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Faculty weigh in on significance of class surveys KESHAV PANDYA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As the deadline to complete online professor evaluations inches nearer, students are encouraged to visit Student Instructional Rating Sur vey (SIRS), or the course evaluations, before 11:59 p.m May 7.

“I take course evaluations seriously, especially the comments,” said Richard Serrano, a professor in the Depar tment of French. “I look for patterns when reading them.”

The debate about student evaluations has been ongoing for at least 40 years in American education, but students and teachers at Rutgers believe in the efficacy of the sur veys.

“I actually give my students extra credit for filling out the SIRS evaluations,” said Neil Sheflin, an associate professor in the Department of Economics. “Students should have their voice and participation in how courses are taken. I SEE SURVEYS ON PAGE 4

“Nootropics,” commonly known as “smart drugs,” are pills available for purchase online that can help students enhance their focus, which can be considered valuable when studying for an exam. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NAAZ MODAN / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

U. debates morality of ‘smart’ drugs to aid studying ADAM NARDELLI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Popping pills might not be considered a conventional method students use to ease themselves

while studying. But as technology continues to advance education, it seems many students have adopted this practice.

With final exams quickly approaching next week, Rutgers

students and faculty members discussed the pros and cons of substance use while studying or taking exams.

“Nootropics,” commonly known as “smar t drugs,” are

pills found online that can help students enhance their focus, which can be considered valuable when studying for an exam, SEE STUDYING ON PAGE 5

LGBTQ activist CeCe McDonald delivers gender, race discourse MARY ELLEN CAGNASSOLA CORRESPONDENT

Americans affected by mental illness, according to NAMI. Anniversaries or reminders of important events are helpful, said Brian Chu, director of the Youth Anxiety and Depression Clinic and associate professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology.

“Having a dedicated month for

On the cab ride over to the Livingston Student Center last night, the driver asked CeCe McDonald what she was doing in New Brunswick.

His eyes widened when McDonald said she was on her way to give a seminar at Rutgers on politics and the intersectionality of oppression. As a self-proclaimed “ratchet,” the unpretentious McDonald said she came to expect people to be surprised when she says something intelligent.

“No matter how much I tr y to achieve this level of whiteness through conformity, I am always going to be looked at as a black person, and I am always going to be looked at as a trans person,” McDonald remarked. “...

I’m tr ying to give you realness, not some false idea of being studious or being proper. I’m not a taboo. I’m not a fantasy or some figment of your imagination. I am

SEE HEALTH ON PAGE 6

SEE DISCOURSE ON PAGE 7

May, which is recognized as Mental Health Awareness month, is a time dedicated to challenging stigma, providing support, educating the public and advocating for equalized care. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR

Rutgers celebrates May as month for mental health NOA HALFF CONTRIBUTING WRITER

May might be a month filled with the excitement of school ending and flowers blooming, but it is also a month to recognize the impor tance of mental health awareness.

Mental Health Awareness month is a time dedicated to

fighting stigma, providing support, educating the public and advocating for equal care, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) website.

President Obama declared May as National Mental Health Awareness month in 2013, but individuals and organizations have been observing it since 1949, according to the website.

The movement has grown stronger each year as people use the month to emphasize mental health issues, according to NAMI. Although these issues are important to address year-round, highlighting these issues during May establishes a time for people to display the passion and strength of people working to improve the lives of the tens of millions of

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Campus Calendar WEDNESDAY 4/29 University Career Ser vices hosts “Stress Management for Successful Inter viewing & Networking” from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Gateway Transit Village on the College Avenue campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Mason Gross School of the Ar ts presents “Rutgers Concer t Band” from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Admission is $5 for students, $10 for alumni, employees and seniors and $15 for the general public.

THURSDAY 4/30 University Career Ser vices hosts “Career Success Strategies” from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gateway Transit Village on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Confucius Institute of Rutgers University (CIRU) presents “Truth Becomes Fiction When Fiction Is True: The Stor y of the Stone and the Visual Culture of the Manchu Cour t” from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Alexander Librar y on the College Avenue campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

FRIDAY 5/1 The Depar tment of Environmental Sciences presents “Ear th’s Energy Imbalance” from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on Cook campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Cook Campus Dean and Dean of Students host “Responsible Drinking Happy Hour” from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cook Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.

SATURDAY 5/2 Rutgers Gardens hosts “Introduction to Sketching Trees and other Landscape Plants” from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the New Jersey Garden Club Headquar ters at 130 Log Cabin Road on Cook campus. Admission is $60.

Rutgers Gardens hosts “Walk and Talk in the Park” from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the New Jersey Garden Club Headquar ters at 130 Log Cabin Road on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

SUNDAY 5/3 The Zimmerli Ar t Museum at Rutgers hosts “Family First Sundays” from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Zimmerli Ar t Museum on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Mason Gross School of the Ar ts presents “Rutgers Jazz Chamber Ensembles” from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rober t E. Mor tensen Hall on Douglass campus.The event is free and open to the public.

MONDAY 5/4 The Depar tment of Genetics hosts “Genetics Depar tment Research Seminar: Dr. Ellen Wijsman” from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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CORRECTIONS The photo attached to yesterday’s article, “Glee Club prepares to jet to Europe for tour,” did not picture the Rutgers University Glee Club. It should not have printed with the article.

Yesterday’s article, “Graduates face bright work prospects,” should have said the N.J. Statewide Career and Internship Fair will be held on May 1 at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus.

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Specialists talk relationship between #politics, social media AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Sara Tabatabaie had family living in the Middle East during the 2009 Iranian uprisings. She did not follow the events through newspaper or television reports but with her Twitter feed.

Tabatabaie, a special projects manager at Rock the Vote, was among a panel of four speakers at yesterday’s event titled “#politics: Redefining Engagement via Digital Media” in Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.

The panelists delved into discussions on how digital media, including social media tools, can shape political campaigns during the fourth annual Louis J. Gambaccini Civic Engagement Series sponsored by the Eagleton Institute of Politics, The Youth Political Participation Program and the School of Communication and Information.

“Twitter actually rescheduled their maintenance around the Iranian uprising,” said Tabatabaie, who has previously worked as digital marketing manager at Democracy.com. “My mind was blown with what an amazing way it was for the world to connect.”

Digital media can change the low voter turn-out of young adults, said Melissa Aronczyk, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies.

Digital media is one way young adults can and do to distinguish themselves from the electorate,” Aronczyk said. “For those of you who watched news coverage last night of the events in Baltimore, the role of social media figured prominently.”

Social media is a promising route to connecting millenials to the political process, with examples of its success lying in movements such as #BringBackOurGirls and #BlackLivesMatter.

Hashtags bring visibility to an issue, but are just one piece of the puzzle, said Cammie Croft, chief digital officer and communications officer at Amnesty International USA. “Amnesty International has been working on women’s right in Nigeria for years,” Croft said.

“Before that hashtag, trying to get someone to write about that story and acknowledge abuses in that part of the world was really difficult. (It) gave us the ability to put our advocacy experts on MSNBC and on CNN.” Millennial involvement in the political process would increase if online voter registration was available, and Tabatabaie addressed rumors of that possibility.

“It’s coming,” she said. “There are very few states where this is an option ... voting is really not easy.

Certainly, digital tools have a role to play.”

Facebook released an “I Voted” button during the last election cycle, she said, which is a tool that ultimately encourages friends and family to also vote.

Eric Schmeltzer, an independent political consultant and one of the panelists, is currently working with a number of clients, including the app Countable. Countable is a

“For those of you who watched news coverage last night of the events in Baltimore, the role of social media figured prominently.”

MELISSA ARONCYZK Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies

civic engagement app that presents a short summaries of House and Senate bills, lists pros and cons of the bill and allows users to vote with one click.

