The Daily Targum 2016-10-12

COLUMBUS DAY Christopher Columbus’ narrative is not properly told

TERI TERI Don’t knock ‘hole-in-the-wall’ sushi — it’s superb.

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Minimum wage increase to benefit working students kayon amos contributing writer

Working students will soon see an increase in their paychecks as the state’s minimum wage increases for the first time since 2015.

New Jersey’s minimum wage will increase from $8.38 an hour to $8.44 an hour starting Jan. 1, 2017, which will help students who work parttime, said Carl Van Horn, a professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.

“I think it will have a substantial affect on students that are working, as many do on a part-time basis,” Van Horn said. “Over time, it will continue to go up with inflation, so that will make a difference. And there may be a referendum that will increase it even further.”

The state’s minimum wage is based off of the Consumer Price Index. The last time New Jersey had a minimum wage increase was in 2015 when it raised from $8.25 an The minimum wage will increase by six cents in 2017, which marks the first increase since a 13-cent jump in 2015. Students who work parttime will receive the new benefits, which total up to $2.40 extra for every 40 hours worked. GRAPHIC BY MICHAEL MAKMUR / STAFF DESIGNER

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Rutgers police plan to investigate ‘Dick Butts’

Professor says voters should note Clinton’s health

minna kim and avalon zoppo

hernan guarderas

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has questioned Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s health throughout the last few months of his campaign, including an attack ad released in early October.

In August, Rutgers Professor of Medicine Robert Lahita said voters should be concerned with Clinton’s health during a program on Fox Business Channel.

The interview aired on Aug. 18 on “Risk & Reward” with Deirdre Bolton in response to a comment

by TV personality Drew Pinsky that Clinton’s health should raise alarm.

Pinsky’s show, “Dr. Drew On Call,” was canceled a few days later.

While on the show, Lahita referenced a 2015 letter released on Clinton’s campaign website but said the summary of Clinton’s health does not provide enough details.

The letter on Clinton’s website was written by her doctor, Lisa Bardack, of the Mount Kisco Medical Group.

On Fox, Lahita spoke about Clinton’s “unusual story” regarding her two blood clots and a stroke she had in 2012. He considered the clots and the two bouts of thrombosis to be “disconcerting to say the least.”

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The Rutgers University Police Department is looking for a vandal who has been spray painting penises on several buildings and sidewalks on the Livingston and Cook/ Douglass campus.

Depictions of a popular meme known as “Dick Butt” began appearing on buildings and sidewalks on Douglass campus near Hickman Hall, on Livingston campus near Tillet Hall, the Livingston Student

Center and the Livingston Plaza bus stop and on Cook campus near the Newell Apartments.

Dick Butt is a drawing of an “anthropomorphic phallus with a pair of testicles and a penis protruding from its backside,” according to the site Know Your Meme. The “Pepe the Frog” meme has also been drawn alongside the phallic graffiti.

University spokesperson Greg Trevor said Rutgers police are searching for the Dick Butt vandal.

University Facilities and Capital See butts on Page 4

Rutgers has several “all gender” bathrooms for transgender and other students who are uncomfortable or unable to use gendered facilities on campus. JEFFREY GOMEZ

Transgender students see increased facilities daniel maclane contributing writer

Rutgers is one of the most LGBTQ-friendly schools in the nation, in part due to the school’s gender-neutral bathrooms and resources for transgender students.

Rutgers offers single-user restrooms labeled as either “All Gender” or “Unisex” in campus residence halls, said Zaneta

Rago-Craft, acting director of the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities.

There are about 10 gender-neutral bathrooms on Livingston campus, 14 on Busch campus, 50 on the College Avenue campus and 45 on the Cook/Douglass campus. In total, Rutgers has 119 gender-neutral bathrooms.

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Dick butt memes have been popping up around Rutgers campuses, either spray-painted or drawn in chalk. RUPD is searching for the graffiti artist drawing them. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR

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Campus Calendar WEDNESDAY 10/12 University Career Services presents “LinkedIn 101” from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Gateway Transit Village on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Rutgers Student Counseling, ADAP and Psychiatric Services presents “Mindfulness Meditation” from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Mason Gross School of the Arts and the Rutgers Theater Company presents “Fear and Misery in the Third Reich” at 7:30 p.m. at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater on Douglass campus. Ticket prices can be found online.

The Office of Summer and Winter Sessions presents “Winter Session Info Table” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the College Avenue Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Assistant Dean for Academic Programs presents “Rutgers SEBS Tour and Information Session” from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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THURSDAY 10/13 The Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy and the Rutgers Energy Institute present “Forum on New Jersey’s Energy Infastructure and the Role of Utilities” from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Civic Square in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

The Office of Summer and Winter Sessions presents “Free Webinar for Gifted Talented Educators” from 4 to 5 p.m. Registration for the event is available online.

The Rutgers University Department of American Studies presents “New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2016 Screening” from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Dr. Ruth M. Adams Building on Douglass campus.

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Mason Gross School of the Arts and the Rutgers Theater Company present “Fear and Misery in the Third Reich” at 7:30 p.m. at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater on Douglass campus. Ticket prices can be found online.

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Scarlet Anchor Society fundraises for Naval ROTC Unit christopher bohorquez

For this year’s Scarlet Day of Service, the group went to the Franklin Sports Complex and The Scarlet Anchor Society helped clean up baseball fields by helps members of the Naval Re- picking up trash, Glickman said.

“We have bake sales every serve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) raise money in order to once in a while, (a) Buffalo Wild lower the costs of events that ca- Wings fundraiser,” School of Arts and Sciences senior Matthew Modets participate in.

“It’s a club that supports the eller said. “We have at least 10 Naval ROTC on campus,” said people show up to each (football) Jessica Glickman, a School of Arts game. They work the gates, check and Sciences senior and presi- tickets, (stand) posts, make sure dent of the club. “It helps them people aren’t smoking inside the stadium.

It’s to do training pretty much and things what the peothey need to ple in yellow in order to shirts do.” graduate.”

“We have at least 10 At ShopRite, Glickman, who joined the people show up to each students bag items for cusclub four years (football) game. They tomers. Often, ago after bework the gates, check Moeller said, coming a part tickets, (stand) posts.” these customof the Naval ers tip them.

