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Fire at The Yard leaves 26 students in temporary housing Kira Herzog News Editor
Residents were evacuated from Sojourner Truth apartments at The Yard yesterday afternoon after a grease fire on the 12th floor set off the alarms and sprinkler systems — but according to students on the scene, there was a notable gap between the evacuations of the top and the bottom floors. “The sprinkler system activated, causing water to reach lower floors down to the lobby,” said University spokesperson Neal Buccino. “Residence Life representatives have been on (the) scene since the incident began.” No injuries were reported, but according to Buccino, approximately 26 students were displaced as a result of flooding in their apartments. He said Residence Life has connected those students with temporary housing that will be available until they can return to their apartments. Laura Dengrove, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said that some individuals were asked to provide a record of the possessions in their apartments as a provision in case of flooding-related damage.
“We didn’t really see anything because we’re on the fourth floor. Apparently there were flashing lights near the elevators but we didn’t get any alarm at all, even though the people above us did,” Dengrove said. “There are some people who have been out here for an hour — we just got out five minutes ago. When you look at the whole picture, that probably isn’t great.” The Sojourner Truth Apartments opened earlier this year and aside from drills, this was the first time that an emergency has forced students to evacuate the building. There are a total of 442 students currently living in the complex. Michael Collins, a School of Engineering senior, lives just two floors below where the kitchen fire took place. Unlike residents on the fourth floor, he said he was alerted to the emergency by a series of alarms. “The first thing that happened around 3 p.m. was we got an alarm that was automated, saying ‘an emergency has been reported’ and to the best of my knowledge it’s the same alarm that happens when there’s a fire drill,” Collins said. “I was cooking when it happened so I
Yesterday, a small kitchen fire on the 12th floor of the Sojourner Truth Apartments led to flooding and mass-evacuation, but students said it took over an hour for everyone to exit the building due to inconsistencies in the alarm system. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR figured I’ll just be quiet and stay in my room — it’s a drill, it happens. Then about 15-20 minutes ago we got an actual alert from a person on an intercom saying ‘all residents evacuate’ it sounded legit so we all left.”
After talking to some of the other displaced students, Collins said he began to realize that everyone appeared to have been evacuated at different times, through different means. “I did hear my friend got an actual person on the intercom first
and apparently that was a lot earlier than in my apartment. She’s on the seventh floor. To me it seems very disorganized and I’m very confused as to what would happen if a bigger emergency actually did happen,” Collins said.
U. sororities speak out against Sigma Chi in unified statement Kira Herzog News Editor
On Friday night, the Panhellenic Council at Rutgers released a statement on the Sigma Chi investigation, announcing that they will continue raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network while simultaneously cutting all ties to the fraternity. The Panhellenic Council is a governing body that represents a total of 1,000 female Rutgers students from 12 sororities. The statement was agreed upon unanimously by the sorority presidents. “We are not going to let the actions of Sigma Chi affect our dedication to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals,” the statement reads. “Despite our unanimous decision to no longer participate in Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, we have decided to continue our efforts to fundraise for Children’s Miracle Network Hospital as a Panhellenic community without Sigma Chi.” According to the document, all current or past affiliates of Sigma Chi will be effectively banned from attending events hosted by the Panhellenic Council or its individual chapters. Furthermore, none of the Panhellenic sororities will recognize events — social or philanthropic — hosted by Sigma Chi. All current and future events will be canceled.
Following the announcement of Sigma Chi’s probation, the Rutgers Panhellenic Council became the first greek council to speak out on the investigation. The president of Sigma Chi has not yet responded to a request for comment. YOSEF SERKEZ “We will absolutely not tolerate any form of harassment, and if any occurs, we will go forward with taking further action to The Office of Student Conduct,” the official statement reads.
The Panhellenic Council is the first greek life organization to speak out about the investigation. As of press time, the president of Sigma Chi did not respond to The Daily Targum’s request for comment.
According to their Facebook page, Sigma Chi’s mission at Rutgers is to “develop value-based leaders committed to the betterment of character, campus and community.”
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Over the last two years, the fraternity has raised over $500,000 total for pediatric cancer research through “Derby Days” — the second largest philanthropic event at Rutgers. The event takes place annually and was initially slated for mid-November. In terms of the Cease and Desist order itself, University officials confirmed that the disciplinary action was taken in response to an alleged infraction of University policy. For an organization as a whole to be held accountable for a violation, the student conduct handbook asserts that the action has to have been carried out in one of seven ways. These include scenarios where members or officers “permit, encourage, aid or assist in committing a violation,” and situations where members or officers fail to report information about the violation to appropriate University authorities, according to the Standards of Conduct. In response to questions regarding Sigma Chi’s off-campus house, University spokesperson Neal Buccino said the residency has not been affected. “The organization’s house is owned by Rutgers,” Buccino said in an email. “The cease and desist order does not pertain to the house.”
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Campus Calendar MONDAY 10/2 The Department of Plant Biology presents “Plant Biology Special Seminar” from 9: 30 to 10:30 a.m. at Foran Hall on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public.
“Ocean Controls on Climate: Challenging Heat and Carbon Budgets” from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. at Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public.
The Department of Genetics presents “RNA Variants in Male Germ Cells: A New Layer of Developmental Regulation” from noon to 1 p.m. at Life Sciences Building on Busch campus. This event is free and open to the public.
TUESDAY 10/3 The Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research and the TA Project present “Creating eBooks for the Classroom” from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. at the Center Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.
