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The Association of American Universities (AAU) cited Rutgers as one of the top contributors to its effort to protect students against sexual assault. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2016
Report commends U. for sexual assault prevention Chloe Dopico associate news editor
The Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization comprised of 62 distinguished universities that aim to advance society through education, research and discovery, recently published a report on the actions its members are taking to prevent and respond to sexual misconduct on college campuses. The report, titled Combating Sexual Assault and Misconduct, consisted of results from 55 of the 62 universities in the AAU, with Rutgers—New Brunswick being one of them. The report says that all the universities represented in this report have changed and added strategies to combat sexual assault and misconduct on their campuses, according to their website. The report names Rutgers as being a main contributor to the success, according to a Rutgers Today press release. Rutgers piloted a climate survey developed by the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women as part of a comprehensive campus climate assessment, according to the report.
“We must as an institution adopt a culture of commitment to end sexual violence on campus – a culture of compliance is not enough,” said Rutgers—New Brunswick Chancellor Richard L. Edwards to Rutgers Today. “This report shows that Rutgers has made a commitment and also that, like us, our peer institutions intend to pursue an end to sexual violence on campus.” The campus climate survey was incorporated by several institutions in various different ways. At Rutgers, they implemented #iSPEAK, which was a survey that allowed students to add their voice to the national discussion about how to eliminate sexual assault at colleges and universities, according to Rutgers. Rutgers SCREAM Theater was also a part of the report as a case study for the AAU. SCREAM Theater is a peer education program associated with the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA) that implements improvised skits to educate students on issues of interpersonal violence, specifically sexual assault, according to the study. The study repor ts that Rutgers both modified and enhanced the See assault on Page 4
Earlier this month, Rutgers alumna Imbolo Mbue was presented with the prestigious PEN/Faulkner award for her recently published novel, “Behold the Dreamers.” The annual award is among the most highly regarded in literature. Among its past recipients is Philip Roth, a Rutgers—Newark graduate who went on to win both the Pulitzer prize and the National Book Award for fiction. “Behold the Dreamers,” Mbue’s first finalized novel, was published last year by Penguin Random House, and quickly gained popularity for its intersectional approach to the American dream during the 2007 economic downturn. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Targum, Mbue said her story was influenced by her experiences living in New York City during this period of uncertainty. “In 2011, I was unemployed and I went out for a walk one day and noticed chauffeurs waiting in front of a building in front of the Time Warner building and so I was really intrigued by the relationship between the chauffeurs and the men they worked for. I wanted to write a story about how the economic crisis affected the lives of the immigrant chauffeur and the executive he worked for,” she said. “So my original intention was to write about the financial crisis in two very different families and the different ways the financial crisis affected them.” Mbue was born in Cameroon and moved to the United States to earn her bachelor’s degree at Rutgers. It was at Rutgers that she began to find her footing and after attending graduate school at Columbia, she decided to move to Manhattan. Mbue was a student at Douglass College but she said she didn’t start writing until after she graduated.
She was first inspired to put her pen to the page after reading “Song of Solomon” by Toni Morrison. “I think what Rutgers did for me was it made me who I am,” she said. “I think that had to do with who I met there.” She said that many of the friends that she made at the University remain her friends today and that some of them attended the PEN/ Faulkner Award Ceremony to support her. In her interview, she mentioned that Rutgers alumnus and author Junot Diaz was one of her greatest inspirations. “Rutgers was a just wonderful experience. I remember taking the EE bus from College Avenue to Douglass (campus). I use to live on Douglass. It was all around a wonderful experience. After I left Rutgers and I went into the real world I saw how wonderful it was to be cocooned in New Brunswick, to be protected from the outside of Rutgers. You know, life got more challenging,” she said. In addition to winning $15,000 for the PEN/Faulkner award, “Behold the Dreamers” garnered a slew of positive reviews from outlets including The New York Times and NPR.
