free speech “Unsafe Space” arguments surrounding racial identity are misguided
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BRUNCH Hidden Grounds is fulfilling the need for a brunch spot on campus with new, fresh menu see FOOD & DRINK, page 8
FIELD HOCKEY Dutch player brings spark, goalscoring prowess to Rutgers team
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In an email to students, University President Robert L. Barchi said Rutgers will stick to its current polices on sexual assault, regardless of national changes. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2017
Barchi says U. will uphold its policy on sexual assault KIRA HERZOG News Editor
Earlier this month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education will rescind the sexual assault guidelines laid out by Title IX. As a new set of protocols are solidified, the processes by which universities handle cases
of rape and sexual assault will be turned upside down — but Rutgers’ policy will remain intact, according to University President Rober t L. Barchi. “I want to be clear that nothing about these announcements will affect the way that we at Rutgers address sexual assault and harassment,” See policy on Page 4
A free speech advocacy tour entitled “Unsafe Space” made its second stop at the Douglass Student Center last night in an attempt to spark new dialogue around free speech. The event included a panel of speakers and was met with a counter-protest from campus organizations including Black Lives Matter and Rutgers One. Hundreds of Rutgers students faculty members attended the event, both to listen to the panel and to speak out against it. Tensions quickly rose between the protesters and counter-protesters. The original “Unsafe Space” event was created as a result of correspondence between unnamed University constituents and online British publication Spiked. The Rutgers leg of the tour, entitled “Identity politics: the new racialism on campus?” was made to explore whether a new “hypersensitivity” around race has negatively impacted the campus. Topics included cultural appropriation, free speech and microaggressions.
The panelists who led the discussion were Kmele Foster, the founder of Freethink Media, Sarah Haider, a co-founder of Ex-Muslims of North America, Mark Lilla, a professor of humanities at Columbia University and Bryan Stascavage, a writer and free-speech advocate. During the panel, Foster said police violence should not be understood through the framework of racial identity politics. In interpreting the statistics of police violence, he said he finds little evidence that black people are at unique risk of being shot by the police. “For me it seems impractical to take an issue that we all agree is important and to balkanize it and to make it something that is of unique interest to a particular community; to attach to it a mantra that is narrowly interested in racial outcomes — to make it an issue where if you disagree with me, you don’t disagree on an approach to fixing this problem, you disagree on whether or not my life has value or merit,” Foster said. After the event, members of Black Lives Matter Rutgers said that the panelists had not properly acknowledged their point of view.
“They literally didn’t answer any questions that we asked,” said Bashir Herbert, a School of Arts and Sciences junior and the secretary of Black Lives Matter Rutgers. “They had no idea about the black struggle that we’re dealing with. They were just answering things based on statistics.” Lilla said that the greatest threat to the rights of historically marginalized communities comes from the Republican Party. He added that the Republican party has committed itself to reducing the rights of women to get abortions, of black people to vote and of gay couples to be treated equally. Lilla said that in order to protect these historically marginalized groups, the Democratic Party must develop a rhetoric that also appeals to communities that regularly vote Republican. “One needs a message as a party that speaks to everyone in the country,” Lilla said. “Identity politics as currently practiced is preventing liberals, the left, progressives, the Democratic party, however, you want to describe that side, from See protest on Page 4
Rutgers students raise money after house fire
After a fire destroyed their off-campus residence, two Rutgers students are trying to raise money on GoFundMe to pay for the damages. COURTESY OF FRANK AITA
Jillian Pastor Staff Writer
A GoFundMe has been created for two Rutgers students whose off-campus house burned down. The fire erupted inside the Delafield Street home early on a Friday morning in October 2015. The residents were forced into the street, and fire officials
said the home was uninhabitable, according to NJ Advance Media. Kevin McCann, the New Brunswick’s deputy fire chief, said that everyone made it out safely because the smoke alarm alerted residents to the fire, but the home sustained extensive damage. See fire on Page 5
Yesterday, a small group of Rutgers students protested outside of the Douglass Student Center where a panel, entitled “Unsafe Space,” was being held. The goal of the original event was to create a dialogue around identity politics and free speech on campus. YOSEF SERKEZ
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Eagleton Institute holds lecture on ‘the State of the State’ Christina Gaudino Staff Writer
On Monday evening, the Eagleton Institute of Politics welcomed Gary Moncrief, a consulting scholar at Eagleton and a professor at Boise State University in Idaho, to speak about the relationship between federal and state governments in the era of President Donald J. Trump. Director of the Eagleton Institute Dr. Ruth Mandel noted as she opened the program that the name of the lecture is “not necessarily optimistically” entitled “The State of the States in a State of Confusion.” More than 90 students, faculty members and members of the community attended the program, where the professor addressed the condition of federalism under the current presidential administration. “Today, we have a unified government at the state level, but not a united government at the national level,” he said. Since 1961 there has been divided government at the national level, Moncrief said. Divided government occurs when the executive branch and one or both legislative chambers are controlled by different parties. On the contrary, there has been increasingly unified government at the state level, he said. This means that one party controls both the executive and legislative branch — since 2010, more than 30 states have consistently had unified government. “To me, that explains something about why the states have had more policy power over the last few years: they’re on the same track, and on the federal level, this is not necessarily true,” he said. Moncrief said to the audience that states play a critical role in shaping policy for their