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Fraynned Ramirez, 26, of Hartford, Connecticut, is wanted for the shooting of Shani Patel and his roommate on April 10.
who remains at large, prosecutors said. The prosecutor’s office announced charges of murder, felony murder and robbery against Fraynned Ramirez, 26, of Hartford, Connecticut on Monday for the fatal shooting of Shani Patel, a 21-yearold Newark College of Arts and Sciences junior, and an unnamed Rutgers alumnus, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said in a press release. Ramirez remains at large and is presumed to be armed and dangerous, Murray said. Last week Marcus Feliz, 25, of Newark was charged with murder, felony murder and robbery in relation with the shooting. Feliz is being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility on bail of $750,000, Murray said. Bail for Ramirez is also set at $750,000. Neither of the suspects are Rutgers students, Murray said. The Essex County Sheriff’s CrimeStoppers Program has
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One suspect has been arrested and charged for the murder of a Rutgers student on April 10. An arrest warrant has been issued for another suspect
Thirteen Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets were recognized for volunteer activities by the national organization. COURTESY OF VICTORIA SPARE
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A cadet’s everyday life consists of more than the early morning training drills around campus that members of the Rutgers community are able to see, said Amanda Durkin, an Air Force cadet and Rutgers Business school junior.
Before earning their golden second lieutenant bars, a group of Air Force cadets wish to leave their marks in the community. Thirteen members of the United States Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at Rutgers University — officially designated by the military as Detachment 485 — were recently commended for their volunteer work
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Prisoners study classics with Rutgers associate professor
Navy midshipmen graduates receive ship selections
Six graduating seniors in the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps program will soon relocate to their first bases after having received their ship selection. The Rutgers NROTC program is among the newest in the nation and in New Jersey, having been started in 2012, said Midshipman 3/C Peter Lu. “The greatest part about this is since we started back in 2012, this is going to be our first graduating class who will ever get the commission from Rutgers University and from the ROTC unit,” said Lu, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “So it’s a really big deal for us this year.” The rising ensigns, whose names were not disclosed, will be stationed in Japan and three different U.S. states, Lu said. Another will join the submarine corps, with the final senior joining the U.S. Marine Corps. Most of the midshipmen received their first-choice stations, meaning
and achievement as a “squadron” of a national organization. The Capt. Wilbur S. Darby squadron functions as a campus chapter of the Arnold Air Society, an honorary service association for cadets in ROTC college programs and in the Air Force Academy.
Emily Allen-Hornblower, an associate professor in the Department of Classics, is working with prisoners to educate them on different literary works. RUTGERS.EDU
Inmates in local prisons are now studying the works of Aristotle and Homer because Emily Allen-Hornblower, an associate professor in the Department of Classics. Allen-Hornblower teaches a world civilization course to a class of 22 inmates at a maximum-security prison in Rahway. Christopher Etienne, a Rutgers alumnus and winner of the Flip Wilson Memorial scholarship, tutored at a prison while completing his college education and was an inspiration for Allen-Hornblower. “He was ver y eloquent and his stor y moved me,” Allen-Hornblower said. “I wanted to be in touch with him — to find out more about opportunities for teaching behind bars, which is something I had always thought about doing.” Allen-Hornblower met with Etienne and learned about the work he did with formerly incarcerated students, as well as the program NJ-STEP. She quickly became involved and met a group of inmates working toward associate’s degrees in prison.
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They spoke about themselves, how they felt broken, and how pursuing an education and obtaining college credit had transformed their lives, she said. And it was clear that it had. The inmates gave off an incredible vibe, Allen-Hornblower said. “They had the sort of resilience that would give anybody the hope and strength to pursue their dreams in the most challenging of circumstances,” she said. “I told them about the classics and some of my interests in ancient literature, myth and social and cultural histor y — and they wanted to hear more.” Allen-Hornblower began teaching History 101 Western Civilization soon after at Northern State Prison. She taught a full semester’s worth of material over the course of the summer, meeting for several hours in the morning. “This was one of the most rewarding and transformative teaching experiences of my life,” she said. “These students are amazing. They want to do more than the reading you give them. They want more assignments. They are hungry for discussion and knowledge.” SEE PROFESSOR ON PAGE 5
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Student finds relationship between political views, anxiety
Peter Niewrzol, a School of Arts and Sciences junior and Aresty Fellow, has conducted research that found that conservatives have a greater fear of death than their liberal counterparts. COURTESY OF PETER NIEWRZOL
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areas of correlation of everyone with prejudice and death anxiety,” he said. “But it’s the strongest with Death anxiety correlates to people who support Trump and voters’ choices of presidential people who are highly committed to candidates, according to a recent Trump, and that wasn’t surprising.” There was no difference bestudy by a Rutgers Aresty fellow. Peter Niewrzol, a School of tween Sanders and Clinton in reArts and Sciences junior and an gard to social dominance in their Aresty Fellow for Undergraduate supporters, and findings were modResearch, studied prejudice and erately low at around 30 percent, death anxiety in voters supporting while the mean for Trump was GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, around 60 percent, Niewrzol said. The sample sizes were obtained former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton using funding by the Aresty fellowand Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT). “My original idea was that there ship, he said. The money was used is a lot of research suggesting a to run a survey using Qualtrics higher correlation with people where respondents would enter who are more conservative and their variables — age, sex and with people who have higher levels