The Washington Post described the novel as “the one novel (President) Donald (J.) Trump should read now,” while The New York Times pointed to the underlying optimism that persists throughout the piece. “‘Behold the Dreamers’ is a capacious, big-hearted novel,” The Times review says, “Near the end of it, Neni describes America as ‘a magnificent land of uninhibited dreamers.’ That might aptly describe the book as well.” The book focuses on the stor y of two immigrants, Jende and Neni, who move to Harlem from Cameroon. On a visitor’s visa, Jende earns a position as a chauffeur for a wealthy Lehman Brothers executive who lives on the Upper East side. As the recession hits, both families are affected, but in drastically different ways. “This is my first novel so obviously it was a very new experience for me because I’ve written a lot of stories, but writing this particular story was different,” Mbue said. “It took a lot of writing and rewriting See fiction on Page 4
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Last month, Neilson Dining Hall restructured their takeout menu to give students increased access to healthier meals. Within the first two weeks, business increased 20 percent. BRIANNA BORNSTEIN
A millennial-driven call for change has swept through Neilson Dining Hall, taking with it the refrigerated chicken breasts and greasy french fries. Dave Donlon, the general manager of Neilson Dining Hall, said as of April 3 the school’s dining service has undergone a complete overhaul of its takeout menu, promising to
deliver on the students’ demand for healthier alternatives as effectively as possible. He said that in closing out the semester, dining services found the remaining five weeks to be pivotal in receiving ample feedback from students as to what changes they wish to see implemented across the board. The menu, curated by Rutgers Dining Services chef manager Ian Keith, looks to touch upon a wide
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variety of diverse foods that reach out to any and all tastes, Donlon said. The plant-forward concept hits heavily on a number of vegan and vegetarian dishes but does not shy away from meat-based products, looking to integrate them in smaller portions. “Our numbers are up significantly, in the first two weeks (they) were up 20 percent in our takeout See menu on Page 4
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Career Services removes fraudulent company from site Nikhilesh De correspondent
Focus on China, a company which promises to help students immerse themselves in the world’s most populous nation during their internships, was banned from posting positions with University Career Services (UCS), said Associate Director for Strategic Communications and Marketing Melissa Blake. The company was removed after a user noted in a comment on a Reddit thread that the company makes interns pay for their positions, she said in an email. “UCS was notified about the comments on the thread where students were discussing employers recruiting on campus,” she said. “UCS took action to investigate the claim and discovered it to be true. While an application fee for programs that connect students to employment opportunities overseas does not necessarily mean it is fraudulent, it is against our policy to have these types of listings in our system.” The Reddit thread was created after an email from University Career Services listed Vector Marketing as a recruiter for on-campus positions last week. The original poster noted that Vector Marketing used to be a known pyramid scheme. Vector Marketing was banned from several colleges due to their requirement that students pay for products they need to sell, Blake said. “As a policy, what we do not allow is employers to recruit on campus who require students to pay for goods as a condition of employment,” she said. “A few years ago, Vector was banned from recruiting at some college campuses because they required students to pay for the products that they sell. This is one of the criteria listed on our own website for how to identify a potentially fraudulent job posting.” At the time, Vector was what was known as a multi-level marketing program. Multi-level marketing programs are not illegal in the United States, according to the Federal Trade Commission. If a person’s earnings are primarily based around sales to the public, the organization fits within legal guidelines. If the primary focus is on recruiting other people to the organization, or if a person must purchase materials with their own money, the organization is more likely to be a pyramid scheme. Comedian John Oliver said on his show Last Week Tonight that pyramid schemes require people to buy into their products, which means they often do not make money. “Generally, distributors have two main ways to make money: Sell the product itself, whether it’s makeup, vitamins or health shakes, and make money on those sales, or, and this is key, recruit other people into the company and make money based on their sales and the sales of people who they recruit in turn,” Oliver said.
Following comments posted on Reddit, Career Services removed Focus on China from CareerKnight and provided an explanation of Vector Marketing. GRAPHIC BY MIKE MAKMUR / STAFF DESIGNER People who sign up for a pyramid scheme are more likely to lose money than make it, according to the FTC. As a result, they are illegal within the United States. Vector Marketing’s website states that it “is not a pyramid scheme in any way, shape or form.” “Vector reps are not responsible for recruiting new reps or buying any sort of product or service,” according to their website. “In fact, Vector reps are independent contractors and they set their own schedules and have the opportunity to control how much they earn through a guaranteed base pay and commissions earned on each sale.” Every contractor earns a base pay and is not required to purchase any CUTCO knives to be part of the organization, according to the site. The company will lend a knife set to their contractors for demonstration purposes. Applicants are still required to undergo a training process before they can become contractors. “Once an individual completes training to become a sales representative, they’re loaned a CUTCO sample set that has a retail value of $425. As long as you remain active in the business, you’ll be able to borrow a sample kit for your demonstrations and show potential customers how great our products are,” according to Vector Marketing’s website. While associates no longer have to purchase their initial knife set, they are still encouraged to begin selling to people they know, according to the website. They are then told to look for “friends of friends,” rather than “complete strangers.” The contractors are obligated to return their demonstration kit after they terminate their employment. “If you eventually decide you don’t want to continue selling CUTCO, just send back the
sample kit and you’re good to go,” according to their website. “We also offer a guaranteed base pay per qualified appointment. This means you’re guaranteed to earn something for each qualified appointment completed, whether or not you sell anything. We pay weekly.
So, you’ll get to see your hard work pay off at the end of each working week.” Companies like Vector Marketing can post positions on University Career Services’ website due to the demand for sales jobs, Blake said. There are over 5,000 students currently in the system who are interested in sales jobs. “Many of those positions are paid based on commission,” she said. “That is the reality of many employment opportunities within the world of sales. It’s certainly not for ever yone and it is up to each individual student to decide what fields they are interested in pursuing.” There are more than 16,000 total positions available in the CareerKnight system. A member of UCS’ employer relations team reviews each position within a year of its posting, she said. At the same time, Rutgers UCS and career offices nationwide require the assistance of students to report fraudulent experiences. This is because a position may not appear fraudulent just based on the description provided. “If there is an instance where a student has reported a potential fraudulent posting, UCS immediately takes action to investigate,” Blake said. “If a posting is found to be fraudulent, we immediately remove it from CareerKnight. We also notify any students who have applied for the position through the system. If a student ever falls victim to an employment scam, they should also file a report with the RUPD
immediately. They can further investigate and take action.” Students can find more information about avoiding scams on UCS’ website. Every company which posts recruiting sessions to CareerKnight is automatically added to a listserv which is sent out to the student body, Blake said. These sessions are listed based on when they occur and when they’re posted. “All employers who engage in on-campus recruiting ser vices, such as information sessions and on-campus interviewing, are featured in the various email digests,” she said. “Positions posted to the CareerKnight system are also featured in bi-weekly job and internship email digests during the fall and spring semester. We do not ‘select’ employers to be included in these emails.” Near the end of recruiting season, only a few employers list positions, Blake said. As a result, they may appear to be “featured” in the email. Students still looking for summer positions can attend the N.J. Statewide Career and Internship Fair on Friday at the Rutgers Athletic Center between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., she said. “Employers are recruiting to fill both technical and non-technical positions,” Blake said. “The fair is open to current students and alumni as well as the general public. For more information and a list of searchable employers, candidates can visit (the website).”