The app is just one example of how digital media is drawing in young adults to the political process, and overall, lawmakers view the app positively. “(Lawmakers) love the app because ... they just don’t hear from their constituents. Countable users may spend only three minutes on the app, but they vote on a dozen

bills,” he said. “(Lawmakers) view it as positive because they are going to be running for reelection, so ... they don’t want to guess where their constituents stand.”

Croft addressed the possibility of online political communication completely substituting physical interaction between citizens and their representatives, which was brought up by School of Arts and Sciences junior Peter McMahon.

Croft, who also notably worked as deputy director for new media at the White House, believes this is not possible.

“I don’t think you can replace face-to-face interaction,” Croft said. “(Digital media) is more of a complement to that.”

It is difficult to create a lasting meaningful connection with voters through digital media, said Dave Cole, a technologist and software engineer at 18F. While creating a Facebook post or Twitter account can “cast a wide net” and garner the attention of thousands of voters, he said candidates need to convey authenticity.

It is also important to use digital media to draw parallels between domestic and international issues, Croft said.

“There are kids in Chicago having the same challenges of trying to get to school everyday without getting shot as kids in Syria,” she said. “If we connect those causes

and recognize ... and use technology to make those connections, it’s going to make us stronger.”

Although there are clear benefits to using digital media to engage with young voters, which can be exemplified through Barack Obama and Elizabeth Warren, the panel also discussed potential pitfalls.

Explaining a complex issue can be difficult in a 140 character tweet, Tabatabaei said “Sometimes connecting the dots of ‘There are protests going on, the people you elect at a local level appoint the people who do something else ... and this is why you vote’ ... you have to get five degrees to show why you need to show up to the ballot,” she said.

With Schmeltzer’s app, Countable, he said the biggest challenge is creating descriptions for ballots that are unbiased and analytic.

It is usually apparent from a user’s profile whether they are conservative or liberal, but Schmeltzer said users occasionally cast a vote that contradicts their views, typically on issues not extensively covered in the news.

“It is heartening to see that once you present the information to people and give them the opportunity to learn about it quick and take action quick, you start to see those partisan walls break down,” he said.

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SURVEYS Serrano says he recommends students review course with future students in mind CONTINUED FROM FRONT

am a big fan of the SIRS.” Students, similarly, appreciate the SIRS evaluations and see them as an important and effective tool.

“I feel that course evaluations provide the professor a sense of the way they should teach a course to benefit the greater good,” said Anuj Patel, School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “For example, if the professor has a problem with the setting up his lectures, he or she can get advice from students on how to fix that problem.”

The only problem Sheflin said he encountered when viewing completed evaluations was that he saw fewer students filled out the evaluations if he did not give the extra credit.

“Students should give their opinions, and that’s a no-brainer,” he said.

Serrano said he always asks students to be as specific as possible when filling out an evaluation. If the class is not as good as it could be, he wants students to say “this class sucks,” and then explain why and how it could be improved.

He also recommended that students evaluate a course with future students in mind, and that by writing a detailed and constructive critique, the evaluation can help the professor improve the teaching experience for incoming students.

“I think there should be a text box that asks for what the professor did that you didn’t like,” said Marshal Nink, a School of Arts

and Sciences first-year student.

“Any detriments or hindrances to learning or understanding the material, because that’s an important part of an evaluation. It’s not all about what was right, and leave a couple comments about what was bad at the end.”

Outside of Rutgers, evidence exists to support the power of course evaluations.

A research paper, “The Validity of Student Course Evaluations: An Eternal Debate,” was structured around a 2008 conference held by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), at the University of Windsor, in Canada.

The debate revolved around whether or not students were valid and reliable when evaluating teaching effectiveness in the classrooms and lecture halls.

“There is general and long-standing agreement in the research that course evaluation instruments can be, and most often are, reliable tools for measuring instructional ability in that they provide consistent and stable measures for specific items,” the Government of STLHE said in the paper.

Along with research done within the last 40 years that agrees with how effective student evaluations improve performance, the positive correlation between student grades and student evaluations were also studied.

“Students rate faculty more positively when they have had a positive classroom experience,” the government said in

Students are encouraged to complete Student Instructional Rating Surveys (SIRS) to provide feedback for their professors before 11:59 p.m. on May 7. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

the paper. “Issues such as class time, discipline, instructor rank and experience, student motivation, course level and instructor enthusiasm do have a small, but measurable impact on evaluation ratings.”

In response, the opposition debated that it is not only difficult to evaluate a teacher’s methods and style, but also to define what teacher effectiveness truly is, according to the opposition party.

The evaluation forms are also vague because, “the administrators receive too much or too

little data to decide from,” and evaluations is far from being rethe evaluation data scales are solved.

Professors have found their also vague and unclear, added the opposition added during the own ways to interpret the data at hand and, yet, still agree that debate.

The 2008 STLHE debate end- certain questions may need to ed with a vote from teachers be improved to get better results who attended the summit, with from the students.

“If one-third of the students more votes against student evalsay that they didn’t understand uations. one sor t of as“It was apparsignment, or if ent that some one-four th expar ticipants “Students should give press revulsion were inherenttoward one of ly distrustful of their opinions, and the reading student evaluathat’s a no-brainer. ” assignments, tions of courses I give serious and teaching, NEIL SHEFLIN thought to and that even the researched evi- Associate Professor in the Department revising of Economics course with dence could not these critidissuade them cisms in mind,” from long held Serrano said. beliefs in popular myths and misperceptions “There is one question on the that I’ve alabout course evaluations,” ac- evaluations ways considered pointless, cording to the research paper.

According to the paper, the which is ‘How much prior varied opinions suggest that interest did you have in the debate over student course this course?’”

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Before crowning “smar t drugs” as a superior method of studying for exams, Bates recommended students use a Collection of items exist on open market that are plethora of approaches to help not safe to put in human body, Bates says study for exams.

Bates said she had doubts about “smar t drugs” CONTINUED FROM FRONT because they need to be ered equivalent to cheating, carefully researched and they should be used more as scrutinized by the scientific according to an ar- a last resor t and not on a daily community, with research ticle published in basis, Medinaceli said. published in well-known and “They (help) you focus,” Brain Repor t, a neurological respected jourshe said. “It science magazine. nals. give “Neurofuse” is one of doesn’t Bates conthe more common “smart you the antinued to exdrug” companies on the swers.”

“I don’t think it’s cheating. It’s unfair because some press skepOn the othmarket, targeting college people will have them and some won’t.” ticism about students by providing discounts for er hand, Kel“smar t drugs” ly Bushell, a students, according to the article. because she “Smar t drugs” are nothing Mason Gross KELLY BUSHELL does not yet more than another way to study School of the Mason Gross School of the Arts Junior understand junior, for an exam, said Sairah Mae Ar ts their innate “smar t Medinaceli, a School of Ar ts said qualities. drug” use is and Sciences junior.

“I would want to know a lot “(Taking them) is the same as unfair, but not necessarily a vio- comparable to cheating, but it is impor tant to gain more more about the drug, such taking dietar y supplements for lation of academic integrity.

“I don’t think it’s cheating,” knowledge about these drugs, as whether or not it would when you work out,” she said.

Bushell said. “It’s unfair be- said Marsha Bates, associate contribute to long-term reten“It’s not cheating. It helps.”

Even though these “smar t cause some people will have director of the Center of Alco- tion, or just give an immediate boost (in knowing informahol Studies. drugs” should not be consid- them and some won’t.”

Some students will not be able to af ford these drugs, only allowing them to be available to cer tain par ts of the student population, Bushell said.

The actual act of taking “smar t drugs” is not exactly cheating on an exam, but pills generate an unfair advantage in the classroom environment, Bushell said.

The use of “smar t drugs” is not concerning because it is

STUDYING

tion),” she said.

“Smar t drugs” like “Neurofuse” are not necessarily safe because they are legal and can be found online, Bates said.

“There are a lot of items on the open market that aren’t safe to put in your body,” she said.

