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Bill proposes providing affordable textbooks ALEXANDRA DEMATOS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

College textbooks have always been an unavoidable expense for college students, but if a new piece of legislation passes, the issue will be a thing of the past.

“The College Board recommends students budget $1,200 a year for textbooks and supplies — that’s almost 40 (percent) of tuition at a community college,” said Jordan Kizmann, vice chair and Textbook Campaign coordinator at the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, in an email.

A new bill has been proposed

by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.), called the “Affordable College Textbook Act,” which would create affordable textbook access to college students around the country.

The senators wrote the bill in accordance with members of NJPIRG and USPIRG, two public interest research groups, and it mandates state universities to start adopting open source textbooks. Open source textbooks are textbooks licensed under an open copyright license, and made available online for free to be used by students.

For universities to adopt open source books, administrations need

to start a grant program that would give professors a monetary incentive to change their syllabi and use open resources as opposed to traditional textbooks, said Kizmann, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

If the bill passes, it would do just this, according to The Huffington Post. The bill would create a grant program for colleges and universities that would allow textbooks to be accessed online for free.

“The act aims to tackle the high prices of traditional publishers by encouraging the use of openly-licenses textbooks,” Kizmann said.

“Open (licensed-textbooks) are faculty-written and peer-reviewed just like traditional textbooks, but published under a license that allows the public free access online or affordably in print.”

There are many students who think that open textbooks would be a great addition to Rutgers.

“I am so for open source textbooks. I feel most students already use (illegal PDFs), and it would save other students lots of financial aid money that’s used for book vouchers,” said Mary Margaret Mumich, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

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College students today are reported to be as stressed as the average psychiatric patient in the 1950s, according to a survey by the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. Anxiety comes with a litany of mental, emotional and physical effects. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

Survey reveals rate of anxiety among college students is at all-time high IRFAN SHAIK CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A survey by the Anxiety Disorders Association of America noted that anxiety among students is at an all time high. In fact, college students today are about as stressed as the average psychiatric patient in the 1950s.

“College students are at a high risk for anxiety. A new home, new friends, roommates and an alternate lifestyle puts students in a confusing place in their lives. It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of changes,” said Harry Silver, a licensed clinical social worker.

Students who have built an identity for themselves at their

high schools find themselves at a loss when the familiar people who used to reinforce this identity are no longer present. These students feel a loss of connectedness, which makes them susceptible to depression and anxiety, Silver said.

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Rutgers creates safety plan for nature disaster NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITER

With a medley of 2016 presidential candidates running for the Democratic, Republican and Indepenent tickets, Rutgers students say they want an ideal candidate to support and value equality, diversity and inclusion. REUTERS

U. students detail ideal qualities in US presidential candidate SANJANA CHANDRASEKHARAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With elections pulling close, the Rutgers University Democrats said they are scoping for a presidential candidate who will continue to support and value equality, diversity and inclusion.

The club, which is also the largest political organization at Rutgers, said they will be supporting any Democratic candidate.

“We will not be formally endorsing any candidate, but that said, we have many members of our organization that are highly supportive of former Secretary of State

Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders,” said Mike Denis, the interim co-president of the Rutgers University Democrats, in an email.

Many potential voters prefer Sanders (I-Vt.) to Clinton because he has taken “progressive action” in SEE QUALITIES ON PAGE 5

Alicia Lee experienced Hurricane Sandy in 2012 while living on the Rutgers campus. Power was knocked out for on-campus buildings for several days and classes were canceled for a week, said the School of Engineering senior.

Hurricane Sandy knocked the power out from 2.4 million households in 2012. It also caused damage to numerous towns, and New Jersey residents are still recovering three years later.

But Rutgers University is prepared for the next hurricane, said Steve Keleman, the director of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM). OEM has several plans online, including one designed to handle weather emergencies.

“Because an emergency may occur at any time and involve any number of students or staff, the plan takes the entire university population into account,” Keleman said in an email.

A system at the University, called the Emergency Notification System (ENS), sends out text messages to update students about emergencies, Keleman said. It can be used in conjunction with a student listserv and updates on social media to keep

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students informed about conditions and whether their campus is open.

According to ENS’s website, students must sign up and keep their phone numbers up-to-date to receive these notifications. Students can also check the operating status website or emergency management to see if the University is open or not on any given day, he said.

Lee said she would expect the University to update students as news comes if a future hurricane reaches New Jersey, but did not hear much officially the last time one did.

“Information mostly came from word-of-mouth,” she said. “Whoever heard something came and told everyone else.”

Lee could not receive text messages at the time and does not know how widely used or effective ENS was, she said.

Lee expects Rutgers to alert students about potential hurricanes and tell them what they should do when it hits. They should also tell students what the University’s contingency plans are.

“During a severe storm, like a hurricane, the University will open its Emergency Operations Center,” Keleman said. “(It) will be staffed SEE PLAN ON PAGE 5

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Campus Calendar TUESDAY 10/20 Mason Gross School of the Arts presents, “Igor Butman and the Moscow Jazz Orchestra” at 7:30 p.m. at Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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The Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education hosts, “Emergency Pesticide Recertification Seminar” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Former Agricultural Museum of New Jersey located at 103 College Farm Road on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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The Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research, Rutgers Libraries and the TA Project present, “Copyright Issues for Academic Research & Publication” from 1 to 3 p.m. in Alexander Librar y on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

204 Neilson St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901

WEDNESDAY 10/21 The Department of Earth and Planetar y Sciences presents, “Extraterrestrial Spinels and the Astronomical Perspective on Earth’s Geological Record and Evolution of Life” from 12 to 1 p.m. in Wright Rieman Laboratories on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Neurology presents, “Neurology Grand Rounds” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Clinical Academic Building located at 125 Paterson St. in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs and Student Affairs presents, “What Not To Do: Notes from the 20th Centur y Urbanization Experience for 21st Centur y Planners” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Alexander Librar y’s Teleconference Lecture Hall on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Rutgers student assembly moves to establish syllabus bank ORLA FRANCESCA LAVERY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As course selection rolls around again, the Rutgers University Student Assembly is looking to make life easier for students with its introduction of “The Syllabus Bank.”

By reassessing the synopsis option on the course catalog, RUSA is looking to implement new policies for next year to make a course syllabus bank available for every class so that students can view the course content of previous semesters.

Matthew Panconi, president of RUSA, said students will be able view the most recent syllabi for the course under the new tab.

This will be done by introducing a mandatory “syllabus bank” for each course and requiring professors to upload this as a link that can be accessed through the course catalog.

The project is aimed at resolving the issue of students picking their courses based on little information. RUSA recognizes this is a large task to take on but the initiative would be a huge step toward tackling the problem.

Alicia Pedenault, a senior in the School of Arts and Sciences, said the prospect of having access to an old syllabus would be very helpful, and would ensure that students know the course they are taking is directed toward their interests.

In the past, students utilized other resources to gauge which course suits them best, with sites such as “Rate my Professor” proving to be a popular hub for professor and class reviews.

Others may speak to older students about their experiences with certain classes, but this is much more difficult for younger students, particularly for firstyear students.

Some courses already offer a syllabus bank, according to RUSA. But, in most cases, these are often hard to find and are located behind several links on department websites.

Panconi said the introduction of a compulsory syllabus bank will allow students to get a sense of the intensity of the class, the type of work expected and which textbooks they will need.

Improving the channels through which students can inform themselves about their classes allows for better time management so that students can spend more time enjoying extracurricular activities, Panconi said.

Despite the positive reception, the introduction raises some concern over students choosing courses based on ease of testing or cheaper textbooks and resources.

Amy Mao, an exchange student from the University of Melbourne, said if she knew how her courses were going to be examined based on the previous syllabi, it would definitely influence her decision as to which courses to take.

