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School of Arts and Sciences dean dies in August of 2015 CONNOR MCCARTHY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Dean Paula Van Riper passed away on Aug. 20, 2015 due to complications with myeloma, a relatively rare bone cancer. Van Riper was the director of Advising at the School of Arts and Sciences. She loved her work and took great satisfaction in helping her students, said Julie Traxler, assistant dean of first-year students. “She cared for her students like they were her children. She wanted them to succeed, and went beyond the role of an academic adviser when she needed to,” Traxler said. To call her selfless is an understatement, said Iris Zipkin, assistant dean of first-year students. Van Riper has been described as the heart of the Livingston Advising Center by the School of Arts and Sciences blog for firstyear students. “She was particularly good with motivating students that kind of felt a little lost,” Traxler said. “Van Riper was approachable and warm to students while also giving them a motivational kick in the pants to start getting things done.” She would occasionally work beyond the 15 minutes that are usually allotted for appointments SEE DEAN ON PAGE 5
Sharon Gayoung Cho, a student and faculty member in Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of the Arts’ music department, is a professional violinist who shares her love for classical music with underprivileged children and aspires to open a non-profit musical school. COURTESY OF SHARON GAYOUNG CHO
Rutgers violinist Sharon Cho shines on, off stage NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Music was, and still is, everything to Sharon Gayoung Cho. In a state of blue or red, she could pick up her violin, play classical music and instantly, the bad mood would retreat as she simply forgot about ever ything.
Along with her fervor for music, Cho carries the memory of her mother selling the family car in exchange for Cho’s violin lessons through her movement toward further education and aspiration to open a non-profit musical school for underprivileged children. “We were not really rich and my parents were also young,” she said. “Usually it was very expensive to pay
for music lessons, and also another problem was there was no great violin teacher around the area where we lived, so my mom had to drive three hours back and forth just to give me a violin lesson once a week.” Cho said she is not driven to succeed as a musician solely for her own accomplishments. “That’s why I am also working with and for underprivileged
children. My parents always told me ‘It’s not just about you, you should do something for other people which will make you feel better also,’” she said. She said her ultimate goal is to not only have a successful life, but to grow as a founder of a non-profit music school for underprivileged SEE VIOLINIST ON PAGE 4
Hidden Grounds plans to ‘wheel’ out coffee tricycle AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
“Not Anymore,” which is one piece of a University-wide initiative, called “The Revolution Starts Here: End Sexual Violence Now,” is a program comprised of a series of foundational definitions, reenactments, student interviews and firsthand accounts of college students’ experiece with sexual assault. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SAMANTHA CASAMIR
U. unveils new sexual assault initiative BRITTANY GIBSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Forget everything you know about sexual assault on campus: who it happens to, where it happens and who the perpetrators are.
Students are now expected to complete a University sexual assault awareness and education initiative, called “Not Anymore.” “Not Anymore,” which is one piece of a University-wide initiative, called “The Revolution Starts
Here: End Sexual Violence Now,” is a program comprised of a series of foundational definitions, reenactments, student interviews and firsthand accounts of college students’ SEE INITIATIVE ON PAGE 6
Rutgers’ four-wheeled food trucks may need to make room for a three-wheeled brethren that would deliver students a product they truly need: caffeine. Hidden Grounds, a coffee shop located on Easton Avenue, is hoping to expand its horizons with a “Portland-esque” Nitro Cold Brew Tricycle. The custom-made 84-inch bike would dispense cold brew coffee from taps while traveling across the University’s campuses. Owners Anand Patel and Spoorthi Kumar are also developing an online interactive map that would inform customers where the tricycle is stationed and where it is heading. A company called “Icicle Tricycles” will build the tricycle over the a two-month time span, and the bike would roll out for use next summer. “We were talking about potentially mobilizing our cold brew so people could get it wherever they would like,” Patel said. “ ... The map would tell you where the tricycle is today, and where it is going to be in an hour, tomorrow and even a month from now.”
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But this caffeinated dream could not become a reality without funding, so Patel launched a Kickstarter campaign on Sept. 3. The campaign, which ends in two weeks, has a goal of $7,000. A bulk of the money, 62 percent, would go toward building the bike from scratch. Currently, 15 backers have pledged a total of $1,986. While there has been vocal support for the campaign, Patel said it has not translated to contributions. About 1,700 people viewed the campaign’s 40-second video, but only 15 pledged money. “We want this to be a Rutgers thing. I really love people supporting it,” Patel said. “Something like this would be absolutely amazing for students who are going to class, so they can grab a cup of coffee quickly on the go.” Although the inspiration for the Nitro Cold Brew Tricycle stemmed from seeing the successes of the various food trucks on the College Avenue campus, Patel and Kumar realized obtaining a food truck license would be difficult and expensive. SEE TRICYCLE ON PAGE 4
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Campus Calendar TUESDAY 9/22 The Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education presents, “Water Loss Management” from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at Hort Farm No. 2’s Ralph Geiger Turfgrass Education Center on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program presents, “Public Perceptions of Genetically Modified Foods and Mandatory Labeling” from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Confucius Institute at Rutgers University presents, “China and the Rise of the West: A Military Historical Perspective” from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Catholic Students Association hosts, “Spirit Night” from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public. WEDNESDAY 9/23 The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences presents, “Lunar magma ocean crystallization: an experimental approach” from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Wright Rieman Laboratories on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Department of Nutritional Sciences presents, “Endocrine Control of Glucose Homeostasis by the Liver” from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Food Science Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Program in Criminal Justice presents, “Project P.R.I.D.E.” from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at the Busch Student Center on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education hosts, “Sensor y Evaluation” from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the University Inn and Conference Center located at 178 Ryders Lane on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public. THURSDAY 9/24 The Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research & the TA Project presents, “Online Grade Reporting & Communication” from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at the Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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A Q&A between The Daily Targum, Goldman Sach’s CFO
Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs and Rutgers alumnus Harvey Schwartz stopped by Rutgers for a CFO Lecture Series on September 17. Schwartz, who graduated in 1987, graduated with a degree in economics. COURTESY OF DANIEL STOLL
JESSICA HERRING STAFF WRITER
Rutgers is home to many wellknown alumni, from “Sex in the City” actress Kristen Davis to “The Sopranos” actor James Gandolfini. Last Thursday, another successful alumnus paid a visit to the University. Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs Harvey Schwartz stopped by Rutgers for a CFO Lecture Series on September 17. Schwartz shared his personal story in a recent Q&A conducted via email with The Daily Targum. The Daily Targum: What made you interested in the financial industr y? Harvey Schwartz: I always had a general interest in finance, business and markets, which is why I chose to get a degree in Economics at Rutgers. DT: How did you become CFO of Goldman Sachs? Schwartz: After working for
two years at smaller brokerage houses, I joined Citicorp in 1989, where I worked in the firm’s credit training program and developed a specialty in structuring commodity derivatives. I obtained a Master’s degree in business administration from Columbia University in 1996. After receiving my MBA, I joined J. Aron & Co., which was in the process of merging with Goldman Sachs, as a vice president in 1997. At Goldman Sachs, I was named managing director in 1999 and partner in 2002. I then became co-head of the Americas Financing Group within Investment Banking from June 2004 to November 2005. I was later named the head of North America Sales from November 2005 to 2007, eventually becoming the global head of Securities Division Sales from 2007 to February of 2008. My final role before becoming Goldman Sach’s CFO was as one of the global co-heads of the Securities Division from February 2008 to January 2013.
DT: What was your reaction when you became CFO? Schwartz: I was, and continue to be, surprised and humbled by the opportunity to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs.
