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Sexual assault reports jump in recent years alexandra dematos copy editor

Sexual assaults at Rutgers have been increasing since 2011, with the largest jump coming from 2013 to 2014. While numbers dropped into 2015, they are still greater than in the previous three years. SUSMITA PARUCHURI / DESIGN EDITOR

The 2016 Safety Matters Report reveals a general increase in rape cases from 2013 to 2015 compared to the previous 2015 Safety Matters Report by the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD), which included cases between 2011 and 2013.

In 2015, there were a total of 31 reported rape cases and 15 cases of fondling. While the number of rape cases from 2015 is slightly lower than 2014, it is higher than previous years.

In 2011, there were 3 reported cases of rape. Ten were reported in 2012 and 18 in 2013, according to the 2015 Safety Matters Report.

Rutgers University Police Department Captain Kenneth Cop said that there was a 21 percent decrease in Clery sexual

New initiative tackles racism, diversity issues noa halff associate news editor

In the past month, Snapchat was used by University students to share racist photos and captions at five different universities across the U.S. At the University of North Dakota, a photo was posted of three white students smiling with the caption “locked the black b**** out,” referring to a roommate locked out of their residence hall. Another photo shows four female students wearing black masks with the caption “Black Lives Matter.”

A similar photo was shared by a Quinnipiac University student showing a smiling female student wearing blackface with the caption “Black Lives Matter.”

A Kansas State University student posted a photo with blackface, referring to herself by using a racial slur and waving what intends to be a gang sign. And at Prairie View A&M University, a Mexican student posted a photo of her face covered with black tape with the caption, “When you’re tryna fit in at your HBCU.” Similar behavior can happen anywhere, said Mia Kissil, Senior Program Director at Center for Race and Ethnicity at Rutgers.

“And I think it does happen anywhere,” she said. “We have this thing called freedom of speech and people think they can use in often inappropriate ways.”

This issue is not unique to those universities or the age group of university students either, said Delia Pitts, associate vice chancellor at the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Rutgers.

Students individually can help prevent incidents like this from happening in the future, as well as the issue of racism on campus, said Allison Harbin, a Graduate School-New Brunswick student.

Rutgers is highly diverse, but the issue of racism on a university campus is not based off of experience and exposure alone, Pitts said.

“It is much based on ignorance,” she said.

These photos illustrate the impulse to be juvenile, Harbin said.

Harbin said these incidents emphasize the problem of white privilege, saying the students involved did not understand the racist and discriminator y visual legacies they referenced.

Kissil said students are looking for attention and may not be considering the full trajector y of their actions.

In the past, Kissil said students were only able to communicate with their immediate group of friends or people in the vicinity. The rise of social media apps, such as Snapchat, mean that students now have a global audience.

“There’s an ability now that there would not have been five or See issues on Page 4

offenses from 2015 to 2014 for the New Brunswick campus.

The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities receiving federal funding to prepare, publish and distribute campus security policies and crime statistics by Oct. 1 of each year, according to RUPD’s website.

“These numbers reflect incidents reported directly to the Police Department as well as those reported to Campus Safety Authorities,” Cop said.

Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Felicia McGinty said the increase in cases since the last report can be linked to overall awareness.

“The most likely rationale for the increase of reports of sexual assault on the New Brunswick campus is that there is increased awareness about resources available to See reports on Page 5

Students express alarm at discolored water in facilities nick huber staff writer

The SAC has been conducting research regarding the issue since its initial charge to investigate. Its most recent findings revealed that 8 out the 14 universities in the Big 10 were smoke-free schools, according to the response.

Emily Arezzi, a School of Arts and Sciences senator at-large, said the SAC was still working on the charge for a smoke-free Rutgers.

Anthony Rizzo was confused when he turned on a shower faucet in his New Gibbons residence hall and discovered brown water. He was left confused as to what was causing the discoloration.

Students have complained about brown water coming out of Rutgers’ pipes, making them feel skeptical about drinking from their own faucets.

Rizzo said his fellow residents did not shower because of the discolored water.

Rizzo’s resident assistant hold him that the discoloration was due to New Brunswick flushing out the fire hydrants. After running the water, Rizzo said it ran clear.

Rutgers Environmental Health and Safety (REHS) typically receives a couple of calls each semester about brown or discolored water, said University spokesperson E.J. Miranda.

Many incidents of discoloration are due to a break or repair of a water main, renovation, construction activities, heavy water usage such as the fire department putting out a fire or the flushing of fire hydrants, Miranda said.

“Most of the water provided to Rutgers, including off-campus

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U. Senate looks at smoking on school campus grounds nicholas simon contributing writer

The Student Affairs Committee is currently reexamining the school’s on-campus smoking policy with the hopes of having Rutgers evolve into a smoke-free campus.

The SAC was originally instructed in March of 2013 to “examine the desirability, feasibility, impact and means of evolving into a smoke-free Rutgers,” according to a response by the SAC.

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The Eagleton Institute of Politics presents “A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America’s First Presidential Campaign,” at 7p.m. at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Douglass campus. The event is free, but registration is required.

TUESDAY 10/18 The Rutgers University Student Assembly presents “Break the Silence: An Open Discussion about Sexual Violence” at 7:45 p.m. in the Douglass Student Center on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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University Career Services presents “An International Student’s Guide to the U.S Job Search: Myths and Truths,” at 6 p.m. in the Busch Student Center on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Group supports patients with international parternship

RU Limbitless hosts Suture Workshops, where students can learn from professionals how to sew up patient injuries. The instructors bring in bananas for participants to practice on. COURTESY OF TIANA JAYANATHAN

Samil Tabani contributing writer

RU Limbitless is a new student organization at Rutgers University that focuses on providing resources for individuals with disabilities around the world.

Tiana Jayanathan said she started RU Limbitless with her high school friend during her junior year at Rutgers.

Both of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences juniors’ parents emigrated from Sri Lanka during the outbreak of the country’s civil war in 1983 and came to the United States to complete their residencies. Her parents’ backgrounds, along with her passion for community service and medicine, inspired her to start her own organization.

RU Limbitless is currently working with the Jaffna Jaipur Centre for Disability Rehabilitation (JJCDR) in Sri Lanka, an organization Jayanathan’s grandmother helped found.

The organization’s mission is to reach out to people who have lost limbs or have any other

physical disabilities and to empower them with rehabilitation.

“JJCDR is the only centre providing prosthetic, orthotic devices and orthopedic services in the Jaffna peninsula for over two decades,” according to their website.

assistants and supplies donated by the hospital to help teach 30 students how to stitch wounds, Jayanathan said.

There will be another suture workshop in November, where she said 60 people will have the opportunity to learn how to sew wounds.

Limbitless experienced when it first began.

The budget was extremely limited compared to other well-established student organizations at the University, and it was difficult fundraising and spreading the name of the organization, Jayanathan said.

“We also want to give unique experiences to the students that you can’t really find anywhere else.” tania jayanathan School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Senior

“Most of the victims were injured in the land mines that were placed during the war. A lot of them have various medical conditions as well,” Jayanathan said.

The prosthetics that JJCDR uses only cost $30 to $40, while one in the U.S. would be thousands of dollars, she said.

RU Limbitless also started suture workshops at Rutgers. Her father, who is an emergency room physician, came in with two of his

“We also want to give unique experiences to the students that you can’t really find anywhere else,” Jayanathan said.

All of the funds the organization receives goes to the International Medial Health Organization, which also specifically works with JJDCR and has a base in the United States, Jayanathan said.

