music Greengarten said Rutgers throughout the football season. but practicing with the football out for the event. and entertainment. Athletics emphasizes the great It’s our expression of gratitude to team sounds like a blast.” Greengarten partnered with fellow Rutgers Athletics staffers to make “Student Appreciation Day” possible, including Assistant Athletic Director, Creative Services and Fan Experience Rob Roselli, Director of Football Operations Will Gilkison, and Assistant Director of Facilities, Events and Operations Dan Ryan. He said the group of directors took
amount of time and effort they put into the planning and execution of “Student Appreciation Day” in order to show their support for the student body. “It’s important for students to make personal connections with the players and staff of the football team,” he said. “There’s not a lot of opportunities for the rest of the student body to have their mo-
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“It was exciting seeing a man of color pursuing the same thing and actually making it in Colter’s long-awaited appearence at Rutgers was Itheambusiness while actually shedding some light on what his jourcoordinated by RUPA ney was like there while getting there,” she said. Rutgers and are now making While organizing these events, continued from front it big. I think it was also very diversity is always important, RUPA, come together to deter- special for the Mason Gross au- McDonald said. This way Colmine event ideas for the follow- dience who RUPA tries to hit ter is able to not only reach the through lectures and other live actors here but is also able to ing semester. speak to those who are fans of The collective typically part- events,” he said. In selecting guests for these his work and want to know more ners with Geek Week, a department under the Division of Stu- lecture events, RUPA evaluates a about him. “I felt really empowered, I dent Affairs, to present a lecture number of different components each semester. However, when such as the marketability of a felt like a lot of things were put the decision was made to have guest to make sure that people into perspective for me as far as Colter attend, he was unavailable will be interested in the event, range and what I should be doing now to achieve longevity in as a result of filming for “Luke Mollica said. They also analyze a prospec- my career as an actress once I Cage,” Mollica said. He was then rescheduled to tive guest’s relevance to current graduate,” she said. One of the main messages conpresent the following month, social issues, he said. veyed throughhe said. The out the lecture committee is simply to reached out work hard, Mcto Colter be“Not everything is easy and not everyone has the Donald said. cause he was same timeline.” Being patient a successful and not expectRutgers gradtia mcdonald ing things to uate with a Mason Gross School of the Arts Sophomore come as quickbackstory that ly as you would students could like was often really benefit mentioned from hearing. Currently, the committee is throughout the talk. After word spread that Colter Staying focused on personal would host the event this semes- starting their proposal process ter, students flooded the event’s for the fall and advises students achievement and not worr ying Facebook page, Mollica said. keep an eye out for what is to about what ever yone else is acStudents were very excited with come in the following semester, complishing is vital to finding success in your respective field, the decision, sharing the event Mollica said. Tia McDonald, a Mason Gross McDonald said. She advises with their friends and posting questions they wanted Colter to School of the Arts sophomore, that students hone in on what said that having Colter attend the they want to achieve in life and answer on the site. “It was very cool to see. I think event was very inspiring. Being in go for it. “Not everything is easy and not it’s great to see that personal the same program he graduated connection to people that were from, it was encouraging for her to everyone has the same timeline,” once in all of our shoes here at continue her educational pursuits. she said.
artist Aycock graduated from Douglass College in 1968, before launching successful artistic career continued from front Aycock said her early work prefaced what she does now. Her modern work deals in turbulence, interference and wave motion. “I wanted to really deal with the transitor y nature of things. Causality and chance and how they relate to each other. I thought a lot about gravity and then stepping away, letting chance take over,” she said about her early works. Aycock said she likes to make art not just about feeling good but about uncertainty, and the unpredictability of the world. Sometimes Aycock’s work is celebrated and becomes part of the landscape. Her “Park Avenue” series resembled giant paper sculptures. According to a New York Times article, people have said it broke up the city streets. Other times, her work is not so well received. Aycock described a piece she did on the roof of the 107th Police Precinct House in Flushing, Queens. It resembled a giant satellite dish. “I think some people thought it was a huge sur veillance device and that the government was spying on them,” she said. The sculpture was meant to symbolize communication between the police and the community, she said.
“I want you to say, ‘What is that?’” Aycock said. “I want you to have a dialog with the world and have a visual experience. It doesn’t have to be art to you, it has to start a conversation.” Some of her work resembles amusement park rides, but Aycock said she used to be embarrassed because she was inspired by amusement parks, but they continue to be a source she uses. Her team of engineers sometimes use computer programs to make her designs, as her work pulls further and further away from studio art. Aycock ended her presentation about a stor y of a girl from her time in India. She said she just wanted to admire a building when she felt a tug on her dress. After resisting, Aycock turned to see a girl begging and noticed a huge scar. “That was all she had,” she said. “I was standing here and admiring this beautiful building and that scar was all that girl had.” Aycock explained she took a taxi right home and made a drawing of the girl. “My drawing won’t change her life, but it’s the one thing I can do as an artist,” Aycock said. “I can put something out there for her that didn’t exist. If I can do that for her, then I will be happy.”