“My advice for students is to work hard, dream big, and always do the right thing.” HARVEY SCHWARTZ Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs
DT: What do you find are the most challenging aspects about being CFO? Schwartz: The set of responsibilities is broad and deep. Given that reality, I have to rely on the advice, judgment and expertise of my broader team. Fortunately, the firm is filled with an abundance of
talented and committed people, which leaves us well positioned to tackle the challenges of the role. DT: How has your education at Rutgers prepared you for working at Goldman Sachs? Schwartz: Obviously, Rutgers prepared me thoroughly from an academic perspective. I viewed my underlying academic foundation as being as strong as any of my peers. What Rutgers also provided was a community filled with “strivers” – people who were at the university not just because of their raw intelligence, but also because they just worked so hard to be there. They did it despite the various obstacles in their life – economic or otherwise. Through my time at Rutgers, I never felt entitled to success - I felt I had to strive for it. It was an important early lesson. DT: What are the highlights of your time at Rutgers as an undergraduate student? Schwartz: My freshman year economics class at Lucy Stone
Hall and being a Resident Advisor. DT: What do you enjoy most about you career? Schwartz: I enjoy the people, the pace, the challenge and the fact that it is always evolving. DT: Who are some people in your life that have helped you become successful? Schwartz: I have benefitted throughout my career from having numerous mentors, colleagues and friends. They have collectively played a significant role in my success. DT: How would you describe yourself as a person in five adjectives? Schwartz: In five words I’m uncomfortable talking about myself. DT: What advice do you have for students hoping to find a career in the finance world? Schwartz: My advice for students is to work hard, dream big, and always do the right thing.
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VIOLINIST Cho began playing piano around 2 or 3 years old, enjoys composing music CONTINUED FROM FRONT
children. She wants to contribute and provide opportunities to underprivileged children through my musical talent. The daughter of a celery man, Cho moved from her home in South Korea to Austria at age 15 to pursue her musical studies as an undergraduate. She then attained her Master’s at Universität für Darstellende Kunst Wien in Vienna. She went on to achieve an Artist Diploma certificate at Yale School of Music with full scholarship. Currently, Cho is a doctoral student working toward a Doctor of Musical Arts at Mason Gross School of the Arts. When she was around 2 or 3 years old, Cho began playing the piano and her hobby was to compose music by tapping into her emotions. Her mother was not a professional musician, but she
enjoyed classical music, and as an infant, Cho listened to Mozart as her lullabies. While studying at Yale, Cho was acquainted with a pastor of a small Korean church who lived two hours away in Boston. Cho said the kids she met at the church seemed in need of a violin teacher because most of the kids did not come from families that could afford music lessons, so she volunteered to teach. “I traveled all the way from New Haven to Boston once a week or once in two weeks for two years to help them study violin,” she said. “It cost me a little, but I was super happy because I saw the kids’ faces and how they were so excited about it.” During this time in Cho’s life, she met a 7-year-old who was the daughter of two immigrants. Her father worked many hours and her mother spoke broken
English, and together they were Phillips, Cho’s violin instructor at to poor and disadvantaged indivery poor, Cho said. The young Mason Gross. It shows her ide- viduals in society. Normally, performers at her girl had to stay at home all day, alism and desire to contribute to every day, because her family society in a meaningful way, and level they want to get out, percould not afford a tutor for her or also her conviction that music form, become successful, make can be the medium in which con- a name for themselves, and while even a violin. Cho is certainly capable of doing “I felt so sorry. I could see her tribution can be accomplished. “(Cho) is a ver y gifted violin- that, he thinks she wants to do facial expressions were just so dark and then she couldn’t even ist who brings thoughtfulness, more, he said. “I think Sharon’s idea is a terrific look into my eyes. I felt so bad integrity and passion to ever yand so sorry ... ” Cho said. “I thing she chooses to involve one which she’ll need a lot of help bought a violin with my expenses herself in. (She) always brings with, but I think she has the drive for her. It was not an expensive a positive and enthusiastic and determination to do this,” he said. “She is to violin, it was a be applauded for very cheap viwanting to do olin. But still, I something more really wanted to than being a do something “She is to be applauded for wanting to do something great performer.” for her.” more than being a great performer.” A lot of peoCho said she ple want their knows she is ROBERT ALDRIDGE kids to play not yet a famous Director of the Department of Music at the Mason Gross School of the Arts music, but Alor rich profesdridge said a lot sional who can of them cannot make change on afford to have a large scale, but their kids take she knows she music lessons can still make attitude to her lessons, always because the lessons tend to be change on a small scale. “At least I could do some little eager to learn more and always expensive since often time they things for a kid ... It was a little well prepared so that she can are private lessons. “They end up not exposing blue violin and she loved it so get the most out of each sestheir kids to music. Hundreds of much. After I started to teach sion,” Phillips said. Robert Aldridge, director of studies have shown that the deher, I realized how smart she was. Her progress was twice as the Department of Music at Ma- velopment of music (gives) posifast as the other kids I taught. son Gross, said in addition to be- tive brain stimulation and coordiAnd then she practiced so hard,” ing an extraordinary player, Cho nation and all kinds of motor and is one of the few performers he mental skills. Music education Cho said. Cho’s dream exemplifies the has met who has real interest in for everybody is an important askind of person she is, said Todd giving back in meaningful ways pect of education itself,” he said.
Hidden Grounds, a coffee shop located on Easton Avenue, is hoping to expand its horizons with a “Portland-esque” Nitro Cold Brew Tricycle. The custom-made 84-inch bike would dispense cold brew coffee from taps while traveling across the University’s campuses. COURTESY OF ANAND PATEL
TRICYCLE Patel hopes to team up with other stores to sell sweet snacks, Hidden Ground’s cold brew CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Instead, Patel and Kumar began researching various coffee vendors in Portland using tricycles to deliver coffee to the public. The two contacted a handful of Portland-based coffee shop owners to learn how the bikes are built and the businesses are run. “(The process) happened organically in trying to find a solution for people who want coffee, but aren’t able to come to Hidden Grounds for it,” Patel said. If the campaign does not reach its goal by Oct. 1, the idea is not completely dead. Patel said a
business owner from Morristown offered to fund the entire project for a percentage of the tricycle’s profits in its first year. “That is a back-up option that is available to us, but if the campaign is successful, then we would want to build two of them,” Patel said. “There are so many events going on in the summertime, so one (tricycle) could be stationary on College Ave. to specifically serve Rutgers students, while the other (tricycle) could be taken to different events.” The collaboration does not stop there.
Patel said he hopes to team up with other stores to sell sweet snacks from the tricycle, such as chocolate or granola, alongside Hidden Ground’s cold brew. “If (other businesses) want to collaborate with us to put a sponsorship logo on the bike itself, we would be more than willing to do that,” Patel said. “We are open to collaborating with anyone who wants to be a part of this and use it as a marketing campaign.” Whether the project is backed by Kickstarter contributions or a generous backer, the Nitro Cold Brew Tricycle would offer an alternative to Au Bon Pain for students with a busy schedule. “I know getting licensing (to station a tricycle on College Ave) is just a matter of time,” Patel said. “Rutgers seem like they will be more than willing to issue us a license, it’s just a matter of following the paperwork.”
