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The Rutgers University Police Department charged three people on Sept. 22 for their reported involvement in an altercation involving Rutgers wide receiver Leonte Carroo, according to a statement by University Spokesman Greg Trevor. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2015

Mother of football player charged with assault by U. police GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers University Police Depar tment charged three people on Tuesday for their alleged

roles in an altercation involving Rutgers football wide receiver Leonte Carroo, according to a statement by University spokesperson Greg Trevor.

Lavern Carroo, 41, of Edi-

son, New Jersey, was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct. She is Leonte Carroo’s mother.

She previously plead guilty to third-degree theft by deception

in 2001 and later received a sentence of probation, according to nj.com.

Maria Vega, 20, and Juan Vega, 52, both of For t Lee, New Jersey, face the same charges. The

three were involved in a postgame altercation that occurred approximately 45 minutes after the Rutgers football team’s 37SEE MOTHER ON PAGE 4

2016 graduates to earn higher salaries following university SAMANTHA KARAS STAFF WRITER

The future of this year’s graduating seniors just got a little bit brighter, because the Class of 2016 is projected to have higher starting salaries after graduating.

Robert Half International, a staffing agency that compiles salary data, said U.S. starting salaries are expected to increase at 4.1 percent, with the tech sector expected to see the highest gains at 5.3 percent.

William Jones, director of operations and strategic initiatives at University Career Services, said Robert Half’s predictions definitely relate to Rutgers graduates of most majors.

“Usually we see (salary increases) more across the board,” Jones said. “In certain sectors you might see more so, depending on what the demand is for that particular industry. It’s not really as major-focused as it is what areas you want to go into.”

Jones noted that Career Services sees higher star ting salaries for computer-related occupations such as computer programming or engineering fields, but said major selection should be based more on interest than expected income.

SEE SALARIES ON PAGE 5

“The Hunting Ground,” a documentary covering campus sexual assault, will be screened for free on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. in the College Avenue Gymnasium. The film follows a slew of initiatives aiming to eradicate sexual assault at universities. FACEBOOK

Sexual assault film showing to incite change FRANCESCA FALZON CORRESPONDENT

At least 1 in 5 female college students will be the victim of sexual assault during their academic career, according to The New

York Times. With statistics like this, higher education has come under the scrutiny of the United States government and the general public.

Rutgers University is at the forefront of the revolution to

change the way universities tackle the issue of sexual assault on campus.

In light of the #iSpeak sur veys and focus groups conducted last year, Felicia McGinty, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, declared

a year-long campaign named “The Revolution Starts Here: End Sexual Violence Now.” Kicking of f this year filled with a broad range of programming SEE FILM ON PAGE 4

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Campus Calendar 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.

The Institute of Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research presents, “Priority Setting in Public Health and the Badness of Death at Different Ages” from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Institute of Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research located at 112 Paterson St. in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

The Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program presents, “Scaling up biodiversity-ecosystem services research from experiments to the landscape” 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.

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers presents, “Melvin Edwards: Five Decades” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Zimmerli Art Museum located at 71 Hamilton St. on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Mason Gross School of the Arts presents, “Experimental Music in Practice: Perspectives from Latin America Symposium” at 7:30 p.m. in Robert E. Mortensen Hall on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Sophomore creates app to connect friends to hangouts JULIAN JIMENEZ

But Engelhardt acknowledges he could not have created the app without his two close Deciding on a place to meet friends and the rest of the team.

Robyn Magnarelli, the proja friend can sometimes be challenging, and choosing a ect graphic designer, and Brian midpoint location can be even Foley, CEO of Buddytruk, also played key roles in the developmore difficult.

MidWayz is a growing app ment of MidWayz.

“My role on the MidWayz created by Rutgers students that is looking to solve this team (was) as a freelance ar t dilemma. The app helps find director and designer,” said restaurants, bars and local Magnarelli, a self-employed hangouts at the midpoint be- graphic designer. “I took the vision of the development team, tween you and a friend.

Although there are pre-exist- put a feel against their functioning apps that supply the same ality and helped with informainformation, MidWayz takes tion hierarchy.”

Magnarelli believes that the extra step and lists what is close in proximity between two MidWayz in on the upward trend towards growth because people wanting to meet up. “(Midwayz developers are it gives the option to plan with changing) how people hang out others interactively and simuland spend their times togeth- taneously. MidWayz will beer,” said Austin Engelhardt, come a “go-to app” for many on founder and CEO of MidWayz. their smar t phones, she said.

Foley ser ved as a special ad“We are striving to revolutionize how people meet up and visor y for MidWayz and helped the team accomplish their find new places.”

Engelhardt, a School of launch goal.

“Austin reached out to me Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, after seeing hopes that our ar ticle all the inforon entrepremation he is neur.com,” he learning will “Austin help him mar“If you have a passion (for said. wanted some ket and help something), you can do it. advice on how grow his curDon’t let anyone tell you to get star ted, rent product. so I gave him “(This) (that) you can’t do it.” a few tips.” field is about Foley beanalytics,” AUSTIN ENGELHARDT lieves Midhe said. “I Founder and CEO of MidWayz Wayz is head(want to) uned toward a derstand the bright future. information Since Midand learn how Wayz and to market a Yelp share similar accessibility product.”

The idea for the app trans- functions, he said Yelp could formed into a passion once an potentially acquire MidWayz investor took interest and be- down the road.

“It enhances their current lieved in the app. “(I would) love to be that model,” he said .”They have the person (who is the) catalyst for cash to do so and it makes Yelp more valuable.” the market,” Engelhardt said.

The app has users across the The idea for MidWayz came to Engelhardt when visiting globe, from Chile and Austrahis grandmother in New York lia, Engelhardt said. The team for dinner and was tasked with is currently working on a new finding a convenient location update that is set to release in to meet. Since there was no the near future. ”Users want to see more than pre-existing app to help, Engeljust two locations,” he said. “We hardt decided to create one.

Engelhardt and his child- always have goals we set for the hood friends, MidWayz company, launching was the Chief Marketing Of ficer and first step in the process.”

At the end of the day, Engelco-founder Eli Silverstein and MidWayz Chief Operat- hardt is appreciative of the oping Of ficer and co-founder por tunity that arose. MidWayz Elijah Thomas, raised enough presents a current and fresh money through investors to idea that appears to have limitlaunch their app earlier this less possibilities to how people meet up and communicate. year in June.

“If you have a passion MidWayz is now live and is available to download, (for something), you can do which Engelhardt said was it.” Engelhardt said. “Don’t let the most exciting moment of anyone tell you (that) you can’t do it.” the process.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Austin Engelhardt, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, created mobile app MidWayz that helps individuals find restaurants, bars and local hangouts at the midpoint between your location and your friend’s location. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

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Alleged victim says Carroo was aware of own strength when he reportedly attacked

‘The Hunting Ground’ follows lives of 2 women, Annie Clark, Andrea Pino

said that there was a second altercation where “the girlfriends 34 loss to Washington State on (sic) dad started to throw girls.”

The person requested anonymSept. 12, 2015.

The actions of all three were ity because the investigation is described by police as “general ongoing and is not authorized to fighting behavior,” specifically speak publicly on the matter.

The alleged victim, whose hair pulling and striking a vicidentity is being protected betim in the face with a hand.

In the alleged incident that cause she is the victim of a reunfolded outside of the Hale por ted domestic violence case, Center at High Point Solutions was repor tedly romantically inStadium on Busch campus, Le- volved with Leonte Carroo.

In an inter view with The onte Carroo was arrested for simple assault under domestic Record of Bergen County, the violence. He was released on woman spoke about the inci$1,000 bail and is scheduled for dent. She injured her hip, palms and the left side of her head, an Oct. 1 cour t appearance. according to A womthe filed cour t an accused complaint. the Scarlet “(Carroo) Knights’ se“I remember that slam. picked me nior captain of slamming I remember hitting the up and just dropped me,” her to the ground and seeing all the womconcrete, acthose people around me.” an told The cording to Record.