Rutgers alumna Alice Aycock spoke at the Kathleen W. Ludwig Global Village Learning Center on Douglass campus — a building dedicated to women and global issues. Casey Ambrosio
CRIME APRIL 10 EWING — Joey Browser, 58, was arrested for driving intoxicated and crashing into a telephone pole. Although there are no serious injuries, he damaged the house near the crash. Police did not have a full report on how extensive the damages were.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — A man was shot in the chest in his Hamel Court home by a masked man. The resident was rushed to the hospital for treatment but the suspect got away. The suspect is described as a tall black man with glasses wearing all black.
OPInions
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April 10, 2017
To raise awareness, we need open discussion
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pril 7 marked the birthday of the GOT RIGHTS? World Health Organization and this year’s theme is depression, the HARLEEN SINGH No. 1 cause of ill health. More than 300 million people experience it worldwide, and about 20 million in the United States alone. It’s surprising that there isn’t enough awareness on how ubiquitous it is as 1 in 4 people will suffer from depression before the age of 24. Increased investment is needed in many countries since many societies don’t acknowledge the gravity of the disease. There is little to no social support — even in well-developed countries — as 50 percent of those diagnosed do not seek treatment. There is so little support toward mental illnesses that even governments, on average, only invest 3 percent of their health budgets in mental health. There is now a greater need than ever for investment. Statistics show that for every U.S. $1 financed toward depression and anxiety treatment leads to a profit of $4 in better health. Mental illness alludes to a variety of mental health conditions that are disorders that affect an individual’s mood, thought process and behavior. Mental disorders are fairly common in that nearly 1 in 5 people (42.5 million) in the United States is affected and around 450 million are suffering worldwide. As common as they are, society still views the symptoms of disorders as threatening and absurd. Such attitudes cultivate stigma and discrimination to those affected, making it harder for those that do suffer to come out and receive the help and attention they need. There are two different types of mental disorder stigmas, social and perceived stigma. Social stigma is distinguished by the discriminating behaviors toward those affected due to the psychiatric label they were given. The latter, perceived stigma, is the incarnation by the sufferer of their perceptions of discrimination by society, often leading to humiliation and treatment setbacks. A two-year (September of 2013 — May of 2015) survey created by Andrea Armstrong, a partner of The National Institute of Mental Illness, indicated that in urbanized countries, only 7 percent of those who responded thought that those who suffer from mental illnesses are
“The prejudice is further perpetuated through social media and movies. An example is the cinematic depiction of schizophrenia, which shows the affected person as extremely aggressive ... ”
a threat. But this statistic is more than doubled in developing countries as 15 percent of the respondents thought that those with mental disorders are violent. This isn’t surprising, as mental illnesses aren’t recognized as legitimate diseases. Disorders, like as depression, are just seen as a passing phase that a person can snap out of at any time. In countries like India and China, those that are professionally diagnosed bear the burden of “shaming” their families and are kept at home and seldom let out. This taboo on mental disorders is an encumbrance on those affected, making their lives a lot harder. This brings into question what causes stigmas? History has shown that people affected by mental health problems have always been treated differently, brutalized and even excommunicated. This originated from the early beliefs about the causes of mental health related problems such as demonic or spiritual possession, all which attempted to explain the illnesses. These explanations created the ultimate fear, caution and discrimination of the those affected. The prejudice is further perpetuated through social media and movies. An example is the cinematic depiction of schizophrenia, which shows the affected person as extremely aggressive, having no control of their actions and even homicidal — all simply reinforcing the biased beliefs. It is important for us to openly talk about mental disorders to raise awareness. Celebrities such as J.K. Rowling, Demi Lovato and Michael Irvine help relieve the stigmas against mental illness and spread the knowledge. We find out about those who are depressed through openly speaking about it. People need to be educated on how to get the help and treatment they need, and family members and friends of those affected need to know how to comfort and assist their loved ones. Harleen Singh is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year majoring in cell biology and neuroscience. Her column, “Got Rights?”, runs on alternate Mondays.