ROTC, said the matthew moeller The society Scarlet Anchor School of Arts and Sciences Senior also participates Society benin a tri-service efits her bechallenge every cause it helps spring semester, lower the cost Moeller said. of events. “ E v e r y “The Scarlet Anchor Society is mostly ROTC (unit) that is on campus, made up of ROTC members,” we help fund the food and anysaid Kevin Moran, a School of thing else that’ll help pay for the Arts and Science junior and event,” he said.

The society also partakes in treasurer of the club. “We fundraise so we can do events competitions every semester. Moeller said they compete in athletic through NROTC.” The club, founded in 2012, events, whether it be 5K races, participates in community ser- 400-meter races, 80-meter races, vice events like bagging at fastball and drill events.

“Each semester we have a Shoprite, volunteering at Scarlet Day of Service and helping out militar y excellence competition with security at football games, our ROTC unit,” Moeller said.

Moran said. Bake sales happen “We use the funds to help pay for that.” twice a semester. staff writer

Students practice singing in Queens Chorale group Kristen Charlery contributing writer

The University’s oldest student-run choir is also an accredited singing organization where both undergraduate and graduate students can practice their singing abilities.

“Our goal is to promote the love of singing in a relaxed atmosphere without the strains of credit-based choirs,” said Marissa Costa, the Public Relations Correspondent.

The group currently consists of 12 members and are encouraging new members to join, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior said.

The Queens Chorale is a great place for those looking for a positive experience with a singing group, she said.

“I have had nothing but positive experiences in Queens Chorale,” she said. “We’re not a huge group, we all become relatively close friends and form a support system for each other.”

Costa said she also enjoys the relaxed atmosphere of the club.

“I really enjoy the casual feeling of making music with friends, which I think isn’t as prevalent in credit-based choirs,” she said.

The Queens Chorale performs once every semester.

Their next performance is a winter concert at Kirkpatrick Hall on Dec. 4 at 4 p.m.

The songs in the performance range from Rutgers-themed music to seasonal pieces. They hold practices for the group on Wednesdays and Fridays each week.

The Scarlet Anchor Society is a group of Naval ROTC cadets who volunteer their time to raise funds for activities their unit participates in. They also volunteer for events like the Scarlet Day of Service. COURTESY OF JESSICA GLICKMAN

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butts Lewd spray paintings threaten to tarnish school’s reputation, Patel says continued from front Planning have been notified to remove the graffiti.

Students have responded with both shock and chuckles to the graffiti.

Shivani Patel, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said when she first saw the penis drawings about three weeks ago, she was reminded of the immaturity of some college students.

“Incidents like these take me back to high school,” Patel said. “Rutgers

has such a huge name and the University needs to stay up to its name.”

“Incidents like these take me back to high school.” shivani patel School of Arts and Sciences First-Year

With distinguished and world-renowned guests visiting the University, Patel said the lewd

students 6 cent wage increase translates to only 72 extra cents per week, Holmes says continued from front hour to the current $8.38. There was no increase in 2016 because the Consumer Price Index remained the same in 2015.

“It is a good step in the right direction because minimum wage is too low. Students struggle to afford their basic necessities,” said School of Art and Sciences sophomore Chakeema Cruickshank.

“But six cents will not make that much of a difference - some people probably won’t even notice.”

Lauren Holmes, a Rutgers Business School sophomore, does not think the wage increase will affect her.

“I work 12 hours a week. That is only 72 cents more,” Holmes said.

Full-time students often can not work more than 15 hours a week because classes, internships and extracurricular activities allot a maximum amount of work hours, Cruickshank said.

“Even if I was working 40 hours a week … that’s only $2.40 … that

CRIME Oct. 11 JERSEY CITY — An 18-yearold man was shot in the foot in Greenville on Monday night.

The victim, of Bartholdi Avenue, was transported to Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health for treatment of a non-life-threatening injury. The incident took place on Wegman Parkway near Van Cleef Street.

Oct. 11 NORTH CAPE MAY — Dawn Corcoran, 45, of Lower Township, tried to board a Cape May-Lewes Ferry with 250 baggies of heroin.

She was arrested and charged with violating the terms of her parole, possession of heroin, possession with intent to distribute and possession of a controlled dangerous substance within 500 feet of a public park. A Delaware River & Bay Authority police officer was screening passengers at the security check point and Corcoran consented to the search. The officer found a tightly wrapped block of black tape in her purse. Corcoran was taken to Cape May County jail on $50,000 bail.

can barely get you anything nowadays,” Holmes said.

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) recently vetoed a Democrat-backed bill that would gradually raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2021, NJ Advance Media reported.

Holmes said students may be incentivized to work longer hours if the minimum wage increased to $15.

“With $15 you can do a lot, but that also means that the standard of living will rise,” Holmes said.

Christie, while striking down the $15-an-hour bill, argued such a steep increase would make New Jersey unaffordable for businesses, NJ Advance Media reported.

The federal government might force the state to adopt a higher minimum wage if it increases the national level, Van Horn said.

“It is possible that there could be an even higher federal minimum wage depending on the outcome of the election,” he said. “For example, if Senator (Hillary) Clinton were to win, a number of more

images may raise questions about Rutgers’ reputation. Last year, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) spoke at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Student Center, a building that is a short walk away from the graffiti now in front of Hickman Hall.

“I thought the rain last weekend would wash it all out, but it didn’t, since they have it in both chalk and spray paint,” Patel said.

School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Drasti Patel, on the other hand, is less alarmed by the Dick Butt graffiti. Patel spotted the spray paintings while crossing the bridge over George Street and said she felt “weirded out” but not uncomfortable.

“I figured someone got drunk and did it,” Patel said. “(The University) should get them cleaned up for now.”

Democrats would come into Congress and they have pledged to increase the federal minimum wage.”

The Democratic presidential nominee supports a federal minimum wage increase to $12 an hour, while Republican nominee Donald Trump does not support a federal minimum wage. Instead, Trump proposes that the states set their own minimum wage, Van Horn said.

Minimum wage increases will affect businesses all over the state and around campus, Van Horn said.

It is difficult to predict the number of employers that will cut their workforce, Van Horn said, but the hope is that the reduction would be minimal.

According to the Journalist’s Resource, moderate minimum wage increases have little effect on employment and hours, but there is no research how large increases in the minimum wage affect the employment rate.

Van Horn said during 2015’s minimum wage increase, paychecks increased slightly for most, but did not have a large impact on reducing job opportunities for students.