The Office of Summer and Winter Sessions presents “Winter Session Info Table!” from 2 to 4 p.m. at Douglass Student Center on Douglass campus. This event is free and open to the public. The Rutgers Student Employment Office presents “Hot Jobs of the Season” from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Douglass Student Center on Douglass campus. This event is free and open to the public. The Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences presents
Counseling, Alcohol and other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Ser vices presents “Mindfulness Meditation” from noon to 1 p.m. at Busch Student Center on Busch campus. This event is free and open to the public. Zimmerli Art Museum presents “Art After Hours: First Tuesdays” from 5 to 9 p.m. at Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.
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NJPIRG holds media event downtown for ‘Chain Reaction Report’ Max Marcus Correspondent
Last Wednesday, the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) held a brief media event outside Starbucks on George Street to highlight the release of their national organization’s “Chain Reaction Report.” The report grades the 25 largest chain restaurants in the country on their policies concerning the routine use of antibiotics in livestock. Terese Osborne, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and the coordinator of NJPIRG’s Save Antibiotics campaign, said that Starbucks was chosen as the location for the event because its grade improved this year from an F to a D+. “The reason why we want these policies changed is because the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms is a major breeding ground for superbugs, or bacteria resistant to antibiotics, which is a huge public health issue,” Osborne said. “In fact, every year 23,000 Americans die from antibiotic-resistant diseases, and we don’t want that problem to grow.” Antibiotics are used as medicine to treat bacterial infections in people. But en masse, antibiotics are routinely fed to livestock. This is done because it allows the animals to be kept in unsanitary conditions, and causes them to gain weight faster, she said. Osborne said that when antibiotics are used to such an extent, bacteria begin to adapt to it and become resistant to its effects, creating “superbugs” that cannot be treated by antibiotics, and so antibiotics themselves become less effective. The FDA estimates that approximately 80 percent of all antibiotics in the United States are fed to farm animals. “Our population is expected to grow a lot over the next 50 years,” said Erin McKeown, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. “If there’s increased demand for food and livestock production in a smaller and smaller space, these antibiotics are going to continue to be overused. It’s one
Last week, the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRF) raised awareness of a new report at a media event on George Street. The report analyzes the overuse of antibiotics in livestock based on data from 25 business chains. FACEBOOK of those things that could spiral out of control easily if we don’t stop the problem now.” Osborne said that the health risk of routine overuse of antibiotics is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization. For this semester, NJPIRG is specifically targeting Wawa, she said. In this campaign, NJPIRG will seek to increase the visibility of the issue through media events and campus tabling events. It will also conduct “photo petitions,” in which volunteers will photograph people who have signed a petition against the overuse of antibiotics and then post the pictures to Wawa’s Facebook page. “The main point of this campaign is we want factory farms
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to stop selling meat raised on antibiotics, so instead of targeting the suppliers, we’re targeting the demanders,” Osborne said. “We’re targeting the food chains, hoping that if food chains change their policies then suppliers will switch over and also change their policies.” In USPIRG’s annually released “Chain Reaction Report,” grades are assigned according to the scope and effectiveness of each corporation’s policies on the use of antibiotics in livestock, she said. The highest rated corporations on the list are Chipotle and Panera, both of which have
enacted policies of only selling meats raised without the routine use of antibiotics. Starbucks’ previous grade of F signified that it had no policy at all on antibiotic use. This year its grade was changed to D+ on the basis of its new commitment to selling chicken raised without routine use of antibiotics by 2020, Osborne said. Grades in the report are highly subjective to the needs of each corporation. For example, both McDonald’s and KFC have committed to selling chicken raised without the routine use of antibiotics. But whereas KFC is known
as a chicken restaurant, McDonald’s also sells a lot of pork and beef, so KFC’s policy is more effective, she said. “We want to educate consumers and we want consumers to join this cause as well and ask their local chains that sell meats that overuse antibiotics to change their policies,” Osborne said. “It’s through the power of the consumer that we can move the marketplace, create an industry-wide change, and eventually perhaps even have a national policy that ensures that the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms is no longer an issue.”
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Power outage on Busch brings up maintenance concerns
A University spokesperson said the power outage resulted from a piece of equipment malfunctioning during installation. The outage affected multiple residence halls, the Busch Student Center and parts of the Davidson complex. DANTE DE LA PAVA
Stephen Weiss Associate News Editor
A portion of Busch campus’ power grid went out for about an hour on Wednesday, leaving the Campus Center and many of the surrounding residence halls without electricity. The power outage lasted from approximately 2:30 to 3:10 p.m., and was caused by the malfunctioning of equipment that facilities crews
were installing, said Neal Buccino, the assistant director of Public and Media Relations at Rutgers. Affected areas included residence halls such as Judson, Crosby, Morrow, Thomas, McCormick and Winkler, in addition to the Davidson complex and parts of the Busch Campus Center, he said. No classes were canceled and no evacuations were necessary. Margy Benavides, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
sophomore, is a student worker at the Library of Science and Medicine (LSM) on Busch campus and was there during the outage. She said that the Library of Science and Medicine never lost power, but the lights flickered. “I heard from students coming in and from Facebook that part of Busch had lost power,” Benavides said. “The students seemed pretty calm about it, but most of them did come up to the front desk
where I was working to double check that LSM had power, and had internet.” The outage affected students who were taking online classes or had to hand in work online, as well as anyone who generally needed to use the internet, she said. “Also, that day it was very hot, so people who needed AC were also inconvenienced,” Benavides said.