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Freedom of press should start in schools Bill to rid student journalists of censorship should be passed
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s a University that has a daily newspaper, that necessarily did not paint the university in a Rutgers should be extremely involved in any positive light. She also said that when she attemptadvancement made in the world of collegiate ed to make this point clear to the representatives newspaper production. And with New Voices of New from the university, they emphasized that The Jersey making efforts to pass a bill regarding the Equinox ran off of the funding that the university freedoms of college (and high school) newspapers, provided. In the world of journalism, despite its it seems like the perfect opportunity for Rutgers to level, this is dangerous. The entire reason that high schools and colleges make its voice heard. New Voices of New Jersey describes itself as a have school newspapers is to build experience for movement to help ensure the fear-free freedoms of those students interested in getting involved in a student journalists. Recently, it has made a pledge to journalistic field when they are older. They want to support Assembly Bill 4028, which was put into mo- be exposed to the real-life world of journalism. When tion on June 30 last year and encompasses the ideals you put limitations on their writing and censor what of the organization entirely. This bill is made to pro- they can and cannot say, you are not only barring them from speaking tect high school and their truths, but also college journalists stripping them of the against censorship as well as forbidding “Not only this but, allowing students to seek experience of the real world. retaliatory personnel out the truths, even if they are negative, The media is ofactions against faculmakes them better investigative journalists.” ten referred to as ty advisors. This esthe “fourth branch sentially means this of government,” bill is supposed to and this is to imply keep students and their advisers from getting in trouble for publishing that the truths that people report are the ones that something that the newspaper’s institution does not keep the government and its systems in check. This is the same thing that student journalists should be want them to publish. Being members of The Daily Targum, we are lucky doing with their institutions of education. And these to not just be independent and free from restrictions institutions should be letting them do this. No high or censorship but also have the unconditional sup- school or university is perfect, and it is necessary for port of the administration in our work. Although its student body to be given the right to hold them some of the news we report on does not always put responsible for when they make mistakes. Not only the University in a positive light, we are dedicated to this but, allowing students to seek out the truths, our reporting and are grateful to have an administra- even if they are negative, makes them better investion that cares about this. But unfortunately, this is tigative journalists. Plus, the unconditional support of an administration gives its students greater connot always the case with other universities. Just a few weeks ago, Melanie Perez, the edi- fidence in their work and their words. It is difficult tor-in-chief of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s imagining a newspaper such as The Daily Targum newspaper The Equinox, put out an opinions piece with such restrictions because it would no longer on how she felt that her liberties as a student jour- be the same newspaper. Every other newspaper denalist were being threatened by her university. In serves the right to have its own distinct voice, and if her piece, she emphasized that as editor-in-chief this will only be done through this bill, then this bill she had the right to “speak (her) mind” even if should be passed as soon as possible. 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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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Rutgers is already making steps to be religiously literate To the Editor:
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s a professor of religion, I am, of course, thrilled at the idea of a religious literacy course being required for all Rutgers students. It is a stunningly important topic, and we in the department would love to expand students’ exposure to our field. I think, though, there is a better (and more immediately accessible) way to accomplish the goal of increased understanding across religious difference: a university-wide diversity requirement. The addition of a diversity requirement to the core curriculum is already under discussion in the School of Arts and Sciences and elsewhere, and the studentrun Cultural Competence Coalition is working diligently and effectively to make this a reality. Religion is not a reality that floats free from culture. It is something practiced and dealt with by humans in the human realm. Any decent exploration of cultural difference will include beliefs, practices, texts, emotions, institutions and artifacts that would be termed “religious,” even if religion is not singled out as a separate categor y of inquir y.
Indeed, focusing on religion as an entity separate from human culture is not only historically inaccurate and factually misleading, it also replicates polemics against par ticular religions and religion in general — that religion is the cause of wars, of violence, of ignorance, of inequality. Because religion is just one component of culture, influencing and influenced by politics, discourse and social structures, this can never be true. In the meantime, while we are working towards this diversity requirement, students should be more vocal about what they already learn in humanities and social science classes. Every time we chip away at apparent simplicity, in any context, we lay the groundwork for understanding global diversity. Whenever we complicate any of our own narratives, we introduce principles of critical discernment and reflection that will be necessary to ensure that when we learn about different cultures and practices, we will not oversimplify them. Frequently when we find that something is more complicated than we initially thought, we quiet down, knowing that we do not know the whole story and that we have no soundbite with which to replace the dominant narrative. But complexity is the soundbite. We must speak up! Diane Fruchtman is an assistant professor in the Department of Religion.
Conservative Union’s use of flyer sends troubling message To the Editor:
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s a proud Rutgers alumnus, I was disheartened to see the Conservative Union flyer that made the Targum’s front page on March 1, 2017. Although I believe that The Daily Targum should have explained that Dylan Marek’s explanation of the five tenets of Islam was inaccurate, I would like to comment on the poster and the Conservative Union itself. While the poster may be protected speech, we, as educated students, should all understand it as speech that should not be tolerated, promoted, or seriously considered. The poster is blatantly nativist and racist and ignores Rutgers’ proud diversity. As the Targum correctly shows by juxtaposing the two posters, the Conservative Union’s poster obviously draws inspiration from the white nationalist American National Vanguard’s. As far as Marek’s claim that the message was originally his own, this is either woeful ignorance or a blatant lie. His message so clearly mirrors that of the National Vanguard, down to lifting whole sentences, that even if he did not know of the original, we should disregard his defense. When your message agrees so much with a white
nationalist one, your message becomes white nationalistic. It would be easy to tear down Marek’s position that he makes so boldly clear in his poster. The facts are consistently arrayed against him. But I would rather ask him, who do you mean when you disparage the “third world?” Who are you attacking when you complain about “cheap foreign labor?” What pride do you have in being a “conqueror” and what people did you destroy to gain that pride? I guarantee you, they do not look like Dylan Marek. At Rutgers, we pride ourselves on our diversity. We pride ourselves on our global reach and our global roots — our students hail from over 120 countries. And we can now take pride as a University that acknowledges its own troubled history with racism thanks to the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Populations in Rutgers History. While Marek and his Conservative Union may feel that this diversity and full understanding of history have robbed them of their country, we here at Rutgers know that America’s greatness is due to our diversity, to our different colors and nationalities. An openly racist ideology that attacks the very core of Rutgers’ modern understanding of itself as a diverse, global university will hopefully gain little traction with our students, who understand that it is our differences which unite us and make us great. Zachary Torrey is a Rutgers alumnus.