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DEAN When Van Riper was first diagnosed, she was told she would only live for 2.5 more years Van Riper had been living with myeloma since 1999, according to if the student needed extra help, an article about her experience with myeloma on everydayhealth. Zipkin said. “Van Riper once was working com. When Van Riper first rewith a student that had a lot of ceived her myeloma diagnosis, health issues affecting her school- before newer drugs were availing, and she worked with her for able, she was told median life exover an hour, staying well beyond pectancy was 2.5 years. She lived after our office had closed,” Zip- for the next 16 years. During those 16 years, she kin said via email. continued to She would work full-time, be happily willtraveled exing to do the “I wish that more tensively and same for any advisers treated students stayed healthy, other student aside from the that needed as she did - more than and her assistance, just their transcript, but myeloma the mild side Zipkin said. as a whole person.” effects from “Van Riper her treatments, always seemed IRIS ZIPKIN according to to be very conAssistant Dean of First-Year Students her interview nected. She on Curetalk. always knew “I have what was going worked with on and knew about upcoming events. I think that her since I was an undergraduate made her particularly approachable student,” Traxler said. “She will be sorely missed.” to students,” Traxler said. Van Riper’s diagnosis was made Van Riper recognized Dean Zipkin’s last name when they earlier than average, according to started working together be- the everydayhealth.com article. cause she helped Zipkin’s hus- Once Van Riper discovered that band graduate on a timely man- the pain in her thigh was due to a ner after he got unexpectedly tumor on her bone, she had it removed immediately, before the sick, over 10 years earlier. “I wish that more advisers treat- cancer could spread to her marrow. “When she was diagnosed with ed students as she did, more than just their transcript, but as a whole cancer, her caring nature played a big part in her battle. She didn’t person.” Zipkin said in an email. CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Dean Paula Van Riper, director of Advising at the School of Arts and Sciences passed away on Aug. 20 due to complications with myeloma, a relatively rare bone cancer. COURTESY OF INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION
become a victim, or a patient, she became an advocate,” Zipkin said. She had spoken and written extensively in support of the myeloma community, and had appeared as its advocate before legislative bodies, according to her obituary. Van Riper turned to the International Myeloma Foundation to learn about her condition, later using that knowledge to care for other people in her situation by founding a support group herself.
She started Central Jersey Multiple Myeloma Support Group, a support group for people with myeloma, according to her obituary. The support group provides information, guidance and support to many fellow patients and their families. “She was always helping other people, whether it was students or other cancer patients.” Zipkin said. Van Riper did not involve her family and friends in her
decisions regarding treatments so that they would not feel guilty if the treatments failed her, according to her inter view on Curetalk. “It’s hard to put into words how special she was, and how passionate she was about helping students.” Zipkin said. “She truly loved her work, cared about others and was looking forward to welcoming another school year this September.”
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INITIATIVE Resident assistants are state-mandated reporters, need to share harmful, threatening information CONTINUED FROM FRONT
experiences with sexual assault. “Our biggest hope is that we are able to educate our campus community on resources, policies and procedures regarding sexual violence,” said Jordan Draper, the University’s Title IX Coordinator, via email. “ ... We want students to know there are many great resources on-campus that can help them or a peer. We also would like students to understand how to identify and intervene in potentially dangerous situations.” The program is part of a national campaign, but has been tailored to Rutgers students upon distribution. The program covers consent, rape culture, bystander
CRIME SEPT. 21 NEW BRUNSWICK — New Brunswick Police detectives arrested three individuals, Javier Gonzalez, Jonathan Gonzalez and Magdalena Zambr yzcka, as a result of a narcotics investigation targeting an address on Wellington Place. Detectives recovered quantities of heroin and marijuana along with a handgun, ammunition, drug paraphernalia and cash. SEPT. 21 MILLTOWN — Neil Raciti, 47, was charged with aggravated assault on Sunday and taken into custody. The victim who was allegedly attacked received a fracture and was treated at Saint Peter’s University. SEPT. 21 ELIZABETH — A narcotics investigation conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office’s Guns, Gangs, Drugs and Violent Crimes Task Force led to the discover y of nearly half a kilogram of cocaine and the arrest of Cristian Mateo Perez. The 35-yearold is charged with first-degree possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, a single second-degree drug offense and two third-degree drug offenses. Perez is in Union County jail with bail set at $500,000 by State Superior Judge Regina Caulfield. SEPT. 21 BELLEVILLE — Rickie Hor vath of Belleville was arrested and charged with fraudulently collecting and cashing benefit checks intended for an Elizabeth resident who recently died. An approximately sixmonth Special Prosecutions Unit investigation revealed that Hor vath fraudulently collected $14,000 from a life insurance company and approximately $5,000 from the United States Social Security Administration by creating misrepresentations to both organizations. The 54-year-old is charged with a single count of third-degree insurance fraud, two counts of third-degree theft and two counts of four th-degree theft.
intervention, verbal defense, alcohol, healthy relationships and stalking. The course is available online until Sept. 28 and enters participants into a raffle for an RU Express gift card as a reward for completion. There is a visual and audio indication of a trigger warning, but these almost only appeared during the students’ personal stories. During any part of the lesson, individuals can use the “Resources” tab to get in touch with any or all of the University’s student resources, including Counseling, ADAP and Psychiatric Services (CAPS), Health, Outreach, Promotion and Education (H.O.P.E.) and Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA). It is a continued goal of all staff to
distribute flyers and inform students representations of relationships on said. This makes the “Not Anymore” program more important. about what is available to them, said all ends of the spectrum. The course also stresses that resiThe University has never done Chioma Egekeze, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and a res- a sexual assault awareness cam- dential assistants can be an immedipaign or initiative on this scale, but ate resource. ident assistant on Douglass campus. Egekeze said her position is cenJessica Dufort, a School of Arts has high expectations for participaand Sciences first-year student, tion, according to an email sent to tered on empowering the survivor if they chose to come to an RA. But described how all throughout her the student body. Upperclassmen may remember she noted that RAs are not trained residence hall there are bulletins that have information about all participating in #iSPEAK, a climate to give counseling. “We are there of the crisis and for support, but health centers at the University. “Our biggest hope is that we are able to educate our only to a certain extent,” she These resourccampus community on resources, policies and said. es and programs procedures regarding sexual violence.” All RAs are cannot accomstate-mandated plish anything on JORDAN DRAPER reporters, meancampus if students Rutgers Title IX Coordinator ing they must do not find them share any harmrelevant, available ful or potentially and inclusive to all survey of sexual assault awareness threatening information with the types of students, Draper said. Draper’s office screened many at Rutgers. According to Draper’s of- Rutgers University Police Departdifferent programs before picking fice, about 28 percent of undergradu- ment. RAs cannot be an anonymous resource, but they will always outline the right one for the University. ates completed the survey. One of #iSPEAK’s key findings all the other services on campus. The office considered the diver“As an individual, you should be sity of the Rutgers student body showed students are not aware of when choosing the program. how Rutgers responds to sexual vio- able to choose what options are best Throughout the course, there are lence, but they want to learn, Draper for you,” Egekeze said.
Department of Public Safety rolls out safety protocol AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Department of Public Safety is rolling out a new piece of mobile patrol equipment called a T3 utilized by police departments across the globe, from France to Los Angeles. At Rutgers, Public Safety has purchased one T3 thus far. A T3 is a three-wheeled electric stand-up vehicle used by public safety personnel that has multiple benefits. “The (T3) provides greater visibility for the Public Safety employee that rides it,” said Chief of Police Kenneth Cop. “They are able to cover a larger amount of area in a shorter amount of time.” In France, the use of T3s reduced the incidents of violence and petty crime by 12 percent and increased coverage of patrol areas by 230 percent. Cop hopes the results will be similar at Rutgers. In a continuing effort to prevent crime on campus, Public Safety is also spearheading the College Avenue Priority Patrol. The patrol consists of five to nine extra units on the College Avenue campus and in the 5th and 6th wards. These wards include areas from George Street to Somerset Street and around St. Peter’s Hospital. The patrol is made up of police officers, security officers and public safety personnel that serve the 10,000 off-campus students at Rutgers. “The purpose of this patrol is crime prevention and service,” Cop said. Student Affairs is also allocating $101,370 toward numerous new safety initiatives in collaboration with Public Safety. Two mobile security patrols are on duty as “the eyes and ears” of the 5th and 6th wards all week, Cop said. The patrols handle ever ything from noise complaints to serious safety hazards.