residents, citing their ability to pass legislation in direct defiance of federal laws on subjects like legalizing assisted suicide and marijuana, as well as more stringent environmental policies. “Some things can be done in the next couple of years ... that will have a direct challenge to government, and will exacerbate the contention between state and federal legislature,” he said. During an interview, Moncrief said state governments rarely get as much media coverage as the federal government — particularly on the East Coast, there is less awareness of state government and more focus on Washington D.C. “The most important thing ... is that most people don’t really appreciate the importance of states,” he said. He explained that individual states are extremely important in shaping domestic politics. “Education is primarily the responsibility of the state,” he said. States are also heavily involved in social services, police and corrections, and infrastructure issues. Despite the many capabilities of states, the federal government still has a crucial role to play in
state government functions, such as funding, Moncrief said. Due to objectives of the current presidential administration, “the federal aid component of state budgets is going to get smaller, which will put a serious crimp on what states are able to do,” he said. This has direct ramifications at a time when “the states are already weakened,” he said, noting that 33 states had lower than projected revenue in the fiscal year 2017 and that 19 states have yet to fully recover to pre-recession income levels. In addition, he said, there were a record number of states that missed their budget deadline in 2017, including New Jersey. “The state of the states, particularly today, is clearly a state of confusion,” Moncrief said. An interesting result of this situation, he remarked, is that the significance of a governor’s role has increased — the upcoming elections present an opportunity for Democrats to regain ground. “Between this year and next, there will be 38 gubernatorial elections,” he said. Twenty-seven of those are currently Republicans. New Jersey and Virginia will hold gubernatorial elections this year, and 36 other states will hold them in 2018. “Democrats recognize they’ve got to get back in the game, and the place where they’re most likely to get back in the game is at the state level,” he said. Moncrief said that currently, New Jersey, along with Nevada, New Mexico, Illinois, Michigan, and possibly Florida are the most likely to see a change from a Republican governor to a Democratic governor during the next two years of elections. “All of Eagleton’s public programs, including this one, present experts who illuminate timely topics,” said Kathy Kleeman, the senior communications officer for the Eagleton Institute. In addition to his public talk in the evening, Moncrief also spoke to students in the “Legislative Policymaking” class taught at Eagleton earlier in the day, Kleeman said. This program was the second to be supported by the Alan Rosenthal Fund for the Study of State Government and Politics, Mandel said, which honors the late Alan Rosenthal, former director of Eagleton, respected professor and nationally acclaimed expert on state government and state legislatures. Moncrief, who has worked with the late Alan Rosenthal, is the author of six books and more than 55 journal articles and book chapters on various aspects of state politics — among his most recent books is “Why States Matter: An Introduction to State Politics,” the second edition of which was published following the 2016 presidential election. “The Rosenthal funds are used by the Institute to broaden the students’ exposure to state government, and also to seek opportunities to build on Alan’s work in meaningful ways,” Mandel said to the audience.
Earlier this week, the Eagleton Institute explored the current divide between federal and state governments through a lecture entitled “The State of the States in a State of Confusion.” The event was led by consulting scholar Gary Moncrief. HENRY FOWLER
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Protest ‘Unsafe Space’ tour was created in conjunction with libertarian publication Spiked continued from front holding on to institutional power and actually being the change they say they seek.” Mackenzie Miller, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and a member of Rutgers One, said that he hoped the protest would demonstrate the Rutgers community’s rejection of Unsafe Space’s “divisive” rhetoric. “I think the outrage that was sparked so quickly among
various communities in Rutgers about (Unsafe Space) attending shows that generally Rutgers is on the side of not allowing racists to come on campus,” Miller said. Rutgers One is an alliance of students, faculty and alumni from various organizations around campus. In addition to leading the counter-protest last night, they have been involved to some degree in nearly every Rutgers protest this year.
policy After rescinding original Title IX guidelines, DeVos released document, outlining temporary rules continued from front Barchi said in an email to the student body. “We are the leaders in providing evidence-based, innovative, and comprehensive services to all members of our community. We will continue to lead.” Rutgers operates under a system that was developed a
year-and-a-half ago, which lays out comprehensive guidelines for reporting, investigating and disciplining perpetrators of sexual assault. The University policy also provides a comprehensive definition of what is and is not considered “consent.” In his statement, Barchi said he hopes Rutgers can lead by
often enough on campus. “A lot of people didn’t disagree on a fundamental level, on what is important or what needs to be tackled,” he said. Slater said that free speech policy can be implemented but cannot thrive in an environment that does not truly criticize it. He said that events like this are important because they showcase debates with perspectives that are heard less. “You’ve always got to think of your own ideas as something that has to be submitted to challenge,” he said. “The thing is if you believe something and never allow anyone to challenge it, then you have no idea why you think something.”
In the press release for the counter-protest, Miller said it is important to understand that events like “Unsafe Space” risk ushering more bigoted and racist beliefs onto the campus. “Rutgers One believes that respect and sensitivity do not present a threat to free speech and that the real threats to students lie in racism, homophobia, misogyny and other forms of oppression,” he wrote. In response to claims that students had their voices silenced, Ella Whelan, the assistant director of Spiked, said that the organization invited all societies within the Rutgers community to participate in open discussion on these issues regardless of political orientation.