But as a relatively new organization, Jayanathan described the struggles and obstacles that RU

“Our biggest struggle has been doing events that we can afford” Jayanathan said.

The organization did not have more than a few people at their first general interest meeting, she said.

But the club has been growing.

Jayanathan said more and people are getting to know the cause that the organization supports.

She said the suture workshops are bringing attention to the club

as well, with more than 400 people interested in them.

Jayanathan said the club is planning a trip to the Children’s Specialized Hospital, where members will interact with the youth patients and help decorate their rooms.

She is also planning to have her Biomedical Engineering Research professor to speak about finding medical research experience along with an orthopedic surgeon in the spring. The club may branch out and open up other clinics with JJDCR in Sri Lanka that provide vaccines, Jayanthan said.

When asked regarding the future of this organization, Jayanthan said she would like to have enough funds to be able to send passionate students to Sri Lanka directly to work in the JJCDR clinic and first-handedly see their impact.

Beyond helping the unfortunate in developing nations, Jayanathan also said she wanted to use this organization to help guide students, as she was lost as a first-year student.

“Right now they don’t really understand how much it is helping them,” Jayanathan said.

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“Furthermore, its makeup is very advantageous because it consists of students, faculty, alumni and Student Affairs Committee at U. Senate creates administrators. We have input proposals, sends them to President Robert Barchi from various constituencies helping us deal with the different issues the University is faced with.”

Krapivin said student particAfter investigating the problem, continued from front the SAC developed several poten- ipation was necessary for the “There are plans to rewrite tial solutions it thought could mit- success of the Rutgers University and revise some of the lan- igate difficulties experienced by Senate and its committees.

“Come talk to me, come talk to guage in the initial response to transfer students.

One solution consisted of work- your student senators and tell us the charge,” the School of Arts and Sciences junior said. “Hope- ing with the Office of Information what issues you think are importfully, if all goes well, it will be Technology to create a web ser- ant so that we can address them put forth toward the Senate vice capable of indicating course and make positive changes on campus,” Krapivin said. “We want equivalency across campuses. next semester.”

Last Friday, at a Rutgers Uni- to hear your opinions.”

The other major change the The Student Affairs CommitSAC has been working on con- versity Senate meeting, Krapivin cerns inter-campus course equiv- and the SAC presented their solu- tee (SAC) is a subset of the Rutalency. This revolves around tions to senators from the various gers University Senate that is partially comprised of University problems with class credits stu- committees in a report.

After much deliberation, a students and attempts to act as a dents may face after transferring link between within Rutgers. pupils and adV i k t o r ministration.

Krapivin, the The SAC’s Student Affairs student memchair, said stu“(The Student Affairs Committe) takes into account bers, who peers dents often ran the perspectives of students, staff and faculty alike.” elect to serve into difficulties as senators, because they Rachana Kelshikar take it upon could not see School of Arts and Sciences Senior themselves to if the classes make sure the they took at student body’s one Rutgers voice is consiscampus would tently heard. satisfy core and major requirements at anoth- vote was put forth and it was de- They do this by working with vartermined that the SAC’s report ious individuals and organizations er campus.

“I personally know of a case would be sent to University Pres- throughout the University.

Rachana Kelshikar, a School of where a student took an intro- ident Robert Barchi’s administraArts and Sciences senator, said ductory course in Camden, then tion for appraisal.

After the meeting, Krapivin she thought the SAC’s attentivehad to retake the same introductory course after transferring to said he was confident about the ness played a large role in its valNew Brunswick,” said Krapivin, work he and his peers had accom- ue to the University.

“They take into account the pera School of Arts and Sciences ju- plished. Moreover, he felt positive nior. “The student received cred- about the Rutgers University Sen- spectives of students, staff and faculty alike,” the School of Arts and it for his Camden course after ate as a whole.

“The Senate is so important Sciences junior said. “This allows transferring, but the course didn’t count toward his core require- because it allows for shared gov- them to address various projects ments and it didn’t count toward ernance across the various Rut- and policies that will help the Unigers campuses,” Krapivin said. versity function at a higher level.” his major.”

Students at universities nationwide have posted various racially insensitive pictures on Snapchat, resulting in many of their expulsions. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR

issues Who RU will explain to students importance of their words, social media posts that “American converges here” is telling about the University.

“We do feel a particular interest 10 years ago,” she said. “There is a reason it is called sophomoric and responsibility to take up some humor and there is an ability to of these national concerns, and transmit that ‘humor’ to a much examine them in a way only a unia wider audience than there ever versity can,” she said. “Because we are a community of thought was before.”

She said this same incident and inquiry and research, we can might have happened years ago look at some of these questions in but the public would not have a way a different community does heard about it. Only the few stu- not have the resources or an interdents who participated in the est to look into.”

Universities in general are racist joke would have known it more aware of racist issues, Kisoccurred, she said.

“Now, the opposite is the case,” sil said. While there is a greater she said. “A very tiny group of ability to get out in front of things, people may think this is amusing the bar tends to move backward, but because of social media and she said.

It can be difficult to keep up the Internet, they can now transwith what is offensive to differmit that to millions of people.”

The diversity of a campus ent cultures and what the socialdoes make a difference, said ly acceptable terms to use are, Jorge Schement, vice chancellor she said. “ W o r d s for the Office come in and of Diversity out of play. and Inclusion.

Words that “Rutgers is were previousdifferent in the “Words come in and out ly offensive all sense that stuof play. Words that were of a sudden dents seem to have a much previously offensive all of are embraced,” said. higher awarea sudden are embraced.” Kissil Even the ness of the difphrase “Black ferent types of mia kissil people around Senior Program Director at Center for Race Lives Matter” would not have them,” he said. and Ethnicity the same mean“That doesn’t ing and freight prevent any in the past that small group it carries today, from acting Pitts said. out, but it does “It’s a constantly shifting culturcreate a sense of expectation for al environment,” she said, adding the larger population.”

Many Rutgers students come that universities are places that from homogenous communities, should be culturally aware and Schement said. But when they work on tackling issues of racism.

Creating a dialogue to explain begin living in the residence halls, they encounter people from dif- to students why certain photos or ferent cultures and ethnicities for social media posts are offensive will help them learn more about the first time.

Student soon learn to value di- people who do not look like them, Harbin said. versity, he said.

“Who RU,” a new initiative doc“They taught themselves the value of diversity by interacting umenting diversity at Rutgers, is with people. Universities are fun- aiming to do just that.

The Center for Race and Ethdamentally places of discourse and ideas,” Schement said. “A uni- nicity, a scholarly center at the versity that is vibrant and that is University and one of the comengaged is naturally going to take ponents of the Office of Diverup the discussion of issues of race sity and Inclusion, invites stuin American society, hopefully dents to start this dialogue and attempting to gain a better under- discuss students experience of standing and progress on some race and ethnicity on campus, Harbin said. very old issues.”

“We want to create a platform Pitts said that President Barack Obama’s words at Rutgers’ Class for a respectful exchange and miof 2016 commencement address nority voices,” she said. continued from front

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In the event a student discovers brown or discolored water, the water does not pose a health Students should let discolored water run from hazard to the students, Miranda said. If the water comes out of the faucet until clear, Miranda says tap discolored, students should allow the water to run until it bepipe break approximately a week comes clear. continued from front “When REHS receives a comago that may have also affected housing, is supplied from public the color of the water on the Dou- plaint of discolored water, we will reach out to the Rutgers Utilities utilities,” he said. “Public utilities glass campus.”

