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Rutgers announces PayPal CEO as commencement speaker ERICA D’COSTA ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Members on the University’s Board of Governors meeting announced Dan Schulman, president and CEO of PayPal, will be Rutgers—New Brunswick’s 2018 commencement speaker. Schulman, who formerly served on the University’s Board of Trustees, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and give a speech to the Class of 2018 on Sunday, May 13 at High Point Solution Stadium in Piscataway. The long-anticipated announcement comes six months after the University asked former Vice President Joe Biden to be this year’s graduation speaker. In October, Biden visited Rutgers during his “It’s On Us” campaign to end sexual assault on college campuses. At the end of his speech, Biden told students that he was invited to return to campus as commencement speaker, but was not sure if he could make it, as reported by The Daily Targum. Dory Devlin, University spokesperson, confirmed that Biden was unavailable for graduation in an email on Tuesday. “Former Vice President Joseph Biden was unable to attend the May 13 commencement ceremony. We are thrilled he came to Rutgers in October to rally students around the It’s On Us campaign aimed at ending sexual assault on college campuses,” she said. Schulman was chosen to speak at Rutgers as part of a year-long selection process that involved students, faculty and staff, Devlin said. The official 2018 graduation headliner has a long list of accomplishments, titles and awards.
According to Business Insider, his journey started at AT&T in 1981 as an assistant to an accountant executive. His first paycheck there totaled a modest $208 — he is now worth millions. He later took on leadership titles at Priceline, American Express, Sprint and notably at Virgin Mobile as the company’s founding CEO, Devlin said. Schulman — who graduated from New York University’s Stern School of Business is also a board member of Autism Speaks, serves on the World Economic Forum’s Future of the Global Financial System taskforce and is an avid mixed martial arts practitioner. The business executive is no stranger to Rutgers. He served on the Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2012, before joining the University’s Board of Governors from 2008 to 2013. His mother was also an Associate Dean at the University, according to NJ Advance Media. “As PayPal’s leader, Schulman is focused on transforming financial services to make life easier for billions of people around the world,” Devlin said. “With his deep experience in payments and mobile technology, the New Jersey native is guiding PayPal to reimagine how people move and manage money, and how merchants and consumers interact and transact.” His hefty experiences were recognized by Fortune which crowned him as one of the top 10 CEOs in the world. He was also named one of the top 100 most creative people by Fast Company and was ranked on the 2017 Recode 100 list of people making the biggest impact on business and technology. Schulman is the recipient of the 2017 Brennan Legacy Award,
Dan Schulman, president and CEO of PayPal, is also the founding CEO of Virgin mobile and served on the University’s Board of Trustees between 2006 and 2012. He will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at this year’s graduation. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS established to honor the Supreme Court justice and his lifelong commitment to “common human dignity,” Devlin said. The Council for Economic Education also named him as its 2017 Visionar y for teaching economic and financial literacy to create a better educated society. Although the University has paid honorariums thousands of dollars, the leader of PayPal will not be paid for his speech.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president emerita and former CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), will also be present at graduation and will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree during the ceremony. Previous Rutgers—New Brunswick commencement speakers include former President Barack Obama, musician Steven Van Zandt and author Toni Morrison. Rutgers—Newark and Rutgers— Camden announced Queen Latifah
and Anita Hill, respectively, as their commencement speakers. The Class of 2018 will be one of the most diverse, accomplished and largest ever, encompassing students from 40 states and more than 60 countries, according to Rutgers Today. Courtney McAnuff, vice president for enrollment management, labeled the class as “one of the most academically talented and diverse groups of students to ever enter the university.”
Protest ensues outside U. governors meeting CHRISTIAN ZAPATA & RYAN STIESI NEWS EDITOR & ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Protesters from activist organizations on and off campus took to the Board of Governor’s meeting at Winants Hall yesterday in support of higher minimum wages, fair faculty contracts and non-privatized health care, among other concerns. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2018
The pool of protesters that occupied the front of Winants Hall yesterday was reminiscent of the crowd that took to Old Queens at the start of this year. This time, instead of just petitioning for higher worker pay, the consortium of students, teachers and members of the community were also in support of University protected health services and fair contracts for faculty and staff, in addition to an increase in worker minimum wages. Members from Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops
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Campus Calendar WEDNESDAY 4/11 The The Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities and the Dance Department present “Lecture with Rose Eichenbaum” from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. This event is free and open to the public. The Department of Food Science presents “What Drives the Changes to our Food Safety Laws” from 11 a.m. to noon at the Food Science and Nutritional Sciences Building East on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public. The Center for Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Services presents “Mindfulness Meditation” from noon to 1 p.m. at Rutgers Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public. The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School presents “Neurology Grand Rounds” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Clinical Academic Building on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.
The Dean of Students presents “Rutgers Remembers” from noon to 2 p.m. at Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public. THURSDAY 4/12 The Institute for Research on Women presents “Persuasive Speaking and Storytelling for Leadership with Thaler Pekar” from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Douglass campus. This event requires registration. The Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program presents “Dr. Katie Malcolm - ‘Do prescribed burns affect the soil ecology of the NJ Pinelands?’” from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public. The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research presents “Policy Approaches to Improving Access to Treatment for Opioid Addiction: Strategies and Potential Pitfalls” from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.