“It’s a tour, it’s called the ‘Unsafe Space Tour.’ The first one was at American University last week. I spoke on the panel,” Whelan said. “It was canceled by the University, so actually the first event of the Unsafe Space Free Speech tour was censored.” When asked how she felt about the event, Whelan said the organizers anticipate the situation to be tense but prefer that people build on the tension and voice their opinions. “The worst thing, we think, is for it to be a same old event where everyone agrees,” she said. Tom Slater, the deputy editor at Spiked, added that the robust exchange of ideas highlighted a lot of topics that are not discussed
example as new national legislation is drafted. “Rutgers University has a longstanding histor y of providing comprehensive support and advocacy to sur vivors, and we believe firmly in prevention programs that teach students to be positive, active bystanders,” Barchi said. “We believe in continuous learning and improvement, and — with the help of $2 million Rutgers has received from the Victims of Crime Act Grant Program distributed through the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office — we will continue
working to make advancements showed solidarity with victims of in ser vices, education, research sexual violence. “We are committed to equiand prevention.” In her time leading the De- ty, fairness and respect for all partment of Education, DeVos of our students who may be has already revoked the Title IX personally involved in instances of sexual guidelines that assault or haspecify surrassment, are vivors’ rights exposed to on university “We will continue such behavcampuses, our efforts for which ior or are acwhile pushing mediation as a we are very well known cused of such b e h a v i o r, ” primary form regardless of any changes Barchi said. of resolution, “Our commitaccording to in the Department ment will not Time Magaof Education.” waver.” zine. One of Last month, her central Rutgers was criticisms of Debasish dutta invited to lead Title IX is that Chancellor of Rutgers—New Brunswick a presentait treats action for the cused individAAU on its uals unfairly cutting-edge sexual assault during sexual assault trials. At Rutgers, there are numerous policy, said Debasish Dutta, resources set up for victims of the chancellor of Rutgers— sexual violence, the most preva- New Brunswick. “I think what (Barchi) is relent being the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance ferring to and, what you proba(VPVA). The VPVA works directly bly know already, is that we are with the University administra- at the forefront. Rutgers—New tion to offer counseling for survi- Brunswick’s work in sexual viovors while simultaneously leading lence prevention is well known, campaigns to raise awareness of it was recognized by the White House,” Dutta said. “So yes, sexual violence. Last month, the VPVA held we will continue our efforts for the Clothesline Project at Voor- which we are very well known hees Mall on the College Avenue regardless of any changes in the campus — a visual display that Department of Education.”
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Fire So far, students have raised $1K in donations, they hope to reach $3K continued from front Ryan Charles Clarkin, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, is friends with the students who lived at the house and is the creator of the GoFundMe page. He said although everyone in the house was okay, many of
their possessions are beyond salvageable. At the time, his friends did not have a place to stay in New Brunswick. “After calling 911, waking up their housemates and getting out of (the house) there wasn’t much time for them to grab anything,” Clarkin said.
He said the biggest worry was not the actual fire, but life after the incident. The fire incurred a number of costs that were difficult to handle as a student. “As many students can understand, the hardest part of this isn’t the initial scare,” Clarkin said. “It’s continuing with school and life as if nothing was wrong.” Many of his friend’s possessions were gone and damaged in the fire. “Without books, computers, clothes or a place to stay at school, my friends faced many obstacles
besides the usual class and work that we all complain about,” he said. He said $1000 of the $5000 goal has been raised and 39 people donated to the cause. Jacob Fingeret is a Rutgers alumnus and graduated from the School of Arts and Sciences last year. He had friends who were affected by the fire as well. “I mainly donated a lot of money because of the loss of value for the cars. My best friends, Brian Watson and Amol Singh, had their cars obliterated from the fire,” Fingeret said.
His friends were seniors, and he explained that even though the students had experienced such a hardship, they still had school and classes to worry about. “They both lost all value (of the cars) and insurance covered barely any of the cars damage cost,” he said. “I donated to help cover some of their costs to get new cars because I knew how important it was for them to have cars to get to classes, especially because they were seniors and their classes were upper-level classes that they needed to have to graduate.”
Gay Men’s Awareness Summit at U. draws 200 attendees Chloe Dopico
Wuethrich said the primary topic of conversation at the Summit was about the advancements Over 200 participants crowd- in the biomedical interventions ed into the Cook Student Center and how they can impact the last Thursday for the 2017 New community when it comes to reJersey Gay Men’s Awareness ducing new HIV infections as well as greatly reducing the stigma Day Summit. The event was in recognition of around HIV. Wuethrich said just one day National Gay Men’s HIV Awareness Day, which was originally before the summit, the CDC ancreated in 2008 to recognize the nounced that people living with disproportionate impact of the HIV have effectively no risk of epidemic on gay men, according transmitting the disease to a nonto their event page. The event, HIV partner. “This information, paired hosted by the New Jersey HIV Planning Group (NJHPG), aimed with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to educate the gay community on (PrEP), a daily medication to preissues and barriers, which impact vent HIV infection for negative both HIV care and prevention partners, can have a major impact on how our community discussthroughout New Jersey. es HIV treatThe NJHPG ment, care and and its committees meet “The committee wanted p r e v e n t i o n , ” he said. once a month to create a day that brings To address on Rutgers the topic, the campus and together both New Summit providcollaborate Jersey’s gay community ed an update on with the New preventative efJersey Departand the providers who forts that New ment of Health, serve them.” Jersey offers. Division of “(There was HIV, STD, and also) a panTB services, eric wuethrich el discussion said Eric WueChair of the Gay Men’s Committee with medical thrich, the experts as chair of the well as a community perspecGay Men’s Committee. The groups work to combine tive, four breakout workshops, a HIV care and treatment with HIV HealthySexual presentation by prevention to improve planning Gilead Sciences, and two guest speakers — Jessie Milan, JR. JD across New Jersey. “We chose Cook campus as a from AIDS United, and Kahlib venue due to our ongoing work- Barton representing NMAC dising relationship with Rutgers, as cussing how to interpret this as well as its central location,” he well as how to share this inforsaid. “The committee wanted to mation with communities that create a day that brings together need it most.” Wuethrich said events like both New Jersey’s gay community and the providers who serve this are important for the Rutthem, in order to engage in a di- gers community because colalogue around the issues impact- lege-aged students, particularly those who identify as gay and ing the community the greatest.” Associate News Editor
Today, in recognition of Gay Men’s HIV Awareness Day, Rutgers held a panel in the Cook Student Center, which was attended by more than 200 people. The discussion encouraged early testing and a push for more proactive treatment in the gay community. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR bisexual, are disproportionately impacted by HIV. The Gay Men’s Committee aims to host this event each year in recognition of National Gay Men’s HIV Awareness Day, he said.
