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President’s absence on social media is noticed BUSHRA HASAN STAFF WRITER

The primary means by which students keep up with University news is through sharing articles on Facebook, said Sneha Choudhdary, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

But this mode of communication is not straight from the University president’s office.

University presidents mainly communicate through emails or newsletters, said Karla Dimatulac, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

“We never really hear news from (there) unless something major

happens, like the DDoS attack last year,” Dimatulac said.

The email and texting systems often don’t function properly, Choudhdary said.

“I never got an email (to my Rutgers account) about any of the student deaths that occurred last year,” she said. “I don’t think (information is) always well publicized to students who aren’t involved.”

The only means of contacting University President Robert L. Barchi is through an email submission form or by calling his office, which SEE ABSENCE ON PAGE 4

Brandon Stanton, left, is an author and founder of “Humans of New York,” a photo project that has a following of millions. In an event moderated by Keywuan Caulk, right, assistant director at The Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities, Stanton visited the Douglass Student Center last night to speak about his experiences. SAMANTHA CASIMIR

Man behind ‘Humans of New York’ photo project captures hearts at U. ALEXANDRA DEMATOS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Since Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi succeeded former University President Richard L. McCormick, Barchi has yet to establish a personal social media presence. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ

With nearly 5,000 pictures and three books, Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton has made a name for himself by sharing strangers’ stories with the world over the last five years.

Stanton visited Rutgers last night at an event hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Association (RUPA) and the Department of Leadership and Experiential Learning, where a large number of attendees packed the two shows held at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Student Center.

Keywuan Caulk, assistant director of the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities, hosted the event and asked Stanton questions submitted by students.

After losing his “soul-sucking” finance job in Chicago five years ago, Stanton moved to New York with the goal of taking photos of 10,000 people.

Humans of New York originally began exclusively with photography, but as the project evolved, Stanton began incorporating quotes. Today, he takes a 45-minute interview and condenses the story into a few paragraphs.

The Humans of New York Facebook page has almost 16 million

likes. Every story is unique, obtained by Stanton approaching strangers daily.

“You start talking with people and take an interest in their story that not many people have taken before,” Stanton said. “Sometimes I’m the only real conversation these people have had in a week or two.”

Allysa Kemraj, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, who sat in the front row to see Stanton in person, said she identifies with many of his stories.

“I found out about him a while ago because my cousin lives in SEE MAN ON PAGE 5

Rutgers weighs in on pros, cons of free tuition in college NOA HALFF STAFF WRITER

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a Democratic presidential candidate, proposed the “College for All Act,” which would eliminate undergraduate tuition at public institutions. Although the bill has some supporters, members of the Rutgers community call the bill unrealistic and improbable.

For students and parents, free college tuition sounds like a dream come true, but Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders’ “College for All Act,” an act to eliminate undergraduate tuition at public institutions, has received mixed reviews.

Sanders calls college tuition a “national disgrace” and wants to “revolutionize” higher education, according to The Washington Post.

Sanders wants to enable Americans who study hard in school to go to college regardless of how much money their parents make and without going deeply into debt, according to sanders.senate.gov. He plans to stop the federal government from making a profit off of students trying to gain an education.

He justifies the plan by citing countries in Europe who have similar programs to Sanders’ plan and

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Campus Calendar WEDNESDAY 11/4 The Eagleton Institute of Politics presents, “The Morning After: The Calm Before the Storms of 2016 and 2017” from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Wood Lawn Mansion on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The School of Communication and Information presents, “Observatories and Data Analysis for Web Science” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the School of Communication and Information on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Human Ecology presents, “Health-Informed Stormwater Management Planning in Hoboken, N.J.” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Blake Hall on Cook 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.

THURSDAY 11/5 The Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health presents, “Lipids and Metabolic Diseases” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Food Science Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research presents, “Tobacco Addiction and Smoking Cessation in African-Americans” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research located at 112 Paterson St. in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Genetics presents, “Population Genetics in the Era of Precision Medicine” from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The New Jersey American Society for Microbiology hosts, “New Jersey Branch of American Society for Microbiology Fall Meeting” from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

FRIDAY 11/6 Rutgers University Libraries hosts, “Pages and Passages 21st Annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium” from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. The cost of admission is $15 for Rutgers students and faculty and $45 for the general public.

The Rutgers Energy Institute and Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy present, “The Future of Solar Energy: an MIT Study” from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. at the Civic Square Building located at 33 Livingston Ave. in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

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Students push to make Hidden Grounds U. caterer ALEXANDRA DEMATOS

Many events are also held at Hidden Grounds to become involved with the New Brunswick Tucked away under the side- and Rutgers community. A few walk of Easton Avenue is Hidden months ago Hidden Grounds Grounds Coffee Shop, a small held a Johnson & Johnson event store that is attempting to branch for women’s entrepreneurship.

“We tr y to focus on Rutgers, out through involvement with the because it is par t of our comlocal community.

The shop launched an online munity,” Chugani said. “But we petition to find support from the are tr ying to expand even if it is Rutgers and New Brunswick out of Rutgers.”

Fraternities and sororities community in order to reach have also approached Hidden their goal.

For the past year, Hidden Grounds for donations and have Grounds has been working to- them present at events, and ward becoming one of the Uni- Hidden Grounds is attempting versity’s approved coffee and food to work with them, she said.

Hidden Grounds found at suppliers, according to their petileast one big event to cater detion on Change.org.

Anand Patel, the owner of Hid- spite the strict rules and reguladen Grounds, said hosts of events tions of the University, HackRU. “If you want to cater from an are trying to reach out to other caterers in order to impress their of ficial vendor from 9 a.m. to 5 guests and stand out from other p.m., then you can only select events. The issue is that Hidden from the vendors in the sysGrounds is not in the system to be tem,” Patel said. “If its after 5 p.m. or overnight, you can have a caterer for University events.

“It’s not that Rutgers does not catering from anywhere in New want to help us,” Patel said. “It’s Brunswick, so we did the cofthe fact that nobody knows how to fee catering for HackRU.” Hidden Grounds catered for help us.”

He said the people who are HackRU from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., meant to be decision makers at Patel said.

HackRU aims to suppor t its the University have no position to help businesses or student orga- New Brunswick community, so nizations to cater and enter them they first reached out to Hidden Grounds to cater midnight into the system.

“Nobody seems to have infor- cof fee because they wanted to mation,” he said. “Either nobody showcase a small, local business, said Miwas told that chelle Chen, the process HackRU lead was in place organizer and or there might “We try to focus on a School of not be a proRutgers, because it is part Ar ts and Scicess.

When ences junior. you go to one of our community.”

“We loved depar tment, the idea of they send you YASHNA CHUGANI being able to to another.”

Catering Director at Hidden Grounds ser ve a cof fee H i d d e n experience Grounds has with dif ferent been contactbean blends, ed by organizations such as HackRU, TEDx- pour-overs and ar tisanal teas Rutgers, the Zimmerli Museum, rather than mass brewed cof fee the Arabic Student Association out of a carafe,” Chen said in and more, according to their an email.

HackRU is planning on havonline petition.

Yashna Chugani, the catering ing Hidden Grounds back in the director at Hidden Grounds, has spring for all of their events, but been consistently approaching this is not currently possible in the University in order to become the fall due to the University’s a catering service and finds it catering restrictions, she said.

“The on-site time that I frustrating that there are no staff spent with their team was overmembers capable of helping her.

“We’ve basically just been whelmingly positive,” Chen going from one office to the said. “ They were professionnext, to the next,” Chugani al and organized and were said. “About two weeks ago we able to outline exactly what went to each campus and each equipment, space, etc. they student center to figure out who would need.”

The petition star ted after we need to talk to. They would being passed back and for th send us to another person.”

Chugani spends every Tues- by University faculty for six day morning visiting offices and months, Patel said.

“It’s one thing to say we’re people, either faculty or students, in order to spread the word and being contacted by organizafigure out how to start the pro- tions and another to present a case with a petition,” he said. cess of becoming a caterer.