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Professor works to build device that tests water pH using drones EMRE UGURLU
approaches, particularly developing new sensors and learning how to use them and she deThe first integrated glider pends on a strong technical team platform and sensor system that to assist in the operation of these samples the pH of water has been new projects. created at Rutgers. “The best part about it is Grace Saba, a professor in watching our undergraduate and the Department of Marine and graduate students master the Coastal Sciences, is using drone glider-related technology and technology to study ocean acidicomplex data analysis required,” fication which will soon lead to a Saba said. commercially available glider pH The creation of this drone sensor suite. will allow scientists to better unThis drone is tasked with meaderstand and manage essential suring pH throughout its water habitats in the future. The data column, it has the ability to cut produced from the drone will also through water, dive and climb allow the community to identify vertical speeds of 20 cam per sechigh risk regions and populations ond in a saw tooth pattern. It can of commercially important specollect high data density and full cies that are prone to the effects water column coverage leading to of reduced pH. an accurate measurement of the Saba traced her interest in oceanwater’s pH, Saba said. ography back to her childhood. Saba explained that the drone “I grew up on a farm in Kansas, uses Slocum Webb gliders which well away from the ocean. But I were developed and constructwas always outside, particularly ed by Teledyne Webb research. fascinated by the crawdads and The drone can reach as far as 1.5 the tadpoles in the creek behind meters, collecting data all at the the barn. My mom bought me same time, which is crucial to the Jacques Cousteau’s ‘The Ocean research of ocean acidification. World’ when I was eight, and that Saba is involved in the Mid-Atmarked the beginning of what I’ve lantic Regional Association now become,” she said. Coastal Ocean Observation SysSaba is primarily focused on tem and is the co-coordinator of how marine animals, such as the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidifiplankton and fish, interact with cation Network. their environment. Her goal is to “Through all of these endeav- Grace Saba, a professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, is working with drone better understand climate variors, it has become very clear that technology to develop a sensor system that tests the pH levels in water, which, when too acidic, ability and how long-term change there is a great need for technolo- disrupt environmental homeostasis. RUTGERS.EDU can affect food webs. gies that can better monitor acidThe completion of the pH senification in our local waters to in- absorbs excess carbon dioxide, Along with drones, Saba has acoustic sensor to determine zoo- sor’s integration into the drone crease understanding of it in our which causes an excess amount also worked on other projects in plankton and fish abundance and will be completed by early May. region … The success of this proj- of chemical reactions, and lowers the past. distribution in the western Ross Saba said that with all the work ect ensures that this sensor could the pH of water, making it more “In the past, my research ap- Sea, Antarctica,” she said. she juggles, balancing her life be integrated into any glider used acidic, she said. proach has been primarily exSaba has been a member of with the hefty research she conby anyone around the world and Acidification can lead to the perimental through laboratory the Rutgers University Center for ducts can be challenging. thus would make “Well, it’s great strides in not easy and of“Through all of these endeavors, it has become very clear that there is a great need for technologies that can the development ten times I feel of a real-time I’m not balancbetter monitor acidification in our local waters to increase understanding of it in our region …” national/globing as well as I al coastal ocean should. But I’m GRACE SABA acidification monsurrounded by Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences itoring network,” a team of supshe said about the portive family, drone project. destruction of many habitats or field experiments. Just these Ocean Observing Leadership (RU especially my husband who is The main focus of the project and risks the lives of organisms past few years I have started this COOL) since 2010 where she cul- also a scientist and knows that is to create a technology that bet- who use the carbonate ions de- glider-focused project, as well as tivated her passion for the field. our works comes in waves. We are ter monitors water acidification. stroyed by excess carbon diox- another to ‘fish with robots’ that She said it has been challeng- the very definition of a good tag This is essential because seawater ide, Saba said. used a glider equipped with an ing to begin using these new team,” she said. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Saba’s experiments have taken her to the Western Ross Sea in Antarctica, where she used a glider equipped with acoustic sensor to measure zoo plankton and fish abundance and distribution. AUVAC.ORG
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MEETING Rutgers first-year applications are up 9.3 percent this year CONTINUED FROM FRONT DiStasio, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. He said there has been talk that the funds used to increase worker minimum wage to $11 last year. These funds are not coming from the presidential fund, but are instead being squeezed out of other departments, as reported by The Daily Targum. Either way, he said $11 an hour is not a living wage, and contested that student and adult workers need higher pay. DiStasio is one of 12 students who were charged with disorderly conduct during a protest that occurred at the Board of Trustees meeting at the end of last semester, the Targum reported. He said that the group was charged by the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) but not the New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD). “It’s surprising because we’re a university that’s built on the concept of being revolutionary and pushing for the greater good, and when I did that … in a peaceful protest at the Board of Trustees meeting, the University pressed charges against me,” he said. On the topic of teacher negotiations, Jerald Isseks, a School of Graduate Studies student and teacher assistant, said AAUPAFT is in the preliminary stages of its bargaining process with the University, but is wary that the
process will drag on. Contracts are supposed to be finalized over the summer. “Our membership is at like 60 percent capacity right now which is the biggest its ever been, it went up from like 20 percent to like 60 percent in the last three years, so hopefully that’s a little bit of a message to them that we mean business,” he said.
that didn’t rise to the level of an investigation but did require our intervention,” Fernández said.
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In his opening remarks, University President Robert L. Barchi spoke on a semester of happenings at Rutgers. Barchi commented on the University’s meeting with Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) to create an environment for the transfer of new technology and intellectual ideas on behalf of New Jersey, Rutgers and private contractors. The vacant lot known as “The Hub” in Downtown New Brunswick remains empty for the time being as plans are drafted. He commented on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech at Rutgers and said, “it was a great turnout and I think that was something that had good participation by all sides in a very civil conversation, just showing how it can be done here at Rutgers.” Barchi mentioned two students groups that won the Hult prize regional competition earlier this semester and Chelsie Riche, a School of Arts and Sciences alumna, who was awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship. With Dance Marathon fresh out from this weekend, Barchi commended the efforts of the University’s undergraduates, fraternities and sororities in raising more than $1 million for the Embrace Kids Foundation for the second year in a row.
Kathy Dettloff, vice president of Financial Planning and Budgeting, explains unrestricted funds and their use for critical University needs. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2018 He also praised the five Rutgers—Camden students who saved an elderly man from a burning fire earlier this year, as reported by the Targum.