Benavides said that she thinks the University should look into investing more into upgrading and maintaining its infrastructure to prevent things like this from happening again. “I mean, Rutgers is a Big Ten state school, with a very big student body,” she said. “Stuff like this, and what happened last year with Cook/Dougie losing power, shouldn’t be allowed to happen.”
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Local library introduces children to world of Special Olympics
Last Thursday, the New Brunswick Public Library held its first “Young Athletes” program, sponsored by the Special Olympics. The program helped children with intellectual disabilities to develop their motor skills, while socializing and having fun. JEFFREY GOMEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
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This past Thursday was the first event of the new Young Athletes program held at the New Brunswick Free Public Library. Young Athletes, a national program sponsored by the Special Olympics, provides the equipment and trains the local organizers to create an inclusive sports program for children ages 2 through 7 years old. This program prepares them for future participation in sports while improving gross motor, social and cognitive skills, according to the website. It is meant to welcome children and their families into the world of Special Olympics.
Participation in Young Athletes conference in Lawrenceville, she games designed to teach some can help children with intellectual learned about the skills that the basic athletic skills. At a station with toy basketball hoops and disabilities develop motor skills, program is designed to teach. As the children arrived at the miniature basketballs, the parwhile improving social, emotional and learning skills, according beginning of the first session they ents bounced a ball to the child, then attemptto the website. ed to make a Parents and shot. At anothteachers of children who “Just getting them to try to catch a ball you bounce to er station, children tossed took part in them is a big deal.” beanbags onto the Young Athfabric spots on letes curricuKaren stuppi the ground. lum said they Children’s Librarian at the New Brunswick Public Library The skills learned skills practiced at that are neceseach game are sary for pre-prisimple, but for mary school. Karen Stuppi, the children’s formed a circle where Stuppi and small children they require much librarian at the New Brunswick the other organizers lead them more concentration, Stuppi said. “With that basketball, if you library, said that she got the through simple stretches. There were six stations set up had older kids you could do chest idea after attending a librarians conference. While at a coaches in the room, each with different passes. But since they’re little
guys you just try the little bounce pass,” she said. “Just getting them to try to catch a ball you bounce to them is a big deal.” Some of the games were more easily grasped by the children than others. For the most part, the basketball station played out as expected, and an obstacle course with a balance beam and a fabric tunnel to crawl through was also well received, she said. After all the children cycled through all the stations, Stuppi called them back the center of the room and each child was given a scar f. Stuppi then led the children through simple activities with the scar ves by relating them to familiar ever yday experience.
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Understanding of time restructures worldview
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ed and yellow leaves are starting to popuMACRO TO MICRO late the sidewalks. My wooly socks are offiAYSENUR GUC cially no longer confined to storage bins. Autumn is whistling a cool breeze upon our necks as temperatures drop and sweater season begins. October is here. While I hold no complaints against the slightly cold weather and the increasingly colorful view of Voorhees Mall, the idea of time has been preoccupying certain corners of my mind. It seems like the semester just started and now midterms are already approaching. The topic of time has arisen quite a bit in conversations I have had in the last week. How does one manage time? For some it flies by, for others it drags on, taking ever slow strides. Yet perhaps even before speaking about how one ought to “manage” it, some reflection upon its nature is necessary. Time is an elusive concept — difficult to define and grasp. Some may state that it is just a term utilized for the progression of the world’s existence or that it is a social construct designed to help humans structure and anchor their own activities and actions. Others may assert that it is something that exists outside our dimension of understanding and is not subjective to our experiences. All may be correct. What fundamentally interests me is the relation between time and my existence. While such an approach may seem self-centric, I can only in an honest manner reflect upon what my consciousness perceives and so, only engage in subjective reasoning. Yet, this should not come to mean that subjective reasonings cannot lead to objective truths. The contrary may be argued. Many acquaintances or any who are patient enough to endure my ramblings may be familiar with my often declared mantra, “Time does not exist.” The utterance of such a phrase usually results in rolled eyeballs or raised eyebrows as I throw my hands in the air and attempt to explain my thought process. While I do sincerely hold such a claim, the dramatic declaration may deserve some unpacking and elucidation. One may contend that what is experienced tends to be a series of individual moments that, once placed together, offer an illusion of a
“Each moment would be offering a new opportunity to think differently, to act differently, to hold different beliefs and conclusions.” continuous, linear stream that is called, by the general population, “time.” For example, any film in its editing process will be opened by a computer program that shows the individual frames of the seemingly intact and singular piece of recording. Yet, because those individual frames follow one another with no gaps, a smooth transition from one frame to another is experienced, and the final product appears to be a single piece. Similarly, there may, in fact, be no singular entity called “time” that exists but rather individual moments that come in and out of existence immediately following one another so as to offer the experience of a singular, uninterrupted phenomenon. But the question arises on why any of this matters. Regardless of how one views the concept of time, it may be argued that the experience of the passage of time still exists. And yet, this may precisely be the illusory aspect of the situation. It is not that I experience a passage of the same and singular entity but rather that I construct such an entity in my mind when, in fact, what I am experiencing in each moment is a different and distinct new existence. The momentary existence preceding my currently momentary existence may not have been completely dissimilar to the latter but the former is still to be distinguished from it. The implication of such thoughts, if they are true, is rather significant. Simply put, this would mean that my consciousness from a moment ago is not the same consciousness I hold in this very moment. Each moment would be offering a new opportunity to think differently, to act differently, to hold different beliefs and conclusions. While this may appear far-fetched, it is true that our physical bodies are constantly changing, from the very cells in our skin to our fingernails that appear to have grown overnight. If my physical existence is so extremely dynamic, it only makes sense that my mental state and non-material qualities are just as, if not more, dynamic and ever-changing. There are popular societal phrases that are often used for motivational purposes like “You are not the same person you were yesterday” or “every day is a new beginning” and while they are certainly true, I would like to be the proponent of a more radical worldview. Yesterday is far too historic. I am not the same person I was a moment ago. And rather than “every day,” every moment is a new beginning. Equipped with such an understanding, one becomes truly liberated and free in thought, ability and belief. Aysenur Guc is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in philosophy. Her column,”Macro to Micro,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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It is safe to say that RUPD has your back Students learn self-defense amid recent campus violence reports