The weighting of exams, papers and homework assessments toward the final grade would most

To help students decide if a class is right for them, RUSA is looking to implement new policies for next year to make a course syllabus bank available for every class so that students can view the course content of previous semesters. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SUSMITA PARUCHURI / STAFF DESIGNER If the materials for a course were available by rental or from the library it could be a deciding factor for students who find the cost of textbooks to be a pressing financial concern.

Mao said by comparison to the price of textbooks at her home University in Melbourne, textbooks and course materials at Rutgers was considerably more expensive and this weighs into

“They were very receptive to our plan and we are confident that they will be on board with this moving forward.”

MATT PANCONI Rutgers University Student Assembly President and Rutgers Business School Senior

definitely impact students’ decisions, she said.

This poses the potential issue of “easier” classes getting filled up rapidly, leaving the more difficult courses for students who didn’t act quickly enough.

Pedenault said it is bad that we chose our subjects based on ease of examinations. But the reality is that every student wants to perform to the best of their ability and some people do better on exams, others on papers and some on homework quizzes.

The other concern is that students may choose courses based on cheaper or more accessible materials.

Compared to other students, Pedenault said she was fortunate to spend $110 on textbooks this semester.

the decision making process for many students.

Despite some of the issues that have been raised, both Mao

and Pedenault agreed it would be extremely useful to have more background information before choosing courses.

Last week Matthew Paconi and Justin Scuhlberg, the School of Arts and Sciences Senate Leader and Student Representative to the Student Executive Committee, made a presentation to the chairs of every department in the School of Arts and Sciences pitching the idea for the policy.

“They were very receptive to our plan and we are confident that they will be on board with this moving forward,” Panconi said.

The project continues to progress and the board said its planned launch is in the Fall 2016 semester.

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TEXTBOOKS Miranda urges students to take advantage of partnership U. has with Barnes & Noble CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“The (University) is a big business if focused on profit,” Egbelu The Open Source Textbook said. “I try to read as much as I Initiative was a success thanks to can online, but it is sad that peoa $150,000 grant at the University ple limit or hinder their education of Illinois, according to The Huff- because of the price of textbooks.”

While many students attempt ington Post. The staff developed a book that anyone can access for to avoid buying textbooks, there free and is updated when new in- are ways that students are almost forced to buy them. At Rutgers, for formation is available.

Chisa Egbelu, a School of Arts instance, if a student does not indiand Science senior, did not buy cate online that they do not wish to participate textbooks in RU Book Adthis semester.

“I think text“The act aims to tackle vance, $500 will automatically books are a the high prices of be put aside as big part of why traditional publishers by a book advance we started the encouraging the use of if the students’ organization,” refund check is said Egbelu, openly-licenses more than $500 founder of the textbooks.” a semester. non-profit, The Ruthigher-educaJORDAN KIZMANN gers Book tion crowdfundVice Chair and Textbook Campaign CoordiAdvance can ing platform nator at NJPIRG only be used at PeduL.io. “We Rutgers-af filistarted the ated stores. whole thing “I don’t feel it’s a bad thing bebased on our own experiences, and I still have not purchased my cause Rutgers-affiliated stores are convenient,” Mumich said. “But if own textbooks.

With PeduL.io, Egbelu wants to people don’t realize it’s there, then help lessen the burden of textbook it needs to be better advertised.”

University Spokesman E.J. prices, fees and term bill costs.

Open textbooks have the poten- Miranda urged students to take tial to save students at Rutgers— advantage of the partnership that New Brunswick more than $4.7 Rutgers has with Barnes & Noble College. million every year, Kizmann said.

ANXIETY

A new bill has been proposed by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.), called the “Affordable College Textbook Act,” which would create affordable textbook access to college students around the country. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR “Rutgers students can rent a growing number of textbooks and reduce the cost of a book 35 to 80 percent,” Miranda said in an email.

“Students and faculty can also take advantage of B&N’s eTextbook software app and organization tool to select from an academic digital library and Barnes & Noble is working to increase the number of titles available in their digital catalog.”

The Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the cost of college textbooks increased 812 percent since 1978.

Egbelu said students need to take initiative now.

“There are some, but unless there is an extreme majority, then

The NCASA reports that students cited embarrassment as the No. 1 reason for avoiding seeking aid in a 2006 survey. A mere 23 per45 percent of college students binge drink, about cent of students said they would tell 21 percent abuse illegal, prescription drugs a friend they were getting help for a mental health issue.

Rutgers is working to break down CONTINUED FROM FRONT Excessive anxiety could lead the stigma surrounding mental to afflictions like general anxiety health. Posters around campus, an As if all these changes were not disorder, panic disorder, as well informational campaign and a video on the Rutgers Counseling, ADAP enough, college students face off as phobias.

Treating anxiety could address and Psychiatric Services website against heavy academic stress. showing celebrities that also face “I’m finding Rutgers course- other problems on campus.

Forty-five percent of college stu- mental illnesses are just some of the work difficult,” said Nihar Khare, a School of Engineering first-year dents binge drink, and nearly 21 ways Rutgers seeks to make mental student. “I’m at the engineering percent abuse illegal or prescrip- health a less taboo topic.

Silver suggests students gauge school and this is the most com- tion drugs, according to a survey by the National Center on Addic- themselves mentally to ensure petition I’ve faced in my life.” their mental health stays on course.

According to a survey on Rutgers tion and Substance Abuse.

“Ask yourself students by The what makes you Odyssey, 94 of 100 students “College students are at a high risk for anxiety. A new happy? What are the stressors in said college home, new friends, roommates, and an alternate my life? Can I has increased lifestyle puts students in a confusing place in their stick up for mytheir anxiety. lives. It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the self and ensure Meanwhile, 28 my emotional of 100 said they amount of changes.” and physical safeare diagnosed ty in a way that is with an anxiety HARRY SILVER socially acceptdisorder.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker able and approThe survey priate?,” he said. goes on to say Silver attributes some of this be“It’s important to take care of schoolwork is by far the leading yourself,” said Jill Richards, direccause of anxiety at Rutgers, with 65 havior to mental health issues.

A shaky identity and lack of con- tor of CAPS. “If you feel stressed, of 100 students reporting it as their most anxiety-inducing factor. Rela- fidence can lead college students to talk to someone, whether a friend, tionships are reported as second, make poor choices about drinking a parent or a counselor at CAPS.” and drugs, Silver said.

Rutgers offers assistance to with 15 of 100.

Some of the physiological effects people dealing with mental health This fact, coupled with the fact that the expectations on students of worry are headaches, muscle issues. Richards suggests schedulare only increasing, creates a dead- tension, chest pain, fatigue and ing an appointment by calling the sleep problems. main counseling office at (848) ly combination.

“Every student faces some level 932-7884. Additionally, CAPS ofThe average age of onset for many mental health conditions is of anxiety,” Richards said. “Even if fers a Mindfulness Based Stress the typical college age range of your anxiety doesn’t descend into a Reduction course that students 18 to 24-years-olds, said Courtney full blown disorder, it can still have could find helpful.

“I would consider an MBSR Knowles, director of Love is Louder an affect on you.”

Even with all these side ef- course if school ever got too hard,” at the Jed Foundation, a nonprofit which seeks to improve mental fects, students still avoid seek- Khare said. “But for now, my friends ing aid. give me all the support I need.” health among college students.

I don’t think the administration would take notice,” Egbelu said.

The bill would particularly help students who do not look for books outside of college-affiliated stores.

“Despite the growth of used book programs, rental markets and e-textbooks, student consumers are still captive to the high prices of the traditional market,” said Ethan Senack from the USPIRG Education Fund to The Huffington Post.