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For the past year, Hidden Grounds, a coffee shop located at 106 Easton Ave. in New Brunswick, has been working to become one of Rutgers’ approved coffee and food vendors. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2015

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ABSENCE

The meeting’s turnout was significantly greater than previous instances, with more than 100 students attending, Asker said.

Dimatulac agrees that satirical Facebook page The previous record was about 60 pokes fun at Rutgers’ inefficiencies students before the last meeting.

Rutgers University Public Affairs, all University governCONTINUED FROM FRONT ing councils, along with several “The way that they poke fun social justice, cultural and reliat Barchi is usually so outragious organizations attended the has a full inbox, Choudhdary said. geous that no one would take last town hall meeting, all with The lack of a social media pres- it completely seriously, but still their individual concerns about ence from the University presi- understand what issues are the University, dent has allowed for other repre- going on in the community,” While Barchi himself was not Choudhar y said. sentations of Barchi to surface. present at the “Rutger comeeting, he lege,” a popular attend Facebook page “Unless you’re attempting to enact change or you’re a student leader, then I think it’s very rare for students to does RUSA meetings with more than interact with administrators.” every semester, 2,100 likes, is creating an ina mock-news MOHAMED ASKER direct means of page about UniMember of Rutgers University Student Assembly and a School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore communicating versity events with the student and includes body, Asker said. several refer“I feel like the average stuFour teen administrators Dimatulac also agreed that the conducted every semester to host ences to the Rutgers adminissatirical Facebook page “pokes an open forum for students and were present from more than dent isn’t necessarily connected tration and Barchi. administrators to discuss their six depar tments, including to administrators unless they go The satire posted by “Rutger co- fun at Rutgers’ inefficiencies.”

Although Barchi does not concerns with the University, said Dining Ser vices, Facilities, out of their way to do so,” Asklege” is presented “in a tasteful and humorous way,” Choudhdary said. have a personal imprint on so- Mohamed Asker, a School of Arts Public Safety, Student Af fairs, er said. “Unless you’re attemptOf fice of Information Technol- ing to enact change or you’re a The page is purposefully written with cial media, Vice Chancellor for and Sciences sophomore.

Asker, who is also a member of ogy, Academics, Enrollment, student leader, then I think it’s misspellings, poor grammar and Student Affairs Felicia McGinty common Internet tropes that Univer- has an active online presence. RUSA, said at the meeting, a table Transpor tation and Housing, ver y rare for students to interact with administrators.”

She has a Twitter account that was set up for each department Asker said. sity students easily understand. she updates ever y few days with the handle @FeliciaMcGinty.

The account includes selfies at Rutgers events, hashtags and retweets of inspirational quotes.

When administrators are not available online, they do attempt to communicate with the student body through in-person events.

The most recent interaction between administrators and students was on Oct. 28 at a town hall meeting hosted by the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA). Meetings like this are

head, and students got the chance to have small discussions with each administrator. The students rotated every 10 minutes, allowing them to speak with every department present at the meeting.

“This was much better than the previous styles where it was just a Q&A where students weren’t allowed to respond to an answer,” Asker said.

“Essentially, we gave students full access to each administrator, and they were given (an) opportunity like no other to actually question them until they were satisfied.”

CRIME NOV. 3 NEWARK — Raymond Rapuano, a hospital employee and parttime landscaper, was on trial for bribing an NJ Transit employee for landscaping contracts. The bribes totaled $5,500 once it was discovered Rapuano had to retire from the hospital job he had for more than 20 years. The judge sentenced him to four years of probation with eight months of house arrest that limits him to his home and his work.

NOV. 3 VINELAND — Carlton Goldsboro, 32, is wanted by the police after he was pulled over in his car that contained 1,196 bags of narcotics and a stolen loaded hand-gun. Goldsboro was initially released from the scene while the police obtained search warrants, but is now being sought after. His bail is set at $150,000.

NOV. 3 MILLVILLE — A Rite Aid and Best Buy were robbed several days apart and police now believe they are related. Both suspects have similar descriptions, as they were armed and wearing similar clothing. The two shop locations are also adjacent to each other. Together, the men stole more than $1,000 and a bicycle.

NOV. 3 TRENTON — An altercation occurred on the steps outside of an apartment complex between Wanda Jackson, 48, who was charged with pouring bleach over the head of another 32-year-old woman, who lived in the apartment building. Jackson fell backward over the steps, and her injuries were treated at St. Francis Medical Center.

NOV. 3 JERSEY CITY — Police are searching for two men and a woman who broke into an apartment Sunday morning. At around 11 a.m., a 17-year-old boy was waiting for family members to come home when three people entered through an unlocked door. The teen was robbed of $200 in cash, and the trio searched the apartment and found more $4,000 in cash. No one has been arrested, and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information may contact the Jersey City Police Department tip at (201) 547-JAIL.

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Manhattan, and he showed it to me because I have an invisible disability,” Kemraj said. “He wanted me to feel better because there’s more than the eyes can see.”

Stanton’s posts uncover things about people that you would never be able to guess, she said.

“I’m excited to see that he’s a real person, and just the fact that someone else likes this,” Kemraj said.

“The turnout shows that people care enough to understand what (other) people are going through.”

The most-shared post from Humans of New York on Facebook was of a Syrian refugee who lost her husband whom risked his life for her own. To Stanton, another post is the most memorable.

“This one time, a man about my age, wearing a suit who looked very professional, told me he worked at JP Morgan,” he said.

“He told me his dad had been a Navy SEAL in Iraq, and his mom recently died of cancer, so he was struggling with being an orphan.”

Shortly after posting the story, two people that were in the man’s fraternity contacted Humans of New York with information that both of the man’s parents are alive and that the man was a compulsive liar, he said.

“I took (the post) down,” Stanton said. “About a month and a half later, his sister emailed me and said, ‘You took a really good picture of my brother. Can you send it to us?

He killed himself.’”

Stanton said he respects the fact that many, in the audience and online, recognize not only how emotionally draining writing the Humans of New York stories can be, but also how important they are because these stories can help others.

The key to talking to people and helping them tell their stories is to be sincere and genuinely interested — that is is the magic of Humans of New York, he said.

“One of the needs of human beings is safety, and we get comfortable,” Caulk said. “I like to tell students there’s success in your failures. It really resonates with me when (Stanton) says not to fear the unknown.”

Stanton said success in failure is important, as he said he failed many times before achieving his present success.

“I’d thrown myself into the path of thousands of people,” he said.

“You’ve got to get used to putting yourself out there and failing enough, and sometimes succeeding, so that you have a comfort in the unknown.”

Stanton recently traveled to other countries in order to expand his

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it has been previously done in the U.S., according to his website.

Sanders proposes free in-state tuition by issuing a new federal tax on financial transactions, including stock, bond and derivative trades, according to the Washington Post.

This legislation would provide $47 billion per year to states in order to eliminate undergraduate tuition, according to sanders. senate.gov. Sanders plans for the federal government to cover 67 percent of the cost of tuition and for the states to cover the remaining 33 percent.

To qualify for federal funding, Sanders said states must meet certain standards in order to protect students, ensure quality and reduce ballooning costs.

The institutions will be able to use funding on their higher education systems, academic instruction and need-based financial aid. They would be able to increase academic opportunities for students, hire new faculty and provide professional development opportunities for professors. The Act will also ensure states decrease their dependence on lowpaid adjunct faculty.

The main objectives are to lower student loan interest, enable loan refinancing, expand opportunities for work-study, simplify the student aid application process and impose taxes on Wall Street.

Sanders’ goal is not only to help eliminate tuition but also

make the U.S. richer and more competitive in the global economy, create more jobs and rebuild the middle class, according to sanders.senate.gov.

“I think the idea of free tuition is extremely realistic,” said Stephen Bronner, a professor in the Department of Political Science.

“Other countries with far better education systems have it.”

It is unclear how expensive this plan would be, in regard to taxes, he said. But even with a tax increase, the benefits are worth it for poor and working class families.

stories and to expose people from the West to cultures from other parts of the world that are often underrepresented, focusing greatly on the refugee crisis, he said.