“I a complaint UNNAMED VICTIM remember filed to Piscathat slam. I taway municiremember pal cour t and hitting the obtained by ground and The Record of seeing all those people around Bergen County.

Multiple sources with knowl- me ... He knows his own edge of the situation, including strength. He shouldn’t have one source who witnessed the done it. I’m 107 pounds. He altercation, confirmed to The shouldn’t have thrown me into Daily Targum that, at the time the concrete.”

The father of the alleged vicof the incident, the woman was a recruiting ambassador for the tim told NJ Advance Media that football team and worked at the his daughter filed a restraining program’s headquarters at the order against Leonte Carroo.

He also told the publication Hale Center.

The source who witnessed the that she has since quit her job altercation also told the Targum at Rutgers Athletics.

The investigation remains that there was first an only-girl fight between Leonte Carroo’s ongoing. Anyone with informagirlfriend, Maria Vega, and the tion may call the RUPD Invesalleged victim. The source then tigations Unit at 848-932-8025.

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will be a documentar y screening of “The Hunting Ground,” a film centered around campus sexual assault. This event will take place on Oct. 1 at 8:00 p.m. in the College Avenue Gymnasium.

“We are looking to have a culture shift in people’s understanding of sexual violence and prevention,” said Ruth Anne Koenick, Director of the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA).

“The Hunting Ground” follows the lives of two women, Annie Clark and Andrea Pino, who shared experiences of on-campus rape and who later became civil-rights activists, she said. Clark and Pino will be the guest speakers at the documentar y screening.

“They knew there had to be a way they could challenge the school to change how they were treating sur vivors,” Koenick said. “They are wonderful role models for student activism.”

“The Hunting Ground” also takes a look at the experiences of women who have been sexually assaulted at various institutions, from the time they arrived at their respective colleges to the time after their assault and how their school addressed the issue, she said.

The documentar y screening is just one of the events planned for the coming year.

Koenick stressed the importance of getting students involved and encouraging them to take a stand on this issue.

“Students need to be involved in this,” she said. “One of the ways they can do that is to be a

part of VPVA, get trained in prevention and become advocates for helping people to ... get the assistance that they need.”

“The Hunting Ground” heavily focuses on institutions that have violated Title IX, said Laura Luciano, assistant director of the VPVA. Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits gender discrimination in any federally-funded institution or activity.

In 2011, The Department of Civil Rights issued the “Dear Colleague Letter” that stipulates that failure to address sexual assault on campus is a direct vi-

“If we can help students to understand how to be active bystanders that, in and of itself, will interrupt the cycle of sexual violence.”

FELICIA MCGINTY Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

olation of Title IX, and, by extension, the law, she said.

“When most people think about (Title IX), they think about sports because at the time it was heavily focused on disparity (in athletics),” Luciano said.

“But at its core, it’s a gender equity law that ensures that there is a space free of harassment.”

Luciano additionally notes that because the documentar y is so powerful, advocates and supporters will be available for viewers that may struggle through the screening of the “Hunting Ground.”

“There will be advocates (available) to support (viewers) if they are struggling through that event, because it is a very powerful documentary,” Luciano notes.

Raising awareness on the issues of sexual assault is something that McGinty feels very strongly about. She hopes that by running all these programs, the University can foster an environment where students feel safe enough to talk about it.

“A lot of schools have been called out for hiding the issue and not talking about it. That’s the opposite of what we’re doing at Rutgers,” she said. “We’re pushing the envelope and trying to engage the students.”

McGinty said she wants to ensure that the University has a “fair, supportive, and timely” system in place to comprehensively address any cases that are brought forward.

“I don’t want anything to happen to any of my students ... and I don’t want to work at an institution that’s featured in a film,” she said. “After watching (The Hunting Ground) I became even more committed to having this campaign.”

The University has taken this decisive step toward creating a safe environment, both on and off campus, after the White House asked them to pilot the iSpeak survey, she said.

By taking the findings that were collected from the #iSpeak survey and the focus groups, researchers were then able to tailor make a comprehensive action plan for the University, McGinty said.

Through this programming, The Office for Student Affairs hope to raise awareness about the resource available on campus as well as train the students and staff members on feeling more empowered to intervene.

“If we can help students to understand how to be active bystanders that, in and of itself, will interrupt the cycle of sexual violence,” she said.

IN BRIEF NIKHILESH DE AND MICHAEL MAKMUR STAFF WRITERS

Malapascua, a Philippine island, is unique in that it is the only place humans may be able to see “ninja sharks.”

Pelagic thresher sharks are a deep-ocean species that can only be seen by humans when they come up for cleaning, said Thomas Grothues, an associate professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences. Little is known about these sharks, which Grothues tracked to determine their population and behaviors.

“We don’t know how many sharks visit that (place),” he said. “(We don’t know) if it is the same sharks repeatedly visiting the shoal, if it is different sharks (or) if the sharks that visit one spot on that shoal also visit other spots.”

Determining these behaviors is important to see how well the species can survive being harvested or the destruction of their haunts near coral reefs, he said.

While fishing for sharks is illegal, it is still common in parts of the world.

The data collected indicates that sharks have preferred haunts — sites where cleaner fish called

wrasse will pick parasites off the sharks and other nearby fish.

“These thresher sharks … have a lot of parasites,” he said.

“They come up into the top of this reef to get cleaned of parasites by these fish. People can see them there and go diving.”

Overfishing is a concern for fishers and residents in areas dependent on the industry.

As fish populations decline, people nearby eat smaller and less common creatures, he said.

This is especially seen in places with little to no enforcement of laws preventing overfishing.

“People … are eating a wide variety of basically anything they can catch,” Grothues said.

Dynamite and cyanide are both tools used by fishermen to get fish, he said. Both of these methods tend to ruin the reefs, reducing their ability to house more fish.

This leads to a situation where remaining reefs need to house more fish than they are capable of, further ruining the ecology, he said.

“A lot of this isn’t done just out of greed, it’s done out of ignorance,” he said. “I think that education is one of the top priorities in combating that.”

DREAMCATCHER DAYS Dreamcatchers are displayed at a stall at Arts in the Park 2015, an

event in Highland Park that showcases a variety of artists and their goods on Sunday, Sept. 20.

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SALARIES Rutgers students value work-life balance more than money, Jones says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“You should really do that based on your passion, not necessarily what you can make after wards, because a lot of people value a higher starting salar y, but others may value more of a work-life balance,” Jones said.

Jones also mentioned Universum Global, an agency which collects data worldwide on student preferences, and how they compared Rutgers students’ responses to those overall.

“Rutgers students actually value work-life balance more so than their ability to make a lot of money,” Jones said. “The salar y projection was actually ranked No. 3, where work balance was ranked No. 1.”

In regard to the prospect of higher starting salaries, School of Arts and Sciences senior Mike Andresakes found the news a pleasant surprise.

He said this is the most inspiring news he has heard in a while, but it’s still important to focus on school before getting too concerned about income after graduation.

“There are a lot of factors economists consider when coming up with these employment and salar y figures, so a lot can change between now and when I get my first post-grad job,” Andresakes said.

Teja Kulkarni, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she feels pretty relieved.

“I have no doubt that it will still be competitive, but it’s a relieving feeling knowing that the salar y rate is higher,” she said.

Jones also noted how competition is always a factor when it comes to the job hunt.

“I will always tell a student that you need to keep in mind the competition that is out there,” Jones said. “Even in better economic times there’s always going to be competition, and you’re not competing against just other Rutgers students, you’re competing against all graduates.”

If a student does have a meaningful experience here at school such as an internship, co-op or research to go along with their academic credentials, Jones said, then their chances of finding a job after school are that much higher.

Robert Half International, a staffing agency that compiles salary data, said U.S. starting salaries are expected to increase 4.1 percent, with the tech sector expected to see the highest gains at 5.3 percent. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR “There’s also a lot of research out there that says the more students that visit their career offices while at school, the higher the rate of full-time employment after school. So while it is competitive, I think students always can look at it in a positive way if they are doing what it is they need to do to compete,” Jones said.

Kulkarni said she is going to keep an open mind in regard to the competition, and make as many connections as possible because networking is a great thing.

