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Rutgers will open ‘One-Stop Shop’ for non-academic services in next 2 years Chloe Dopico Associate News Editor
The University plans to open “One-Stop Shop” service center where students can access financial aid, student accounting, parking services and transcripts. JEFFREY GOMEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
As a part of the University’s Strategic Plan, Rutgers announced they intend to revamp financial aid to eventually create a “One-Stop Shop,” where the Rutgers community can go to one location for all student services. The plan was initiated as a result of the University’s efforts to improve the student experience, said Neal Buccino, a University spokesperson. Buccino said students described a “pain point” as having to go from office to office, dealing with long lines and not reaching the right person to solve their problem. The University garnered results from a sur vey to find out what types of problems students were encountering.
Rutgers administrators hope to have the “One-Stop Shop” open by Summer 2019, he said. “Rutgers University—New Brunswick will build a ‘One-Stop Shop’ student service center on the present site of ASB1 on the Busch campus. ‘One-Stop Shops’ will eventually be built on all Rutgers campuses. This facility will be students’ focal point for answers or resolutions to non-academic services, such as financial aid, student accounting, parking matters or obtaining transcripts. This should significantly improve students’ experience,” Buccino said. Records Hall is currently the location for the Office of Dining Ser vices, main ser vices for facilities, financial aid, student accounting and the Office of Information Technology. Most students handle registration online.
Anarchists meet for 45th annual discussion at U. Stephen Weiss Associate News Editor
Last Friday, a group of progressive-minded people gathered in Alexander Library for the 45th annual Friends of the Modern School meeting and discussed alternatives to the conventional form of education. The Modern School was a democratic school and anarchist community located in the North Stelton area of Piscataway Township from 1915 to 1953. The Modern School provided an alternative to regular education and encouraged its students to be creative and self-reliant, according to the website. The school was based on the principles of a Spanish anarchist named Francisco Ferrer, who founded the first Modern School in Barcelona in 1901. In 1973, the Friends of the Modern School organization was established to celebrate and preser ve this legacy. One of the Friends of the Modern School’s first projects was the donation of the archives from the Modern School to Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers. According to the event’s Facebook page, Alexander Library, which is about 3 miles from the location of The Stelton Modern School, now contains the largest available collection of archival materials about the Modern Schools. One of the speakers at the event was Vivian Gornick, a wellknown writer who wrote a book in 2011 about Emma Goldman and how she helped found the Ferrer
Association which led to the organization of the Modern School. She has written for Village Voice, The Nation, The Atlantic and The New York Times. The other two speakers were Alexander Hilerio, a Rutgers alumnus who made a short film about the Modern School and Ferrer Colony, and Alex Khost, the vice president of Friends of the Modern School and an adamant children’s rights advocate and activist. Khost founded the Teddy McArdle Free School and cofounded Playground NYC, which is a nonprofit organization advocating for young people’s rights by providing physical environments that encourage risk-taking and experimentation through self-directed play, according to the website. According to the CDC, more than 6 percent of young people between the ages of 4-17 take medication to treat ADHD. “It’s funny because a lot of people come up to me and they’re like, ‘you’re crazy doing this with your kids,’ and I’m like, ‘no, what’s crazy is pumping your kids full of drugs to keep them in their seats.’ If you step back and look at it as not what most people are doing, the school model that looks crazy is actually the model that most people are doing,” Khost said. “I think that we really not to stop and look at what we’re doing to kids today. See how pent up and how depressed and anxious people are. And so much of that is because they don’t feel control over their own lives.”
Buccino said this building has limited parking and needs extensive repairs. In an interview with New Brunswick Chancellor Debasish Dutta, he outlined his plans for the “One-Stop Shop” and how the new initiative will impact students. “All student-related ser vices will be available — financial aid, registration, accounting, ever ything you utilize and now you have to go to multiple campuses for, will be available in one stop, in one facility,” Dutta said. “And more importantly, we are going to design it in a way so that it is the most mobile-friendly that it can be. Essentially, you can have online access to as many things as you can.” See SERVICES on Page 4
Race for governor will decide future of NJ property taxes Kayon Amos Staff Writer
to work on,” Khost said. “And therefore they become more responsible for their own lives and grow up more responsible.” Khost graduated from Rutgers in 1997 and said that since he had never been able to make a lot of his own decisions before college his new-found freedom led to irresponsible decisions. Khost said that a book his father gave him in high school, “Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing,” changed his perspective on conventional schooling.
New Jersey is consistently the state with the highest property taxes, according to NJ Advanced Media. With the gubernatorial election set to take place on Nov. 7, many are hoping the new governor may be able to change that. The Republican candidate is Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and the Democratic candidate is Phil Murphy. Murphy’s tax plan has been a key focus of the race. Guadagno has badgered him on it and has said that while he will raise taxes, she will cut them. But, Murphy has said the $1.3 billion increase will spare the middle class and instead hike taxes on wealthy residents, including taxes on legalized marijuana and close corporate tax loopholes, according to NJ Advanced Media. Guadagno calls her tax plan a “circuit-breaker” — which would reduce the amount homeowners pay on the school portion of their property-tax bill to 5 percent of their household income. Homeowners would receive a credit of up to $3,000 for any amount above that 5 percent threshold, according to NJ Advanced Media. Low education funding for grades K-12 is one of the reasons for New Jersey’s high property taxes, said Derek Roseman, a spokesman for Murphy’s campaign.
