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As Rutgers’ 250th anniversary approaches, University historian Paul Clemens penned the book, “Rutgers since 1945: A History of the State University of New Jersey.” COURTESY OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, ALEXANDER LIBRARY
‘Rutgers since 1945’ book chronicles pivotal events in U. history DAN COREY COPY EDITOR
Even though many Rutgers students and alumni take pride in the University’s rich 249-year histor y as the 13th-oldest college in the United States, most are probably unaware that the University
experienced the most change within the past 70 years. Just in time for the kickoff of a oneyear celebration for the University’s 250th anniversary, a Rutgers professor chronicled significant historical developments throughout the last 70 years of the University’s existence in a new book, “Rutgers since 1945:
A History of the State University of New Jersey.” Former University President Richard P. McCormick, the father of the previous President Richard L. McCormick, provided inspiration and a groundwork for writing the book, said Paul Clemens, a professor in the Department of
History and author of “Rutgers since 1945.” “What I originally planned to do was pick up the story where McCormick left off, which was roughly 1961,” Clemens said. “That didn’t make sense in terms of Rutgers history and Rutgers’ story ... It made sense to go back and re-do
some of the work that McCormick had done.” The year 1945 was important to cover in the book because that era included major events like World War II, the adoption of the Rutgers—Newark campus and Rutgers SEE BOOK ON PAGE 4
‘Bhangra on the Banks’ captures Punjabi flair SANJANA CHANDRASEKHARAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Students from six different universities along the east coast joined Rutgers on Friday to celebrate Punjabi culture with vibrant dancing, cuisine and festivities. More than 400 people filled Trayes Hall at the Douglas Student Center on Douglass campus in an event titled “Bhangra on the Banks III.” The event was hosted by the Association of Punjabis at Rutgers University (APRU) and acted as an official Punjabi formal and intercollegiate Bhangra dance showcase. “Bhangra on the Banks III” consisted of six dance teams from various parts of the countr y showcasing their Bhangra talent and exchanging skills between schools. The teams that participated were American University’s American Bhangra Crew, University of Connecticut’s Husky Bhangra, Rutgers Newark’s Brick City Bhangra, NYU Bhangra from New York University, GU Jawani from Georgetown University and Rutgers New Brunswick’s own team, Nehriyan Bhangra.
In addition to students across the east coast, family members also joined in for the evening. Sachin Duggal, president of the Rutgers Association of Punjabis and a School of Engineering junior, said “Bhangra on the Banks III” was one of the association’s major flagship events, held not only at Rutgers University, but at several schools on the east coast. “It’s something we’re very prideful of,” he said. “We’re not only collaborating with Rutgers students but we have six other schools here tonight. It’s really important that we come together as a community to celebrate our culture.” The event included dinner consisting of different dishes of Punjabi food, such as daal, paneer makhini, chicken makhini, naan and rasmalai. Zainab Anwar, a School of Management and Labor Relations sophomore, particularly enjoyed the food. “I came with my friend just for a fun night. I’m really looking forward to all of the dance shows. The food was really good,” she said. Anand Adhikari, a senior at American University in Washington SEE FLAIR ON PAGE 5
The Mountainview Project is a social action student organization working to reshape the narrative and practice surrouning mass incarceration in the United States, which imprisons the most civilians out of any country in the world. REUTERS
Mountainview Project educates, changes future for at-risk, incarcerated individuals NOA HALFF STAFF WRITER
Rutgers is contributing in the move to repair the American criminal justice system with the Mountainview Project Student Organization (MVP-SO), a social action student organization working on the issue of prison reform.
The Mountainview Project works with at-risk youth and inmates through direct contact by mentoring, tutoring, conducting seminars and providing alternative opportunities to promote the pursuit of higher education. They raise awareness of the possibility and benefits of successful ex-felon reform, according to their website.
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Donald Roden, an associate professor in the Department of History, founded the project in 2004 when he taught at a local prison called Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility. His goal was for the young men and women to be admitted to Rutgers following their release, said Adham SEE FUTURE ON PAGE 5
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Campus Calendar TUESDAY 11/10 The Office of Community Affairs hosts, “Rutgers 250 Kick Off Celebration” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Old Queens campus located at 83 Somerset St. on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Center for Dermal Research presents, “Innovations in Dermatological Sciences” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Student Centers at Rutgers—New Brunswick host, “Rutgers 2:50 Cookie Kickoff” from 2:45 to 4:30 p.m. at all six student centers located on the College Avenue, Cook, Douglass, Livingston and Busch campuses of Rutgers—New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public. The Honors College at Rutgers—New Brunswick presents, “To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation” at 7:30 p.m. in the College Avenue Gymnasium on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. WEDNESDAY 11/11 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. The Department of Human Ecology presents, “Environmental Architects and Forging Futures in Mumbai” from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Blake Hall on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. Mason Gross School of the Arts presents, “Master Class with Organist Michel Bouvard” from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Princeton University Chapel in Princeton, New Jersey. The event is free and open to the public. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents, “The Making of Arabic Calligraphy Art” from 2 to 5 p.m. at Voorhees Hall and the Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. THURSDAY 11/12 The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences presents, “Welcome to the Anthropocene: A Geological Age of Our Making” from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Student Center on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy hosts, “2015 Bloustein School Annual Alumni Awards Celebration” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Heldrich Hotel in Downtown New Brunswick. The event costs $50 for admission.
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CORRECTIONS An Oct. 26 article, “Lawyer discusses dangers of GMOs,” should have said that Steven Druker is from Iowa instead of Ohio and that Joseph Heckman is a professor, not of extension specialist. It also should have said that the name of the Byrne seminar was “Traditional Organic Food and Farming Systems.”
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Seminar provides framework to think about video games JULIAN JIMENEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Sciences in 2007 with degrees in psychology and sociology. At the time, she was not sure if she wanted to pursue a thesis project, but was granted permission by the Department of Sociology. Khanolkar said she remembers reading a video game article about the upcoming release of the Nintendo Wii and their marketing place in Time magazine when she was searching for a topic to research.The article was her inspiration for the thesis project. “(The article) spoke about wanting to turn people of all ages, including girls and grandpas, into gamers,” she said. After serious thought and consideration, McLean agreed to supervise Khanolkar’s project. She was thinking of researching her topic on the gender diversification of video gamers, but McLean suggested she direct her project in a different direction. At the time, Grand Theft Auto, a game that is popular and controversial for its violent content, was the spark for her project. “Everything in the press was really negative about (this) game,” Khanolkar said. People were quick to dismiss any potential benefits of the video game, she said. “Games are meaningful. They are a form of play,” she said. “Beating games isn’t just about beating the boss.” One major benefit of video games is social bonding, she said. Khanolkar said she would not have built strong bonds with her siblings. “It offered a lot of social bonding,” she said.