Public Safety has already seen an immediate, positive payback from having patrols in the 5th and 6th wards, said RUPD Captain Paul Fischer. In the first week, security patrols inter vened in a situation in which individuals were in medical distress, Fischer said. Ambulances arrived at the scene and transferred the individuals to the hospital. “They’re riding around providing some of the services that we offer the community,” Fischer said. “We’ve already had reports of folks not only thanking them for being out there, but coming to them for help.” The patrols have made close to 600 community contacts, Cop said. Community contacts refer to members of the community that public safety personnel stop and speak with while on duty. Security patrols also offer escort services, a service that Cop said is underutilized. If a community members feels unsafe walking the streets, they can call a phone number to receive an escor t. In addition, patrols are instructed to seek out customers. “They might see someone walking alone late, drive up and say ‘Hey, would you need or like a ride somewhere?’” Cop said. The RUPD is continuing the Neighborhood Patrol Team in conjunction with the City of New Brunswick. A Rutgers police officer rides with a New Brunswick Police officer every night, Cop said. “We respond to calls together and in many circumstances, it may be a call that involves a student,” Cop said. “… The more work we do together, the more trust we develop in one another.” In addition to the New Brunswick Police Department, Public Safety has also collaborated with the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA). RUSA provided RUPD with a survey to determine where students want to see more public safety personnel.
A vast majority of students who received criticism last week for responded to the survey cited not sending an email to alert the College Avenue campus and students of the seven arrests off-campus areas as places that made behind the College Avecould use more public safety per- nue Gymnasium. But RUPD was not looking to sonnel. Though there is no Priority Patrol for other campuses, such as hide the incident, Cop said. Because there Douglass camwas no ongopus, patrol cars ing threat to still circulate the commuthose areas. “The more work we do nity, Cop said “We took together, the more trust there was no (the survey) we develop in one immediate into account, need to send a and that’s another.” crime alert. where we put “I think (personnel) KENNETH COP the lesson of out,” Cop said. Rutgers Chief of Police that incident In an ef for t is that ever yto fur ther get thing works,” the message to the community, Cop met with Cop said. “We had someone the Parents Association last call it in. We had an immediate Monday to give a presentation police response, we had seven suspects arrested and charged on these new safety initiatives. Despite these undertakings to and our victim was not seriousimprove campus safety, RUPD ly injured.”
Student Affairs is also allocating $101,370 toward numerous new safety initiatives in collaboration with Public Safety. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR
September 22, 2015
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Apply Magic Sauce guesses identity with Facebook page likes KATIE PARK NEWS EDITOR
In what sounds like an adult version of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” I tried magic sauce. Predictably, I didn’t wind up the owner of a massive plant splintering the sidewalk. Instead, I wound up face-to-face with a computer that knew more about me than some of my friends did. Apply Magic Sauce, the latest web application developed by The Psychometrics Centre at The University of Cambridge, links to your Facebook page, and the app looks at every Facebook page you liked. From there, it draws a series of conclusions about your profile by comparing it against a framework of thousands of personality tests and more than 6 million social media profiles. I didn’t expect it to be right. But it turned out to be stunningly — and disconcertingly — accurate. It likely predicted I was female and interested in journalism, among other predictions about my religious and political standings, sexuality and intelligence level. It only missed the mark on my age, where it incorrectly guessed I was 31 instead of 21. For me, Apply Magic Sauce was just an Internet novelty. But the brains behind the app — Michal Kosinski, David Stillwell, Vesselin Popov and Bartosz Kielczweski — see it playing a number of functions. It could be a way to quickly evaluate and provide feedback to job applicants. It could be the solution to creating personalized online applications.
It could simplify the process of customizing how messages are communicated with various people. And it could be the next tool for market researchers, marketers and advertisers — and the makers of Apply Magic Sauce aren’t oblivious to the app’s utility. Although it’s not the only reason, Apply Magic Sauce is around to advertise the new tool to private companies who could use it for their own business practices, according to The Washington Post. In a larger context, Apply Magic Sauce is another tool that’s joined the throng of seemingly all-knowing technologies. Look at Cr ystal, a Gmail-compatible app that analyzes the messages sent to you and recommends tactics to communicate better. Lenovo rolled out Personality Insights, which attempts to hone in on “cognitive and social characteristics” — among other defining qualities — when you feed it texts, tweets and forum posts. Other apps, too, are similarly invasive, especially if they’re mobile. In a 2010 Wall Street Journal investigation, of 110 popular mobile apps, 56 shared unique device IDs, codes that cannot be changed or turned off, with other companies. Smartphone owners weren’t aware and didn’t give consent to have their information shared. A handful of the 56 guilty apps included TextPlus4, Pandora, Paper Toss and Grindr. “In the world of mobile, there is no anonymity,” said the Mobile Marketing Association’s Michael
Apply Magic Sauce, the latest web application developed by The Psychometrics Centre at The University of Cambridge, links to your Facebook page, and the app looks at every Facebook page you liked. From there, it draws a series of conclusions about your profile by comparing it against a framework of thousands of personality tests and more than 6 million social media profiles. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR
Becker. “A cellphone is always with us. It’s always on.” According to the same investigation, smartphone users “are all but powerless” to limit the tracking, because most mobile app users don’t have the ability to opt out of as much phone tracking as possible — it’s more possible on computers.
But while computers have erasable cookies, or small tracking files, social media platforms remain as persisting forms of identity profiling. The many pages you liked in eighth grade — and never got around to deleting — feed into the Internet. The most insignificant moves
on social media don’t dissolve into the digital cosmos, contrary to popular belief. Apply Magic Sauce is one reminder of many that while friends forget, the Internet doesn’t. And that, arguably, might just be scarier than seeing a picture from 2007 resurface to the top of your Facebook newsfeed.