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For the last 45 years, progressive individuals have met to preserve the legacy of the Modern School — an anarchist community that used to exist near Rutgers. MALAIKA JAWED Among undergraduate college students today, 62 percent report feeling overwhelming anxiety as a result of being overworked in the conventional school system, according to The New York Times The idea behind free schools is trusting children to make their own decisions about their own lives, he said. This will, in turn, allow young people to grow into more responsible adults. “They learn how to negotiate, they learn their own interests and skills, they learn their strengths and weaknesses and what they want
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Helyar House has eased financial burden at U. since 1963 Erica D’Costa Staff Writer
With tuition and living cost expenses increasing ever y year, many students might find themselves struggling to make ends meet. According to the Rutgers housing website, on-campus living can soar as high as $13,000 for a year. This leaves some students with no option but to either commute, take out massive student loans or drop out. The Helyar House is a residential house on campus that gives financially handicapped students in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences a special opportunity to live on campus at a reduced living cost. The idea of this living space arose in the 1930s when many students were struggling to finance their living expenses at Rutgers and started doing odd jobs around campus to support themselves. The farm located on Cook campus created many work opportunities, such as cleaning the stables and feeding and caring for the animals. Agriculture Professor Frank Helyar saw the situation as an opportunity to give students room and board in exchange for their labor on the farm and maintenance of the house. The house was later named the Helyar House in honor of Helyar. Since then, it has become a distinctive, community-driven residence hall on campus. “It’s a unique opportunity. It’s very different from normal student housing,” said Joseph Ventola, a member of the advisory Students struggling with the cost of on campus housing have found solace in Helyar House, a residential house on Cook campus that board of the School of Environ- gives students in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences an opportunity to live on campus at a reduced cost. DANTE DE LA PAVA mental and Biological Sciences. It is a high corporate living students residing there, and 12 “They get a chance to learn a “The alumni go on (to) be very interpersonal and communienvironment for students with new students are accepted every successful,” Ventola said. cation skills they can use after lot of conflict resolution and leadhigh financial needs, Ventola school year. Students of any year Because it is such a strong graduation in real-world expe- ership skills and get a chance to said. Students work together to within the School of Environmen- community-driven, self-govern- riences, said Helyar House’s be a member of the Rutgers comsustain the house themselves tal and Biological Sciences can ap- ing living environment, resi- Residence Life Coordinator munity without being burdened by sharing cooking and clean- ply, according to the website. financially,” he said. dents there learn extraordinar y John Leciejewsk. During their time there, these ing responsibilities. In exchange, they save more School of Environmental and Biothan $3,000 on tuition and more logical Sciences students have the than $5,000 on housing and meal opportunity to engage in the work plans, totaling to more than $8,000 around the farm and to learn more deducted from their term bill, ac- about their field of study. There is a greenhouse cording to the and a chicken School of Envion the ronmental and “(They) get a chance to coop farm that stuBiological Scibe a member of the dents are enences website. couraged to visEven though Rutgers community it, Ventola said. it is primarily In addistudent run, without being burdened tion to taking there are resfinancially.” on chore reident assissponsibilities, tants, a house john leciejewski residents are president and Residence Life Coordinator for the required to counselors on Helyar House partake in a site to oversee given number the functions of hours of of the house. “Helyar House is supervised community service during their and staffed by a Rutgers resident first two years of residency. In counselor, and students abide by their last two years, they are rethe rules and regulations of Rut- quired to do an internship in their gers housing,” according to the field of study that will prepare School of Environmental and Bio- them for post-graduation. The Helyar House will be celebratlogical Sciences website. This style of housing tradi- ing its 50-year anniversary on Sept. tion at Rutgers was officially es- 22, 2018. Ventola said there will be a tablished in 1968 and has been big celebration where the alumni will successful since. There are 40 come back to honor the house.
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DISCUSSION Established in 1973, Friends of the Modern School has donated archives to Rutgers continued from front “It just stuck with me and I became a teacher,” he said. “I decided to open my own school when my son was 1 year old, and I was starting to think ahead about what he was going to do for school, and so what I did was I studied the models that I knew at the time.” Khost said there are many different ways to carry out alternative forms of education and self-direction, such as individualistic forms where students would focus on independent freedom or communal freedom where the students make decisions as a group, which is also called a democratic school. The form he originally knew of was free schools, which in the United States was a part of the 1960s hippie movement, he said. There would be school meetings where the children vote on things. “The model I used (to found the Teddy McArdle school) had a kind of judicial committee where if somebody broke a rule, the kids talk about like, ‘okay, this person broke the rule. What do we do about it?’” he said. “‘If they’ve broken the rule 20 times, what do we do about it?’” Khost said that in terms of classes, the kids were allowed to propose their own ideas for subjects and could pick from which they would like to participate in. “Usually these schools are small, they’re like 20 to 80 kids in a school,” he said. “My kids’ school in New York has 35 kids in
it, and four facilitators, they call it facilitators instead of teachers.” In some places across the world, free schools are much more common. Khost said that the small countr y of Israel has 40 of them and that some of those schools have up to 300 or 400 kids. There are some universities that are run democratically, Khost said. Doing so is difficult because students arrive at these universities already having experienced years of conventional schooling. “I did my junior year abroad here, I went to Reddington in England, which was not at all like this type of education,” he said. Khost said that while studying abroad he had a class where the professor created a syllabus and then asked each student to choose a week with a topic that interested them and present on it. “So much of what we do, especially in like the 101 classes (at Rutgers), is just somebody sitting there talking at you, rather than engaging and making it meaningful,” he said. “The more you can make it meaningful where you’re not just learning something but you’re actually able to make an impact, you’re actually going and doing something …” Universities should think about how they can make the classroom setting more engaging for their students, Khost said. “It’s funny because a lot of people come up to me and they’re like, ‘you’re crazy doing this with your kids,’ and I’m like, ‘no, what’s crazy is pumping your kids full of drugs to keep them in their seats,’”