Andresakes also had a positive mindset, adding how the more competition there is, the better the competition gets.

“I think its a good sign that there are simply more students graduating looking for jobs, and I’m prepared to come out ahead of the other college kids fighting for the same job as me,” Andresakes said.

While the competition might get tough, Rutgers has plenty of resources to get the most of out college and noted an increase in

employers coming to recruit at Rutgers, Jones said.

“Last week at our Career and Internship Mega Fair, we had a record number of 306 employers come out at that event, and the vast majority of them were looking to fill non-technical positions,” Jones said.

Jones said part of the reason for a great turnout at the fair was because the Rutgers campus is attractive to employers, and there are many students they want to hire.

CRIME SEPT. 22 EDISON — Alex Farkas, a YMCA bus monitor and summer camp counselor, was arrested Monday and charged with sexually assaulting two boys. The 25-yearold of Iselin is charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault and two counts each of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The investigation began after one of the victims told a relative about the assaults. The investigation is ongoing.

SEPT. 22 CAMDEN — Joseph E. Cuthbert pleaded guilty to the charges of three counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and one count of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The 73-year-old church organist was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting four boys over the course of more than 10 years.

SEPT. 22 TOMS RIVER — Vincent Perone was charged with multiple drug-related offenses Thursday after the execution of a search warrant at his home. After a month-long investigation into suspected narcotics distribution, members of the Toms River Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team were led to a home on Tudor Court. The 60-year-old man was charged with two counts of possession of oxycodone, two counts of possession with the intent to distribute oxymorphone, two counts of possession of Alprazolam and possession of oxycodone and Hydrochloride.

PARKING PIZZAZZ Top: Residents of New Brunswick enjoyed a day of relatively car-free streets with PARK(ing) Day 2015, which transforms parking spots into temporary green spaces. Bottom: A man and a woman talk to each other near a green space on Bayard Street in Downtown New Brunswick on Friday, Sept. 18. SHIRLEY YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

SEPT. 22 HACKENSACK — A 17-yearold boy was arrested Tuesday after he made threats online against the White House and President Obama as well as creating threatening references that involve an attack at the Sept. 11 memorial and having “friends” in ISIS who were planning an attack on New York City.

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Volkswagen says 11 million cars hit by scandal Volkswagen AG said a scandal over falsified U.S. vehicle emission tests could affect 11 million of its cars around the globe as investigations of its diesel models multiplied, heaping fresh pressure on CEO Martin Winterkorn.

The world’s largest automaker said it would set aside 6.5 billion euros ($7.3 billion) in its third-quarter accounts to help cover the costs of the biggest scandal in its 78-year-histor y, blowing a hole in analysts’ profit forecasts.

It also warned that amount could rise, saying diesel cars with so-called Type EA 189 engines built into Volkswagen models worldwide had shown a “noticeable deviation” in emission levels between testing and road use.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday Volkswagen could face penalties of up to $18 billion for cheating emissions tests. In addition, the U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal probe of Volkswagen, a source familiar with the matter said.

The investigation is likely to examine not only possible violations of the Clean Air Act but also of broader statutes against wire fraud, false statements to regulators and other crimes, former prosecutors not involved with the investigation said. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment.

New York and other state attorneys general are also forming a group to investigate, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.

“No company should be allowed to evade our environmental laws or promise consumers a fake bill of goods,” Schneiderman said in a statement.

The crisis has sent shockwaves through Germany, with Chancellor Angela Merkel calling for “complete transparency” from a company long seen as a symbol of the country’s engineering excellence.

Winterkorn was due to have his contract extended at a supervisory board meeting on Friday but is now facing questions about whether he knew about the automaker’s use of software that deceived U.S. regulators measuring toxic emissions in some of its diesel cars.

“Winterkorn either knew of proceedings in the U.S. or it was not reported to him,” Evercore ISI analyst Arndt Ellinghorst said.

“In the first instance, he must step down immediately. In the second, one needs to ask why such a far-reaching violation was not reported to the top and then things will get tough too.”

Volkswagen’s executive committee plans to meet on Wednesday to discuss the emissions test scandal and the agenda of a full board meeting long scheduled for Friday, sources familiar with the plans said.

A story in the Tagesspiegel newspaper - denied by Volkswagen - said the board would replace the 68-year-old Winterkorn with Matthias Mueller, the head of the automaker’s Porsche sports car business.

Heaps of scrap metal line a boat in front of the Volkswagen power plant in Wolfsburg on Sept. 22, 2015. REUTERS Winterkorn did not mention new car market so far this year, people, were dismayed by the and Audi 2009-2015 model diesel his future in a video message compared with 2.3 percent for elec- damage to the company’s image. cars sold there, and is in contact posted on the company’s website tric-gasoline hybrid vehicles, also “If Winterkorn knew of the ma- with its counterparts in the U.S. nipulation, then he must go,” said EPA and Volkswagen’s Canadian in which he repeated his apology known for superior fuel efficiency.

Volkswagen has spent $77 mil- one staffer who works in human unit. It said the maximum fine for for the scandal. a potential breach of Canadian enVolkswagen stock tumbled lion so far this year on U.S. TV resources at the plant.

There have been no sugges- vironmental law was C$6 million another 20 percent to a four-year commercials lauding its “clean low on Tuesday after some coun- diesel” cars, out of $164 million tions so far that other carmakers per offense for corporations.

Germany’s Transport Ministry tries in Europe and Asia said they budgeted for advertising thus far have engaged in the same pracwould launch investigations them- overall, according to iSpot.tv, a tices as Volkswagen. Germany’s said it would send an investigative selves. Preference shares were Bellevue, Washington-based com- BMW and Daimler have said the commission to study whether accusations against Volkswagen cars built at Volkswagen’s headdown 19.7 percent at 106.1 euros pany that tracks TV ads. quarters complied with German Volkswagen has not made a de- did not apply to them. at 1500 GMT (1100 EDT).

But shares in those companies and European emissions guideAt the lowest point, the de- cision on whether or not to pull its as well as rivals including Peugeot lines. Italy asked VW to prove the clines in the preference and or- ads, a spokeswoman said. cars sold in that dinary shares country do not wiped more than contain the “de$30 billion off feat devices” at the company’s “No company should be allowed to evade our environmental laws or promise the center of the market value. scandal, while Volkswagen consumers a fake bill of goods.”

Switzerland also was challenged said it would by authorities as investigate Volkfar back as 2014 ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN swagen’s diesel over tests showNew York Attorney General vehicle emising emissions exsions tests. ceeded CaliforThe Euronia state and U.S. , Renault and Fiat Chrysler fell on pean Commission said it was in ‘TOTALLY SCREWED UP’ federal limits but held off on admitWinterkorn has built Volk- Tuesday amid signs regulators contact with Volkswagen and ting wrongdoing until regulators threatened to withhold certifica- swagen into one of the world’s across the world will step up scru- U.S. authorities, and it was pretion for its 2016 diesel models that top-selling brands since he took tiny of vehicle tests, which envi- mature to say whether specific the helm in 2007, with brands ronmentalists have long criticized checks on the carmaker’s vehiVolkswagen in early September.

In the United States, where die- ranging from budget Seats and for exaggerating fuel-saving and cles were needed.

In Asia, South Korea’s envisel vehicles make up much less of Skodas to premium Audis and top- emissions results.

The EPA said on Monday it ronment ministry said it would the market than in Europe, Volk- end Lamborghinis and Bugattis.

But he has also faced criticism would widen its investigation to investigate 4,000 to 5,000 of Volkswagen is a dominant player in the segment, accounting for about one for a centralized management other automakers, and French Fi- swagen’s Jetta, Golf and Audi A3 fifth of diesel light vehicles sold style which some analysts say has nance Minister Michel Sapin said vehicles produced in 2014 and last year, according to auto indus- hampered the company’s efforts on Tuesday an EU-wide inquiry 2015, and it could expand its probe to all German diesel cars if to address long-standing under- was needed too. try consultant LMC Automotive.

Canada’s environmental agen- it found problems.