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science
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U. professors appointed to Genome Sequencing Program Akhil Gumidyala Contributing writer
The field of medicine is continuing to grow with the help of many mathematical and scientific branches, especially through the merging of these professions. According to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, combining computer algorithms and databases with findings in biology greatly enhances biological research in a field known as computational biology. Some of these computational methods include using genomic data and genomics, which is what principal investigators Tara Matise, Steve Buyske and co-investigator Jinchuan Xing are focused on. According to the Department of Genetics, all three were awarded a $3.8 million four-year grant to head the coordinating center at the Genome Sequencing Program (GSP) and are involved, on a larger scale, in the merging of the world of biology with the world of computer science and mathematics. GSP is one of the research efforts funded by the National Human Genome Research (NHGRI), said Professor Tara Matise, professor in the Department of Genetics, head of the Laboratory of Computational Genetics, and a member of the Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey. NHGRI is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which provides research funding to thousands of scientists, Matise said. “NHGRI supports the development of resources and technology that will accelerate genome research and its application to human health and funds a broad range of studies aimed at understanding the structure and function of the human genome and its role in health and disease,” Matise said. According to National Human Genome Research Institute website, the NHGRI had various accomplishments in recent years, some of which include identifying genes responsible for multiple human genetic diseases as well developing new ways to map, sequence and interpret some vertebrate genomes. Biological as well as genetic concepts appear to play an important role in medicine. “I think they play an important role in medicine because those who are looking to pursue a career in this field should be able to understand the ins and outs of the human body,” said Monica Pustylnik, a first-year student in the School of Arts and Sciences. “In so many cases, issues are caused by small, unseeable malfunctions, such as those that can exist within DNA, for example.” Genomic research’s role in advancing medicine involves the study of genomes. A genome is the collection of all the DNA in one cell of a human, said Steve Buyske, an associate research professor in the Department of Statistics and Biostatistics. Fifteen to 30 years ago, there would only be a few places in the genome where scientists could
Advancements in technology and computer programs have helped to improve genomic research involving analysis of large amounts of data sets. This allows scientists to perfrom experiments that are much more complicated and less time consuming than experiments done a few decades ago. PIXABAY determine what the variation you need to have a bigger sample DNA is typically extracted from was. Most of it was inferred just size in order to detect for the dis- blood. There are many different methods in use for DNA sequencby what was physically observ- order,” Buyske said. Researchers must not only ing, Matise said. able, also known as the pheMethods, techniques and the notype. Now with modern ma- take biology into consideration, chines, scientists can determine but statistical data as well when materials genomic researchers work with have advanced. almost every single base pair, doing genomic research. “I would consider genetic Generating data and impleBuyske said. The GSP, which is funded by menting statistical analysis are experiments done 40 years ago the NHGRI, plays a crucial role key steps in most scientific stud- to be relatively simple,” Buyske in understanding and improving ies, including genomics and oth- said. “Today there is a cheap er areas of biological research, technology called a genome-wide genomic research. association study (GWAS), “We run the coordinating cen- Matise said. “In genomics, advancing which consists of microarrays ter at the GSP, which has several different branches. The NHGRI technologies facilitate the gener- that can help delineate the genostaff are very involved in this proj- ation of increasingly larger data type not at ever y place on the geect. One branch focuses on Men- sets. Specific training is needed nome but, say, 5,000,000 places on a genome.” delian disorThere is ders, which are also the potendiseases that “In genomics, advancing technologies facilitate the tial for unwantare caused by generation of increasingly larger data sets. Specific ed causes that a single gene training is needed to be able to manage and could skew change,” Buysthe research. ke said. understand these large data sets.” There is a Another big lot of “noise” branch is the Tara Matise for all sorts of Centers for Professor im the Department of Genetics reasons such Common Disas environmenease Genomics (CCDG) and this program helps to be able to manage and under- tal factors like diet, Buyske said. to understand the role genomics stand these large datasets, and Another might be that one spot plays in conditions such as heart to develop methods and comput- on the genome could get affectdisease, autism, asthma, Type 1 er programs that can efficiently ed by other spots. Statisticians diabetes and more. These condi- analyze ver y large data sets,” spend a lot of effort in working out techniques that can decrease tions have a strong genetic com- she said. In addition to having a solid the “noise.” ponent to them but it is not as simBuyske noted he and his colfoundation in both mathematics ple as it sounds, he said. Buyske also notes the various and the sciences, researchers leagues also deal with non-Mentypes of disease that stem from must also use certain techniques delian disorders, in which it is not a matter of just one gene or different genetic backgrounds in genomic research. Genomic sequencing is the one spot on a chromosome beand causes. “Whereas in Mendelian Ge- process of determining the DNA ing affected. “There are some conditions netics, in which the individual sequence of a genome — which disease is quite rare and there are is the complete genetic sequence that vary from person to person typically a small number of fami- of a human or another organism. where there are chunks of genes lies, for these common diseases In humans (and other mammals), missing or extra chunks inserted.