he said. “If you step back and look at it as not what most people are doing, the school model that looks crazy is actually the model that most people are doing. I think that we really need to stop and look at what we’re doing to kids today. See how pent up and how depressed and anxious people are. And so much of that is because they don’t feel control over their own lives.” Nick Welna is a student at Teacher’s College in Manhattan and found out about the event through interested friends. “I came because I read a lot about Ferrer and the Modern School and wanted to see what it was like to actually meet people
“Children are natural learners, and modern brain research has shown that that is true.” Jerry mintz Voice in the Alternative School Movement
who went through that experience rather than just read in the history books, and also to find out what could be possible both inside and outside of public schools today,” Welna said. He said in his experience as a teacher, the general principles of operating without hierarchy, using more cooperation and relying less on coercion in the learning process are things that are considerably more helpful. Anarchism is a fascinating political philosophy overall, Welna said. It manages to give guidance without enforcing dogmas. “I mean I taught for five years in public schools and I think we
are living in a time right now where teachers really try to use force and pressure to get their students to cooperate, especially in low-income schools, and I think we need to stop that,” he said. “I think there are a lot of other ways to get kids to learn things and I think that anarchism provides a really useful framework at a time when the rest of our society says, ‘no, just use rewards, use punishments, trick them into learning.’” Welna said people have to answer the question of how to apply principles from free schools to conventional life and education for themselves and that, for him, the learning process is a lot about following and walking a path that others have already been down. “There’s a lot of path walking that is done without respecting to autonomy of the followers of the next generation following in the footsteps, and I think that what’s cool about the anarchist tradition and about the work that these people did in particular at (the Modern School), is it seeks to maximize the freedom and autonomy of the people who are following in the footsteps of their teachers,” he said. Jerry Mintz, who has been a leading voice in the alternative school movement for more than 30 years, attended the event. In 1989, he founded the Alternative Education Resource Organization and since then has served as its director He said he first heard about the Modern School Movement from Nellie Dick, an instrumental member in the start of the movement,
when she was 96 years old. He made a documentary with her, and has also made videos of about 20 other modern school reunions. “The problem with the public school system is it’s kind of based on sort of an 1875 industrial model which was what it was designed for, so the basic approach uses a paradigm which is totally discredited, which is that kids, or people, are not natural learners but need to be forced to learn,” he said. Mintz said the University, along with around 97 percent of other public schools, take the aforementioned approach. “What people involved in radical education believe shouldn’t be considered so radical,” he said. “Children are natural learners, and modern brain research has shown that that is true.” School Starters is an online course administered through the Alternative Education Resource Organization, and it helps people all over the world start new alternative schools step-by-step. The organization has started more than 100 new alternative schools. Mintz said that at the event, he spoke with a man who has a 3-year-old child and wants to start his own homeschool resource center and is joining the School Starters course. “It is very difficult to do a public school with this philosophy now, but hopefully it will be changing,” he said. “(Rutgers students) should consider themselves lucky to have the archive of the Modern School here because it was leading the way, really, into the 20th century, to make this approach one that people knew about.”
SERVICES As planning moves forward, Rutgers will increase its online presence with mobile applications continued from front He said having a singular location for all non-academic services will alter the student experience greatly. “The frustration will be reduced significantly. Now, in the meantime, since it is still 12-18 months away, I have talked to Cour tney McAnuf f, who is now the vice chancellor for enrollment management. We will tr y to improve our ser vices, we will tr y to be more responsive ... and hopefully, we’ll be able to address it much before the ‘One-Stop Shop’ online. But the ‘One-Stop Shop’ will truly be transformative,” he said. “If it is as we think it should be, I feel the student experience and all the administrative matters will be significantly dif ferent and much better.” The “One-Stop Shop” on Busch campus will be a significant improvement, with sufficient parking for visitors and access to the bus system, Buccino said. Buccino also said that the University will create more mobile applications for these ser vices to provide students with a wider variety of self-ser vice options. The process to create the “One-Stop Shop” has already begun, Buccino said. The University has sent teams to several universities to identify the best working models and has plans to hire a director for the “OneStop Shop.”
In addition to the “One-Stop Shop,” the University plans to enhance the online experience for financial aid. “(Online presence) will be a significant part of (the renovations). It will be one facility for the entire New Brunswick campus, and I do think it will be more efficient in terms of processing the student requests. Now, again, I don’t want to be saying ‘I’m new, I don’t know’ and use that as an excuse, but what I’ve been told and as you’re hearing, the ‘One-Stop Shop’ does not exist now … There are ser vices that are not a part of it …,” Dutta said. Enhancements to online services will include self-ser vice mobile applications for financial aid, student accounting and registration. Dutta said as many services as possible will be online. Additional updates to student experience include implementation of significant changes in staff training, greater emphasis on customer service and the ability to resolve student concerns, Buccino said. “Chancellor Dutta is focused on ensuring that students are suppor ted both inside and outside the classroom. Helping to reduce students’ dif ficulty with and time spent resolving non-academic issues will contribute to their ability to focus on academic success,” Buccino said.