“We need a much more practical minimum wage amount to be able to afford all expenses because eight-something an hour really isn’t that much,” Cruickshank said.

facilities University looking into changing single-person restroom signs, Rago says Communities offers programs meant to reach out to the UniverSome single-person re- sity’s transgender community. The strooms have “men” or “wom- University also offers “trans-incluen” labels. Rutgers is looking sive health insurance.”

Student-centered spaces are into making these signs display available for for transgender, gen“All Gender.”

Public restrooms and lock- der non-binary and gender noner rooms are available for use conforming students.

Transgender was only recently based upon a student’s preferred gender, not their biolog- taken off the American Psycholical sex, according to the Rut- ogy Association’s list of mental gers Center for Social Justice illnesses in 2012. The Center Education and LGBT Communi- for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities offers free ties website.

“Under the University’s policy education programs to those who believe of nondiscrimidentifying as ination, which transgender includes genis a mental der identity illness. and expresAt the sion, individuend of each als may use a “Individuals may use a month, the gender-specifgender-specific restroom center holds ic restroom or locker room or locker room facility that a Safer Space LGBTQA and facility that corresponds with their Ally Training cor responds gender identity and/or program in with their expression.” which pargender identiticipants can ty and/or exZaneta rago-craft learn about pression,” RaActing Director of the Center for Social Justice the expego-Craft said.

Education and LGBT Communities riences of A national people in spotlight was the LBGTQA shined on genc o m m u n i t y, der-neutral the proper bathrooms terminoloafter the pasgy and how sage of North Carolina’s HB2 law, also known to end the biases displayed toas the Public Facilities Priva- wards the community.

This program is open to everyone. cy and Security Act. The law “Its nice to know that my requires transgender people living in the state to use the re- school is open and accepting to stroom in accordance to their all kinds of people and not falling into the insensitive traps on biological sex.

The law caused much national display in Nor th Carolina,” said backlash, with the NBA cancel- Nicholas Provenzano, a Rutgers ing their 2017 All-Star game that School of Ar ts and Sciences was originally planned to be held junior. “I have plenty of friends in the LGBTQ community and in Charlotte.

The Center for Social Jus- they feel ver y comfor table tice Education and LGBT on campus.” continued from front

health Presidential candidates should release their full medical results, Lahita says continued from front “This concerns [us] objectively no matter where your politics are.

The concerns about her stamina and her health are justified because you have a lot in the liberal media saying this is a conspiracy to disqualify her somehow,” Bolton said.

Lahita does not believe Clinton’s health record is a conspiracy and mentioned previous U.S. presidents who “concealed their health during their campaign.” He said candidates who hid their health had “dire effects” on the country.

When former President Woodrow Wilson fell ill in 1919, his wife ran the White House for a few years.

“Perhaps, have an impartial panel of positions review the data and make that kind of a decision before the Americans got to the polls,” he said. “We should be able to see the lab results ourselves.”

Lahita believes Clinton’s health should be public because it is

vital information to voters. Lahita said candidates have to authorize a release of their medical results, because doctors are not able to divulge their patients’ records without permission.

While Lahita is affiliated with Rutgers University in a voluntary capacity, he is not considered a Rutgers professor, said Robert L. Johnson, the Sharon and Joseph L. Muscarelle Endowed Dean of the New Jersey Medical School.

“Even if someone were a fulltime professor here, we’d be really careful about how they represent the University in public,” Johnson said. “At Rutgers, we would be concerned about it if a faculty member gave credence to his or her ad hominem impression and then used the Rutgers reputation to support them. Then, that would be a problem.”

Professors are free to say anything they want as private citizens, he said, but speaking in their

Rutgers professor of medicine Robert Lahita appeared on a Fox Business program to discuss Secretary Hillary Clinton’s health.

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official capacity would subject them to libel suits.

Various media organizations, including the Conser vative Tribune and the New York Times

both credited Lahita as a Rutgers professor.

Lahita’s media representative said he would not comment on Clinton’s health until after the election.

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Government spending needs to be controlled

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or most people, the popular sayCONSCIENCE OF A CO-ED ing, “There are two things that are certain in LOUIS RUZIECKI life: Death and taxes,” has never been more true. Living in New Jersey, a state that even has a tax on death itself, has sure put me at an impasse with Trenton’s decision-making abilities.

Over the past few months, the “crisis” confronting the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) has really taken liftoff. Throughout the summer, we have seen what seems like a never-ending battle of how New Jersey would possibly be able to fund the TTF. Due to the negligence and asininity of those in Trenton who supported this proposed gas tax increase, we are now being forced to pay for their fiscal blunders.

Our overlords in Trenton have proposed a bill with a plan as follows: The new tax increase will include an extra $0.23 per gallon increase on gas. The revenue from this will supposedly go to directly funding the Transportation Trust Fund. The infamous estate tax will be reduced next year and ultimately phased out by 2018. The sales tax will be reduced from 7 percent to 6.625 percent. Lastly, retirees, veterans and the working poor will receive tax breaks under the new legislation.

State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-11) who has been a champion in fighting against the gas tax said that this was a “recycled plan that the public didn’t want the first time in June.”

With all of this talk of transportation and taxes, many of you may be asking, “What is this Transportation Trust Fund that is suffering such a horrible crisis?” Gov. Thomas Kean (R-NJ) signed the TTF into law in July of 1984. The plan for the TTF was that it would be halffunded by the gas tax, and half would be funded from borrowing. The borrowing was intended to be so minimal that it would eventually be paid off as the bonds were paid off. But in true New Jersey fashion, both Republican and Democratic assembly people, senators and governors have consistently raised the borrowing limit without providing any means to pay the funds back. This state just spends and spends and spends without ever providing any means to pay it back. Now, these “

“This means that the tax could increase or decrease depending on if it meets the suggested revenue or not.” same politicians who have spent so much already claim that we are in a “crisis.” A tyrant’s favorite ploy on Earth is a crisis. It is used as a scare tactic in order to scare the public to get what they want. We already have some of the highest taxes in the nation and this gas tax would just be an addition to the plethora of high taxes we already incur.

This bill has already passed the Senate and the Assembly and is awaiting Gov. Chris Christie’s (R-NJ) signature. If the bill is signed, it will bring New Jersey from having the second lowest gas tax to the sixth highest in the nation. Christie calls this “tax fairness,” and I’m still unsure of what planet he’s residing on. How could this possibly be a case of “tax fairness?” In what world does it seem fair for the citizens of New Jersey to have to pay for the misdeeds of our lawmakers? Why should I have to pay extra for gas because our elected officials in Trenton lack basic budgeting skills?