Rutgers is providing students with a cheat code to help find out “The Meaning of Video-Gaming.” Rutgers has been offering a course that aims to find the relationships between gamers and their video games for about five years now. The Byrne seminar offers first-year students an insight as to why video games are “so enthralling,” said Paul McLean, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology. “The class offers a good opportunity to provide framework (for students) to think critically (about video games),” he said. “Students (are so) enthusiastic about video games.” Although some view video games as negative, McLean generally believes the negative notion about video games are overstated. There is not much evidence that supports the notion of video game violence promoting real-life violence, McLean said. Instead he wants students to think analytically and critically about their relationship Students can enroll for the Byrne seminar, “The Meaning of Video-Gaming,” which teaches firstwith the “gaming culture,” and year students insight into why video games are so engaging. CAPCOM describes this relationship as a potential benefit. Vincent Dimaya, a Rutgers One particular student stood in video games and how they in- received a great amount of supBusiness School sophomore and port from Rutgers, her friends out because he was “articulate” terpreted that violence. former course student, said the “It depends on the context and family, as well as McLean. about his favorite video game. intriguing course description When Khanolkar discovered He told Khanolkar that he stayed of it, (but) I wanted to see how lead him to enroll in the seminar. awake until 5 a.m. to beat a cer- gamers felt about the media per- that this video game seminar Dimaya also disagrees with tain game and described the mo- ception of video game violence was going to be partially based the negative view of games. He off her study, she was “super flatcriticism,” she said. ment as “monumental” for him. credits the first-year student Khanolkar and McLean found tered,” she said. During her study, she also environment and McLean’s laid“I think it’s cool that profesrecorded the behavior and lan- that video games provided peoback teaching style for why he guage between gamers during ple with a platform to build and sor McLean taught the course. was able to en(It) was imjoy and learn portant for so much from students since the course. he’s not much “Games are meaningful. They are a form of play ... Beating games isn’t just about beating the boss.” “The most of a gamer,” she fun credit I’ve said. “He sees PREETI KHANOLKAR ever earned,” the value in School of Arts and Sciences Alumna he said. “Prothe course.” fessor McLean McLean, was able to alKhanolkar and low us to chill Dimaya all Khanolkar, along with the their game interactions. She no- maintain relationships, as well as hope to see Rutgers expand on and not make the class so taxing that we couldn’t complete other help of McLean, was determined ticed that gamers would refer foster community interaction. this course and start a video to discover the relationship be- to each other by their “in-game course workloads.” “It was interesting to see the game department. The course came into exis- tween video games and players. “A department dedicated perception from gamers and how names or characters.” Khanolkar interviewed about tence when McLean and his stuto the creation, understanding “It was an interesting switch they related to it,” she said. dents worked together on a the- 20 students with 30 different in how they spoke during games Khanolkar’s thesis project was and social implications of video questions. She hoped to learn the and away from them,” she said. sis project. ultimately published and won games and the likes would no Preeti Khanolkar graduat- effects of playing video games Khanolkar also looked into a number of awards, including doubt be a worthwhile addition ed from the School of Arts and from a young age. how gamers perceived violence best sociology thesis project. She to the University,” Dimaya said.
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BOOK In 1945, Rutgers was mostly small liberal arts college suited for men, Clemens says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
becoming a state university more officially than it had been in the past, Clemens said. Clemens has been teaching history at Rutgers since 1974, and said the most significant development experienced by Rutgers in recent decades was its progress in becoming a first-rate research university, particularly during former University President Edward J. Bloustein’s tenure in the 1980s. But as a person who was living during this pivotal time period, Clemens did not recognize the importance of this progress and how it fit in the greater picture of Rutgers history, he said. “In retrospect, having written about it, I now understand how ... it was a major step in redesigning the University,” he said. “From a personal point of view,
what I felt was probably most important was the way in which the University was reorganized from different colleges.” The most recent reorganization was announced in Spring 2007 when Rutgers College, University College, Douglass College and Livingston College were consolidated into what is now the School of Arts and Sciences, and the remaining Cook College became the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. The two reorganizations of the Rutgers—New Brunswick campus changed in countless ways that took both a positive and negative toll on University undergraduate life, Clemens said. Consolidation of the University programs provided students with a greater sense of freedom to pursue academic degrees in various divergent subject areas, Clemens said. It also gave rise
to an unprecedented demand for transportation to the other sub-campuses within Rutgers— New Brunswick. Most programs strived to offer introductory classes on all five sub-campuses and continue to do so, but that did not always work out as planned, Clemens said. “It really opened up any program to any student in any program on any campus,” he said. “It made it harder because if a woman on Douglass wanted to take a program that was not offered on her campus, she had to get on a bus and go somewhere else.” Allowing the faculty to work more closely with one another as a result of this consolidation improved research projects and graduate programs more than anything else, Clemens said. “I don’t think it hurt undergraduate education, but it did mean that for a while, undergraduate (programs) didn’t get quite the emphasis that (they) had had in the past with the older colleges,” he said. “That was something the University had to consciously (work) to change.” Since 1945, working for change was something that the Univer-
Students study in a library on campus. COURTESY OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, ALEXANDER LIBRARY sity became accustomed to in terms of academics, as well as the promotion of racial equality, gender equality, acceptance of sexual orientation and religious beliefs. In 1945, the University was mostly a small liberal arts college suited for men. This started to change when students decided to
voice dissatisfaction by protesting to make Rutgers suitable for everyone, Clemens said. The single most important thing that changed at the University’s social construct for students was the black student protest movement at Rutgers during 1969, Clemens said. “They weren’t just proposals, they were demands for changes in admissions policies at Rutgers,” he said. “There were similar protest movements by Puerto Rican students following that. Collectively, those concerns fundamentally accelerated things that probably wouldn’t have happened ... (as) quickly at Rutgers.” This movement is the origin of a much more diverse Rutgers campus, Clemens said. The students deserve the entire credit for starting that protest, but there were many faculty members who also worked to bring those changes about. Increased student diversity “definitely” made New Jersey’s flagship state university a more interesting place to be, Clemens said. After World War II, there was a single student culture at Rutgers. Today, there are “very few” things that all students have in common or do in common, Clemens said. “There have been other changes (resulting) from this that just have to do with size,” he said. “Rutgers was like a middle-sized high school right after World War II. Now it’s a huge, huge university. Part of what that means is that there can’t be a single common student culture at Rutgers.” In addition to the history of the University’s structural reorganization and protest movements, “Rutgers since 1945” also includes chapters that address student life from the perspective of a Rutgers student during particular years after 1945, Clemens said. A few other people assisted Clemens with the writing of “Rutgers since 1945.” Among these contributions is the fifth chapter, “Residence Hall Architecture at Rutgers,” an essay by Carla Yanni, an assistant professor in the Department of Art History. Gaining knowledge of the University’s past might provide current Rutgers students with more of a reason to appreciate where they are studying now, Clemens said. “Public higher education is absolutely essential for the kind of world they’re going to be living in,” he said. “I think that understanding your university is a way of understanding a larger enterprise you’re engaged in and make you a better citizen in the long run.”
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FUTURE Project proves education to be effective way to combat mass incarceration, El-Sherbeini says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
El-sherbeini, a School of Engineering senior and MVP president. In 2011, a group of students founded the Mountainview Project Student Organization, he said. The organization has grown since, he said. It is especially relevant today in the effort to tackle mass incarceration in the U.S. The U.S. incarcerates more citizens than any other nation in the world, according to CNN. MVP-SO tackles the issue of mass-incarceration through education by teaching youth in hopes that they do not go to prison, El-sherbeini said. The organization also educates current and former prisoners in hopes that they do not return to prison, he said. They also educate society about the effects of prison in hopes of inspiring change in a broken criminal justice system. He said the project’s current initiatives include the Petey Greene Prisoner Assistance Program, a program where students tutor currently incarcerated men and women at local prisons to help them achieve their General Education Development certificate (GED) and high school diplomas to help them be more successful upon their release. Project P.R.I.D.E. (Promoting Responsibility In Drug Education) is another initiative reducing recidivism through public speaking to members of the community about the effects of decision making under drugs and alcohol, according to their website. University students can help the project grow by introducing people who have been or are incarcerated and would like to pursue higher education through their Referral Program. They will be guided through the process of applying for admission to the University, according to their Facebook page.
The project is also working on Rutgers Upward Bound Program, which is geared toward first generation, low-income students from Plainfield, Piscataway and New Brunswick in efforts to prepare them for college, according to the page. Members are working on a campaign to urge University students to divest from private prisons and are raising awareness on campus about mass-incarceration and the effects it has on individuals, families and communities, El-sherbeini said. “The Mountainview Project has proven education to be a very effective way to combat mass incarceration,” he said. “The percentage of its students who return to prison is extremely low compared to the percentage of people in New Jersey who return to prison after their release.” President Barack Obama visited Rutgers—Newark to speak about prison reform and re-entry programs for former prisoners, issues Rutgers has worked on for years on the campus, according to The Daily Targum. Obama has made prison reform his priority for the remaining time in office. The goal is fairness and creating job opportunities for excons, according to CNN. Obama’s visit was the culmination of important scholarship by Rutgers students and faculty and acknowledgment of Rutgers’ criminal justice field, according to the Targum. Shadd Maruna, dean of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University—Newark, said U.S. prison sentences are outrageously and needlessly long. “As President Obama said on his visit to Rutgers University— Newark last week, (the) United States is vastly out of step with other countries in the developed world when it comes to sentencing,” he said.