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TAXES Murphy says higher taxes on marijuana, wealthy residents will spare middle class ally ranks third or four th nationally in education, spend“New Jersey is the most expen- ing just under $18,000 per sive housing marking and again student and ranks in the this points to the failure of Chris top three in K-12 education Christie and Kim Guadagno, to achievement, according to meaningfully impact the property news.rutgers.edu. Murphy’s goal is to properly tax crisis in New Jersey,” Rosefund New Jersey public schools man said. Just like everyone, students to hopefully improve the property who rent off-campus housing are taxes crisis. “Property taxes affect students equally impacted by high properat a very basic level, in terms of ty taxes. “Rising property taxes im- their earliest ways of education, property taxes pact everyare the primaone, whether ry way that they are a K-12 education home-owner or “Whoever wins, I just is funded in renter because New Jersey, if someone’s hope they can unfor tunately a renter then significantly lower the what this adthose costs get ministration pushed off to property taxes.” has done is unthe renters,” derfund K-12 Roseman said. Hana kim by more than “Under (ChrisRutgers Buisness School Junior $9 million so tie), property the first task taxes are still is to properup 17 percent, ly fund our our public schools are under-funded, our public schools and every dollar communities are under-funded, that gets returned to our public because of that property taxpay- schools is a dollar which properers are paying more and more to ty taxpayers do not have to pay,” get less and less. That definitely Roseman said. Local governments, counimpacts students as well.” Slightly more than half of ties and municipalities depend all proper ty taxes collected in largely on property taxes to pay the state go toward education. their expenses. Municipalities Accordingly, New Jersey usu- in the state cannot levy local continued from front
For the last decade, New Jersey residents have paid the highest property taxes in the nation, but both candidates in the gubernatorial election have proposed plans that intend to reform state taxes. PIXABAY income or sales taxes, according to news.rutgers.edu. “Property taxes are the most unkind tax because they don’t take into account whatsoever a person’s ability to pay and unfortunately under Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno the
middle class and seniors have been left behind by policies that have only benefited the wealthiest and biggest corporations,” Roseman said. What Murphy wants to do is create a system where the middle-class seniors receive real
property tax relief and New Jersey begins to finally move away from the policies of the last eight years, Roseman said. “Whoever wins, I just hope they can significantly lower the property taxes,” said Hana Kim, a Rutgers Business School junior.
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Current response to opioid crisis is lacking A HEALTHY DOSE OF JUSTICE JAKE WASSERMAN
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ccurately capturing the extent of America’s opioid crisis is a challenging task. Even as headlines like “The First Count of Fentanyl Deaths in 2016: Up 540 percent in Three Years” fill the media landscape, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report from April 2017 indicated that opioid-related deaths may still be understated. Regardless of data discrepancies, there is no doubt that substance abuse is making America gravely ill, and action needs to be taken in order to prevent further suffering and death. On Oct. 26, President Donald J. Trump declared the opioid crisis as a “public health emergency,” which sounds much more impactful than it actually is. Declaration of a public health emergency allows the Trump administration to accelerate temporary appointments to handle the opioid crisis, work with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to expand telemedicine access for certain groups and provide new flexibilities within HIV/AIDS programs. Trump’s declaration provides no additional funding for the federal government to be able to accelerate efforts to combat opioid deaths, despite urging from the White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis to declare a “national emergency” under the Public Health Service Act or the Stafford Act. If the Trump administration had declared a national emergency, they would have had access to funding from emergency response budgets, removed barriers for access to lifesaving prescriptions and nationwide distribution of Naloxone by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The opioid crisis is complicated by the fact that it involves both heroin, an illegal substance, and prescription painkillers that are legal when ordered for use by a doctor. The introduction of fentanyl, a synthetic opiate that is 50 times more potent than heroin, into the illegal market in 2014 dramatically increased opioid-related deaths. Initially, the epidemic was rooted in over-prescription of opioids for acute and chronic pain, though deaths from prescriptions have leveled since around 2011. With a multi-pronged etiology that resulted in the worst drug crisis in American history, any silver bullet fix to slow the impact of the opioid crisis and save people from untimely death is a far-fetched dream. I believe this warrants discussion of a few fundamental problems with the way that we handle substance abuse in the United States. A blurred line divides criminalization and medicalization when handling drug problems, with neither side being sufficient enough to distribute wellness across the large swaths of America that are directly or indirectly suffering from addiction. On one side, insurers like UnitedHealthcare have limited drugs that they will cover, eliminating less addictive options and forcing consumers to have to purchase opioid painkillers for chronic pain. In doing so, insurers save money at the expense of people’s lives and risk forcing them to take illicit drugs for pain management. Additionally, 30 percent of non-elderly adults suffering from opioid addiction are covered by Medicaid, indicating an inherent contradiction between the Trump administration’s prioritization of stopping the opioid crisis and their continued attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with the expansion of Medicaid. On the other side, there are contradictions within the way that we criminalize addiction. In a 2016 op-ed, Yeshiva University Professor Ekow Yankah wrote on the historical differences in drug policy as it relates to race, “White heroin addicts get overdose treatment, rehabilitation and reincorporation, a system that will be there for them again and again and again. Black drug users got jail cells and ‘Just Say No,’” indicating that the greater attention on the opioid crisis is reflective of a society that places weighted value on the lives of individuals and communities by the color of their skin. Due to this, evidence shows that death rates from opioid use have increased among Black people, Hispanics and Native Americans since 2010. The lack of prioritization on treatment and rehabilitation in the 1970s and 1980s epidemics of heroin and crack cocaine, in contrast to the newfound holistic approaches to tackling the opioid crisis, holds distinct racial undertones that ought to be recognized. I do not claim to know what the solutions to the opioid crisis are, but what I do know is that our current response is insufficient to prevent further death and suffering as a result of opioid usage. In order to bolster a coordinated, cross-sectoral response to decrease overdose deaths, increased funding is going to be required, as well as a renewed sense that it is the responsibility of the healthcare community and the justice system. Jake Wasserman is a Bloustein School senior majoring in public health with a minor in cognitive science. His column, “A Healthy Dose of Justice” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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Yes, Rutgers succeeds in allowing students to utgers University can be considered many different things in terms of its atmosphere speak their minds, but this is just the first step in on campus. But one thing that the Universi- creating a campus that is welcoming to all. Getting ty’s students may not realize is how advanced the students to speak up is good, but this is only true if University is in terms of