“It became clear to me that after a certain point, I learned the magic and power of (the Humans of New York project) wasn’t New York City, but the interaction with the stranger,” he said.

Stanton’s work with refugees is some of the best he has done because he introduced his largely Western audience to

cultures and populations they might not have been exposed to before, he said.

Humans of New York has an extremely humanizing effect that allows people from the West to identify with those from other regions of the world, he said.

“A lot of time our society tells us how different we are from each other, but sometimes when we flip through (Stanton’s) stories we can resonate with what we see,” Caulk said. “The stories might be a reflection of our own stories.”

Brandon Stanton visits the Douglass Student Center on Nov. 3 to speak about his experiences interviewing and photographing thousands of individuals for his hugely popular “Humans of New York” Facebook and Instagram pages and books. SAMANTHA CASIMIR

Some are skeptical of the “College for All Act,” calling it unrealistic or wanting a more targeted approach to the issue.

“I think it’s really important for society to be educated. It’s really important going for ward,” said Thomas Prusa, a professor in the Department of Economics. “But the policy could never come true. Whether it is good or bad, the plan has no chance.”

He said the Act is more of a political argument for Sanders, proving he is passionate about the common person. Still, the proposal is unrealistic.

Prusa said tuition is increasing at Rutgers and universities nationwide, which is the root of the problem. Universities are dealing with a dramatic long-term decrease in state aid. State legislatures are making a decision to use less and less tax support. This leaves the

students who need it most is more impor tant.”

Further criticism of the Act includes the possibility that a more accessible education would mean a less excellent one, said Charles Lane in The Washington Post.

“A financial stake encourages students to study hard. It encourages families to monitor their kids’ schools and hold them accountable. By contrast, ‘free’ tuition, regardless of need, may breed entitlement, indifference or both.

If there’s anything young people don’t need, it’s that,” Lane said.

If tuition was eliminated, Sanders’ plan would have to rely on aggressive administrative control, in fear of students flooding the system and driving up costs. This would require more federal subsidies, Lane said.

Lane also criticized Sanders’ Act, a plan intended to help the

“If I could go into the workforce without all that debt, it would change my life.”

DANIELLE MANN School of Arts and Sciences Junior

Bronner said the government has money for everything else, except when poor and working class people need a program. The same argument has been brought up with every program in the past that has tried to help the poor and working class.

Affordable health care has already saved people money, and the same thing will happen with free tuition, he said.

“If there’s a better idea of how to expand education to the populous and to cheapen the cost of a college degree, then I would like to know what that is,” Bronner said.

The more sobering stories stick to Stanton much longer than the lighthearted ones, and it is hard for him to walk away knowing that he cannot help everyone, he said. But he feels as though the process of telling stories is therapeutic in itself, both for himself and the storyteller.

“A lot of times we think the worst of people, but he’s willing to uncover so many things, and this shows how many people are willing to listen to him and his tips and advice,” Kemraj said. “It shows people aren’t as bad as we think they are.”

burden on students.

“Higher education is no longer a priority for state legislatures.

But, if students go out and vote they can change the outcome,” he said.

The plan also comes with economic problems, Prusa said. The policy will be very expensive and the only way the change could work is if there is an increase of flow of funds from the state.

“Rather than free tuition, a much more aggressive financial aid to provide more suppor t for low-income students should be implemented,” he said.

“Providing subsidies for the

poor and middle class afford college, for giving free tuition to upper income people, who can easily afford it.

Free public institutions would also limit choices for students, said Kevin James on USnews.com.

“Now we have a decentralized system where students can take much of their student aid with them to the institution of their choosing. This enables a wide variety of organizations — public and private — to offer a range of different educational programs,” he said.

But free public institutions would limit choice as do many pri-

vate institutions who are now trying to compete with a free option.

These private institutions would likely struggle to survive.

It would also reduce pressure on free colleges to ser ve students effectively, he said.

Institutions would have more incentive to meet enrollment goals and pass students rather than to help guarantee they are successful in the future.

He said providing aid directly to the institutions would enable the government to exert more direct control over how they function, for example reducing their reliance on adjunct professors.

“But are such top-down controls really likely to create the dynamic and innovative system that we need? By tr ying to dictate innovation from Washington, such a proposal is more likely to create a system that is rigid, bureaucratic and unresponsive to the changing needs of students and the economy over time,” James said.

Rutgers University prides itself on diversity and offering exceptional education at an affordable price. More than 75 percent of students receive financial aid and roughly one third of undergraduates are first-generation college students, according to Rutgers website.

Many students work up to three jobs to pay their tuition and are still left with piles of debt, said Danielle Mann, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

Mann pays her own college tuition with no help from her parents.

She said it is going to be really difficult graduation with a massive amount of student debt and loans.

“If I could go into the workforce without all that debt, it would change my life,” she said.

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Students pack 25,000 meals for impoverished families in NJ BRITTANY GIBSON STAFF WRITER

More than one million people in New Jersey lived in food-insecure households in 2012, according to Feeding America and the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.

On Monday night, students gathered from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the College Avenue Student Center to prepare 25,000 meals that were delivered to a local food bank. The collaborative effort to help aid the one in five families in New Jersey that are food insecure was sponsored by Rutgers Against Hunger, Meals of Hope and Rutgers Leaders.

Students worked in half hour shifts to give time to work and socialize at the volunteer event.

Jordan Shyi, associate director for the Depar tment of Leadership and Experiential Learning, said ever y choice was deliberate, from the supplies used to the atmosphere of the multi-purpose room.

“Ser vice doesn’t have to be the same type of experience,” he said.

His depar tment has worked hard to help students see service as fun. To foster Monday’s unique up-beat environment, event planners hired a DJ and played music, Shyi said.

“Ser vice is educational, but also thrilling,” he said.

The night’s supplies were provided by Meals of Hope, an

“Service is educational, but also thrilling.”

JORDAN SHYI Associate Director for the Department of Leadership and Experiential Learning

organization run out of Florida that sponsors meal-packing events across the countr y. So far they have packaged more than 28 million meals and Rutgers is proud to contribute 25,000 meals to that number, said Chris Restzko, assistant

secretar y and University programs manager for Rutgers Against Hunger.

“Ever yone can make a difference in someone else’s life,” Restzko said.

When it comes to lowering the number of families that are food insecure in New Jersey, Restzko believes that involvement is key. He stressed the impor tance of their involvement.

The event was mostly advertised to students online, with the Facebook event page receiving more than 200 people marking they were “interested” in or “going” to the event. Some residence halls also sent notices over email to their students about the event.

Shreya Kumar, a Rutgers Business School first-year student, Aditi Master, a School of Environment and Biological Sciences first-year student and Sharon Liu, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, all said they were attending the event after seeing it on Facebook.

The three also received an email notice from the Honors College, a new honors program,

Students bag food at the College Avenue Student Center on Nov. 2 for the “Great Meal Packaging Extravaganza.” YANGENG LIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A student handles packages of dry food on Nov. 2 for a mass food packaging event at the College Avenue Student Center.

YANGENG LIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

residence hall and living-learning community at the University that opened year.

The Honors College requires students to complete a cer tain number of ser vice hours to finish the program and the Meal Packing Event was an oppor tunity to do so.

Master and Liu were also earning points for their respective Leadership Fellowships, a program of fered to firstyear students that encourages an active par ticipation in the University community, run by Rutgers Leaders.

The First-Year Fellowship is designed to get first-year students more involved in the University with a two-par t program that first involves earning points throughout the academic year by going to events and is followed by a series of workshops in the Spring, Shyi said.

The Meal Packing Extravaganza is one of the many events that students can participate in to earn points for their fellowships.

“We work with all of Rutgers — Res Life, Cultural Centers,

Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, RUPA, ever ything — so it’s a ver y cross-collaborative oppor tunity,” Shyi said. “The whole idea is that students are prepared for ever ything that (Rutgers) has to of fer in their following years (here).”

Jeremy Olivo, a School of Engineering junior, attended the event for the first time this year. He heard about it through the Leadership Of fice, where he is a leader for one of the Alternative Breaks leaving this spring. His fraternity, Lamda Theta Phi, also promoted it amongst its members.

