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Students rally against Columbus Day legacy Bushra Hasan Staff Writer
After Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, one Rutgers student argues that the navigator launched a centuries-long genocide of Native Americans, and has a national holiday to show for it. A group of students in the All Mar xist-Leninist Union (AMLU) sought to raise awareness of the mostly unspoken histor y behind Columbus Day with a protest on the steps of Brower Commons on Monday afternoon, said Don Courter, the AMLU’s general secretar y and a School of Arts and Sciences senior. They were accompanied by Norman Markowitz, a professor in the Department of Histor y, who gave a brief monologue over a megaphone. The organization aims to create a forum on Columbus Day for organizations that represent oppressed peoples of all backgrounds, said Courter, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. The AMLU stands for anti-imperialism, which is Courter said the group decided to host this Columbus Day protest. “We believe it is abhorrent to sanctify the legacy of a man who
initiated a centuries-long genocide against the Native American peoples — par ticularly the Taíno Indians — and historically-revisionist to claim that he discovered a land already inhabited by millions of people,” Cour ter said. The AMLU also stands in opposition to “modern imperialist countries that continue to mercilessly exploit and pillage the third world,” he said. Rutgers University does not cancel classes on Columbus Day, after a series of controversies that arose a couple of years ago regarding the nature of the holiday. The AMLU suppor ts the University’s decision to hold classes, Cour ter said. “To do other wise would spit on the memor y of millions of Native Americans who were exterminated during the Manifest Destiny era and those few Native Americans who remain to retain their peoples’ cultures,” he said. But the University does not educate students about Christopher Columbus’ crimes or about one of the largest genocides in world histor y, Cour ter said. Rutgers See legacy on Page 4
Donna Brazile, former and current Interim Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, spoke to Rutgers students on Monday night about their importance in the upcoming election, telling them that “millennials are in the driver’s seat of this election.” DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
Interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile presents lessons on civic duties Sophie Nieto-Munoz Associate News Editor
Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Academic Affairs Ben Sifuentes-Jáuregui saw Donna Brazile for the first time about five years ago in Washington D.C. as she fixed the garden in her front yard. Monday night, he met her for the first time as she came to Rutgers to speak to
students about the importance of participating in this election. The night began with a standing ovation for Brazile, the Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman and a Georgetown adjunct professor, explaining her silver purple hair color as an homage to the late artist Prince. She started with an anecdote about the night she was asked to fill
Administrator breaks down meal plan prices Nicole Osztrogonacz staff writer
Despite calls from students, dining services will not implement meal swipes that roll over to the subsequent semester or year, said Joseph Charette, executive director for Rutgers Dining Services. Charette has worked with the University’s food services for 27 years and said rollover meal swipes are not something that is possible for dining services to do. Because Rutgers charges students for the average number of meals eaten, and not the number of meals bought, students do not own extra swipes that can be rolled over. “‘I want to donate my 35 meals to a community food bank or roll them over to the next semester.’ You never bought them. They don’t exist. See, the way things work at a university is that everyone is paying for the average,” Charette said. Rather, Charette said the University accounts for missed meals and figures a discount percentage into each of the meal plans. By straight math, 285 meals should cost about $3,697.50.
“A 285 meal plan costs $2,645.00. So if the average is, for example in this instance, 204 meals, we charge for 204 meals. That’s why it’s $2,645.00. A $1,052.50 discount of $3,697.50 is a 28.5 percent discount,” Charette said. There is constant confusion among students over the determination of meal plans, but he said everything comes down to simple math. “So Monday through Friday, three meals. That’s 15 meals. Saturday and Sunday, we do brunch and dinner. So that’s four more meals. There’s 19 meals a week. Fifteen times 19 is 285. And that’s how we create the numbers for each plan,” Charette said. If dining hall websites broke the numbers down step by step for students, students would not be left wondering where their money goes, said Snehal Butani, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “All of these numbers should be explained better. I feel like it’s all a big secret. I’m always unsure of how the pricing works. Does a meal swipe get deducted if you use a guest swipe? I don’t know. It just doesn’t
in as the DNC chairperson. In order to do this, she was forced to cut her ties with ABC, CNN and other forms of media, but insisted she was unable to cut ties to her students. Brazile is the first person invited to the University for a speaker series presented by Undergraduate Academic Affairs. See duties on Page 4
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compromise. We’re getting ripped off when we don’t use our meal swipes. If you had the option to carr y extra meal swipes over to the next semester, that’d be great,” Tibbetts said.
Facebook wants to increase voter turnout this November. The social networking platform has launched various tools dedicated toward encouraging voter registration, especially among young people who are less likely to vote, by sending reminders to users and placing a “register now” button at the top of their news feeds. The initiative began in September. The button redirects users to a federal government website that allows them to register. Users will then be guided through the registration process for their specific state. After registering, users can share the news with their friends with an automatic status update. Facebook has the unique ability and responsibility to remind people to vote so they can participate in the upcoming election, said Katie Harbath, Facebook’s director of
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Meal plans are priced based on how many meals students eat on average per plan. Students who buy a 285-meal plan only eat 204 meals per semester. GRAPHIC BY MICHAEL MAKMUR / STAFF DESIGNER make sense to me. They could make things clearer,” Butani said. The meal swipe system could use a few improvements, said Sabrina Tibbetts, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “Rutgers forces meal plans on you without any form of a
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Study finds students drink more, smoke less in college
College students are more likely to drink than their working peers, while those not in college are more likely to smoke than current students, according to a study released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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No one thinks they will become addicted, but nicotine is the most addictive substance in our society, with 1 out of every 3 people who A new study reports that totry cigarettes become addicted, day’s college students are backhe said. This is at a higher rate ing away from using tobacco and than alcohol, cocaine or heroin. drinking has become much more But the survey focuses solely popular, while the opposite is true on cigarette smoking. Steinberg for non-college students. said cigarette use is declining, The Substance Abuse and but use of other tobacco products Mental Health Ser vices Adminmay be increasing, such as cigars, istration focused on the dif ferhookah and e-cigarettes. ence between college students “New surveys need to make and non-college students and sure we closely monitor the use of their likelihood to smoke cigthese products, arettes and especially among drink alcohol. young adults,” The study Steinberg said. reports that the “This environment is one where alcohol is easily available, and students are often swept up in the experience.” Steinberg said likelihood colhe hopes Rutgers lege students michael steinberg will join other Big will drink alDirector of Rutgers Tobacco Dependence Program Ten universities cohol is 59.8 in implementing percent, while a campus-wide tonon-college stubacco policy and dents have a “Cigarettes are becoming less not allowing cigarettes to be sold Helene White, distinguished students is around 35 percent,” likelihood of 51.5 percent. Non-college students are more professor in the Rutgers Center she said. “Therefore, it is probable fashionable. The health risks are in University stores. “This could protect the health likely to smoke cigarettes at a of Alcohol Studies, agrees col- that some of our current alcohol now well-established,” he said. likelihood of 32.6 percent, com- lege students are more likely to prevention programs are having “The cost of cigarettes continues of innocent students and send a message that the University cares to increase.” pared to college students having a drink than smoke because the an effect.” He said one of the problems about the health of its students Nevertheless, more effort awareness of the consequences likelihood of 17.9 percent. is needed to reduce binge for young adults who smoke is and employees,” Steinberg said. Michael Steinberg, direc- are less pervasive. “College students see less drinking, she said, especially that they do not expect to be life- “It might not be perfect, but it will tor of the Rutgers Tobacco Demake a difference.” pendence Program, said this harm in drinking than smoking because studies indicate that long smokers. associate news editor
is probably true at Rutgers for many reasons. “College campuses are a place where young adults are on their own for the first time, away from home, many of whom have never been exposed to alcohol,” he said. “This environment is one where alcohol is easily available, and students are often swept up in the experience.” He said this time for experimentation and an environment with alcohol usage along with peer pressure makes it difficult to avoid it.