Then the question remains, how does that turn into the architecture of a trait? This is asking what is the extent to which something is genetically determined as opposed to caused mainly by environmental factors. It turns out to be a very complex question,” Buyske said. Despite these complex questions researchers are still trying to answer, there have been breakthroughs and advancements in the fields of genomics and biostatistics. “My colleague, Professor Buyske, mentioned drastically reduced costs over time for DNA sequencing. Another exciting development (is) tools designed to help patients with rare genetic disorders to share information about their disorder so that affected individuals, their families and the scientists who study these rare disorders can become aware of others with whom they might connect and collaborate,” Matise said. The more patients with the same underlying genetic cause that are included in a study, the greater the power of the study to successfully find the mutation, she said. As the understanding of human genetics and genomics continues to advance, so will the medical knowledge of certain diseases. “Being able to grasp these concepts can aid in finding cures to genetic disease, as the preliminary knowledge will help further research and understanding,” Pustylnik said.
DIVERSIONS
April 10, 2017
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Page 11 Eugenia Last
Happy Birthday: Take your time and do things right the first time. Don’t feel pressured to make a move just because someone else does. Research, educate yourself and weigh the negatives and positives carefully, but once your vision is clear and your mind is made up, act quickly. Partnerships will play an important role in the decisions you make and the direction you head. Your numbers are 4, 13, 19, 27, 30, 34, 45.
Over The Hedge
T. Lewis and M. Fry
Non Sequitur
Wiley
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Scrutinize any offer or information you receive carefully before you make a decision to get involved with someone that can change or influence your life. Do the best job possible and go about your business discreetly. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Look at what you can accomplish instead of laboring over what you cannot. Staying positive and giving your all will help you avoid being criticized by people who like to meddle in other people’s affairs. Don’t overdo or overspend. 3 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your carefree attitude can get you into trouble if you believe everything you are told. Before you offer to help someone, find out exactly what’s entailed and why you are being summoned to pitch in. Refuse to be taken advantage of. 5 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Choose to err on the conservative side when it comes to helping others, making donations or bringing about change. Don’t make decisions based on emotions or you will face partnership problems. Concentrate on self-improvements rather than trying to change others. 2 stars
Pearls Before Swine
Stephan Pastis
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll be caught in the middle of an emotional meltdown if you don’t take time to deal with someone who is opposing your plans. If you offer explanations, the positive gains you make will cancel out any interference. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Speak up and let others know what you are thinking and how you feel. Your words will have an impact that will bring about positive changes at home and to the way others treat you. Romance is on the rise. 3 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Look for any opportunity you can get to network. A change to the way you work is likely and should be handled with enthusiasm, not fear. Welcoming any sort of new beginning or change with open arms will ensure success. 4 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will accomplish the most at home. Try not to venture into any situations that are unpredictable. Don’t feel like you have to follow someone just because he or she is your partner or friend. 2 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Share your enthusiasm and you will get your ideas up and running. Altering the way you do things at home or at work may meet with some controversy, but in the end you will find a way to succeed. 4 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look for opportunities that will help you get ahead financially. A new position or investment prospect will be offered through an old friend or associate. Joint ventures are best handled conservatively. Live within your means. 5 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t labor over what others are doing. Look at your own responsibilities and get busy chipping away at what needs to be completed before the day comes to an end. Progressive action will result in satisfaction and achievements. 3 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be cautious when asked to pitch in and help. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you without some sort of remuneration. Be open about what you want in order to avoid disappointment. Don’t promise anything you cannot deliver. 3 stars
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Universal Crossword ACROSS
63 Inflict
1 Sharpens, as skills
64 Muddy farm home
6 One state’s welcome
65 Alcohol variety
11 Pinch hitter, e.g.
66 Indigent
14 Horned beast, briefly
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15 Graph paper features
1 “48 ___” (Murphy film)
16 Latin eggs
2 “Well, well, well!”
17 Rooftop energy producers
3 Zilch
19 Chinchilla covering
4 Approves, in a way
20 Pie part
5 More apologetic
21 Mortar and ___
6 “Pitiful me”
23 Flower organ
7 It’s trapped in the laundry
26 Wide, lacy collars
8 Small number
27 Sets free from a leash
9 Assistant
28 Fighter pilot’s mission
10 States strongly
29 Nocturnal bird
11 Sympathetic and then some
30 Page opposite verso
12 Tonsils neighbor
32 Cut deeply, as prices
13 Airs, as personal information
35 Fans’ cooperative display
18 Throbs
49 Commissions generators
37 Starter for “sayer”
22 Wilt Chamberlain’s nickname
50 Discharge perspiration, e.g.
39 It doesn’t take much on
23 Does a farming chore
53 “Just the ___ thought of you”
24 American Hawkeye
54 Grad student’s exam type
25 Feature of this crossword,
57 Car stat
a card table 40 Drum kit part 42 Easy score, in basketball
if you’re good
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58 David ___ Roth of rock
44 Waiter’s reward
26 Ill-gotten gains
59 Young boy
45 Masked thief
28 Weasel relative
60 Cloud’s domain
47 Easy job
31 Baby’s affliction, sometimes
49 Groundbreaking?
33 Jam or lock up
51 “___ unto Caesar ...”