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or the foreseeable future, Floodgate has come greater student body? Or will it but reallocated back to to an end. In a detailed email sent on Sept. 16, the athletics program? The truth remains unknown. Flood knowingly sent an email inquiring about the President Barchi thoroughly explained an email situation involving Rutgers head football coach Kyle failing grade that former player Nadir Barnwell reFlood. Boiling the happenings down to a microcosm, ceived in Dance Appreciation — a class that showing Flood emailed and met with a faculty member regard- up to would at least get you a passing grade, if not an ing a player’s grade — one that that made him academ- A. Sending the email was inexcusable. Flood knew he ically ineligible to play football. In doing so, Flood violat- was in the wrong the entire time. He tried to cover the ed “well-established University policies,” and would be situation up by sending the email from his private account, and meeting with the faculty member off-campunished accordingly. The sentence he received is similar to the one for- pus, but clearly failed. Flood put himself, and really the mer Men’s Basketball coach Mike Rice received in rest of his team, on the line for Barnwell, a player who December 2012. In the email, it was announced that took himself out of the running likely before Flood inFlood would be suspended for the next three Saturday tervened on his behalf. And now what? The rest of the games, and will pay a fine of $50,000. The only differ- team and program members are left fielding hate and ence here is that Rice was suspended without pay, and backlash from not only national news media but from Flood was suspended with pay. The punishment is in- their peers. Everything boils down to two things: the players and contestably odd, further exemplifying the fact that top Rutgers officials may in fact value Big Ten football over the game. What goes on off the field is important, but everything else. Flood’s suspension is infinitely better in no way should those circumstances dominate the narrative surrounding the team. than a slap on the wrist. He gets For every Rutgers football player to coach the team during the that made a mistake, there are 20 week, Monday through Friday, “What damage will a more that have been doing the yet has to sit out on game day — $50,000 fine really do to right thing since day one. Flood but only for three weeks. Flood’s presence on Saturfinancially impact Flood?” has a responsibility to his players. It’s his job to make sure that day games would be akin to he does everything in his power cramming last minute for a test. to ensure that every player gets You spend five days during the week preparing yourself: Making flash cards, review- on field every Saturday and gives the game their all. But ing notes and taking practice quizzes. So by the time what happens when you take another chance on somethe test rolls around on Saturday afternoon, you pretty one who probably didn’t deserve a second chance? The entire situation casts an incandescent light on much know everything you’re going to know. Of course the parallel is not a direct correlation, as football players what is wrong with the University in the first place. Enget timeout and halftime coaching alongside a litany of tering the Big Ten Conference was a good long-term pep talks. But the fact remains —if you don’t get it by move for academics, athletics and the overall appeal of Saturday, there’s probably no point in trying to cram in the University. But the events of the past year including professor salary negotiations and Floodgate, it’s clear any more information. Similarly, out of the million-dollar salary that Flood that the university values the game over the academic makes, what damage will a $50,000 fine really do to fi- wellbeing of the University. It has been said over and nancially impact Flood? While he does have a wife and over again but Rutgers administrators are delaying the kids to take care of, Flood is New Jersey’s highest paid inevitable in choosing not to fire Flood, again choosstate employee, meaning the fine could, and should, ing sports over everything else. Yet as the adage goes, have been much more. Barchi’s email also doesn’t things have to get ugly before they can become beauclarify where money collected from the fine is going to tiful, so hopefully the end of Floodgate is the end of a go. Will that money be turned into scholarships for the beautiful beginning. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 147th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Ahmed’s story is indicative of deep-seeded discrimination QUESTIONING THE COLONIAL COLLEGE JANNA ALADDIN
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ast week, Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old boy from Texas, was handcuf fed and detained for building a digital clock. Upon showing his teacher his latest invention, the teacher repor ted the clock as a bomb to the police. Although Ahmed maintained it was just a clock, he was met with hostility and mistrust. Shor tly after a picture of Ahmed in handcuf fs and a NASA t-shir t hit the Internet, the hashtag #StandwithAhmed was trending. In fact it circulated quickly and widely that President Obama of fered his suppor t for Ahmed’s invention. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google and professors from Harvard and MIT of fered their suppor t for Ahmed, urging him to move for ward in his career as an engineer and innovator. It would seem that the stor y ended on a happy note — the charges were dropped, Ahmed will be transferring schools and his future is, undoubtedly, a bright one. But the stor y doesn’t star t or end with Ahmed and his clock, his is just one narrative in a histor y of sur veillance and demonization. This story is an absurd one for countless reasons. When did we start criminalizing students for showing intelligence and creativity? When did innovation lead to interrogation?
When did schools cease to represent learning and support? I believe the answers lie in Ahmed’s name. Bearing a Muslim name is enough to turn an impressive clock into a bomb. The politics of Ahmed’s name are intertwined in a long-standing history of Islamophobia, racism and bias. In fact, it is almost ironic that President Obama tweeted, “Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It’s what makes America great.” The United States’s drone program claims the lives of many innocent civilians in-
terrorism reports, FBI surveillance, and counterterrorism programs as part of the national security apparatus all seeking to marginalize Muslim-Americans as the “them.” If you have the patience to watch any Republican candidate speak you will often hear questions like, “What are we going to do about those Muslims?” These questions are almost always entertained. Violence against Muslims and anyone thought of to be Muslim is still on the rise. Just last week, Inderjit Singh Mukker, a Sikh man was beaten violently, was called “Bin Laden” and told,
“Islamophobia needs to be addressed. The reaction to Ahmed’s story has been wonderful, but without an understanding of why it occurred, it’ll happen again. Islamophobia should be acknowledged.” cluding children and teenagers who probably share Ahmed’s enthusiasm for the sciences. This tweet is a prime example of American exceptionalism that ignores the realities of the situation. In this case, the realities include the very reason as to why Ahmed was detained and handcuffed in the first place. Bush’s War on Terror echoed sentiments of Islamophobia through military intervention and war abroad as well as through policing and jailing domestically. The war was inevitably characterized as “us vs. them,” but “them” included almost all Muslim, Arab and brown U.S. citizens. Policies of Islamophobic sentiments include bogus
“Go back to your own country.” President Obama’s own policies have contributed to a nationwide mistrust of Muslims despite how he ended the War on Terror in 2013. His policies include extending the dubious Patriot Act and the continued surveillance of Muslim-American communities. It is also hard to ignore all the children from Iraq to Pakistan to Afghanistan who have been subjected to America’s Islamophobia problem without receiving any attention from the White House or tweets assuring them that America supports their scientific ventures.The War on Terror has claimed the lives of many children the age of Ahmed, and it has also made going
to school impossible for many innocent civilians who look for the same opportunities of expression and creativity that Ahmad sought with his clock. America’s Islamophobia problem found its way to the banks of the Old Raritan. One such incident occurred when the NYPD went out of its jurisdiction to launch a surveillance program on Muslim students at Rutgers. Agents were inserted into Muslim spaces, such as Muslim Student Association meetings, assuming every Muslim student was worthy of suspicion. Islamophobia needs to be addressed. The reaction to Ahmed’s story has been wonderful, but without an understanding of why it occurred, it’ll happen again. Islamophobia should be acknowledged, and there needs to be a collective movement to go past judgment and suspicion. Politicians should not be able to claim Muslims are a problem to be dealt with, with little to no repercussion. I recommend starting with the University. Question when professors assign a reading such as “Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel Huntington, a piece dedicated to enforcing the “us vs. them” mentality. Question the surveillance of your fellow peers. Only then will we be able to create a space open to all, without the fear that a remarkable innovation can lead to one’s arbitrary detention. Janna Aladdin is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in public health and Middle Eastern studies with minors in history and women’s gender studies. Her column, “Questioning the Colonial College,” runs on alternate Mondays.