“It’s a good oppor tunity to help those who need it,” Olivo said, regarding how the meals will help a large number of families in the community.

There will be many more ways for students to par ticipate in University events this week — which is also being called Leadership Week — from meeting Brandon Stanton, founder of “Humans of New York,” to Pop-Up Leadership Around the World.

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Let Jimmy John’s be your ‘hero’ with speedy delivery JULIA ABBOUD CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Don’t have time to step out for a meal? Enjoy a gourmet sandwich from Jimmy John’s.

Located at 8 Easton Ave., Jimmy John’s of fers both booth and table seating in a distinctive fast food-style arrangement. You can place your order at the front counter and your sandwich is prepared within minutes.

Upon entering J.J.’s, I was greeted by the friendly and welcoming staff. The first thing that caught my eye was the entertaining signs. Comical quotes such as “Don’t bring Jimmy John’s back home unless you have enough to share” and “Don’t use foul language (unless you are telling a foul joke)” were across the wall.

Jimmy John’s offers a wide range of sandwiches such as 8-inch Sub Sandwiches and Giant Club Sandwiches.

The “J.J. Gargantuan” is a specialty invented by Jimmy John’s that consists of Genoa salami, sliced smoked ham, capicola, roast beef, turkey provolone, lettuce, tomato, onion and is finished off with a drizzle of their homemade Italian dressing.

There’s sure to be a sandwich for ever yone on the menu.

All their sandwiches are ser ved on homemade French bread and are wrapped to go. You are presented with a neat-looking sandwich when

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opened. All the ingredients are held perfectly in place, and it looks scrumptious.

If you’re looking for a low-carb option, there’s a low-carb lettuce wrap called “J.J. Unwich.” Any sandwich on the menu can be made up of identical ingredients and ser ved without bread.

Besides their specialty sandwiches the restaurant offers a small choice of sides including chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin cookies and potato chips.

The prices are extremely affordable for college students.

The regular Sub Sandwiches are $4.79, while the Giant Club Sandwiches are $5.79.

Sandwiches ser ved have a generous portion that will definitely fill you up.

To start, I chose the “Totally Tuna.” The ingredients included are fresh homemade tuna mixed with celer y, onions and flavorsome sauce. To finish it off, the sandwich is topped with sliced cucumber, crunchy lettuce and tomato.

The tuna was creamy and had an enjoyable consistency. The only downside was it was dripping with mayonnaise. Also, the taste isn’t overpowered with tuna. There was a pleasing balance of all the ingredients.

You can tell ever ything is prepared daily and fresh because the vegetables were crisp and didn’t have that soggy refrigerator taste.

After enjoying the “Totally Tuna,” I ordered the “Italian Night

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Jimmy John’s offers a wide range of gourmet delicatessen sandwiches and lettuce wraps, ranging from 8-inch Sub Sandwiches and Giant Club Sandwiches. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ Club.” This Giant Club Sandwich consisted of Genoa salami, Italian capicola, smoked ham and provolone cheese. To finish it off, it is topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo and their homemade Italian vinaigrette.

It was loaded with appetizing meat and fresh cut vegetables.

While biting into the sub, you are over whelmed with the flavor of all three types of meat and provolone cheese. Although I was a bit over whelmed with the

taste, any meat-lover would definitely enjoy this delicacy.

Their homemade Italian vinaigrette was a nice touch to complement the sandwich and enhanced the texture so that it wasn’t dr y. Jimmy John’s employee Nicole Norton talked about whether students take more advantage of walk-ins or the deliver y option.

“Definitely deliver y, we deliver until 3 a.m. ever y night including to Alexander Librar y,

and the dorms on College Avenue campus,” Norton said. “Our deliver y times are typically between five to 10 minutes. It’s also only a one-sandwich minimum.”

Overall, I would definitely recommend Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches to anyone looking for a quick lunch or who wants a speedy deliver y. The extensive sandwich menu would impress any sub-lover and is a pleasant change from your typical Subway sandwiches.

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Kids don’t deserve racialized slander Overly sexualized treatment of minority children never warranted

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merican society would never expect a child invalidated, as these were adult men involved in alterto file taxes or drive a car. Why then are chil- cations with the police that unnecessarily escalated to dren being subjected to the adult realities of nauseating heights.

But it does not matter what this girl was doing — it media mistreatment, overly sexualized exploitation doesn’t matter if she was on her cell phone, it doesn’t and physical harm?

A tweet posted by Billboard late last week featured a matter if she was chewing gum and it doesn’t matter if photo of North West with her mouth wide open, tongue she was ignoring the teacher’s instructions. As a student hanging out, biting or licking what appears to be a Pez in high school, how many times were you caught with dispenser. The tweet read, “The apple doesn’t fall far your phone out? Plenty. How often did you get humiliatfrom the tree.” While Kim Kardashian became a celeb- ed and physically brutalized as a result? Probably never.

Black and brown children are systematically derity because of a sex tape that was made in 2007, to tie North to her mother’s sexual history would be wrong, nied a childhood. For this, the blame can be placed yet understandable. But to insinuate that a 2-year-old upon the ignorant individuals in society that so readchild who likely isn’t potty-trained would be performing ily attributes grandiose racial stereotypes to coma sexual act is utterly sickening. The tweet has since pletely undeserving children. Ahmed Mohamed, 14, been deleted, yet it is clear that white children are not was arrested for creating a clock. Tamir Rice, 12, was subject to this overly sexualized treatment by the media. gunned down by police for having a toy that “looked Children — celebrity or not — should never be the butt like a gun” and Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7, was shot dead of any joke. Billboard’s tweet is largely indicative of the — also by police — while sleeping in her home.

Science proves that the systematic over-sexualization brain doesn’t fully develop unand victimization of black and til you’re 25 years old. While brown children. Furthering “A child who is unable to society sets age this notion, video footage of a contribute to these stereotypes American limits on voting, drinking and 16-year-old black girl at Spring should never be forced to renting a car, at what point in Valley High School in Columa child’s life are they “allowed” bia, South Carolina, shows the carry the brunt of them.” to be subject to racist or sexcomplete disregard for the inist stereotypes? Never. But of nocence of minority children. course these hateful ideas will The widely circulated video of this teenage girl shows her sitting at her desk, arms one day have an effect on everyone’s life. A child who is down in a completely nonthreatening position. Officer unable to contribute to these stereotypes should never Ben Fields — who has since been fired — then violently be forced to carry the brunt of them.

The societal treatment of black and brown people attempts to use a chokehold to rip the girl out of her desk, but takes the desk down with her. He then drags in America is in a deplorable state: You cannot turn on the girl, still in the desk, across the classroom floor. A the television, open Facebook or look at a newspaper parent would be arrested for treating their child in such without seeing a story detailing the mistreatment of a manner, so why are people questioning the girl and a minority. Yet the fact that spillage of this social intolerance is so drastically having a negative affect on justifying the actions of the officer?

The entire situation is undeniably connected to children is reprehensible. Children are not adults and what the Black Lives Matter movement stands for in should not be treated as such. Forcing intolerant socalling attention to police brutality. Questions of what cial concepts upon children would be akin to forcing Eric Garner or Walter Scott did to warrant such re- them to navigate an H&R Block appointment or drive proachful treatment by the police are not completely a stick shift — it makes no sense.

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Stereotypes based on skin color hinder expression in ballet ESSENTIALLY ESSEX DIANA ESSEX

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n the cover of the most recent issue of Pointe Magazine are Ashley Murphy, Ebony Williams and Misty Copeland. But what stands out the most about this magazine cover is that these three women are the most well-known black ballet dancers. The year 2014 was controversial in the world of ballet, especially in terms of the lack of racial diversity in elite ballet companies.

In April, there was a staging of “Swan Lake” at Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

This show featured Misty Copeland and Brooklyn Mack, another black dancer.

“Swan Lake” is known as one of the most “white ballets,” making their accomplishment all the more important. Black dancers are often cast in pieces that require athleticism as opposed to classical lines.