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Business increased by 20 percent following takeout revamp continued from front business without taking away from our through-the-line dinner service. It’s not like folks have left the dining hall to come here, it looks like we’ve got new customers coming from other parts of campus as well,” he said. The department is aware that their rise in numbers is due in part to a looming curiosity among students to try the new items, Donlon said. But the feedback they have received has been almost entirely positive and sheds hopeful light on future menu changes. Students unsatisfied with the new changes are prompted to dine at one of the many on-campus food chains or independent restaurants that do not follow the healthy initiative, but are encouraged to try the new menu first, Donlon said.
“I think you should try it first before making an assumption that you don’t like it because it is very flavorful and well thought out,” he said. Keith said the initiative to bring healthier plant-based options to the school’s menu was first introduced as a research collaborative with the Culinary Institute of America, in conjunction with Ivy League schools such as Harvard and Yale, to have nutrition at the forefront of student dining. Differences among cooking techniques have been especially appealing to students, Keith said. Steaming and poaching, in addition to a 50 percent increase in leafy green vegetables, have been some of the more notable changes to the menu. Some issues addressed by students, such as portion size and lack of chicken nuggets, have been noted by the department and taken into extra consideration, Keith said. Students should recognize that many of the items are being revamped as opposed to being eliminated altogether. “When you see burger night, you’re no longer seeing two frozen hockey pucks in between
white bread that is nutritionally devoid. You have whole grain Kaiser rolls now, you have beef burgers blended with mushrooms, its nutritional standpoint is much better for you,” he said. Those skeptical about trying the new items are encouraged to start small. Stopping by takeout on “wing night” promises baked
“I think you should try it first before making an assumption that you don’t like it because it is very flavorful and well thought out.” dave donlon General Manager of Neilson Dining Hall
chicken wings twice the size of their predecessors and the option of cauliflower wings seasoned with an Indian tandoori marinade, Keith said. Maria Siddiqui, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and Harvest Cafe employee, said the first week brought a wave of confusion
among students that were not expecting the new changes. Once the dust settled many students found themselves returning multiple times throughout the week after having tried the new items. The napkin boards located at every dining hall serve as a means of communication between students and dining services staff. Within the first year of opening Harvest Cafe, many students were voicing their want to incorporate meal swipes as a method of payment, Siddiqui said. This push for healthier alternatives has allowed foods available at Harvest Cafe to slowly make their way onto the takeout menu, giving students the ability to eat there without having to pay additionally, she said. Open faced Tartines are a crowd favorite previously served at Harvest and has now made its way to the menu. “Try anything once, the description of it might throw you off but it doesn’t taste the way you think. It tastes like actual gourmet food, not what you would think of as dining hall food,” Siddiqui said. “And if you don’t like it write on the napkin board, they take feedback very seriously.”
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Report focused on 55 universities within AAU organization continued from front program and added a position to the VPVA with the goal of focusing on education, advocacy and programming, according to the repor t. The University also conducted 21 focus groups, with a level of exposure scale to gauge the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and address sexual assault, according to Rutgers Today. “Sexual violence is a broad issue that impacts all members of our campus community,” said Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Felicia McGinty. “Prevention, education and culture change are key goals in our effort to end sexual violence. We are working diligently to educate students about consent, the dynamics of healthy relationships and empowering them to be active and engaged bystanders.”
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Imbolo Mbue’s novel was chosen from over 100 submissions continued from front and learning about the characters and trying to move the story ahead and shape it and take it in a direction that it had to go.” Mbue said she was humbled by the critical acclaim that “Behold the Dreamers” attracted, but she never expected or actively pursued it while drafting her work. “I think any writer would do a lot of things because of their passion and love,” she said. “I did not think about the Pen Faulkner for one second because I wanted to write this story and tell it completely and tell it honestly, and tell it to the best of my ability. And that took me a long time. It took me almost five years total to write this novel.” Prior to “Behold the Dreamers,” Mbue said she spent nine years writing other stories. She said she dropped her other work to focus on this story. In the current climate, she said it holds particular importance because it tells a story of immigration on a personal level rather than simply a political one. “One thing that I have taught myself to do is to have more empathy for other people, to understand other people’s perspective, to listen to other people’s stories, and to try to consider that other people have their own dreams and goals that matter to them,” she said. Her final product, Mbue said, was a human story — one that could be understood on a universal level, but was still fundamentally centered on the vibrancy and energy of New York City. She described her novel, in part, as an homage to the Manhattan itself. “New York City was very instrumental in me really finding myself as a writer,” Mbue said. “But I think that journey in many ways began at Rutgers.”