Ward’s Auto, another consultant performance in North America.

Workers in Wolfsburg, where cy said on Tuesday it is investiand publisher, said diesel vehicles —Reuters made up 2.6 percent of the U.S. Volkswagen employs over 50,000 gating some 100,000 Volkswagen

September 23, 2015

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Farmers market brings fresh, local produce to Rutgers JULIA TETERS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Eating healthy might be one of the most dif ficult things for a college student to tr y to manage, especially one living on campus. With classes, schoolwork, social events and a limited budget, eating fresh fruits and vegetables becomes a last priority — but it’s still something that students would like access to. What many students may not know is that there is fresh, reliable and af fordable produce right on campus three days per week.

The New Brunswick Community Farmers Market is open to students and the public on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Kilmer Square Park, Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Cook campus and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Farmers Market Pavilion and Gardens.

All of the produce is local, coming from dif ferent farms around the New Jersey area.

The goal of the market is to in Monroe Township, New Jer- preser ves, dips and dressings provide the community with sey. This local farm has been were for sale.

Pop’s Farm even has a “Box fresh and reasonably-priced coming to New Brunswick’s Farmers Mar- Program” available to the comproduce while suppor ting lo- Community cal farms in New Jersey. The ket for about five years, with munity, which can be purchased market opens for the season on half of the produce coming by customers for an option of $17 June 17 and runs through the from Pop’s Farm and the other or $25, providing the individual half from South Jersey, still pro- with a box of assorted produce month of October.

While visiting the Farmer’s viding local and fresh food for for the week. This is a great option for college students who Market Pavilion and Gardens the community. only need a this past Satsmall amount urday, there of fruits and was a nice vegetables to selection of “Pop’s Farm even has a ‘Box Program’ available to the fruits and community, which can be purchased by customers for an bring back to their dorms. vegetables While eatfor sale. option of $17 or $25, providing the individual with a box of assorted produce for the week.” ing raw fruits There was a and vegetables wide range of is always a fruits includgood, healthy ing peachThe prices were extremely option, there include several easy es, honey crisp apples, pears, plums and even kiwi. An even reasonable and significantly snack recipes that are available for greater variety of vegetables lower than your local grocer y college students to make. were available, including kale, store. Peaches were being sold A great, nutritious option for romaine lettuce, tomatoes, pep- for as little as $1.79 per pound, pers, green beans, zucchini, while sweet honey crisp ap- someone with a sweet tooth is a potatoes, onion and sweet corn. ples sold for $1.99 per pound. honey crisp apple, drizzled with The stand on Saturday was All natural peach cider and honey and sprinkled with cinprovided by Pop’s Farm Mar- salsa, along with a table filled namon, a great snack to make ket and Garden Center, located with locally-made apple butter, while taking a study break.

Another snack recipe, for those with a little more time on their hands in between classes, are homemade kale chips. Simply wash the kale, chop into small pieces, lay out on a baking sheet, and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Place in the oven at 350 degrees until the chips become crunchy and slightly darker in color.

If you want to surprise your friends after a long week of tests and exams tr y a seasonal favorite, apple crisp. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

While waiting for that to warm up, slice up four apples and place them into a greased baking pan. Then in a separate bowl mix together ¾ brown sugar, ½ cup all-purpose flour, 1/3 cup butter, ¾ teaspoon cinnamon and ¾ teaspoon nutmeg.

Sprinkle over the apples and bake for about 30 minutes.

If you’re looking to liven your diet with some healthy, local produce, take a walk or a quick bus ride to one of these three New Brunswick locations, all located throughout the Rutgers campus.

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Racial preference in casting is flawed Viola Davis uses speech to dismantle entertainment industry

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As with almost any minority actor, actress or television one are the days when award winners stuck to thanking their moms and God during their series, Davis received some hate after winning the award. speeches. Presently, it seems uncommon if an “General Hospital” star Nancy Lee Grahn responded to award winner doesn’t take the time to announce their Davis’s speech with nothing but vitriol. She immediately sociopolitical views while collecting their respective ac- tweeted out that it’s hard being a woman in the TV induscolade. But in the same breath, when an individual holds try, a fate that has nothing to do with race. She spoke for an issue near and dear to their heart, it would be foolish Davis, and said the latter has never been discriminated not to use their 30 seconds of direct limelight to advocate against, calling her an elite performer. But what Grahn failed to realize is that, the only way Davis would appear for that cause.

At the 67th Emmy Awards, held on Sept. 20, “How elite in the eyes of a daytime television actress, is because to Get Away With Murder” star Viola Davis became she exists alongside a small group of black actresses. the first African-American woman to win the award for Similarly, Grahn tweeted that Rhimes should have writOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. During her ten Davis’ speech. Such a reference exemplifies that in acceptance, Davis singled out one of Hollywood’s most many aspects of the entertainment world, diversity exists apparent flaws: the inherent lack of minority roles. She for the sake of diversity. In Grahn’s eyes, Rhimes made it said, “The only thing that separates women of color from as a black woman, so that’s all anyone needs to fulfill the anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy, race requirement. Having that token person of color in any production is usually a nod to for roles that are simply not consumers saying, “Look, we can there.” And she’s right. If those be diverse too.” But often times directly involved in the television “Their (people of color) that message comes across as and filmmaking process are not presence is a scarlet letter staged —because it usually is — vigilant of the types of people cast upon the show’s and does more to hurt everyone they showcase in their producinvolved, as opposed to benefittions, a cast could easily become potential success.” ing them. By placing a person of whitewashed, with diversity only color in a film or television show appearing as differences in hair as a means of appeasing black, color. Davis went on to dedicate her award to writers, producers and fellow black actress- Hispanic, Asian, Indian or any other POC community, the es that have done just that, by working actively to bring actor or actress often suffers. Their presence is a scarlet letter cast upon the show’s potential success. These men black women “over that line.”

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Black people unnecessarily treated like children with cooties DOUBT RADCLIFEE BENT

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do not like talking about race. Why? Because it makes me uncomfortable. Why? Because it makes you uncomfortable.

Why? Because race, you maintain, does not exist. Talking about race, you continue, creates a problem: The problem of talking about race and making you uncomfortable. And why is this is a problem? Because you said it was.

A dominating form of rhetoric is the “colorblind” position: Race is a construct and therefore cannot be a problem. It follows, then, that all are equal. As 21st century educated beings, we know this. Our ancestors fought hard to solve the race problem. We insult them by reviving it. As such, one creates the race problem — pitting ourselves against one another, citing fantastical race inequality, proposing that everyone is equal.

I invite holders of the above position to doubt. I will now politely relay my reasons for doing so. In lieu of making a claim, I will give an illustration.

Imagine the most attractive person you can thing of. Now, imagine the most hideous person you can think of. Would you treat them both to a night on the Raritan? Your doing so seems to me, dubious. This, disparity in treatment, is what we call “bias.”

Race, in the objective/metaphysical sense, does not exist. Bias, however, does. Furthermore, bias is an inherent part of human biology. As such one ought not be ashamed to admit they are indeed biased. Numerous studies have highlighted bias in infants, as to what faces they prefer to stare at. The results

are that they enjoy the faces which approach the average of the faces they have seen in their lifetime. These faces corresponded with those that we call “attractive.” Hence, a layman’s definition of bias can be defined as preference toward the familiar.

So when one is a member of a dominant tribe (if you hold disdain for the term “race”), one will, according to human biology, be treated preferably to one resembling a minority tribe. Hence, majority persons are treated preferably to minorities. Now, add negative stereotypes stemming from an instinctual distrust of a minority caste.

These minorities — black people for our purposes — will be perceived even more

In America, black people are the ugly child. The colorblind position is, essentially, “cooties.”

The idea that we are all equal and that all is possible via hard work denies basic biology. Black people do not have equality, as equality, in general, is contradictory. I am not you, I cannot be you, therefore, I am not treated as though I were you. As such, we are not equal. The disjunction between personage exists en masse. It follows then, that one, as a rational being, interacts differently with different people and is necessarily biased to some degree. The statistics in respect to disproportionate police killings, incarceration rates and exclusion from the

“In America, black people are the ugly child. The colorblind position is, essentially, “cooties.” The idea that we are all equal and that all is possible via hard work denies basic biology.