garnering conversation the conversation had is one that is meant to move the and speech on campus by students. Sometimes it University forward and improve it. This specification is important because although takes an outside look to realize how progressive the Rutgers may be motivating more conversation University is. According to The College Fix, the Cornell Uni- among its community than other institutions, not all versity Assembly attempted to hold a forum to open of what is being said should be said. The conversation about what types of discusup conversation about Cornell’s speech code. The word “attempted” is used here, because represen- sions should be “permitted” is always tricky, as tatives from the school stated how “disheartening” many consider this an infringement of our First the “lack of attendance” at the forum was. Repre- Amendment rights. But much of what is happensentatives from the university said this was telling ing at Rutgers has indicated that some rules are in of how uninvolved some students are when it comes need of being specified. If an institution that is known for encouraging conto implementing change. versation is one that A similar type is still investigating a of event was held professor for anti-Sehere at Rutgers “It is also something that the University mitic posts online or as part of national being plastered in Free Speech Week should perhaps look into doing for its white supremacy adtwo weeks earlier. own campus.” vocacy posters, then Although this event there is an obvious focused more on need for action to be speakers talking to students about hate speech and possible solutions taken. Although Cornell’s debate did not bring out to it, its adequate attendance is a testament to how the turnout it had hoped for, its decision to bring students at Rutgers are very much involved in these the conversation of what type of speech should be matters. The same can even be said about the “Un- allowed is actually a step in the right direction. It is safe Space” tour that took place earlier this month. also something that the University should perhaps Although the members of the panel advocated the look into doing for its own campus. Rutgers has a diverse campus that it has always avoidance of analyzing racial identity and politics, the fact that many students, either champions or oppo- been proud of, and it is a great feat that so many stunents of the things being said, showed up to voice dents feel comfortable to speak among people who their opinions is demonstrative of the fact that Rut- are different from them. But with this feat comes regers’ students are active when it comes to things that sponsibility for the University to ensure that these they care about. And when one looks at situations students continue to feel comfortable. It is also the such as the one at Cornell (although this one occur- University’s responsibility to make sure that the rence is not completely representative of the univer- speech that is being spread is one that is beneficial sity), it makes one feel as though Rutgers is doing to both the University and its constituents. If Rutgers can succeed at this, then it will really be a spearhead something right. in the academic world. But as always, much more can be done. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 149th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Jewish students at Rutgers are banding together for justice COMMENTARY MIRIAM WAGHALTER, AUSTIN
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n Oct. 23, Rutgers microbiology Professor Michael Chikindas’s Facebook page was revealed to be full of discriminatory posts. He shared various anti-Semitic, homophobic and sexist images, including posts referring to women, such as Israeli members of Parliament Ayelet Shaked and Miri Regev, First Lady Melania Trump and her stepdaughter Ivanka Trump as “b**ches” or “sl*ts.” As Jewish students of Rutgers—New Brunswick, we are deeply concerned regarding Chikindas’s public attacks against Jews, the LGBT community, women and the Israeli people. Chikindas claimed that he was hacked in a message that he sent to NJ Advance Media. He said, “I cannot say with confidence that everything on my page was shared by me,” but does not outright say that he did not share any of these disturbing posts. In fact, he even repeated his assertion that Zionism (the movement that established the state of Israel) is racist. This incident with Chikindas is reminiscent of a similar occurrence with a professor at Oberlin College. Professor Joy Karega was fired after an investigation into her private social media accounts found that she posted similar anti-Semitic statements as Chikindas, including assertions
that Israel was behind the Charlie Hebdo murders in France. Chikindas’s posts are causing great pain and concern to many of the communities here on Rutgers campus, including the Jewish and LGBT student bodies. Rutgers University issued a statement condemning Chikindas’s posts, which we applaud. But while we are grateful for this first step, this statement must be followed by concrete action from the University and also from the entire student body. While we firmly support the University’s commitment to free speech and expression
individual or group, or experienced by an individual or group, based on membership in a protected class, also violates University policy.” As explained in this section of University policy, some protected classes are religion, sex and sexual orientation. Chikindas’s posts outwardly attacked members of these classes. Like the Oberlin Board of Trustees who voted to dismiss Karega for “failing to meet the academic standards that Oberlin requires of its faculty and failing to demonstrate intellectual honesty,” as students of Rutgers, we are confident that the University will take action against such
“Chikindas claimed that he was hacked in a message that he sent to NJ Advance Media.” for all students and faculty, such hateful and discriminatory images and words compromise a faculty member’s ability to serve their role. Rutgers University abides by a very strict library of regulations and policies crafted and approved by the University’s Board of Governors, the Board of Trustees, executive officers and the president of the University. Section 60.1.12 of this library is a “Policy Prohibiting Discrimination and Harassment,” which states that “The University strictly prohibits discrimination and harassment based on membership in certain enumerated protected classes ... Harassment directed toward an
a clear violation of their policies. Rutgers has a very diverse student body and maintains a healthy environment for all. We hope that the University will continue to protect all of its students from discrimination. Therefore, we call on Rutgers University to take swift and necessary action to suspend Chikindas, pending further investigation. We created this petition to demonstrate to the University that we will not tolerate bigotry of any kind on our campus, and so far, we have gotten overwhelming support with the number of signatures currently more than 3,700 as of Oct. 30. We cannot expect any type of change to occur
on our campus if we do not fight for it. As students, we know the type of influence that members of the Rutgers faculty have on our education and our lives. If nothing is done when they promote racism and prejudice, then hatred and division will grow to the detriment of our students, our beloved University and our whole society. We hope that Rutgers takes the necessary actions to protect our campus from racism. This issue is not one to be taken lightly. As students, we must unite to stand against bigotry. Speaking as Jewish students of the University, we have always been thankful for a campus environment that allows our community to thrive in so many different ways. The fact that Rutgers has the largest population of Jewish undergraduates in America is a testament to Rutgers’ success in creating a space for a diverse group of students to learn together. Home to two of the largest Hillel and Chabad buildings in the country, Rutgers is one of the best universities for religious and cultural Jewish life on campus. Although Chikindas’s remarks have troubled many, the Jewish community as a whole has continued to practice this week, including having prayer services, kosher dining and Sabbath festivities. Miriam Waghalter is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Austin Altman is a Rutgers Business School sophomore. David Ezrapour is a School of Engineering sophomore.