NJPIRG has been working with Rutgers in order to bring openly-licensed textbooks to the University, Kizmann said. Rutgers has agreed that open textbooks should be used on campus and should make it a priority to fund the program.

“A proposal was approved by the Rutgers University Senate in the Spring 2015 semester to begin a grant program for the implementation of open source materials,” Kizmann said. “NJPIRG is calling on President Barchi, faculty and administration at Rutgers to incorporate open textbooks to help decrease the price of higher education.”

Miranda said Rutgers is currently tracking the pending legislation.

“Rutgers shares concerns about the rising cost of textbooks and is currently studying the development of an open source platform for textbooks,” he said in an email.

CRIME OCT. 19 LAWRENCE — Detectives are investigating the reported sexual assault of a female Rider University student in a campus dorm.

The incident occurred in the Poyda residence hall and additional details about the incident were not available. No charges had been filed against anyone as of Monday afternoon and an email sent to the Rider community described the incident as involving “two students who are known to one another.”

OCT. 19 EVESHAM TOWNSHIP — Charisa A. Desalis was charged with forgery and possession of heroin after attempting to use counterfeit money at a GNC store.

Police responded to a report 2 p.m. Saturday that the 44-year-old woman had allegedly attempted to use a counterfeit $100 bill on her purchase. Authorities later located Desalis at her home where she was found to be in possession of additional counterfeit money, merchandise bought with the counterfeit money, heroin and drug paraphernalia.

OCT. 19 DOVER — Jelsio Cruz Pavon was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, obstruction of law, resisting arrest, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and possession of a weapon. The 43-year-old was charged in connection with a double stabbing at Pancho Villa Rodeo and Bar on East Blackwell Street. Two individuals were transported to Morristown Medical Center for stabbing juries.

One individual had lacerations to the head and arms and a stab wound to the chest while the other victim had one stab wound to the side and one to the chest.

OCT. 18 NEWARK — Aaron Vega-Castelo, who was stopped while trying to deliver 1.7 kilograms of pure methamphetamine in Elizabeth in 2013, has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. The 29-year-old previously pleaded guilty to distribution and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

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QUALITIES There are close to 55 million eligible young adults in voting population, Matto says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

regard to having a strong opposition to excessive wealth in politics, protecting the environment, expanding care for United States veterans and having consistent support for reducing income inequality and opposition to war.

Sanders is the longest-serving independent in Congress and is not beholden to large special interests, a value that many members of Rutgers University Democrats hold, Denis said.

On the other hand, Clinton represents a more moderate approach.

“Clinton has spent her whole life working to make the U.S. stronger, defined by peace and prosperity, and working together to solve our issues,” he said.

Members who support Clinton at Rutgers University Democrats prefer her experience in government, pragmatic approach toward major issues, long record of supporting families, firm defense on women’s health, strong stance on guns and her accomplishments in

advancing human rights as Secretary of State, Denis said.

“I’d support Bernie Sanders.

He’s an exciting candidate for American liberals who feel that the entire political spectrum has

election gives that choice to someone else. It gives another age group the opportunity to make that choice for you,” she said.

Matto also mentioned the importance familiarizing with the candidates before the time comes to vote.

“This is an opportunity for all voters, especially young adults, to get to know these candidates and get a better sense of their views and values,” she said. “The debates are good opportunities

“The Democrats showed they can govern like grown ups and not resort to the petty shouting matches of candidates like Donald Trump,” she said.

The club believes most Americans support the values defined by the Democratic Party and believe that as long as Americans understand the choices offered

by Republicans and democrats, they will understand that democrats provide a more suitable path for the U.S. to take.

“All of these issues are going to impact how today’s students live their lives down the road.”

ELIZABETH MATTO School of Arts and Sciences first-year student

drifted towards the right in the past few decades,” said Adam Panish, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student.

It is important for students to participate in the political process and to vote, said Elizabeth Matto, an assistant research professor and director at Youth Political Participation Program in the Eagleton Institute of Politics.

“There are close to 55 million eligible young adults in the voting population. To sit out of the

to get to know candidates you may have never heard of.”

The first Democratic debate happened on Oct. 13. The Rutgers University Democrats were extremely impressed with the quality of the debate.

The Democratic Party debate was a healthy discussion of policy issues the nation faces. In comparison to the Republican Party debates, it was more substantive and more informative, Matto said.

The audiences for both the Republican and Democratic debates were encouraging, Matto said.

“What I’ve been so encouraged by both the Republican and Democratic debates, is that there were full houses for both of them,” she said. “The response, the interest and the level of engagement has been palpable. The real difference between the two was that there were a smaller number of candidates so you got to hear more from the Democratic candidates.”

The Rutgers University Democrats said several Democratic candidates have plans to help college students.

“Both Sanders and Clinton have interesting plans for helping students,” Denis said. “We think that Sanders’ plan is ambitious and would really transform the ability for all students to afford to go to college regardless of their economic background, but Clinton’s plan is very practical in establishing a path to further reducing college costs.”

Both Matto and the Rutgers University Democrats said they think it is important that students go out and participate in the political process.

There are important issues like college affordability, climate change, immigration reform, reducing economic inequality and money in politics that current college students should concern themselves with, Matto said.

“All of these issues are going to impact how today’s students live their lives years down the road,” she said. “It’s important the students vote for a Congress that wants to work with the President, so the partisanship and brinkmanship that per vades Washington doesn’t paralyze the nation into crisis after crisis.”

PLAN Text messaging is likely to be most effective way to keep in touch with students, Lee says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Having members of the police department go around and keep by individuals (who) will priori- students updated when it is safe tize calls and dispatch resources to do so would also help, said through the Public Safety Com- Bayron Jaramillo, a School of Engineering sophomore. If they munications Center.”

Students can also contact are able to drive around the difthe Rutgers University Police ferent campuses, they could upDepartment for both date students on emergency and other relevant emergencies situations. and nonH a v i n g emergencies.

“If I don’t have power ... people go These methods of comor hot water in my dorm around to fix any physical munication it’d be hard to survive issues on camwill be used to because I cook.” pus would also keep students help, he said. updated on ALICIA LEE Constr uction post-hurricane School of Engineering Senior crews could fix situations, damaged pipes such as class or walls. cancellations Rutgers and revised should also cancel class if contesting dates, Keleman said.

Lee said she hoped the Uni- ditions are dangerous, Lee said. versity would be able to keep in They might not want to if they do touch with students due to how not actually have to, as seen with much they rely on the Internet how late classes were canceled now. Text messaging will likely be last year during snowstorms.

Preparations for a storm the most effective way to keep in include bringing in extra touch with students.

The Office of Emergency Management has several plans online, including one designed to handle weather emergencies. REUTERS supplies and personnel before the storm strikes, Keleman said.

These items would include fuel and food.

Lee said she was not sure whether utilities such as hot water were affected during the last storm, but there was running water in the residence halls.

“In that case I might go back home just because the area

where I live has a food market,” she said. “So the area has to have power quickly. If I don’t have power ... or hot water in my dorm, it’d be hard to survive because I cook.”

Given the amount of research projects that take place at the University, OEM will work with Rutgers Environmental Health and Safety (REHS) to ensure

none are disrupted too much, Keleman said. Ongoing projects that cannot be paused and are dependent on power will be relocated to buildings with emergency power supplies.

Other projects will be delayed or otherwise secured, he said.

“A refueling plan is in place for the generators ... to maintain emergency power,” he said.

Tech Tuesday

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

SIDDHESH DABHOLKAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

TL;DR This list provides you some of the most useful applications to improve your productivity/efficiency and help you focus on things that matter in life.