Black people do not have equality, as equality, in general, is contradictory. disparagingly. We then have a circular and potentially systemic train of bias.

To give an illustration, imagine an ugly child. This child is instinctively distrusted by his classmates. He looks different. He is an anomaly, and thereby, according to the children’s instincts, demands distrust. Instinctive distrust leads to one child’s fabricating a story about the ugly child “having cooties.” The child’s classmates accept this narrative, and feel as though they have further reason to distrust the ugly child. He is excluded and bullied. He tries to express his sorrow and desire to be treated fairly.

However, he is ignored and the treatment is warranted, because the child “has cooties.”

This is what we call vicious bias.

work force among black people is evidence of negative and systemic black bias in America. The colorblind position is a brute, vicious form of this bias.

To again explain one of the colorblind argument’s main premises: Equal opportunity, or the endless capacity for hard work to realize one’s dreams, regardless of personage. Assume that you are a black person, you would have received whatever education and parenting you currently possess, making yourself capable of changing your position in life.

You assume that, if black, you would obviously receive the education you find most fundamental to being an American, to being a human.

This is not the case.

To explain, a black kid in a ghetto cannot go to your elementary school to receive your primary school education, because he is a black kid in a ghetto. He is not you. He is, here, clearly disadvantaged by comparison, at the most basic educational level. It is therefore impossible to posit his having “equal opportunity.” He doesn’t even have a basic education. We can take said example as representative for black people, in general. Black people do try to work hard and change their lives, but they are ill-equipped succeed in their attempts. Hence their comparatively tremendous rates of incarceration, unemployment, murders and low general intelligence levels. To respond to this horror of an existence with an appeal to “equal opportunity” and “personal responsibility” is to, at once deny, defend and continue America’s history of brute, systematic torture. To maintain the colorblind position, one actively silences and contradicts the existence of all black Americans. To do so, one must be viciously biased.

Finally, it is logically incoherent to posit black people as having equality, while still demanding it. If this was not the case, however, and neither cognitive bias nor difference in societal rank, at birth, had the capacity to create insurmountable difficulties, one would have to posit that black people suffer from a sort of mass retardation: An inexplicable laziness, greed and stupidity.

Or, in other words, “cooties.” One would be wise to consider how plausible said scenario is. One might also consider the possibility that one is, by no fault of one’s own, biased.

Radcliffe Bent is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in English and philosophy. His column, “Doubt,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Incoming Mexican restaurant on Easton Avenue is inauthentic Did you know that of the 57,080 individuals that call New Brunswick home, 26 percent identify as Mexican? According to restauranteur Andrew Schiff, that means that within the next 30 days, there will be about 14,840 Mexican New Brunswick residents who will FINALLY be able to get their hands on the “true flavors” of “real Mexican food” in New Brunswick. Where you may ask? At no place other than a new Easton Avenue restaurant, called “Criminals and Tacos.”

Yes, you read that right. 14,840 children, mothers, fathers, workers and residents of New Brunswick will have to face a storefront bearing depictions of the ver y stereotype that they work so hard to disprove ever y day. A painstaking instance of blatantly offensive appropriating of Mexican culture at the heart of the city we all call home.

Overlooking the tastes of Drift Street’s El Oaxaqueño, New Street’s Taqueria-El-Poblano or even French Street’s Cinco De Mayo, Chef Schiff, a man who is allegedly famous for inventing 139 flavors

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of peanut butter, claims to be “bringing new Mexican flavors to (New Brunswick)” that will be “unlike anything this city has seen before.” Unlike the innumerable Mexican restaurants already existing in New Brunswick I’m sure.

I get it though. I get that the West Coast chef might exclude the “exotic and foreign” restaurants that line ever y sidewalk between Livingston Avenue and Huntington Street. Maybe he assumes that the students in New Brunswick are either too lazy or too frightened to wander off Easton Avenue to get their Mexican grub. Or maybe Schiff feels confident in assuming that students find the truly authentic cuisine of Jersey Avenue, French Street and the like to be TOO authentic. But what is shocking on a more obvious level is to see Schiff disregard his own brethren: two other pseudo-Mexican restaurants, Bubbakoo’s Burritos and Shaka Burrito, which are located right down the street from his new set up on Easton.

Beyond the cultural appropriation and harmful depictions harnessed by his restaurant, Schiff said, “Burritos are about as Mexican as Snow White is an American icon,” in an attempt to let readers know they will be getting “the real deal” when they come to his shop on

Easton. Schiff’s claim however, dripping with irony, is funny to most people with a smidgen of worldly sense who know that burritos are as American as apple pie (and furthermore, who know that Snow White, or “Schneewittchen,” is as German a stor y as they come).

I urge each and ever y one of you reading this to boycott this restaurant as soon as it opens. Do not even give it a tr y. A business that exploits Mexican culture and perpetuates harmful and dangerous stereotypes does not deser ve your money or your business. Instead I urge you to wander down the streets of New Brunswick — take an Uber if you must — and support the local (and truly authentic) family-owned and operated Mexican restaurants that make our city so rich.

Aven LaRosa is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in anthropology and French. She is a member of the Douglass Residential College.

Support your football team, Rutgers students Dear current Rutgers students, I hope that in this letter I speak for most loyal daughter and sons. My family has

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been season ticket holders for more than 30 years. We have been there through thick and thin. We never missed a game while we were students on the Banks. The University has a proud and historic tradition. Football does not define us. With that being said, it is one of the revenue-producing collegiate sports that help support this tradition (Rutgers was the birthplace of college football), in addition to many other great collegiate sports and our rich academic tradition, which is known globally.

The students (and I stress students, not professionals) currently on the football team need our support. They will be out there plugging away against Kansas in the homecoming game on Saturday. Students, please come out and support your Scarlet Knights! Please don’t leave after the first half or third quarter. Be there at the end to sing the alma mater, “On the Banks of the Old Raritan.” They need to feel and hear your encouragement, not negative criticism and boos. Alumni, come to the Scarlet Walk to greet the players as they arrive at the stadium, if you can. The season will be what it is. Are we loyal daughters and sons?

With Rutgers pride, Cynthia Zabady Cynthia Zabady is a Rutgers College of Pharmacy Class of 1975 graduate.

If you have a passion (for something), you can do it. Don’t let anyone tell you (that) you can’t do it.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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Today’s Birthday (09/23/15). Peaceful productivity provides greatest results this year. Strategize and organize. Communications and networking grow your influence. After 9/27, complete relationship issues to advance.

A breakthrough at work offers new opportunities after 3/8. Unplanned circumstances require attention after 3/23. 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 -- For the next month, under the Libra Sun, partnerships and alliances are very important.

Collaborate on shared projects.

Friends are a big help, with the Moon in Aquarius today and tomorrow. Reinforce infrastructure.

Celebrate together.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- There’s plenty of work this month, with the Sun in Libra. Carve out sacred alone time. Eat well and exercise. Get some sun. Get assistance during this creative, productive phase.

Today and tomorrow particularly favor career advancement.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Personal creativity is especially high this month, with the Sun in Libra. Your luck (and confidence) are improving. Investigate and explore today and tomorrow.

Travel for first-hand experience.

Don’t leap without looking. Rely on your budget.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Focus on home and family over the next month, under Libra Sun. Make structural improvements. Financial planning, especially today and tomorrow, tells you how much you can spend on what you need. Assemble a work crew.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Your skills and connections grow over this next month, with the Sun in Libra. Study and research with inspiring teachers. Today and tomorrow could get romantic. Collaborate and pool your resources.