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New fitness monitors take workout apparel to new level Madhuri Bhupathiraju Science Editor
We are beginning to see more of what is typically regarded as mundane daily objects become advanced. From our watches to our fridges and almost everything in-between, innovation is brimming. Athos, a high-performance athletic wear company, is among few in the sparse market of fitness tracker clothing. Like other forms of fitness tracking, such as the Fitbit, the clothing tracks your activity levels but also goes a step further. Whereas fitness watches are meant for everyone, Athos clothing is geared toward athletes and those wishing to optimize their workouts. According to How Stuff Works, the technology can be used for perfecting form and monitoring muscle exertion during workouts. These aspects help to prevent injuries and optimize effort levels without going overboard on muscle exertion. When a muscle is contracting, it outputs a different type of electrical signal than when it is at rest. The electromyography (EMG) sensors resting on the surface of the skin compile these “active” electrical impulses generated by 22 groups of muscles, according to the site. Not only can the sensors detect where work is being done but also how much stress is being applied by each muscle. Information regarding muscle labor can be vital to athletes and fitness trainees to prevent over-exertion. The company emphasizes that individuals are unique in the way their bodies respond to and handle physical activity. The gear, in turn, needs to be calibrated to ever y individual so they know exactly how much to push themselves. The EMG sensors can determine one’s maximum voluntary contraction (MVC), according to the site. After doing a few primary exercises, the Athos software can give you an idea of your limits in terms of safe bodily exertions. On the topic of personalized calibration, the Athos website
states that “No two athletes are the same so Athos uses machine learning to provide the most accurate insights specific to every athlete’s muscle composition and strength.” The clothing collection currently consists of a shirt, a pair of shorts and a pair of leggings, according to the site. According to How Stuff Works, sensors and monitors are strategically placed in the clothing. One shirt would include around “14 EMG detectors, four heart rate monitors and two breathing sensors.” All of these sensors are synced with a mobile phone application that analyzes all the data and outputs graphic representations of a target body area, according to the site. The data can tell someone the total effort they are exerting and whether one side of the body is doing more than the other. The application also color-codes muscles in the body to indicate amounts of exertion on specific muscles. Green indicates that your muscles can still take on more, while white indicates possible over-exertion, according to the site. The real-time data sent to your phone is intended to make adjusting your workout easy and convenient. The gadget responsible for tying together the information from the sensors to the phone is a unit called the core, which is currently only compatible with Apple products, according to Athos. The core is a detachable piece equipped with a rechargeable battery that not only collects data from the sensors but also contains accelerometers and a gyroscope to track body movement, according to How Stuff Works. Although the clothing line is brimming with technology, Athos manages to keep the simple and slim look of the common workout gear, according to the site. The pieces are machine-washable making maintenance for users pretty simple. The technology has been tested by athletes and seems to garner their approval. In an article for Fortune, Jeremy Cash, a
The clothing line contains multiple sensors and accelerometers to track the movements of the body and muscle exertion. The data is sent to a phone application and analyzed in real time to let users know which muscles are being over or underwhelmed. PEXELS football player for Duke University, reports how the system advised him of which muscles he was over and under-using during a bench press. “For a 225 (lb.) test, I probably would get in eight to 10 (reps) before, and now it’s anywhere
between 15 and 18,” he said in regards to his improved physicality in the Fortune article. Jake Waxenberg, an Athos marketer, mentions the device as a method for potentially replacing personal trainers, according to Fortune. The feedback should
ideally guide a user in the same way that a trainer would. “It’s that type of feedback that you get in between the sets that the average person uses. Trainers don’t coach you during the movement. They coach you between sets,” Waxenberg said.