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Free speech is being disrupted by students
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he current debate at Berkeley over COMMENTARY the contested appearance of Ann Coulter as a guest speaker is emblemRICHARD CRAVATTS atic of the larger, serious issue of which views should be permitted on campus and which, because they are deemed by the illiberal Left to be outside the bounds of appropriate discourse, should not. Berkeley has become the epicenter for this discussion because the university has, over the last several months, repeatedly abandoned its responsibility to protect free speech, deciding instead that it would cave to the totalitarian demands of progressive campus activists who wish to eliminate any ideas with which they disagree. While the riot that forced the cancellation of the January appearance at Berkeley of conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was inspired largely by students, the university’s administrators were certainly complicit in the exclusion of conservative views from campus. They were also instrumental in causing the cancellation of a scheduled appearance by conservative author David Horowitz earlier in April, and, as documents leaked as part of the current lawsuit over the Coulter affair reveal, administrators intentionally created a system to help prevent any conservative voices from having a platform at Berkeley. As the lawsuit, filed on behalf of Young America’s Foundation and Berkeley College Republicans, the groups that invited Coulter in the first place, observed that Berkeley administrators “selectively impose their unwritten, unpublished High-Profile Speaker Policy based on their subjective beliefs that the anticipated content of the speaker’s speech is likely to spark ‘public outrage,’ … thereby triggering ‘security’ concerns and leading to the need to restrict the speaker to a ‘securable’ facility and time of speaking.” For the Horowitz event, for example, just six days before the scheduled appearance, the administration demanded that the sponsoring student group suddenly pay a security fee of $5,788, something that made it impossible for the speech to be held. Of course, the security fee practice serves as a perverse incentive for those who wish to disrupt or have canceled events by conservatives, since threats of protests and disruptions prior to the event can necessitate the security fees. When the university invokes the security claim based on a conservative speaker’s controversiality for liberal audiences, it “offends the First Amendment when it imposes financial burdens on certain speakers based on the content of their expression,” the Supreme Court found in 1992 in Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement. Moreover, even the determination that a speaker’s appearance is likely to provoke a violent reaction — based on previously articulated views — is itself violative of the First Amendment. The notion that administrators can be selective about who can and cannot speak on their campuses can then make capricious decisions about fees, venues and scheduling in order to obstruct or degrade the speaker’s message. Public universities must stop these practices and policies. Nor can the practice continue of levying arbitrary and onerous “speech tax” security fees for conservative speakers. Not only has the imposition of these fees been shown to not be content-neutral and therefore unconstitutional, it has also become a dangerous but efficient tool for leftist activists in their campaign to suppress speech which they have deemed unworthy. If security fees are a legitimate requirement, and administrators feel it necessary to pass these charges on to student groups, security fees should be taken out of all student fees and put into a common security fee pool, to be used by the administration, as needed, during the year to pay for any security required for any speaker. It is certainly inequitable that the victims of the protestors now have to bear the cost for the actual or imagined unlawful behavior of protestors who have decided to suppress thought they hate. Finally, pusillanimous administrators have to make a significant change in the way they respond to the misbehavior of those on campus attempting to curtail the free speech of others. When 1,500 violent rioters at the Yiannopoulos event lit fires, smashed windows, tossed smoke bombs, destroyed property and pepper sprayed and beat proTrump bystanders and conservatives, campus security and Berkeley police helped to enforce the “heckler’s veto.” Students and faculty who had clearly violated own Berkeley’s code of conduct, if not civil law, went unpunished, sending another powerful message that only emboldens protestors to repeat their behavior the next time. When members of the academic community ignore those values and violate regulations, there have to be swift and significant consequences, and these sanctions have to be publicized in advance of any event. When negative outcomes are clear, perpetrators often make different, selfserving decisions. Students should not and cannot be allowed to take over a campus and hijack the robust exchange of ideas — even if they think they have the best intentions and are promoting a virtuous, progressive agenda. “If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education,” observed Justice Louis D. Brandeis, “the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” Richard Cravatts, PhD, is the president emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, and the author of “Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews.”
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This year seems to be a good one for Rutgers students in terms of awards, and School of Arts and Sciences senior Chelsie Richie adds on to the list. Richie was among 36 young scholars who were selected to be a part of the 2017 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The scholarship honors an international network of students who have extraordinary academic achievements and are committed student leaders. We laurel Richie for her hard work and dedication, and for adding on to Rutgers’ prestigious name.
Rutgers joined with the March for Science satellite that occurred in Trenton, N.J. The march was not just to raise awareness for the impor tance of science, but also to protest the current attitude towards the scientific world por trayed by the presidential administration. Climate change was also among the topics being protested at the march. We dar t the fact that there needs to be a march at all, and that people are not taking science as seriously as they should.
REVERSE PAY-DAY? “Focus on China” has been taken down from the CareerKnight platform because it was discovered to be a pay-to-work employer. Reddit’s community dedicated to Rutgers found that the group lured students in by promising an internship abroad but then required them to pay for the position. We dart “Focus on China” for trying to exploit students who are vigorously looking for paid opportunities to work.
ABSA IS FOR ALL Ahlul-Bayt Student Association (ABSA) is a Muslim organization that represents the views of the population of Shia students at the University. However, the group places a big emphasis on topics that are universally relevant so that they can ensure that people of all backgrounds are always welcome. Subjects including the Black Lives Matter movement and the Syrian refugee crisis are among the ones that ABSA events have focused on. We laurel ABSA for not only representing a minority, but also for including everyone else in their conversation.
E-SPORT ALL-STARS Three students who go by the “Scarlet Crusaders” won against hundreds of other teams at the Hearthstone National Championship, each winning $10,000. The three students, Matthew Koutsoutis, Julio Clemente and Michael Causing competed in the Tespa Competitive Series, which is an e-sports competition. Teams competed from campuses across the countr y playing the game Hearthstone which is a digital, collectible card game. We laurel the three students for winning a competition all while having fun.