RUTGERS APPLICATION STATISTICS
Barchi said that the total admissions applications to the University were up by approximately 9.3 percent, with 7.3 percent at Rutgers—New Brunswick. Out of state domestic applications are up by approximately 18 percent year after year. Admitted students who have announced they are coming to Rutgers is up by approximately 7.6 percent from last year, he said. Rutgers—Camden noted a 50 percent increase on Admit Comings from last year, and last year
saw the same increase from the year before that, Barchi said.
LABOR RELATIONS
The University’s labor relations unit handles labor negotiations, contract administration, policy administration and also oversees employment equity, said Vivian Fernández, the senior vice president for Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness. The department also deals with investigations regarding sexual harassment, unlawful harassment or discrimination, workplace violence and other matters. “In that area, we actually conducted over 180 investigations and during that same period of time reduced the turnaround period for those investigations from 102 days to 60 days … we also resolve 140 informal complaints
Barchi recapitulated the University’s stance on its unrestricted funds and clarified misconceptions surrounding what Rutgers can and cannot do with the money. In a presentation, Kathy Dettloff, vice president of Financial Planning and Budgeting at Rutgers, explained Rutgers’ financial situation. The University reported that its unrestricted net funds in the fiscal year 2017 were $784 million. “These funds are committed for critical University needs,” she said. This includes funding financial aid, academic initiatives, unforeseen events and other necessities, Dettloff said. The University is required to maintain a certain amount of reserve funding in order to maintain its position among other Big Ten schools. In comparison, it currently ranks low among its peers, Dettloff said. What this means for Rutgers is that it is financially challenged due to its limited liquidity — how easily the University’s assets can be sold or bought without affecting their price — which could lead to higher borrowing costs and increasing pressure on tuition rates, she said. On a color-coordinated chart, Dettloff outlined the University’s unrestricted funds and operating expenses and suggested that in order for Rutgers to maintain a constant ratio between these two numbers, its Board of Governors must target an operating margin — how much profit Rutgers makes after paying its expenses — of 1-to-1.5 percent as expenses continue to rise.
Better bus systems are en route, due in part to student concerns ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Although Rutgers University cultivates a diverse student body with a wide range of backgrounds and opinions, there is a single issue with the power to unify students, alumni and faculty alike — the University bus service. Getting up close and personal with other students is a daily affair for many, an occurance seasoned students are all too familiar with. “Looking back, in the four years I’ve been here, I don’t feel like the buses have gotten any better. I don’t feel like they’ve gotten worse either. They’re just something we all have to deal with,” said Michael Laganella, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. While the perception of a stagnant bus service may be common, there have been several efforts in recent years to improve the system. Some changes are the direct result of complaints from the community, such as the recent change to start regular campus bus service at 6 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. to accommodate riders who need to get to work earlier in the day, said John Karakoglou, manager of the Department of Transportation Services (DOTS). High traffic hours are problematic for students that rely on buses to get to class, with larger time gaps between arrivals and no guarantee of boarding overcrowded buses following a class break.
The bus service strives to meet the needs of all students during peak hours by substantially increasing the amount of vehicles in operation, with 47 buses on 11 routes, Karakoglou said. But even with the full fleet of buses deployed, getting around campus can be a daunting task. For students that want to avoid the bus system, the BikeRU initiative allows for the use of personal or rented bicycles.DOTS has recently updated maps of bicycle routes for each campus, according to the BikeRU website. The recent additions of bike and bus lanes on College Avenue is the University’s latest effort to alleviate traffic congestion. Prior to the change, surveyed students “indicated that they would use bikes more often to get around but have been concerned about congestion and safety issues,” according to an article published in Rutgers Today in January 2017. “I haven’t used a bike at all since they made the change. I didn’t use them before either. I’d honestly rather just deal with the bus,” said Joseph Fisher, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. It is clear that the bus remains a popular choice for a sizeable portion of the student body. Therefore, the quality of the ser vice has a high influence on the success of students. To
The Department of Transportation Services (DOTS) ensures that student complaints are taken into account when finding new improvements to the University’s bus system, such as improved location services that will soon be added. THE DAILY TARGUM / FEBRUARY 2016 ensure that this success continues, students are encouraged to voice any concerns they have, Karakoglou said. The sheer scale of the bus service at a university with a student population as large as Rutgers means that there is a high volume of complaints received. The most common concern from the community centers around the inac-
curacies of bus arrival predictions on the official Rutgers app, Karakoglou said. These complaints have also factored into future plans to improve the buses. “We are in the process of adding passenger counters, Wi-Fi and a new tracking app to all the buses,” he said. If a student would like to voice concern over any aspect of the
service, they can email DOTS directly or call the dispatch line at 848-932-7817. The DOTS website displays further contact information, with different channels available depending on the nature of the issue. “All complaints are reviewed by either myself or my staff and we involve the bus company to rectify any problems” Karakoglou said.