DIVERSIONS
October 31, 2017
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Happy Birthday: Stop dreaming and start doing. Explore your options and create new opportunities. Discuss your future goals and how you expect to reach your target. Don’t let the past stand in your way. Dismiss what you can’t change and move on to new territory that shows promise and hope. Take up unusual pastimes and associate with people you find inspiring. Your numbers are 8, 14, 22, 26, 30, 34, 48.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Listen to the voices of reason and experience, especially when it comes to medical, financial or contractual matters. A positive result can develop if you take the proper steps to improve your position. Personal growth is encouraged. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Put all your effort into how you earn your living. Expanding your knowledge or skills will put you in a position for advancement. Your dedication and unusual approach to getting things done will help you grab the attention of someone influential. 3 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep your ideas and plans a secret until you have ironed out any foreseeable problems. Knowing the outcome of whatever you want to pursue and present will give you the leverage to achieve success. Positive change is within reach. 4 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Socialize or take an active role in events that include your peers, children or someone with whom you share common interests. A short trip to a location that offers something unique will spark your imagination and jump-start a new venture. 5 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll face opposition if you get into an emotional discussion with someone you partner with or who depends on you. Don’t give in to unreasonable demands. Make it clear right from the beginning what you are willing to do. 2 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Demands will slow you down. Make it clear what you will and won’t do. Don’t wait until it’s too late to say “no” or cancel an appointment. Stay on top of pressing matters. Don’t give in to emotional tactics. 2 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Use your intelligence and past experience to help you make your way to the top. No matter what you want to accomplish, ingenuity and intuition will lead to good results. Do what feels right, not what others want you to do. 5 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Discuss your long-term plans and look for new ways to resolve administrative problems you face with a financial, corporate or medical institution. Following up on a promise you made will change the way you move forward. Proceed with caution. 4 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Dedication and determination will pay off. Refuse to let emotional situations slow you down. Getting things done on time will make you feel good and bring unexpected rewards. Work hard, play hard and live life your own way. 3 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you must get into a discussion, speak from the heart. Keep your facts straight and give others a chance to explain. Your best bet is to focus on personal achievements and physical fitness. Less talk and more action is preferable. 3 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Partnerships should be your priority. Much can be accomplished if you discuss matters of importance. Make a commitment if it will help seal a deal. Make travel plans or expand your interests. 3 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your gut feelings will be acute. Follow your heart, speak your mind and get to the bottom of any situation that irks you. Once you clear the air, you will have room to adopt whatever approach best suits your needs. Think big. 3 stars
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Yesterday’s Solution
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TEAM Knights will try to improve on tough year with new set of transfers on team continued from back such player has been a standout ever since her freshman season. Tyler Scaife, the leading scorer for Rutgers, is returning this season after taking a medical redshirt. A three-year starter for the program, Scaife has been a standout
scorer, averaging 15.5 points per game while also being the team’s top free-throw shooter. “Tyler has worked extremely hard, doing everything she possibly can to get back on the court this year. I suspect by midseason she’ll be in true form,” Stringer said. Fitzpatrick, who adds a much-needed element to the
Coming into this season, be difficult to deal with so many team as a 3-point shooter, may have one of the biggest impacts. Stringer is optimistic about the transfers on the floor together. “The only During her problem I sophomore and think we’re junior seasons going to have at St. Joe’s, she “The difference with this group is that the transfers is gelling earled her team ly on, this is in 3-point shots were all here together last season.” a group who made as well hasn’t played as in free c. vivian stringer a lot togeththrow percentage. Head Coach er,” she said. “We have Out of some of the best Stringer’s 46 fans in the counseasons as a tr y here at Rutgers, I can’t wait to play in a Big level of talent the team has, but head coach, she has never had a she also recognizes how it might team with this many transfers on it. Ten environment,” she said. And although the team has not played much together, they have been together for more than a year now, and Stringer views that as a huge positive. “The difference with this group is that the transfers were all here together last season,” Stringer said. That can go a long way for the team, as the team chemistry, which is crucial to its success, is already very good. After last season’s disappointing six-win season, the Knights are sure to improve this season, and if one coach is best prepared to handle both the amount of talent and transfers that this team has, it has to be Stringer, the hall of fame coach. The team opens its season on the road on Nov. 10 at James Madison, a team it has considerable issues with in the past. Rutgers welcomed James Madison to Piscataway last season, where the Knights lost in double overtime, 82-76. Rutgers follows its season opener with matchups against Temple and Charlotte, before beginning its home slate against Wake Forest. Big Ten play starts for the Knights on Dec. 28 at home versus Purdue.
Senior guard Tyler Scaife enters this season as the most experienced member of the fresh-faced Scarlet Knights and will be a surefire leader for the team in the 2017-2018 campaign. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2017
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LOSS Rutgers has 8 more opportunities to capture conference win this season continued from back freshman opposite hitter Kamila Cieslik with nine kills, two digs and two blocks. Unfortunately, Northwestern prevented Cieslik from continuing her six-game streak of at least one service ace per match. No. 5 Minnesota dominated Rutgers on Saturday at the College Avenue Gymnasium to win in set scores of 25-9, 25-11 and 25-14. This season, the Golden Gophers have not been ranked lower than No. 6 in the nation and hit a .398 clip over the Knights’ .036. The first set saw Rutgers secure a 36-touch rally where the ball crossed the net 14 times. A dig from sophomore libero Karysa Swackenberg and a pass from sophomore setter Megan Sharkey allowed for sophomore middle blocker Stasa Miljevic to complete the rally. However, the Knights would have had to collect a lot more points to be able to beat Minnesota. Junior outside hitter Sahbria McLetchie and Cieslik led Rutgers