The notions of banning “smar t drug” use during test-taking or testing students for its use were quickly ridiculed by both Medinaceli and Bushell.

The “smar t drug” issue entails much more than tr ying to determine if they help students cheat on an exam, Bushell said.

“You can’t test ever y student,” she said. “That would cost too much.”

Testing students for “smar t drug” use would be unfair to students because the University wants them to excel academically, Medinaceli said.

“If (the University) prohibits students from taking something that will help them, that would disadvantage students,” she said.

Pendulum Poll: RU Responds / Photos by Colin Pieters

Q : What's your favorite beach on the New Jersey Shore?

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A. Seaside Heights B. Belmar C. Point Pleasant D. L.B.I E. Asbury Park F. Other

Alexandra Faltyn, SAS ‘18 “Point Pleasant — The Boardwalk.”

Kellie Vandermeer, SEBS, ‘18 “Ocean City, NJ. The Boardwalk.”

Alyssa Mitchell, SAS ‘15 “Long Beach Island. Closest to my hometown.”

Maria Todd, SAS ‘17 “Manasquan, NJ — best beach.

It’s quiet, has a jetty that makes great waves for surfing and the town has the nicest people around.”

D. 23%

F. 18%

E. 27% John Moyle, RBS ‘15

“Atlantic City casinos.

The results of an informal poll by The Daily Targum of randomly selected students:

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concerns, but there is still a great deal of stigma associated with seeking help.”

While more and more people Casual conversation, speaking to friends acting become comfortable recommenddifferently can raise awareness, Maresca says ing friends and family members to seek help, they often become much less comfortable seeking CONTINUED FROM FRONT help for themselves, Chu said.

Busy college students can esThere is a culture of shame pecially understand the imporsurrounding mental health conmental health awareness allows tance of mental health to overall cerns for many, as well as the all interested stakeholders health, said Jill Richards, direcmyth that people who seek help to congregate and focus ener- tor of Counseling, ADAP and for mental health concerns are gies for a focal period of time,” Psychiatric Services (CAPS). weak, Richards said.

“Mental health awareness Chu said.

Mental Health Awareness May is also focused on mak- messages are important aspects month is helping change the sociing health care more accessible of building a caring campus cometal perception of mental health, and promoting it to young peo- munity,” Richards said.

Maresca T h e ple, as well as supporting those said. suffering from mental illness, m o n t h “During a l l o w s Obama said.

National Mental health is the emo- U n i v e r “By holding an awareness month, (the) University is Mental tional, psychological and social sity comdoing just that ... showing students who may not be H e a l t h well-being of a person, which m u n i t y coping as well as they could be that they are not alone, Awareness af fects the way they think, act m e m b e r s and there are supports on and around month, we speak and feel, according to mental- to reaf firm o p e n l y health.gov. campus that can help.” our compay All people experience stress, and mitment sadness and occasional mood a t t e n t i o n FRANCESCA MARESCA to building swings, according to NAMI. to mental Director of Health Outreach, Promotion and Education (HOPE) for Rutgers Health Services our underMental health issues go beyond health constanding in these emotions and become long cerns of mental lasting, changing the way one the same illness, way people thinks, feels and acts.

“The general public is becom- increasing access to treatment Factors that might contrib- are concerned about physical ute to mental health issues health, thus decreasing stigma ing more aware of the presence and ensuring those who are include biological factors, life associated with mental health, and impact of mental health struggling to know they are not on everyday life,” Chu said. “It alone,” Obama said. experiences and family histor y, Richards said.

Although society is much Students can participate by go- seems people are becoming according to mentalhealth.gov, and mental health is on the rise ing to campus events, but talking more compassionate towards more aware and knowledgeable about it is even more important, people with mental health of mental health issues and genfor college students. eral wellness, there is still stigma associated with mental health, Maresca said.

“Here at Rutgers and everywhere we go, we have to evaluate our mental wellness, understand people who live with mental health issues and know that any of us can experience these issues,” she said. “Attitudes are changing, but there’s still a long way to go.”

There are many effective treatments for a wide variety of

HEALTH

said Francesca Maresca, director of Health Outreach, Promotion and Education (HOPE) for Rutgers Health Services.

Casual conversation among classmates, speaking to friends acting differently or any mental health conversation raises awareness, Maresca said.

Even though people are increasingly becoming concerned with mental health in recent years, many still suffer in silence, Obama said.

While one in five adults will experience a mental illness in a year, less than half will receive treatment, Obama said.

concerns, and many of them are not well known by the general population, Maresca said.

For students, it is important to know the difference between being stressed and being depressed, according to mentalhealth.gov. If someone thinks they have a mental health issue, they are recommended to reach out to a trusted individual.

If it is an emergency, it is crucial to get help immediately, according to mentalhealth.gov.

Regular exercise, a healthy diet, plenty of rest and relaxation are ways for students to take care of their bodies and directly influence mental health, according to mentalhealthamerica.net.

CAPS we will be hosting an open house in anticipation for Mental Health Awareness month on April 29 at 17 Senior St. on the College Avenue campus and 61 Nichol Ave. on Douglass campus, according to their website.

“Anyone can walk through our doors and find assistance,” Richards said. “We want to decrease the stigma that may be associated with coming to our service by inviting everyone in.”

Students often differentiate between people who are diagnosed with mental health illnesses and themselves, but everyone can and should reach out for help when it is needed, Maresca said.

Mental Health Awareness month is an important way the University can send a message that mental health matters, Richards said. It is crucial that universities let students know that there are support systems in place for them.

“By holding an awareness month, (the) University is doing just that ... showing students who may not be coping as well as they could be that they are not alone, and there are supports on and around campus that can help,” she said.

CRIME APRIL 28 JERSEY CITY — Councilman Khemraj "Chico" Ramcha was charged with assault by automobile. He was arrested for drunk driving after running a red light, which caused a three-car collision that sent a passenger in one of the vehicles to the hospital.

The 39-year-old is scheduled to make his first court appearance in two weeks.

APRIL 28 PARSIPPANY — Investigators are looking for four men who allegedly broke into a pickup truck. Police were called to an office complex on Interpace Parkway where a 50-year-old man reported that he had parked his 1999 red Ford F150 pick-up truck and returned from work to find it vandalized. The weather stripping surrounding the driver's side window was removed, four tires were flattened and the contents of the vehicle was strewn about the interior and exterior of the truck.

APRIL 28 NORTH BERGEN — Jorge Guzman was arrested at his residence for allegedly slipping

his phone under a dressing room to snap photos of an 11-year-old girl. According to the North Bergen Police Department release, he fled the store after being confronted by the girl's parent who was on the scene. The 29-year-old man was charged with invasion of privacy and endangering the welfare of a child.

APRIL 27 NEW BRUNSWICK — The New Brunswick Police Department is investigating an aggravated assault and a robbery, which were reported to have occurred off-campus. In the first incident, the victim, who is affiliated with the University, reported that he and his friend were engaged in a verbal altercation with a group of fifteen males that led to the the victim being punched, receiving non-life threatening injury. In the second incident, the victims, who are affiliated with the University, reported three male perpetrators entered the front door after one of the residents responded to a knock. The perpetrators demanded items of value including marijuana.

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DISCOURSE McDonald accepted 41-month plea bargain for stabbing man who attacked her outside bar CONTINUED FROM FRONT

a human being.”

The Livingston Student Center’s Cof fee House hosted McDonald, whose seminar, “Prison Abolition with CeCe McDonald,” was made possible by the Rutgers University Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities.

Andrew Gonzalez, the interim assistant director at the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities, led the ef for t to bring McDonald to Rutgers as par t of the center’s “Gaypril” programming.

“We thought it would be good to bring CeCe to talk about the intersections of queerness and the prison industrial complex and what being trans means in the overall scheme of those things,” he said.

A black, transgender woman and LGBTQ activist from Minneapolis, McDonald caught the nation’s attention in the summer of 2012 after accepting a plea bargain of 41 months for second-degree manslaughter for stabbing a man who attacked McDonald, then 23, and her friends outside a bar.