CRIME NOV. 9 NEWARK More than half of the acts that garnered prisoners solitary confinement at the Essex County Correctional Facility were non-violent, according to a new report from WNYC. The report called disciplinar y standards at the jail a “system of punishment with ver y little rules.” New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees released a report a few months prior, “23 Hours in the Box, Solitar y Confinement in New Jersey Immigration Detention,” which said that punishment was employed too often and for too long. The discussion surrounding immigrant detainees comes a week after President Barack Obama visited Rutgers—Newark to speak about criminal justice reform. NOV. 9 TRENTON Before 3
a.m. on Sunday, two men broke into a home on Dresdin Avenue. They assaulted two men and held a gun to the head of a woman while stealing the keys to two cars and demanding money. They also stole three cell phones
and a small television. The three victims had minor injuries and were taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center. The robbers fled the scene in a stolen red, 2005 Jeep Liberty that had belonged to one of the victims. The Jeep was found on Handford Place around 8:45 a.m. by police who saw two people leave the vehicle and walk into a house on the 300 block of Tyler Street. The two men have yet to be found.
NOV. 9 MILLSTONE Thomas Norman, 23, has been arrested in connection with a double stabbing that occurred Saturday morning at the home of rapper RZA. State police confirmed that the home in which the incident occurred belongs to Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, a founder of the Staten Island-based rap group Wu-Tang Clan. Detectives were able to identify Norman as the suspect and Manalapan Township police arrested him later, taking him to the Monmouth County jail with a bail set at $120,000.
The benefits in terms of deterrence or incapacitation are vastly outweighed by the costs not only to taxpayers, state budgets, prisoners and their families, but also to society as a whole, he said. “As just one example, we are spending huge sums to incapacitate elderly individuals, long past the time when they pose any threat to anyone, for crimes committed in their youth, perhaps in a moment of passion,” Maruna said. In almost every case, the country could achieve the same goals – deterrence, retribution and rehabilitation – with dramatically reduced and even non-institutional sentences in line with courts in Europe, Canada, Japan and much of the world, he said. He said America’s overly long sentences impact families of every racial and ethnic background, but there is no question among scholars that America’s long-standing racial issues are one of the key factors in explaining the nation’s uniquely punitive sentencing practices. Maruna said the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University–Newark is strongly supportive of the important activism and outreach that MVP is doing at Rutgers. “One of my goals as dean has been to try to mobilize student activists like those in the Mountainview group to join the field of criminology where their energy and passion is badly needed, and where they can make a real difference on these issues from an evidence-based perspective,” he said. Elizabeth Binstein, a School of Social Work junior, said she volunteers to tutor at prisons through MVP-SO. She said she is interested in the industrial complex and breaking the cycle of imprisonment. “If I have the option of using the knowledge I already have to help someone change his or her life, I feel that there is no reason I would not take this opportunity,” she said.
FLAIR Druggal says there will be dance floor to be held by CEO of World’s Best Bhangra Crew CONTINUED FROM FRONT
moving heads, six TV’s and all the works so we’re really excitD.C., was a dancer who came to ed to conclude the night with that,” he said. participate in the program. Nupur Arora, vice president of Previously, he said the Bhangra Crew at American Uni- APRU, said that the association versity had not participated in was pleased with the turnout of events of f campus. The event the evening. “It was the first time we’ve at Rutgers gave the group an oppor tunity to get exposure ever done a Bhangra Showcase for the Rutgers communiand experience. Cultural showcases, such as ty. Usually we would have an event with a the event at main per former Rutgers, enor singer, but courage relations between “It’s really important this is the first we’ve ever different unithat we come together time gotten various versities, which as a community to teams to come Adhikari said is important. celebrate our culture.” through to perform,” she said. “It’s also imShe said it portant for us SACHIN DUGGAL to understand President of the Association of Punjabis was a great experience and the how Bhangra at Rutgers and School of association also works at other Engineering Junior learned a lot in universities so the process. that we can con“We would tinue to work definitely like and build on our own team’s skills as well,” he to do this again in the future said “This is a great opportunity if given the opportunity and as a team and as a university to possibly branch out to teams in across the United States,” do just that.” Some students used long she said. Duggal said the event was sticks to dance with, called daangs and sapps. Students also successful because of the help performed with drums using of his team and the Douglass Student Center staff. Moving the dhol. The highlight of the night was for ward, the association has the dance floor at the end of the many ideas planned for the future events. show, Druggal said. “... We always aspire for our “We have a dance floor that’s going to be held by the CEO of events to be something people World’s Best Bhangra Crew DJ can look for ward to and which Raj Minocha. As you can see allow them to be fully immersed it’s really crazy, we have six in the Punjabi culture,” he said.
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One dead, two wounded in shooting at NY Penn Station A 43-year-old man was killed and two men, aged 45 and 48, were wounded in a shooting early Monday at an entrance to New York City’s Penn Station transportation hub in Manhattan, police said. Police said they were searching for the shooting suspect, a heavy-set man wearing a hooded sweatshirt, and two other men who were possibly connected to the incident. An altercation began at about 6 a.m. ET in a McDonald’s restaurant near Penn Station, where the gunshot victims were drinking coffee together, New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told reporters. The shooting suspect entered the restaurant and briefly spoke with the group before leaving, Boyce said. When the victims left the restaurant and entered a stairwell leading to a nearby subway station, the suspect followed them and opened fire, police said. Investigators did not know what prompted the gunfire at the intersection of West 35th Street
and 8th Avenue, New York police officer Christopher Pisano said. The victims did not appear to know the assailant, police said. Several people near the shooting scene told reporters they knew the victims from a local methadone treatment center. “We don’t believe this had anything to do with the methadone clinic,” Boyce told reporters. Still, he said police were working to determine whether the men were patients at the clinic. The two men who were wounded were in serious condition and taken to Bellevue Hospital, the New York Police Department said in a statement. It did not identify the victims, saying the men’s families had not yet been notified. Streets in the area were closed due to the investigation. Penn Station is a major railway hub, serving both the Amtrak national passenger rail service and commuter lines linking New York to New Jersey and its eastern suburbs. — Reuters
A NYPD officer stands guard near Penn Station where streets have been closed following an early morning shooting in Manhattan New York, November 9, 2015. REUTERS
University of Missouri black football players pledge boycott Black players on the University of Missouri football team say they will boycott practices, meetings and games until the university dismisses its president or he quits, contending he has not responded adequately to concerns about racism on campus. The move comes as a hunger strike staged by a graduate student to protest racism enters a second week. A majority of the 35,000 students at the university in Columbia, about 125 miles (200 km) west of St. Louis, are white.
“The athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team truly believe ‘injustice anywhere is a threat to justice ever ywhere,’” the university’s Legion of Black Collegians said in a statement on Twitter. “We will no longer participate in any football-related activities until President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed due to his negligence toward marginalized students’ experience,” it said. More than 30 players were in a photograph linked to the statement posted on Saturday night.