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s we move into yet another month of school, are not running. Students who may be out all night it is important to recognize that many people studying or with friends do not have to worry about may not have realized that September was feeling unsafe traveling home late at night when the National Campus Safety Awareness Month. Rutgers University has accommodated for them to have a Off-Campus Living and Community Partnerships ride home. The RUPD’s biggest message at the event was that took part and established a week out of the month to spread awareness about the potential dangers of they were “’here 24 hours a day, seven days a week living on campus or off-campus at Rutgers. The week for the whole Rutgers community.’” Whether it is as was also dedicated to teaching students how they an escort or as a person they can text or call when they feel uncomfortable or in danger, the RUPD alcan stay safe around campus. One of the events was the “Knights’ Watch lows students to have one less thing to worry about. Safety programs and initiatives such as the ones Academy,” a day split up into a resource fair and a self-defense training program. The Rutgers Univer- RUPD has highlighted are usually only successful sity Police Department (RUPD) brought representa- when the public is aware of them. The University tives from their force to volunteer their time to the could have the most effective safety program ever, but it would be useresource fair. These less if the student representatives body is not made not only gave out aware of it. This is informational fly“Unlike most college campuses that are why resource fairs ers about RUPD’s and events similar resources and serclosed off and contained, Rutgers can be to them are so vital vices, but they also to the students takgave out red stress considered an area that is open.” ing full advantage balls that were of the programs shaped like bottles that are available of pepper spray. for them. With the This quirky prop showed a lighter side of the serious issues that were news of crime on and off campus seeming to be a common occurrence, programs like this are esbeing presented. It would be safe to say that the most important sential to creating an atmosphere that shows that aspect of the safety week and the National Cam- the University cares about its students. Rutgers pus Safety Awareness Month was not necessarily can be intimidating to some because of the fact the self-defense training (although it was an ex- that it inter weaves so much with the City of New tremely vital component) but rather the informa- Brunswick. Unlike most college campuses that tion on the resources that RUPD and Rutgers as a are closed off and contained, Rutgers can be considered an area that is open. And even if students university offer. One of these resources is called “Security Es- who live off campus may be in safe areas, it can be corts,” where students can call in to have escorts easy to feel other wise. For many students, living walk them to their cars, dorms or a bus stop if they at Rutgers is their first time living on their own ever feel unsafe. The Knight Mover is another es- and without parents. The RUPD is making it possicort-esque initiative that the University offers to stu- ble that these students feel protected at all times, dents to help them feel protected. The Knight Mover even when situations may arise that might tr y to is a bus that transports students when regular buses challenge that. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 149th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Argument against anthem-protestors lacks proper reasoning MAENNER’S MUSINGS HUNTER MAENNER
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ong after Colin Kaepernick began protesting systemic racism during last football season’s preseason, and right as millions of Americans in Puerto Rico are struggling through the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, President Donald J. Trump has decided to start a war with the NFL over the national anthem protests that have become more prevalent during the pregame ritual. Speaking at a rally in Alabama for the now defeated Senate candidate Luther Strange, Trump stated that all NFL owners should, upon seeing a player protest the anthem, say: “‘Get that son of a b***h off the field right now, he’s fired. He’s fired.’” But even though Trump and his supporters claim that their issues with the anthem protests are that they show “disrespect” toward the flag and our military, their actions contradict this sentiment. Even with the high regard, we as a nation hold our servicemen and women too, the fact of the matter is that we far too often fail to take care of them when they return home. The most prominent example of the maltreatment of America’s veterans comes from the VA scandal that was uncovered in 2014 with the help of anonymous whistleblowers who withheld their identities for fear of reprisal. Uncovered in the VA scandal was the
fact that in VA hospitals across the country, wait times for veterans were manipulated in order to hide the existence of excessive wait times and poor overall care. Although this damning information was brought into the national spotlight, very little was actually done about it, with the issue of long wait times continuing and punishment for those responsible just about non-existent. Using the despicable treatment of veterans by the VA under the Obama administration to his advantage, Trump campaigned
Trump still has not deemed it necessary to apologize to McCain, even as the senator continues to serve his term in Congress with a cancer prognosis that he describes as “‘very poor.’” Trump’s history of disrespecting veterans does not just end with the veterans themselves, but also extends to Gold Star parents whose child made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this nation. Following the speech made by Khizr Khan — the father of the deceased Captain Humayun Khan — at the Democratic National
“But Trump’s history of disrespecting veterans does not just end with McCain and the Khan family.” on heavily reforming the agency so veterans in need of medical care would not be subject to lackluster treatment and long waits. In fact, Trump even promised to “fire ‘the corrupt and incompetent’ leaders” of the VA — trying to paint himself as the pro-military candidate during the presidential race, and distract from his rocky history when it comes to respecting and supporting America’s veterans. The most notable example of Trump’s poor treatment of veterans was when he pronounced that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was “‘not a war hero’” because he was a POW during the Vietnam War. Now two years after making the disparaging remark,
Convention in 2016, Trump answered by wondering aloud why the mother of the soldier killed trying to save the lives of others was silent during the speech made by her husband, implying that she was not allowed to speak. In actuality, the reason Ghazala Khan stayed quiet was “because she was still grieving her son.” In Trump’s mind, though, the fact that the Khan family did not agree with his politics nullified any goodwill he felt they deserved from him. But Trump’s history of disrespecting veterans does not just end with McCain and the Khan family. He has also questioned the strength of servicemen and women who come home from battle
suffering from PTSD, failed to disburse funds raised for veterans until the Washington Post wrote a story on it and instituted a ban on transgender troops from serving their country, even as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Joseph F. Dunford Jr., “advised the White House to keep any troops who have served ‘with honor and value.’” Even with claims to the contrary by Trump and his supporters, no fact speaks louder than Trump’s seeming refusal to follow through with his promise to reform the VA. Following his inauguration, Trump’s pick to run the agency he decried on the campaign trail as “‘the most corrupt agency in the United States’” was the person who served as undersecretary for that very agency under Obama. Hidden behind Trump’s public feud with the NFL is the reality that his choice for VA secretary, David Shulkin, is now the fourth cabinet official “to be found mixing personal trips and expenses with government travel.” But until Trump decides to reconcile his actions — and inactions — with his rhetoric, and until his supporters are able to hold him accountable, no amount of shallow patriotism will lead me to believe that Trump is truly on the side of America’s military. Hunter Maenner is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in criminal justice and political science. His column, “Maenner’s Musings” runs on alternate Mondays.