The altercation took a turn for the worse when the man’s friend hit McDonald across the face with a glass, resulting in an injur y that required stitches. The news magazine Mother Jones repor ted in 2012 that as McDonald was retreating, the man pursued her, and she then stabbed him with a pair of scissors in self-defense.

After ser ving 19 months, McDonald was released from prison and profiled in Rolling Stone’s “The Transgender Crucible,” where she divulged her homelessness as a teenager and overall experience tr ying to fit into society as both a black and transgender person.

Standing at the podium wearing her “H&M jacket” and healthy sense of humor, the Chicago-born McDonald revisited those excerpts from her life and educated the audience by applying them to today’s most visible racial and LGBTQ issues, deconstructing the system that she has been struggling against since childhood.

Following her conviction, McDonald was kept in two men’s prisons and denied hormones until an online petition borne from public outrage pressured the state depar tment of corrections to give McDonald her treatments.

But it did not matter what kind of prison she was housed in, she said.

Whether the cells are occupied by men or by women, the prison industrial complex has made penitentiaries violent and dangerous for anyone.

“One of the things that I really hated was people’s sensationalizing of my stor y as a trans woman in a man’s prison,” she said. “It doesn’t matter if I was in a men’s prison or a women’s prison –– the end of the stor y was that I was in prison, and it was not a good stor y either way.”

While in prison, McDonald began learning about prison abolition and came to realize that instead of uplifting underser ved populations, vital resources are stripped away from communities like the one she grew up in to build prisons and institutions of oppression.

She wiped away tears as she detailed the moment that landed her behind bars. For someone who said she would rather live with roaches than kill them, knowing she took her assailant’s life haunts her.

What she finds equally as upsetting, though, is how the press and the cour t initially por trayed McDonald and her friends as the aggressors because of their race.

“I am a person. I should be able to go (out) ... and not have to worr y about a group of neo-Nazis tr ying to kill me,” she said, going on to discuss how her trial was fixed for her conviction from the beginning. “... I never wanted to see somebody (die) even if (it was for) something as viable as self-defense. ... No one wanted to talk about how that man had a swastika tattoo on his chest. They didn’t want to talk about how he had previous domestic (violence) and assault charges or that his toxicology repor t said he had ever ything in his system but sea salt.”

McDonald finished her seminar with a moment of silence for all the transgender people and people of color who have died or will die at the hands of their oppressors.

Daniel Levin, a School of Ar ts and Sciences first-year student, said he was excited to see that McDonald was coming to Rutgers based on his interest in her work.

“CeCe has always been a figure of inspiration for my own activism,” he said. “Activism is (striving) to build communities, and for me, it’s also about investing my ideas and understanding their wor th.”

Rutgers’ Livingston Student Center hosted a Coffee House last night, where LGBTQ transgender activist CeCe McDonald spoke at the seminar, “Prison Abolition with CeCe McDonald,” made possible by Rutgers University Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities yesterday night. COLIN PIETERS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Tips to beat post-breakup binges as warm weather arrives NATALIE LIN STAFF WRITER

Temperatures are soaring, salmon-colored cargo shor ts and sundress sightings are on a rise and with the semester coming to a close in a few shor t weeks, the feeling of freedom is in the air. But before you whip out your stars and stripes, the coming of the long-awaited summer months can only mean one thing — lots of breakups.

Relationships lose their sizzle as the weather gets warmer, so it’s no wonder that summer is often called “breakup season.”

Among summer flings, trips to the beach and a well-deser ved break from all academic responsibilities, ever yone’s feeling the need to let go of their “bae” and enjoy the warm weather with no strings attached.

That’s all easier said than done. After drowning your woes in a tub of mint chocolate chip ice cream and finally accepting your newly single status, you might be realizing that your waistline is a couple inches wider than you expected.

So while April showers are anticipating May breakups, Inside Beat’s got you covered on how to sur vive the post-breakup binge without compromising your summer physique.

BEAT YOUR SWEET TOOTH

During a breakup, everyone’s tempted to hibernate with a tub of their favorite ice cream or a bar of Hershey’s chocolate for some much-needed Netflix ther-

apy, failing to realize that there are much healthier ways to satisfy cravings without falling victim to the spell of Ben and Jerry. Replace your ice cream with Greek or frozen yogurt. Mix in strawberries, blueberries and granola on top for a healthy treat.

If you’re craving chocolate, substitute milk chocolate with dark — it is full of minerals, antioxidants and actually contains less calories. Eating a few pieces of dark chocolate ever y day can also help prevent blood clots and promote heart health.

Alternatively, if you’d like to skip the solid chocolate altogether, opt for chocolate milk, which can come in a variety of fat-free and low-fat options. The ratio of calcium intake to caloric intake will prove ideal and your body will thank you!

HIGH-CARB FOODS ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND

Many people will find comfort in consuming large quantities of carbs to make themselves feel better. Although that slice of Skinny Vinnie’s penne pizza might be calling your name, go for something lighter and less greasy. Choose healthier options and replace high-carb foods with whole grain selections, like cereal. We recommend Honey Nut Cheerios, Raisin Bran and Kashi GOLEAN! Crunch.

To feel fuller for longer, add milk and slices of banana to your cereal. On a side note, if you’re a sucker for the dining hall pasta line, choose whole wheat pasta instead of white pasta.

BANISH LATE-NIGHT CRAVINGS

In the wee hours of the night, when the takeout line and dining hall are no longer open, you might feel the temptation to swipe a bag of Doritos from the vending machine. If you’ve been engaging in celebratory, extracurricular activities involving a cheap bottle of Traveler’s Club and morning regrets, you might find yourself at 3 a.m. dialing the number to RU-Hungry at Resist the chicken bacon ranch flavored temptation.

It’s no secret that alcohol is a gold mine of calories. The dreaded “beer belly” is a very real thing, especially in “dage” season — so consider a glass of wine or a low-calorie mixed drink instead of downing half a case of Coors.

While you may be feeling slightly emotional or, in simpler terms, “some type of way,” don’t ruin your hard-earned efforts in the gym by binging on unhealthy, high-calorie foods late at night.

Instead, indulge your drunken munchies with easy options such as air-popped popcorn! It’ll quench your salty craving without packing in the fat. You’ll feel much better in the morning.

While your hear t might be broken, you should never let emotions compromise your health or your happiness. Don’t spend your summer held up inside or cr ying in your ice cream — but if you must, Inside Beat can be your shoulder to cr y on.

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The people of Baltimore are handling the situation erguson was the tipping point. Baltimore is the point of despair. For nearly a year now, on their own and as best as they can. The people of race relations in America have been bursting Baltimore are repairing their city and rectifying the at the seams while individuals work to combat police mistakes of one night’s worth of cathartic debauchbrutality. No longer does the “one size fits all” Amer- ery. Both the governor of Maryland and mayor of ican flag pertain to every narrative the people of this Baltimore have come forward with statements affirmnation have to offer. When Eric Garner died, when ing that the situation is under control, meaning New Rekia Boyd died, when Walter Scott died and now Jersey Gov. Christie’s idea to send in 250 personnel when Freddie Grey died, two hands pried open the to help with the situations is entirely unnecessary, to idea of what it means to be black in America, reached say the least.

But as people living in a society where one group of deep down inside and began stabbing holes in deindividuals is being disproportionately targeted over cades of social progress.