In a statement released on Sunday afternoon, Wolfe indicated no intention to resign but said solutions to the students’ concerns were being discussed. “It is clear to all of us that change is needed, and we appreciate the thoughtfulness and passion which have gone into the sharing of concerns,” Wolfe said. The university has been working on “a systemwide diversity and inclusion strategy” to be released in April 2016, Wolfe said. Protests on campus have been led by a group called ConcernedStudent1950. It said black students had endured racial slurs and believed white favoritism existed in many aspects of campus life. Racial tensions in Missouri flared last year when a white policeman in the St. Louis suburb Missouri Tigers wide receiver Bud Sasser runs into the end zone of Ferguson killed an unarmed after a 25-yard touchdown catch against the Minnesota Golden black teenager and a grand jur y Gophers in the first half of the 2015 Citrus Bowl in Orlando, brought no charges against him. Florida, January 1, 2015. REUTERS The shooting helped kindle national soul-searching about the students and talk with them per- said in the statement. The Missouri football team, treatment of blacks by law en- haps we wouldn’t be where we which has forcement. won four In Columbia games and last month, ac“It is clear to all of us that change is needed, and we lost five this tivists blocked appreciate the thoughtfulness and passion which have season, will Wolfe’s car at gone into the sharing of concerns.” play Brigham a homecomYoung Univering parade sity next Satand said he TIM WOLFE urday. then bumped Former President University of MissourI “We all one of the promust come testers with together with the vehicle. leaders from across our camIn a statement on Friday, are today.” Wolfe acknowledged that pus to tackle these challenging Wolfe apologized. “My behavior seemed like I racism existed on campus and issues, and we support our studid not care,” Wolfe said. “That vowed to address it. Wolfe said dent-athletes’ right to do so,” was not my intention. I was he met with Jonathan Butler, the the athletic department said in a caught off-guard in that mo- student on the hunger strike. statement on Saturday. ment. Nonetheless, had I gotten “His voice for social justice is — Reuters out of the car to acknowledge the important and powerful,” Wolfe
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Apple stands at forefront of handheld consumer gadgets
As Apple releases new editions of the iPhone year after year, this year, the company stood at the forefront of friendly handheld consumer technology with phones equipped with 3D touch, a capacitative senior layer. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR
SIDDHESH DABHOLKAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Apple products have been at the forefront of revolutionizing how consumers look at and use technology, and this year was no different. The latest iteration of the iPhone brought consumers a new way of touch screen manipulation in the form of 3-D touch, which is a capacitive sensing layer. Different companies create parts of these devices, which may have an impact on how efficient the construction process is for a new phone or tablet.
THE COMPONENTS AND LOGISTICS
Apple contracts its 3-D touch technology out to a company called Analog Devices Inc., in Massachusetts. This sensor layer is placed under a thin film behind the liquid crystal display (LCD). The raw materials actually used to make this are unknown, but Analog Devices makes several claims about their environmental policy on their website. The company is committed to reducing their impact by conserving
water and energy while reducing emissions and waste, according to their site. They have won several awards for their regulation, including a Gold certification by LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Apple also has a unique “Retina HD” screen, referring to the high resolution made by LG Display in South Korea with a “Gorilla Glass” cover made by Corning in Kentucky. LG’s LCD is placed directly under the Gorilla Glass cover, which is better for the environment because it uses fewer materials and creates less waste. It is also batter y and spaceef ficient. The LCD panel is a layer of crystal which is above a layer of back-lighting and glass and below a polarizing film. This process requires automation to prevent flaws, which means that the facilities would have carbon emissions and water waste. LG Display states that they are committed to reducing water waste and rare earth minerals, have a regulation and management
system in place and meet international standards for environmental management. It is unclear how they minimize their carbon emission impact and what their goals are in the future, but some of their plants are in the process of receiving the Green Communities Certification. Corning puts a mixture of different chemicals through an automated manufacturing process to strengthen the glass, after which it is placed in a hot salt bath during the ion-exchange process to create a damage-resistant high-compressed surface. This creates the cover glass, the part users can touch. This cover glass is then shipped to one of LG Display’s factories where the whole setup comes together. The final display is sent to the Foxconn factories in China, where the actual phone is put together and mass produced.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
The logistical process, while necessar y, is environmentally inefficient because shipping cover glass and the 3-D touch
components from America to South Korea separately to build a display which is shipped to China releases a lot of carbon emissions that could be reduced by having the factories in the same area. The use of rare earth minerals is a concern for a couple of reasons. While phones need these elements, their mining disrupts the nearby environment and creates both radioactive waste and other hazardous metal byproducts. While rare ear th mining was a violation in America and is one of the reasons why the Mountain Pass mine in California was shut down, it is not in China. As a result, China holds about 97 percent of rare ear th minerals in the world — allowing them to freely place restrictions and embargoes on companies and countries. The amount of plastic used in the iPhone display construction, including in the mounting frame, films and adhesive is another concern. Plastic is considered harmful to the environment for many reasons including the long photo-degradation
process and sheer quantity associated with plastic. Even if iPhones and their displays each contained a small amount of rare earth minerals and plastic, there have been more than 500 million iPhones sold worldwide, and only 1 percent of phones are recycled every year.
ON A POSITIVE NOTE
Apple is attempting to mitigate the environmental damage that is caused by their phones. Their website provides an Environmental Policy, which indicates their commitment to the cause. According to the site, they are trying to reduce the carbon footprint each year and are attempting to regulate and restrict specific toxins from their products, although a full list of raw materials is not provided. About 87 percent of their energy use comes from renewable sources, according to the site. They have also started a Reuse and Recycling program, which provides consumers with an incentive for sending their device to Apple for recycling.
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Students demand action to fight racism U. of Missouri president resigns after football team takes stance
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ollege football trumps all else — we have the U. of Missouri football team is black, meaning the witnessed it at our own University. And the protests on campus likely resonate with each of them scenes currently playing out at the Univer- personally. But the white football players and coaching sity of Missouri affirm this assumption in the most staff stood with their peers and similarly refused to play or practice. Their proclamation came through on dramatic fashion. Since September, a series of intolerant incidents have Twitter the night of Saturday, Nov. 7 and on Monday, taken place at the U. of Missouri, to which University Nov. 9 when Wolfe resigned. R. Bowen Loftin, chancelPresident Timothy M. Wolfe seemingly remained si- lor of the university’s Columbia campus, also resigned. This swift action proves that the life of one student lent. Painting a quintessentially northeastern view of the South, one student reported being called the “N” pales in comparison to the effect that football has on word by a group of men passing by in a pickup truck. the institution as a whole. Once the football team decided to get involved, the In another instance, human feces were used to draw a swastika in a residence hall, and while members of the university and the nation started listening. At U. of MisLegion of Black Collegians rehearsed a homecoming souri, protests and demonstrations have gone on for weeks, but no one paid attention skit, an intoxicated student got on until their Saturday afternoon stage and began screaming racial “People only get the entertainment was threatened. slurs. Similarly, in a video recordWolfe’s prompt resignation in the ing, Wolfe is asked what the defimessage when money face of athlete action and potential nition of systematic oppression is involved — plain and monies lost, affirms the immense is. He first evades answering — simple.” power that football players have assuming students would fault at their respective universities. him for his response, regardless In a recent article, Daily Tarof what it was. Wolfe then states, “Systematic oppression is because you don’t believe gum columnist and Rutgers football player Julian Pinthat you have the equal opportunity for success,” essen- nix-Odrick explained perfectly the plight of a football tially, blaming systematic oppression on the school’s player: “It feels like in order to comply with a system that gives us college football players so much influence, black students. Amidst these oppressive affairs, black students and we must silence ourselves to ensure that we do not misallies at the university formed “Concerned Students represent our team. A catch-22 of sorts, that provides 1950,” an organization named after the first-year-black me with a voice but at the same time takes it away.” People only get the message when money is involved student was admitted to the U. of Missouri. Their organization uses their university to expose the bowels — plain and simple. The school is undoubtedly making of America’s covertly cherished pastime — racism. millions, if not billions of dollars on the backs of these Similarly, Jonathan Butler, a graduate student, went on athletes or free student laborers. But the football team a hunger strike, refusing to eat until President Wolfe showed their true strength — their decision to take a resigned. Dedicating his life to the cause, Butler said stand proved that athletes can make a difference. They his strike would last until his “internal organs fail and did the right thing. But the behind-the-scenes officials my life is lost.” With this, it became clear that the goal and boosters who likely pressured Wolfe and Loftin to resign only care about one thing — football. They don’t of the protests was to remove Wolfe from his post. Roughly a week after Butler began his hunger strike, care if Concerned Student 1950 is shedding light on black members of the U. of Missouri football team an- the racist realities that exist at the U. of Missouri, and nounced that they would not practice or play in any they don’t if students are being marginalized. All they games until the president resigned. The majority of care about is America’s newest pastime. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 147th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Evidence exposed intricate complexities of gentrification THE CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST JOSE SANCHEZ
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he term “gentrification” seems to be on everyone’s lips nowadays. Hell, it’s fueled something of a cottage industry amongst the Internet’s commentariat within the past few years. We can’t go by two weeks without a think piece or two from the New York Times, the Atlantic, Vox, Slate and so on without an article that speaks to the subject. I presume this is because these news sites are frequented by the pioneers of gentrification itself: Majority-white, liberal, college-educated millennials who’ve arrived as strangers in foreign lands. The badlands these white libs have arrived in are the ghettoized and majority-”melanated” remains of a decades-long process of socio-economic restructuring. Deindustrialization, race riots, mass incarceration and white flight are the political choices the U.S. has made since the Great Unraveling of the late 1960s and 1970s, driving the parents of today’s urban pioneers to the suburbs. Now bored and thoroughly deadened by suburbia’s various myopic, middle-class white folks are moving back to the country’s cities in droves. They’re pricing out older communities of color, bringing their frilly lil’ coffee shops, froyo joints, yoga studios and obliviousness.