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Parasitic worms may decrease effectiveness of vaccines Akhil Gumidyala Contributing Writer
Diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis are difficult to treat if people are not vaccinated or do not have the necessary resources to combat them. On top of that, try adding parasitic worms into the equation and even the vaccines themselves could be rendered ineffective. Two scientists from the New Jersey Medical School (NJMS), George Yap and William Gause, received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their research in studying the role of intestinal parasitic worms in weakening the immune system and thereby decreasing vaccine effectiveness against certain diseases. “Worms can be free-living but what we’re dealing with here are parasitic worms which means they require a host to survive,” said George Yap, an associate professor and member of the Center for Immunity and Inflammation. Unlike the flu virus or malarial parasites that can grow, worms usually do not multiply when they grow inside your body. What they tend to do is go through several life cycle stages, meaning that they enter as larvae and then they mature physically and sexually and produce a lot of eggs, Yap said. “The immune response has had a long time to coevolve with
the worms and the worms have coevolved with the human immune system. This means that the immune system isn’t that good at getting rid of the worms,” Yap said. These parasitic worms are also capable of living inside the body for a long period of time. Yap explained that the worms can either escape the immune response or they can tone it down or change the type of response. Essentially, the worm is trying to maneuver the host’s immune response so it can endure in the body for a long time. This means that if someone has a worm infection and he/she gets vaccinated, then whatever the worm is doing to the immune system is also going to affect the immune response of the vaccine, Yap said. In addition to having a lengthy stay within the body, worms produce certain substances that have an effect on the immune response. Worms have excretory and secretory products. These are small particles, basically spit out by the worm, that contains what are thought to be bioactive molecules that mimic the cytokines that are in your own body, Yap said. According to News Medical, cytokines are proteins that cells produce to instruct another cell how to behave during an immune response. For example, if there is a cytokine that is used by your immune
response to tone down your immune response, the worm can mimic that. Another biological substance in our bodies that also play an immune role are CD8 T-cells. When immunizing for a viral infection, such as hepatitis, the type of immune cells that are needed are CD8 T-cells, otherwise known as killer cells. These cells will either kill the virally or bacterially-infected cells or will produce cytokines that can cure the infection. Despite this, the effectiveness of CD8 T-cells is decreased when parasitic worms are present in the body. “We were trying to vaccinate mice to fight against an intracellular parasite known as Toxoplasma,” Yap said. “If you do this in a normal mouse you get a very effective CD8 immune response but if you do the same immunization in a worm-infested host, the CD8 cells that develop are fewer.” Furthermore, the few that do come out are actually defective in their development. Yap makes a comparison to defective CD8 cells seen in the presence of worms to those when a tumor is present. “What you might find interesting is the defects that we see in these killer cells are very similar to the defects you would see in a tumor. Like with the worm, the C8 cells are trying to kill the tumor
The effectiveness of certain immune cells such as CD8 T-Cells in fighting viruses and bacteria is reduced by the presence of parasitic worms. PIXABAY and there is an immunomodulatory effect where the C8 cells become disabled,” Yap said. Although parasitic worms are seen as organisms we should avoid, a lack of them can be just as dangerous as their presence. In an article by Rutgers Today, Yap and Gause said they theorized that if there are no worms for the immune system to attack that it would, in essence, attack itself. This is known as the hygiene hypothesis. In general, the idea is that if you live in a developing country, your overall immune tone is lower, which means your immune system is less responsive. But if you live in an environment like here in the first-world, then you are more prone to react inappropriately and have allergies or asthma or other autoimmune diseases. According to Live Science, the hygiene hypothesis concerns the idea that if we live in too clean of an environment (like in a firstworld country), we will be more susceptible to disease as opposed to if we lived in a less-than-pristine environment. Despite this, developing nations also face problems when it comes to combating disease. “(In developed nations) we have vaccinations and doctors everywhere you look. An urgent
care center near my house has a drive-thru! That’s not so common in other parts of the world. Resources play a huge part,” said Amanda Jones, a post-baccalaureate, non-matriculating student at the School of Arts and Sciences. Unsafe water could be one cause of disease susceptibility in developing nations. “There needs to be a better water filtration system as I think most of these issues stem from unclean sources of drinking water,” said Sneha Sivaram, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore. Sivaram thinks that people in developing nations are more likely to get these diseases because they have a lack of sanitation and lack of access to medical care/ hospitals. “Even if there is access, there are too few doctors and nurses,” she said. Whether it is in a first-world or third-world country, Yap said it is important to note that it is not the worm itself that causes harm but rather the immune system’s response to the worm. “If you continually mount your immune response, the only thing you’re going to kill is yourself. The disease is caused by a hyper-reactive immune response to the parasite,” he said.