cigarettes … The most common motivation for drinking is for social reasons. Thus, many students drink to be sociable and to party,” she said. She said peer pressure can play a major role in influencing drinking among students. Although college students are more likely to drink than non-college students, White said binge drinking, or having five or more drinks on the same occasion, has dropped over the last decade. “Binge drinking around college
many college student binge drinkers consume at twice the binge drinking level — more than 10 beverages per occasion. “Personal feedback interventions that compare students’ drinking with that of their peers are often effective in reducing heavy drinking about students,” White said. Steinberg said he also was not surprised that smoking rates are low in college students, especially since smoking has been declining in young adults for many years.
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duties Millennials are part of largest, most influential voting bloc, should take part in elections continued from front She spoke about issues ranging from “Feeling the Bern” and Republican nominee Donald Trump’s behavior at Sunday night’s debate to her opinions on the election and how to become involved in politics. The former commentator said she has been active in politics since she was 9 years old. She was inspired to get involved after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., when she recognized the difference she wanted to make in the community. She said although she “was too young to vote, too young to understand all I could about American politics,” it did not stop her from being active in politics. In her more than 40 years of active involvement, she has participated in seven presidential elections and rallied in 49 states. Now that Brazile is positioned as the interim DNC chairwoman, she said she wants to build a bench for the future, focusing on voter engagement and civil discourse. “As the interim chair of the party, I did not seek this responsibility, but I will not step aside, I will continue to step aside. Think about the programs, think about the things this party has fought for over the last 40 to 50 years,” she said. Brazile reminded the audience it is important to listen to both sides and engage in discussion. Everyone fights: Lucy and Ricky, mom and dad, Republicans and Democrats, she said. “We all fight but that’s what makes us great. We believe we
can make America a more perfect union. I want to see every voter act as if this is the most important election in their life,” Brazile said. She said millennials are one of the most powerful groups of prospective voters in America. “Young millennials are in the driver’s seat of this election. You have made so much progress, but you don’t own your power,” she said. Brazile credited millennials with the influence Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) had on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign, but recognized the group seemed to have lost faith in the political process after Sanders lost the nomination. Millennials have done a lot to create this moment in politics and their contributions should be celebrated, yet political leaders are worried they will not show up or be engaged. “You can’t give up your power, you have to engage long enough to change because that’s what activists do. You help get others to get engaged,” she said. “When someone has blocked you, you find a way to get through the door.” She said being engaged is important for democracy, which is why the audience should take the next 29 days seriously. The upcoming weeks, she said, will be “more intense than the last 18 months.” “Of all the politicians I’ve met in my life, and I’ve met a lot a politicians, I can trust (Clinton) to know what is in the best interest of all Americans,” Brazile said. “I believe we’re going to make history on Tuesday, Nov. 8.”
The All Marxists-Leninists Union held a rally on the steps of Brower Commons Monday afternoon to raise awareness of Columbus Day and the impact the Italian explorer had on the New World and the Native Americans who inhabited it. JEFFREY GOMEZ
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The organization was not surprised by the deals. Courter said business deals are reflective of Rutgers whitewashes own history of imperialistic, the the country as a whole. “(The countr y is) adminisracist policies, Courter says tered by capitalists whose interests are irreconcilable with Cour ter said if Paul Robeson, those of working-class people continued from front the third African-American to and students,” he said. Universities should be admincontinues to ignore the coun- graduate from the University were alive today, he would istered by students and workers tr y’s imperialist policies. who underAs Commustand the work nists, Courter that makes said AMLU “Our University uses his legacy to promote its own the school’s members are image while signing fat cat business deals with operations run “astonished” that the Uniimperialist corporations and doing nothing to make smoothly and who are affectversity has students aware of our country’s life-long ed by the instiwhitewashed imperialist policies.” tutions’ well-beits own hising, he said. tory of black don courter Courter said enslavement All Marxist-Leninist Union General Secretary Columbus Day and claims to celebrates imuphold “revoperialism, the lutionary” valcringe at the University’s pol- precedence of profit over working ues for 250 years. icies. Robeson was a man who class people and the hyper exwas dedicated to Mar xism-Le- ploitation of the world’s resources. “We stand for national self-deninism and liberation of optermination, solidarity between pressed people. “Our University uses his legacy these self-determining nations, to promote its own image while the over throw of the profit insigning fat cat business deals centive in favor of the human with imperialist corporations and incentive, and the rational orgadoing nothing to make students nization of our planet’s shared aware of our country’s life-long resources — for the good of humanity,” Cour ter said. imperialist policies,” he said.
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prices 285 meals should cost $3,697.50, but with average discounts, plan costs $2,645.00 continued from front
Facebook is encouraging its users to register to vote by placing “register now” buttons over people’s newsfeeds that take users to a registration site. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
plea Users can click on ‘register now’ button, which redirects them to vote.usa.gov continued from front government outreach in a USA TODAY article. These are the small things that are very important and often overlooked, said Stephen Bronner, a Board of Governors Professor of Political Science and Director of Global Relations. “It certainly can’t hurt, and there is no real criticism that one can make of this,” he said. “It can only be good.” It seems convenient and simple to use, said Taylor Hills, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “It would help someone with a busy schedule,” she said. “It would also open voting to people that don’t usually vote.” Ross Baker, a distinguished professor in the Department of Political Science, does not believe Facebook’s initiative will appeal to young people.