Although dance is a pretty standard outlet for many little girls, it is not often thought of as a “money sport.” The high-ticket prices often limit accessibility for disadvantaged audiences, which sometimes singles out racial minorities.

Within the last decade, many companies have started hiring Hispanic dancers, and this has started to change the racial complexion of many ballet companies

like The American Ballet Theatre (ABT), The New York City Ballet (NYCB) and The Washington Ballet (TWB). In 2013, the ABT started a campaign called “Project Plié,” which was aimed to encourage individuals from minority backgrounds to study dance. The campaign worked with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and 14 of the countr y’s top ballet troupes.

Social media has also been an important way to start a so-called “trend” of black dancers. The “Black Ballerinas” Tumblr page and the “Brown Girls Do Ballet” Instagram account have both gotten a lot of attention from their pho-

black ballerina to get this position. Rightfully so, she wasted no time in using this as a platform to speak to other racially diverse ballerinas. After becoming a principal, she said, “It’s easy for someone who isn’t black or other or who has never experienced racism to dismiss what I’m saying ... But the reason I’m here and I have this voice is because I’m black.” In her memoir, “Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina,” she also wrote about how she endured racism in ballet: “There were many people who seemed not to want to see black ballerinas, who thought that our ver y presence made ballet less authentic,

“What I find most interesting about the plight of black ballerinas is the fact that ballet is so skill and technique-based: You can train for years and years, go to a casting, be confident and get rejected for the color of your skin. I don’t think that’s right.” tographs featuring diverse ballet dancers. This topic is especially important to me having performed ballet myself and not having memories of racially diverse classes, along with the fact that my family is racially diverse. Part of my family is black, and my little cousin has just started tr ying dance. If she continues to enjoy it as much as I did, I hope that she would have no struggles in being able to do what she loves.

Misty Copeland was named a principal dancer by the ABT, becoming the first

less romantic, less true. The bitter truth is I felt that I wasn’t being fully accepted because I was black, that leaders of the company just didn’t see me starring in more classical roles, despite my elegant line and flow.”

What I find most interesting about the plight of black ballerinas is the fact that ballet is so skill and technique-based: You can train for years and years, go to a casting, be confident and get rejected for the color of your skin. I don’t think that’s right. What it comes down to is the

difference in body type. I have been studying this in a few of my gender studies classes about the racial stereotypes of what a black person’s body is made out to look like. Lauren Anderson, the first black woman to reach the rank of principal ballerina with a major American company other than the Dance Theatre of Harlem, said, “When we think of ballerinas, we think of pink, pale and fluffy. We’re not accustomed to thinking of black women’s bodies in this context. We’re accustomed to thinking of black women as athletic and strong. But all ballerinas are athletic, all ballerinas are strong.” The Theatre of Harlem was created by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Mitchell wanted to give children, especially those in Harlem, the chance to learn about dance.

It has now grown into a multi-cultural dance institution. “It’s important for me to set an example of what a healthy image is, what a ballerina can be — that she doesn’t have to be a white woman that’s rail thin,” Copeland said.

These phenomena are shocking: I had no idea race was such a huge barrier in the world of dance. A dancer should be judged on her technique, training and the hours she has put in, not on how her skin looks against a white tutu.

Diana Essex is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in women’s and gender studies. Her column, “Essentially Essex,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

Merging tenets of science, religion is not unreasonable COMMENTARY SONAM SHETH

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n an issue of The Daily Targum, Jordan Karausky wrote an interesting and compelling commentary on the intersection of religion and science. He brought up some thought-provoking points, and I’d like to take this opportunity to continue the discussion.

The primary assertion that caught my attention was the title of the commentary itself: “Christianity helps to convey what science fails to explain.” Known as the “God of the gaps” argument, this view is very commonly used by those advocating a religious or faith-based explanation for the creation of our universe. It goes as follows: Since there are currently loopholes, or gaps, in our scientific knowledge of the universe, this must be evidence of God’s existence.

The key thing to note here is that there are phenomena we cannot yet prove with science. Imagine there exists a person who has no knowledge of the existence of science — they take the biblical account of the creation of the world as fact. That is, they believe that the world was created in six days, and that it is possible, according to the Book of Revelations, for stars to fall out of the sky and land on Earth. But when science makes discoveries that disprove these biblical assertions, and a person wants to continue believing that the Bible is unerring, they then go back to it and begin to reinterpret

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the text. They conclude, in light of scientific findings, that not every single passage in the Bible is meant in a literal sense, and that some claims are more figurative.

This cycle of faith-based assertion, that assertion being disproven by science and the original claim being reinterpreted in a figurative sense continues into the modern era. If there is a phenomenon that science cannot yet prove, advocates of the religious approach claim that it must be the work of God. The phenomenon is then explained by a scientific advance — that is, through hard evidence, empirical facts and thorough experimentation — and the cycle continues.

to support the claim that God exists and what happened in the Bible was actually true. Although eyewitness testimony is often lauded as the highest form of evidence (indeed, it’s viewed through this lens in every court of law), it is the exact opposite.

To understand this, consider the game of “Telephone” that almost every child played in elementary school. Students would stand in a line, and the game would begin with the first student whispering a word or phrase into another student’s ear. The second student would then repeat to the third student exactly what they heard from the first student. The game would continue

“But when science makes discoveries that disprove these biblical assertions, and a person wants to continue believing that the Bible is unerring, they then go back to it and begin to reinterpret the text.”

The proof that tidal bulging (originally thought to be work of God) is due to Earth’s gravitational attraction to the moon is just one example of religious assumption being disproven by science. It becomes clear, then, that the belief in the existence of God is an ever-receding belief, because as science continues to tackle the deep pockets of our universe, it becomes less and less reasonable to assign every mystery to the existence of a supernatural being.

Another point that Karausky brought up was the existence of eyewitness testimony

until the phrase reached the very last student. What happened almost 99 percent of the time was that the last student repeated something entirely unrelated to what the first student said.

This admittedly simple example makes it clear that eyewitness testimony is the least reliable form of evidence. In another example, there was once a police officer who claimed that he saw a UFO with his own eyes. He said that it was moving back and forth in the sky, and that he followed it in his police car to track its progress. What was

found was that what the man believed to be a UFO was actually Venus, and the back and forth motion that he thought he observed was due to the swerving of his own vehicle, since he was driving on a winding road.

It’s blatantly clear, then, that “I saw it with my own eyes” will do nothing to convince a rational person that your account of what happened has a factual basis. Because it’s just that — your account. There’s no empirical evidence to it, and it relies on the faultiness of human sensory perception. To then take something as prone to error as eyewitness testimony, and place it on such a high pedestal is doing a great disservice to our understanding of what the universe actually is.

An important caveat to note here is that when talking about the belief in God, I refer primarily to the fundamentalist belief — that God is the creator of the universe, and that the events outlined in the Bible actually happened as they were written. There are many people who use their religious beliefs as a moral and spiritual compass to guide their views, while also acknowledging the factual underpinnings of science. This intersection of science and faith is reasonable, as it doesn’t seek to merge the two. The disconnect occurs when unproven, biblical claims are used to fill gaps in our scientific understanding of the universe, because this practice goes against the very definition of science itself.

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

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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Today’s Birthday (11/04/15). Win together this year. Your friends are the aces up your sleeve. Consistency profits. Passionate possibilities spark (after 3/9). Thoughtful planning pays (after 3/23). A group project shifts (after 9/1). One game folds and another begins (after 9/16).

Play. 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 — Today and tomorrow get especially busy. Work requires your personal touch. Discover and resolve a structural problem. Pull what you need out of storage. The action is behind the scenes. Learn the value of what you have.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Let friends arouse your curiosity. The next two days are reserved for fun. Encourage creativity.

Play around. Romance blossoms if lovingly tended. Practice your arts and magic. Follow the beat of the music and dance.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Your home and family require more attention. Fix up your place today and tomorrow. Get creative with color, form and line.

You can get what you need without straining the budget. Prepare for an upcoming social event.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Things are getting clear over the next few days. You see a solution. Read, write and study. Issue press releases. Communicate with your networks.