with seven kills each. Miljevic recorded a team-high .286 attack percentage to contribute five kills, which is the 13th match out of 24 where Miljevic has logged at least five kills. Also helping to save the Knights from Minnesota’s offense was Swackenberg as she matched her Big Ten career high of 16 digs. Leading assists for Rutgers was sophomore setter Megan Sharkey, recording a total of 46 assists in the past two matches. Sharkey collected 24 against Northwestern and 22 while facing Minnesota. Up next for the Knights will be their second midweek game of the conference season against Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Following Michigan, Rutgers will head to University Park, Pennsyvlania to face No. 1 Penn State, the highest ranked team in the nation. For updates on the Rutgers volleyball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Freshman outside hitter Yana Kamshilina had a career-high 11 kills with a .364 hitting percentage in the team’s loss to Northwestern. THE DAILY TARGUM / SEPTEMBER 2017
October 31, 2017
Page 11 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY THREE RUNNERS FINISH IN TOP-100 FOR KNIGHTS
Rutgers finishes in last at Big Ten Championships Kevin Stapleton Staff Writer
The Rutgers women’s cross country team placed last for the third consecutive year at the Big Ten Championships 6-kilometer race in Bloomington, Indiana, last Sunday. The Scarlet Knights placed 14th overall with an average time of 23:02 after accumulating 427 points and having 3 of their 9 runners place within the top-100 at the Indiana University Championship Cross Countr y Course. Last year’s champion Michigan added yet another championship on Sunday as the Wolverines averaged an impressive 20:36 and scored 55 points overall. The victory is Michigan’s third since 2012. Minnesota and Wisconsin rounded out the top-three, finishing second (86 points) and third (100 points), respectively. Leading the pack for Rutgers was senior Alexandra Juzwiak, who placed 84th overall with a time of 22:34.2 and an average mile time of 6:03.2. Juzwiak also led the Knights at last season’s Big Ten Championships, where she finished 95th overall (23:37.9). Freshman Olympia Martin made another significant stride this season in finishing second on the Rutgers squad. She finished in 22:53.3 and placed 93rd overall. Sophomore Lou Miahle was the final Knight in the top-100, placing 98th overall with a time of 23:02.7. Sophomores Stephanie Mauer and Emma Bergman followed their classmate, finishing the course in 23:17.3 (105th) and 23:24.9 (108th), respectively. Freshman Kiera Nealon ran the six-kilometer in 23:29.3 and placed 109th overall. Sophomore Nadia Saponara was just behind Nealon as she crossed the finish line
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fter sustaining a torn popliteal arter y in his left leg on Sunday afternoon against the New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller will continue to be monitored in a New Orleans hospital after he under went surger y on Sunday. Vascular surgeons at University Medical Center New Orleans have stabilized Miller’s leg but he will not be travelling with the team anywhere anytime soon. “Obviously, with any kind of vascular tissue, you don’t want altitude, you don’t want people flying around,” said head coach John Fox. “He’ll have to remain still there for some time. He won’t be coming back to Chicago any time real soon.” Miller caught an over-theshoulder pass from quarterback Mitchell Trubisky in the end zone before landing awkwardly on his left leg. Officials would later review the play and called back the touchdown.
with a time of 23:30.1, good for 110th overall. Freshman Kaitlyn Bragen finished the course in 24:02.5, which placed her 114th overall. Junior Genevieve Cickavage, who told The Daily Targum that she was excited about the pack mentality of her team going into the Big Ten Championships, just trailed Bragen. She placed 116th overall with a time of 24:22.4. Next time out, the Scarlet Knights will likely wrap up their season at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships at the Lehigh Goodman Campus Cross Country Course in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This will mark the team’s third appearance at the Lehigh six-kilometer course since the beginning of September. For updates on the Rutgers women's cross country team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
A disappointed head coach James Robinson has now suffered his third straight last-place finish at the Big Ten Championships. THE DAILY TARGUM / JANUARY 2016
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL C. VIVIAN STRINGER TO BEGIN 23RD SEASON AS HEAD COACH
RU set to start season with revamped team Matthew Howe Contributing Writer
With a bolstered roster full of transfers and experience, the Rutgers women’s basketball team is looking to improve from last season’s disappointing 6-24 finish that head coach C. Vivian Stringer described as “gut-wrenching.” Stringer is entering her 23rd season at the helm of the Scarlet Knights and currently sits sixth all-time on the list of winningest women’s basketball coaches in the country, with 977 wins, just 23 shy of 1,000. The storyline coming into this season has to be the talented group of transfers that Rutgers has, all of whom had to sit out last season due to NCAA rules. These transfers include Kathleen Fitzpatrick, a 3-point specialist from St. Joseph’s, Stasha Carey, a 6-foot-3-inch forward from Pitt, who in her sophomore season averaged 9.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, and Caitlin Jenkins, who averaged 12.2 points per game and 10.4 rebounds per game in her freshman season at Southern Mississippi. Of course, the Knights are returning some in-house players as well, and one Head coach C. Vivian Stringer will kick off her 23rd season at the helm of the Rutgers women’s basketball program on Nov. 10 at James Madison. The Knights finished 6-24 last season. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2017
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VOLLEYBALL RUTGERS DEFEATED IN 2 BIG TEN MATCHES AGAINST NORTHWESTERN, MINNESOTA
Knights remain winless in Big Ten after loss Alex Fabugais-Inaba Staff Writer
Last week, the Rutgers volleyball team was no match for Northwestern or Minnesota as both their midweek match in Illinois and home match over the weekend resulted in straight set losses. With only eight matches left in the season, it’s very unclear if the Scarlet Knights (5-19, 0-12) will be able to secure a conference win before the season is over. On Wednesday, Rutgers traveled to Evanston, Illinois to face off against Northwestern where the team lost in set scores of 25-16, 2516 and 25-14. The Knights were able to out-block the Wildcats 7-5, but couldn’t stop Northwestern’s .440 attack percentage from Rutgers’ .143. Additionally, the Knights logged a season-low four service errors and five reception errors to mark a Rutgers’ low in six matches, tying their third-best performance in conference games this season. Leading the Knights’ offense was freshman outside hitter Yana Kamshilina with a career-high 11 kills on a .364 hitting percentage in addition to collecting seven digs and two blocks. Following behind Kamshilina was Head coach CJ Werneke saw his team lose two-straight matches against Northwestern and Minnesota last week. Rutgers has not won a Big Ten match since 2015. THE DAILY TARGUM / SEPTEMBER 2016 NBA SCORES
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FRANCESCA STOPPA,
junior swimmer, set an ARC pool record in the 200-butterfly when she won the event with a time of 201.55 in Champaign, Illinois. Her team would go on to defeat Illinois by a score of 158-140 last weekend.
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Friday, All Day, Buffalo, N.Y.