34 “Active” start
52 Radiant, in old poetry
36 Eliminate from a chalkboard
53 Makes noncashable
38 Overbearing arrogance
55 Floral necklace
41 As one group
56 Some gymnastic feats
43 Like some raids in the dark
61 Suffix meaning “none greater”
46 Darken all lighting
62 Former Toyota model
48 Guarantee
Yesterday’s Solution
April 10, 2017
Page 12 WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD ROBBIE ACHIEVES 5TH PLACE OVERALL
RU leaves Tennessee with slew of top-5 placements Kevin Stapleton Staff Writer
The Rutgers women’s track and field team continued its outdoor campaign last weekend with participation in the Tennessee Dogwood Relays at Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Scarlet Knights came out of the meet with five top-five placements and seven Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) qualifying marks, including a new personal record set by senior Sarah Robbie in the 800-meter. Robbie achieved fifth-place overall with an ECAC qualifying time of 2:09.59, besting her previous PR of 2:09.76 set earlier this season at the ECAC Indoor Championships in March. The senior also assisted fellow Rutgers senior Kaitlyn Bedard, junior Brianna Haspel and sophomore Jenna Sobieski in the 4x800-meter relay. The squad reached seventh-place overall with an ECAC qualifying time of 9:13.92. Junior Bria Saunders also saw a productive meet, placing fourth and fifth overall in the 100 (11.72) and 200-meter (23.76) relays, respectively – both ECAC qualifying times. Saunders, along with junior Imani Beauliere, and sophomores Phyllis Gordon and Nabiya Garrett, helped compete in the 4x100-meter relay and placed
Senior Sarah Robbie set a new personal record and finished fifth overall in the 800-meter at the Tennessee Dogwood Relays this past weekend. THE DAILY TARGUM / JANUARY 2016 eighth overall with an ECAC qualifying time of 46.73. Gordon also joined the ECAC qualifiers with an eleventh-place
effort in the 400-meter with a time of 55.58. The Knights’ last two top-five results came from field athletes
senior Katherine Johnston and sophomore Rhonda Rogombe. Johnston achieved a 42.84-meter javelin throw, earning her
fourth place overall and an ECAC qualifier. This is Johnston’s third consecutive top-five placement in javelin throws this outdoor season. Rogombe, only in her second week back in action after a hamstring injury, placed fourth overall in the high jump with an ECAC qualifying distance of 1.65-meters. Her effort in Knoxville marks her second consecutive top-five placement since returning from her injury. Other notable efforts in Knoxville came from Rutgers in both track and field events. The distance medley relay squad of Bedard, senior Nicole Nicholas, junior Celine Mazzi and freshman Emma Bergman placed seventh with a time of 12:26.63. Freshman Alison Chomsky, in only the third meet of her Knights career, placed sixth in the javelin throw with a distance of 40.09-meters — good for her second topfive placement of the season. This weekend, Rutgers will return home to host the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships for the second consecutive year. The championship meet will run from April 14 to 15 at the Bauer Track and Field Complex in Piscataway, New Jersey. For updates on the Rutgers women’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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April 10, 2017 WOMEN’S LACROSSE NO. 1 MARYLAND 20, RUTGERS 8
Knights finish homestand with loss to No. 1 UMD Coby Green Staff Writer
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team honored its senior class on Saturday in what ended up being the only pleasant time of the night for the team. The Scarlet Knights (7-6, 1-2) were beaten down this weekend by No. 1 Maryland (13-0, 3-0) in the final game of a four-game home stand. Rutgers went 2-2 during the home stand, winning the first two before dropping the next two, including Saturday’s 20-8 loss. “They’re a really talented team, that goes without saying,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “But we’ve got to do our best possible job to get our best possible game out on the field, and I don’t think we did that.” Prior to the first blast of the horn, the Knights honored senior attackers Amanda Turturro and Delaney Tuite, senior midfielders Macy Scott and Kristina Dunphey and senior defender Ryann Hogan with a tribute at midfield. Although Rutgers won the opening draw of the game, the Terrapins quickly caused a turnover, scooped up the ball and were on their way to the first goal of the game after just 64 seconds of game play. The Maryland attack didn’t stop there, rattling off 6 straight goals to start the game, taking an early 6-0 lead at the 24:12 mark in the first half. The Knights finally got on the board at the 23:27 mark on an unassisted goal from sophomore attacker Abbey Brooks to put an end to the long streak of Terps goals.