If New Brunswick is going to Department and the local water are required to test for lead and other contaminants, maintain pH flush out the hydrants result- utility to determine the status of levels or add inhibitors to prevent ing in the brown water, Rizzo the water systems,” he said. “For corrosion and inform the public of said students should be notified example, if there has been a break in a water pipe, fire department in advance. the results.” activity or conRutgers struction activiensures the ty, we may also water is safe conduct a site to drink by visit to evaluate reviewing all “Most of the water provided to Rutgers, including a complaint.” testing data off-campus housing, is supplied from public utilities.”

Rutgers has provided by installed water the New Jersey EJ Miranda dispensing staDepartment of University Spokesperson tions for drinkEnvironmening and filling tal Protection water bottles (NJDEP) reat many locagarding the tions throughquality of wa“I definitely think we should be out the campuses. These water ter provided by the various water told about this either via email or dispensing stations are filtered suppliers, he said.

“New Brunswick is actively by our resident assistant,” Rizzo and remove nearly all the conflushing hydrants throughout the said. “This is also something that taminants in water that make it city during the month of October, could cause an issue if it gets in- unaesthetic and hazardous to and this may have contributed to gested, and it did give some of us drink, Miranda said.

“These stations promote susrecent incidents of brown water,” a huge inconvenience for some of tainability by reducing the volume Miranda said. “There was also a the my other dorm members.”

reports Crime alerts are usually not sent out in cases of sexual assault, harrassment, McGinty says continued from front students and the issue of sexual violence,” McGinty said in an email.

The Rutgers Division of Student Affairs launched a large-scale sexual violence awareness campaign in 2014 entitled “The Revolution Starts Here: End Sexual Violence,” after the results of an #iSpeak Survey revealed that “there was room for improvement” in educating students about their options and resources available on campus, McGinty said.

The campaign includes an increase in programming and

CRIME Oct. 15 ROCHELLE PARK — Six adults and three juveniles stole alcohol, food and money from a jar at an American Legion hall. The nine people were caught on camera, according to a report from CBS2. About $3,000 worth of alcoholic beverages and tip money was stolen. The three juveniles were charged, and the other six people involved, ages 18-20, were arrested.

Oct. 15 ROSELLE — Two people in two separate cars fatally crashed into a vacant building on Saturday morning. Fabiana Escandon, 22, of Linden, was driving a 2008 Nissan Sentra, and Oscar Chaviano, 64, of Elizabeth, was driving a 2006 Subaru Impreza. Both people were traveling in the same direction on St. George Avenue. The 64-yearold was pronounced dead at the scene. The 22-year-old died from her injuries at University Hospital in Newark. The cause of the action is still under investigation.

awareness campaign, which often leads to an increase in reporting to law enforcement, campus officials and victim services, she said.

In the 2015 Safety Matters Report, rape or attempted rape was in two separate categories, “Stranger” and “Acquaintance.” The 2016 report has no such differentiation.

Between 2011 and 2013, only one rape case was reported to have been committed by a stranger – every other case reported was committed by an acquaintance, according to the 2015 Report.

RU Alerts are not frequently sent in regard to sexual harassment and rape cases because of the nature of the crime, McGinty said.

“One consideration when it comes to sexual violence is that it is most frequently committed by a person known to the victim,” McGinty said. “Typically, alerts are sent to students when there is an ongoing threat to the community. So, if there is an unknown or apprehended suspect, that would be a time that an alert would be sent.”

The Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) works with the Office of Student Affairs and the Office of Violence Prevention and Victims’ Assistance (VPVA) when investigating sexual assault cases, Fischer said.

Students reported seeing brown or discolored water in toilets and sinks at Rutgers, which may be caused by hydrant flushing in New Brunswick. NOA HALFF / ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITORS of waste generated from bottled water and they contain filters that are tested and certified to reduce

99 percent of aesthetic effects such as chlorine taste or odor and lead,” he said.

According to a June 2016 Huffington Post article, Rutgers University—New Brunswick was being investigated for Title IX investigations. The investigation began July 28, 2015.

“Major educational institutions – including … Rutgers University … -- have escaped public scrutiny because Title IX investigations into their actions haven’t been highlighted by the government of the schools themselves,” wrote Tyler Kingkade, a Huffington Post reporter.

Schools that are being investigated for allegedly mishandling harassment cases do not appear on the lists regularly given to reporters by the Education Department, as most do not receive publicity unless they specifically deal with sexual assault, according to the article.

McGinty said that Rutgers is not currently being investigated by the Office for Civil Rights under Title IX. “The two most recent highlights to our national recognition as a leader in the anti-sexual violence movement is the fact that we were listed in the Not Alone White House report on Campus Sexual Violence in 2014,” she said.

Rutgers was asked by the White House to pilot the Campus Climate Survey the same year, she said.

“Certainly the large scale efforts in our own campus community coupled with the national attention and dialogue around sexual violence can account for the increase in reporting rates,” McGinty said.

OPInions

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Make Trump, not war this upcoming election

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ecause of the unconstitutionally SELF-EVIDENT TRUTHS abused War Powers Resolution, one of the few powers the President AVIV KHAVICH wields almost entirely unchecked is the command of the military, and so a candidate’s foreign policy is one of the most important positions they can take. With that in mind, I urge every reader to consider the ramifications of electing the warmonger Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as president, lest we find ourselves at war — possibly nuclear war — with Russia.

The proxy conflict in Syria has escalated immensely, to the point where Aleppo is being bombed almost constantly. The ceasefire implemented to facilitate humanitarian aid fell apart within days, with nobody innocent of wrongdoing — the U.S. managed to airstrike Syrian troops, killing 62, while a Syrian or Russian aircraft struck a United Nations aid convoy, hitting 18 trucks and killing 12. The Obama administration is currently weighing its options, and none of them are good. Whether it’s to target Syrian military bases, which will without question antagonize the Russians further, or to continue backing “moderate” rebels. “Moderate” rebels, of which we know 60 percent are sympathetic to the Islamic state, and a third explicitly share their ideological goals. “Moderate” rebels that the Pentagon has reported handed over weapons to Al Qaeda and, according to Amnesty International, the Islamic state itself. The Obama policy in Syria and the Middle East at large has been an abject failure, and at the epicenter of it is Hillary Clinton.

Clinton has a long record of hawkish policy with little regard for consequences, whether she was voting for the war in Iraq, increasing troops to Afghanistan or destabilizing Libya and leaving American ambassadors to die there. And she shows no intention of stopping.

Clinton has consistently shown support for aforementioned “moderate” rebels that oppose Assad, and calls for a no-fly zone. I would like to make this clear: A no-fly zone in Syria implies an intent to shoot down Russian planes. It seems absurd that I should have to write this, but that is a terrible, terrible idea. Besides escalating our tensions with Russia even further, Clinton has admitted in leaked speech transcripts that Syrian civilians would be killed. Assad is an oppressive, terrible dictator who has treated his people with disdain, but he maintains a relative level of stability in the region. To topple him as Clinton intends would be the same mistake we made in Libya, in Iraq, in Afghanistan and the results would be disastrous for the region and for U.S. national security. We would be explicitly undermining the Russian position in Syria and targeting a Russian ally, with the possibility of directly hitting Russian forces.