who they’re voting for — and participate in a self-report survey. of death anxiety,” Niewrzol said. “So for This corprejudice, (we relation occurs what’s from the differ“We are actually going to used) called the soences in conmanipulate people’s fear cial dominance servative and of death by having people orientation test liberal attitudes. and for death Having a write about what they anxiety, it’s conservative atthink happens when called a death titude involves they die.” anxiety scale,” reminiscing on Niewrzol said. the past and gloPETER NIEWRZOL “Both of these rifying past exSchool of Arts and Sciences Junior are widely acperiences, while cepted as valid a liberal attitude and reliable prefers unpredicted change in the future, he said. means of gathering these atti“(This) leads to people not tudes that people have.” Subjects recruited for the wanting (these changes) and wanting to stay where they are,” study did not just include Rutgers he said. “And with the type of prej- University students. Instead, indiudice I’m looking at, called social viduals were recruited using Medominance, there’s a top social chanical Turk by Amazon and ingroup and then there’s lower so- cluded anyone in the country who cial groups, which relates to the was over 18 and could vote. Initial research for the study idea that there’s a status quo, and it should be upheld — similar to began back in December and was completed in the beginning of conservative attitudes.” Results of the study show that April, with a total gathered sample there is a very significant increase size of 390 subjects. “Looking forward, what we’re in social dominance amongst Trump supporters compared to doing (is) a follow-up study over Clinton and Sanders supporters, the summer. We are actually goNiewrzol said. There is a 99.99 ing to manipulate people’s fear of percent likelihood that these re- death by having people write about what they think happens when sults are not due to chance. “So when we looked through they die,” Niewrzol said, “To see the data and ran tests, there (were) how that relates to how they score CORRESPONDENT
on levels of prejudice and whether or not they are more committed to Trump, Clinton or Sanders.” Niewrzol’s initiative to pursue this study stemmed from his interests in social psychology as a field of research. “A lot of what social psychologists will do is look at prejudice as an attitude that people have,” he said. “There’s been a lot of talk that
Trump supporters have more prejudice and are more racist, and I was looking to either confirm or disprove that and felt that this was the perfect opportunity to look at that.” College students are very interested in how the political process works and people want to learn about the election, Niewrzol said. A scientific study confirms their existing beliefs and adds
validity, which Niewrzol said makes it interesting and could affect who people vote for. “Every day you can go on social media and the news and you see reports on everything, and I think a lot of the opinions people have on supporters are baseless,” he said. “And so I think that this study actually quantifies and qualifies what their past assumptions are.”
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PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM Jill Stein, the presumptive nominee for president of the Green Party, spoke to the Rutgers community at the party’s state convention on Sunday in the Douglass Student Center. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
April 19, 2016
MARATHON MADNESS Students ran in the United Half-Marathon on Sunday on the College Avenue campus on Sunday. MANQI YANG
EXPOSING EXCELLENCE Students submitted photos to the
Photo Club showcase. “Exposure” displayed their work on Friday in the Douglass Student Center. NIKHILESH DE / NEWS EDITOR
CRIME APRIL 18 NEWARK — A second suspect has been named in the double shooting of a Rutgers—Newark student. Fraynned Ramirez, 26, has been charged with murder and robbery in the death of Rutgers student Shani Patel. The incident occurred at Patel’s apartment on Central Avenue. Ramirez is still at large and considered dangerous. Another man, Marcus Feliz, has been charged in the drug-related incident and is being held at the Essex County Jail. Patel’s roommate survived the incident.
APRIL 18 TRENTON — Police investigated a reported shooting on Market Street Sunday. No evidence of the shooting was found at the scene. One of three suspects involved in the incident has been named. Willie Kirkman, 72, was involved in a heated altercation with a man and a woman. Kirkman allegedly brandished a shiny object, but police found no evidence of a gun or gunshots at the scene. Both the man and the woman were treated for minor injuries at the Capital Health Regional Medical Center. The investigation is ongoing.
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WORK Squadron saw recognition for their work after changing group’s goals, Durkin says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“We are not typical college students … but we’ll go to class with you and we’ll still wear civilian clothes — we are not always in uniform,” said Victoria Spare, a cadet and School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. “Like some other students, we also partake in community service and mentoring.” The Rutgers squadron was bestowed with various regional and national awards this year at the society’s national conclave in Dallas, Texas. Among them was the Chennault Trophy for the most outstanding small squadron in the nation. Spare said this specific award was the most significant because it recognized the difficulty faced by the 13-member group in their attempt to do the same level of community work as other squadrons in the nation with memberships of 50 and more. Another accolade, the John K. Cannon award for most improved squadron in the area, reflects the group’s growth, Durkin said. A couple of years ago, the squadron here on campus nearly went inactive. “The squadron was basically a glorified drinking club,” she said. “We’ve tried to changed that.” Marc Kwietniak, who was honored as the best squadron commander in the nation, was
instrumental in the revamping of the group, Durkin said. The small outfit became one that is devoted to civic service and excellence. “We all know each other,” she said. “We are like a family.” Rutgers hosts an on-campus ROTC program that is partners with other academic institutions such as Princeton University and Monmouth University, who are also part of Detachment 485 — also knows as the “ravens.”
“The squadron was basically a glorified drinking club. We’ve tried to change that.” AMANDA DURKIN Rutgers Business School Junior
“The cadets that choose to be a part of the society have to go through extra training and volunteer work,” Spare said. “For some cadets, it is just a club, but for others, (it) is more than that. It’s a passion.” Part of the work the squadron has done includes judging competitions for high school students in Air Force ROTC programs, hosting fundraising events for charity and visiting veterans.