“I think that young voters would be more likely to turn out if the reminders came from Snapchat or Instagram,” he said. “Facebook reminders might get their grandparents to the polls.” Harley Schwing, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she does not plan on using Facebook’s button. “This is just because I only use Facebook to post pictures and to look at other people’s posts,” she said. Regardless, Schwing said the feature is a noble idea. “People are obsessed with updating their profile and being able to share with the world ever y little thing they do,” she said. “They will want to be able to use the button, so they will probably vote.”
If the cost of a meal differs per meal plan, Butani said that does not seem like a reasonable system for students to buy into. “Although using meal swipes is still better than using RU Express per meal, I still feel like we’re getting ripped off,” Butani said. “People in the Rutgers Facebook group figured out the pricing and the lower the meal plan, the higher the meal cost. It doesn’t seem fair.” Some meal plan prices will not fluctuate much, but others do. The bigger the meal plan, the greater number of chances there are to miss meals, Charette said. “All of the meal plans, no matter what plan it is, all have different missed meal factors. The larger they are, the higher the percentage tends to be,” he said. For example, if the plan includes 50 meals, it is assumed the student eats the entire meal. “So we take that missed meal factor and discount the cost of the meal plan by that much money,” Charette said. Students pay for the average number of consumed meals, Charette said, rather than their own consumption. “If the average consumption of a 285 (plan) is 204, everybody pays for 204. Yeah, some athlete may eat 285 meals, but
that means that someone else is eating less than 285 and they’re basically subsidizing the athlete’s meals because we’re collecting exactly what gets consumed,” Charette said. The worth of a meal is mostly dependent on the food choices that dining services has to offer that particular student, Butani said. The face value of a meal swipe should be the same dollar value as what students paid for it, Tibbetts said. “I don’t feel like I’m getting my money’s worth,” Tibbetts said. “I’m paying about $17 a meal, which is ridiculous considering a meal swipe is only worth $8 of food at places like the Douglass Campus Center or Kilmer’s Market.” Students should be able to donate their extra swipes because other wise it is a waste, Butani said. Whether or not the dining system suits the needs of students depends on the satisfaction of students, Charette said. “I think (students) answer with their dollars and cents by buying meal plans. We sell over 18,000 meal plans. If they didn’t like it, they wouldn’t be buying into it,” Charette said. First-year students residing on campus are required by the University to purchase a meal plan with at least 210 meals.
CRIME Oct. 10 ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP — Jamaal Freeman, 31, of New York City, was charged with stealing $4,400 in cologne from Macy’s. The man stole the colognes from behind the counter, left the store and then fled in a car at a high speed, security personnel said to police. Police caught Freeman and in his car found the cologne and multiple fraudulent credit cards. Oct. 10 ORANGE — An Essex County woman filed a federal lawsuit alleging that police officer Ricardo Arias-Vasquez felt her up during a traffic stop last year. AriasVasquez, 35, of Newton, was also charged with criminal sexual assault and witness tampering after the woman reported the incident. Arias-Vasquez reached through the window and grabbed the woman’s breasts and genitals area. Oct. 10 FLORENCE — Quintin Segars, 18, allegedly killed a 7-monthold puppy when he kicked the dog and broke its neck. Segars was with charged with inflicting unnecessary cruelty on a living creature and causing the death of a living creature. The puppy was adopted only weeks before by Segars’s relative.
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his presidential election has been a source of hate and pain that cuts through every technological medium, RAE LANDINGIN from the television screen to our Facebook feeds. We have a presidential candidate who spits out anti-blackness and “blue lives matter” rhetoric and another who merely gives lips service for black votes. With the pile of unarmed black people shot multiple times, choked to death and massacred in places of worship, how can we expect black folks to take a day off and get a therapist while having to pay their bills, pay their debts and survive in a world that economically and culturally strips them of their worth? These recent years brings forth to consciousness of the value of black lives in America. Solange Knowles’ third album, “A Seat At The Table” is both an unapologetic response to the racial transgressions in the United States and the ways in which honesty and acknowledgement of these resulting pains can be the start of healing. When it seems like all things are out of control, Knowles asserts the need for validating one’s suffering in her track “Weary,” which documents the exhaustion black and brown bodies face, “I’m weary of the ways of the world.” She ends the track with the title of a piece she published back in early September on her website, Saint Heron, called “And do you belong? I do.” This track serves as a reflection of her experience of aggression from fellow-concert goers throwing limes at her family at a Kraftwerk concert, where she felt her family’s presence was questioned in a predominately white space. It ends with a statement that despite these aggressions, dancing with her family at the concert is her form of payback, “Jamming the hell out with the rhythm our ancestors blessed upon us saying … we belong. We belong. We belong. We built this.” In turn, she fuses her experiences and transformed them into “A Seat at the Table,” a 21-track album, that serves as a metaphorical table filled with guests of honest conversations and musical verses.