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Voting rights in U.S. historically troubling UNVEILING THE TRUTH LUKE HINRICHS
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e have time and again taken two steps forward and one step back in regard to civil liberties and voting rights, and we must recognize that we are currently in a phase of regression. As a nation we must dig in our heels, assert our values, resist the forces of hate and bigotry and push forward. Although wounded and scarred, the war for a more just and free nation and the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Sixth Amendments to the Constitution, among other factors, brought new promises of liberty and democracy. But promises not carved in stone are promises written in sand. With the freedom to vote and the aid of an extended arm of government, African Americans registered, mobilized and voted for representation. Once starved by political inequality, African Americans took to the ballot to claim their seat at the table. During the Reconstruction Era, 16 African Americans served in the United States Congress, more than 600 African Americans were elected to state legislatures and hundreds held local offices throughout the South. White America, still clinging to a corroding superiority complex and crippling bigotry, looked upon this unsettling sight of freedom and responded by mobilizing hate and suppression. Promises of freedom resulted in the exchange of chains for jail cells and promises of the rights of citizenship resulted in political disenfranchisement, voting discrimination and brutality. Again, pillars of injustice upon which this nation was lifted up casted a shadow upon the ideas of democracy and freedom left broken and bloodied upon the ground. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act, a monumental legislation protecting freedom, ensuring liberty and prohibiting racial discrimination in voting, was passed. Yet, African Americans and other marginalized peoples still find themselves victims of broken promises. Following the 2010 election, state legislatures nationwide enacted harsh restrictions on registration and stringent photo ID requirements
“The conjuring of the voter fraud specter is a political tool to further disenfranchise minorities and profile minorities as felons who cheat the system.” making it more difficult to vote. These measures have a disproportionately negative impact on African Americans and persons of color. Racial gerrymandering has also turned back the clocks, disenfranchising people of color and stealing their right to representation. From the 1960s to the 1980s, districts needed to be more than 50, sometimes 65 percent, African American for their favored candidate to win an election. Today that percentage fluctuates around 40 percent. In 2013, Shelby v. Holder lifted pre-approval, allowing states to enact voting restrictions targeting nonwhite voters. The blood left in the streets of Alabama in the 1960s had soaked into the soil to be forgotten and ignored. The Institute for Policy Studies, in a report recognizing the need for a reengagement of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign, noted “More than 50 years after the Voting Rights Act, people of color still face a broad range of attacks on their voting rights, including racist gerrymandering and redistricting, felony disenfranchisement and a variety of laws designed to make it harder to vote.” According to a study done by the University of California, San Diego, voter ID laws doubled the turnout gap between whites and Latinos. The conjuring of the voter fraud specter is a political tool to further disenfranchise minorities and profile minorities as felons who cheat the system. In a comprehensive study of 1 billion ballots, only 31 individual cases of voter fraud were determined. James Baldwin wrote, “... however painful it may be for us to change, not to change will be fatal.” With every passing day, the weight of injustice bears down on the foundation of this country and adds one more crack. We can mend our injured values and heal our fractured and divided nation. Our stagnation in our progression will be fatal to our democracy. Luke Hinrichs is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year majoring in political science and economics. His column, “Unveiling the Truth,“ runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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he importance of knowledge in relation to which is a system modeled on Microsoft Office 365. power is a recurring theme in the history One of the main features of Rutgers Connect is the of our world. Considering the increasingly subsequent merging of the University’s departmental digital and technologically-dominated age we live in, email systems into a single cloud-based system — knowledge of a people is seemingly becoming easier something Rutgers faculty have been rather skeptical and easier for those in power to acquire. With knowl- of. Some faculty worries are related to the fact that, as edge of a people’s actions, an authority or elite not it turns out, through Office 365 administrators have only has an increased influence over them, but can the ability to capture and surveil the emails of anyone learn how they might effectively stay in power and on the server, as well as other information. This is not to say that the University had any sort of nefarious or stamp out uprisings of sorts. The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, was sinister intentions in adopting Rutgers Connect, but it questioned in a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary is interesting to think about the power that the adminand Commerce Committees yesterday in the wake of istration acquires through its implementation. By having access to the emails and other actions of the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal. Cambridge Analytica is company that specializes in data-driven Rutgers students and faculty, the administration has campaigns and marketing and is hired to help busi- the ability to do things like more effectively investinesses and politicians. They apparently acquired gate sexual assaults, harassment or other sorts of misconduct. Additiondata on up to 87 milally, they might be lion Facebook users, able to prevent cy“... knowing the administration may be which was likely used ber crimes against for some campaigning peeking over our shoulders can have other University affiliates. purposes. InterestBut knowing the ingly on Cambridge unforeseen negative consequences.” administration may Analytica’s Political be peeking over our homepage, one of the first things it says is, “We find your voters and move shoulders can have other unforeseen negative consethem to action. CA Political has redefined the relation- quences. With regard to academia, it could conceivship between data and campaigns. By knowing your ably chill academic debate. Faculty may watch what electorate better, you can achieve greater influence they say more closely, especially when it is about Old while lowering overall costs.” The campaign brands Queens — which is troubling because any subject of of President Donald J. Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-T.X.) an authority should be able to question and criticize and Ben Carson are all included directly underneath that authority without feeling the need to be cautious. If the connection between knowledge and power the aforementioned quote. This brings up interesting questions, especially ethical questions, with regard can be shown even with regard to our own University’s to the way we want our electoral system to work — if administration, it seems to be worth at least thinking politicians can tailor their campaign to pander toward about. Allowing the administration to acquire more groups and win votes, does that not seemingly defeat power may in turn make us more secure — kind of the purpose of campaigning based on genuine ideas like putting our shoes and bags through the X-ray in and goals? In general, though, this scandal shows that an airport — but whether we are more secure in giving there is at least some truth in the fact that knowledge up our privacy also depends on the nature of the people who end up acquiring that information. We just have to helps people attain and maintain power. The relationship between knowledge and power is hope those we elect have good intentions, since they not necessarily much different here at Rutgers. In Au- may very well be running campaigns based on the popgust of 2016, the University adopted Rutgers Connect, ular prejudices they compiled from our internet data. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 150th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Students can finish semester strong by following few steps TRAIPSE THE FINE LINE SRUTI BEZAWADA