Late last summer it finally dawned on me that I had spent a lot of time thinking about technology and was researching ways to become productive, but I had never really applied these tools in my own life.

I was constantly stressed out through most of my high school career — forgetting my homework or a quiz was not an anomaly. I would procrastinate, but ironically, I also found that I rarely had time to spend on entertainment.

Enough was enough. I promised myself that I would not have these problems in college.

Cut to the present, and I’m free from most of these problems. I’m calm and rarely stressed out, because I know exactly what I need to do.

I have time to spend on things that I like, but I don’t have to sacrifice my grades. By increasing my efficiency, decreasing my stress and making more time, I found I was happier.

It takes initiative on your part to make sure that you apply these tools but it’s worth it.

1. For keeping track of your tasks: Todoist, Wunderlist, or a comparable to-do app If you don’t know what you’re doing (or what you have to do) in the day, then you’re already at a disadvantage. Even if you have a pretty good memor y, it only takes one relatively stressful day to bring your mental system to a halt. So I store all of my tasks on Todoist, which syncs to all of my devices (they have an app for iOS, Mac OS X, Android, Windows, Chrome and a Web version). I prefer the aesthetics of Todoist, but Wunderlist has some better free features, so it comes down to your personal preference.

2. For keeping track of your events: Google Calendar From your friend’s birthday to your calculus midterm, calendars are an effective tool to manage your life. An electronic calendar is simple to update (you can do it with your phone) and is easier to manage (you can usually see a day, week and month view) than a non-electronic version. I prefer Google Calendar because almost ever y calendar app (including Sunrise and Apple Calendar) can sync

Plenty of students procrastinate, but it does not have to be that way. With apps like Wunderlist, students can get back on track and organize their activities and assignments. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR with it, and it’s easier to open in ClearFocus and WasteNoTime that restricts you from going to the entertainment websites that a new tab (just sign in to calen- (add-on for your web browser) If you find yourself on Buzz- you may waste your time on. dar.google.com with your Goo5. For keeping track of your feed or Youtube after five minutes gle account) if all else fails.

3. For keeping track of your of working on your Expos essay, notes: OneNote, Evernote, Keep documents: Dropbox (or a com- these apps are essential for you. or a comparable note-taking app From writing outlines to your The Pomodoro technique realizparable cloud-storage ser vice) Apps like Dropbox allow you es that you can’t pay attention to next ingenious idea, a note-takto host your documents online, your work for long stretches of ing app, such as OneNote, is so as long as you have access time, and provides you with a set wonderful for making sure that you never lose to the internet, your work. You you can access can even upthat assignload pictures ment you for(of say, your got to print out “By increasing my efficiency, decreasing my stress Math notes), earlier. There and making more time, I found I was happier. ” and OneNote are other cloud and Evernote storage serhave handwritvices out there, ing recognilike OneDrive, tion (providiCloud, Box, ed you write Copy, Github, Google Drive, etc. that you can amount of time (~five minutes) somewhat legibly) so that pick from, each with their pros to relax (you can exercise, make you don’t have to scramble and cons. Or you can combine a sandwich, or check the news) to find those notes before ser vices and maximize your after you work for a defined set your final.

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Breast cancer thrives on vain attitudes Awareness campaigns overly concerned with female anatomy

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ctober is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Regardless of her income level, a woman should not As millions across the nation break out be made to pay for a yearly preventative exam, speciftheir pink shirts and knee high socks, the ically when it comes to such a highly publicized issue.

Comparatively, heart disease is the leading cause attention of the masses shifted to “saving the ta-ta’s.”

With “I Heart Boobies” bracelets, pink hair ribbons, of death among men and women in the United States. pink lemonade flavored 5-hour ENERGY shots and In looking at the Centers for Disease Control and more, everyone has the chance to showcase their Prevention’s most recent list of leading causes of assumed support for this terrible disease. About 1 death among women, heart disease is named as the in 8 women will be affected by breast cancer in her No. 1 killer. Released in 2013, the report lists cancer lifetime. More than 40,000 women are expected to in general as the second leading cause, but this endie from breast cancer annually. Nonetheless, breast compasses all forms of cancer: lung, breast, kidney, cancer is the most sexualized and commercialized liver, brain, pancreatic — the list is endless.

One in 4 women will die from heart disease, but disease. Reducing a woman to the worth of her secondary sexual body parts is archaic to say the least. where are the promotional products and marches to Directly branding clothing and accessories with support this cause? This can easily become a debate phrases that glorify a woman’s chest — as opposed of, “which deadly disease is the most deadly, or the to her entire person or the disease threatening to most important,” which is never the goal. But the simple fact remains that thousands ravage her body — is deplorable. of paraphernalia items exist to Buying breast-printed, pinkhued and tinted products, where “Mammograms should be support breast cancer, and the idea of saving a woman’s sexusome undisclosed amount of free ... a woman should al anatomy unnecessarily plays money might be donated to not be made to pay for a in the patriarchal mindset of breast cancer research is in no yearly preventative exam.” the masses. Wearing pink paraway the best way to support a phernalia has become more imcause. And, who is to verify that portant than raising awareness the correct amount of money is actually being donated to the cause? Awareness and supporting the cause. Such items allow the great is here. Breast cancer is a terrible disease that has majority of these theoretical supporters to exist in a claimed the lives of likely millions of women. Ev- realm of self-aggrandizing splendor.

Breast cancer is a sexy disease. In America, savery October and throughout the year, thousands of Americans walk miles upon miles to show their sup- ing the boobies or rescuing the ta-ta’s is far more port and raise money for the cause. These actions attractive than encouraging people to watch their are far more commendable than entire sports teams blood pressure and exercise to help lower their risk donning pink mouth guards and sweatbands for one of heart disease. Breast cancer awareness is a noble cause, and truly dedicating oneself to the cause is game in a 15-game season.

As of 2010, the non-profit organization Susan G. nothing short of commendable. But if you’re choosKomen, formerly named Susan G. Komen for the ing to support it, do it for the women, men, children Cure and originally named Susan G. Komen Breast and families personally affected by this destructive Cancer Foundation, has raised almost $1.5 billion disease. Do it for any family member you may have put toward research, health programs, advocacy lost and/or survivor you may know. Don’t do it beand more. Therefore, breast cancer research is one cause you think pink is a pretty color, or because you of — if not the most —well-funded disease research take a personal or sexual liking to the often soft bags projects. In that sense, mammograms should be free. of fat, tissue and cells that sit on a woman’s chest.

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Problem with slut shaming women who are self-aware COMMENTARY SONAM SHETH

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ere’s the problem with slut-shaming a woman who’s self-aware: She already knows.

Considering the fact that the word “slut” was coined to demonize women who advocate sexual activity in the same way that men do, calling someone a slut is the same as saying, “You have a lot of sex,” but in a more derogatory sense, because that person happens to have female reproductive parts. When interacting with a woman who’s aware of this double standard, taking time out of your day to call her a slut serves absolutely no purpose for you. Frankly, what you’re saying has essentially the same effect on her as it would if you went up to a car salesman and said, “Hey, you sell cars.”

Perhaps the most humorous and simultaneously disturbing aspect of these interactions is the common thread of disbelief in every man’s reaction when he sees that the woman he’s targeting is unfazed. It’s like he doesn’t know what to do with himself, because it’s almost as though he expects her to be ashamed when he calls her that. It’s as if she has every reason to feel degraded, because as a woman, she’s just committed a cardinal sin: taking control of her own sexuality.

And that’s the crux of it.