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“We have a presidential candidate who spits out anti-blackness and ‘blue lives matter’ rhetoric and another who merely gives lips service for black votes.” The album becomes the table where the burdens of black people in America are unloaded and unpacked. The most crucial interlude in the album is an interview with Master P, the No Limits Records founder who started his way from the projects of New Orleans to the Fortune “40 Under 40” list, as a testament to how monumental it is to have a black owned company and how important it is to create safe spaces and art for ourselves, as people of color. It showed the importance of self-worth and black excellence. This serves as an introduction to the anthem-like track “F.U.B.U.” with an opening lyric “ All my n----s in the whole wide world/ this shit is for us,” which expresses the intention of this whole album as healing music for those who resonate with the black experience and anti-blackness in the United States and the rest of the world. In this track, she emphasizes the need for community and to gather at the table as part of taking care of each other. She extends this need as part of self-care and healing in today’s socio-political climate. She emphasizes letting our capacity for love to become a source of power for healing. A self-care for one’s self and community that is necessary for the path to freedom and liberation. Solange continues on the tradition of woke music of the 2010s by black musicians such as D’Angelo’s “Black Messiah,” Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly,” and Beyonce’s “Lemonade,” centering on self-love and addressing contemporary black lives’ issues. With the rise of fascism and rampant capitalism, the present state of the United States and the rest of the world seem bleak, but there’s something about music that addresses these issues as personal and political that sheds light to how we can collectively heal our way through pain with honest soulful music. Scoring, a No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart, it shows not just musical excellence, but also how more people are ready to take a seat at the table to get these honest conversations about the intersections of race, gender and class going. Rae Landingin is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies with minors in art history and digital, communication, information and media. Her column, “A Sophisticated Tho(ugh)t,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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Stars have aligned for Hillary Clinton Democratic nominee is lucky Trump looks worse in comparison
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vershadowed by Donald Trump’s vile con- March 2007, during the early weeks of the financial troversies, Hillary Clinton’s leaked excerpts crisis, blaming the mortgage industry and recomfrom transcripts of paid speeches to Wall mending reforms. Then, years later in 2013, she can Street isn’t receiving equal attention. If parts of the tell Goldman Sachs that blaming the banking industranscripts came out a few months ago, it would’ve try is an oversimplification and both sides should be been a damaging and detrimental blow to her cam- more transparent. After years of political experience, paign. Yet the American presidential election has she knows what she wants and how to get what she come to this strange point in time where as long wants, and constituents want that type of finesse in as Clinton doesn’t associated herself with scandals their politicians. But Clinton is so politically savvy that deviate from the typical criticisms she already that sometimes it’s hard to tell where her real values receives, she’ll be able to clinch the presidency and lie (i.e. she can be fake). Moreover, comments released in the excerpts are can take a nice stroll to the Oval Office. Excerpts of Clinton’s remarks during paid speech- likely to help her rather than harm her. For example, es to members of Goldman Sachs, Deutsch Bank and the transcripts show how she is an advocate of free Morgan Stanley only reaffirm the publics concerns trade, so she’ll probably acquire more moderate Reabout Clinton’s values, consequently this so-called publican voters, while still maintaining a good portion of the Bernie Sanders supcontroversy barely made a porters that vowed to support ripple in the headlines and her to ensure Donald Trump merely confirmed senti“If transcripts were released is not elected president. ments many already had. It a few months ago, perhaps People who support Clinwas commonly known that ton will continue to support Clinton earned more than she wouldn’t have won the her because they’ve settled $22 million during her paid Democratic nomination.” on their priorities: To prevent speaking circuit on Wall Trump, a man who has dicStreet, and it was widely intatorial-tendencies and disreferred that she was getting chummy with the executives. Clinton earned at least spects almost all of the population from taking the $200,000 per speech. Regardless of whether she most powerful position of the land. This election is spoke for 30 minutes or 24 hours — an astounding prominently characterized by a constituent base that amount of money ordinary citizens have to work one votes for a candidate out of repulsion from the other, or several years to earn — you don’t offer someone and this transcript scandal barely made a budge on a lavish pay for give a brief speech unless they’re changing people’s minds on who they want to vote for. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani notes that telling you exactly what you want to hear. It’s beyond apparent that Clinton was telling corporations if this controversy broke out during the Democratwhat they want to hear, but this time it doesn’t have ic primary, Bernie Sanders would be the candidate the effect of being severely incriminating because running against Trump, not Clinton, and he’s right. If transcripts were released a few months ago, pereveryone knows it. There was nothing groundbreaking about what haps she wouldn’t have won the Democratic nomithe excerpts released. They showed how Clinton nation. And also, if she was running against another says one thing to one audience and another thing to Republican candidate — be it Paul Ryan, Mitt Roma different kind of audience, which presents her as ney or even Chris Christie — she would have little an exemplar of a politician — with all of its good and chance of winning. But right now, that’s not the way bad connotations. She can deliver a public speech in things are. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 148th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Adichie says Beyoncé’s feminism is not so flawless MY V IS FOR VICTORY SYEDA KHAULA SAAD
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am a diehard Bey fan. Her music never fails, her confidence is unwavering and her position as the black, female forefront of the feminist movement is nearly orgasmic in thought. So when Nigerian feminist novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, whose celebrated TED Talk became a powerful interpretation of the definition of feminism, voiced her reluctance to champion Beyoncé’s representation of feminism, I was shellshocked. My rose-colored glasses shattered and the Beyoncé fog began to lift. Was I really so naïve as to accept her version of feminism simply because of her status? Was this wrong? The answer is both “yes” and “no.” Adichie’s assertion that Beyoncé’s feminism is counteractive in some senses is not the first time that someone has challenged Beyoncé’s ideals. Critics, including feminist scholars, have raised their concerns that the portrayal of feminism that Beyoncé promotes is actually dangerous to the audience she reaches. Their biggest concern? Her reliance on men and failure to challenge the patriarchy. Adichie herself states that it is difficult for her to fully embrace Beyoncé’s message when it relies too heavily upon the “necessity of men.”
Although people are quick to deem songs such as “Run the World (Girls),” “Single Ladies” and “Flawless” as tracks with strong feminist messages, scholars such as Adichie urge listeners to really consider what they are being presented. A brief scan of Beyoncé’s extensive track list reveals that Adichie is correct. Almost every song by the singer is in relation to or deals with men to some extent. In Adichie’s words, all of Beyoncé’s songs asked, “’Did he hurt me, do I forgive him’” and as I realized, “What can I do to
her relationship with her husband. So how did this translate to everyone taking Beyoncé’s views of feminism and transcribing them as their own? Feminist scholar Donna Y. Ford explains that “too many find their ‘self’ in others rather than in themselves.” This is what the youth of this generation has done with Beyoncé. We were so intrigued by her unapologetically being herself that we accepted her mere praise of feminism as the textbook definition of what our feminism should be, when in fact, there are so many ways to be a feminist.