Clinton is not only expecting this, but encouraging it: She continues to push the unproven allegation that Russia was behind the hacking of her documents, accuses Russia of trying to aid Republican nominee Donald Trump and is prepared to retaliate as though it were an act of war — all without evidence! This comes seven years after Clinton attempted and failed to foster a “reset” of Russo-American relations — if anything, things are now worse.

The warning signs in the last few days have been startling, from the Russian Emergencies Ministry launching a nationwide civil defense drill involving 40 million people, to Russia moving nuclear capable missiles within striking range of NATO targets, to ordering its officials to fly home all relatives living abroad, to Putin-allied Kremlin officials blatantly stating, “Americans voting for a president … must realize that they are voting for peace … if they vote for Trump … (voting) for Hillary (is) war … there (would) be Hiroshimas and Nagasakis everywhere.” The entire world can see this, except, it seems, for the Democratic Party. The tables have flipped in terms of foreign policy this cycle — Republicans, recognizing the failures of the interventionist Bush era, dismissed the neoconservatives and nominated Donald Trump, whose rise was greatly expedited by his willingness to criticize the Iraq War and regime change. Meanwhile, Democrats, the once “party of peace,” the same people that will tell you that Iraq was President George W. Bush’s greatest folly, the same people who protested former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for being a “war criminal” are now lining up to elect a woman whose record is eerily similar, if not worse. A woman who far-left Green Party candidate Jill Stein has said is “scarier than Donald Trump, (as he) does not want to go to (nuclear) war with Russia.”

Clinton has often implied that Donald Trump is too cozy with Putin, despite herself having praised Putin as recently as 2014, but the truth is that Trump’s words towards Russia have been largely neutral, showing a commitment to rebuilding relations with Russia while maintaining American strength. This November, whether you are liberal or conser vative, take the time to consider whether your values stand for an extension of the past 20 years and a possible Cold War regression, or whether they stand for peace. I will be voting for peace.

Aviv Khavich is a School of Engineering sophomore majoring in computer engineering and computer science. His column, “Self-Evident Truths,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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Don’t you dare try to attack my 19th Some Trump supporters want to repeal women’s right to vote

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As if Donald Trump had not made it any clearer presidential nominee should be breaking glass ceilings with progressive policies and in his disgusting admittance to sexually assaulting innovative ideas. He or she should be tak- women that he is not a champion for women’s rights, ing the policies of the past and finding ways to build this disconcerting hashtag solidifies how backwards and improve on them, remembering to maintain the he and the entirety of his supporters are.

Trump’s supporters looked at a graph that showed foundation of America’s values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Donald Trump and his support- that women were more supportive of Clinton, and rather than asking themselves why women were not ers have obviously missed the memo.

FiveThirtyEight, a website that uses opinion poll voting for him and what he could do to change this, analysis to speak about politics, released a thought they clung to their first amendment right and called experiment in which they tried to determine what to repeal the nineteenth. However, it is not the actual the electoral voting polls would look like if only one repealing of the amendment that induces fear, for the of each gender was to vote. The results showed that hope is that the government would not take an acif only women were allowed to vote, Clinton would tion that idiotic. Rather, it is the thought behind the win electoral votes 458-80, whereas if only men were hashtag and the fact that people who are supportive allowed to vote Trump would win 350-188. At first, of him, men and women alike, are willing to dismantle the progress that Trump supporters this nation has mad ignored the actual deand revert back to untails of the graph and “The scariest part of this experiment, constitutional methods jumped to the concluaside from the fact that FiveThirtyEight of voter suppression. sion that Trump had If you want to demola surge in the actual felt the need to even show a hypothetical polls. But mere iginvolving segregating the genders, was the ish almost century’s worth of women’s norance was not the response that erupted afterwards.” suffrage to support a biggest offense in man who has referred this situation. The to other women as “fat scariest part of this experiment, aside from the fact that FiveThirtyEight slobs” and “pigs,” then that’s on you, but how dare felt the need to even show a hypothetical involving you attempt to take away women’s rights to vote? In segregating the genders, was the response that what direction is this country heading?

This is not the first time where Donald Trump erupted afterwards.

Trump supporters took their opinions to Twitter has demonstrated his desire to reverse progressive and a #repealthe19th became trending. In case you values that have taken years to overcome. He lives didn’t know, the “19th” that Trump’s supporters his life adhering to ideals that are representative were referring to is the 19th amendment, the one of America pre 1920s. Even in terms of parenting, that finally allowed women to vote in the U.S. after Donald Trump has stated that he “does not like over a hundred years of the nation’s existence. The kids” and does not change diapers but would promost disturbing part? Women were supporting this. vide money for them and also made it a point to A stream of tweets from female Trump supporters state that doing so is representative of “the husincluded statements such as “I would gladly waive band act(ing) like a wife.” This is the man that my right to vote to solidify the win!” and “I would “Trump for Women” are advocating. This is the give up my right to vote to make this happen.” Are presidential nominee and there has never been a scarier realization. you kidding me?

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October 17, 2016

Public accounting firms lead charge on new regulations TAX AND TURMOIL NICHOLAS DEMAREST

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his month marks the 15-year anniversary of the tragic reveal of the most notable corporate accounting scandal of all time, Enron. Enron was a world-leading energy company in not only the oil and gas industry, but had significant ties to the electricity and mining industries within the U.S. as well.

When Enron made the decision to invest into energy-providing opportunities and drilling operations in multiple countries in the Middle East, they started to see some less-than-satisfying returns on their investments. This was devastating to the executives of the company because investors would soon lose interest in the company stock if their foreign operations were completely debunked.

Being a public company, Enron was required to have Certified Public Accountants internally compile financial statements to publish in compliance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s standards.

Not only that, but after those statements are published, publicly traded companies are required to hire a public accounting firm to audit and review the published statements and then give an opinion on the accuracy of the statements.

What Enron did was strategically report this global operations to be falsely claiming significant financial performance, and Arthur Anderson LLP, the third-party audit firm they paid to give an opinion on the statements, was aware of the inaccuracy and still published that the reporting was adequate. This eventually resulted in Enron going bankrupt, as well as millions of people who invested into Enron’s stock because of false reporting and false audit opinions losing everything they put in.

Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers, have launched specific practices to harness a thorough examination of the information reporting process tools used in internal audit of public companies, and the efforts are completely ignored by large media outlets.

For the most part, public companies in the U.S. use software referred to as enterprise resource planning to compile all information regarding the companies operations, and makes it available to the certified accountants so they can compile the statements that

“In that process of auditing it opens up a wide range of ways that companies can assess their information more affectively ...”

Not too long after this, countless people sued Arthur Anderson as a firm for being responsible for their lost investments for not drawing attention to the reporting discrepancies, and Arthur Anderson went out of business. Not too long after, Congress then passed Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which in summary was a law that made the requirements of an audit more thorough, put more liability on the accountant in terms of performing an audit and increased the amount of checks and balances required for public companies, more commonly known as internal controls.

This is drastically affecting the world of business today in terms of what companies are spending a lot of time, money and effort on.

The four biggest global audit firms, KPMG,

are required of the company. The innovative side of the accounting firms is they are developing and mastering not only the act of auditing the financial information’s accuracy, but also auditing the process in which all operational information a public company encompasses in terms of reporting.

This is so huge for the professional services environment because now investors in these large companies can be ensured the information being accessed by their accountants isn’t just company from some crazy cyber-space process, but from a process that has been thoroughly examined and approved by third-party professionals that understand the importance of the task of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance as a whole.

In that process of auditing, it opens up a wide range of ways that companies can assess their information more affectively and gives them the chance to run analytics in a quantitative capacity to streamline their business practices to also produce value for their shareholders and executives alike.