Or so we think! A few studies have come out within recent months to affirm that the influx of wealthier, more educated people into urban neighborhoods of concentrated poverty ends up as a net positive for the poor. A study last May from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and New York University’s Furman Center found that lower-income residents of public housing projects within gentrifying neighborhoods are dramatically better-off than their counterparts where poverty is more concentrated. Predictably, crime is also lower in socio-economically mixed neighborhoods and lower-income
virtually non-existent 0.4 percent more likely to move out in a given year than in non-gentrifying neighborhoods. And even in more rapidly changing neighborhoods, the rate inches up to a mere 3.6 percent, so involuntary displacement or “pricing out” doesn’t appear to occur much according to the existing, well-respected scholarly record. The results of the Philadelphia Fed, NYU’s Furman Center and even a 2013 Cleveland Fed study also all found the net positive increase in well-being gentrification provides to lower-income residents. And now, there are certainly issues that ought to be attended to. Poorer residents in
“As for the whole ‘pricing out’ part of gentrification guilty millennials like to wring their hands over? That neither occurs as nearly as much as we think or in the places we think it does occur.” children end up with much higher levels of academic achievement. Paradoxically then, neighborhoods with greater inequality end up reducing socio-economic immobility for the lower classes in the long-run. As for the whole “pricing out” part of gentrification guilty millennials like to wring their hands over? That neither occurs as nearly as much as we think or in the places we think it does occur. Philadelphia’s Federal Reserve found that in gentrifying neighborhoods, existing residents are a
gentrifying neighborhoods could feel alienated from all the fancy boutiques and restaurants that pop up in their neighborhood and may have to start taking longer trips on public transit to buy groceries since that new Whole Foods two blocks away is too pricey. A middle-class family may not want to move into a gentrifying neighborhood because while residents poorer than they are may have rent-controlled public housing, the rest of the apartments are being gobbled up by folks wealthier than they are.
The solution for this would to just build more and more housing units of different sorts: single-family units, apartments of various sizes and so forth (and hopefully they can be built in something like the neoclassical Beaux-Arts or Italianate designs that make NYC’s townhouses from Greenwich to Harlem so charming or even Art-Deco, instead of the soulless sleekness and conformity of something like the Rutgers Business School on Livingston, but that’s just a personal quibble) to offset “naturally occurring” price hikes in cities with low housing supplies yet rising demands. And let’s expect demands to continue to rise. Let’s champion our cities and rid ourselves of this guilt over “gentrification.” And as for the few negatives it does cause, they’re not intractable. We ought to ensure that cities have free and extensive public transit and a variety of public amenities and businesses for their residents to take advantage of. We should also ensure that they have wages they can live on and fully funded and integrated schools as well. But we won’t get any of those things if cities remain socio-economically segregated. So before we move toward a classless society, can’t we at least get the classes to live next to each other? José Sanchez is a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior majoring in history with a minor in political science. His column, “The Champagne Socialist,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
‘Black on the Banks’ exposes reality of minority students COMMENTARY STEPHANIE OBIORAH
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n Friday, Nov. 6 I attended a forum called “African American in a White University.” This forum was made up of a panel of students who went to Rutgers between 1961 and 1965, and it discussed the atmosphere and student life of students who attended the University. The years between 1961 and 1965 were pivotal years in the Civil Rights Movement in which legislation like the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act were passed. These acts allowed for the eradication of discrimination in America based on race. During that time, African-Americans made up less than 1 percent of the student body at the University. Currently, the school is made up of 50 percent non-whites. Ultimately, the experience for minorities in the University is far different from what minority students experienced in the 1960s. Now with the University being one of the most heterogeneous schools in the country, it was amazing
to hear the stories of the black alumni from the 1960s who made it possible for the institution to be the diverse school it is now. The forum was moderated by Cheryl A. Wall, and the panelist was made up of former Rutgers alumni, specifically Wilma Harris (Douglass College 1966), Tom Ashley (Rutgers College 1964), Joe Charles (Rutgers College 1964), Juanita Wade Wilson (Dou-
was the idea of isolation. In fact, Frank McClellan started his introduction by reading the prologue of “Invisible Man” and claiming this was how they all felt. Ultimately, the black students felt alone while attending the University, and stated there was a constant search for blackness and a black community. In addition, the entire panel claimed they were seriously depressed and felt alone —
“Truly this forum was a source of enlightenment as a black student at the University.” glass College 1966) and Frank McClellan (Rutgers College 1967). All the men were established lawyers and the women had different studies. Harris majored in history and was the vice president of Human Resources at Prudential, and Wilson was a black activist that worked for equal education opportunities at the University. With each panelist sharing their unique journey, the major theme shared within all the stories
McClellan claimed he was even clinically depressed. A major breakthrough I discovered from this panel was the lack students who saw other and not given the opportunity to learn about black culture, and they began to read whatever they could find about black history and share it with one another. In addition, they said they formed the African-American society in the school and started the NAACP group despite not being
recognized by the University. Nonetheless, by the end of graduation, the members of the panel claimed they were able to grow and adapt from Rutgers in a way they could not at any other institution. In addition, it was clear that within the relationship amongst the panel and the other students of their graduating classes who were present in the audience, these alumni had developed the bond of a family. Truly this forum was a source of enlightenment as a black student at the University. As Harris stated, “she could not screw up because she would make it possible for black girls to attend Rutgers in the future.” I feel honored to be a reflection of the aforementioned black men and women who made it possible for me to attend this school. It is important for minorities at the University to know that our ability to get an education is a reflection of the hard work these alumni and others did during this time. Stephanie Obiorah is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in Africana Studies with a minor in women’s gender studies.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR U. history committee on disenfranchised, enslaved populations Rutgers University begins today the yearlong celebrations that will culminate next year in the 250th anniversary of the University’s founding in 1766 in New Brunswick. Throughout the next 12 months, special events and programs will examine and celebrate the University’s revolutionary pursuit of teaching, research and service. As some in the Rutgers community have pointed out in recent weeks, we must acknowledge that our history also includes some facts
that we have ignored for too long, such as that our campus is built on land taken from the Lenni-Lenape and that a number of our founders and early benefactors were slaveholders. Given our history as a colonial college, these are facts not unique to Rutgers, but it is time that we begin to recognize the role that disadvantaged populations like African-Americans and Native Americans played in the University’s development. I am therefore announcing the formation of a committee to study enslaved and disenfranchised populations in Rutgers history. This committee will be charged with examining the role that the people of these disadvantaged groups played in the founding and development of Rutgers University, and will be making
recommendations to me on how the University can best acknowledge their influence on our history. The committee will be composed of faculty, staff and student members. The committee may, for example, recommend the installation of historical markers to commemorate the contributions of Native Americans and African-Americans, as well as the establishment of symposia, lectures, talks and teach-ins to address the historical context. Wrestling with such issues in our history is not unique to Rutgers. Brown University, for instance, founded just two years before Rutgers, formed a similar committee which was charged by its former President Ruth Simmons to “examine the University’s historical entanglement with slavery and the slave trade