“Their biggest concern? Her reliance on men and failure to challenge the patriarchy.” please you?” Her songs have been available for years and the fact that this was the first time I had noticed this trend was both shocking and discomforting, but my fault entirely. Beyoncé never claimed that her ideals were all-encompassing or that she was the heart of the feminist movement. In fact, Beyoncé’s feminism is just that — her feminism. In an interview with ELLE Magazine, Beyoncé discussed that her avowal to feminism had to do with its basic principle of equality for both of the sexes, and moreover with the fact that she is “just exhausted by labels and tired of being boxed in.” Her feminism involved her life experiences and that happened to do a lot with
For years, feminists and champions for women’s rights fought hard against the media, especially the music industry, for objectifying women’s bodies. They wanted women to be recognized for their personalities, their voices, their intelligence and their messages. So when artists such as Beyoncé came forward and reverted back to scantily-clad clothing in their music videos and live performances, scholarly feminists became frustrated and felt as if we were moving backwards. Others, such as Beyoncé herself, saw this as her merely taking control of the situation. Rather than having others dress her a certain way as to objectify her, she dressed
however she wanted to in order to say that the sexualization of her body would only be when she wanted it to. It was in instances like this that the divide between traditional feminists and third-wave feminists became visible. It should have been up to young girls to decide which version of feminism was their own, rather than only being presented one or the other. If Beyoncé has done anything for the feminist movement, it is that she has brought the conversation to a bigger platform than any of its champions could have ever hoped to have achieved. Adichie herself said, “Beyoncé is a celebrity of the first order and with (“Flawless”) she has reached many people who would otherwise probably never have heard the word feminism, let alone gone out and buy my essay.” But, the mistake that her fans (just as I myself) are quick to make is in thinking that Beyoncé’s feminism comprehends and embraces every aspect of feminist thinking and womanhood that every woman should have. As much as it pains me to admit, neither Beyoncé nor her feminism is perfect. The best thing we can do is consider what she presents and remember that we are our own people, and she is Beyoncé. Syeda Khaula Saad is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in English and journalism and media studies with a minor in French. Her column, “My V is for Victory” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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Scientists focus on improving artificial meat production
Cultured meat, or meat artificially grown in a laboratory, first debuted in 2013. While the first attempt had no flavor, future artificial meats may replace actual ones as an environmentally-friendly alternative. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
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Cultured meat, also known as lab grown meat, has made waves in recent years, being called disgusting by some and a potential savior to the environment by others. The meat was first unveiled as a beef burger by a team of scientists at Maastricht University led by Mark Post in 2013. It was the most expensive burger ever made, with a cost of $330,000, according to The Washington Post. This meat was unveiled with the promise that it will soon turn up in supermarkets alongside natural meat, despite the fact that it did not have a favorable taste when it was unveiled, according to the site. Essentially, meat is just the muscles of an animal. Muscles are made of fibers, or bundles of cells, and fats. The movement of these cells is what allows a muscle to contract and expand, according to the website for the Exploratorium, a public learning laboratory in San Francisco. When an animal is slaughtered, the muscles stop getting oxygen from the blood and begin to break
down sugars, creating acids. The amount of acid in meat determines how moist or dry it will be, and freezing meat stops this process, according to the site. When meat is cooked, the proteins in it break down from the heat and generally become looser, releasing water in the process, according to the site. Cultured meat has to be comparable in texture and structure
hand. The fibers were pressed together and colored with beetroot juice, forming the first artificial meat, according to the site. After this point, ingredients like bread crumbs and saffron were added to turn the meat into a burger, just like any other beef burger, according to the site. The process of growing the fibers was difficult, as keeping the cells well-nourished, healthy and
Eventually, they hope to bring together both the muscle fibers and fatty tissues and grow them together to make the process more ef ficient, according to the site. They also hope to improve the overall process, including changes to the medium used to grow the fibers. Fetal bovine serum is not sustainable for mass meat production, so finding an alternative
Bread crumbs and saffron were added to turn the meat into a burger, just like any other beef burger, according to the site.
to natural meat, and is produced by first choosing the cow breeds whose meat will be produced. Post took stem cells from two cows and grew them in plates, according to The Guardian. These cells were grown into 20,000 muscle fibers in individual culture wells in a large culture plate. They were suspended in a growth medium of serum extracted from cow fetuses and antibiotics, according to the site. Over a few weeks, the cells grew into gray, hoop-like proteins. They were removed from the well, cut open and straightened out by
free of contaminants has been an issue for scientists trying to make artificial tissues for a decade, according to Gizmodo. Unfortunately, the burger did not have a decent taste, being considered too lean and “unnatural,” according to the site. Moving forward, Post’s group is working on culturing fatty tissue to add to the flavor of the meat. This area largely uses methods that rely on steroids, something not desirable for a consumer, so Post had to find more natural ways to grow them, according to the site.
in algae or bacteria would be ideal, according to the site. Further, they hope to add iron to the meat, enhancing its flavor. Iron is found in myoglobin, a protein that brings oxygen to muscles from the blood, according to the site. Cultured meat is kept in an oxygen-rich environment, reducing the amount of myoglobin needed to be produced by the muscle fibers. Low myoglobin production equates to low iron levels, taking away from the flavor and nutrition of the meat, according to the site.
When they find the ideal meat, the Post is determined to increase production at a larger scale. This introduces the problem of getting enough oxygen to the fibers, growing the meat in a way besides a flat sheet and keeping everything clean, according to the site. Transitioning to cultured meat has the potential to greatly reduce emissions and save energy compared to conventionally produced meat, according to phys. org, a science news service. Cultured meat would generate 96 percent less greenhouse emissions, up to 45 percent less energy, 99 percent less land use and 96 percent less water use, according to the site. Traditional techniques require 100 grams of vegetables to produce only 15 grams of beef. This equates to 30 percent of the Earth’s usable surface being used as animal pastures, compared to four percent used for direct human consumption, according to The Guardian. Although the techniques are far from perfected, cultured meat has the potential to overtake conventional meat production, and researchers are already looking into other meats like chicken and fish, according to Gizmodo.
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Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Page 9 Eugenia Last
Happy Birthday: Expand your interests and socialize. Interacting with others will increase your knowledge and encourage you to make life changes. Don’t allow frustrating situations to drag you down. Step out of your comfort zone and find a path that will help you keep moving in a positive direction. Let go of the past and move into the future. Your numbers are 3, 11, 17, 23, 26, 35, 41.
Over The Hedge
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make plans that include the people you trust. A networking function will result in good fortune and new opportunities. Do your best to keep the peace and to make your personal relationships work. 4 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Changes can be made if undertaken for the right reasons. If you act based on emotional instability, you won’t get very far. A calculated effort and follow-up will ensure that you get the results you are looking for. 2 stars
Non Sequitur
Wiley
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Keep your head above water when it comes to your professional position. Take care of your responsibilities before you opt to help someone else. Protect your assets and don’t offer to pay for someone else’s mistake. 5 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t be fooled by flattery. Someone will try to manipulate you to take on responsibilities that don’t belong to you. Opt to get out of the house and engage in something that will add to your skills, knowledge and future prospects. 3 stars
Pearls Before Swine
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Share your thoughts and feelings, and you will establish how you plan to move forward. Your interest in someone who is quite different than you is likely to end up costing you emotionally or financially. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A physical activity or competitive game will help relieve stress, allowing you to come up with an unusual but superb solution. Don’t worry about competition. Follow through with your plans before sharing them. Romance is highlighted. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get together with your peers and collaborate with the people who are trying to reach a similar goal. Playtime with children or the people you find most stimulating will be rejuvenating and instrumental in improving your personal life. 5 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Trouble will surface at home if you let emotional situations flare up. You are best to address issues and find solutions before it’s too late. Let your intuition guide you when dealing with personal matters and affairs of the heart. 2 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Stay focused on your professional goals. Don’t let arguments erupt due to people trying to convince you to take a path that doesn’t interest you. Follow your heart and pick up the knowledge required to make your dream come true. 4 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Listen carefully but don’t believe everything you hear. Exaggeration will lead you to believe something that is unlikely to pan out the way you want. Trust in yourself and what you are capable of doing. 3 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t let a personal matter cost you professionally, financially or in matters of personal health. Weigh the pros and cons and do what needs to be done to ensure that you make progress. A settlement or contract looks promising. 3 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Make positive changes to your home, workplace and the way you live. You’ll get the help you need as well as some interesting suggestions that will motivate you to improve the way you look. 3 stars