The squadron recently hosted a push-up competition and raised over $1,100 for the Air Force Aid Society, the official charity of the United States Air Force, which provides financial assistance to both active and retired airmen and their families. As part of a national campaign by the Arnold Air Society, the squadron was also able visit a group of World War II veterans at a retirement home this year. The war-time accounts of the former servicemen inspired the cadets. An Army veteran who was in Normandy, France, during D-Day, told the cadets that as he saw American planes flying over him, he felt like the fighting was still ongoing even though it had already ceased. “That story hit me the most,” Durkin said. “I mean that’s an intense moment. He was saying that it was over — the Air Force was only flying over to assess the damage — but for him, it just didn’t feel over.” As they look forward in continuing their work, the Capt. Wilbur S. Darby squadron seeks to establish a Silver Wings unit — the civilian counterpart-part of the Arnold Air Society — at Rutgers. Its establishment would allow students and community members to join and help the cadets with their community volunteering, Spare said. It also has the possibility to increase awareness for the ROTC programs on campus. “I think that a lot of people associate ROTC with working out and yelling, but that’s actually not all we’re doing,” she said. “An essential part of being in the Air Force is serving your community.”
SELECTIONS After commissioning, ensigns will be located globally, Lu says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
they will go to the base or craft they requested as students. Four of the midshipmen will be located on amphibious transport docks as well as two different destroyers. “Ship selection is a very big deal for NROTC programs, and also just commissioning in general,” Lu said. “It’s the first ship that every senior officer is going to be going to for their first tour of duty.” The U.S. Marine will be one of the first from Rutgers, Lu said. “We haven’t had (an NROTC unit) in almost 30 years,” he said. “Basically what our program does is prepare college students ready for … military service in the (U.S.) Navy, training future leaders (as) officers for both Marines and Navy officers.” The students will also be competing in the Military Excellence Competition on April 23, hosted by the Villanova Naval ROTC Battalion at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. Several schools will compete, Lu said. “It’s really a big deal that especially for us this year, since there’s going to be a lot of us competing in it,” he said. The midshipmen will commission on Monday, May 16. “(They are) really great candidates,” he said.
Six Navy ROTC midshipmen received their ship selections, five of whom are joining the Navy and one who will become a U.S. Marine. COURTESY OF PETER LU
SUSPECT Fraynned Ramirez, 26, is wanted for fatal shooting of Shani Patel, 21, on April 10 CONTINUED FROM FRONT
offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to Ramirez’s arrest. Those with information are asked to call the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major
Crimes Task Force tips line at (877) 847-7432. “All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they enter a guilty plea or are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law,” she said.
PROFESSOR Students show dedication to work, are engaging, Allen-Hornblower says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
make for incredibly fruitful and intense discussions,” she said. Allen-Hornblower loves every Everything is genuine and straight-forward, she said. Im- moment of her work. “Thanks to initiatives like portant issues are addressed NJ-STEP, inmates are given a without beating around the bush. “(They are) so respectful, in- chance to pursue what was never given to tellectually them before curious and and things insightful. I are changlearned so “This was one of the ing in terms much,” she most rewarding of public said. “I left p e r c e p tion every session and transformative of those befeeling enteaching experiences hind bars,” riched by their of my life.” she said. questions and With evcomments.” EMILY ALLEN-HORNBLOWER ery hour of This seAssociate Professor in the Department education, mester, Alof Classics the rate of relen-Hornblowcidivism deer is teaching creases, she nights at the said, which maximum seis a way to solve the “revolving curity prison in Rahway. The students have amazed her door problem.” “(This program helps) to adwith their dedication and passion vance social justice and, most imfor learning. “They bring an entirely new portantly, to remind ourselves and and enriching lens to the mate- everyone involved of the humanirial we are looking at — whether ty that we share and connects us,” it is historical, social, economic, she said. “This initiative benefits religious — and their readings everyone in the end.”
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April 19, 2016
Public transportation relates to public health
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’ll begin my last column with a confession: It took me four tries and two years to pass my drivNICK HANSEN er’s test. As I watched my friends get their licenses, I got increasingly worried — would I never pass? Thanks to a dose of determination and a deeply patient driving instructor, I finally passed on Jan. 10, 2014 — coincidentally, my younger brother’s 17th birthday was Jan. 11, 2014, and I couldn’t let him pass before I did. While the process didn’t make me feel great, it now turns out I was in good company. A Federal Highway Administration study revealed that only 8.5 million people 19 and younger had their licenses — the lowest number in half a century. In many ways, this conforms to the popular perception of the so-called millennials. We prefer cities to suburbs. We prefer public transportation to cars. Cultural explanations aside, it seems that our economic situations can explain much of this phenomenon. A study from The Guardian shows that disposable income for millennials is scarcely higher than it was 30 years ago. We’re not buying cars or putting down payments on suburban homes because we can’t afford to. This economic problem, however, presents a clear opportunity. While not having the income to buy a car may be unfortunate, there’s an upside: Driving is incredibly dangerous, on both an individual and societal scale. If we can keep young people out of cars for longer, even after their incomes go up, we’ll all be safer and healthier. In 2014, 89 people were killed in traffic accidents each day. And that’s just traffic deaths. A study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology indicates that 53,000 people die prematurely each year due to emissions from automobiles. Allowing longer commutes, cars increase sprawl, bringing up suburbanites’ carbon footprint. Unfortunately, American cities are designed around the automobile. We’re lucky in New Jersey, and New Brunswick especially, to be served by relatively good public transportation. But those outside the Washington/New York/Boston megalopolis are less fortunate. I’m able to commute to my internship in lower Manhattan pretty easily without a car — if I lived in the South or Midwest I might not be so lucky.