ANOTHER ALERT If you noticed another email from “Crime Alert” in your ScarletMail inbox, it is because a stabbing incident occurred in New Brunswick last Sunday morning at 2:04. The unknown victim of the assault was left in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The police are still investigating the incident. We dart this incident of assault for creating an even more dangerous atmosphere in New Brunswick.
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Low-voter turnout can lead to greater problem in U.S. UNDER THE RADAR LUKE DERMODY
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ow voter turnout is an increasingly prominent issue in the United States. In the 2012 presidential election, for instance, only 53 percent of those eligible, voted. That means that well over 100 million potential votes were lost. In 2016, the turnout was even lower, as an additional 50 million Americans failed to show up on Election Day. With only half of the eligible population participating, it is difficult for our government to establish legitimacy. America has always operated as a democratic republic, but this is only possible if our elected representatives are held accountable by the people. When only a fraction of the population votes, that is not the case. Instead, elected officials are only responsible for catering to the small percentage of Americans that actually turn out to the booths. While some skeptics will read this and argue that their vote wouldn’t matter anyway, that type of the thinking is not compatible with democratic elections. Democracy was founded on the principle that one person equals one vote, but America has lost sight of this need for equal representation.
The ironic thing is that some people actively chose not to vote as a form of protest. This was especially relevant in the past presidential election, where neither candidate could gain widespread support. People felt discouraged by their lack of options and, for whatever reason, felt that not voting was their sign of resistance. By doing so, they only further enabled the lack of representation that they were so unhappy with. Instead of skipping out on Election Day, Americans need to participate more than ever when they are not satisfied with their government.
In other words, the presidential candidates that we vote for in November don’t appear out of thin air. They are not just two random people that are chosen for us, but instead two candidates that we had the opportunity to observe and assess for several months. So, by participating in primaries along with general elections, Americans have the power to not only elect a winner but also decide who will be on the ballot in the first place. By voting at all stages of the presidential election, we can actually hold our “representatives” culpable, and
“While it certainly is important to avoid voter fraud, voting should not be made so difficult to the point that it is a burden on the citizen.” A lot of people may not realize this, but presidential elections start long before November. Over a year before that, candidates participate in caucus debates and primary elections. At this point, voters are not yet restricted by only two options. Instead, they are free to consider several candidates, ultimately choosing one to endorse and represent their party at the general election. The national convention almost always confirms the candidate who has won the most delegates through the primaries and caucuses, especially if that number makes up a majority.
that is how we should protest and express our discontent. As former President Barack Obama once illustrated, “if everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country.” I understand that many people are not interested in politics, but that should not discourage them from voting. Everybody is affected by the government and it is up to all of us to ensure that it remains a system that is “of the people, by the people, for the people.” Americans should be eager to vote and keep their government in check.
Unfortunately, high turnout is not necessarily what the government wants. For elected officials, higher turnout at the booth is risky — it means less predictability and lower chances that they will get reelected. With that in mind, we must fight to make voting more accessible in the United States. From strict photo ID mandates to narrow voting booth hours, there are far too many restrictive voting laws in the United States, and Americans should be suspicious as to why this is the case. During a time in which we literally have the world at our fingertips, we should work on making Election Day more like the click of a button and less like a visit to the DMV. For example, why not automatically register everyone that is eligible to vote? And hold elections on a day that is more convenient than a Tuesday? Shouldn’t voting be encouraged and therefore made easy? While it certainly is important to avoid voter fraud, voting should not be made so difficult to the point that it is a burden on the citizen. By understanding the great responsibility of voting, and reinventing how we vote, we can create a culture in the U.S. where voting on Election Day is the norm and not the practice of a select few. Luke Dermody is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science and criminal justice with a minor in economics. His column, “Under the Radar,” runs on alternate Fridays.