Rutgers honors its five graduating seniors at Saturday night’s game against No. 1 Maryland at High Point Solutions Stadium, where it was Senior Night. RAJ VAIDYA Maryland scored two more times, taking an 8-1 lead, before Rutgers came back with 2 goals of their own, attempting to stop the Terps momentum. First, junior attacker Joanna Reilly scored off an assist from Scott, followed by Turturro putting the ball in the net on her own to make it an 8-3 game with 16:52 left in the first half. Maryland took a slight chip at the Knights’ momentum by scoring, but Rutgers quickly responded back and kept the game at a 5-goal difference on a free position goal from Dunphey.
Reilly scored her second goal of the game off an assist from junior attacker Kerri Puckhaber and cut the lead to just 4 goals for the Knights, but the Terps answered back twice and brought the lead back up to 6 goals. “It stinks that we lost,” Reilly said. “But playing the best team in the country, we obviously learned a lot and learned what we have to do in practice this week to translate it into next game.” The Terrapins took their largest lead of the night in the midst of scoring 3 more goals and
ultimately went into the locker room at half time leading Rutgers 14-5. Maryland came out of the half time gates swinging, scoring less than 30 seconds into the half and adding two more after that to widen the gap to 17-5 over the Knights. Rutgers responded with its first goal of the half from junior midfielder Paige Paratore off an assist from freshman midfielder Samantha Budd. Dunphey then scored a second straight goal for the Knights and her second of the game, to cut the score to 17-7 with 19:41 left in the game.
Fast forward 10 minutes and the score would be 19-8, after Maryland scored two more times, while Brooks scored her second goal of the game for Rutgers off of a pass from Turturro. The rough game for the Knights finally ended as the buzzer sounded, with the final score 20-8 in Maryland’s favor. Some team highlights in the game included winning 16 draw controls and scooping up 13 ground balls. “I love this group of girls and could not be happier or more proud to be on the field with these group of girls,” said Scott, who served as co-captain for Rutgers with Turturro this season. “Everyone made this night special regardless of the outcome of the game, which is disappointing for this game, but I am happy to be going into the next three games with these girls.” Although this game was senior night, it isn’t the last game of the season for the Knights and isn’t even the last home game, as they will be back at High Point Solutions Stadium in two weeks. Rutgers will hit the road this week for the first time in nearly a month, as it gets set to travel up to Ann Arbor, Michigan to face the Michigan Wolverines (5-10, 1-3). “We want to do the best we can to give them the best season going down this final stretch,” Brand-Sias said. For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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road Knights respond from 2 consecutive losses with resounding win over Michigan continued from back Michigan failed to find any rhythm in that respect, as five different players took multiple faceoffs and none won more than two. Heidt was key in keeping the game close, as his efforts kept the Wolverines in the game after the first quarter, where Rutgers held a slim 2-1 advantage. But the shots continued to rain down from the red jerseys and the Knights were able to put in 5 goals in the second quarter. The Rutgers defense was back in form, as the unit pitched a second quarter shutout and propelled the Knights to a 9-2 halftime lead. From that point, Mullins took the game over, finding the back of the net four times in the third quarter to give him 8 goals for the game. He helped give Rutgers a 13-3 lead going into the final period. Despite letting in a few goals in garbage time, the Knights took home the comfortable 7-goal win. Rutgers’ attacking unit was much more than Mullins, though, as senior Connor Murphy scored his second straight hat trick and added an assist for a 4-point effort. Junior Jules Heningburg
continued to display how he has improved his game as a passer, dishing out 5 assists and scoring once as well.
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Senior attacker Connor Murphy scored his second straight hat trick and helped the Scarlet Knights take down Michigan on the road for Rutgers’ first conference win. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2017
Rutgers finished dead-last in the Big Ten in yards per punt last season with 37.3 yards
matter,” Okruch said. “Right now in place of using schemes, we’re teaching fundamental skillsets to cover kicks, fundamental skillsets to protect kicks and how you cover, how you net the returner.” Entering his second season as special teams coordinator —
Maryland defeated the Knights on two separate occasions last season, dropping Rutgers by a score of 11-8 early on in College Park and knocking The Knights out of the second round of the Big Ten Tournament with a 14-8 win.
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amian Lillard, Portland Trailblazers point guard, scored a franchise-record 59 points in Saturday night’s 10186 win over the Utah Jazz. Lillard matched his career-high with nine 3-pointers en route to the milestone. Lillard surpassed Damon Stoudamire’s 54 points with a step-back 3-pointer with 1:49 left in the fourth quarter. He had a chance at 60, but missed the first two of a trio of free throws with 23.1 seconds left. He jokingly blamed teammate Noah Vonleh for being off by a point when he shouted out his total down the final stretch. “When I missed the second one and everybody was like, ‘Ohhh,’ I was like, ‘What happened?’ Then I made the last one and looked up and I had 59,” he said, shaking his head. “And I was like - it’s Noah’s fault.”
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And after going just 15-21 on clears last week against Johns Hopkins, the Knights was 19-20 in that area against the Wolverines. After four straight road games, Rutgers returns to High Point Solutions Stadium next Sunday for a Big Ten Network primetime matchup with No. 6 Maryland.