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“But it’s not just an economic or social issue. As the dangerous implications of a reliance on cars makes clear, public transportation is a public health issue. It’s time to realize that, and treat it as such.” We’re all pulling for an economic upturn. I want milliennial income to increase — I want for us to be able to buy cars if we want them. But that would squander an opportunity. We should create systems that allow people of all ages to live without a car. We already know how to do this — housing along the PATH line, in Jersey City, Harrison and Hoboken, increasingly allows young professionals to skip the car with rents somewhat more affordable than those across the Hudson. Perhaps Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood is next. Even for those farther from New York, transit-oriented development allows commuters to walk from their apartment complexes to the train station. The challenge, of course, is to make these neighborhoods affordable. Hoboken may be appealing to young graduates starting careers in the city, but with average rent for a one-bedroom apartment being more than $2,000, it’s hard to afford. Increasing income can help, but it’s unlikely to cover rent that high. We need to drastically extend transit’s reach, creating affordable, walkable and exciting communities in the mold of Jersey City or Hoboken. This won’t be an easy task. Public transportation, especially in New Jersey, is chronically underfunded. It will be a challenge to raise the funds to adequately maintain our current infrastructure, let alone build new stations. A lack of funding, “NIMBYism,” and political intrigue all conspire to make transit expansion difficult. But it’s not just an economic or social issue. As the dangerous implications of a reliance on cars makes clear, public transportation is a public health issue. It’s time to realize that, and treat it as such. Since I’ve gotten my license, I haven’t driven much. Most places I need to get to are served by transit, and for those that aren’t, I can borrow a car from my parents or brother. But I may finally need to bite the bullet and buy an automobile to commute next year. Let’s hope I don’t always need it. Nick Hansen is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science with a minor in history. His column, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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ight now the University of California, Davis Apparently UC Davis’s administration wasn’t aware is going through a public relations nightmare of that: The school did one appalling thing and then — part two. In UC Davis’s series of unfortu- did another. UC Davis says the motivation for paynate events, university police officers pepper sprayed ing companies to hide the remnants of the pepper peaceful student protestors in 2011 at the birth of the spray episode was that it wanted the public to focus Occupy movement, and now it’s resurfaced with a on the achievements of its students and its faculty vengeance. It was discovered that the university tried rather than that glaring blemish on its record. But to hide this particular incident by paying companies the issue could’ve been publicly and visibly mendmore than $175,000 to clean its online presence. ed by working with student organizations and findWith UC Davis being a state university that exists ing common ground. Anyone who has used the Internet before knows at the time of massive budget cuts, the decision to that once content is there anyone can see it and it’s funnel money to bury a PR issue strikes as obscene. Universities nowadays care too much about their there forever. No amount of money can actually reputation and how they’re perceived rather than cleanse the Internet of all traces of history. And at primarily functioning as an institution of higher the end of the day, the commotion is over a single learning. So instead of investing time, energy and video a bystander took of the police officers and the protestors, and there’s nothing resources into cultivating and stopping the person who filmed challenging the minds of the next this incident from putting that generation, they’ve shifted their “Money could’ve been video online again. stance to fundamentally focus on Rutgers is one of the many branding and ranking. put into activities or It’s natural that universities want programs that students institutions that are profoundly invested in its reputation, and to present their best side (don’t we care deeply about.” it works to continuously guard all?), but with tight budgets and and grow it. If the Rutgers adrising tuition costs, this means that ministration ever dares to repa university should pare the inessentials and the excesses while continuing to save licate what happened at UC Davis — using brute and sustain what’s truly integral to the institution. force to suppress peaceful protestors — then peoBy paying so much to scrub its reputation clean, UC ple would lose their minds. UC Davis may have a Davis demonstrates that its top priority isn’t its cur- vibrant activist community, but so does Rutgers. Rutgers students are vocal about what they care rent students, but it’s prospective students. Despite how $175,000 is a drop in the bucket of a about, and if all their rallying deterred Condoleeztypical university’s endowment, that money could’ve za Rice and created a ruckus that elevated the Milo provided two, three or four students with a full ride Yiannopoulos event to the national level, then the and a life that avoids the crippling burden of exorbi- intensity of resistance against the administration tant loans, or a good financial aid package for many would definitely result in someone getting fired or others. Another alternative is to acknowledge the someone resigning. Protesting is a valuable form of civic engagement, mistake of using heavy-handed tactics for peaceful protests and work to make amends with the student and they’re not only common at universities — population. Money could’ve been put into activities they’re inevitable. Administrators might not like it, but there are ways to handle it that doesn’t use vioor programs that students care deeply about. The school thought it could buy off a clean im- lence. Universities need to figure out ways to work age, but the only way to acquire a positive image with student activists, and especially so if they care and a good reputation is through good actions. about their branding and their ranking. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 148th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Hillary Clinton’s feminism is narrow, elitist, self-serving THE CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST JOSE SANCHEZ
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esides potentially being the first U.S. woman president, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has relatively few merits of her own compared to the socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt). Indeed, without a sexist to oppose, tweeting #ImWithHer isn’t much fun, and Clintonistas everywhere are eagerly scraping the bottom of the barrel to smear Sanders or his supporters as misogynists. Writers like Salon.com’s Amanda Marcotte smear Sanders’s supporters as being “Bernie Bros,” supposedly skewing heavily toward white men, somehow erasing the senator’s hefty support amongst millennials of all colors and genders, or his victories in some of the Union’s most diverse states, such as Hawaii. The former Secretary of State under Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, suggested that women who don’t vote for Hillary Clinton are hellbound, and feminist doyenne Gloria Steinem has basically said that young, pro-Sanders women are really just trying to impress “the boys.” They seemed to have ignored a recent USA Today poll finding that millennial women support Sanders at a wider margin than they do Clinton — a jaw-dropping 61 to 30 percent in
favor of Sanders amongst millennial women, while for young men it’s 48 to 44 percent. Wal-Mart, the “Beast of Bentonville,” Arkansas, counted Clinton as the first woman on its 15-member board of directors, and though she served from 1986 to 1992, as a May 2007 exposé in The New York Times says, “The only notable pushes she made were to have a little more recycling and getting more women in management, and neither efforts can be said to be too successful.” In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of Wal-Mart in Wal-Mart Store, Inc. v. Dukes, perhaps the biggest sex discrimination lawsuit of its kind
$150 billion, own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of Americans. And make no mistake: Unions are good for women. As women are further and further pushed into starvation-waged, poverty-engineering employment, the protections and workplace democracy that unions can provide are disproportionately important to women. The Clintons, champions of union-killing free trade agreements, have always been anti-union. Indeed, back in Arkansas, they both sought to impose austerity over the women-heavy public sector and weaken teachers’ unions, even though K-12 teachers are overwhelmingly women.