and report our findings openly and truthfully.” The report the Brown committee issued was extensive and honest, and I will ask our committee for the same vigorous pursuit of the truth. In my 11 years at Rutgers—New Brunswick, I have become a fierce supporter and champion of this incredible institution. I am proud of it like none other. But to truly praise Rutgers, we must honestly know it — and to do that, we must gain a fuller understanding of its early history. I look forward to reading the committee’s report and recommendations. Richard L. Edwards Ph. D. is the Executive Vice President and Chancellor at Rutgers University — New Brunswick.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (11/10/15). Unite for common good this year. Sharp money-management practices fatten accounts. Collaborate to amplify individual power. New passion leads to a change in plans after springtime eclipses. A group discovery next autumn leads to a shift in a romance. It’s all for love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — News travels fast today. Long distance communications flow, with Mercury sextile Pluto. Group efforts bear fruit. Get your networks involved. Wheeling and dealing may be required. Put away provisions for the future. Others follow your lead. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Work with a partner over the next few days. Conversation leads to powerful possibilities. Accept a generous offer. Investigate new sources of income. Inviting works better than demanding. Spend money to make money. Invest in your dream. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Good news comes from far away. Profit from meticulous service. Consider an option that seems beyond reach. The workload could get intense. Form a creative partnership. A crazy idea works. More planning is a good idea. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Love is the prize today. Stick with what worked before. A small investment now produces high returns. Invest in your business, in a labor-saving tool. Practice your skills and talents. Sports, arts and games with friends and family delight. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Get into a domestic phase. Upgrade practical infrastructure. Plan well before spending. Make sure water systems are in good repair. Listen to someone you love. You may not agree on everything, but you can find common ground. Compromise. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Imaginative work pays well. Study the situation before taking action. Look from a different perspective for an enlightening view. Communicate with team members and allies. Once you see what’s underneath, you can build it stronger.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Bring in the money. Be persuasive, not aggressive. Learn quickly. Discuss developments, and plan details. Consider all possibilities. The more projects you finish, the more new projects arrive. Spend time on or near the water. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Dreams reveal your true feelings. Meditation and prayer are useful, especially when pessimism seeps in. The divinity of forgiveness lies in the freedom it provides. Let go of a position that’s been keeping you stuck. Open your heart. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Slow down and contemplate. Envision the future. Your interest is stimulated. Learning is tons of fun and cheap. Write or give a speech or presentation. You’re quickly becoming the expert. A group extends you an invitation. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Be careful what you say publicly. Leave nothing to chance. Reveal your ideas in private, and get feedback from your inner circle. They can see your blind spots. Take important news into consideration. Work together on messaging. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Keep a dream alive by sharing it. Don’t let anyone take the wind out of your sails. Imagine your vision realized. Take one step and then another. Invite participation, and make good use of the talent that shows up. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Your experience leads to opportunities. Set long-range goals (including vacations). Finish an old job, and clean up afterwards. Consider a power play carefully before choosing your moves. Public recognition is possible. Seek answers in your dreams.
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ROLES Sophomores look to improve individually, collectively in second season in Big Ten With Jack and Etou — the two above him on last year’s reboundbasketball in the Big Ten evidently ing list — gone, Foreman takes got to Williams and he struggled on a bigger role around the rim on defense. in his first season on the Banks. Along with grabbing boards, “Last year, ever ybody knew me as a shooter and I didn’t fit head coach Eddie Jordan said he that criteria at all,” he said. “I can see Foreman using his size to was ver y ner vous last year. My his advantage. “D.J.’s probably our best defirst collegiate year, especially in one of the toughest conferences fender blocking shots. D.J.’s long, in the countr y, so I had a lot of he’s got a big wingspan. I think he’s grown over the summer so freshman jitters.” Looking to make amends for his size, his athleticism,” Jordan said. “If he can his lackluskeep defendter play, Wil“There’s always ing like that, liams put in he’ll be really work during motivation (to prove big for us.” the summer. people wrong) ... I think Despite Now, he’s seeing what anxious to show I’m going to surprise the Big Ten his progress. people this year.” schedule did “I’m ver y to his team excited about MIKE WILLIAMS last season, my sophoSophomore Guard Foreman is more season,” not short of W illiams said. “I swallowed my pride, confidence. The for ward has the summer came, I worked on high hopes for his team to immy game a lot ... and I feel like prove on last season’s disasI did ever ything I could to pre- trous results, but he also underpare for this season ... I’m just stands that the season won’t be eager to show the Big Ten what without any turmoil. “As a team, I want to go unI could do this year.” Fellow sophomore D.J. Fore- defeated in non-conference man has also been working fe- (games) and in the Big Ten, I verishly to prepare for his new want to be above .500,” he said. role. The Spring Valley, New “I understand we might lose York, native played in all 32 some games. No team is perfect, games last season — predom- but I want to have the best seainantly off the bench — finish- son we can.” Just as Foreman will fill ing the season third on the team the gaps left in the front court, in total rebounds.
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TALENTS Redshirts, alternates display depth for RU in tournament-style event at Binghamton CONTINUED FROM BACK DelVecchio throughout the
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finishing second overall in the 133-pound weight class. The junior lost his championship match to fellow All-American
Sophomore guard Mike Williams came to the Banks with a reputation as a shooter, but freshman jitters got the best of him. He looks to redeem himself. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2015 Williams, along with Sanders and Daniels, will likely fill in the gap left by Myles Mack in the backcourt. In the same way the Knights feel motivation to prove they are better than their current 15-game losing skid indicates, Williams is determined to surprise those who expect him to
not improve as he heads into his sophomore campaign. “There’s always motivation (to prove people wrong),” Williams said. “When you’re known as something and you don’t do what you’re known for, it kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth knowing that people expected
something from you and you couldn’t do what was expected. So you go back to the grind ... I think I’m going to surprise people this year.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Nashon Garrett from Cornell in a 6-1 decision. In the 149-pound weight class, Ken Theobold finished sixth for the Knights. The senior made it to the semifinals before losing a close 3-2 decision match to C.J. Cobb of Penn. Cobb eventually won, becoming the champion of the 149-pound class. Theobold ended his day with a medical forfeit in the fifth-place match.
Josh Patrick, an alternate for the Knights at 125 pounds, was the only other grappler to reach the quarterfinals of the championship bracket at the event. “Overall, some of those younger guys, Pete Lipari had a really, really good tournament. He’s going to be good,” Goodale said. “We won some bouts, Billy Povalac won a bunch of bouts. You want to see them get through and place. And
for some it’s their first time, first go-round, long day. But it was good to see our guys winning matches, winning big matches.” Depth is great for the Rutgers program to have as it prepares to take on the really tough competition that lies ahead of them, but it ended up leading to some tough roster decisions. DelVecchio and Theobold, both of whom are former participants at the NCAA Championships for the Knights, were left out of the starting lineup to begin the season and redshirted as a result of the depth that the Knights have. Although DelVechio and Theobold were left out of the starting lineup, it doesn’t mean that their seasons are over. Both grapplers have the opportunity to take a full season to individually improve without losing a year of eligibility. Since each of them have had their successes in the past, Goodale expects them to take this season to improve, while also finishing at the top of the competitive tournaments they compete in. “Be in the thick of it, and win some,” Goodale said. “Make it to the finals and give yourself a chance to win it. We’ll have a schedule specifically for them, whichever tournament, it will be a big one — Penn State Open, the Midland, things like that. Make them really, really important and give them a feel for what this season is all about so they’re not just taking it as an off year. There’s some really big events coming up for those guys specifically.”