Feel the love around you.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Your stock rises this month, with Sun in Libra. Begin a phase of increasing revenue. Work in partnership to maximize results. Profit from meticulous care. Especially focus on your work today and tomorrow. Your reputation is growing.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You have an advantage this month, with the Sun in your sign. Take charge, and develop your lead. Relax and play today and tomorrow. Recharge batteries and inspiration. Enjoy sweet moments with dear people.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- This month favors peaceful planning and introspection, with the Libra Sun. Your dreams seem to come alive. Begin your annual completion and re-evaluation phase. Include ritual, tradition and spirituality. Focus on home and family today and tomorrow.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is an 8 -- This next month, with Libra Sun, favors social activities. Friends have solutions, resources and enthusiasm. Others are grateful for your leadership. You feel like you’re emerging from a cocoon, especially today and tomorrow. Spread your wings.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Focus on your career and assume more responsibility over the next month, with the Sun in Libra. Today and tomorrow look especially good for making money.

Learn from a expert. Build equity, with your family’s help.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is an 8 -- You’re especially powerful and confident today and tomorrow. The next month (with the Sun in Libra) includes travel, or even a move. Don’t let financial constraints stop you.

Choose your direction, and go.

Open the door.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Get financial details lined up over the next month, with Libra Sun. Get support from your partner, and make shared decisions.

Rest and recuperate today and tomorrow from deadlines and pressures. Contemplate your next move.

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September 23, 2015

THIRD Rutgers rounds out Hartford Invitational with collective finish in sixth place CONTINUED FROM BACK “It’s a golf course that, if you can score alright on, you can certainly have some confidence off the tee as well as into the hole. You have to be a really confident putter as well,” Shutte said. “There’s some ver y high lies and the greens should be in good shape, so a lot of undulation. We’ve got to be prepared for a lot of uneven lies, now a lot of uphill lies, ver y important.”

The par 72 course features the Berkshire Foothills and is 7,000 yards long.

Rutgers, along with the rest of the field, teed off early on Monday morning. The golfers would have a long day ahead with the first two rounds of the Invitational being played.

The Knights fared extremely well on day one. At the conclusion of the first two rounds, the team was in sixth place tied with Hartford with a 580 score.

The Hawks were headlined by senior Will Betts, a selection to the New England Division I Golf All-New England Team, according to Hartford Sports.

Betts finished six under par for the tournament, good enough to tie for fourth place overall.

Senior Jonathan Chang had a phenomenal day, shooting a 136 and sat in a tie for second place in the individual standings along with Eric Detrich of UConn. Chang had a minus-two, 70 through the first 18 holes and a six under par, 66 in the second round, which was a program record low.

Sophomores Matt Holuta and Jack Panagos were both in

the top 30 after Monday’s play.

Sophomore Toks Pedro and junior Ryan Rose earned ties for 58th and 64th respectively at the conclusion of rounds one and two.

The good weather in South Kent made the conditions favorable on the course at Bull’s Bridge Golf Club.

“They did a great job preparing the golf course,” Shutte said. “The greens were rolling really good, so you could make some putts. There were a lot of divots out there, but the grass was up around the greens. … It was good the weather held up.

It was good, good experience.”

Last night, the Hartford Hawk Invitational continued with the third round of the event beginning in the wee hours of the morning. The team put together yet another solid outing and finished just outside of the top-five. The Knights shot a plus-10, 874 overall. The golfers put up a 296 and a 284 on Monday and added a 294 on Tuesday.

“Yeah, respectable,” Shutte said on his team’s performance at the event. “There’s a lot of bright spots. … Overall, the attitudes were great, guys competed hard. … The result from this year left us a little hungr y because we won this event a few years ago. … A lot of the guys played some pretty good golf at times. So tough golf course and overall, we competed hard. I’m proud of the way we prepared.”

Former American Athletic Conference rivals Connecticut and Central Florida had solid turnouts in the tournament.

Sophomore Matt Holuta finished tied for 49th place at the Hartford Hawks Invitational with an overall score of 228 strokes. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / AUGUST 2015 UConn won the event with an 853 team mark and UCF earned second place by putting up an 866.

Chang nearly captured the Individual Championship, but finished just a few strokes short.

The Valencia, California, native picked up a top-three finish in third place with an incredible minus-seven, 209 for the tournament. He shot a one over par, 73 in the third round on Tuesday.

“I’m just so happy for him,” Shutte said. “He had a really successful summer last year ... and to be out all spring and not be playing with the bad back,

being frustrated and things like that and just not being in a really good place mentally. …

I’m just really happy for him as a person.”

Rose put up a 79, a 75 and a 77 for an individual total of 231 and tied for 61st. Holuta shot a 228 with a 74, 70, and an 84 to earn a tie for 49th place in the field. Pedro put up a 78, a 75 and a 71 for a 39th place finish.

Panagos also enjoyed success over the past two days and finishing in 15th place. The Hillsborough, New Jersey, native shot a two over par, 74 in round one followed by a plus-one, 73

CONFIDENCE Knights look to build on performance against Indiana facing Big Ten schedule CONTINUED FROM BACK

Senior center back Drew Morgan says chemistry both on and off the field allows the Rutgers back line to contain opponents.

EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / AUGUST 2015

Sa said. “... Instead of just getting lucky, we felt very strongly that we won with conviction. That was a very important part of that win, not just getting it on the road but also being the better team and not just sneaking away with one.”

Sa was on the last Rutgers team to upset a ranked opponent when the Knights defeated No. 7 Louisville in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference tournament Nov. 9, 2013.

“I definitely think that, especially going into a storied program like Indiana and winning with some insurance, really boosts up the morale of the team,” Sa said. “We feel very confident, but we also know that there’s so much to work on. I think … we’re taking it in the right direction. As opposed to kind of sitting back and being content, we realize that it’s a big win but at the same time, there’s a lot of work to do still.”

While there is a different feeling defeating a team you’re not expected to, every win is just that — a win — to head coach Dan Donigan.

“Yeah, I guess so, in the back of your mind,” Donigan said on whether beating a ranked opponent has a special feeling. “But a win is a win at the end of the day. The big factor

is the RPI wins, the road wins as opposed to a neutral win or a home win. All of those things have degrees of variables that affect what that win means or what that tie means or that loss means.”

With the attention focused solely on the offenses’ inability to produce in the final third as of late, Rutgers’ defense has been quietly having a good season. “(The defense has been) really good,” Donigan said. “In the crucial moments, they recognize when we have to buckle down and focus and do whatever we gotta do to get that ball out or break that play up or disrupt things. They’ve been instrumental in the success of our team. We’re a much better defensive unit right now than we’ve been in years past.”

The sixth-year head coach points out the outlooks his defenders have on the game.

“The mindset, the mentality,” Donigan said. “Drew (Morgan) has always had a great mindset.

Guzzie (Niel Guzman) is always a competitive, tough kid and he defends his butt off. Tyler Morris and Mitchell Lurie are difference makers, in my opinion. Mitchell Lurie’s a leader, a captain, he’s vocal. He’s tremendously competitive and Tyler Morris is the same

and a minus-one, 71 for a total score of 218.

“Jack shot one under today,” Shutte said. “Two over total, which is just great. It’s just one of the things for all the guys, maybe Jack in particular because he hasn’t played a ton like Toks (Pedro) or (Jonathan) Chang has in the years past in the lineup and to go off sight, to leave Rutgers, to go into a different venue and things like that and play good golf. … He’s really poised.”

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way. Both of those kids are rough around the edges in a good way.”

Senior center back Drew Morgan credits the success of his back line to the way their individual abilities compliment each other.

“A lot of our personalities and traits work off of each other,” he said. “If someone has a strength in one area or a weakness in one area, someone could just pick up off each other. Me and Mitch Lurie go way back to Georgia. We used to play together so it’s nice to be able to mix up easy with him and a lot of our strengths and weaknesses work well with each other and we’re all friends and like each other so it’s easy to work and play with each other every day.”

The win over No. 22 Indiana was convincing, but after the final whistle blew, it was over and the minds of the Knights shifted to Friday night’s meeting with Michigan State at Yurcak Field.

The last result means nothing.

And in the competitive league that is the Big Ten, every game is different.

“Right now, nothing’s changing for us,” Donigan said. “We know we have a very good Michigan State team coming into town and we’ve gotta be firing on all cylinders. It’s the Big Ten. This league is very, very difficult no matter who you’re playing, top to bottom.