The craziest thing about all of this positive reinforcement in the world of compliance and reporting at the corporate level is that regular people do not know anything about it, and that is at the fault of American journalists. Americans that do not care about what the largest service providers in our country are doing with their money are lazy, uninformed and a nuisance to the information-sharing community that is the 2016 world economy.

When it comes to the economy, everything revolves around information that can be confirmed, and it seems to be software developers and accounting firms are the only entities doing their best to improve the public’s knowledge of this. If someone wants to challenge my accusations of this, I invite you to skim through the content of every major publication in the country, and I assure you that your findings will have a lot more to do with national anthem debates and not topics that effect the world economy on a highly in-depth level.

Nicholas Demarest is a Rutgers Business School senior majoring in accounting. His column, “Tax and Turmoil,” runs on alternating Mondays.

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science

October 17, 2016

U. researchers test experimental AIDS medications

More than 1.2 million people are HIV positive in the United States, with the vast majority of patients being between the ages of 20 and 39. Fewer patients are in their 60s or younger than 20. GRAPHIC BY SUSMITA PARUCHURI / DESIGN EDITOR

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clinic or outside of the study, she said.

“Participants have the right to take the pill in addition to More than 1.2 million people the antibody if they choose to,” in the United States are infected she said. “If there is a treatment with human immunodeficiency available, and they want to use virus (HIV), according to the it, they should.”

Centers for Disease Control.

Ankita Patel, a School of Arts Rutgers—Newark’s own New and Sciences sophomore, said Jersey Medical School (NJMS) she would get an HIV vaccine or is one site of the international antibody as a preventive measure.

Antibody Mediated Prevention “I don’t see why you wouldn’t (AMP) study on HIV prevention take a preventative measure if using the antibody VRC01. something as serious as HIV or the HIV is a retrovirus that atcomplications that result from it can tacks T cells, which are used be prevented,” by the hushe said man body One in eight to fight in“I don’t see why you wouldn’t take a preventative measure if something as serious as people infectfections. By HIV or the complications that result from it can be prevented.” ed with HIV reducing the is undiagnosed. number of NJMS is the T cells, HIV ANKITA PATEL only NIH-fundsignificantly School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore ed clinical trial incapacitates unit that also the body’s provides “umimmune response to other pathogens, mak- really did not have detectable other barrier methods of preven- brella ser vices,” she said. The ing it more likely for HIV-posi- levels of the virus without taking tion,” she said. “There is some Rhine White program specifievidence that having sex under cally treats those infected with tive people to fall ill, according any HIV medication,” she said.

Scientists will repeatedly in- the influence of alcohol or drugs HIV. Testing is free and results to AIDS.gov.

HIV can develop into ac- fuse synthetically-manufactured may also increase the risk of are ready in 20-30 minutes.

“There are other HIV proquired immunodeficiency dis- antibodies into sample subjects HIV in that population.”

Heterosexual men and grams that offer either testing so there will be no concern that ease (AIDS), which is fatal.

It is transmitted through somebody will acquire HIV from women were 24 percent and or care treatment, probably at a bodily fluids, excluding those taking this particular antibody, 19 percent of the American smaller scale, but we are probaHIV-positive population in 2014, bly the largest because our clinsuch as saliva, sweat and tears. she said.

Some will receive the anti- respectively, according to the ic has over 1,500 HIV-infected These fluids are generally exchanged through sexual activity body while some will receive a CDC. There is no reason to be- patients,” she said.

Megan Yuen, a School of or sharing needles and syringes. placebo. Each participant will lieve that the antibody will be No cure currently exists for have 10 infusions ever y eight less effective in heterosexual Environmental and Biological HIV, although through antiret- weeks, according to the AMP people and women, but Swam- Sciences sophomore, said that roviral therapy (ART), a series website, and Swaminathan said inathan said the studies must sexually-transmitted infection testing is free on campus and of medicines, infected patients the FDA will be periodically re- still be conducted with them.

The study at Newark began that she trusts the ser vice. with HIV can control their symp- viewing the scientists’ practices “If I ever had an issue I think four months ago. Swaminathan toms and live almost as long as to ensure patient safety.

The sample of the study con- said it is too soon to look the the first place I’d go to is Hurthose without the virus. tado,” she said. “It is something Now a preventative therapy sists of transgender men as well study’s effectiveness.

An existing preventative that is really talked about so the may present itself in the VRC01 as men who have sex with men. In antibody, said Shobha Swami- these groups, Swaminathan said treatment is PrEP, or HIV pre-ex- fact that they’re actively worknathan, Clinical Research Site risk of infection has increased sig- posure prophylaxis, a once-a-day ing on something like this is pill that can be taken inside the really good.”

Leader of the National Institutes nificantly in the last few years. contributing writer

of Health (NIH)-funded Clinical Trials Unit at the New Jersey Medical School.

VRC01 works by binding to a receptor of T cells, thus blocking HIV from attaching itself to the cell. It neutralizes over 90 percent of HIV strains, so there is evidence to believe it would prevent new HIV infection, she said.

“This particular antibody was originally isolated at the NIH in a patient with HIV infection who we other wise call ‘elite controllers,’ meaning even though they have been exposed to HIV they

Out of the population of 1.2 million HIV-positive people, 67 percent are gay or bisexual men. Black men also seem to be disproportionately affected by the virus.

This demographic is heavily present in Newark, making it an ideal place to study the effect of this vaccine. All participants are volunteers and part of the 2,700 people who will be part of this study, Swaminathan said. “(The increased risk of infection) is linked to sexual risk, and lack of use of condoms and

SIMPLE SCIENCE what are natural flavors “Natural flavors” are the fourth most common ingredient listed on food labels, only after salt, water and sugar, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG) website.

It is listed in more than 20 percent of foods rated by the EWG, which has a database of more than 80,000 foods.

Flavoring is used to provide greater taste to the food, make it more appealing to customers by either adding a flavor or replacing something that was lost during food production.

These flavors can either be natural or artificial. Although it would seem natural flavors would be derived from food, such as blueberry flavoring coming from mashed blueberries, they actually only consist of natural chemicals, according to CNN. Natural flavors only need to be derived from chemicals found in nature. They are often found in a food, enhanced and added to food, whereas artificial flavors are manmade chemicals, completely created in a lab.

For this reason, EWG reported that names like McDonald’s “natural beef flavors” can be applied to ingredients in food, even though those flavors derived from wheat and milk.

DIVERSIONS

October 17, 2016

Mark Tatulli Horoscopes

Lio

Page 9 Eugenia Last

Happy Birthday: Put your common sense and peaceful nature to use this year. Don’t let the little things get to you or the people who see things differently may cause uncertainty. Do what feels right and don’t stop until you feel you have accomplished what you set out to do. Positive change begins within and will make its way out into the world around you. Your numbers are 8, 12, 22, 28, 36, 39, 47.

Over The Hedge

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Put more effort into your work and use your skills in diverse ways in order to make more money. Negotiating contracts and taking on new responsibilities is favored. Don’t let anyone speak for you. Call on past resources to get ahead. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stay calm and make the most of your day.

Business trips, learning and taking the initiative to get things done will put you in a good position. A kind gesture will help you keep the peace with someone who is facing difficult choices. 3 stars

Non Sequitur

Wiley

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Listen carefully and question anything that doesn’t seem accurate. Do your best to avoid involvement in situations that can tarnish your reputation.