It is an expectation at this point that another black another, we have to acknowledge where these news man will be shot and killed by a crooked police of- stories are coming from and how they’re framed. The ficer. His name will spiral into hashtag infamy, and American news media is caught up with offering piche will live on as a martyr and testament of what tures and short blurbs of information that attempt to happened in America in 2015. When these horrific summarize months of pain and hurt. Therefore, the news that everyone watchevents occur, there will be a es is only going to show the blacklash, digitally and phys“Riots are just broken windows most grotesque and violent ically. Save for the scenes images in an effort to gain that played out in Ferguson in comparison to centuries of the most visceral reactions. late last summer, the majoriconsistent dehumanization One night of violence does ty of the movements we have toward black Americans.” not shape decades worth of seen have been peaceful. The history. The relationship beMillion Man March held in tween residents and police New York City last December exemplified that thousands of people can gather officers in Baltimore is a complex and enduring narwithout incident. But what happens when peace and rative that could not be sufficiently addressed in any extending a hand in friendship no longer seems to be one blurb. Yet, the news that individuals seek out on their own, in an effort to learn more about a situation, a solution to the madness?

Social media was an accurate response a couple is what will offer more a more accurate narrative.

University students have taken to quoting Martin months ago. Organizing peaceful protests was an accurate response a couple months ago. Violence may Luther King, Jr. and referencing points in American not be the answer to today’s problems, but it was only history to justify or refute the actions of those rioting. a matter of time until black people in America force- The pictures we see on television and the stories we fully proclaimed, “enough is enough.” Therefore, in hear of young black boys being shot resonate with this specific situation, the violence makes perfect the civil rights movement of the 1960s, but the situsense, but is an unfortunate side effect of years and ations are not the same. Comparisons will always be years of torment and helplessness, nonetheless. Of flawed and fall short. However, as this entire movecourse there is a difference between rioting and ment has proved, the more things change, the more protesting, but when people want their voices to be they stay the same. Riots are just broken windows in heard, drastic steps will always be taken. So where comparison to centuries of consistent dehumanization toward black Americans. do we go from here?

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U. LHSC department needed to enlighten, teach students CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF CONTROVERSY KENYA O’NEIL

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raduation is 18 days away. I will receive my Bachelor of Arts in Latin and Hispanic Caribbean Studies (LHCS), and I will leave the department that helped me grow, learn, care, heal and love in ways that no other department could have done. Yet, I am leaving in a time when our department is being threatened. Will they combine our department with Africana Studies, comparative literature, AMESOL and women’s & gender studies, and call this conglomeration ethnic studies? Will they reduce our resources or our funding? Will they eventually move our department off of the New Brunswick campus, so that this branch of Rutgers can focus more on business and STEM fields, the money-makers? Due to the uncertainty surrounding the department that I grew to love so much, I decided to write about my experiences with this department in the hope that more people will realize why these departments are so necessary.

LHCS can be found on Livingston campus, the campus once known for student activism, primarily by black and Latino students, but now known for its great dining hall and the fancy business school building. In the 1960s, 16 Equal Opportunity Fund (EOF)

students fought for the creation of the program, which would cater to their culture and history. A section of Lucy Stone Hall (LSH) became their’s, and to this day, the murals that they painted still stand.

LHCS offers a wide range of courses, from introductory classes, to history and literature courses, to courses that are relevant to surviving in the United States today, such as Latinos and Race, Latinos and Migration and Youth Activism. Every single class teaches students how to think critically about the world we live in today, and the professors

anything. We could start a business, go into politics or education, go to law school, and the list goes on. The options are open because LHCS and majors in similar areas are not trained in one specific area. Instead, we were taught how to read, think and write, which are skills that can and need to be used in every single career.

While the history and courses of the department are great, the department would not be anything without the amazing staff and faculty. The department chair, Nelson Maldonado-Torres, single-handedly con-

“I am not sad to leave Rutgers, but I am sad to leave the department that helped shape me into the ‘radical’ and critical student that I am now.” are open to feedback. The department was created by the students and for the students — meaning the department’s faculty and staff are always open to hearing how they can improve their courses.

Of course, the great work that they do can only be continued if students realize the importance of these kinds of majors. Sadly, we live in a world where people think that a college major needs to directly correlate with a career. When I tell people that I am majoring in LHCS, their response is, “Oh, what can you do with that?” Because it is an interdisciplinary major, we can do just about

vinced me to major in LHCS. I am not sure how many students are able to form great relationships with their department chair, but because the professionals in this department care so much about their students, it is easy to get to know them. I have gotten to meet so many great professors that truly take the time to check up on students: Yomaira Figueroa, who left after being offered a position at Michigan State University, Carlos Decena, who consistently worked around students’ concerns, and Samuel Bañales, who has had one of the most significant impacts on the way I think. These

are just to name a few of the professors who have not only impacted my college career, but will continue to impact my life in various ways for years to come. I would not be where I am today if it were not for these amazing people, and as I graduate, I am not only celebrating my own accomplishments, but am also thanking them for their guidance and support.

Graduation is 18 days away, and as I reflect on my four years at Rutgers, I know that I made the right decision when I decided, sophomore year, to turn my LHCS minor into a major. I am not sad to leave Rutgers, but I am sad to leave the department that helped shape me into the “radical” and critical student that I am now. As I prepare to leave, I can only hope that other students will get involved with the department, and that Rutgers makes the decision to stop cutting our resources in favor of STEM. Then again, if we were able to create a department that has lasted more than 40 years by the force of sixteen students, who is to say we cannot continue to thrive under an administration that devalues our history and culture? And with that, as always, “pa’lante, siempre, pa’lante.”

Kenya O’Neill is a School of Arts and Sciences senior double majoring in planning and public policy and Latin and Hispanic Caribbean studies with a minor in Spanish. Her column “Cloudy with a Chance of Controversy,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

‘Diversity’ weak way to describe bare minimum support LAISSEZ FAIR: THE INVISIBLE BACKHAND LIN LAN

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f any historian needs a time capsule of China from 15 years ago, that would be me. Immigrating to the U.S. at four years old, I was like an astronaut leaving Earth with a tiny suitcase from my past life — foods, movies and cultural values all frozen in the year 2000.

A steaming bowl of hotpot with my roommate this semester threw that history into rapid fast-forward. Hotpot is exactly what it sounds like: throwing a ton of meat and vegetables into one large boiling pot. My roommate asked me if there were any Chinese shows I wanted to watch while we ate, and the only suggestion I could offer was “Huan Zhu Ge Ge,” an old drama I loved as a kid, chief among the few shows I remembered at all. She was deeply amused. For her, this show was ancient history, which it actually was, being set in an old dynasty. It was like her suggesting we watch “Titanic” or “The Wizard of Oz.” But it wasn’t just television that I could finally discuss with someone outside my family, layer by layer the experiences that I had shoved far into the back of my mind began to solidify as real chapters in my

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mental album of life. Growing up in China was no longer just a prequel but hours and days that I had spent in the waking world.

It was the first time I seriously thought about what growing up in a different country might have looked like for me and also the first time that I didn’t think of it as some unimaginable alternative that I can consider myself lucky to dodge.

In America, we are often taught to understand other people’s cultures as one drop in

off. The more perspectives we have, the better to catch mistakes before we follow each other off the same cliff.

But other people’s cultures are not here to add an exotic dish to our potluck or a dreamy destination to our travel plans — they are thousands of years’ worth of their own wars, innovations and revolutions. They aren’t here to add more noise to the dialogue: they deserve to exercise a respected and heard voice. A word like

“Other people’s cultures are not here to add an exotic dish to our potluck or a dreamy destination to our travel plans — they are thousands of years’ worth of their own wars, innovations and revolutions. They aren’t here to add more noise to the dialogue: they deserve to exercise a respected and heard voice.” the great bucket of “diversity” — the colorful icing that tops a predominantly white cake, the extra spice that flavors an otherwise homogenous melting pot, the bare-minimum “tolerance” that was my middle school’s way of teaching us to avoid discrimination.

Diversity is a concept that our post-Darwinian society has accepted as unambiguously desirable, and that makes it dangerous. The pros make sense: The more DNA combinations we have, the greater our chances of eluding Mother Nature’s attempts to kill us

“diversity” that everyone can use and no one is allowed to criticize inevitably loses its meaning. It’s like saying “good” or “happy” — it describes something that we want without actually telling us what it is, and to analyze real-world oppression with the fluff of a fifth grader’s last-minute history project is condescending.