Really, for me, there’s no top and no bottom. It’s the Big Ten and it’s very, very difficult.”

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September 23, 2015 FIELD HOCKEY

WRESTLING

Captains steer RU to fast start KAYLEE POFAHL CORRESPONDENT

The difference between a fragmented group of individuals and a unified team starts with influential leaders.

Spearheading the leadership efforts on the Rutgers field hockey team through the 2015 season are its two captains, senior midfielder Ali Stever and junior midfielder Alyssa Bull.

Under the direction of this powerful pair, Scarlet Knights (5-2) have taken their only two losses of the season to ranked opponents, both by a margin of just one lone goal.

This appears to be no fluke.

Head coach Meredith Civico sees her team’s early successes as a direct reflection of the work being put forth, fueled by her captains.

“The two of them have been really providing consistent and positive leadership to the team. I think the two of them really set the standard on the field with their work rate and their effort and their focus every day,” Civico said. “They’re just both people that their teammates trust and can come to off the field.”

Both starting all seven games so far this fall, the Knights’ leaders have dominated this season.

Solidifying herself as a force to be reckoned with on the field, Stever notched a goal in the first game of the season against Bucknell and has tallied three assists since. She had a multi-point game in the team’s 5-2 victory over Villanova, while also contributing an assist against No. 9 Virginia.

Rebounding from an ACL injury last year, Bull has hit the ground running through the start of this season as well. In her second consecutive term as team captain, she has tallied three goals and four assists in just seven games so far.

The midfielder has also made herself known in conference standings, being recognized as

a Big Ten Player to Watch in the league’s preseason poll for the second year in a row. Bull is one of just seven players to be honored in back-to-back seasons.

But beyond the statistics and rankings, these Knights help propel their team toward success with an unwavering enthusiasm and devotion that permeates on and off the field.

With genuine humility, both captains are hesitant to take sole credit in their leadership responsibilities.

“I think we have a lot of great senior players on the team and we all just lead by example by our play. The energy that we bring to the game, I think that’s how I choose to lead the most—just the effort and the passion I have for the team and the game.”

Belonging to a close-knit class of five players who have seen the program through four years now, Bull and Stever are adamant in not overlooking the impact of their fellow seniors.

Stever echoed her co-captain’s sentiments of veteran leadership driving the team toward a successful sophomore season in the Big Ten. “All the other upperclassmen, especially the seniors like Katie (Champion), Nicole (Imbriaco) and Carley (Hawkins), they do a great job of leading the team as well. So even though Alyssa and I are technically the captains, we as seniors really take leadership seriously on the team so it’s really a team effort in terms of leading the group,” Stever said.

With Bull and Stever guiding the Knights down a path of progression and enhancement, positive changes have already been yielded for Rutgers as it makes a name for itself in the elite Big Ten Conference.

The early successes are a reflection of the reinforcement of goals and values that start with team leadership.

“I think, from the coach’s perspective, they’re two players that really understand what we’re trying to do as a program and who

understand what we’re trying to create as far as our team culture,” Civico said. “Those two just reinforce that every day both on the field and off the field, which is, as a coach, what you really want from your captains.”

Leaders influence not only the intensity level in practice and games, but also the team dynamic and mentality.

Stever and Bull are adamant on creating an atmosphere on the field and in the locker room where every individual player knows the value they hold on the team as well as the significance of their contributions.

“I think it’s really important that everyone on the team from the freshman to the seniors understands that they each have a really critical and important role on the team,” Stever said. “I like to hear everyone’s input before making a decision, because I want everyone else to feel that they matter and they have a say on the team because they do.”

With an optimistic outlook and an acute determination, Bull and Stever look to encourage their teammates and bring about the outcomes that they know Rutgers is capable of.

Riding on the positive momentum gained so far, the vision for the Knights’ season appears bright and promising.

“I really believe in our team and I think that we can go very far this season,” Bull said. “I just want everyone to realize their own potential and I think if we can do that, we can go very far as a team but it takes everyone working hard and working together. So hopefully if I can motivate people to come together and work hard these next couple months, we’re really gonna show the Big Ten and hopefully the NCAA what Rutgers field hockey is all about.”

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Junior midfielder Alyssa Bull, along with fellow captain senior midfielder Ali Stever, leads Rutgers through its second season in the Big Ten. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015

All-American sophomore Anthony Ashnault has been practicing patience with his technique as dual-meet season approaches.

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Knights grapplers use offseason to improve TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDENT

Going into the third week of classes, many Rutgers students finished up familiarizing themselves with their class schedule and routine for the fall semester.

The average student might take their first exam this week or even skip a class they know they can afford to miss.

For the Rutgers wrestling team, this time of the year marks the opening of its preseason leading up to the dual-meet season — beginning Nov. 1 at the Rutgers Duals.

But before the Scarlet Knights took the mat in an official practice capacity, they primed themselves more than ever before. Several Knights wrestled in big tournaments this summer.

A reigning All-American at 141 pounds, sophomore Anthony Ashnault wrestled at the 2015 USA UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials, placing third at 66 kilograms. Ashnault wrestled to a 4-1 record in his first tournament since the National Tournament last season.

Redshirt-freshman Anthony Giraldo also grappled at the Junior Worlds tournament. Although he went 1-2, Giraldo added more experience following his redshirt season he took last year.

Senior Anthony Perrotti finished eighth at the 2015 University Nationals, good enough for All-American status. Thirteen other Knights joined Perrotti in the same tournament.

With the experience gained from several tournaments coupled with summer workouts at Rutgers, head coach Scott Goodale sees improvement in his wrestlers. Most of that improvement started with a film session among coaches.

“Our staff recognized a bunch of weaknesses while watching film of the season and watching key matches in key spots,” Goodale said. “We really honed in on some of those areas in our skills like finishing takedowns and turning the guy while on top.

We worked on all those areas

(this summer) that we really felt, through our film analysis, that we had some deficiencies against the really good guys.”

Goodale said the Knights used the summer to improve weaknesses that cost them big matches a season ago.

But the opening weeks of September are for the basics, Ashnault said. It’s a time to get down to weight, work on fitness and work on the technical side of the sport.

“Right now, it’s just about getting in really good shape,” Ashnault said. “When we are wrestling in the room, we are focusing on getting better technically. I worked on my patience with my technique. I’ve matured a lot — I used to go and attack. Now, I see the sport better and I do things with a purpose.”

The Knights ended their first week of preseason wrestling last week. It started a little bit later than Perrotti remembers.

But while the workouts started later, he recognizes development in the whole team he hasn’t seen in his five years at Rutgers.

“We started our preseason a little late this year because of labor day,” Perrotti said. “But it’s gone pretty good. I see ever yone from the true freshman to redshirt-seniors working hard.

The team looks good, and I feel like we are already in really good shape. We have a hard workout (Friday mornings) — we’ll see how it goes finishing out our first week.”

With the season still more than a month away, the anticipation to wrestle in a match is there.

The popular cliché dictates that Rome wasn’t built in a day. Ashnault has a different message to offer to quell his excitement for the new season.

“You just have to take it a day at a time,” Ashnault said. “You can’t conquer the world in one day. You have to work on the little things. Sooner or later, it will all come together.”

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September 23, 2015 FOOTBALL KNIGHTS LOOK INWARD TO SHIELD TEAM FROM MEDIA SCRUTINY

Rutgers refuses to allow distractions to disrupt family bond KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

It would be easy to pack it in.

In the week leading up to the Big Ten Conference opener, the Rutgers football team lost its head coach and best offensive weapon to suspension.

Kyle Flood — suspended three games — was absent from the sidelines and senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo — suspended indefinitely — was not on the field last Saturday when the Scarlet Knights (1-2, 0-1) suffered a 28-3 defeat at Penn State.

The dismissal of six players connected to robbery and assault charges, prior to the season opener against Norfolk State, included three potential starters in the defensive backfield, leaving the position group thin.

In their absence, freshmen were thrust into playing pivotal roles in a secondary once-littered with leadership and depth.