“In 2015, 20 percent of all new HIV diagnoses were youth aged 13-24, of those 80 percent occurred in young adults ages 20-24. Despite youth accounting for 1 in 5 new diagnoses, in 2013 it was estimated that 51 percent HIV+ youth have
not been tested and are unaware of their status. Increasing awareness for HIV testing can help our community engage in their personal health, identify PrEP candidates, and provide access to care for those who need it,” Wuethrich said.
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To improve future, we must remember past UNVEILING THE TRUTH LUKE HINRICHS
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he unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is cemented in our now weathered and eroded national foundation. These rights meant for all have been stolen by the few. It is upon the government, which functions through our consent, to bolster the general welfare and domestic tranquility such that life, freedom and happiness is unadulterated by violence and crime. Except, we have allowed for our representatives to be unresponsive to the unrelenting attacks on public safety. We have exchanged our freedom for fear and our liberty for the ability to own and operate military weapons against one another. On Sunday, Oct. 1, Stephen Paddock broke the glass window of his hotel room on the 32nd floor of a high-rise hotel overlooking the Vegas Strip and began what is now considered to be the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history. The sounds of yelling to “get down,” “hide” and “run” were all eclipsed by the piercing sounds of gun shots ringing out in the darkness. At least 59 people were killed and over 500 injured. Paddock, with at least 23 guns in his hotel room and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, had the American access to obtain the weapons necessary to do great evil. But this was not simply an act of formless evil, but rather a defined and premeditated act by an evil man with legally-obtained firearms meant for military use, and our country is grieving once again. The horrific scene of fear and death was described by Dinora Merino, an attendee of the concert targeted by Paddock’s rampage and survivor of his terrorist attack. Merino described the moment of realization that there was a shooter and said, “People were getting shot at while we were running, and people were on the ground bleeding, crying and screaming.” Americans bleed, cry and scream time and time again, but the blood never soaks through to our conscience, the cries are never heard and the screams are never listened to. In 2012, change was supposed to come. Change should have come. “Really loud bangs … We thought that someone was knocking something over. And we heard yelling and we heard gunshots. We heard lots of gunshots.” This is how Brendan Murray, a 9-year-old fourth grader, described the Sandy Hook shooting. Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012. The children killed were between 5 to 10 years old. The lives of 20 children ought to have been the nation’s breaking point. But it was not. And from the days that followed Sandy Hook to this past Sunday, and in the many days to come, we will feel the weight of our inactions through the senseless loss of lives. Since Sandy Hook, there have been at least 1,518 mass shootings, with at least 1,715 people killed and 6,089 wounded. In 2016, a little over a year ago, another “deadliest mass shooting” occurred. “Mommy I love you … In club they shooting … He’s coming … I’m gonna die … He’s in the bathroom with us.” These were the last messages sent by Eddie Justice to his mother before he was murdered in the Orlando Pulse Night Club mass shooting on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The gunman used a legally obtained AR-15-style assault rifle to murder 49 people and wound 53. The reason gun control legislation has been stagnant is not because our government or our representatives believe in the validity of the Second Amendment, but rather it is because the NRA and the gun industry has influence over public policy. Proposals for preventing gun violence are not appendages of absolutism through which the government will forcibly steal all guns and become a tyranny as depicted by the NRA. The proposals that best fit our society, our constitution and at times majority opinion are background checks for all gun sales, a limitation on magazine size and reinstating and strengthening the ban on assault weapons. Thus, in the wake of mass shooting tragedies, the tradition of this country is to pray and send love to those who grieve. And, this is where the problem remains unsolved and buried away only to be unveiled at a later time by an individual with a gun, restarting the cycle of tragedy and prayer. But as the New Testament in James 2:14-26 says, “Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” We are all already dead in our inaction. When we have weapons of war in widespread circulation, war-like casualty counts cannot be seen as unavoidable. To speak and not act, to do nothing except pray, is to accept these mass shootings as part of the American experience, part of our culture. We must demand leadership from our elected leaders and refuse to be silenced by the claim that a discussion on gun rights in America is politicizing the death of mass shooting victims. In order to do justice to those victimized by atrocities, we must never forget their experience and to never allow such tragedies to occur again. Luke Hinrichs is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year majoring in political science and economics. His column “Unveiling the Truth“ runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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There are some problems here. ftentimes, Rutgers hosts events within the People need to stop looking at recognizing microUniversity where panelists come to speak to the students about certain issues that are rel- aggressions and cultural appropriation as means of evant to what is going on in the world around them. limiting free speech. People assume that these are Last night, a panel of speakers visited the Douglass new concepts that are making the general public Student Center as a part of its tour entitled “Unsafe too sensitive to the real world, but what some fail Space,” a name-play off of some groups on campus’ to understand is that those trying to prevent microrecent and ongoing efforts to deem New Brunswick aggression and cultural appropriation are attempting to make the “real world” a more understanding as a “safe space.” The “Unsafe Space” speakers centered their place. If you feel targeted when someone points out conversation on free speech and how there was a that your words have underlying hints of racism new “hypersensitivity” surrounding cultural appro- or ignorance, then you must step back and assess priation and microaggressions. Another aspect of why you feel that way. By trying to implement the the conversation circled around “identity politics” avoidance of microaggressions, no one is attempting where panelists expressed the idea that understand- to stomp on others’ freedom of speech. It is simply ing police violence has little to nothing to do with one group of people stating that they feel insulted by another group’s lack racial identity polof education and itics and provided consideration about statistics that black part of their identipeople are not as at“By trying to implement the avoidance of ty. And in regards to risk of being shot by the topic of identity: the police. microaggressions, no one is attempting to When people say, But, the Black