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ere, I shall list the five most mind-blowing steps on how to effectively handle the semester as it draws to a close. Actually, it is more like nearing the conclusion of a bad book with a defeated acceptance that many loose ends and plot holes remain. But who cares? The weather is supposed to be phenomenal this weekend and you should spend your well-deserved fun in the long-awaited heat. With that, please follow this trustworthy guide to a sparkling finish of the school year. First: Procrastinate. Or, if you are like me, procrastinate upon your procrastination. Meta-procrastination. It is almost god-like, really. You keep WebAssign open on your computer and have your notebooks, pencil and calculator splayed out on your bed. This evokes the convincing illusion that you are legitimately working on Calc II when in reality you are looking up 24/7 lofi beats on another tab while checking Snapchat on your phone while doing essentially anything that is not Calc II. I do not mean to brag, but I am pretty good at it. Netflix is too tempting. To be fair, even Oscar Wilde could not resist temptation, and he is one of the greatest, sassiest figures in English literature. So that is saying something. Just ignore the fact that he worked hard regardless to proactively
market his work and respond to criticism. It is hypocritical and invalidates procrastination — the worst thing that can ever happen to a student in this day and age. Second: Waste time on the buses. While we just listen to music and awkwardly avoid accidental eye contact with strangers, some people are getting down all their notes on their laptops and notebooks. How very offensive of them. And that is just the lucky seated people. Even standing passengers somehow manage to type essays on Google Docs or draft e-mails to their profes-
outcome and the result winds up as you predicted. For example, you set a goal to start sleeping at least a little bit earlier than 3 a.m. You tell yourself there is no way you will actually do that. With that subconscious assumption, you stay up until 3 a.m. yet again the next day, fulfilling your own prophecy. It is sort of like the comfort of pessimism — the “optimism” of pessimism — when you expect nothing good to happen, you are never truly disappointed, and when something good does happen, it is a pleasant surprise. This can be summed up
“Procrastinate. Or, if you are like me, procrastinate upon your procrastination. Meta-procrastination. It is almost god-like ...” sors via cellphone. It is some kind of magical, physical and mental balancing act. Of course, it is not like you should, you know, try to figure out how to balance your own time instead of spending it complaining about your friends in other schools whose farthest walk to class last 5 minutes. Personally, I struggle to remain awake on the bus, let alone hold my drink upright. Forget about standing. I am too busy laughing at memes about standing behind the white line. Guess I should not even bother trying. Third: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. It is a term taught in Communications, in which you do something, expect a certain
by a conversation I overheard while refilling my bottle at a water fountain: “There’s just this huge difference between what I do and what I want to do.” In my interpretation, well … maybe that difference is you? Fourth: After a whole day of doing absolutely nothing, take a nice long nap. This activity can be applied to a variety of situations. After an entire day of eating, you could of course eat another wrap from Woody’s. Have to use up those meal swipes, right? Or, after a very productive “Game of Thrones” binge-watching session — oh wait, one more episode! Sleep, food and Netflix are beautiful, there is just not
enough to go around. So when you do not have them, simply daydream about them. Better yet, I would refer you to the first step. Or you can just blame everything on the pesky preschoolers who are graciously assigned nap time but never care. They even have the audacity to protest, throw tantrums, complain. They should just give us their nap time so we can delay our assignments even further, as if we do not do the first step enough already. Fifth: The absolute best method: skip class. You regain approximately an entire hour, sometimes even 3, of your life lost to scrawling notes and trying to wrap your mind around your professor’s lecture. You know that feeling when you pay attention to your own wandering attention in order to retain your attention but in the process you lose your attention? It is an endless, infuriating cycle. Here is my tidbit: just do not come to class at all. After all, 300 students in a class is too little to ask for help from, and millions of students across the world are doing the same thing. Follow my advice and I guarantee a great year. If that does not happen, you get no money back. Have a great year, Scarlet Knights! Sruti Bezawada is a Rutgers Business School first-year double majoring in marketing and communications and minoring in Japanese. Her column, “Traipse the Fine Line,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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Funny podcasts that offer comedic therapy JORDAN LEVY CORRESPONDENT
Podcasts are a growing field of entertainment, with topics ranging from politics to cooking to entrepreneurship and music. For those who like to laugh, there’s an incredibly diverse amount of podcasts to check out. If you want a little more humor in your day, here are some options to get you started with comedy podcasts.
ANNA FARIS IS UNQUALIFIED
Anna Faris has carved a special place in the mind of millennials for her recurring role of Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie films. However, her roles don’t really seem to qualify her to give advice and she seems to agree. Unqualified is a freeform advice podcast that’s completely self-aware about the fact that Faris may be the last person who should deal said advice. Complete with guests like Jimmy Kimmel and Aubrey Pla-
za, Faris haphazardly attempts to help people with problems that they should really ask someone else about. Hilarity ensues.
THE READ
Kid Fury and Crissle are ruthless comedians and podcasters. The duo run through anything on their pop culture radar for that week and incisively cut into anyone. If you’re looking for a hilarious gossip column, they will fulfill all your needs. Weekly listener letters raise questions about race, relationships, love and more. The pair idolize the worlds of TV and film and they’ll pull out a “Golden Girls” reference to help describe just about any situation. The eponymous main segment is the two finding someone or something to “read,” which usually results in enraged (yet hysterical) rants. Kid Fury and Crissle are the vibrant sources of humor needed to digest all of the mess of pop culture.
HANNIBAL BURESS: HANDSOME RAMBLER
Comedian/actor extraordinaire Hannibal Buress is known for his nonchalant insights. That spirit spreads to his podcast “Handsome Rambler.” The name is accurate as the show is incredibly freeform, with Burress and his guests going on stream-of-consciousness rants about just about anything. The episodes range from incredibly energetic to lethargic, but they’re all incredibly unique. One strange perk of the program is Buress’s sporadic habit of breaking into song. It’s as off-kilter as his approach, but great guests like Tom Segura and Vic Mensa help Buress create one of a kind episodes.
ITSTHEREAL
ItsTheReal is a hybrid podcast, melding the worlds of comedy and Hip-Hop. Comedian brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal invite various guests from the world of rap and engage in casual, very funny interviews. Mac Miller, Jerrod Carmichael, and Flatbush Zombies are just a few of the guests from the show. The best aspect of the show is that they don’t only interview rappers. The Rosenthal Brothers talk to music executives,
In her podcast “Unqualified,” funny girl Anna Faris plays therapist as she gives her best advice to fans and listeners, often with the help of other comedians and actors. TWITTER engineers, journalists, A&Rs and basically anyone connected to the music industry.