So let’s stop using soft words to shy away from mistakes, because “diversity” is not a thing. The world is naturally filled with an infinite spectrum of life, colors and ideas,

and that doesn’t need a name — not unless we have something different in mind. Humans created the concept of diversity by destroying it, sustaining artificial environments where only one class, one gender, one ethnicity and one sexual orientation was allowed to succeed. Improving our institutions today is not a favor, it is one step in a long marathon toward setting the record straight, and it is owed to billions of people who have been systematically stripped of a fundamental opportunity in life: a fair fight.

I’m not saying that we should prefer Hunger Games-style survival. In fact, cooperating as human beings allows us to pursue greater goals that we never could even have conceived of without our social institutions.

But the political language is unclear. “Diversity” describes some natural, laissez-faire process of letting the best fight it out, when in reality, we’ve been doing the opposite.

Ideally, we do want to control the variables, to fill in the opportunities that have been denied to people either by luck or by human error. We want a world that any of us would feel comfortable being born into, even before we know which race, gender or socioeconomic status we would end up with.

And that’s not diversity. It’s justice.

Lin Lan is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in economics. Her column “Laissez Fair: The Invisible Backhand,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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It seems people are becoming more compassionate toward people with mental health concerns, but there is still a great deal of stigma associated with seeking help.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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April 29, 2015 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (04/29/15). Nurture growth at home and with family this year. Your work takes a new direction. Budget and plan for a home upgrade to break ground after 6/14. Account balances rise with care.

Fun and romance occupies you after 10/13. Collaborate for a community cause. Savor restful meditation after 10/27. A peaceful retreat revitalizes.

Follow your heart. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — You’ve got the energy to accomplish (and earn) a lot.

Have faith in your friends. Create a new situation for yourself. They say you can do it. Act decisively.

Your reputation precedes you. Balance your appearance and outlook.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — You’re making a great impression on important people. Don’t fret about the money (but don’t bankroll the party, either). Pour your heart into your art. Don’t quit your day job until it takes off. Enchant someone.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Resolve a home situation involving water. Creating beauty may require making a mess. Clean it up and the results dazzle. Meditate while doing the dishes. Do your best thinking in the shower. Get something you’ve been waiting for.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Accept a communications challenge. Get a deal in writing. Your friends give a social media push. Don’t get sweet-talked into spending over budget. Postpone the party for after payday.

Hold onto what you have.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — A dream career opportunity arises. Postpone travel. Important people are watching. Income and status could benefit. Share your partner’s vision. Learn from someone you love. Use what you’ve been saving. Slow and easy does it.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Your personal journey reaches a dreamy situation. Soak it in without stopping the action.

Streamline your routine to increase productivity and save time.

Let others know what you want and find it. Dare to make spontaneous side trips.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Everything seems possible.

Get quiet and think about what you want. Make a list. Consider passions and desires. Before launching into a project, consider your direction.

Does this contribute to big picture dreams? Rejuvenate an old bond.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Seek harmony. Don’t give up. Emotions flare. The questions are obvious. Advise patience. Value what you have. Take action on a collaborative dream. Work with friends could get lucrative (and fun). Don’t discuss money yet. Reaffirm a commitment.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — A dream professional opportunity comes your way.

Be gracious, especially around a difficult subject. It could get ugly. Compromise is required. Don’t spend your savings. Diplomatic actions serve you well. Show what you’re capable of. Share your enthusiasm.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Travel, study and discover a subject that inspires you.

Keep your eyes open. Accept as much as you can process. You have more assignments than expected. Investigate your suspicions. You’re very persuasive now. Bask in the glow.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Realize a home dream. New information threatens old assumptions. You can make it happen quickly, with extra hands.

Entice them with something delicious. Share your plan and accept feedback. Hold your temper if frustrated. Imagine the result.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Passion stirs. Share a dream with your partner. Consider pros and cons. Repackage to suit their interests. Discuss spiritual or altruistic motivation. Exercise your hidden talents.

Show them that you mean it. What goes around comes around.

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April 29, 2015

PROGRESS Knights seal season with signature win to improve outlook despite overall record CONTINUED FROM BACK contests, losing tough home games to then-No. 10 Army and currently No. 17 Stony Brook.

“We don’t wanna just stay with teams, we wanna beat teams and we should wanna take down these top-10 teams that maybe we haven’t beaten since the 80’s or maybe have never beaten,” Bieda said after the loss to Princeton on March 3. “Those signature wins will come, and the one-goal losses will end when we tighten up those little things.”

The boys from the banks bounced back over the next three, winning against Delaware and NJIT. Then came conference play and Rutgers made history by participating in the first ever game of the Big Ten lacrosse conference.

Held at Homewood Field in Baltimore, considered the mecca of college lacrosse, the team entered the home of a perennial powerhouse in then-No. 19 Johns Hopkins.

The Knights fell behind three goals at halftime after holding an early lead, and it appeared that the Blue Jays would continue their scoring barrage in the second half.

But again Rutgers clawed back.

Proving their resolve, the Knights scored four unanswered goals to take a lead into the fourth quarter before Hopkins hog-tied Rutgers’ offense and made a run of their own, then hung on for the 9-7 win.

“I thought it was very exciting for our student-athletes and for our institution to have this opportunity with

us being the first Big Ten lacrosse game,” Brecht said in the postgame press conference. “(The players) handled it well and played a great game, we just came up a little short.”

However, the Knights’ performance did not go unnoticed.

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delaney took time to commend the effort Rutgers put forth.

“It was obvious to me that (Rutgers) came to play — right from the first faceoff,” Delaney said. “It took quite a bit for Hopkins to come back and win the game.”

Nardella was also encouraged by the fight demonstrated by his team as well.

“I think we did a great job representing Rutgers,” Nardella said.

“Obviously we wish we could have won, but I think we played with class and integrity and we fought to the end at that’s really all you can ask for.”

After an underwhelming performance against Michigan — a 10-8 loss — the Knights welcomed then-No. 3 Maryland to High Point Solutions Stadium. Again, the visitor was expected to run roughshod over Rutgers — and again those expectations were misguided.

The Knights jumped ahead early, but this time, they held the lead late into the fourth quarter when the Terps tied the game up at 8-8. With 13 seconds to play, Maryland’s Matt Rambo, younger brother to Rutgers senior midfielder Rich Rambo, found the back of the cage and the Knights’ upset bid was retracted.

“A great player made a great play,” Bieda said. “(Junior goaltender Kris Alleyne) was screened a little bit and couldn’t really see, but great players make great plays and that was just a great shot. Sometimes you can’t really do anything about that.”

Rutgers would have to wait two weeks before another opportunity to topple a top-10 opponent would present itself.

And when it did, the Knights capitalized by not just beating the No. 10 Buckeyes, but dominating them.

In fitting fashion, all four Rutgers’ captains had their best performances of the season.

Senior midfielder Brian Goss, dubbed the ‘Iron Knight’ for his ability to play in 60 consecutive games for ever y game since arriving on campus, notched a hat trick and senior defender Nick Capparelli was stout on defense in his final game.

“We scouted them well, we went over all their plays,” Capparelli said.

“We figured out all the little things they have going on and we locked down their knowns and did everything we had to.”

Bieda netted two goals and dished four assists while Nardella won 19-of-28 faceoffs, many coming against the No. 9 faceoff man in the country, Christopher May. Goss was over whelmed in the postgame.

“It was a great way to go out, the whole team played so great,” Goss said. “Obviously, I wish we could have done this a little earlier in the season, but no regrets — just a great way to end the season and a great way to get that first Big Ten win.”

The team grew up over the course of the 2015 campaign and by the end of the year, the 22

Senior midfielder Joe Nardella (right) was crowned the Big Ten Specialist of the Year for 2015 after winning 223 of 333 faceoffs.