But those permitted to participate in the Sept. 19 loss at Beaver Stadium refused to excuse their poor performance on the field as a result of distractions created by their failings off of it.

“I don’t think the result was an issue of negative attention on the program, or the situation of the head coach being suspended,” said interim head coach Norries Wilson. “I think that Penn State did a good job of executing their plan better than we did.”

This wasn’t the way the Knights’ assistant head coach and running backs coach drew it up.

The first African-American head coach in Ivy League history — employed at Columbia University from 2006 to 2011 — would have preferred a different circumstance to make his Big Ten debut, but he’s resigned to playing the hand he has been dealt.

“I am sure that no one would want to become a head coach this way,” Wilson said in his postgame press conference. “Sometimes you don’t get to choose the situation that you’re in so you just have

True-freshman cornerback Blessuan Austin said it didn’t take long for him to view his teammates as brothers. He has started every game in 2015. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015 to accept the reality that you’re in and you have to face it head on.”

Rutgers’ senior captain and defensive tackle Darius Hamilton has had to face some adversity of his own. A lower body injury had the team’s active leader in career sacks (10.5) and tackles for loss (24.5) sidelined for the first three games of the 2015 season.

The West Paterson, New Jersey, native was limited against the Nittany Lions (2-1, 1-0) in his first action this fall, estimating he was on the field for 15 plays.

“Things happen,” Hamilton said of the distractions. “We really don’t get caught up in all that.

We gotta win with the guys we have. That’s something that we gotta get back to doing.”

For the players still in the program, the doubters

have done nothing but galvanize the group left in the locker room, strengthening the bond the detractors aim to break.

True freshman cornerback

“Anytime you have problems amongst a family, it does nothing but bring you closer together.”

DARIUS HAMILTON Senior Defensive Tackle

Blessuan Austin has only been with the team since the spring, but the early enrollee quickly became accustomed to the familial

dynamic that has been a staple of Rutgers football.

“They are definitely my family, definitely brothers,” Austin said. “It’s something that — how should I put this — it’s not something that we just throw out there because it sounds good. ‘R Family’ is what we’ve really committed to and that’s something that I take very seriously. And I believe that our team is really a family.”

Like Austin, defensive tackle Julian Pinnix-Odrick takes pride in how close his brothers in arms have grown to become, especially given the negativity surrounding the football program for the last month.

The junior defensive lineman wanted to send a message to those who have called for his team to be dismantled, turning

their own weapon against them by taking advantage of the opportunity to write an opinions column in Monday’s issue of The Daily Targum.

“My football team is my family,” Pinnix-Odrick wrote. “Not my family in the sense of some misplaced need for acceptance and belonging, but through trial by fire.”

The Montclair, New Jersey, native spoke directly to the team’s detractors in the piece, poetically highlighting the roller-coaster ride his team is trying to steer through.

“The support system is what turns us into family,” he wrote.

“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.”

For any family, there’s no place like home.

And Rutgers will return to the Banks on Saturday to host a hapless Kansas team for homecoming at High Point Solutions Stadium.

Even the harshest critic would expect the Knights to handle the Jayhawks (0-2) with ease. The concern for Rutgers lies in the weeks ahead when the Knights get back into the conference schedule against No. 2 Michigan State on Oct. 10 and travel to upstart Indiana on Oct. 17.

With those challenges looming after the bye week of Oct. 3, Rutgers’ defensive leader doesn’t believe his team will shrink in the face of scrutiny, but admits the Knights’ mettle is being tested.

“Anytime you have problems amongst a family, it does nothing but bring you closer together,” Hamilton said. “That’s when you really find out the kinda people that you’re around and the kind of character that your team has. This is a young team, we just have to keep fighting to get better.”

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Julian Pinnix-Odrick wrote an Op-Ed in Monday’s issue of The Daily Targum. The junior defensive tackle’s remarks were aimed directly at the critics of the program, suggesting the controversy surrounding the team has only strengthened the bond built by ‘R Family.’ MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2015

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s not just something we throw out there because it sounds good. ‘R Family’ is what we’ve really commited to and that’s something I take very seriously. And I believe that our team is really a family.”

— True freshman cornerback Blessuan Austin

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MEN’S SOCCER UPSET OVER NO. 22 INDIANA REFLECTS HOW RUTGERS ASPIRES TO PLAY

Knights gain confidence after big win BRIAN FONSECA ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

You win some, you lose some.

The Rutgers men’s soccer team had an interesting past few games. Despite dominating possession and creating more chances than their opponents, the Scarlet Knights (3-2-1, 1-1-0) left their matches against Wisconsin and Monmouth without a win.

Rutgers suffered a heartbreaking, last-second defeat to the Badgers (2-4-0 , 1-0) at home and drew 0-0 when it visited the Hawks (3-3-1) in West Long Branch.

Heading into Bloomington to face No. 22 Indiana after falling to a struggling Wisconsin team projected to finish last in the Big Ten and a Monmouth team that disappointed after starting the season ranked at No. 21 had Knights fans worried.

But Rutgers was inching closer and closer to scoring after being shutout in two consecutive contests, and the floodgates were opened at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Knights scored three goals in the opening 45 minutes and four in total to stun Indiana, 4-1, in front of 1,842 in attendance.

The dominant performance over the Hoosiers (3-3-1, 0-2) showed that Rutgers has the potential to bury teams with multiple threats going forward. But sometimes, soccer can be cruel.

“Soccer’s a funny game,” said junior midfielder Erik Sa. “That can happen. You can control the whole game and end up losing the game or you can control the whole game and it’ll show on the scoreboard.”

The former captain of the Red Bulls U-18 academy team hopes the Knights will continue to display their talents with exhibitions like the one they had in Indiana.

“I think that the team that scored the four goals is hopefully the team we’ll turn into,” Junior midfielder Erik Sa was ecstatic after Rutgers’ emphatic 4-1 upset over No. 22 Indiana last Sunday in Bloomington, and said the Knights were the better team with a dominant performance against the Hoosiers. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / AUGUST 2015

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MEN’S GOLF JONATHAN CHANG FINISHES ON PODIUM WITH SCORE OF SIX UNDER PAR, 209

Senior finishes third in Connecticut EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER

Senior Jonathan Chang led Rutgers in South Kent at the Hartford Hawks Invitational with a six under par, 209. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / AUGUST 2015

The Rutgers men’s golf team trekked to South Kent, Connecticut, to participate in the Hartford Hawks Invitational on Monday and Tuesday. The Scarlet Knights faced some fierce competition as several top-notch programs including UConn, Seton Hall and Towson competed in the event.

The tournament was hosted by the University of Hartford at Bull’s Bridge Club.

Playing the course at Bull’s Bridge would not be an easy task for the Knights as it was designed by Tom Fazio, one of golf’s most famous architects, responsible for engineering some of the most challenging courses in the world.

EXTRA POINT

MLB SCORES

NY Yankees Toronto

6 4

NY Mets Atlanta

2 6

Boston Tampa Bay

2 5

Baltimore Washington

4 1

Philadelphia Miami

6 2

Milwaukee Cubs

0 4

JASON WRIGHT,

sophmore forward, was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for his one goal, one assist performance against Indiana. He earned Co-Offensive Player of the Week following his two goal perfomance against Siena.

Fazio’s Bull’s Bridge boasts a five-star rating from golfdigest.com, highlighted by its creator’s trademark sweeping greens.

“We were there two years ago when we won a tournament, so there’s some good vibes there,” head coach Rob Shutte said before the competition. “It’s a golf course that demands very good driving of the golf ball, very accurate driving of the golf ball. Typical Fazio golf course where you have some pretty big movements in the greens and things like that.”

Putting up some good scores in the early portions of the event would help the golfers gain confidence as the tournament went on and into the latter stages.

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KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

WOMEN’S SOCCER

FIELD HOCKEY

MEN’S SOCCER

FOOTBALL

at Illinois

vs. Northwestern

vs. Michigan State

vs. Kansas

Thursday, 8 p.m., Champaign, Ill.

Friday, 2:30 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.

Friday, 6 p.m., Yurcak Field

Saturday, noon, Piscataway, N.J.