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Universal Crossword ACROSS
61 Like the Who in their prime
1 Gets into shape?
62 Blabs
6 Aim improver
63 ___ up (excited)
11 Beaver’s construction 14 Like a standard of perfection
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1 “Cool” amount of cash
16 Alcoholic pint, often
2 Poem of tribute
17 Be wild? (with “go”)
3 Allow
19 “___ to worry”
4 Calendar square
20 Buzzing pest
5 Mottos
21 Take place
6 It’s a wrap
23 Chorus
7 Actors, collectively
27 Sub sinker
8 Bauxite, e.g.
29 Off the mark, as a throw
9 Campaigner, for short
30 Male feline
10 More than implement
31 Runs casually
11 Sway daringly with a partner?
32 Nest locale
(with “go”)
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12 Spoken
36 It wasn’t built in a day
13 D.C. subway
37 Stretch of land
18 The “U” of ICU
43 Common deciduous tree
38 ___ carotene
22 Bean counter, for short
44 Sean of Hollywood
39 Food crumb
23 Vintage
45 Gorge
40 Make thirsty
24 Result of a bobbled grounder
46 AM/FM device
41 French morning
25 Since an onset? (with “go”)
47 Peruses a book
42 Arabic pipe
26 Miles per hour, e.g.
49 Bride’s covering
44 Place for a queen
27 Olympics light
52 “___ Maria”
45 Fashions or formulates
28 Skip
53 Tennessee athlete, for short
47 Eye parts
30 Do schoolwork?
54 Not just “a”
48 Does a pitcher’s job?
32 Decorative hanging tapestry
55 Today, in Tijuana
49 Get a load off one’s chest
34 Central New York city
56 Just manage (with “out”)
50 “Much ___ About Nothing”
35 Features of male lions
57 Cabernet, for one
51 Try again? (with “go”)
37 Appropriate
58 “Dear” man
38 “___ Ha’i”
59 Not perfectly round
40 Casual criticism
60 Be lousy in the clutch
41 Digging pick
Yesterday’s Solution
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ers are focusing on improving. The last time the team played six overtime matches was in 2013, Rutgers’ offense shut down after scoring 2 where a dearth of late game goals in first 13-plus minutes of action heroics was also apparent and Knights went 1-0-5. One player who certainly has the ability to change that pattern of the year on a penalty kick continued from back is Tiernan. in the 32nd minute to make With 19 points this season and The captain duo scored three it 2-1, and that was followed 57 in her career, Tiernan is now minutes apart, as the Knights by a rebound goal from freshninth on Rutgers’ all-time scoring took a 2-0 advantage 13 minutes man for ward Sydney Kilgore in list. She has into the match. totaled 21 Indiana congoals and tinued to fight “We need to really focus on our mission of winnign a Big Ten title.” 15 assists for the rest of the in her caafternoon, not Mike o’neill reer with phased by the rapHead Women’s Soccer Coach four games id-fire goals. r emaining The Hoosiers in her final answered the two as Rutgers was shut out in the sec- season of eligibility. Her seven quick Rutgers goals with two the 41st. goals and five assists this year scores of its own before the end The penalty kick caused a big ond half. The lack of goals was not give the Voorhees, New Jersey, of the half. momentum shift in the match as Senior defender Marissa it strengthened Indiana’s come- due to lack of ef for t or oppor- native a new single-season high. Meanwhile, Prager scored for tunities though, as the Knights Borschke scored her first goal back hopes. were constantly knocking at just the second time in her career as she plays more of a defensive the door. The Knights’ best chance at role for the Knights. Junior forward Colby Ciarrocca stealing the game came in the 75th minute, when they earned a posted her third assist of the season propelling her to third on the penalty of their own. After freshman midfielder team with 13 points. Tiernan and Nicole Whitley’s penalty at- Ciarrocca have been leading the tempt was saved against Pur- offense recently as it has recorded due, O’Neill called upon senior points in four-straight games. Rutgers’ next two matches will for ward Jennifer Andresen this be nationally televised on the Big time around. Her shot was blocked as well Ten Network, where it will look and the opportunity to take con- to rebound from a comeback loss trol of the lead slipped out of Rut- by Indiana. The Knights will face No. 13 gers’ hands. The two overtime periods Penn State on Thursday, Oct. 13 did not produce an instance as in University Park, Pennsylvania, threatening as the penalty and the and travel to Ohio State on Sunday, Oct. 16. Knights ended the match tied. “On the road, especially, we After Sunday’s draw, Rutgers slips back to 2-0-1 all-time need to really focus on our mission of winning a Big Ten title,” against Indiana. The Knights played in their O’Neill said. “At the same time sixth overtime match this season we can’t think ahead, we’ve got to and fourth in the last five games. take it one game at a time.” Rutgers owns a disappointing For updates on the Rutgers 1-2-3 record in overtime in 2016 Senior Tori Prager extended the Scarlet Knights’ lead to 2 over and that is something O’Neill, women’s soccer team, follow the Hoosiers’ with a goal in the 13th minute Sunday afternoon. the coaching staff and the play- @TargumSports on Twitter. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2016 Kilgore’s goal was set up perfectly as she was in the right place at the right time. The ball caromed straight toward her and she responded with a solidly placed deposit into the back of the net. Entering halftime shocked to be even, the Knights remained optimistic about pulling out a victor y. That would not occur, though,
tigers Knights, Tigers have split last 4 meetings dating back to 2008 continued from back Princeton will be the ninth team over the .500 mark the
Knights have faced this season. And although its schedule doesn’t compare to Rutgers, it has played some worthy teams. The Tigers
lost 1-0 to a solid West Virginia team to open play this season, lost to St. Johns 3-1, defeated then-No. 22 Rider 3-1 and beat Seton Hall on the road 3-1. “Princeton’s gonna be very organized,” Donigan said. “They’re gonna be disciplined, they’re gonna play quality soccer, they’re gonna keep the ball on their ground and they’re gonna be difficult.”