Use your diverse knowledge and experience to find a way to secure your position. 3 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Trust in yourself and your own judgment. The minute you let insecurity take over, problems will arise. Don’t hestitate to take care of matters or someone else may take over. Choose love and peace over conflicts and arguments. 4 stars

Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Discuss the changes you want to make at home, work or personally with anyone who will be affected by what you do. It’s best to clear the air so you have nothing in your way. Strive to work toward a better future. 2 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Express the way you feel to help you overcome any worrisome issues. Get involved in an activity that will improve your health and give you an outlet to lower your stress. Make mental and physical health your priority. 5 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take a breather and rethink your strategy.

Changes may entice you, but they won’t turn out the way you want.

More research is needed if you want to ensure a positive outcome. Anger is best handled with diplomacy. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Stay on top of any partnership issues. If you neglect to take care of your responsibilities, you will have to make up for negligence later. Your imagination will lead to an interesting lifestyle change. 3 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Screen your calls and stick to the people and the projects that are easiest for you to deal with. A last-minute change will turn out to be to your benefit, so don’t fret -- just keep moving forward. Romance will boost your personal life. 3 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t expect everyone to do things your way, and you won’t be disappointed. You can offer advice, but you can’t make decisions for other people. Do your own thing and don’t lose sleep over what transpires. 5 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Keep a clear head when dealing with family, friends and your peers. Don’t let your emotions cause you trouble. Take the time to think matters through and you will come up with a workable solution that will make others take notice. 2 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let anyone take advantage of you.

Take care of your own responsibilities and move on to the projects that will help you build a brighter future.

Someone from your past will help you revive your dreams, hopes and wishes. 4 stars

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67 More crafty

6 Combine, as resources 10 Composer Johann Sebastian

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1 “Fine by me, I guess”

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43 Thing to play

26 Prepare in advance

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53 Not real

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49 Aria, e.g.

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51 Freshly interesting

33 Capture all of one’s attention

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to something

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56 Place to park

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63 Lewis of track fame

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Yesterday’s Solution

Yesterday’s Solution

October 17, 2016

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FUMBLED Rutgers has been outscored 174-14 across 4 conference games continued from back Illinois’ win over the Knights was its first victory over an FBS school this season and Lovie Smith’s first Big Ten win since taking over as head coach. “(The turnovers) can’t wipe out the dramatic improvement we had,” said offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer, who looked and sounded defeated while delivering an opening statement in his postgame press conference.

“As the offensive coordinator, it makes you sick that your guys are in that position. We did some

good things, but the bad things we did dramatically outweighed all of the good things that we set out to and did accomplish at times.”

Rutgers’ ball security troubles began early in the first quarter, when redshirt freshman Jawuan Harris muffed a punt deep inside the Knights’ own territory. The Fighting Illini took over from Rutegrs’ 11, but the Knights’ defense bailed out Harris’ special teams blunder after sophomore cornerback Blessaun Austin intercepted a Chayce Crouch pass in the end zone.

Senior tight end Nick Arcidiaccono hauls in the first touchdown of his career in the fourth quarter of Rutgers’ 24-7 loss to Illinois.

DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR

QUARTERBACK 4 quarterbacks have taken snaps for RU this season, can start against Minnesota continued from back Laviano threw for 62 yards on 7-for-12 passing in the first half against Illinois, an improvement over the combined 39 yards on four completions he had against the Wolverines and No. 2 Ohio State in the previous two weeks, but he also turned the ball over twice — once on a fumble and a second time on a botched snap on fourth down.

Rescigno, meanwhile, went 10for-18 on the day, throwing for 120 yards and the Knights’ first touchdown in 11 quarters, ending the longest such streak in Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in a decade.

But he also committed Rutgers’ eighth turnover of the day, tossing an interception returned 78 yards to the house by Darius Mosely that ended any hopes of the Knights’ pulling off a comeback win on Homecoming.

“He made the right read and he was going to the right place,” said offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer of the play moments after an emotional opening statement.

“I don’t know if you guys saw, but the ball was tipped by the defensive end. Credit to the kid who picked it off. … Is that one a little out of his control? Yes and no. In terms of his read, I give him a break on his read. He made the right read and

right throw. But we’ll never accept turnovers from anyone, ever.”

Ash wouldn’t commit to a number when pressed on how many quarterbacks on the roster were in the midst of the competition, but if first seven games are to be taken as a sample size, the reality is any of the four used quarterbacks have a shot at starting against Minnesota next weekend.

Though he has yet to be listed on the two-deep depth charts released by the team every Monday, true freshman quarterback Tylin Oden has had the most appearances of anyone aside from Laviano, participating in 3 of Rutgers’ 7 games this season.

Standing at 6-foot-5 and weighing 186 pounds, Oden is still far from reaching an ideal size to handle getting knocked around

by Big Ten level defenders, but he has flashed his potential in his limited opportunities.

Though he has yet to complete a pass, missing on all four of his attempts against the Buckeyes, the Spring Hill, Tennessee, native has picked up solid yardage on many of his 22 rushing attempts, demonstrating his ability to thrive in the spread offense Ash and Mehringer are running.

There were questions of whether Oden’s redshirt was burned

On Rutgers’ ensuing drive, junior quarterback Chris Laviano and company drove right down the field, setting up shop inside Illinois’ 15-yard line with a fresh set of downs. Laviano took a designed quarterback draw up the middle inside the 10-yard line before losing control of the ball while being taken to the ground for the Knights’ second turnover of the game.

When Rutgers got the ball back, it drove deep into Illinois’ territory yet again, this time faced with a fourth-and-short from the Illini’s 25. On the play, fifth-year senior center Derrick Nelson snapped the ball too early. Laviano got a hand on it, batted it in the air and corralled it, but he was tackled in the backfield for the loss.

“Derrick was just trying to anticipate the snap count,” said head football coach Chris Ash. “He thought we would snap a little bit faster. Quarterback didn’t tell him to snap it and he snapped it, and it was a bad snap and the quarterback wasn’t ready for it.”

The Knights’ defense had been stout to that point in the game, but following Rutgers’ turnover on downs, Crouch connected with Ke’Shawn Vaughn for a 61yard pickup to set Illinois up in the red zone. Three plays later, Crouch found Kendrick Foster for a 5-yard touchdown, giving the Illini a 7-0 lead.

Two offensive drives ending in punts later, the Knights committed their third turnover of the first half, this time on a fumble by junior running back Robert Martin inside Illinois’ 30.

Rutgers had 186 yards of offense and 12 first downs in the first half, but nothing to show for on the scoreboard as it carried three turnovers, a turnover on downs and a 7-0 deficit into the half.

When the Knights’ offense took the field for the first time in

the latter half, their deficit had ballooned to 14 points — Foster capped off a six-play, 77-yard drive with a 5-yard score to open the half — and a new quarterback was behind center for Rutgers, as Laviano was benched in favor of sophomore Giovanni Rescigno.

“We needed a spark,” Ash said.

“We’ve got an issue at quarterback.

We’ve had one. We need to evaluate.

I thought Gio came in and provided a spark for the offense. Moved the ball down the field several times.

Had an interception. Missed some throws, but at least he could move the ball with his feet, and I like what he did.”

As the Knights faced a 17-0 disadvantage to start the fourth quarter, Rescigno and Rutgers were set up with a fresh set of downs at the Illini’s 3-yard line. On the play Rescigno scrambled to his left on what appeared to be a designed run before jumping in the air and flicking the ball over the top of the defense to senior tight end Nick Arcidiacono in the end zone.