While repeatedly reading over this bill, I also noticed that this tax is supposed to yield for the suggested $1.2 billion in revenue from the gas tax. This means that the tax could increase or decrease depending on if it meets the suggested revenue or not. If what we’ve seen from Trenton is any consolation, this is all the more reason to not support and kill this bill. But this bill will not fail. The bill will go to Christie’s desk and he will sign it while Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-3) and Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-32) look onward alongside many other Democrats and faux-Republicans with their eyes agog. Gas prices will rise by $0.23 cents state wide while residents adjust and wonder how they will afford it.

Spending and the deficit will continue to grow out of control until the next “crisis” causes us to raise taxes yet again. The fight to stop its passage has pretty much come to an end. But that doesn’t mean you still can’t hold your legislators accountable. So contact your legislators and find out how they voted on this bill. If they happen to have voted no, thank them for their support and for having your best interests in mind. If they voted yes, kindly let them know they will no longer have your support and give them the boot when they are up for re-election.

Louis Ruziecki is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science with a minor in history. His column, “Conscience of a Co-Ed,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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He destroyed more than he discovered Christopher Columbus’s true narrative should be learned

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n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He disgusting and petrifying stories are not ones to tell had three ships and left from Spain. He sailed children, but it doesn’t excuse songs indoctrinating children with false ideas that Columbus was “brave” through sunshine, wind and rain …”

Rutgers doesn’t cancel classes for Columbus and “bright.” Distilled versions can be taught to exDay, so for those who didn’t notice, Columbus Day plain the reality of how he was evil and cruel, a verwas last Monday. Other than a shopping spree at sion closer to the truth.

It is arguable that Columbus Day is the least of Macy’s for the avid consumer to hunt down sales, this federal holiday isn’t the most popular nor does people’s worries. There are certainly more pressit generate a magnitude of excitement comparable ing issues to divert your attention toward, be it the to that of Halloween, Valentine’s Day or one of the Syrian Civil War, the economy or the ways you’re December holidays. If anything, Columbus Day is going to have to pay off your tuition, because at the a period rife with contestations as some devoutly end of the day you can choose to celebrate or not celebrate the day, like the people who attend the celebrate Columbus Day. It’s not a big deal, right?

Yet the national commemoration of a man who is Annual Columbus Day Parade in New York City, and some are ashamed of the holiday and protest it, the exemplar of a villain implies that Americans do like the Rutgers organization All Marxist-Leninist not value the truth or a respectable education, and it perpetuates the Union (AMLU) at pain of the United the steps of BrowStates current Naer Commons. It’s a “There might be very few of them, but that’s tive American poppeculiar holiday. because their people were exploited, displaced ulation. Less than 1 Experiencing percent of Rutgers’ Columbus Day and massacred over time and that history students are Naduring college reof abuse is celebrated annually through tive Americans and minds you of how Columbus Day.” about 2 percent of far your educathe United States’ tion has taken you population are Naand knowing that there are various interpretations of history — and tive American. There might be very few of them, that one is more accurate than the other. One is but that’s because their people were exploited, disthe version you were taught when you were young, placed and massacred over time and that history the little melodic song about how Columbus sailed of abuse is celebrated annually through Columbus the ocean blue. Its lyrics say, “The Arakawa natives Day. It is not commonly perceived that way, but it were very nice. They gave sailors food and spice. should be. Christopher Columbus did not have any Columbus sailed on to find some gold, to bring back noble achievement and he regressed, rather than adhome as he’d been told. He made the trip again and vanced, the quality of humanity.

The holiday can remain, but with a better name again, trading gold to bring to Spain.” The facile lyrics do a disservice to society by notably leaving out not after a genocidal leader. It should be a day to Columbus’ crimes against humanity that consisted educate and remind citizens about the history of of selling underage girls to sexual slavery, cutting this country and what occurred on U.S. soil. The off hands of natives who didn’t reach his desired United States and its land might have had a checkgold quota, giving Arakawa natives’ babies to dogs ered past, but that is every country. Owning up to when they ran out of meat, widespread slavery and its history is the first step of making this country the decimation of a civilization. Of course, these better in the future.

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October 12, 2016

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Creating safe environments for children to walk to school CONCRETE JUNGLE GYM THALYA REYES

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ost large universities are highly accessible spaces for alternative modes of transportation and Rutgers University is no exception. For too many of us, traveling between campuses is the first opportunity in our lives to walk or bike to school, and doing it safely is challenging in parts of New Brunswick.

This is part of an unfortunate national trend which has seen, in the span of one generation, the percentage of children walking and bicycling to school dropping from approximately 50 percent in 1969 to only 13 percent in 2009. Parents and children cite numerous barriers to walking and bicycling including distance, traffic danger and crime. The majority of U.S. students are privately driven to and from school, eliminating an opportunity to be physically active and ultimately contributing to the obesity crisis. Kids today are less active than ever with 23 percent of children getting no free-time physical activity. This has a disproportionate impact on marginalized communities — more than half of Latina girls and approximately half of African-American girls are expected to get diabetes in their lifetimes.

Circumstances force many children to walk or bike to school because their parents work early or do not have access to a car. This leaves children traveling in areas without sidewalks, crosswalks, stop lights and other infrastructure. This leads to over 23,000 injuries and more than 250 deaths of children ages 5-15 and nearly $900 million in associated medical costs.

These issues are ever present in the minds of parents, public officials and residents across the world. Walk to School Day began in the U.S. in 1997 to increase awareness of the need for walkable communities. The event has since become international with

students, parents, teachers and community members are participating in other walk and bike events throughout the month of October. Not only does SRTS highlight issues like encouraging healthy lifestyles, increasing physical activity and child safety but also traffic congestion, public health and environmental protection. Consider that in 2009, American families made 6.5 billion vehicle trips on school commutes and over half of those trips were between 1/4 and 1/2 mile. Traffic would be significantly reduced if these shorter trips were traveled on foot or by bike.

Furthermore, keeping cars off the road would improve air quality in and around

“Kids today are less active than ever with 23 percent of children getting no free time physical activity.” more than 40 countries participating and inclusive of bicycling as another mode of active transportation. Its success, along with the hard work of dedicated staff and volunteers, led to the August 2005 passage of federal legislation establishing the National Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program that provided $612 million towards state programs until 2010. Now, SRTS receives funding under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP).