Senior 149-pounder Ken Theobold finished in sixth place in the 149-pound category at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open after a medical forfeit from Princeton’s Chris Perez marked the end of his tournament campaign. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2015
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November 10, 2015 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK JANARION GRANT EARNS SECOND SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR
Rutgers focuses on rejuvenation entering Nebraska GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR
As his teammates slugged their way through the Rutgers football team’s third blowout loss in three weeks, Paul James was helpless as he watched it all unfold from the sidelines. The senior running back dressed for last Saturday’s game at then-No. 16 Michigan, but didn’t see the field as the Scarlet Knights eventually went on to drop the Big Ten road contest, 49-16, to the Wolverines at Michigan Stadium. Head coach Kyle Flood said after the game that James, who was listed as questionable in
the most recent injur y repor t leading up to the game last Friday with a lower body injur y, would have only entered the game on of fense in an emergency situation. But as the battle spiraled out of control, James remained a spectator. “It hur ts a lot. You can’t go out there, you can’t be par t of it,” James said. “You just gotta see them out there fighting. They fight out there ever y play and it’s just hard to not be out there fighting with them.” Sophomore Rober t Martin, who tallied 81 yards on 10 attempts to lead the run game, mentioned how James
Senior running back Paul James remains questionable with an injury to his lower body, but remains upbeat about his status. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015
remained in both his and sophomore Josh Hicks’s ears. “PJ helped us out a lot,” Mar tin said. “He was telling us to read things out and look for the blitzes and stuf f like that. So even though he didn’t play, it was like he played because he was out there watching us play to help us out.” As much as the Glassboro, New Jersey, native’s leadership and knowledge has had an impact on the young bucks of the running backs stable, the 2015 season hasn’t been what James expected it to be. Through nine games, Rutgers (3-6, 1-5) has taken a large step back from the early progress made in its inaugural Big Ten season when the Knights finished 8-5 overall with a 3-5 mark in conference play. As a result of missed time in setbacks from injur y and sharing the load in a crowded running backs rotation, James has 357 yards and a touchdown on 64 carries, churning out to an average of 44.6 yards per game. Last year, he managed those numbers in just four games with 363 yards and five touchdowns on 63 attempts to average 90.75 yards per game. “Ever ybody has goals. You’re not gonna reach your goals,” James said. “If you don’t reach your goals, you still gotta keep pushing. You can’t give up the fight. We’re still fighting, we’re tr ying to be 1-0 each week and that’s not something we’re gonna give up on.” Listed as questionable on Monday’s injury report with a lower body injury, James’s status for Saturday’s 3:30 p.m.
conference game against Nebraska (4-6, 2-4) remains in the air. But with some time off after sitting the weekend out, James is trending in the right direction. “I’m feeling good,” he said. “A little dinged up here and there, but it’s just it’s all about tr ying to stay healthy. It’s about staying in the training room, getting my body back.” *** Rutgers has seen better days on of fense. Those days feel like an eternity ago. The last scoring drive for a touchdown came with 13 seconds left against then-No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 24 led by the backup quar terback in sophomore Hayden Rettig. Chris Laviano hasn’t been able to sustain a touchdown-scoring drive for the Knights since almost a month ago on Oct. 17 at Indiana. But when Rutgers has gotten into opposing territor y and venture even fur ther into the red zone, Kyle Federico has largely been able to help put points on the board. “My job’s my job,” he said. “If I get one oppor tunity — if I get three oppor tunities like this past game — that’s all I’ve got control of and that’s what I’m expected to do.” At Michigan, Federico led the Knights in scoring with 9 of 16 points. The senior placekicker was a per fect 3-of-3 on attempts for 32 yards, 29 yards and 27 yards as the of fense sputtered in the red zone. The conversions upped the Ponte Verde, Florida, native to 9-for-12 — or 75 percent — on the year after missing his lone attempt in the four th quar ter at Wisconsin one week earlier. As simple as the three chip shots appear on paper, Federico doesn’t discriminate the value of each kick. And as the Rutgers of fense longs for points on the board no matter which way they come, neither does anyone else. “I always think that, really, no matter the distance of the kick, a field goal is a field goal, a game-winner a game-winner,” Federico said. “You still gotta
go out there and make your kicks and, really, it’s just about going out there and doing my thing no matter where I’m put out there in the position and just make my kicks.” *** In a sea of darkness, one bright spot appeared for Rutgers on Monday. For the second time this season, the Big Ten named Janarion Grant the Special Teams Player of the Week after his 98yard kickoff return for a touchdown and 67-yard punt return to set up a field goal at Michigan. The first came when the speedy junior wide receiver and kick returner brought back two kicks — a 100-yard kickoff and a 55-yard punt return — for touchdowns when he set the program record for all-purpose yards with 337 against Washington State. The Trilby, Florida, native had been bottled up since that career per formance on Sept. 12 as opposing kicking teams kept the ball away from Grant in the return game. But with his 263 all-purpose yards and the longest kickoff return by a visiting player at Michigan Stadium since 1934, Grant’s latest showing provides promise for the Knights heading into a critical three-game stretch as the season winds down. Head coach Kyle Flood commended Grant before giving the rest of the special teams unit credit for the junior’s breakthrough per formance. “As spectacular a returner as Janarion is and as much of a weapon as he is, it’s not just him. There are a lot of great blocks on that kickof f return. There are some tremendous ef for ts on that punt return that got us in position to kick a field goal before the half,” he said. “So I think even though it is an individual award, we’re going to celebrate it with more than just Janarion, that’s for sure. And it’s just one more way that he continues to show that he can be a dif ference maker.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @GarrettStepien and @TargumSports on Twitter.
As the offense continues to struggle, special teams has stepped up for Rutgers, namely with senior placekicker Kyle Federico. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015
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November 10, 2015 SWIMMING & DIVING
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Knights put latest loss behind, enter tourney MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT
Senior swimmer Joanna Wu left Seattle hoping to face different people. Wu’s wish was granted. Rutgers has played in three conferences in her time here. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015
Senior reflects on swimming career EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER
Entering the year 2012, no one would’ve predicted that Rutgers would become a member of one of the country’s premier academic and athletic conferences in the Big Ten. The thought of seeing the Scarlet Knights competing on a national stage was seen as an afterthought. And yet, three years later, the Knights are nearly at the midway point of their second season in the Big Ten Conference. One Rutgers athlete who had a front row seat to the process was Joanna Wu. Now a senior on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, Wu witnessed the Knights’ move from the Big East Conference to the American Athletic Conference and finally into the Big Ten. Wu competes in the backstroke and freestyle events for her team. She has accomplished many feats during her career on the Banks with her most recent award being the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week — the first in program history — on Oct. 7 this season. Wu has ventured a long way to arrive in Piscataway. She hales from Kent, Washington, nearly 3,000 miles away from Rutgers. Wu’s swimming career had an early start. “I started swimming competitively when I was 8,” she said. “I kind of did what a lot of swimmers do now. When they were kids, they started doing swim lessons and then I got to the end of the program and they were like, ‘Oh, you graduated.’ Then there was this option where you can do something called pre-comp and that is like pre-competitive swimming.” Wu continued to partake in pre-competitive swimming for a short time before moving on to a higher level. “I did that for probably a few months and then I joined my club team back home around 8 or 9,” Wu said. “And then I was still doing some other sports at that time and it wasn’t until I got to high school that I solely focused on swimming and that’s where my talent and my heart and my work ethic started to really blossom and really benefited me from doing the sport and really got me to be better at what I do.” Wu swam for the Kent-Meridian High School swim team
throughout her four years at the school. She was named most valuable player for the Royals three times and qualified for the state championships in every season. Despite all of her success as a high school swimmer, Wu’s biggest influence came from her club team — King Aquatic Club. She swam on the club team for 10 years. “The biggest influence I’ve had was probably one of my friends that I swam with during my club years,” Wu said. “Her name is Andy Taylor. She graduated from Stanford last year and she was very fast, she still is very fast. She’s always been encouraging me … She always has this smile on her face no matter what kind of work out she’s doing, (even) if it’s hard.” Taylor’s encouragement has had a tremendously positive effect on Wu. “No matter what life throws at her, she always has a smile and
“Swimming is very mental ... no one can help you get to the end of the wall. So you have to do it by yourself.” JOANNA WU Senior Swimmer
she’ll never let anyone show her weaker side and she’s always been able to encourage me, not just by saying, ‘Oh you can go faster’ or whatever, but by being her best,” Wu said. “By being the fastest swimmer on our team, she was able to push me even though … It was just having her be my goal and having her being my inspiration … has kept me going through all these years.” The late Yogi Berra described baseball as being 10 percent physical and 90 percent mental. Perhaps the same analogy could be said for swimming, as Wu describes the mental aspect of the sport as a huge importance. “Swimming is very mental,” Wu said. “A lot of sports are, but I think especially when you’re in an individual sport, you don’t have other players to physically help you. Like in football, you have different people doing different parts, different teammates