Re-supply locally. Meditate on what you want before speaking.

Make long-range plans.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Take care of financial matters over the next few days.

Tally up your balance sheet. Keep payments current, and issue reminders on accounts receivable.

Patience pays off. Keep your agreements. Be determined, and not dissuaded.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Your confidence and personal power expands today and tomorrow. With strength, you also gain options. Let your team know how they can help. Pay attention to a brilliant, yet bizarre, suggestion.

Wait for a roadblock to clear.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — The next two days are nice for laying low. Upgrade your equipment and organize your space. Prepare for a new project by closing up old ones. Stick close to home. Listen to someone who thinks differently than you.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Enjoy a two-day party phase. Social activities and team projects go well today and tomorrow.

A risk could pay off big. Ask for help to gather resources and talents. Stifle rebellious tendencies. Build a strong foundation together.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — A professional challenge requires your attention over the next few days. Opportunities could arise if you play your cards right. Fix something before it breaks. Postpone travel. Take on more responsibility.

Teach what you’re learning.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Educational adventures draw you out today and tomorrow. Discover new methods, tricks and ideas. Listen to a mentor or teacher. Go and see for yourself.

Make long-term plans and dream big. Imagine ways to apply what you’re learning.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Plan strategically over the next few days, especially regarding money. There’s no rush. Join forces with another for funding. Others seek your advice. Come up with a plan together. Gain more than expected.

Enjoy a tranquil evening.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Someone nice thinks you’re cute. Get your homework done before going out to play. Discover romance where least expected today and tomorrow. Charm with your talents and passions.

Your reputation precedes you.

Dress to impress.

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Sophomore forward Jason Wright, who leads the Big Ten and ranks third nationally in goals with 13, hopes to add to his tally against the Terrapins. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015

TITLE Knights hope Michigan is able to defeat Ohio State in order to win league title CONTINUED FROM BACK “We can’t help Michigan beat Ohio State from where we are in Maryland, so we’re just going to try to take care of business on our end, get our three points and … hopefully Michigan can help us out a little bit and help us win a Big Ten regular season title.”

The Knights (11-4-1, 4-3-0) will be at College Park facing the Terrapins at the same time as the Buckeyes and Wolverines duke it out in Columbus.

Maryland (7-5-4, 2-2-3) is coming off of a big loss to Ohio State over the weekend in a game that could’ve

put the team in the driver’s seat of the conference had it won. Instead, the best finish the Terps could earn with a win over Rutgers is second place, a large upgrade from their current sixth place position.

The Knights cannot afford to deviate from their strong form — Rutgers has won seven straight since the 2-0 power outage defeat to Penn State, the third longest active streak in the nation — if they hope to return to Piscataway with a top-two seed.

Traveling to a field that averages 3,640 fans per contest to face a team who defeated then-No. 1 UCLA and played No. 10 Akron

MOMENT Junior offesnive lineman stands by his decision to chose Rutgers over Michigan CONTINUED FROM BACK you exactly where it is, but once you get over 50 (or) 60,000, if they want to be rowdy and loud, then you’re going to need silent cadence. So I don’t know if it’s more of a challenge than last week.”

Rutgers sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano has been more than challenged in his last two times out on the field. The Glen Head, New York, native has been mired in a two-game slump, congruent to the Knights consecutive blowout losses — 49-7 at home to the No. 1 Buckeyes and on the road against Wisconsin at Camp Randall, 48-10, last Saturday.

But the sophomore signal-caller is taking cues from his head coach, unwilling to appear overwhelmed, as the biggest game of his young career approaches at Michigan.

“We’ve played at some pretty big places already this year,” Laviano said. “It’s just another good opportunity to go to an away, big stadium and be 1-0.”

Laviano’s last trip to a big stadium — just a week ago in Madison — was far from how the Knights and their first-year starter drew it up.

The Long Islander struggled to grasp the scheme the Badgers executed on defense, sputtering

Junior free safety Anthony Cioffi said he will embrace taking the field at Michigan Stadium, treating the Big House as his own.

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close earlier in the season, there will be a small margin of error for the boys from the Banks.

But Rutgers has been better away from Piscataway throughout its campaign. The Knights have won five straight contests outside of Yurcak Field, their longest such streak since 1993.

Having played at prestigious, packed venues before, Donigan believes his team will be unfazed by the noise in the stands.

“They’re a very talented team, a young team ... like every other match in this conference and on our schedule, you can’t underestimate anybody,” Donigan said.

“I’m sure it’s going to be a pretty exciting atmosphere to play in, but our guys are mature enough and intelligent enough to realize they could only put 11 guys on the other side of the field. The crowd just adds to the excitement and the

to a paltry performance on 4-for14 passing for 31 yards.

But Laviano and company have an opportunity to prove that last season’s win over the Wolverines — the first Big Ten win in school history — was not a fluke.

It’s a matchup that motivates prospective recruits of the two schools to pick a side — and that is the Big Ten Rutgers remembers getting excited about being involved in.

Junior right guard Chris Muller will likely have some extra juice entering Michigan week, having been recruited by former “Big Blue” head coach Brady Hoke out of high school in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

“You know, I’m glad I picked this school,” Muller said of Rutgers. “I’m glad I didn’t go anywhere else, so it’s going to be nice to showcase that.”

Muller was courted by three big-time programs coming out of Boyertown High School (Pennsylvania), but chose the Scarlet and White of the Knights over conference foes Michigan State and the maize and blue of Michigan.

Ann Arbor stands as a veritable mecca of college football, second only perhaps to Notre Dame Stadium, home of the Fighting Irish. The Irish were in the mix for Muller’s services as well, but when it came time to make a decision, the 6-foot-6, 310-pounder chose the buzz of the Banks over the allure of South Bend, Indiana.

“I did visit Michigan,” Muller said. “I visited when I went out there to visit Notre Dame and Michigan State.”

Just when Muller thought he had his mind made up, then-head coach Greg Schiano bolted from

environment and … you just kind of feed off of that excitement.”

While the Knights fight for the top spot in the conference, Jason Wright fights for the top spot in the nation’s scoresheet. The sophomore forward’s tally of 13 goals is just two goals behind Nick DePuy of UC Santa Barbara for the national lead.

Wright’s last chance to end the regular season as the best goalscorer in Division I soccer will be in Maryland. Wright enters the game with the same objective as always.

“Every game I want to score, so that speaks for itself,” the Kingston, Jamaica, native said. “(I’m) not necessarily trying to be the leading goalscorer or anything — just trying to get my name on the board and help my team to be victorious.”

The rest of Wright’s team will follow suit in their approach to the match.

Without hiding the significance of the game, Rutgers will prepare for its final road trip just as it has prepared all season.

“I’d be lying if I said this isn’t a special game that we don’t mark off on our calendar for a bunch of different reasons, but now even more so with the ramifications and how it could turn out to be a big game for us in terms of maybe winning the conference and helping out our seed,” said junior midfielder Erik Sa. “Having said that, you have to go into it preparing the same way as recently because you don’t want to get too hyped up. You don’t want to mess with what you’re doing.

Even though there’s all sorts of different scenarios leading up to this game, you have to treat it just like every other game and play your heart out.”

Sa was a member of the first team to play in the Big Ten in

program history last season. The Knights finished second to last in the conference with a record of 6-12-1, their only conference win coming against a Wisconsin team that was unable to take a single match off of Big Ten opposition.

This season has been a complete 180 degree turn for Rutgers.

Those who lived through the dark times are enjoying seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

“It’s really nice to be playing important games that mean so much at this time of the year, especially after the last couple of years where we’ve been fighting to try and get back into playing in these situations,” Sa said. “Now, this year, we’re fighting to get high seeds and play at home, which is so exciting — not only for us, but for our families and the fans.”

Riding the longest winning streak for the program since 1997, the Knights have every reason to be confident in themselves. Not having tasted defeat in over a month of action, they don’t see their season coming to a halt anytime soon.

“With the momentum comes believing and having confidence in yourself and the group as a whole.