Loyalty, brotherhood proves vital in face of public scrutiny I HATE WRITING JULIAN PINNIX-ODRICK
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rowing up, my father taught me many life lessons. As a young man, a parent’s lectures may tend to go in one ear and out the other, more often than not. But the interesting thing I found about lessons that our parents try to teach us is that they have a sort of boomerang effect. A boomerang effect in the sense that messages communicated at one particular moment in time may not resonate in our consciousness until much later on. We may not necessarily understand a concept as well as we think we do when we hear it for the first time, but as we go on in life, the same concept presents itself in a way that hits home for us. In my life particularly, the concept of putting family first is a lesson that I thought I understood when it was first expressed to me. It wasn’t until just recently that this resonated me in a different way. The idea of putting family first isn’t as simple as supporting everything your family does. I mean, what if I don’t agree with what a family member does or stands for, why should I support them? After all, they are they’re own people and I’ve developed my own morals, so why should I sacrifice my name for the well-being of someone who seemingly has the same options as I do? The answer is simple. In order to accomplish things that will be remembered for a lifetime, we must sacrifice ourselves for a bigger cause. We must sacrifice comfort for
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achievement. Within any kind of family, the goal may be an emotionally, spiritually and financially prosperous life. Depending on the reasons we are affiliated with other people within a group, goals will differ. Who am I? My name is Julian Pinnix-Odrick, and I am a senior here at the University. I am currently pursuing a major in communication and minor in labor studies. I plan on graduating this spring (shout-out to the Class of 2016). I don’t know if video
anything else but an athlete. Not that I am ashamed of being a football player, but I just feel as though not many people understand what being a football player means to us. My football team is my family. Not my family in the sense of some misplaced need for acceptance and belonging, but through trial by fire. Being a good Division I football player is not easy and being a good Division I football team is even harder. On the journey to becoming better players and creating a
“The sport and how we respond to it is simply a microcosm of life. How I respond to adversity within my sport is a reflection of how I will respond to adversity is life. How I defend my brother on the field is a reflection of how I will defend my brother off of the field.” games count as a hobby, or if I play them enough to consider them as my hobbies, but that’s what I do in my spare time. Like most college students I enjoy chilling with friends and going out on weekends. I am also on the football team here at the University. This is something about me that many people find interesting for an array of reasons. In fact, once I meet someone for the first time and it comes up that I play football, it usually dominates the rest of the conversation and the next few conversations I have with that person. Because of my 6-foot-5, 270-pound frame, it is quite difficult to be seen as
`better team, we put ourselves through situations that push our bodies and minds to their limits. We put our pride aside and our hearts on the line. We trust in our teammates to bring us up when we are down and push us further just when we thought we couldn’t go anymore. We reiterate that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, but the weakest link doesn’t have to stay that way. We do not give up on that link, we strive to make it stronger. I myself have been that weak link at times during my career here and so has everyone else on the team at one point or another. That is the beauty of what this game
does. No one is exempt from failure or defeat, but everyone has the choice to get back up. This support system is what turns us into family. The sport of football is just the tip of the iceberg compared to the love that is built between my brothers and me. What we do is more than just your Saturday entertainment. The sport and how we respond to it is simply a microcosm of life. How I respond to adversity within my sport is a reflection of how I will respond to adversity is life. How I defend my brother on the field is a reflection of how I will defend my brother off of the field. Needless to say our team has been under attack by everyone from news stations to our very own student body. I cannot speak for anything that may have caused this frenzy, but I can speak for how we will respond. We will not tuck our tails and hide from pressure. The bond that we have is not fabricated and cannot be broken by anybody but those within the family. It isn’t until now that I truly understand what it is to put family first and defend those that I have bled for. The boomerang has finally come back around and struck me in the head. I am not ashamed of my family and who we are. I gladly put that block “R” on my chest, because I know that we stand for way more than what is portrayed, and we don’t have anything to prove to anyone but ourselves. Julian Pinnix-Odrick is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in communication with a minor in labor studies. His column, “I Hate Writing,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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Today’s Birthday (09/22/15). This is your year to shine! Grow your leadership and your public image. Home renovations upgrade your infrastructure. After 9/27, family finances take your focus. Discover new romance after 3/8. Strategize to grow income after 3/23. Realize a personal dream. 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 6 -- Reconsider suppositions and assumptions. Find out what’s so by asking those involved. Revelations open new territory. Talk about what you love, and remain forgiving with miscommunications. Roll around obstacles. Ignore false rumors and gossip. Focus on love. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Compromise achieves a creative breakthrough. Make a good impression. Others provide what you need. A friend can explain a complex topic. Offer encouragement. Work together to get ahead faster. Listen and learn what works. Full steam ahead! Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Set new rules to streamline your routine. Get feedback from your partner and other experts. Don’t let trolls distract you. Listen to people who know and love you. Someone attractive catches your attention. Accept a gift. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Quick action may be required. Give it full concentration to avoid errors. An amazing development changes the game. Keep your eyes on the prize. Trust, but verify. Good advice comes from far away. Love strikes out of nowhere. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Dreams can come true. Don’t gamble the farm. Figure out the bottom line. Talk is cheap. Don’t believe it all. Postpone financial discussions. New developments change things. Avoid disagreements by waiting for the pieces to come together. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Make changes for the better. Ask for and get the funding. Let go of a preconception. Defer gratification for a while. Refuse to be bullied. Dress for success. Your team is there for you. Romance arises unexpected.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Put the finishing touches on a letter or a story. The more you learn, the less you know. You have what you need. Don’t waste money or argue about it. Review facts, and handle chores before playtime. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Refresh your routines. Keep the ones that work and swap out repetitive time-sucks. Focus on raising income. Investigate a fascinating attraction. Remain open to suggestions. Discover a lucky break. Love comes knocking on your door. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Profitable new opportunities call. It could get chaotic. Clean messes. Deepen your understanding for a brilliant insight. Step up to the next level. Don’t make financial deals yet. Wait for developments. Listen for what people want. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Listen to your team. Try a different power tactic. Make a personal change. Avoid obvious irritations and conflicts. Keep your cool, and others do too. Challenge the generally-held opinion. With your crew, you can face anything. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Success arises through diversity. Your community lets you know if you’re living a fantasy. Don’t worry about money, but don’t spend much either. Share expenses. An unexpected windfall lights you up. It’s really all about love. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Formulate a theory to advance your career. Provide inspiration and enthusiasm. Note cynicism without getting sucked in. Speak from your heart. Listen for divine wisdom. Look from a different angle. Someone admires your ideas.
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COACH Wilson’s path to Rutgers includes UConn, Columbia, Bucknell, among other schools CONTINUED FROM BACK
The ones who know Wilson arguably the best are the runBut one of the reasons Wilson ning backs — the position Wilson chose to come to the Banks was coaches along with serving as the because of a conversation he had assistant head coach. Senior running back Paul with Coughlin. Looking back, the decision Wilson made before the James played under Wilson 2012 season was the right one, since he first came to work with the Knights in 2012. Since then, he said. “I’m proud to be here. I’m Wilson never changed one bit proud to stand in for Coach Flood, since the first time the pair met, who I have a ton of respect for, and James said. “He’s always the same humorI’m very happy to work for — and I’m very happy to be here at Rut- ous guy around us, but he can gers,” Wilson said. “Rutgers gave also be really serious with us,” James said. me an oppor“He hasn’t retunity — three “The same thing I said ally changed. people gave He really me an opporwhen it happened at has a way of tunity when I Columbia: That’s probably getting to a got fired at Coand lumbia: Tom going to be something for player helping them. Coughlin, Joe my children’s children.” He makes you Philbin and feel important Kyle Flood. I NORRIES WILSON when he is interviewed for Interim Head Coach talking to you Tom Coughand teaching lin, and I told you, which is him that Kyle Flood offered me a job, and Tom what I like most about when I sit Coughlin said, ‘Norries, you’d bet- down with him.” What may surprise some is the ter take that job.’ I’m happy he told trail that Wilson blazed on his way me that.” It is no secret that the Scarlet to where he is right now — servKnights named Wilson as Flood’s ing as the top man of the school replacement last Wednesday in that played the first collegiate footthe wake of a three-game suspen- ball game back in 1869. Wilson was a finalist in 2004 sion levied by University President Robert L. Barchi. Wilson for the Frank Broyles Award — started serving that duty in Satur- the prize given to the best assisday’s 28-3 loss against Penn State. tant coach in college football.
ADJUSTMENT Valliant has been crucial in historic start to Rutgers’ unblemished 8-0 record CONTINUED FROM BACK 18 matches and scored the first goal of her career against Michigan State.
After logging more minutes throughout her junior season, the midfielder has carried her momentum over into her senior season where she has been
Interim head coach Norries Wilson was a finalist for the Frank Broyles Award, given to the best assistant coach in college football, in 2004. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2015 Wilson garnered the recognition while working as the offensive coordinator for the University of Connecticut. Following his time at UConn, Wilson was hired to the head coaching position at Columbia, where he did something that had never been done. In the 145-year history of the Columbia football team, and the Ivy League as a whole, Wilson was the first head coach of
African-American descent. And since 1869, no African-American acted nor coached in a head role for the Rutgers football team, changing this past Saturday with Wilson. But Wilson doesn’t consider himself a trailblazer. He’ll let others decide that fate long after he leaves Rutgers. “I’ll tell you the same thing I said when it happened at Columbia: That’s probably going to
be something for my children’s children,” Wilson said. “I tell the players a lot, ‘don’t be scared to be first.’ I don’t like the circumstances that it’s occurred upon, but sometimes like I said the other night, you have to do things because that’s what the situation calls for.”
a major piece in the Knights’ school record-setting 8-0 start. Along with clearing balls out of the midfield on defense and helping to control the ball for the offense, she also has two goals and an assist on the season. In their most recent contest and Big Ten opener against Maryland, Valliant scored the lone goal of the game in the 2nd minute to lead the Knights to a 1-0 victory.