Senior goalie David Greczek said the Knights are going to be hungry for a win over their in-state foes. Princeton won the last meeting in 2014. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2016
Junior defender Niel Guzman also said that the match will be big because its an in-state rivalry. While the two teams may have friends on the opposite team, it’s business and whoever shows up with more of a drive is going to take the game. “We have a close histor y with them, the past couple of years we played each other like two or three times.” Guzman said. “It will be a good little rivalr y, we have some friends on each team and whoever shows up on that day to win — they’re gonna win.” Donigan believes there is not much more to do to prepare for the upcoming game against Princeton other than his team keeping its composure more in the box or in the third of the field. Donigan also said it isn’t buying into the whole rivalry talk explaining the need and importance for every game coming down the stretch. “There’s an incredible drive to get a win period,” Donigan said. “Right now going into our 11th game of the season, we don’t have a win yet, so there’s plenty of drive to get a win right now regardless of who we’re playing.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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hen the Broncos take on the Chargers Thursday night, Denver’s head coach won’t be with the team. Coach Gary Kubiak was released from a Denver-area hospital Monday afternoon and will not coach the team’s Thursday night game in San Diego after being diagnosed with a “complex migraine condition,” according to ESPN.com. Kubiak was taken to the hospital by ambulance Sunday night following the Broncos’ 23-16 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Broncos executive vice president of football operations/general manager John Elway said Kubiak will take the next week off and special-teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis will be the Broncos’ interim coach this week. “(The doctors) thought the prognosis for him was ver y, ver y good and they think that he’s going to spend this week, he’s going to have this week off, he’s going to be back on Monday,’’ Elway said, according to ESPN.com. “When it comes down to Gar y’s health, ever ybody’s excited about what the prognosis is. We’re just excited Gar y’s OK.’’ As to whether Kubiak will have any contact with the coaching staff or players this week, Elway said, “We’re really kind of leaving that up to the doctors ... the process for Gary is to worry about Gary this week.’’ Kubiak coached through the end of the game even though he had felt ill before and during Sunday’s game, according to team officials. Kubiak did his customary news conference following the game and walked back into the locker room. Kubiak continued to feel ill, however, and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
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iger Woods’ return to the golf course has been put off further into the future than expected. Woods will not compete until at least December after announcing that he has withdrawn from the Safeway Open, where he had just officially committed to play on Friday after suggesting a month ago that he “hoped’’ to play this week at Silverado Resort, as well as next month at the Turkish Airlines Open. It was to be the 14-time major winner’s first tournament in more than 14 months after taking time away due to two back procedures in 2015. “After a lot of soul-searching and honest reflection I know that I am not yet ready to play on the PGA Tour or compete in Turkey,’’ Woods said on his website. “My health is good, and I feel strong, but my game is vulnerable and not where it needs to be. “When I announced last week I was going to Safeway, I had every intention of playing, or I wouldn’t have committed. I spent a week with the U.S. Ryder Cup team (as a vice captain), an honor and experience that inspired me even more to play. I practiced the last several days in California, but after a lot of hours, I knew I wasn’t ready to compete against the best golfers in the world.’’
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October 11, 2016 FOOTBALL KNIGHTS PREPARE FOR ILLINOIS WITHOUT GREG JONES
RU enters second, more manageable half of season Brian Fonseca Sports Editor
The Rutgers football team suffered its heaviest shutout loss since 1888 in a 78-0 bloodbath to No. 4 Michigan Saturday. The loss came a week after a 58-0 blowout at the hands of No. 2 Ohio State in Columbus. The Scarlet Knights (2-4, 0-3) are halfway through their season and have played three of the top-5 teams in the country — the Wolverines, the Buckeyes and No. 5 Washington in their season opener, a game they lost 48-13. Yet, despite being outscored 156-0 in their past two games and thoroughly outplayed in the process, the Knights still have hopes of reaching a bowl game as they enter a far more manageable second half of the season. “Yesterday, we met as a team like we normally do on Sundays. We talked about the first half of the season, the first six games and where we’re at as a football team. We’re a 2-4 football team,” said head coach Chris Ash at his weekly press conference Monday. “We need to put those games in that first half of the season behind us and get ready for the second half of the season.” The final six games of the season begin with this Saturday’s homecoming game against Illinois (1-4, 0-2), a team currently going through a transition period of its own under first-year head coach Lovie Smith. Unfortunately for Greg Jones, he will not be able to participate in what would be his first and only homecoming game.
Senior strongside linebacker Greg Jones has seen his career officially come to an end after it was recommended he not play by two seperate doctors. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2016 The senior walk-on running back turned scholarship strongside linebacker has officially been medically disqualified and ruled unfit to play football due to a neck injury sustained in Columbus last week against Ohio State. He’ll remain around the team throughout the season, but his career in Piscataway — and likely his playing career in general — on the football field has come to a close. “It was a doctor recommended decision. ... It’s what’s best for Greg,” Ash said. “Greg’s an
outstanding young man … Plays the game the way we wanted our players to play it, and it was tough, relentless. Studied the game all the time. Great teammate, and we wish Greg nothing but the best.” Jones’ name is added to the laundr y list of injuries Rutgers is dealing with at the moment, joining senior defensive end Quanzell Lambert (out for the season) and sophomore safety Saquan Hampton and his replacement Kiy Hester, who are both out indefinitely.
Junior cornerback Ross Douglas started in place of Hampton at free safety, with running back Josh Hicks taking warm-up snaps at safety for the first time since collecting six tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception against Army last season. With the status of Hampton and Hester unknown, the same situation could arise against the Fighting Illini. “We haven’t decided that yet,” Ash said of using Hicks at safety. “We needed some more depth.
We had to move Ross Douglas to safety and he started the game. We moved Josh over to safety to help provide some depth. What his future will be will determine what the team’s needs are as we go forward.” The injuries aren’t limited to the defensive side of the ball, with top playmaker Janarion Grant’s absence being felt on offense since he suffered a season-ending injury against Iowa three weeks ago. Rutgers has amassed just 13 completions for 130 yards in the 10 quarters its played without Grant, with eight completions and 92 yards coming from the second half of the game against the Hawkeyes alone. The Knights had three completions for 33 yards against Ohio State before a pitiful 5 yards on two completions against the Wolverines. If Rutgers hopes to reach the postseason, it’ll need to do a whole lot better than that moving forward. “It is hard. It is an adjustment. Everybody’s gotta do more. Everyone’s gotta ask of themselves and ask of each other more,” said offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer of life without Grant. “We have to do a better job of being a cohesive unit on offense for us to be successful so everybody can fill that role. The days of just get the ball to (Janarion Grant), he’ll make it happen, that doesn’t exist anymore.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.