I don’t see anything that can stop that as long as we stick together,” Sa said. “We know it’s not going to be perfect. There’s going to be bumps on the road throughout the rest of this season, whatever that may be. But knowing our style of play and knowing how good we can be is a real big confidence boost and it helps us a lot in those trying times. I don’t see (our run) ending anytime soon.”

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Junior Chris Muller was recruited by Michigan out of high school.

The right guard insists he is happy he chose to attend Rutgers.

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New Brunswick for Tampa Bay to serve as head coach of the Buccaneers. Muller admits he mulled over the idea of reconsidering, but chose to stay true to his commitment.

“I was thinking about visiting (Michigan again) when the whole Schiano thing (happened), but I stayed strong to Rutgers,” Muller said.

Starting free safety Anthony Cioffi recalls the win over Michigan last year as especially sweet. Cioffi’s aunt is a Michigan alumna and was on hand to witness the blocked field goal by sophomore Kemoko Turay that sealed the historic 2624 win over the Wolverines.

“She was mostly on our side, but she had a little accent with Michigan,” Cioffi said, a reference to the Rutgers jersey his aunt wore for the win, offset by Michigan’s Block “M” on her ball cap.

Saturday stands as landmark moment for the Rutgers football

program, but it will be even more memorable for the players. Most of the roster grew up watching teams like Michigan, dreaming of one day being granted the opportunity to play in such a game.

“Sometimes you just think about all the different great atmospheres and, ‘Oh, I wish I could play there and it would be a blessing to play there,’” Cioffi said.

It will be difficult for the Knights to contain their nerves with the excitement of nearly 110,000 fans roaring in unison.

But the leader of Rutgers’ secondary plans to soak up every moment and walk out with a win.

“Michigan is a great program and a great team,” Cioffi said. “We just have to go out there and treat it like it’s our house.”

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November 4, 2015 WOMEN’S SOCCER

VOLLEYBALL

RU keeps composure in postseason play MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT

Senior defensive specialist Ali Schroeter is Rutgers’ all-time leader in career digs. She shares her time on the court as libero with Ronnie Komisarek. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2015

Dynamic duo dominates at libero JOE BRAUNER STAFF WRITER

Standing out alone in an off-color jersey, the libero of a volleyball team plays a crucial role in the overall outcome of a game.

Much like a middle linebacker in football, the libero runs the defense, never leaving the court — not even for a second — during a set.

While most teams designate one player to take on this role Rutgers head volleyball coach CJ Werneke made the decision that this year he would use two players who he believes are both worthy of the position.

Headlining the back row for the Scarlet Knights (4-20, 1-10) is senior defensive specialist Ali Schroeter. Standing as Rutgers’ all-time career leader in digs, Schroeter was the team’s full-time libero before the platoon began at the start of the season.

It was not until the spring of 2015 when Werneke and the Knights’ coaching staff realized the effort that senior defensive specialist Ronnie Komisarek had put in, seeing that she had grown enough to be utilized in a platoon situation with Schroeter at libero.

“We started looking at it … in the preseason,” Werneke said.

“We saw Ronnie’s development last spring … Ronnie really developed and matured in that position and so we said, ‘Hey, listen, let’s utilize them both to their strengths.’”

The decision has allowed Werneke to play the hot hand to lead his back row this season.

“You know, one may be passing a little better, one might be

playing a little better defense,” he said. “It depends on what we need. I think now they’re doing both at a high level.”

Werneke stayed committed to playing both of his seniors at libero all season.

Both Schroeter and Komisarek have played in 84 sets so far, but the number of sets played is the only place on the stat sheet where the two Californian defensive specialists are equals.

In every measurable area of the position, Schroeter maintains a slight edge.

Schroeter appears stronger defensively, registering 277 digs on the season to Komisarek’s 252. Schroeter also takes the lead when it comes to passing from the back row and assisting in setting, with 42 assists on the year to Komisarek’s 37.

Even with Schroeter’s tight statistical lead, Werneke still has plausible reason to keep the dual rotation going for a little longer.

For what Komisarek lacks in skill set, she makes up with her athletic ability.

The San Mateo, California, native is arguably the quickest player that Rutgers has on the court.

Traveling distances for balls that most of her teammates would not have had a shot at, she never is afraid to get in front of a powerful hit that gets by the blockers on the front row.

Komisarek has undoubtedly earned the right to don the off-color jersey. She said it was always a goal to play the position.

“I’ve always wanted to be libero,” Komisarek said. “I’ve just been working really hard this past

summer and this year to try and earn that spot.”

With the sure-handed and experienced incumbent in Schroeter and the speedy challenger in Komisarek, both in their final year of collegiate play, the sharing of libero duties seems to make sense for the team right now and for the team down the road.

Best of all perhaps is that neither defensive specialist seems to mind sharing the responsibility and have been able to maintain a good relationship as teammates, as well as friends off the court.

“It makes us both better and better for each other,” Schroeter said. “Being in the same position we could easily dislike each other because of the competition, but we know we play better together, no matter who’s at libero.”

With the two sharing reps on the team, the biggest winner of the situation could be freshman Bree Coffey, the Knights’ only other defensive specialist who seems like the obvious choice to step into the role next season.

Coffey now has the opportunity to learn from her two older teammates who have both found a way to make an impact this season at the position she may take on next year.

“I think for her she’s really benefitted from having two senior DS’s be able to kind of take her under our wings and just show her how it’s done and help her get better,” Schroeter said.

The collegiate soccer season is a grind.

Training begins early in the year well before games approach, with technique and conditioning at the forefront of the first few weeks.

Preseason and exhibition games come next before the regular season heads underway and then the hard work can come to fruition by qualifying for the postseason.

The No. 9 Rutgers women’s soccer team has gone through a rigorous training schedule and Big Ten slate throughout the season. With the Scarlet Knights’ best performances of the year coming at the right time, that hard work is starting to pay off.

After navigating through the regular season with a 15-2-2 record and 8-2-2 conference record, the Knights are trying to keep the same focus mentality that has allowed them to be so successful.

“When you’re driving to a stadium and it’s playoff soccer, it’s a different drive,” said head coach Mike O’Neill. “But we have put ourselves in this position because that’s the type of team that we are. We try to focus on the task at hand and are still taking it one game at a time.”

In their 4-1 victory over Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, Rutgers got off to a slow start.

The Knights allowed an early goal in the third minute and appeared to be on their heels, but eventually bounced back and became aggressive on offense, lashing out with four unanswered goals in the win.

The first postseason game may have produced some early jitters for Rutgers, but the strong mindset it has kept the whole year came through again when it was needed most.

“Early on (against Minnesota), it seemed like we were playing it a bit safe,” O’Neill said.

“You don’t want to play it safe because if you play not to make

mistakes, then you will make mistakes. But then we got into a groove and found our way, which is what has been the key for us all season long.”

The strong veteran leadership on the team makes it easier for the Knights to avoid the postseason pressure.

One such player is senior defender Erica Skroski, who scored the game-winning goal against Minnesota and was named the Big Ten Defender of the Year.

She has experienced plenty of big game experience during her time on the Banks, but knows it is important to keep calm in these moments because it can lead to better play.

“There’s definitely more on the line in the postseason and each game really matters, but we just try to stay calm and confident,” Skroski said. “We just go out there and play like we have been playing this game for so long, trying to keep our composure and it works.”

The same mindset has already been passed on to some of the newcomers in the program.

Freshman Kenie Wright was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team as a defender and is relishing her first taste of playoff soccer at Rutgers.

She acknowledges the excitement that comes with it, but also realizes that the team tries to take the same approach to these games and play with the same style it has been using during the regular season.

“There is something special about playing in the postseason,” Wright said. “We’re tr ying to win the Big Ten Championship and we come in with a little more energy in our step, especially in the Minnesota game because we had so many fans behind us and we really wanted the win. But we also tr y to keep our composure and focus on how we want to play.”

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After being named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team, defender Kenie Wright hopes to aid Rutgers during the postseason push.

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November 4, 2015 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK JANARION GRANT HAS NOT SCORED SINCE SEPT. 12

Knights evaluate ways to alter game, make key plays GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

Janarion Grant isn’t used to this.