THE CHAMPS WITH NEAL BRENNAN + MOSHE KASHER
Although this podcast ended, Chappelle Show co-creator Neal Brennan and comedian Moshe Kasher ran “The Champs” from 2011 to 2016. With the goal of discussing
“stupid things in a stupid way,” the comedians gathered a legendary group of guests, truly an all-star lineup. Arsenio Hall, Chris Rock, Charlie Murphy, Jordan Peele and more are just some of the many guests. While in its prime, “The Champs” was a place for all the funniest people to go and crack jokes. The podcast was a breeding ground for laughs, one that shouldn’t be missed.
‘Ready Player One’ tells sci-fi story with youthful spirit GEORGETTE STILLMAN STAFF WRITER
My first encounter with “Ready Player One” was when it came up as an ad I couldn’t skip on YouTube. As I was watching it, I did not even really know what I had just seen. My overall impression was it was as if last year’s “Jumanji” and James Cameron’s “Avatar” had a weird love-child starring the teenage Scott Summers. The film took place in a virtual world and the characters were just a bunch of avatars, so we did not even get to see the actual people. Now playing at RU Cinema, “Ready Player One” was actually
a pretty entertaining movie. The just a break from life. I do still room” for employees to enter plot was a little out there — peo- think that an established corpora- OASIS. That concept, if it were ple play this video game chal- tion was still trying to take down explained out of context of the lenge that the deceased creator a bunch of kids playing video rest of the film, would have thinkmade up to take master control of games for control over the virtual ing that the creator was a little nuts. Although, the game and a in the world company is trythat the story ing to eradicate “(Ready Player One) also drives the importance of takes place in it them inside the game as well as unplugging every once in a while to experience real fits. It’s the year 2045, so technolin real life — but life, which is something that is an issue today.” ogy in the future it had heart. is insanely adIt had a whole vanced, right? family aspect to My opinion? it with the main character Wade learning that universe. There are people whose “Ready Player One” is a fun the virtual reality known as OA- jobs are literally to just decipher movie for the youthful spirit. SIS meant something more to a the clues in the challenge and The love stor y, the need to eswhole community of people than there is even a designated “war cape reality, video games and
pop culture all come together to tell a tale that is guaranteed to make audiences laugh and feel real emotions while inducing some feelings of nostalgia, whether that nostalgia is the desire to play video games as a kid again or the remembrance of some of the older hits that the Easter Eggs originate from. It also drives the importance of unplugging every once in a while to experience real life, which is something that is an issue today. While we are constantly glued to our screens and lock ourselves in our own worlds with headphones, it is important to be present if we are to live life’s best moments.
DIVERSIONS
April 11, 2018
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Page 9 Eugenia Last
Happy Birthday: Look for alternative ways to deal with personal finances, health and contracts. Know who and what you are up against and show no mercy when it comes to hanging on to what belongs to you. Your strength and courage will be remembered and respected. Personal gains will be yours if you remain calm and handle situations with diplomacy. Your numbers are 9, 13, 17, 27, 33, 39, 48.
Over The Hedge
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep life simple. Now is not the time to overreact, especially when dealing with a partner or someone you are working alongside. Limit how much you let others know about you and your personal life to avoid interference. 4 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You can make personal changes, but do so secretively. Avoiding interference will make it easier to accomplish what you set out to do. An opportunity to reconnect with someone from your past will prove to be enlightening. 2 stars
Non Sequitur
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Pearls Before Swine
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Strive to be insightful. Don’t take anything or anyone for granted or allow others to take advantage of you. Set ground rules and be willing to negotiate and compromise when necessary. Focus on better health and less stress. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Offer something unique to someone special. A better understanding of the direction you plan to take in life will help you build a better relationship with someone who matters to you. Be willing to step up and make a vow. 5 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll be tempted to make a change, but do so only if you are physically up for the challenge. Taking care of your health as well as your emotional state of mind will make a difference to how much you can achieve. 5 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t make decisions based on emotions. You can’t count on outsiders to give you good advice. If someone tries to meddle in your affairs, walk away. Take your time, use your intelligence and make a move only when you are ready. 2 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t let temptation get to you. If someone is unpredictable, keep your distance, or you may end up being the one who has to clean up an emotional mess. Know your strengths and your weaknesses before taking a risk. 3 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your emotions will fluctuate if you take part in an event that will bring you in contact with people from your past. Proceed with caution and refrain from letting temptation lead to an impulsive act that you will live to regret. 3 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A financial change looks promising. Go over pertinent personal papers and adjust documents, contracts or your tax return to ensure you get what you deserve. A career change or promotion will boost your income and your standard of living. 3 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll find interesting opportunities, but before you take a leap of faith, think about the expense and what’s entailed to reach your goal. Taking baby steps will help you make progress and avoid unnecessary mishaps. Don’t overreact or overdo. 3 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Gravitate toward people you find interesting and you’ll be able to expand your mind. Your perspective regarding how you live or what you pursue in the future will change, offering unique options that will inspire you to try something new. 3 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let anxiety lead to making an impulsive move without giving enough credence to the consequences. Trying to help someone may be a kind gesture, but before you jeopardize your reputation, find out exactly what it will take on your part. 3 stars
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72 Santa in a mall, e.g.
1 Border
73 Finds sum thing
5 Cafeteria item 9 “Proto” suffix
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14 Apollo launcher
1 Right or obtuse thing
15 Healthy-looking
2 Jack on “24”
16 Pineapple place
3 Accepted practice
17 Being protective of
4 Seasoned sailor
20 Punter’s moneymaker
5 That go-with
21 Populous continent
6 Indian princess
22 Approach abruptly
7 Pond growth
23 Construct
8 Vote or cheer
25 Tighten up a lawn
9 First warm blanket?
27 Valentine trim
10 Like the church flock
30 Mag publisher’s goal
11 A.D.’s A
35 General vicinity
12 Unwanted lip
38 Voice in a quartet
13 Leather on a diamond
40 Chevy truck name
18 Statistician’s need
41 Shipping specialist
19 Old World plum type
44 Intergalactic traveler
24 Attacked like a hawk
45 Type of sword
26 Some small aircraft
46 Bruce and Stan
28 Common passer
50 Relaxation’s partner
47 Adapts for a new audience
29 Like child one of five
52 Handle irresponsibly
49 Lacking rain
31 Bald baby
54 “So I ___!”