stomp on others’ freedom of speech.” “too much attention Lives Matter chapis being put on racial ter at the University identity,” it is a clear showed up to the implication that they panel ready to make do not see the reality their voices heard. They expressed that the panelists tried to substitute of the world that we live in today. We live in what statistics for the values of one’s life and how ques- is known as a melting pot, and to assume that color tions they asked were not given answers. Rutgers blindness is an aspect of society is not only wishful One, an alliance of students, faculty and alumni from thinking, it is incorrect. The reality of the situation different organizations on the campus, was also is that we are all different, and sometimes because there in protest of the “Unsafe Space” rhetoric. They of these differences, we are treated differently. As voiced their concerns about the panelists and those upsetting as this is, it is a known truth. And while who support them and said that encouraging the it is important for all sides of situations to be heard, ideas they were proposing would motivate racist and it is also important to draw a line where freedom of speech may tread to hate speech. bigoted speech on campus. As for the group itself: Although it is a play on The “Unsafe Space” speakers came back to this saying that it was good that they were having a words, it is extremely telling for a group to proudly panel where people were saying something dif- claim itself as one advocating for an “Unsafe Space.” ferent, as opposed to the “same old event where People must consider the implications of the words they use, and this is a firm example of this ideal. ever yone agrees.” 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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Stigma around abortion can lead to lethal consequences GOT RIGHTS? HARLEEN SINGH
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recent study published in the medical journal, The Lancet, has brought some light to a matter not talked much about these days: Unsafe abortions. The study has revealed that about half the abortions performed worldwide are unsafe. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines unsafe abortion either as pregnancy that is terminated in an environment that does not meet medical standards or is performed by someone who lacks the necessary medical skills to do so. Either approach has a high chance of leaving the mother with many complications including uterine perforation, hemorrhage, an incomplete abortion (the failure to dispel all of the pregnancy tissue) and damage to the genitals and internal organs. Such complications make unsafe abortions the leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity. Every year 4.7 percent to 13.2 percent of maternal deaths are due to the malpractice of abortion and each year there are more than 55 million abortions that take place worldwide, but close to 25.5 million are unsafe. Among this half of unsafe abortions, at least 8 million were carried out in harmful environments and over half
of them were carried out in Asia. Overall though, the rate of abortions was higher in developed countries, but the rate of unsafe abortions was greater in undeveloped countries, with the risk of dying from one was greatest in Africa. About 97 percent of unsafe abortions take place in Africa, Latin America and Asia. In North America, 99 percent of the performed procedures are regarded as safe. A trend that is noticed here is that countries that offer a larger selection of safe abortion procedures tend to have less restrictive abortion laws.
women will naturally take matters into their own hands which simply ends up being lethal. Many times a woman ends up taking unprescribed medications without having the knowledge of the effects of the pills on their bodies. Other examples include using sharp objects such as coat hangers, sticks, knitting needles and even glass to reach the tissue in the uterus. In Kenya, abortions are largely illegal and the only way a woman may receive one is if her pregnancy is severely detrimental to her health. This leaves no space for others who cannot go
“There are many barriers that women face that disallow them from receiving a safe abortion ... ” Dr. Bela Ganatra, a scientist working in WHO’s Department of Reproductive Health and Research, says that even though underdeveloped countries with conventional mindsets try to implement prohibitory abortion laws, research backs up the fact that such laws in fact will not result in a decrease of women receiving abortions. Ganatra went on to say, “Women are going to have abortions when they are faced with the situation where they need it and if they can’t get access to safe ones they will go further down the spectrum to less safe and perhaps even dangerous.” When left with no option or help in getting an abortion,
through the pregnancy for whatever their reason may be. A grievous example was the sister of James, a member of the Nairobi slum, in Kenya. His sister was the victim of a gang-rape that ended in pregnancy. “She told us that she saw three men rape her and then she lost consciousness,” James said. “She was just quiet most of the time after the rape. She didn’t want the baby. She tried to abort three times.” After she tried and was declined a fourth time, James’s sister, who was eight months pregnant at this time, took matters into her own hands by consuming non-prescribed medication to kill both herself and the fetus.
Now there is a spectrum of reasons why a woman may not want to go through with the pregnancy and among the top reasons are rape pregnancies, the fact that the mother simply might not be able to financially support the child, the pregnancy and raising the child may interfere with her career, the pregnancy was an accident, the pregnancy may be deleterious to her well-being and other reasons. There are many barriers that women face that disallow them from receiving a safe abortion, such reasons include the restrictive laws, high cost of procedure and stigma. It is important to accommodate women when it comes to pregnancies as females have a right to health and a right to control their bodies, which makes unsafe abortions a significant human rights issue. A pregnancy takes a massive toll on a woman’s body and it is imperative to her well being to have the necessary resources at her disposal. Unsafe abortions can be prevented in many ways including through sexuality education, availability of safe and effective contraceptives, public health seminars especially in third world countries to educate and de-stigmatize the operation, and obviously the services of safe and legal abortions. Harleen Singh is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in cell biology and neuroscience. Her column, “Got Rights?”, runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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FOOD & DRINK
Hidden Grounds fills gap in weekend dining with brunch menu
Hidden Grounds is cooking up a new brunch menu that will be served every weekend at the 4C location. A chef will be coming in every weekned to cook up fresh biscuit sandwiches, filling New Brunswick’s need for a brunch spot. JULIA TERRANOVA
Julia Terranova Staff Writer
This past weekend, Rutgers’ favorite local coffee shop, Hidden Grounds, debuted a new weekend brunch menu at its 4C Easton Ave location. Rutgers
students sorely needed a place near campus to get a good brunch, and Hidden Grounds delivered. What makes this brunch menu unique is that ever y item on the menu is biscuit-based, and just about ever ything is homemade.