On Oct. 5, we celebrated the 20th International Walk and Bike to School Day but

schools. Children exposed to traffic pollution are more likely to have asthma and at a higher risk of contracting heart and lung diseases as adults. If we were to return to 1969 levels of walking and bicycling to school, we could prevent the emission of 1.5 million tons of carbon dioxide and 89,000 tons of other harmful pollutants — equal to keeping 250,000 cars off the road for one year.

Our state’s SRTS program, the NJ SRTS Resource Center, is proudly hosted here at Rutgers University, managed

by the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) within the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Providing technical assistance to public officials, transportation and health professionals and the general public, NJ SRTS is helping to foster safe, accessible walking and bicycling through research, education and communications. This semester, Leigh Ann Von Hagen, NJ SRTS Senior Research Specialist, and Sean Meehan, Project Manager, are engaging Bloustein graduate students in an Urban Planning practicum to develop a Districtwide School Travel Plan for the city of Bayonne.

Efforts like these can identify solutions to improve pedestrian and bicycle travel for students and families.

There are numerous ways to be a part of this movement. Plan an event like a walking school bus or bike train, join your community’s SRTS Task Force or advocate for supportive federal, regional, state and municipal policies. The benefits of walking and bicycling are extensive — as local “champions” we can advance active transportation for kids of all races, ethnicities, income levels and abilities because every child deserves the opportunity to thrive.

Thalya Reyes is an Edward J. Bloustein School of Public Policy master’s candidate for public policy and city and regional planning.

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FOOD & DRINK

‘Hole-in-the-wall’ Japanese food never tasted so good

Don’t be fooled by the restuarants appearance — this Japanese restuarant has a variety of scrumptious dishes ranging from ramen noodles to fried iced cream to satisfy your hunger. MARISSA SCOGNAMIGLiO

Marissa Scognamiglio Contributing writer

Nestled comfortably in between Tumulty’s Irish Pub and Beauty Plus Inc., the Japanese restaurant Teri Teri isn’t in the most obvious location for any customers searching for that unique dining spot on George Street.

I visited this “hole-in-the-wall” with two friends who, like me, were at first rather underwhelmed by the simple appearance of the restaurant, but slightly reassured by the Rutgers pride that was present from several iconic red R’s welcoming customers into the establishment. Though the space

itself isn’t very large — more like Though I can’t say I sampled any and as the waiter explained to us, an elongated hallway with a few of the omelets or breakfast plat- any bowl (either chicken, shrimp tables and a of couple chairs for ters, I think it would definitely be or the eponymous Teri Teri) is served on top of a bed of white or customers — the centerpiece of worth another visit.

For appetizers, we agreed brown rice. It also includes a side the space is definitely the sushi upon the pot stickers, shrimp su- salad in the bowl. bar right next to the entrance.

The chicken was grilled and Teri Teri is a local hotspot, as mai and veggie spring rolls. The the small room was filled with New shrimp sumai, which resembled prepared very well, and I perBrunswick professionals eagerly a shrimp dumpling, was hands- sonally love when the rice soaks awaiting their food during their down the most impressive. It was up the flavor of the meat, so that lunch break and appearing comfort- juicy and fresh — definitely made was a nice touch. The salad was ably at home in cramped corners. in-house. Second place has to dressed in a white honey vinaiTeri Teri’s appearance was a blan- be awarded to the veggie spring grette, which was very tasty. One of my friends ket statement had also gotfor customers ten a bowl with that their food chicken, probwas the attracably one of the tion, and the “To end our meal, we ordered the ice cream tempura. best choices on simple aesthetic Let me say — best decision made.” the menu. My was functionalother friend ity — take it or had ordered leave it. the “Spider After grabSushi Roll”, bing a laminatwhich consisted menu from the sushi counter, which had rolls which were fried to a golden, ed of avocado, cucumber, masago and soft-shell crab tempura. handwritten corrections to prices crunchy perfection.

The sushi tasted very fresh, It’s impossible to visit Teri Teri and menu items pasted on cut-up pieces of paper, I took a small ta- and not try what the staff refers to courtesy of the frantic workers at ble towards the back. I noticed as the “best drinks on the block,” the bar, and the tempura added that the menu lacked graphic de- meaning their bubble tea selec- the perfect crunch — I have to sign, but it made up for it with an tion. I ended up ordering the man- vouch for the bowls.

To end our meal, we ordered the abundance of food options at very go bubble tea, while my friend ordered the coconut. Mine was ice cream tempura. Let me say — affordable costs.

Not only does this Japanese overwhelmingly sweet, but the best decision made. Not only was menu have a sushi bar and choic- coconut was very refreshing and this the most insta-worthy food, es from shrimp tempura to a vari- had that perfect hint of flavoring but anything fried, especially ice cream, is always sure to be deliety of ramen — it also has a full for any coconut fans.

When my meal arrived it cious. Teri Teri’s food was very imbreakfast menu as well. Available until 12 p.m on weekdays and looked amazing and I was pleas- pressive and if you’re looking for a all day on weekends, customers antly surprised by how much I casual lunch or perhaps a unique have the option to ditch their enjoyed it. I ordered the combo breakfast spot, take advantage of soy sauce for the pancake syrup. bowl of chicken with shrimp, some of George Street’s finest.

DIVERSIONS

October 12, 2016

Mark Tatulli Horoscopes

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Page 9 Eugenia Last

Happy Birthday: Express your feelings and prepare to make changes this year. Socializing with people who share your sentiments and are trying to achieve similar goals will help to keep you on the right course. Refuse to let disgruntled individuals stand in your way. Make choices based on the results you want to get, not what others think or say. Your numbers are 8, 19, 22, 28, 31, 39, 44.

Over The Hedge

T. Lewis and M. Fry

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Go over contracts and financial documents carefully. Look for any mistakes or potential problems you come across and address them openly. Don’t leave it up to others to make decisions for you. Show strength as well as diplomacy. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make your relationships with others a priority. Getting along with the people around you will influence how successful you will be in life and in business. Let your imagination and passion take you on a new adventure. 4 stars

Non Sequitur

Wiley

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Someone will take advantage of you by using emotional manipulation. Focus on personal changes and presenting what you have to offer. Refuse to let anyone limit your chances to advance. Make changes instead of having them forced on you. 2 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): It won’t be easy to get along with everyone.