SIMPLE SCIENCE Madhuri Bhupathiraju Science Editor
Although modern perfume is a carefully crafted blend of chemicals designed to produce an alluring scent, the origins of perfume used much cruder sources. While current perfume is alcohol based, ancient societies used oil based perfumes. In many civilizations, perfume was an indicator of prestige and class. Scents from Medieval Europe had particularly eccentric ingredients. Musk, civet, castor,
ambergris and other animal products were popular ingredients, according to Bustle. Musk is secretions from a male deer’s organ used for marking territory, according to the site. Civet is obtained from the anal glands of civet cats. Castor is contrived from beavers’ scent glands. Finally, ambergris is an oily lump retrieved from the digestive tracts of sperm whales. Luckily for us, in the late 1800’s animal based ingredients began being replaced by synthetic elements bringing life to the contemporary age of perfume.
DIVERSIONS
October 2, 2017
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Happy Birthday: Choose to be happy and to spread joy. Laughter is the best medicine and will encourage those around you to appreciate life and to live in the moment. Make positive changes and let go of what isn’t working for you anymore. Let your life unfold naturally and put greater emphasis on what you can accomplish, not what you cannot. Your numbers are 9, 13, 24, 27, 30, 34, 45.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep personal information a secret. Don’t be fooled by someone who is being overly friendly. Ulterior motives are apparent and can lead to problems related to your professional goals. Protect your position, reputation and your passwords. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get involved in the things you enjoy doing most. Meet up with people you love to collaborate with and something good will transpire. Networking, enjoying the youngsters in your life and spending time with your romantic partner will improve your mindset. 5 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Know what you are up against before you confront a situation or individual. Get into tip-top shape so that you can endure whatever challenge you encounter. Preparation will lead to a flawless strategy. Celebrate your victory with someone you love. 4 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may crave change, but before you jump in to something new, do your research so you don’t end up wishing you had stayed put. The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence. Play it safe. 2 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Refuse to let your emotions interfere with your job responsibilities. Confusion or uncertainty will set in if you or someone else isn’t honest about the way you feel. Don’t make excuses, be up-front and ask for the same in return. 2 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you want something, go after it. Taking physical action will prove to be beneficial. Follow a creative idea to fruition and it will take you on a wonderful journey that will enrich your life and open up a window of opportunity. 5 stars
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Jump in and get things done. If you reveal your plans, someone will step in and take over. Negotiate on your behalf to ensure that you don’t lose control of your ideas. Doing the work your way will pay off. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): An honest appraisal of what needs to be done to make your personal life better will help you move forward. Listen to your heart as well as to reason and you will figure out what you want and need. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Avoid any sort of conflict. It is best to agree on the basics and move on. If someone tries to manipulate you, walk away. It’s up to you to bring about positive change. Look for an opportunity and follow your heart. 2 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Do something physical or take on a creative project that will occupy your time and your mind. Sitting idle will result in overanalyzing and reacting to a situation that requires time to settle. Don’t reveal your anxiety and frustration. 4 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take care of personal papers, assets and debts. Use your connections to find out the information required to help save you money. Don’t let a partner use emotional manipulation to coerce you into spending on something you don’t need. 3 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Use your imagination, but not to manipulate others. It’s important to be clear about what you want and what you expect if you are going to be successful in both personal and professional partnerships. Love and romance will enhance your life. 3 stars
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DÉJÀ VU Rutgers wide receivers recorded 0 total receptions against Ohio State Saturday continued from back On the ground, the Columbus side was just as lethal. Freshman standout J.K. Dobbins put up 53
yards on six attempts, though Mike Weber was on touchdown duty, finishing with 3 on the day. As expected, Barrett got in on the fun, rushing for 89 yards of his
own to go along with his 275 passing yards. The same couldn’t be said of Kyle Bolin. Nor Johnathan Lewis. The duo shared quarterbacking duties throughout the game — often and mostly switching off within series — with almost nothing to show for it. The graduate transfer and freshman combined for 77 yards, with Bolin going 5-14 and Lewis on a line of 3-10.