In addition to her improvement as a player, she has also grown as a leader, which is what head coach Mike O’Neill is most proud of. “When Sam, or anyone comes into our program, we make it known that we expect them to grow as people and as players, and she has done both,” he said. “To watch Sam from the first day she came to Rutgers to
where she is today, and to see her development as a person as a player has been so rewarding. It’s been special to watch.” Like many of the Knights have said, Valliant agrees that this year’s squad is a tight-knit group that is meshing extremely well together. She is close with many of her teammates, particularly senior defender and All-American Brianne Reed. The pair have been teammates for four years and have been a part of many successful seasons at Rutgers. Reed has enjoyed her time spent with Valliant and is glad to see her get off to a quick, productive start to her last season on the Banks. “Being her teammate and living with her, I’ve gotten to know Sam ver y well,” Reed said. “The amount she’s grown since she’s been here, overcoming injuries and getting better as a player and showing what she is really capable of — her success is really well-deser ved at this point.” Valliant has helped Rutgers be a winning team throughout her career, but is looking to achieve more in her final season. With the Knights having one Big Ten win under their belt and more conference games on the way, she is looking to close out her career with a conference crown. “I’d love to win a Big Ten Championship,” she said. “I think this is the team that can do it and we have definitely set ourselves up to have a shot at it, so now we just have to keep going.”
Among Samantha Valliant’s close friends is teammate Brianne Reed. The two seniors have become close after four years. The two look to finish their journey on the Banks with a Big Ten Championship. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015
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September 22, 2015 VOLLEYBALL VETERANS AIM TO LEAD RUTGERS TOWARD FIRST CONFERENCE WIN
RU seniors look to spearhead successful season JOSEPH BRAUNER STAFF WRITER
Entering its second season in the Big Ten amid a slow 3-9 start to 2015, the Rutgers volleyball team turns to its seniors to set the tempo this season. The group of fourth-year veterans play all over the court. Outside hitters Alex Lassa and Megan Stephenson look to lead the team on offense. Now a fourth-year starter for the Scarlet Knights, Lassa made it clear that she is not one to take her role as a senior lightly. “It means a lot because it’s a big leadership role,” the Eagle Valley High School product said in practice on Monday. “You’re taking on this role of setting a good example for the other players and also like being there for them.” Despite being one of Rutgers’ top players, Lassa saw her playing time reduced as of late. She did not play against Howard and saw a limited role against Princeton. But she expressed that reduced playing time would never affect her role on the team. “(The most important thing to me is) ending on a really positive note no matter what happens, playing well (in) any role that they give me,” she said. “… If I’m not playing or if I am playing, just being positive and staying with my team,” she said. As of right now, Lassa is still a key contributor for the Knights, ranking fourth on the team in kills with 59 on the year.
Maryland was the only team Senior middle blocker Eden Frazier looks to hold the team mentioned by senior defensive together on the court at a time specialist Ronnie Komisarek, and when the they are dealing with many others reiterated her view the injuries to middle blockers when asked if there was a particTiaja McKnight, a true freshman, ular team the Knights are looking and Mikaela Matthews, a red- to knock off this year. It now seems as though nothshirt junior. There is still no timetable on ing short of a grudge match will a return for either Matthews or take place in the College Avenue McKnight, and neither practiced Gymnasium when the rival Terrapins come to town on Oct. 21. with the team on Monday. Komisarek confirmed that a At the setter position, the Knights rely on more senior tal- focus on Maryland is certain. “We were so close with them ent in Anna Sudbury. Sudbury last year, we plays a huge could’ve beaten role on and off the court. Her “I’ve seen their four years them and we know we’re betgoals for her and I’ve seen them ter than them,” final season she said. on the Banks all kind of grow as The San are extremely women, which is really Mateo, Calistraightforfornia, native ward. cool to see.” went as far as “I think to describe the we’re defiLINDSEY LEE Knights’ defeat nitely looking Assistant Coach at the hands of forward to the Terps last getting our first Big Ten win and we want to year as “kind of a dagger” in the see some more success on the heart of the team. Komisarek’s partner on deseason,” she said. Sudbury’s vision of success fense for Rutgers, fellow senior now seems all the more likely Ali Schroeter, is also enjoying her with her return to practice on last year with the team. SchroetMonday. Sudbury left during er, who now stands as the all-time Friday’s game against Princeton digs leader for the Knights, exwith an injury that also sidelined pressed how important passing her for the Saturday match up on knowledge to the program’s underclassmen is. against Duquesne. Shroeter made it clear she Not only is this Rutgers team determined to get a win in its elite feels one of her roles as a senior conference, but it already decided is to mentor Bree Coffey, who on where it wants the triumph to even in her first season seems poised to take over Schroeter’s come from.
and Komisarek’s shared role as a defensive specialist, and a leader on the court at libero once the duo graduates. “I’ve really tried to take her (Coffey) under my wing. Ronnie and I both have just to help her through it, get her used to this fast paced game in college,” Schroeter said. Picking up more wins, as well as showing younger players the ropes, are all part of Schroeter’s overall goal to leave the team better than it was before. When asked about how she will remember this year’s seniors, eighth-year assistant coach Lindsey Lee talked about how far the Class of 2016 has come during their time at Rutgers. “I’ve seen their four years, and I’ve kind of seen them all kind of grow as women, which is really cool to see,” Lee said. Her highest praise for the team was not in their individual growth, but on the overall effect the class of 2016 has had on a program that is still experiencing growing pains in the powerhouse Big Ten Conference. “More than any other class I’ve seen … they transform themselves and kind of start to transform the program,” Lee said. “I think they’ve come a very, very long way in terms of commitment and understanding what it takes, and I do believe they’ve turned into really good leaders.” For updates on the Rutgers volleyball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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he representative sent in to monitor Penn State’s athletics department said his role will conclude earlier than originally scheduled because he believes the university has made adequate progress following the child sexual abuse scandal that highlighted the program’s faults. Charles Scheeler, the athletics integrity monitor, said the agreement involved Penn State, the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA will end this December instead of in 2017. According to Scheeler, the reforms that Penn State has implemented exceed the terms of the 2012 agreement that was made after former assistant football coach Jerr y Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys, which included assaults that occurred inside the university’s athletics facilities. The monitor’s report states that Penn State augmented its compliance and ethics efforts, revised policies concerning reporting and oversight and established new procedures for children on campus, facility security and employee background checks.
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ree agent Tristan Thompson and the Cleveland Cavaliers have a week until the start of training camp and are still amidst a $14 million gap in contract talks. Sources say that the Cavs are adamant on offering $80 million for five years, while Thompson is looking for a max contract of $94 million over the same time span. The contract talks have been at a virtual standstill since early July and there is no indication on which way it will sway. If a deal isn’t reached at the end of the week, Thompson may sign a one-year qualifying offer with Cleveland for $6.9 million to become an unrestricted free agent next year. Last month, his agent Rich Paul told ESPN that if he signs the one-year qualifier, he will not re-sign with the Cavs long-term in 2016.
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Senior setter Anna Sudbury says the Knights are hungry for a conference win this year after being shutout 0-20 in Big Ten play last season. She is eager to capture the victory before she concludes her time on the Banks. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2015
hicago Bears quar terback Jay Cutler will miss at least two weeks, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Bears head coach John Fox confirmed the medical tests taken following Chicago’s 48-23 loss to the Arizona Cardinals showed that Cutler suf fered a strained hamstring but did not release a date for his return. The tenth-year quarterback was injured when he attempted to tackle Tony Jefferson after the Cardinals safety intercepted a pass intended for Mar tellus Bennett with just over two minutes remaining in the second quar ter.