Gravitate toward the people who share your sentiments and you will find a way to accomplish something unique and satisfying. Romance will improve your personal life. 5 stars

Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A change to the way you treat people will give you the leverage you need. Offer incentives and you will get a lot in return. Diplomacy and discipline will help you bypass any troubles that may surface. 5 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The changes you implement at home will make a difference to the way you move forward in the future. Learn from past experiences, and you will stabilize your situation. Love and romance are highlighted. 5 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Move forward with caution. Emotions will easily flare up, causing trouble with someone who wants to put the blame on you. Make positive changes to the way you take care of responsibilities and keep moving forward. 2 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Accept the inevitable and find a way to make it work. Stay in touch with the people you trust and can count on for inside information. Rely on past experiences and be creative in the way you approach new people and proposals. 4 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Charm and diplomacy will be required if you want to get ahead as well as keep the peace at home. Use incentives to bring others around to your way of thinking. Using force will leave you in a precarious position. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look outside your immediate surroundings and you will find unique solutions to a problem that is plaguing you. Formulate your plans with precision and don’t indicate what you intend to do until the time is right.

3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t worry about what others are doing or the changes going on around you.

Accept the inevitable and continue down the path that works best for you. Your ability to get things done on time will be impressive. 3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Let your emotions lead the way. Express your feelings to someone you love and it will change your life emotionally, physically and financially. Love is in the stars and romance will improve your life. 3 stars

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Universal Crossword ACROSS

67 Department store section

1 Word with “-A-Rama”

68 Exciting star

5 Parting words

69 Some bridge seats

9 Errand runner

70 Young winged god of the Greeks

14 Common cosmetics ingredient

71 Happy and appreciative

15 Prefix for “dynamic” 16 Caterpillar, initially

DOWN

17 Turkish currency

1 With no need to part?

18 Car wash supply

2 Miscellaneous assortment

19 Had a home-cooked meal

3 No longer new, as clothing

20 Wild fights

4 Primitive shelter

23 Forest denizen

5 Bridgetown’s place

24 Breakfast staple

6 Decade makeup

25 “___ I care!”

7 Grain bane

27 Do more origami work

8 “Eh”

30 Visible blight

9 Spectacles

33 Geller with the spoons

10 Horse’s nibble

34 Bear that’s not really a bear

11 Wild melee

37 Indication of police action

12 There is no good in it

38 Fail to see

13 Captain or general, e.g.

46 Black-and-white cookie

40 Flounder in water

21 Egg part

49 Biochemistry abbr.

42 Easy dupes

22 Mary ___ cosmetics

51 What six outs constitute

43 Group of eight

26 Egyptian goddess

53 Freud contemporary

45 Place for a barbecue

27 Bit of gossip

54 Music-score sign

47 Romanian currency

28 Longtime “All My Children”

55 Ship workers

48 Parents and some poker players character

56 Carpet feature

50 Car front

29 Brawl ingredients

58 Everyone has one

52 “Big Brother” host

30 Point to the right?

59 Heroic person, to some

53 Very pale

31 Drive away

60 Edible seaweed

55 Brain of a PC

32 Follow, as a consequence

61 Honey-based drink

57 Feature of a disorderly fight

35 High mountains

63 On, as a candle

62 Certain shooting iron

36 Hawaii’s Mauna ___

64 Aquarium growth

39 Window frame

65 Doing nothing

41 Elaborate Catholic ritual

66 Like Santa’s workers

44 Intensifies

Yesterday’s Solution

Yesterday’s Solution

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October 12, 2016

TIGERS Princeton notched 2 goals in 2 minutes in final 10 minutes of 2nd half to bury RU continued from back post to guarantee another game in which Rutgers (0-9-2, 0-4-2) would not take the first lead.

Greczek made four saves in the first half — two coming before the opening goal, two coming after — but he was unable to stop the period that changed the match.

The Knights have yet to lead a match all season and their hopes of doing it Tuesday night grew

slimmer when the Tigers notched two goals in two minutes a halfhour into the contest.

First it was Vikram Pothuri who doubled Princeton’s lead with an acrobatic volley in the home team’s 18-yard box, flying in to connect with Jeremy Colvin’s cross. Pothuri was followed up Harr y Hefferman, whose rebound shot into an empty net wasn’t as pretty but was the final step in creating an insurmountable lead.

“Look, for me, they’re no better than us, but they played us off the field in the first half,” Donigan said. “By that point, you try to come out in the second half and I thought we had a bit of a response, we get a goal back, but then the game kind of went back to what it was in the first half again and we didn’t have enough.”

Rutgers pulled back a goal 10 minutes into the second half, with junior midfielder Dante Perez reaggravating an injury he picked up a couple minutes earlier with his third goal of the campaign.

Perez would come off and not return to action following the goal just as senior defender Tyler Morris did due to a shoulder injury in the first half prior to

Senior goalkeeper David Greczek made two saves on either side of Princeton’s two-goal barrage at the tailend of the first half in Rutgers’ 4-1 loss to Princeton. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

SENIOR Tiernan won NJ state championship in softball, but chose to play soccer at RU continued from back He immediately saw the talent and toughness in Tiernan and persuaded her to join the Scarlet Knights when the time came to choose a university.

“I’m a Jersey girl through and through,” Tiernan said. “That and my relationships with the players and coaches made Rutgers feel like home.”

She has produced for the Knights throughout her tenure from the start of her extremely impressive debut season, when she scored six goals with five assists in 22 games.

Tiernan started all but one match as a freshman, ending the season with the third most points on the team and was named to the second team for the American Athletic Conference and was a first team All-Rookie selection.

After Rutgers leapt into the Big Ten the following season, Tiernan did not miss a beat.

She started 19 of 20 contests at forward, finishing second on the team in scoring with six goals and 15 points.

As a result, Tiernan was picked as a Big Ten Player to Watch going into her junior season in 2015.

In that campaign she started in 22 of 23 matches for the Knights, and although it was a down year statistics wise, Tiernan did not stop caring about the team.

“Individual points don’t matter when you’re winning,” Tiernan said. “Our team didn’t care about singular achievements and that’s what carried us to the College Cup.” The forward came through in the clutch for Rutgers on the way to the semifinal of that competition, as she has time and time again, heading in the game-winner on a corner kick against No. 18 UConn in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

That final four appearance was something Tiernan never envisioned when she decided to attend the University.

She, classmates Erin Smith and Tori Prager all joined the Knights to make the program a national contender, but it surprised them how quickly they got there.

“One of my main goals, besides team success, has been to

make Rutgers a place for little girls to want to go to,” Tiernan said. “I think we’ve surpassed my expectations because I see so many kids walking around and training wearing our gear.”