Rutgers defends against the run at the goal line. Ohio State’s running game gave the Knights problems during Saturday’s affair, especially within the redzone. KATIE MORETTI / MANAGING EDITOR
It was a never-ending cycle chemistr y,” Bolin said. “Not that Rutgers had to endure. When really sure what it is, we gotta Bolin could not hit his receivers, figure that out, and we gotta Lewis would drop in. When Lewis be able to spread the ball out couldn’t do the same, Bolin fig- across the field and also down ured back in. And repeat and re- the field.” The lack of receiving prowpeat and repeat. “I’m kind of trying to figure ess remains just a blip on a out what I’m telling myself,” dismal showing on all accounts Bolin said, on bouncing back for a team that has let mistakes from the loss. “When I figure that dictate its early season. It was out, I’ll definitely relay the mes- more than mistakes Saturday sage to (Lewis). Because I hav- night. Mistakes turned to exen’t experienced a loss like that, ploitation, which turned to the worst loss of the season — so it was real tough.” Perhaps the most striking sta- far — for the Knights. In the wake tistic to come of a rebuild, it out of Saturday remains to be on the offenseen whether sive end — bethere will be sides the fact “Quarterbacks and more that Ohio State receivers need to work on many losses like this scored more points than Rutgetting better chemistry.” one. There have already gers had yards been a few, and in the first kyle bolin head coach half — was the Graduate Transfer Quarterback Chris Ash is zero receptions not shying for Knights away from the wide receivers. fact that he Though senior running back Robert needs time — much like Greg Martin and sophomore fullback Schiano had — to bring this team Max Anthony did their parts on from the cellar to the top. “When you’re talking about the receiving end — however much that means — Rutgers turning around a program, it’s wide receivers have been invis- working, it’s hard work, that’s it,” ible the last two games. Some Ash said. “You coach your tails of that absolutely owes to fifth- off every single day. You develop year senior Janarion Grant’s your players as much as you can absence, but there’s something physically, mentally, fundamento say about a unit that cannot tally, and you recruit. That’s it.” function without one player — For updates on the Rutgers footgranted, its best player. “Quarterbacks and receivers ball team, follow @TargumSports need to work on getting better on Twitter.
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY KNIGHTS GRAB 6 PERSONAL RECORDS
RU finishes in 37th place at Paul Short Run in Lehigh Kevin Stapleton Staff Writer
The Rutgers women’s cross country team placed 37th overall and collected six new personal records (PRs) at last Friday’s 44th-annual Paul Short Run six-kilometer (6k) race hosted by Lehigh. The Scarlet Knights saw freshman runner Olympia Martin yet again leading the pack in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this time by being the only team member to earn a sub-22-minute time at the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course, according to the Scarlet Knights website. Martin ended up finishing the race in 21:31, good for her best 6k collegiate effort and an overall placement of 132 out of 369 runners, according to RunHigh.com.
Rutgers earned a total of 922 points after the dust had settled at Lehigh. Taking first place at this year’s Paul Short Run was No. 21 Utah State, which earned 72 points in its victory. Despite the trailing results on paper, head coach James Robinson was pleased with his team’s second effort at Lehigh. “We’re heading in the right direction and we’ll continue to improve as the season continues,” Robinson said, according to the Scarlet Knights website. Following Martin were nine other runners for the youthful Rutgers squad, including five additional PRs. Senior Alexandra Juzwiak just missed a sub-22-minute mark, earning a new personal best of 22:03 (200) — her best 6k time since the 2014 Big Ten Championship. Sophomore Emma Bergman, who had placed a personal emphasis on the Knights getting as close to 22 minutes as possible, had to be pleased with the progression displayed in Bethlehem. She earned a new PR of 22:12 (217), her best time since the Lehigh Invitational only a few weeks back. Sophomore Stephanie Mauer was the next best runner for Rutgers, posting a new PR of 22:15 (224) — her best since the 2016 Paul Short Run. Sophomore Nadia Saponara followed Mauer at 22:19 (233). Freshman Kiera Nealon bested her Lehigh Invitational 6k
time of 22:44, running the Paul Short course in 22:20 (236). Sophomore Lou Mialhe finished the 6k in 22:35 (270) which ousted her previous best of 22:50 set at last year’s Paul Short Run. Rounding out the PRs for the Knights was sophomore Kelsey Farbanish, who ran the course in 24:07 (351) — besting her 6k time of 24:54 set earlier in the month at the Lehigh Invitational. Junior Genevieve Cickavage finished the 6k in 22:49, good for 288th overall.
Freshman Kaitlyn Bragen earned a time of 23:22, placing 320th overall. Next time out, Rutgers will compete in the Metropolitan Championships hosted by Fordham at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York, where the team has earned two titles since 2014, on Friday, October 13. For updates on the Rutgers women’s cross country team, follow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
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Page 11 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK BYE WEEK OFFERS TIME TO HEAL, REFLECT FOR SCARLET KNIGHTS
Bye week comes at perfect time for football team Griffin Whitmer Associate Sports Editor
The bad news for the Rutgers football team? It was just embarrassed at home by No. 11 Ohio State to the tune of 56-0. The good news? It can’t do worse this week. After losing four of their first five games of the season, the Scarlet Knights (2-4, 0-2) are met with a week off — one that will be crucial to the outcome of the season. Against the Buckeyes, starting safeties Saquan Hampton and Kiy Hester both left the game with injuries and did not return. Backup quarterback Johnathan Lewis, who is widely regarded as the future of the team, also left with an injury in the second half. Fifth-year senior do-it-all star Janarion Grant did not play for the second straight week after not being medically cleared. Starting tight end Jerome Washington hobbled off the field with an injury in the second half. The list goes on and on. The bottom line: this team is more than banged up and needs to recover and rest up in preparation for a very winnable game against Illinois on Oct. 14. In a very tense and brief postgame press conference, Ash had little to say of his team’s play, but did expand on the importance of taking a step back and re-evaluating the status of his team.