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Freshman hip-hop group capitalizes on its humor with music Brian Fonseca Staff Writer
Any student who has attended Rutgers, be it for four years or four days, have all had to do the same thing at some point in time — hop on their computers and type out the five letters that will haunt their nightmares for the duration of their time on the Banks: Sakai. Rarely is there a time where checking Sakai, the interface most professors at the University use to communicate with students, post assignments and many other not-fun things, is a positive. That is, until the phrase was revolutionized by rap group Jungle Jambooskies. The crew, composed of five University first-year School of Arts and Sciences students — Nicco Salgado, Christian “Sibs” Barillas, Jordy Reyes, Jason “Big Chill” Morel and Edsel Selengalla — released their most popular single “ChEcK mY SAKAI” early on in their second semester of college. The track was the seventh the group released within the first four months of its existence, but the subject was the cause for its creation in the first place. Salgado, like many of his fellow classmates, was procrastinating on an assignment one night in his dorm room. After staring at the essay he was struggling to get himself to write, he elected to go all in on his procrastination and looked up beats on YouTube to rap over. With Barillas in the background throwing around ad-libs, Salgado free-styled on the beat. What the pair discovered shortly after was that, while it started as them joking around, they were enjoying themselves. So they invited Morel and Selengalla over to their dorm to join them. Soon enough, the group was making music and putting out
Jungle Jambooskies, a five-piece rap group, formed this semester. They have already released nine tracks, the most popular of which is “ChEck mY SAKAI.” COURTESY OF JUNGLE JAMBOOKSIES tracks on Soundcloud, one coming in North Bergen. It was there is one of those things, especially quickly after the other. The Jam- that their friendships fostered and the way we’d say it.” The habit not only gave a name, booskies released five songs in flourished, in the classroom and hook and theme to their most their first month, but it wasn’t un- in school clubs. Along with the bond created in popular single. The Jambooskies til the fourth single “Cats, AK-47’s and F*ck Ni**as” that the group North Bergen that was brought have songs where a friend named to the Banks, the group brought Joe was mentioned, a girlfriend realized it had some potential. “We’re like, ‘wow, this is actually with them a knack for creating of one of the members was the subject of one single, and most good,’” Salgado said. “Our friends inside jokes between themselves. notably, the started to inside jokplay it in their cars “If you passed us in the street and heard our conversations, ing was the for and we’re you’d think we’re speaking a different language That’s how reason their name. like ‘this is many insiders and just random (stuff) we say ... ChEcK mY It came so dope’ … SAKAI is one of those things, especially the way we’d say it.” about one we never night on really decidEdsel selengalla College ed to pick School of Arts and Sciences First-Year Avenue, a group, it where the kind of just five were happened.” “If you passed us in the street participating in traditional college To understand how it happened, one needs to look back and heard our conversations, student activities. They entered on the collective’s relationship you’d think we’re speaking a dif- a function with jungle juice in before the rap group was created. ferent language,” Selengalla said. hand, an occurrence that brought The five first-years all hail from “That’s how many insiders and so much excitement to Barillas Hudson County up in northeast- just random (stuff) we say. No one that he screamed “Jungle Jambern New Jersey, each of them at- would understand what the hell oosky!” as he walked in through tending High Tech High School we’re saying. ChEcK mY SAKAI the door.
Unbeknownst to him, it would serve as inspiration. “It happened by accident,” Morel said of the emergence of the group name. “Nicco (Salgado) asked me to spit random ad-libs and I said Jungle Jambooskies … and it just stuck.” The ad-lib can be heard on every track released by the Jambooskies from that point on, a signature sound similar to Drake’s “yeh,” Gucci Mane’s “burrrrr” and Kanye West’s “haaaah.” The ‘Booskies produce rap music like those artists, but their musical influences vary far beyond that. Aside from artists like Big Sean and Kid Cudi, the group listed a plethora of genres they indulge in, from R&B to bachata, jazz to trap, merengue to pop punk, country to indie. “Musical influences are just flowing everywhere,” Barillas, who goes by the name Sibs in his raps, said. Those influences mesh into a discography currently composed of nine singles. As of right now, according to the Jambooskies, the audience for those singles isn’t expansive, mostly limited to their group of friends from high school and a select few people they met at Rutgers. When asked about their future goals, there was a wide range of responses from different members. “I want to get mobbed on my way to class,” Morel said. “I get on the LX and it’s like ‘is that a ‘Boosky?!’” Reyes took it a step further. “We’re always joking around that if Jambooskies takes off, we’re all ready to drop out,” he said. Spend an hour with the ‘Booskies, and you’ll see joking around is their default setting. Time with them is sure to be filled with smiles, laughs and good vibes — they don’t take themselves too seriously, they’re just looking for a good time, which is echoes in their music. It’s all they looked for when starting this music, but upon receiving attention outside of the friends and acquaintances they showed, there was a newfound sense of seriousness. “We’re fans of other people, so to have someone react to our music, to see that, it warms up the heart. Even though this was made as a joke, the fact it sparked something in other people and made moments, that’s all we can hope for. Everything else is extra.” Getting that taste of recognition poured gasoline on the fire of their creativity. With plans of releasing a music video and a mockumentary of their experience in the near future, the Jambooskies have no shortage of ambition in growing themselves. “I think we’re enjoying the ride as it is,” Barillas said. “We’re not expecting anything but we do have moments where we’re like ‘how tight would it be to play a show?’ I think what we want more out of this is the actual experience if it ever presents itself.”
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Happy Birthday: Use your imagination and you will come up with ideas and solutions that will help you deal with any challenges you face this year, allowing you to put your plans in place. Strive to use past experience and common sense to reach your goals. Learn as you go and be open to suggestions. Express your needs and expectations. Your numbers are 8, 15, 22, 24, 38, 41, 44.