This season Tiernan and the Knights are trying to build on the reputation they’ve attained over the last few years.

She is definitely contributing to that goal as her seven goals

Princeton’s two goal onslaught, a continuation of the injury struggles the Knights have suffered through all season.

“Dante took a pretty bad knock when he scored that goal, but the reality of it is he’s on four yellow cards and he’s got a bad knock, the game’s 3-1 … I don’t want to jeopardize his health,” Donigan said. “Same thing with Tyler Morris … there’s no point in jeopardizing him because if I asked him, I’m sure that kid would go back in the game.”

The Knights had 35 minutes to score two goals, a more manageable comeback than the one five-goal turnaround they almost managed against the Eagles. But just like that night two weeks ago, Rutgers was unable to pull it off, sending cross after cross into the penalty area that were left unanswered.

With 10 minutes to go, any hopes of getting a result were killed as Greg Seifert headed home a pass from Benjamin Martin to put up the fourth and final Tiger goal and seal the final result.

Rutgers has little more than pride to play for in its final five games of the season, the best possible finish in the Big Ten coming in the form of a fifth place finish in the regular season and seed in the conference tournament.

Hosting Northwestern Saturday will be their next opportunity to get on the right track.

“We only have a two day break before we have to come back out here to play another tough game against Northwestern on Friday,” Donigan said. “So we just gotta focus on that and not worry about the fact that we haven’t even won a game yet. We just gotta think about Friday right now and that’s it.”

For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.

IN BRIEF

A

fter five weeks of watching quarterback Blaine Gabbert struggle, San Francisco 49ers coach Chip Kelly is making a change.

Kelly on Tuesday named Colin Kaepernick his starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against Buffalo, a decision that comes following weeks of speculation.

“Just to announce, we’re going to make a move at quarterback and we’re going to start Colin this week and give him an opportunity to run with the ones,” Kelly said according to ESPN.com. “I believe you’ve got to do it at the beginning of the week just because of how reps are distributed.”

“I think I’ve always been confident,” Kaepernick said according to ESPN.com. “It’s something that I’m ready to step on that field, I’m ready to play. It’s been about a year since live game action. So, I’m itching to get out there.”

After meeting with the coaching staf f and discussing possible solutions for the Niners’ 31st-ranked of fense (in yards per game), Kelly said the group came to the conclusion that one of the only moves it could make to potentially jumpstart the of fense was to make a change at quarterback.

“We were very analytical and sat down as a staff and watched the tape, went over everything,” Kelly said according to ESPN. com. “We had a couple days to kind of digest where we are and I think offensively we need to be better and we just need to make a move. And it’s really not, it’s not Blaine’s fault. I think it’s just as a group offensively we need to be better in a lot of ways so we’re going to see what we can do and make a move here. It’s really one of the only maneuvers we can make based on our depth.” ***

and five assists this year give the Voorhees product a new single-season high.

“This year I’m being aggressive because that’s what the team needs me to be,” Tiernan said.

“Hopefully I can help us make another postseason run.”

For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

Head coach Mike O’Neill discovered Tiernan’s talents when she played under him at Players Development Academy, or PDA. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2016

C

hris Bosh has issued a response to those who might think he should abandon his hopes of playing in the NBA again in order to ensure he’s healthy to raise his five children.

His message: His children are why he wants to keep playing.

“I want my children to know that Daddy was a fighter and he just didn’t give up very easily,” Bosh said.

Bosh released the latest -- and since it was called “Finale,” presumably the last -- installment of his video series on LeBron James’ Uninterrupted platform Tuesday, parts of which were apparently taped on the day the Miami Heatbegan training camp in the Bahamas last month.

Bosh -- who had his last two seasons cut short because of blood clots -- remains on the Heat roster, though is no longer in the team’s plans going forward after he failed his preseason physical last month and wasn’t cleared to resume basketball activities.

He’s owed nearly $76 million for the next three seasons, money that is guaranteed even if he doesn’t play.

Bosh, 32, repeated that he plans to continue trying to play, and said he believes basketball is “just what I’ve been placed here to do.” He also said he wants his quest to play to serve as a reminder to people that giving up on a goal should not be done lightly.

October 12, 2016

Page 11 VOLLEYBALL MIKAELA MATTHEWS IS 2 BLOCKS AWAY FROM REACHING RUTGERS’ ALL-TIME TOP-10

Senior approaching milestone as end of career nears Jon Spilletti Staff Writer

Mikaela Matthews’s two years of playing varsity volleyball brought her to New Jersey in the fall of 2011, when she took a plane to New Jersey for the first time as a high school senior from Mount Carmel High School in the southern lip of the Golden State.

Since then, she’s valued the Rutgers volleyball team for its genuineness and lived through the many changes of the program.

“When I came here for my official visit, all the girls were real,” Matthews said.

Authenticity was never lost on her and to this day, Matthews prides herself on being true and honest, which are qualities she saw in the Scarlet Knights during that visit.

“There was no hiding behind stuff,” she said. “They weren’t just trying to be good hosts. There was nothing fake about them.

They seemed like they had a really good connection.”

And although many things have changed since August of 2012, when Matthews officially became a student, there is one constant — head coach CJ Werneke.

“It’s been a great journey with Mikaela,” Werneke said. “When she first came here, she was labeled as a ‘potential player.’ She was figuring things out with that label. After her spring, I said, ‘we have to decide what you want to be. The only person who can change that is you.’”

As with many other things early in her career, Matthews had to learn and adapt.

“I think she really took that conversation to heart and said, ‘I want to be more than just a potential player,’” Werneke said.

“And each year she has gotten better and better and better. Her role increased, her production increased and it has been a really great process to see.”

Now Matthews isn’t just knocking on the door of history — she is breaking it down. She is only two blocks away from moving into the top 10 all-time list in Rutgers history, but she remains unfazed. But stats don’t really cross her mind.

“When I think about that, I just think about how I need to be better,” Matthews said. “Personally, I am never satisfied. I never really look at my own stats. And I think something I focus on is that if I am producing well, (and if) the team is producing well. So I just want to continue that and be even better.”

Many athletes talk about how stats never get to them and how they are completely oblivious to how they look on the scoresheet, but for Matthews, it’s a reality.

Keeping a blind eye to the number helped her realize her potential on the Banks and stay focused on what was in front of her. And as a fifth-year senior, Matthews has adjusted to many changes within the volleyball team.