“We’ve got a week off here this next week. Right now everything is going to be on the table,” he said. “We’ve got to look at our personnel. We’ve got to evaluate injuries, we’ve got to evaluate what we’re doing, and we’ll take this next week to do that.” And when referencing personnel, he was specifically talking about the quarterback position. Graduate transfer Kyle Bolin started the game, but was just 5-14 for 56 yards and no touchdowns. Lewis was not better, going 3-10 for 21 yards with two interceptions. Drops hindered Lewis’ stat-line, but he also did not look comfortable playing against a high-level defense like Ohio State’s. Fifth-year senior and captain Darnell Davis was candid when speaking about the game, noting how poor of a performance the Knights had and how a mental break to go along with the physical break of a bye week will be important to the team. “We gotta get better man. It was a terrible loss. We gotta clean up our mistakes,” he said. “We saw what we did wrong and we gotta get better cause the road doesn’t get easier from here ... Mentally, we need a break. We really do.” The first step for Rutgers will be making sure all injured players are properly evaluated and fully
healed. The team is potentially in a really bad place if Hampton and Hester’s injuries are serious, so Ash and company will have to look at potential replacements. Sophomore safety KJ Gray stepped in and played a big role against the Buckeyes, but when Hester went down, converted wide receiver Rashad Blunt came in to play safety — something that is not ideal. “The bye week is extremely helpful. Halfway through the season is perfect for us. We got injuries going on so hopefully those guys can get back, hopefully it’s nothing brutal or vital,” Davis said. One of the issues that plagued the Knights was the play of the wide receivers. Bolin did not throw them under the bus, but was visually upset with the overall play of the offense. The hope is that someone in that room can step up as a reliable target for Bolin and offensive coordinator Jerry Kill can figure out creative ways for the offense to move the ball against an Big Ten opponent. “It allows (us) to get rest, get guys back healthy, evaluate where were at and where we wanna go and then be able to re-start the second half of the season,” Bolin said. Continuing the trend of captains speaking to the media after a tough loss, fifth-year senior
Dorian Miller was once again upfront and honest about the status of the team. He noted that while he may not need to “flip tables” to ignite some energy into the team, something needs to change. Fortunately, the bye week is the perfect time to do so and for Rutgers, it couldn’t come at a better time.
“A bye week is definitely a time where we’re able to get young guys reps and guys that may have to step into positions they may haven’t been playing,” Miller said. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @GriffinWhitmer and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Graduate transfer quarterback Kyle Bolin escapes pressure from the defense and gets off a pass. Bolin went 5-14 on Saturday. DECLAN INTINDOLA
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“I’m kind of trying to figure out what I’m telling myself.” — Graduate transfer quarterback Kyle Bolin on Rutgers’ 56-0 loss to Ohio State
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FOOTBALL NO. 11 OHIO STATE 56, RUTGERS 0
Head coach Chris Ash crouches on the sideline, sulking amid Rutgers’ 56-0 loss to Ohio State at home. The Knights were outplayed in all three phases of the game Saturday night, similar to their 58-0 defeat to the Buckeyes in 2016 on the road. DECLAN INTINDOLA
DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN
Rutgers sees repeat of last year with 56-0 beatdown by Buckeyes at home after previous season’s 58-0 loss Jon Spilletti
into the left goalpost. There’s a metaphor in there somewhere. Whatever the lowest point was, the score remains: No. 11 Ohio State (4-1, 2-0) showed up to High Point Solutions Stadium on Saturday night and downed — or drowned — Rutgers (1-4, 0-2) to a 56-0 line. Still, it was not like last year’s dismal 58-0 showing, in which the Knights were introduced to an indomitable J.T. Barrett who ran for 238 yards, completing 4 touchdowns. Make no mistake, the Buckeyes showed up, but not enough to warrant a 56-0 scoreline — Rutgers did much of the work for them.
Sports Editor
There was a point Saturday night — sometime after the first wave of students and spectators filed out and before the second wave — where the Rutgers football team strung together two passes. Both forward, both illegal. On the same play. The Scarlet Knights were down 35-0, three minutes removed from halftime, and it still may not have been the lowest valley for them. Instead, that may have come when kicker Andrew Harte, with less than a minute to go in the game, sent a 32-yard field goal straight
It did that through unnecessary penalties, missed coverage and generally poor play through all four quarters. There was no uncharacteristically impressive first drive. No real glimpses of competency defending the run or under center. In front of 46,328 strong — many of which donning Ohio State red, not Rutgers scarlet — the Knights found ways to give the Buckeyes a win akin to last year’s fixture. While it was fairly predicted that Ohio State would exploit Rutgers’ inability to stop the run, it did that and then some, with Barrett abandoning his much-maligned passing jitters and occupying the low sky with multiple arcing passes to his receivers down the field.
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sophomore transfer guard, won the MidKnight Madness dunk contest Friday night, ultimately defeating freshman guard Geo Baker in the final round. Kiss follows up junior guard Corey Sanders’ efforts, as he won the dunk contest last season.
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Of course, much of that was not the Knights’ fault at all. With junior cornerback Blessuan Austin sidelined from an ACL injury from last week’s Nebraska loss and junior safeties Kiy Hester and Saquan Hampton out with mid-game knocks, the side was practically devoid of a working secondary for the majority of the game. With that came downfield passes to receivers Terry McLaurin, Benjamin Victor and most of all, Johnnie Dixon. Dixon made the most of Barrett’s pass-happy offense, collecting 2 touchdowns on 115 total yards.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
FIELD HOCKEY
VOLLEYBALL
MEN’S SOCCER
at Iowa
vs. Michigan
at Maryland
at Michigan
Thursday, 8 p.m., Iowa City, Iowa
Friday, 6 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.
Friday, 6 p.m., College Park, Md.
Friday, 7 p.m., Ann Arbor, Mich.