Over The Hedge
T. Lewis and M. Fry
Non Sequitur
Wiley
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Gather facts, plan your strategy and take action. You can make headway by using what you have experienced in the past and applying it to turn your ideas into reality. Don’t procrastinate. Romance is encouraged. 4 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A day trip or checking out something that interests you should take top priority. Romance or getting together with someone you don’t get to see enough will lead you to make changes that encourage spending more time together. 5 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will have to look at situations realistically. Don’t react based on assumptions. Study each situation you face and go to the best source for accurate information before you make a move that will have lasting effects. 3 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Trouble will brew at home and in your personal life if you haven’t managed your money well. Go over your books and personal papers and make sure you aren’t missing an opportunity that can help you out of a tight spot. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your enthusiasm will be questioned. Make sure your plans are thorough and possible before you share them with someone. Don’t be fooled by someone’s interest or overly friendly nature when ulterior motives are likely. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Ask questions if you feel someone is being vague. Discuss the way you feel and what you want to see happen. The best way to bring about positive change is to alter what isn’t working for you. 3 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s lovely to dream, but don’t lose sight of reality. Be careful when dealing with institutions or government agencies. It’s best to go over your financial and personal documents carefully if you wish to avoid being penalized. 3 stars
Pearls Before Swine
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Someone from your past will lead you astray. Don’t believe everything you hear, or get involved with someone who is irresponsible. Use your insight and integrity to ensure that you do what’s best for everyone. Address health issues promptly. 3 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve got all the right moves, so don’t stop when the going is good. Just because someone wants to interfere doesn’t mean you have to oblige. Assess your goals and accomplish what you set out to do. Romance is highlighted. 4 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do something to enhance your appearance. Feeling good about the way you look and what you have to offer will put you in a good position when dealing with others. An opportunity to improve your standard of living looks promising. 5 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Confusion and anger will surface if someone you are close to isn’t honest about feelings or future plans. Address concerns openly to avoid making matters worse. Alterations at home will be in your best interest. 2 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Emotions and frustration will mount. Don’t share your secrets or let anyone take care of your financial, medical or legal matters. Protect yourself against hacking and credit card fraud. Don’t let yourself be taken advantage of. 2 stars
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FINALE Knights need win over No. 4 Ohio State to be considered for NCAA Tournament continued from back enough to get the Knights into the postseason. “If we win and we take care of business at home on senior day, on alumni day, yes, we’ll have an
at-large big to the NCAA Tournament,” he said. “We need to take care of ourselves. We need to take care of Rutgers, we need to play well. If we play well, we take care of ourselves, our body of work throughout the whole year
certainly allows us continue to play in May.” But to beat the fourth-ranked team in the country will require clear minds for the team. Last week against Penn State, the Knights had a unique situation in which the winner of that game clinched a spot in the Big Ten Tournament while the loser was eliminated. Senior defender Chris Groel said that having that in the back of their heads may have distracted them.
Senior attacker Collin Scarpello scored his first career goal on Sunday against Penn State and will play his final home game this Saturday. THE DAILY TARGUM / FEBRUARY 2016
The team will need a big game On Saturday, a win doesn’t clinch anything and a loss ends from Murphy — who has had hat tricks in three of four Big Ten the team’s season. “I think last week with Penn games this year — if it wants to State game, the whole win and get extend its season. Groel and the rest of the gradin mentality got to us a little,” he said. “With this week, we’ve kind uating class are aware that this of put that behind us and looked could be the last time they step on more at just being ourselves, play- a field together and are prepared ing the way we do and staying to not hold back their last time for confident in the abilities we have Rutgers lacrosse. “You can expect everything to win this game.” And in that game last week, we’ve got,” he said. “I know the Penn State freshman Gerard seniors I’ve been talking to this Arceri took the Knights to school week are ready. Obviously just in at the faceoff “X,” winning 80 per- case it’s our last game, we’re goncent on the game and winning na give it everything we’ve got. I all seven in the first quarter, giv- think everyone’s gonna play coning the Nittany Lions a lead they fident and play Rutgers lacrosse.” And for senior attacker Collin would not let up. It only gets tougher for Rutgers, Scarpello, who scored his first as Ohio State boasts Jake Withers, career goal last week against who leads the conference with a Penn State, Saturday represents 68.6 percent winning percentage what he has seen the program accomplish this season. over his time “Withers is on the Banks. probably the Scarpello is best faceoff “It’s gonna be a little part of a senior guy in the Big bittersweet. But I’m class that is Ten. We’ve happy that it’s gonna be a only one in Rutbeen real game that matters.” gers history to good against play in both Michigan and collin scarpello the Big East Maryland. We Senior Attacker Tour nament have not done and Big Ten as well against Tour nament. Hopkins and He has seen Penn State. If we can control the faceoffs and be the team progress from a mediocre Big East team to one that has 50/50, I like what we can do.” Up to this point, it hasn’t been established itself as a mainstay in the success in Big Ten play that the national rankings and one nevRutgers fans may have expected er to be taken lightly. And going into the final game when the team climbed to the number one ranking earlier in the he will play in front of a home year. But a bright spot on the team crowd, he said if given the ophas been senior attacker Connor portunity again, he wouldn’t Murphy, who has really come into want it any different. And it doesn’t hurt that his final home his own in conference play. Through four games, he leads game will be one of great magnithe team with 11 goals and 14 tude, either. “It’s gonna be a little bitterpoints. Brecht said that with a job on Wall Street lined up for him af- sweet. But I’m happy that it’s ter graduation, he has been able gonna be a game that matters,” to completely focus on lacrosse he said. “For this senior class, we know there’s a lot at stake and it’s and it has paid off. “He is playing with house mon- just gonna be awesome to play ey right now. He is enjoying being one more time in High Point Solua full-time lacrosse player and tions Stadium. I think we left it doing extra work on his own and better than how we found it.” asking questions and watching For updates on the Rutfilm and it shows,” Brecht said. “If you put the time in, you will be re- gers men’s lacrosse team, follow warded for it and he is living proof @griffinwhitmer and @TargumSports on Twitter. of that.”