During her freshman year, Rutgers was in the Big East Conference, but Matthews took a redshirt. The next year, she got her first real taste of on-court action as the team had shifted to the American Athletic Conference (AAC). And just the next fall,

Senior middle blocker Mikaela Matthews said Rutgers’ sole Big Ten win since joining the conference against Maryland last season was her proudest moment at Rutgers since she arrived from Mount Carmel High School in Southern California. JEFFREY GOMEZ Matthews and the squad would once again be making the shift, this time moving to the biggest challenge yet, the Big Ten. Matthews is rarely one to get caught up in the craziness of it all or get strung out by the transitions, and reflects positively on the switches — despite the team’s lackluster performance since its last transition.

“It’s been awesome,” Matthews said. “The competition (in the Big Ten) is way, way more complicated, and it’s a lot faster. The games are a lot more difficult, but I enjoy that challenge. I think if we were in the Big East or the AAC like we were before, we wouldn’t have as many great girls as we have now (or) have reached the talent and skill level that we have right now.”

Those same girls love her for her relaxation in high-pressure moments — times that would normally bring about stress and confusion, like the chaotic conference situation. But Matthews, both on and off the court, just takes it all in and works hard.

“She is a very positive person, very easy to hang out with and be around,” said Lauren Cloyd, senior right side and one of her closest friends. “A go-with-the-flow kind of person, she always wants to go out and find something new to do. She’s a good friend.”

And on the court, aside from her competitiveness, there’s not much difference.

“Mikaela is a very hard-working player,” Cloyd said. “She has a lot of fight and tenacity in her, especially when we start to do competition drills. She is a very supportive teammate, always there if you’re feeling down with positive words to pick you back up.”

And a good way to pick teammates up is playing well. Matthews has made a career out of that, and that is no less the case in the current campaign.

In 33 games in 2014, Matthews posted 112 total blocks, good for tenth in the Knights single-season records. And through 19 games this season, she has already garnered 76 blocks, putting her on

track to break her single-season record and climb up the ranks.

But of course, these achievements mean little to Matthews.

Her journey up the ranks of Rutgers record books may be historic, but Matthews would rather relish in the moments instead of any number or ranking.

“When we played Penn State at home for the first time last year, it was the most people we have ever seen in this gym ever,” Matthews

said. “The atmosphere was really great, we played really well, and it was just a really fun match.”

The Knight faired well but ultimately lost that match. And since moving to the Big Ten, the team has been unable to nab many conference wins — they have lost all but one. Their sole win is stuck in the back of Matthews’ mind and is her proudest moment in her five years at Rutgers. It was more gratifying than any trophy, statline or ranking.

“The big one against Maryland last year, our first Big Ten win, that was unreal,” Matthews said. “We took them to five (sets) and just finally getting that last point and everyone storming the court and finally having the feeling that we belong in the Big Ten was incredible.”

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“The big one against Maryland last year, our first Big Ten win, that was unreal ... Everyone storming the court and finally having the feeling that we belong in the Big Ten was incredible.”

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MEN’S SOCCER PRINCETON 4, RUTGERS 1

Knights continue winless after loss to Tigers Brian Fonseca Sports Editor

The Rutgers men’s soccer team took a break from the gauntlet that is Big Ten play to host an out-of-conference opponent and instate rival in Princeton.

The Scarlet Knights entered the match coming off a 1-1 draw with Michigan Friday, the best result of a winless first 10 matches of the season, holding some form of momentum for one of the few times this year.

But despite the momentum being on their side in an emotional battle for in-state bragging rights, the Knights were unable to get the monkey off their back as they fell to the Tigers Tuesday night 4-1 to remain without a win with five games remaining in the regular season.

“It’s just very disheartening, very disappointing,” said head coach Dan Donigan on the loss. “Give credit to Princeton, they came out and they worked hard.

The match started in a similar fashion to Rutgers’ most recent non-conference matchup prior to Tuesday, though to a smaller extent. Rather than falling behind 5-0 within 17 minutes like they did to No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast two weeks ago, the Knights hung on until the 19th minute until suffering the first goal.

Sean McSherry opened the scoring for Princeton (6-4-1, 0-1-1) with a curling left-footed effort that slipped right past senior goalkeeper David Greczek and just inside the far See TIGERS on Page 10

Junior midfielder Dante Perez scored Rutgers’ only goal in the second half of a 4-1 loss to Princeton at Yurcak Field Tuesday night.

The Knights fall to 0-9-2 on the season as they continue to pursue their first win of the campaign. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

WOMEN’S SOCCER TIERNAN HAD HER NUMBER RETIRED IN SOCCER, SOFTBALL AT EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL

Senior stars in final season of career at RU Alex gold Staff writer

Senior forward Madison Tiernan leads Rutgers with 19 points this season and stands at ninth in school history with 57. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2016

Every successful team needs a star player it can count on in tough moments to step up.

For the Rutgers women’s soccer team this season, that player has been senior captain Madison Tiernan.

With 19 points this season and 57 in her career, Tiernan is now ninth on the Scarlet Knights’ all-time scoring list.

She has totaled 21 goals and 15 assists in her four years with four games remaining in her final season of eligibility.

Tiernan’s illustrious soccer career began at a young age, but it was freshman year of high school when she began to realize she had the potential to play at the Division I level.

Since starting that first year at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, New Jersey, Tiernan had lofty aspirations from the beginning.

“I knew I wanted to play college soccer somewhere,” Tiernan said. “My passion grew for it and I worked as hard as I could to reach that goal.”

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senior defender, cracked the TopDrawerSoccer Women’s National Top 100 ranking list, coming in at 51st. She was joined by junior forward Colby Ciarrocca, who landed at 92nd.

Nicole Whitley and Amanda Visco made the freshman list.

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In high school, she was a star in both soccer and softball, getting her No. 13 jersey retired in the two sports.

Tiernan dominated as a two-sport athlete, notching 44 goals and 17 assists in her four years at Eastern as well as recording a remarkable .485 batting average.

She won a state championship on the diamond, but her heart always belonged to the pitch.

“Soccer was always my favorite, so when I had to choose, it was pretty easy,” Tiernan said. “I love competing in anything, but after playing high-level club soccer, I was hooked.”

That competitiveness has always been apparent, especially when college coaches started recruiting Tiernan in showcases and tournaments.

Rutgers head coach Mike O’Neill was and still is the Girls Director of Coaching for the Players Development Academy, commonly known as PDA.

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