While it isn’t always explicitly said, this notion that women exist to serve the needs (sexual and otherwise) of men is ingrained

in us through the people we meet, the books we read, the movies we watch and the media we consume. We’re taught that it’s cute and attractive to be a girl who’s unaware of her value, and although confidence is sexy in a man, insecurity is sexy in a woman. All the songs we hear about girls who don’t know how attractive they are until they have a guy crooning it to them?

That’s just one example. This idea that in order to be attractive, a woman needs to be insecure and fall under a predetermined set of standards is everywhere, all the time.

Dress sexy. It’s attractive to men. But not too sexy, because then they’ll think

would dare do something without considering what a man’s opinion would be is a sure sign of insanity.

This backlash is most clear when it’s in response to a woman exercising sexual freedom. Ever y man wants a woman who appears prim and proper — pure, in other words — to the outside world, while simultaneously being a sex goddess behind closed doors for her man. It’s easy to see why men would find this fantasy attractive. It makes him feel unique, like he is a special little snowflake, because he gets to see parts of this woman that no one else gets to.

“The problem arises when people react negatively, even viciously, to a woman parting ways with the belief that she can’t be sexual — when they see her being sexual because it makes her feel good, when they see that she can have one or multiple partners without being tied down to them.” you look like a prostitute. Wear makeup to make your lashes look longer, your lips plumper and your skin rosier. But don’t wear too much, because men might see it as “false advertisement.” Hit the gym to sculpt your butt, but make sure you keep that thigh gap — men find it sexy when girls have slim legs and toned butts.

Everything is centered around what they find attractive. And when a woman strays from that establishment and decides to do things for herself, everyone suddenly gets shaken up. As if the very idea that she

And for men and women who are into that, that’s great. What your likes and dislikes are is your business, and as long as you’re happy doing what you’re doing, it’s all well and good.

The problem arises when people react negatively, even viciously, to a woman parting ways with the belief that she can’t be sexual — when they see her being sexual because it makes her feel good, when they see that she can have one or multiple partners without being tied down to them and when they see her making sexual decisions

based on what she needs and without feeling apologetic or ashamed about it. It is apparently a radical and dangerous notion that a woman can make decisions for herself, instead of worrying about what benefits men. This makes people react as if the very fabric of civilization as we know it is crumbling around us.

Which leads us back around to coining derogatory terms to represent women behaving sexually — in the same way that men do — as an attempt to shame them.

See a girl sleeping with a guy who’s not you? Slut. What about that other girl who doesn’t really seem like she sleeps with anyone? Prude. And the girl who you were so nice to, but who turned you down when you wanted to sleep with her? Queen of the dreaded friend-zone. Any girl, anywhere, at any time, who isn’t doing things according to male desire is branded with the modern day equivalent of Hester’s scarlet letter.

The next time you or someone you know reacts with contempt to a girl dressed a certain way or behaving a certain way, take a moment to think about why it’s so threatening to you. What’s so scary about her feeling good about herself? Take a step back and assess critically why it’s so important that a girl conduct herself according to these archaic rules and standards that have never applied to and will never apply to men. Give examples and show your work.

It’s due on my desk Monday morning.

Sonam Sheth is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in economics and statistics.

Actions of single devout worshipper does not mimic majority COMMENTARY ALEX HAMILTON

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read on a couple weeks ago that my friend, Henry Grabbe, was attacked in the opinions section of this paper.

That his defense of faith on a college campus was deemed “laughable.” Jonathan Finnerty, author of that article, invited open discussion on this. I would like to explain to Finnerty as well as the rest of the campus, some of what was behind Grabbe’s article.

Criticizing religion the way one criticizes policy is irresponsible. Religion, in its proper form, only affects the practitioner, not society (Catholic doctrine does not apply to me). Policy affects the population as a whole. Once laws are passed they apply equally regardless of social status.

Religion is also deeply personal. If one were to talk with multiple people who believe in different faiths, you would possibly not get a universal answer. Perhaps this was Grabbe’s point. Religion is based on that which cannot be proven, therefore

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much of modern society, including large swaths of the mainstream media, mock and ridicule religion because they fail to understand the purpose of religion.

Religion is more than belief in a series of fantastic stories. The prophet Isaiah called, “‘Comfort! Comfort my people,’ says your God.” This is the true purpose of religion. To comfort not only the practitioner, but also those around them. There

works. Simply put, belief is only half of the picture.

Saying Christians have no moral ground on which to stand because of historical atrocities is plain wrong. When we look at Pope Julius II, the Warrior Pope or the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, understand that these people speak for all of Christianity just about as much as ISIS speaks for all of Islam.

“Criticizing religion the way one criticizes policy is irresponsible. Religion, in its proper form, only affects the practitioner, not society ... Policy affects the population as a whole. Once laws are passed they apply equally regardless of social status.” are so many problems in an individual’s life, one healthy way of coping with this is through faith and practice of a religion.

I have never found a religion that fails to say: clothe the naked, feed the hungr y and comfort the downtrodden. Jews put no stock in faith alone. Catholics believe in salvation through faith and good

I resent the fact that Finnerty lumps all religious people in the same boat as the homophobic Kim Davis or that all religious people are virulent pro-lifers, who threaten to shut down the US government over abortion rights. Finnerty, you have mischaracterized the issue. You have stereotyped those who simply practice a

religion as “sectarian, genocidal tyrants.”

Religion is personal, and people will do horrible things regardless of what they use to justify their motives — religion or other wise.

The comparison of religion and politics being a “public spectacle” and “opens dialogue” misses the point of religion. Questioning faith and the belief in extraordinar y tales is only a minute part. One cannot judge a religion based on a handful of practitioners. One certainly cannot judge all the devout in the world based on the actions of the few in one religion.

Religion is a dual-edged sword. Either one can use their faith as a comfort for themselves and those around them or one can use their terrible swift sword to destroy this beautiful world. It often speaks more about the user than about the faith when one invokes the name of religion in anything.

Alex Hamilton is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in Jewish studies with minors in religion and political science. He is president of Rutgers Hillel.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

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Today’s Birthday (10/20/15). Intellectual and spiritual insights abound this year. Imagine your next decade. Write and share your discoveries.

Grow social movements and causes. Make changes next spring, pouring passion into your work, sparking personal growth. Re-evaluate what you have and want. Brilliant insights propel a work boom next autumn. Imbibe love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries ( March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Friends are a big help today and tomorrow. Unexpected breakdowns hold your focus. An illusion dissipates, and communica-

Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Enjoy some fun and relaxation today and tomorrow.

Proceed slowly or break something.

Fact and fantasy clash. Harsh

balance amid upheaval. Take a time out when necessary. You can afford to feed your crew.

Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Stay steadily on course. A formidable barrier blocks the path, so take care. Wait to see what opens up. Work with someone who sees your blind spots. Career opportunities show up today and tomorrow. Advance when you can.

Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Innovations upset the routine, although joyfully exciting.

Physical exercise reduces stress.

Care for your people. Don’t pick a

clutter. Go for clarity. Include tranquil moments in beauty. Spend time near the water.

Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Family matters need attention now. Perfect your environment. Play with long-range ideas, and dabble in elements like color, form and line. Take notes.

Chart site plans. Budget to conserve resources while nurturing your clan.

Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Emerge from your cocoon over the next two days.

Take advantage of changes. Clean up messes. Consider an older person’s feelings. Don’t try a new idea.

Give away stuff you don’t need.

Take things slow and easy.

Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Let things cook.

Your morale rises along with your income over the next few days. Work more and make more. Watch your step ... conditions seem unstable. Let

yet gracious. Manage existing responsibilities and resist temptation to accept new ones. Wait.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — There’s a solution. Wasting money is unnecessary and gives the wrong impression. Reduce insistence on getting your own way. Postpone an outing until the job is done.