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hole Knights look to get back on track after midweek doubleheader postponement continued from back seniors) leave satisfied with what they’ve done.” The Spartans are currently in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Big Ten and have won four of their last six games. This includes taking two out of three from Ohio State, who is currently receiving votes in the national polls. On the other hand, the Knights are coming off a series loss at Penn State, where they lost the first two games before winning on Sunday. As one of the teams just above them in the standings, it was definitely a setback to lose the series. As usual, Nelson outlined his plan for how Rutgers would practice, based on what he saw during its last few games. “We’re going to focus on outfield-infield communication,” he said. “We had an error on Sunday where our shortstop (Nicole Bowman) went after the ball, our left fielder (Hailey Hoklotubbe) called for it, but (Bowman) stayed on it. They collided and it went for a double. Communication has to happen, or else someone will get hurt. The shortstop has to know to get away when the left fielder says something and have confidence that they’ll catch the ball. It’s part of getting used to playing with each other.” As for the pitchers, Nelson said that he plans on using senior
Shayla Sweeney and sophomore Whitney Jones as his starting pitchers this weekend. Sweeney didn’t have a particularly great weekend against Penn State, pitching just two and two-thirds innings over the three games while surrendering 11 runs. Jones, on the other hand, pitched brilliantly, especially on Sunday when she gave up just 3 runs and five hits over six and two-thirds innings to help Rutgers to victory. Meanwhile, in the bullpen, senior Aubrie Levine said that she expects to see some action. “Whatever I do, I just hope that I can help out my team,” she said. But as the season winds down, it brings with it the end of the school year, which sometimes puts pressure on athletes to balance out practicing with studying. Although some, like junior Rebecca Hall, said it’s not that different than the rest of the year. “It’s basically the same as the rest of the semester,” she said. “You just have to balance your schoolwork and practice time. We’re pretty used to it by now, so everyone has adjusted to it pretty well. Every student at Rutgers is going to have a higher workload before finals, so you have to focus on time management and schedule time for schoolwork as well as practice and games.”
Hall said that her coaches and academic staff do a great job to help them with their work and making sure that they stay on top of both classes and games. Making up ground will be difficult considering the way the
Knights have been playing recently, so they will have to take it slow in order to succeed this weekend and for the rest of the regular season. “I just hope that we keep battling and not get over whelmed,”
Hall said. “We have to play it one pitch and one inning at a time.” For updates on the Rutgers softball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior pitcher Aubrie Levine looks to help the Scarlet Knights finish the regular season on a high note, starting with Michigan State. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2016
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MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 13 RUTGERS-NO. 4 OHIO STATE, TOMORROW, NOON
RU hosts OSU in regular season finale Griffin Whitmer Associate Sports Editor
After a triple-overtime loss to No. 2 Maryland two weeks ago — despite the many positives to take away from almost beating one of the best teams in the country — Rutgers head coach Brian Brecht remained steadfast on one thing. “You gotta win yourself into the month of May,” he said. “Not just play close.” That statement is as true as ever, as the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team hosts No. 4 Ohio State this Saturday in what could be the team’s last game of the season. But if the No. 13 Scarlet Knights (9-4, 1-3) can pull off the upset, they may just be looking at an at-large bid to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament. This is not like basketball where there are 36 at-large bids and all nationally ranked teams are virtual locks to be in the postseason tournament. In lacrosse, only 17 of the 70 teams make the tournament, with nine earning bids from winning their respective conferences while eight need to hope their resumes are enough to get them an at-large bid. As for Rutgers, Brecht is confident that a win over the Buckeyes (12-2, 3-1) will be Senior defender Chris Groel (right) is set to play in his final home game for the Scarlet Knights this Saturday when the team hosts No. 4 Ohio State in the regular season finale with a chance for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. HENRY FOWLER / APRIL 2017
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SOFTBALL RUTGERS-MICHIGAN STATE, TODAY, 3 P.M.
Rutgers hopes to dig out of hole vs. MSU Jordan Farbowitz Staff Writer
With the regular season winding down, the Rutgers softball team finds itself in 13th place out of 14 teams in the Big Ten, on the outside looking in at the conference tournament. And in order to gain ground on teams above them, it will have to puts its heart into each game down the stretch — that starts now. The Scarlet Knights (12-31, 3-12) will host Michigan State (25-19, 7-10) for a three-game series starting on Friday. The series kicks off eight straight home games to conclude the regular season after playing 40 of their first 43 on the road. Only the top 12 teams qualify for the conference tournament, and Rutgers would not qualify if the season ended today. So a series win would go a long way toward making up ground on the teams above it. Head coach Jay Nelson said that he wants to qualify for a particular group of graduating players. “I want to make the tournament for our seniors,” he said. “They have made it twice and have worked hard to get there again. I want to do it for the whole team and for the school, but I want to see (the Junior designated hitter Rebecca Hall leads the team with 11 home runs and 44 runs batted in. She will try and help the Knights push for a bid in the Big Ten Tournament with the regular season winding down. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2017 MLB SCORES
knights schedule
EXTRA POINT
Miami Philadelphia
2 3
Toronto St. Louis
4 8
Seattle Detroit
2 1
Washington Colorado
16 5
Atlanta New York (N)
7 5
Los Angeles (N) San Francisco
5 1
PAT HOBBS,
director of athletics, saw a new facility opened on Wednesday night when he hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Harriett and Bob Druskin Strength and Conditioning Center, located on the concourse level inside the Rutgers Athletic Center.
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WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
SOFTBALL
BASEBALL
Penn Relays
Penn Relays
vs. Michigan State
vs. Michigan
Today, All Day, Philadelphia, Pa.
Today, All Day, Philadelphia, Pa.
Today, 3 p.m., RU Softball Complex
Today, 3 p.m., Bainton Field