51 Words with “date”
32 Child-on-a-ride cry
55 Put out, angrily
53 Behavior principle
33 The finest rating
56 Whiskey containers
57 Schwarzenegger film
34 Tennis do-overs
57 Returned sound
61 Prejudice
35 Way out there
58 Paper purchase unit
64 Eventful period
36 It’s acted out
59 Prefix with “trust”
65 Butcher offerings
37 Three-voweled lake
60 Editor’s decision
68 Abhorred
39 Service award
62 Thing on a to-do list
69 Off the coast
42 Cordial flavorings
63 “... and make it fast!”
70 “Enterprise” trip
43 “___ whiz!”
66 Common pet
71 Fails to cite
48 AK, once
67 “In around then” inits.
Yesterday’s Solution
Yesterday’s Solution
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PRACTICES Rutgers will hold final practice of spring on Thursday before Saturday’s game son on one catch, his first ever catch, for 48 yards against MorMaking that transition so gan State. The 5-foot-11 inch, 185-poundeasy for Erb are talents such as sophomore Bo Melton and red- er fits the bill as Grant’s replaceshirt freshman Shameen Jones ment. Grant was the same height and actually weighed 15 pounds at his disposal. Jones redshirted last year but less than Melton. But it’s not about just replachas impressed so far during the spring and Melton saw some ac- ing Grant, he said. If the Knights want to accomtion as a true plish what they freshman and are trying to showed his “I’ve played a lot of accomplish, deep-threat ability — a confootball, and now that I’m it’s about adding depth to tinuing trend older I have guys under the position in practices. — something “The thing me now that look up Melton already about Bo is to me. I have to lead by sees happening. that he’s play“Last year, ing with conexample 24/7.” we were hurt fidence right and didn’t now,” Erb ISAIAH WHARTON have much said. “When Senior Cornerback depth. We had you play with Janarion and confidence, a lot of others you can just go out and play instead of think- hurt, so we were going through ing all of the time. He’s really a lot of injuries,” Melton said. stepped up his game here in the “This year, we have depth. spring and we just have to keep People are working hard and moving him for ward to make getting better, and once people sure he’s keeping on himself to are working hard as a group, it get better ever y day and he’s do- looks good.” On the defensive side of ing that.” Last year, Melton caught four the ball, first-year cornerbacks passes for 83 yards, but the Mays coach and pass game coordinaLanding native played in all 12 tor Cor y Robinson, who spent games and tallied more than half the previous year at Temple, of his total yardage on the sea- is excited in the team and the CONTINUED FROM BACK
April 11, 2018 tools he has at cornerback. Those tools include players such as senior Isaiah Wharton and junior Damon Hayes. “It’s been a pleasure this spring to work with the corners. It’s a really talented group,” Robinson said. “Looking at that group as an outsider, I really saw those guys do some good things and the coaches have
done a great job developing them and recruiting. I joked to people that my job was to come in and not mess anything up, since it was already pretty good. So I’m just tr ying to enhance, tr ying to help these guys take it to the next level.” And with the help of the veterans like Wharton and Hayes spearheading the group, taking it
to the next level shouldn’t prove too difficult. “I’ve played a lot of football, and now that I’m older I have guys under me now that look up to me. I have to lead by example 24/7,” Wharton said. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Wide receivers coach Lester Erb is making the transition to coaching the receivers this season after coaching the running back unit last year. YOUTUBE
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GAME Knights can get within 1 win of last year’s total with more than 20 games left Still, Litterio knows not to take the Leopards lightly, esJunior catcher Nick Matera pecially after Saturday’s game had five RBI’s and 2 home runs, against another weak opponent junior third baseman Carmen in La Salle. The Explorers had a worse Sclafani had three hits and 3 runs, sophomore second base- record heading into that game man Kevin Welsh scored 4 runs than Lafayette does now, and yet and senior pitcher John O’Reil- won a 1-0 pitching battle. Both ly got the win on the mound. players and coaches gave credit All four players are still on the to La Salle’s pitching for keeping Banks, and they’re all still mak- them off-balance, but Litterio knows that adjustments must be ing an impact. Matera for example had five made in order to avoid a repeat hits, 2 home runs and six RBI’s of that today. “We got to go into the Fred in this past weekend’s series against La Salle. He outlined Hill Complex and work on our hitwhat he and the rest of the team ting,” he said. “We got to work on need to do in order to replicate outside fastballs and being able to drive them instead of taking them that success today. “We’ll tr y to jump on them for strikes.” Like Rutgers, the Leopards have early and score some runs,” he said. “Defense will do the job three players batting over .300. and so will pitching, and we’ll Luke Robinson leads Lafayette with put pressure on them right from a .337 average, and John Marti and Trey Durrah the get-go.” are not far beThe Knights hind, batting have struggled .330 and .306, in midweek “We’ll try to jump on respectively. games this them early and score Robinson season, as they and Marti are currently some runs.” both have 2-2 in games more hits than on Tuesday NICK MATERA any Knight or Wednesday. Junior Catcher (34 and 35) While the with Rutgers’ team has gotleader, junior ten long, qualoutfielder ity starts from O’Reilly and freshman Harry Rut- Luke Bowerbank, with 33. Markowski during most weekends, ti also has more RBI’s than any the starting pitching during the Knight, his 22 narrowly edging out freshman left fielder Mike week hasn’t been that durable. In the team’s four midweek Nyizstor’s 21. With more Big Ten games on games, the starting pitcher has pitched more than four innings the horizon after the non-conferonce, and no starter has pitched ence games, the team is ready to more than five innings. Two of come out firing on all cylinders, the games saw the starter go for especially on offense. “We’re going to come out and two and 2.1 innings. Lafayette had an 8-44 record swing the bats,” Litterio said. last season and opened up its 2018 “Midweek games you got to put campaign by losing 4 of its first 5 up some runs to win them.” games. The team stabilized after For updates on the Rutgers basethat, but is now on a similar path that it was on near the start of the ball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter. season, having lost 6 of its last 7. CONTINUED FROM BACK
Head coach Joe Litterio will lead Rutgers into a midweek game, something that seems to keep the Knights fresh for their series play. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2018
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Rutgers dismisses head coach ROBERT SANCHEZ SPORTS EDITOR
On Tuesday, the Rutgers Athletic Department announced Rutgers gymnastics head coach Louis Levine will not be returning next year. “Rutgers is deeply appreciative of coach Levine’s many years of dedicated service and commitment to the success of our student-athletes. After careful consideration, however, a decision was made to seek new leadership,” said athletic director Pat Hobbs, according to scarletknights.com. A former member of the University of Michigan’s vault team, Levine took over the Scarlet Knight reigns after the 2011 season, replacing longtime head coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton, who retired after 25 seasons. It was an uneven road under Levine’s seven years at the helm. During the first three seasons, Rutgers consistently improved, tallying scores of 193.850, 193.925 and 195.275 at the Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Championships. In 2013, the Knights even set a new program record with their 195.975 performance on Senior Day. Their 194.740 Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) was also the best in program history. But things started going south after Rutgers joined the Big Ten Conference in 2015. In his fourth year as head coach, Levine led Rutgers to a last-place finish in the Big Ten Championships with a 193.125 total score — the team’s lowest total since the second week of the season.