“(Bill Clinton) caused the biggest prison expansion in U.S. history. I’m sure incarcerated women or the mothers, sisters and wives of the incarcerated wouldn’t say Hillary’s with them.” in U.S. history. Even though, as Jeffrey Toobin says in The New Yorker, plaintiffs argued that women made up 72 percent of the workforce yet a third of management, the Court’s conservatives deemed this as too “squishy.” Fervently anti-union, Wal-Mart has a history of firing union sympathizers and spying on workers. Yet Clinton has said that she’s “proud” of her time on the board of the world’s largest corporation. This year it was revealed that Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton had donated $353,400 to the Hillary Victory Fund. The Waltons, who’re collectively worth about
On healthcare, Clinton long ago during the 1990s left the single-payer option off the table, despite the fact if the state universally provided healthcare it would mean women wouldn’t have to depend on being married or their bosses for their healthcare. No women should depend on their husbands or employers — women make up 14.2 percent of executives at S&P 500 firms according to a 2015 analysis — on their healthcare. Concurrently, since women make up about 60 percent of U.S. college students, they would also benefit from tuition-free public colleges and universities, as well as
dramatically lower student debt refinancing. Back in the 1990s the Clinton’s ended “welfare as we know it” by Bill Clinton’s signing of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, which replaced the more humane Aid to Families with Dependent Children program with a much more stingy one. And this disproportionately harmed single mothers and women of color. In an April 2002 interview with the Gettysburg Times, she called welfare recipients “deadbeats.” She’s also referred to poor, ghettoized black children as “superpredators” as her husband caused the biggest prison expansion in U.S. history. I’m sure incarcerated women or the mothers, sisters and wives of the incarcerated wouldn’t say Hillary’s with them. Let’s perhaps ask Berta Cáceres, an Honduran indigenous leader, if Hillary Clinton has been a feminist abroad. Well, we can’t, because she was murdered by the illegitimate Honduran government, which came to power in a coup d’état which ratcheted up gendered violence. That is the case the world over, and for that reason the women of Palestine, Iraq, Libya, Hait and Honduras wouldn’t call Hillary a feminist either considering the damage she’s done to those countries as a senator and Secretary of State. Only a narrow, self-serving, bourgeois feminism would call Clinton a “feminist” with conviction. José Sanchez is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in history with minors in political science and Latino and Caribbean studies. His column, “The Champagne Socialist,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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Today’s Birthday (04/19/16). Love is the name of the game this year. Schedule a vacation together for after 5/9. Make long-term financial plans, and invest after 8/13. Real estate? Family gains after 9/1 lead to a turning point in a community effort after 9/16. Follow your passion. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — For the next month, with the Sun in Taurus, cash flow rises. Collaborative efforts go farther today and tomorrow. Take the shortest route. Postpone travel and shipping. Setbacks are part of the process. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Focus on work today and tomorrow. Your self-confidence increases for the next four weeks, with the sun in your sign. You’re in your own element. You have the advantage.
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Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 5 — Rest and relax over the next two days. Take extra time for peaceful contemplation this month, with the sun in Taurus. Finish old business. Get more done behind closed doors. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Home improvements have your attention today and tomorrow. It’s party time over the next month, with the sun in Taurus. You’re especially popular. Invite friends over and share the results of your efforts.
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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — You learn especially quickly today and tomorrow. For the next four weeks, with the Sun in Taurus, advance your professional agenda. Career matters move to the front burner. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — The next two days could be profitable. Don’t let it slip through your fingers. Travel beckons this month. Expand an exploration. Study your route and options at your destination. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — You’re getting stron-
ger today and tomorrow. Make financial plans this month, with the Sun in Taurus. Invest for the future. The more organized you get, the more you save. Sort, count and file. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Relax and enjoy an organizational project today and tomorrow. Close out old files. Clear space for new possibilities. Collaboration is key this month, with Sun in Taurus. Rely on each other for support. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Enjoy a twoday social phase. Your work suits you for the next month, with the Taurus Sun. It’s easier to get the job done. Take extra care of your physical well-being, with your busy schedule. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — A professional challenge has your focus today and tomorrow. Take advantage of an opportunity. You’re lucky in love, romance and games over the next month. Practice your talents. Pursue matters of the heart. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Study, research and travel for an answer over the next two days. A home renovation could disrupt your workflow over the next month, with the Sun in Taurus. Improvements begin with a big mess. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — To avoid a potential financial problem, play the game exactly by the book. Tackle detailed chores today or tomorrow. Communications and research thrive over the next month. Write, record and broadcast your message.
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WORK Sneed arrived on campus in January as early-enrollee to get head start
April 19, 2016 he’ll play in the fall. Instead, his biggest worry is picking up as much information as he can to improve, another example of why he was knighted.