The score was the first of Arcidiacono’s career and halted the Knights’ 117 minute and 49 second scoreless drought, dating back to the fourth quarter of their Big Ten opener against Iowa.

On the game’s ensuing drive, Rutgers forced Illinois into a threeand-out, as the Knights would start with the ball at their own 42, down 10 and over 13 minutes left in the game.

But just as Rutgers was beginning to gain momentum for the first time on the afternoon, it gave it all away on one play.

On the same drive from Illini’s 25-yard line, Rescigno’s pass intended for senior wideout Andre Patton was intercepted and returned the other way for a touchdown by Darius Mosely, all but putting a bow on the Knights’ fourth-straight loss.

need to take care of the ball better,” Rescigno said. “All in all, we just have to keep getting better for next week. (The play that led to the pick-six) just didn’t work out the way we wanted to. We just have to get over it and move onto the next play.”

Rescigno finished the game 10-for-18 through the air for 120 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He also added 51 yards on the ground across 12 rushes.

After the game, Ash said the starting quarterback job is “completely open” moving forward and did not support Laviano being the starter for the first time this season. With four quarterbacks — Laviano, Rescigno, junior Zach Allen and freshman Tylin Oden — all getting legitimate snaps this season, it’s conceivable that either could be behind center when Rutgers takes on Minnesota (4-2, 1-2) next Saturday in Minneapolis.

Despite the uncertainty at the quarterback position, the alarming number of turnovers and current four-game losing streak, Ash is optimistic about the direction the Knights are headed.

“We’re going to keep grinding,” Ash said. “We talked to the players in there. There’s a wall that everybody hits at some point, and that wall is the difference between average and good and good to great and great to elite. We’re at that wall. We need to find a way to get over it ... There are a lot of positives that I can take out of this game, unlike the last two. The last two, there weren’t any positives.

We were annihilated. There’s no secret to that. This game, there’s a lot of positives I can take out of this game that we can build on.”

when he came on against the Hawkeyes in the fourth week of the season, but those doubts were shattered when he trotted out at the Shoe against Ohio State.

“Coach Ash has a great policy that he will never burn a kid’s redshirt without asking him. Sitting him down and making him sure that he understands everything that goes into that. We spoke with Tylin and told him that we thought there were some things that you can do in this game that can help us. Do you understand the consequences that go along with that?

And he did.”

Mehringer went on to say that while Oden is getting better, he still has some issues to iron out, one of the reason’s him taking the reigns is unlikely.

Oden taking the starting role would indicate the Knights were beginning preparation for the future, a notion Ash vehemently denied, which essentially shuts the door on him starting.

Rescigno and junior graduate transfer Zach Allen are the other two options Ash and Mehringer have at their disposal that have seen game time this season.

While Rescigno’s action has been less, playing two quarters against the Illini and two snaps against the Bison, he has been far more productive.

Allen played in three quarters against the Wolverines alone, as well as the final half of the fourth quarter against New Mexico, and has gone 1-for-12 for negative-1 yards through the air and

negative-5 yards on 13 attempts with his feet.

“I don’t know if Zach Allen’s game reps were a solid assessment of his abilities,” Mehringer said, but they’re the sample size Rutgers’ coaching staff has to work with in making the decision on who is playing behind center next week.

But despite the competition being as open as its been since Ash and co. arrived in Piscataway last December, the coaching staff shouldn’t expect to see anything different from Rescigno in practice Monday.

“I’ve been preparing the whole season for when my name would be called. I’ve taken care of my reps in practice and waited for my chance so when coach called my name, I was more than prepared to go in,” Rescigno said. “No matter what, I’ve always treated every week of practice like I’m the starter … so I’m going to do that going into the next week and the rest of the season to be prepared when my name’s called.”

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Sophomore quarterback Giovanni Rescigno scrambles out of the pocket in the second half of RU’s 24-7 loss to Illinois Saturday.

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October 17, 2016 MEN’S SOCCER NORTHWESTERN 2, RUTGERS 1 (OT)

Late collapse ruins Rutgers’ closest chance at first win Bret Levinson Staff Writer

Everything was in place for the Rutgers men’s soccer team to walk away with its first win Friday, the same night it honored its alltime wins leading ex-head coach Bob Reasso.

But after holding a 1-0 lead for 64 minutes of the game, the Scarlet Knights conceded a goal with just

two minutes remaining in regulation time to allow Northwestern to creep its way back into the game.

And with 44 seconds left in the first overtime, Wildcats freshman Mattias Tomasino put one past Knights goalkeeper David Greczek to turn the night into a 12thstraight loss for Rutgers, who still remains without a win.

“It’s almost comical to me that this happened to us,” said head

Junior forward Jason Wright chases the ball during Rutgers’ 2-1 loss to Northwestern in which he scored the Knights’ only goal.

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coach Dan Donigan. “We’re two equally hungry Wildcats team, put the ball into the back of the net minutes and 17 seconds away from trickled down to 30, 20 and then to lift Northwestern to victory.

Donigan said goals given up three points in the conference, 10. But the time couldn’t expire desperation kinda game for both quick enough and with two min- in the first five minutes and last utes remaining, a scramble in the five minutes are the most comteams and it’s really unfortunate.”

The Knights controlled the box turned into a sea full of red in mon goals to score and his team tempo early in the game, estab- awe as the team in purple ruined must manage the game better.

“I give credit to Northwestern lishing their presence by get- a story book ending in Piscataway, for continuing to battle,” Donigan ting off shots and connecting on tying the game up at one a piece.

After the game, Wright said said. “We’re so thin, our depth isn’t fluid passes.

In the 24th minute of the he believes his team didn’t have there. Guys get a little tired, guys get game, junior forward Jason the drive to close out what should fatigued and that’s the game of soccer, you give up late goals ... So those Wright juked a defender while have been their game to win. are things that you driving into have to manage, the box and you have to get shot the ball We can through an“It’s almost comical to me that this happened to us.” through. make all the excusother two es that we want but defenders at the end of the and pass a dan donigan day, we didn’t do diving FranHead Men’s Soccer Coach the job again.” cisco TomaWith the loss sino, landFriday night, the ing the ball Knights remained in the upper “I’m going to be honest, the fight, winless as their record droped to corner of the goal to give Rutgers that little extra energy to win, I didn’t 0-10-2. NJIT will visit the banks a 1-0 lead.

The Knights entered the half think we showed it particularly well on Tuesday, and Rutgers must with its first lead of the season but with two minutes to go,” Wright remain positive and keep pushing said. “A team that hasn’t won a for its first win. was tied in shots with nine apiece.

“As coach says, ‘its been our A lot was at stake for both game, two minutes to go, that inner teams Friday night, as the sea- gut, that fire, that does everything season’ just unfortunate,” Wright son continues to dwindle down to win, I think we didn’t show that said. “Out of luck and I don’t and the number of conference in the last two minutes in the game know, I don’t know to be honest we’re just having a tough time. when it needed to be (present).” games decreasing.

Both teams then took the We just have to keep grinding and If Rutgers won, it would jump Michigan and Northwestern in field for the first overtime, but it keep working.” the Big Ten standings, grasping wouldn’t be long before a visiting For updates on the Rutgers men’s Wildcat team that was contained sole possession of seventh place.