RUOXUAN YANG / APRIL 2015

underclassmen had morphed into men of veteran status.

The Knights will return stronger in 2016, bringing back Bieda and a pair of attackers in sophomore Christian Trasolini and freshman Jules Heningburg with 26 and 21 goals, respectively.

Alleyne is expected return stronger at goaltender after improving as the season wore on, and freshman Chad Toliver showed flashes of greatness with nine scores on offense.

The Ohio State victor y ser ves as proof of the progression shown under Brecht, who made strides

with players like Capparelli, Goss and Nardella.

And after the inaugural season of the Big Ten, Rutgers can look back and say the team accounted for itself.

“I’m definitely extremely proud of my teammates — from the ones who were on the field and those cheering on the bench — we never gave up,” Bieda said. “When we play to our ability, we can beat anyone in the country and we showed that (against Ohio State).”

For updates on Rutgers men’s lacrosse, follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSports on Twitter.

April 29, 2015

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IN BRIEF

M

iami Dolphins defensive end Dion Jordan has been suspended for the entire 2015 season without pay due to another violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy.

The third overall pick in the 2013 draft, Jordan will accept his yearlong punishment without attempting to appeal. It was determined by the league that his test samples were diluted, equating to a policy violation in this case.

This violation marks Jordan’s third suspension within the last year. It will cost him $2,275,209 in salary and $3,335,418 in signing-bonus forfeiture for 2015.

“We were disappointed to learn about Dion Jordan’s most recent suspension for violating the NFL’s Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse,” the Dolphins announced in a statement.

The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox will play the finale of their three-game series, but under one condition.

After the first two games of the series were postponed, the two Major League Baseball clubs are set to take the field Wednesday at Camden Yards in Baltimore, but the game that will be closed to the public.

The announcement comes after public riots flared up following the funeral of Freddie Gray on Monday, April 27. The 25-yearold Baltimore native died of a severe spinal cord injur y while in police custody on April 19.

On top of the decision to privatize and reschedule the game to 2:05 p.m., the Orioles announced that their upcoming three-game home series with the Tampa Bay Rays from May 1-3 has been moved to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Another top-ranked recruit is heading to the Kansas men’s basketball team.

Cheick Diallo announced his verbal commitment to the Jayhawks on Tuesday via Twitter. The 6-foot9, 215-pound power forward out of Centereach, New York, ranks as the No. 7 men’s basketball recruit in the ESPN 100.

The two-time MVP from the McDonald’s All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic joins a loaded frontcourt with junior for ward Perr y Ellis, who returns as the team’s leading scorer with 13.8 points per game in the 2014-15 season.

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Following Johnson’s comments made during a press conference in December where he said he would “love to have Darrelle back” while Revis was still a member of the New England Patriots.

After winning a Super Bowl with the Patriots in February, Revis entered free agency and inked a fiveyear, $70 million contract to return to the Jets where he spent the first six years of his career as a four-time Pro Bowl selection.

Upon signing with New York, New England owner Robert Kraft said he wished Revis was still with the organization. The Jets then filed tampering charges against the Patriots, but the NFL will not hand down any punishment.

SAFETY SPOTLIGHT Anthony Cioffi houses an interception 96 yards for a touchdown last Friday night at the Scarlet-White game. In his time spent at safety this spring, the junior defensive back has showed potential. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2015

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April 29, 2015 WOMEN’S GOLF RUTGERS GAINS EXPERIENCE THROUGH SIX TOURNAMENTS

Knights grow through progression of spring season EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER

Entering the spring portion of its season, the Rutgers women’s golf team had to battle elements of all kinds.

With the University Golf Course covered in snow and ice, the Scarlet Knights had to resort to other means to practice their golf game. Using the Indoor Practice Bubble and indoor golf facilities, the golfers had a safe haven to work out for the start of the spring.

“Spring golf is a little tough because of the weather conditions (and because of) the fact that

we don’t practice a whole lot of chipping and putting,” said head coach Kari Williams this past winter. “But I think we’ve done a great job working with what we have. We’ve had a lot of practices inside the bubble, and I feel really good about their short game and their shots 100 yards and in.”

The weather began to heat up as the months progressed — and so did the Knights’ clubs.

Rutgers competed in its final event of the 2014-15 season last weekend. The team played at the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Fort Golf Resort, one of the top-ranked courses in the state.

Freshman Emily Mills finished her first year on the banks in a tie for 46th place at the Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis.

TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2015

Williams decided to go with a lineup consisting of freshman Emily Mills, junior Racquel Zurick, junior Christina Paulsen, junior Gabrielle Sachelli, freshman Tatum Jackson and junior Jacquelyn Mullens.

The Knights began play at the three-day, three-round tournament on Friday morning.

Mills teed off first for Rutgers and shot a plus-six, 78 in the first round, compiling 11 pars and birdying the fourth hole. Zurick hit nine pars and four birdies in the first round with a plus-two, 74. Paulsen shot a five-over, 77 in round one by hitting 11 pars and two birdies.

Sachelli shot a plus-nine, 81 in round one with eight pars and a birdie on 16th hole. Jackson hit a plus-eight, 80. She had two birdies and eight pars on the day, while Mullens had a 12 over par 84 with nine pars.

The Knights ended up in 14th place after Friday’s portion of the tournament with a team score of 309. Ohio State was the leader after day one and shot a 281 as a unit.

Mills played well in the second round on Saturday with a plus-four, 76. She sank birdies on four holes and had six pars that afternoon. Zurick had a nine-over par 81 in round two with seven pars, in addition to birdying the 10th hole.

Sachelli put up a plus-12 84 with eight pars. Jackson shot an eight-over, 80 and had 10 pars.

Mullens birdied the fifth hole and had a plus-17, 89 on Saturday.

Rutgers remained in 14th place after the second round. The golfers put up a score of 313 and raised their total to a plus-46, 622.

The Buckeyes led the field with a

three under 573 after shooting a 292 in round two.

Despite being in a deep hole entering play in the third round, the Knights put together a good score card on Sunday.

Mills rounded out her solid showing at the Big Ten Championship with a strong final round. After three rounds, she hit a plus-13 and finished in a tie for 46th place.

Zurick concluded the event with a plus-23 and tied for 72nd place. She hit a 12 over par 84 on Sunday with eight pars.

Paulsen had a plus-four 76 in round three and played good golf.

She compiled 13 pars on the day and a birdie on the sixth hole.

Paulsen finished in a tie for 46th alongside her teammate Emily Mills with 13 over par at the Big Ten Championship.

Mullens tied with her teammate, Sachelli, in 83rd place by shooting a plus-37. Mullens had an eight over par 80 on Sunday and hit 13 pars.

Rutgers finished in 14th place in their first appearance at the Big Ten Championships. The Knights competed well in the third round with plus-16, 304 and ended up with a 62 over par 926.

At the conclusion of the Big Ten Championship, Rutgers’ inaugural campaign as a member of the conference had come to a close. As a unit, it mostly finished in the middle of the field in most tournaments it competed in this season.

Individually, several Knights poured in successful seasons in 2014-15.

As the season progressed, Mills became one of her team’s best players. The rookie led Rutgers in nearly every event.

“Emily Mills has been fairly consistent for us with some good scores,” Williams said after the Bearcat Spring Classic.

“I think Emily has probably had the most success individually this year, and I’d like to continue to see her have that as well as some of the other players step up and play a little bit better.”

Zurick played solid golf for the Knights this year, joining Mills as one of the most consistent golfers

on the team. The junior’s best turnout came at the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate where she earned a top-10 finish.

Zurick hit a plus-seven, 79 in the first round followed by a plusone, 73 and a plus-six, 78 for a 230 total score.

“She had a top-10 finish, and I think it was a personal best for her as far as three days of an event,” Williams said after the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate. “She just really commanded and took care of the ball, played well, played smart.