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September 22, 2015 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK JAYHAWKS WINLESS IN LAST 33 GAMES AWAY FROM HOME
Rutgers turns page from Penn State, sets sights on Kansas GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR
Perhaps this is just what the doctor ordered. On the Monday after its 28-3 nightmare in Happy Valley this past Saturday night, the Rutgers football team turned the page to begin anew. With homecoming weekend and a date with Kansas lingering, there’s no doubt the Scarlet Knights are ready to shift their sights on a team facing more problems than them — well, at least on the field. The Jayhawks (0-2) haven’t won a game away from home in their last 33 contests. That looks promising for Rutgers on the field, but interim head coach Norries Wilson knows a duplication of its efforts at Beaver Stadium won’t keep his team on the right side of that streak. “Well, I’m not happy with the production that we had on Saturday, and I don’t think that that was in whole on how they played,” Wilson said. “There was a lot more to just being the running back.” Wilson, who oversees the running backs unit on suspended head coach Kyle Flood’s coaching staff, touched upon the lack of production on the ground — a pivotal factor to how the Knights operate on offense. But when he broke down the factors that go into one of the team’s deepest position groups, Wilson reiterated that the 43 rushing yards on 32 carries don’t necessarily tell the entire story. “We have to have some space to run. The offensive line has to play better,” he said. “We have to be better in the pass game to back some people out of the box. I’m not down on any of the young men in my room, however.” Paul James, who scrounged up 7 yards on 10 carries, noted the different looks the Penn State defense gave throughout the course of game. Unable to move the ball effectively and stretch the defense out in the passing game, the senior running back said the ground game suffered. As a result, the lack of balance effected each other. “Really, it’s just kind of make plays in the passing game. It’s
also just make plays in the running game,” James said. “When you can start opening up the seam, it kind of sets them back a little bit and then it makes them play back a little bit. They don’t want to pack the box. If you hit a big play, they don’t want to pack the box as much. So, it’s really about making plays out there.” *** While Rutgers struggles to stretch the defenses after lacking the explosiveness necessary to find the end zone against Penn State, the most potent element to the offense remains in question. Roughly one week after the fallout from Leonte Carroo’s arrest for simple assault under domestic violence, the Knights miss more than just their senior captain’s locker room leadership. As the star wide receiver lets due process play out with his appearance in Piscataway municipal court scheduled for Oct. 1, Rutgers remains without the Edison, New Jersey, native for at least one more game. He was suspended indefinitely Sept. 13. “That’s my brother,” said senior defensive tackle Darius Hamilton. “I love him. I know him like the back of my hand. And whenever he returns, he’s gonna be ready to play. And I knew that for a fact.” Hamilton, whose playing days with Carroo date back to high school at Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey), said he stills stays in contact with his teammate. “He texts me ever y day. I was actually with him yesterday,” Hamilton said. “I talk to him on the phone all the time and it’s hurting him being away from us. He gives me messages he wants me to relay to the team … and anything I can do. Any way I can be there for him, I’ll be there for him.” *** Having Hamilton around the team, especially given the recent circumstances on and off the field, has been vital to keeping Rutgers together. But after the West Paterson, New Jersey, native sat out the first two games of the season with a lower body injury — stemming from the summer — kept him sidelined, Hamilton made his 2015 debut when medical
After making his season debut, senior defensive tackle Darius Hamilton was listed as questionable in Monday’s injury report. THE DAILY TARGUM / DECEMBER 2014
Senior running back Paul James had only seven yards on 10 carries as the Knights struggled to get the ground game going against Penn State. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2015 personnel upgraded him to probable hours before kickoff in an updated injury report. While there’s no undermining the on-field presence of Hamilton as a leader, the veteran lineman didn’t do much to help slow down Penn State’s rushing attack at the three-point technique. The Nittany Lions rolled their way to 330 yards on 41 carries. But on the latest injury report released by Rutgers on Monday, Hamilton was listed as questionable. The new status raises the question of whether or not the
senior captain will appear return to the field in front a crowd at High Point Solutions Stadium for the first time this year. Wilson didn’t disclose any further information. “I think Coach (Flood) put out an injury report already this week and if there’s any update to that, it will come out at the end of the week,” Wilson said. Admitting he certainly isn’t close to 100 percent health after gaining some bumps and bruises in his season debut, Hamilton said Tuesday and Wednesday
would be critical in determining the answer to that question. Hamilton, who is still eligible to redshirt if he doesn’t play more than three of the first six games, said the idea has been kicked around. “We’ve talked about it,” he said. “ … I know exactly what options are presented to me and, like I said, when we get to that point, we’ll worry about that.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @GarrettStepien and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’d love to win a Big Ten Championship. I think this is the team that can do it and we have definitely set ourselves up to have a shot at it, so now we just have to keep going.” — Senior midfielder Samantha Valliant on her goals for her final season on the Banks
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FOOTBALL NORRIES WILSON CONTENT HE CHOSE RUTGERS OVER NFL TEAMS
Interim coach responds to call of action TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDANT
Walking into his first Monday press conference as the interim head coach of the Rutgers football team, Norries Wilson wiped the sweat that was beading from his forehead. All 6-foot-6 inches of his former Big Ten offensive lineman build stood behind the podium and he answered questions with bass in his voice that bellowed — Wilson did not need a microphone. The assistant head coach never thought he would be in this position with the Scarlet Knights, but that’s what the situation called for. Things were a little different this Monday for him. He usually doesn’t have to address the media or wear a suit. “This part’s different,” Wilson joked when asked about what’s changed in a week. “But having to be well versed in what’s going on with everything is a little bit different for me. It’s taken a three extra hours today out of what I would usually be doing, having to meet with the people who have the information, so I can be able to convey it in the right way if I’m asked about it.” Things will be different for Wilson in the coming weeks. But circumstances were almost completely different following his firing from the Columbia football team. Wilson received only three opportunities after he left Columbia in 2011 following his sixyear stint as the man in charge of the Lions. One of those offers he declined was from current Miami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin. Another offer was from New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, who he also snubbed in favor of Rutgers. Interim head coach Norries Wilson is no stranger to leading a Division I football team. Wilson became the first African-American head coach of an Ivy League program when he took the helm at Columbia in 2006. LIZETTE CLARK
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WOMEN’S SOCCER VALLIANT HAS CONTRIBUTED TWO GOALS, ONE ASSIST THIS SEASON
Senior leads Knights after long adjustment MIKE O’SULLIVAN
key player for the Knights in her sophomore season. She says it took her time to adjust to her new home, but is happy with how ever ything has turned out during her career as a student-athlete at Rutgers. “It was definitely a bit of adjustment coming here from Canada,” Valliant said. “I came in my freshman year and was injured so I didn’t really get the normal freshman experience. I think I’ve grown ever y single year that I’ve been here in ever y aspect of my life. I’ve gotten better at soccer and academically, and it’s just been a really good experience.” Valliant really came into her own as a top contributor to her team during her junior campaign last year, where she started
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Coming to college is a big enough adjustment in and of itself, but the shift is even more substantial for those who go to school far from home. While many students in the United States go to colleges outside of their home state, there are some who go to school outside of their home countr y. Rutgers women’s soccer midfielder Samantha Valliant falls into that categor y. The senior Scarlet Knight hails from Markham, Ontario, Canada. When she came to Rutgers as a freshman in 2012, she also came as a newcomer to the United States. After missing her freshman season due to injuries, Valliant got her star t as a
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Senior midfielder Samantha Valliant scored the only goal in Rutgers 1-0 conference opening win over Maryland Friday. SHIRLEY YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015
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DARIUS HAMILTON, senior defensive tackle, was donwgraded to questionable on the Rutgers football team’s injury report leading up to Kansas. The senior captain made his debut last Saturday at Penn State.
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Hartford Hawk Invitational
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Today, All Day, South Kent, Conn.
Thursday, 8 p.m., Champaign, Ill.
Friday, 2:30 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.
Friday, 6 p.m., Yurcak Field