The chef will cook, plate and serve up the new food items cooked to order. JULIA TERRANOVA
The owners of Hidden spinach, mint and date chutney notice the preponderance of Grounds were inspired to roll and gravy. The result is a deli- puns in the names of the dishes. out this biscuit menu after a re- cious, cohesive dish which is a “The Final Egg-Xam,” a biscuit cent trip to Seattle, where coffee little bit sweet, a little bit spicy with a sunny-side up egg with and biscuits go together hand and definitely leaves you wanting gravy, is my favorite name. Hidden Grounds prides itself in hand. Witnessing this culture more. Although it may sound odd and how well coffee and biscuits to pour gravy over a biscuit with on an ability to get customers in seem to pair, they decided to so many toppings, the Garam and out fairly quickly. Due to the nature of their new brunch menu, bring the idea back home to New Masala ties it all together nicely. they say customers may Brunswick with them. Of have to wait about 10 mincourse, they put their own utes to get their biscuits. spin on it. they will also offer Every Saturday and Sun“The owners of Hidden Grounds While takeout, they recommend day morning a chef will were inspired to roll out this that customers enjoy their make fresh and flaky bisin the coffee shop cuits from scratch, which biscuit menu after a recent trip to brunch to get the full experience. then get topped with topFor now, the brunch pings, from prosciutto and Seattle, where coffee and biscuits menu is only offered at the spinach to strawberry and go together hand in hand. ” second Hidden Grounds rose. Hidden Grounds’ location, located near the menus have always featrain station. If you’ve nevtured Indian ingredients, er been, it’s a great place and its brunch menu is no One thing you might notice to go and grab a coffee, espresso different. The vegetarian gravy (which is also homemade) that about the new menu is that it or tea and get some work done. tops most of the biscuits contains has a surprising amount of meat They also have a variety of baked Garam Masala, a typical Indian dishes. If you have eaten at Hid- goods, including the vegan chai spice. Since it contains spices den Grounds before, you might cookies that are delicious. Besides biscuits, Hidden like cinnamon and clove, the Ga- have noticed that most of the ram Masala makes the gravy a dishes are vegetarian, and there Grounds will also offer freshly little warmer, which is definitely are some vegan dishes as well. squeezed orange juice. Prices of inviting for the cold fall and win- Their new brunch menu fea- the biscuits range from $7 to $11, tures biscuits with sausage, ba- which is reasonable for a brunch ter months we have ahead of us. One of the biscuits that the con and prosciutto. All around, menu. The biscuits are large and owners were most excited about this menu has the most substan- the toppings are generous, makwas “The Maharaja,” which is a tial food that Hidden Grounds ing Hidden Grounds a prime opbiscuit with a sunny-side up egg, has ser ved so far. You may also tion for next weekend’s brunch!
DIVERSIONS
October 4, 2017
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Page 9 Eugenia Last
Happy Birthday: Consider the best way to make improvements to how you live. Happiness will require honesty and the willingness to discuss what you want to pursue. Planning your actions and showing responsibility and integrity will help you sway others to see things your way and help your cause. Impulsive actions will be met with opposition. Choose your words and your actions carefully. Your numbers are 8, 11, 19, 25, 31, 36, 43.
Over The Hedge
T. Lewis and M. Fry
Non Sequitur
Wiley
Pearls Before Swine
Stephan Pastis
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Check out your professional options and consider what suits you best. Choosing to focus on doing something that you find satisfying will make a difference to your emotional, physical and mental health. Use intelligence and common sense to guide you. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep personal information and passwords secret. Listen carefully, but don’t share information. Expect to face emotional manipulation when dealing with authority figures, colleagues or listening to a sales pitch. Get the facts and make your own decisions. 3 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Channel your energy into something you enjoy. A creative project that requires stamina and physical strength will help you explore your skills and talents. Enjoying a fun activity with someone you love is encouraged. 3 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t settle for anything less than what you want. Work hard, play hard and do your best to encourage others. Collaborating with people who share your vision will bring you closer to your goals. Love will enhance your life. 5 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Lend a helping hand, volunteer your services and keep doing what you do best. The less time spent worrying about situations you cannot change, the better. Get out with friends, do something with youngsters and enjoy the moment. 4 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Think matters through before you make a decision or take action. Preparation and knowing exactly what you want to see transpire will help you choose the best route possible to get where you want to go. 2 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take a step back to reevaluate your situation. Don’t confront anyone if you don’t have enough information or evidence. Caution and moderate gestures will help you avoid mistakes and loss. 2 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep the love flowing. You’ll get much farther using kindness than you will if you are pushy or make demands. Love and romance are highlighted and will make a difference to a relationship that’s important to you. 4 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Mixing business with pleasure will backfire. Emotional issues will surface that could put you in a precarious position regarding both your home and your professional life. Travel and communication will result in delays and confusion. 3 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t focus on an emotional incident that you cannot change. Let go of the past and plunge into the future with renewed optimism and a good handle on what you want to accomplish and the best way to move forward. 3 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Expect someone to lean on you. Be ready to offer suggestions, but don’t take on someone else’s burden. Focus on your life and the personal growth you want to achieve in order to raise your standard of living. Romance is highlighted. 3 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Channel your emotional energy into building a strong relationship with someone you work with. Whether trying to get ahead professionally or personally, taking care of small but important details will be the difference between success and failure. 3 stars
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Yesterday’s Solution
Yesterday’s Solution