Figure out what skills you lack. Focus on your goals.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Enjoy a two-day partnership phase. Spend time with an atcations. You could learn more than you wanted to know. Work interferes with play.

Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Dig into a big job. The work lous service. Focus on your work today and tomorrow. Balance chaos with peace; noise with quiet. Rely on a rigorous schedule. Get creative.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Strike out in a new direction. Follow the path directly dent over the next two days. Work out the numbers for a new personal project. Strategize. Drop old assumptions for uncharted territory.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Take a few days for peaceful planning and introspection. Putter, cook, clean and speculate. Do some daydreaming.

You know the difference between probable outcomes and fantasies.

Don’t take on new challenges yet.

Decrease stress and rest.

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MOMENTUM Rutgers leads Big Ten in goals (32), with average 2.46 goals per contest CONTINUED FROM BACK

Senior midfielder Mitchell Taintor hopes to repeat his performance from last year against Army tonight. Taintor scored the only goal in a 1-0 win. ACHINT VETA / SEPTEMBER 2015

SECONDARY Anthony Cioffi, Isaiah Wharton anchor pass defense amid injured teammates CONTINUED FROM BACK 40 yards for the game-tying touchdown. Senior placekicker Kyle Federico followed with the game-winning field goal as time expired and the biggest comeback in the history of the program (equal to the 41-38 win over Maryland in 2014, also a 25-point deficit) was complete.

But it’s not just his ability to get his hands on the football that makes Cioffi such an impact player on Saturdays. His six passes defended also rank in the top10 in the conference, but his 26 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks demonstrate that the Jonathan Dayton High School (New Jersey) product is a complete player.

At the outset of the 2015 season, Cioffi was slated to backup Delon Stephenson at the free safety position. Seven arrests and subsequent dismissals from the team forced the 6-foot, 205-pound safety into not only a starting job, but a leadership role for Rutgers, in a secondary littered with injuries and lacking in experience.

“He’s also done a good job mentoring those younger guys,” Flood said of Cioffi. “(He is) really doing it in the times where you don’t see it. He’s doing it in practice, where he might be whispering in a guy’s ear or doing it in the meeting room, when they’re

watching film and setting a great example by the way he goes about his business.”

Redshirt-freshman Isaiah Wharton has started all six games at cornerback for the Knights and he credits Cioffi for helping him to speed the learning curve in a conference chockfull of impressive wide receivers.

The wisdom imparted by the wily veteran has helped the rookie, to read opposing offenses, to the tune of two interceptions in his own right. “(Cioffi) has meant a lot to my progression,” Wharton said.

“He’s played as a true freshman so he knows how it feels to really get thrown in the fire. He’s played boundary corner, like myself … he’s an older guy now and he knows that us younger guys look up to him. So he’s been making sure we’re ready every week.”

The tests keep getting tougher every week for Rutgers at this stage in the season. After battling then-No. 4 Michigan State to the brink in a 31-24 loss Oct. 3 and then the comeback in Bloomington, the Knights now deal with an undefeated defending National Champion and No. 1 Ohio State team as they crash the Banks riding high after a 38-10 win over Penn State.

For Cioffi, the challenge is welcomed. The junior safety

aims to stick to his routine in the week leading up to the first-ever nationally televised game for Rutgers, under the light at High Point Solutions Stadium on ABC. Cioffi advocates visualization as a tool that helps him sharpen his craft both in practice and on gameday.

“I’ve been doing it for a long time, and I feel as though if you go out there and you visualize yourself doing it, you’ll go and do it,” he said.

we have to outwork them like we did against Northwestern.”

The second meeting between the teams in two years ser ves as a revival of a matchup that was played ever y season for 25 years between 1964 and 1989. The Black Knights have historically dominated their Scarlet counterparts, owning a 16-9-2 record in the all-time series and winning 14 of the first 15 meetings.

But Rutgers had the last laugh.

The boys from the Banks defeated Army 1-0 in a defensive gauntlet at Yurcak Field last fall thanks to a goal from then-junior midfielder Mitchell Taintor.

But with the way this season has been going, there may be more than a few goals in store for the fans at Clinton.

The Scarlet Knights lead the Big Ten in goals with 32 — 10 more than second-place Michigan’s tally. Rutgers has buried five or more goals in the same match five times this season, including an 8-0 thrashing of Loyola (Md.) in Piscataway.

The outpour of offense is led by the same player who took the Big Ten by storm a year ago: sophomore forward Jason Wright.

The Kingston, Jamaica, native leads the conference in goals with 11, a mark good enough to rank fourth nationally. Wright’s latest goal was the most important of the bunch, as it sealed the Knights’ win over Northwestern after the Wildcats appeared to be mounting an unlikely comeback.

Meanwhile, Wharton continues to heap praise on the quarterback of the Knights secondary, saying the veteran defensive back’s reputation precedes him on the field.

“Cioffi, ever since he’s come into Rutgers, he’s been a ball hawk,” Wharton said.

This Saturday at 8 p.m., when the Buckeyes (7-0,3-0) roll into town, Ciof fi will be at the ready. And he says the

Wright clinched Rutgers’ fourth straight win on the road, the longest such streak since the 1997 campaign. The Scarlet Knights have looked their best away from Yurcak Field.

But Rutgers’ road record will mean nothing if the Scarlet Knights don’t enter West Point ready for war.

“You know they’re going to be fit, you know they’re going to be organized. Army is more than capable of giving you problems,” head coach Dan Donigan said.

“So all I have to do is explain to our guys that we’ve gotten these great results in conference, but they’re nullified if we don’t get results against the Army’s of the world. So we certainly have to come out ready to play because Army’s gonna be ready to go.”

Playing away from home in the best form they’ve been in all season, Rutgers has the most momentum its had this year, but they remain humble and focused on winning every game, regardless of the opponent.

“We’re feeling ver y confident, as you can imagine. But a game like Army is a ver y important game where we can’t have any letdowns,” senior center back Mitch Lurie said. “We need to get to 9-4-1 and we’re ver y focused on that. We’re ver y excited to play them and ultimately continue what we’ve been doing ... Hopefully it works out the way it has the past four games.”

For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter. atmosphere just may bring a little extra juice to joselling of two Big ten foes.

“The impact of this game is crazy,” Cioffi said. “Eight o’clock kickoff, primetime, ABC, for the first time in school history. It’s gonna be a big game, and we’re all excited.”

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Potentially without true freshman Blessuan Austin (questionable, upper body), redshirt-freshman Isaiah Wharton will need to step up on defense. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

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OCTOBER 20, 2015 FIELD HOCKEY SENIORS HELP LAY FOUNDATION FOR PROGRESSION IN PISCATAWAY

Senior Knights propel program forward for future success KAYLEE POFAHL CORRESPONDENT

Many people hope to leave the places they go better than how they found it.

As the Rutgers field hockey seniors walked off the field at Bauer Track/Field Hockey Complex after the final home game of the regular season, recollection of the turbulent change and emerging progressions during their time shared in Piscataway laid bare before them.

These Scarlet Knights have seen the program through four years of momentous changes during which it has been their responsibility to set precedence for the program’s revitalization.

When Rutgers joined the eight other prestigious field hockey programs as members of the elite Big Ten conference last year, many saw the Knights as a team standing on the shoulders of giants.

This class of seniors, however, saw it as the chance to grow and prove its stature.

The veteran squad of midfielder Ali Stever, defender Carley Hawkins and forwards Katie Champion and Nicole Imbriaco has spearheaded their team through two years in one of the foremost field hockey conferences in the nation.

Though it has been an uphill battle in making a name for Rutgers and getting successful outcomes against formidable Big Ten opponents — the team is yet to capture a conference win this season — these particular Knights remain resilient to adversity and sanguine about being a part of a program steadily on the rise.