“I just wanna be a sponge,” Sneed said. “I wanted to come in, I wanted to take every coaching tip, I wanna learn as much as I can to be prepared so when my number is
called, I can be as ready as I can be.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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to the lifestyle of the northeast Sneed was as surprised as after coming from the Sunshine ever yone else at hearing his State without a transition period name at the end of the eighth between high school and college. Having played the spread at spring practice. He said he came in tr ying to “emulate the Fleming Island High School, the vets” of the team, and his effort playbook isn’t anything new to Sneed. The big difference, he was noticed. “It was crazy. It definitely said, is the speed of play. “When I first got here, it was was crazy. I wasn’t expecting it at all,” he said. “I didn’t know crazy,” he said. “When you have coach Ash was looking at me a feel for high school football, it the way he was and that’s just an seems like ever ything’s slowed honor. Just an honor to get your down. (In college), it’s the same looks, the hard work recholes are the ognized.” same, they Along with just close a lot impressing his “I just wanna be a sponge faster, so you head coach, ... I wanna learn as much have to move Sneed made a positive imas I can to be prepared ...” a lot faster, you have pression on his to run a lot position coach TREY SNEED harder, so the with his effort. Freshman Running Back more reps I “One of the get, the more hardest workit slows down ing players on for me.” the team. He’s Despite being the first runearning everything he’s getting,” said running backs coach Zak ning back to have his stripe reKuhr. “You could tell he’s coming moved, the reality for Sneed is straight out of high school be- there are three elder players in cause he’s a little unpolished and his position ahead of him on the a little raw, but he’s working his depth chart. The freshman said butt off … His legs go. His feet he was open to playing in special teams, an area he said Ash “puts don’t stop.” The Orange Park, Florida, a big emphasis in.” The most important thing native was able to impress his coaches despite still adjusting for Sneed isn’t how many snaps
Running backs coach Zak Kuhr has been impressed with the effort true freshman running back Trey Sneed has put in throughout the spring. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2016
April 19, 2016
IN BRIEF
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oronto Blue Jays first baseman Chris Colabello showed up at his locker the morning after getting beaned by Steven Wright to find a present the Boston pitcher left for him. “Steven decided that he was going to send over a gift,’” Colabello said, moving his clothes and uniform out of the way to show a large bottle of liquor underneath. “He didn’t have to,” he said Monday as he was getting ready for the annual Patriots’ Day game. “I’m sure that’s not cheap, too.” On Sunday, Wright hit Colabello on the helmet with an 87 mph fastball, sending him to the ground. He sat on the ground for a while and was checked out by a trainer before getting up and trotting to first base. “It’s just more of a token of saying I’m sorry,” Wright said. “I didn’t really want it to be a public thing because it was really between me and him. “I know it’s not a necessary thing. The gift was more for me than it was for him to kind of ease it for myself for what happened.” Wright was visibly upset on the mound, took off his hat and chatted with Colabello when he made his way to first. The last thing Colabello expected was a gift. Wright said he did it because it scared so many, including Colabello’s parents, who were in the stands. Colabello graduated from high school in Milford, Massachusetts, and played college ball at Assumption in Worcester, Massachusetts. “I felt like it was the least I could do for scaring myself and probably his parents because I know he’s from around here and his parents were here,” Wright said. “I know that’s something I needed to do.”
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or the second straight year, San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard is the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Leonard received 547 points and 84 first-place votes from the voting panel of 130 sportswriters and broadcasters. Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green (421 points, 44 first-place votes) finished second for the second straight season. He was followed by Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside (83 points, two first-place votes) in third. Leonard is a defensive leader for the Spurs, who allowed the fewest points per game during the regular season, giving up three points fewer per contest than the Utah Jazz in second. The Spurs had a defensive rating of 94.9 with Leonard on the court and 99.2 when he wasn’t, according to NBA.com/Stats. Individually, Leonard tallied 1.8 steals and 1.0 blocks per game. He ranked fifth in the NBA in Defensive Real Plus-Minus as the only non-power forward or center in the top 25. Leonard is just the second perimeter player in NBA history to win the award in consecutive seasons, joining Milwaukee’s Sidney Moncrief in 1982-83 and 1983-84, the first two seasons the award was given. Leonard was the first non-big man to win the award since Ron Artest in 2003-04 when he earned the honor last season.