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spark Groothuis joins Linde van Schaik as resident Dutch players on Knights squad She said she and her family felt comfortable with the way they while being a constant presence were treated. on the Rutgers offensive attack. When it comes to actually playThe 17-year-old is from Nieuw- ing for the Knights, Groothuis erkerk aan den IJssel and both her feels like she is both a teacher and parents and brother have played a student. field hockey. Previously, she was “I have a lot of experience playthe captain of Hockey Club Rot- ing in a different kind of setting, terdam and won silver and bronze and I know things that the girls medals at the here don’t,” she Under-16 Nasaid. “They can tional Champilearn from me, “She’s a very smart onship. Most and I can learn hockey player on the field, from them.” recently, she played for RHV When asked even as a freshman. She’s Leonidas last if there was anybeen able to have a very one on the team season, where she had 6 goals that she looked big impact ... ” and 21 assists up to, she said in 16 games. there was no meredith civico With Amerone specific Head Coach ican colleges person but that chomping she can get help at the bit to from anyone. recruit players from overseas, “I can learn something from Civico’s was a long and arduous every single person on the team, process in getting Groothuis on whether it’s the captain for her the Banks. leadership or a defender for her “We were in touch with her hard hits,” she said. “There’s no initially over e-mail,” she said. one person that I look up to.” “Then we had a lot of Skype calls, Groothius is obviously a valushe sent us a lot of videos and able player for Rutgers, but Civiwe really recruited Daphne for co detailed just exactly what she about a year and a half. We had means to the team. her and her family over to visit “She’s been able to come in Rutgers, and the moment she and play center for ward as well stepped on campus, it felt like as center-midfielder,” she said. the right fit.” “She understands and commuGroothius herself said that nicates the game incredibly she chose Rutgers because of well, and is probably one of the team and the coaching staff. the, if not the hardest-working continued from back
October 4, 2017 player on the team. Ever y day in training she just brings 100 percent and almost never comes off the field during a match. She adds so much to the team, and I’m not sure where we would be without her.” When Groothuis eventually graduates, she plans on returning to
the Netherlands and playing in the Hoofdklasse, the top Dutch league. Most importantly, Groothuis is more than just a good player — she’s also a good teammate. Civico said that even some older players look up to her and learn from her. “She’s a ver y smart hockey player on the field, even as a
freshman,” she said. “She’s been able to have a ver y big impact, and that’s always something nice when you’re bringing in a new player.” For updates on the Rutgers field hockey team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Dutch player Daphne Groothuis comes to Rutgers from the Netherlands, where field hockey has a much greater following than in the U.S. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2017
October 4, 2017
Page 11 WOMEN’S SOCCER DUO BRINGS SISTERLY COMPETITION ON THE BANKS
Knights buoyed by sister standouts in Adora, Nneka Moneme Robert Sanchez Correspondent
Only a 30-minute drive from their hometown in Union, New Jersey, Rutgers University feels like a home away from home for Rutgers women’s soccer team standouts Adora and Nneka Moneme. It also helps that they are sisters playing on the same team.
“It’s fun. She knows who I am and I know who she is so we had that connection already established before we came to college,” said junior midfielder and older sister Adora Moneme. “We can say stuf f to each other that no one else really gets. I can cheer her on in a way that no one else can and we know what it is on the field.”
Junior midfielder Adora Moneme, like her sister, scored her share of game-winning goals as a freshman. JEFFREY GOMEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2017
home With 2 weekend losses, RU has lost 5 consecutive matches after strong start continued from back Swackenberg’s seven digs led the Knights’ backline. Illinois has been in the AVCA Top 25 poll on multiple accounts
and is on fire this season, giving Rutgers a very difficult time in rebounding from the loss against Northwestern. The Illini took the lead at the start of each set without giving the Knights a chance
Sophomore setter Megan Sharkey notched another 41 assists last weekend, bringing her career total to 981. PATRICK CHEN / SEPTEMBER 2017
“What she said,” added freshman forward and younger sister Nneka Moneme. That cheering was on full display last week when Nneka Moneme scored the game-winning goal for the Scarlet Knights in a 2-1 overtime win against Illinois. Adora Moneme also has a knack for game-winning goals. Back in 2015 during her freshman season, she scored two game-winners against Loyola Marymount and Ohio State herself — her only goals of the season. With three other siblings, one of which currently attends Rutgers with Adora and Nneka, the Moneme family is well represented at Rutgers. In fact, their older sister Chioma Moneme was also a Knight from 20122015 where she was a member of the women’s rowing team. With most of their family attending Rutgers, it made things easier for the sisters. “I decided to come to Rutgers my sophomore year,” Nneka Moneme said. “It was kind of like a family school so it was predetermined, to be honest.” Adora Moneme made her decision to become a Knight in the summer going into her senior year. Sports have always been a part of the Moneme family. Along with being four-year letter winners at Union High School in soccer both Moneme sisters were letter winners in basketball and track and field. Both Adora and Nneka Moneme started playing soccer in kindergarten, but it wasn’t until high school that they played together. Prior to that
to change up the lead, winning by set scores of 25-11, 25-16, 25-18 with a hitting percentage of .394 over Rutgers’ .101. That time around Cieslik recorded five kills and two blocks, but trailed behind McLetchie’s 11 kills, an individual high in Big Ten matches this season, in addition to one block. In the second set, McLetchie clipped a .727 hitting percentage, which was a season-high for any of the Knights. Sophomore setter Megan Sharkey totaled 41 assists this past weekend for a career total of 981. With just 19 away from 1,000 assists, Sharkey is quickly closing the gap to get on the Rutgers alltime leaderboard, beginning with No. 10 Jennifer DelGais’s 1,082 assists set in 1993. Sharkey is only a sophomore and could very well make her way up to one of the top positions on the leaderboard. It is no longer a question of if Sharkey will get within the top ten, but how high up she can go to take the alltime leaderboard in assists. The Knights will finally leave the College Avenue Gym to play yet another pair of Big Ten opponents in Maryland and Ohio State this weekend. Rutgers will first head off to College Park, Maryland before making its way over to Columbus, Ohio. For updates on the Rutgers volleyball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
they always played on separate teams of the prestigious New Jersey soccer club, PDA, because of their age difference. Picking up where they left off in high school, both sisters have seen plenty of time this year at Rutgers with Adora starting in 10 of the team’s 12 matches and logging 856 minutes of play while Nneka has seen action in eight matches.