Okruch’s first proved less than stellar— a certain amount of revamping has to come into play. “So we have kind of put the thing in reverse, backed it up and we’re doing an incredible amount of work, time, reps, however you want to count it in the fundamentals of coverage. It’s from footwork, it’s from
he United States, Mexico and Canada are going to announce a joint bid for the 2026 World Cup on Monday, a person familiar with the decision said. The confederation made the final decision to go ahead with the bid at its meeting Saturday in Aruba, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the bid will not formally be announced until Monday in Manhattan. The hosting rights are set to be decided in May 2020.
well-documented — Chris Ash. “We’re not where we where you place your hands, been how you release, how you gain with Rutgers posting a con- need to be.” The kicking unit only amassed 37.3 yards an advantage in coverage,” Ok- ference-worst touchbacks throughout per punt to boot — but four ruch said. Fundamentals will be ev- Bonagura and Smolar at kicker all 12 games — all four coming from Bonagura. er-so-important With Bonain protecting “As long as the effort continues to stay where it’s at, gura absent the likes of we’ll find a way to get better.” from spring Cintron, secamp with nior kicker vince okruch an injury, David Bonaguspecial Teams Coordinator Smolar has ra and sophshouldered omore kicker the majority of the kicking reare in similar positions. Jared Smolar. “Kicker is another real con- sponsibilities throughout the first The troubles at the punting position have cern right now,” said head coach few weeks, currently sitting atop the depth chart without Bonagura’s presence. With the arrivals of graduate transfer punter Ryan Anderson and walk-on kicker Justin Davidovicz in the summer, it comes to reason that Cintron, Smolar and Bonagura will be held on shorter leashes, with an ample amount of players willing to take their spots and cease any repeat of last season. “It’s not like they have to be here two years or three years, they can have an immediate impact,” Okruch said. “I hope some of them do. It’ll be interesting to see how fast they can adjust to the college game and help.” But for now, Okruch is most impressed with the effort he has seen from the special teams unit, as he confessed himself that he does not put too much stock in scrimmages, especially so early in the spring. Rather, it’s the drill intensity and the level of commitment that he’s taken away from the first few weeks so far. “As long as the effort continues to stay where it’s at, we’ll find a way to get better.”
Senior punter Michael Cintron set a Big Ten and team record for most punts last season with a total of 95. Cintron will be joined by graduate transfer punter Ryan Anderson at the position in June. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2016
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“We want to do the best we can to give them the best season going down this final stretch.” — Head women’s lacrosse coach Laura BrandSias on the seniors
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MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 13 RUTGERS 14, MICHIGAN 7
No. 13 RU cruises past Michigan on road Griffin Whitmer Associate Sports Editor
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team needed a bounce-back performance on Saturday against Michigan in order to secure its first Big Ten win of the season. The No. 13 Scarlet Knights did that — and some — as they took the Wolverines behind the woodshed in a 14-7 victory in Ann Arbor. The story of the day was super-freshman Kieran Mullins, who scored a career-high 8 goals and also added an assist for good measure, outscoring the entire Michigan team by himself with a goal to spare. After two straight losses, there were many questions surrounding this Rutgers team — falling 12 spots in the national rankings after holding the top spot for the first time in school history — including consistency in faceoffs, getting shots off and clearing the ball efficienctly. Junior Joe Francisco was having his way at the “X,” going over 86 percent in 22 opportunities. This led to 52 shots for the Knights, who were able to work past a strong performance from Wolverine goalie Tommy Heidt, who made several athletic saves in the first half. Freshman attacker Kieran Mullins set a career-high with 8 goals against Michigan, picking apart the Wolverines’ defense en route to the Scarlet Knights’ first Big Ten win of the season. Mullins leads the team with 32 goals. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2017
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FOOTBALL COVERAGE IS MAIN POINT OF EMPHASIS FOR SPECIAL TEAMS UNIT
Special teams finds footing in fundamentals Jon Spilletti Sports Editor
The Rutgers football team broke quite a few records last season, none of them positive, and one of them stood out among the others. Then-junior punter Michael Cintron set a Big Ten and Scarlet Knight record for most punt attempts in a season with 95. Ironic fanfare aside, that’s not necessarily a good thing. So much of special teams is dependent on the offense’s production — it wouldn’t be Cintron’s record if the offense could garner better field position as a whole. But independently, the crew has its own valley to forge even beyond punting and kicking but in coverage as well. As special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Vince Okruch notes, as poorly as the team performed in punting and kicking, it equaled that in its coverage, and he said the primary point of emphasis this spring has been fundamentals. “In the spring we’ve been working on fundamentals. We haven’t done a lot of scheme things because until we get as good as we can get fundamentally, the scheme is not going to Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Vince Okruch is especially adamant on improving special teams coverage and moving back to the basics in the opening few practices this spring. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2016
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LAURA BRAND-SIAS,
head women’s lacrosse coach, celebrated five seniors before Saturday’s game against Maryland including attackers Amanda Turturro and Delaney Tuite, midfielders Macy Scott and Kristina Dunphey and defender Ryann Hogan.
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