After taking the attention of the college football world by storm with his three electrifying touchdown returns in the first two games of the season, the dynamic junior wide receiver and kick returner has largely gone missing in the Rutgers football team’s last six contests.

Despite his 42-yard kick return last Saturday in the Scarlet Knights’ 48-10 loss at Wisconsin, sending him atop the program’s record books with 2,065 kick return yards and a 24.9 average per return, Grant knows he’s been bottled up now for some time.

“They’ve been keeping (kicks) away from me,” he said.

“Sometimes they haven’t been … but we’re still working on it, still trying to open up the game plan on what I need to do.”

Against the Badgers, Grant eclipsed the century mark on kick return yardage (102) for the third time this season. It was the first time since he racked up 195 kick return yards with a 100-yard touchdown return on top of a punt return for a score on his way to a school-record 339 all-purpose yards Sept. 12 versus Washington State.

But special teams isn’t the only unit where Grant’s production has been lacking since the beginning of the fall.

Back in August, Grant voiced his confidence in his improved hands, physicality and knowledge of the playbook entering his third year on the Banks.

Looking to shed the image of just a kick return specialist, the Trilby, Florida, native flashed signs of promise in training camp and delivered with his production early on in September.

But in his last two times out, Grant has only three catches for

Junior wide receiver and return man Janarion Grant has been quieted for Rutgers in recent games.

Opponents have refrained from kicking to him. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015 just 11 yards. Despite ranking third on the team in receiving with 21 receptions for 181 yards, Grant admits he feels as if he can provide more if the ball is in his hands.

“It’s a little frustrating. The ball’s not really coming my way, so it’s really frustrating,” he said.

“But I just gotta continue to work hard and work on the things I gotta work on to get better and hopefully open some eyes to see that I need to get the ball to make things happen.”

After commending Grant for his latest achievement as the alltime leader in the Knights’ kick return yardage, Flood said the speedy receiver’s touches are a product of the play-calling in firstyear offensive coordinator Ben McDaniels’s pro-style schemes and sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano’s subsequent decisions.

“In terms of getting (Grant) more touches, those have to come within the system. You know, you just can’t force it out there,” Flood said. “You’ve heard me say that about receivers in

“They’ve been keeping (the kicks) away from me ... we’re still working on it, still trying to open up the game plan.”

JANARION GRANT Junior Wide Receiver/Kick Returner

the past. You can’t just force it to a particular receiver on a particular play or you’re going to put yourself in danger of throwing interceptions. You can’t do that.”

As for the next swarming unit the Knights’ offense expects to face, Michigan (6-2, 3-1) boasts the No. 9 pass defense (166.1 yards per game), No. 2 total defense (241.9 yards per game) and No. 2 scoring defense (11.4 points per game).

Regardless of the rankings and accolades the No. 16 Wolverines possess, Grant believes he can help Rutgers put those numbers to the test if he has the rock.

“I think so — well, I know I can,” Grant said. “I’m just waiting on a chance to get the ball — that’s all I can do.” *** Another Rutgers playmaker was quiet without the ball in his hands recently.

As a product of the rotation at the running back unit, Josh Hicks had been a non-factor for

the Knights on offense. After serving as the leading rusher for most of the season and against Kansas on Sept. 26, the sophomore struggled to make an impact with 22 touches for 68 yards (3.09 yards per carry).

“I can’t really say nothing about that,” Hicks said. “I just wasn’t producing.”

But when his number was called against Wisconsin, Hicks stepped up and had the hot hand.

On the offense’s second drive of the game, he ripped off the bulk of his 15 carries for 72 yards, ending the day as the Knights’ leading rusher.

Hicks walked through the memory of that drive where he caught fire, describing what it’s like when he has the hot hand.

“Just move the ball forward, run tough and just put my team in the best position,” Hicks said.

“Like it’s a rush — being out there, being in a rhythm — like you do things like you’d never do, like you’d never expect … just have like a clear mind and run.”

With the No. 2 rush defense waiting in Michigan at the Big House this weekend, the Knights expect to need senior Paul James, junior Justin Goodwin and sophomore Robert Martin ready for combat.

And after they get their carries, Hicks is ready to add to that attack with a punch of his own when it’s his turn to carry the load.

“I know my teammates have my back,” Hicks said. “It didn’t affect my production. We have Robert (Martin) and PJ (Paul James) and Justin Goodwin.

Those are my brothers, and we’re there for each other.”

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Tallying just 68 yards on 22 carries in the three games that followed his 21 touches for 113 yards against Kansas on Sept. 26, sophomore running back Josh Hicks stalled out for Rutgers on offense. But Hicks showed signs of life at Wisconsin with 72 yards on 15 attempts. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

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After fighting through a rough first season in the Big Ten, junior midfielder Erik Sa is happy to be playing meaningful soccer on the final matchday of the regular season. The Knights fight for the top seed and home-field advantage throughout the Big Ten Tournament, which starts this weekend. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015

Rutgers seeks Big Ten regular season title BRIAN FONSECA

by just three points, everything is still up for grabs in the league.

But as always, the teams at the top have the most say in how things end up.

No. 16 Rutgers sits in second place with 12 points, one point behind league leaders No. 18 Ohio State, which suffered a 1-0 loss to the Scarlet Knights earlier this season at Yurcak Field.

The Buckeyes have complete control of their own destiny. If they defeat Michigan on

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Decision day — the day the dust settles and everything is put into place — is here.

Wednesday is the final day of regular season play in Big Ten men’s soccer and there is still much to be decided before the start of the conference tournament this weekend.

With the first and fifth place teams separated

Wednesday night, they will win the Big Ten regular season title and earn the top seed in the Big Ten Tournament.

In order for the Scarlet Knights to have a chance to win their first Big Ten regular season title, they must hope Michigan manages to defeat — or at least tie — Ohio State.

A slip by the Buckeyes would guarantee the Knights at least a share of the league title. For Rutgers to earn the title outright, it must hope

Northwestern drops points against Big Ten bottomfeeders Wisconsin earlier in the day.

But the Knights won’t be thinking about that when they step foot on the field for a game of their own against Maryland.

“Not at all. There’s nothing we can do about that,” head coach Dan Donigan said on whether the OSU match will be on his mind.

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FOOTBALL RUTGERS AIMS TO EARN RESPECT FROM RECRUITS, PEERS IN BATTLEGROUND MATCHUP AT MICHIGAN

Knights welcome big moment at Big House KEVIN XAVIER

for as a program. Michigan serves as a model institution for the State University of New Jersey to emulate, not only in terms of athletics, but academics as well.

“I’ve been thinking about that all (Sunday) and (Monday),” said junior tight end Nick Arcidiacono. “Obviously going into the Big House is going to be huge and it’d be awesome just to go in there and silence that crowd.”

It’s a moniker as renowned as it is representative of the sheer size of the building. Erected in 1927, the Big House is the largest stadium

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Nearly 13 months after its first conference game against Penn State last October at High Point Solutions Stadium, the Rutgers football team will truly find out what it means to be a member of the Big Ten Conference on Saturday when the Scarlet Knights (3-5, 1-4) travel to Michigan Stadium to take on Michigan.

Both the Wolverines (6-2, 3-1) and their stadium represent the goal Rutgers is striving

in the United States and third-largest in the world behind Salt Lake Stadium in India (seats 120,000) and May Day Stadium in North Korea (150,000), according to Business Insider.

The crowd will likely be the largest the Knights have played in front of in their history, poised to break the school’s mark set last October when Rutgers traveled to the Horseshoe in Columbus against Ohio State, in front of 106,795 fans.

But Saturday will be a whole different ball of wax as the Big House is expected to be

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packed close to its capacity, leaving 109,901 fans shouting “Go Blue” for the Wolverines on the field.

Head coach Kyle Flood is doing his best to downplay the atmosphere.

“Every time we go on the road, we’re going to prepare with crowd noise during the week. We’ll have all our silent cadences ready to go if we need them,” Flood said. “There’s a line of demarcation somewhere. I couldn’t tell SEE MOMENT ON PAGE 13

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