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VOLLEYBALL INDIANA 3, RUTGERS 1

Knights’ woes continue as losing streak stretches to 16 Jon Spilletti Staff Writer

The Rutgers volleyball team’s midwestern travels came to a close this weekend, as the Scarlet Knights walked away winless, marking its 15th and 16th-straight losses this season.

Indiana and No. 22 Purdue were the teams that make the Knights their victims, as both sides fought off Rutgers in 3-1 and 3-0 wins respectively.

Friday’s matchup saw Indiana (13-7, 2-5) defeat the Knights (417, 0-8) by set scores of 25-23, 1125, 18-25 and 22-25.

It was Purdue’s (12-7, 2-6) turn the next night, and the Boilermakers swept Rutgers to the tune of 14-25, 18-25 and 24-26.

The Knights nabbed their first set in seven games and their first in Big Ten play to kick things off with the Hoosiers.

Indiana’s early lead was soon matched by Rutgers as it clawed its way to an 8-8 deadlock. The Hoosiers distanced themselves to a 16-13 lead, though the red and black embarked on a five-point run to take the lead. Indiana responded with a five-point run of its own, reclaiming the lead and closing in on a set win.

The Knights would not have it, as they took control in the late stages behind some stellar defense by freshman middle blocker Jasmine Stackhouse. Rutgers took the set 25-23.

The first set marked a shift from the Knights’ usual opening

frames, as the team has made a habit of starting slow and dropping first sets in a dramatic fashion.

“We challenged our players to change their preparation,” said head coach CJ Werneke, detailing what it takes to curb a potential slow start in a match. “It doesn’t happen at match time. It happens when you come to film and the first practice, at breakfast and our team meals. It’s good that their adjustments have turned out well on the court.”

Despite the team’s preparation, the next three sets did not prove as kind to Rutgers, as Indiana bounced back in a decisive fashion in the second game, securing an 11-25 victory and never relinquishing control. The team’s onslaught was led by Allison Hammond, who posted a match-high 19 kills.

The third set started off just as the second did with the Knights on the backfoot, victims of an early lead by the Bloomington bunch.

A Rutgers comeback would knot the score at 14, but Indiana found the will to edge out a lead once again, stifling a Knight steal and winning the game 18-25.

The fourth and final frame saw much more fight from Rutgers, as both sides frequently traded points and the lead. Eight ties and three lead changes later, Indiana’s late 22-18 lead was met with a slew of scores for the Knights.

Indiana was able to hold them off though, as the home team would take the set 25-22 and take the match as a result.

Rutgers’ play Friday was bolstered by stellar defense from freshman middle blocker Jasmine Stackhouse, whose career-high seven blocks led both squads.

“Practice is what helped me a lot,” Stackhouse said. “We really worked hard. Something we focused on closely was our defense and closing blocks.”

The next day, the Knights traveled 100 miles north to take on the Boilermakers in a match, which heavily favored the West Lafayette squad.

And the first set confirmed those predictions.

Though Rutgers was able to play point for point with Purdue early on, Rutgers hit a proverbial wall, as Indiana soon distanced itself with a sizable lead, closing the set at 14-25.

The New Brunswick side started off strong in the second frame, jumping out to an early lead. The teams traded leads heading into the middle of the set, and Purdue maintained a slight lead until the closing serves.

Once again, the Knights were unable to keep their energy throughout, as the Boilermakers secured the 18-25 victory.

The third set started even stronger for Rutgers, pinning Purdue early on with a 8-2 lead.

Purdue fought back, eventually evening the scores at 14. The bulk of the set was point for point, as the two squads played up to the 25-point threshold and beyond, neither wanting to give up their hold on the game.

The Knights conceded the set to Indiana after an error by sophomore middle blocker Tiaja McKnight. Purdue grabbed its twopoint lead and won with a score of 26-24.

Still winless in a conference that houses multiple ranked teams, Rutgers is accustomed to finding the strengths amid the weaknesses.

No one embodied those strengths on Saturday night more than senior right side Cole Trimble, whose seven kills paced the

side and kept the Hoosiers on their heels for much of the match.

“I had a really good matchup,” Trimble said. “Talia (Holze), my setter, was doing a really good job putting me in a position. And our middles did a good job of holding the middle blocker, so I had the options to get as many kills as I was able to get.

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Senior right side hitter Cole Trimble paced Rutgers with seven kills in their 3-1 loss to Indiana in Bloomington Friday afternoon.

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“No matter what, I’ve always treated every week of practice like I’m the starter … so I’m going to do that going into the next week and the rest of the season to be prepared when my name’s called.”

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FOOTBALL ILLINOIS 24, RUTGERS 7

Illinois corner Darius Mosely scoops up junior running back Robert Martin’s fumble in the first half of Rutgers’ loss to Illinois Saturday. The Knights committed a season-high five turnovers, with three of them coming inside the Fighting Illini’s 30-yard line. Rutgers also failed to convert all three of its fourth down tries. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR

FUMBLED AWAY 8 turnovers ­­— 4 fumbles, 3 turnover on downs, 1 interception — doom Rutgers to 4th consecutive loss Eric Mullin Associate Sports Editor

The mantra surrounding the Rutgers football team leading up to its matchup with Illinois had been that of a fresh start.

With consecutive blowout losses to No. 2 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan by a combined score of 136-0 behind them, the Scarlet Knights were

ready to embark on a much more manageable schedule in the latter half of their season.

But the only thing fresh about what was ultimately the Knights’ fourth consecutive conference loss was the way they fell to the Fighting Illini (2-4, 1-2), 24-7. It wasn’t inept offensive play nor video-game like numbers being posted on its defense that led to Rutgers’ downfall at High Point Solutions Stadium.

In fact Rutgers (2-5, 0-4) finally broke out of its offensive rut, gaining 385 yards of total offense compared to the 151 combined yards it had accumulated against the Buckeyes and Wolverines. The Knights not only out-gained Illinois, they more than doubled the amount of first downs (23 to 10) and owned a five-plus minute advantage in time of possession.

But just as efficient as Rutgers was on offense, it was even more careless with the ball.

The Knights committed a season-high five turnovers — three coming inside Illinois’ 30yard line — and an additional three turnovers on downs. On two of Rutgers’ three fourthdown tries, the play began with a botched snap.

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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK HEAD COACH CHRIS ASH ANNOUNCED OPEN COMPETITION AFTER LOSS TO ILLINOIS

Knights’ QB competition blown wide open Brian Fonseca

for a couple of drives midway through a tight game against Iowa or throughout the entirety of the final three quarters of a historic blowout against No. 4 Michigan.

But after watching sophomore Giovanni Rescigno build on his one drive against Howard in the second week of the season by providing

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The Rutgers football team’s 24-7 loss to Illinois marked the sixth straight game in which head coach Chris Ash pulled junior quarterback Chris Laviano off the field, whether it be

a spark for the Scarlet Knights’ as they looked to comeback against the Fighting Illini, Ash was finally convinced to do what fans have been begging for throughout the first half of the season.

“It’s completely open,” Ash said when asked about a quarterback competition following Saturday’s loss. “We haven’t had enough

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head field hockey coach, and the Scarlet Knights guaranteed a spot in the Big Ten Tournament with a 3-1 win over Ohio State Sunday. Rutgers missed the tournament last season after reaching it in their first year in the Big Ten in 2014.

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production at the quarterback position in the first half of the season, and we’ve got to open it up … it is absolutely an open competition.

We’ve got to figure out who can give us the best chance to consistently move the ball.”

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Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Wednesday, 6:00 p.m., Yurcak Field East Lansing, Mich.