helping you out each play to get the ball to the other side. In swimming, no one can help you get to the end of the wall. So you have to do it by yourself, and it gets really hard when you have a resistance, a force that’s preventing you doing that.” Wu chose to attend Rutgers to race against unfamiliar competitors. That opportunity, immersed in a new world, evidently added up for Wu’s desire to leave her mark. “I’m from Seattle, Washington, which is a long ways across the country,” Wu said. “But I wanted a school where I didn’t really know anyone. I wanted a school where I wanted to race different kinds of people. Back on my club team, we would always race the same people because you race people that’s in your division and its only until a big meet in March where people from Colorado, California, Hawaii, Arizona when they come up to Washington to race against us … It was a new experience and I wanted to try new things, so it was great.” Wu helped lead Rutgers to victories over Seton Hall and Georgetown this past weekend. Head coach Petra Martin expressed compliments for Wu. “With her, the times are right around where she’s been the last couple meets, which is great,” Martin said. “But if you look at her races, it’s pretty much at a different rate every time because we’re working on a couple different things with her and she’s improving. She’s definitely making the adjustments that we need her to be doing. So I’m really excited when it all comes together and I think at the Frank Elm Invite, we should see something pretty special.” The Knights’ next meet will be the Frank Elm Invite Nov. 20, and the team will be looking to secure another good turnout. For sophomore Addison Walkowiak, staying healthy over the next 10 days will be key. “My main thing is just staying healthy because I rolled my ankle two weeks ago and I’m out of practice until this week,” she said. “So just trying to stay healthy and going with all my dives and my training.” For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
A loss in such a high magnitude game like the Big Ten Championship game could have potentially damaging effects for a team, but the No. 7 Rutgers women’s soccer team plans to put the loss behind them as quickly as possible. After all, the game represented its one truly flat performance of the season — a year in which it has already broken many school records. Going into the championship game, the Scarlet Knights were riding their longest unbeaten streak in school history at 10 games, having gone 8-0-2 during the stretch. Their 16 wins are tied with the 2006 team for the most in school history, and they can break the record with an NCAA Tournament victory on Friday. Rutgers earned a No. 2 seed and plays No. 15 seed Fairleigh Dickinson on its home turf at Yurcak Field in the first round on Friday night at 7 p.m. Though Sunday’s loss was a tough one for the Knights, they know they have to move past it quickly and are looking at their season as a whole to build some confidence entering the NCAA Tournament. “The players always want more and to do better, which is all we can really ask for as coaches,” said head coach Mike O’Neill. “Since day one, we’ve asked them to try to get better every day, and they have really enjoyed the process. The team’s commitment to one another is the reason we have won so many games.” It is that mindset that will have to prevail again for the Knights to return to their winning ways, but there is some precedent for it this season. The Knights went on their 10-match unbeaten streak after losing their only two games at the time to Illinois and Northwestern. It was a quick bounce back for a team that is not accustomed to losing, and they realize they will need a similar reboot to get back into gear for the rest of the postseason. “It’s pretty special to watch this whole group because of how hard they work and how skilled they are,” O’Neill said. “I know I speak for all of the coaches when I say how lucky we are to be a part of that, and this group also knows how to have fun. The work ethic and the commitment to getting
better how been the mentality since the preseason.” Sophomore goalkeeper Casey Murphy has set the single-season record for shutouts this season with 15 on the year. As a team, the Knights are one shutout away from tying the 2006 team’s record of 16 clean sheets in a season. One player who has played a pivotal role in helping the Knights accumulate all their shutouts is junior defender Erin Smith. She is one of the fastest players on the team and her versatility in stretching the field is a key factor in their potency of the offense and defense. Bouncing back quickly after the championship game is critical, but Smith has seen enough from her team this season that leads her to believe they should be fine. “We just really have to keep working hard and work as a team, because we know that no one can do it single-handedly,” she said. “We always try to stay confident.” The Knights’ appearance in the Big Ten Championship also made them the first team in any sport at Rutgers to reach the conference final in the Big Ten. Despite the latest loss, it is still an exciting time around the program, and the Knights are looking forward to the chance to possibly break the wins and shutout record in the NCAA Tournament. Junior midfielder Jennifer Andresen scored her first goal of the season in the 2-0 victory over Ohio State in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. She has done plenty of work this season that has not shown up in the stat sheets, like slide tackling to steal the ball and send through balls to forwards for scoring chances. It has been a whirlwind year for her and the team, and she credits some of their record-breaking to the closeness of all the units. “We’ve really been focusing on game to game and keeping our eyes on the next game, and that has helped us come a long away,” Andresen said. “Our team chemistry is amazing and we all know we need to work together to have success, and that is shown through some of our accomplishments this year.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow @Mike_OSully2 and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
Junior midfielder Jennifer Andresen and the Knights take things game by game, an approach that has proved successful thus far. THE DAILY TARGUM / NOVEMBER 2015
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MEN’S BASKETBALL D.J. FOREMAN, MIKE WILLIAMS LOOK TO IMPROVE ON FIRST YEAR IN PISCATAWAY
Sophomores eye bigger roles in second year BRIAN FONSECA ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The sophomore slump is a phenomenon in sports where players, coaches or teams struggle to replicate the success of their first season on a new team or in a new conference. The Rutgers men’s basketball team won’t lose time worrying about going through it. The Scarlet Knights hope to do a reverse sophomore slump — a sophomore surprise, if you will — in their second season as members of the Big Ten after their inaugural season in the conference ended in disaster. The Knights lost 15 consecutive games to close out the season, and aside from pulling off the biggest upset in school history against a then-No. 4 Wisconsin team playing without eventual National Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky, there weren’t many positives before the skid either. Having lost their two best players from last season — guard Myles Mack and forward Kadeem Jack — to graduation, as well as forward Junior Etou after he transferred to Tulsa, the Knights look to returning players and newcomers alike to fill in the gaps left behind. But while all the media attention is on the incoming freshman class — especially highly-touted guard Corey Sanders — and returning seniors Bishop Daniels and Greg Lewis, a couple of rising sophomores who faced similar struggles are quietly ready to take on more important roles for Rutgers. Sophomore guard Mike Williams was recruited to Piscataway due to his ability to shoot the ball and put points on the board. But the pressure of playing Division I Sophomore forward D.J. Foreman will be depended upon to grab rebounds and block shots after Rutgers’ top players around the rim — Kadeem Jack and Junior Etou — graduated and transferred, respectively. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2015
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WRESTLING SCOTT DELVECCHIO FINISHES AS RUNNER-UP AT 133 POUNDS
Reserves display talents in Binghamton ERIC MULLIN
different schools, including No. 7 Cornell and No. 8 Lehigh. Since the event was tournament-style and didn’t hold a bearing on the team’s record, Rutgers viewed the Binghamton Open as an opportunity for its depth grapplers to compete. In all, a mix of 16 alternates and redshirts competed for the No. 18 Knights. Without a single starter competing in the event, Rutgers (3-0) had two grapplers finish in the top six of their respective weight classes in former NCAA-qualifiers Scott DelVecchio and Ken Theobold. “I think our good guys did really, really well,” Goodale said. “DelVecchio, we anticipate those type of tournaments out of him. Kenny Theobold is right there, a No. 10 kid in the country. We expect those type of tournaments. Those guys are battle-tested, they’ve wrestled with us, so they’re going there to win those tournaments.”
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Entering the season, Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale harped on the importance of having depth in each weight class. For a program that competes in the top wrestling conference in the countr y, he said it was important to have two grapplers in ever y class that are capable of winning a big match. While having depth at each weight class is a hard task for a program to achieve, Goodale called the current Rutgers wrestling team the deepest that the Banks has seen in recent years. On Sunday, the Scarlet Knights’ depth showcased itself for the first time this season at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open in Binghamton, New York. The Binghamton Open was an all-day, tournament-style event that featured almost 500 wrestlers from a number of
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Rutgers head women’s soccer coach, and his team begin their journey to a national championship at home against Fairleigh Dickenson Friday, Nov. 13, after earning a two seed in the NCAA Tournament, it was announced Monday.
KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
VOLLEYBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL
vs. Indiana
at Saint Joseph
Wednesday, 6 p.m., Friday, 5 p.m., College Ave. Gym. Philadelphia, P.A.
FOOTBALL
vs. Rutgers-Newark
vs. Nebraska
Friday, 7 p.m., RAC
Saturday, 3:30 p.m., High Point Solutions Stadium