“When you go onto a team that’s building a foundation and building a culture, I think it’s hard in that you go through these games and you don’t get the outcome that you want, but I think just getting through that process is really cool to be a part of because you’re building this foundation for this program,” Imbriaco said.

Throughout its time on the Banks, this squad has combined for 221 games with a total of 40 goals and 102 points between them. The mark they’ve left on Rutgers field hockey is unprecedented and the quartet was honored at Senior Day on Sunday to celebrate their many triumphs.

After scoring her 20th career goal against Penn State, Champion is now tied for 10th on the Rutgers all-time leaderboard in both goals and points. Named a Big Ten Player to Watch this season, she leads the team with 52 total points on her career and 102 shots.

Hawkins has remained a solid force on the Knights’ back line, particularly throughout this season. Earning a start in all 15 games, the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, native plays an integral part in the Rutgers defensive unit that has shutout opponents on two different occasions this season.

Imbriaco has led an explosive senior season with three consecutive multi-goal performances.

This year alone, she has set career-highs in every offensive category and currently leads the team with 11 goals and 25 points on the season. Imbriaco also places among the top five in goals, goals per game, points and points per game in Big Ten rankings.

Named captain prior to the start of the season, Stever has been a true two-way player for Rutgers, making consistent contributions on both the Knights’ backline and in its attacking 25.

With a notable offensive presence particularly through this fall, she has set career-highs in both assists and points, and tied her career-high in goals.

Also recognized on Rutgers’ Senior Day was midfielder Alyssa Bull, who was an original member of this year’s senior class. A season-ending knee injury suffered at the start of her sophomore year led Bull to redshirt, but she has nevertheless endured the journey of donning a Knights uniform with her senior teammates and played an essential part in contributing to the team’s growth, both on and off the field.

After head coach Meredith Civico took over the reigns four years ago, her first group of freshmen made the commitment not just to Rutgers, but to the vision she had for her program.

The Knights have won at least nine games in each season under Civico’s coaching. While the process of building up the program in still underway, the team moves forward on the projected path to becoming a conference powerhouse as its development steadily continues.

Numbers and statistics aside, much of the success Rutgers has reached so far can be credited to the team dynamic that has been fostered through the passion of its veteran leadership.

“I think the culture and the environment we’ve established with this group of players is remarkable and so much of that I credit to the seniors this year,” Civico said. “They love this program and they’re so proud of it. The group of them would do anything for their teammates and for the program, which is really exciting to see.”

There is great sacrifice that comes with the decision to

Senior midfielder Ali Stever has started 62 of the 68 games played throughout her career on the Banks. The co-captain headlines a strong senior cast. RUOXUAN YANG / SEPTEMBER 2015 spearhead a new venture rather than joining the ranks of longheld traditions.

For the senior Knights, the rewards of their decisions far exceed the risks.

“They’re some shining examples in there of what happens when you work hard and you don’t give up and you keep pushing.”

MEREDITH CIVICO Head Coach

“It’s definitely a rollercoaster at some points, but it’s exciting to be a part of it,” Stever said. “I think that if the program continues the way that it’s going and they continue to fix things, it’s gonna be awesome to say that I was a part

of that — that I helped them get to where they are in the future.”

So much of Rutgers’ progression is dependent on the atmosphere that has been cultivated and subsists day in and day out within the team.

As this year’s senior Knights move for ward in their athletic, academic and professional careers and the field hockey program continues in its evolution, change will be a constant factor.

But the dual influence they’ve had on one another will remain.

“They’re such a good group and I’m really proud of them all and really grateful for ever ything they’ve done for the program,” Civico said. “I think a lot of it has to do with just the quality of people that they are. They are just truly selfless. They’ve been instrumental in creating the environment and the culture that is

Rutgers field hockey. That’s big moving for ward.”

The impact of these seniors and the enhancements they’ve prompted is pervading not only to their underclassmen teammates but to potential future Knights as well.

Excitement about the potential for Rutgers field hockey now grows from the seed planted by this distinguished class of athletes.

“There’s high school athletes that want to come here because of the team and because of the culture and the chemistry and they’ve been a huge part of that.

They’re a truly special group,” Civico said. “I think they’re some shining examples in there of what happens when you work hard and you don’t give up and you keep pushing.”

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Senior forward Nicole Imbriaco leads the Rutgers attack on offense with 11 goals on the season. She set career-highs in for every offensive category since beginning her final season on the Banks. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015

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OCTOBER 20, 2015 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK 6 STARTERS ON INJURY REPORT FOR RUTGERS WITH NO. 1 OSU LOOMING SATURDAY

Rutgers hobbles into Ohio State game prep with injuries GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

Despite the surge of momentum snatched from last Saturday’s 55-52 comeback victory at Indiana, the Rutgers football team is far from being in a great state heading into what expects to be the tallest task of the season by far.

With the No. 1 team in all of college football entering Piscataway as the Scarlet Knights (3-3, 1-2) prepare for Ohio State (7-0, 3-0) on Saturday at High Point Solutions Stadium, Rutgers hobbles back home.

As far as the latest injur y report released by head coach Kyle Flood is concerned, 15 Knights are either listed as questionable or probable to begin the week of practice. All six players listed as probable or questionable are starters.

Senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo (questionable, lower body), junior wide out Janarion Grant (questionable, lower body), junior weak side linebacker Steve Longa (probable, lower body injur y), senior middle linebacker Kaiwan Lewis (questionable, upper body) headline the laundr y list of players in question with the defending National Champions looming later in the week.

It doesn’t help with a team in Ohio State coming in full throttle with a 20 consecutive wins, the longest active streak in the nation.

“They have got a lot of very talented football players, very wellcoached, physical football team that runs really well, and a team I believe that’s won 27 straight Big Ten regular-season games,” Flood said of the No. 1 Buckeyes. “So we’ve got a tremendous challenge.”

While Carroo assured he would “definitely” play when OSU come to town, Flood’s report raises the question of how much — if at all — the Big Ten’s leading receiver will be available when the lights turn on and a nationally-televised audience tunes in for the primetime 8 p.m. matchup on ABC Network.

In his last time out, Carroo continued his unprecedented tear with his third game of three receiving touchdowns when he hauled in seven passes for 157 yards against the Hoosiers last Saturday in Bloomington.

But with the Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey) product’s status in question, that once

“(Carlton Agudosi) did exactly what we tell every player to do: You have to be ready when your number is called.”

KYLE FLOOD Head Coach

again means more first team reps from junior wide receiver Carlton Agudosi.

When Carroo left late in the third quarter following his third touchdown catch of the game, Agudosi filled in admirably at the “X” receiver spot down the stretch of the comeback victory with 72 yards on three receptions and a long of 40.

As he has stated dating all the way back to the beginning of training camp in August, Flood feels confident in the depth of his unit.

Evidently, that is especially true with Agudosi.

“Carlton (Agudosi) did a good job. He did exactly what we tell every player to do: You have to be ready when your number is called ... you’ve gotta be ready to go in and perform like a starter — and Carlton did that on Saturday,” Flood said. “That’s maybe one of the best examples that I’ve been around of a guy being ready and then going in and performing at a high level, making an explosive play, giving us an opportunity to kick that field goal on the last drive.”

For Chris Laviano, who connected with Carroo on all three of his touchdown passes, the 6-foot6, 220-pound target in Agudosi provides the sophomore quarterback a comfortable option in the next-man-up receiver core.

“Leonte (Carroo) played a great game for as a long as he was in, but Carlton (Agudosi) makes plays,” Laviano said on Saturday. “It’s no surprise. Me and Carlton have been hooking up since I first put on cleats at Rutgers. Carlton’s been one of my closest friends and so has Leonte, so we expected Carlton to make plays and that’s exactly what he did. He had some key first downs for us in the fourth quarter and then obviously that big catch down the field to set up sophomore running back Rob Martin’s) touchdown.”