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HORNETS
All nine of their wins have come in conference play in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They are searching for their first non-conferKnights put 8-1 record at Bainton Field to ence victory of the year but will have test in matinee matchup with Hornets a tough task ahead on Tuesday. The Knights are 8-1 at their home Bainton Field this season, including CONTINUED FROM BACK a thrilling 3-2 victory over in-state ri1-through-9, we can all hit,” said val Seton Hall last Wednesday. They have lost nine games by sophomore third baseman Milo Returning home should benefit one-run, accounting for nearly Freeman. “It’s definitely a big adRutgers and give it a quick chance vantage to have when we can get half of their losses. to rebound after falling over the The issue has been differ- production from all throughout weekend. The Knights are looking ent in each case with hitters not the lineup, and I think we’ll see forward to the chance to assert their being able to break through to more of that in our next games.” prowess on the extend leads or Banks once the pitching not “It’s definitely a big advantage to have when we can get production from all again. holding leads. throughout the lineup.” “We’r e These are looking forcommon issues MILO FREEMAN ward to tryfor nearly every Sophomore Third Baseman ing to have a baseball team at bounce back high-level comFreeman recently increased for us that has given us a boost af- week,” said sophomore pitcher petition, but Rutgers is confident in its abilities and believes it has his productivity, along with his ter a tough start. It’s been good to John O’Reilly. “Hopefully we can play well during the middle of the what it takes to find some consis- teammates towards the bottom of see him start swinging it better.” The Hornets come to Pisca- week and carry our momentum the batting order. tency moving forward. He belted his second home run taway riding a sweep over Cop- over to when we play Penn State “Everyone on our team is pretthis weekend.” ty confident, and we know that of the season in the series against pin State. Ohio State and has moved up to fourth place on the team’s RBI leaders list with 18 this season. The coaches said they were pleased with his progression and believe they will continue to see more impactful at-bats from him and the rest of the Knights in the coming games. “The bottom of the order guys are really starting to swing it,” Litterio said. “They have been getting on base and getting in positions to score, which has really helped us a lot. Milo has been of those players
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April 19, 2016 WOMEN’S LACROSSE KIM KOLDONY NOTCHED 100TH POINT, HALLEY BARNES 3 SHY OF MARK
Attacking duo eyes strong close to successful RU careers THOMAS CRINCOLI STAFF WRITER
With only two games remaining in the regular season for the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, seniors look to close out a disappointing season on a high note. The Scarlet Knights’ (3-11, 0-3) senior attackers Halley Barnes and Kim Kolodny try to find some light in their final seasons despite dawning a negative record. On the positive side for the two seniors, this is the final year in which every team, despite its record, is able to participate in the Big Ten Tournament, giving the Knights some extra motivation moving forward. “It’s kind of a unique oppor tunity,” Barnes said of the tournament. “Going into it regardless of your record, you get to go in and make an impact to compete for a Big Ten championship, so I think we still have a lot of motivation going into that.” The Garnett Valley, New Jersey, native has been a significant piece in the Rutgers of fense during all four years with the team. Currently on the season, Barnes sits third Senior attacker Kim Kolodny scored her 100th career point against No. 7 Northwestern. She has on the Knights with 24 goals 26 goals and a career-high 11 assists this season. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016 and 30 points, putting her only “I was extremely emotional goals while never straying away 3 points away from 100 in her Kolodny said being able (last Sunday), and I’m just happy from the Knights’ game plan. collegiate career. to score 100 points created a While Barnes has only a few and thankful that my mom, my “(For) a couple of her goals better stor y for her final year, more opportunities to achieve sister and a few of my cousins (on Sunday) she had a couple even though a losing record has were there to of people on her, and she re- been tough. the milesee it happen,” dodged through them,” Brandstone, her at“This season hasn’t been Kolodny said. tacking partwhat we wanted and like I said, Sias said. “That’s not her tra“I was extremely Kolodny now ditional style, so she’s really we’re going to capitalize on ner Kolodny emotional and I’m just has 26 goals tr ying to step up and really di- these last few games hopefulwas able to happy and thankful my and 37 points versify the way she plays.” reach the ly,” said the Farmingdale, New feat against mom, my sister and a few on the season, she sits Nor thwestof my cousins were there and only 2 points ern on Sunto see it happen.” behind leading day. Playing scorer junior through anKIM KOLODNY midfielder Krisother game Senior Attacker tina Dunphey. that RutDespite begers found ing overpowered themselves at the mercy of another team’s by Northwestern’s offense, head offense, Kolodny was able to coach Laura Brand-Sias said she break out with an offensive was happy to see Kolodny achieve 100 points by scoring a few tough showing of her own.
Senior attacker Halley Barnes is 3 points away from reaching the century mark for her career, but she said that’s not her focus. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016
York, native. “This is definitely an individual accomplishment that I am happy I was able to accomplish.” For Barnes, there has not been any competition between her and Kolodny in regards to who would reach the milestone first. The team captain even admired how her teammate reached the feat based off of the determination to help Rutgers win, rather than boosting her own personal stat line. “I’m pretty sure neither of us were really focused on reaching that milestone as much as much as we were focused on winning and Kim was really out to win that game yesterday, and she just happened to achieve that goal,” Barnes said. “I look at every single game going into that the same way, like my job is to produce goals, and If I reach it, I do. If I don’t, I don’t.” Barnes will have multiple opportunities to close in on 100 when the Knights play their final regular season games against Ohio State and Michigan at High Point Solutions Stadium. Kolodny said these final games will be a great opportunity to regroup and finish out 2016 strong. “With these last few games, we’re just really trying to improve on the mistakes we had in the last game and move forward,” Kolodny said. “Hopefully we come out with a few wins because we only have two games left, so it’s pretty scary.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
April 19, 2016
Page 15 TENNIS LINDSEY KAYATI WON ITA / CISSIE LEARY AWARD IN 2015
Senior battles adversity, discovers new love for tennis ALEX GOLD STAFF WRITER
In the small town of Monroeville, New Jersey, where senior Lindsey Kayati grew up, tee ball and cheerleading were the only two extracurricular activities for elementary school children. Usually the boys played tee ball and the girls cheered, but Kayati had no interest in joining her fellow females on the sidelines. “My mom asked why I didn’t want to cheer with my friends,” Kayati said. “I told her I don’t want to cheer for other people. I want them to be cheering for me.” So the young Kayati took to the diamond with the boys and kept playing baseball in the spring, and soon, basketball in the winter with much success until middle school, when her parents wanted her to make a choice. She felt the obvious decision was tennis, a sport that her entire family enjoyed, including her grandfather who taught her the game, as well as her cousin who played for Michigan State. First picking up a racquet at three years old, Kayati played for fun early on, but at around age 11, she started to enter competitive tournaments. From then until her senior year of high school, the New Jersey native traveled constantly in the Middle States Region to play in sectional tournaments.