She made quite a few birdies but was really calm and composed out there. I was really happy for here and her success.”

Williams was also impressed with the progression of Paulsen from the fall to the spring.

“Christina’s game has really come on strong from looking from the fall to the spring,” she said after the Seton Hall Pirate Invitational. “(She’s had) a solid spring posting a lot of really good scores. You know, the kind of scores that you want your number three player to post. Somewhere between 76 and 78 is a good score for us, and we’ve been able to count on her for scores quite a bit this spring. It’s been real nice.”

This offseason, the golfers will likely need to tune up all the aspects of their games including becoming improved ball strikers which is an aspect Williams emphasized to her team earlier this year.

“We’re still just learning to be better ball strikers,” Williams said after the Bearcat Spring Classic.

“Our focus has been to be about the process of golf, which is more about making decisions and committing to those decisions and executing golf shots. We just need to continue to do that. The women have very good swings and have basically sound fundamentals in their golf. Golf is so much on the mental side of kind of believing what you’re doing and trusting yourself, so we will continue to work on that.”

For updates on the Rutgers women’s golf team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

Junior Racquel Zurick notched a top-10 finish at the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate with 230, a personal best at the time.

TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2015

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April 29, 2015 SOFTBALL RUTGERS 18, LIU-BROOKLYN 9 (5 INN.)

Rutgers racks up 18 runs on 15 hits to pound LIU-Brooklyn RYAN MORAN STAFF WRITER

Some teams never learn.

Senior centerfielder Jackie Bates decided to teach LIU-Brooklyn a lesson not to pitch to a hitter who has already hit two home runs in the game.

“I was expecting them to walk me,” Bates said, referring to when she came up with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth inning.

The Blackbirds didn’t, and she made them pay — hitting a grand slam and her third home run of the day.

It was a homerun that just inched its way over the fence, but head coach Jay Nelson mentioned it made up for the one she was robbed of in New Mexico at the Lobo Classic earlier in the season.

He went on to describe Bates performance as a “Reggie Jackson-like performance,” referring to the Major League Baseball Hall-of-Famer who belted three home runs in three pitches in a playoff game with the New York Yankees in 1977.

“I was taking it one at bat at a time,” Bates said. “I didn’t hit as well as I would have liked at Penn State. This was a good confidence booster.”

Bates finished the day 3-for-3 with the three homeruns and seven runs batted in (RBI).

The Rutgers softball team needed only five innings after the mercy rule was applied to secure an 18-9 victory over LIU-Brooklyn

(18-28) at the RU Softball Complex on Tuesday.

It was the first of two midweek games for the team this week before it travels to New Rochelle, New York, on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. to take on Iona (14-22).

The Scarlet Knights (27-17) didn’t let Bates steal entire spotlight at the plate, accumulating 12 more hits and 11 RBI to provide a balanced lineup.

It was a stellar day for a team that struggled this past weekend at the plate in Penn State.

Freshman designated Sierra Maddox continued to show why she is a rising Knight, going 2-for4 with four RBI. Junior Stephanie Huang went 2-for-3, adding two RBI in the win.

“Our hitting was really good,” Nelson said. “We didn’t leave

Senior centerfielder Jackie Bates connects on one of three home runs at the RU Softball Complex yesterday. She went 3-for-3 with seven RBI to lead the Knights. TIANFANG YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

many players on base so we came through in the clutch, which was key to extending our lead.”

Sophomore right-hander Shayla Sweeney had a solid outing, going four and two-thirds innings and surrendering eight runs on nine hits before junior right-hander Dresden Maddox entered in relief for the final out to shut it down.

“It helps us all with confidence,” Sweeney said. “Early in the game, I was throwing fine, but then I got shaky at times, but getting the win going in to this weekend definitely helps.”

A polished defense picked her up. Rutgers did not commit a single error, turning two double plays to get her out of a pair of jams.

“When you get a big cushion, you have to play the same way,” Nelson said. “You have to shut it down and get outs in the game, and win the game. When you allow yourself to get overly confident relaxed, (you) allow things to happen that shouldn’t.”

Getting back on track after a disappointing was one of the keys coming into the game Tuesday, and Bates thinks the Knights did just that.

“It feels good to get this win, especially after the sweep,” Bates said. “Coming back and winning this one with our 15 hits shows we are coming together as a team. It definitely helps going forward.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’m definitely extremely proud of my teammates — from the ones who were on the field and those cheering on the bench — we never gave up. When we play to our ability, we can beat anyone in the country and we showed that (against Ohio State).”

- Junior attacker Scott Bieda

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MEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS ENDS FIRST SEASON IN BIG TEN ON POSITIVE NOTE

Head coach Brian Brecht called junior attacker Scott Bieda the quarterback of the Rutgers offense. Bieda proved his potential over the course of the season, leading the team in goals (30), assists (28) and points (58) — all of which are career-highs. Bieda was also named First Team All-Big Ten in 2015. RUOXUAN YANG / APRIL 2015

RU proves progress in first Big Ten season KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

There are times in sports when a player takes a shot — a low-percentage shot, one unlikely to find its target. But when it does, the coach on the sideline goes from teeming with frustration to cheering emphatically in an instant.

The analogy sums up the season for the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team.

After falling short so many times against top-tier competition, the Scarlet Knights (510, 1-4) capped their season with the biggest win for the program in over a decade.

By defeating No. 10 Ohio State, 17-10, on Senior Day April 25, the Knights proved to the rest of the countr y that they are not to be underestimated.

Although the big win over the Buckeyes serves as the only conference victory for

Rutgers, the Knights proved they belonged in the Big Ten in its inaugural year as a lacrosse league.

“All the nerves were gone, no stupid mistakes,” said senior faceoff specialist Joe Nardella after the win. “I just think we played really composed today. Overall great effort for the 60 minutes.”

Nardella, a two-year captain, established himself as the premier faceoff man in the country, winning 67 percent of his draws (223-of-333), to rank second in the nation and first in faceoffs won.

Nardella was named Big Ten Specialist of the Year as well earning a spot on the All-Big Ten First Team.

After being selected No. 36 overall in the 2015 Major League Lacrosse Amateur Draft, Nardella will leave Piscataway for the pros.

“Joe (Nardella) certainly has established being one of the best faceoff guys of this era and has been for four years here,” said head

coach Brian Brecht. “His ability to get us extra possessions allows us to play make-it-takeit lacrosse, and that is why he is so vital.”

Rutgers didn’t get of f to the fastest star t in 2015.

After opening the season with a win on the road in Queens against St. Johns (10-8), the Knights fell victim to a trap game against Richmond (15-7).

Despite hanging with No. 7 Virginia (9-4) through most of the first half, the Cavaliers proved Rutgers was not yet ready for such competition, taking a 14-5 win.

“It was a great view of what the Big Ten is gonna be from here,” junior attacker Scott Bieda said after the game on Feb. 21. “I’m very excited for it. It’s definitely going to go up from here, and I know that.”

Bieda certainly took his game up another level in 2015, finishing 27th in the country and second in the Big Ten in points per game

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senior midfielder, was named Big Ten Specialist of the Year and named to the All-Big Ten First Team. Nardella won 67 percent of his faceoffs, ranking second-best in the country among faceoff specialists.

(3.87), second in the Big Ten in assists (28) and assists per game (3.87) and tied for second in goals (30).

Bieda led the Knights in all categories above and was named First Team All-Big Ten. “His level of play has always been high and consistent,” Brecht said of Bieda. “Scott is the glue and the catalyst of this team. He has always been the leader of the offense and the most active.”

The low point of the season for Rutgers came with the loss to Monmouth Feb. 28.

The Knights helped the Hawks make history, as the 10-9 loss for Rutgers was Monmouth’s first win in program history after 15 consecutive defeats at the Division I level.

Although the following defeats extended the Knights’ losing streak to three, they showed up to compete over the next two SEE PROGRESS ON PAGE 16

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