But make no mistake, when asked who the better sister was, Adora was quick to respond. “Me. Adora Moneme is the better sister,” the older sister said with a laugh. “I’m getting there, I’m getting there,” Nneka said. For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Freshman forward Nneka Moneme has made quite the impact in her first season, nabbing the game-winner versus Illinois. JEFFREY GOMEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2017
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Rutgers hits Mid-Atlantic rankings with No. 15 slot Kevin Stapleton Staff Writer
The Rutgers women’s cross countr y team is now ranked No. 15 in the NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Countr y Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings, by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Countr y Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Scarlet Knights enter as the last team on the list in the Mid-Atlantic region behind a topfive of Villanova (1), last year’s regional champion No. 9 Penn State (2), No. 23 Georgetown (3), West Virginia (4) and Princeton (5). Rutgers last appeared in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings at No. 13 for the first three weeks of the 2016 campaign. Head coach James Robinson said his goal was to “break into the top ten in the region,” he told ScarletKnights.com He also said that the Knights need to keep building on its initial success, especially the effort of his younger athletes. Freshman Olympia Martin has led Rutgers in all three September races to start off the 2017 season.
Martin also bested her 6-kilometer record in the Knights’ last effort at the 44th-annual Paul Short Run, where she led the squad with a 21:30.7 performance — the only sub-20-minute time for the young team. The freshman was one of seven runners who achieved personal records (PRs) at the Paul Short Run over the weekend. Also seeing improvement was senior Alexandra Juzwiak, who posted a 22:02.4 — her best 6-kilometer time since 2014’s Paul Short Run. The Knights will now enter the final four races of the season, starting with the Metropolitan Championship race hosted by Fordham at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York on Friday, Oct. 13. The team will look to both its youth and veterans alike to carry it through the Fordham race and into the Big Ten Championship in Bloomington, Indiana at the end of the month. For updates on the Rutgers women’s cross country team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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“Field hockey in Holland is very different in that they start very young, where as in the U.S. they don’t start until later.” — Head field hockey coach Meredith Civico
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2017
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FIELD HOCKEY TRUE FRESHMAN GROOTHUIS BRINGS TALENT, EXPERIENCE FROM TIME IN HOLLAND
Netherlands native provides spark for RU Jordan Farbowitz Correspondent
In the Netherlands, field hockey is a way of life. People start playing at a young age, and this translates to massive success on the international scale. The Dutch women’s field hockey team is currently the top-ranked team in the world and has won three Olympic gold medals and seven Field Hockey World Cups. More recently, many Dutch players have been playing for collegiate teams in the United States and are often the top players on a team. “You’re seeing more and more European players come over, especially from the Netherlands,” said Rutgers head coach Meredith Civico. “Field hockey in Holland is ver y different in that they start ver y young, whereas in the U.S. they don’t start until later. In Holland they (pick up a stick) as soon as they can walk, and it’s usually a family affair.” Civico would know since her team is one that has a Dutchwoman as its star. Dutch freshman Daphne Groothuis is one of the Scarlet Knights’ top players. In 11 games, she is tied for the team lead with 6 goals (coincidentally, with fellow Dutchwoman Linde van Schaik), and has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice, Freshman Daphne Groothuis has had a stellar first season with Rutgers, coming in as a 17-year-old from the Netherlands and becoming an instant starter and scorer for the Knights. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2017
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VOLLEYBALL RUTGERS LOSES IN STRAIGHT SETS TO NORTHWESTERN, ILLINOIS
Knights drop 2 Big Ten matches at home Alex Fabugais-Inaba Staff Writer
Another pair of losses haunted the Rutgers volleyball team at the College Avenue Gym this past weekend as the Scarlet Knights (5-11, 0-4) failed to outperform Big Ten opponents Northwestern (11-5, 1-3) and Illinois (12-3, 3-1). All four of Rutgers’ conference matches this season have been straight set losses, and the Knights have now accumulated five consecutive losses. Northwestern was able to log its first Big Ten win against Rutgers as the team logged a .485 attack percentage over the Knights’ .162, a season high for a Big Ten match. The first set was extremely tight with the lead being passed six times for 14 tie scores, but Northwestern surged ahead to take the first set (2519). Northwestern continued its momentum to take the second and third sets, 25-13 and 25-12 respectively. Freshman opposite hitter Kamila Cieslik led Rutgers with 10 kills and an ace, followed by junior outside hitter Sahbria McLetchie with seven kills and a block. For the ninth time this season, sophomore libero Karysa See HOME on Page 11
Freshman opposite hitter Kamila Cieslik led the Knights in kills against Northwestern over the weekend with 10, logging an ace along the way. The Wildcats took the matchup in straight sets. PATRICK CHEN / SEPTEMBER 2017 knights schedule
EXTRA POINT
JAMES ROBINSON,
women’s cross country coach, saw his team crack the MidAtlantic Regional Rankings on Monday. The Scarlet Knights came in at No. 15 and the ranking comes on the heels of a strong weekend when the team set seven personal bests.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
FIELD HOCKEY
VOLLEYBALL
MEN’S SOCCER
FIELD HOCKEY
VOLLEYBALL
at Iowa
at Michigan
at Maryland
at Michigan
vs. Stanford
at Ohio State
Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Iowa City, Iowa
Friday, 6 p.m., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Friday, 6 p.m., College Park, Md.
Friday, 7 p.m., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Saturday, 4 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.
Saturday, 8 p.m., Columbus, Ohio