Senior Lindsey Kayati has battled symptoms of epilepsy since she was 13 years old. She is 39-35 in singles action in her four years at Rutgers. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2016 “I played all year round for seven straight years,” Kayati said. “It was really a grind, and at times, I wanted to quit, but my love for the game pushed me through.” It was that passion for tennis that helped her overcome the loneliness that is apparent in the sport, especially during the years of her youth. “In other sports, you have teams and coaches cheering you on, or at least there to talk to,” Kayati said. “But when I was making trips to
random cities like Erie, Pennsylvania, to play tennis, the only person there with me was my dad.” Despite this solitude, Kayati excelled at almost every level she participated in, reaching national exhibitions and eventually earning a number of college offers. When it came time to choose a school, Rutgers made perfect sense. The teenager found a place that was near home, had great coaches and personified the
team camaraderie that she longed for. “I’m a home body and didn’t want to go too far, but at the same time, Rutgers has a real college feel in New Brunswick and I saw that in all my visits,” Kayati said. “As far as tennis goes, I loved the coaches, and when watching a few matches, I saw so much chemistry between the players.” One of the coaches that had a heavy influence on Kayati
attending Rutgers was head coach Benjamin Bucca. After meeting her as a recruit, Bucca immediately realized that Kayati’s humor would play a vital part in helping his teams of the future. “Lindsey leads by example and has remained a positive influence during her four years,” Bucca said. “She has also won a national award and we’re very proud of her career.” In 2015, Kayati won the ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship, which goes to a Division I women’s player who displays inspiring dedication and commitment to her team. Additionally, the award recognizes an obstacle the student-athlete must overcome. Kayati was diagnosed with epilepsy, a disease of the brain causing severe seizures, when she was 13 years old. Despite combating symptoms of the disorder in everyday life, as well as on the court, Kayati has never let epilepsy hinder her drive to be the best student-athlete she could be. Kayati will graduate in a few weeks from a university with approximately six times as many students as her hometown has people, another reason she is grateful to have been a Scarlet Knight. “Rutgers tennis has done so much for me,” Kayati said. “I’ve made great friends, gotten a chance to travel around the country and most importantly, I’ve gained a new appreciation to the sport I love.”
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Knights host Hornets in midweek contest MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT
With the New Jersey weather finally beginning to heat up, the Rutgers baseball team hopes to do the same on Tuesday when it returns home for a midweek matchup against Delaware State (9-26, 9-5). The Scarlet Knights (16-19, 3-6) look to turn things around after dropping 2 of 3 games on the road against Ohio State over the weekend, but there were highlights to take away from the series. They received great pitching in games one and three, resulting in a 7-4 victory in the opener, but were unable to get the bats going in the series finale, falling 2-1. As Rutgers returns home to play at Bainton Field, it is hoping the familiar confines on the Banks will put them back on the winning track with more conference games ahead. “It’s a great thing about baseball that you quickly get a chance to get out there and face another opponent,” said head coach Joe Litterio. “It was tough over the weekend, but I know we’ll be ready. These guys are hungry and want to play.” Bouncing back has been a recurring theme for the Knights all season long. They have played many close games throughout the season, always seeming to have a chance of winning games, but finishing out games has been a problem. Sophomore third baseman Milo Freeman said the fact that the bottom of the order is producing gives them an advantage. Batting in the bottom part of the order, Freeman is fourth on the team in RBI’s this season. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2016
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FOOTBALL TREY SNEED IS ONLY UNDERCLASSMAN TO GET KNIGHTED
Freshman impresses with work ethic BRIAN FONSECA
to Rutgers from Ohio State. Every player begins the preseason with a black stripe on their head, and once they’re “game-ready,” they have the stripe removed and are “knighted.” Eight Knights have received the honor as of practice number 11. Sneed was the only underclassman to be distinguished, having his stripe removed before any other running back, including senior Justin Goodwin and juniors Robert Martin and Josh Hicks. The decision turned heads when it surfaced, but Ash believes Sneed earned it through the dedication he’s shown in his three months on campus. Seeing an opportunity to reinforce the characteristics he looks for in his players, the first-year head coach seized it. “It was the head coach’s decision,” Ash said. “And everyone looked at me and was kind of scratching their head like, ‘What are you doing?’ Every time I watch that kid in the weight room, in the offseason drills and in practice, it’s been 100 miles per hour. And he’s shown that he is extremely tough and coachable. And it’s that way every single day.”
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Trey Sneed arrived at Rutgers as an early-enrollee member of the Rutgers football team in January, joining the team for some of the most brutal winter workouts the current members of the roster could remember. But it wasn’t until three months later, during the 10th practice of the spring, that the running back received his first taste of the big difference between high school and college football. “We were doing a roll out, so I had to go out as a lead blocker for the quarterback and (senior linebacker) Greg Jones, he came and I mean, I was ready, I was setting my feet for it, but he came a lot harder than I thought he was,” Sneed said. “He put me on my butt, so I’d say that was my welcome-to-college-football moment. I definitely had to dap ‘em up and embrace him for that.” Sneed congratulated his teammate following the hit to show respect, something he’s earned early on in his career on the Banks through his work ethic. Head coach Chris Ash brought the tradition of the black stripe on his players’ helmets
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Freshman running back Trey Sneed had his stripe removed eight practices into the spring, signifying he is “game-ready.” DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016 KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
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BRANDIN KNIGHT,
assistant men’s basketball coach, was officially announced as the final piece of head coach Steve Pikiell’s staff. Knight spent the last 10 years at Pittsburgh, the last eight of which as an assistant coach to Jamie Dixon.
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
vs. Delaware State at Maryland Today, 3:30 p.m., Bainton Field
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
MEN’S LACROSSE
vs. Ohio State
vs. Penn State
Tomorrow, 3:00 p.m., Thursday, 7:00 p.m., College Park, Md. Piscataway, N.J.
Friday, 8:00 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.