Head coach Louis Levine will not return to Rutgers next season at the helm of the gymnastics team — it was announced on Tuesday afternoon. JEFFREY GOMEZ / FEBRUARY 2018 In 2016, Levine and the Knights bounced back with four first-place finishes over the course of the season and a ninth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships with their 194.775 — a stark improvement from the season prior which earned Levine a two-year extension through 2018. A year later, Rutgers regressed a bit, coming in first place just once in a meet at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC). At the Big Ten Championships hosted inside the RAC, the Knights had the homefield advantage but squandered that golden opportunity, finishing in ninth for the second consecutive year totaling a 194.700. Picking things up this year, Rutgers had a nearly identical season as 2017, failing to reach a score of 195 or higher and finishing in first place one time, once again at the RAC.
The Knights fared no better at the Big Ten Championships, coming in ninth place for a third straight year with a subtly worse score than the year before of 194.400, seemingly reaching a plateau. And although seniors Libby Groden and Makenzey Shank and freshman Belle Huang qualified individually for the NCAA Regionals hosted at Penn State this Saturday, it wasn’t enough for Levine to keep his job. For now, assistant coach Anne Meade will take over as the interim head coach until Hobbs finds a replacement, a job search that will begin immediately and be national in size. For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We’re going to come out and swing the bats. Midweek games you got to put up some runs to win them.” — Baseball head coach Joe Litterio
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BASEBALL RUTGERS-LAFAYETTE, TODAY, 3:30 P.M.
RU set for midweek game with Lafayette JORDAN FARBOWITZ CORRESPONDENT
Prior to the Rutgers baseball team’s series with La Salle this past weekend, it had only played the Explorers once. But now it gets to play a team that it has a lot more histor y with. The Scarlet Knights (17-11, 4-2) host Lafayette (12-19, 2-7) this afternoon for the last of four straight non-conference games. The two teams have quite a histor y, as they have played each other 168 times. The storied rivalry goes back to the 1870s, and among the many players involved was current head coach Joe Litterio, who played for Rutgers in the early 1990s. “We know them well and they know us well,” he said. Histor y has been on the Knights’ side in matchups with the Leopards, as they hold an 85-81-2 edge in the series and have won 33 of the last 34 matchups. Most recently, Rutgers defeated Lafayette 28-4 last year, setting a program record for most runs scored in a single game. While some key playmakers from that historic blowout have since graduated, many familiar faces remain. Junior right fielder Luke Bowerbank leads Rutgers in hits this season with 33. Bowerbank is hitting .334 this season, the second highest batting average on the team. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2018
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FOOTBALL ROBINSON, ERB TAKE OVER NEW POSITIONS FOR RUTGERS
Fresh faces lead Knights in spring practices ROBERT SANCHEZ SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers football team finished day 12 of spring practices on Tuesday and are now one step closer to the Scarlet-White game on Saturday. More than three quarters of the way through, the Scarlet Knights have begun to hone in on the skill positions, especially the receiving core — one that will be without Janarion Grant who has since graduated. But at the helm this year will be Lester Erb who is in his second year at Rutgers but his first at wide receiver. Erb is hoping he can bring the same energy and spark at the wide receiver position as he did last year with the running backs. “I’ve coached receivers before,” he said, according to scarletknights.com. “The great thing about coaching the skill positions, especially at this level, is that the mentality is the same. The position is different, but you’re still coaching 18-22 year olds. You’re still going to hold them to the same standards regardless of what position you’re in. The transition has really been easy.” Sophomore wide receiver Bo Melton and the rest of the receiving unit have come out in spring practice with an attitude, understanding they will need to improve greatly if the team wants to succeed. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2017 NBA SCORES
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KIERAN MULLINS,
sophomore attacker on the men’s lacrosse team, was named to the USILA Team of the Week on Tuesday. Mullins was recognized for his 8-goal performance on Sunday in No. 8 Rutgers’ 16-8 win over then-No. 18 Michigan.
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BASEBALL
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
SOFTBALL
vs. Lafayette
Tennessee Relays
vs. Michigan
at Michigan
Today, 3:30 p.m., Bainton Field
Tomorrow, All Day, Knoxville, Tenn.
Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.
Friday, 6 p.m., Ann Arbor, Mich.