VOLLEYBALL NO. 15 PENN STATE 3, RUTGERS 0
Knights drop 11th consecutive game to Nittany Lions Jon Spilletti Staff Writer
The Rutgers volleyball team’s suffering continued this weekend when it collapsed to No. 15 Penn State in its 11th consecutive loss of the season. The Scarlet Knights (4-15, 0-6) have not won a match since early September and lost all three sets against the Nittany Lions (14-3, 6-0), who enjoyed some inspired form in the middle third of the campaign. Penn State swept the Knights by scores of 25-13, 25-16 and 2510 and much of the match was characterized by running narratives within the Rutgers volleyball program. Though the Knights are coming off of a host of losses, Penn State has seen an almost polar opposite trend, as Saturday’s contest marked the team’s 12th straight win, a run that includes a victory over No. 1 Minnesota. That fact echoed throughout the visitor’s locker room ahead of Saturday’s game in University Park, as this Penn State side had massively improved even after its sweep of Rutgers just weeks prior. A monumental victory like the one over the Gophers is enough to make a side like the Knights apprehensive going into the match.
And so the match got under way, with Rutgers holding the Nittany Lions through the early going of the inaugural frame, only trailing 6-5. Penn State then got a hold of themselves, jumping out to a larger lead, never allowing the Knights to get within breathing room. From then on, Penn State ran away with the set, capping it off with a 25-13 scoreline and the momentum heading into the second set. But Rutgers would soon snatch the momentum from the competition’s grasp as the New Brunswick squad would take an early 9-7 lead to christen the second set. But the Knights struggled to maintain their rhythm, which allowed Penn State to play catch-up once again and secure the victory. Shining in the second set and throughout the match for Rutgers was Meme Fletcher, whose nine kills in the contest paced the squad, including a few key balls to keep the Knights ahead in the second set. The junior right side hitter has performed well in most matches this season, leading the team in kills so far this season with 172 and many have come amid losing efforts. Game three saw the slowest start for Rutgers, as the team
from Happy Valley held a 9-2 lead early on. The Knights were never able to regain the rhythm that escaped them midway through the second set, and Penn State closed out the match with a commanding win in the final set. Head coach CJ Werneke and the players have been through the gauntlet before. They have seen these results time and time again and, though practice comes about the week after, not much can be done to stop NCAA powerhouses. Rutgers’ last six matches have come against either ranked opponents or teams receiving votes and the rest of the schedule looks virtually the same. But in these situations, Werneke found with experience that the good must be taken with the bad. And despite the record, there is good in the Knights’ volleyball side. There are also slices of history that come with every loss. As the team inches closer to the end of the season, and thus the end of fifth-year senior outside hitter Mikaela Matthews’ career, so does her name to the Rutgers record books. With her team-leading three blocks against Penn State, Matthews brings her career total to 345 blocks, only eight shy of
breaking into the top five all-time in career blocks at Rutgers. There is no shortage of individual excellence within this team, as evidenced by Fletcher and Matthews. Where the team comes short is collective play, which has come to haunt the side all season.
While Werneke has the pieces, the puzzle has yet to be completed, but it may not be done by the end of the season. For more updates on the Rutgers volleyball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior right side hitter Meme Fletcher led the Knights with nine kills against No. 15 Penn State in their 11th consecutive loss. JEFFREY GOMEZ / OCTOBER 2016
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“The days of just get the ball to (Janarion Grant), he’ll make it happen, that doesn’t exist anymore.” — Rutgers offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer
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WOMEN’S SOCCER NO. 24 RUTGERS 2, INDIANA 2
Knights squander early lead, play IU to draw Alex Gold Staff Writer
The Rutgers women’s soccer team played Indiana to a 2-2 draw Sunday afternoon at Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. Senior captains Madison Tiernan and Tori Prager scored early to put the Scarlet Knights (9-2-3) ahead 2-0, but the Hoosiers (5-7-3) battled back. Rutgers moves to 4-1-2 in Big Ten action and dropped to 24th in the most recent National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s (NSCAA) poll. After an unbelievable showing against Purdue Thursday night, senior goalkeeper Alana Jimenez made four saves in net for the Knights. Indiana’s keeper, on the other hand, blocked eight and was tested heavily. Rutgers, which entered the weekend leading the Big Ten in shots on goal, launched at least eight shots on goal in 11 of 14 matches. The match was a microcosm of the Knights’ entire season in a lot of ways, as they dominated possession and created many chances, but were not able to finish at a high clip. “We haven’t finished the way we want to,” said head coach Mike O’Neill. “We talked about shot efficiency and it’s something we’re working on.” Rutgers did not face those issues early on as it pounced on the Hoosiers in Bloomington from the starting whistle. Senior Madison Tiernan scored the game’s first goal Sunday, firing an unassisted shot top right of the net. Tiernan’s seventh goal of the year gave Rutgers a one-goal advantage over Indiana in the ninth minute. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2016
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MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS-PRINCETON, TODAY, 7 P.M.
Winless Knights host in-state rival Tigers Bret Levinson
But the Tigers are above average at keeping their challengers to very few goals — an area Rutgers struggles in. Princeton has allowed only 1.20 goals per game this season. Tigers senior goalkeeper Josh Haberman has a 1.16 goal-against-average, which is third in the Ivy League Conference. But the Knights know what they are getting itself into Tuesday night at Yurcak Field. The Tigers and Rutgers have split the last two meetings and haven’t played since the 2014 season. The players said that even though they’ve been winless through their first 10 games, there’s going to be an extra incentive. “It’s big, everyone’s gonna treat it like a derby, its gonna be a rivalry game,” said senior goalkeeper David Greczek. “I’m gonna fight against them, obviously not in a disrespectful way, but I’m sure everyone’s gonna be hungry for that game. We wanna take over Jersey and we gotta make a statement against that game.”
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The Rutgers men’s soccer team seems to be playing its best soccer of the season. Still winless through their first 10 games, the Scarlet Knights (0-8-2, 0-4-2) look to carry their solid play into Tuesday as they host in-state rival Princeton (5-4-1). Friday marked the fourth consecutive game Rutgers has either tied the opposition or lost by one goal, with two of those four teams being ranked in the top 15. The offense seems to be creating more creative opportunities to score, even though the Knights are only averaging .80 goals per game. “I just told them continue to move and get the second and third guys involved in the attack,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “Jason (Wright) draws a lot of attention and if we can get the second and third guys running of f of him, I think it opens things up and it relieves pressure from him.”
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Junior striker Jason Wright has garnered a lot of attention from opposing defenses, which has opened up RU’s offense. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2016 knights schedule
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head women’s golf coach, and the Scarlet Knights defeated both Richmand and College Cork in match play at the Waterville Golf Links in County Kerry, Ireland, Sunday and Monday. Rutgers combined for 22.5 points to take the win.
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