After watching his teammates fall short in Rutgers’ near-upset of then-No. 4 Michigan State, Agudosi told reporters last Monday that he felt as if he deserved to play.

During Carroo’s month-long absence, Agudosi served as the team’s leading receiver with nine receptions for 108 yards and his first career touchdown.

Many have been waiting for the four th-year wide out to

Head coach Kyle Flood listed six starters on the team’s injury report Monday. Rutgers limps into its biggest game yet with No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

Junior wide receiver Carlton Agudosi had an immediate impact in Leonte Carroo’s absence at Indiana with 72 receiving yards.

EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

finally breakthrough after his long frame and raw physical features brought comparisons to former Knight Brandon Coleman — and he showed glimpses of that long-awaited progression in both star ts.

While it doesn’t come with the circumstances he had hoped for, Agudosi maintains the mentality that he can keep the passing game afloat if and when he does line up wide of Laviano.

“My mindset doesn’t change.

I have to have a great week of practice,” Agudosi said. “I’ve gotta prepare every week, every day in practice to go out there just in case he goes down, he can’t go and my number’s called. So I’m just gonna go out there and attack every day in practice and go out there and try to perform well in practice so it carries over to Saturday.” *** Just when the Rutgers secondary looked as if it couldn’t get any thinner, two more defensive backs fell to the injury report.

Both strong safeties on the Knights’ two-deep depth chart, junior Davon Jacobs and redshirt-freshman Kiy Hester, entered last Saturday’s game at Indiana listed as probable and questionable, respectively.

After making the start, Jacobs (questionable, upper body) left the game early on and did not return. Then, Hester — one week removed from his first career interception in a play that landed him on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays — was slow to get up after a play in the second half.

While Rutgers somehow managed to intercept Nate Sudfeld twice and turn the tables for the eventual 25-point comeback over the Hoosiers, it would be hard to imagine the secondary faring anywhere near as well without either ball hawk when Ohio State and its spread offense takes the field Saturday night.

Although Hester didn’t appear on the updated injury report for Monday, Flood said true freshman Najee Clayton could be on the cusp of playing time behind Jacobs, Hester and sophomore

Andre Hunt on the depth chart but that the evaluation will ultimately have to come later on in the week.

“I think Najee (Clayton) is getting close,” he said. “Najee is a guy that I think at some point this season, we’re going to see him on the field and see him play.”

That doesn’t even cover the status of Blessuan Austin. After starting all six games of the first season at cornerback as a true freshman, Austin (questionable, upper body) left the game and did not return when he appeared to have taken a knee to the head from Longa in a dog pile at the end of a play in the second half.

If the Queens, New York, native is a no-go for the weekend, fellow true freshman Jarius Adams would be next in line. Flood also mentioned the possibility of junior walk-on Brian Verbitski or true freshman Najee Clayton seeing game action.

Despite receiving spurts of playing time at corner and filling in Austin at Indiana, the combination of question marks between two key position in the secondary is alarming with the likes of JT Barrett, Cardale Jones and Ezekiel Elliot headlining Urban Meyer’s prolific spread offense filled with playmakers.

But for now, all Rutgers can do is wait and see. ESPN’s Joe Schad reported on Monday that Buckeyes personnel were strongly considering starting Barrett for Saturday night.

While Barrett and Jones have largely split time in Meyer’s experiment of a two-quarterback system, Flood said the Knights will be getting ready for whoever.

“I think it’s become very evident you better prepare for both of them,” Flood said. “JT(Barrett) runs around a little bit more … he’s playing a little bit more as the season’s gone on, but (Barrett and Jones are) certainly excellent players with a little bit different skillsets. But when they come in the game, you better be ready to defend the both of them.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think a lot of it has to do with just the quality of people that they are ... They’ve been instrumental in creating the environment and the culture that is Rutgers field hockey.”

— Rutgers head field hockey coach Meredith Civico on this year’s senior class

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Rutgers relies on junior to lead secondary KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

A ball hawk is defined as one who is skillful in taking the ball away from opponents, according to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary.

After collecting the eighth forced-turnover (five interceptions, three forced fumbles) of his collegiate career last Saturday against Indiana, it would be difficult to find a more appropriate label for Anthony Cioffi’s on-field persona.

The starting free safety for the Rutgers football team raised his season’s total to three interceptions in the Scarlet Knights’ wild, 55-52 come-from-behind win over the Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, vaulting him into a tie for second (18th in the nation) in the vaunted Big Ten Conference’s statistical category.

Head coach Kyle Flood boasted that it was Cioffi’s ball hawk mentality that prompted a position change for the Springfield, New Jersey, native last spring from boundary cornerback inside to free safety.

“One of the reasons we moved (Cioffi) to the safety position was to give him the opportunity to make more plays on the ball,” Flood said at his weekly press conference on Monday. “He’s got excellent range. He’s also a guy who seems to be around the ball, whether it’s on special teams or on defense.

He’s done a good job at that, and he’s been productive this year.”

With the Knights (3-3, 1-2) trailing, 52-46, and 9:26 remaining on the game clock, Cioffi picked off a pass from Indiana quarterback Nate Sudfield on a deep throw down the middle of the field to give Rutgers back the rock and an opportunity to take the lead.

Cioffi is quick to credit his coaching staff and his reads for presenting the opportunity to make the pick, but he does concede that there is an instinctual aspect to intercepting an opposing quarterback.

“It’s big,” he said of making interceptions.

“It’s a huge momentum swing for us and it’s something that we need at a crucial point.

Once you get a turnover, it really ignites everybody and it gets that fire burning.”

Five plays later, that fire was lit when senior running back Paul James rumbled As the secondary decreases, Anthony Cioffi’s role for the Rutgers defense increases. The junior free safety serves as leader of a unit that has been plagued with dismissals and injuries throughout the course of the 2015 season. RUOXUAN YANG / SEPTEMBER 2015

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MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS-ARMY, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

RU rides momentum into West Point BRIAN FONSECA ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Rinse and repeat.

After moving into a tie atop the Big Ten standings as a result of its exhilarating 4-2 win over Northwestern Friday night — until Ohio State’s 2-0 win over Wisconsin placed

the Buckeyes into first — the Rutgers men’s soccer team will take yet another break from Big Ten play for a midweek matchup.

The Scarlet Knights (8-4-1, 3-3-0) will play their four th Tuesday night non-conference game in as many weeks tonight as they travel up to West Point to face Army (3-4-4).

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Owning a four-game winning streak and being within a point of first place of a Power Five conference has the spirits in the Scarlet Knights’ camp high, but they won’t allow themselves to underestimate their next opponent.

“I expect the same result as we’ve gotten the last four games. It should be a win for us,”

junior goalkeeper David Greczek said. “But … that doesn’t mean that we have to go in there thinking, ‘We just beat Northwestern, we’re first in the conference, this should be a game in the bag.’ I think we all, as a team, know Army’s a very good team. They work hard and SEE MOMENTUM ON PAGE 13

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sophomore quarterback, remains atop the Big Ten in completion percentage after his fifth career start for the Rutgers football team. Laviano went 28-of-42 with 386 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday’s 55-52 win at Indiana.

MEN’S SOCCER at Army Tonight, 7 p.m., West Point, N.Y.

VOLLEYBALL vs. Maryland Wednesday, 7 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.

FIELD HOCKEY at American Friday, 3 p.m., Washington D.C.

WOMEN’S SOCCER vs. Minnesota Friday, 7 p.m., Yurcak Field